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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Richmond, Va, Oct %, 1908.
4
CATTLE MARKETS.
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(sulcs at Union Stock Yards.)
Richmond. Va, Oct. 20, II

Richmond. Va, Oct. 20, 1908.
Receipts for week ending to-day:
CATTLE-Re ceipts, 40 head market steady.
Best steers. 4kMIAc.; medium to good, SHG
rs, common to fair, 2HGSAc.; good heifers,
70 a 2sau cows ss sSaa S%is S?%ao
calves. 5l2M61ac.: fresh cows. sos. GA5.
II, n9G s. 2'11 head market active i've
SHEEP AND LAMBs--Receipts, sol head;
market hrm, Best sheep ak94 DC; common,
5d54ic; common to fair, 4G41sc.
Everything sold and prospect favorable for
next weeks market
5000 head. Steers active, but loMl5c. lower;
bnlls. steady; cows, SLOW 70 l5c. lower - Steers,
Calves Receipts, lao head. Market &c high.
er on light supply; about all sold veals, $3.50
ave- e no 1 Civ dressed
veals. sd Sc. per pound; country dressed, .5g
lie, Sheep and Lambs, Receipts. 1880 head.
higher; nearly all sold. Sheep, 81 25dls.75; few
wethers. 81; lambs S5d5.n6; one cur at SO;
n. Ssnd annh, st1s
and PENNSYLVANIA hogs, S0.l5M6,2o; choice State
pigs, 5000.
CHICAGO, I'LL. Oct, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
$4,000 head including 500 Texas and 5000
Western, Market 1oal5c. lower Good to
a 4 Suckers and feeders, s2,25@Alo; cows
and heifers, 81. 85Gl5 90; camera, $10.S5Ml0.50:
bulls, s2,ooG 40; calves. s2oo@6- 70: Texas'ied
Hogs-Ilcceipts to-day, 5000 bead; estimated
for tomorrow, 10, 600 head, Market mostly loc.
higher. Mixed and butchers, s5.5o@5,s5 good
So LOGS 40; light, s5.a5G5s5; hulk OF sales
IS, 40G570. shaep--Ieceipts, $4,000 head
sheep steady to weak; lambs, s. STEADY nu to
fair 10 choice mixed, s2da,ooi native lambs,
So, 25M5.75.
CINCINNATI. O.; Oct, ae-Hogs-.5strong at
$OOd525 Cattle--Steady at s2,00@460
Sheep-Dull at $l.75G3,25. Iambs-Steady at
NJ 7b1
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for pt. La Masuri r.

II la probable that whom General Charles
T. Anderson resigns II S seat IN the Coun-
ell I. ON Madison Ward. to accept ore in
the House of Delegates. Captain Robe
lie Masurler will lie elected to succe, d
him.
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coTToSsrED orr MARKE'

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Cottonseed oil was
uue, and barely steady and with spot entirely
nominal Prime crude.l +. o. b. mills, 2sGa1c.;
prime summer yellow, SS@3oc. spot. October.
37@371:c.; of summer yellow 35NS7c.; prime
white 44c; prime winter yellow, dc
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81 ard of Agricu ture.

