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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-20
Immigrants are En Route.

More immigrants to Dallas County and this section of the State are ex- pected to arrive in Selma in a few days from Michigan and Ohio. Through the agency of the Selma Land and Im- migration Company. recently orga- nized. 1t is expected that by spring time there will be several colonies of Northerners and foreigners in the vi- cinity of Selmas The following letter was received today by "A.' A. Ericson. manager of the immigration enter prise. from W. c. Hand, who Is bring ing prospective settlers to this city:
 Pleasant Bend, O.. Jan. 16, 1905. "A. A. Ericsson, Selma, Ala: .l
 Dear Sir-I received your letter a few days ago. We expect to start for Selma the first of next month if noth- ing prevents. There are several oth- CTS I think will go South If the couu- try's advantages are properly repre- Sented to them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-20

A number of other communications from persons contemplating a trip to the South have been received by Mir Ericsson. w. C.. Marshall, a physi- elan of Dayton, O., in one of his let- ters said:
 E My experience is that a great many persons who are tired of the severe winters in this climate and who would gladly go to a more congeniaI one if they were assured of fair treatment and good opportunities"
 Dr. Marshall propounded the fol- lowing questions in this letter: What is Selma's population? How many ac- tive physicians are there Do doctors prescribe or dispense? What is the price of improved or unimproved land in four miles of Selma? To what is the land best adapted? Is it level or hilly? Do farmers raise well bred horses. hogs, cattle and sheep? Do blue grass, red clover, timothy and al- faifa grow? How far is Selma from coal fields with deposits of three feet or over? What is the altitude of Sel- ma? What Is the maximum summer and minimum winter temperature2
 Mir. Grisson has several letters of that character. Another from B. c. Shelton. Hiawatha, Kas., who wants to come South with other Kansans, asks about the advantages of this section. The immigration company is having compil- ed a comprehensive booklet illustrative of Selma and Dallas County, which will be sent to prospective immigrants in months MT. Ericson will go to Europe to organize bands of Swedes and Scan dinavians to settle in this part of Ala bamaA eflsA{ec~o ts iSaF
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Gorham's.
MI and Mrs. Myron Edison spent Sun
day In town.
Mr. and Mrs. st. Laurent and son are
at F. G, Campbelrs.
MISS Faith Fairbanks of Guilford is a
guest at Rev e. c. Fishers
The ladies' aid society met with Mrs.
McElroy Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Harry Nelson of Brattleboro has
peen at her fathers, ]. p. Ranneys.
Elvin Houghton of Marlboro. Mass, is
ton.
Mrs. A. F. Schwenk and daughter, Dor
0thy, returned Monday TO their home in
Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Ormsby returned
Thursday TO their home in Dorchester
after ten days visit at ]. L. Ormsby's
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Ormsby entertained
their children and grandchildren on Sun
day, party of u sitting down TO din
ner.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

played at Barber park Saturday after
noon between the Marlboro and the Bel
lows Falls and Saxtons River locals
Norman A. Howe, who last month
finished his course at the Rutland BUSH
ness college, is now employed in the office
OF the Vermont Marble company at Proc
tor.
Mrs. Jay T. Stocking and little daugh-
ter left on Wednesday for New Haven.
Conn, where they will spend the re-
mainder of July and August in her old
home.
Mrs. e. B. Searle and Miss Searle went
Wednesday morning to Mrs. Searle's old
home In Bolton, Mass, for a months stay.
Mr. Searle is employed just now in Glens
Falls, N. Y.
Miss Frizzell. the district nurse, is TAX
Ing an extended vaction during the month
OF July, her place being taken by
nurse named Miss Sundwald, from the
Deaconess hospital.
Miss Jessie A. Judd returned Saturday
from visit with relatives in South Had
ley Falls. On Monday, accompanied by
Miss Dascomb and Miss Alice Dascomb,
she went to Bethlehem, N. H., the party
expecting to be gone about a month.
Misses Frances r. Osgood and Gertrude
s. Hayes went to Silver Bay on Lake
George this morning for a stay Of ten
days. They are to attend the annual
conference and training school of the
young peoples missionary movement.
Miss Margaret L. Parker, a graduate
OF the Lynn high school and of the Salem
normal school, has been chosen to fiji
the position made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Miss Hammond in the fourth and
fifth grades of the old high school build
ing.
The Rockingham Free Library opened
Tuesday after the annual closing for in
ventory and repairs upon books. The
catalogue, which has been in process
over year, is not expected to be COM
pleted and ready for distribution for
some weeks yet
Miss Alice Hapgood and Mrs. Marcia
Guptl went to Block Island Wednesday.
Mrs. Guptil will remain two weeks and
Miss Hapgood will return next Monday
to her duties in Wales's cash store The
party was accompanied by Miss Georgia
White, formerly of the Times office.
Walter Miner, who formerly worked
for the Casein company, is now in Cuba
and has bought an extensive tract of
land there. In September he expects to
plant three acres of pineapples. He
writes in glowing terms of what he con-
siders the bright prospects of that island.
A party of young ladies, chaperoned by
Mrs L. j. Robertson, are camping at
Sunapee lake, using the Kemp cottage
They are Misses Caroline Arms, Elizabeth
Butterfield, Emily Blake, Elizabeth VIII
liams, Lucy Barker, Helen Guild, Mary
Read, Alice Frost and Blanche Webb.
They went July IA for the remainder of
the month.
Cards are out announcing the approach
ing marriage of Miss Maud A. Jones of
Lewis, N. Y, to James e. Benton Of Bel
lows Falls, at the home of the brides
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Full
Ter, of Lewis, N. Y, on Wednesday even
ing, July 20. Mr.. and Mrs. Benton will
be at home after August / at No. 9 Old
Terrace, Bellows Falls, where Mr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

