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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-16
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With u. S.
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
Teachers Institute at HardwlCk.

A very largely ATTENDED IeacnerSs
institute was held in Hardwick last
Friday and Saturday. On Friday
morning the teachers registered at
the academy and places of entertain
ment, the people of Hardwick fur
nishing lodgings and breakfasts free
and the ladies of the Methodist and
Babtist churches furnishing dinners
and suppers, at their respective
churches.
Friday afternoon the teachers as
sembled at the high school building
and the exercises began by devotional
exercises conducted by the Rev. W.
c. Clark of the Congregational
church. The address of welcome
was given by Prof. K. L. Thompson
of Hardwick and it was responded
to by Principal D. H. Scribner of
Hyde Park.
A very interesting address was
given by the president, Principal c.
L. Cowles of Stowe. A very well
written paper and one filled with sug-
gestions was read by Miss Clara Car
penter on the subject, Difficulties
with Reading and How to Overcome
Them" This was followed by some
discussion on the subject of reading,
led by State Superintendent Ranger,
Miss Susie Bigelow of Stowe gave
her Experience with the Word Sys-
tenn" and the system was exempt
fed in very interesting manner by
Miss Bertha Jennings OF Hardwick,
who conducted a recitation with a
class of 20 children. This was fol-
lowed by a conference upon the sub
ject of reading and questions were
answered which had been handed in
by the teachers. At 4 o'clock an ex-
cursion was made to the quarries in
Woodbury.. This was a very inter
esting trip and greatly enjoyed by all,
Friday evening Hardwick academy
furnished an entertainment at the
opera house. 1t was a mock court
trial participated in by the leading
citizens of the town and they were
assisted by Col. A. V. Newton of Bos-
ton. The entertainment was fol-
lowed by reception to the teachers.
Saturday morning DEVOTIONAL ex-
ercises were conducted by the Rev. ].
A. Dixon. A very interesting paper
on "C1vics and Citizenship" was
given by Principal W. A. Beebe of
Morrisville, Prof Horace A. Eaton
of Burlington gave a paper on " Early
Training in the Writing of English"
In the afternoon w. H. Taylor
spoke on the "School Law" and a
generalconference was held conducted
by Prof. ]. L. Alger of Johnson.
This was a very interesting con-
vention throughout and proved prof
liable to all who attended. The
committee in charge are entitled to
great credit for the success of their
efforts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
EDEN.

Rob't Reed, who has been very i'll is better
Herbert Warren was liberal with the cigars
Saturday evening.
Geo. Chase is the cream gatherer in the
west part OF the town.
Mr.. Allen from Boston, President of the q
5. Asbestos Company, is in town.
Two deer were seen on C. W. Blake's farm
recently, They were quietly grazing.
Mrs. Nett Shattnck who has been in Marsh
field for the past months is in town
Mrs. Bert and Mrs Kimball, sisters of Mrs.
j. s. Emery, were in town the past week.
Miss W. Eddy, who has charge of the
Congl Church at Marshfield, is visiting in
town.
Rev. Howard J. Chidley addressed an au.
dience at the Mills Sunday P. M. and another
at the Corners Sunday eve.
G. H. Souther made his first Monday trip
this week. Now two days in a week we shall
have chance to change our money for meat
We are all pleased to see Mrs Fannie
Brown again in her accustomed place Sun.
days, after an absence of several months in
Wilmington, Del
Henry Bryant from Worcester was in town
few minutes Sunday, the pressure of bust
n ass enables m ia spend but little time among
the friends of his boyhood.
Myra Blake spent several days as guest at
the cottage on the New England Asbestos Co.,
property. She returned feeling that it was
good place to enjoy an outing.
Chas Bryant, who formerly lived in this
town, now in Holden, Mass, called on his
nephew, A. W. O'Brien, the past week on his
way from sanitarium in Canada, where he
has been for treatment about six months.
A promenade for next Friday evening is
10 tn oil nd -,
order to have good band-which we all
know is fine thing to have on so many oc.
casions-we must do something for its sup.
port and this will be a good time to show
our appreciation of the organization.
One of the pleasant events of the pest week
was the annual meeting and roll call of the
Congl church. The day was perfect and at
attendance good. Reports were satisfactory
Letters from Rev. E. Talmage Root and Rev
R. J. Barton were read. Eden was their first
field and naturally they have an interest here
A fine supper was served at 100 p. m. A
goOd siz I'd congregation was addressed by
Rev. c. :. Hdger of Hyde Park.
A few days ago the question arose as to
who was the uthor Of the much loved song,
which may be called one of the songs of the
nation, Home Sweet Home" Your CORE.
spondent takes pleasure in answering this
question. John Howard Payne was it's au-
thor. He was born in New York City June g.
1892 and died April 10, 1852. He died in
Tunis and was buried in the land of carna-
tions, roses and heliotropes, but not home,
he lay at rest thirty years and more June
5, 1883 his coffin was exhumed and brought
to New York by a French steamer and later
taken to Washington, D. c., where it lies bur-
led and proper monument raised Hope
some one will give us an article on the author
of Star Spangled Banner" which guards
Home Sweet Home"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
EAST CAMBRIDGE.

