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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
TUESDAY.

The election of Hon. Redfield Proc
tor to succeed himself as United
States senator from Vermont, for the
term of six years following March 4,
1905, was the event of the day in the
legislature. Every vote in the SEN
ate was cast for him. In the house ne
received 205 votes; John Fl. Senter.
democratic nominee, received 81
votes and there were 10 absentees.
Mr.. Proctor was nominated by SEN
ator Fletcher of Windsor, who spoke
elouuently of Cavendish and its prod
net of men. He spoke of Senator
Proctor briefly as a man, a politician
and a statesman. As a man his life
has been like an open book; as
politician he has achieved all offices to
which he has aspired that are in the
gift of the state and as a statesman
he has ever stood for the best and
highest, both for state and nation
In the house, Mr.. Proctor was NOM
mated by Mr. Fits of Brattleboro,,
who, after a fine tribute to Vermonts'
great men of the past, expressed in
the nomination, the pride of the peo-
pie of the state in one who is strong
and broad in his craftsmanship, his
brilliancy and his leadership
Mr. Senter was nominated in the
house by Mr.. Pape of Barre city, who
spoke of him as a self made man, OF
scholarly attainments, one of the
leading lawyers of the country and
who has proved his ability and hon
esty in public service-a man who
measures up to the high office.
Senator Simpson of Caledonia coun-
ty introduced bill providing that
every person selling or giving away
trading stamps shall pay an excise
tax for carrying on such business
equal to per cent from the gross re-
ceipts of the sale of such stamps.
Other bills introduced were by Sem
ator Prouty of Orleans changing pen
atty for failure to return inventory OF
stock to not more than $4,000. instead
of $4,000 without discretion; by SEN
ator Rowland of Rutland amending
present law relating to election by
ballot so that upon written applica-
tion of 90 votes all town officers shall
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH!

And a glass of the Atherton Whis-
key occasionally will keep it up to the
proper standard. This liquor is
pure brand, made from the finest
grain, and guaranteed to have no un-
desirable after effects.
drink in due season is beneficial
when the stimulant is honestly made.
1t is carrying things to excess that
does the damage Drink wisely, and
you will not regret it.
Strictly pure and reasonable in
price. Let us replenish your wine
Pure old Cider Brandy $500 per
gallon. A complete line of California
cabinet.
wines, SIPS per gallon, or bring your
own jug and we fill it at S1.00 per
gallon.
Telephone 244 Price list free.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

An inquest to fix the responsibility
for Hopkins's death was begun at
$3.50 Monday afternoon before Justice
R. C. Bacon, States Attorney
Schwenk. appearing for the state and
Attorney James F. Hooker for Con-
tractor Kilburn. who was the first
witness He stated that an examina-
ton Of the soil in the rear of Hooker
block showed a thin layer of made
soil" not more than two feet, then
three or four feet of gravel and below
that hardpan. He said that he had
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
$500 REWARD !!

Will be paid to the finder of Lester
]. Stafford insane, who strayed from
his home with r. N. Fairbank, Gull
ford. VT, on ay October 10,
about o'clock y. When last seen
he was going east from the Fairbank
farm, toward Vernon mountain.
Descriptions: Age, SO; height, about
feet 10 inches; hair, curly, slightly
gray: full beard quite gray; eyes
light gray, vacant expression; large
wen on back of head, showing through
the hair; dressed in black coat dark
cardigan jacket, dark trousers, wool
en- shirt, leather boots, recently tapped
and heeled. Talks but little, can not
be well understood; is very timid ana
perfectly harmless.
Telephone information to ]. E. Gale,
Guilford, VT, or send word to r. N.
Fairbank, P. o. Bernardston, Mass.
JOHN e. GALE, Guardian.
Guilford, VT. Oct. II, 1904
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
BUILDING LOTS

Never in the history of Brattle-
boro have tenements been so well
taken, which shows that we have
got to build more houses. I have
FIVE good medium-priced lots on
Highland street, two on Pine
street, and two nice front lots and
five 1ower-priced lots on Canal
street. This chance is not offered
very often, so come and talk it
over. S. W. EDcETT & CO.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

TTyO RENT-Desirable place in West village,
F. WEATHERHEAD. SOU
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

Continued on 10th page.)
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

ITO RENT--10- room modern house on North
Main street. S. W. EDGETT & Co.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

