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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
PERU.

Last week was pronounced one OF
the greatest weeks for big yields OF
sap ever known. W. j. Farnum made
in one week twelve hundred weight OF
sugar. we are told We hope there are
more such days to follow.
The~sad Intelligence was received
last week of the death of Mrs. Ira X.
Batchelder, a native of Peru, but now
resident in Townshend. All of Peru
loved and respected her. She visited
many friends and relatives here last
summer making her home at her
nephew's, NJ. j. Hapgood's S. She an
ticipated spending Old Home Week in
Peru again this year; but is now well
coined by a greater company of friends
in Heaven than could greet her here.
Her brother and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Batchelder, went from Peru TO
attend the funeral Monday.
Mrs. r. |. Batchelder is visiting
friends in Wilmington, Bellows Falls,
and other places, being
from home two or three weeks. Mrs.
John Russell returned home Saturday
from an extended visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Lakins, in Water
vile, Me. men returning Sue Nlslleu
many friends in Massachusetts and
New Hampshire. MIR Barney of Bos-
ton spent Sunday at NJ. j. Hapgood's.
He is a lumber dealer and came to
transact business with Mr.. Hapgood.
They rode over from Weston Saturday
evening, Mrs. NJ. J. Hapgood is Wis
iting Mrs. Hepsy Hapgood of Somer
Vile, Mass Mr.. Swift was chosen
school director at the recent town
Ned Whitney and mother
are spending one or two weeks in
Mass. Our snow has de-
parted and wagons are out this week
for the first time. Mrs. Joshua Co.
lant, who has been confined to the
bed all winter, is so much improved
n health as to be able to sit up part
If the time each day.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21

Judge Russell S. Taft of Burlington
has been critically i'll the past week
but has rallied and is improving
The semi-annual meeting of the Yer
mont Schoolmasters' club will be helC
at the Pavilion in Montpelier April 4
Two hundred and ninety four unse
diamonds seized at St. Adams Jan.
were sold at the custom house at Bur
lington Wednesday to New York firm
for $500.
The body of j. G. Houghton, presi,
dent of the National Insurance com
pany, who died at Naples, Italy, March
4, arrived at Montpelier Wednesday
morning. The body was met at Mont.
pelier by Vice President Boer and
eight bearers chosen from the home
Office force. The funeral was yester
day afternoon
A flood several inches higher than
that of two weeks ago visited Barre
Sunday night. The merchants were
taken unawares and thousands of dol
lars worth of damage was done their
goods. They held "A meeting Monday
to protest against the negligence of the
police who were on duty but failed to
warn them OF the rnSl OF wafer IlHc-
tirallv every stone she'd in the town
was idle Monday and 1000 men were
loafing the sheds being submerged
The river rose Of least IL feet during,
the NIGHT and the Central Vermont
treetla at Montnelier Junction was car
ried awav Rare merchants propose TO
sue the civ for DAMAGES The notice
claim that when they left duty at 4. 30
a ~ the water was not considered
dangerons The h;~h water carried
away the dam and sawmill of F. G.
Wheeler also those of " IT Wood
ward both near Colhyville, in Water
bury, Loss 5000
Vt, NC. ,,La
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
WINDSOR COUNTY EVENTS.
WEST WINDSOR.

Farmers are busy making sugar
which is of fine quality this spring.
The Fred Moulton farm in the west
part of the town is sold TO parties from
Cavendish.
DR.. Story Of Proctorsville was in
town Wednesday to attend the funeral
of his sister. Mrs Bailey.
Rollin Kendall, manager for Kenne-
DIV of Windsor. has sold his farm in
this place to Dexter Hodgeman.
Rev. Miss Roscoe, Universalist. of
Felchville was called TO this place to
officiate at two funerals. one Tuesday
and one Wednesday.
There is a great amount of sickness
through town. Bessie Bowers. Mrs.
Byron Sykes and Ira Hammond are all
very i'll at present.
Eugene Blood got one hand badly
jammed while saving wood last week
with saving machine. Will Rich's
youngest son fell and badly injured
his arm last week.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
Bows and Girls, Read This,

