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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
WEST HALIFAX.
Reed is visiting in town.

Elmer Reed is visiting in town.
L. H. Balou has rented his place to
Fred Robinson of Hartford, Conn, who
has taken possession.
Mrs. Ruth BiXby Worden, 49, wife of
A. F. Worden, died April 10 in this town
She was born in Barre, Mass, and was
married to A. F. Worden in 1851, and
came to this place to live 40 years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Worden had five children.
two of whom are living-Emma NJ, wife
of w. c. Rockwell of Bratteboro. and
Laura D., wife of Fred NJ. Billiard of
Halifax, Nova Scotia There also two
sisters, Mrs. Eliza Brown and Mrs Lucy
Whitney, both living in Gardner, Mass
Mrs. Worden was well known and respect
ed by all. The funeral was attended by
Rev. Mr.. Marvin of Brattleboro. Many
neighbors and friends attended, and the
floral tributes were numerous and beauti-
full.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
WlLLIAMsVlLLE.
Sunday School Association Meeting.

The Windham County Central Sunday
School association held its third meet
ing at the Methodist church We'd
nesday, May T. The convention opened at
1870 a. m" with a praise and prayer
service, followed by an address given by
Mrs. G, NJ. Robbins of Brookline on For
geuulncss, a Habit of the Sunday
School At 11.30 an address was given
by Rev. II. Il. Miles of Brattleboro. At
II basket lunch for which the ladies'
of the Methodist church supplied tea and
coffee, was served. At 100 p. m, came
devotional services, and at 1.45 reports of
the secretary and treasurer, Mrs. c. l..
Hescock Of Newfane, which evidently
were much enjoyed.
At p. m, Rev G. w. Campbell, in
place of Rev. j. H. Lingley who was alb
sent, spoke upon "The Qualifications of
Good Sunday School Superintendent"
At 220 Mrs. @. Il. Davidson spoke on
How to Study the Lesson" This was
carried on in an inspiring manner which
was helpful to all teachers At 2.4O How
was the subject of excellent remarks
by Rev. j. G. Hazelton, pastor of the
Methodist church of this village
The question box was opened and an
swered by Rev. II. r. Miles of Brattle-
boro. Then came an excellent sermon
from the pen of Rev. r. ID. Davies Of
Newfane. The text was Isaiah 6:5.
one of the many excellent points brought
out in this sermon was that the nearer
we come to seeing God and seeing the
magnitude of our own failings. the less
inclined we are to discuss the failings of
our neighbors. All of this program was
interspersed with singing election of Off
GERS, etc. The meeting closed about 4
o clock
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
WEST GUILFORD.

Mrs Henry Carpenter and two chill
dren of Greenfield are spending the weel
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.
Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Booker and daugh
ter of Pennsylvania are visiting Mr.
Bookers mother Mrs Levi MoQres.
About 90 of the friends of Mr. and Mrs
Stephen Merrifield gave them a surprise
visit Monday evening, the occasion beinl
their fourth wedding anniversary. II
behalf of the friends II. l.. Nichols mad,
a few remarks and presented the couple
with a purse of money. Appropriate re-
marks were made by Mrs. Carrie Farr
Mr.. Merrifield responded After singing
cake and coffee were served.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Maud Railway of New York is visiting
her cousin, Miss May Kelsey.
]. r. Ward of Massachusetts is with
his sister. Mrs. f. w. Bosquet
Mrs Alice Morse of Brattleboro is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs William Brooks.
Capt. Harrison Aldrich of Boston is at
his summer home, "Fernbank," for the
season.
James p. Bruce is in Gassetts attend
ing to his soap business. a. II. Collins
is with him.
G. F. Whitney's little son, Glenn. is still
i'll with meningitis. Mr.. and Mrs Whitney
are with Mrs Whitney's sister Mrs. r.
V. Morse, of Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
IN WINDHAM COUNTY
GUILFORD CENTRE.


