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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
A Suppressed Message.

In order to prove that the admins
tration had no hand in abetting the
secession of Panama, it is now made
public that the president prior to the
revolution, had a message to congress
already written in which he informed
that body that I'VE must forthwith
take the matter into our own hands"
and build an isthmian canal by any
route that might seem good to us,
without waiting for the consent of
those whom the accident of position
has placed in temporary control of the
ground through which the route must
pass
The development of the revolution.
of course, changed the whole aspect of
affairs, and the submission of the mes
sage was not necessary, but it shows
that the administration was not only
ready and willing to gain it's ends by
Selling an opponent in time of trou-
BILE but it had actually planned to take
the land and build the canal anyway,
and to make its own terms with Co
Iombia.
The news of this suppressed mes
sage calls out some strong express
sions from the opposition press. The
president is declared to be unsafe;
considering himself above laws and
treaties and disregarding, in interna-
tional affairs, the moral law The mes
sage is pronounced a declaration of
stark and lawless absolutism, tenn
pered only by land-hunger."
The president is honest, even if |
headstrong and over-zealous. He |
knows his country wants an isthmian /
canal and is bound to have one, sooner |
or later. and he is a little inclined to 1
think his country is a law unto itself. |
The president undoubtedly believes in |
the propriety of the position he has
taken. but he is a little too hasty and /
hoyish to be dignified.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
MATTERS OF OPINION.
Selected from the Editorial Columns
of Our Esteemed Contemporaries.
Lets the Legislature OF.
Huntington Free Press

The esteemed Brattleboro Reformer
and some OF our other contemporaries
in discussing the subject of the repre-
sentation of Vermont at the st. Louis
exposition seem to have an idea that We
favored calling the Legislature together
to take action in the matter. What
we did was to ask, Would II not be
well for our transportation companies
and our great business and manufac-
turing interests to Join hands in the
project to make at st. Louis "A credi-
table exhibit of our products. our re-
sources and our attractions for sum
mer visitcrs2" Vermont would not
know what to do with legislature on
her hands in an unusually offish off
year like this. The legislators might
vote TO move the state house itself to
st. Louis and repeal the mountain line.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

Considering the fact that cranks
seem to have no difficulty in reaching
the president, one every week or two,
the report of an international system
of detective exchange ought to be true,
if it isn't. If persons with medicated
charcoal, airships. electric currents,
and other curios in tow are able
to filter so easily through solid wall
of secret service men. detectives and
police of one country four or five deep
as encompassed the president Friday,
by all means let us try mixing in a
few from other countries. Some
thing ought to be done. Foreign COM
petition might prove beneficial to our
detective force.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
ARE you SATISFIED.
II Not, What Better Proof Can Brat
tleboro Residents Ask For7


| This ~ the statement of a Brattle-
/ boro citizen
! The testimony OF neighbor
j You can readily Investigate II.
The proof should convince you
Joseph r. Jones farmer, between
| Williams village and Newfane three
and a half miles from Brattleboro,
says: ITO n man engaged in my call
ing a good sound back is indispens-
able. but when that part OF his ana
tony is weak and is subject to at
tacks of aching particularly If he con-
tracts cold or overexerts himself he
is on such occasions in AFFECT misery.
When the attacks were at their height
noticed this weakness and aching ev-
cry morning and for an hour or two
after ] arose, and even when up and
walking around FOR anything of time
the soreness was very apparent. When
man cannot stoop or bend without
mourning sharp twinges, when he has
spells of dizziness in spite of all the
medicine he uses to remove these an
noyances, and that man ut last buys
at Geo. +. Greene's drug store Doans
Kidney Pills and takes a course of the
treatment which stops the almost con-
tinual aching and removes other an
noyances due to either weakened or
excited kidneys he Is only too pleased
to recommend the preparation l GER
tainly endorse Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers Price 80
cents per box
Foster Milburn. Co, Buffalo, n. Y,
sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-DOAN'S-a |
take no other.
Sold in Brattleboro by Geo. E. |
Greene, Druggist.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
DR.. Hills of New York warns young

