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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-10-01

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me: sacn1 taEl 10 write 3 fss words ia
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that tn the g,sanesz o. her heart, and from
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oolumn. FOR whseh Kind taoagas personal
thanks have eeen resarasa. Do appre-
elase she kinancsses receive trosn rsy
many srAenGs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-10-01


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other two men wcre acqraintanccs
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their general looks | sisel thea mp as
belonging to the gambling and horse
racing fr1ternity. IL was easy to sec
that one dominated the other, and the
dominant man had hunted. desperate
book IN his eyes. I judged be was In
Desperate straits for gnoaey and that
be would he willing TO risk a great
de&l 10 make q haul A. scou as the
three % US were alone be said TO the
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-10-01

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not on ths rsep. Ist sts editors tsxrn az
Asrsnthas, the sssnt Of the Maine Year
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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
Opening of Students Conference at Northfeld.

! The students conference opened al
East Mortified Monday, the program
being carried out in full as planned by
the conference managers. The mission
airy institute met at s 80 and this was
followed by the associational confer
ences. AT these latter conferences the
practical work of different methods OF
associational work are explained by
competent leaders. Then came the
Bible classes in which eight classes are
taught each morning, the student del
egates selecting the course they desire.
The classes meet from 8 30 to 10 30 and
over 800 men are enrolled. Each teach
er is allowed to choose his own method
in teaching and the methods vary wide
ly. The auditorium service at 10
O'Clock was addressed by Rev. Harlan
p. Beach, educational secretary of the
student volunteer movement, and for a
number of years missionary in no tn
ern China. Mr.. Lott announced that
he would have charge of the Yale mis-
sion, which is soon to be established
in China. He told in an interesting
way what it means to be a missionary.
The afternoon was given up to recrea-
ton and sports. There were three base
bdll BdliltS pctNttu lut ucltBdJlbHS
from Harvard VS.. Haverford, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania VS.. Cosnovia sem
inory and Brown university VS.. Mt.
Hermon school. The Yale delegation
which occupies East hall enjoyed a
mock trial in the afternoon. One of
their number was found to have among
his possessions book entitled, 1.-The
Art and Etiquette of Courtship." He
was charged with "Fussing" in the
first degree. After listening to an elo-
quent plea from the attorney for de-
fence the jury, made up Of subfresh
men, found the prisoner not guilty.
The twilight Round Top service was
addressed by Rev W. n. Elsing, pas
tor of the De Witt Memorial church,
New York city The subject of his ad
dress was City Missions. - The even
ing service in the auditorium was held
at O'Clock. Rev. G. Campbell Nor
gan spoke for the first time during this
at this meeting
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04

with her the celebration of her s3'
birthday.
S. S. Stratton has moved his house
hold goods from Millers Falls to Mon
tague where he has taken position
clerk in L. S. Fields store.
The ladies' social circle will meet TO
work Thursday afternoon, July 10
Supper will be furnished. There is
great deal of work on hand and in pros
pect.
The book committee of Cushman Ii
brary will hold the monthly meeting
Thursday evening mex week, for thu
selection of new books for the library
Lists of books desired by readers may
be presented.
Mrs. f. W. Hale has returned flon
visit to her brother in Gill. Mrs
Hale and HI o. Root quietly eel
ebrated their common birthday by ar
evening tea party June 30; Mr.. ROOF
being the senior by % years.
M. V. Davenport who has recently
been visiting in Lincoln, and Omaha,
Neb. accompanied by his nephew, G..
II. Davenport of Brattleboro, came
home in good health and spirits and re-
ports an Exceedingly pleasant trip. AT
| Lincoln thew visited Herbert J. Dav.
enport. AZ Sioux Falls. S. D.. they
met Judge Samuel Tate who lived in
Leyden in his boyhood. He studied
law in Chicago and has become a
wealthy, prominent man in Sioux Falls.
He was glad to inquire about his Ley
den friends.
r l.
;; wine Iottlngham ana Harry FRANK
once IN N ortbfaSd wy Nj I;uI he Iobnsnn
;s v;s;ti , ralntiuas ;n Ward lid and
Towns i, oi" N.Y. Nv IL "d a. wv, "nu
1919 a5" ~ arad,, a .uas - a 1umy az
$500 We nt a. Mn4S Az, 1a aiui w.
e aLf VI wv w :, nollh A m Noi! lLl
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04

