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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

Mrs. Foster Grousbeck is III.
Edwin Murdoch is at work for +. A.
Temple d Co.
Clarence w. Reed was home from Brat
tleboro Memorial day.
Mrs. Jennie St!ckney will spend part
or all the summer at the academy.
Miss Vira A. Farnsworth OF Shelburne
Falls, Mass, was in town recently.
John +. Harris lives in the Carley house
and has opened a meat market in the
basement of the hotel.
There were severe frosts last Friday and
Tuesday mornings, but We hope that the
apple cropis not seriously injured.
Rev. Samuel j. Smith of West Halifax
preached a Memorial sermon at the
academy last Sunday afternoon, the chapel
being filled to overlooking.
While playing base ball Wednesday af-
ternoOn Erford j. PEBBLES was struck with
ball over the eye, and a sore, if not
serious, injury was the result.
Last Sunday will have to be called white
Sunday although the apple blossoms were
not fully developed then, yet so fast has
been the change that they will be beyond
their beauty before next Sunday.
Among FORMER residents OF the Town,
who were present al the funeral Of Henry
5, Blanchard last Sunday were z. l..
Roberts of Brattleboro, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
G.. Brown of Shelburne Falls, Mass.
George f. Roberts, Orland II Melvin w. g.,
and Irving l.. Stickney, and Ernest Hicks.
Rev. 1. 5. Yerks of Wilmington ofiiciat-
ed at the funeral of Henry ). Blanchard,
which was held last Sunday at his late
home, Mr. Bray of Wilmington singing
appropriate selections, Miss Lena K. Cogs-
well playing the accompaniment A large
gathering of relatives and acquaintance
were present The burial was beside his
former wife in the village cemetery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
EAST DOVER.

Mrs. c. S. Sherman went to Providence,
r. l., last week to visit her children.
A number from this place went to Will
mington Memorial day, and some went to
Putney.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Roberts visited Mr..
Roberts's brother, C. H. Roberts, in Sears
burg the last of the week
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
SOUTH NEWFANE.
OrI,n MesI.y Mord.n.

The late Orlen Wesley Worden was one
of the successful farmers of Marlboro. He
was born in that town Nov. %, lS49, the
son of Clark and Charlotte Worden. His
early life was spent on the home farm with
his parents. After becoming of age he
went to South Deerfeld, Mass, where he
worked for farmer. There he met Anna
c. Mayo, who became his wife Jan. 2S,
1872. For six years he was employed by
the Dwight Manufacturing company of
Holyoke. He then returned to the neigh
borhood of his birth and took the farm on
which he spent the rest of his life and
where he died. He cleared the land and
got it into excellent condition, repaired the
house, built new barn and has made it
one OF the best farms in the town. He
worked hard and faithfully to this end al
lowing himself little rest or recreation.
His wife died in 1882, leaving a family of
four small children, one of whom died in
infancy In 1891 he took for his second
wife Nellie Quite of Shelburne Falls, Mass.
who, with their two little girls, survives
him. Mr.. Worden was an affectionate
husband and father, kind and helpful
neighbor and his death is an irreparable
loss to those dependent upon him for a
home and support. The aged mother of
the first wife, who has lived with him for
50 many years, Mrs. c. G. Mayo, will now
live in Brattleooro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
ATHENS s.

Thomas Edwards is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Susan Hewitt.
The three schools united in holding Me-
mortal day exercises Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. W. E. Lang will take as his sub
ject next Sunday morning, Exchange"
Quite a number from here attended the
meeting of the Black River union at Cam
bridgeport Tuesday evening,
Cards have been received announcing
the marriage, May %, at Albany, this
state, of Rev. Milton H. Smith of Wilder,
a former pastor here, to Miss NJ. Florence
Austin of that place.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
WEST HALIFAX.
The Memorial Day Exercises.

The program for Memorial day was sue
cessfully carried out. The Brattleboro
drum corps furnished instrumental music
and Fred c. Adams of BrattleborO vocal
music, assisted by the school children.
The church was crowded to its utmost
capacity and many could not get seats.
The address of Lawyer Schwenk of Brat
tleboro held the close attention Of this
large audience. After brief reference to
the veterans of the civil war, Mr. Schwenk
devoted his Grafton mainly to brilliant
and timely discussion of the causes and
results of the war with Spain, and the i'm
portant and perpeXing problems which it
has left on our hands as questions of
national policy. A brief history was also
given of the causes which led to the war in
South Africa. The Rotations and songs
of the school children were well rendered,
and Mr.. Adams won the gratitude of the
audience by his singing. The exercises at
the cemetery were of the usual order. A
bountiful dinner awaited all upon their
return to Village hall. 1t was one of the
most interesting Memorial days we have
ever had. All were interested. and turned
out better than ever before, while many
from adjoining towns were present.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
GUILFORD.