DIR. Hills of New York warns young
men that they would better stop drink
ing poor whiskey quit gambling at
race tracks and In pool rooms unless
they want women to outstrip them in
the Industrial race, Dr. Hills draws
quite startling picture of the way
women are coming forward in business
In spite" he Says, "of mans refusal
to give them the rights and privileges
to which they are entitled women are
today in las branches of business, and
in instances showing more ability than
know more than the men. They have
more time to read and study, and they
are improving their time. Eventual
ly they will vote and tell the men for
whom they shall vote. Eventually all
the universities win be educational,
and the women will carry off all the
prizes" Dreadful, dreadful And he
Furthermore declares that men will
have to go to women for so cents when
they want it, if the present state of
things continues. Cut out the drink
ing and gambling, young men, and keep
your supremacy In the business world
at all hazards. It would never do for
the lords of creation to sink to such
ho CO InVpIg
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
Probate Court Business.

The probate court session on Satur-
day was devoted to the hearing OF II
petition of j. Gray and j. Harry Es-
tey, administrators of the Jacob Estey
estate, for license to sell real estate,
which petition was granted; the final
account of Il. B. Corbett. executor un-
der the will OF Willard 1ngraham. was
presented and allowed, and the lega-
ces ordered paid according to the
terms of the viii; Judge Waterman APP
pointed G. w. Wyman administrator
of the estate of Susan Il. Herrick; A.
d. Knight administrator OF the estate
of Abel Johnson of Dover; John H.
Gale, administrator of c. II. Whitneys
estate in Guilford; G. w. and ID. u
Franklin, appraisers and commission
ers; Charles S. Chase appointed admin
istrator of his fathers and mothers
estate, Abraham Chase and Catherine
r. Chase Of Nottingham: the will OF
Andrew G.. Weeks OF Boston was allow
ed by certified copy from the probate
court i'm Massachusetts,. Warren IL. i.
Weeks S. Reed Anthony and Edmund
II. Talbot being the executors John u.
Gale and f. II. Ward appraisers; the
account of Jennie S. Warren, admin
istratrix of Harriet Marcia Whitney's
estate, presented and allowed, and or
dered distributed according to Will;
David S. Worden of Halifax appointed
administrator of the estate of Sarah
e. Worden Ned A. Plummer appoint
ed administrator OF John Dwight
Plummer's estate, W. II. Bracket and
c. l.. Stbkney commissioners; w III.
Rtapkaft and C.eorpe + Greene an
pointed commissioners of Sabrina r.
Miller's estate; Mrs. Alice NJ. Pierce
of Newfane appointed guardian OF
Hugh Henry. Ruth Rosette and Mar
Gus Ray Wellman.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

Those whose chief aim seems to be
to puff this country up into a big,
glittering bubble, will probably APP
plaud the schemes of Hero Hobson and
James Gordon Bennett for the glorifi-
cation of the American navy. The for
mer wants congress to appropriate 49,
$50, 100000 ito make the United States
the first naval power of the world" and
the latter wants our navy to join in a
grand sham battle with the great Brit
ish squadron in West Indian waters
this winter. But what of the actual
needs of the country?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
Every Prospect Pleases.
lRutland News. I

Evidence accumulates that Vermont
is to be primarily an Industrial state. 1t
can be further said that outside capital
is surely finding this out The develop
ment is gradual but II is certain. En-
ergetic spirits in other states. looking
for a field that is not overcrowded
for industrial conditions that are set
tied and secure and for proximity to
the best markets in the country, are
directing their attention in increasing
measure to Vermont. The rich re-
sources of this state will at no very
distant date be widely recognized
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

one speaker at the union temperance
meeting Sunday evening hit the nail
squarely on the head when he said that
what the drunkard needs to assist him
i'm reforming is the grace of God in
his heart. A little old-fashioned re-
ligion VIII do him more good than sign
ing 10000 pledges. A man of loose
morals. who leads a goddess life, whose
mind and body are weakened by al
coholism, can no more save himself
than he can lift himself by his boot
straps
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

