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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12
TIMELY STATE TOPICS.
And What Vermont Editors Have to Say Con.
corning Them.

The Middlebury Register refuses tc
carry liquor advertisements in its col
umns. This may account for its dry
ness Jericho Reporter.
II it took the people Of Vermont sc
years to make up their minds that the
prohibitory law was failure, it is fol
ute at the end Of a month, as some men
and newspapers appear to be doing. =
st. Adams Messenger.
The appointments of Vermonters to
important positions in the public SER
vice fall to able aud deserving hands
of course, but it is very practical bust
ness matter with the national admins
tration In short time we shall be-
gin to hear about Vermont and the ia
miliar "key note' and it will be a
loud and persistent call from Washing
ton, d. c. -Woodstock Age.
A fund is being raised to mark with
a suitable tablet the old'' Constitution
House" in Windsor where the con-
vention that adopted the first con-
stitution of Vermont met July 2,
l777. Vermont cannot afford to neg
lect any of these glorious old his
toric sites, and all that may be done
to preserve for posterity the memories
that cluster around them deserves the
hearty support of every patriotic citi-
zen. either in spirit or in purse, or
both. st. Adams Messenger,
The remark of Mr.. Brooks, president
of the Consumers League, to the effect
that in the matter of child labor Yer
mont stood on a par with Alabama,
was explained later to have reference
to legislation and not to actual employ
ment in factories of children who ought
to be in school. In the subsequent dis
cussion it appeared that the school laws
of Vermont, to considerable extent,
obviated the need of preventive legis-
lation, in regard to child labor. Bur
lington Free Press.
OF the so odd towns voting for license
in March, only 60 have thus far Sc
Gu. ed licenses of either class for the
sale of liquor. OF this number 81 towns
have II first class licenses: these rep
resent full tledged bar rooms, about 10
per cent of which are located in hotels.
Forty towns. eight of which have no
which are for all practical purposes
about the same as former town liquor
agencies There are "a towns which
have the third class licenses for the
sale of malt liquors and light wines
over a bar; most of these towns have
one or more licenses of other classes.
There are also nine wholesale licenses
and three towns are credited with one
license each for summer hotels. These
figures can he studied with profit as a
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12
a see saw world, and we're up in the
mir nnm

We eau not blame lovely June If she
is little chary of roses and smiles
and perfect days this year for Nature
is not giving her much encouragement.
Yet, let us hope that she may find a
prototype in that rare product OF hui
man nature that blossoms most lavish
ly with kindness and helpfulness to the
world among hard and hampering con-
ditions. Trouble and kindness, drouth,
then rain and harvest-these are some
of the wise, sharp contrasts that Nature
furnishes for our uplifting.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12


The Messenger never could sympa.
thize with the idea that there is any
special call to mankind to increase
and multiply" or that there is any vir-
tue or honor in having increased and
multiplied. 1t is easy enough to I'M
derstand the desirability of maintain
ing the supremacy of superior race
and to that extent it is creditable that
every family of it shall rear all the
children it can bring up with proper
care and nurture. But the Messenger
cannot see how children born at the
cost of mothers lives or health, chill
dren born to overcrowded homes where
the wolf stands at the open door, chill
dren born TO suffer in want and neglect,
to inherit 'loathsome diseases, to be
reared in an atmosphere of ignorance
and Wicklow such children can be re-
garded by anybody as additional bless
ings in this world of care.
1t seems to the Messenger that it is
a mistaken theory that sees Ia the pre-
ponderance of numbers of its inhabi-
tants the evidence of city's or
country's greatness. 1t seems to this
paper that the true test should be the
character and worth of the people. If
this be true. it is difficult to under
stand why there should be any virtue
in rearing more children than can be
supported. 1t is far bet
ter that a comparative few should be
we'll taken care of than that there
should be multitudes that starve or
are neglected That family that raises
as many children as are a JOY to the
mother who bears them and no more
that watches over them and rears
them with care and prudence so that
they eventually become good citizens,
has done more for the state and for hui
nanity than the herd that is reared in
l babel of distractions, where the moth
er. broken in health and spirit, wastes
he feeting remainder of her days in a
7ain attempt to divide attention and
care among too many, who are only !
growing up to swell the vast throng
hat can give mighty little reason for \
being and whose very existence reduces I
he general average of comfort, health /
md morals. st. Adams Messenger.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12
new VS.. OLD
KIDNEY REMEDIES
Alcohol Condemns All
Liquid Kidney Remedies.
Kidney-Wot Tablets, the Modem Ac-
knowIedged Specific.

