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that is dedicated to the occasion. Ths
gobernadorcillo of the town appoints
twelve 'tenachis" who are to kill the COW
and cook it and to offer the new tezguino
to their God. When the COW Is slaugh-
tered the meat is cut In pieces and boiled
in the big pots. Then the ''tenanchis'
with vessels made of the peel of cocos,
with great ceremony take a measure OF
the tezguin0 from each barrel
The result of these ceremonies is that
all who take part get drunk. The feast
lasts for at least twenty-four hours with
out Interruption.
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Believe in God,

The Tarahumara Indians believe that
there il q God. but they have q very
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SUITS FILED.
Property May Be Sold for Street I'M
provements.

Ensley, August Especial City At
torney Romano Boyd today filed bill in
chancery court Of Jefferson county ask
ing for foreclosure of liens and right to
sell property to pay for sidewalk inn
provements.
Twelve separate suits were represented
in the bill. The amount of taxes in
volved is about $1,000.
Considerable street and sidewalk i'm
provements are being made in the city.
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One Opinion and Another.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Miss kreech-He says my voice is very
good.
MISS knox-Tndeed? He must have in-
side information.
MISS kreech-How do you mean?
MISS knox-He must have a way OF
discovering that it's better than 1t sounds.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
Valley Fair Notes.

President Pierce had thankless
task on his hands in finding accom-
mediation for the different cattle ex-
hibitors. but he rose to the situation
manfully and was given credit for be-
ing absolutely fair in his dealing with
the various herds.
An amusing incident occurred at the
local station Tuesday afternoon when
a large pig, which was being unload
ed from a freight car. made a dash
for the ladies' waiting room and sue
ceeded in entering before he was
caught by a number of small boys.
1t is interesting to note that the
Morgan stallion, General Gates. which
headed the string from Joseph Bat
tells farm, went to the Worlds fair
at Chicago in 1898 as a sucking colt
in the exhibit which was gotten to-
gether by H. r. Lawrence of this
town.
A. w. Roel. superintendent Of the
fruit and vegetable department, was
l3 pounds behind his record of last
year for big pumpkin. but he phil
osophically remarked that 1t wouldn't
do to have a heavier one every year
on account of the size of the build
ing.
A change should be made next wear
in the racing classes. 1t has been
clearly demonstrated that fast class
es do not fill and the spectators will
be willing to see slower events pro-
vided there are more evidences or
genuine competition
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

with a large number OF white wy
andottes and Barred Plymouth ROCKS.
while q w. Amidon of Dummerston
and Hillside farm of Amherst. Mass.
also did well in these varieties. Z. r..
Hodgkins of Northampton, Mass nau
several coops of White Rocks when
carried off a number of blues.
In Light Brahmas the, principal ex-
hibitors were H. d. Tasker of Brattle-
boro Conrad Miner of Guilford ana r.
II Rlodgett and Co. of West Burke
Tbe Rhode Island Reds were on the
whole a high class lot and the pest OF
tho bunch belonged to G. b. Clark or
Concord. Mass. f. p. Tilden of spring
field Mass. and E. ID. Twitchel OF
Middlebury r. H. Buss of East Ac-
worth. y. H.. and Mrs. r. L. Hosles
of Gill, Mass, took most OF tne p.en,
iums for Black Minorcas. ana r. M
Munson of Greenfield was eduaiiy sue
cessful in Black Langshans. W. ..
Pentland of this town equalied MS
for,,,ar successes i'm the Silver Spang-
Iea Hamburg classes. and in game
bantams the Midget Bantam YARDS OF
Rrattleboro were on top of the heap
in the majority of varieties
Wood and Freeman of Fitch
hurg Mass contributed most OF the
birds in the classes for waterfowl out
tbe great attraction in this part OF
the show was the brood of Europeah
swans exhibited in a tank by the for
est Park Commission of Spr1ngneiu'
Mass There were two good displays
of fancy pigeons by II. b. Bellows OF
yvillinantic. Conn. and p. B. Hadley
Of barnard the former being particu-
larly fine.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

Shortly after O'Clock Governor {. J.
Bell and Senator Redfeld Proctor we're
escorted TO the judges stand. They were
attended by General n. G. Williams OF
Bellows Falls and Coils. c. w. Scarf OF
Burlington and g. A. Billings OF Wood
stock. Both the governor and Senator
Proctor spoke briefly after being intro
duced by G. w. Pierce, president OF the
Valley Fair association. The strong wind
which was blowing at the time made 1t
difficult for the speakers to be heard and
the governor aptly concluded his re-
marks by SAYING: II know you can hear
word i say but I'm mighty glad to see
you ALL Senator Proctor said he had
been attending fairs for the last rs years
or 90 hut had never seen such an exhibit
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
The Dairy Department.

