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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-21
Alleged Poisoning Case at sandaate.

Joseph Mears of SanJgate, who was
lodged in the county Jail at Bennington
Friday on a charge of attempting to
poison Phlandcr Moffat of Sandgate by
putting corrosive suhlimate in his whisky,
had a hearing Tuesday. Mears is about
2S years old while Moffat is about As.
According to the testimony Mears be
came enamorcd Of Moffats wife while
he was working for the latter. Moffat
became jealous and dismissed Mears
Mrs Moffat left home about the same
time Moffat later induced Mears TO re-
turn. and the woman likewise returned.
Moffat alleges that he caught Mears
making love to his wife and again or
dered him out Of the house. Shortly
after this Moffat became violently sick
after taking drink of whisky. The
doctor called thought the whiskey had been
poisoned with corrosive subimate. Mof-
fat recovered and Mcars was arrested
and there the case stands at present.
Mears is still in jail. Mrs. Moffat is in
Sandgate hut is said not to he at her
husbands home.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-21

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that 1t is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. the child URN.
ateS too Oftao ;f A.
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MERCHANTS & MINERS TRANS. CO.
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from
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To Norfolk, Baltimore, Richmond. Wash
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West. Tickets include meals and room
on steamer. Six sailings each week.
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Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis.
courages and lessons ambition; beauty. vieor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-21
TWELVE LIVES SACRIFICED.
Eight Men from Monomoy Life Saving
Station Attempt to Rescue Barge
men-Life Boat capsized and only

Station Attempt to Rescue Barge.
men-Life Boat Capsized and Only
One Escaped.
Seven life savers from the Monomoy
station on the south end of Cape Cod met
death Monday in the line of duty, and
with them into the treacherous sea. which
capsized the lifeboat, went five men from
the stranded barge Wadena whom they
vainly tried to bring in safety to the shore
One surfman, Lemuel Ellis. through the
heroic work of Capt Elmer Mayo of an
other stranded barge, the John G. Fitz-
patrick, was rescued. Among those lost
was William II. Mack of Cleveland, O..
who was on the barge representing his
company, the Boutell Towing and Trans
portation Company of Boston. while Capt
Marshall n. Eldredge, one of the Oldest
life savers on the coast, went down with
his men. All the life savers came from
Chatham and Harwich. There are nc
government pensions for those whose hus-
bands and fathers are lost in the life
saving service, so that the lot of the fam
lilies who are left is a hard one.
The life savers chung to the boat and
managed to drag the Wadena men along
with them An attempt to right the life
boat was unsuccessful and one by one the
men became exhausted and dropped into
the sea. Finally the lifeboat with -four
exhausted men clinging to the bottom
drifted in the direction of the Fitzpatrick
With great daring Capt Mayo, on discov-
ering the men, dropped n dory overheard
jumped into it and started to the rescue
Before he reached the lifeboat three OF
the men had dropped into the sea. Ellis
managed to hold on the rope which Capt
Mayo threw him. He was dragged
aboard, and then Capt. Mayo, being an ex.
pert surfman, pulled around the point into
the smooth water and landed the only
survivor of the 10 who started from the
barge Ellis was too exhausted to give
any account of his experiences for two OF
three hours after getting ashore. 1t is
believed that all of the lives were sacri-
feed by the recklessness of the barge mer
in remaining on board after they had
warning of the storm and could have es-
capped
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CHARLESTON EXPOSITION

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NTE read that gray hair is the old mans
w browning glory. But scientists claim
that IL is sign OF weakness and disease. This
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rected, is guaranteed to restore the hair TO its
youthful vigor and beauty. Factory, Central
Brattleboro, VT. 4 If
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by druggists, in fifty
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free, also pamphlet tell
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thousands of testimor
from sufferers cured. |,
& Co., Binghamton. \
mention this paper.
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the land Is in high state of cultivation, sum-
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urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able TO
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it, the cause Of
ihe difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
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Sold in Brattleboro by Geo. e. Greene,
In Bellows Falls by II. II. Davis. Call
for free sample.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08
IN WATERMELON TIME.

