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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29
ERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY 1903

day morning upon his work and the con-
dition of the natives and missionary sue
cess in the part of the island where he
is. Mr. Hitchcock has been away from
the country u years mt the present time,
having spent several years there pre-
viously. He left Wednesday for Iowa,
where his wife's mother lives. He ex-
poets TO remain in the country a year or
more
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29
Fire in Bellows Falls Last Night.

the fire department had a stubborn
IRE 10 nght last night about 7 O'Clock in
the cheese factory, or creamery, Of the
Boston Dairy company on the side of the
Fftchburg road. 1t is the same building
which was badly Quilted in the night of
August 4th, 1902. The loss at that time
was heavy to both stock and building.
and again the building is practically
ruined with the stock II contained. The
recall was not sounded for nearly two
hours.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29

The monthly session of the probate
court is being held today tomorrow be
ing holiday
Inc annual convention of the Vermont
State Letter Carriers association. of
which d. e. Tasker is president, will he
held in Brattleboro tomorrow afternoon
and evening.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29

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THIS Is To CERTIFY that ! have given my
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and shall claim none OF their earnings nor pay
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Vernon. Vt. MAY Ii, 1873
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17

agine somewhat the purport of them.
The breakfast was a good one, for
the plantation was large and well
looked after, and there was always
enough in its storehouses to feed a
regiment. There were great plat
tiers of broiled bacon and chicken
fried in that delicious style which has
descended as a heritage to the south
from those colonial days; there were
venison steaks and sugar-cured ham;
there were plates piled high with
golden-brown biscuits and hoecalSes;
there were the syrup of ~sugar-cane,
and berries fresh from the garden
beds; there was an abundance of
milk and cream and butter; there
were coffee and tea-all set off with
the brightest of silver and china that
had been brought from over the seas
and was well-nigh priceless, SO prec-
ious that none but the hands of the
mistresses of the house were allowed
to wash it.
A bountiful, attractive repast, and
one the British officers were in a
mood to enjoy to the full; nor were
they minded to be interrupted at it,
yet such was destined to be the case,
for, as they sat at table, a volley of
shots was heard and a great commo-
ton ensued.
.Bessemer and his companions
sprang- to their feet and rushed to
the door with such impetuosity that
it was well the table was the stout
piece it was, else it must have been
overturned in the excited jostling.
Outside, the soldiers, who had been
lolling at Ease upon the ground eat
ing the rations they carried, had
started up and stood at attention.
Bessemer, red with excitement and
full of energy, as was his won't, or
dered his horse and, jumping into
the saddle, Glove the air with quick
commands. Into this confusion
there dashed a single horseman clad
in the blue-and-yellow continental
uniform. Jane, standing within the
broad side-porch, watching the scene
with interest and not a little curios-
ity to know the cause of the tumult,
turned pale when her eyes fell up
on him.
Surrounded by redcoats, who were
bringing their muskets to their
shoulders to fire, the horseman swept
the lines with his eyes, saw a thin
place in their formation, spurred his
horse towards it, and lifting the ami.
NAL until it seemed to literally spring
owe the heads of the astonished
soldiers, dashed forward. not forget
ting, as he passed the porch where
Jane stood, to lift his hat and wave
his hand.
The girl, with white face. strained
her eyes to gaze after him as he
disappeared in the clump of woods
to the left of the house amid a
storm of bullets.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17
The Force Of Imagination.

Max O'Rell died as he had lived,
passing humorous, messages about
among his friends. During his tour
through Australia some years ago
death was once close upon him, as it
seemed to him at the time. Lying in
bed one night in a Bush hostelry,
worried by mosquitoes and thinking
of the snakes against which he had
been warned, he became aware of the
presence alongside him of a cold,
t~reacherous snake, probably a death
adder, as it was only about three
feet long. Death from the bite of
this playful adder is rapid and pain
less, and the Frenchman recorded
afterwards his reflection hat it was
better perhaps to die that way than
of govt or rheumatism. After an
hour of agony, however, he slipped
out of bed, struck a light and went
about the room searching for the ia
vorite walking stick he had carried
specially for defense against reptiles.
After a weary and nervous hunt he
found it at last among the disor-
dered Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17
GRATEFUL, HAPPY WOMEN
Thank Pe-ru-na for Their
Recovery After Years of
Suffering.