The dwelling and barn Of Edw.,.
Dunn and the dwelling of Mrs. Jan'
Sheridan were destroyed by fire at Ca
tleton Thursday entailing loss !,
some 81, 800 With the assistance !
the neighbors the furniture was ,sv5
and the fire was prevented from spresi
ing. The cause of the fire is unknoF,
Thomas O'Grady of Mortified y.
ports to the police that he was robbqs
of slO5 while be AID his wife were !,
church Sunday. Mr.. O'Grady also,.'
ports the disappearance Of his bind
mn, Henry Rowe, who claimed \
belong in Boston. Rowe is abou, +
wears old, has light-colored mustsci.
and wore light overcoat. The moDs,
was in workbox, which was prd
open. A reward has been offered ID,
Rowe's arrest.
Herbert C. Sheldon, the Fairfax ma,
who induced Mary Root, Is year. od
to run away with him under the b.,
lief as she says that he had or VA,
about to have a divorce from his wifi
and would marry her, has plead guilr
to an information filed against him and
has been sentenced to hard labor h
the states prison at Windsor for na
less than two nor more than Two and
one half years. The case against Mar
Root was disposed of shortly after Iii.
arrest was made, sentence being :us
pended upon her promise of good b..
havior. 4
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
DWARFlNG AN OAK TREE.
The Japanese Trick by Which 1t IL
Accomplished.

The Chabo Hiba, a dwarf japanese
pine tree, was recently sold for $1,000
It is six feet high and alleged to be SOC
years old. 1t has long been supposed
that the process by which japanese
gardeners succeeded in dwarfing forest
trees was long and costly one. 1t Is
now said that 1t is simple process and
that any one can do the trick. The fol-
lowing directions are given for produc-
Ing miniature oak tree:
Take an orange and scoop out the
pulp. Fill the interior with a rich mold
and plant an acorn in the center Of 1t,
leaving the hole In the rind for 1t to
sprout through. Put it in a sunny place
and water it frequently. Soon after
the first shoots have appeared the roots
begin to break through the orange skin
Take a sharp knife and shave these off
carefully and keep them shaved. The
tree will grow about five or six inches
high and then stop. In year 1t will
be perfect miniature oak. When the
roots cease to grow, the orange skin
should be vanished over and imbed-
ded In flowerpot.
The japanese dwarf all kinds Of trees
and make them live to a great age.
Some of these dwarfs, like the Chabo
Hiba, are Well known, and their own
ers have documentary evidence attest
ing their great age. The older they
are the more valuable, Of course, they
are. In Japan certain families follow
the calling trade, art, or what you will,
of growing dwarf trees from genera
ton to generation, and you can buy a
miniature oak 500 years old from de-
scendant Of the man who first planted
the acorn. Not only forest trees, but
fruit trees and Towering shrubs, are
dwarfed by these clever gardeners
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
sPOFFoRD.

The ladies' society of the Congrega
tional church met with Mrs. Earl Burt
last week.
1t is John York who is building the
new engine house-not John Jones, as
stated in the Reformer of last week.
The grange meeting Tuesday night
was very interesting Miss Jessie Ball
filled the lecturers chair in a very sue
cessful manner.
Mrs. Helen Sweet is entertaining
Mrs. Maude Hersy and son of Rhode
Island. Mrs. Sweet expects to visit
Maine in the fall Mrs. Lizzie Barden
has garden of roses which is we'll
worth visiting. - All are glad to
see the Emerson's of Brattleboro in
their cottage at the lake. Rev. Chas.
n. Sinnett has been presented with
several valuable historical works from
Maine and New Hampshire. Mrs. Ly-
dia Scott was more comfortable last
week. She has been greatly missed
since her illness.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
Swimming.

