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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01

and splendid roadsters. The rigs are
of the latest STYLES and makes.
The Brooks House stable is verlta-
bic land mark in Bratteboro and Mr..
Smiths coupes will take you any
where in the village limits for the
small cost of % cents. Baggage is
carried free when coupes are ordered
and four competent assistants drive
the various coupes and hacks OF ms
line. The stables are connected by
telephone the Sunday call being 3D..
The stable is adjacent to, and connect
ed with the Brooks House. and has ac-
commodation for "A horses and an
equal number of carriages. y special
ty is made of supplying hacks or
coupes for weddings, funerals, recep-
tions, balls and entertainments ol all
kinds. This gentleman also does a
large business in the sale and exchange
Of horses. This business was original
" started by John Ray in the coupe
line. November LIST, 1894, Mr.. Slmth
bought out the business, purchasing 1t
of II. O. Coolidge. j. O. Smith is a
native of SaXtons River, and came
here from Chester, Vt, in October,
1893. He has until going into the
present business always been in the
wool business also buying and trading
in stock. He ran meat business IN
Bellows Falls for eight years. Mr..
Smith who is an Odd Fellow, is enjoy
ing IA very prosperous trade and the
business has shown constant growth
and improvement since he purchased
it. He also boards horses and runs too
the Brooks House Buss. If you are
going either a distance, or but short
way, riding in first class hack or
coupe is here such an inexpensive
luxury that it does not pay to walk
Call up telephone H} . and you VIII en-
inv the ride
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
ABIG BATTLE WITH RATS.
They swarm Over Walter Carter ana lie
Kills I01 of Them.


Walter Garter won a hard earned
victory over an army of rats at Gam
den, n. Y, the other morning. When
the battle was finished and he counted
the heap of his fallen enemies he found
102 of them.
Carter is a member of the firm of
Robert N Carter, provision dealers on
Second street just above Pearl street,
For long time the firm has suffered
serious damage from the dcprcdatlons
of rats.
1t was Mr.. Carriers habit to open
the store in the morning. and he inva-
riably heard a great scamperlng over
the place AS he entered. He concluded
at last to have il out with the little
beasts. and began an investigation To
find their rendezvous. AS he opened
the door of a small brick smoke house
in the rear of the store, now little
used, he saw at least a dozen rats run
into holes in the floor and walls. They
quickly recovered from their fright.
however. and soon emerged and glared
viciously at him out of their little
black eyes.
Carter went out and got a short thick
club and lantern, and then re entered
the smokchouse. This time he closed
the door behind him. The dim light
of the lantern served to dazc the rats.
and Carter had no difficulty in killing
three big fellows.
As thev gave vent to dying squeaks,
scores of other rats emerged from the
holes and swarmed around the young
man on all sides.
The rats leaped at his hands and
face and crawled over his feet, all the
while keeping up horriple din of
squealing.
One after another of the soft, ugly
things struck him as he stood dealing
blows right and left Still their mum
bers multiplied and the fighter began
to fear that the rats would get the bet
fer of him. He had been bitten sew
cral times on the hands, but had man
aged To keep the rats from his head
and face.
Thus the fight kept up for fully 10
minutes and Carter was growing
weary. At last. however, he felt that
the numbers of the rats were gradually
thinning out, and he had less trouble
in keeping them off him.
When no more rats appeared Carter
got out into the open air and gathered
himself together. In few minutes he
recovered. and piling up the dead rats,
found that he had killed lO2 Of them
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
The Optimism of Science.