II your kidneys are working witt
difficulty and not filtering the blood
a true specific like Kidney-Wor
Tablets will safely arouse them tc
healthy action.
An INSCRIPTIONS, ignorant remedy,
containing alcohol, as all liquid kid
ney remedies do, will stimulate then
so violently that an inflammation will
be set up, and instead of being merely
lazy the kidneys will become diseased.
Alcohol congests the kidneys with
blood and retards their activity.
There is no alcohol in Kidney Wort
Tablets to interfere with the removal
of all harmful sediment from the body.
The Tablets soothe and heal the kid
neys when they are irritated and in
famed, They cure the kidney diseases
that make you dizzy, restless. sleep
less, and irritable; that make you pass
water often during the day and night,
that cause rheumatism, catarrh of the
bladder, pain in the back, joints, and
muscles; that make your head ache.
and cause indigestion, stomach and
liver trouble, and a sallow. yellow
complexion. Mr.. Beniamin f Shattuck
the we'll known wholesale dealer in
garden produce. says of Kidney Wort
Tablets
20 Warren Ave, Somerville. Mass.
May 7, 1903
1t gives me great pleasure to testify
to the efficacy of DR.. Pettingill's Kid
ney-Wort Tablets which | have used
with most beneficial effect. For
ong time | have suffered from the
Ills resulting from disordered kidneys.
was advised to try Kidney Wort
Tablets, and / am glad to say that |
ieei now "as good as new The re-
lief was immediate.
Yours very truly.
BENJAMIN f. SHATTUCK.
If there is any doubt in your mind
rs to your kidneys put small amount
If your urine, on rising, in a bottle, /
md let it stand twenty four hours.
i you find it milky or cloudy, if brick (
lust settings or small PARTICLES float
n 1T, your kidneys need instant at
ention. No matter how many other !
emedies you may have tried and /
ound useless, remember DIR. Pet
ingill's great modern remedy, Kidney
Wort Tablets, is as far in advance of \
Id fashioned liquid remedies as the
modern trained surgeon is superior to
he ignorant travelling bonesetter''
f thirty years ago.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Only little time ago we of Brattle-
boro were saying dolorously that Bel
lows Falls, whose people were subscrib-
ing generously for a hospital, would
have one before we should, notwith-
standing our ample bequest, long in
hand. But now our hospital is an inn
mediate certainty as will be seen by
the description and illustration of the
plans given elsewhere in this issue,
while the directors of the Bellows
Falls hospital association have decided
to put off collecting the subscriptions
or attempting to build until later. It's
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

The Mortified News explains, in
connection with the charge that it does
Injustice to the record of President
Arthur, that it simply wishes the state
to take what Josiah Aliens wife calls
"a mejum course in the matter of the
Arthur monument: not to soar too
high, but only as high as is common
surate with facts. The News is right.
Vermonters. and probably some Others,
are too apt either to ignore man alto
gether or to laud him to the skies.
There is happy medium of tribute
which honors justly without "slop-
ping over -
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

The Springfield Republican suggests
that we turn the army in the Philip
pines into fire wardens here at home to
protect the country from the devasta-
ton of forest fires. This is not the only
point that might be suggested to illus
trate the saying that charity" begins
at home
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Two lynchings of negroes reported in
one week and, in one case, attended by
the most tiendish of tortures. We call
the Russians barbarous and we boast
of our government under which all men
are assured freedom and justice! How
can we do it, when such things are al
lowed to recur here. time and again?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

DR.. Webb, they say, has hired rain
maker for his fre-threatened Adiron-
dack preserves. Now governor with
rain maker on his staff would have
been mighty handy during the recent
drought. Handler even than one who
upholds the dignity" of the state at
st. Louis at his own expense. What
we miss.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Joseph A, DeBoer is receiving a
great many pleasant tributes these
days-tributes of the genuine sort,
that everybody likes to give and to re-
ceive-tributes to ability, earnestness
and true manliness. The Reformer is
glad to hear them and to add its en-
dorsement.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Rutland's new democratic club
pledges to support William Randolph
Hearst for president in 1904 and desig-
mates him as the ablest Header of the
toiling masses" and the most uncom
promising enemy of the trusts:'' a
designation which, if deserved, should
appeal strongly to the people of this
country.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