mo man can ever hope to be strong
swimmer unless he cultivates the pow
er of endurance in the water" says a
professional. 1T costs me no more
exertion to swim for an hour than it
does to walk for the same period Of
time.
"In swimming a man should time his
stroke with his breathing. He should
take but one stroke to each breath. In
this way the muscles of the body work
In conjunction with the lungs, and no
energy is wasted. In salt water, which,
of course, is more buoyant than fresh
water, man who has trained himself
In this way should have no difficulty in
keeping afloat, say he were shipwreck-
ed. until sheer weakness from hunger
and thirst would force him to sue
cumb. "-Philadelphia Record.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
they SAW The SMOKE.
But They Declined to Act Upon the
Warning.

Once Vesuvius destroyed two Italian
cities in few hours. The people saw the
smoke from the volcano but failed to
escape in time.
Where there is smoke there is fire and
where there are symptoms of one of the
most dangerous of diseases. A feeling of
languor, a sense of weakness and WEAKNESS,
drowsiness, giddiness and mental discom-
fort. A bad taste in the mouth-the old
coppery" taste. An offensive breath,
headache, neuralgia, heartburn, feeling
of dullness and weight in the stomach,
nausea, dry and feverish skin, constipation,
rising of a nasty gas into the throat, tongue
-flrred like the moss on tree, irritability,
disgust with food.
Have you any of these symptoms2
Either now or sometimes? Yes" you say,
s. but don't think they are dangerous"
They are signs of danger. They show that
the eruption is coming.
Now what lies at the bottom of all these
symptoms? Indigestion, dyspepsia, and an
overworked liver. There is but one help,
one remedy. Slow up, and for the mis-
chief already done, tone up the digestive
organs and liver with the new medicine,
Calcura Solvent, discovered by DR.. David
Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, N. Y.
All druggists, $1.00 a bottle.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
LEYDEN.

Schools in town closed June 20. Ow.
ing to measles, whooping cough and
other diseases which have prevailed il
town but few have been able to &C
through the term without absent marks.
Arthur Miner was at his fathers, NJ.
ID. Miners, over Sunday and left Mon
day morning for St Louis, Mo-. as the
company for which he has been EN-
ployed for some time have moved their
/ business to that place from Boston.
His family will not go till fall.
Dr. Walker of Greenfield was called
to attend the aged veteran, James
Stewart, the last of the week. He had
an attack of the prevailing distemper
but is somewhat relieved. DR.. Fyfe
was called to town to the relief of the
child of Tabor Davenport. She has
whooping cough and became much
troubled in breathing.
The strawberry supper June 20, was
quite success and was enjoyed by
large delegations from Bernardston and
Greenfield and some from Colrain and
Guilford, VT. as well as by our towns
people. The entertainment was fur
nished by the Mendelssohn quartette
of Greenfield and by soloist and elo-
cutionist from the same place and our
people were glad to welcome Mrs. Rose
Bowker Maxwell who was the accom-
PIANIST and who has favored us with her
music so many times before.
Mr. and Mrs Stephen Buddington
spent week at the White Mountains
returning home Thursday. Gertrude
and Mildred Severance are spending
few days at the seaside being at Old
Milford, Conn. Mr.. and Mrs S. c.
Severance visited her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Purington, in Colrain recently. -
Friends from Boston are visiting at
John Black 5. -Nathaniel, son of John
Black, is at his fathers for a short
vacation. - Robert Buddington left
Saturday to attend the summer school
at Woods Holl. - Mr.. and Mrs. !
II. c. Mowry and Mr.. and Mrs. Steph- /
en- Newcomb attended the reunion of /
Co. G. of the 9th Massachusetts regi- I
mept which was held in Greenfield Fri 7
day, June 20.-Mrs. A. G. Gallupe of .
Green River with her two sons spent T
Saturday and Sunday at her fathers
Gertrude Santer is at Rev. C. Wat
sons in Greenfield. Farmers are try
ing to commence haying but so much
rain prevents much progress.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
EVANSVILLE,

