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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30
A Card.

we wish to express our deep apprecia-
ton and our sincere thanks to the many
friends who by acts and words have ex-
pressed their sympathy to us in our re-
cent bereavement.
MIR. AND MRS. A. F. BOYNTON,
MISS HATTIE BRONSON,
WALTER l.. BOYNTON
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30

ReN. Samuel Tucker of Gumpoint. o.,
has filed a marriage certificate in which
1t is stated that the bridegroom is IOl
years, l month old, and the bride is 80
years old For the bridegroom, Jerre
Bosarth OF Kenners Brook, II was the
sixth matrimonial venture, and the fourth
for the bride Mrs Julia Ann Jenkins
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30
MAN WITH A PAST.
Frank Kenyon, Now in the House Of Cor
reetion. Cut Figures in Newfane and
Then Disappeared.

men Disappeared
Frank Kenyon. a man with a past In
Newfane is now in the house OF cOrrec-
ton at Rutland. having been committed
there from the Rutland county jail Oct.
goth by Deputy Sheriff @. Z. Phalen Of
East Wallingford. on Justices body
writ. charging him with receiving 5000
from one Emma Shepard, in "A iiduciary
capacity. a hearing Of the case Is set
for Nov. 9 at H. II. Browns store in
West Rutland. The writ was issued by
w X. Farnsworth. justice Of the peace.
in Rutland.
Kenyon came to Newfane and settled
on the so-callcd John Eddy farm He was
accompanied by "a woman who afterward
ostenSiby his wife. but who afterward
proved to be Mrs Harriet T. Blaisdell.
After time she and Kenyon separated,
and there was some questioning as to
whether he did not obtain some of her
money. He then married Mrs Quinn
Of Newfaue, who IN he deserted in No
vember. 1900. At that time he skipped
out taking a team which he had bought
of Liveryman II. r. Brown in Brattle-
boro and upon which Mr.. Brown held a
mortgage. Since his disappearance from
Newfane Mrs. Kenyon Quinn has died
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30

Again this week
we add largely to
our assortment Of
Women's Tailored
Suits & Garments,
and our line Of
c h IL d e n S and
Misses Coats. It
W i'll abundantly
pay buyers to see
our present great
variety.
October Both.

IN nlgn-grade distinct
i've n owe ii S, both in
Suits and Coats, we now
have more very swell"
things than you will ex.
pect to find in any one
stock, and these we han
die at a closer margin Of
profit than is sometimes
the case in the large city
stores that sell these eX-
elusive novelties.
In more staple styles
of medium cost we have
the most fashion approved
shapes and fabrics at as
reasonable cost as they
can be sold anywhere.
Just now the assortment
of sizes is as nearly CON-
plete as we ever get it.
For large women who
need "out sizes" we TO-
day have AZ, "a, and 46
bust IN handsome black
suits at SIS, $3.50, S2O
$3.50 and $22. In sizes
40 and below our range
of prices goes both above
and below--say SIS 10
$50 in some cases. We
carried from last season
few summer weight Jack
cts and Suits and a few
warm, heavy Winter Gar
ments--t these, if you want
them, will be sold much
below value.
You are invited to ask
to see Special Bargains in
every one of our various
departments.
New bridge now
open.
N. |. HAWLEY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30
THE PHOENIX FOR 1904.

The Phoenix will be sent to new sub
scrlbers from Nov. list till Jan. I, 1905, for
$3.50, the regular yearly price.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30
A FAMILY REMEDY.
Pe-ru-na in Use in Thousands Of
Homes.

Congressman II. Henry Powers, Of
Vermont, writes from Morrisville, vt.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30
BrattIeboro Is. Leominster 0.