Gallon Stnson left Friday m orning for Bos-
ton.
John Sheldon of johnson passed Friday
night at home.
George Towle spent Saturday and Sunday
at his home in Morrisville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ransom Schofeld spent few
days last week in Watervil!e.
Miss Stella Fulington of MorrisvilIe spent
the last part of the week at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Wright of North I'm
derhill were at the home of Nelson Jaynes.
Sunday.
Myra, Caie and Clatie Stinson spent Sun
day with their sister, Mrs. Henry Lang, at
Jacksonville.
N. j. Nye lost nice heifer this last week,
by making a sstep in crossing the road and
breaking her hip.
Mrs. F. E. Demeritt and Mrs. Emily Cakes.
have been quite sick the past week, but both
are better at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stinson we're called to
Sam Wool a nephew of lir. Stinson.
Frank Bigelow of Essex passed through
this place with his annual drove of cattle for
Eden pastures, stopping at N. j. Nye's Mon
day night.
F. Earl Fullington was at Cambridge Sat-
urday night attending rehearsal for the play
to be given at the Opera House Memorial
night.
Mrs. J. W. Green spent the past week in
Fairfield, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Merton,
Shattuck Mr. Green going to Fairfield Sun
day after her
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
CAM BRIDGE,

D. D. Wtherell has moved into the Knox
house for the present.
Harlow Wires, who has been in Essex for
few weeks, has returned.
N. W. Robbins has bought out the bicycle
business of Fl. o. Witherell.
Rev Edwin Wheelock and Miss Mary Rey-
nolds are visiting in Boston.
I'll. B. Jones has rented rooms in the Leon.
ard block and will move in SOON
Rodney Corse OF Greensboro is visiting his
sister, Mrs. John Stinehour, for a few days.
Henry Hatch has received government
appointment and is stationed at Montreal
Mrs. E. j. Gallup was quite badly hurt last
Wednesday by falling down the cellar stairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Lapoint are receiving
congratulations over the birth of ason, born
May 8.
B. R. Holmes and daughter, Laura, and her
friend, we're guests of friends in town over
Sunday.
The Sunday Memorial services will be held
in the Methodist church Sunday morning.
Everybody invited.
Mrs. Lizzie Brownell went to Sugar Hill, N.
H., last week, where she has employment in
the Sunset Hill House.
EW. Patch and sister, Mrs W. A. Stafford,
were in st. Adams last Thursday to attend
The funeral of cousin.
John Stearns of Johnson has moved into
the Scott block and is to collect cream for
the Cambridge creamery.
Prof P. A. Gilmore took a few days vaca-
tion from school last week and Rev. A. G.
Mohr supplied as teacher.
Harlow Leavens, Chas. Convey, Boris Will
ley and Ildah Gray from Peoples Academy,
Morrisvile, were home over Sunday.
Memorial Day exercises are to be at the
Center this year. The s. of V. are preparing
a play to be presented at the town hall in the
evening.
The union meeting of the Junior and Senior
G. E. SOCIETIES last Sunday evening, under the
leadership of Mrs. H. N. Gray, was unusually
interesting. The subject "The lad with the
loaves and fishes" was illustrated by tweve
Juniors with baskets, an exercise prepared by
Mrs. c. S. Cornell. All the exercises were good
and well rendered.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
JEFFERSONVILLE,

