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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
THE TEMPERANCE
COMMITTEE SPLITS
AND IN SECTIONS OF 10 AND l2 PRE-
sENTs TWO BILLS TO THE LEGISLATURE.

One Is Subcommittee Bill Drafted by Sub
Committee With Aid Of Lawyer, ]. H.
Mimms, Under Instructions of Full Com
mitteeA Work in Which the Twelve
Who Now Repudiate 1t Evidently Had a
Large Part-The Democratic Bill the
Groundwork, but Several Changes for the
Worse-And Some OF Them Thoroughly Vi
cious and Most Unjust-The Other Is the
Battell Slightly Amended
The Joint committee on temperance
reported to both houses of the general
assembly yesterday. Two bills were
submitted, the committee being divid-
ed in opinion. The majority, Senators
Russell, Downer, Sibley, Nelson and
Tracy and Representatives Ellis,
Fletcher, Douglas. Howe. Vincent,
Conland, O'Sulivan and Pape, voted
for the committee high license local
option bill which has been carefully
prepared from the various temperance
measures submitted to the legislature
and is supposed to embody the best
features of them all. The minority.
Senators Emery, Spencer, Annis and
Walbridge, and Representatives Bat
tell, Bailey, Dartt, Fish, Dixon,
Seayer, Randall and Vail. voted for
what is substantially the Battell dis
pensary bill. whose provisions have al
ready been given in these columns. a
few changes have been made in it, the
most radical being the one providing
for "A referendum vote at the March
meeting on the question whether the
law shall or shall not he accepted 10y
the people. The referendum provided
for by the majority bill and the only
one considered constitutional, is sim
ply that of the Clement bill to submit
TO the people only the matter Of date
when the law shall 20 into effect. In
the Battell bill, the cider clause Is
modified so As To Contine sales to cider
in barrels by the makers thereof or
those who raise the apples. Licenses
are also granted TO railway dining cars
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
NUMBER 46

which are an important factor. The
practical result will be that druggists
will not take out licenses for "purely
medicinal trade'-a need of modern
civilization. If your wife or daughter
has to go for the liquor for an entirely
proper purpose, she must go to rum
shop, more or less disguised
The Democratic plan for an alternative
license for the sale of beer is adopted,
but the committee bill requires two
meetings to be held to decide it instead
of one
The Democratic scheme of collecting
penalties direct from bonds: of forfeit
ure of bond on third otfense, but un-
der an enlarged discretion as to gray
/ ity" of otfenses of putting the police
under the requirement of periodical
oaths whether there have been viola
tions or unlicensed selling of watch
ing of licensed places by the licensing
board: or watching the board itself by
the selectmen; and of summer hotel Ii
censes are adopted fully from the Dem
ocratic bill.
The chief additions to it are prohibit
tion of treating under a S25 to $50
penalty: allowance of sale by the i'm
porter in Original packages" without
license-a permission totally unneces-
sary under the Edmunds act and that
may have serious consequences, such,
for instance as the 'brewery' opening
a branch in Brattleboro and selling in
4-Ounce or other packages with no
lawful power on earth to prevent and
requirement of the oath of 1.-TWO repu-
table persons before Il search warrant
against a dwelling house. The most
freakish addition is that which permits
no recovery in a "civil damage ac-
tion, for the benefit of family, etc,
suffering from death or injury in conSe-
quence of a Sale-in case the liquor was
sold on credit. In what realm of reason
or fancy such a provision was evolved it
is hard to imagine. 1t Is simply pre-
posterOuS
in general the fines and penalties for
violation of the act are all lower than
in the Democratic bill, and more of
the duties of prosecution are placed
with the states attorney rather than
the licensing board with which the
Democratic bill. on the Home Rule
theory, placed the primary duty of en-
forcement, protecting the right of re-
spoudent 10y allowing appeal to the
county court.
L ne general prohibitions ana ftSlTlC-
tiOn against sales to minors. confirmed
drunkards etc, are practically the
same as in all license laws,
The bill as reported contains l03 sec
tiops, where the Democratic bill had
As. But save for the changes above
noted the changes are mainly in the
dividing of sections, and in few cases
repetition, probably designed for more
eXplicitness.
IT certainly needs some radical
back to its original form to
give Vermont such license system as
she ought to have.
OF the Is members of the temperance
voting for the license bill,
10 were known to be Democrats or
Clement license men when appointed;
so, of the Republicans, II out of Is, or
four-tifths. We're for the Battell bill.
If the same proportion prevails through
out the legislature, the Battell bill will
pass by "a majority.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
Especial correspondence the Reformerl