The football game on the Island Sat
urday between Rrattleboro and Leomins-
ter resulted in a victory for the local
team by score Of $50 Although Brat
tleboro had five substitutes in the line il
was seen from the start that Leominster
was outclasSed in every respect and the
outcome Of the game was never in doubt
There was a good deal Of fumbling on
both elevenS and the home team lost at
least two chances to score through this
defect. The first touchdown was made
on tumble. The bah was in Brattle-
boro's possession on Leominster's 5-yard
line when ii dropped in "A line play
and rolled over the line. stafford falling
on it. The remainder of the points We're
scored by Conland For Brattleboro, Fer
ritter, Williamson and Conland made al
most all Brattleboros gains and Barber
and March did well on the offensive
Petts played the best all around game for
Ieominster. The score:
Hfattl"Doro. l.eOmiuSteT.
Barber, T. g. l. r. Nugent. T. Shea
Stafford r. I / PETS
howe, +. <. l. (. Hawthorne, Sullivan
l-anguile. g. g. Murrick
Lynch, WdllenS, J. <. T. <. McGuirk
Trendall. l. l. r. l. Monroe.
StandiSh J. g. r. g Shea
MaIch' q b. a. y. Burnes
Conland. r. h. b l. h. b. Grimes
Williamson, l. h. h. r. h. b. II. Cantren
Ferriter, +. b. I. b. c. Cantrell
Score, Brattcboro i, Leominster 0.
Touchdowns, Stafford. Conland . Ref
cree, Colepan Of Lcominster. Umpire.
Mann of Rrattleboro. Time. 20 and 10
minute periods.
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scare almost anything with that voice"
"And you," said the Lion. Il like you.
You have so much face. Why, you have
cheek enough to make your way any
where"
And SO. without more ado they shook
hands and started.
They travelled a long journey the first
day, and were exceedingly hungry when
night came. They found themselves in
the midst Of a great desert, where there
was nothing but rocks and sand. The
Hippo sighed. My! but I wish l had
como nice hay or grass"
wouldn't mind a good fat calf my
self," said the Lion, sadly.
Il thought o eat grass" said the
Hippo.
Il thought you eat meat" said the
Lion.
Lets go to sleep and forget It," said
Hippo.
Let's" assented the Lion.
But when Mr.. Lion had fallen soundly
asleep. MIR. Hippo reached over and be-
gun to MUNICH his long whiskers.
MIR. Lion awoke with a yell.
II beg your pardon meekly said Hip
po. Il thought it was hay"
Sleep soon conquered Hippo, but Mr..
Lon was very hungry. He got UP and
seized the Hippo by the throat, and be-
gan to kill him.
The poor Hippo shrfeked for help.
Excuse me-" said the Lion, sayagely,
4 thought you were a beefsteak." And
he ate him up.
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Could He Recover?

of them 400 miles aw, from he atoll.
Most of the natives bring their families
and household effects with them. Many
bring even Their houses. This is not so
difficult an undertaking as it may appear
at first sight, for the houses are made
from light cocoanut palms and pandanus
leaves. They are built up in sections, SO
they are easy to take apart and transport.
Most of the diving is lone in water
from sixty to seventy feet deep. The sea
IS SO clear in the atoll that the diver can
study the bottom perfectly with a water
glass and locate the best clumps of shell
before he dives.
When he Is ready to go down he slips
into the water over the side of the boat,
and, holding to the gunwale Will one
hand, he looks downward through tho
water glass. The moment he sights a
good lot of shells he begins to breathe
deeply, sucking in the air until his chest
is inflated as far as it can be, and then
exhali1Ig it slowly through the mouth, so
that it makes a whistling sound. Having
thus cleaned out his lungs he takes a long
breath, filling his chest with perfectly
pure air. and then he let's go of the gun
vale instantly and sinks below the sur
face feet foremost.
After he has thus sunk about ten feet
he turns quickly and swims toward the
bottom, head first, cleaving the water
as gracefully and swiftly as a fish would.
On touching bottom he hauls himself
along by Selling clumps of coral until he
reaches the shells. Then he breaks them
off the reef with his right hand, waich
is protected with white cotton cloth.
Quickly he puts the shells into a little
net OF cocoanut fiber which he carries
over his shoulder. Then he stands erect
and immeditely he shoots toward the sur
face as If he We're pulled up by a rope.
SO swiftly does he ascend that frequently
he seems to leap out of the water when he
reaches the surface.
OF course, boys and girls of these
! south sea islands can swim and dive al
most as we'll as if they were water dwell
lers. One of them made an exhibition
dive for the officers of the United States
fish commission steamship Albatross
last year. He remained under the water
two minutes and forty seconds and
reached bottom at a depth Of 1902 feet un-
der the boats keel. The water was so
transparent that the beholders could see
him clearly. They declare that after he
had touched bottom at this enormous
depth he calmly picked over the pieces Of
coral and shell at the bottom to select
one to bring up, exactly as q man might
Gull flowers when working at his ease
ir a garden. This young diver YVES ready
to go down again only a few moments
after he came up.
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A Cretan Museum.

