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HINESBURGH.

very quiet but pretty wedding took
place AT high noon ou Wednesday, MAY
/ at the home os Mh. and Mrs NJ B
Small, when their eldest daughter Rcr-
tina Emily. was united in marriage TO
Charles Hraiuord Moore, the RcV. j. w.
Apploman pcrformnG the c.remOnN Tie
bridal pair stood under an arch Of ever
greens and arbutus. Tho bride was
gowned in white English sicilidn with
trimmings of silk chiffon. After the Ger
omony the party was ushcrcd into the
dining room where a dainty lunch was
served by Miss Blanche Small sister
of the bride, and Miss Ethel Skiff. II
cousin Of the groom. They werc the re
cipicnts of many useful ana handsome
presents. They left IN the afternoon ror
"A short wedding trip. after which thrv
viii make their home i'm Rutland
The tenement house and barn bolonp.
ins to Mrs. Anson Moci were .nur,ly
destroyed bv fire last saturday mornipf
The barn was hllol with hay. II Is
thought that the Iirc caught in some way
from the chimney. As there was Il iipn
wind at the time and very little h.lp at
hand they were unable to stop it, Tho
house was occupied by Mrs. Gordon. The
and furniture were saVed-Mrs
H. T.. Hanson has returned from barre --.
The students Of the high school held n
hoN sOciahlo at Gilman's new tenement
ESt Fri iaN evening Mrs. Henry Narcnr
continued ON 2nd paaoI
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WOODFORD LOSES 600 ACRES
Whole Tier of Iots 60 10 Scarsbur-
and observation-disclosures Of the
trOOkcd Ocnf.

bennington, May H. Through the d.
clslpn of the supreme court yesterday. br'
1olcs of land which mas hocn under tro
Jurisdiction of Woodfurd for oVor u hum
di"d wears Is declared to belong to Scars
burg and RcJdshoro. The land which has
been lu question is strip ~ rods ldo
and six miles long extending across tho
entire eastern side of the town Of Mood-
ford. one whole tier Of lots iuVludilE much
valuable timber several FARMS oCrupici
By people who have always supposed they
lived IN WoOdford hut now find they are
rc rcsidents of SodrShurs.
Inc litigation mas been pending for aOmC
time. The verdict of the lower court V us
against WOOdlord and The case went tO
the supreme court. Alexander Dunnott Of
81. JohuSbury, u. G. Baker Of Rutland ana
H. L. clark of tastlctOn were appointed
commissioners. I'htN were here and ma ,c
u personal investigation and gave an eN-
tcndNd hearing. The decision in the su-
prem" court WAS based on thcir report
The mistake In tie line which has been
in force Tor the past century and mora
is probably due 10 the sharp practice OF
the early srttlrls of bennington When
these early settlers found out the lines
oi the town u~ Sruutrd they nEurod that
the eastern ticr Of lots was too rough
oordmEN thpv ran choir lines to not in
for ii ON tie west Who're the land was
hotter. WooGford. therefore,. gut thc
strin deserted hN Rcuninetor hut her
GrHntr'ss also tonh their iull s> mill
square in addition, The court noN eom-
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PANTON.

\ concert VIII bo given i'm tho M.tho-
dist church next sunday evening I'm OBJ
scrvanco of tn" 18th anniversary ur the
EVWurth League. Singing. readings and
recitations Will hC tn" order Of the cV.n-
ing. q, rrEc Hatch, wife ANA daughter
of iurngton were the guests of Walter
" bite ana Wit" over SUNDAY Charles
Tcrrvy has sold his farm to Pr,or Mayo
ot Addison: consideration SLGon MIR
rnrrcN * to NOV" to Ncrgeuu"s ANA win
occupy part of the double tenement ir-
longing to tho Norton Bros. on the Monks
tom -t.lbcrt StaGE was in Rrsto
Friday and Saturday last Mrs Wcslny
Naruoy Is visiting relatives i'm Hucshurgh.
Mrs Henry Brothers Of Hneshurgh
visited her parents here last week ScV-
eral of tho Young friends of Lou Hatch
gathered at her home saturday evening
ANA reminded her thar ii wa her birth
day. After uduGing in games refresh
ments of cake ANA coffee were served ana
a CrrS tim" WAS enjoyed hY all.
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NEW HAVEN.