From the Popular Science Monthly
The best that we gain from the pur-
suit of research is, | believe, our char
acteristic optimism. We are engaged
in achieving results, and results of
the most permanent and enduring
quality. A business man may achieve
a fortune: but time will dissipate it.
A statesman may be the savior Of a ma
ton: but it is the might of mankind,
and it is mightier for what each of us
has done. We have brought our stones
and they are built into the edifice and
into its grandeur. My stone is small
one. 1t will certainly be forgotten that
il is mine: nevertheless, il will remain
in place.
How different is the pessimism
toward which literary men are seen to
tend, Harvard university lost James
Russell Lowell in 1891 and Asa Gray
in 1883. The letters Of both of these
eminent men have been published.
Iowell's letters grow sad and discour
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
A BOWLDER OF PURE SILVER.
Ialf-TOn Nugget Found Beside n Rail-
road Track In ArnZOna.

From Peach Springs comes the story
Of the finding of nugget, or bowder
rather, Of pure silver, such as there
has been no record of in the history of
mining in the West. The bowlder
weighed about half ton, and its
value is anywhere from 5000 to so,
900 1t was found by William Tucker
and John Doyle, both old prospectors,
and they have kept the facts to them
selves heretofore because of the chance
that there was more silver where this
lump came from, and they desired to
get the best location for themselves
before letting the rest of the world in
to the secret.
The find was made on the 18th Of
June. The men had been prospecting
in the Death Valley mining region, and
had started across country to the
Grand canyon of the Colorado. to get
into "a little pleasanter region for their
summer work. They were camped on
the Beach emigrant road, just where
the cutoff comes down over the low,
rolling hills to the railroad track,
about four miles from Peach Springs,
and the nugget was lying within 300
feet from the main wagon road. 1t
projected from the hillside in plain
view Of the road. and stood in such a
position that more than one man had
probably sat upon it to gaze up or
down the railroad track. Being exact
~ similar in appearance to hundreds
of other loose rocks in that region, it
had escaped particular notice until
Mr.. Tucker came along and rested his
hand upon it. Both Dolye and Tucker
are old miners. and Tucker, especially,
was struck with the peculiar feel
Of this bowlder. He is familiar with
the form Of silver known as black
metal. - found in the doomite lime
stone in the Mescal mine in California,
and almost intuitiyely it struck him
that here was piece Of the same
black metal
He had gone out to bring his horses
into camp when the rock attracted his
attention and trying to break off
fragment he discovered that the rock
was solid metal. He tried to lift it,
but could not and then he went and
brought Doyle out to help him. A lit
tie digging disclosed a bowlder in the
shape Of an oblong oval, something like
the back of a turtle, about Dig feet
long. of tine same width, and one foot
thick. The top was smooth and lus-
trous. and the under surface was coat
el with scales Of the black metal.
Mr. Tucker says the nugget has all
the appearance of having been thrown
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01

The smallest republic known is that
of Tavolara. an island about eight
miles distant from Sardinia II has
a population Of fifty five persons, all
told. This domain was accorded in
1886 to the Bartoleoni family 10y King
Charles Albert. King Paul governed
this microscopic kingdom for fifty
years or more. He died in lsS2, and
then expressed the desire that thereaf-
ter his subjects should govern them
selves. No prrtender for the royal
succession appearing. the inhabitants
Of Tayolara in lsGG proclaimed Re
public. which in the year following
was duly recognized by the Italian
governments This Republic is governed
hy president. who is elected for the
term Of six years. The constitution
accorCls also women the full right OF
suffrage.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
TRIBE OF WILD MEN.
Curious Capture Made i'm Fastnessess OF
Maine,

