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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
NOTHING LIKE
Paiue's Celerv
Compound
FOR CLEANSING ANO PURIFY.
ING The BLOOD,
1t Removes the Germs
of Disease, Invigor-
ates and Rejuvenates

Thousands of men and Women w.o
have neglected the work Of phy-irl..
cuperation in the summer month, AM.
now carrying burden of d,ea I,
the majority of cases, impure and5
soned blood and a sluggish cireula-jr
are the direct causes Of suffering a,1
misery. Are you, dear reader, me- n
the unhappy victims: If 80. thr M.
stream must be made pure, the health.
wrecking layity of the blood y4,,4l.
must be corrected, the nerves and tj..
sues must be nourished, Paine, Cpl.rv
Compound is the medicine that pbg,.
clans recommend for the Increase of
pure blood in the arteries, and fgraryg..
ing the purifying organs to cas- of N.
impurities that give rise 10 dis-a.4
Mr.. Jas. F. Hudson, Spring Riic4.
La, was a terrible sufferer from hi.
pure blood: he tells how be bani,L4i
his troubles =
From some cause my blood became
pies. At one time | suffered ff6m =
boils. No one can imagine what ,ut
fered. | tried sulphur, sarsaparil.a
and other remedies, but no relief cam
Mr.. Sebastian, merchant whom
used to clerk for, handed he one Of
your circulars and insisted tha,
should use Paine's Celery COMPOUND
After using two or three bottles IL
boils we're not so numerous nor a.
large. After using the fifth bo,tl-
was entirely cured, and have beer mg.
self ever since.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
LIVE STATE TOPICS.
Political Points of Interest Gathered From
the Local Field

1t is now understood that the Glenn
ent boilers can come back into the
ranks and all will be forgiven, but they
must not expect the first cut Of the pie
or a seat at the first table. Their croc
odile tears will be accepted as the gen
uine article only after a safe period of
genuine repentance. st Johnsbury
Republican.
The Democrats of the Legislature paid
Hon. Elisha May of st. Johnsbury the
compliment of voting for him for Unit
ed States senator. If it were possible
for Vermont Democrats to elect a L. S.
senator the Gazette doubts if they could
find man better fitted to honor him
self and them than Elisha May. Hard
wick Gazette
1t has all along been recognized that
local option would be the important
matter to come before the legislature,
and it is plain that there will be a vast
amount of discussion before such law
can be passed. The Clement men S
ideas will be less considered than those
of the Democrats in framing of the
law. There are more Democrats than
Clement men on the temperance com
mittee. Springfield Republican cor
respondence.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
Theodore Roosevelt on The Presidency"

Before his nomination for the Vice
Presidency Theodore Roosevelt wrote
expressly for The Youths Companion
an article on The Presidency. " 1t
will be published in the number for
November 9th, this being one of the re-
naming weekly issues of 1902 sent free
from the time of subscription to every
new subscriber who at once sends 81. IS
for The Companions 1903 volume
When this article on 1.-The Presidency"
was written no one could have foreseen
or dreamed even that its author would
so soon be called upon to take up the
duties of the great office. For this rea-
son alone what Mr.. Roosevelt has to
say possesses extraordinary interest,
and will be eagerly awaited by persons
of all shades of political opinion.
A twenty eight page Prospectus of
the 1903 volume of The Youths Com
panion and sample copies of the paper
will be sent free to any address. The
Youths Companion, 144 Berkeley
Street, Boston, Mass. 1t
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
Local Option for Beer Only.

5. 1t also includes a valuable feat
ure that does not appear in the others
in the provision that towns may license
only beer or malt liquor selling-cer-
tainly promotive of temperance and a
policy worth following, if it can be
made practicable. Other states have
tried this and found it to work badly
because the seller getting a license for
beer, would also sell hard stuff" more
or less slyly. But it is believed, that
against the machinery here provided
for swift exposure and punishment, no
licensee would dare do it or could even
get the chance.
The Democratic bill is also superior
to the Others in the provision for sum-
mer hotels, one of the strongest reasons
for a license law. The Russell and
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

In view of the blame which many
have laid upon the foreign element of
the miners organization in connection
with the coal strike, it is only fair to
call attention to significant para
graph in the report of the miners con-
vention. During the debate, it is said,
three speeches were made in foreign
languages, Slavonic, Polish and Lith-
uanian. III these delegates favored ac-
cepting the peace proposition. The
Italian delegates asked for an explana-
tion of the proposition and when it was
given them, they moved Immediately
that debate be closed. The Chinese
custom of applying the epithet devils"
to their foreign brothers is not becom-
ing in Americans who ought to be
broad minded enough to know that
good and bad are pretty evenly allotted
to human nature, the world over
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