The state Board OF Agriculture will
meet at the Library bui.di & at noon
tomorrow. The sess on WI be regular
one, and only routine business VIII come
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Cash quota tiou. were az iollnws--f1.Ol'K.
Steady. No. 8 spring wheat. 7oGs4c.; No. 2red
s2hGS4c. No. . corn. 44hc.; No. 2 yellow
44IG4ekc. No. 2 oats, 3s@c.: No. 3 white,
CSC. No. rye, 56lsc. Fair to choice mailing
barley, 47G56c. No. naxseed. Ole; No.
Mess pork, per barrel, sll.S0Gl1.35: lard, per
100 pounds. s6.55G 6.57a short ribs sides
(loosel. s7ooQ7.5 dry sailed shoulders tbox-
Whisky. basis OF high wines, Sl.25 Clover.
contract grade. s10.65@l0.76. Butter-Steady;
creameries, 151aG21c.; diaries. 14@lsAe:
Eggs-Seady at mark included, 1Sl5@
1916. Cheese-Steady at 10ls@l lie. Receipts
Wheat. 76soo bushels; corn, 4a3. 100 bushels;
oats, 42O,50O bushels; hogs 5000 head
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BALTIMORE. MD. Oct. 26-FLOUR-Firm:
winter patent. s4.25@4.4O spring patent, 81. 65
G4.oO. whcat-Dull, spot. contract, s5k@
s5Sc.; spot No. 2 red. western. SCI Gs61ac.;
the month. So y @S5Hc.: southern by sample.
75ms6c. Corn--Dull and lower; spot, 5o@5osc.;
the month, 5o1sc.; southern white corn, 5oM5lc.
Oats-Qulet; No. white, d2Gi2.c. Rye
changed; fancy Imitation, 17@lcS.; fancy cream
cry. 22@ eac.; fancy ludle. l6G1Ic. Eggs-Firm;
er and higher1s fresh. CSC. Cheese-Easy ana
unchanged large, 12hc.; small, l+Ac. Sugar.
Steady and unchanged; coarse granuated and
fine
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r ypewrlters- al! X inds

All standard uekes sold e.chansed repaired and
ers' prcesi Duu buy until you get samples OF Trting
sdyf1 e
E.,,A lis- Twsiys-Six Main, ReAm9nd, Va
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r.. 6. refundlnr es. registered .......... 1oTE
C. s. refundiuc Is. coupon 107G
U. S. SIS, registered ..................... losH
u. s. IS. coupon Observation-Disclosures. 100
u. S. eNw As, registered ............... 1874
u. S. New As, coupon. .................. 1851
L. S. Old As, registered. .............. 111A
u S. Old as coupon ................. 111L
u S. rs. registered. Observation-Disclosures. 1914
II s. IS. coupon Observation-Disclosures. lo2ii
Atchison general As Observation-Disclosures. 1o0a
Atlantic Coast Line As. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. oo,s
Baltimore and Ohio 4s................ 1ooh
Baltimore and Ohio 32s.............. 9G!2
Central of Georgia IS ................. 1864
Chesapeake and Ohio 4iSs.............. 1o1a
Chicago and Alton sl5s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IAN
Chicago B. and Quincy new 4s... %
Chicago NJ. and St Paul gen. 4s...... 100
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NEW ORLEANS( La, Oct 26.--CO1ToN-.
Spot cotton strong and higher under the infilI'
ence of better Liverpool aud Manchester advices;
the Improvement in New York and the decided
advance In futures. Sales l1.2nO bales, iuclud'
ing 5000 to arrive. Quota tons advanced t!c.
In response to the sensational advance in Llv.
erpool and the bulge in New York futures opened
lOOal9 points higher than saturdays CLOSING.
Nervous shorts covered at heavy losses while
the bulls took on additional csrgo. One or the
features OF the morning was the quiet. but
heavy bidding OF prominent longs. There was
no spectacular bidding, but heavy traders on the
long side took every thing offered through brok'
ers The effect Of the news from the Engllsn
market telling OF advance of 10 points IN
spots and from 1919 points In futures and or
prediction OF frost. was evidently considered
sufficient for the time being by the bulls While
many shorts covered, other shorts went shorter
at near the top prices OF the day evidently con-
sidcring that q reaction would follow INC pres.
ent advance During the forenoon October sold
up TO lOO November, 8.0o December, 1000;
January 1905; February, 10.ll; March, lo2l
April, 1926 May, 1888; June. JOBS, and July
1899. 49,,
Later in the day October lost II points and the
balance OF the list 56Is points, the board at the
close showing net gains of l3M"l points.
Cotton futures steady: October. 9oo9 1901 !;
November o,a4G0,96; December. a,N5Mo8o: Jan
nary $500 900; February, loO6mlOVJ; March,
lOi4Glol5; April, lo.22; May, lo2a@ lo'-o;
MAY 10 2ST 0.2G.
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago and Northwestern con. 7s........ 1917
Chicago r. l. and Pac. 4s..,.....,... 70
Chicago, r. l. and Pac col. 5s......... 1915
G., G., C. and ST. Louis gen. "a ....... 263t
Chicago Terminal s,................. 73
Consolidated Tobacco 4s............... 55is
Colorado and Southern 4s................ S6l5
Denver and Rio Grande 4s.............. oOl5
Erie prior line As OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 0S T.
Erie General 4s ..............,..-.... 81
Fort Worth and Denver City lists. 106M
Hooking Valley 4lss 1904
Louisville and NASHVILLE Unified 4s...... 0Sa4
Manhattan consol gold 4s............. 100
Neyicon Central 4s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II
Mexican Central 1st Inc................ 1871
MINI. and st. Louis as .................. 0S
Missouri Kan md Texas Is..,,,...,,.. 0S
Missouri Kan. and Texas 2ds............ 76h
National Il. Il. of Mexico con. 4s......... 70
Now York Central gen Shs.,,.,. 100
Now dorsey Central gen 5s.,..,..... 1904
Northern Pacific As OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1924
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Spot cotton closed steady. IS points hlSher;
middlinS uplands. 10. 10; middlng gulf, 1910;
sales, 1000 bales.
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Best American Granu.
lated Sugar, lb. 42c.
Cardova or Lion Coffee
0Wu VO1

