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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
NEWFANE.

The Fayetteville Park association
will meet Saturday evening at 7 o'clock
at the club room.
The body of Henry B. Wellman was
taken from the receiving vault last
week and buried in the family lot in
Woodlawn cemetery.
M. 0. Howe is spending the week in
New York city with his son, DIR. Mar
shall Howe. Miss Abbie Kenney came
up from Brattleboro Saturday to spend
"A few days with her mother
ID. S. Ballou went to North Adams
Tuesday to attend the funeral CT his
mother, Mrs. Dencia Ballou, who died
Saturday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. N. W. Blanchard, in Florida,
Mass. She leaves one son by her first
husband, DR.. Danforth Whiting of
Boston, Three sons and two daugh-
tiers by her second marriage survive
her; David S. Ballou of Newfane, Will
liam M. of Wilmington, Henry j. of
North Adams, Mrs. Robert Wells of
Rowe, and Mrs. n. W. Blanchard
of Florida. The burial was at Hill
side cemetery, North Adams.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
Death of westminster's Oldest Resident.

Mrs. Sophronia Cobb, "a, died Tues
day from cancer at the home Of hel
daughter, Mrs. Eugene Clark, in Gage
vile. Burial was in Cambridgeport.
Mrs. Cobb was born in Westmoreland,
n. H., January 4, 1908. She married
Amasa Wyman with whom she lived ID
several towns in this county. In 1865
she married S. NJ. Cobb of Westmin
ster. who died in 1888 since which time
she has lived with her daughter in
Gageville. Mrs. Cobb was a member
of the Athens Methodist church. She
leaves two brother, Hollis Shelley of
Grafton, Sc, and Sewell Shelley of
Keene, go She also leaves a son, II. +.
Wyman of Cambridgeport and daugh-
ter. Mrs. Eugene Clark of Gageville,
children of her first marriage, six grand
children and nine great grandchildren.
She was the oldest person in Westmin-
CT
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
Rellows Falls Trust Company Meeting.

The stockholders of the BELOW,
Falls Trust company held meeting al
Bellows Falls Monday, about GO OF the
100 stockholders being present. After
considerable discussion, the motion &c tc
raise the capital stock from o,ooC
full paid to 500, 600 one-half paid,
was carried by vote of 305 to l26. a
SET of bylaws was read and approved.
OF the 50 parties holding $1,000 or
more of stock and so eligible, seven
were chosen directors to hold office I'M
til the annual meeting in January, as
follows: Edward L. Walker, Frederick
W. Pierce .of Chester, Dr.; Q. M.
George, James G. Day, Charles =.
Howard, John W. Flint and W. Z.
Belknap.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
WEST NORTHFIELD

Miss Lottie Phillips gave party to
a few of her friends last week.
Grace Corse of Springfield, Vt, is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
r. S. Corse. Mrs. o. d. Doolittle of
Greenfield has been visiting at o. Fl.
Doolittle's. Mrs. Albert Chickering
and two children of Chesterfield have
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. p. Aldrich. will Strange is
home from Leyden, recovering from
the effects of runaway accident. C,
r. Nelson is improving his residence
by the addition of new piazza.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

When the partisan papers get through
throwing mud at one another, and in
cidentally at the candidates. we hope
they will get down to business and dis
cuss the merits of the three candidates.
and the issues they represent. We can
say that they are all good, clean men
personally, and that they are all elig-
ible for the Goyernorship. This leaves
it merely a question of what you think
of them and the measures they repre-
sent
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

As the campaign progresses the parti-
san papers of the state are showing
more venom and spite. 1t will be just
as well for voters to discount by 80 per
cent all the statements and claims
made by the partisan papers. They
are unreliable, untruthful, malicious
and inspired by partisan motives.
Keep your eye on the Independent
press and get the real facts.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

Hon. ?. W. Clement has already fired
several guns into the prohibition camp.
He is playing to crowded houses, with
the Standing room only" cards dis
played. 1t is too bad that he will not
consent to run on an Independent tick
ct. He would certainly carry the voters
of many towns, where the machines
will carry the caucuses.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

