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Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16

Peru's celebration eliminated yes
terdsy 10 general reuniou and picnic.
at which most of the present resi-.
deEts, and many who are here for the
week participated. The place selected
was the ground on which the forces
of Gen John Stark encamped the
night of August 6, l776. unen on the
march from Charlestown, n II, to join
the continental forces at Bennington.
The location is marked with a granite
marker.
There were many descendants Of the
earliest settlers of the town present,
and the exercises were of an ent;rely
impromptu character. and marked
with good feeling. Among these tnat
were present, and made short ad
dress was the Rev Myron Dudley. a
direct descendant of Peter Dudley
who lncat'd in Peru in 1901. coming
from Littleton. Mass. who was cap
tam of the first military company
formed in town, ana afterward a
brigadier of the state militia.
DIR Reuben Bigelou Burton Of New
York, James X Batcbelder OF Arlirg
ton. ard NJ J Hapgood of Peru, also
gave short talks rs did several Others
DR. Burton is ueseerded from Reunen
Bigelow WHO was born in Westmin,
ster. Mass. and who in 1903 taught
the first public school in towr.
The larger part of the town care
from the vicinity of Westminster and
Princeton, Mass. La $500 there were
but four families in the t1w1. and
descendants of all of them were pres
ent at the exercises.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16

Springfield inaugurgte1 her celebra-
tinn with a salute of guns at sInrIse
this morning. an inspection Of the
Slack cadets by Gov Stickuey and staff
this forenoon. followed 10y a presenta.
tion of flag. A picnic dinner was
served this noon followei b, addresses
6nd music. This evening there will
besa display of fireworks ard tomorrow
union of the directors, teachers.
graduates aud pupils of the high
school at Ferndsle. Charles town. y u.
At Manchester tue week opened
with a camp fair and reception given
by Skinner post ard the Woman's
Relief Corps Monday evening. Grand
Army hall was b led to overflo siug ami
many were unable II gain a5mitfsr &c
Addresses we're given by ID X 81
monds. Judge Lovelaud Monson, Rev
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16
Wanted immediately

A customer for the following Real Estate
No. 81 Canal It. This l. two tenement
house in good repair and rented to good par
ties. The house has modern improvements
and is located so As to he accessible to the
business part of the town, and also the differ
ent industries. To any one wanting an in
Vestment here is good chance, as il is about
always well rented.
106-tf :. W. EDGETT Il co, Agents.
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Do You Send

Your REFORMER, after reading 1t, TO the
boy or girl or re latiye or friend at some distant
point? If co. we can do 1t better and cheaper
for you by mailing direct from the ONCE, and al
the other end they viii get 1t While II Is new and
fresh Write for terms.
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j. f.. MANN.

paper a favor. are requested 10 suggest to their
attorneys OF Probate Court 10 nave legal aiver-
tisemenis IN which iher are interested placed in
tEe Reformer. Particular care is taken Of thus
ciass o.. advertising and through the RefOrner
col.nnr Il reaches al the people OF this seclion
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16
For Sale.

One new two. story House on Pleasant St. ten
rooms, Crowell water to house and connected
with sewer. Land 65 feet front, l32 feet back
Also some good lots to build on and some other
good property for sale. Cali and see property.
Must be sold. c. w. WARD. IL Pleasant ST.
S4f Brattleboro, VT
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16
FARMS FOR SALE.

II You want to trade for farm or other real
estate, or If you have any to sell let me hear
from you. 5stf
}. A. MILLER, East Dummerston, Vt.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16
VERMONT. FRIDAY. AUGUST Is. 1901.
FOR SALE.

LNOk SALE-Two horses. One four year.
II old, by Linden the other II ten year.old
mare and a great roader. Both Kind and safe
for lady to drive. Also buggy, seighs. har-
ness. &c. All will go ~ a bargain as have no
use for them now. 5. W. KNIGHT, 6 Pearl ST.,
Bratteboro, Vt. Gtf
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VOLUME XVI.
WANTED.

rn Teacher for school in Stratton.
Nv sppy in person 10 W. H. LYMAN .so," s;p"
\ v,ris6oro, VI
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FOR SALE.