Miss Muriel Armitage, SO Green
wood Ave, Detroit, Mich, District
Organizer of the Royal Templars Of
Temperance, in arecentletter, says%
IL think that q woman naturally
shrinks from making her troubles.
public, butrestored health has meant.
so muchtom me that I feel for the sake
of other suffering women it is my
duty to tell what Peruna has done
for me.
81 suffered for Ave years with.
uterine Irregularities, which brought.
on hysteria and made me a PHYSICAL
wreck. l tried doctors from the diff
ferent schools of medicine, but with
out any perceptible change in my
condition. In my despair / calledon
an old nurse, who advised me to try
Peruna, and promised good resultsifs
Iwould persist and take itregularly.-
l thought this was the least I coulds
do and procured q bottle. I knew Is
soon as l began taking it that it vas
affecting me differently from any,
thing I had used before, andso I kept.
on taking it. 1 kept this up for six
months, and steadily gained strength,
and health, and when I had useda
fifteen bottles I considered myself;
entirely cured. I am a grateful,
happy woman to-day Muriel-
Armitage:
Peruna cures catarrh of the pelvic,
organs with the same surety as it
cures catarrh of the head. Peruna,
has become renowned as a positive,
cure for female ailments simply be-
cause the ailments are mostly due
to catarrh, Catarrh is the cause of
the trouble. Peruna cures the ca
tarrh. The symptoms disappear.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17
WHEN I'M CALLED.

Ger the dark and swollen waters
Should my boat be called to glide,
And I see the forms of loved ones
Waiting on the other side.
Shall l fear the dashing pillows
AS they foam on every hand,
Wh1te before me streams the glory
OF His own dear promised land?
Should the night be dark and dreary,
And no stars be in the sky,
When I'm called to pass the river
= Shall I hear the watchman's cry?
When He calls me to come over,
Cross the torrent cold and wild.
Shall I fear my loving Father
Since I am his trusting HID?
When the mists hang DER the river
Hiding all the waters blue,
And the lovely hills of Canaan
\ Are quite hidden from my view,
Shall l my trusty Pilot,
Shall I fear the misty wave
When I know thai" He is with me,
And His arm is strong to save?
Should the day be bright with sunlight
When He bids me to come home,
And the banquet board is ready
And awaiting. me to come; ~
Shall I fear the invitation
OF His loving, gracious word,
Or with joy shall I go over
To be ever with my Lord?
e. H. Foss. in United Presbyterian.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17

Though the truth of the story
that King James 7. of England once
knighted a loin of beef is disputed,
the house in which the ceremony is
said to have occurred is pointed out
as well as the table on which the sir
loin lay. The scene of the historic
jest lies between Highlands park and
Chingford, a London. 1t is a curl
Gus house with quaint low-pitched
ceilings and a fine garden with fruit
trees Of great size. 1t was on his re-
turn from one of his hunting eXpe.
ditions in Epping forest that the
British Solomon is said to have given
practical proof Of his favor fo- the
roast beef of old England.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17

American in her sympathies as when
she was thrown with British or
tories. 1t might be because her
father was dubbed a timeserver, even
by those who once had loved him
best and respected him most, that the
girl had developed this CONTRADICTORY
ness. Certainly, it was the occasion
for many a passage at arms between
herself and her tory stepmother.
The officer heard her give orders
for the preparation of a good meal:
and then went back to his colonel.
AS Bessemer entered a wave of
astonishment swept over his forid
face, and he hurried forward to
greet his hostess. Miss Ellery-
,you?" he cried. "Ah, how fortune
has blessed me with her smile this
morning in directing me hither and
permitting me to renew an acquaint-
ance so delightful!" He raised her
hand to his lips as he spoke with a
%gallantry Of which few were greater
masters.
Jane swept him a deep courtesy,
while an ironical smile played about
her lips. Il feel honored that Col.
Bessemer should remember me-" she
remarked.
Remember you? AS though I
could forget you," he exclaimed in a
low tone. "Your image is. engraved
too deep upon my heart for that. It
is. true, L had forgot-nay, I could
never have known, for it would be
impossible to forget aught which
concerned you-that your home was
in this vicinity, and to come thus
unexpectedly upon you is the hap
piest moment of my life"
The cynical smile did not leave
James lips. She had listened to Col.
Bessemer's fowery speeches before;
vet she vas a woman, and she could
not help a battered thrill ever while
she was saying to herself, Il wonder
how many women he has spoken to
thus since 1 met him last in Phila-
delphia?"
But permit me, GEAR lady, to have
the honor of presenting my officers
to you" He turned towards those
who had accompanied him as he
spoke. They had remained in a lit
tie knot around the door while he
WAS greeting Jane, and about their
mouths a reflection of the smile her
lips had worm. They also had seen
their commander kiss the hands of
beautiful women before. and while
they could not hear the speeches he
poured into hey ears. theY could i'm
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17