The silly nonsense is becoming tire
some. The only questions involved in
this campaign are Do you want Glenn
ent and local option: Proctor and pro-
Mccullough and the present
laws? That's all. You takes your choice
and sticks to your man.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

Hear. Hear. The Rutland News
appeals to its readers. 1t says
"they are both in the field to beat Mr..
Proctor. y Horrible, horrible Is Mr..
Proctor in the field to elect either of
them, or just simply to beat them? 1t
isn't fair politics.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

Now having given a picture of Gen.
McCullough's winter home in New
York suppose the Phoenix should give
one of Col. Proctor's summer home on
Cape Cod. 1t is said to be equally ele-
CANT and it would not be necessary to
include several other houses with it to
show the fact. At any rate the argu-
ment would be equally cheap in either
case.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

How these pious Proctorians would
like to strangle Jack Enright of Wind
sor? The wretch was so inconsiderate
last week as to break into this lovely
chorus about spontaneous demand
from the people, by going and telling
how Proctor himself asked his support
last September. Accommodation
would be too good for him.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

One of two petitions to Mr.. Clement
from Vergennes to come there to speak
for local option bears 124 signatures.
The whole Democratic vote there at
the last election was II.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
COUNTY AND VICINITY.

The illness of Judge Lavant M. Read
of Bellows Falls, which has confned
him to his house for several months;
has taken on very serious aspect ana
his recovery seems hopeless.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

The Republican state committee will
meet at Burlington May to call the
state convention, which will probably
be held at Burlington June 20.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

At the present time Col Proctor has
the support of 20 newspapers through
out the state, while Gen. McCul-
Tough counts 26 as in his favor.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
WARRANT.
The legal voters of the village of Brattlebor0
are hereby notified to meet at the
TOWN HALL, ON
Tuesday, the 9Th Day Of May, Next.
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ, TO ACT ON THE
FOLLOWING ARTICLES, TO WIT.

FOLLOWING ARTICLES, TO WIT:
ARTICLE /. To elect all the Village Officers
required by law, for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To receive and act upon the Reports u
the Bailiffs, Treasurer and Chief Engineer
ART, 3. To raise money to defray the expenses
of the coming year
ART 4. To see whether the Village of Brattle-
boro will appropriate a sum of Five Hundred
Dollars for a series of sixteen concerts to he
given within the village limits during the en-
suing year, by the First Regiment Band of
Brattleboro, Vermont.
ART. 8. To see if the Village will amend and
add to its Bylaws by passing, enacting and
adding thereto, the following:
ARTICLE 1. No person shall keep or keep
standing in any public highway, street, or
lane in the Village of Brattleboro any horse,
team, hack, coupe, carriage sleigh, express
team or job team, for public use or hire, with
out the written consent of the Bailitfs there
for, and under such regulations and condi-
tiOns as the Eailiffs in such written consent
shall make,
ARTICLE .. If any person shall violate
any OF the provisions Of the preceding section,
he shall forfeit and pay TO and for the use Of
the village of Brattleboro the sum of ten dol
lars and Costs.
ART. 6. To see if the village will continue the
Australian system of voting at its Annual
Meetings.
w. D. PERRY, Village Clerk.
Brattlehoro, April %, 1902 17-2t
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

An impenetrable mystery is finally
solved in Lost Man S Lane" soon to
appear in the Reformer.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
GUILFORD CENTER.

Rev. II. X. Marvin will preach here
Sunday at $50 p. m.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

Ex-Gov. CIRCUITS letters are doing
much effective work for Gen. McCul-
Tough.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

Read Anna Katherine Green S great
story, Lost Mans Lane" in an early
issue of the Reformer.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
WlLCOX'S N. Y. Bargain Store.
MaChiniStS Wanted !.

The addition TO our machine shop will be
ready April 2nd and we wish 90 first-class
nachinisrs accustomed to close, accurate work
IN high speed machinery. 14-4t
Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, Vt.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07
People Wear Themselves Out.

