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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
NDHAM COUNTY EVENTS.
REPORTED BY THE REFORMER'S
CORRESPONDENTS.
Funeral of Edward H. Green.

ke funeral of Edward H Green,
n died at his Bellows Falls home
fweek Wednesday was held in I'm
Mel church Saturday, and burial
Min the churchyard beside his
Ter. A great many of the older in
3tants of the village who knew Mr..
81 as young man were present,
several persons from a distance.
EGreen was born February 6, 1921,
BELLOWS Falls in what was known as
Col. Tucker house near the pres
Vol bridge which his grandfather
i. He was the only son of Henry
5nson and Ann Amory (Tucker)
tn. He married Hetty Rowland
dnson in 1867, who ls now called
hrichest woman in America, and
survives him with son and a
Enter.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
GRAFTON.

Rev. Walter H. Cambridge of South
boro, Mass, native of this town, has
received unanimous call to Trinity
parish. Rutland to succeed Rev. The
odore Foster, who goes to Kansas City,
Mo-, April 10. Mr.. Cambridge grad
uated from the University of Vermont
in 1891, was ordained by Bishop A. c.
A. Hall, and had charge OF St Steph-
ems parish at Westboro, Mass, for
four years. He is submaster of st.
Marks school, Southboro.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

Easter services at the NJ. e. church
Easter Sunday.
Mrs. Shirley Brigham is in Brattle
boro this week. Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Randall have returned to their home il
Castleton having spent several months
with their daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hol
den. George Johnson is at work il
Lee Gales hardware store. Mr.. Pom
eroy from Connecticut spent several
days with Fred Vale last week. Miss
Jaquith from Vernon is visiting with
her uncle, f. E. Jaquith. Rev. W. A.
Evans was in Boston last week.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
WARDsBORO,
The sick ones are on the gain.

The sick ones are on the gain.
Many predict an early spring and
consequently another brief sugar sea-
son. Sugar made thus far is of excel
lent quality.
The many friends of Mrs. Fred john
son were grieved to learn of her severe
illness and express hearty wishes for
her speedy recovery.
Mrs. Edna Clark left Wednesday
morning to visit her children in Brat
tleboro. A. L. Wheeler made a bust
ness trip to Boston this week.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
HALIFAX.

Mrs. Emily Jones gathered meal of
dandelions last week. Mrs. A. X
Powers of Brattleboro spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs George
L. Clark. j. \. Plumb. has been on
the sick list for a few weeks. Fred
Miller is sugaring for the Burrows
brothers this spring.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
WEST TOWNSHEND.

Rumor says that John Dompier and
family are soon to move into the house
recently vacated by Harry Farnsworth
and that George Dompier of Putney
will move to his fathers farm. Hugh
Stratton is- at home. John Peck is
carrying the mail to Windham again
Henry Stratton was among the sick
ones last week.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
GREEN RIVER.

Farmers say this is the best sugar
season for a number of years, large
quantities of the product being made.
Bertha Fowler of Readsboro was
guest at her uncle's, Henry Stoves,
few days this week. Jasper Watrie
has been helping Mr.. Marietta about
gathering sap this week.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
WEST HALIFAX.

A piece Of L. ". Summers dam
went off in the recent high water, II
or II feet, where the food gate was.
Helen Thurber is home from Brat
tleboro on a visit. Mrs. Clara Powers
from Brattleboro was at her fathers,
George l.. Clark's. the first of the
week. W. f. Thurber and f. S.
Cooke were summoned last week to
Newfane to appear in the case of J. l..
Hall. j. C. VIM and son, Cassius,
were in Amherst, Mass, last week. -
W. +. Clark has made many improve
ments in the looks of the store he pur-
chased recently.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28

Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup seems
especially adapted TO the needs of the
children. Pleasant to take: soothing
in its influence. 1t is the remedy of
all remedies for every form of throat
and lung disease.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28

Pimples, blotches and all other spring
troubles are cured by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla-the most effective of all spring
medicines.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28
HOME
AND
CHILD

