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The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
A VILLAGE STREET.

Where swaying branches lace and meet
IN canopies of green
Above an old-time village street
Quiet and cool and clean,
Tse mellow sunbeams filter slow
And, interwrought with shade,
Trace on the velvet sward below
A shimmering brocade.
No sound disturbs the holy hush
That wraps the silent street
Save when at times some trin of thrush
Drifts tremulously sweet;
Or else, when purple twilight filings
A gauZy veil and thin,
Wake echoes from the tinkling strings
Of mellow mandolin.
This is the street, serene and sweet.
Down which in days agone
tripped with bare and buoyant feet
Through dews of dusk and dawn:
Or romped at play with comrades gay
While some long afternoon
Droned slowly, drowsily away
Like bees in fields of June.
Old quiet street, the steps that learn
The city's crowded ways
Once more and eagerly will turn
To scenes of other days
And sick of ceaseless fray and fret,
Cacophonous and rude,
Will seek, while eyes grow dim and wet
Thy restful quietude!
Hilton R. Greer. in National Magazine
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23

KICKED SPOOL INTO The GUTTER.
once played on a woman. She was =
chronic offender. Two or three times
a week she would harass a half dozen
salesgirls an hour or more, and finally
buy, and order delivered, paper Of
needles or quarter of yard Of rib,
bon
$50 the man decided to make an ex.
ample Of her.
zone afternoon, after her usual
shopping excursion, there drove up to
her door huge dray, drawn by four
horses, and containing six brawny,
bare-armed laborers.
"a crowd collected 1t was thought
an enormous safe was to be moved.
''The woman stood at her front door.
The labOrers laid heavy plank from
the wagon to the sidewalk, and then.
with many loud grunts of effort, they
rolled barrel fashion on to the plank
and thence down to the street a tiny
spool of cotton thread. They carried
the thread painfully to the woman s
doorstep, and there, after a desper ate
struggle, they up-ended it. e91
Then they departed. The woman
kicked the spool into the gutter imme-
diately, but this action on her part
only made more pleasing to the neigh
bors the little joke that had baen
played on her." ~ ~<ets pua sssfg
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
CRANKY SHOPPER PUNISHED
A New York Incident Which the Gov
ernor of Washington Remem-
bers with Pleasure.

Henry Mcbride, the governor OF
Washington, was talking about de-
partment stores.
"a department storekeeper in Sc
attle," he said. complained to me one
day about the people, in outlying Sec
tions of the city, who were always hav-
ing delivered to their homes papers
of pins, thimbles, finger rings and sim
liar ininitesimal packages. He said
that sometimes two-horse team would
travel a mile to carry home half
dozen shoe buttons or a skein of
silk.
''Then he described a trick that an
old employer of his in New York had
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
Nursery Hint from Far East.

The native women of the Himalaya
mountains have singular way of put
ting their children to sleep in the middle
of the day. The child is put near a
strear. of water, and by means OF a palm
leaf or tin scoop the water is DETECTED
so as to run gently over the back of the
child's head. The water pouring over
the child's head apparently sends it to
sleep and keeps it so, while the mothet
proceeds with her work in the fields.
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23

1uc pOIlCeudu looked at Cn6m rather
sharply, Tony thought, though he
passed on without saying anything.
But as soon as he reached the next
block Tony began to gather up the
fruit.
We've got to get away from here,
quick" he calculated. ''That feller's
comm back in a few minutes to ask
for our stand license l seen it in his
eyes. An it'll be worse for us than
just bein' tramps. l guess we'd better
be leavin' the city, though 1 hate to-,
it's such nice place. wanted to
hang out here all winter"
''How much for your bananas ?"
came a voice from above. Tony
started and looked up. A woman was
leaning from a window
"Why, 1.-two cents" he STAN.
mered.
81 know heard that. I mean for
the lot?'
Tony glanced 'dubiously at his fruit.
There's 39,' he said, slowly; ''but
some's spilled. I guess so cents"
"very well. I'll take them. Hand
them in at the door. Here's your
money" and coin ratified on the
pavement at Tony's feet.
He had not thought of selling any
bananas-had not wanted to. in fact.
But there was no help for it now. A
few minutes later he was hurrying
down the sidewalk with Seppina, the
so cents clutched in his fingers.
S'pose. we go straight an blow this
into a grub house?" he said.
But Seppina was looking thought
full.
'Why not go and buy bananasw she
suggested. "I've seen great, big
punches sold at the wharves for less
than so cents
Tony stopped suddenly, then slapped
his thighs. The suggestion had car
ried his quick mind to a great thought.
''The very thing!" he cried; "an' sell
'em, too. 1 hate work much as any
body in this world; but we've got to
do something. with the watchdogs
sswoopin' down on us, an banana sellin'
is almost as easy as trampin', guess.
Only we've got to go safe You know
that house where they offered us work,
t'other day, an we said we want in
the workin' business2 Well, We'll go
back there. You can cook for week
you're pretty good at it,-an' I'll
saw their wood. A week'n give US
money 'nough to buy regIar straight
out license, so we can snap our fingers
at the watchdogs, an we'll have some
for few punches o. bananas. The
very thing What d. you say?"
"The very thing" Ssppina repeated.
her eyes bright.
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
THIS DOG LIKES TOBACCO.
he Is Black Spaniel and Recognized
as Champion Stump Shooter sa
of Philadelphia.

