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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

Gustaf The latter had been hunting
and sat on the bed cleaning his gun. He
was pulling the hammer back when his
thumb slipped and the gun discharged,
the entire charge entering the victims
head under the right eye. taking a down
ward course and coming out under the
left ear. Gustaf explains that he had
forgotten about the shell in the gun
which he had tried to extract on the way
back from the woods but had been I'M
able to do so.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
A SENSATIONAL RECOVERY.

standing. We have callers every little
while to inquire as TO what Peruna has
done for us. say; Look at us. That
is proof enough"
al send you picture Of my residence.
helped build a house in Iowa City on
the first of last ] une, and worked eighty"
two days, only losing one-quarter of Q
day during the whole time. How is
that for an old man II years old? 1 came
home in September and have built
another house out in the country this
fall and am well and hearty to-day.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

The number reported to the fish and
came commissioner in 1901 was 1886; in 1890
1877 in 1899 81; and in 1895, 13l. Mr.
Thomas's figures are evidently much too
low. as in Windham county. for instance
q bucks have been reported shot
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
Guardianship Notice.

THE undersigned having this day been APP
Il pointed by the Probate Court guardian Of
EDWARD Is. Prentice, All persons are hereby
Edward b. Prentice, or with any person claim
ing TO represent him, without written order
from the undersigned.
l.. l.. DAVIS,
Guardian of Edward b. Prentice.
Brattleboro, VT, Nov. |, 1909. 4547
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
Cider Barrels.

+ are in need of No. barrels | can supply
Il you in car loads or less. My barrels are ali
bunged and spigoted, and are all new liquor
barrels. | also have secondhand vinegars
The demand for apple barrels is still tremen-
dous, but am still filing all orders promptly
Let me hear from YOU. III. ID. JAMES, Hayden
ville Mass Long distance telephone. 45-4S
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

All disorders caused by a bilious state
of the system can be cured by using
Carriers Little Liver Pills. No pain,
gripping or discomfort attending their use.
Try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

Word comes from Boston that the
rummage sale must go because II spreads
contagious diseases.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
Didn't Know 1t Was Loaded"-His
Brother Dead.

Oscar Bergren, the youngest son of
William Bergren. was shot and instantly
killed in their home on the west side of
the town Of Proctor Tuesday evening
by the accidental discharge of a shot
gun in the hands of his older brother,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

c. r. ALORIcH, M. o.,
Union Block, Brattleboro
office hours until a. m, 1 to 3 D. m.
and to D. m. ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
Consumption

Salt pork is a famous old
fashioned remedy for con-
sumption. "Eat plenty of
pork" was the advice to the
consumptivc 5o and 100
years ago.
Salt pork is good if a man
can stomach it. The idea
behind it is that fat is the
food the consumptive needs
most.
SCOTS Emulsionis themod-
ern method of feeding fat to
the conSumptive. Pork is too
rough for sensitive stomachs.
Scott'S Emulsion is the most
refined of fats, especially
prepared for easy digestion.
Feeding him fat in this
way, which is often the only
way, is half the battle, but
SCOTS Emulsion does more
than that. There is some
thing about the combination
of cod liver oil and hypophos-
phiteS in SCOTS Emulsion
that puts new life into the
weak parts and has a special
action on the diseased lungs.
T@ A sample will be
:: !: !" 4! !. :: !.
- ID sent free upon request.
l-kZTA BE that this picture in
A&lM ESM the form Of label is on the
| AMXE&Vd wrapper of every bottle of
&E<4H#k%l Emulsion you buy.
Esl2 s SCOTT &
GE% BOVINE,
E}Sf2ETsoal CHEMISTS,
NV SlAe9 400 Pearl ST., N. Y.
ExkkkaA1fM SOC and 81; all druggists.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
business Gards.
GEO. ROBERTS. M. D..