TTyO RENT-1O-r room house, modern, S25 per
month. Toilet and bath on each noor.
Anyone wanting to let rooms can reduce the
rent about one half and have nice home. S.
W. EDGETT & Co.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

ITO RENT-Building for storage or light
i manufacturing purposes. VALLEY GRAIN
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

The best place to learn Business, Bookkeeping,
Shorthand and Telegraphy is at the
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

yTyO RENT--4-room tenement, Centervllle
i five per month S. W. EDGETT u Co.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

TTyO RENT-About Nov. Is, two tirst-class
i tenements. Apply at once to s. W. EDG-
EFT g. Co.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

Following is a summary of the pro-
ceedings OF the general assembly at
Montpelier during the past week:
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

RICHARDS NJ. BRADLEY,
LAURENCE MINOT.
Trustees under the will of
Thomas Thompson.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
VOLUME xxx.
WANTED, FOR SALE, TO RENT, ETC.

VXIANTED-Boarders at the Melrose House,
w West Brattleboro. Terms reasonable,
42-2ts
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

Guilford, VT. Oct. II, 1904.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

NOR SALE--A good delivery or family horse
II W G.. DooLITTLE. 4o-u
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

TIOTEL-For sale or exchange for village
II property or farm, one of the best lttle
on account of sickness. EDGETT Il Co.. Brat
tleboro.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
FOR SALE.

IcOR SALE-Four second hand sleighs, cheap
Il S. W. EDGETT Il Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-26

nent, the box was forgotten, perchance
the bearers were killed, and perhaps
the debris of a falling house covered
the chest and its precious contents I'M
til memory of it passed from the minds
of all men save one, the poet who COM
posed the story of the war. An acct
dental turn in the direction Of the
trench. the overlooking of a seemingly
unimportant corner, the failure to sink
the spade into a bank of earth that
seemed of no more Importance than
any other and the treasure of King
Priam might have remained hidden
until the end Of time. But chance, ac-
cident or fate, whatever We may call
the mysterious influence that seems
sometimes TO overrule human action,
favored Schliemann and the words Of
Homer were shown to be those Of
truth
On another occasion Schiliemann
proved that truth is stranger than fic-
ton. Homer or the poet who composed
the poems attributed TO him told a
story of the murder and hurried burial
of AgaInemnon and his companions, at
the instigation OF Clytemnestra. Schilie-
mann suspected that the story might
be more than poetic invention, and
went to Mycenae to investigate. He
reasoned that the bodies would prob
ably be hastily buried. ana, as the muir
der was public the burial would in all
probability take place in public, and at
the most convenient spot. This was
the city square, so he went TO work
with a force of laborers. investigated
the ground thoroughly and began his
excavations. They were richly reward
ed, for, in addition to finding a treasure
house and innunera bic objects of virtu,
Continued on page So
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lie view, should again be remembered
and finally, that his body 50 embalmed
as to be perfectly preserved during the
passage of over 80 centuries, should be
recovered from it's long-forgotten tomb.
be ticketed and placed on exhibition in
the country where his word was once
law; if all this should be told by
novelist he would be laughed at as
imposing upon his readers with a tissue
of absurdities. ''Of course" they
would say. nobody is expected to be-
lieve a novel, but at the same time
novelist is supposed to give at least the
appearance of truth to his narrative
and thus foster an Illusion which for
the moment is as good as the truth
Yet the thing described actually hap
pened, the country was Egypt, the
King was the great Rameses, one of
the Pharaohs. and the mummy in now
doing duty as an attra ction in the royal
museum of the land of the Nile. That
truth is stranger than the widest fic-
ton was proved by DR.. Schilemann
when he excavated the ruins of Troy
and by what seems no more than the
merest chance, discovered the remains
of the chest which contained the croYn
and royal jewels of King so ancient as
to be associated in memory with the
gods, deInigods and heroes of my
thical age. The chest had evidently
been taken in haste from the treasure
house during the storming of the city,
had been carried to the pace where
il was found. by bearers who fed. per-
haps ct the approach Of a party OF
Greeks. or it may be, finding they
eould go no further and were in danger
of being overtaken by the fire. they
dropped the box and ran for their lives.
Fl the nurrE ane carf- ason OF tke mo-
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TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION
Authentic Scientific Cases Where Results Have
Surpassed Even the NoveIsts' Dreams.

