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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ate of ISAAC woRDEN.

Estate Of ISAAC II. WORDEN.
The undersigned having been appointed by
the Ron. Probate Court for the District OF
Marlboro COMMISSIONERS, to receive, exam
inc and adjust all claims and demands OF All
nersons against the estate of ISAAC II. WOR
ben, late of Halifax in said district.
deceased and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purpose aforesaid, at he dwelling house
Of Geo NJ. Scott on the 18th day of January and
the i4th day of June next. from one O'Clock, p
M. until FIVE O'Clock p. m. each OF said days,
and that six months from the 18th day OF De-
cember. A. ID. 1904 is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims
to us for examination and allowance
Dated at Halifax this Esd day of December.
A. ID. 1904
s. e enGnars N l. s HnaIlr Commissioners.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
Legal. NOTICES.

SrATE OF VERMONT, BY the Probate Court
~ MARLBORO IS. for said District
To all persons interested in the estate of
GEORGEH IL. BURNS late OF Brattleboro, de-
ceased. GREETING;
Whereas MARY A, BURNS has presented 10
this Court an instrument purporting TO I've the
last will of said deceased. for probate You are
hereby notified that this Court will decide u'5s
on the probate of said Instrument at the sess ion
thereof TO be held at the Probate once IN
Brattieboro, in said district, ON .he 2sth day OF
January, A. ID. 1905. when and where you
may appear and contest the same, If you see
cause.
2-3t A. Il. SCHWENk. Register.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
Boston Markets

General business has started In a
satisfactory manner since the begin
ming of the new year. The butter
market continues firm with quota
lions at Chicago 2Sc., New York 29c,
Boston CSC. Receipts of fine fresh
creamery are small and the demand
is active, which causes the advance
noticed above and explains why New
York has passed Boston in price
there being quicker demand there
and a little more scarcity of new
fresh butter. Under such conditions
the top Of the market Is liable to
huctuate from day to day on chang
ing circumstances. Storage creamery
is also in good demand and Is work
ing off in healthy manner at about
26 cents in both Boston and New
York Already the fanciest is held
above quotations as the amount In
sight is rapidly growing less The
storage stock in Boston is now 1885,
900 tubs-640O0 less than year ago
The receipts here last week were
SAC, 900 pounds or only about one-half
of an average weeks consumption,
showing that there must be consid-
cradle draft on the storage stock un-
der such circumstances. The years
receipts were:
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
STATE OF VERMONT. BY the Probate Court

STATE OF VERMONT. / BY the Probate Court
- MARLBORO, SIS. for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate o.
J. b. STEBBINS, late of Guilford, in said
District, GREETING:
You are hereby notified that this Court VIII de,
eide upon the allowance of the account Of JOHN
L. GALE. Administrator upon the Estate OF
J. b. Stebbins late OF Guilford in said District,
deceased, and decree distribution thereof TO the
persons entitled thereto, at the session thereof
to be held at the Probate Office in Brattleboro.
in said District, on the 2sth day of January; a.
D. 1905, when and where you may be heard IN
the premises, If you see cause.
2-3t A. II. SCHW ENh, Register
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
STATE OF VERMONT By the Probate courl

STATE OF VERMONT | BY The Prohate Court
- MARLBORO IS. for said District.
To all pei sons interested in the estate OF
FANNY QUINN late OF Guiliord, IN SAID
District, GREETING;
You are hereby notified that this Court will
decide upon the allowance of the account OF
JOHN T.. GALE. Administrator upon
the Estate of Fanny Quinn, late OF
Guilford. in said District. deceased, and de-
cree distribution thereof to the persons entitled
thereto. at the session thereof to be held at
the Probate Office in Brattleboro, in said DIS
triet on the 2sth day of January, A. ID. 1905,
when and where you may be heard in the prem
ises, If you see canse.
2-3t AZ SCHWENK, Register.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
PROBATE NOTICES.