Every now and then dog is heard Of
that has tastes in the way of beer OF
other intoxicants, but the distinction of
owning tobacco-loving dog belongs to
Ellis Ward, the veteran rowing Coach Of
the University of Pennsylvania, says the
Philadelphia Record. Tobacco is as re-
pulsive to the average dog as tits to some
people, and though they will stamp out
or bite out lighted cigar, a little of the
leaf in their mouth causes a splutter Of
many minutes. But it is quite different
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
Piles : Piles : Piles

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment 10
prepared to cure Piles and DOES 1T In
short order. Easy to apply, every box
guaranteed, SOC and $500. All druggists
or by mail.
WILLIAMS MFG co.
Cleveland. o.
co. SoldSy W. 7. Brooks. 4
l6may-tysl J
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
THOSE INGENIOUS WOMEN
Maintain the Equilibrium of Their Big
Hats by Twitching Their
Heads Around.

"Huh," said Mr. Bedford, as he showed
his soup plate to one side and dallied
with a cracker, 'Ehe women nowadays
all have ST. Vitus' dance"
''What?" chorused his wife and daugh-
ters, looking at Bedford to see if he were
Joking. But they saw by his severe ex-
preston that he was in earnest, says the
New York Times, and Mrs. Bedford said
Indignantly: - z,
How ridiculous, Where did you
hear that?"
Il didn't hear it; saw it-I see it all
the time" . f-srlf
Where do you see it, then?"
"In the cars, every day. Coming up in
the cars tonight there were six women
sitting opposite me, and every one of
them was throwing her chin out and
tossing her head up and down. Some of
the heads were always on the go, and
the big hats they wore were dancing
about like little sailboats in stiff breeze.
tell you the pace that women live at
nowadays is fast making nervous wrecks
of them. I shudder when think of the
ultimate result on the race"
did they all have big hats on?" asked
the high-school daughter, as she ex-
changed looks of enlightenment with
mother and sister.
big hats? should say they were big
hats"
Three individual and disconcerting
laughs greeted Bedford as the high
school girl said: 7't iie
Guess again, pater. That wasn't
nervousness; it was hats
"Hats?"
Eyes, hats. Those big hats are in a
condition of unstable equilibrium. and
as we women have got tired of adjusting
them with our hands, we have learned to
do it with simple toss of the head.
Your st. Vitus' dance will disappear
with change in the style of our head
gear. So, cheer up, pater, and enjoy your
dinner
And Bedford was so relieved that he
scarcely spoke during the remainder of
the meal.
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
Fine Indian Exhibit.

AT the worlds fair at st. Louis there
is an Indian exhibit which is one of the
finest individual collections in America,
and is valued at several thousand dol
lars. Among the features of the exhibit
is an elk robe, made of elk teeth The
robe has 72S elk teeth, on it, which rep
resent 364 bull elks.
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23