SUI EON.
Surgery and Diseases Of Women specially
ONCE, crosby Block; house, . Canal Tee.
phone at house and M Brooks House pbar
macy. Hours tO9: l tO3; 1toS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

A. I. MILLER, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Hooker block; till a. m. to 2; $40
70 y. m.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
p. p, WHITE, M, D.,

p ?. VIII e NJ. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, Wiliamsville
VT. Office hours: II a. m. to / D. m, and
) to p. m. Telephone.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

OR. II. L. WATERMAN.
Office and residence, Al Elliot st. Office
hours, 1890 to 2:30; evening, 6 to s.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

OR. C. s. CLARK.
d e IST
Whitney Block Brattleboro Telephone
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

ORS. BOWEN & TUCKER,
ONCE hours at Leo Office in Leonard
nard block; 1870 to 8 block. Residence
a. m, 1890 TO p. a Canal ST. once
m, $50 to y. m. hours: till $50 a. m
Residence. High st. 1870 TO p. m to
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

Ok. GEO. x. ANDERSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and residence, IS Main St Surgery
in all its branches a speciality. Offics
hours: until 10 a. M. / to 2:30 p. m even
ing. $3.50 to 8. Telephone. Brooks House
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

c. 8. PRATT, M. D.,
Is North Main St, Brattleboro.
Office hours: / to $3.50, $50 to &
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
TO MY DOG JOWLER.

Jowlerl they have taxed you, honest
friend
Assessed you, put you in the roll;
To exile every dog they'll send,
Unless some friend will pay his poll
By all that's good, the rascals meant
Betwixt us two to breed a strife,
And drive you into Punishment,
Or bride your friend to take your life.
But Jowler, don't you be alarmed
If politicians do neglect you,
Confound their tax you shan't be
harmed,
I know your worth and I'll protect
you.
But taxes by the Constitution
Convey the right to represent,
So, dogs, by this same resolution
Might just as well as men be sent
Now, dogs and men and voters hear
That Jowler's put in nomination
To go, upon the coming year,
And aid in public legislation.
FOWLER, avoid the demagogue,
Keep out of the minority;
Take care to smell of other dogs,
And vote with the majority.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

"We have been manufacturing
matches for twenty years, and are the
largest producers in the United States,
and we have never had fire in one
of our mills. Further than that, I'll
take box of our parlor matches,
right here, and run red-hot iron
through it, and I'll guarantee the
matches won't burn. Or, l can take
spike and drive it through box of
matches and not one will explode.
The above statement was made by
spokesman of tie match trust at the
hearing before the New York Legisla-
ture prior to the passage Of the bill
which forbids the manufacture, sale
or use of parlor matches in that State.
A person reading the statement doubts
why these goods are labeled matches
if they won't either burn or explode.
There is such n thing as "A man being
carried away" with his subject ;
this looks like case of that sort
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

else-the robbery of the rich for the
benefit of the poor. Huntington News.
Well, there are some things worse
than communism, and Burlington,
or its newspapers, now and then ex-
hibits some of these things, one in par
ticular The Queen City is cheerful
receiver but what the Lord particu-
larry loves, cheerful giver she is
not.
Burlington receives from the State
and other sources communistic reve-
nue. in some large sums, and revenue
that these same "robber" poor towns
are contributing yearly-and have
been so contributing for some three
quarters of century. The people OF
these small towns whom the News
taunts with their poverty and whom
the contemporary brands as robbers
are yearly taxed in some large
amounts for the support of its Uni
versity and Agricultural College, and
the United States annually dumps into
the same receptacle large sum which
is more directly communistic money
than that which the city by the lake
pays back to the people who are con-
tributing to it's prosperity and over
which the recipient is ceaselessly weep
ing and scolding and calling the givers
hard names.
For some seventy-five years the
families of these much berated poor
towns have been pouring a golden
stream into the city, in buttons for
the education of their sons and daugh-
tiers, and for their "keep" while
students within its gates; and the
city-through its representatives-is
taking on like a Shylock because of laws
that compel it to pay back some rela-
lively insignificant sums to build good
roads leading into its limits, and for
improved schools to make the envi-
roning population better and larger
contributors to its own educational
and business institutions. Shame on
the Queen City!
But what particularly troubles Bur-
lington at the present time is the
proposition to double the State school
and State highway taxes, that, 1T
declares, will double the sums of
which it is already being despoiled.
Will the Legislature add to Burling-
ton S burdens by the enactment of the
bill for increasing the State school
and highway taxes? The Journal be-
lieves this increase ought not to be
made-not at this time-not until the
towns have learned to use well and
wisely the money already appropriated,
and use it in strict accordance with
the purpose for which it is appropri-
ated During the experimental period
of better road making the existing tax
is large enough. When the five tai
ents are so employed as to justify
making them ten, for either better
roads or better schools, the extension
will need neither argument nor JUS
ticfiation Meanwhile, and on this
score, Burlington ought to be allowed
to possess her soul in peace.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
THE ARTHUR MONU MENT.