Just as the Republican party has
smoothed down the ruffled plumage OF
a part of her brood by the promise of a
referendum of the high license ques-
tion, tumult arises in another quarter.
Her prohibitionists are growing pugna-
cious. Petitions from the women of
the state are flooding the Legislature
and Brother Morrow hobs up at Mont
pelier. One of the prohibitionistS
sounds his war cry as follows in letter
to the Burlington Free Press:
81 would no more vote for local
option license law than | would com
NIT murder x X | care very little
what the provisions of the law which
is to be enacted may be, so long as it
gives permission to anybody to sell in
toxicating beverages. | have
voted with the Republican party ever
since it was formed, but | am ready
now to say, as many others are saying
If the Republican party will not sus-
tain prohibition, we will have party
that will. -"
Poor, old Republican Party! No
wonder she gets little clustered, now
and then.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
Some State REPORTS.

The state auditors report for the past
two years shows state expenses of 81, e
800, 097. an increase of sl33, 4l3 over the
preceding biennial period. OF this
amount, 1897, 500 went for the admin
istration of justice The care of the
insane cost 1927, $3.50; educational de-
partment, SO, 2l7; agricultural, s4S, .
939; militia, SiS, 939; public health,
52S, PIG; printing, S25, 500. The other
items do not generally exceed SO 200.
The report of the state cattle com
mission shows that the board has ex
amined more cattle in Chittenden and
Windsor counties than in any others.
1t cites many authorities to show that
the board has pursued the proper course
in the majority of cases in which it has
acted. 1t gives the names of those who
have availed themselves of the test.
The expenses of the board for the
year amounted to -, 124. 80, of which
George Aitkin received 5172 So Ernest
Hitchcock s5l92S and the secretary,
G.. J. Bell, 81. 432. So The fees and ex.
penses of veterinaries employed amount
ed to 50, 1SS. 65. There were IL, 1913 cat
tie tested and 1.2l7 killed, for which
the state paid SIS, $50. 70. The total ex-
penses of the commission for the year
were S24, 103. 81
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

| Liquor prosecutions continue al Ben
nington and the town is very dry. Last
week more ale and whiskey were seized.
The 30 casks of ale seized four weeks
ago are yet held, no disposition having
been made of them
The Pvtb;an KNIGHTS If the domain
of vermont heI5 tbeir 14tb ANIMAL a.
semblaDe and field day AZ Pnrl inc
0rtohaT Il Rasidae tbs hnsin ,s Of
the order tho evarcises ;nrludsd n no
rade and ban,uet The organ;zation
i nrosnarous There are u suhnrdi-
nate Io5gas in the 6omain of yarmont
and sayan ,or,,,ani.s ~ I-nifnr,, PanI,s
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

The st. Adams Messenger grows
greener and greener with jealousy as the
proofs of Brattleboro's connection with
all the most interesting and notable
tinue to pile up and overshadow the
commonplace record of its little town.
Every time the Reformer calls public
tions from Brattleboro, the Messenger
emits quick mouthful of concentrat
ed sarcasm, to relieve the agonizing
pressure of its inner conditions. We
are so sorry for the Messenger!
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

The Boston Ira nscript speaks of the
many bills for the adjustment of pro-
hibition and those for the establish
ment of woman suffrage which have
been introduced into our legislature as
significant of Thorough rousement'
up here. Absolutely irreconcilabe meas
ures they certainly are Woman's suf-
frage would probably mean prohibition
and the renewed activity of the wo-
mans movement at this time is due
doubtless to the danger threatening
the prohibitory law. Women, as a rule,
do not wish to vote.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
The Old, Old Story!

Creatures for compassion are now
those men who, crowned with honor,
went so ioyously to the legislative halls
a few short weeks ago. They are torn
betwixt love and duty. They prom
ised their constituents to place Ii
cense law before the people, but now
the women of Vermont say they shall
not. Some of these unlucky wights
struggle weakly in the tolls, when pre-
senting the petitions of their fair
temptresses, by explaining that their
own sympathes are not with the sem
timents expressed therein, but their
struggles only serve to show how hope
lessly they are caught.
And now the women are praying
tually praying-in their national con-
vention at Portland, Maine, that the
hearts of these harassed law makers
may be turned their way. How can
mere men, pledges, or even laws, be
expected to stand against such condi-
tions?
Oh, we'll: We're sorry and disap-
pointed about the license law because
we wanted one. But Of course every
body knows that when women will,
they will: and when they won't, they
won't.
When those unhappy men at Mont
pelier return to face their constituents,
they will have the good, old excuse to
offer to disobeyed duty-the excuse
that has served man we'll ever since the
time of Adam.
1.-THE woman tempted me-.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
The Bond Feature.