Spring has long been superintendent, a
note was sent up from the primary de-
partment asking the couple to come down
stairs during the opening exercises
Formal greetings and good wishes were
exchanged and the children marched
around and shook hands with EACH The
courtesies extended were very pleasing
to the recipients. Tuesday evening
formal reception was rendered to them
in the vestry OF the church. and a num-
Der OF valuable presents given them from
members of the parish, the Grand Army,
the Odd Fellows and individuals. The
presentation speech was made by Rev.
c. w. Jackson and feelingly replied to by
Deacon Spring. They have already be-
gun housekeeping in the tenement on
Henry street owned by Mrs Edward Arms.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

slena' Italy, is famous for the largo
ma OF its women and the long horns oS
as cattle. The hats. which we know in
nrnd,,"s as s, Leghorn hats, are a peculiar
abroad by the name of the eitv fror, H 1iS,St
they are exported. " which
A sentimental southern couple who ,,...
iIecehty married introduced a new Ia
INTO INTO the proceedings by having the ioS,a
letters which they had written ~ 800 loo
other during their courtship sewn mn TaI ~
Two Two silk bags, which were borne befora
I'M; mem t 70 the altar By two small boys. Dur
i[ne,t ~" &c ceremony the bride and groom
aIlen On the aforesaid bags. Neither tha
exact size OF the bags nor the exact lug tne
OF tne boys is vouched for In the reno ne
~ pnt she boys were said to be badly winda5
ny the time the bags were duly depositSd
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21
Equal to the Occasion.
LFrom Che Boston Record. ]


Stories of Richard Olney are stiu cur
rent In Washington. According TO one
OF them, when. the distinguished Massa-
chusetts lawyer was secretary of state.
he had rule that no person should be
appointed to the consular service unless
try. SOuii-
A westerner with plenty of assurance.
Chinese port, came to Secretarv OIro1
with his papers
But you know of course, Mr.. Blank.
that never recommend to the president
a any one Tor such an appointment unless
to which he wishes to 60. I don't snn,
pose you speak Chinese?"
The applicant smiled and replied: "yyen
Mr. secretary If you win ask me a cues
uoh IN Chinese 1 will be glad tn an
sr it," According to the story he GOT
the appointment Ne so'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21
STATIONS RIVER.
Fired Two Shots at BURGLAR.

Last Sunday morning about o'clock
an unknown man broke into the house of
G. II. Whitcomb. He entered the house
by opening a window, and ransacked
three rooms. One room was occupied by
Miss Abbie Whitcomb, and upon discover
ing the intruder, she leveled a revolver
at him and he Immediately made for the
door. Miss WhItcomb followed him and
fired two shots, one of which hit a tele-
phone pole and the other entered the sit
ting room at C. L. Gales house, on the
opposite side of the street. The man
escaped. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas and two
boarders, who were in the house, were
awakened by the disturbance. but too late
10 see the marauder. Mr. land Mrs C. II.
Whitcomb were away from home.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21
GRAFTON.

