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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
WHlTiNGHAM.
Death of Mrs. Emily Coates.

Mrs. Emily Coates died very suddenly
early Monday morning at the ripe old
age of SO years. She had been in feeble
health some years and on Thursday suf-
fered from a fainting spell. but rallied
from it and on Sunday was bright and
about the house. going to bed, as
supposed, as well as she had been. She
had a coughing spell between 1 and 2
o'clock. which aroused her daughter. who
administered some simple remedies. but
in short time the end came very quietly.
Mrs. Coates, whose maiden name was
Emily Sears. was born in Hawley, Mass.
June II. 1919 She was married at the
home of her mother in Heath Thanks
giving day 1899 to Crandall Coates, and
for a number of years their home was at
Hawley. Four children were born to
them, two dying young. and the oldest
son succumbed to an attack of pneu-
monia June 80. 1899. at the age of IS, a
week after the death of his father. whose
funeral he attended. Mary. widow of
Daniel Dawson, and the only surviving
daughter, has cared for her mother sew
eral years past and will feel her loss
keenly. Mrs. Coates moved to this town
in 1876 and for q years was a member of
the Baptist church here taking an active
part in church work.
The funeral was held al the house
Wednesday at l o'clock, Rev. r. a.
Nichols officiating The burial was at
Hawley Thursday by the side of her hus-
band.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
SOUTH VERNON.

The Ludlow Tribune of last week con-
tanned the following: e. w. Church
of West Mortified, who has been a
partner with John Benson in the grocery
firm here, Church & Benson, has sold out
his share of the business to John Gleason
of West Swanzey, N II. Mr.. Gleason
was recently a partner in the grocery
store of Goodnow, Day & Co, at West
Swanzey. He has sold out this interest
and will come here to live and take
possession of his interest here May l.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04

The post-office is nov lighted by
electricity.
Edwin w. Bailey has e1ne to Little
ton to work.
Mrs. Honora Barrett is suffering
from a heart trouble.
Fred George left Saturday to spend
Easter at his old home n Goffstown.
F. S. Leonard and c. G. Holton at
tended the dog show Boston this
week.
Z. C. Robertson and Ir. w. Z. Fay
attended the dog show il Boston this
week.
Mr.. Fuller of Putney Vt. spent a
/ few days recently with lis son, F, NJ.
Fuller.
Mrs. S. X. Hildreth is out again
after being housed b illness two
months.
Mrs. Henry Spauldng and Miss
! Dora Leland visited in Nardsboro, VT
| last week.
Miss Hazel Roberts 5 spending the
weeks vacation from he High school
in Boston.
Joseph Howe has moved from River
side farm to the Wider house or
River street.
Miss Ellen Walker went to Spring
field. Mass, Tuesday br a weeks visit
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H Britton visited
last week in Springfield, Marlboro and
Westfield, Mass.
Milton Howard OF Orange visited
his sister, Miss Howard, on River
street, last week.
The graduating cAss of the High
school has chosen a cass motto, witt
all Ones Might"
Mrs. Will Kenney 4 Fitchburg visit
ed her mother Ms. L. P. Wise
briefly last week.
Edward Stebbns recently Dough
the Jennings farm yhich is situate'
in the edge of Warwick.
Charles Griffin aid wife and Mrs
Henry Griffin of Kene were recen
visitors at G. S. Godard's.
Henry Black is laying at River
side farm getting he ferry in read
ness for the summe travel.
Mrs. H. n. Griff of Claremont /
at the home of hr nephew, w.
Booth, for an indefilite stay.
James McCormicl came home iron
Holy Cross Colleg' last week suffer
: ing from an abcess n one eye.
Mrs. David MIN returned Monda
from few days visit with her son i
. Keene and short tay in Surry.
Mrs. Janette Thomas and daughter
; Esther, of Brattlebro, were entertain
r ed by Hinsdale rehtiyes last week.
Two candidates were initiated int
: Sheridan Womans Relief corps a
the regular meetig Tuesday evening
q Rev. ]. d. Fieldlf Lynn, Mass. col
: Quoted services, morning and ever
: ing at the Baptist church last Sunday
i. e. |. Latham his taken a very d.
sirable position as embalmer in an III
dertaking establi hment on Tremor
street, in Boston
0 Edward Kelle' and family move
Tuesday from J. A. Worden's CAM
street house to rank Stearns's plac
4 off Kilburn street.
= 1t is rumored that e. l. Leach wi
e soon move to riverside farm and ths
Fred Knapp vii take his place o
the hotel job tenn.
Mr.. and Ms. Lewis Thompso
moved to Bernadston last week. NJ
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
Twisted.