The exhibit of butter and cheese
was larger than last year and the
quality if anything a tritie ahead. The
creamery butter sweepstakes was won
by the Newfane creamery with score
of 9S points, while j. n. Betterly OF
the same town took the dairy sweep
stakes. The cheese sweepstakes was
won by ]. W. Pulsifer of Plymouth.
N. H. Four states, Massachusetts,
New York, Vermont and New Hamp-
shire. We're represented in this show.
There We're four competitors in the
single COW butter test and E. H. Axe
ley of Vernon had the honor of carry
ing off first. second. third and fourth
premiums Following are the scores
of some of the highest competitors:
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
OVERLOOKING WITH POULTRY
Fowls of All Descriptions on Esh'bi-
ton to Number Of Over 1,6OO.

The capacity of the poultry buiidlns
was taxed to its utmost by the l,eVp
odd fowls on exhibition. |. X. Felch
the veteran judge, began promptly
Wednesday morning, but was over
taken by illness and had TO stop after
an hour or two. This DELAYED the
awards materially. but j. F. Watson
of Iashua. n. H, and A. F. Pierce OF
Winchester, n. H., We're engaged oy
wire. reaching here Wednesday night
and completing the task of judging by
early yesterday afternoon.
Brown Leghorns led in numbers
Rhode Island Reds second and Fly
mouth Rock classes close tnird
There were also large number OF
Wvandottes. good displays of Bran
mas and Minorcas, A. o, Preston OF
Concord. n. H.. was one of the DIE
winners in single comb Brown Leg
horns while r. H. Buss OF East Ac-
worth. y. H.. came out on top IN the
rose combed variety. c. +. Ensign ol
Greenfield and L. D. Lee of Soutt
Deerfield exhibited fine lot of Whitt
Leghorns. A. E. Davis of Warwick
Mass. was on hand again this veal
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
The Driving Glasses.

Driving classes were not as large
" filled as last year but there was Keen
competition nevertheless and the
Judges had their hands full in making
awards. In matched pairs there were
seven entries. F. L. Chickering or
Greenfield. n. H.. won the blue RID
bon with a fast team of brown mares
while Fred l.. Proctor of Nortnneiu,
VT, took second with TWO racy pulis
roans The bay pair of E. E. Blood
of Putney captured third while Joseph
Battelrs pair OF Morgans We're given
fourth, The even dozen that appeared
to compete for gentlemen's drivers all
looked good enough TO be in the money
class. but 1t finally shrunk to four.
or this lot J. f, Bailey of Montpenef
took first, ]. II. Hars of. Springfield;
second. w s. Ingraham. third; ana
F. w. Blodgett of Brattleboro. fourth
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

as the one at Brattleboro. The Con-
necticut valley is great country" he
continued, land am reminded of the
words OF the poet who said:
Roll on loved Connecticut,
Long have you ran
Bringing shad TO Northampton
And freedom to man.
There may be scarcity fshad, the
senator said in conclusion, "but there
certainly is plenty of freedom left. The
speakers were then escorted by James F.
Hooker to the royal box" which was
occupied by members of the governors
staff, Mrs. Bell, Congressman Haskins,
District Attorney Martin, Col. H. E.
TAYLOR and Mrs G. W. Hooker.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

While Wednesdays attendance beat
any previous first day by fully 2,ooo IT was
Yesterday that saw the greatest crowd
ever assembled III this town. Early IN
the morning the people began to arrive
and until noon the influx continued to
increase. Many as were the conveyances
on hand to transport the crowds there
were not nearly enough, and thousands
walked the mile between the station and
the fair grounds. At II O'Clock every
seat on the immense grandstand was sold
and disappointed men and women were
offering as high as IS for tickets to the
reserved seat section.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

count of the absence of any vaudeville
their drilling had 10 furnish all there
was in the way of entertainment, and
in consequence the cavalrymen We're
worked to the limit. On both days
they gave a drill in full dress uniform,
and exhibition of fancy riding and
several setting-up exercises from
Butts manual. the latter taking place
in front of the grandstand All the
manoeuvres showed what strict mill
tary discipline accomplishes and they
were watched with much interest.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
Sheep and Swine.