Henry Dwight, wife and two sisters
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Sum
ner of North Heath last week. When
they got home at night they found
their state boy gone, and gold watch,
sum of money and bicycle with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen of PENNSYLVANIA
visited their cousin, Miss Martha j.
Babbitt, few days last week. Mrs.
Diantha Sidley of Bernardston has
been visiting the past two weeks with
her sons, F. A. and George o. Dun
nell, and daughter, Mrs. Edgar Ken
drick. Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman Carter
and son of West Hawley were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Dunnell Sat
urday and Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Stetson of Shelburne Falls Wis
tied their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George d. Stetson, Saturday and Sun
day,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
Death of One of the Josh Whitcomb" Family

Mrs. Maria Lawrence. IS, died sud
denly at her home in Palmer. Mass.
Monday morning. She had been feeble
for several years, but had of late
seemed as well as usual About c
O'Clock Monday morning she sustained
a stroke of apoplexy, from which she
did not rally. Mrs. Lawrence was born
at Saxton's River, VT, March u. 1924.
She was a daughter of Leonard Whit
comb, whose brother, Otis, was the
original of Denman Thompson's ia
nous Josh Whitcomb.' Mrs. Law
rence's family moved to Swanzey, n.
H., when she was two years old. She
married Solomon r. Lawrence. Jan
uary 20, 1916, and Immediately went to
live with him in Palmer, where she
had since resided. Mrs. Lawrence had
been liberal giver to many charities.
and had been prominent member of
St Paul's Universalist church. She
leaves no children.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
THE WIDOW TAX.
In Mindanao a Wife's Death Costs
the WidOwer One Hundred Plates.


Becoming a widow or a widower is q
much more serious business than get.
| ting married among some Of the tribes
in the Philippines. In Mindanao mar
rying in haste often leads to a pro-
longed "repenting at LEISURE for they
have an institution there known as the
widow tax"-"chabaloan" the natives
call it. Upon the death of the wife the
widOwer must pay certain sum OF
money or its equivalent in goods to his
father-in-law' before he can 60 a-cOurt-
ing again. As money is scarce article
among these natives. the tax generally
Is paid in plates of common 'stone CHI
ma" which are much used by the ma
tives as medium of exchange. 1t Is
considered the proper thing for the be-
reaved one to pay 100 of these plates to
his father-in-law for permission to look
about HIN for successor to the de-
ceased helpmate.
If the husband dies, the widow at
once becomes the property of her par
entS-in-law and SO remains for life I'M
less some relative comes forward and
produces the necessary number Of din
ner plates. The natural result Of this
Is that married people are all extreme
ly solicitous for the health of each 9th
er. In sickness the invalid is sedulous-
ly attended by the partner of his or
her joys and sorrows, the well person
perhaps being moved more by the
thought of those hundred plates than
by real affection.
Divorce is unknown among these peo-
pie, but a man may have as many
wives as he pleases. 1t will be seen
that in case of an epidemic which
would sweep away his wives a married
man would be in dire extremity. In
the case Of a death of a much married
man his parents come into small for
tune. for they either have enough
slaves to render future work on their
part unnecessary or they receive enough
plates from the families of the widows
to set up crockery store.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
NoRTHFIELD.