I've 10 pronounced objection TO the apple or
the peach;
] ra Their ike berry, either black or straw
or blue,
There's quality or flavor | am partial to-
In each;
l can eat a plum or cherry with nosmall
enjoyment, too;
In Its season / can tackle a nice orange
There are times when pears or nectarines
go promptly to the spot,
But there's no fruit of them all that suits
yours truly like a big.
And juicy watermelon when the wealth
er's blazing hot.
love T. coo cool and dewy in its pretty green
Wher, tagged and warm and parched
with dust an inch thick in my thro
see its rosy puip-that is, l see it in my
mind
Its generous proportions, and upon the
same | gloat.
But when that Visions realized | ask for
nothing more;
I'm perfectly and blissfully contented
with my lot.
think there never could be greater hap
piness In store
Than juicy watermelon when the wealth.
ers blazing hot.
don't require silver fork; plate I'll do
without;
A little shade. butcher knife-these SIM
pie things | pray.
do no fancy carving, but with reverence
CeVout
l slice it down the middle in the good.
fashioned way.
take a semi-circle and my face therein
inclose,
I shut my eyes In ecstacy. Maybe you
think I'm not
In earnest when | tell you that the finest
fruit that grows
Is a juicy watermelon when the wealth.
Chicago Daily News
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08

"There!" exclaimed the priest, II knew
you were telling lies He says he has not
eaten the cake"
'But he forgets, sir! He is mistaken!
The sugar on his mouth shows his false
hood"
what, Buddha tell lies! Well cure him
of it if he does Wen seel" and the priest
strobe out into the temple garden, where
stood great iron pot used for heating large
quantities of water, and building fire I'M
der it., soon had the water in it boiling. Into
this he popped poor Buddha, who instantly
began 10 boil, making sound like "Kuta-
kuta" (word for have eaten").
"There!" cried the boy, triumphantly,
''he confesses under torture! He says he
has eaten the cake"
This priest seems to have been unfortu-
nate in his pupils, for, discharging the for
mer kozo as too clever for an old man like
himself, he obtained likely lad. but who
alas, was victim to the same love of
sweets as his predecessor. Finding that his
master was not disposed to give him any of
the coveted sweets, he set his brains to
work to get some by fair means or foul
One day kind neighbor sent in some
choice cakes, which the old priest, profiting
by former experience, Immediately took
charge of and put in locked closet. Il
lock these cakes up" he explained to his OBJ
servant young neophyte, that you may not
get them by mistake, for they are poison
and it would kill you to eat them"
That night, though, when the priest was
asleep, Kozo found the key and placed it
where he could easily find it in the morning
The priest went out early next day and
kozo ran joyfully to the closet, which he I'M
locked and ate up the cakes with great rel
ish. Then he took fine cup, of which the
priest was very fond, and broke it on the
doorstep. When the priest returned he
found the boy weeping bitterly over the
fragments.
What has happened, Kozo?" asked the
astonished priest.
"Oh, SIR" replied the boy through his
sobs, Il broke your treasured cup, and
and l did not want to live any longer-so-
so l remembered the poisonous cakes you
told me about yesterday, and so l ate them
-but-boo-hoo-here I'm alive yet!'-Lip-
pincott's Magazine, June, 1902
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08
TRIUMPH OF WOMEN.
A Number who Have Distinguished
Themselves by Deeds of
Daring.

In Brooklyn the other day Mrs. Lem
ME Kelley saved the life of her aged
father by climbing over the dashboard
of the buggy in which they were driv-
ing on the Coney Island boulevard
and Selling the reins that had dropped
from his hand and were dangling at
the heels of their runaway horse.
Would PAMELA or Clerissa, or even
Nine. de Stael's extra ordinary heroine,
Delphine, have done that? asks the
Philadelphia Times. In Pittsburg Mrs
Sarah +. McCloy. in a law court, has
just eXcelled in the intellectual feat Of
Portia. and has surpassed many shin
ing masculine lights of the bar. for
she managed her own case in breach
Of promise suit and proved. too, con-
trary to the old adage. that she did
not have a fool for a client. There
were some novelties in her meth DDS of
examining witnesses. as, for instance,
her telling one of them point blank
that he was liar. In the first case
there was a triumph Of nerve and
muscle. and in the second of nerve and
intellect The obvious conclusion is
that the era in which woman was q
"downtrodLen creature" is fully past,
for. with qualifying experience of the
world. she is now quite capable of de-
Tending her own and of holding it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08