The dedication of the monument
authorized by the Legislature of 1900,
to mark the site of President Chester
A. Arthur's birthplace, will be attend
ed with ceremonies befitting the oc-
casion. The exact date of the event
has not been selected but it will oc-
cur at some convenient time next sum-
mer. That the occasion will be n not
able one is assured from the fact that
Robert II. Lincoln and William @.
Whitney who served in President Ar
thurs cabinet secretary of war and
secretary of the navy, respectively,
will be the principal speakers at the
ceremony. The foundation for the
monument is completed but the shaft
will not be set until spring, 1t will oc-
cupy one corner of the old cellar which
marks the spot where the only Vermont
born President first saw the light. The
site was presented to the State by p.
b. b. Northrop who represented Fair
field in the Legislature of 1900, and
under commission from Governor
Stickney he has had charge of prepar-
ing the foundation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
ON THE WEEKLY PAYMENT
BILL. )

There was an interesting hearing
Tuesday before the Senate general
committee on the Lawrence weekly
payment bill. Senator Spencer pre-
sided and the'ffrst speaker was Rep
resentative Pape of Barre, who spoke
of the House vote of ia to s in favor
of the bill and urged favorable re-
port on part of the committee. Fred
Bruce of Barre, State organizer of
the Granite Cutters Union, spoke
for this craft and Manager Turner, of
the Fairbanks Scale Co., st. Johns
bury, stated the position of that firm
regarding the bill and referred to Local
conditions as an argument against it
Representative Bundy of st. Johns
bury argued that workingnrer wanted
weekly pay and said that the present
arrangement fostered the credit sys-
TEN, which is an injury to morals.
He held that the bill was fair as it
imposed little cost on the employer
and would be of great value to the
workingman. Alex Robertson, secre-
tary of the Granite Cutters Union at
Barre, made strong argument for
the bill. f. r. Morse of Proctor,
representing the Vermont Marble Co.. 4,
opposed the bill and said there is no
State with so little labor legislation
as in Vermont and consequently there
was less labor trouble here.
G. w. Writer'S of st. Adams opposed
the bill on behalf of the Central Ver-
mont Railroad. Hon. II. II. Powers
opposed it because it was class legisla-
ton and because it denied the sacred
right of contract between men. He
said the trouble did not originate
with the workingmen but with an
other class who had stepped in and
assumed to represent them. Senator
Walbridge of Concord spoke of the in
ability of some classes of corporations
to comply with the bills requirements
and cited the lumber companies as an
favored the bill, and spoke of the mat
ter of contracts between employer and
employee as inadequate for the pur-
pose of regulating the matter OF pay
ment of wages. Representative Law
renee of Rutland city, the author OF
the bill, favored legislation instead OF
strikes as the best means of settling
the question. Hon. j. l.. Martin of
Brattleboro objected to the bill be-
cause it denied the right of contract,
and urged that an amendment allow
ing contracts be added to it.
Messrs. Bruce, Lawrence and
Morse each spoke again, and Mr..
Robertson as the last speaker protested
against contract amendment. On
account of the large number present
the hearing, which was begun in one
of the committee rooms, was adjourn
ed to the cloak room.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
NOT A SNAP JUDGMENT.