The charge for probate notices Of the usual
length in the REFoRxER for the three weeks
required BY law is 500. This includes Com
missioners' Notices, VIII Notices and Settle
ment Notices. We shall be glad to have You
direct the Register Of Probate to send your no
tees to this Office.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
CTArE OF VERMONT. BY the Probate Court

- MARLBORO. SIS. for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate OF
GEORGE s. COOLIDGE, late Of Guilford, IN
said District. GREETING:
You are hereby notified that this Court Will
decide upon the allowance of the account OF
JOHN 4. GALE. Administrator upou the Es-
tate Of George s. Cooledge; late OF GuilIoru; IN
said District deceased, and decree distribution
thereof to the persons entitled thereto. at the
session thereof to be held at the Probate once
in Brattleboro, in said District, on the 2sth day
of January, A. ID. 1906 when and where you
NAV be heard in the premises. II you see cause
2-3t A. +. SCHwENk, Register.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13
NOTICE..

The will of Thomas Thompson, late OF Boston,
provided that after his wife's death portion
Of the income OF his estate should be used FOR
the relief and support Of poor seamstresses,
needle women and shop girls in the town OF
Brattlehoro, Vermont, who may be in temporary
need from want Of employment, sickness or
misfortune, or for kindred uses in said town.
In accordance with the wishes Of the testator
this notice is given by the trustees. Applica-
ton for aid may be made through Mrs Frank
Wells or through Mrs. A. J. Currier.
LAURENCE MINoT, rrr.,oes
l-3t X. NJ. BRADLEY,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
Paint to Please the Dead

1t is at least eighty years since old
Abbott Roby of Dunstable, Mass, died.
He had hated black and dark colors
all his life, and in his last sickness
begged that he might not be buried in
black coffin. A coffin of any other
hue was then unknown, and his re-
quest was received in silence or with
expostulation. The old man became
enraged, and, sitting up in bed, shout
ed: IF you bury me in black coffin
I'll get up, now l tell ye!"
The funeral was an event in the
small town. 1t was conducted by the
Masons, with ritual, procession and
music, and when the community was
admitted to view the remains it was
seen that a dutiful son had painted a
wide white stripe around the coffin, to
the end that Roby's perturbed spirit
might rest in peace.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
Lawson and the Wind Clock.

Thomas w. Lawson recently re-
ceived shock at his own specially.
He was driving a spirited horse to a
light vehicle. Having occasion to
leave it in order to enter an office
building, he called to a street urchin
Sonny, hold my horse?'
"Cert," was the pert reply. what
do git?"
"A dollar an hour" said Mr.. Law
son, laughing.
by that clock?' continued the lad,
pointing to a street clock in front of
Jewelers..
YES" said the fnancier, much
amused.
''All right" assented the boy, with
a sudden alacrity in contrast with his
previous hesitation.
Mr.. Lawson performed his errand
and emerged again from the Office
building.
"How must do owe you?" he asked
the boy.
1.-TWO hundred and seven dollars"
"What?"
by the clock, mister
Mr.. Lawson glanced at the clock
an advertisement. 1t contained no
works, but was operated by currents
of air, and the hands were revolving
with the rapidity of pin wheel.
II thought Wall streeters could do
more business on wind than anybody
else" eaSnod Mr. Towson "h,,t +h;c
takes my time!"-Success.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
7! ADDS 4 a O PI ,EN DOR
MEN OF Bu slNEs REC ocNizlE:
i ADVANTAGES or AcETYLENE.%
Famous Summer Hotel the Grand
Union q Saratoga, Has Installed
This Best Of Al Artificial Liehts--
Means Increased Comfort and
/. Health. H. -:

Saratoga, June 27.-The very name,
Saratoga" brings to every mind
health-giving springs, unsurpassed
hotels and beautiful drives. It
has been for many years the
Mecca for all who admire nature,
enjoy good living, and are searching
for health, or are simply taking va
cation.
The Grand Union, the largest sum-
mer hotel in the United States, set
among green trees with it's long wings
enclosing a court with fountains and
flowers, grass and trees, music and
light, is throughout the season throng-
ed with guests. With the progressive
spirit always shown by it's manage
ment, the Grand Union has again add
ed to its attractiveness by introduce
ing acetylene gas to make still more
brilliant the evening hours. The &C.
NAL proprietors believe in furnishing
their guests with the best, of every
thing, and now, after investigating
and finding that Artificial Sunlight
can be had, they have installed COM
plete acetylene gas plant to produce
it, and have connected upward of six
thousand acetylene burners in and
about the house and grounds to this
little gas plant.
Like many discoveries Of recent
years which are coming into popular
favor, acetylene, one of the most re.
cent, is very simply produced 1t is
adapted for use wherever artificial
light is needed and the necessary ap-
paratus can be understood and oper-
ated by anyone.
The generator in which Acetylene
is produced by the automatic contact
OF carbide and water might be termed
a gas plant, as it performs all of the
functions of city gas plant. The acct
ylene generator can be purchased for
few dollars and in any size, from
one adapted to furnish acetylene to
ten or dozen burners for a cottage,
up to the large but still simple ma
chine such as is now furnishing
Acetylene for six thousand burners
in the Grand Union.
Outside of large cities the use of
Acetylene is quite common. The
owner Of the country home now de-
mands running water, gas and other
conveniences which a few years ago
were considered as luxuries, and
acetylene gas has met his require
ments, and gives him better and
cheaper light than is ordinarily fur
nished in cities.
1t is well known that rooms lighted
with Acetylene are more comfortable,
because cooler, and more healthful be.
cause the air is not vitiated.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
UNSiGHTLY BALD SPOT,
Caused by Sores on Neck-MerciIess
Itching for Two Years Made
Him Wild-Another Cure
by Cuticura.

