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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Arthur Wescott is visiting his sister,
Mrs. W. L. Tenney.
Levi Howard has been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. WinslOw Puffer.
E. Bridgoe has returned from his trip to
Nova Scotia. He has recently sold his
farm to a Mr.. Frederick of New London,
CT.
Among those procuring a divorce at the
recent tern of court was Mrs. Emma Be-
mis-, nee Chase, who is stopping with her
parents here.
A lyceum was held at the vestry last
Saturday evening at which 1t was voted to
sustain lyceum through the coming win
ter. The question: Resolved, That wom-
en- should be permitted to vote for Presi.
dent" was discussed by A. Burbee and
Rev. Chas. DeAltree in the affirmative,
and Miss Fife Fisher and Miss Josie Pig
OFT in the negative. The decision was in
the negative. The next meeting will be
held next Saturday evening.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
TEFT JOHNSON AND MISS Able JOHNSON OF

r. TEFFT. JOHNSON, a we'll
W known society man Of Washing
huA ington, D. c., who played last sea-
son as leading man in "The Heart Of
Maryland company, writes the follow
ing letter to DR.. Hartman, of Columbus,
o., in which he gives his opinion of the
catarrh remedy, Peruna. Mr.. Johnson
says:
'In ali my experiments with n1edi-
cines IN the effort to improve a cOndi-
ton impaired by oVerWOrk, have
found nothing that has done so much
good - Peruna. As q tonic II Is grand.
lake pleasure In recommending II to
professional people and to the public
generally"
His sister, Miss Able Johnson, tai
ented young actress and society woman,
also of Washington, d. c., speaks in the
highest terms of Peruna. She says:
81 take pleasure In recommending
your Peruna as an excellent remedy. 1
heartily Join with my brother, Mr..
Tefft. Johnson, the leading man in "The
Heart of Maryland" in testifying to
Peruna as q fine tonic. Professional
people who are travelling from city to
city should not be without Peruna."
The above letters were written from
Washington, d. c., Fourteenth and 1
streets.
Mr.. Robert B. ManfeH, the great nO-
mantle actor says: "Peruna Is re-
freShing TO the nerves and brain. ID
makes me feel Ike q new man."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12

The Objectionable practice of indiscrimi
nate bidding for contracts to carry the
mails on star route lines is no longer tole-
rated under the new rules made by the de-
partment, which will hereafter govern on
all these lines. Bidders must live ON the
line of the route and this rule shuts out
the professional bidder. The carrier under
the new ruling is required to deliver mail
along his route to all the houses, where a
box is provided, free of charge. This ar
rangement affords to the people system
of rural delivery without the additional
cost of employing a separate carrier. The
two star routes centTeing in Brattlebo; .
run to Wilmington and Jacksonville, bi
Tor which will be accepted until Decembe &.
special agent of the post. office depar :.
ment has recommended the discontinuanoe
of the stage route from here through Gull
ford to Green River and the substitution of
line from Brattleboro through Hale, or
Hinesburg, to Jacksonville, by the way of
Green River. The patrons of the Hale
plst'otiice have petilioned for the extern
sion of the rural delivery service to that
place, while the department has under con-
sideraton recommendation to abolish the
office at Guilford Centre, that place being
now supplied through the rural delivery.
- Brattleboro letter in Springfield Sunday
Republican.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
RROOKLINE.

Warren DeMott has bought the E. n.
Cook farm.
George Bush attends the teachers insti-
tute at Rutland this week.
William DtMott and bride Of Long ISL
and are spending their honeymoon at War
rem DeMotts.
Mrs. Adelaide Stebbins Of Minnesota Is
in town on business concerning the J. b.
Stebbins estate.
The ladies' benevolent society will meet
next Wednesday afternoon at the parsOn-
age, by invitation of Mrs Nlckerson
j. Wooley had heifer fall into hole
which had been dug by hunters to get a
fox, and 1t was nearly dead when found.
Harold Pratt, Eve years old, saw two
young deer a short distance from the house
last week. This makes eight which the
lad has seen this season.
Miss Minnie Day, who has been spending
the summer at G. NJ. Robbins's, returns to
her home at Woodcliff, n. j., this week,
much improved In health.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
One-Day Election.
From the Burlington News, I