S. E. Pope and wifespent Sunday in Fletcher:
Merritt Wilson was in Hyde Park Satur
day.
Mr.. Fay and Isadore Como were in town
Sunday.
Lawrence Thompson and wife spent Sunday
in Belvidere.
F. E. Smith had charge OF the johnson sta
ton Sunday.
Fl. W. Varnum of Burlington was in town
part of last week.
Miss Grace Reynolds spent Sunday at Chas
Reynolds in Fletcher.
Mrs Matte Pender OF East Fairfield visited
at Isadore Gomo's recently.
O. P. Hayes and Carol Holmes have been
to the Lake sryeral days fishing.
Miss Goodwin and friend from Johnson
passed Sunday with Marion Cornell
Miss Belle Stannard vas at the home Of
Mrs. Hersie Melendy part of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Waterman OF Buring-
ton spent Sunday at the home of G. W
Holmes.
The Christian Endeavor meeting Sunday
evening was assisted by the Juniors in
union service
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Watkins are soon to
visit their son in Dakota, where they will pass
several months.
Mr.. and Mrs Fusom and Mr.. and Mrs
Hopkins of st. Adams we're at 81 otel Melendy-
over Sunday.
Miss Laura Page, accompanied BY her
friend, Lottie Nathan, was home from Mont
pelier Seminary over Sunday.
The graduating class of the High School
will give lawn party on Albert Thomas
lawn Saturday evening, May %. Ice cream,
and cake will be served.
All the children and young people of the
Sunday School met the Children Is Day Com
mittee Tuesday afternoon to make arrange
ments for concert in June.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
BONE: FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
ricketts, if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and SO
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses every day
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
hrmness comes to the soft
heads. o.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cit.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood. sgr
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4oe-4f5 Pearl Street. New York.
soc. and tI.o0i all drussista
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
NO, WOLCOTT,

Mr.. and Mrs. Foss were in town last Thurs
day.
Leon Gallup was in Morrisville the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silver were in Hardwick last
Friday.
Mrs. Larabee has finished work for Mrs.
Putnam.
L. L. Udall and wife were seen on our
streets recently,
There will be prayer meeting at Will Will
kins' Friday evening.
F. y, Lunt and wife were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. j. F. Holton Sunday.
Mary Bruce is visiting her grandmother
in Crattsbury for a few days.
Gussie and Archie Fisher visited their aunt,
Mrs. l.. G. Boynton, last week.
The teachers here attended State Teachers
Institute at Hardwick last week.
Mrs. Hannah Churchill went to New Hamp
shire last week on business matters.
Mrs. Gladys Lane visited her Grandmother
Pike at the home OF W. l.. Farrar last Satur-
day.
Mrs. Chas. Robbins and Mrs Fletcher we're
guests at the home of Almon Bruce last We'd
nesday.
l.. E. Armstrong has hired out to the
Bashaw boys at v oodbury Center TO work
in the quarries.
Eugene Wheeler with his force of men and
the road machine we're working ON the road
here last Thursday
Mrs. A, E Woodmansee was called to Hard
wick Sunday night by the illness of her STEP
brother, Mr. Sanborn.
John Foss of Morrisville will be at the NJ
E. church with his wonderful photograph
and moving picture entertainment Tuesday
evening, June 2. He gives one-third of the
proceeds to the church. Turn out and give
him full house.
Fred Churchill had quite a runaway with
his team last Wednesday. He left the horses
standing at the door with a load, while he
went into the house. The horses took fright
and started on a run and went down to the
store and from there they went to the horse
sheds, doing some damage to the harness. A
narrow escape but no one hurt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
MOSCOW,