The st. Adams Messenger is right in
insisting that candidates for high po-
sitions in Vermont should not obtain
them by belittling those who already
fill those positions. The thing to do is
simply to prove ones self ADLER and
better every way than the popular stan
lard demands, an impossibility in one
who would rise by the downfall of an
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Mayor Blacksmith Burke has the
Burlington police force under his ham
mer this week and he is making them
howl. The ''anvil chorus" with a ven
ppancai
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Brilliancy and purity is appreciated
by every woman in the land that
washes in the Sunlight way. Ii means
economy, labor-saving brightness, and
clothes white as the driven snow and
with the fragrance of new-mown
hay to use Sunlight Soap.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Senator Proctor says that the next
presidency is settled and everything is
not only lovely but will continue to be
so. How comforting--and conclusive
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Rutland Democrats formed Will
liam Randolph Hearst Democratic club
Friday night. Resolutions were adopt
ed recognizing MIR. Hearst as the
most able leader of the toiling Masses
and the most "uncompromising enemy
of the trusts and pledging the sup
port of the organization to him for
president in 1904.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Fire and flood. cyclone and drouth--
but from another coal strike, Good
Lord, deliver us.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

How very funny it must all seem to
the astute parsonage with an Influence
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN

George E. Greene, the popular
druggist, had pleasant experience
yesterday. One of his Mi-o-na Gus
toners called at the store expressly to
thank him for recommending that
remedy. Although beginning its use
less. than month ago this party,
prominent business man, considers
himself completely cured of indiges-
ton today and has gained about 10 lbs
in weight
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

III a letter received by George E.
Greene was the following testimonial
from Francis Murphy, the famous
Apostle of Temperance. Mr. Greene
wants every one in Brattleboro to read
what Mr.. Murphy writes; "Mi-o-na
is wonderful remedy. | have used it
and with all my heart and my renewed
strength | would thank you for it. I
would gladly recommend Mi-o-na to all
who are suffering from indigestion or
dyspepsia.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

1t pays to advertise articles of merit
in the Reformer. Mi-o-na has been
advertised but little, yet Druggist
George Z. Greene reports it the best
selling medicine he handles This
shows the advantage of Reformer adj
vertising when one has an article of
superior merit to sell on the mo Cure
No Pay" plan, the way Mi-o-na is
sold.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

G. o. Taylor Whistles. good as the best.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-12

Mi-o-na has gained fame through be-
ing sold on the mo Cure No PAY"
plan. Although George Z. Greene
has sold hundreds of packages with
his personal guarantee to refund the
money if it does not cure he has had less
than two per cent. ask for their money
back. Remember that if Mi-o-na does
not cure you. your money is cheerful
ly returned.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
Important Notice.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Ry.-Rock Island System-announces
| an important change in the schedule OF
certain OF it's passenger trains, effective
October IL. With view to making
still further improvement in its already
excellent service and accommodating to
a greater degree its host OF friends in
Colorado and Utah, the following change
have been made:
Train No. 8, known as THE NIGHT
EXPRESS will leave Pueblo at 7:05 p.
M, Colorado Springs 1880 p. M. and
Denver l0::G p. m. daily, reaching
Omaha at $50 p IN. and Chicago at $40
a. m.
Train No 10, which will be known as
THE KANSAS CITY EXPRESS will
leave Pueblo at 705 p, M, Colorado
Springs at 8:45 p. m. and Denver at S:45
p. M, daily, reaching Kansas City at 8
p. IT. and making excellent connections
for st. Louis, all points on the Frisco
System, and to Wichita, Fort Worth,
Houston, Galveston and all points in the
South and South East.
Both Of these trains will be equipped
in thoroughly first-cass manner and
carry dining cars for all meals.
Westbound, corresponding service will
be maintained, train No. from Omaha
and Chicago reaching Denver at 7:1O q.
III. and Colorado Springs ! a. m., dali; :,
and train No. 8 reaching Denver s:l5 a.
m, Colorado Springs s:l5 a. m. and Pu.
eblo at $50 a. m.
No change will be make in the sched;
ule OF the electric lighted one night train
between Colorado and Chicago. known
as THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIN
TIED.
While these changes will prove popu.
lar with the residents Of Denver, Colo.
RADIO Springs and Pueblo, they are OF
vast Importance to travellers from the in.
terror, in that sure connection is made
at Colorado Springs for Kansas City, St
Louis, Omaha, Chicago and all points
South and East, and disappointing de.
lays overcome.
1t is commendable fact that with
the tremendous growth Of the Rock To-
land System CAREFUL attention has been
given to tho needs OF tho public. with
the result that it's invitation mo matter
whore you are going. or when-ask u.s.
may be accepted with results OF the ut
most satisfaction.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
WHAT CHICKEN WAS LIKE.
Effect Of Prenatal influences On .
Young Rooster.