Miss Nellie Miner is visiting in 1lins-
dale.
c. w. Weymouth of Brockton, Mass,
spent this week at home.
Erwin Holden is able to be out after
an illness of several weeks
James Thayer spent two days this week
at George Thomas's in Brattleboro.
Mrs Conrad Miner is spending this
week in Greenfield and Turner's Falls.
Mrs. e. d. Conyers returned Thurs
day from two weeks visit i'm Boston
F. II. Taft has repaired his blacksmith
shop recently, and it is greatly improved
Mrs. David Barrett of Dummerston Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. L. w. Legate, Satur-
day.
Mrs. S. S. Hunt and Mrs Cora Green of
Brattleboro attended the ladies' circle
Tuesday
Miss Nellie Quinn is spending the week
with Mrs. Frank Richmond at Hale, and
Gertrude is at Mr. Buffums.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Chaplin of SPRING
field, Mass, are spending several days
at r. w. Akeley's to enjoy the fishing.
The following schools began last Mon
day: Andrews school, Miss Minnie Thayer,
teacher; Worden school. Abby Jaqueth
Packer corners, Carrie Adams
William Cutting of Brooklyn was in
town last week negotiating for the sale of
his farm, the place known as the JOS
eph Cutting farm Reed Brothers of
Dummerston are the buyers.
The body of Mrs. Emma Alexander
was taken from the tomb and buried in
the Gulford Centre cemetery Tuesday,
and the body of Mrs. stephen Smith was
buried in the same cemetery Wednesday.
The program for the Grange meeting
to he held Wednesday evening, May H.,
is as follows: Song, choir; paper Grange
Journal, edited by Carrie Adams and
Lillian Adams; paper, Inventions of the
last so years for the farmers Mrs. NJ. f.
Bullock; discussion of some of the most
useful inventions for the farmer; readings,
Orson Thayer, James Thayer, Roy In
graham; song, choir
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
THE ISLE OF UNREST,
Some Startling Facts About Santo Do
mingo-The Land and the People.

Santo Domingo. theoretically a republic
writes William Thorp in the May Worlds
Work, covers two-thrds of the largest
and richest island in the West Indies. ex-
cept Cuba. Its population can only be
guessed at. for the official figures are
untrustworthy There are probably 500. 900
negroes and mulattoes scattered over Is =
600 square miles. They are often half
starved. and always living from hand to
mouth. for there is little incentive to hon
est industry when party of soldiers may
come along any moment and eat up the
fruit of mans labor. The country could
easily support 10000 900 people in pros-
perity and comfort. But it has been at
war with hardly any considerable inter-
mission, for about a hundred years There
Is no other country in the world. NOT
even Venezuela, with such record
Inc disparity in numbers between wom-
en- ana men is even greater in the country
villages than in the cities, for the men
are apt to flock TO the towns or to be
marched off to fight by one of the M
merous guerilla bands Polygamy re-
suits in the country districts. A peasant
usually has four of five wives who live
In common and work for him and the
children. Yet the population does not
increase. That is the most striking tes-
timony to the condition of the country
The men are steadily thinned down Nv
the wars, and three fourths of the chill
dren die in infancy. owing to the iar
norance of their mothers and the lack of
medical care. l have seen babies a few
months old given raw plantin to eat when
they cried. / have known babies. too To
oe Killed by government s[ldiers be
tore the eyes of their mothers, because
tnelr fathers were fighting in the ranks
OF the revolutionists. Fifteen women and
children We're slain in cold blood i'm the
town or San Pedro de Macoris an i'm
portant seaport, in 1900, with the delib-
elate purpose OF deterring other men from
joining the revolutionists
But this is not all. There is nrobablv
no foreign country in the world in which
americans have larger share of the ma
llohal commerce and industry and none
IN winch American interests suffer more
Under American domination, the mar
'elous resources of the country would he
rapidly developed and the evils created
by d century of warfare, disagreement,
ma ignorant superstition would be grad.
Ialy remedied Actually, Santo Domin
90 Is probably one of the poorest countries
u u us size on earth; potentially, it is one
u the richest. 1t furnishes unlimited on
'ortunities for development.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
SHEND.