For two years my neck was GOV.
cred with sores, the humor spreading
to my hair, which fell out, leaving an
unsightly bald spot, and the soreness,
inflammation and merciless itching
made me wild. Friends advised Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment, and after a
few applications the torment subsidized,
to my great joy. The sores soon dis
appeared, and my hair grew again,
as thick and healthy as ever T. shall
always recommend Cuticura. (Signed)
H. J. Spalding, 104 w. 104th ST., New
York City,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
Mutual Distrust,

A very absent-minded member o.
the French institute was reading a
newspaper in the casino at Dieppe re-
Gently. He was absorbed in his read
ing, and with his left hand he uncon.
sciously pushed the files OF newspa.
pers on the table. Each moment he
sent them farther from him. Beyond
the papers was an inkstand, which at
last the moving papers pushed over
the side of the table. 1t fell on the
trousers of Paris banker, who was
furious at the accident.
The absent-minded man offered his
best excuses, without appeasing the
bankers wrath, who shrieked that his
new trousers were ruined.
'But, sir, will cheerfully pay for
them. Be good enough to give me
your card, and l will send the money
to your hotel"
''To my hotel. sir! don't know
you. must instantly have the thirty
francs these trousers COST
The member of the institute drew
forth the thirty francs and handed
them to the banker. Then he said:
"Now. that you have been paid,
hope you have too much of the deli
cacy Of gentleman to remain in my
trousers. You know they are mine,
and I insist upon their immediate de-
livery to me. You have no confidence
in me; I have none in you. My trou-
sers."
In vain the banker protested
against such haste. The crowd that
had gathered about the disputants
said the member of the institute was
right, and the banker, after sending
for another pair Of neither garments,
surrendered the ink-stained ones, amid
the laughter of the bystanders.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
The Locomotives offsprino.


When the Canadian Pacific railroad
ran it's first train through Maine there
were a great many people on the Dor
der who had never seen train of
cars, and the first work train that
came into one of the towns caused
nearly all the people to turn out to
see it. After they had gazed at the
engine and cars for some time the
train pulled on to siding.
The roadmaster came along on a
railroad velocipede and stopped at the
town crossing. An old lady who had
been gazing in wonder at the engine
and cars asked some one what on
earth that thing was. Some one in
the crowd told her it was young en-
CINE. She looked at it steadily for a
few minutes, and then said: "What
in the world are we coming to-! Is it
a yearling or a 2-year-old?"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
WHY THEY ARE HAPPY
TWO NOTABLE REOOVERIES FROM
EXTREME DEBILITY.
Husbands Strength Had Been Waning for
Three Years, Wife a Sufferer from
Female Weakness.