Governor Stickney in his inaugural
message made one suggestion that most
certainly ought to be carried out.
1t is that the date of our state election
be changed so that it will be held on the
day of the national election.
There is no argument whatever in favor
of our present system, except that it gives
us little cheap Advertising; but that ad.-
Vertising does the state no more good than
does the election held the same week In
Arkansas benefit that state. On the othd
er hand, every argument of economy anr
convenience and the conservation of Gus
business, social and educational interest
is against our present system.
The reform In question has been grad
nally brought about in all the states of the
union except nine.
Vermont ought to step out of her place
in this rear guard and line up with the
progressive states Of the union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12

Secret Service" by VIM. Gillette,
which comes to the Auditorium next Mon
day evening, is one of the biggest successes
of recent years. In London it ran for two
seasons and was considered much better
and stronger play than "The Heart of
Maryland
A session of the United States court
was held before Judge Wheeler In the Of
flee of Waterman & Martin Monday after
noon, when eight Chinese cases were con-
sdered. In only one case was testimony
taken, and in each case records we're SUBJ
mitted which were made at hearings before
the commissioner. All were of the regula-
ton nature. p. F. McMannus of Rutland
and James Brown of Burlington appeared
for the Cinnamon and United States Dis
trict Attorney Martin for the government.
Fred A. Field of Rutland, marshal, George
E. johnson Of Burlington, clerk, DR.. Moy,
the interpreter, and Inspectors lizard OF
New York and Hatch of STAFFORD were
present.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Care OF the Insane.
From the Burlington Free Press

from the Burlington Free Press
The biennial report of the trustees of
the Vermont hospital for the insane con-
talns interesting statements and sugges-
lions. The trustees Hon. George W.
Wing, DR.. William N. Plat and Hon. Or
rice Ballard, combat at the very outset the
erroneous notion that there is An alarming
increase of insanity in our state. They say
taht while there has been an increase in
the number Of this unfortunate class of
people, the erroneous announcements re-
gardlng the subject result from a false
method of statistical investigation. They
also state that since popular prejudice
against the asylums and superstitious
views of insanity have been relegated to
the past and insanity has COME TO be rec.
ognized as much physical disease as con-
sumption the friends and associates of this
class will demand the very best institu-
tional treatment that the state can provide,
According to the figures published by
the trustees the full capacity Of the state
hospital at Waterbury is 500 patients and
OF the Brattleboro institution $50 total
$50 The present number of patients at
Waterbury is $50, 80 of whom are soon to
be removed to Brattleboro; while the pres.
ent number at the latter hospital Is POI,
making the total number of patients now
under state care S42.
The trustees recommend for the consid-
GRAFTON of the members of the legislature
the feasibility of erecting cottages on the
Duxbury property for class of feeble
minded persons that do not care constant
attendance; and they also speak Of the
necessity of home for the lady attendants
outside of the buildings where the patients
are located.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12

nERUNA HAS MANY FRIENDS
among society people everywhere.
They all recommend it as O fine
tonic, excellent for coughs, colds and
hoarseness to which they are so liable.
Late hours, irregular meals, the cease
less rounds of social duties, the conse-
quent sapping of nervous vitality, make
the society man or woman especially
liable to affections of catarrhal origin.
Vice President Roxa Tyler, promi.
nently connected In Chicago, and Vice
President Of the Illinois Woman's AL.
lance, in letter written from 91O East
Goth street, says: "During the past year
IgradnsLIy lost flesh and strength until
! was unable to perform my work
properly. Peruna 9aVe me new life
and restored my strength"
George Backus, in "Way Down East''
Co., says: al know of nothing so effica-
cious in the speedy relief from hoarse-
ness as Peruna. 1t is invaluable to all
persons who use their voice in public
work. 1t almost Immediately relieves
huskiness and renders the voice strong
and natural"
Miss Maude Lillian Berry, one of the
leading operasingers Of America, writes:
"Long ago my nerves were in danger Of
absolute and hopeless collapse from the
strain of hard work, study and excite
ment. A friend sent me q bottle of Pc
runa and prevailed upon me to take 1t.
1 did, with marvellous results"
A book on catarrh sent free bv The Pc
runa Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
WEST DUMMERsToN,

William COombs has been in Keens the
past week.
Franklin Chase, who has been i'll for the
past week, is better.
Misses Mary Ellen Connarn and MAude
Wilson are spending the week in Belcher-
town, Mass.
r. G. knight has received several ship
ments of goods for the store which he ex.
poets to open.
Bert E. Pike has returned from St.
Johnsbury and Charleston where he has
spent few weeks.
Oaks & Perry are soon to begin saving
lumber in their mill lately placed on the
Taft lot near Williamsville station.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
A Gard.