Jessie Lane is working for Walter
Eddy.
Mrs. Lizzie Barber is at home for the
summer.
Lillian Leno is working for Mrs Mel
lie Eddy.
Herbert Hall will work for Fred Wat
son this summer
Posters are out for the Schubert quar-
tet concert June 9.
Mr.. Edison is making extensive re-
pairs on his house.
Alma Gale and Della Bemis have been
at work at the hotel
Mrs. Emma Clarke is at her daughters,
Mrs Herbert Franklin's.
Guy Dutton of Westminster visited at
his home here last week
Miss Josie Taft spent Sunday at home
from her school i'm Putney.
Don Boutelle is delivering nursery stock
from the r. n Chase company
Mr.. and Mrs Reed of Westminster Wis
tied Mrs. Lottie Dutton last week
Judson Derry's house is being improved
by new windows and a veranda.
Principal Hawthorne led the Christian
Endeavor meeting Sunday evening.
j. II. Ware has increased his stock of
COWS 200 head or more this spring.
Lizzie Carr and two children of VIII
Evansville are visiting Mrs. Ann Carr.
Alton Holden is suffering from a head
trouble which causes him great pain.
Harry franklin is having the grounds
graded about his pleasant new home
Mrs. Margaret Watson, is c,,i,,e, Cos, ,,,,
sick at Fred T-ndoruo9l1' T., Wt,1o ~ ''''
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Austin have Wis
tied at Eugene Bemis's the past week
Rolla Phillips has made extensive i'm
proNementS IN the interior of his house.
tl.hnro S,,,,,i,I "''H scnolarS went TO Brat
t,u' e,l,,, i'' '''e'i V''Ss p'o'ureS'
Me- 49, ,,,,,,.i, ''S Eoue 10 Springfield
J." 81 ''lSe HllillleIN store
r,na,ti,. i',m N'l' VI HpiIhsneid' Mass
t.,,, ''' mas "''" NISltor AT her nome
y bathroom is being built on the bacl;
, ,,iio u Oo'' button house in Harmony
r.,
E'ii iiamIlh, VINO has worked for Dea-
con Stebbins the past season. has gone to
LIMOS
Nj ana mrs. oren Davis spent last
week with their son. Fred Davis, in Brat
teboro.
Joseph CUMMINGS wife and children Of
londonderry visited last week at Mrs.
Lizzie BARRIERS.
Albert Franklin moved last week from
Mrs. Helen ober's tenement to Rola
fhlIllps mouse.
Elizabeth Lindsey former resident
of this town. has visited at Miss Eliza
Burnap's recently.
Miss Irene Gleason has been to Grafton
and Wardsboro in the interests of nor
millinery business
r,o,.,1 e,.,,..,.. .-..,
ia inch during the month Of April and
the rainfall inches
The Conversational 1,lf.,. r,,, .,,.
will meet with Mrs Ahl,,. raj, ~ ,....i.
Ncdu.e,l,,. .,ftrt,,,, nv ~ WIN
Harry c,Ih i.ft Nt.,,.i,,. .........
WfnrbonJou Mss yr..r. NH - w.
ploved i'm q s,nitari,r ..r,E. Iii,tf.,,.,'i,
It,v,.s .,,t.,. -
49,, llihi"E improve
IL, 80, a. ~" W nus mouse ana
o,,.,,. '''' '''''9 AM" I'''e' "hlch ne
lHiouSh the kindness OF T. II. Fes-
SShueI new reflector lamp has been
l'"Ce" on the middle landing at the sem
MIS-. g. II. Baker has returned from
burlington after "a stay of many weeks
p'lnE called there 10y the illness OF her
iho'her'
Mrs. ThaNcr. who has recently moved
to the Batcheder farm. was called to
Shelhurne Falls a short time ago bv the
death Of her sister
G. H. Willard has hired t.r,rl, r.,.
renee to work for him the comm so1so,,
Mr. IaUrerc,, Yin -. - Inns Sv"Spil'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
Essay on May.
Newark, n. j., News.1

-NfNdIk, y. D., News.
May!
Hooray
Lambkins play
Up and down the verdant brae.
Horses neigh
Donkeys bray,
Spring has come to stay.
Hear the jay
On the spray
Twittering his roundelay.
See the gay
SparrowS-they
Carry Irvine and sticks and hay.
Old dog Tray
Goes astray,
Gets involved in bloody fray.
Hens survey
Upturned clay,
Looking out for creeping prey,
Quickly slay
And purVey
To a brood newborn today
Truck and dray
Now convey
Household goods in disarray.
Anchors weigh
On the bay,
Happy yachters cry "Belay!"
Men among themselves inveigh
At the way
Women run to hat display
Does it help the menfolks? Nay.
All the wicked words they say
Wont defray
Bonnet bills they have to pay.
Brush aside the clouds of gray.
Lay
Away
Dark dismay.
Get outdoors without delay,
See the springtide's glad array,
Down with winters dull decay!
Gentle May
Holds sway.
Yea!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06