Story and half house. Q rooms, with ell, Pearl
Street. one share Prospect Hli Aqueduct.
also Crowel water. and connected with the
sewer. Inquire c. W. THOMAS. Bond Block.
Act
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one TO reseat chairs.
(VANiA RETrISG Bros. SGT
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16

NOR SALE-Surry wagon. IN good running
- order and light; also "A Concord wagon. j.
q. BAKER, % Birge st. eff
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
Hopes of tho Future.

With the coming of the New Year
all our hopes of future good for our
selves and for humanity at large re-
receive n New impulse and an accession
of power If we are alive to the wide
extension of knowledge, the conquest
of the material world. the imminence
of new and important discoveries and
changes which shall make the possibil-
tiles of life more interesting and beau
tiful, we cannot but rejoice that we
are born into this wonderful epoch.
Tennyson's poem, written in the flush
of young manhood. voiced the scien-
tifc fact in eloquence that can never
be forgotten. but the thoughts of men
are widened by the process of the
suns. 1t is truly to the thoughts Of men
that we owe all the triumphs of civil
ization. the triumphs of religion. art,
industry and science. as in the last re-
sort all that is and all that we hope
for resides in the thoughts of men and
in the feelings and emotions which
give birth to these thoughts. and be-
tween which there is such a constant
interaction
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
BaInncing Our Booka.

When the year is ended and the
final summing up of accounts is finish
ed, it is comforting to look back and
to be able to say, in all sincerity, that
we have done the best we could for our
selves and for those about us. 1t Is
more than comforting to see that we
have gained something, that our ef-
forts have been crowned with success.
and that we are by this advance
ment enabled to score a victory, even
though it may be trifling, over ad-
verse circumstances. 1t encourages us
to redouble our efforts to make a bet
ter showing for the years to come, to
so order our affairs that this seasons
gain will be but the beginning of bet
ter things, and that the great and
grand fabric of our future may rise.
ever increasing. ever more and more
beautiful, and end in a noble, manly
womanly. Christian, symmetrical char
acter that will make its possessor
known and honored of all men.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
A wORp-BUILDING GAME.

The game may be played without
paper, pencil or appliances of any sort,
and by any number of persons. Some
one is selected as leader. and all he
has to do is to give the players the
first three letters of some word that
he thinks of. Say for example, that
he thinks of the word "canopy'-he
tells the players that the word begins
with can, and what they have to do
is to complete it. There Is no special
order in which the players may an
swer; anyone has a right to speak as
soon as he has thought of n word be-
ginning with can. The first player
giving the right word gets credit for
it; If two speak at the same moment
both get credit
The interest of the game may be in
creased by limiting the number of let
ters that the word shall contain, but
this makes it little harder to guess
correctly. Proper names and obso-
lete words are not allowed. The skill
full leader will sometimes make a good
deal of amusement for the company by
selecting words, the first three letters
of which do not give correct idea of
the pronunciation. This naturally
misleads the players. and they make
all sorts of errors. Say, for instance,
he gives the three letters b-e-a; the
players will be likely to answer with
words the first syllable of which has
the sound of 'be," and the leader gives
beau" as the word he had in mind.
The offer of prize would increase the
interest, and it is awarded. of course.
to the player that guesses the greatest
number of words.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25

parents in one dovecote went way
to get food, and while they were gone
one of their little birds fell out of the
dovecote and down to the ground.
The poor baby bird was not much
hurt. strange to say. but 1t could not
get back. for it was too young to fly,
says the Pittsburg Post. Now the par
ents in the other dovecote were at
home when this happened. and 1t
seemed as II they said to themselves:
"One of our babies might fall out in
Just that way. We must do some
thing to make the dovecote safer"
And then this wise, careful father and
mother went to work. They flew
about until they found some small
sticks. These they carried to their
own dovecote and there in the door
way they built cunning little fence
of sticks. Not so high, but that the
little pigeons could look over it, but
high enough to keep them from fall
ing out of tie dovecote, as their little
neighbor had done. The owner Of
the pigeons. who had seen the birding
fall and had put 1t back into its dove
cote. watched the birds the whole time
as they gathered the sticks and built
the fence across the doorway.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
A DOGS TIMELY ACT.