3 pounds California Peaches for. 2oc,
Virginia Comb Honey, pound. .15e.
Pure Cider Vinegar, gallon. ......... zoe.
Mixed Spices, for picking, pound. 2oc
New Virginia Buekwheat lbs. for. Csc.
Oyster Crackers and Dust, pound. &c.
Small California Hams, pound....... &c.
2 pounds New HomIny and GrIts for. SC.
Malta Vita, package ...............12 c.
Large Juicy Lemons, dozen. 12c
Best City Meal, per peck. .1sc.
or, bushel ................... .7oc
Large New Irish Potatoes, peck. .22c.
Best Cream Cheese, pound. ..........1 5c-
Canned Tomatoes, per ean............6 &c.
Mothers Oats, package &c.
Good Lard, pound, &c; or 8 lbs. for. Csc.
Whole Sweet Pickles, quart. .1oe
Gibson, xxx, Mt. Vernon, Oscar
PEPPER old Brands Whisky, bottle. .75e.
3.pound lars Home. Made Preserves. .1sc.
Blackberry or catawba Vino, quart 12c.
EnamelIne stove Polish, box. ........ de-
Salt Pork, per pound. 10
Pound cars Clipped eeef...........1sa
Now Clipped Herrnes, per dozen.. 1oc.
Good Green or Mixed Tea, pound. .3oc
8 cans Potted Tongue and Ham for. .1oc.
Canned Sugar Corn .................8 Sc.
or, 4 cans Soc
Dutfy's Malt Whisky, per bottle. .soc
S. uLLMAN'S SON
Downtown Stores, 1s2o-1s22 East Main
lar.
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Cottonh steady: middlins, 1o.45; net receipts,
80 bales; gross. 1865 bales; sales, 1000 bales;
stock, S,i68 bales.
Total today at all seaports-eNt receipts,
70,535 bales; export TO Great Britain, a3u1s
bales; to the Continent. 14.377 bales; 10 Mexico,
so bales stock, 542, 400 bales
Consolidated at all seaportsnSet receipts S t,;
bales; to the Continent 90, SOC bales TO Japan,
1900 bales.
Total since September LIST at all seaports--eSt
receipts l06Sl bales; export to Great britain
ga bales; to France. 45G,s23 bales; to the Con-
rinent l50s20 bales.
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S. ULLMAN'S SON

Downtown Stores, 1s2o-1s22 East Main
Street. Uptown Store, sos East Mar
shall Street.
Phones at our two Stores.
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Ask nearest ticket agent for further
information and descriptive literature.
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= 3 :$ Ks So y $ ss sass 81 $ss
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CINCINNATI, o.. Oct. 26,--Hogs--Strong at
81 0Od595 Cattle--Steady at s2.00@4.50.
sheep--Dull at $l.75GS25. LAmbs-steady at
O3. 75Gf 535,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
Justice Brewer on Lynching.

