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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20
OF FREE LIBRARY BENEFITS.
Article in Town Meeting Warrant for Amend
ment Of Ordinance Benefits Resulting From
This Change,

One of the things to come up at the
approaching town meeting is the pro-
posal to allow use of the Brooks library
to individuals in adjoining towns, up
on payment of suitable fee. The
question is referred to the voters of the
town by the library trustees, as the
latter have no discretion in the matter.
The ordinance of 1882, under which
they administer the library, grants its
use to male and female inhabitants of
Brattleboro over IA years old, upon
proper certificate of recommendation.
There are occasional applications for
use of the library from people living
outside the town, and an arrangement
can be made by which their desire
may be gratified without expense to
the town, or probable inconvenience
annual appropriation for the library is
less than one dollar per poll Ii has
been suggested that the fee to people
living outside the town be 81 year.
This money invested in books would
put more new books at the disposal of
Brattleboro readers than under the
present plan. 1t is not probable that
large number of people in adjoining
towns would take out books under the
proposed plan, but there are some
young men and women ON the hills
about US who are trying to fit them
selves for teaching, or professional life,
and are unable to get hold of the
books they need. There are teachers
in the country schools and ministers in
the country churches who want access
to the more solid and least used books
in our library. The experiment of
permitting them to draw books under
the proposed plan will cost the library
if few apply for books. 1t
will be rather a profit than a loss if
many make use of the opportunity Of
fered. Should it result in poorer service
to the local readers for whom the library
exists, the privilege can be withdrawn.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20
Please cast two votes for
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian Science services in Market
block Sunday at 10 40 a. m. Subject,
Christ Jesus" Sunday school at IL
m. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at
7 80 p. m. Reading room open Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday from to
5 p. M. All are welcome.
First Baptist church, George B,
Lawson, minister Morning worship,
1870. Subject of the sermon, 1.-The
Mission of the Church. Bible school,
IL m. Christian Endeavor, 6. Even
ing worship, 7. Subject, 1.-THE Sec
ond Tematation of Jesus. "
Unitarian church, Rev. f. Q. S. Os-
good, pastor. Service every Sunday at
80. Sunday school at II :45. Theme
for next Sunday: National Right
eousness. In place of the usual Of
fering the annual contribution for the
Sunday school will be received. All are
welcome
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20
J. GREAT VOTING CONTEST
FOR THE REF0RMERs QUAKER RANGE
PRIZES NOW GOING ON.
Much Enthusiasm and Energy Being Shown
How the Votes Are Coming Invest Dover
Way Ahead Names and Figures Showing
the Result to Date

Way Ahead-Names and Figures Showing
the Result to Date.
During the past week great change
has come over the situation in the Re-
formers Great Quaker Range Voting
Contest. Some of the contestants,
presumably the hustlers to whom we
have alluded before, have been put
ting in lot of work with result
most promising to themselves and graf
flying to us. The figures below will
show who these prospective winners
are. 1t is not too late, however, at
this stage of the contest, for any one
of the contestants to start in and win.
little activity, the prestige of the
very best paper in this field, few new
subscribers, the cooperation of a
few old subscribers and advertisers
and presto! The things done-the
range won! It's worth trying. Two
of the contestants have dropped out of
district No. l, thus leaving big and
clearer field for the other two workers.
Mrs. Mann of West Dover, bears off the
palm this week. She has certainly done
well and her record is proud one.
The figures, up to date, are as follows:
DISTRICT MOI.
Mrs. W. A. Belden, Brattleboro. ......... 1l16
Mrs. A. Trendell Brattleboro. ........... 620
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Vernon Union Church Society ............ 1853
Mrs. Emma 8. Bigelow, Mortified ..... 200
Mrs. R. G. Haynes, Guilford ............. 100
Mrs. E. Alexander, Mortified. ............ 1889
Mrs. A. N. Stratton. Bernardston ........ 100
DISTRICT. NO. 5.
Mrs. D. d. Dutton, Newfane. ............ 1900 |
Mrs. c. E. Mann, West Dover. ........... 2700
Mrs. H. z. Putnam. Wardsboro. ......... 900
DISTRICT NO. 8.
Mrs. C. w. Chamberlain, Chesterfield. 400 I
Mrs J. C. Holt, Londonderry ............. 400 |
Miss Helen B. Adams, No. Walpole. ...... 200 |
Mrs F. O. Downs, West Dummerston. 600
Each New Yearly Subscription
entities you to 200 votes.
Each Renewal Subscription |
entities you to 100 votes.
Each Dollar paid US for Advertising
entities you to so votes.
Each Coupon cut from The Reformer H
entities you to votes. |,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20
Directors of the Valley Fair Meet.