Come to my ttore and get % or so cent bot.
tie Of Greene's Warranted Syrup Of Tar and will
pay } on back your money II II does not cure
your cold or cough.
GEO. f. GREENE, BrattlebOrO. Vt.
BROOKS HOUSE HARMACY, BrattleborO, Vt.
F. Fl. HOLDEN & Co, BratIleborO, Vt.
j. l.. STO( KWELL, West BrattlebOro, Vt
e. A, TEMPLE q CO., Jacksonville, VI.
+. II, JONES, Hinsdale, N. H.
w. 8. HOLLAND, lTownshsnd, VT
BARBER BROS, West ToWnsh' nd, Vt.
N. NJ. BATCHELDER Newfane, Vt.
O. e. PARK, WilliamsVille, VI.
W. Q. HALLIDAY, East Dover, Vt.
+. K. SMITH, Jamaica, VT.
A l.. WHEELER Wardsboro, Vt.
BROWN q RYDER, West Wardsboro, VT
A. NJ. CORSER, Putney, Vt.
g. WILLIAMS, Putney, vt,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
Thinks the Railroad Commission a
RaHnacIs
[From the Mortified News. !

lffOul Jne NOTtnnelu news.
The auditors report SHOWS that 6,3l5.-
Is was expended on the railroad commits.
sion during the past two years Allowing
that this Is the total expenditure, although
there may be outstanding orders which
will increase this amount, will anyone at
tempt to show what real benefit the state
has derived from this large outlay 1t is
probably true that the railroad corpora.
tons have acted favorably upon the rec.
concentrations OF the board in several in
stances. 1t is also probable upon request
OF interested citizens the same action would
have been taken. The board has no more
power to enforce its recommendations than
has the private citizen. As has been pre-
viously suggested in these columns, IL it is
not possible TO give the board a reasonable
amount of power and bring il more in
touch with the people by making the office
elective, the thing ought to be abolished,
even though by so doing several "soft
snaps" would be forever lost TO politicians.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
Relief IN sIr Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease relieved
In six hours by "New Great South American Kid
ney Cure" II Is a great surprise on account OF
Its exceeding promptness In relieving pain Ia the
Relieves retention Of water almost Immediately
If you want quick relief and this Is the rem
edy. Sold by Geo. II. Greene, druggist, Brattlo-
bOro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12

stops the Cough and Works on the Gold.
Laxative BrOmO- ouinine Tablets cure cold in
one day. No cure, no pay. Price IS eenta
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-12
There's not the smallest orb which thou

beholdest
But in his motion like an angel sings,
Still qulring to tire young ed cherubim;
Such harmony is IN immortal souls,
But while this muddy vesture Of decay
Doth grossly close 1t in we cannot hear It,
Shakespeare.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
FOOD AFFECTS WOOL.
Why 1t Is Important to Provide Sheep
with Proper Nourishment the
Year Around.

A bulletin of the Michigan station
says: The strength of the weakest
place in the fiber decides the strength
of the whole fiber. So far as the
writer has been able to discover there
is no special ration, which, if fed to
sheep, will produce wool of great
strength, o can we. at any time,
say that any special ration is to be
recommended to produce a large
quantity of wool. 1t has often been
observed that sheep and lambs that
have beer on full feed for long peri
DDS shear heavy fieeces of wool.
This would indicate that any ration
calculated to keep the sheep in a
thrifty condition would be a suitable
one for growing large quantities of
wool. From what we have said above,
the wool grower will understand that
it is highly desirable to provide the
sheep proper nourishment through
out the year, permitting no periods
of neglect to intervene to destroy the
strength of the fibers of the fleece.
Liberal and judicious feeding does not
change the quality of the wool. but
it does affect the strength and the
quantity of the WOO produced by a
given sheep. The weight of wool pro-
duced is affected both by increasing
the length of fiber and by increasing
the amoun of yolk and natural oil
in the fleece.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
TALK ABOUT COWBELLs.
They Are Made To-Day Exactly as
They Were a Hundred
Years Ago.