Academy: DR.. Arthur Evans has ceased
for the time, his great labors in Crete.
whereby he Is entirely reconstructing
what is, to westerners, the most fmpor-
tant epoch in history. The question has
been asked. Where are his treasures to
be stored? and many who saw his exhibit
ton at Burlington house last winter have
hoped that some Of them might find their
way, considering DR.. Evans n%ationality.
to the British museum. 1t Is now report
ed from Munich, however, that the foun-
dalton stone of a Cretan museum has
been laid in Gambia, wherein there will
be stored all the priceless ANTIQUITIES
which nave already rewarded DR.. Evans
for his s~padework in Knossos. Remem-
bering the shame of the Egin marbles,
we can only say that this is well. Crete,
to which we owe a debt that is as vet
i~nestimable, is surely entitled to the pos
session Of those great beginnings OF fne
art and those significant clay tablets with
which she initiated European history $500
years ago.
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who has the monopoly of the drapery
trade IN Westbourne.
Good evening, SIR he said. Il have
just called to see you about a little mat
ter concerning Mrs. Tomlinson."
"Oh, In net responsible Tor anything
However,, come in; l will give you five
minutes"
1 took him into the study and turned
up the gas. / thought he seemed rather
nervous, and he fidgeted with his hat.
You will excuse me, sir, as of course
I don't wish TO offend any of my pa
irons, but there was a fight in my shop
today
"A fight? Why. man alive. what's
that to do with me? You had better
| go to the police"
No, sir, ia rather not do that until
I have explained fully. The fact is,
sir, you won't mind my saying tier
it was your wife"
My wife! What do you mean, you
scoundrel?" I went up TO him and took
him roughly by the shoulders. | felt
%perilously near Knocking him down.
Yes, sir, o see it was his way.
Mrs. Gregson, '~hom, perhaps, you
know. sir
My hands dropped to my side like
lightning. He held the ace and he knew
bar murder, n l don't think ven
that would have G4en a very great Sur-
prise. | nodded az he paused.
We'll, sir, Mrs, Gregson was Just
buying a piece of very choice Lyons
silk at 5 shillings the yard, when Mrs.
Tomlinson ran up and said she'd had
her eye on it anC meant to have it,
n as it was the emily remnant l had,
I couldn't accommodate both of them,
could I? Well, sir. there was words,
only words, but presently the ladies be-
came put out. just a little put out, sir,
if you'll eXcuse my saying it-and I'M
fortunately for me the silk was be-
tween them. They both. dragged at it,
and the best silk won't stan that, sir.
1t tore into ribbons, and them
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cusA,s LAST BUCCANEERS.
Fate Of Confreoinas, the Leader Of tht
Ereehootere.

Fate Of Confreoinas, tho Leader Of tn.
Freebooters.
Harper's Weekly: AS late as the year
1875 the waters adjacent to Porto Rice
were infested by a bloodthirsty band OF
pirates, led by a Spaniard named Con-
frecinas. 1t was the proud boast of the
~buccaneer chief that he neither gave nor
asked quarter. In March of tho year men
toned Captain John Drake Sloat. who
twenty-one years later raiiHd the Ameri-
can flag over California. was placed in
Of the sloop-of-war Grampus,
with orders to proceed to the West Indies
and wipe the pirates eff the ocean. The
Grampus cruised for some weeks without
catching sight Of any pirate vessel. One
morning, while the sloop was lying at
anchor In the harbor Of San Juan, a man
who had swum ashore from a merchant
vessel captured by Confrecinas, reported
that the pirate brig was anchored in the
Boca de Inferno Mouth OF HELD. an OBJ
scure harbor some miles up the coast,
waiting to attack a heavily laden schoon-
er which was to sail from San Juan that
very day.
Confrecinas knew the Grampus well, SO
to make sure Of his prey, Captain SIoat
placed "a heavily armed crew and cannon
loaded with grape on board the schooner
and sailed forth. The pirates, unsuspect-
Ing any resistance, bore down on the dis
guised vessel, with the black flag and
skull and crossbones at the briggs mast.
head. Not a move was made by Sloat and
his crew until the vessels were almost
alongside, when the marines arose from
the deck and poured a deadly fire into the
brig. Confrecinas rallied his men, and
for soma time kept up a running fight,
showing great skull in manipulating his
crippled vessel. He was finally fcfcsd TO
run his brig ashore. Forty Of tl.u crew.
with the b%uccaneer chief, were ptured
by waiting soldiers. They were ken to
San Juan, court martialed the r. It day,
and shot. Confrecinas was TIM last to
die. When they attempted ty Lttd his
eyes he threw the men aside, ridicuar I'd the
priest. and exclaimed in a loud vo!:e:
II have slain hundreds with my own
hands. and ! know how to die. Firc!" He
most bloodthirsty OF the buccaneers OF
fell, pierced by many bullets. the last and
that region.
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Glad 10 see You sack.
many things he did. and he entertained
Mr.. Caterpillar for fully seven minutes
In this manner.
Well said Mr.. Caterpillar, you cer-
tainly did have a good time, judging from
what you say. l would have liked to
have been along with you. But did you
hear the news?"
NO" replied Mr.. Bug. !.
There's a man at your house to COLI
lect the rent"
oh! my cried Mr.. Bug. II haven't q
cen>.'
And another to collect the g%rocer's
sill." I
Wow" cried Mr.. Bug. Il haven't a
penny!'
And another to collect the doctor'u
Gill."
"whew!" cried Mr.. Bug. Il haven't o
:opper!"
Then 1 guess they'll send you to jaiI,"
declared Mr.. Caterpillar. But you Will
have one consolation. You had a go I'D
time while you were away spending your
money. Goodby."
Hold on cried Mr.. Bug. Don't LEAFS
me-"
ooh! yes, I must said Mr.. Caterpillar.
Nv got to take the money / saved by
staying at homo this year and pay my
Doctor and grocer and landlord"
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>TqQZ:%R zafa41gx7 D,oos.
BY II. NEWMAN FLOWER.
= loPyRl4T. l9Q2,By VIZ HEARS.
eNfT BRITAIN RIGHT1 RESERVED,
III, 1909. BY W R HEARST.
GREAT BRITAIN RIGHI1 RESERVED,