Levi Boyden is visiting his sister in
Boston.
Mrs. Horace Sanders of Jamaica is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Jesse Weatherhead
Rural free delivery for Guilford seems
to be assured, and, it is said, will begin
July l.
Rev. Lucen c. Kimball of Dummerston
will preach in the Congregational church
Sunday morning at II o'clock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
"a Single Fact

Is worth shipload of argument" What shall be
said, then, of thousands of factsf Every cure by
Hoods sarsaparia is a fact presenting the
strongest possible evidence Of the merit of this
medicine. Thousands and thousands of such
facts prove that Hoods Sarsaparilla will cure all
diseases caused or promoted by impure blood
IL Is the bfst medicine money can huy
Indigestion, nausea are cured by Hoods Pills
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

Aaron Clark has his new barn up and
nearly covered.
There is prospect of obtaining tele-
phone communication here again.
Memorial services were held at the
Baptist church last Sunday. The house
was we'll filed and the sermon interesting
and instructive.
Next Sunday Rev. S. P. Smith will
preach his annual sermon reviewing the
progress made by the church and society
during the past year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
Timely SmggestIons.

Rev. c. II. Smith, native of West Brat
tleboro and formerly Congregational pas
tor here and in Townshend, has very sug.
gestve article in the last Vermont Mis-
sionary entitled SIS There Better Way"
in which he says it is generally conceded
that the Congregational System of cAndl.
dating is about as bad as it can be. He
speaks of the attempted improvement in
some states by appointment of a committee
to assist churches in selections of pas
tors. He accords to Massachusetts the
most thorough work in this direction, and
the efficient committee of that state has
rendered valuable assistance TO some Yer
mont churches. At the general conven-
ton of the state churches held in Barre
last year Mr.. Smith was elected chairman
of a committee to investigate the matter of
bringing churches and ministers together
10 their mutual advantage. Four possible
remedies are suggested: To continue the
present hit-or-miss search for pastors; to
appoint judicious committee from our
churches to render such aid as may be pos
sble TO turn the work over to the Massa-
chusetts bureau to serve such churches as
choose TO seek its aid, and to have Yer
mont committee TO act in conjunction with
the Massachusetts bureau. 1t will readily
be understood that Rev. Mr.. Smith with
his practical, judicious and judicial tenn
permanent and his extensive knowledge of
the needs in Vermont Congregational
churches, would be an invaluable member
of state committee for the purposes
named.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

w. Z. Bingham is repairing his house.
Charlie Ferguson is at work for j. H.
Worden.
Mrs. Sarah Mason is boarding at B. c.
Bailey's.
Mrs. Eliza Kelsey, who has been ill, is
somewhat improved.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

All disorders caused by a bilious state of the
system can be cured by using Carters Little
Liver Pills No pain, gripping or discomfort at
tending their use Try them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

Miss Clara Bovey has recently finished
working for Mrs. Wellman.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will meet
at the home of Miss Benedict Saturday at
3 p. IN.
Principal Carlton D. Howe of McIndoes
academy is at home, having closed his
school year in May.
Rev. d. L. Davis of Williamstown, Penn,
will preach as a candidate in the Congre-
gational church next Sunday.
Mrs. G. E. Davidson was in attendance
this week at the Windsor County w. c. T.
U. convention as one of the speakers.
G. A. Holland sold a quantity of house
hold good at auction inIthe rear of Holland
& Richards's store on Saturday afternoon.
The Homeland circle is invited to meet
jointly with the W. c. T. U. at the Misses
Newton's on Wednesday next at 3 in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Gertrude Benedict aud daughter,
Miss Benedict, who have boarded at Mrs.
Moore's for nearly two years, are occupy
ing Z. G. Benedict's house for the summer.
Clifford Booth, a graduate of the semi
nary at Barre, this state, and formerly of
this place, is in a surveyors office in
Leominster, Mass.
Rev. Arthur Titcomb kindly extended
his drill of the young peoples choir to a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

III weeds grow apace." Impurities In your
blood VIII also grow unless you promptly expel
them by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
Farm for Sale.