his ways, not because he had any
doubts of his guilt, but, well, because
he was Bruce's friend, or had been.
1t was early in June the following
year that the Gales went east for
Marjory's sake. She had been fail
ing for quite awhile, and the doctor
urged a change of scene, sea air and
what not. When they were installed
in their cottage at Chelsea, Mrs. Gale
telephoned for a phaeton with a
driver to take Marjory along the
shore drive. Her mother cautioned
the man, who was bearded and
bronzed, to be very cautious. He
seemed very nervous, almost i'll, and
his hand shook, but the girl climbed
in and the phaeton started. When
it was in the thicket at the foot of
Rogers Hill, Marjory, tears in her
eyes. and her lips quivering, put her
wasted hand on his arm, on 1.-The
drivers" arm, and said:
81 know you, Billy"
81 wish you did, Miss Gale" he an
swered, very quietly, looking out
across the sea.
81 know you didn't do it, Billy" she
whispered, you needn't prove it, I'm
quite satisfied"
He looked round quickly, his fine
eyes 1ilating, his brunei face flushing
beneath the tan.
'What-who-did Bruce tell you?
He should not have done it. He prom
ised me he would keep silent. But
you won't hold it against him, will
you, Miss Mariory. 1t was gambling,
nothing else. Bruce is all right. Mar
Miss Gale, just can't overlook bet,
as he used to say. He promised me
he'd quit it,"
"But-so Bruce is all right but
mean enough to let you suffer for
him? He"
mo, no, he wanted to explain, to
confess. indeed he did" interrupt ed
Billy, didn't he tell you? l. wouldn' t
let him. He had everything to lose
and nothing to gain by disgracing
himself. and all of you. While l.
What did it. what did il matter? I
have nobody, no friends except
| Bruce-and-"
"You have me, Billy" There was a
long pause before he said: God
bless you, Marjory. | hoped so, and
and, | intended to find out for sure,
but Bruce got away from me too
soon, and then it was too late
And, though Mariory went driving
every day till September, it took all
her ingenuity and all her eloquence
to persuade her driver that the best
thing to be done for Bruce. for her
self, for Billy, for all of them. was
! to put up her brother on his honor
to square" Hereford with Mr.. Gale
at any cost. And he did it.--Chicago
| RecordIIerald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08
Billy's Sacrifice
BY JOHN H. RAFTERY.

III is name was William Lowther
Hereford, but the Gales all call
ed him Billy except Mr.. Gale. the
head of the family. who didn't like
the young fellow. Mr.. Gales dislike
for Billy may have been prejudice
or it may have been foresight, but
1t began while his son Bruce was at
college and was founded upon and
strengthened by Bruces stories of
his friends lawlessness. Bruce call
ed it Spirits" but his father, who
suspected that his boys extrava-
gance was due to bad company made
a shrewd guess that Billy was at the
bottom of all the devilment which
kept Bruce in debt to tradesmen and
in disfavor with his professors.
But Bruce was loyal to his friend,
brought him home for the vacation at
the end of their junior year and-made
him acquainted with Mariory, his
only sister, an impulsive, beautiful
athletic and self-willed girl of 90
The Gales expected to find Billy a
restless, laughing, harum-scarum
hoy" of "a and, as Mr.. Gale ex-
pressed it, nobody expected much
of him." but they were surprised, to
say the least, at his appearance. OF
good height paler than the athlete
Bruce, with very black, wavy hair,
calm, wistful, gray eyes, a mouth
like a woman's, gentle-mannered,
low-voiced. sure of himself, but mod
est, cheerful without levity, hand
some when he smiled, but seldom
laughing; in word, quite a contra
diction to their anticipations of
young man famous among his friends
as the most reckless, insubordinate.
fun-loving roysterer that ever tan
tailed a worthy dominic or upset
the decorum of a morning chapel.
81 like him." said Mrs. Gale.
"On his good behavior for a pur-
pose" crowded Papa Gale, who evil
IDENTIFY didn't like him.
"He seems quite civilized" said
Miss Marjory, rather spiritedly, but
left the room and joined Bruce and
Billy in the tennis court.
His visit lasted but fortnight
then, but when he said good-by and
drove away in the pony cart with
Marjory, who was going to town
anyway" everybody, including Mr..
Gale, felt a trifle lonesome.
Hes poor, isn't hep" the rich man
asked his son.
Eyes, but he doesn't know it and
wouldn't care if he did," replied the
son.
"How does he manage to hold up
his end as you call it. at college?"
Mr.. Gale looked very foxy now.
"Oh, he doesn't spend money"
smirked Bruce. "he doesn't have
to"
Not while there ore spendthrifts
like you to spend it for him, l sup
pose!" grunted the old man. whose
ideas of economy were forever get
ting him into i'll humor. He march
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08
The Sensitive Minister