narrowed and cleaned little at thS
sight of the fruit. For two whole days
no tramp had dared 10 beg in the city.
Food for one long week, for two peo-
ples.7 Petro added. convincingly.
''Yes. yes, yes" the woman broke il
sharply, you must, Tony. III help
you"
"All right" Iazily, "but you needn't
help. I guess I can manage it
Where's your cart, boss?"
An hour later the last load had been
taken and dumped into the harbor.
and Tony was back for his bananas.
But as the misshapen bunch with its
decayed cluster was handed out his
face wrinkled doubtfully.
"Shrunk some, amt it, boss?" he
asked, suspiciously, IAN gettin' gray
fast? But never mind, though" his
voice suddenly changing as he got
whiff of the fragrance. 81 guess we
can eat even the stalk just now.
Here, give it to me, quick! Well take
it down to one o. the wharves where
we can eat sort O. quiet like"
But before they reached the first cor
ner there came the sound Of slow,
measured steps, which to their prac-
ticed ears was unmistakable. A po
liceman was approaching, and in
another minute would swing round
upon their street. Beside them was a
narrow alley leading to the back en-.
trance of house, and the gate was
unfastened. Tonys movements were
sluggish only on unimportant occa-
sions. When the policeman turned
the corner they were crouching in the
alley behind an ash barrel, scarcely
daring to breathe
Not until the measured steps had
gone beyond hearing did they venture
out. Tony was breathing heavily.
Il can't stand this much longer,
Pima, he gasped. "Seven watch
dogs this day have we lodged, and
by hairs breadth. If we're caught
it'll be a month, maybe two, maybe
six, and with hard work, for the city,
too. If it keeps on like this I'll be-
tempted to go to work for myself"
Eyes, the woman acquiesced, bet.
ter work for self than for city
They had made but few blocks to-
ward the wharves when Tony's rest
less eyes caught sight of another
policeman rounding corner ahead,
only one block away. And, worse yet,
he turned in their direction. There
was no alley near, no>side strest, no
open doorway into which they could
dodge-nothing but a garbage barrel
waiting for the street cleaners, with a
board leaning against it. Tony's eyes
made one comprehensive sweep, and
then stopped at the barrel.
"Quick, Pima. Quick! Quicki" he
whispered. drop down your skirt,
the under red one. 1 want it."
In an instant he had swung the
board across the barrel. caught the
torn red skirt which Seppina handed
him, and draped it dexterously so that
both the board and barrel were con-
cealed and the folds covered their own
rents. 1t was an ideal stand of the
small, Italian type, with it's covering
Of dirty, gray-colored cloth
Now, help break up the bananas,
Pima" he whispered, briskly, sin one
two, an three, an make 'em spread
over the stand. We're sellin' fruit,
you know"
The policeman was not yet half up
the block. When he drew near Tony
was shouting, cheerily: bananas
here; bananas, only-two-cents
apiecei" @ - @
The policeman looked at them rather
sharply, Tony thought. though he
passed on without saying anything.
But as soon as he reached the next
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23

The policeman was not yet half up
the block. When he drew near Tony
was shouting, cheerily: bananas
here; bananas, only-two-cents
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
Two-Millionth Chance

One American railroad passenger was
killed for every 1874 carried last
year, and one injured for every "a, ,424
carried. With respect to the number of
miles Travelled, however, the figures
show that SO, ,917 ,645 passenger miles were
accomplished for each passenger killed,
and 2,541 ,096 passenger miles for each
passenger injured News.
The Bourbon news., 1904-08-23
Interesting, But Inexact.

Have you any summer fiction?''
What do you call summer fiction? %
asked the pert young man at the rail
way news stand. s ASSES arab
"Why-er-something that is interest.
ing without being particular about ac-
tual facts, you know"
go over to the bureau of informa-
tion and get branch road time table,
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06
ABOUT THE STATE.

Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
Mrs Polly Daley Of Derby. celebrated
her both birthday anniversary April /.
G. II. Preble of Bristol, the wood chop
per who attempted suicide Friday morning
will recover. 1t is reported that there is a
woman IN the case.
The members of the Methodist church,
Burlington, voted Monday night at an adj
journed meeting of the quarterly confer
ence to increase the salary Of Rev. j. E .
Mead. their pastor, $500 for the coming
year.
Miss Marie Carter returned to her home
in Burlington Monday after an absence Of
several weeks Miss Carter denies the
stories printed at the time she left the city
in which It was said that her relatives did
not know where she had gone Miss Car
ter says she has been visiting her brother
In Danville, Ill and that there was no
foundation for the report that she had dis
appeared mysteriously.
Special Agent Newell 81 the treasury de-
pa tment, was ia Bennington Saturday and
seized a pair Of young horses that it Is
claimed were struggled across the line in
to Vermont by +. NJ IIulett, who came
back from the province last December He
claimed at the time that they were Yer
mont horses The horses are worth $500
Hulett was away Saturday but the horses
are II the hands Of keeper III I'M
derstood that the district attorney will
bring action against Hnlett for smuggl-
ing.
THOUSANDS Of birds ana large numbers Of
deer ind rabbits have persisted from cold
10 the Vermont woods this winter Their
bodies have been found dotting the snow,
aud the shooting season for deer and
grouse next fall seems likely TO be serious
| ~ affected. The greatest death rate has
/ been among grouse, Ordinarily, when 1t
becomes extremely cold, these birds bur-
row In the snow and remain hidden until
the weather m0deTates. This year, how
ever, the cold pierced even this protec-
ton. and the gamey birds were frozen or
starved because they were too numb 70
search for food. The snow birds, cross
! lills grOsbeaks, nuthatohes, chiekadees,
4 barn aud sereeeh owls and woodpeekers
lall suffered, and their bodies are found
everywhere through the mountain dis
triets Deer have wintered worse than
was expected Henry Morse of ShFews-
bury found three dead in the snow back
Of his farm, and other farmers bring In
similar reports. Many Of the animals
have been saved by staying with the cat
BE, but only the stronger have weathered
the winter on pico an entire herd spent
the winter in an old barn. The fur bear
ing animals have not frozen, but many
have suecumbed to starvation Foxes,
lynxes and panthers have been holder the
last months than In the remembrance Of
the Oldest inhabitants, ana depredations
have been common.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06
pREsERYINa oLp RRooRps.

Senator Redheld Proctor has done a very
eommendatory work IN looking up some
Of the early Vermont records, the location
Of which was not known until notice came
to him through Judge Ross from A. 5.
Bachelor Of Littleton, n. IT,, Thar they
we're In the congressional library at
Washington At some pains the Senator
went to work and found these papers
which are rally Of inestimable value to
the state. ln fact they would be Of value
in any historical collection, but particular
" SO are they 70 Vermont They deal
with the history in the early conventions
Of the state, being the work Of Jonas Fay,
who acted as secretary Of nearly all the
conventions These records disappeared
many years ago and It was not until last
summer that trace olthem was discovered.
These which are now in the congressional
library are sheets apparently cut from a
book. They were probably stolen at the
time when little care was taken with the
Vermont records and sold to the govern
ment No other explanation can be given,
particularly as they are.merely fragmen-
tary. The original book from which they
we're taken has also been found by Sena-
tor Proctor, and the whole makes a very
valuable addition To the authentic records
Of Vermont constitutional history. Too
little concern was paid in the early years
to the preservation Of these valuable rec
ords Of period most vital to the common.
wealth. We now realize fully the value
1t these old documents, aud it is to be
hoped that the efforts OF Senator Proctor
in locating these particular sheets Of CO.
lonial records may result IN their being
turned over to this state, with whom they
rightly belong. II arrangements can be
made with the United States government,
they viii again come to the possession Of
Vermont from whom they we're wrested
without right
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06
In ne .vorIa u ala.le.
Merchant
Tailoring.

Having just returned from New
York, where | have been to study the
Spring styles in Mems Clothing and
purchase Spring SuiiingS, | am pre-
pared to take orders for Spring Suits,
0vercoats. ETC., to be made up in the
latest style and best manner Of work
manship at reasonable prices.
Also Do Repairing and Cleaning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06
SOLVING MURDER MYSTERIES


The police Of Boston and vicinity have
been having some pulling murder nyster-
les 10 unravel recently. In the main they
do their work well, but the practice of
bringing yelled accusations against people
Unfortunately and allowing the news.
papers to print them Is going too far. The
newspapers area valuable aid nsthe ferret
ing out Of murders, but they should not be
allowed TO print alleged, discriminating evil
dence against Innocent and highly respect
able persons, for the purpose Of making a
Sensational story and giving the public
the Impression of the Sherlock Holmes
ability Of The police The Massachusetts
police have made some sorrowful binders
recently, hat they can't convey the idea Of
their sapienee By the methods some Of
them employ.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06

There is no longer any doubt about Bur
lington being great educational center,
The other day two dogs trotted into
the city clerks office, each depositing a
dollar for personal taxes. They awaited
receipts which they carried away with
them. Rutland News.
We suppose they recited their "Veni,
vidi, yici'' and discussed differentIal and
integral calculus while they waited for the
receipts. Why not complete the picture?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06