Perhaps the opinion of Associate JUS
tice David Brewer of the supreme court
of the United States on the subject of
lynching may have some weight with
those who, contrary to both reason and
policy, are unfolding the terrible Gus
tom which is growing and spreading in
this country of melting out torture and
death without trial to criminal offend
ers. Justice Brewer speaks plainly and
to the point; and his words are worth
consideration. He says:
Every man who participates in the
lynching or the burning of a negro is
a murderer pure and simple. OF course
there may be excavations which might
vary the degree of the crime, but the
principal participants in the crime can
be held by any court in the land for
murder in the same degree as if the
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
Yermonter Versus New Yorker.

1t was a Vermonter who raised the
Rutland railroad into some prospect OF
becoming a link in a trunk line sys-
TEN, and a New Yorker of Vanderbilt
connections who has let it fall back
again into the position of a local prop
erty. Possibly, however, this was its
immediate destiny in any case. Per
cival W. Clement at least made the
trunk line prospect look bright enough
to make possible the sale of his con
trolling interest at good figure, and
it was neither widow nor an orphan
who got the other end of the bargain.
Rutland preferred stock had then come
to pay 4 per cent. dividends, and was
selling as high as l25 for brief time.
DR.. Webb obtained control by buying
some 40, 900 shares at from ITO to 217.
The stock has now fallen into the non
dividend-paying class, and sells under
so, while DR.. Webb is in Europe try
ing to recover his health. Even as an
investment looking to the governorship
of Vermont, it cannot be regarded as
particularly fortunate, and in any other
light it is proving painful to somebody
Springfield Republican.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
The Medicine We Need.

Suicide statistics recently collected
by Professor Bailey Of Yale college are
significant not only in the frequency
of the suicides shown, but in their
chief causes. Without reviewing fig
ures, it may be said that most of these
cases occur between the ages of 30 and
40 years and are due to dependency
caused by business losses and i'll
health, largely superinduced, of course,
by the use of stimulants and drugs.
1t is easy to trace the cause of this
dependency to the tense and artificial
manner in which we live. In our pros
perity and in the development of mind
and science we have acquired innu-
merable needs. Filling these needs is
hard and growing tax on the physical
man, who was created simple creature
with few needs.
Now that the hot midsummer is upon
US, the pace that we have set for our
selves will be all the more difficult to
maintain. There will be breathless
mornings when even our joys and am
billions will mock at US with hideous
faces. Then we may know that it is
high time for US to step aside for
while, out of the running.
And there is strong, sweet, sure
medicine at hand if we will but take it.
On the sands of the seashore with the
voice of the ocean at our ears: beneath
great pines in the heart of the woods,
or in any of the large solitudes of ma
ture, how the artificialities of life slip
away and how the mind rests on the
first great inspiring thoughts of Gre
ation-the thoughts that need no analy
sis or classification but are tranquil
izing part of the universe and Of us.
There would be different reading of
suicide statistics if we would only take
our troubles sooner and oftener to our
kind old Mother Nature.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
Financial Statement of State Treasurer.

