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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-09-17
DEATH IN DUXBURY.

North Duxbury, Sept. 14.-Mrs.
" V. Turner died at her home here
on Sunday afternoon after an illness
of four weeks, of disease which
batfled her physicians. She leaves
husband and one son, Erwin, four
Years old. The funeral will be held
on Tuesday at one O'Clock at the
house.
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Legal Notices.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF CECIL MACKENZIE

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Washington,
Commissioners, to receive, examine, and adjust all
of CECIL MACKENZIE, late OF Cabot In said
Dlstrct deceased and all claims exhibited N
meet for the purposes aforesaid at the Harness
shop Of r. A. Thomas, In the Town Of Marshheld,
Ord day of March, next from 1 O'Clock p. M,
until O'Clock p Me- each of said days,
and that six months from the 4th day OF septem-
Der A. d. 1903, is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims to us for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Marshneld, this 9Th day Of September
A. ID. 1908.
1888 CEYLON A. NORRIS, ( sioners.
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T Ayer's
Sarsaparilla day.
axe other kinds
fN" NrrNVHT J.C. Aver Co.,
LOIIlNIl i Wv Lowell, Mass-
WOODBURY..


Edward MCGEE, sharpener at
Tommy Daniels quarry, was severely
burned one day last week by the ex-
plosion of some powder which had
been left under he anvil on which he
was working. The force Of the ex-
plosion threw him several feet away
and he received burns of arm, hand,
face and one eye. His injuries proved
less that might be expected and he
is able to to be out.
H. E. Weber has gore to Bethel to
take A. N. Ainwsorth' place as fore
man on the quarries
WEST TOPSHAM.
O. L. Speare and Charles Blake are
at work on the church. 1t is the in
tention of the committee to have the
audience room ready for use in few
weeks.
Hon. r. M. Harvey of Montpelier
was in town last week to look after a
few of the lawsuits that we're caused
by the separation of Clayton L. Emery
and Anna X. Emery.
Fannie Chalmers is able to ride out.
She has been living in tent for a
she will regain her health.
Miss Lydia E. White has been visit
ting at Horace Whites for few days.
She went to Ryegate Monday to at
tend the wedding anniversary of Fred
H. White.
Mr.. McKugh of Middlebury is teach
ing the village school. He is grad.
uate of Midlebury College and very
fine teacher.
Horace White was at Bradford
Tuesday to attend probate court.
Mrs. George W. Bond is painting
her house.
Oilley's farm in Orange There is 8
fine lot of spruce lumber ON this farm
Miss Ola Cunningham has a new
piano.
Mrs. Ellen Corliss of Waltham
Mass, was in town calling on friends
Saturday.
The Oleves family gave an enter
| tainment at village hall Friday and
Saturday evenings.
The White family held their annua
reunion at the home of d. 9. White
| September Ii. There were twenty
seven members of the family presen
and few invited guests.
Mrs Henry Glover of Groton i
withher mother, Mrs. H. NJ jackson
Mrs. Henry McCrillis of Hyd
Park, Mass, returned to her hom
Tuesday.
Mr.. Lang has completed the perma
| nent road near j. @. Sanborn's, anC
| has done a fine job.
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Mrs. e. A. Lowell has sold her house
on Granite street to Andrew Benzie.
Mrs. Lowell will make her home with
a relative in Newburyport, Mass
Scott WEIGH is attending school at
st. Johnsbury.
Miss CLARK of Portland, Me-, spoke
on woman's home missions last Sun
day at the Methodist church.
G. H. Pillsbury and wife retained
from Boston last Friday.
A. w. Grown has bought the Grand
Union Tea route of A. r. Teller and
is to take possession the first Of Octo-
Der.
IA. r. Teller is clerking in Hall &
Oochran's store.
O. A. Kicker and wife and Lewis
Keenan, attended Sherbrooke fair.
O. @. Lord is sick and unable to be
in the printing office.
Mrs. Ira Kicker of Plainfeld re-
turned to her home last Thursday after
five weeks visit with relatives here
and at Topsham.
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MARRIAGES.