Name.
\ strange snake story comes from
Harvey County. Kan. 1t is told on the
evidence of two reputable citizens-A.
l.. Bartlebaugh, a prominent gram
buver. of Newton, and j. W. Miller.
Dunkard farmer. of Walton. Mr.. Mil
Ter has lost eight fine cows as the re-
suit of the strange freak of monster
bull snake that has fattened from the
milk he has sucked from the udder OF
Mr.. MiIler's herd. For several weeks
the farmer has noticed that his cows
have come up to the barnyard occa-
sionally in an excited condition. One
of them was invariably without milk,
and its bag was badly swollen and in
famed. The COW in few hours would
die apparently in great agony. Mr..
Miller, after losing eight cows, deter
mined to learn the cause of the trouble.
One day he noticed that one of the
COWS was racing madly about the pas.
ture AT terrible rate and in a state of
great excitement, which was soon felt
by all of the other cattle in the field.
Approaching the COW. Mr.. Miller saw
monster bun snake. eight feet ID
length. hanging to the teat of the AMI
NAL with grip that was not TO be
shaken 10y the frantic efforts of the
thoroughly frightened bovine. As the
COW plunged on the snake was rapidly
absorbing the milk from the udder;
When the last drop had been sucked
AWAY the snake dropped off. and Mr..
Miller killed it. The body of the mon,
ster has been preserved in alcohol and
will he donated TO tho museum of the
State University at Lawrence. Since
hc killed the snake Mr.. Miller has lost
no more cows.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01

DIR. Jolly of Dublin read paper a
few DAYS ago before the Royal Society
in England setting forth in detail the
method which he has devised and used
of taking colored photographs. Beside
the paper which he read, the doctor
presented quite number of specimens
of colored photographs taken by him,
and in one instance colored photo
graph of water color, With the water
color pinned above it, so that it was
possible by comparison to show the
close similarity. While the taking of
this kind is not novelty, the merit OF
this new method consists in confnlng
the work to single operation, and this
under conditions that promise to make
il possible for any amateur who under
stands the business sufficiently well to
take good photographs to take colored
pictures with as great a degree of sue
cess as plain ones are now taken. by
the use of prepared plate upon which
lines of three primary colors are drawn,
SO that there are three or four hundred
of these to the square inch, the largest
diversity of color and shade is obtain
ed. The color plate is used over the
ordinary dry plate, and the only materi-
al difference seems to be that the time
of exposure needs to be considerably
prolonged.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
WORLD OF SCIENCE.
Long Distance Electricity,

The practicabiity of conveying a
powerful current of electricity for con
siderable distance has been demonstrat
ed in California. The other day street
cars in Sacramento were propelled 10y
generated twenty four miles
away. and the test was SO successful
that it is proposed to furnish factory
power. and electricity for lighting,
heating and cooking. as well. 1t is es-
timated that at least eighty per cent.
of the electricity is made effective at
the distance of Sacramento, and sun
larger percentage could tie transmitted
if there should be any need Tor
economy. AT present the supply SO far
exceeds all the needs that wastefulness
is little considered. The experiment Is
of especial interest with reference It! the
Niagara Falls scheme as power from
there is now ready for distribution.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
BROOKS HOUSE HACK AND COUPE
LINE.
j. o. smith, Prop.

1t is necessary that in place of
Brattleboro's proportions and lmpor
lance, hack and coupe lines should be
well represented. Happily. Il number
of such, alike credtable to the town
and the proprietors are here, and
prominent among them is the well
known establishment of j. o. Smith
of the Brooks House hack and coupe
lines. This gentleman is well known
in the best circles, and to the better
class of citizens who are in the habit
of patronZing such establishments as
his. The premises occupied are located
in the rear of the Brooks House ample
room being afforded for the large mum
Der of horses which may be found
here. There are number of horses
in service. and large variety of hacks
and coupes. The horses are always IN
first class condition, being well bred
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
gro. r. LYONS GRANITE COMPANY.
n.,I,rs in Granite for Monumental.
EwiIding and Bridge work Ofaii kinds.

one of the most important institutions
in Windham county and one that has
established a name all over New Eng
Land and also in other parts of the
country, is the George f. Lyons Gran
lie company, the quarrics of which are
located at Dummcrston.
The business was originally cstab-
lishcd about y years ago 10y q. r. Lyons,
and it was incorporated under its pres
emf title inMlarch, 1889. The quarrics and
min, are at West Dummcrston, and they
may be considered as among the most
imnortant in the state. All of the
best and most approved appliances are
here in operation, and force of from
1OD TO 80 men are given employment
Good shipping facilities are available,
fine railroad side tracks entering the
Yards SO the product may be economi-
,aly and expeditiously shipped to any
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01