(opeclal Correspondence 'he heloriler
Montpelier, Nov. II, 1907.
The state legislature has exhibited
;tsolf IN many avtrauaIv interesting
.,..,..9
phaSeS 'hlS~"eeh' Soille very pie"eaH'
to contemplate and one. at least, lnde-
scrlbably funny, though admirable.
1t has been industrious, able. oratorlcal,
fiery and chivalrous. The last of these
phases was shown Friday when poor
Mr.. McFeeters drew down the red hot
wrath OF the House upon himself 10y the
introduction OF mildly sarcastic resolu-
ton, evidently designed 10y somebody
for joke, i'll relation to the day. OF
prayer set by the Woman : Christian
Temperance Union In behalf OF TEN
perance Legislators. Ihe wording OF
this resolution showed plainly thht the
Legislative worm dld turn when trod-
den upon. but, reColIectIng attcrWard
that it was by the feminine foot pro-
tested brayely that II liked to be trod-
den upon. The House, practically to
a man, declared loudly Mr Mct eet-
ers most loudly OF all. that they adj
mired the women and needed and
wanted their prayers Now this was
very nice and chlyalrOus, considering
the difficulties Of their pledged posi-
ton on the temperance question and
that they have already been prayed Tor
in convention and pe~tered continually
for weeks with petitions from the wo-
men. This second public Proclamation
of prayer was not tactful measure,
ana no individual woman would have
used it TO gain her ends. Before the
women are through with their prayers
they should give thanks for such men
such generous, loyal and chiyalrous
men. 1t Is a pity, though. that they
are SO lacking in the sense of humor.
The same day the senate killed the
Ross railroad bills, duplicates of which
were brought up later in the house.
and the house committee reported an
other more satisfactory one IN prepar-
alton. The committee objected to the
Ross bills on the ground that they ere
ated an independent court in Yer I.
mont. Among otha" important meas
ures considered this week were the
human tuberculosis bills, which the .
senate passed, the bill virtually /
putting Vermont newspapers on the .
advance payment plan, which it kill .
ed, and the Russell cattle commission .
bin and the Lawrence weekly pay
ment bill which drew forth a credlta
BILE and enjoyable display of oratory.
The latter discussion was the orator.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
Ashuelot Mill Burned.

The main building of the Ashuelot
Woolen cumpany's mill in Lower Ash
uelot was destroyed by fire early Thurs
day morning. causing a loss of oll.0O0
and throwing over 60 persons out of
employment. The cause of the fire is
unknown. Insurance. about $500. The
mill was formerly owned by the late E.
c. Thayer hut was bought about three
years ago by the Ashuelot Wooden com
pany who made extensive repairs upon
it. 1t was known as No. ., or Little
Middlesex. -
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
POCKET PICKING VS.. DEMOCRATIC POLICY
A Concrete Illustration in the Highway Tax
Bill That Passed the House Wednesday,
What 1t Figures Out in Dollars Every
Year for Every Average Voter to Con-
tinue the Present One Sided Misrule