You would, we are sure, like to be informed
of good method of earning your own spending
money. Here it is:
Suntlower Seed is one of the ingredients of
Pages Perfected Poultry Food
We shall want good many tons of it next fall.
1t will probably be worth to 2l2 cents per
pound.
There is little doubt that we shall be able to
pay two cents per pound and pay the railroad
freight If shipped in quantities of 200 pounds
more.
Indeed, if desired. we are willing for the
present to make contracts at that price.
Sunilowers will grow in any out the way
corner-in the doOryard. on the roadsides-and
do not necessarily interfere with the other farm
crops.
On receipt of so cents in silver please do not
send stamps we will deliver at our express Of
flee here a ten-pound package of Suntiower
Seed suitable for planting.
Send along your orders at once before our
stock is exhausted, and mention The Reformer.
Address CARROLL S. PAGE,
1i-2t Hyde Park, VT,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
ITO BE CONTINUED. J
BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
Brattleboro People Receiving the Full Ben
eft.

Brattleboro People Receiving the Full Ben
eft.
There have been many eases like the
following in Brattleboro. Everyone
relates the experience of people we
know These plain, straightforward
statements will do much toward reliev-
ing the suffering of thousands. Such
testimony will be read with interest by
many people.
Mrs E. r. Whitney, professional
nurse, living at , Church St, says: Il
had for wears marked symptoms of kid
ney trouble and an intermittent pain
across my back and hips. Any over
exercise such as over-work or standing
too long aggravated it. During such
attacks | was used up for several days.
| tried several well-known medicines
but they did me little good and will
ing to try anything that might check
the trouble when | saw Doan's Kid
ney Pills so well recommended | was
induced TO go 10 drug store and get
box. They did me great deal of
good. [ was ever so much better and
as far as the pain across my back was
concerned, / scarcely felt it. "
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
\. Y. sole agents for the Z. S.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no substitute.
Sold by Geo. z. Greene, 63 Main ST.,
Brattleboro, VT.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
Rev Marguerite ST. Omer Briggs, IS
Mount Calm Street, Detroit, Michigan,
Lecturer for the w. C. T. u, recommends
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.


When troubled with irregular painful menstruaon
alcoryhu displacement the womb
ing feeling, amJaon of the backa fatulence
debility and should
there tried and remedy. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound such troubles
No other medicine the world has received such Widespread and
unqualified No other medicine of
of female troubles Refuse to buy any other medicine
all o advice.
has health. Address
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21

IHtH tttlSltu me US q 4 ftftt bpNt oOWt~
thing heroic
gram, Later four sat down to poker,
while Miss Cullen, Fred and I sat on
the platform, and Madge played on her
guitar and sang to us. She had a very
sweet voice, and before she had been
singing long we had the crew of a
dust express we jokingly call a
gravel train-standing about, and they
were speedily REINFORCED by many cow
boys, who left the saloons to listen to
her, and who, not being overcareful in
the terms with which they expressed
their approval, finally by their riotous
admiration drove us inside. At Miss
Cullen 5 suggestion we three had Sec
ond game of poker, but with chips and
not money. She was an awfully reckless
player, and the luck was dead in my IA
yor, so Madge kept borrowing my chips
till she was 50 deep in that we both lost
account Finally, when we parted for
the night, she held out her hand, and,
In the pretticst of ways, said:
Il am so deeply in your debt, Mr..
Gordon, that l don't see how l can ever
repay you,
| tried to think of something worth
saying, but the words wouldn't come
and l could only shake her hand But,
duffer as l was, the way she had said
those words, and the double meaning
she had given them, would have made
NE the happiest fellow alive if could
only have forgotten the existence Of
Lord Rallies,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
Half Sick

If you feel run down, are
easily tired, if your nerves
are weak and your blood is
thin, then begin to take the
good old standard family
medicine, Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. A splendid tonic.
81. All druggists. &c AVER CO., Lowell. Mass.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21

Every family should have its house
hold medicine chest, and the first bot
tie in it should be DR. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup, natures remedy for coughs
and colds.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