The best show in these departments
was furnished by the Glendale stock
farm of Glens Falls. n. y. which eN-
hihifed $50 head of Cotswold South
down. Shropshire. Hampshire. Oxford
Down and Leicester sheep and equal
numbers of Chester White, Poland
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

China. Duroc Jersey Berkshire. York
shire Essex and Cheshire swine. The
lot contained seven champions at the
New York state fair and carried away
from Brattleboro over $500 in prem
iums. The oxford Angora goat COM
pany of oxford, Mass. a9d Muckross
Park of Springfield showed Angora
goats and a few varieties of sheep.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

The story of the Valley fair is con-
tinued on pages three. four. six ana
seven.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29


fuemn
admission conservative estimate
asanp
nhrn
displays
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
FTNEyIS, LETTINGS, LECTURES
k1ORIUN : BRAT1leBoR0
[EpNEsDAY \
October
| I.c. ROGKWELlS new
Sunny South
| Company
frVEy7S, LETTINGS, LECTURES

-.,ie,s greatest of all colored
% Largest in n u M b er,
,ouality, band and orchestra,
niored talent direct from the
!, .outb. At popular prices.
r,st. on sale Monday morning,
I; al the box office.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
HELP WANTED.

CARPENTERS. -Four non-union bosses want
sftx rood mechanic non union Eight hours.
Work through winter. No strike Address w.
r. NrIRHEsp, Bridgeport, Conn
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
What the cavalrymen Did.

The troopers who came all the way
from Fort Ethan Allen to help make
the fair a success must have been
tired lot of boys last night. On ac-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
EDCETT & CO.,
RrattIeboro, VT.
teal Estate.

CELERY CELENI
We have some nice Northern 1mas oelsfs week Fresh
at the market fresh Resr .nree canned goods Of all
sh all the a1 ylr ius. received Try our r.
HeadqsaIn,efse saneeeo, n,i pipes in great variety
xvEw, Elliot st. Fish MARKET
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

ENTFD-To meet parties with little
Snnav Stra 10 finance proposition that VIII
|, W..tigation. Address \. Y. H., TINS 9a, sa,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
fGIBl. FOR SALE, TO RENT, Etc.

yTED-Competent girl for general
INn.ework. Mas. +. b. SMITH. a Green
hu'eM''h 39-tf
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

ERslLE-Pair Of good working oxen. d,
/ n WTyCBEsTER, Brattleboro, W. ~
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

rlyTEn-An apprentice. MRS. G. H;
.Wvu Nilliner. ocei
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

;7yTV0-7o6 and book compositors and
T1T snatype operators. Men and women,
,,S n-o.gt NJ week. Steady work. open ONCE.
sr ssr. II r." Box 1888. Bostcn. Mass.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

heavy two horse CnamPioaa
/ rlck. oue heavy two-horse hu.iau s
N both with new in. tires ana sd oIAnsa;
III new; two single carriages, one ooneo ne sst
n, ioar single breast-plate haIness' nrsss onv
II double harness, one set oouoie q ao,f
Sr@ 6. Z. GILMAN
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

rNTFD-A housekeeper at once by a
riinwer who has no children. Address L.
Bor "A, somerset. Vt. S-io-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29