The purpose of the referendum res
olution was to discover the preference
of the people of Vermont in respect of
the system called prohibitory, and the
system called license, for the regula-
ton of the liquor traffic in this State.
The General Assembly, through its
committee, has formulated bill en-
bodying the views of the license adj
vocates. There is on the statute books
law under which the traffic has been
conducted-or misconducted-fo some
fifty years, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as 1T
may be-applying more particularly
to amendments made, and their adj
ministration in the past ten or twelve
years.
The license measure of the present
day has only very distant relation to
it's predecessors the prohibitory stat
utes of the past generation are hardly
second cousin to the statute it would
become under pending propositions OF
amendment by the supporters of the
prOnlDllOry systeH.
Pass the revised and perfected Ii
cense measure; pass also the bill
renovating the prohibitory law; the
two laws, each perfected in accord
ance with the belief and wisdom of
its friends, will then be in the refer
endum. The amended prohibitory law
will be the law of the State III force.
| The license measure will become oper-
ative under the asserting action of the
voters in January, and would then re-
place the prohibitory law; or under
| the adverse action of the voters the
operation of the license law would be
postponed some two years-till anoth-
er Legislature had interviewed and had
confirmed or annulled the action of
the General Assembly now convened.
In the event of the people voting
ono" at the referendum in January,
it would be manifestly better for the
whole State to have in force the
amended prohibitory law There
ought to be no partisanship in this
matter. Under their oaths members
should act for the best interests of the
State. Neither prohibitionist nor Ii
cense believer should be afraid of {
full reference of the question to thu
people.
1t may be true that the referendum
provided in the majority bill is not
in its strict letter, the referendum
contemplated in the resolution of tn
Republican State convention, but vot
on the time when the measure shall 4
into effect, to all intents and purposes
1 is vote ON the merits of the queS
ton, on the measure itself, If tn
| voters say in January that they don
| want the measure to go into effe'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
A LITTLE POEM
Which Twice Defeated Measure
Before the Legislature.

The following poem will recall many
stories of the well-known
lawyer, J. Dorr Bradley of Brattle-
boro, whose keen wit and brilliant
oratory made him famous throughout
the State. His death occurred thirty
years ago, but hardly a session of the
Legislature passes but some apt phrase,
pat allusion, or keen repartee from him
is remembered and quoted. The follow
ing was written in the early days of
his career, upon the occasion of a
proposition before the Legislature to
tax dogs and, it is said, caused the de-
feat of the measure. The subject was
not again brought up until some years
after, when Mr.. Dorr himself was a
member of the Legislature; upon re-
quest he read the poem, with the same
result as before. Since his death the
law has been enacted but the poem
will bear repeating:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

When you get ratified and cannot
decide just where you are, or why
you are the recipient of so much
trouble, or how it happens that you
are dead broke, read the following
form of the Boston Times which eX-
plains it all:
What we need is to be governed by
Divine Principle. When it is under
stood that the same power which pro-
tects and saves from disease provides
all our wants, and mankind are gov
erned accordingly, inconsistency,
disease, poverty and trouble of every
description will be effectually and
permanently destroyed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

Now that Justice Peckham of the
United States Supreme Court holds
that magnetic healing" is n lawful
occupation, this profession" will un-
doubtedly receive new baptism of
responsibility.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

Greece and Persia have decided to
shake hands, forget old scores, and,
after a period of 2, 1893 years of broken
diplomatic relations, recognize each
other again.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
Mother Eddy" is certainly begin

"Mother Eddy" is certainly begin
ming to hedge when she says
"Until the public thought becomes
better acquainted with Christian
Science the Christian Scientists shall
decline to doctor infectious or coll
tagious diseases. "
There are quite a number of people
who have, on divers occasions, heard
the good mother" say that there
was no such thing as disease. "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
COMMUNISM. {"

The city of Burlington now pays
$12, 600 a year, net, for the State
school and highway taxes. With the
increase in the highway tax voted by
the House, our city will pay about
$l8, 600 annually. This is commun-
ism, pure and simple, and nothing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26
THE SITUATION.