In Groton, Sept. 6, Ira Heath end
Miss Mamie O'Neil.
East Corinth, Sept. ~, n A. ABB
bolt and Miss Hattie Thompson.
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Danville, Sept. 10, Mrs. Mary Gill
bert.
Danvflle, Sept. 8, Marshall j.
Morse.
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ESTATE OF WESLEY T. MILES
STATE OF VERMONT,

DISTRICT OF " AbHINHTON, b T.
In Probate Court, held in MONTPELIER. in and for
said District, on the 10th day Of September, A. d.
1901
Ceyon A. Morris. Administrator, Of the estate OF
WESLEY T. MILES, late of Cabot, in said District,
deceased, presents his administration account for
examination and allowance and makes appli-
cation for decree of distribution and partition of
the estate of said deceased.
whereupon 1t is ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application be referred TO O
session thereof to be field at the Probate once
in said Montpelier, the Bird day Of october,
A. ID. 1903. for hearing and decision there
And, It Is further ordered that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested, by publication Of
the three weeks successfully In the YER
MONT WATCHMAN AND STATE JOURNAL, newG-
paper published at Montpelier, in this State, pre-
vlous to said time appointed tor hearing that they
may appear at said time and place, and show cause
II any they may have, why said account should
not be allowed, and such decree made.
BY the Court. Attest,
97.39 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge,
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MORETOWN.

Clair Ward and Burt Ward are visit
ing friends in Meredith, N. H.
Emma Royce has returned from her
visit in Pawtucket, r. l., and is now
stopping with her parents in Mont
pelier.
George Dale and wife of Waterbury
were in town on Sunday.
Quite number of our townspeople
attended thu Waterbury fair last week.
Arthur Booth of Boston arrived in
town Saturday evening and is stopping
at the home of j. ID. Bidgood.
Waller Wilcox, who is attending
school at Montpelier Seminary, was at
home on Sunday.
Fred Henson, who has carried on
G. @. Evans farm since last spring,
has left it and gone to N. H.
B. J. Stewart and Ed Dana of Mont
pelier were in town on Sunday.
Mrs. Emeline r. Sargent of st.
Johnsbury is visiting relatives and
friends in town.
Rena Evans has the whooping cough.
She is at the home of her grandfather,
A. E. Lovejoy.
George Gotta spent Sunday at H. o.
Wards.
Mrs. Harrison Royce of Montpelier
visited in town last week, also Mrs.
John Towle OF Waterbury.
ROXBURY.
Joseph Boardman, Jr., returns to his
studies at Dartmouth this week.
Mrs. Frank Mann has been quite ill,
but is more comfortable.
John Harquet had his foot injured
at the quarry and has returned to his
home in Swanton.
M. f. Bagley has moved back from
Warren into Mrs. Beams tenement.
George Fisk has moved to ST. AL
bans.
Mrs Maria Dunsmoor, who is eighty
two years of age, fell on the floor Sun
day night and broke her hip. Mrs.
Dunsmoor has been in feeble health
for some time.
Alpheus Dana and his mother re-
turned last week from a ten days car.
riage trip to visit friends in Hardwick
and other towns.
Mrs. E. o. Young of Bellows Falls
and j. ID. Snow of Walpole, N. H.,
are expected to visit relatives here this
week
Grin Flint, who had been i'll for
some time died last Tuesday and the
funeral occurred Thursday, Rev. Mr..
Boardman officiating. Mr.. Flint
leaves wife and two sons, also five
brothers, three of whom were present
at the funeral.
II. G. Ellis and wife visited their
daughter, Mrs. y. o. Turner, in Wat
erbury last week.
1t is reported that Eugene Flint Ia
soon to move to Randolph to work at
his trade as a blacksmith.
Bert Spalding and Miss Nellie An
drews were recently married and re-
ception was given them at the home
OF his brother. George Spalding.
Erwin Williams and family are
spending few weeks in town.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II it fails
to cure. Il. w. Groves signature is on
each box. DO
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Excursion to New York. See ad
vertisemeut on page s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03
Sunday Schoo Missionary Work
Special Work for the Unreaced Children Of the New Com
munities Of the Iron Range Districts.

communities for the churches. The
Sunday schools it plants are care
fully sustained until they can be.
given to some church acceptable
to the comnnunity The work in
Minnesota is under the direction of
State Missionary +. Bartlett,
whose eadquarters are at s3s
Guaranty Loan bnilding Mime
sapoIis. During the past year the.
missionaries in Minnesota planted.
=148s Sunday chools with 5,2S5 mem
beers. "A new Sunday school was.
planted for. every So pended.
This work has. been sustained by
the gifts Of the people.
IS Mr. Ferguson IS very desirous. Of
.ohtai ining inf for1na ton regarding.
the especiall needy fields on the
order to do ore effective.
work a. once. IN one knowing.
OF places where new Sunday.
schools aresneeded orwherre evan
gelistic nlee etings would open or
strengt gthen rel igious work IS re-
quesfed toWrite Fergnson at
Virginia a +. Ferguson will glad
" GO operate with the pa stors III;
every possible wa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03
DISPOSE OF BUSINESS INTERESTS.
Stein & O'Rotcke Sell virgiaia Cash
Grocery to George Tuesler. f:

De- =
Messrs. Jacob Stein and Edmund
]. .eORourke, who for several years
past have been numbered among
Virginia's substantial and success
full business men, have decided to
retire from active business and con-
clude a deal for the sale of their
stock-~to George .Tneller, Of Deer
River, who owns and controls many
department stores at progressive
northern Minnesota points. sss...::sz
e. Mr.. Tueller leases the entire block
at tpresent, and will also have an
other room in anew part to BE
erected on the two lots east, recent
1y pure hased by Messrs, Stein ssss<ss
ORourke, who will erect full. Fifty:
feet solid brick az additional f ffront ape ,S:
at an early date. :-zs: .. sSs.; 5:.;;
It is understood to BET Mr.. IueI-5
Ier,s intention to convert the bust
ness into frst.clas rtnientI
store, "a venture which will ,,n-s:
doubtedly prove successful. in i. 8
city Of the size and commercial
activity Of Virginia. ,,,.;5.ssz .sssz
Meesrs. Stein = O'Rourke are not;
fully decided on their future courae.
but for the present will devote their;
attention to mining matters. bein,lpyss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03
Died :of Pneumonia.


Severin Staff, numbered among
Virginia pioneers,died at his home
on Walnut street at about $50
O'Clock yesterday morning, Of pneu-
monia after an illness Of but a
week. I i ,z~> II ! --5z RI =a.ssz ==as
:: Deceased came to Virginia in'1893,
removing here with his family from.
Cascades Mich, and is survived by
his wife=and four children, to whom
is extended the sympathy Of the
Com mmt1r,ity in their bereavement. Il.
Mr.. Staff was So years Of age. be-
ing born in Sweden on November.
7th, 1880 removing to the new west:
and making his home in. America.
while still q young man. He was.
known as Fan honorable, energetic.
citizen. zsss.ssz.ss.55z. ss.stzz.3
unStalhervices vi u be condntct
tiIe .Eusi1aran 80
cthure 4 Rev. r. G. !. Hanson pastor, 81
tomors1w, interment. being made ii
the Virginia cemetery - .%s71 sz1E::.. s::'
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s. Mr.. Frank r, Ferg guson has been
appointed missionary Of the Amer
ican Sunday School Union forzthe
iron range district, with headquar-
ters at Virginia. He will spend the
summer months in organizing pew
Sunday schools where needed and
aiding weak schools A number Of
Sunday school rallies and insti.
.tutes will be held in the fall, and
the winter spent in evangelistic
meetings and work among the
camps. Mr.. Ferguson will
be assisted in his evangelistic work
and children's meetings by Mrs.
Ferguson, who is singer and,
musician. Both ha We spent a.
number of years in similar work
withs1nuch success. zs5S. sszz5s 5sz5ss=. s..
II he American Sunday y School.
Union ,:l1nd der whose auspices Mr..
and =Mrs. Ferguson vii 4 Dor, s.
the oldest and largest Sunday.
school society IN q erica ii has.
organized an average Of five Sun
dayssehools for reac h. da II since its:
for1nati ion in 1924 IS strictly:
neutrality-suspicious. in Character
aud works and actsas an arm to
reach the divid ed ID estitute3
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03
For A Range LEAGUE.

= hesproPosition for a Range Base
ball=Leagne is meeting with hearty
approval by the range press, and
the proposition is,@ we believe, des-
tined TO culminate in tangible form.
Several years ago the respective
towns OF the iron district nobly sup.
ported strong ball aggregations,
and. with the formation Of a league
as proposed, including Ely. Tower
and Grand Rapids with Mesaba
point teams, pristine interest would
be easily revived. The range teams
used TO play fast ball, and some Of
the old timers are still with us--ir
good form, and additions to fill in
wouldsbe easily obtainable
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6Rtlls . (, lpiDS Ilst MI. e