I cant think what has come over
Maisie lately. She vas the sweetest
little thing ina ginable when l married
her two years ago. and now she's at
l~oggerheads with everybody. OF course,
l know Westbourne is a little quiet for
her when | am in town all day, but that
is no reason whatever why she should
be quarrelSome and be always finding
fault.
The people next door are Maisie's pet
aversion. [ thought the G~regson's We're
rather nice at first, although We had
V spoken to them. They are a
young couple. like ourselves, and Mrs.
GreSson somewhat resembles Maisie. l
told Maisie' one day, and she was so
upset that she wouldn't speak to me for
a week. Whenever she has anything
to say, such as mentioning a visit
from the tax collector, she says it to
the cat so that | could hear
However, we concluded a treaty of
peace at last, but it didn't alter Maisie's
feelings toward those people next door.
a state of war seems to exist between
her and Mrs. GregSon, and Maisie-the
Old, sWeet-tempered Maisie-would sell
her sou ! believe, to get the better of
Mrs. G..
Whenever l come in at night she
drags me straight INTO the dining Dom
before l can get my coat off, and, push
ing me into an armchair, pours into my
unwilling ears an account of all the
imaginary things her enemy has done
against her during tie day. My belief
is that the man who wrote Home,
Sweet Home" couldn't have been mar
ried.
Just what I expected happened one
morning. Maisic kept a few fowls al
the bottom of the garden, and the peo-
pie next door have a cat. hat cat was
responsible for the first bloodshed. and
carried the war into the enemy's coun-
try.
On the morning in question, when
Haisie went down to feed the chickens
before breakfast, as She always does.
she found the cat in the fowl shed, and
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"Well?"
"They both declined to have 1t, and
walked out Of the shop"
And what was the value of the
silk
Two pounds, sir; not a penny less
l was just producing the sum when
the door opened and Maisie appeared.
"Oh, you've come about hat silly
silk, Mr.. Baker. 1 should have thought
that after all | bought in your shop
why l simply made you business by
recommending you TO my f~riends-you
could have been lenient. Jack, 1 for
bid you to pay for the silk. 1t was all
Mrs. Gregson's fault"
Pardon me, madam"
Well, Baker, 1 don't want to leave
vol as your gloves at Is. 11Ad. are
really good, but if my husband SUBJ
mits to this ~blackmail. 1 must"
1t was blackmail-I knew it, Maisie
knew it, Baker knew it, and he played
the same suit again.
Then 1 sugges that we settle it
amicably." he said. IF you will con-
tinue to p%atronize my establishment I
will forego this little loss"
'Of course Mrs. Tomlinscn will do
that" 1 interposed, grasping at a straw
like a drowning man., but the straw
proved unsupportable, as it Invariably
does.
Now 1 have some very pretty study
furniture in my furnishing depart
ment," resumed Barker. Il sold Mrs.
Gregson a suite of it today
Study furniture, did you say?" ask
ed Maisie eagerly. why, Jack, that's
just what we want, this is getting so
shabby"
1 tried to convince Masie that our
furniture was barely two years old,
but she had dismissed Barker with a
promise to call n purchase something
tomorrow before 1 had time to get a
word in edgewise.
When he a gone 1 began to talk
to Masie seriously. l impressed upon
her that / should soon b. in a state
bordering on bankruptcy if she per-
sisted in her silly attempts to get the
better of those people mex door, but
she only cried, and said 1 always would
knuckle under to every one, SO l went
off to the study in a tiff and chewed
the cud of my anger and the stem Of
an old clay pipe. Would to Heaven 1
a never got married.
Next day I met Gregson in town. I
was demolishing a chop at the club
when he entered Inc walked straight
to where I was sitting.
Excuse me-" he said. But isn't
your name T~onlinson?"
yes. And yours is Gregson?" I re-
piled.
Glad to meet you" We shook hands.
"1 say, couldn't something be done to
make our wives ~reconciled to one an
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all that remained of a couple of her
pets were a few punches of feathers.
When 1 happened to look out of the
window l saw that she had caught the
Gregsons' cat by the scruff of the neck,
and was hurrying the unfortunate
beast toward the water tub.
I ran out to prevent the murder, and
found Maisie in a state Of frenzy abso-
lutely unprecedented.
AS i'll luck would have it, Mrs. G. had
watched the whole affair from her win
low, and rushing into the garden half
slimbed the apple tree and propped
.erself up on the fence in time to see
Ter cat thrown into the tub with a
plash.
By the time I arrived on the scene
Iaisie and Mrs. Gregson were standing
laring al II another with only the
snce between them. Maisie was pur-
lie with passion, and Mrs. Gregson was
, Infatuated that 1 thought she would
lave fallen from her perch, while COM
Iliments were flying about like leaves
uaan autumn wind.
I went up to Maisie. and, taking her
arm, tried to lead her indoors, but,
wsenching herself free, she returned to
She fray. 1 implored, threatened,
promised her everything a mode hus-
band could do, but it was of no avail;
she meant to have her say, and she
uluIl I SolIlS III i VI Sdlu etSiS
word OF it.
The campaign thus opened proceeded
briskly. If Maisie played THE Last
Rose of Summer" on the piano. Mrs.
Gregson played it with variations. One
day she put up a pair of pink curtains
in the drawing room n the people
next door followed with crushed straw
berry; then when Mrs. Gregson APP
peared in a bright green hat, with
flowers in it, Maisie went one better,
and blossomed out with a h~eadgear
thai would have given points to the
most accomplished botanist.
This victory cost me just two guineas
and from hat time forward l was
dragged into the campaign by the
heels.
got into trouble with the postoffice be-
cause Of the way in which Maisie had
insulted a poStman, and I had to leave
half a crown for the coal porter every
time he ~replenished the cellar owing to
the way she abused him for dirtying
the newly hearthstoned Goa chute.
Then I had to spend 25 in increasing
the height Of the fence, because Maisie
insisted thai Mrs. Gregson sat in the
little side window all day SO as to keep
a diary of what we had for dinner.
The summer sales at Bakers about
finished me. ] had been kept late in
town, M got home in about the worst
of possible tempers to find a man wait
Ing on my doorstep, Maisie having fiat
" declined to let him in. 1t is Baker
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CHOOSE COMRADES WELL