From an Ohio town comes an account
of the sagacity of shepherd dog
which deserves a place in the annals
of current events. One morning re-
Gently. about an hour before daybreak,
fire broke out in the finest block in
the town. 1t was caused by defec-
tive electric wire over the bank. A
doctor, who had rooms on the second
floor, slept in his office. his only COM
panion In the building at night being
his shepherd dog. Mack. The fire had
gained little headway. when Mack
smelled the smoke. Investigated the
source. and straightway made haste to
awaken his master. The physician
was aroused from sound sleep by a
vigorous assault on his door. It was
Mack. making a desperate effort to
get In. The fierce paving of the dog
was accompanied by determined at
tempts to rattle the knob. and not until
the door was opened did the noise
cease. Then. catching n portion of
his masters garments in his teeth. the
dog led the half-sleeping physician to
the blaze near the front of the build
ing. When the doctor realized what
was happening he made haste to turn
in fire alarm at the box near by.
The fire department responded almost
Immediately. and the building escap-
ed with only few hundred dollars
damage. The doctor says that he was
sleeping so soundly at the time the
fire broke out that he does not be-
lieve he would have awakened in time
to save himself had 1t not been for
the dog; certainly not in time to save
the building.-Montreal Herald and
Star.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
TAXES IN EUROPE.
They Are Much Higher Than They Arc In
America.


People in the United States who are
grumbling about high taxes should find
much consolation in the knowledge
that their property is not situated in
any of the European capitals. In Ber
lin, for example, the great American
life insurance companies are required
to invest n certain portion Of their as
sets in city property, and their taxes,
which are no higher than those of 9TH
er real estate owners, amount annual
ceipts from rentals. In Vienna taxes
are even higher. The man who OWLS
the building in which the American lc-
CATION is located divides the rent with
the government in equal shares. The
same rates prevail in other large Eu-
ropean cities.
In addition to this the building regu-
lations are rigid. and every structure
must be firc-prOof, with stone stair
cases to the top floor, double walls,
floors and roofs of steel and terra cot
Ia. The front must correspond with
the adjoining buildings in height and
architectural treatment A poor
man cannot build home in any of the
European cities. He must go into the
suburbs. Hence most of the ground
owned by individuals is leased to
building companies and capitalists
William L. Curtis In Chicago Record:
Herald.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
RHYMES OF THE PRESIDENTS.

First stands the lofty Washington,
That noble, great, immortal one.
The elder Adams next we see,
And Jefferson makes number three.
Then Madison is fourth you know,
The fifth one on the list, Monroe.
The sixth and Adams comes again,
With Jackson seventh in the train.
Van Buren,, eighth falls into line,
And Harrison makes number nine.
The tenth is Tyler in his turn,
And Polk, eleventh, as we learn.
Twelfth is Taylor in rotation.
Fillmore, thirteenth, in succession.
Fourteenth, Pierce, has been selected
Buchanan, fifteenth. is elected,
AS sixteenth Lincoln rules the nation,
And johnson, seventeenth, fills his
station.
The eighteenth, then, is Grant, you
know.
And nineteenth. Hayes from Ohio.
Then comes another Buckeye son,
Garfield, the loved and martyred one.
Whose term is filled by Arthur
through
When Cleveland comes as twenty-five
Then Harrison as twenty-third,
When Cleveland once again is heard
AS twenty-fifth, Mckinley great,
Who, too, has shared the martyrs fate.
And, though the deepest grief Is felt
We hail the gallant Roosevelt.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25