Husbands Strength Had Been Waning for
Three Years, Wife Sufferer from
Female Weakness.
my strength had dwindled SO that
couldn't apply myself to my business
with any snap but was tired and listless
all the time,' said Mr.. Goldstein.
II went to bed completely used up by
my days work, and when I got up in
the morning didn It feel rested bit.
had awful headaches too, and my kid
neys got out of order and caused me to
have severe pains i'll the back At one
time became so feeble that 1 could not
stir from bed for three weeks"
Mr.. Goldstein is a young man and had
then but recently established a home Of
his own. His anxieties were increased
by the fact that his wife was far from
being robust. Mrs. Goldstein says:
For two years I had been ill most of
the time. Sometimes I was confined to
bed for weeks in succession under ply
slclan's care. I had headaches, kidney
trouble, pain about the heart and many
more uncomfortable symptoms con-
nected with that weakness to which nv
sex is peculiarly subject"
Trouble had invaded this household
and settled in it in just the years that
ought to be the very happiest. Physicians
could not tell them how to get rid of it.
II was utterly discouraged, said Mr..
Goldstein. "Then the urgency of some
friends led me to try a blood and nerve
remedy which was said to be wonder
fully successful. Within month there
were unmistakable signs of Improvement
in my condition, and within a wear
was completely well. Through the use
Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills I have now
as good health as lever had in my life.'
Mrs. Goldstein adds: ssThe wonderful
effect that DR.. Williams Pink Pills had
in the case of my husband led me to try
them and they helped me even more
quickly than they did him.. One box
made me decidedly better and a few
months treatment cured me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are the best
tonic and regulator, they make pure,
rich blood and when there is general
weakness and disorder that is what the
systemneeds. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Goldstein
live at 80 Cove street, East Boston, Mass.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
druggists everywhere.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
The: SorC,el|rllelr
:. !. Of! St. Giles {; !! E 5.
CHAPTER xVl.-(continued.)
By PROF. WILLIAM HI. PECK

BashfOrt, CHASTITY and cadaverOus in
complexion, lay upon his back, at the
very edge of the ledge. Just beneath
this ledge the cliff sheered down for
fifty feet as perpendicular as the wall
of a tower. On the right of the ledge,
and nearly touching it, there began
that line of broken and ladder-like
rocks by means of which Clarence had
assembled fro mthe sea, and the de-
scent of which Bashfort had begun
when his purpose was arrested by the
voice of Helen.
Around his neck and drawn to the
skin, yet not pressing upon it, was the
slip-noose adjusted deftly by Clarence.
A single thrust from the foot of the
young man would topple the PROSTATE
rufian over the edge of the ledge-a
hanged man!
'Ho, aloft!" shouted Clarence, in
his 1oudest and harshest voice.
And to those waiting to hear from
Bashfort on the verge Of the cliff, this
voice sounded exactly like that of the
still insensible rufflan.
AYE, aye!" came the response from
above.
"When I call again, haul up" cried
Clarence, with his hand on the rope.
S'Not before call.
AYE, we understand you, Bashfort.
When you call out again we will haul
not BEFORE" came back the response.
And at this moment Bashfort open
ed his eyes and glared wildly about
him.
eff you speak above your BREATH
said Clarence, at Bashfort's ear, you
will be hanged the next instant
Bashfort stared into the terrible
face so close to his, and gasped out:
care you spirit or living man.?
II am Clarence Darrell, the nephew
of the man you murdered at York,
twenty-five years ago. The moose is
around your neck. Those above will
draw upon the rope if they hear SO
much as the sound of your voice.
babe them do so, and they thought
my voice was yours
"Mercy!" gasped Bashfort. 81 could
not shout, even if dared. Mercy,
Clarence DARRELL"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
I GIFTS TN Pr PER SPIRIT.
gnificance 81 Recent. efactions
~ 10 ColIef1es RI ts Es# FII ISL.

/ SignifIcance d OF Recent 6enefactions
s%SS W .|5 81 ~ 10 Colleges. no fSs
After all, the principal use Of the
college Is as a place where the next
generation IS to get right ideas Of
what is worth While in life itself. The
mere facts which, to the ignorant,
seem the advantages Of education, are
Of minor Importance. We hear much
in the periods of college commence
ments Of the necessities of the mod
ern university in the way of enlarged
endowments and increased equipment.
Some of this talk is, of course, rea-
sonable enough. It is addressed main
~ to the rich as demand for the
recognition by them of duty of gen.
crosby, one which in our days has
had most remarkable response. But
apparatus is an impossible substitute
for ideals, and the best endowment
OF college is the character Of it's
graduates. The $4,000 bequest, for
example, to his Alma Mater, which
the will of the late William H. Bald
win contained, was small if consider
ed as a mere matter of money, but his
character and the ideals of public
service which his life expressed form
part of that permanent endowment
which alone makes university great
The memory of railroad president
ready to sacrifice, if need be, his posi-
ton, rather than lose an opportunity
for usefulness on an unpaid committee
OF citizens banded together for i'm
Portant civic service, is a rarer and
more precious contribution to the
fiber of university life than any mere
material bounty from ravenous fin
gers unclutched by hypocrisy or the
fear Of death-George w. Alger in
the Atlantic Monthly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
Americans and Britons.