Many people wear themselves out
needlessly, says the London Doctor;
their conscience is n tyrant. An ex
aggerated sense Of duty leads many
person to anxious, ceaseless activity,
to be constantly doing something,
overpunctual. never idle second of
time, scorn to rest; such are in un-
conscious nerve tension. They say
they have SO much to do, not thinking
they are rapidly uniting themselves
for probably what would have been
their best and greatest work in after
years. Self-control of nerve force is
the great lesson of health and there
, fore OF life itself To understand how
10 relax is to understand how to
strengthen nerves Hearty laughter IL
a source OF relaxation. as are also high
thoughts, as those Of hope. beauty,
trust or }ese. Relaxation is found In
diversion.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07
CHlNA'S AWAKENING
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BEING eSTAB-
LISHED IN THE EMPIRE,
Shanghai Mercury Points Out the Great
Need for a Better Understanding of
the Conditions of Modern Trade-im-
proyement Started.

The Universal Gazette having re-
printed at length the prospectus and
rules OF the "Pekin Industrial school,"
proceeds to exhort other provinces to
follow so worthy an example. The
founders Of the school are indeed low
ers of their country, says the Shanghai
Mercury. One great cause of China's
decadence Is the distinction hitherto
made between study and trades, the
consequence of which is that those
whose study despise those who prac-
tice the arts, and both sides suffer
from this divorce Of feeling and inter-
est The artisan is just as conserva-
tive as the scholar, and owing to his
obstinate refusal to adopt new meth
ods, the foreign article has come In
like an overf1owing tide. In fact, If
we had been making as good articles
as the foreigners they would probably
never have invaded China with their
commerce.
Now the basis of commerce is in the
industrial arts. Foreigners often say
we have the raw product, but not the
finished article, and foreigners thor
eiples of successful commerce Our
raw articles we sell cheap to foreign
ers. They make them up into finished
goods and sell them to us dear and
even so we Chinese are glad to buy
these goods and the profits all go to
the foreigner
This state of affairs strikes Chinese
patriots as deplorable. Hence transla
tions Of books on western arts and
manufactures are made. but these are
in wen-li, and hence only scholars can
read them. They are inaccessible to
the only-persons who could actually
carry out their methods in practice.
Hence the school Of Mr.. Huang in Pc
kin is more excellent than books. For
the poor may learn under instructors.
At the present time, when much pow
erty in the north drives the poor to
crime, this school will come to the aid
of government by diminishing the sup
ply of criminals. The floods in the
south have done much to reduce the
south to the same distressed condition
as the north, and hence such industrial
schools will not come amiss in the
south. At present we have some FAC
tories, started by merchants and Off
cials, but only very few are emp, Dyed
as compared with the masses OF the
nation. Now, in Japan, every family
weaves, spins, etc. and gets the profit.
Formerly we had some things to ex-
port which were better than the for
eign articles, such as silk and tea. But
now even these are deteriorated and
the foreign article Is ousting our goods
in the markets of the world. Indus
trial schools would remedy this fail
ure. A Japanese book which discusses
the state of the arts in China says
that China needs few patriotic lead
ers to guide her to prosperity These
are true words. and let us hope that
others will follow in the footsteps OF
Mr. HuaAR
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

He-Do you remember your old school
friend. Sophy Raggles? She-Yes: the
horrible frght--what of her? He-Oh.
nothing; only she is now my wife.-Tid-
Bits.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

BY Jove: ] left my pocketbook under
my pillow. We'll your servant girl is
surely an honest person. That's lust
the trouble. She will give the pocket etbook
20 my wife.-F'liegende Blaetter.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

He-So your married life is not happy?
Well. you have my regrets. She--Oh,
don't need them: l have enough of my
own.-Judge.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

FITS rermanent tlyCurod. Nohts rnervousne.s after
6rst day use OF DIR. klns's Great Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE S2.OO trial pottle and treatise.
DR X H. KLINE. Ltd 81 Arch ST.. Philadelphia, Pa
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