Mrs. T.. w Smith iS VISITING in Mcy.
hridgC and Mddl,burN The Ladies' mioN
hOld their annual meeting with Mrs. t..
II. Suuicr "Wednesday. MAY N--liarrv peck
ana wife have engaged with James Davis
for tn" summer. Mr.. and Mrs t.. e. Tut
and MIR. and MIS- Albert Dunhrook spent
saturday at Elm Point. Addison. Palmer
brothers have secured the service Of Ed
gar Merrill aud Charles Cautcou for the
coming season. Miss Ada Hewitt of
Bristol viii entertain the New Haven
Whist club at hcr home Friday evening".
May l@. rhe Ladies' Library clun VIII
h"ld their ait"ruoun spcials tho hrst Fri
day # each month. rhe ueNt social Will
b" with MIR. G.. T.. Palmer Friday. MAY g..
-- --l'ootmdst,r a. i. Roscoe has hoon i'll
the past wock Mrs Laura i'r1nch is fail
ing Mis- 1zHic Drake ha+ secured u
position as teacher IT, Dakota uud leaves
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BRISTOL.

The Bristoi Novelty company will begin
work az $50 IN IN" morning. giving a half
holiday Saturdays through the summer
Claude NJ Sncdon arrived home from Bal
timoro saturday. where he and Harmon
liassctino passed their examination last
week in the medical college. DR. IInsscl-
tine will remain in Albany for a time to
take a reading courso.-This is the feast
of the Ascension. Mass will be said at st.
Ambrose Church at $50 Il. m t.vcning
deVotiuns at $50 p. m. May devotions at
1:3o in the evening. Father Coffoy Will
assist Father Boyle at Brandon this week
in the ip hours dcvotions.-L. H. Bsson-
ettc will lead the Epworth l.oacl" meet -
ing at the Methodist Church and Miss
Celia Hin IT," christian t.nd"aVor meet
ing at the Baptist church nest Sunday
evening Mi and Mrs. T.. r. Eddy o;
Hull f. G.. who have been stopping at
the Bristol House for several days. have
gone to MiddlcburY and Brandon. The
Bristol Military band are holding rehcar-
sals now and VIII begin tho outdoor con
tcrts soon.-E. W. OrVis made 900 pounds
Of maple sugar tins season from loss than
300 trees Mrs \. e. sumner is in very
poor health she has been confined to the
house and part of the time to her bed
for over a Iear.-Iho Bristol Athletic as
soclation team went to MiddlchurY Ia t
saturday Hnl played with the coll ogo
team tho e.iuc resulting in "A victory for
the Bristol boys, Is to 1.-The Rock Spriues
Water company ar" laying new thicc inch
pipe ON church street. and will place one
now hNdraut.
Mrs Walter Wrjght. Miss Anna Wrigl t
Jhd Master liadloY Wright ar, at home
from ~ stay OF several days H. luriirgi1ll
l.ibanus Lodge. f. and \. NJ. conferred
the L. a. deerce on one candidate" Mor-
day evening. The meeting was in charg
of the past masters of the lodge. Kofr,+h-
m"nts wrr" s'rV,d At the cloS".--Alr and
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ORWELL

Deacon J f. Williams is much Zee, ttor
from the grip.-rhe Rev and Mr. Il.
Swift attended the county convention Of
congregational Clurrho. ina Ndd'cbury
last week. Mrs John Iiall is much bcttrr.
Tho foreign department of the women $
nlisslpls Will meet ON Wednesday,. May
II with Mrs. Clarence Lewis at $50 y. H..
The town h.,~ pure haScu new
model climax road machno.-Th haY
scales have hccn removed from near the
hotel and viii be set UP in front OF A.
II. Pelanp"rS wagon shop-Mrs e. l..
stevens has returned from Rutland and
opened her house for the summer
Mary ifurrs ana Mildred have returned
from Burlington and opened he Vincent
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!MONKTON RIDGE.