What is the price of Dobbin's Electric
soap?"
ten" -''''
why, that's the price OF common
brown soap. Send me a box l can't
afford to buy any other soap after this"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06

y new lumber mill will be erected at
Norlh Troy by Banister X Co. This com
pahy owns about 800 acres of timbered
land in that town, on which they have an
proNimately 10000 Oo0 feet of spruce and
100 ooO'ooO of hardwood. The companv
WIN also erect series of tenements for
its emploVes. -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06

What Is to come we know not. But we
know t VIC
lhat what has been was good-was good
to show, e'''
I 1etter TO hide, and best of all to bear.
wv, we are the masters of the days that were.
suffered nave
even so.
shal we not take the ebb who had tho
flow? 'u 'He
Lie was our friend. Now, if it be orr
Dear though it spoil and break ne
need we care uS
What is to come?
NV. e. Henley.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06

The Central Vermont Railway company
has begun the surveys for new line ex-
tending from Barre into the mountains,
where a new lot of granite quarries are
being opened On Cobble hill there is an
ineXhaustible supply of granite, while on
Milestone HILL across the East Barre val
ley is another large deposit Only one
quarry has yet been opened, but others
will be ready for operation as soon as the
railroad is completed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06
SOUTH WARDSBORO.

The ladies' aid society will meet at
their rooms next Saturday, May T. at
p. m All members are cordially invited,
as plans for work will be made
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06

Mamma, what is an epidemic?" An
epidemic, my child is--er-something
everybody has" Then, mamma, is a
nose an epidemic?'-tNew Orleans Times
Democrat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06

canals 220 miles in length altogether. and
with a capacity of 5000, OOO, 900 cubic feet
of water.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-06

Mrs.
week.
Mrs.
|liOuSes
Miss
time
friend
The
Metca
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-10
VOTED FOR HENRY CLAY
Truman Carpenter. Aged %, Is Now For
Roosevelt

Vergennes, Nov. 9.-Trumau Car
penter, aged 81 years, walked from his
home in this city to the polling place
yesterday and voted for president.
His first vote was cast for Henry Clay
and with one exception has voted at
every presidential election since, At
ter the formation of the Republican
party, he always supported its candid
ates and has never voted the Demo
cratic ticket. Mr. Carpenter is in good
health and bids fair to round out 100
years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-10
IN AN OPEN LETTER
Parker Addresses "Democra-
cy Of the Nation.
JUDGE SCORES TARIFF FED TRUSTS"
Defeated Candidate Says "Before
Long People VIII Realize That
Illegal Combinations Absorb
Nations wealth"

ESOPUS, n. Y, Nov. 10.-Judge Par
ker last night gave to the press an open
letter addressed "To the Democracy of
the Nation" in which he thanked those
in charge of his campaign work and
declared that the people will soon
realize that "the tariff fed trusts are
absorbing the wealth Of the nation"
He said that when that time comes
the people will turn to the Democratic
party for relief.
In conclusion the judge says that in
the presence Of defeat he does not hest
tate to say that in his opinion the great
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-10

Ideal Patent Kid Button
Boot, tip, duh top, circular
vamp and heel fOXing, fleX-
ible liqht sole, close wheeled
edge, shapely full Opera toe,
hiqh Military heel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
GRETNA GREEN OVER CANADIAN BORDER.
MANY COUPLES TO BE MARRIED CROSS TO WIND
SOR FROM DETROIT-SOME BUSY CLERGYMEN.