1t happened in New Jersey town several
years ago. There was a casino, newspaper.
a handsome church, and numerous lovely
women, whose husbands were commuters.
Said one of the latter 1--WE have good rea-
ton to be proud of one thng-we can safely
trust our minister. There is not family
skeleton in any closet in. Not every com
munty can say that" Another less emo
tional, replied: "I'm not so sure of that.
He's a good looking chap, and impression
able Have you any suspicionsY' Not
OF a definite character. But We can test his
nerve by inserting a notice in the paper like
this: "All is known fly at oncel" Accord.
ingly the notice was inserted, in big type, in
a conspicuous column, and the minister i'm.
mediately disappeared. True story, as the
London Family Herald would say-N. Y.
Press
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08
TWO JAP KOZOS.


The Buddhist priest in Japan often "a Ike,
the place of the droll Irishman with ms and
is made the butt of many v-itticisms and
practical Jokes. Wherever one travels in
japan he hears any number of such tales
from the less religious among the people
The priests do not GENERALLY live +oqet ber
in monasteries. like the monks of the mid.
die ages hut they live with their families
in the temples or else alone with a servan Mt
or pupil usually known nv the name of
Kozo.
An old nr;.st ,,,h,, ,,-os o,,,,d n,oh;.l II,
hack Of course) VoLuh,La; H., or a.
"Greedv priest, - ON ,ooo,,n, IS ~ Ill
known taste for tho GOOD tb;nas of tb;s
world lived alone nth n snail bo,. ,rbo
waited on him. expecting incidentally to
learn something of priestcraft himself and
become priest, too, some day. But this
particular kozo was far from having priestlv
qualifications. as this tale will show. Like
all boys, Kozo had failing for sweets, but
as his master was similarly disposed, the
boy had very little chance Of INDUCING his
tastes in this direction.
One day, however, as luck would have it,
a boxful OF very delicious cakes was sent
to the old priest during his absence by the
inmates OF neighboring temple. AS 1t was
d Duuunist les'iVaI, great zeal oil pans
iiau peeh EXPENDED 10 make the cakes as at
,rac!iVe DIS possloie, ana as hozo raised the
poA-i! ~ anu iooheu DIT 'he tempting ualht!
w. 81. ~ g. ing ". ~" gu sueai
nc iel' 'ne 'ennp'a'io" was 100 strois ioi
ba ata ali ,,;tho,,t ~ ti,L - th
conseoranoas Af,ar tba Saoa ,,.aS dona
hovo,iar he bo-,an - an.;ni,,a.a 10 A.,
rlasrro of III ,,fa.,or q. -, ool 49,, -,
dear Kozo therefore (slv fellou1 took tho
empty box to the shrine of Buddha and Law.
ing if respectfullv before him took a little
of the sugar that was left in the bottom of
the box and smearad II over tho ;dol,s
mouth retiring with nleased exnression
Soon ,f,or,rards .ho val,,,h,,l.a; p, 80
trrnoJ nnJ "t,ar Ea.o ia Gap,iad 'I 10y, ~
With H., nac. a1d Ia to.ald IT,, H.', o-i
and am t ha ;n,iaI il,i, ai,S p-pe
one had ralIadS ''
N - ,,.,t, ..,..
6, sH' shiu NVN'' 'ne "a rs %
~ 'ne neg 'ioHilns temple nave sem your
nonoi sumo CAKES III hohor OF the da!'
An said the priest with interest, and
where is the cake!
Il put ii before the shrine OF Buddha,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08