Several went from hero tn attend the
quarterly meeting at Fcrrisburgh NAV
and s. l.. J. Spicer of Poughkcepsic
ministcrcd to tho people. He also gave
an address In the evening, illustrated
with the little articles and idols from
many lands. one of these was Indian
or"ad so-Called white stone with dark
covering like bread which the plough
turns up in South Carolina, but was fur
uiShod to him by s. Miles ot Monlkton
Mr. Spccr remains there a few days for
Gospel meetings assisted by Clara l.,
Giavos.-Daniel Lawrence is in q low
state. Nc derived no benefit from, his
visit To- the hospital. 1s no operation
could he porformct.-~N ClunNn ls i'm
proved George Seguin. his nurse has
Sonc f. otto Talmcr's in Charlotte
Mr. tlough brought homo "A bride the
Other day from Now York Statc.-Miss
fIoutoon OF Aalingford came Monday to
visit her sister, Lizzie Meader. who ie
crippled with rheumatism ana is unable
to do anNthing Tho affairs OF her son
lro mot YET satisfactorily arranged m"
mothcr Is IN u litifui condition.
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BlRT,INGTON VT. THURSDAY, u.

part of the time dHNS.-W Warren Elliott
whoNc leg was broken 10 days ago. is in
a dangerous condition from kidney and
liver trouble. 4 nurse arrived from Burl-
nGtun saturday night to care for him
Mrs Frank Dart of Fcrrishureh WAS the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. II. ". Turner Fri
day and Saturday.
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SOUTH STARkSBORC.

'ic"tg" Elliott was arrested and nucd
Mrs Lillian Merrill rallcl uu FRIENDS in
This noshbofhood TutsdnY.- Mrs Eva
D"ro Is confined to the ted. Dr Norton
IS in Hitendaucc- Mrs Iapoiui of Eri-t'l
il sick at the hume of her nephew Gooreo
lInnut,r
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years has been travelling abroad. return
cd to her homo in this city Monday and IS
now visiting hor brother, William Rich
ards, of Pantun
Louis Rcnaud has recently purchased ~
separator SO as to be able to furnish
cream to his milk patrons
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long known and with whom they had
spent many hours of social intercourse
rhc services were conducted by the Rev
w. II. SloCum, pastor of the Methodist
Church. and the intermcrt was in the
North cemctcry.-Col and Mrs. ". U
IIurlburt and daughter, Miss Ada of Bur-
lington, and f.. c. Sturtevant of 'riconder-
oga. n. V, were in town last Monday to
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02
wonderful human tand.

The human hand Is so beautifully
formed il has 50 fBe a sensibility.
that sensibllity governs its motion so
correctly. every effort OF the viii is
answered SO Instantly. as II the hand
Itself we're the seat Of that will: its
actions are so free. so powerful. and
yet SO delicate, that II seems TO POS
sess a quality instinct in itself, and
we use IL as We draw our breath each
moment, unconsciousIy. and have lost
all rccoll ectlon Of the feeble and III
directed efforts Of its first exercise.
by whieh il has been perfected. In
the hand are twenty-niue bones, from
the mechanism Of which result;
strength. mobility and elasticity. On
the length strength. motion and mo-
biiity of the thumb depends The
power OF the hand. Without the
fieshy ball Of the thumb, the power OF
the fingers would avail nothing, and.
accordingly. the large ball formed by
the muscles OF the thumb is the dis
tinguishing character Of the human
hand.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02
a Ylnna.,ful plsenx.rz.