Burglar-Take off that coat and vest.
Nictim.Rut ! shall get chilled if dis
robe. urglar-No. you won't; I'll keep
Zette.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

Its n glorious tonne Oive had to-
day" And fwat hev ye ben a-doin o.
"Marchin in !iinnegan's funeral. good
luck to him, m,"--lndianapolis News
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

Carheld Headache Powders arc especially adapted
to the needs OF nervous women. Try them.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

1t, like truth. only asks a hearing.
Wisard Oil cures pain.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

Send to GARFIELD Tea Co.. Brooklyn, n. T., for
samples OF GARFIELD Tea and Headache Powders-two
invaluable remedies.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

Old Friend-Was your daughters mar
riage success? Hostess-Oh Il great
success. She's travelling in Europe on the
alimony.--New York Weekly.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

She-No man has ever kissed me. He
F.! wouldn't boast of my unpopularity, II
l were you.-Philadelphia Record
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price 25c
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

Mr.. WinsloW's Soothing syrur.
For childreA teething, sofens the gums reduces I'm
nsmmstion sllays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The Grit-advocate., 1902-02-07

GARFIELD Tea cures constipation.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
FARMERS AS BREEDERS.
They Should Seek Improvement of
Plants just as Much as They
Do of stock.

Every farmer ought to be plant
breeder as well as a live stock breed
e1. There is as much room for inn
provement in the former as the latter.
Many farmers who would give no lib
erty to a scrub stallion, bull, boar,
buck or cock, will permit any old
scrub crop plant to go on degenerat-
ing its species year after year. Plain
ly. this is a serious error, and is the
result of thou9htlessness and neglect.
and not of lack of desire for improve
ment. Some suppose that there are
great difficulties in the way of the
plant breeder, and that years and
pains and expert knowledge are re-
quired to produce results. True, the
more of these that are available the
better; but any farmer of ordinary
intelligence understands how to select
animal breeders, for he knows the
kind and character of the stock he
wants and breeds from such, if avail
able, or approaches his ideal as near
ly as possible. If he will do the same
with his plants merely by carefully
selecting seed from plants showing
the characteristics he wants to per-
petuate or increase, he will find plants
as easily bred as pigs, or chickens. a
plant breeder to get rid of the pole
in every hill of lima beans, selected
seed from an unusually short vine,
and from the product of these seed
found some without running vines.
Continuing this course of selecting he
soon produced lima beans that do not
climb. BY similar course the seeds
have been almost eliminated from the
tomato. The warts and spines and
crooks from the cumber, the disa-
greeable pungency from the onion,
and in fruits of all kinds still more
wonderful improvements have been
accomplished. Less attention, how
ever, has been paid to the breeding
of staple farm crops, and new varie
ties improved for one section may not
be adapted to quite different environ
ments, just as is the case with fruits
and vegetables. There is always some
risk in planting new and improved va
rieties in new and widely differing
sections. and it would be highly inn
prudent to plant largely of such.
Hence the Importance of farmers
carefully selecting and improving
their own seeds, while iudiciously cx-
perimenting with the works of others.
Farm and Ranch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
Some Views on Journalism
By ST. CLAIR R1chELwAY,
Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle.