The annual meeting of the directors of
the Valley Fair was held in the Brooks
House at II o'clock this morning with
large attendance. The report of Treas
urer j. Gray Estey showed the total
receipts of the year SO, 694. 60; expenses,
50, 600. So; balance, s74 %. The gate
receipts were as follows: First day,
50, 6Ss. 95: second day, 50, 1885, 60. The
balance in the treasury is 81
233 0S. The officers elected were ::
as follows: President, George w.
Pierce; vice presidents, DR.. N. p.
Wood of Mortified, Mass, T. Nelson
Hastings of Walpole, N. ii. : secretary,
c. L. Stickney; treasurer, j. Gray
Estey: auditors, ii. B. Chamberlain,
j. A. Taylor, W. H. Brackett: general
j. A. Taylor: execu-
tive committee, f. L. Houghton of
Putney, III. G. Clark and J. A. Taylor.
The same department superintendent
were elected with these changes: Dali
~, P. S. Eames, o. T. Ware: sheep
and swine, F. A. Sargent, j. G. New
ton; bench show. r. G. Bacon, III. G.
Rice; school exhibit, H. K Whitaker.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20

February 20.
$500
Now gives a choice
from remainder Of Our
finest 22.5O, $500 and
27.50winter garments.
-Four very fine extra
heavy long black Mon
tenacs in the lot.
One elegant blackbox
Monte Carlo, was a
bargain at 40, offered
for first time today for
$500. Another one
cut from IS to 20 to-
day. A Is Silk Mon
te Carlo for IS.
To the lots previous
ly offered at
$1,000, $3.50
$500, 1925,
we today add, both in
Garments and Suits,
some increased attrac-
tons. Wewant tomake
as nearly as possible
entire clearance Of VIM
ter Coats and Suits,
however great the sac
rifice IN prices.
". 4. MAdthBf.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20
THE MEDBRER.
"If the coat tits put IL on"

Night Waterman Hall has had a num-
Der of cases of late where horses have
been left on the streets evenings with
out sufficient covering. This has hap
pened several times on some OF the
coolest nights, and in each instance
the horse has been placed in stable
and the expense thereof charged to the
owner. Its pretty brutal sort OF an
individual who will leave a horse ex.
posed to the cold in this manner, and
dose of his own medicine would be
the best sort of remedy.
II
1t is amusing to the Meddler to note
the narrow -mindedness of some people
in regard to what they consider the tit
sort of an entertainment to attend.
The announcement that the Y. M. O.
A. entertainment committee had Sc
cured Ebert Hubbard to lecture in
place of John Temple Graves was de-
cidedly agreeable to most people in
town, and already there has been a
large demand for seats. One person,
however, visited the association rooms
with a panied expression and said that
he should not attend the lecture on ac-
count of Mr.. Hubbard's personal repu-
tation. 1t is true that Fra Elbertus has
gained notoriety through the advertise
ment of his family troubles in the
newspapers, but this ought not to spoil
his ability as lecturer. This same
person who is going to hear him would
no doubt have stayed away from the
Kniesel quartet concert had he known
that the musicians wet their Threats
on the island before their appearance
here. However their potations seemed
to have no effect on their playing.
The work of the local fire department
at Wednesday mornings fire has been
the subject of no little criticism, and
the varied stories which are told by
those who witnessed the proceedings
would make chapter of interesting
reading. Some say that the engines be-
came stuck in the deep snow and
move while others claim that
the horses on the chemical were green
and would not pull when they reached
the foot of Church street hill. What
ever the matter was it is fact that
service which the department rendered
was far from satisfactory and under
different circumstances might have
caused serious results. In the opinion
Of the Meddler the real trouble lay in
he fact that a large part of the fire.
men returned to the engine house sole |
y because they heard someone say that
he fire was out There ought to be
'ule, if there isn't one already, that
10 member of the department shall
eturn from fire until orders to that
fleet are received from the chief en-
,ineer. A few more occurrences like |
hat of Wednesday morning would be
likely to raise insurance rates in town.
The Meddler. |
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20
Vermont Wheel Club Tournament.