Inn me per.on who borrowed some cnains
'if Il me- M please bring them back without
4, r0.t HENRY W. sQUIREs, Mess
k-sboro 8-u
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the Argentine Republic in 1888. and his
family went to Buenos Ayres with him.
Helen's childhood, in New Orleans
and in South America, was passed IN
der the happiest auspices. From the
beginning she was noted for her talent
and vivacity and for a blond beauty al
most dazzling. When quite young she
was queen of that carnival which is so
famous among the annual happenings
at New Orleans. once at a charity kir-
mess the two most beautiful maidens
in the city, one girl blond, the other
brunette, were selected as queens of the
ldrmess, also queens of their respective
types of beauty. The blond queen was
Miss Pitkin.
Amid surroundings which were all
that a maiden's soul ordinarily Graves
Helen Pitkin began life as a society
girl" She was fascinating and accom-
plished. A brilliant marriage for her
was the natural expectation of friends
and relatives. But Helen Pitkin turned
from various brilliant matches and en-
tered the field of newspaper work. FL
nancial reverses had come, and need
was that she should earn money.
When she was only twelve years old
she sent to a New Orleans newspaper
girlish contributions which were gladly
printed by the editor. From time to
time as she grew older she continued
the contributions. When it became nee
essary for her to earn her bread the
editorship of the papers woman page
was offered to her and accepted.
Miss Pitkins circle of friends and ac-
quaintances north and south is large
It may be mentioned that she is the
heroine OF Booth Tarkington's "The
Gentleman From Indiana" Booth
Harrington and Helen Pitkin were
great friends. Besides her newspaper
writing and editing, Miss Pitkin is also
contributor to general literature
Outside Of her profession, phiIanthropic
labors and the Improvement of her ma
tive city claim her enthusiastic inter
est Constantly she urges the ladies' of
New Orleans to interest themselves in
civic affairs, gaining wise knowledge
thereof. She believes that everywhere
women Of the best class can exercise a
powerful influence for good over the
sanitary, educational. moral and aes-
/ thetic conditions of the cities in which
they live
Miss Pitl1in circulated through the
southern states the petition for the re-
lease Of Mrs. NIaybrIck. She is the
! Louisiana president of the Sunshine
society. At each Christmastide in New
Orleans under her auspices there is q
distribution of clothing to the children
| OF the city's poor. And, with all her
manifold duties, she has found time to
become an accomplished harpist and
organist
Helen Pitlzin is always doing some
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compare with an accumulation OF old
dusty books thai. one may want to read
some time, old chairs one will mend
some rainy day and old clothes which
could be fixed over if one had timer
I'd like to say to all women, Have
pity on yourselves"
Have you seen the latest French irni-
tation jewelry? When I say imitation
I don't mean anything vulgar. have
in mind a chain Of pink tornalines and
tiny brilliants dainty in the extreme
and those art nouveau pendants which
combine imitation pearls and enamel
tracery so beautifully that it takes an
expert to detect their real value.
For my part. shouldn't mind some
one giving me as an Easter present one
of these to match my favorite spring
svoIzvu
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sweet, pleasant thing for somebody"
says one of her women friends. q
have known her to give up her salary
to people she thought needed it and do
without it herself for considerable
time"
New Orleans has the honor Of being
the home of several prominent Ameri-
can newspaper women. Helen Pitkin
is one; another is Elizabeth Meriwether
Gilmer, best known as Dorothy Dix.
This brilliant and witty young jour
nalist was born and reared in Tennes-
see. She is a. born writer and has, be-
sides, an unlimited faculty for catching
dialect and stringing together slang di-
alogue in which choice atoms of wis
dom are sprinkled like red pepper.
Once in the New York Women's Press
club a leading elocutionist of the city
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woman because 1t makes her look taller.
This sort of gown must be made OF
sllpple materials, as the rules of fash
ion demand that 1t be shirred or plated
in at the waist line. EOienne is one OF
the best materials.
OF course this is to be a pongee sea
son-both the old fashioned pongee we
know so well and the coarser weave
which resembles sacking. The latter
is used for coats both for day and even
ing wear. The dyed pongees come in
variety of shades, pale blue and pale
green being perhaps the prettiest. For
some reason not yet discovered the
darker shades are unreliable, and the
navy blue in particular wears badly
even when very expensive. It turns
white in the exposed portions.
skirts are more softly made. Even
broadcIoth skirts are to be seen merely
plated in at the waist line and yelling
skirts are made with almost straight
breadths gathered into the belt.
Any tendency to cutting the figure is
carefully avoided, and many of the new
dresses have the wide belt Of the same
material.
The three quarter sleeve is with US to
stay. This is such pretty style for
street wear!
The tailor made girl blossoms out
this Easter just the same as her more
fluffy sister and perhaps. as things go,
in spite Of her. She wears this year
the long three quarter coat very beau
tifully fitted with the leg of mutton
sleeve and the strictly plated skirt
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ernoon. And she also recited, to the
surprise of the club sisters, that IA
nous "Highah Culchah' sketch. AS
always, it brought down the house, but
the club women murmured and said to
one another: why did she choose
that? Didn't she know we had heard
it before-recited, too, by one of the
best elocutionists in the country?' And
not one in ten Of them knew that Eliza
beth Gilmer had the best right in the
world to recite 1.-The Highah CuIchah,'
because she herself had written it in
the first place and was ignorant that it
had been given previously before the
club.
There must be a dozen or twenty
southern girls and women engaged on
the newspapers of New York city.
They are popular and successful. One
of them is Mrs. May Wilkinson Mount.
She, too, is from New Orleans, having
been born on a nearby sugar plantation
which was her fathers country home.
TITS lots Of fun being raised on a
sugar plantation says Mrs. Mount.
When a schoolgirl the little lady
wrote some verses for a New Orleans
paper They were copied in a New
York journal, which pleased Miss May
nightly. When she became older she
went to New York and began writing
for newspapers and periodicals. She
struck luck speedily. She is a most en-
ergetic worker and a very rapid one.
Her tasks are varied. Now she writes
a humorous sketch or a short story;
again, she visits the great houses that
import women's gowns. She selects for
description such costumes as please
her Then she goes away and returns,
bringing with her a handsome girl
model who puts on the beautiful gown
and is photographed in it Thus the
present day fashion photographs are
made-actuaI, artistic pictures Of liv
ing, handsome girls. The descriptive
part of the work afterward is easy
enough.
Mrs. Mount was for some time regent
for eleven southern states of the Socie-
ty of Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton ALICE w. MORTIMER
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recited with striking effect a sketch en-
titled 'The Highah Culchah," in which
a negro mother by means of a whole
some leather strap converts her skep-
teal. "culchahed" daughter back to the
true orthodox faith. The recitation was
immensely amusing, and the audience
laughed and applauded as hard as laced
up ladies in white and tight kid gloves
ever venture to laugh. None of them
forget 1.-THE Highah Culchah."
A year or two thereafter Dorothy Dix,
then a brilliant member Of the editorial
staff of a New York journal, though
still residing in New Orleans. visited
New York and spent considerable time
there. She became a. member, and
most welcome one, of the New York
Women's Press club. She was ap-
pointed to give reading on a club aft
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silk braid in a charming effect sug-
costing embroidery.
The great thing in dress, as IN every
thing else. is to look ahead and decide
exactly what you need. The foolish
woman keeps buying little here and a
little there without the slightest fore
thought The result is that she either
runs short or else she gets the wrong
things.
It's the same way in furnishing a
house. You should plan 1t out before
hand Try to have the contents Of each
room match and weed out all superhui-
ties.
Some women hang on to old things
forever-bits of old ribbon, old hat
shapes and neck bows which belonged
to grandmother or Aunt Fanny. What
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SAVING That Doesn't Save.