An Oak Park boy who began going to
school last fall has been learning to de-
claim with his class. Last Monday even
ing he informed his father that he had
just learned new piece. After he had
recited the lines he was requested to re-
peat them and do it slowly. This Is the
way they, were rendered:
When Freedom from her mountainite
Uncurled the dander from her hair
She wore her bathrobe all the night
And ct the starch in glory there.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04

A prohibition journal claims that fully
90, 900, 900 of the inhabitants of the United
States, or more than one-third OF the en-
tire population, are now living under pro-
hibition. either by state law or by local
option. Forty-one states are included In
the Enumeration. either in whole or in part.
Even Kentucky. in spite OF its notoriety,
has 30 out of Its 119 counties under pro-
hibition's sway.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04

Vermont is pretty proud of those two
young men, Fairbanks OF st. Johnsbury
and Smith OF Clarendon, who have won
honors at Yale University in close literary
and oratorical contests.-lRutland News.
Rev. Calvin Granger celebrated the 9th
anniversary of his birth in quiet way at
his home in East Poultney. VT, Wednes-
day. He Is the oldest clergyman living in
the state, and probably in New England.
He was ordained Aug. g. 1884.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
BOOMING BEAUMONT.
1.-THE Advanced

Beaumont! Beaumont" shouted the
conductor and the porter. There was ex-
element In their voices, and my pulse
quickened. We were crossing a stream
Us that a river of oil?" | asked of the
gentleman across the aisle. He smiled
And this is the place where fortunes
were made" | added yes" he replied.
'where fortunes were made. and where
fortunes were lost. were lost" The re-
frain was pathetic. lie may have had
an experience.
Then the train stopped and we de-
seconded into a great throng of people and
mud puddle. 1t was inspiring. The
weather was on a rampage along the
whole coast and far north. But the peo-
pie Of Beaumont have not had time to
think about the weather for a year
An hour later | was in a carriage driv-
ing out to Spindletop the scene of the
great "gushers." Talk about oiled floors
we We're riding over an oiled noor-they
actually sprinkle the roads with oil in
stead Of water; and there were puddles
and rivulets Of oil i'm the bitches along
the way; we were breathing oiled air.
talking oil aud thinking oil We pass
derricks standing in the fiat fields. They
are busters" A "duster" is a well in
which no oil is found, where the investor
drops tear and departs sad but wiser
man Men who bore holes in the ground
are I'm danger of being very much bored
before they reach the finish
But Spindetop soon came in view The
derricks stand so thick that they look
like small grove when seen at a dis
lance Spindletop itself rises about three
feet above the surrounding prairie and
hence has more claim TO the name of a
hill than a saucer when IT stands right
side up. Its bigness is not on top but
down below. 1T is the richest spot of
ground on earth" said one Of the ex-
perts. Perhaps. Two days ago the
number of gushers on the field was $50.
and one of them would pour out as much
oil as can be pumped from all the other
10000 oil wells in the country The big
gest gusher Is good for 125O0O barrels
a day or so 1t is claimed. The limit of
the field is from $50 to 300 acres. Outside
of that area-"dusters"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
The Easter Servie

The Easter services at d @ several
churches Sunday were w@ attended
and the worshipers listened ~ sermons
in keeping with day. Special music
was rendered by the choiTs, and all
the services were OF an eltyating and
inspiring nature. All the churches
were decorated with ported plants and
cut flowers, more effort having been
put into this feature of The day than
usual and the displays were very
handsome. when one cons dered that
we have no green house 10 help out
and the contributions for the decora-
tons were wholly from private indi-
viduals. Easter concertt were given
by the children in the Sunday schools
of the Congregational aii Methodist
churches in the evening"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04

II you are tired taking the old-fashioned
gripping pills, try Carriers Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. A man
can't stand everything. One pill dose.
Try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04

Z. n. Bissell of East Shoreham has
just shipped "a head of sheep to Austria
liza. They came from flocks in Addison
county.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
History of the Hill.