When the great American people,
along in November set themselves,
after the time-honored fashion, to
counting their mercies and giving
thanks they do not do it by halves any
more than they do other things. They
not only bring into evidence the mer-
oies they actually have, but those they
ought to have would like to have, or
hope to have sometime They leave alb
solutely nothing to imagination. Some
of us never fully realize the greatness
of our state and nation until Thanks
giving sermons or editorials measure
them for us.
But after the turkey is eaten and the
cranberry sauce is a thing of yester-
day. we suddenly discover that every
body's rose has a great big thorn. We
were thankful for prosperity, but mills
are shutting down. oil has gone up
again, we paid more than we could af-
ford to for the Thanksgiving turkey
and eggs are dearer than they have
ever been before at this time of year.
We were thankful for happiness and
peace. but the president is taking
things into his own hands" in most
dsouieting way; the senate has not
broken itself yet of an ugly habit or
expensive, desultory talk; Cen Wood is
making himself very disagreeable, kill
ing Moros and being investigated Mr.
Cleveland refuses to run and lots OF
good democratic wind has been
wasted; the postoffice scandals have
reached proportions discouraging for
the mind of man to follow and the
king of Belgium is coming.
We were thankful for good homes.
wives and children, but the rent is due,
the coal bin yawns, and the Thanks
giving feast made fearful inroads on
the housekeeping fund; the good wives,
like ourselves, ate too much turkey and
want money for Christmas the chill
dren have colds and are as cross as
bears.
Truly, as Josiah Aliens wife re-
marked long ago, We're all poor crit
ters" For life's troubles are pretty
evenly distributed amongst high and
low We have INDUCED in Thanksgiv-
ing rhapsodies it will not hurt us to
look a little, the morning after" at
o. n,,l, In,,f lnnlY
too long or let the seams surprise you.
They are there for good purposes.
The ordinary man, lodging bills
which the business policy of the trusts
has made it ruinous to meet, should
remember that coincidentally the pres
ident of the United States is lodging
cranks which gather about him wher-
ever he goes like flies about molasses.
The ordinary woman, menaced by ner-
her home, her family and herself up to
the line of modern demands, should |
bear in mind that the czarina of all the
Russias is fighting a bad case of ''in- |
fammation" due to partaklng or Strych-
nine, placed in her food by hands I'M
known. The sultan of Turkey has a I
cancer, undoubtedly as painful to him
as to a man who has not Toasted all his
life on horrors; Emperor William has a
bad throat, the Standard Oil stomach
has struck work and over in Europe
Mr.. Bryan is scattering silver-tongued
oratory with lavish impartiality.
We're all poor critters" But we
bitter, singing paeans of joy and then
railing against fate, alternately thank
full and rebellious. That is life and
we're all in it.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
Tho SURPRISING Part.

The old stock phrase, Hanging is too
good" is trotted out with the usual in
dignant emphasis in the case of the
wretched Rose Ducharme Ostrout, who
for the munificent sum of one dollar
and a half week, went through the
tedious and lingering process of getting
rid of tiresome town pauper There
are many like her as everybody knows
though they do not always get a
poor, half-witted piece of humanity
into their clutches. There is nothing
very surprising in the fact that when
they do, they pursue the same tactics
that marked the Westfield case. The
surprising, the shocking, the unac-
countable. and the most disgraceful
part of it, to humanity, is that the
authorities of any tuwn-supposedly OF
the towns best citizens-shauld have
consigned flesh and blood to such keep
paid so little heed to the way their
charge was kept that the poor creature
was dead of slow torture for some
time before they knew of it. Rose
Ducharme Ostrout may be fiend in
human shape as some are inclined to
believes; but the responsibility of this
piece of cruelty is plainly on the
heads of the citizens of Westfleld and
their town officials. The true charac-
ter of a woman capable of such cruelty
could not have been wholly unknown
in the community in which she lived.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