The standing of the class winners in
the final games in pool and billiards is
as follows:
Three ball billiards.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
The M. p. Get. No Paw.

Members of the English parlia-
ment, unlike the members of the
American congress and all the 9TH
er parliaments of the world, serve
without salaries. The labor party's
representatives in parliament and
the Irish party's members are the
only ones who are paid to serve in
the house of commons. They draw
their salaries, not from the govern
ment, but from the funds of their
parties. There are so many able
men willing to serve their country
and their party for the honor of it
that all agitatiOns to secure salaries
for members of commons have
failed. 1t costs the average member
from $4,000 to $4,000 in election ex-
penses to get into commons if his
election is warmly contested by a
candidate from the opposing party.
so that, as rule, the average mem
Der of the house of commons is a man
of fortune.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The researches of the last few years
have furnished US with the lost consti.
tuition of Aristotle, fragments of Sap
pho, Isocrates and Hyperides.
A Baltimore man claims to have the
original death warrant of Charles 1.
of England. 1t is written on thin
parchment, but has the misfortune to
be dated January "a, 1913, while
Charles /. was not beheaded until jan
uary 80, 1649.
Tt is possible that Maxim Gorky
would reply in the affirmative should
anyone ask him: Does literary work
pay?" He was poor as a church mouse
before he began writing, but one of his
recent transactions was the purchase
for $150,000 of fine old estate on the
banks of the Volga river.
Rev. Henry Van Dyke has favorite
story that he tells at dinners, concern
ing a man who was, asked by his wife
why, at dinner, he did not stop drink
ing whisky when he had enough, and
order sarsaparilla? His reply was,
that when he had drank all the whisky
he wanted, he was so drunk that he
couldn't say sarsaparilla.
Israel Zangwill says: There are
three reasons why men of genius have
long hair. One is that they forget it
is growing. The second is that they
like it. The third is that it comes
cheaper. They wear it long for the
same reason that they wear their hats
long. Owing to this popularity of
genius you may get quite a reputa-
ton for lack of 25 cents"
Henry Ward Beecher was exceeding
ly clever at meetingla an insult and turn
ing it to good account. Once he read
to an audience various letters received
by him during the previous week. One
Of these contained the single word,
Fool" "Now," said Beecher, 81 have
known many man to write letter
and then forget to sign it, but never
knew a man to sign letter and then
forget to write it,"
No author of the day has been less
photographed than Joseph Conrad,
who has just published book of sea
stories His publishers, when his book
was about to come ont. having failed to
persuade him to face the camera for a
new picture. hunted high and low
throughout England and America for
some sort of likeness. Finally, in the
files of an old English illustrated mag
azine, some one stumbled upon small
oval head of him, and it is from that
half-tone, enlarged and retouched,
that all pictures of Conrad recently
published have been made.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
A NEW FEMININE MADNESS.
Tue Powder ChamOis Is Much I'm Evil
dence Nowadays in Public
SSLi Places.

In order to make the most of their
time it has come about that many of
the women one meets in the restaur-
ants and hotels, at the theaters, and
in the shops, do lot of primping in
public, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Powder rags, eyebrow pencils, rouge
brushes, are Haunted openly, and wo-
man does not hesitate to put some fin
ishing touches to her toilet, wherever
she happens to be. These finishing
touches, by the way, seem to be needed
every hour or so.
81 have travelled a good DEAL" re-
marked a middle-aged woman the
other day, "and 1 am sure that in no
other part of the world do women keep
face powder in such constant commits
sion. And yet the American woman
doesn't begin to make up so much as
many women of other countries.
''The latter, however, when they do
make up their faces for the day, sell
dom add another touch until evening
anyway, whereas the American gets
out her powder and daubs it on per-
haps dozen times day. Her powder
rag and she are inseparable.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
HE WANTED TRANSPORTATION.
Stranded Am eri cam in the PhiIIuuin cd
Makes Strange Request of
Gen. Chaffee.