John Hahn has returned to Newton
Centre, Mass.
Mrs. H. R. Church is spending a week
in New York
Chaplin Howard is spending a few davs
in Meriden, Conn
A Adams Of Bellows Falls spent Sum
day at N. S. Adams's.
L. Lynne Walker was at home from
Thursday until Sunday.
MISS Irene Richie of Springfield. Mass,
Is visiting Mrs. Charles Farrar
>. B. Pettengill attended the funeral
OF Hon. Wilder L. Burnap at Burlington
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Sparks and daugh-
yer OF keene are visiting at ]. H.
Miss Elva Mack of windham has been
Thompson.
Cabot Daniels left for his home in
weeks here.
Mr. and Mrs. w. NJ. Sparks and chill
Gren OF Townshend spent Sunday at J.
Henry Stowelrs.
Miss Rachel Turner of Lexington. Mass,
Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Chase and Miss
Whipple and Mr. Bond of Boston came
10 the hotel last week.
IN the game OF base ball between the
Iownshend and Grafton teams Saturday
the score stood 10 to II in favor of Graf
ton.
MRS l.. A. Eddy and Miss Anna Eddy
leturheo TO their home here last week
atter spending several months in Bellows
- Rev. A. E. Upton OF North Conway N.
H. mas accepted the call extended him
~ ne baptlst church and will begin
work here in August.
The many friends of Hon Wilder L.
Burnap learned with sorrow of his sud
aen death, which took place at his home
IN Burlington last week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

w. A Marvin is painting in Townshend.
Mrs. C. H. Woolley is visiting in Rut-
land.
Pearl Beaumont is working for Mrs.
E. II. Pettingill.
Mildred Severance has returned from a
visit in Proctorsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Warwick are visit
ing in Cornwall, Canada.
Mrs Emerson Smith of Rockingham Is
visiting her son, C. N, Smith
Ethelind Carleton of Townshend visited
Violet French several days recently.
Dorothy Walsh returned Sunday from
Grafton, where she had been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Holden of Keene
visited recently at Mrs. w. A Marvins.
Elmer Thomas has finished work for
Clifford Moore, and is now working for
F. c. Rand.
Miss Belle Darrow has finished work
for Mrs. j, Whitcomb and returned to her
home in Chester.
Mr. and Mrs. John Graves and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Chambers of Hartford
Conn.,, are at the hotel.
Mrs Nellie Finney and Miss Haze,
Tenney of New York came this week 10
remain some time in town.
Joe Walsh, who underwent an operation
for appendicitis four weeks ago, Is now
able to walk around the house.
The hotel which was reopened last
week with G. p. Alexander proprietor is
filled with guests and several rooms have
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21
Togo or not TOGO.

An American correspondent had lust
peen introduced to Adm. Togo. 'Tm
very glad to meet you" he said simply
What" exclaimed the admiral. you're
Togo?" am going
No said the correspondent.
iou are not going to remark that II is
DETER Tor the Russians Togo while thew
Certainly not"
not Togo" A0so OF
mo, indeed"
.rv 1iory! shouted the great admiral
,, toure the first American 1 have met
., Hastily pinning a medal on the breast
u n, one visitor he led him to the highball
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21
Story of Brown Tail Moth Entirely
Without Foundation
insect Is the Common AphIs, Found on the
Elm observation-disclosures That Story Was
Circulated.

A story of the sensational type, and
wholly without foundation, regarding the
ravages of the brown tailed moth in Bel
lows Falls, was telegraphed from here
Monday evening and appeared Tuesday in
the Boston Globe and Rutland Herald
Other papers have copied it extensively
causing many inquiries from outside in
relation to a supposed great misfortune
of the place, but one of which our citi-
zens were entirely ignorant.
A little investigation by The Phoenix
results in the following explanation, in
teresting as showing how such things are
started. The representative of the two
first mentioned papers says in substance
that "a week or ten days ago 1 stood on
the east side of Atkinson street near the
homestead of the late Thomas McGreen.
An employe of the Vermont Farm Ma
chine company whose name 1 do not
know came along and called my attention
to small elm tree which had some gray
ish, fuzzy looking eggs on its bark He
said they were the brown tail moth eggs,
that he was from Massachusetts and
knew them fully, 1 did not think much
about 1t for some days. Possibly week
later without further investigation,
wrote it up and fired it in" An exam
ination of the tree in question yesterday
shows 1t to have been an insect the COM
mon aphis found on the elm tree, and
without the least characteristic of the
brown tail moth. G. A. Halliday was
over year ago requested by the Yer
mont authorities to keep sharp lookout
for the pest, and he is ready to pay rs
cents each for a few of the first real
specimens found, as the chronological
departments of different states ask for
them.
Probably the only moth of this kind
ever identified in Vermont was found
July 9, 1904, near the lower end of West
minister street in this village by Walter
Miner and IT can be seen in his extern
sive collection now in the Rockingham
Free Library. 1t was supposed at the
time to have been brought from Mass
achusetts by some cars that came that
day TO the Casein company. Certainly
no others have put in an appearance
here.
The Importance of the story may be
seen from the fact that many families
are moving away from towns In other
states where they appear because Of
the discomfort and injury to people, par
ticularly children, as we'll as the injury
to vegetation, and it is unfortunate that
such a report gained so extensive circula-
ton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