The situation seems to indicate that
the license bill pending in the Legis-
lature will be passed when the General
Assembly reconvenes There is less
objection to the passage of the bill
than to the apparent purpose of the
members of the majority, composed of
the Democrats and license Republic
cans, to send their measure to the
people without providing a referend-
um that complies in letter and spirit
with the referendum contemplated in
the recent discussions of the subject
before the people. This criticism
applies not to the Democratic contin-
gent of the license force; Democrats
are not bound by Republican plat
forms, but it does apply to Republi-
cans as imperatively as does the res
olution of the Republican convention
to the Republican members of the
General Assembly to vote for license
measure to be submitted to the peo-
pie for their approval or rejection.
1t seems clear that the referendum,
in it's present estate, will be one in
name only; that the situation pre-
sented in January will be a straight
license law; the question. Shall the
law go into effect at this time? Over
against this question, at present-and
probably in the future, if the animus
of the majority is an index will
stand the prohibitory law as it
is at the present time. The ele-
ment of partisanship seemed to inf1u-
ence the majority; the purpose to as
certain the judgment of the people by
submission, also, of the prohibitory
system, embodying the latest views
and best wisdom of its supporters,
had not been apparent in the majority,
up to the time of adjournment. Will
it be developed during the recess? TIC
the apparent absence of the element
of fair play is probably due, i'll some
large measure, the opposition made
against the majority bill. License
Republicans were certainly under
bonds to cooperate with their party
brethren of another belief in respect
of the liquor traffic in getting eacl
side of the liquor case into court-tC
see that the question referred wal
fully and fairly presented. That obi
CATION is still pressing and there vii
be time to discharge it when the Gen
eral Assembly reconvenes. Coco
morals and party harmony combine
in the demand that Republicans unite
in the renovation of the existing
liquor code of the State.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

The latest Standard Oil Company
dividend of $40 per share makes 49,,
600, 600 in dividends during the year
of 1902. This certainly looks like
prosperity.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

The official statement given out by
the journal clerks of the national
House of Representatives gives 208
Republicans and 17S Democrats. This
certainly should dispel all doubts as
to there being q democratic House. 4"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

May Mcdonald, colored, of Phila-
delphia, aged 1872, says she cannot re-
member when she did not use tobac-
co. Apparently case of loss of
memory through the use of the weed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

Publishers of weekly newspapers
can take fresh courage, as William
Jennings Bryan says that the great
dailies are losing their influence and
that the paper Of the future will be
the weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

The st. Louis exposition manage
ment sends out word that the Sultan
of Johore is to visit their expo in
1904. Lest intending visitors forget
this important announcement paste
it on the cellar door.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

If some millinoaire is hunting for
glory he should apply to the British
Museum which is in search Of such
an individual to finance fossil
hunting expedition in Egypt. The
managers of the Museum are anxious
to locate few remains of the ances-
tors of the elephant or mastodon but
lack the funds
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

then, it is equivalent to saying that
they don't want the measure at all.
This temperance straw has all been
threshed so long and violently there
is not left in it grain of wheat. De-
bate will avail little. Action is the
need of the instant.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

After fighting her husbands battles
for months, Mrs. Roland b. Molineux
decides to sue for divorce and has
gone to South Dakota to establish n
six months residence in that State
preparatory to bringing divorce pro-
aediengs against her husband. She
assigns no reason.