Two CLOSE an estate l will sell at once the
Il farm of the late Reuben Stearns . 10 miles
acres, with buildings in good Condition. some
$50 cords OF wood on the place; running water 10
house and barn; Apply TO MRS. ABBIE FRENCH
Brattleboro. ""iis'on S''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

FSSFNEF nE IIEE The United States
LOOLVOE VI LII, Health Report, March
lsys, says; "Dr. r. @. Flowers Essence OF Life Is
the great blood remedy OF the age. Il not only
eleanses the blood quickly, but is powerful tonic
and bowel IGt an ssoh INA Eet' A'uF For
sale In Brattleboro at Geo. E. Greene's Drug
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
Millinery

Every day now we are receiv-
ing new goods.
Have two cases of white fam
cy straw sailors at IS and 50
cents.
Fine white and colored sail
ors from SI.25 to So.
New styles in walking hats.
A lot of children's trimmed
sailors, same as we always car
~ every season at IS cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01
Horses |! Horses 4!

have just received a load of northern horses
which bought last week. These horses consist
pounds
Nos. and 2-Pair bay mares, full sisters and
years old, weigh 200 pounds very blocky, good
workers and trappY drivers.
No. Shay mare years old, stands Is ?, weighs
$50 pounds, extra fine driver and safe for lady
10 drive 10 steam or electric cars.
No 4-Chestnut mare years old, weighs 1000
pounds, very smooth and stylish, and one OF the
old fashioned Morgan
No 5-Family mare, bay, weighs 1923 pounds
TINS mare is very clever and handsome and a
nice driver.
No 6-Brown mare stands Is 8. weighs 1850
pounds years old, nice driver and family
broke, not afraid of steam or electric cars, and
can step along quite fast.
Inc balance are good business and livery horses
ana can guarantee are all right as l selected
lhem myself at the north Call and see them
whether you wish to buy or not.
e. e. BLOOD.
also have a nice lot of carriages which it
would do you good TO look at, and il you are q
FARMER can show you some good farming tools
as you have ever seen, and at right prices
Putney, VT
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22
Everything in Notions.

at a more certain time. 1t would not do
to sleep and take chances on a train going
by. Across the tracks from the station
stood a telegraph pole into which the wires
sang a merry song al night and made the
telegraph Office still more lonesome Half
way up this pole John Foley tied a string.
He extended the cord across the tracks.
through the window 20 his office. and on
the end fastened half a dozen tin cans.
Then the operator went back 10 his chair
and was soon sound asleep. safe in the
thought that when the last train went by
a 1870 a. m. the engine would break the
string the cans would fall with a crash,
and the operator would awaken. Then he
would report the train and go home. The
string broke. the cans fell, the telegrapher
awoke. seized the key Of the instrument,
and sent to the dispatcher.
No q on time
Then he looked at the clock. It was not
midnight. No q must be an hour ahead
Of time The operator went out to the
station platform to take the air. There
was no sight or sound Of No. 81 But
standing in the centre Of the track was
brindle COW that blinked az the light
through the window. The cow had broken
the string and it was not long before the
night operator at NObIesville left the rail-
road TO its fate and was out in the world
looking for something to do.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22
CIRCUSES OF OLDEN DAYS
How a Flaring Poster Brings Forth
"reminiscences.
RejoicIngs in the NHInGe when the
, Clowns and Elephants Come to
TOSn-Lndies in Pink Tights and
the Man Who Is Shot out of 1t Can
non.

tFrom %, New York Commercial Adyortscr)
The stroller stopped In front Of a gaudy
circus poster. one Of series which ran
down "a block of fence on the side street
and around the corner on the avenue.
There was something familiar about it,
and something. he could not say what
which was not. The balance was on the
side of the familiar however, and mo-
ment later he was under a spell. He was
a boy again-his long trousers somehow
had gotten short and he was wearing
stockings. and he knew where to find the
hole in them. just below the knee cap and
lust above there was spot on his right
leg which felt comfortably sore from play
ing marbles. His shoulders shrunk in a
trice. his chest grew boyishly fiat, and he
felt like humping il 10 see II he were in
condition TO swap punches with Jimmy
Brown His height grew less, and his
face. a moment ago waiting for shave and
very bristly. was soft and hairless. Also
he was back in a little Southern village
and over by the village store where he got
cinnamon and where his father bought the
thick shoes with the shiny brass tips
which he could not kick through. He
knew. because he had tried without even
hurting his toes which were uneasily
waiting barefoot time.
The sun grew warmer, too, and the air
had the Fat. sweet. earthly odor it gets
from the prairie land. He shifted the air
greedily. His heart leaped within him, his
breath was short and there was something
too big for his front ribs inside He was
a boy The circus was coming to town
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22
AN EVIL EXPERIMENT.
The Signal of TeIeErnpher Upset
by Cow.