Does your horse 'feel his
oats? What difference be.
tween the granted and the
CRASHED horse! The first
strong and full Of ginger, the
second fabby, weak and tired
out before he begins. The
feeding makes the difference.
Children are not alike either.
One is rosy, bright-eyed, full
Of life and laughter, another is
pale, weak and dull. The feed.
ing again is responsible.
Sickly children need special
feeding. They don't "feeltheir
oats. SCOTS Emulsion adds
just the right richness to their
diet. 1t is like grain to the
horse. The child gets new
appetite and strong digestion.
SCOTS Emulsion is more
shan food. 1t is strong
medicine. 1t rouses up dull
children, puts new flesh on thin
ones and red blood into pale
ones. 1t makes children grow.
SCOTS Emulsion makes ordi-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28

nary food do its
duty.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of SCOTS
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper of every bottle.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
4oo Pearl St, New York.
5o,: ar d 81. all druggists.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-28

Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads
yer the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is i'm
Mediate and cure follows. 1t is not drying-does
not produce sneezng. Large Size, so cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street, New York.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
EARNING PIN MONEY.
EnterprisinE Women Have Sundry
Novel Means of Replenishing
Their Empty Purses.

Most women, the wives and daugh-
tiers of well-to-do men, usually have
fixed allowance of money which
they may expend for their own uses.
OF course, this allowance is not al
ways large enough to satisfy them,
and many are the means devised by
some to increase the amount. The
wide-awake woman always finds
way to do this when she tries. She
may have a dancing class. or deco
rate china, and one makes use of
taste for millinery by altering and
sometimes entirely trimming the
hats of her friends, requiring in pay
ment something more substantial
than a mere thank YOU"
has opened quite field for the
woman clever with her needle, who
embroiders these dainty accessories
by hand for rs cents each, finding a
ready market among acquaintance
whose talents do not run along such
lines.
Another young woman, whose sole
useful accomplishment is the rather
o.d-fashioned one of knitting, does
thriving business in underskirts and
slumber robes. She has been asking
and receiving five dollars each for
the results of her industry, but it is
to be feared that she will not be
quite so fortunate in the future, as
the shops are now offering those ar
ticles at rates lower than she could
possibly afford.
Laces were never more beautiful
nor more lavishly used than they are
this season, and the presence of a
'lace LOOM upon the market prom
Uses wonderful things to the woman
who can use it. It is said that with
this instrument the making of valen-
ciennes and torchon laces is eaily
learned at home. This is a new de-
partufe in this country and is we'll
worth trying.
To one who has the facilities and is
blessed with the knack of raising
flowers violet culture would be re-
munerative in the highest degree. In
the opinion of this column, however,
those who are successful with flowers
are, like poets, "born, not made"
Some persons never can learn how to |
deal with these lovely members of
the plant world. However, everyone |
may try. With each season the dainty |
purple flower has grown in popular
ity, and it is safe to prophesy that
this state of affairs will continue.
The prices which it brings are
enough to encourage anyone in
search of "pin money" to attempt it's
Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
HOUSEHOLD CONvEN1ENCEs.

the tea drinker to handle his cup Of
liquid refreshment and the accompany
ing biscuit or cake at the same time.
A little continuance has been devised
which is attached by means of a clip
to the teacup and handy and prac-
teal resting place for the cracker,
sandwich, ETC., is thus provided. The
tea infuser with its long handle is an
other continuance that will appeal to
the dispenser of this popular beverage.
Claret and water jugs. tea and coffee
pots, cream and milk ewers are appear
ing nowadays in classic form, and
many of the new designs ar copies of
old Roman, Etruscan and italian pat
terms. They are ornamental as we'll as
useful, and the designs here portrayed
are examples of the best productions
by English manufacturers.
From across the seas also comes the
serviceable individual egg cup, COM
pleting the group. As will be seen, it
is an improvement on the ordinary
type of receptacle of this kind.-Brook-
1yn EAGLE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
JACK IS A WONDER.
man Can Give Cards and Spades
to Most Buglers.