7 of tie happy crowd seemed to mock
him. He rang the bell and ordered
some tea. The demure little maid
,, looked at him, and, going down stairs,
| said:
Poor Mr.. Carson, he looks so
| strange and miserable!"
Returning. she found him sitting In
I his chair gazing with half-closed eyes
into the fire. Placing the tea on
small wicker table by his side, she at
tracted his attention by the question.
Anything else, sir?"
NO" was the reply; "but, see. this
is New Years Eve. You've been good
servant to me. at least. Buy yourself
something" handing her sovereign.
The amount OF the gift bereft the girl
of the power of speech, and with
curtesy. eloquent in itself of gratitude.
she left.
| Carson. slipping his tea. again solilo-
quized. Its now within an hour and
a quarter of the New Year. What
will that year bring into my life? 1t
cannot bring the light of love and
weeks and month";. and so it will be
to the end. Ten years ago. in Old
Kentucky. we said 'Good-by.' 1t was
a 'good-by' forever"
Apostrophizing the absent woman,
he continued: Leila, Leila, to my
grave l take with me the love l bear
you. Why did we live to be parted so
ruthlessly? What strange fate has so
guided our destinies?"
| He turned to the story of Evangeline
and read of the sufferings of tnat
heroic character. The reading soothed
him and he fell asleep.
The clocks were striking the twelfth
stroke of midnight when he awoke.
He barely opened his eyes. then closed
them again. and listened to the joyous
salutations of people meeting in the
streets. He was not selfish, neither
was he bad natured. No man who
every truly loved can be altogether
either. AS he listened he said:
81 wish for all bright New Year
and Leila. my absent Leila. whom
shall never see again. may your life
know no sorrow, may yours never be
the aching heart. and may you be
blessed in your children growing up
around you. My Leila"
He did not finish the sentence, but
the tears came trickling down his
cheeks as he realized his barren life.
Then he became conscious that some
one had come into the room and been
a witness of his weakness and his Sc
cret-secret because society said Wal
ter Carson carried his heart on his
sleeve and was incapable of deep affec-
tion. So sitting up and turning round
he was startled to see seated on a
chair n tall lady, clad in deep mourn
ing and veiled so heavily that he was
unable to distinguish her face.
Madam he inquired. too taken
aback even to get up, II should like to
know why am thus honored?"
"I came in with the New Year. Not
an omen of ill-luck. l hope" replied
musical voice: but l first want to
know II Walter Carson is not an as
sumed name?"
"Why do you ask such question:"
For the best of good reasons. and
as you will not tell me. perhaps you
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
President Roosevelt on Irrigation.

In his message to Congress the Presi-
dent gives abundant evidence that ho
fully appreciates the needs of the West.
Among many other valuable suggestions
is this: The policy Of the national gov
ernment should be to aid irriga ton In tho
several states and territories In such
manner as will enable the people of tho
local communities to help themselves.
Much private capital has already been
expended In the construction of irrigat-
ing works and great ability has been
shown The Romero Irrigation Co. can
Justly lay claim to "A share in this COM
mendation for 1t has brought under cu-
uvation several thousand acres of the
choicest land In the Sunny San Luis VAL
ley in the southern part of Colorado.
For full particulars of what 1t has to
subject Of irrigation. write to Ieph. chas.
Felt. 102 Boston building, Denver. Colo.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
FOR THE SCHOLAR.


Three little words you often SEQ.
Are articles-A, An and The.
A Noun is the name of anything,
AS School, or Garden, Hoop or Swing.
Adjectives tell the kind of Noun,
AS Great, or Small, Pretty, White or
Brown.
Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand.
Her head. His face, Your arm, My
hand.
Verbs tell of something being done
To Read, Count, Laugh. Sing, Jump
or Run.
How things are done the Adverbs
tell
AS Slowly. Quickly. Ill or Well.
Conjunctions joins the words to-
AS Men and Women. Wind and
Weather.
The Proposition stands before
A Noun. as In or Through a door.
The Interjection shows surprise.
As, OH how pretty! All! how wise.
The whole are called nine parts OF
speech.
Which reading. writing. speaking
teach.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25

81 KNOW YOU NOT. SWEET CHILD
will allow me to say that I think your
real name is Herbert Wilton" pro-
ceeded the mysterious stranger.
Carson was utterly unprepared for
this, and his surprise was painfully
manifest. Appearing not to notice 1t.
the lady went on:
you are unhappy, l know, Mr.. Will
ton. I shall not call you Mr.. Carson.
l am certain of it, because 1 was watch
ing you for ten minutes before you
opened your eyes. Can 1 be of any
help to you?"
81 don't understand you, madam
answered Carson. Il have no trouble.
at least none that you could assist
me in"
HAS 1t any connection with an old
love AFFAIR."" very slowly asked the
veiled visitor.
"I must decline to discuss my pri-
vate matters with an utter stranger"
replied Carson. jumping up.
"Am an utter stranger, HERBERT"
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
OLD AND NEW.