The city health oitlcer has had several
complaints Of violation Of the city ordi-
nances regarding nnisances. Let there be
some prosecutions, and possibly the need
Of more care will be forced home to the
dilatory ones.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06

The Montpelier woman who sued the
electric railroad for $4,000 and took 500
in settlement Of her case is perhaps be-
lever ia bargains.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06

to ST. 90 with Devoes Gloss Carriage Paint.
IL weighs 10 s ounces more to the pintth
others, wears longer, and gives e gloss
equal to new work. Sold by Reynolds &
Son
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06

Apparently spring has gained an abso
lutte divorce from old winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06

The song Of the Japanese undoubtedl.
Isl Wen be Win on the Yaiu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06
JNGLES AND JESIs.
A Good Brand

Good Brand
Il want some matches. said the lit
lie girl who had been sent to the cor
ner grocery by her mother
What kind asked the clerk
Why. the Kind that are made IN
heaven, guess, was the reply
Brooklyn Eagle.
In the World Of Music.
Fat
Cat
Sing
BinEi
grickbat
Requiescat
Cornell Widow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-06

The meeting Of the state ice dealers Al
Burlington makes US shiyer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
Mr.. DRECHSEL EXCITED
Was Ousted From Baseball Park Asso-
citation While Absent.

Now there is another baseball row
I on in the camp of the Saints. The
Baseball Park association held secret
meeting about two weeks ago and
ousted w. z. Dreschel as a director,
while he was out of the city. This
morning he returned and at once de-
manded an explanation.
It. z. Sheard, who is president of
the baseball association and vice pres
ident of the park association, is prac-
tically the whole thing in Topeka base
ball. He and Dreschel have had sew
decapitation from the park association
is a direct outgrowth of the feud be-
tween the two which has been brew
ing all summer. Drechsel has been
demanding ownership and control of
baseball in this city by boards of di-
rectors simply holding the contribu-
tons of the fans in trust. On the
other hand, Sheard has slowly been
working himself into the position
where he controls about everything in
sight
So Sheard quietly set to work at the
recent meeting of the park association
and had Drechsel voted off the board.
That riled the latter. especially so be-
cause he was a bsent from the city
when it took place, and because, he
says, a promise had been made him
that the meeting would not take place
until his return
Drechsel charges that Sheard OBJ
tanned several proxies, and in doing so
misrepresented the purpose for which
they were to be used
Drechsel says that he will probably
institute court proceedings to have the
meeting held over again, and the reg
ular ten days notice given, as is done
for all chartered and incorporated
concerns. He declares that he will
fight the thing to a finish and If neces-
sary get complete control of the park
himself
81 will buy it out If necessary" said
DrechseI this morning, cor I will get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
Court Notes and Other Things.

A. ii. Thomas will have w. E. Evans
before the city court on the charge of
destroying note for $40 given by him
S Barnes secured judgment in the
district court Tuesday afternoon
against S. Stanton for $137 which he
claimed as commission for finding a
buyer for a house owned by Stanton
which Stanton refused to sell after the
deal was made
DIR. George W. Brown, the veteran
editor of the old Herald of Freedom
of Lawrence, was in Topeka last Fri
day a short time. He was on his re-
turn from the Lawrence celebration to
which he had been especially invited
to attend. Mr.. Brown is in his eighty
third year, and is looking hale and
hearty for one of his age His resi-
dence is in Illinois
Thomas Ward was bound over by
Justice of the Peace Williams, in his
court at Oakland Tuesday afternoon,
on the charge of attempting an assault
upon Fife Lyon
Leila Pickens had two divorce cases
against John C. Pickens pending in the
district court at the same time. One
case was brought by Mrs. Pickens
against Mr.. Pickens October 6, 1902,
and the other case was brought by her
September u, 1904. She charges her
husband with extreme cruelty. The
first case, filed in 1902. has been dis
missed but the motion on the part of
Mr. Picken's attorney to have the sec
ond case dismissed was overruled by
Judge Hazen and the case will be
tried at the January term.
One of the old additions to the city
of Topeka is now the ground for and
the scene of contest over fences The
addition is Brooklyn Heights, south of
Ouinton Heights. J. Newman has
complained to the county attorneys
office that DR.. Mcfarland, originator
of the patent prairie dog exterminator,
has fenced some of the streets and
highways of Brooklyn Heights. New
man wants the streets opened and
made passable.