When the postman delivers the mail
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Gle
ment Moore, Euclid avenue, Hacken-
sack, N. j., he is greeted with shrill,
clear army call from Gagged bird. The
strain, whistled through without q
break, was long ago identified by mil
itary residents in the community as
the ''adjutant's call"
The newspaper carrier receives the
same salute, also the master of the
house. Desultory visitors pass unno-
ticed.
When Jack, the bird, is in good hui
NOR he will obey the signal of master
and mistress and will whistle the re-
frain through for the edifcation OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
THE MASTER CLOCK"
piece In the Naval observatory
In Washin4ton.

In the course of an article in St.
Nicholas on Glow We Set Our Watches
by STAR" w. S. HARDWOOD tells about
the master clock at Washington.
The great clock in the Naval OBJ
servatory is called the master clock.
By means of the neutrality-suspicious.
the time is repeated over 1s different
circuits to the various parts of the
country. New York city automati-
cally repeats the time to all points
east and north; Chicago and Cincin-
natl repeat to all points west and
southwest; Richmond, Augusta and
Atlanta to all points south. 1t you
should happen to be in some large
telegraph Office at the moment the
time signal lis being sent out, it is
likely you would see the operators
at their keys take out their watches
a few seconds before the time is due,
open them, put tiny piece of tissue
paper twisted into thread between
the spokes of one of the little wheels
in their watches, holding back the
movement to the instant the signal is
given, then releasing the wheel so
that the watch shall fall into the ex-
act beat of the master clock in Wash
ington.
OF course the same care must be
taken whether the operators are to
connect their instruments with
time-bal or control-clock. The time
ball is an interesting feature of the
service. It is round ball large
enough to be seen from the street
where, supported by its appliances, it
rests on the top of some building. It
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

company. When particularly interest
ed in his audience he will add to his rep
ertoire the clearly defined assembly
call" and conclude with the stable
CALI When in sulky humor visitors
receive but scanty attention in the rem
dition Of the stable CALI only.
Jack is probably the oldest troop
ial'' bird in captivity, and is thought
to be the only one of the kind in the
United States. He was purchased by
Mr.. Moore almost IA years ago, and
was thought to be several years old
at that time. The bird had been in the
possession of an army officer. and its
only home had been at cavalry posts.
Jacks attention is distracted only
when his master annoys him by wear
ing glasses or his mistress displays
a brilliant brooch. He will stop in the
middle of the most satisfactory per-
Torrance the instant any brilliant OBJ
ject meets his eye and will dart at it
directly. The brilliancy of woman's
eyes SO attracted him once that he
few at them before any one could in
terpose and gave the fair visitor q
sharp nip on the eyelid.
In appearance Jack closely resem-
bles the Baltimore oriole, or golden
robin, which is peculiar to the Amer
lean continent. He has the same rich
orange and black plumage and the
same sweetness of song. He is also of
similar size. But Jacks birthplace
was South America, and his chatter
and many antics suggest the mag
pie.
The term ''troopial," which desig-
mates the class to which Jack belongs,
is due from the habit of birds of this
kind to associate in large troops. They
move in focks and show great par
TALLY to the neighborhood of man.
Mr.. Moore is also the possessor of a
talking nina bird from Manila. This
nina is snow white-an unusual color.
1t can cry like child, say mamma"
also ''come back and "come here"
It can call repeatedly "unwa, unwa,'
q term that some scholar has inter-
preted for Mr.. Moore as Hindostanee
for ''nurse."-N. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

Cowles, of the navy, kept the child and
acted the part of mother toward her
in New York until the father married
the present Mrs. Roosevelt.
Alice is now in her nineteenth year
and is about seven inches above five
feet in height. She has first cousin,
a girl of about her own age, who is
the daughter of Roosevelt Roosevelt.
The grandmother of this latter young
lady is Mrs. Aston, who gave comm g
out party for her the other day, at
which Alice also made her first formal
entrance into society. In return, this
cousin went to Washington to attend
the great ball given at the white house
in honor of Alice's debut. 81,
Mrs. Cowles, by the way, went to
England with her cousin, Roosevelt
Roosevelt, when he became secretary
of the United States legation in Lon
don during the Cleveland administra-
ton, and superintended his household
there.
Miss Roosevelt may fairly be called
one of the luckiest girls in the world.
Hardly had her father become presi-
dent of the United States than 100000
in cash was bequeathed to her by a
total stranger.
The Boston man who bequeathed the
100000 to Miss Roosevelt never saw
her. He gave the money on account OF
his admiration for her father. and for
no other reason.-N. Y Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
HOUSEHOLD HELPS,
of Particular Interest to Ladies
Who Entertain.