Broatland. s D.. March 2s.-Quite
sensation has been created here by
the publication Of the story OF g. ".
Cray who. after a special treatment
for thres months was PROSTATE and
helpless and given mp 70 die with
Brigbts Disease. BriEht's Disease has
always been considered iucurable. but
evidently from the story told by Mr.
Gray, there is a remedy which viii
cure Il even IN the most advanced
stages This is what he says.
# was helpless as a little babe. Ny
wife and searched everything and
read everything we could fud about
Brghtfs Disease. hoping that ! would
b. able 10 ind a remedy. After many
failures nay wife Insisted that should
try Dodds Kidney pills. ! praise God
for the day when I decided 20 do SO
Tor this reae.y met every phase OF
my case and In short time I was
able 10 get cut Of bed and after few
weeks treatment was q strong well
nan. Dodds Kidney PsIis saved my
life"
A remedy that wiji cure Brlght's
Disease viu cure ans lesser Kidney
Disease Dodds Kidney PiIls are GER
tainiy the most wonderful discovery
which modern medical research has
given to the world.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02

you Haut t2s
Yes. IN get It" he replied. and
quilted the room.
Read that advertisement doctor "
he said. when he returned and he
handed the paper 70 the physician.
Dr. Cartwright read bllndly through
a small announcement among the
Situations Vacant and then looked
wendaringly mp al the young man.
IT m going GO apply said Ted
what gasped the doctor You
mean 10 say that you're going to tfick
yourself oBt az a servant on The IN.
chance of locating your fathers mur-
derer- Why. you're mad. sir. mad.
Here JET me read the thing again:
Man servant wanted at once. Apply
personally J. Fcrrers. Belmont
House. Hampstead
"Fcrre- broke in Ted. linpsl .ye.
ly. That name % all names. There
can be no mistake tell you I'm
going 10 apply for that situation. and
so set chance to study tAe man
VERY we'll said Or CartVrieht.
after a pause Go ahead with yuur
plan. and I'll help You all can IN
explain that business has made g. rec
essary for you TO leave home for a
time '
with Ted. to think vas 10 act and
he wasted no time in shaving of lis
mustache and repairing to Belmont
House Tie created such a favorable
impression that he was at once in
stalled in his new position under The
assumed name of Edwards. He was
not able to discover anything for
many days. Mr.. Ferrers kept Lis
room for the most part. and was care
ful to lock the door when he left for
even the shortest time With great
difficulty. Ted-or Edwards. as We
must now call him-Eot an impression
81 the lock and had a key made. bat
could yet find no opportunity to use il.
But one tremendous discovery Ed
wards. the man-seryant. made. and
one which he had not anticipated
When his eyes fell on Agnes Ferrers.
the pretty daughter of the man he
was tracking down. his heart was no
longer in his keeping. He had first
seen pretty Agnes Iarrers in the
Royal Academy. and the smile she had
then given him for returning drop
ped program had set his pulses throb-
bing and stamped her image on his
sogi. Now. by strange caprice OF
fate. he was brought into touch with
ner again. bat they were not on equal
footing now. She was mistress. he
was seryant-nay, more. a spy"
Besides. had he not sworn to ayenge
his fathers murder. The situation
was torture.
1T cannot be-" he groaned. II may
not-I must not love her. | have my
mission"
But. try as he would. he could 10.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02

altogether hide his affection. HIS
eyes followed agnes about, ard II she
did not notice Il. there was one other
~ho did This was Perkins. the house
Keeper. who had ever been suspicious
OF the young man" Not for mo
ment did she allow him to escape her
pert scrutiny. and he was often handi-
capped In his task by her pryipg eyes.
He dared rot make any prolonged
search, for Perkins would hare had
him denounced as q thief. and he
should probably have been dismissed
Then came break in his attempt TO
uuraEel the mystery. His mother was
taken seriously Ill. and he hastened
home. only In time to hear her dying
message. when the funeral had con
cluded he returned to his task. Ieay-
ing his sister in Or. Cartwright's caro-
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02
CHAPTER Xxx.
Extracts from Young Mans Diary.