HE newspaper a commercial $ paving and
wv receiving teller! 1t takes i'll and gives
The first work is reporting The publish
ing The head of the first is the City Editor. The
szySa1S1zyA head OF the second is the Business Manager
Eso28SR There many other aspects which journal
aaasg ism be regarded But the and duty get
and give be said be the primary and in
pensabe work Without news views would be birds
without wings Without circulation, views both would be
birds i'll cages, lacking air
Not that the other aspects journalism be sighted
Reporting and publishing the existence OF newspaper
body Editing the soul character of that BODY but the body
before the soul The body the of the soul The
the STANDARDIZATION of tic body its life 1t may make The life OF
the journalistic body bad good n1iddng but life
benign, maIgn a mixture of both.
Journalism make its draw
plumber from the government getting politicians
tap them for it. IT CAN BE FREE OR SLAVE. journalism
Independent Slave journalism organic Both Kinds abound
but the former kind has prosperity and power The latter kind may
not have prosperity It have power for those who
control its subsistence control its will
that from its indicated labor independent
thought keep ahead OF debt pays slave wfm
Of its skill in debasenen
Of its IT WILL NOT PAY. IT WILL ONLY 1BE PAID
make its adversely It's prosperity if VIII be
by others who unnaake any time may be nade
by the failure OF its paper which trives when party
wins goes lean when party reality hral
Beggar. But which makes its living, by its merits
Of its public is whether country weekly
metropolitan daily.
BUT THERE IS a sUCcEss>WIIcH is SHAME And
dollars Of denlagogy and beaiy
failure which is honor that refuses do
RIGHT, HUMAN BETTERAIENT is THE THING TO SEEK,
WIN OR LOSE, SUCCESS OR FAILURE just IS duty the
thing do happiness bsng only result from pure canton
not thing in itself to seek
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
SAVED A LIFE.

Gratitude promotes publicity and
it's no wonder people testify when life
Is saved
Every reader with bad back is in
danger for bad backs are but kidney
Ills and neglect may prove fatal.
Neglected backache is quickly fol-
lowed by too frequent urinary dis
charges; retention of the urine, pain
full urination, Diabetes, Bright's dis
ease.
Read how all such troubles can be
cured.
CASE no. 34,520.-Mr, Walter Me-
Laughlin, of 1922 Jacob street, Wheel
ing, w. Va, machine hand working
at j. A. Holiday & Sons planning mill,
says: 81 firmly believe had | not
used Doan's Kidney Pills when ! did
] would not be alive now. was in Il
terrible condition, and although |
took quarts of medicine. and was
attended by doctors, I got no better,
but worse. Friends spoke of my bad
appearance, and thousands knew
about it, / could hardly get around
and felt and looked like dead man
rather than living one. Doan's
Kidney Pills, procured at the Logan
Drug Co.'S store, were a blessing to
me; half a box relieved me; three
boxes entirely cured me-"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
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Laughlin will be mailed on applica-
tion to any part of the United States.
Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
n. Y. For sale. by all druggists, price
so cents per box.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The fact that last year the Fiji
islands contributed 900 to foreign
missions is in itself an announcement
that the heather countries of the
world are diminished by one.
There are between so and 80 prin-
cipal synagogues in the United King
dom, in which just under 100000 Jews
worship. There are also $50 minor
synagogues, or bethels.
An extensive movement toward
Christianity is reported among the
low caste Lal Begis people near Nee
rut, in the northwest provinces. India.
i'll connection with the mission Of the
Church Missionary society.
y movement has been started in Eng
land, under the lead of Lord Radstock.
to place copy of the Scriptures in
the hands Of every child in the schools
of India who is able to read a Gospel
in his or her own tongue
Iowa college, Grinnell, opened its
first year under President Bradley
with an attendance Of 3G3, the largest
IN the history of the institution. The
total of all the students on the ground,
including those studying in the acad-
envy and the school of music, reaches
$50.
y Bombay medical missionary last
year treated 3.110 patients in addi-
ton to her regular work as teacher
in boarding school. This mission
ary>s industry is paralleled by that of
doctor in India, an eye specialist, who
treated 12.000 patients during one year.
besides visiting many in their homes.
richly deserved retort was that
made by Sioux girl at the Hampton
institute not long since. \ silly visitor
to the school went up to the niagniti-
cent red-skinned belle and said: Are
you civilizeG?' The Sioux raised her
head slowly from her work-she was
fasbioning a breaGboard at the mo-
ment-and replied: No; are you?"
Bradford (Mass.) academy began its
one hundredth year with an entering
class Of over 100 young women. This
turn in the fortunes Of this institution
is deserved testimony to the beauty
OF its situation and its excellent equip
ment. Several new teachers are en-
ployed, the accommodations of the
school are insufficient for its needs
and there is a long waiting list.