An Englishman in Canada writes
home in considerable excitement as
follows: "The majority of Canadians
never read an English paper of any
kind whatever; all their literature is
American. All the booksellers shops
are filed with American books, Ameri'
can reviews. American papers. And
with what result? There can be only
one result-Canadians will think
'Americanly.'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
The Uncle and the Ante.

Mrs. Newlywed Ito her friend)-
Mary, l want to ask you a question.
The other day I missed Jacks watch
and he said his uncle had it: this
morning his diamond pin was missing
and he said his uncle had that. Now,
has your husband an uncle who gets
all of this things?
Her Friend Ga woman who knows a
thing or two)-No, dear; my husband s
ante does it for him.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
A Love Soma.

A Love Song.
Beloved, thou hast been to me
AS some most fair and favored isle,
Surrounded by a waveless sea
And bright meath heavens sunniest
smile,
Would be to one who, wandering
From where depends the cold north sky,
Looks out with hope the day will bring
The Southern seas tranquility.
Reneath a sky all dense and dark,
With radiance rarely falling through
The clouds that lowered DER my bark
Did I my dreary way pursue:
The fairy isle is still afar,
Afar the skies with sunshine blest:
But Hope will be my guiding star
And Love will aid me in the quest.
John Eugene Butler, in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
A Bad Habit.

II thought" said the man to the
ghost, that the last time you came
you said you would come no more?"
Il thought it would be- replied the
ghost, with wall; but l find that in
life l contracted habit that even
death cannot break. l was a prima
donna, and these are the ghosts of my
farewell appearances"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
CHAPTER XVII.
The Awful Death OF Bashfort.


Lord Genlis and Capt. Osred had not
grown impatient for tidings from
Bashfort, as they sat upon the cliff.
They supposed he would be long
time in descending from where they
had lost sight of him, and still long
er time in getting back to that place,
especially, if he brought back with
him Helen Beauclair's body.
From where they were they could
not see the rocks at the base OF the
cliff, because of the line of jutting
ledge.
zNor were they in any mood for con-
versation. Their scheme had failed;
Helen Beauclair was Dead. they had
no doubt. That which Bashfort had
shouted back to them he saw below
was of course her mangled corpse.
Gloomy and silent, each reclined on
the rocks near the verge Of the cliff,
buried in his own dismal chagrin.
Thus they were when the supposed
shout of Bashfort, from where they
had last seen him, aroused them.
"Ha! He is on his way back!" ex-
claimed Lord Genlis. ''Get ready to
haul, Wilford.''
And then followed that shouting be-
tween them and Clarence.
"Doubtless he has found and
brought the body to where he isl re-
marked Capt Osred, in gloomy
voice.
eyes, no doubt" replied Lord Cen
lis. "By the agitation of the rope
judge, he ismaking the body fNst in the
moose for US to pull up
'It will be dismal hauling for me-
said Capt. Osred, making a double coil
of the slack of the rope around his
right sarm.
"Bah! For both of us, MILFORD! But
there are as good fish in the sea as
ever were caught" replied Lord Gen
lis, brutally, and grasping the rope be-
hind his son. 1--WE shall find another
heiress. Her mother, perhaps, for
Lady Ida is now Helen's heiress. I'll
wed her myself, as we spoke of do
ing
81 loved this-this dead bride,' said
Capt. Osred, dark and gloomy, and
frowning at the sky.
And then both became silent, wait
ing to hear Bashfort's signal, and
Capt. Osred standing very near the
edge of the Cliff
Meanwhile another scene was trans
piring below in the cave between the
two lodges.
what right have you to ask mercy
of me?" demanded Clarence, in low,
stern tone, to the helpless ruf11an You
murdered my uncle, Claude de Lavet,
as he was on his way to prove the in
nocence of my mother to my father,
Robert de Lavet. You gave me into
the accursed hands of Zeno Sosia.
You are now one of those who seek to
destroy the happiness of the girl I
love. Had you seized her few mo-
ments ago it would have been better
for her that she had never been born.