Extracts from Young Mans Diary
Il find my seifimposed task harder
and more tor,urinK to my feelings
than ever. Heaven knows how ! am
10 muster strength AID determination
to carry & through. As it is, am
torn by conflicting feelings: my re.o-
luton varies hundred times day
/ only returned 10 my situation two
days ago. ! had fully determined in
my own mind. before doing so, that
the only way IN which to remain mas
ter of myself was TO put myself. as
far as possible. beyond the reach Of
temptation. by allowing myself to see
as little Of and by holding no sort Of
communication whatever With. the en-
chantress. Who has made havoc Of my
s,eruest and most justlhable resolu-
tions. aad taken my heart and brain
captive
4 returned to This house full OF the
resolution of keeping my plan and pur-
pose constantly before me-of remem-
bering whose son / was and whose
daughter she f. And how long did I
keep faith with myself? How long
did ! preserve this precious resolve
iHvloiate2 Only until she encountered
me-quite unayoldably on nay part
and. animated by some celestial sym
pathy ard divine Impulse. spoke TO
me Of my mother. pit.ed my
sad bereavement. wished she
could have done something. and
even sent 50 far as to say thar she
could sympathize with ne. because
she vas halforphaned herself
Poor feliow,' heard her murmur
TO herself as she turned away.
t Poor feIlnw What title would
she bestow upon me II she knew the
truth-the truth which must out
sooner or later? Ylllain' Spy: Be
traycr,
But I must not allow myself TO
think Of this. for. II do. I am lost
Let me employ my pen on some other
ard less disiracting subject
Il have made a discovery since my
reHlrn-or. rather it has been made
for me. One Of the first items Of IN
formation worthy Of notice. which
received from cook. who was appar-
entity bursting with that and sense
Of her own added Importance. In hay-
ing played such a prominent part in
the AFFAIR. was Lor', now whatever do
you think. young man. Masters been
and made Is VIII. which was the
chief witness"
This was a piece of news worth
having Why has he suddenly taken
this step What does he anticlpates
Does he begin to fear mans vengeance
or God's7 Is he menaced by some
mortal illness. the chances OF which
have before contemplated or does
he mean 20 commit suicide and thus
eiude the Just punishment which
might await the discovery OF his
crime?
fTo be ooutinued)
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02
CHAPTER xvnl-con,Inued.

wait a bit" was the inpetuous
sns4er. there is more to come STILL
He told him about the visit TO the
detective. and the detectives opinion
OF the matter Then. with a'little hesi-
tz;lon in his manner. he related his
strange experience on the night Of his
return: the voice which he heard tell
ing him where 10 look. ard the discoy-
cry of the photograph IN the very
placr. indicated Having reached this
point In his narrative he paused to
Judge Of the effect il had produced
upon his bearer
Dr. Cartwright said nothing and
Ted went on to tell how the imperfect
copy Of the letter. which he had made
himself from the remains o. the
original had been completed and filled
~ ia another hand.
The doctor withdrew himself into
ambush, as IL were. behind his spec
faeies. Then be opened his mouth
a remarkable co."
NO. hang IL aH'~ was fhe irterrup
ton; don't let us have any more
coincidence; I'm SICK 0f the very
FA4ANa ti Al4f y '#A aa i--A4 II an .sAs4. 5
you ike bur that"
Dr. Cartwright shook his head. Bat
wsat else could if be? Ny profession.
nj opinion iu quite another tone ot
v6iee-=is. that the sooner you hand
this room over 20 the housomald tho
better, .Me4uahlle suppose sou show
mr the original document that was
Igrut2"
The yuuBs man produced it from
1 the same secret hiding place as before
ald laid f. out before htm without a
word There was silence for agme
+ r1..meuts. Rhich Was only broken by
/ tha sound % the doctor voice. as DE
] repeated the words 20 himself As he
I srccae1eI in dec.Hhcrlus them. At
I tas end of hve m.3lfea he gave it up
/ Its nf no use puzzIEE Hy brains
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02
No Time fer fools.