M from a great vein and smelted by
the flow of the lava which abounds IN
that region, cooling in the form III
which it was found; aud this theory is
borne out by the find of at least doz-
en- similar pieces, though much small
er. in the same vicinity. These pieces
of pure silver weighed from 10 oo
pounds each.
Tucker and Dolye have located
mining claim where the bowlder was
found. and intend to sink a shaft and
drift in search of the main vein. Mr.,
Tucker said today that in 1883 piece
of smelted silver weighing four pounds
was found by William Hooker two
miles west of Peach Springs, but at
tracted no attention. the superstition
being that ii had been stolen from
Mexican smelter and subsequently lost
nv the thief II Arizona Letter in San
Francisco Examiner.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01

aged, and he gives way more and more
to the pcssimistic spirit. Gray is op
timistc steadily to the end. The diff
ference was partly due to natural tenn
permanent. but chiefly, | think, to the
influence of their respective professions,
The subject material of the literary
man is familiar human nature and
familiar human surroundings, and his
task is to express the thoughts and
dreams which these suggests. lie
must compete with the whole past
with all the genius that has been,
There is nothing new under the sun
he cxclaims. But to us it is IA provcrb
contradictcd by our daily experience.
secrets Of the Auburn Death Chamber
DR.. p. j. Gibbons Of Syracuse, orig
inator of the present methods of rcsus-
citating victims of electric shock and
who tried to get permission To eypcrl
mcnt ON electroculed convicts, tells a
startling story about the secrets Of the
death chamber after these executions,
lie says; II was in Auburn prison
when they killed the negro johnson,
This is IA chapter which has been
k pit secret long enough After the cur
rent had been applied to johnson !
was allowed to apply the simple means
of artificial respiration and did so. 1t
was not long before johnson gave Il
gasp and showed unmistakable cvid-
cncr Of returning consciousness. The
warden interviewed and prevented the
prosecution of the attempt. and. OF
course, the symptoms of returning
life ceased. a little later they per
formed the autopsy ON johnson. 1t
was agreed among those present that
the facts should remain one of the Sc
crcts of the death chamber. They
might as we'll be known now, and
there they are. You will remember
that in Taylor's case it was announced
that the armature of the dynamo
burned out and that it was necessary
to obtain a current from the city light
ing plant to complete the operation
Such was not the case. The immature
burned out. to he sure. after the cur
rent had been applied fully, but when
they applied the current the second
time, - minutes later, they applied IT
To a dead man. Taylor came to him
self sufficiently to move and talk and
walk. Deadly drugs were administered
to him. and he was killed 10y those
drugs, and. as say. when the Dor
rowed current was applied It was ap
piled to corpse, made such by the
administering Of deadly drugs Dr.
Buchanan would have recovered con
seriousness after the first application II
he had been left alone and no RENE
dies applied. After the second appli-
cation consciousness could have been
restored by the simple means we are
talking about. without even the use OF
bellows. " Ninety five per cent OF
the subjects are not killed 10y the cur
rent. Now in the first place the use
and alternating current. The alter
mating current hardly ever kills, The
continuous current may coagulate the
blood the alternating current never
does that. If they want to Kill crlml
nails by electricity they should con
struct n special continuous current dy
namu for the purpose with coarse WIND.
inn
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
UNRKEE DELL.
serum Treatment for Cancer.