or thinks he does. now light are the
wings OF fancy and how great the
flight they can make without a rest.
Fiction, the product of imagination is
supposed to have no limits: the poet
is commonly believed to have fancy UNI
controlled, without bounds and yet
both novelist and poet are transcribed
by him who tells plain fact without
the slightest attempt at ornamentation.
1t is true that no novelist is supposed
to be rigidly bound by the truth or
even by the probability or appearance
of truth. His business is not with fact
but with fancy; he may transgress as
far as he likes and nobody appears to
be greatly shocked, but the fact is
that in spite of our theory that the
imagination can soar to bounds Him
itabie, We do set limits and require at
least an appearance of proba bility
in the imaginative works of our fiction
writer's, The old-time romances which
beguiled the hours of Don Quixote are
now pronounced silly rubbish. Even
the romantic tales of Mary E. Braddon
are no longer in fashion. They would
not be read save by the curious his
torian of literature We demand the
verisimilitude of truth and insist upon
having it.
Thus has originated the realistic
story built on Lines of probability. the
pay being acted out by characters
who. strs nge and outre as they may
be. are nevertheless human beings,
though of unseeTnly type and disa-
greeabIe characteristics The realism
of the day, however is merely compli-
ance with popular demand; it is not
imagination; it is fact glorified. into
the appearance of fancy. AnaIyze it
and it is speedily reduced into an at
tempt to compel the imagination to
conform TO an appearance of truth; in
other words. TO create things as strange
as those which occur in real life.
a feat which no ina gination ever per-
formed or ever can.
Suppose, for example, the novelist
should contrive a story of a great his
toric character, the greatest man of
his age, the King of the most enlight-
ened nation of his time, the undisputed
ruler of the most civilized of nations
then existing on the earth: should tell
how this man was spoken of, written
of. described by his contemporaries;
how, after age had passed, he became
totally forgotten so that his very ex-
istence was doubted how that in the
revival of interest in his country's re-
mains he shouid come again INTO nh
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-26

A few years ago lad of IA or Is was
leaning out of a window of a room in
one of the upper stories of hotel in
Denver with the not altogether laud-
able purpose of trying to spit On the
hat of a personal acquaintance on the
paved yard beneath. In the earnest
ness of his endeavor he lost his ba-
lance, fell to the brick pavement nearly
So feet below, striking on his head, was
picked up unconscious, sent to the hos
pital by the hotel people with the men
tai conviction on their. part that they
had seen the last of him alive. In a
little over a month the youth, who
seemed to possess the tenacity of life
commonly attributed to the cat, was
out of the hospitals confinement, and
attending to his daily employment, with
no mark of the accident save a slight
discoloration of one temple.
Two years after this remarkable Incl
dent a young man, clerk in one of the
leading stores of a town in the inter-
1Or Oh hiSSOuIl, Was QSS1lCO ~ a Gus
toner to give her closer view of GER
tain bolt of dress goods lying on an
upper shelf. In the eagerness of COM
pliance, the young man hastily stepped
upon a small stool kept behind the
counter TO enable the clerks to reach
the higher shelves, and unfortunately
placed his foot little too close to one
end The stool turned and the young
man fell to the floor. Neither he nor
any one else had the slightest idea
that his injuries were more than sur
face bruises, but that night serious
symptoms appeared, and on the fol-
lowing day, less than "A hours after
his fall. he died.
Few novelists would have the hard
fhood to use either incident as the
basis of an episode in story; fewer
still would be able to invent stories
so seemingly improbable as the two
Just narrated. In both cases, fact sur
passes fancy, truth leaves fiction far
in the rear.
IT'S strange, but true; for truth is al
ways strange.
Stranger than fiction.
Byron originated the famous saying,
which. abbreviated in Truth Is stran-
ger than fiction" has been dinned
into our ears from childhood Nobody
really believes it, for everybody knows,
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VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTR.
AGENTS FOR

AGENTS FOR
Western Sugar Refining Co., Ban
Francisco. Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, PhiEa-
delphia, Pa.
Newan Universal Mill Co., Manu-
facturers Of National Cane Shredder
New York, n. z.
Paraffine Paint Company, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Ohlandt & Co., San Francisco Cal.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
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Slshop q Co., BankeFo
EsTABLIsHRD IN 1ssss
BANKING DEpARTMEDle