Fortunately / met a lady. Mrs. Stark.
of Dallas whose grandfather owned
Spndletop years ago and she gave me a
history of the famous spot There were
four springs on the place" said Mrs
Stark, and the waters Of all were
strongly marked by mineral qualities and
peculiar favors. One was the Lemonade
spring With a little sugar IL made a
fair lemonade. The waters attracted WIS.,
itors and the farm became n summer re-
sort. But my grandfather always main
| tained that there was something valuable
down below, for we found that we could
set the water on fire. oil projectors be-
gan to investigate the spot more than
, 30 years back But nothing much was
done until Mr.. Higgins formed his syndi-
cate ten years ago"
This Mr.. Higgins found more discour-
agements than oil. His machinery was
bad. his knowledge deficient and IT was a
! down hill run. Then he Interested Cant
Lucas In the prospect. Capt. Lucas was
a scholar. trained In n school OF technoI-
ogy in Austria. a professional engineer
and mineralogist, and experienced He
put In the latest machinery and began Ia
make hole in the ground with vigor
When his courage dropped his wife. Sc
/ the story goes. told him to stick to IT.
/ mat II was root, captain. or die.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
Evans's Hair Restorer.

NTE read that gray hair Is the old mans
w browning glory. But scientists claim
that IL is "A sign of weakness and disease This
restorer is non poisonous, and II used as di-
rected, is guaranteed 10 restore the hair 10 it's
youthful vigor and beauty. Factory. Central
Falls X. 1. II. Il. BOND, Agent, II Main St..
Brattleboro, VT. Aft
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
A Great Day.

Finally, on Thursday morning. Jan.
~ last. there was rushing roaring
sound. crash Of machinery and things
flew. Six hundred feet Of pipe was rim
ped out OF the earth and hurled several
hundred feet into the air 4 column Of
oil shot up $50 feet and then II rained oil
over the surrounding field II was ten
days before the mighty gusher was
brought under control. In the meantime
II had filled a neighborng basin and
| turned II into lake OF oil. The lake
caught fire and the scene was lurid.
ON the afternoon of the discovery all
| Beaumont jumped into hacks. buggies
and wagons and everything else on
wheels and hurried out to the hill. The
next morning the town was famous.
Capt. Lucas had cried for joy when he
saw the black column shooting up into
the sky; but Beaumont did not stop to
cry. 1t went wild. Spectators and for
tune hunters poured in by every train
The streets We're damned, houses over
| flowed. men stood I'm long lines in front
( OF restaurants; bankers bought out bar
bers and taiors and turned their shops
l into banks, real estate men set up offices
and desks In front yards. backwards and
/ on the sidewalks. The street corners
were like the Chicago wheat pit" said an
old Texas judge. 1T was a Monte Car
/ To- said another. Everybody wanted to
/ buy. Purchasers were like a hungry
school OF perch in Lake Michigan They
| bit Mt anything. often a hare hook. Mon
| ey came down like water. The banks
| soon had millions on deposit. and in the
| evening they closed their doors on lines
! of patrons which extended into the
street. All lands around Beaumont were
oil lands. and they changed hands so
! fast that IT was hard TO tell who owned
/ them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
Fortunate Investors.

Among the fortunate investors four
Chicago brothers are credited with hav-
ing made large money. The statement
which recently went the rounds of the
northern press. that former Governor
Hogg made 100000. is not confirmed at
Beaumont. He has made money" said
an attorney, but nothing like 100000.
And there is no truth in the statement
that ex-senator Charles a. Towne has
made millions. In fact there is hardly a
man here who has made a million"
As to the oil wells. n gusher can be
bought for from $4,000 to $1,000 They
are bringing them in. as they call II, al
most every day, and yet one good gusher
produces as much oil as present trans
portation facilities will carry away. All,
therefore that can be done with the new
wells is to cap them and wait for more
tank cars and pipe lines. 4 tract of forty
acres is now devoted to huge storage
tanks. A we'll is something of a white
elephant for the man who has no trans
portation facilities. oil has been sold as
low as five cents, and even one cent. pei
barrel. The present market price for OF
loaded on cars is from fifteen to twenty
cents per barrel. The most striking feat.
ure of the situation is that the power
down below which sends the oil up into
the air is vastly greater than the present
power above ground to send 1t over the
land.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04
The Bubble Bursts.