Little Bill doesn't like it sometimes be-
cause Dad won't let him play with Tom,
DICK and Harry on the streets, and he
thshks 1t very unkind in Dad to lecture
MN on the choice of companions.
But listen. Bill, to this narrowing tale
or the Lion and the Hippo.
"A Lion and a Hippo met very accidenl-
ally one day, and as each was attracted
by the other, they decided to set out on
a journey together. They knew nothing
or each others habits or manner of life.
But each was attracted to the other by
what they saw and heard.
MY! br't you lave a fine roar" said
hippo. ut must be a grand thing to
travel with a fellow like you, who could
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"Sew-so?" inquired the partridge.
yes, sew-so and $3.50, too" answered
the good natured monkey, as he took an
other stitch in the cloth.
DO you f!.d the work hard?" inquired
the partridge.
Yes, but l have little ideas that help to
mako 1t easy" replied the monkey. For
instance, 1 hold the thread on my toe to
keep it from getting tangled"
"Toto?" asked the partridge.
Yes, toto and toe to. too"
you have a moose In the thread now"
mo, that Is a knot, not moose"
"Not-not7"
Yes, not not and knot not also"
Did you know I was a punster?"
did I know? No."
"No-no?"
mo: no mono; know? No."
And then tho two started laughing and
they laughed SO heartily over their word
twisters that 1t broke up the whole days.
work of the tailor monkey.