The state treasurer's financial state
ment for the year ending June 80, 1903,
has been issued. Some items of state
income are as follows: Collateral in
heritance tax, 500, 440. 10; liquor license
fees Estates share of half, $50, S72. :
80; board of pharmacy fees, SS15 /:
seine fishing license fees, $685. circus
license fees, 81, 200. The total receipts
from all sources amounted to 81, COL, =
POI. 30 and the total disbursements to
81, 212, 7S1. 10, leaving cash on hand,
s33SS, 426 10. The last session of the
Legislature cost the state S67, 3S4. 60
and the various state institutions used
the following amounts: Insane asy
lums, 500, 215. 60; state prison, SIG, 200 !:
House of Correction, $40, 500: Indus
trial school, $4,000. On temporary
loans, interest was paid to the amount
of 81, 1885, II.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
KILLS CATARRH MICROBES.
hyomei Destroys Disease Germs
and Makes Remark able Cures.

Breathe Hyomei for a few minutes
four times a day, through the neat
pocket inhaler that comes with every
outfit, and benefit will be seen at
once. Continue this treatment for a
short time, and your catarrh will have
been cured by Hyomei.
There is no roundabout way in Hy-
omei's medicinal action: it does not
try to cure disease of the head bv
putting medicine in the stomach. 1t
fills the air you breathe with balsamic
healing, that soothes the irritated and
smarting membrane, destroys the mi
crobes of catarrh that are present in
the head and throat, and is the only
treatment that can be relied upon to
cure catarrh.
When using Hyomei the air YOU
breathe will be like that on the noun.
tains high above the sea level. filled
with volatile. antiseptic fragrance that
heals and cures the irritated mucous
membrane of the air passages.
Since George E. Greene introduced
Hyomei in Brattleboro with every paclS-
age he has sold he has given his per.
sonal guarantee to refund the money If
it did not cure. Although he has sold
hundreds of packages, only two have
been returned. This offer is still in
force, and Hyomei will be absolutely
free TO anyone unless it cures catarrb
In the treatment of deafness. which
is often the result of catarrh. Hyomei
acts almost Immediately upon the in
fiamed membranes, and hearing he
gins to return at once.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
The Annual Waste From Forest Fires.

Forest fires in the United States de-
stroy annually at least fifty million dol
lars worth of timber, buildings, and
other property. This is a conservative
estimate, based on the opinions of per-
sons who have given the subject long
and close attention. This estimate,
large as the figures are, takes no ac-
count of the indirect, and often the
more serious, losses resulting from for
est fires, which are, by their
very nature, not easily reduced to
terms of dollars. Among these results
may be counted the destruction of
young trees which must furnish the
timber supply of the future, and the
destruction of the forest floor, which
has been centuries in forming, with a
resulting liability to periodic floods
and reduction of the water supply Ell
ther for cities use, for power, or for
irrigation, for forest soil, with its
spoDgy composition. holds moisture in
suspension and gives it off gradually.
Other losses, intermediate between the
far-reaching and the immediate, follow
from the fact that even where forest re-
generation takes place after fire, the
new growth is, in many cases, of infe-
rior scrub species, or weed" trees :
and there is great industrial loss in
future products, wages, or to the tour
list and hotel business, which in Maine
and the Adirondacks is no small item.
H. NJ. Suter, in the Am. Monthly
Reviewed. Reviews.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17

In the matter of freaks. nobody can
beat Vermont out on strikes. In a
Barre shop recently the men struck be-
cause member Of the firm did some
work for himself without first taking
the precaution Of joining the union.
The next strike recorded was one on the
9th Of the month, while the employer
was making out the pay checks. The
men struck because the union forbade
their working after the 9th without
their pay. And yet some question the
arrival of the new Vermont! Why, even
the strikes of to-day are original!
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
Altar the Eourth of IulY.