work without the greatest exhaustion.
This is a very common sight and iss
almost always due to pelvic catarrh.
It is worse than foolish for so many
women to suffer year after year with a.
disease that can be permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh permanently. 1t.
cures old chronic cases as we'll as aslight.
attack, the only difference being in the
length of time that it should be taken to-
effect a cure.
If you do not derive prompt and satis--
factory results from the use of Peruna,:
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a.
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-.
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sa~nitarium, Columbus.
Ohio.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17

blacks whom that patriots circum-
stances, reduced by the war and his
espousal Of the American cause,
would not permit him longer to sup
port. Aunt Rachel and Gabriel were
among these, and they had brought
the principles they had borrowed
from their old master into their new
home.
Just then Sampson appeared at the
door leading from the dining room
into the hall and announced in his
most expressionless tones, while he
held himself like a very stiff paste
board figure
Maj. Broadus to see Miss Ellery."
Jane knew that he had been too
well trained by her stepmother to
voluntarily bring a stranger into her
presence with SO little warning, and
she surmised the British officer had
persisted in following at his heels.
1t was somewhat haughtily, there
fore, that she drew down the sleeves
of her gown and turned to meet the:
visitor, who stood in the entrance.
He looked both ~astonished and m
~barrassed as her beautiful young
face came within range of his vision.
Evidently. he had not expected to be
confronted by SO much youth and
loneliness. Pardon me, but are you
-ah-the mistress of the house? 2" he
asked hesitatingly.
"The temporary mistress, yes"
she answered. my father and
mother are from home. Is there
aught l can do for you?"
"Col. Bessemer bids me present his
compliments and request the privi-
lege of resting his troops here for a
short space. He also desires me to
express the hope that, inasmuch as
he understands your family to be
loyal subjects of the king. you may
not object to providing himself and
his officers with breakfast. since they
have been upon the road the entire
night, after fighting a hard battle
yesterday, without either food or
rest"
certainly, I shall comply with his
request" Jane answered. ut is not
the rule of my fathers house to turn
away anyone hungry, be he British
or American"
The officer raised his eyebrows at
this and stiffened perceptibly. 1t
did not agree with his ideas of loyal
ty that American sympathizers
should be fed by adherents of the
king; but Jane was a contrary jade,
and while she was never SO devoted
a royalist as when she was talking
to revolutionist neighbors and rela-
tives, she never came so near being
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17
mer's dragons with their levelet

lAC1 , oIdSSOllS WIFI tuelr leVele0
weapons staring at him.
As the horse went pell-mell through
the woods, taking the underbrusl.
and stumps that came in his way
until he could find the bride path,
his rider looked back over his Shout.
der, on the watch for pursuers.
When he became convinced that none
followed, he dropped back nonchal.
antly into his saddle and shrugged
his shoulders CONTEMPORARY.
Upon my soul, what towards these
British be at heart, for all their
splutter and their murderous ways"
he muttered, out of the insolence
born of his temporary triumph.
He rode on through the woods,
humming the snatch of a patriotic
song, but when the moments exhil-
aration had passed his brow was
overcast, for his errand had not been
accomplished, and it ill suited his
pride to leave his commission unper-
formed. Furthermore, on the road
he had learned that James father
and mother were from home, and
that h was alone save for the. black
servants and the white overseer and
his family, whose house was fully q
quarter of a mile from the mansion.
Under other circumstances this
would have caused him no uneasi-
ness, for he well knew the devotion
of the slaves to Jane, but the pres
ence of Bessemer and his soldiers
perturbed him much. His d%istrust of
the British colonel was great, and
vastly did he dislike the thought of
Jane being alone in her fathers
house with only servants to protect
her against possible British inso-
lence.
If he could only have a word with
Aunt Rachel or James black man.
my, two faithful souls, and warn
them to keep a careful watch over
their mistress's welfare until he
could bring a force to Gust the
interlopers, his mind would be easier.
1t would well suit his mood to rido
back to the Ellery mansion, dash
through the opposing redcoats again,
snatch a word with Jane or come of
her devoted dependents, and gallop
away.
"By the Gods. it could be done too,'
he told himself, his blood quicken
ing at the notion.
Back at the Ellery place the officers
had eaten their fill. rested their men
and horses, and had really no excuse
o lingering, yet not n of them,
from the Colonel down, but was loatb
to go.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17
ITO Be Continued
CANINE RANDALL" BERRIES.
The Kind Il Chicago Man Purchased
from IL Huckster IL
BuItimO