Zone of the comparatively few
things that the hand of improvement
has not touched is the cowbell,
which is made now just as it was a
hundred II more years ago, and has
now just the same peculiar clanking
sound as ever" said a bell manufac-
turer TO a Washington Star writer
recently. "Cowbells are made some
of copper and some of a composition
metal; but most of them are made of
iron and finished with a coating of
bronze. The cowbell is not cast; it is
cut from a sheet of metal, which is
folded into shape and riveted. The
metal cap at the top, through which
the strap is passed, is riveted into
the bell. Cowbells are made of ten
sizes, whose sounds range through an
octave. Sometimes musical enter
tainers who play upon bells of one
sort and another come to us and by
selection among bells of various sizes,
find eight bells that are accurate in
scale.
There are only four factories in
the United States in which cowbells
are made. and in each case the cow
bell is only an item of production
among other things. CowbelIs are
sold all over the country, just the
same as vel. but much the greater
number is sold in the south, the south
west and the west, where farms are
larger. less likely to be under fence
and cattle are more apt to stray.
American cowbells are exported quite
largely to the various countries of
South America and also to Australia"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
No Living Mammoths.

For several years the story has been
extensively circulated that the natives
of Alaska are acquainted with living
mammoths. The probable origin of the
story was pointed out at a recent meet
ing of the Biological Society of Wash
ington by Mr.. G.. II. Townsend. In 1855,
when he wa in Alaska, some of the ma
tives questioned him concerning the
nature of the giant animal whose bones
are not infrequently found there, and
he drew reservations of the mammoth
in order to show them how it looked
when living. They were greatly inter
ested in the pictures, and made copies
of them. These copies, he thinks, have
been widely scattered through Alaska,
and being found by white men in the
hands of the natives, have given rise
to the belief that the prehistoric beasts
still inhabit that country.-Youth's
COMPANION.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
GOOD HONEY PLANTS.
Excellent for Bees, for Feed
and for led.

You can greatly improve your honey
flow in your locality by putting out
honey plants, those that also are use
full or ornamental, besides the honey
they produce. Perhaps the best honey
bearing plants and trees are those that
are good for other purposes as well.
The most abused and misrepresented,
and the best honey-plant that grows,
is bokhara clover. What l know
about bokhara clover is from my own
experience. having thoroughly test
ed its usefulness not only for honey,
but for 600 and seed. Bokhara is
an immense seeder, and will produce
ten bushels of seed per acre under or
binary conditions. This seed has a
ready market at wholesale seed houses
and usually is retailed to growers at
from Is to 20 cents per pound. That
bokhara is a good feed for stock l
can testify, having used it myself.
This clover, like alfalfa, stock do not
naturally take to-. as they do to some
grasses, especially such grasses as
grow in the middle and eastern states,
where timothy. blue grass and red
clover abound. Stock there will usu-
ally go around it just as they will
alfalfa, if alfalfa grew there as it
does here. This being true, and from
the fact that bokhara spreads and
grows spontaneously OF road sides,
has given the impression to some peo-
pie that it is only a worthless weed
and for the want of proper investiga-
ton and thorough testing it is thus
misrepresented.
If 1 were planting trees for both
honey and other uses. l would plant
linden OF "basswood," as it usually is
called, and also catalpa. The linden
is very valuable for its white. fine
grained wood. and. as a shade tree,
scarcely has an equal. The catalpa
is noted for its everlasting posts. and
in this regard it is said to have no
equal. 1t also is a beautiful shade
tree and both the foliage and the bios
SONS are very ornamental. - A. II,
Duff, in Farmers Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
pITH AND POINT.