Effect Of Prenatal Influences On .
Young Rooster.
The following story was published
recently. 1t was attributed to Rep
reseutative Flanagan Of New Jersey.
a millionaire from Morristown. He
told the story at a picnic of Patrons
of Husbandry at Tuttle's Grove. near
Morristown.
Il was riding from Baltimore to
Washington on = fast train one day"
said Mr.. Flanagan. The car window
was open. As we passed another ex.
press train going In the opposite d.
dection q hen caught In the vortex be-
tween the two trains WAS lifted In the
our car. As II struck. an egg was cast
in At the opea window and fell In my
lap"
"Of course It didn't break" said .
cynic among the listeners.
1T did not break" went on the rep
resentative. Because OF its prema-
ture appearance the shell was not
hard. but tough and leathery instead.
l took 1t home and put 1t in an incu.
bator and In time Matched out fine
chicken"
Did you observe in the eggs OF.
spring any evidence of prenatal infiu-
ences?" asked the schoolmaster. shov-
ing his glasses up on his forehead.
Only this" said the representa-.
tive, the chicken was a rooster. and
whenever It tried to crow 1t whistled
like = locomotive. New York World.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
sArs ron HIM TO APPEAR.
Mark Twain Escaped the 8'5is Read.
Ing and Family Prayers.

Mark Twain Escaped the 8'5is Read.
Ing and Family Prayers.
When Mark Twain was in the West
many years ago his humor was a.
droll as 1t Is to-day. While there he
made the acquaintance Of Senator
Stewart Of Nevada, who tells this
story of the hlmorist, vouching for
its truth:
The incident occurred in Carson
City: "At that time" said Senator
Stewart, the humorist had not at
tained to the philosophic calm which
comes with college degrees. He was
journalist and an unterrified one. In
Carson City he boarded at the homo
of his brother, who was a model citi-
zen and a Christian.
"One morning 1 was a guest of this
brother at breakfast. We had just
seated ourselves at the table when a
voice drawled from the stairway
above:
-'Have you read the scripture les
son this morning?'
Yes, was the reply.
Had family prayersT continued
the voice from above.
at me.
There was pause, and then In the
now well-known drawl came the fur
ther question:
Said grace?'
YES responded the patient head
Of the household.
"'Ali right. then.' came the cheer
full comment from the stairway. III
be right down And presently the ir-
reverent youth who in a few years
was to promote the gayety Of nations
Joined US at the breakfast table,"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
LONDON HAS A PROPHET.
Rev. M. Baxter Predicts tn. Second
Coming Of Christ In 1929.

Rev. M. Baxter Predicts tn. Second
Coming Of Christ In 1929.
There appears in the most expen-
sive column Of London's newspapers
OF the biggest circulation one of the
most curious advertisements ever
published. 1t consists of long
prophecy, occupying two and a half
columns. and describing a series Of
Inomentous events which are to occur
between 1905 and 1929. and which
will culminate in the second coming
of Christ and the beginning of tho
millennium.
The prophet describes himself as
Rev. M. Baxter of London, and his
creed is another of those elaborate
deductions from figures and signs in
the Book Of Daniel and Revelation.
He declares that what was formerly
Caesars empire will be divided, be-
tween 1906 and 1917, into ten king
doms. including France, extending
70 the Rhine, taking in Great Britain
without Ireland. and India, Spain,
Austria, Greece. Turkey. Syria, Egypt
and the Balkans. These ten king
doms will form a Latin confederacy,
which will be leagued against Ger
many and Russia. The prophet says
that lot Of terrible things will hap
pen in the ensuing ten years.
Poor America does not figure in the
awful chronicle. presumably because
she finds no place in Biblical history.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
BOTH IN ROUGH STATE.
Contributors Poem and Editors
Cheek on 4 Par.