O<ANA4NG 4JEsEANI III "A ~
4 Transact business in all depaz&zsnEam
OF banking.
Collections carefully attended g.
Exchange bought and sold.
I Commercial and Travellers Lettexn "a
Credit issued on the Bank Of Califhszs
MIA and N. n. Rothschild & gsmab
London.
Correspondents: The Bank OF Can.
fornia, Commercial Banking Co. q
Sydney. Ltd, London.
Drafts and cable transfers on CAanB
and Japan through the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Chartered Bank OF India, Australia ana
China
Agents for the sale of Travellers
Checks of the American Express Com
pany.
Interest allowed on term deposits aa
the following rates per annum, viz:
Seven days notice, at pc cent
Three months, at 5 per cent.
Six months, at s1a per cent
Twelve months. at 4 per cent.
NJ - Lex AN i MEIN IL
Act as Trustees under mortgages
Manage estates. real and personal.
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable papers. wills, bonds, ots-s
received for safe keeping.
ACCOUNTANT DEPT.
Auditors for corporations and pre-
vate firms.
Books examined and reported on
Statements of affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or involve&
estates.
Office, s24 Bethel street.
: SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits received and interest allows
ed at AZ per cent per annum, in &a-
cordance with rules and regulations.
copies of which may be obtained e@
application.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Agents for FIRE, MARINE, LIFE,
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS LA
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Insurance Office. s24 Bethel Street.
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Built Me Up

! Have you been III? Are you still
weak and discouraged? Do not get
strength as fast as you think you
should? Then take a good tonic,
something that will aid your diges.
ton and build you up quickly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-26

Transact business In all deparGMeaEaE
OF banking.
Collections carefully attended g.
Exchange bought and sold.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-26

Official and Co,h,o.oi.1 pacord con-
CO. az meeting lotices and all cor
,..s,.,.; e.t.on notices oAevery kind and de-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-06-09

taters; why, he sells 'em, an has some
billed an roasted sides, an he's good
to Sena-mighty good. An you been
snurlin' yer nose at i'm over an overr'
An I'll snurl 1T at i'm ag'in f he
squints eye down my boiler. Got my
gal an all my taters."
Silas turned his wagon up creek and
logged slowly homeward. He was lis
tening to two inner voices in hot argu-
ment, which had not ended when he
reached the bars Of his barn lot Fresh
earth. A gray horse was browsing un-
der the buckeye tree, standing patient
ly between the shafts Of light coun-
try wagon. With half growl Silas
Embarrassed his horses and made a
short cut through the pumpkin patch to
his log cabin. AS he entered the kitch-
en- the steam putting from q great
saucepan on the stove waited him an
odor retrospectively familiar He
shifted it enjoyingly.
"Where'd you git taters att" he ask
ed as his wife came in from the smoke
house with square block of bacon.
She looked smiling, yet apprehensive.
Look at 'em," said she, lifting the
lid. "Ain't they bouncers? An all pop
pin open, they're SO mealy."
Where'd you git 'em?" repeated Silas.
A young woman ran from ambush
behind the door and wound her arms
about his neck. "We fetched 'em.
paw" she cried jollily-"Ag an me-
two bushels of 'em, all whoppin' big
an good.'
Her father shook an accusing finger
at her. my Island Pearls, young
woman; good reason why they're whop-
pers. You gave Ag all the biggest
ones fer his ole chunes. But he got
bigger bushel'n I ever kin dig up. You
better "a fetched 'em; your mas begun
to fat up Already"
'You can have bushels of 'em, par
avowed Rocksena. Gag says so. We
raised house full Ag's here, pa, an
got his fiddle'
"Fish me out later, ole woman"
said Silas, IAN dish 'em all quick. An
tell Ag to unhitch that nag O. his'n an
come to supper"
There was moon that night. It
cast zigzag silver bars through the old
rail fence, with curious humpy shad-
ow at the top, smoking shadow pipe.
From the Goose creek hollow came
damp odors of bergamot and spear
mint. The crickets made a merry I'M
der accompaniment to the strains Of
the old song:
way down upon the suwanee river.
Far, far away
And on the silver swept porch of the
log cabin two women sat gossiping
happily together.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-06-09
Dog ana Hen Fun.