Charles NJ. Cobern intends to give his congregation every opportunity to hear and appreciate the services without in terruption. It was only necessary yes terday to pick up the Church Reminder. the little folio issued in the interests of the church, for every one in the audi torfum to realize that this was true, because they saw this announcement staring them in the face:
 Church Nursery and ili.ii-lga ten. Hereafter, beginning today, mothers who wish to attend the morning preaching service and have DdLies sn young that they hesitate to bring them into the public congregation. may leave them in our church nursery in the Sunday school Kindergarten depart ment. which will be in charge of an able committee, John A. Tuck, chair man, assisted by competent nurses
 While members of the congregation were tiuttering the thin leaves and slancing curiously over them, four nurses. attired in neat gowns and white caps, fitted about the Kindergarten de- partment caring for the half dozen babies that had been intrusted to their care. Chairman Tuck occasionally drifted down to the nursery" to see that everything was peaceful, because the proposal to care for the babies was ar idea of his
 "The nursery is sure to be success. ' said MT. Cobern, 'because there is Il demand for it. Many women in the congregation hitherto have found it impossible to attend the morning ser vice because they feared to disturb it by the prattling Of the little ones."
 Dr. Cobern acknowledged that the idea had been suggested to him by MT. Tuck, whom he promptly had placed in charge of the work.
 Several women who entered the church were informed that their chill dren would be cared for by nurses if they would take them into the base ment. There they found a place fitted with hammocks, comfortably filled with soft blankets, for the children, while about the room were rattles and toys bottles of milk, and other things like ly to attract the fancy Of a baby.
 Of course, each mother could Identify her own child, but the committee takes no chances on exchanges. a check being given to each parent. Each child is then tucked away in a hammock sur rounded by a number corresponding to the ticket given to the depositor-
 What greater guaranty from inter-
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

That grand jury at St. Louis was a good deal hampered in it's work by the statute of limitation This eX- plains the fact that it returned so few true bills. But it took the cover off the city hall, and a pretty commotion there is there and thereabouts. The people of St. Louis know now that for ten years past that municipal building has been an auction mart of public franchises They know Gin the lan- guage of the grand jury) that men of seeming great responsibility, directors in large corporations. prominent in business and social circles, have not hesitated to put up money for the pur- pose of bribing through the assembly measures in which they were inter ested" They know that some of these men have supplemented bribery with perjury. Of the five men indicted a week ago one is the president of the St Louis Car company; two of the others are millionaires. Several very promi- nent and opulent citizens fled betim as; one is supposed to be somewhere in Eastern Europe or North Africa, two scuttled for Mexico.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

Apropos of the current discussion of the relative high prices of meats, es-
 pecially of beef and PRICES pork, and the diversity OF of opinion as to the MEATS. causes of it, the New
 York Commercial says it is important to note that there has been a very steady advance in these prices since 1896. On April 1 of that year beef carcaSses in Chicago brought only cents per pound; year later the price was 7.25, and on April 1. 1898. it had advanced to 7.42; it fell off to TIP in 1899 and 1900. jumped to 7.75 in 1901, fell back to 7.62 on January 1, 1902 and on March 1 had gone up to S.25 and to 9.12 on the first day of the present month. This is an advance of 52 per cen: in the price during the past six years.
 Meantime the increase in the price of the live animals has been much more marked than in the meat products Ac- cording to Bradstreets live beeves and hogs have nearly doubled in price since April l, 1S96-the approximate increase in the case of beeves being 90 per cent, while the carcass has advanced "A per cent. Family (barreD beef has advanc- ed p per cen, pork S5 per cent, bacon 77 per cent and lard SS per cent. Rela- lively a greater advance is noted in the prices of hog than in beef products, which may be partly explained on the ground that speculation enters more | largely into hog than into beef produces and that corn-preeminently the hogs food-has advanced in price more than any other cereal. Sheep have advanced 54 per cent and mutton 50 per cent since 1896. While the fact will not suffice to wholly explain .he present prices of meats, it is to be noted that the cost of all sorts of animal feed is relatively higher than for some time past.
 l Especially interesting in this connec- tion are the figures of the United States agricultural department. While the | increase in the price of beef and hos | products seems to show plainly enough that the consumptive demand has out stripped production. the department re- ports show at the same time an abso- lute falling of in the quantity of ou= live stock production. Can this latter be the fact? Bradstreet's raises that question and adds:
 The department figures show a much smaller number of swine in the year l 1890 than were reported by the census
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14
pHoENIX. ARIZONA, APRIL 14, 1902.