New designs of notifications in the
line of household conveniences possess
a perennial interest for the housewife,
particularly the alert American who
keeps watch for everything that will
enlighten the work of the household
or is calculated to add to the conven-
fence or comfort of the members of
the family.
Ingenious as are our Yankee in
ventors they do not enjoy the complete
monopoly in the way of inventiveness,
as is shown by the accompanying illus
trations of English designs. In the land
where afternoon tea holds such sway
it is to be expected that some genius
would find way to make it easy for
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
THE POWER OF WATER.
In Certain Conditions One Pint Will
Burst Strong Cask as Quick
ly n GunpOwder.

A single pint of water will burst a
strongly built iron-hooped oaken cask
as quickly as though dozen pounds
of gunpowder were exploded within
it. It is a well-known law of physics
that the pressure exerted by liquids
increases in proportion to their depth.
Suppose, therefore, that we have a
strong cask filled with water and
standing on end. The slaves of this
cask may be made to burst apart by
adding very small quantity of wa
ter to what is already in the cask.
AS the cask is already full, some
way of adding the water must be de-
vised, To do this hole is bored in
the end or head of the cask, and a
long tube of small diameter is insert
ed upright At the upper end OF the
tube is a small funnel, into which wa
ter is poured until the tube becomes
full, and when that point is reached
the cask will burst.
This seems almost incredible, but it
is only a demonstration of the law
that has been cited. When the water
is poured into the tube it unites with
the water in the cask and the depth
of the water is several times as
great as it was in the cask alone. The
fact that there is only small guam
+ity of water in the tube makes no
difference, for it is now all one body,
and its depth is gagged from the top
of the tube to the bottom of the
cask.
AS a matter of fact, this expert
ment is only an artificial reproduc-
tion of what we know takes place in
nature. Some of her greatest convul-
sions are caused by this very process.
Suppose, for example, that there is
a great mass of rock, under which
there is cavity filed with water
that has no outlet. Suppose, more
over, that there is crack extend
ing from the surface of the ground
through this mass of rock to the wa
terrified cavity underneath.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT.
peror Williams Yacht 10 q
Truly Lucky Girl.

Miss Alice Roosevelt is tall, well
built, of athletic physique thoroughly
modern type of girl, as distinguished
from the type of delicacy, spiritual
rather than robust, which used to be
so generally admired. Her hair il
light and it is dressed in the prevailing
Pompadour mode. She has blue eyes,
with bright color and fine teeth.
Miss Roosevelt looks more like her
mother than her father. She is indie
pendent in her ways, and given to
knowing her own mind, giving it ex-
preston freely. Her mother, as is
well known, was not the present Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, but Miss Lee,
of Boston, of family of no little dis.
tinction and of notable ancestry in the
modern Athens.
When Theodore Roosevelt was left
a widower by the death of his first wife
there was some question as to what
should be done with the baby daughter.
the upshot of the matter being THAI
little Alice was handed over to an I'm.
married sister. This maiden sister.
who is now the wife of Commander
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
MICE ARE INTELLIGENT.
Tricks and Are Exceedingly
Sociable Companions.