y. Most license states require the
liquor seller to give bonds with his IL
cense: but practically they amount to
very little, because in the usual claws
delays they get chancered or dis
posed of in some court procedure while
the bondsman has time to get his prop
erty out of his hands. The Democratic
bill proceeds just the other way, and
collects all penalties and forfeitures
direct from the bondsmen, leaving
them to collect, if they can, from the
licensee, against whom they can get a
close Jail execution. The bond is made
5000 instead of $1,000 or 5000 in
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

The people have gained significant
victory, because it has been demon
strated that a gigantic trust can be
made to yield TO their wishes. Boston
Globe.
Isn't that uncomfortably suggestive
of mob rule?-N. Y. Sun.
Not at all. Comfortably. We can
have fire now.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

The coal trust scorns the Miners I'm
ion, snubs the president of the United
States and defies all executive author
ity: but it deigns to temporize with the
wrath of the people. The people are
its prey, but not helpless prey; and
business policy demands that they be
not too thoroughly aroused.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

Everett Morse of Calais has been ar
rested charged with having forged the
name of his uncle, H. A. Morse, upon
bank note for 5000 upon which he
drew the money from the Montpelier
Savings bank about a year ago. Bail
of $1,000 being furnished, he was re-
leased.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

The Rutland Herald upholds ST.
Johnsbury's claim for city privileges
by pointing out that her liquor agency
sales last year amounted to sl2, 045. 50,
only about $1,000 less than those of
Burlington. She certainly has 'out-
grown village ways and ideas" and may
properly be put in the city class.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
DEMOCRATIC LICENSE BILL
ANALYZED IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER BILLS BEFORE
THE LEGISLATURE

And With License Laws in Other States-Five Distinctive
Principles or Methods of Restriction and Enforcement
Four of Them Represent Important New Departures III
Legislation of That Kind-Claim That if Adopted They
Will Give Vermont the Best Law of the Kind Ever Enact
ed-EXpanaonS in Detail
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

OF course the people did it. But
President Roosevelt spoke for the
people and he spoke like a man. Hur-
rah for the people and the peoples
president!
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

All the fashionable shades and col.
ors can be made from DIAMOND
DYES. We have special depart.
ment Of advice, and will answer
free, any questions about dyeing.
Send sample Of goods when posi-.
BILE. Direction Book and - dyed sample, try-
DIAMOND DYES, Burlington, Vt
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure
Z. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24
Enforcement and Restriction.

Enforcement and Restriction.
a. 1t is by direct responsibility,
proceeding from the people up, not
from county officials down, definitely
fixed and so it cant be lodged.
The Clement bill is fatally defective
in placing the duty of granting licenses
with a county board. elected with the
county ticket. This means that il Will
be the football of county politics and
their log and intrigues, all the
worse in politics so one sided that a
nomination means an election. The
Russell and Fletcher bills are infinite
ly better in adherlng to the democratic
principle of local home rule and home
responsibility and placing the duty
with Selectmen, or in large cities with
licensing board, according to the
Fletcher bill. The Democratic bill
has licensing board, for both cities
and towns, required to be constituted
of 10th parties, so as to prevent the Ii
quor traffic from being made an annex
to any political machine-Tammany
ized-as it is so apt to become every
where, and practically certain to so
far as it includes abuses and Illegal
ties, for which these other bills leave
the door so wide open.
Every police officer is periodically re-
quired to make oath, of which record
is taken in detail, whether he has any
knowledge or information, or has had
his attention called to any violations
by holders of licenses or of any unli-
censed selling: if so what it was Ev-
cry member of the license board, as
part of every receipt for his pay of 50
law Cor ont,,o1 i
quired to make the same written oath,
if it be a town that has no policemen,
and also that he has Investigated every
such complaint and information and if
there has been no prosecution, what
the reason was, with the evidence.
These oaths are all made under the |
penalties of perjury. Besides, the Ii
censing board is subject to heavy fines, |
and may be removed by the selectmen,
even if dereliction is not absolutely |
proved, if the selectmen believe the
public good will be subserved thereby.
Amy citizen may make complaint of
their dereliction which must be inves-
tigated.
The design is to prevent the possibil
ity of the excuse now so common under
prohibition and license laws alike, of
no 'official knowledge of violations.
1t is left where policemen and licens-
ing officials can't make that claim and
it is left mighty risky for them to fail
to act on knowledge or any information
any citizen gives. Besides, the licens-
ing board is required periodically to
visit every place where liquor is sold to
see how the business is conducted and
Every other town official is required to
give information of violation.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