The man who thought he could fool
IA Montpelier woman, get her money
and then shake" her for Sweden and
his old sweetheart made the mistake of
his life 1t is encouraging to have 1t
thus demonstrated that a woman may
be foolish enough at forty to believe
that a young man loves" her when he
encourages her to leave her husband
and home, and still stop a good way
short of utter imbecilty.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants. or a hundred
other accidents, are every day occur
rences. 1t behooves everybody to have
a reliable Salve handy and there's none
as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Burns. Cuts. Sores. Eczema and Piles.
disappear quickly under its soothing
effect. 25c-. at f. H. Holden & Co.'S
Drug Store.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
Take Brace, Everybody!

The friends and enemies OF license
are already preparing for n hard fight
during the month OF February for the
vote on local option in March. Evil
dence is being collected and before
long the flood Of oratory will sweep
Vermont. 1t is we'll A question Of
so great Importance should not be al
lowed to die. Whether or not the
license law is to remain in effect for
years to come, it will be necessary for
each town to fight out next March the
local question of saloons or no saloon
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
A Dead Issue.
Montpelier August

Speaker John H. Merriield, it is
reported, does not expect an extra ses-
sion of the legislature to be called and
does not believe it would vote an ap-
preparation for the st. Louis exposition
if it were. After the matter has once
been thoroughly discussed in that body
some new argument would be required
to secure favorable action. and no new
argument has yet been produced.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

Were the Vermont Bible society and
the little Starksboro girls Sunday
school teacher mapping that she should
have been obliged to send a note in a
Thanksgiving turkey for the Bible she
wanted so much? The story Is inartis-
tic, being incredible-even for a
Thanksgiving yarn-in a section of the
country where Bibles are fairly thrust
upon one
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

Those holders and ex-holders of high
national positions who would a-hunting
go, should study up state game laws a
bit before leaving home. AS law
breakers they are not the shining ex
amples they should be, of the good
citizenship they preach.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
THE MEDDLER.
az Me coat hh PIT IL on >

The numerous cases Of contagious
diseases which have appeared in Brat
tleboro during the past few months
emphasize the need of hospital. By
good luck or something else nearly all
of the people who have had scarlet
fever or diphtheria have been in a po-
sition where quarantine could be es-
tablished without more than the usual
amount of Inconvenience, but there are
many who, If stricken with contag-
lous disease, would not know where to
go and for these a hospital would be
the greatest sort of a refuge. AS long
as work has actually begun on the
Thompson hospital it may not seem
right to register any kicks, but The
Meddler cannot help thinking how
much good would have already been
done had the structure been built
without the delays which so annoyed
Brattleboro people Mt large. Let us
hope, however, that the hospital when
ii is at last completed will fiji the
long felt want SO satisfactorily that all
the red tape connected with its con-
struction Will be forgotten.
Many people took advantage of the
opportunity offered by the informal
opening of the new Home for Aged and
Disabled yesterday to inspect that in
stitution. and 1t Is safe to say that
nearly everyone was surprised at the
thorough equipment for the comfort
and pleasure of aged persons which
has been made possible through the
bequest of the late Charles Lamb of st.
Louis. Mr. Lamb could not have aided
n more worthy cause, and Brattleboro
people will honor his memory on this
Few towns of this size have n
better haven for their aged and infirm
than that which was thrown open for
public inspection yesterday, and
townspeople can show their apprecia-
tlon in no better way than by contrib
uting generously toward its equipment.
Many gifts were received yesterday
but there are yet many little things
which will add greatly to the comfort
of the occupants. We shall all be old
some day If we live long enough, and
we shall know then. If we do not realize
AT present. how little ii takes to bring
joy and gladness, to aged hearts.
The question OF allowing Festival
hall to be used for basketball win come
up for discussion ut the regular week
ly meeting of the selectmen tomorrow
and II is hoped that the town fathers
viii look at the matter in the light they
did last year. There are several argu-
ments in favor OF allowing the use OF
the hall for this sport. The first to be
Is that OF money Basket
ball earned more money for Festival
hail and the town last year than was
received from all other sources during
the three previous years Another good
argument comes from the fact that
there Is no other place where basketball
can have the support which the public
Is willing to give the game. These ar
guments and the fact that the sole
objection to allowing the use of the
hall for such purpose has been with
drawn ought to have considerable
weight with the selectmen. A vote OF
The town would undoubtedly be over
in favor of basketball, but
Il is not likely that the question will
have to be settled In this manner
The Meddier
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