windsor Ont, April % (speciaD.-In olden
days the Scottish border was the Mecca for ali
the English SWANS and maids who contemplated
a speedy marriage without the consent OF
knowledge OF relatives. and to-day Is found
revival of the custom on the American conti-
nent. Situated on the Canadian side OF the De-
troit River, opposite the city Of Detroit. les the
small city OF Windsor. and It is to this point
that many of the matrimonially inclined who
reside in the American States bordering on the
Canadian frontier Journey in order to secure a
private and quiet wedding. For. under the
marriage act Of the Province Of Ontario. none
Of the licenses issued published, and IL Is
next to impossible for the stranger coming 10
the city in search OF Information to learn any
thing concerning the marriage records.
This fact has become widely known through
out the States of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana,
and hundreds of couples from thosf&States make
pigrimages to the Canadian cit in order to
thwart the wishes Of irate parents or to keep
from their friends the news that they are man
and wife Every year finds hundreds Of Amer
leans visiting Windsor for the purpose Of getting
married Under Canadian laws. and the ministers
who perform the marriages and the government
officials who issue the licenses add materially to
their bank accounts by the fees which are col
lected from these visitors.
The marriage license issuer IS appointee Of
the Ontario government, and, providing no Sc
cures a sufficient number of marriages. he
makes q good thing out Of it. The government
furnishes him the blanks at 20 cents each. and
he retails them to the would-be brfdegrOorns at
So each. Among these issuers the keenest
rivalry exists. They advertise in Detroit and
other Michigan papers the fact that they issue
licenses secretly, and in other ways make
bid for the marriage business.
One Of these enterprising officials has an office
within two doors Of the wharf where the Detroit
ferry lands on the Canadian side OF the river.
and large silver Iettered sign Is the first thing
that greets the eye Of the visitor after the boat
lands. The official himself IS always standing
in his open doorway. no matter what kind Of
weather, and he always wears the smile that
won't come Off He has become such an adept
AT the business that nine times out OF ten he
can spot the unwary bridegroom and bride. ard
I'm a majority Of cases he will accost the bash
full couple, If they show any hesitation about en-
tering his office
He is an accommodating official also. After
he secures a couple he volunteers to hunt up a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

ton. everything; cover up that diagnosing nose
OF yours and come along"
visited. The temperature, which had risen steadily
as ar they desGended Was now sitting 70 gnaccu rd
animal heat was anything but pleasant; though La, as
of heat those poor people ever knew. even in the
bitterest weather.
They are such spendthrifts," he said that
Saturdays wages vanish long before Mondays
earnings begin. and never week passes that we
are not called upon to advance a portion or the
next weeks wages to half hundred OF these I'm
narrow tables on each OF which stood a small pair
HsighiT IL m the scales and looping off bits iii II
the regulation size, then wrapping II in the
bright yellow leaf which gives such delicious
The shapes thus modelled were piled on wheeling
tables and trunled by lightly clad pickaninnies to
pressed into the shape commonly known as the
The mouIders stood or sat high stools before
their tables ard there was not a SAD race among
them vital e Pr isbor q the aoaEo "' ID" %
they stopped before the table OF tall, dignined
looking negro who working with great swift
ness and dextority. and the boss said; This Is
in IN few moments the Word was passed around.
his tT0at.; lifted up one Of the best barytone
voices in Virginia:
De doctors all has 'sguted long
Bat on one thing dey az agree.
Dat larfter makes US fat
Then the choruS-imaglne it-oi q huhdIeo Anu
nfty voices. male and female all OF that peculiar
soft mellow timbre to be found only in the voice
OF the Southern negro. the voice cultiyated on
'possum and 'tateTs In the winter ana nust-
miiilums and watermIlliums' in summer ana sweet
eued with the seasoning OF the very plugs they
were now moulding and wrapping ana WelshihS'
Den Iarf-Hs, hal
mo'-He. hel
Fuh larnn makes us fat
Now merry rhyme.
Wild dc larfter all In time.
For la'' Hal i' Ha, haas nai Us mt
Now the merry merry rhyms.
Wild &c larfter all in time.
and the rafters rung to the sonorous
Hal Hal
Oats de larfn' song" explained Adams With
much dignity. we viii now give you Ma'Gh hin
Jasper's favrit 'vival hymns"
listen TO that bass voice there" said the
boss" as the full tones swelled exulungly and
on They always work better when they sing.
Time seems come natural 10 them. and their
fingers move with the rhythm
The revival hymn was general faVoTite ana
mere than body swayed 10 its lit: Il would
lay down my life fun my Lawd.' Is II bad taste
that cOmUels the statement that a concert at the
MrfrouoIItan was never half much enjoyed by
the visitor this impromptu one. all Tor his bene-
nti Willingly would he have listened 10 the whole
thai a feeling OF Ightheadedness hurried him from
its euchantment the fresher atmosphere or the
labelling boxing and shipping departments, where
thousands of neat hfty-pound boxes were being
r,renared for their various journeys TO Gibraltar.
CaIc,;tta Australia. Cuba-strange as II may seem
and the African interior.
he went out into the fresh air again. the same
delicious odor greeted his nostrils and in his ears
rang the chorus OF the revival hymn:
Fuh my Iawd fun my Lawd,
would lay down my life ruh my Lawol