But on a day in May the collapse came
1t was suddenly discovered that every
body wanted TO sell and nobody wanted
to buy. The craze was over. Beaumont
was no longer a madhouse. But there
was wailing. Money had been lost. The
professionals got much OF II. and in a
night they were gone. and have never
been seen on the streets since.
When the bubble had burst and cleared
the atmosphere. a vast increase of wealth
and the greatest oil producers in the
world still remained Property in Beau
mont had doubled and doubled again in
price and there II stands to-day. 1t is
the most busy and prosperous city in
Texas or just the same age as Chicago.
its streets now present a Chicago APP
pearance. But some Texas Characters
tics stin cling 10 II. Pigs command the
commons and have the garbage con-
tracts They attend 10 business more
promptly than the Chicago contractor,
and are no more disposed TO get all their
feet into the trough.
, 1902-12-19

Old Moses. who belonged to Judge
j. of Macon, Miss, "befo' the
wah," was for many years sexton and
a devout member of the Presbyterian
church, says Harper's Monthly. Short.
ly after the wal the colored Metho.
dists of the community held a rous.
ing meeting. in which Moses loudly
protested conversion. and joined the
Methodist church. Some days after.
ward the judge met him, and asked;
"How's this, Nose? | hear you have
joined the M~ethodists. l thought I
brought you up better than that"
Nose took of his hat and solemnly
scratched his woolly pate as he re-
Piled: "Yessir, massa. OATS so-dat's
so-dr Presbyterian people am a
mighty fine people, and de Presbyte.
rian church am a mighty fine church
-but-massa-don't you tink it am
no"ecrul dismal fer a nigger?"
, 1902-12-19
WYOMING MATTERS
DOINGS AT THE NATIONAL CAPT
tai OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF STATE.
Shoshone Indian Claims To Be Refer
red to United States Court Of
Claims-Order Revoked In With
drawaI of Fremont County Lands
Other Washington Notes.

Washington, d. c., Dec. Ex-senator
Clapp has introduced a bill to refer to
the United States court of claims the
claim of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming
to all lands and rentals therefrom on
the Wind River reservation. Wyoming.
by the treaty of 1868.
The reservation in question was ced.
ed to the S~hoshones. In 1877 the Sho'
shones permitted the removal to their
reservation of 93S Arapahoes who have
since occupied part of the reservation
and have shared in the rentals of graz
ing lands and money from the SAFE of
mineral springs. The Shoshones and
Arapahoes are traditional enemies and
there has been much friction and
threatened outbreaks between the two
tribes OCCUPYING the reservation jointly.
The bad feeling has beer intensified by
a disagreement over rentals and pro
ceeds of sales.
The bill introduced relegates the en-
tire controversy to the court of claims
for settlement.
, 1902-12-19
MUST HEAR HERESY
CLERGYMAN TO EIRN MONEY IN
UNIQUE WAY.
te ecure Funds for the Building Of a
New Place Of Worship the Rev.
Royal ". Raymond Is Wiling to
Make a Sacrifice Of Himself.

When the Methodist Episcopal
church at Stratford. Conn. is built it
will stand upon land secured in a
stranger fashion than congregations
usually adopt to establish their places
of worship.
II VIII be paid for by a man who be
leNes Methodist doctrines almost
bllGhted his life and who dcvotes him
self to arguing against them. In rec
ompense he demands that the minis.
ter. the Rev. Royal W. RAYMOND. lis
ten to him eXpound his doctrines for
eleven hours. during which time he is
to endeavor to the clergyman
to his own theories.
For lever hours Mr.. Raymond will
listen to herosy, and he will be paid
at the rate of $50 an hour.
Thaddeus f. Peck is the theist who
Is willing to pay this price for the IN
divided attention Of a clergyman while
he ~eNpounds his theories OF religious
belief and endcavOrs to prove that
Methodism is built upon a f~alIaCy. He
Is a chemist. For a long time he and
the minister. being n%eighbOrs. had
been accustomed to undertaking long
arguments on religious subjects until
the clergyman. seeing that he was
wasting his force on an obstacle which
had no intentions of being converted,
quit the pastime-as it was to the
chemist-and refused to be drawn into
discussion.
h chemist found that he could not
engage the minister in conversation
regarding religion and there were no
more arguments until the church de-
cided to build a new place of worship.
There were no funds with which to
buy the land, and her the chemist
came forward with his startling prDpo-
sition.
He proposed to pay the minister for
listening to him discuss religious be
liefs as he held them. The minister
laid the proposal before his congrega-
ton. and after due debate it was de
cided to accept this sacrifice on the
part of the clergyman, who was will
ing to make a martyr of himself for
the good of his congregation.
The arrangements have been made
and the chemist will soon begin his
conversations. The Rev. Mr.. Ray
mond has stipulated that he shall not
have to undergo all the discussion at
n time. He will take an hour one
week and another the next. Thus he
will distribute the ordeal over several
months.
The condition is that he shall not
dispute or argue. He must sit at re.
spectful attention and near the doc.
trines he holds most highly subjected
to the most caustic criticism the chem,
list is capable of delivering. He and
his congregation are positive thai
nothing but good will come of this
strange way of raising money for q
church.
, 1902-12-19
No Reliance in Vaults,