Year for Every Average Voter to Con-
tinue the Present One Sided Misrule.
/ The people of Brattleboro have
good chance in the bill doubling the
state highway tax which passed the
house Wednesday TO see what the Dem
ocratic policy in the legislature means
( for them as compared with the other
thing. Brattleboro this year paid
S25l1. 0G on this tax and got back
S54G. ~. This bill means she will pay
55034. u and get back S1092. 9S. I'm
der the 5 per cent state school tax
Brattleboro paid this year about
$1,000, getting back about 51700. A
Republican bill in the Legislature pro-
poses to increase this to II per cent,
which would mean for US paying some
$1,000 and getting back perhaps $1,000.
the two measures together mean
round $500 out of the pockets of our
taxpayers to subsidize those of other
towns. The Democratic policy, as
formulated in the Bundy bill. on the
other hand. simply by stopping plum
der and waste, by the application of
the Democratic principle, is to save
enough TO give the highways and
schools two or three times as much as
lntN can yet DN lllbSe IOchtl- IllChluS
bills. and so avoid any necessity or
excuse for them.
The present policy means the picking
of the average Brattleboro voter : pock-
ct to the amount of full 50 wear.
The Democratic policy, between the
Bundy, Conland, Gale and Porter bills,
would stop this and still distribute
back from what are purely and prop
erly state funds 81, 900 year, or near
ly 81 for every average voter, to Tighten
his taxes, and at the same time yield
what is equivalent to a % per cent. tax
to build up the schools and the roads
of the state that have been 50 depleted
by disagreement that they are every
where crying and struggling for help
and feel forced to take it by what is no
less than legislative robbery
1t is a matter of s. a year for the
Brattleboro voter and even more for
him of the back towns. And the aver
age voter can't dodge paying it in
rents. prices. etc. : for it is the nature
of taxes everlastingly to distribute
themselves down to him and to labor.
He pays his money and he takes his
choice. He can save ii and have it. or
he can contribute it to the machine
and TO miSgoyernment. And he doesn't
want to forget that the longer he con
tinues the present regime the more he
will pay through pocket picking bills
like those now before the General As
sembly. c. H. Davenport.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
Fo1. @AL@! (!
n,y AND OVSD.

oST-A beaded bag between HuntleN iaun, IA. n,
1 ,-,nd + X. Earrows'. Finder leave at Il
- ~ ~ and receive reward. NELLIE GARD
nsr-An Irish setter dog Please return u"
| i q. FSrEY and receive reward
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
T. DcETT &co
E Real Estate.
lNVESTMENTS!!
81 Main Street.

Some people think they ought to
make money at the rate of about
amlle minute when they buy
zeal estate. We don't want to
sell to anyone who has such an
IDEA as that. We are doing
gsoPerous, Legitimate business
We have some excellent property
to sell.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
Here is a Bargain.
300 ACRE FARM IN NEWFANE'

Will keep IS cows and team.
GoOd heavy sell; running water;
aoundance of fruit. Nine room
house in good condition. Two
oa-ns, cellar under both. Eight
aaadred sugar trees, 500 buckets
and utensils. One and one-ha!f
niles to school, church, Post-ot-
ice, etc. Assessed for SI,4oo'
Price S1,4oo; $3.50 down. This
IS one of the greatest chances we W;
know of. Wood and timber Will
pay for the place five or six times.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE AN AUCTIONo
INSURANCE PUTS A HOLE"

in the strap just where it should bc To meet the
buckle The taut haul then the quick closure
and tight security. Nothing else like ii. \
scientific proposition reduced to its simplest
and lowest terms. Annuitic~. bld Age Guaran-
tees and Trust arrangements Just the same.
National Life lns. Co. of VI. Mutual
II, T.. TAYLOR X son. Gcu'l Agts.
Crosby Block. Brattlehuro, Vt.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14

MANY INTERESTING PHASES
BOTH ADMIRABLE AND AMUSING EXHIBITED BY THE
LEGISLATURE AT MONTPELIER THIS WEEK.

Various Important Measures Embracing Wide Range of Sub
iectS Cause Mental AcrobaticS and Eloquent Speech
Primary Elections, State Highway Tax Weekly Payments
Cattle Commission and Public Health Some of the Mat
terS ConSidered-They Want the Womens Prayers.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14

Continued on sth page.)
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Governm ent Bonds.
Cotton.