Mrs. VIM. Stratton is on the sicl
, list.
July will be observed as children :
Sunday in the Unitarian church.
I Mrs. Shannon is in town and viii
soon occupy Mr.. Keet's tenement.
, Miss Addie Alexander and Miss Ma
ry Dutton have been visiting friends
, and relatives in Wilton, n. II.
The strawberry supper was quite
success, the supper being very
nice and large party present Dane
ing from 8 to |.
Rev. Charles E. st. John of Boston,
secretary of the American Unitarian
association, spoke in the Unitarian
church Sunday,
c. H. Webster and n. ID. Alexander
took their children to the circus in
Greenfield. The children took the
measles and are all sick now.
Miss Palmer, the music teacher. has
finished her school and does not ex-
pect to come back, as she has a posi-
tion in Huntington and Blandford
The Gazette Il Courier. the Green
field Recorder, the Vermont Phoenix
and the Windham County Reformer
can be found in the Dickinson library.
I Mr.. Howes, who bought the Caswell
place, has built new barn. He ded-
icated it June "a with supper and
/ dance, about 100 being present at the
supper and about 40 dancing.
Mrs. Landes who has lived here all
winter goes this week to Pennsylvania
for while and then she will go to
Brazil where she came from. The two
Oldest daughters will return to North
field seminary, the oldest son intends
to be a civil engineer
A gentleman with Mrs Dresser's
team was driving through Main street
Friday night with a young colt The
horse suddenly tried to turn around,
broke the shafts and harness, and
threw himself several times. Neither
the man nor the horse was injured.
Mabel E. Witt and Geo. W. Fair
field of West Mortified were married
white satin with a veil and carried
gave them a 500 bill and mileage
book inscribed Come Home Often"
There were many other valuable and
home in Bellows Falls.
Monday night Mr.. and Mrs. John |
Nation were driving towards home
when one of The forward wheels came
off. The horse dragged the wagon and |
Mr.. and Mrs NATION several rods, |
then turned the carriage over with |
them in it and throwing itself down at |
the same time. Two young men who |
were near ran and caught hold of the
horse by the head, Mr. and Mrs Mat
toon were helped up, neither being
hurt much aside from being shaken up
and receiving few scratches. The
shafts were broken from the carriage
but the horse was not injured. 1t was
a very narrow escape from a bad acct
dent.
Margie and Lucy Campbell are at
home for the summer.-Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Lyman and family spent Sun
lay with Mrs. Lyman's father, who
ives in Richmond. Mrs H. E. Wells ]
md Mrs Phelps of Foxboro, former
reside is. have been here calling on
I'D friends. -Dowsman Stratton of ,
Boston and Robert Field of New York
we're among recent visitors of North :
ield. Miss Serena Stockbridge is :
lome from Springfield. Miss Denison, =
he teacher of the kindergarten was
allied home on account of her mothers a
illness. Mrs. Alice Purple Grow of 6
illinois is a guest of Miss Elizabeth =
purple of West Northfield. =
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04

The late Augustln DAILY had in. his
employment a man who always adj
dressed him a note periodically asking
for an advance Of money. This note
was invariably answered by most
abusive letter, in almost insulting terms
and threatening instant discharge II
the offense was ever repeated-and in
closing check for the money!
At regular intervals Of about three
months the man invariably made the
same request, with the same results,
always, however, getting check in
closed. And thus it continued until
Mr.. Days death-New York Times.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
NEARBY MASSACHUSETTS
Hearing on the Mortified Crossing Case.

An important hearing occurred in the
Greenfield superior court Saturday in
relation to the grade crossing on the
Central Vermont railroad about mile
south of the Mortified station. A de-
cision in the matter was handed down
by the railroad commissioners about a
year ago, but up to the present time
the railroad company has made no move
to carry out the instruction given. The
hearing Saturday was on the petition
of the selectmen of Northfeld, who
seek the aid of the court to force the
railroad to act in regard to the cross
ing. The time allowed by the Judge
for starting the work is the first Mon
day in August, and the work is to con-
tinue from this time until it is com
pleted.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
BERNARDSTON.

The grass on Cushman park was sold
by auction Saturday evening to W. A.
Stratton for 50. %.
The women of the Methodist society
will Serve ice cream and cake in the
town hall Saturday evening from to g.
Mrs. S. ii. Atherton received a few
friends Thursday, June 20, to enjoy
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04

st. Adams citizens are petitioning
the Rutland railroad for connections
between the Central Vermont and Rut-
land railroads at Essex Junction in or
der to have better mail and passenger
service. ...-...
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04

A simple remedy for warts is dram
Of salicylic acid with an ounce of col
lodium in a bottle which has a tiny
brush run through the cork. Apply
this mixture TO the warts twice day,
and in few days they will dry up and
fall off.-Ladies' Home Journal.