Since it has been proven that the
strongest built vault a easily be
opened by expert safe-crackers, the
treasury department was decided tc
add to their massive vaults and com.
plicated locks a novel electric burglar
alarm. While the Government is en-,
deavoring to protect the nations
wealth in the best possible,
it is very important that we should
endeavor to protect Jul health from
the inroads Of disease. The safest
medicine to do this is Hostetter's Sto-
mach Bitters. BY strengthening the
stomach, perfecting the indigestion
and purifying the blood, it prevents
disease from obtaining a foothold. 1t
will also cure dyspepsia, flatulency,
constipation, biliousness, nervousness
and malaria, fever and ague. One bottle
will convince you of it's value. Don't
fail to try it.
, 1902-12-19
Lost His Wife's DOT"

Paris is enjoying a swindle now not
comparable with the Humbert affair,
but still with some unusual features,
A pretending canon, an unfrCcked
priest. named Rosenberg, of Jewish
origin, a finarcier named Malleval and
some others rlucked a wealthy widow,
Madame Civet. Malleval is an inter.
esting character. His lively youth re.
suited in his being disinherited. He
decided to marry money, and did it,
And then on the day of his wedding
he went out with his wife, took a cab,
went to a certain gambling house on
the boulevars, and told her to wait
outside. That was. it appears. in the
afternoon, and at 2 o'clock in the
morning the bride was still waiting.
When he finally arrived, the bride.
groom informed her that he had lost
the whole of her dot" at play. Ac.
cording to Paris papers that was but
a typical incident of his career.
, 1902-12-19
THE vANoERBILTs OF TO-DAY.
Various Traits Exhibited by This
Notable Family.

Young Cornelius Vanderbilt is to.
lay by far the most notable member
OF the multi-millionaire family to
which he belongs. Helped by his
clever wife, he has won the reputation
of being a m%any-sided man. In turn
he has earned distinction as success,
full inventor, railroad engineer. politi.
clan, national guardsman. four-in-hand
whip and yachtsman, and now he is
about to make his debut as a lecturer
at Columbia University. where he will
speak on railroad engineering. Fred
Vanderbilt has become a recluse.
George Vanderbilt, a man of cultured
leisure, while w. X. Vanderbilt Sr,
his son and namesake, W. X. Wander.
Lit Jr., and Alfred and Reggie Van
derbilt have apparently no other ain
in life than pleasure ana the pleasing
Of their tastes.
, 1902-12-19
Former Order Revoked.

Washington. D. c., Dec. 19.-Acting
on petitions presented to the depart
ment by Senator Warren and Repre-
sentative Mondell. the general and Of
flee has revoked it's former order with
drawing eight townships in Fremont
county. Wyoming, from public entry.
This land was withdrawn for purpose
Of including it in the Teton forest re-
serve, but representation that it is val
liable only for grazing and is not tim
bered, caused the decision not to in
clude it in the reserve. Exception was
made of one township which is tim
bered and which will be added to the
reserve.
, 1902-12-19
TO KEEP TOBACCO MOIST,
Dealer Asserts That Lemon q the
Best Thing Known.

"A lemon says Il tobacconist in the
Philadelphia Record, lis a far better
obacco moistcner than a sponge.
Take a lemon. slice a piece off each
eLd and put it in your tobacco box, II
you want to keep your cigars or
smoking mixture in nice shape. A
good, juicy lemon will sometimes last
a couple of months as a moistener.
ard it imparts to the tobacco an add.
ed fragrance. The beauty about he
lemon as a moistener is that it does
lot mildew in the way that a sponge
4oes. The latter, you know, when left
water-soaked, rots and gives out an
unpleasant odor. Some people I've
told o the use of lemons as mois.
teners have tried oranges as well. and
assure me than either fruit will an
Swer. One of my customers keeps
a lemon, orange and a piece of apple
in his tobacvco jar. and he says that
The fruit keeps the tobacco moist and
soft and gives it a delightful flavor.
The lemon and orang are, Of course,
sliced at each end"