Reported over tue private wire of J, l.. Me Lean X Co.,. 25 Broad street. New York: New Haven office Si0 Chapel street, IIu blnger Building. Norman A. Tanner manager.
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C A. @ TT o R TIA Bears the H The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature s &xNZzzZx Aa.@
 Finaueia1.
 THE STOCK MARKET.
strictly an Affair of Room Trading

Strictly an A flair of Room Trading.
 New York May 2S.-To-days stock market offers small subject for com ment, It was strictly an affair of room trading. Outside orders were insigniti- cant. The news of the day, which was slight, exerted only a nominal influence. The fact that the rise of something over point in Reading was accompa- nied by rumors that developments were impending encouraging a hope of the settlement of the coal strike had very little weight, as many Wall street ot- fees had dispatches from the mining region reporting the. prospects un- changed. The buying of St. Paul was just as little accepted as indicating any important development in the crop sit uation although the weather map was favorable and the sharp reaction in the grain markets offered some corrobora- tion. There was some demand for the soft-coal carriers on the ground that. the shortage of anthracite coal en- hances the demand for soft coal as substitute. The BE point rise in Hook ing Valley had as additional grounds the report of a proposed increase in the dividend rate. Pressed Steel Car nov ed upwards again to-day, but did not hold the gain, and the tendency to sympathy in stocks of other railroad equipment companies found its most notable effect in Railway Steel Spring, which moved up over a point. The speculative realizing in Canadian Pa cific continued to-day and removed the stimulating effect of the recent rise in that stock upon the market.
 The feeling of disappointment over the lack of definite peace announcement by the British cabinet had some slight reflection at the opening here. A sharp break in the London market for raw copper helped to keep back Amalga mated The approach of a three days recess emphasized the disposition to re- frain from speculation. A good part of the advances were lost on room profit taking, and the market closed lifeless and heavy.
 The market for bonds was dull and steady. Total sales, par value, aggre- gated $1,910o0o.
 United States bonds were unchanged on the last call
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Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince X WhItely, Bankers and Brokers, b2 Broadway. New Yolk. and l5 Center st., New Maven Bid. Asked.
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MARRIAGE OF THE DATE-PALMs.

Singular Process in the Culture of
 This Tree of Physical Life.
 In the great date-palm paradise of the middle east there are two seasons of the year when the land is specially attractive. They coincide with the two equinoxes. Vernal pride and autumnal glory make northeastern Arabia and the adjacent lands round the lower reaches of the Jezirah unspeakably pie turesque. The earth possesses nothing elsewhere corresponding to the scenes furnished by the myriads of date-palms in those regions, first in the blossoming period of spring, and, few months later in the ripening of the gorgeous clusters of fruit.
 The Jezirah is an altogether unique district, It begins where Mesopotamia ends-that is to say, south and east of the junction of the Tigris and Flu pirates, five hundred miles below Bag rad, on the Tigris, reckoning by the winding course of the stream The riv- CT, formed by the two mighty tributa- ries, is called the Shalt el Arab It runs through the worlds most marvel ous fruit orchard for one hundred and
 
 ern bank, falling into the head of the Persian Gulf fifty miles north of the now politically famous port of Koweit That grand fruit orchard consists en- tirely of magnificent date-palms.
 The fertility of this territory bafles even the taxing assiduity of the Turk In the old days before Egypt became a British sphere of influence every palm tree that grew on the banks of the Nile was carefully registered and taxed That is still the Ottoman method of levying imposts, but the system utterly breaks down in vast district where the palms are absolutely countless This finest date-plantation that the sur face of the earth has to show, starts in the country of the Menelik Arabs, a splendid tribe, whose villages are dot ted about above the town of Kuma-- which stands at the junction of the Ti- gris and Euphrates-and also for some distance on the eastern and western side of the Shalt el Arab in its northern reaches That broad lordlv, stately ! river rolls on to the gulf, lined by the noble palms mile after mile. And | wherever the traveller looks across the | plains from one of the old artificial | mounds the precious trees fringe the | horizon The date-forest runs right | down to Fao, the town coming into i'm l portance as the termination of the tele- | graph line from Bushire and also at the | port at the very mouth of the Shatt el | Arab It is on the wide sweeping levels near | the lower estuary of the river, towards Tao and Koweit, that the trees are spe- cially luxuriant The English mer- chants on the gulf declare that the date harvest of this extraordinary region,
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No Loss of Time,