Out in Forest avenue, in Portland,
Me-, is mouse fancier. In pen he has
half dozen or so ordinary field mice.
"They are the most socia Bile pets
ever had" he remarked, and any one of
them will rise to attention as he hears
my step approach the pen. I have had
these young ones about six months.
They don't live long when cooped up,
and they will come freely to my hand
to eat or drink. Some of them are so
tame that they will climb to my shout
der and display not the slightest alarm
at being touched. They haven't ac-
quired so much faith in all humanity,
however, and have refused to trust
anyone else SO far.
"While mice eat great deal for an
animal so small when food is abundant,
they can exist for surprisingly long
time with next to nothing. Anyone
whose house has been infested with
mice and who had passed weary weeks
when everything that possibly could
serve as food was carefully under lock
and key, finally calling to service an
active ferret, will appreciate this fact.
He is mighty aggressive and tireless
forager after food, not hesitating at
walls or similar distractions, through
which he patiently gnaws path. As a
test of persistence in this line, hung
basket of food from the ceiling by a
rope, and, after weeks fast, placed
a mouse at hole in the ceiling above
the basket. He descended some eight
feet or more on slender cord and safe
" reached his haven, later climbing up
again.
"All Of my mice have taken from
nests about the premises, and notice
that they invariably seek shelter below
or behind something, never in SO ex-
posed locality as almost any other
animal would select. For nest, pa
per, cloth or any soft material seems
to satisfy, and the exceeding fineness
with which it is chopped suggests some
mighty artistic work with their teeth"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
CHEMISTRY OF TEARS.
Substances Emitted from the
Lachrymal Gland.

Tears have their functional duty to
accomplish, like every other fluid Of
the body, and the lachrymal gland is
not placed behind the eye simply to
fill space or to give expression to
emotion. The chemical properties of
tears consist of phosphate of lime
and soda, making them very salty,
but never bitter. Their action on
the eye is very beneficial, and here
consists their prescribed duty of the
body, washing thoroughly that sensi-
tive organ, which allows no foreign
fluid to do the same work. Nothing
cleanses the eye like a good salty
shower bath, and medical art has
followed natures laws in this re-
spect, advocating the invigorating So
luton for any distressed condition
of the optics. Tears do not weaken
the sight, but improve it. They act
as a tonic on the muscular vision,
keeping, the eye soft and impid, and
it will be noticed that women in
whose eyes sympathetic tears gather
quickly have brighter, tenderer orbs
than others. When the pupils are
hard and cold the world attributes it
to ones disposition, which is mere
figure of speech, implying the lack
of balmy tears, that are to the cornea
what salve is to the skin or nourish.
ment to the blood.
The reason some women weep
more easily than others, and still
more readily than the sterner sex,
has not it's difference in the strength
of the tear gland, but in the posses.
sion of more delicate nerve system.
The nerve fbers about the glands vi.
brate more easily, causing a down.
pour from the watery sac. Men are
not nearly so sensitive to emotion;
their sympathetic nature-the term
is used in medical sense-is less de.
veloped, and the eye is therefore pro.
tected from shocks. Consequently a |
man should thank the formation OF !
his nerve nature when he contempt. |
uously scorns tears as woman's |
practice. Between man and monkey |
there is this essential difference OF |
tears: An ape cannot weep, not SO
much because it's emotional powers
are undeveloped as the fact that the
gland was omitted in his
optical make-up.-Hygienic Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

is attached by wire to the circuit
from Washington in such a manner
that, at the instant the master clock
in Washington ticks the stroke of
IL, the delicately poised ball will fall,
released by the same beat of the
clock that announces the time to the
rest of the country. Anyone who
watches one of these time-balls just
before the stroke of IL, timepiece in
hand, may easily determine whether
his watch is slow, fast or on time.
Throughout the east these time
balls are dropped every day at noon,
save on Sundays, at New York city,
Boston, Newport (Rhode Island),
Woods Holl Massachusetts,, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Hampton Roads, Savannah and
Fortress Monroe. The tick of the
master clock that drops these time
balls also releases others, some of
them many hundreds, indeed thou
sands, of miles away. For instance,
by cable arrangement, time-ball is
dropped every day in the city of Ha-
vana, and another in San Francisco,
5000 miles distant. So incompre-
hensibly swift is the speed of the cleo
trio current that, if the repeating-in-
struments and the wires are in perfect
condition. there is no appreciable diff
ference in the time of the dropping of
the ball in New York city and the
dropping of the ball in San Francisco,
each one released by the same tick of
the master clock in the Naval observ-
atory in Washington.