Contributors Poem and Editors
Cheek on 4 Par.
Here Is a poem which you may
publish in your paper" said = young
man as he entered the editorial door.
II dashed it on rapidly in an idle mo-
ment, and you will find it In its rough
Etate. rs 1t we're. You can make such
corrections as you think necessary"
-Ah. much obliged" said the editor.
II will give you a check for it at
once"
You are very kind" said the con-
tributor. Il shall be delighted"
There you are,' said the editor.
handing him a check.
MANY thanks" exclaimed the
young man. ". win bring you some
other poem8"
When he got to the door he sudden
ly paused; then he came back
Excuse me-" he said, but you for
eot to Ill up the check. You have not
written the date, nor the amount. nor
Gave you signed your name"
-0A," said the editor, that is all
right You see. 1 have given you the
check In Its rough state. as II were.
You can make such corrections ~ you
think necessary"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
Church and Society Directory.

U. c. Church. services every Sunday m ,rning
and evening; intermediate C. Z. Sunday after
noon Senior C. f. Sunday evening. Prayer
meeting each Wednesday evening. Rev. j. L.
Read. Pastor.
st. Patricks Catholic church. services every
first and third Sunday of each month Rev.
Fr. Dilly, Rector.
Crested Butte Lodge No. ~. A. F. q a. NJ.
meets every Tuesday evening at Diel's hnll.
H. +. Roth. w. NJ, F. +. Songer, Sc
Elk Mountain Lodge No. ~. 1. o. o. F. meets
every Thursday evening at Diels hall. j. NJ.
Jameson, ". g.. g. L. Miller. Secy.
Snowy Range Lodge No. i3, X. OF r. meets
every Wednesday evening at X. OF p. hall
Thos. Campbell, &. G., Jas. Harris, X. of d. q s
Elk Mountain Camp No. TOO, woodnen of the
World, Pacific Jurisdiction, meets every Friday
evening at X. OF p. hall. A. L. Taylor, &. G..
W. d. Allen, Clerk.
Rachel Rebekah Lodge No. ~. meets every
Friday evening at Diel's hall. Alice Clark
N. g., Susie Miller, Sccy.
Silver Temple No. %, Rathbone Sisters, meets
every Tuesday evening at X. of p. hall. Mrs
Harris, NJ. Il. g., Mrs. +. Lovnsy, NJ. of X. & S,
Croatian st Marys Society, No, e6. meots ev.
cry Third Sunday OF each month at Croatian
ball. Anton Fisher, Pes. Martin kurotich,
Secy.
Croatian Sisters of St. Mary, No. 1s3, meets
every second Sunday of each month at Croat.
ian hall. Mrs. Mike Mufiicl,, Pres. Mrs. Mike
Muffich, Sccy.
Bon Gelacic Lodge, No. 2o2, meets the o4th OF
each mouth Rt Croatian hall. Martin Shut
Pres. Anton verzuh, Secy.
st. Josepi,s Society, No. 81. meets every third
sunday Al Lucas oFo!is:Sk building. Wn.
Kolar, Pres. Martin Krasclowetz, secy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
Enjsys ap,<s on H,snssIs.


Peter Lynch is = New York man
who, is philosopher enough to extract
some fun out of joke at his own ex-
pense. He suspects come one Of hav-
ing inserted an advertisement in the
papers putting him on the matrimonial
market. Mr.. Lynch is handsome, pass
ing rich, debonair and 35. He Is also
q member of the exclusive Montclair
Bachelor Club. He said: There were
1l0 young women who wanted to mar
ry me up to 6 o'clock last night. This
morning I received twenty more pro-
posals, all of them coming from wom-
en- scattered through New York. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
l belong to a bachelor club and would
be subject to a heavy nne were even
to make the least semblance Of q goo
goo at any member OF the fair sex.
Of course some of the boys think they
are having great Joke on me, and
nave engaged other girl friends to
push the game along. but am q good
healthy subject for them to practice
on, and / guess 1 am having as much
fun out Of II as they are"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-10-27
The Cruel Husband

why. daughter" said the rioh
father Of the girl who had married
the penniless nobleman, what does
this mean! How comes 1t that you
are home again, with all your trunks!"
Father" wept the girl. II cannot
Awe with the duke any longer"
Cant live with him any longer?
Has he been cruel to your"
Indeed he has," she sobbed. cling
fng TO the tender-hearted old man.
He is always taunting mo with our
poverty"
Poverty? Why, dadgum him!
Didn't I buy him outright for your
That's just It! He sneers that we
were 20 poor that he was the best we
could Afford"