Mrs. j. B. Hyde visited friends in town last
Friday.
Howard Butts is preparing to build new
barn this season.
Great time for forest fires, causing a dence
smoke most of the time.
Gust Mcmahon OF Hardwck was in town
last Thursday, calling on friends.
Claude Adams and wife of Montpelier visit
ed his parents Friday and Saturday.
Leon Butts is enjoying a two weeks vaca-
ton from his duties at the hospital in Water
bury.
Mrs. Cornie French, who has been in poor
health for the past few months, is improving
OF late.
Mrs. Ward Collins returned last Tuesday
from Morristown, where she had been making
a short visit at the home of r. W. Collins.
Mrs. Martha Robinson returned home Sat.
urday from Shootsville, where she has been
stopping with her grandson. c. c. Atkins for
a week.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

Why will people do it? Yet they
do Just the same. We refer to anon
ymous communications. Notwith-
standing our frequent statement that
communications unsigned do not go
in the News and Citizen office, we re-
ceive them very often and they find
their way into the waste paper bas-
ket. One from Johnson this week
goes the same way.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
Temperance In the South.

The progress of temperance in the
Sonth is Interestingly discussed in
a recent issue of Leslie's Weekly.
Temperance reform in the North has
usually had the first place in the pub
lie mind, when this question came
up, and little has been heard of it as
it existed in the Southern section.
But it appears to be live question
in several of the commemorative be-
low Mason and Dixon's line. SAYS
the Weekly:
"Local option by counties has been
progressing all through the South for
many years until the larger parts of the
States of Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia,
Mississippi and Louisiana have been
brought practically under prohibition.
One may travel entirely across some of
these states, it is said, without passing
through single saloon district. Even
Texas, which in years gone by very un-
Justly. gained the reputation of being
loose and lawless, has been almost cap
tured by the prohibitionists. Three
fourths of the state is now said to be I'M
der the local option law excluding all
liquor. To be more precise, of the 236
counties of the state Io4 are wholly dry,
and of the remainder seventy-four are
largely dry, very many of them wholly
dry save the county seat, and only fifty
eight are wholly wet. And the counties
that are either wholly or largely dry
represent total population of 2, 2IS,o39,
while the wet counties represent only
725,825. A movement is now on foot in
Texas to pass prohibitory law appli-
cable to the whole state, and on the basis
of the figures quoted it looks as if the
thing would be done. 1t may thus hap.
pen that while Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, on the northern border, have act
ually abandoned prohibition, the great
commonwealth on the southwest will
take it up, and, what is more, will be
likely to enforce it, affording the rest of
the country unique object lesson"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

In New Hampshire the cause of
temperance has suffered reverse.
The vote on the license question I'M
der the new local option law was
taken last week and unexpected Ii
cense sentiment de Jeloped in the
larger towns and cities, while the
smaller towns to a great extent vote
against license. A large part of the
state will now be legally "wet" for
the first time in fifty years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
Riverside,

George Wadleigh has returned from a
several weeks stay in Massachusetts,.
Alpheus Styles from Waterville Wis
tied his brother Edwin the first of this
week.
Carroll Styles and family from Cam
bridge called on their many friends in
this place the first of the week.
Richmond Hooper, who has been in
poor health for long time, is very sick
at the home of his daughter. in-law, Mrs.
Flora Hooper, where he has lived for
the past few years.
Charles Lucas and Rosie Currier were
quite badly hurt last Sunday afternoon
by their horse becoming frightened
and throwing them out of a wagon, but
no bones were broken.
Emerald Place and wife, after travel
ing abroad for several weeks, have re-
turned and have taken up their abode
at the Woodside Inn, where friends are
at liberty to call at any time.
The auction that was held last Satur-
day was not very we'll attended and but
very few bidders were present. B. M.
Currier was the lucky man. He got the
house and all the buildings that surround
the same, and the good will of the mill
yard, for S26, 100 in cash or valuable pa
pers'
Aimon Crowell found one of his sheep
dead in his field few days ago and
some of his good friends had got the
wool all nicely pulled off and laid out,
and to all appearance expected when
the shades of night came on to retl1ru
and take the fleece, but after due DELHI
Grafton and careful thought, Almon de-
cided to gather in the wool and leave
the mutton for them, as that was the
mosl expensive part of the game.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
EDEN Mills.