Another woman know was a great
saver. When she broke up housekeep-
ing she had one of those great clumsy
lounge beds. The auctioneer offered
her SO for it. It cost sixty. OF course
she had a fit. She said if that was all
he would offer her for it she would
keep it rather than part with it at so
criminal price.
She did keep it. She. stored it with
some other old things for five years
Then she died, and her daughter when
she tried to sell it could not even get
one bid for it. It had to be thrown
away. The loss on that piece of furni-
ture was just $40 plus storage for five
years. Count it up for yourself.
And the wear and tear on ones
nerves! Is there anything that can
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with a tiny French toque of pale gray
straw and a two tone white tipped os-
trich plume. a gray costume is perhaps
the richest for daytime
OF course with the gray costume you
must not forget to wear a pale gray
gaiter if you want to be the Easter girl
up to date. Caters to match the suit
seem to be the latest edict of Dame
Fashion
In choosing your millinery 90 not
make the mistake Of buying large hats.
OF course some will be wOrn-they al
ways are-but the tiny, much curled
shapes are the latest mode. The other
day at a matinee I saw a well known
prina donna sitting in a box, and she
wore one of these small hats curved
saucily away from the piquant face. It
was Of that new shade of mulberry red,
and the space under the brim was filed
IN with tiny red rOsebuds and their fine
foliage. Last Easter there was a mark
ed attempt to introduce the high crown,
but 1t did not take, and this year we see
the fiat effects so dear to our hearts. In
fact, all the height in the new hats is
given by the curved up brims.