Gen. Chaffee tells story about an
itinerant American he met in the Phil
ippines, says a writer in the New York
Times. He was from Texas and was
known as Volcano" Marshall. He had
become STRANDED" in Manila and
asked the general to send him home
on a transport.
Are you in the United States serv-
ice?" asked the general.
Not by blamed sight," was the
explosive reply. 81 am a free-born
American citizen and no COMPOUNDED
satrap."
my orders" said the general, "are
to send back only those who are in the
military or civil service"
Marshall thought moment. Gen
eral, you could send me if you wanted
to-" he ventured, persuasively.
See here, Mr.. Marshall" replied the
general, sternly, eff you were in my
place, and had my orders, and were
in your place, would you give me trans
portation?"
you bet would" returned Mar
shall, quickly, land be darned glad to
get rid of you"
When the general is asked whether
the man got transportation he only
smiles.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
Chased by a King.

Emperor Frederick William of Prus-
STA some times would signify his reiec-
ton of what he considered an absurd
petition by drawing on the margin an
ass head and ears. One day, a baron
of ancient patent having complained
of another baron taking precedence
of him, the king wrote on the petition:
'Mere folly; whether man sits above
or below me, my birth remains the
same" Oftentimes he would ask peo-
pie in the streets who they were, q
popularity which made nervous peo-
pie evade the royal presence. One day
when a man saw the king approaching
he took to his heels and ran, but Fred
erick William pursued him in hot
haste, and when he overlook him
asked: why did you run away from
me?" "From fear" answered the
man whereupon his majesty gave him
a heavy thwack with his cane. and
said that he wished himself to be
loved, not to be feared. Chicago
Daily News. -
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

Malice can always find a mark to
shoot at, and pretense to free.
Simmons.
Don't look for praise; the more
praise you get, the harder the reaction
will be.-Atchison Globe.
Some men are told things merely
because they are sure to repeat them.
Washington Ia.) Democrat.
The happiest life is that which con-
stantly exercises and educates what
is best in us.-Hamerton.
81 doesn't object to a mans self.
esteem" said Uncle Eben, "if he'll hon
es'ly try to live up to it, instid O. jes'
maxim a bluff. "-Washington Star.
what reason have you for thinking
that the defendant was intoxicated? ?"
swell, your honor, when his wife called
me over, l found him in the cellar cut
ting kindling wood with the lawn
mower. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Naggsby-"The newspaper says
Dronesky was given generous applause
after his address," Waggsby-"Yes,
and if you had heard the address you
would appreciate just how generous
the crowd was to applaud at ALL
Baltimore American.
eff it. wasn't for my wife" gr-um4
bled the first mantat the reception.
81 wouldn't be here Neither would
L." replied the other one 1.-THE host
ess is a great friend of my wifes. Is
she a friend of yours?" "No; she's
my wife. ''-Philadelphia Press.
Inaccuracies. you blame me
for being indignant when my remarks
are distorted in the press?" said the
statesman. Its annoying" answered
the interviewer. "But when man
has misquoted every classic author
from Virgil down to Shakespeare, as
you have done, he ought not to COM
plain because his casual stat ements are
not Transcribed verbatim. "-Washing-
ton Star.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
VIBRATIONS OF SQUIRRELS.
The Little Climbers Travel in Large
Bodies and Are Not easily
Turned Aside.

The remarkable migrations per-
formed at times by squirrels consti
tute a most interesting feature in
their history, says a writer in For
est and Stream. They congregate
in the autumn in immense numbers
and move off in the same general di-
rection, not turning aside for the
averse to water. DR.. John A. Kenni-
colt relates that during one of these
migratiOns innumerable squirrels
swan across the Niagara near Buff
falo, N. Y, landing so exhausted as
to be easily taken by hand or
knocked down with sticks. Mr.. Ken
nicotV has the following notes in re-
gard to these migrations:
"The reason for these migrations is
not satisfactorily explained. That
they are caused by the want of food
is hardly probable, as the squirrels
are found to be fat at the time and
as often leave localities Astounding
with food as otherwise. After one
of these grand migratiOns, very few
of the species are found in the To-
calities from which they have moved,
and these, as if alarmed at the I'M
usual solitude, are silent and shy.
They rapidly increase in numbers,
however, and in few years they are
as abundant as before. l am not
aware that they ever migrate ex-
cept when exceedingly abundant. OF
these immense hordes but few sur
vive. No sudden increase in their
numbers was heard of in southern
Wisconsin after the several migra-
tiOns from northern Illinois. Many
are drowned in attempting to cross
streams; not a few are destroyed by
man; some die from utter exhaus-
tion and when forced to travel in an
unnatural manner, upon the ground,
they fall an easy prey to rapacious
birds and mammals, all of which
feast when the squirrels migrate.
~ learn from DR.. Hoy that one
of these migrations is said to have
taken place in 1912; he witnessed an
other in 1847 and third in 1852. He
further says that the migrations OBJ
served by him in southern Wisconsin
occurred when the mast was exceed
ingly abundant and the squirrels in
good condition. Near Racine they
were observed passing southwark in
very large numbers for about two
weeks, at the end of September and
the beginning of October, and it was
a month before all had passed They
moved along rather leisurely, stop
ping to feed in the fields, and upon
the abundant nuts and acorns of the
Forests. So far had they departed
from their accustomed habits that
they were seen on the prairie, four
or five miles from any timber; but
even there, as usual, they disliked
to travel on the ground and ran along
fences wherever it was possible''
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
Vet Men Drink 1t.