I have sold Chamberlain's Cholic, Cholera and DiaThoea Remedy for years, and would rather be out of office and sugar than it. I sold five bottles of it yesterday to threshers that could go no farther, and they are at work again this morning.-H. R. Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. As will be seen by the above the threshers were able to keep on with their work without los ing single days time. You should keep a bottle of this Remedy in your home For sale by all druggists
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TRUE STORY OF FLYING CHILL
 DFRS

Sir: l happened to read in the Spec tator of April 26 review of "A History of the Turf" and among other inter- esting comments something of the his- tory of Flying Childers. The late MT. Childers gave me the following account of that famous horse;
 The Duke of Devonshire of the period was in the habit of buying young race horses from MT Childers of Cantley, near Doncaster: and on one occasion, having purchased several, MT Childers said: II have this plain colt; I don't care about him, and you have paid me so handsomely for others that I will throw him in with the lot" He was therefore, brought to Chatsworth, and but for an accident would have remained neglected and untried, being for a time used as the post-horse On one occa- son as the lad was riding him back with letters, the dukes trainer was gal loping some of his horses in the park. One of them being an indifferent start CT and the post-horse, Flying Chlders, being pulled up by his rider to see the horses in training. the trainer asked him to lead off the bad starter when to the engagement of all present Flying Childers easily galloped away from his came one of the most celebrated of the racehorses of the past.-John Fell in the London Spectator.
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Whooping Cough.

A woman who has had experience with this disease tells how to prevent any dangerous consequences from it. She says. Our three children took whooping cough last summer, our baby boy being only three months old, and owing to our giving them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, they lost none of their plumpness and came out in much better health than other children whose par ents "'7 not use this remedy. Our old est little girl would call Justify for cough syrup between whoops Jessie Pinkey Hall, Sprtngville, Ala. This rem edy is for sale by all druggists.
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The Union Trust Company
NEW HAVEN.

CHARTERED by the State, of Connecti. cut with authority to act as Executor, Ad- ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee. under will or deed.
 Is a legal depository of money paid into Court anu all Public Ir4st Funds. Acts as Trustee for Municipalities, Corporations and individuals, and administers trusts of all kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds, or other evidence of indehf. business such as is usually done by Trnss Companies.
 It also does general Banking business. ceiyes deposits, The principal of each iNT Trnsst Is invested by Itself and kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Com. pany.
 ined by the Bank Examiner of the State of Connecticut.
 HENRY L. HOTCHKIsS, President.
 EUGENE s. BRISTOL, Treasurer.
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The condition of Mrs. John McCor- mack of First avenue, West Haven, who has been ill for some time was reported as much improved yesterday. Mrs. Mccormack underwent a second surgical operation. Monday evening
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MALCOM & COOMBE.
New York. May 2S.

3G Center Street, Members New York Stock
 Exchange
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NEW FORK STOCK MARKET.

Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations
 Following are the closing prices reported by Prince X Whitely, bankers and brokers, @ Broadway, New York, and l5 Center street street, New Haven:
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NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATION Furnished by Kimberly, Root X Day, Bank
 CTS and Brokers 133 Orange Street. BANK STOCKS.
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WANTS-FOR RENT-FoR SALE.

Satisfaction Always Lyons &
Son.
For rSale-Household goods. Apply at
26O Ouray avenue.
Wanted-To buy second hand house
hold goods. At Bonds 231 Main.
Furnished Rooms we'll locat-
ed rooms in Crawford addition. for
rent. Apply here.
For Sale-Or trade, my standard
bred Hamiltonian Horse, and new
Bike buggy. and harness. Apply
at the residence or to ]. j. Lumsden
J. A. Layton.
House Work-All its branches neat
ly and quickly done. Wall paper clean
ing q speciality. Address, city P. o.
Box 214. Phone $50 black. Victor
Tharp. formerly Avsnssr Tharp.