When George Westinghouse. as 9
young inventor. was trying TO interest
capitalists in his automatic brake, ths
device which now plays so importan,
a art IN the operation OF railroad
trains he wrote a letter 10 Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt. president Of the
New York Central Railroad Company
carefully explaining the details Of hin
invention. Very promptly his letter
came back TO hin, indorsed In big
scraSling letters in ne hana OF com
mo1ore Vanderbilt. i have no time 10
waste or fools
Afterwards when the Pennsylvania
railroad had taken up the automatic
brake, and it was proving very sue
cesstul Commodore Vanderbilt sens
young Mr.. Westinghouse { request 70
cali on him. The young inventor re-
turned the letter. ludoFsed on she bot
tom ar follows. i have no time 70
waste on Success.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02
ItalY,s King as a Sportsman.

The King of Italy is devoted TO all
outdoor sports. more especially ten
mis-. shooting. yachting. motoring and
fishing. There is a story th.t once
on returning from very bad day s
fishing. the King met poor man who
had been very much more successful.
The King stopped the man and asked
for light. The man noticed that the
fish the King was carrying were few
in number and small, and. not recog
nizing the King. chaffed him on his
bad luck. You might be the King. "
said the man, with that little lot"
why" asked the King. slightly en-
barrassed. Well" said the man.
everyone knows that he's all right az
a King, but he's no sportsman"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02

time. there is an explanation pos
sible
And that is7"
That in your sleep this arrange
ment suggested Itself to your mind 50
forcibly. that you were able to retain
the impression on waking. and. what
you thought you read with your out
gard eyes was. in actual fact. only
visible to those OF your Imagination.
The young man gave an impatient
sigh Have IL your own way. or
course ! cant expect sou to accept my
statement as the truth"
My dear fellow" said the doctor.
Let us both agree TO nlaiutain our own
without seeking 10 disturb the otheE S
opiuiua. Eaf for all that. | should
lfiee. II yuu have no objection. to Sub
init the origin os thls discussion TO
two tests. and lf you have a micro
scope uryahere about the prem es
and can also procure a lamp as there
is 10 fire Ia tbe CRATE. We can pro-
cead with The inYestiEati0n at once
Both articles were forthcom Ing
ulth yery little delay.
The doctor examined the blauk
aueres on the paper carefully through
the mlcruacaHe then shook his head
There u.s. no Sign of any writing but
your own. sBpF0se you viii stick
10 sour original opinion IN spite Of
th.se'
= do" was the answer. given most
emp PhauCailF.
Il thought yoH would answered bis
frisuI. ! suppose that now you have
told me al ihare is To be told?" lie
rose from bis chair
Keep yogr seat. said the young
man ! have not aaEe Rith you set
Fl-t give me yoHr pledge Of secrecy. o..
The doctor. e9mea bat puzzled. gave
hls promise
"Sox said Ted where ts the
morning PAPER
q left It IR Tie other room. Do
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02

and injuring my eyesight over this
any longer Let me see your copy
of the lctter-th that mysterious copy
which the ghostly hand aIlea in Tor
you. ! suppose you have kept II under
lock and key ever since9'
4 have done better than that" was
the answer. 4 have carried 1, about
my person ever since
I suppose you have some specimens
of your late fathers handwriting that
! may compare it With2"
His friend put his hand TO his breast
pocket and produced an envelope.
This Is it, he said. As 10 com
pairing It with any other writing Il
happens that, without noticing IT, l
made the copy upon the back ~
sheet Of paper upon which ms father
had written the first words 81 a letter
"a letter, which. for some reason OF
another. was never finished
The doctor took the envelope which
was fastened down. opened ia and
drew out the inelosure. As he held It.
the other man couiI see on the outer
page the date, April 23d. and the
words. MY dear lie watched the
doctors face He saw its expression
change from interest TO bewildermcut.
and felt that he was triumphiug over
the scepticism which had possessed
his friend at the outset. You notice
the difference In the two handSrItings
in which the copy is made be asked.
"Yon observe that part OF a sentence
is written in one and the rest in an
other?"
Well. can't quite say that l do"
was the unexpected reply.
What do you mean?"
why. IT'S plain enough. Look
herei" The doctor held the sheet
of paper out toward him.
He saw the broken. incoherent sen
tences which he had himself written.
He saw and recognized his own hand
writing. The other had disappeared.