Vermont Is giving the attorney gen
eral in the postoffice department at
Washington about all the assistants he
is getting now-a days. Didn't some
body once remark that the nation. in
time of need, always turned to Yer
mont for assistants?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

Cuba, they say, Is no longer holding
her breath over the outcome of the
reciprocity measure. Partly because
one can't hold ones breath forever,
even in deep anxiety, and partly be-
cause Cuba is doing very we'll indeed,
thank you, without reciprocity.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04

To-days estimates are the only just
ones 1t is not what a man has been or
has done but what he is doing now,
that determines his present value.
Some men step up on failures to great
heights, while others spoil themselves
in one great achievement.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
Not Very Fastidious.
bristol Herald

For years we have heard about the
poor quality of the liquors sold in Yer
mont, but the drinkers still continue
to buy it. Why do they buy it if 1t is
of such poor quality? The new law
has a provision about having liquor
analysed. 1t might be well to have
that provision enforced.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
Been Converted.
[Rrattleboro Phoenix. ]

[Brattleborc Phoenixl
March 10. 1903.) Spring is beautiful
when 1t gets here. but don't spring it
too soon. November 20, 1903) When
the flowers bloom in the spring OF
1904 etc, etc.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
Money Makes the Mare Go.


TUT TIT ? VS7II It &C T T NEs'sI
Vermont's supreme court does not
work fast enough to suit certain poll
ticians; but it is to be remembered that
our judges do not receive the salaries
of rapid transit commissioners.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04
BRATTLEBORO BUSINESS DIRECTOR

GEO. H. GoRHAM NJ. D., whitney block.
" Main Street, BrattleboTo. Practice limited
to the diseases Of the Eye Ear, Throat ana
Nose. Ofice hours o. 20 TO II, / To p. M, Tues
days and Fridays only. Remainder OF week at
Relows Falls istf
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-22
Mr.. MONDELL WANTS IT
Guardianship of the Irrigation
Committee Is Vacant Since
tongues Death.
Especial to The Herald

Washington. Jan. Y.-There is an inter-
eSting fight in progress in the house over
the craftsmanship of the irrigation COM
m1ttee- made vacant by the death of
Representative Tongue. Reeder o. kan
Sas Is the ranking member and in the
natural course of things entitled to the
place. but he already holds the chair
manship of the mileage committee which
TACT somewhat qualities his chances for
securing the irrigation committee. Rep
reSentative Mondell of wyoming the
next ranking member, is under consid-
Grafton for the chairmanShip and is re-
as the best adapted, man in the house for
the place He had active charge OF the
irrigation bill when under consideration
in the house and has been designated by
President Roosevelt as the father of
the irrigation law
Reeder has been very active for the
past week securing endorsements for the
irrigation craftsmanship, both from house
members and from others of influence.
but Mondell. recognizing Reeder's rank
ing position, has made no active canvass
So far Speaker Henderson has given no
Significance of his intention to fill the
vacancy at this session, and il is now
believed he viii make no appointment
that MOndell would be selected by
Speaker Cullom when the next congress
organizes.
Senator Willard today presented a
large number of petitions from Nebraska
ranchmen. praying for the enactment OF
an experimental leasing law applicable
10 Nebraska and intended to demonstrate
the Dracticdbility of grazing land leasing
IN the west.