\ Chicago man who was in Balti-
more recently, according to the Rec
ord-Herald, says:
"Ihey have Il strange manner of
speech in that old town. One day a
huckster drove through the streets
yelling: 'Fraish Annie Randall ber-
ries.'
"The fruit that he was peddling
looked nice, and 1 became interested
in Annie Randall. l wanted to %&now
something about her. I've heard of
beautiful young women giving up So
ciety and making fortunes out of
truck farms, and it occurred to me
that Annie might be one of these. In
my minds eye l could see the gentle
maiden sitting on her broad veranda
overlooking the fruitful acres where
the faithful servants picked the lus-
cious berries that were to give joy
to the unfortunate toilers in the
great hot cities of the land. AS I
unused the huckster kept On yelling:
"Fraish Annie Randall berries
"Finally L decided to ask him about
Annie. l felt a romantic interest in
the lady, and could not withstand the
temptation to satisfy myself concern
ing her beauty.
after buying a quart of the ber-
ries I said to the huckster:
"Where is Miss Randall's farm?'
"He looked %curious]y at me and re-
piled:
81 don't know her.
"'How does it happen then that you
r pedding her berries?'
"These berries are from Annie
Arundel county,"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17
HAPTE II.
THE FIGURE IN GRAY.

The horseman's daring was so
from Bessemer and his men. Tempt
ed to pursue, the British colonel yet
feared a trap. He had heard much
of the ambush warfare waged by
southern rev~olutionists, and he had
no desire to have his troops caught
in IN ambuscade. 1t did not seem to
him that ever n Of these daredevil
southerners would risk his life in so
reckless a manner without some def
mite object in view; and what object
could he have unless it were to tempt
the British to pursue him and thus
lead them into the arms of u supe-
rior American force? Besides his
own troops, he had many prisoners
taken in yesterdays battle to be
guarded.
Calling his officers about him, he
consulted with them hastily. Almost
to a man they were against pursuit.
Perhaps the half-fnished breakfast
awaiting them had something to do
with the unanimity of opinion, for
your Britisher loved his food then
as he does to-day.
So back to breakfast they went,
and Jane was so relieved at their
decision that she ordered Aunt De-
borah, an expert hand, to bake them
some of her famous, c~risp-edged,
golden centered batter cakes to help
repair any injury the breakfast might
have suffered from the interruption.
Reckless, reckless Godfrey" she
was saying to herself, as she babe
Gabriel pass the syrup to her guests
and herself filled their coffee cup
twill he never learn discretion? Why
should he so risk his life out of mere
b~ravado?'
But, indeed, she wronged the
horsen,an. Though he was quite ca
pable, as she well knew, of having
ridden into the British lines out of
foolhardy defiance and because he
loved to take his life in his hand
for the thrill such adventure gave
him, yet in this instance he was guilt
less of so mad a piece of folly.
On the contrary, he had been as
much surprised to find himself in the
midst of so large a body of redcoats
as the British had been to see him.
One of the few Americans who had
escaped from the fight of yesterday,
he was flying through the~country
al fast as his horse could carry him,
striving to get together a band of
American sympathizers to revenge
Bessemer's refusal of quarter to the
Americans at that battle.
This mission bringing him close to
his own home, he stopped there to
e his parents for a few moments,
and was besought by his sister to
carry a note to her dear gossip, Jane,
since bis route lay past the Ellery
place. He was at the mouth of the
lane which led to the Ellery planta-
ton when he came upon a couple
of scouts whom Bessemer had sent
out to reconnoiter. Thinking them
but stragglers from the British
army, and having no idea the main
body was SO close he set upon the
soldiers and pursued them as they
retreated towards the mansion, firing
as he went. 1t was these shots which
startled the British from their ease,
and before the young ma could
realize his ~predicament he was facing
the stern. straight lines Of Besse
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-17
Female Weakness is Pelvic
Catarrh.
Always Half Sick are the Women
Who Have Pelvic Catarrh.

Catarrh of any organ, If allowed to
progress, will affect the whole body.
Catarrh without nervousness is very
ARE, but pelvic catarrh and nervousness
GO hand in hand. ~&
Whatisso distressing sight as a poor
half-sick, nervous woman, suffering
from the manyalmost unbearable symp-
toms of pelvic catarrh? She does not
consider herself i'll enough togo to bed,
but she is far from being able to do her