The spelling contest Of the local5
high school with the high schoolsofl
Grand Rapids and Sly was held ID.
the ope1a house on Friday night.
The Grand Rapids school won Fret.
place=il both wri item and oral spell.
ing. EH and rginia broke even,
Ely taxing thezwritten contest by a:
lead ofsoOR per cent, and Virginia:
the oral contest by twelve words..
Ae the written contest only counted.
forty per cent and the oral for sixty
per cept Virginia was given second
place in the contest and Ely third.
The only entertainment for. the
audience wac the musicalselections
by the high school pupils under
the charge Of Miss Sweeney . !:
The following were the contest
ants: s5 :.szss II =s:5sss:zs sszssss.
Grand Rapids: Misses Ada Kre-
raer. Della. Yancy, Carrie Dinwoodie.
and dad Doran. 81. ::-.z... :z.s 3=z#s
!: Virginia: Amelia Thompson, Al.
bert Shipley, Alice Jones and Sid
ney Steinberg. LII = ....=z....
:Ely: Otto Brownell, Carmen Mil
Ter, Clara Rye and Doris Knuteon. !
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That Order Easy Wiaaers in the Mtes-
ley Pisoo coatest. Which Was 4
Closed Last Niott. &
THEIR VOTE WAS ~ 1863.
The Other Aspirants Were Swaaaped
the Next Highest Vote Be;ss =.
Bot ~ 4yo57. =: D.

The contest for the handsome
Wesley piano put up by the enter
prising merchants Of Virginia as
prize for the organization receiving
the highest number of votes prior
to April End, the piano, purchased
of S. w. Raudenbush & Co, st. Paul,
sole factors Of the instrument, be.
ing placed on, exhibition in the
store of Shanedling Bros, where
the ballot box was also stationed,
closed last evening, the final count
being made by Clerk Bickford at
the council chamber.
The contest, which opened on
November 18th, was spirited one
for time, the Finnish Temperance
Society started with a winning lead,
but later gave away to the combin-
edforces which favored the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and
while slight sprint was again
made at the close the lead WAS too.
great to be overcome, the total vote
received by the various contestants
being as follows:
I. o. O. :144, ,960
Finnish Temperance Soc'y j.. 74,O57s
Catholic Church -. 5O895
Norwegian Lutheran Church 1862
S. n. & e. F. of "A = :, :. -. =. :: 239
Swedish Lutheran Church -. =. ~
L.. =. i. II =: ~ ~
Finnish Lutheran Ghurel1s l9,
TO. :. s: . ...s.. . =. . II
n -. 1. W.. -. = y
The contributors to the prize,
which is certainly handsome in
strument, were the Virginia Cash
Grocery, the Mesaba Meat Market.
A: Hawkinson, Shanedling Bros.
r. E. Bailie, Mesaba Art Tailors,
Milavetz Bros, Sodergren's' Drug
Store and Mr.. Mary A. Booth, each
of whom issued, ballots with each
Is cent cash purchase, the original
issue1sbeing Eequalxto 4l6OOO votes.
While the total vote cast did not ex-
ceed two-thirds the original issue,
some of the contributors found
their original allotment too small
their business showing a healthy
status and forcing additional orders.
Clerk Bickford, who. counted the
votes, states that the. ballots wilt.
be kept until 6 u. m. fOm0rr0w in
case a recount should beIdesired
by any of the aspirants, and the,
instrument will thereafter. be re.
moved to the 1. o. O: F. hall in the
Hawkinson block, where it's use
will be donated to other societies.,
whose members so ably assisted
the victors in landing the coveted.
prize. Il. Il !. e NJ !. :
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/ iinished Just II, Time.

The JOB of removing the pump
ing plant from the Penobscot mine
near Hl;iibbing is still a matter OF
com n'ent in mining circles. The
work was in charge of H. ]. Wes.
singer mechanical engineer of the
steel zcorporation, and was an ,en.
gineering feat of great difficulty
and corresponding interest.
The mine caved in FIVE hours after
the pumps were removed. Nobody
familiar with mining can under
stand the great care and skill re,
qnired to remove this great pump.
ing plant without accident. The
great array of pumps will be dis
tributed among the steel CORPORA
ton mines as required. -. 81 :==-: !:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03
Viii Be Heavy Shippers.

properties ro1tIo lied BY
Pickands, Mather are to be
heavy shippers this year. Those
=a1ready ysons the List will Be further
developed aud several new ones
opened they e preparing TO
operate the eliza beth, near the Pc
5nohscot while. the ypress, ocafed
on eection 10. 81 soon 70 Sc dc.
veloped The 1ease of this Inter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03
Presby terian Church Services.