Error has been widely made in the
state press in reporting the Democratic
Local Option bill introduced by DR..
Conland in the Legislature Friday, in
stating that it differs but little from
the previous bills or in the main
copies the Massachusetts law. 1t is
true there are dozen or more sections
that are substantially the same in all
the bills, and are the same as in the
Massachusetts law and indeed all the
states having the most advanced legis-
| lation on the subject. This is because
so far as they go they are the best and
wisest that can be devised they formu
late the restrictions, which, if OBJ
served place the liquor traffic on just
the right ground, permitting that
which is not an evil, or at least such
an evil as society has right to inter
fere with, and prohibiting that which
all men agree ought TO be prohibited;
in order to reach which the present
law, seeing no way of safely segregat-
ing, tries to include in universal pro-
hibition, with results of rottenness and
decentralization that are now past dis
cussion. But the trouble with all IL
cense laws that have ever been enacted
thus far is that their provisions prohib-
iting what ought to be prohibited, have
always been more or less of farce.
Prohibitionists tell Us that their re-
strictons and regulations are no better
enforced than a general prohibitory
law. that licensees violate them SO uni
versally that they dare not attack unli
censed selling and that there is there
fore large net increase of evil. Though
they exaggerate greatly, no candid man
can deny that there is far too much truth
in the charge.
The Democratic plan, therefore, is to
meet and throttle the conceded evil,
and if that can be done. obviously the
only objection to local option license is
gone. To do this. the Democratic plan
introduces five distinct principles and
methods of procedure. four of which
1t is because they are new. travelling
untrodden ground, that they need the
careful thought of the whole people,
outside as we'll as in the Legislature.
and if there is any wrong in their
principle any defect in machinery
that will prevent their operation any
objection of any kind, candid discus
sion will reveal ii to the betterment,
1t may be even To the refnOdellng, OF
the measure and so to the public good.
reason for invoking the atten-
ton of enlightened opinion is that
threats and predictions are already
heard that it will not become law be
cause it has a Democratic label. We I
do not believe the people of Vermont .
will tolerate any such tactics, or that .
they care what source good comes from
if it be really good, and if this new
scheme can bear scrutiny and discus
sion, as we believe it can, we rely on
public opinion to push it TO enactment
The five distinctive Democratic
are;
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-24

Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills Sam.
DE free Add. Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or N. Y
The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-09
10000 PEOPLE IN TOWN.
An Immense Crowd of People Visit Red
wood Falls on July Fourth
A Big Show.
From Early Morning Until Late the Crowd
Was Continually Entertained
by Citizens.


Redwood Falls last Friday again
demonstrated her ability to care for
guests, hen from eight to ten thous-
and people from the country and sur
rounding towns were entertained
from early morning until sudden
storm put a stop to the festivities
shortly before eight o clock in the
evening.
Everything was carried on IN d
most Stupenduous manner. Inc
various committees, ioIIo"'ng out
the motto OF two years ago TO ao-
VertiSc nothing out What would
really occur, contracted TOR every
tn'hg before the advertising matter
was sent OUT ana hehce 'he appear
ance OF one OF the most successful OF
Tree circus street agSregat'ons that
mas ever oeen taken from traVei'nS
troupeS-not from single troupe,
put from coLoreo mluStreIs, from
clrcuses' from carnlVaIS, auu from
The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-09

going on in the streets. a BOscO
show catered to the morbid curiOS,
ity of ncarl V thousand people. who
witnessed a female. once unSeXed.
and wearing male attire for a period
of eight years before her real sex
developed, handle snakes in most
appalling manner. Street faklrS
were everywhere, and helped along
tho excitement Of the occasion. Still
further, the launches were called
into service and kept busy all day,
giving short rides for ten cents,
with the result that nearly 1000
people were given rides on Lake
Red wood during the day.
a half bill was furnished the peo-
pie who came to town on J ul Y Sd, a
day intended for complete prepara-
tion for the day following. On the
Sd the Redwood band commenced
its music at | O clock and contin-
ued until uearlv two. when the
boats were called into service. the
street attractions were pulled off,
the game of ball between Redwood
Falls and Sleepy Eye was called
and hundreds of people witnessed
the game that resulted in Red wood
winning by a score OF to t. The
game was prettilv played, Sleepy
Eye having the whip row until the
last inning. The score stood to |
in favor Of the visiting team. when
Red wood pulled IN four score and
won the game. Charles Knox
pitched for Redwood aud did some
fine work.
After the game the Obrecht Juve-
nile band OF Minneapolis gave a con-
cert. all Of the selections being
heartily applauded. At 7 o'clock
the great Cirlincioue made his thrill
ling slide for life from the court
house tower to the ground 200 feet
away. Cirlincione had his neck
sprained by the blanket being i'm
properly held, but he came up smil-
ing and was ready for the next acts,
At the corner of Mill and Fourth
streets stand had been erected
and here the Ivy Leaf ouartette,
four negroes, the Cirlincione trio.
the great Ledare, trapeze artist,
Harry Lines, thetramp jugglsr,stiid
their feats to the amusement, aud
wonderment of the crowd. Follow
ing that came the Lord i Gay tent
show aud the performance for the
third was at an end.