Both houses of congress have passed a hill giving the widow of President
 Mckinley a pension of MRS. S5,000 year. The M,KINLEY'S measure originated in PENSION. the senate, but it had
 been suggested long be- fore the converting of the present ses- sion of congress. It had been men tioned, though it was never discussed, by most of the leading papers of the United States. It was nowhere regarded as matter that required discussion. The bill passed the senate without de- bate and with the vote of all the sen ators present.
 It remained for Bell of Colorado last Saturday to question the propriety ot giving the widow of the martyred pres ident a pension. The blatant Bell, one of the happily lessening vestiges of the craze Of populism which swept over Colorado a few years ago and laid waste the state. Bell was not sure that there was a precedent for giving Mrs. MCtAlLlty pSllSiOll anu pSSiiC AiS thought she was so well provided for that she did not need it. Bell had forgotten that congress has often granted pensions to the widows of army officers who do not need them and that pensions so granted do not come under the ordinary pension rules. They are regarded as marks of the nations ap preciation of the eminent services of the husbands of the benefciaries. Bell ought to know that many who receive pensions of $6, sS or SIP Q month do not need them. Pensions are as often as not the mere expression of the coun trys gratitude to those who served it.
 In beautiful contrast with the course of Bell was that of the kniShtly Kle- berg of Texas, himself an old confed- crate soldier, and that of MT. Richard son, the democratic leader of the house. They, with other democratic members, could see no reason why the pension bill should not pass. MT. Kleberg could offer very good reason why the pen sion should be granted. One, if there were no others, he said was that Presi- dent Mckinley had wiped out the last Yestige of sectionalism and had united the north and the south.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

At Kansas City, year before last, the. democrats became conscious of a
 desire for ''the cleo THE tion of United States NOMINATING States senators by Gi- PRIMARY. rect vote of the peo-
 ple.'' That they will have to wait for. Nomination of dem- ocratic United States senators by di- rect vote of the party is a totally diff ferent affair. That can be had in any democratic state without waiting for an amendment to the constitution. In a few of the more consistent demo- cratic states it is already an estab- lished fact.
 In those states the primary-the white" primary it is usually called has completely deprived the legislature of the nominating function, as far as
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

and they have shown a marked de- crease since then in the case of swine, and one not so marked though still very noticeab ble in the case of catle. The census figures, it is thought, will show an increase for the decade. It is cer- tain that the statistics as to slaughter ing show very noteworthy growth in that industry for the decade.
 They do. indeed. The capital em- ployed in slaughtering increased over 61 per cent in the ten year period, the cost of materials used 42 per cent and the value of the products 40 per cent. These figures hardly comport with Q decline in the number of cattle and swine. With the consumptive demand admittedly increased. and if the supply has contemporaneously fallen off, the reason for the present price of our beef steaks and pork chops isn't far to seek, surely.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

ruption could we give" said MT. Tuck, than to care well for the children so the mothers may rest and listen, secure in the belief that their babies are well cared for. Then no one desirous of taking a nap. even under the inspiring sermons of Dr. Cobern. will be awak- ened."
 Dr. Cobern invited all the mothers to bring their babies next Sunday. and fill the nursery until more nurses were re- Quired to watch their precious charges.
 In his sermon last night on 'The Power of Music" Dr. Cobern defended his surpliced choir. He said the inno- vation could not be taken as a tend ency toward high church practices. but was made for the purpose of giving his congregation the best music obtainable.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