OLD AND NEW.
/ cannot Joy with those who hail
The newborn year:
I rather grieve with those who give
The dead Old Year
A tender tear.
Tho New-what know l of the Newf
knew the Old!
Gods benison upon his corse,
On which the mold
Lies stiff and cold.
Here in the shadow let me stand
And count them DER.
The blessings that he brought TO me-
A precious store
asked no more.
He brought me health-a priceless doom
To me and mine;
He brought me plenty for my heeos'
And crowned my shrine
With love divine.
All! when think-suffused with tears
feel my eyes
OF all the dear delights he brought
Yet stark he lies
Meath Winter skies.
Therefore I cannot hall with JOY
The newborn year:
/ rather grieve, with those who give
The dead Old year
A tender tear.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25

ltruck 10, and t be sonorous Doom
from Big Ben came floating over the
} Green park as sort of benediction
on the rapidly dying year. The roar
Of the great city without was not lack
Ing in its element Of melody. and the
noise of merry revelers in Piccadiily
completed a strange yet fascinating
tout ensemble Passing down the
street came three young men singing
that old Southern song. Use gwine
back to Dixey." The words and the
melody startled Carson from the rev.
erie into which he had fallen. Sitting
upright in his chair, he said, aloud:
"What memories that song recalls!
How my loneliness grows upon me!
What a fool l was ever to have In
dulged in the thing called love! But
there. I've tasted the poison and must
abide by the result. What's that re-
suit? pleasing? Why cannot l be of
the gay throng outside? Here in this
mighty crowded city 1 am as lonely
as a man lost in desert" He rose and.
going to the other side of the room,
opened a cabinet and took from 1t a
bundle of letters. some dozen. They
were faded and bore traces OF much
handling. After reading, he replaced
them. and, walking to the photograph
of a child on the wall. INDUCED in
soliloquy.
"I know you not, my sweet child.
but your mother was always, and al
ways must be everything to me. How
hard and cruel seems the world! Your
mother and l parted ten long years
ago this night. to meet again in two
years time! What happened to pre-
vent us? l wrote many times, but no
reply ever reached me. Three years
after we separated a letter came from
her. and in it read: Now that am
married, perhaps you will write Lie
seemed a blank, and l came to Lon
don, wayfarer, caring not what be-
came of me. l turned to literature,
and have been what people call sue
cessful. But what is success without
the power to experience that which
makes it other than metallic graft
fcation? Eighteen months went by
before / next heard from your mother,
and then your photo only reached me.
since when all has been silence! Your
mother married a good man, and 1
pray for her and for you, too, baby,
that you may grow up in her loot
steps!"
The circumstances under which his
letters to the girl went astray were to
him mysterious. but. as a matter OF
fact, easily explained. The girl was
the daughter of country lawyer, and
he had made her acquaintance when
she was staying in n boarding house
in Bloomsbury, in which he was also
a lodger. Her reason for being In
town was that she might Improve
somewhat neglected education, ana
she was taking singing lessons at a
school of music in the neighborhood-
An aunt took away this unwanted
daughter from among the large family
at home, to be a companion across the
Atlantic. and, suspecting her OF fighu-
ness, opened her letters in the capa-
city of guardian. The first of Carson's
epistles-he was a cautious man and
did not commit himself to paper until
he could not resist doing so-arrived
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
To the Young.

While the opening of the New Year is
a significant season for persons of all
ages, 1t Is especially so to the young
and those in early maturity. There is
SO much ahead of the youngsters: so
much for them to look frward to, to
hope for, achieve; SO much that will
help them to make their lives worth
living. and to make the world the bet
ter for their having lived in it.
Welcome the new year. Welcome
its work. its cares. its responsibilities,
its trials, crosses, losses. SORROWS and
bereavements. Welcome its work,
because it is only by work that we
achieve successes md make ourselves
strong for the tolls and tasks that are
to come. Welcome its cares, for they
are the worlds educators, developers
and teachers. and they lead us into
those ways of prudence, thoughtful
ness and moderation which are the
forerunners of prosperity and plenty
H. S. C.