Among the diseases for the cure Of
which it is hoped that treatment with
an anti toxine serum will he effective
are certain kinds of cancer. Interest
ing experiments designed to prove, if
possible, the efficacy of such treat
ment have been made during the last
eight months on both sides Of the At
laptic. The substance injected has
been either an anti-toXinc serum oh
tanned from an animal infected with
crvsipelas. 1t was ascertained some
wears ago that the bacillus of crysire-
las is hostile to the bacillus of the dis
ease called anthrax. and also that the
anti toxine serum of the erysipelas
bacillus may toe used effectively against
that disease. 1t was also discovered
at a later date that while certain KINDS
of cancer were favurably affected by
crvsipeas itself in the same patient
the progress of such cancers could be
checked and in some instances
marked improvement could he caused
hv injections of the toXines or the
anti toxine serum of erysipclas bacllll.
The most interesting experiments IN
this field made in Europe have been
those of Prof Emmerich and DIR.
Seholl, who published few weeks
AGO the record of six cases. One pa
tent appears to have been cured. tenn
porarilv at least. In other cases there
was very marked improvement. The
record does not prove that such can
GERS may be checked or that the con
dition of the patient may Toe improved,
and that further experiment may yield
conclusions and point to curative
methods of great value.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01

guns firing from $50 to II, 800 shots a
minute il becomes practically impossi-
bic to storm any well established posi-
ton
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01
Modern War.

After critical examination of the
improvements made in war since his
practical experience of it, Gen. Fitz
Hugh Lee concludes that such charge
as that of Pickett and his men at Get
tysburg would now be impossible.
During the civil war sixty rounds of
ammunition were the fun allowance
for a DAYS fighting. while now an in
fantryman intrcnched can fire sixty
rounds i'm three minutes at charging
enemy. The modern magazine rifle II
used in connection with rapid firing
cannon. Gen. Lee thinks. would have
DESTROYED every one uf Pickett's men
long before they reached the heights.
Such has been the improvement in
field guns that Gen. Lee believes the
present improved hrcech loading gun
can he captured 10y infantry only 10y
strategy or after its ammunition has
been exhausted. When such pieces
are reinforced by Maxim and Calling
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-07-01

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-06
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL
Quotations Of Staple Products in the
Leading Markets.
Portland Wholesale Market
FOR THE WEEK ENDING Nov. 5,


There is but little change from last week in
business. and a very quiet feeling i'll all depart
ments continues to prevail. everything being of
hand-to mouth character. Collections Slow.
The cotton goods market has no new develop
ments: prices hold firm, and but little attention
is paid to the recent fluctuations in raw cotton.
Flour is steadily held at old figures, with mod
crate inquiry. Corn is very scarce here and
wanted dealers are unable to supply the de-
mand on account of the delay in forwarding
from the West. New Corn is on the market and
selling at Ale in car lots the qualityof which is
excellent Oats steady. Owing to the absence
of the regular market reports from the Weston
account of elections. We are unable to note the
situation in the leading markets for Grain. The
Sugar market is steady at the recent decline;we
are unable to see how prices can 60 much lower,
as American Sugars at present are below Tor
eign, and the quality far superior. Coffee quiet
and unchanged. Teas are firm on all gooQ
grades: exports from China have been I'M
usually light so far but it is said that the stock
is being held back and later on we shall be able
TO note heavy shipments from there. Mackerel
are easier without uuotable change in values;
one trip of so bblS sold yesterday out OF PICK
le Is and rs, at SIS ~ Dbl; this is under 1Or-
mer prices. dealers are not anxious to pay ex-
IRENE figures for Mackerel now. as more liberal
receipts are anticipated; about twenty vessels
of the Gloucester fleet are still out; the to
tai catch of Mackerel by the New Eng
land fleet to date is l9,24S bbls, same time
wear ago, 80, $50 bbls; same time in $685.
SAT bbIs; in 1921, 1876 bbls; in 1884,
613I bbls in 1908, 1919. Fresh fish firm;
icbbing 21ac 9P tb for Cod and &c for Haddock;
11a02c for Hake. 21sc for Cusk, 1lgl3c for
Halibut i2c for Mackerel. HOLSTERS at l3c y
pound :llve 10. Cheese firm and higher. Eggs
higher, Beans lower. Chickens and fowls In
arge supply. Hay steady and offered Ire ely.
I,ntatnas lower Dry fish dull and easy.