ed off with a warning about the ne
cessity for economy during the COM
ing year, but Bruce lighted a cigar
cite and went whistling to the
stables. Mariory came back in an
hour looking quite forlorn.
"You like him, don't you, Marty ?"
her brother said, tossing crab ap-
pie at a peacock.
Indeed l do" she answered frank
ly. "He isn't bit like you-like
what I expected. If I were you,
though, I'd quit telling papa about
those pranks at college. He's so
prejudiced already that he just can't
see any good in Bil-in Mr.. Hereford.
AS for me, l don't mind telling you.
don't believe he could do a mean
thing if he tried"
And Bruce was grateful to his sis
ter for these praises of Billy. for,
selfish as he was and necessary as
Hereford's superior talents were to
his success at college, he came near
err to loving Marjory than anyone ex-
cept, perhaps, himself.
The winter after Bruce graduated
after many objections from the
pleasure loving youth he event in
to business" with his father on con-
dition that Billy Hereford also be
given a place in the office. Mr.. Gale
didn't like the idea, but as he hap
pened to need cashier, and as
Bruce's heart seemed set on having
his friend with him. and as he
couldn't think Of any serious count"
against Billy, the tnlng was seuJieu,
and the two friends entered stimuli
taneously as cashier and credit man
of the Gale factory. Then it was Mr..
Gales turn to be astonished, not at
Bruce's quick progress-that was to
| be expected of the son of so famous
a business man-but at almost super
natural aptness for all manner of
commercial achievements which Bill
ly at once displayed. In six months
he was easily the best informed man
about the place. He coached Bruce
now as he had coached him at col
lege, taught him the mysteries of
double entry" and the science of
| journalizing. "worked' him on the
books after office hours and divided
the work with such effect that the
two young men between them were
soon equal to and familiar with
every department of the business.
Meanwhile Billy was frequent Wis
itor at the Gale home. Mr.. Gale
continued to dislike his cashier, but
he could find no fault with him. Mrs.
Gale was beginning to need" him.
Marjory-but that was her secret.
1t was in November that Billy's
visits to the Gale house suddenly
ceased
How is Mr.. Hereford?" asked Mar
jory's mother, noticing the silent, sui
len faces of her husband and Bruce.
Hes gone, absconded, rubbed us!"
roared Mr. Gale, with an oath. Got
away with $1,000 before"
How dare you." said Marjory,
turning very pale, but her father paid
no attention. Billy, he said, had made
away with the money; an overdra TT
at the bank had betrayed the theft.
There was no doubt about it, Here
ford either could not or would not
explain. That was enough for them
to know. Mr.. Gale would let him go
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08

The mosquito is good collector" re-
marked Bellefield.
What do you mean?" asked Bloomfield.
when he presents his little bill it is
liquidated on the spot."-Pittsburg Chron-
icle Telegraph.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08
A MIODLEBURY WOMAN ASKS

shave YOU floor paint that will last two
weeks" Yes we have Devoe's; it has 4
beautiful gloss and will wear twO wears
if properly applied. Sold by A. Calhoun
e Son. 14wl3
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08

My boy when four years old was taken with
collie and cramps in his stomach. sent for
the doctor and he injected morphine, but the
child kept getting worse. | then gave him
half teaspoonful OF Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in half
an hour he was sleeping and soon recovered.
F. L. WILKINS, Shell Lake, Wis. Mr.
Wilkins is bookkeeper for the Shell Lake
Lumber Co. For sale by DR.. d. y. Bisbee,
druggist.
Reoistpr ada hrinu hpst results
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08
Special "rescue" trains are being or.
ganized on all the German lines.

Ordinary household accidents have no
terrors when there's bottle of DIR. Thomas
Electric Oil in the medicine chest Heals
burns, cuts, bruises, sprains. Instant relief.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-08

Register ads bring best results.