Cult, If we understand it, is Bostsa
EOr graft-Detroit Journal.
The world is full of people who be-
iieve that by giving away cold pota-
toes on earth they lay up treasures in
Heaven.-Town Topics.
Pal Oh, Pa! know how to make
n alm'nac.m "How, Tommy?'' "Why,
y jes' get up a lot of eclipses an make
'em to come of somewheres where
they amt Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal.
why do you leave your windows
open at night? Aren't you afraid of
burglars?" Eyes. that's the reason.
If | keep the windows shut they'd
probably break the glass."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Husband-"I see they're advertising
bargains in patent medicines at Kutt
d Prices drug store Wife-"Isn't
that too ~aggravating? There isn't a
thing the matter with any of u.s.
Philadelphia Record.
Sometimes said Uncle Eben. "de
man dat keeps cryin' aroun' bout de
lack o. disinterested frien'ship in dis
life is simply one o. desc here folks
dats alters tryin' to git sumpin' fob
nuffin.."-Washington Star.
The Editor-''There was a serious
accident in the reporters room this
morning-four of them dropped dead"
His Nife-Dear me! What was it?''
The Editor-''A man came in and
asked if anyone could cash a check for
S2j."-Town Topics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

device up before his face, with A at his
nose, he brings the point co in range
with the stump that is to be. Then he
backs away slowly until he can bring
d in line with the top of the tree. He
says thar the distance from himself
to the foot of the tree will be equal to
the height Of the latter.
The Tribune finds it hard to under
stand how this device cam be used as
described, unless the upper end of CD
leans backward toward the mans
head. 1t would then be no longer per-
pendicular. and the true principle OF it
would be sacrificed. But if the sticks
were put together as in Fig. 2 greater
accuracy would be secured. Then ALB
would be horizontal and parallel with
the earth, and DC would be vertical and
parallel with the tree trunk. Under
these circumstances, the distance from
the mans feet 10 the tree would be
equal to the height of the tree. The
principle employed is nearly the same
as that used on warships at sea to get
the enemy's range.-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
BuiIdinx Up Ais Business.

We recently saw the statement that
one big buyer of poultry in the west
follows the practice of sorting put the
thoroughbred males among his pur-
chased lots and selling them back to
the farmers at cost price TO improve
the fockS. The course is a wise one.
The trader knows there is more money
in dealing in good stock than in poor
and takes the opportunity to insure
himself a good quality of stock in the
future. He evidently expects to re-
main in the business for a number of
years and to reap the fruit of his work.
In fact, there is no kind of live stock
that responds quicker to good breeding
than poultry. A good full-blooded
male will give a flock of laying half
breeds in eight months improvement,
and it is so easy that there is no reason
why it should not be general.-Farm-
ers' RevieW.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
CABINET FOR STABLE.

it fastened or rest about five feet
from the floor. If screwed to the side
of the barn, the open top will become
the side. Put in shelves, compart-
ments, straps, as tool holders, etc. To
close the box, a drop-leaf side is put
on by Ringing at the bottom and
fastening supporting straps from the
upper corner of the box to the outer
corner of the leaf. This will make a
table before the closet when open. II
this is not desired, put a screw eye in
each upper corner, connect with a
wire and hang over the wire a thick
cloth for a cover. J.. Irwin, In
Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
NOTES.

The gasoline engine solves the prob
lem of quick and efficient power for
rapid grinding.
With corn at 80 cents a bushel one
can easily pay for a good sweep mill
in one seasons saving of feed.
Always select a mill that will admit
of the largest amount of power being
applied directly to the grinding.
For the general farmer the sweep
mill is the thing; but for heavy feed
ing the larger mills should be en-
ployed with power.
Never allow capacity to interfere
with quality; but when you can secure
capacity and perfect grinding in a
mill that's the one to buy.
With feed grinding. like many other
operations, where it is done on a large
scale, it pays, and besides the cost is
reduced to a minimum.
To secure the best results the feeder
should have a mill at hand, with
which he can grind his feed as needed,
n prepare it to snit the require
ments of his special line of feeding.
4 sweep mill that will grind from 40
W ~ ouShcis VI uTS corH anu coo-
meal per hour, is a pretty good mill.
Grain is valuable as food only when
digested and assimilated, and to be
valuable for digestion must be
crushed. ground and ~pulverized either
before feeding or by the animal itself.
The successful cattle feeder. the one
who always tops the market, is the
one who can convert the largest
amount of crude feed into high-priced
beef. Grinding feed is a great aid in
laying on fat.-Prairie FARMER.