In his book, animals That Have
Owned U.s." Walter Henries Pollock
tells funny story Of his dog, Douglas.
and hen, Betsy zone time when we
came home after fortnight's outing"
he says, Everything was as usual.
with one exception. Betsy was as bare
Of feathers as was the parrot in the
monkey story. There is perhaps one
fowl to which she might have been
not quite improperly compared, and
that one the apteryx. The servants,
being questioned, reported that Betsy
and Douglas, the dog, had had great
games Further questioning brought
out the fact that Douglas game was
to chase Betsy and pull out her feath-
ers and that Betsy, far from resenting
it. fell completely into the spirit of the
game. This last statement came from
the Devonshire cook, who, by the way,
always called Betsy he and was once
heard reproachfully saying to her, 'Ye
naughty by, why don't ee layY Moth
ing more naked, despite her enjoyment.
than Betsy could be imagined. My
wife, scorning the intervention Of an
expert, applied vaseline freely, and in
three weeks Betsy was in full and
beautiful plumage."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-06-09
Will Celebrate the Fourth.

at meeting of the Business Men
Saturday evening all arrangements
were made for one OF the best cele.
brations ever held in the town. The
meeting was called to order by the
Mayor III. f. Andrews, and G. w.
Marlin was made secretary. The
following officers were elected and
COMMITTEES appointed:
Treasurer, AL Voorhees,.
Marshal, J. G. Newton.
Committee on Speaker, J. C. New
lon, w. U. Hammer, E. D. Powell.
Finance Committee, w. E. John
son, Nick Doffing, L. ]. Oldaker.
Music Committee, Ed Delahoyde,
Charley Milliman, c. T. Waits.
COMMITTEE on Grounds, P. l..
Hansen, j. E. Mcclure, John Stoner,
Frank Hensley.
Committee on Amusement, ]. I.
Hensley, AL Voorhees,, ]. B. Rem
dleman, VIM. Cunningham.
Committee on Printing, Chal
Sturgeon, Oluf Jensen, P. M. Chris.
Jensen.
Committee on Program, Hon. n.
r. Andrews, DR.. John Riley, Geo. F.
Knapp.
Committee on Decoration, Matte
Bruner, Gretchen Delahoyde, Mollie
Delahoyde, Lucille Herrick, Maud
Campbell, Jennie Lyman, Bernice
Seibert, Rachel Brown, Grace Hen
sley, Mamie Gruby, Ernie Clure,
Will Wissler, John Knox, Claude
Kelsey, Will Varney, Will Della.
hoyde, Lee McAnich.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-06-09
Worlds Fair Information.


1 have been on the Worlds Fair
grounds at ST. Louis and have full
Information in regard to transpor-
tation, hotels, etc., that will be val
liable to the intending visitor.
The Rock Island System has ar
ranged set of very low rates for
season tickets, 60 day tickets, Is day
tickets and | want to be as helpful
as l possibly can in making your
trip to the Worlds Fair pleasant and
comfortable.
| would therefore be glad to have
you write me stating when you ex-
to go, the information you would
like to have, and / will answer you
promptly and as fully as I possibly
can. JOHN g, FARMER,
Div. Pass. Agent G. r. I. & P. Ry.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-06-09
Not Her Business.

Mrs. Plummer ia one Of the gentle.
clinging women who are guarded and
guided by some strong and well bal
anced member Of the sterner sex as
long as they live. When Mr.. Plummer
died she was overcome by grief and q
sense Of helplessness.
Now. my dear Emily, what are all
these bills?" asked her cousin one day
when Mrs. Plummer had been a wild
ow nearly six months.
'"They are gas bills" said Mrs.
Plummer, looking alphabetically at a
small pile Of pink slips, "and those
blue ones are telephone bills. They
are beginning to complain at the tele-
phone Office, and they've said some
thing about taking out the telephone,
and the gas company has shut off the
gas already. 1 sat in the dark last
night"
well, but why on earth don't you
pay the bills?" asked her bewildered
relative.
Mrs. Plummer looked at her guest
with reproachful, tear filed eyes.
George has always paid the gas and
telephone bills" she said plaintively.
II supposed you'd understand
Youths Companion.