Twenty years ago. John E. Foley. chief
deputy United States marshal was a tels-
graph operator al Denver, Ind. a small
town near Peru. The town was small and
the telegraph operators duties kept him
at the keys until long after every other
person in the place had gone 10 bed. The
teIegrapher went to his work at p. m.
and when the last train for the night had
gone by and the report Of its movements
had been sent TO headquarters. the operator
put out the lights locked the station door
and went up the lonesome street to his
home When the Denver stores had closed
al and O'Clock. and the stOrekeepers had
gone home and to bed. it made the lights
in the railroad station the more consptcu-
Gus. The young telegrapher sat at his desk.
night after night shivering with anxiety
and expecting a band Of tramps, or night
providers to pounce down upon him at any
time The telegrapher enticed his COM
panions to his office, told them stories
true and untrue-but they usually became
sleepy. and 9 O'Clock was as late as any OF
them could be induced 10 remain. After
they had gone. the telegrapher went To
sleep in his chair. and depended on pass
ing trains TO awaken him. The clock and
the timecard would indicate the number Of
the train and reporting Il was then easy
enough.
one night the telegraph operator awak-
ened with a start. He was not certain,
but thought ne had heard a train go by.
With his mind in a whirl from the sudden
rousing he became confused and was not
certain whether he had heard a train or
had dreamed To report it as passing
when il had not would have been a fatal
error. to fail to report it when it had gone
by would have been as bad-the teleg-
rapher would next day be going up and
down the earth looking for work \ little
later the sleepy Denver operator heard
another sleepy operator farther up the
road sending in a belated report Of the
train. and John Foley set the key to click
ing off a similar message to the chief train
dispatcher.
But the time came when something had
to be done to awaken the Denver operator
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22

and on Saturday. and there would be a
parade. and-he reached his hand into a
pocket which somehow seemed very small
and pulled out his mOney-he had thirty
five cents a two-bits and two picayunes--
and his father had promised him twO-bits
If he would be good. and that was ten
cents over for lemonade. Which would
he take? Pink or the other knd2 Maybe
both, or popcorn and the pink. which
looked and tasted both.
Now. however, he would look at all the
pictures on the side Of the village store
He would do il systematically and fairly
which was the most gratifying. He would
walk down to the end with his eyes
straight ahead and deny himself a single
side glance at the lions and elephants in
pyramids, or the ladies in pink flying
about in air or the man shot out OF the
cannon. or the monkeys. No, he would 20
slowly and hold his breath at length over
the lion tanning
Yes. there they werer The three rings
in tent mile long. and high, and mil
lions of people on the benches packed
tight and a lady hopping through a hoop
onto a leaping white horse and the clowns
and the acrobats and the ringmaster and
the japanese jugglers. He studied their
faces in detail to see If he could recognize
any Of the clowns. Then he looked at
the roaring lions Gee, but l hope it
don't rain. o." he said, thinking Of the awful
task it would be to wait until circus time
if he didn't see the lions in the parade in
their gold cages. incidentally he got
ready his argument as to whether the
lions could carry OFF Farmer Tate's old
black bull. which served better than a
watchdog in the orchard, and whether the
sheriG's bloodhound, which caught the
man who shot Johnny uncle. could kill
one Of them. These arguments We're to
be used on the Brown boy, no matter
which side he took.
Then there were the ostriches and the
birds that were like ostriches, but didn't
have such long feathers, and a pink bird.
The elephants we're in the next picture,
and he wondered If the baby one was really
that little. and whether it ate only milk
or would take peanuts. He would shell the
peanuts first if necessary. The Wild West
hunt spread away before him and the but-
faloes were fearfully cOmbatiye. He
thought he would like 70 hunt bufaloes
and could use the gun with little shot at
other times Tor squirrels Robins, which
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22

were easy to hit he would not shoot with
d real gun. They were good enough for
sling shots, but --. He wanted a gun.
Next there were all sorts of queer things,
cows with humps, grey little cows, and
wolves. and a thing which rolled itself up
into a ball He didn't know what it was
1t was kinder like mud turtle in some
respects, but. as the postmaster said,
You couldn't never be sure" He would
investigate that if the elephants and
monkeys didn't take too much time
This brought him to the end OF the
fence. There was the pink paper with big,
black letters. He thought it would have
no fears for him; he would have 60 cents
and could 20 in openly and didn't need to
carry water for the elephants. He stuck
his hands in his pockets and stepped back
to read the sign with comfortable arrog
ance But what was that Concert after
show Clowns comic songs, Twenty
five cents admission" Jimminee, He had
forgotten that. He would have to give up
the pink lemonade But. no. Then he would
save only 10 cents. He wanted to hear
those clowns, most almost as bad as to see
the elephants. and he wanted the pink
lemonade. and the baby elephant had to
be fed Jim Jones would brag If he didn't.
He might 90 into the tent after the show
and see the animals and 20 to the concert.
but most Of the cages would be closed He
stopped to think.
To think he had to kick his toes into
the ground, and he looked to see what
sort Of holes the brass tips were making
He had on dapper patent
leather shoes and was old and
in the city, had a COLLEGE diplo-
ma, and a good position. He pulled
some money from his pocket, and studied
1t idly. 1t was a SO bill. He would
give it all to be just a boy and would be
happy with the two bits and dime and
let the concert 20. and father would be
Well he'd 20 to the circus anyhow-just
for old times-and borrow the landlady's
boy and take him, too