8: ThesIegular services will be held
IN. the Presb byterian church next
Sunday as follows: Sunday School
at noon; Young Peoples Society at
band prea ching service at Z 80 p
~. You are cordially 3 invited sto=at-
tend any or all Of these services s S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03

! mine mine ss owned by the Pickands-
.MatIier COMPANY and Ioste.,n,i, Sell.

wood ss;ss=
So The lbany min trolIed BY
the comp isssaitI 10 contain the
deepest ore deposit yet discovered.
on the Mesab One drill has pene.ss
Itrated ore. 81 100 eet.1
The rainesis il .sss,s S. and covers.
aoaeres tswilI e heavy sri ipper:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-03
Broken Leu.

&C. = Bay had the mi fortune to.
.slipossand fall AL down stairs at the Fay
Opera eIond evening 6, sustaining
g fracture of the.small Il bone sof his.
right leg The IN jury, while not of
a serious nat ture, will confne him
.tostf1e llotse TOR some time.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-20

Miss lelah Boorman underwent a
successful operation for the removal Of
tumor from her side, last week, and
is recovering nicely, and her many
friends will be glad to learn that she
will soon be able to return from the
sanitarium. The operating surgeon
said the tumor was caused by Lelah
permitting the broomhandle to strike
her side while sweeping. Our houee-
keepers should take warning and not
sweep
]. r. Steele was in town from Mount
Hood Tuesday. He reports an excel
lent second crop of clover in the Mount
Hood district, which will be better than
the first crop and will be ready for the
sickle in about two weeks. Mr.. Steele
has eight acres in clover. His garden,
one OF the best in the country last year,
is doing as we'll this year. He brought
in garden truck.
This morning Secretary Bayard order
ed car load Of lumber from
Hood River to be used in building new
stalls and shed on the race track for the
accommodation of stock that will be ex-
hibited at the district fair--Mountain-
eer.
Mrs. G. |. Grant of Boston arrived
Tuesday, via Portland, and will spend q
few weeks with her old friend Mrs.
Louise Goddard at her summer home
in Crapper.
Owing to delays in making repairs to
the Spencer, this steamer will not make
its appearance until Saturday.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-20

S. L. Taylor and wife we're up from
Latourelle last week. Mr.. Taylor found
things on his ranch very satisfactory
under the management OF II. M. Wood,
and has rented again for another year
to Mr.. Wood. Mr.. Taylor is living on
his son-in-law's place on the east bank
of the Sandy river, just five miles south
of Corbett station. Mrs. Taylor is always
in better health at Latourelle. Last
winter the snow was notover three inch
es deep at one time. During the forest
fire last fall, Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor re-
mained up for three nights fighting the
fires about them. They managed to
save everything except one barn.
Professor L. Z. Caldwell of Philomath
college was in Hood River last week on
his way home from a canvas of Sher-
man county in the interest OF his col
lege. Professor Caldwell found the peo-
pie of Sherman county very anxious that
the college should locate at Hood River,
and secured the names of 100 young peo-
pie who would attend il the Institution
moved here. Many of the families de-
clared they would move to Hood River
while their children attended the col
lege.
w. H. Hershey and wife, after an ex-
tended visit with their son, A. o. Her.
shey left last Saturday for Pendleton,
where they will visit awhile with Sam
Smith and family before continuing
to their home in Lafayette, Ind. Mr..
Hershey lives on 240 acre farm in
Indiana, where he is one of the prosper
GUS citizens of his community. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Hershey express them
selves as highly pleased with the fruits
and scenery of Hood River.
F.W. Angus takes exceptions to the
fish story told of him by Thos. j. Cum
ming. He says that the story was all
true except that this fish was a salmon
and its length was 2S inches instead of
20 inches as reported by Mr.. Cunning.
Mr.. Angus says Mr.. Cunning should
allow some growth for the fish after it is
caught.
Mics Effie Burns, whose home was in
The Dalles until late last spring, when
she left for Hood River, was brought up
from that place yesterday suffering with
a bad case OF appendicitis. She is under
the doctors care and is reported better
Chronicle.
Milton Sunderland and Arthur Foster,
brother-in-law and nephew respectively
of A. ]. Dufur accompanied by Mr.. Hen
ry, all of Hood River, were in Dufur the
first of the week.-Dufur Dispatch.
A brother of r. S. Andrews is ex-
pected to arrive this week from Kansas,
when with b. R. Tucker the party will
make trip around the base Of Mount
Hood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McAlister of
Eugene are visiting in Hood River, the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Copple.
Mrs. McAlister is a sister OF Mrs. .Copple.