We put him to bed in his little nightgown,
The worst battered youngster there was in
the town;
Yet he said, as he opened his only whole
eye,
- Rah, 'rah, for the jolly old Fourth of july
Two thumbs and eight fingers with lint were
tied up,
On his head was bump like an upside-down
cup;
And his mouth was distorted. his nose all
awry
From the joys of the glorious Fourth Of July.
We were glad; he had started abroad with
the sun,
All day he had lived in the powder and fun,
While the boom of the cannon roared up to
the sky,
To salute Young Americas Fourth of July.
l said we were glad all the pieces were
there,
As we plastered and bound them with ten
derest care;
But out of the wreck came the words, with
sigh,
81 wish at tomorrow was Fourth of July"
He will grow all together again. never fear.
And be ready to celebrate freedom next year !;
Meanwh lille. all his friends are most thankful
there lies
A crackerless twelvemonth 'twixt Fourth of
Julys.
We kissed him goodnight on his powder
specked face.
We laid his bruised hands softly down in
their place,
And he murmured. as sleep closed his one
open eye,
Il visit ever day wuz the Fourth of July"
-Selecfed
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
THE Hit Bird Flutters,"

The Brattleboro, VT, Reformer has
awakened to the discovery that the ex-
odus" of American farmers to the Ca
madam northwest is quite likely to
bring sorrow and disappointment to the
exodusters. Does the Refor-
mer suppose that the Americans who
have emigrated to the Canadian north
west have gone in there blindfold?
Does it imagine that before they pulled
up stakes in the land of floods and cy-
clones they did not fully calculate all
the chances they were taking? Let our
contemporary rest easy. The American
farmers who are moving into Canada
fully understand what they are doing.
They are going to more prolific coun-
try than they are leaving and where eli
matte disturbances are less acute than
they are Oh the southern side of the in
ternational line The fears of the Re-
former would be amusing if they were
not ridiculous. We must remember,
however, that the paper is printed I'M
der the shadow of lunatic asylum. -
st. Johns, Que, News.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17

The st. Johns, Que, News jumps up
into the air, so to speak, in frantic
attempt to answer our editorial on the
exodus of American farmers to the
northwest, which evidently touched the
News in tender spot. The extent of
the News knowledge about America
seems to be limited to the fact that
there is "lunatic asylum" in Brattle-
boro, and the uneven temper of its ut
terances indicates that the writer left
the Retreat before permanent cure
was effected.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17

The plant of the Standard Butterine
company, at Langdon, d. c., was re-
Gently sold for ST., 900 by the receiver
to syndicate of old stockholders. The
stock of the old company was $500, 600,
of which $780, 900 was expended in
erecting the present building. The
business was extinguished by the pas
sage of the Interchangeable law Of
May, 1902. There is something defiant
in this purchase and reorganization
with view of carrying on the business
within sight of the capitol dome.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
A New Way to Celebrate Independence.

1t was fitting that the largest Grand
Army post in the stats should inau-
gurate a new way to celebrate Inde-
pendence day. Chamberlin posts OBJ
servance Of the day, which is fully
chronicled in our news columns, is
likely to be repeated each year and il
other posts take it up the day may fin
ally become as significant for its pa
triotic lesson and oratory as Memorial
day. The cannon and the fire cracker
are all right as a starter, but young
America needs something else to re-
member the lessons of the day. St
Johnsbury Republican.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
Government Gets Headstones Cheaper Now.

The investigation of the War depart
ment contracts will not bring Senator
Proctor's marble company under re-
view, it seems, SO Vermont is not yet
dragged into the scandal. Senator Proc
tor is chief owner of the Vermont Mar
BILE company, which for several years
has had the contract for supplying the
War department with headstones for
soldiers graves.
1t is held by the officials that the
law plainly permits member of Con-
gress to hold stock in an incorporated
company that may have contracts with
the government, and that Senator Proc
tors connection with the headstone
contract is not violation of the law.
This gear the senator's company was
beaten in competition with other bid
ders and it is estimated that the gov
eminent will pay $40, coo less for head
stones this year than it did last year.
Woodstock Age.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17

In view of the fact that so many cases
of lockjaw follow the toy pistol method
of celebrating the Fourth of July, it
would seem that the old speech and
banquet way, revived most acceptably
by the Grand Army post at st. Johns
bury this year, is not only larger and
more dignified expression of the mean
ing of the day but UNNECESSARILY safer.
Noise and enthusiasm are all right,
but suffering and death are not wanted
on the program Of the glorious Fourth.