United States senators are concerned. Take Arkansas, for instance. MT. Jones wanted another term at Wash ington. The primary-that is the whole body of Arkansas democrats. voting in their several localities-decided for the other man. When the general assembly meets at Little Rock. it will merely ratify and make effective the primary's decision. It will go through the motions of electing Mir. Clarke to the senate in MT. Jones' stead, thus meet ing the requirements of the constitu- ton; but that is just a formality. For all practical intents and purposes. the next senator from Arkansas has been not only nominated, but elected.
 A white democratic primary is to be held in Georgia on Thursday, June 5. It is called by the democratic state ex- ecutive committee. The voters taking part in it are to vote on candidates for the following offices: Governor, at torney general. comptroller general. treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, state school commissioner two justices of the supreme court, one prison com missioner. and. in some of the judicial circuits, judges and solicitors general. A month later, July ?, the democratic state convention will meet as usual; but what will there be left for the conven- tion to do. beyond constructing a plat fn1-ro ie- ole call, that in said primary election and on the same ballot the voters in each county shall be given an opportunity to express their choice for a United is to be open to all white voters, without regard to past political afTilia- tions," who declare themselves demo- crats at present. If any such voter IS challenged, all he has to do it to pledge himself to support the nominees This lets in the Georgia populists.
 Ex-Governor William C. Oates is very strenuous for trial of the system of nominations by primary in Alabama. Ex-Governor Johnston is Hithstanding it. The Alabama papers are divided in opinion. The Montgomery Advertiser would like a simon-p1re white demo- cratic primary, but lhinfs the doors should be very securely guarded against republicans and populists. Oates thinks this nervousness uncalled for. If a re- publican desires to cave his party and join the democracy says the ex-gov- ernor, why not receive him? The late Senator Palmer Of Illinois, whom you supported fer president in 1896, ex-Goy- ernor Curtin of Pennsylvania and many other prominent democrats, Wero once republicans. l think such recruits democrats, deserted, and then return and seek a re-baptism into the old ro- litical church.
 The indications are that the nominat- ing primary-whuh is undeniably demo- cratic in principle and operation-will presently be established in every demo- cratic state of the south. How about our northern democrats? Will they adopt it. too?
 | We don't know, and don't prophecy. But one thing is certain; Nomina ton of United States senators by general party primary is a much better and safer method than nomination of l United States senators by party state convention. That has been tried in more than one northern state, and it an experiment We don't want to See carried any further. The old way of
 the constitution and the fathers is
 greatly prefera ble to that.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14
ADDS NURSERY TO CHURCH.
The Rev. C. NJ. Cobern Announces an
 Innovation.

The church nursery plan of Rev. C. M. Cobern, formerly pastor of Trinity Methodist church of Denver. is de- scribed by the Chicago Tribune as fol- lows:
 Babies cared for at the morning ser vice. No mother need worry through fear that her child will disturb the slumbers of the oldest member of the congregation
 With this guarantee the St. James Methodist Episcopal church has opened a new department. while still firm if advocating the institution of q sur pliced choir. The pastor, the Rev
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

The man who, with revolver in hand intercepted President Loubet's carriage with his demand for justice was probably an anarchist. The report from Paris describes him as weak minded It may be that he had no real intention of injuring the head of the nation. But the episode is another il- lustration of the dangers which rulers run, however we'll protected. Anarchist would not in the ordinary course of things engage in criminal enterprises.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

Report says that MT. OXnard was at Washington late last week trying to gain some inkling of the danger from the senate. It need not be sup posed that he is so ignorant on that score. He can learn from the daily papers just what the senators intend Oxnard was doubtless at work trying to prevent them from carrying out their plans.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14
BERNHARDT IS GAINING FLESH.

A Paris dispatch says: Mme. Sarah Bernhardt is in despair. She has had an excellent masseur. who kept down the increase in her weight. On her last tour in America, however, he deserted her and set up an establishment for himself. Since her return to Paris Mime. Bernhardt has tried one masseur after another. but in vain. and she sees herself with horror daily growing in weight.
Arizona republican., 1902-04-14

In life Cecil Rhodes labored for the the development of British unity; now that he is dead, his private for tune is to be devoted to the upbuilding of Anglo-Saxon sympathy and good will