A molecule of alcohol is composed of
two atoms of carbon, six of hydrogen
and one of oxygen; so synthetical al
cohol is obtained by uniting these
atoms accordingly. For a long time
it has been known that by direct COM
bination of carbon and hydrogen in the
electric arc, acetylene can be obtained.
Sufficient hydrogen must be added to
the acetylene to produce ethylene, a
constituent of illuminating gas. In
combining water with the ethylene al
cohol is obtained. Thus, alcoholis pro-
duced in France without the employ
ment Of vegetable matter.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
Bacon in His steamer Trunk.

"What do you think of shipping a
couple of sides of bacon to Germany
in a steamer trunk?" asked a grocer
GA customer whose people live in the
fatherland came in here the other day
and bought two sides of meat and
gave us particular orders to have
them carefully done up, as he wanted
to put them in his steamer trunk He
said his old folks liked American
bacon, and that he always took a
couple of sides as present to his
people, who live in one of the villages
just back of the Rhine. have made
shipments of all sorts to European
countries, but I never had another
such order as that."-N. Y. Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26

Certain substances which are dead
in their effects upon men can be taxi
en- by the brute creation with inn
punity. Horses cantake large doses
Of antimony, dogs of mercury, goats
of tobacco, mice of hemlock and rab-
bits of belladonna, without injury. On
the other hand, dogs and cats are
much more susceptible to the infu-
ence of chloroform than man, and
are much sooner killed by it.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26
A SCARE AT SEA.
Little Thing Threw the Passengers
OF AN Ocean Liner Into
Panic.

Strange, what a little thing will
throw people into a panic, especially
at sea-" said an old traveller to a
group of friends the other day.
Last November 1 crossed from Liv-
Rerpool to New York on the Oceanic.
We had beastly weather from the
time we left Queenstown-heavyh head
seas, gales and snow and hail. The
decks were not to be thought of I'M
der the conditions, as the seas would
come tumbling over the bows, send
ing the spray clear over the lofty
stacks.
1T was just coming dusk, of the
fourth day out, when suddenly the
familiar jar and clank of the great
engines suddenly ceased, and for a
moment everything was still through
out the ship, except for the straining
and squeaking caused by her violent
pitching. Then the passengers COM
menced to pour from their state
rooms, and through the saloons to
the deck, with the gallant men of the
smoking room in the lead.
There they stood, palefaced and
holding on to the rails, asking each
other what was the matter, all the
while getting drenched with the fly
ing spray. The ship fell off in the
trough of the sea, while the excited
passengers appealed vainly to stew
ards and officers for information and
advanced all sorts of theories to each
other. In about ten minutes the en-
gines started up again. When we
were once more under way the ex-
PLANTATION was sent round that Capt
Cameron was afraid the donkey en-
gines way up in the bows would
freeze, and to prevent this he ordered
them started up. 1t was necessary
to oil these engines before starting
them. AS no one could live up in the
bows the way the water was coming
over. the ship was stopped while the
engines were being oiled.
That was all, but as evidence of
the strain the passengers had been
under for those few minutes, you
should have seen the men rush to the
bar for bracers. Stewards were kept
racing between the bar and state
rooms with cocktails, brandy-and-
, sodas, and other nerve quieters for
hours. confess l had couple my
self"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-26

To make this complete sale Il
cut the prices on my