EDEN MILLS,
B. A. Hunt was in town Monday on legal
business.
&. E. Stone returned to his home at John
son, Monday.
Aura Richards and Stella Richards were at
home Sunday,
Will Whittemore of Albany was in town
the first of the week.
Mrs. Ashley Sargent and children visited
relatives in Cady's Falls Saturday and Sun
day.
lila Westover has returned home from No.
Hyde Park, where she has been staying for
few weeks with her brothers family.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20
Maplehill.

Eva Whitcomb visited her uncle Will
lard Whitcomb last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Whitcomb spent
Sunday with Mrs. Burbank.
Mr.. and Mrs. A1pheusWescomb visited
at H. F. Hurlburts last Sunday.
Mrs. Flora Newland finished work for
Mrs. Albert Whitcomb and has gone to
Morrisville.
Some of the young folks attended
meeting and Sunday school at Center
vile last Sunday.
Mrs. Isham who was staying few
days with Mrs. Jewett, returned to her
home last Sunday.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

We have never seen this Joke in
print. Two men were dining out.
The steak brought in was nice and
juicy at one end and tough at the
other. Each would yield to the other
to carve. After repeated attempts
back and forth one consented. He
cut off the tough end and passedit to
his friend. The reply he got was
" Well, for cheek you take the cake,
if l had been carving would have
given my guest the better piece and
kept the tough end myself.
"Well, what are you kicking
about, haven't you got it ?"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

Some folks think that newspaper
man or newspaper should not make
a mistake. Heaven knows that no
one tries harder to get at the facts OF
a case than a newspaper man-it is
his business. Yet if a mis-statement
is made, very often it is not thenews-
paper mans fault, he is condemned
numerically for it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

There is no doubt of the effective
ness of the law passed by the last
Congress taxing oleomargarine and
other colored limitations of butter
In the nine months since theta went
into operation there was a decline
of &c, 5O9,9 91 pounds in the produc.
ton of oleo, and decline of 81 ,554,.
4S2 in the revenue received from that
article The tax was formerly two
cents a pound. 1t is now ten cents
if the article is colored to represent
butter, but if sold in it's naturalcolor
or any other color than that in
tended to initiate butter, the tax is
quarter of cent.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

The Hardwick Gazette issued last
week an illustrated supplement con-
tanning a fine picture of Pennsyl-
vania's proposed new capitol, the
granite for which is to be furnished
by the Woodbury. Granite Co., of
Hardwick. The Gazette is ever on
the alert to show up the good things
that come to that lively berg and its
people ought to appreciate these eff
forts on the part of its hustling
newspaper.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago, President of
the Pullman Car Co., arrived in Manchester
Thursday in his private car, 0livette. He
will arrange for the building OF large house
on the estate which herecently bought adjoin-
ing Ormsby bill, the summer home OF the late
Edward s. Isham OF Chicago, who was a mem
Der of the law firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale
On the east Mr.. Lincoln's estate joins that Of
A. M. Gilbert of Chicago, who is building d
beautiful house and fine farm buildings
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

The Monroe Doctrineidca is becom-
ing popular in the old world. Eng
land has proclaimed a doctrine OF
that kind for the Persian Gulf, and
China is willing to adopt one as to
Manchuria. Several powers have
eaforcedit in different parts of Africa,
without, however consulting the
original owners OF the soil in the
matter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

King Edward finds it difficult to
make both ends meet on a salary of
only So, 100000, and he has applied
for an increase of $150,OOO. There
will be the usual grumbling on the
part Of Mr.. Bull at the increase, but
in the end he will come down hand
somely. The throne is very dear to
John, and he paws accordingly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-20

An ex-Mayor of Minneapolis has
been convicted of accepting a bride of
$500 while executive of that city.
Public sentiment pushed the pros
ecution aud the courts, as usual,
were equal to the emergency.