been engaged to accommodate the visit
ors.
Mrs. Betsey Gale of Townshend. who
Is visiting her daughter Mrs. r. +.
Twitchell' recently sat for photograph
win her daughter. grandson, great
granddaughter and great-great-grand-
daughter, making five generations. Mrs
Gale is IS years old
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
Turned Down Proposed Sis, 900
Gift from Andrew Carnegie
objection Of Voters Was Due to the
Towns Heavy Indebtedness, $145,o77-
More Money for Schools.

'0"ns 7eaVy Inueptedness, $145,07T-
More Money for Schools.
The special town meeting Tuesday
afternoon called out about 100 voters, de-
spite the intense heat of the day. The
article regarding an additional tax Of s
per cent. for school purposes was ex-
planned by H. D. Ryder of the school
board as a necessity unless the town
wished to reduce the standing of the
schools, and the vote resulted in laying
the additional tax. The library building
articles were not so fortunate, both being
dismissed without action, and by a large
majority The discussion Of these brought
out the facts clearly, and without doubt
the whole matter was fully understood
but the action of the town can hardly be
commended as tending to a betterment
No action showing appreciation of the
offer OF Mr.. Carnegie to give $4,000 for
library building was taken, and the
result looks decidedly rude toward him.
The conditions of the gift were that the
town should provide a suitable site, and
annually appropriate 10 per cent, or
$500, for its support, both reasonable
conditions.
1t was found that a site would cost
from $1,000 to $4,000, while the $500 an
nually would be $500 more than is APP
propriated each year now to support the
free library. The objections raised were
principally because of the present heavy
ihuepteuneSS OF lne town, Sl4biOl1, ana an
unwillingness of the voters to go deeper
In debt for this purpose, especially. as the
library has for the past 20 years had fair
ly good accommodations in the present
town building, in a central and accessible
location. Here the janitor's salary and
insurance upon the building would always
be covered by present amount OF ex-
pense.
The arguments of those who favored
the library building were the pride Of the
town in having a creditable building now
offered, and the entire lack of reading
room facilities in the present location,
there being no public reading room in town
The advocates of each side had their
innings. Hon. A. N. Swain, the father
OF the present library and president OF
its board Of trustees. pleaded eloquently
for the building, as did c. w. Osgood, N
G. Williams and others, while the opposi-
ton was led by John e. Brosnahan and
Thomas q. O'Brien.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

Mrs. Angle Vaughan went to Wood
stock Monday to spend the coming month.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

The local ball team won a good game
of ball at Ludlow Saturday, the score
being to against the Ludlow team.
A. N. Swain and his family went We'd
nesday morning TO his cottage at Bright
wood, Sunapee lake, where they will re-
main for the present.
An interesting game of ball win be
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1905-12-23

motion, and by the council, which, be-
ing opposed to the mayor politically.
he would be wise not needlessly and
aggressively to snub. The appoint
ment of Bruin was therefore a tactical
blunder that it is strange that man
of so much practical experience in
life as Mayor Lane should make.
So we have the courts deciding that
the mayors legal advice was bad,
and a week or so spent in wordy
and needless wrangle between the
civil service commission and COM
mittee of the council, and we have a
great deal of ill feeling engendered
and a great many citizens becoming
disguised, because of mistakes that
should have been avoided. You
wouldn't catch Governor Chamber
lain in a similar position, making
such plumbers.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1905-12-23
THE MAYORS MISTAKE,

Quite common opinion, even
among the mayors supporters last
June and his personal and political
frieds, is that he made bad mistake
in going away outside the city and
county to raid a gambling house.
Many men who are not in favor OF
gambling and desire it's suppression,
If conducted publicly or where 1t can
easily be found, say that the mayor
and his police force had, and have,
quite enough to do within the limits
OF this city, especially when hold
ups and burglaries are matters of dal-
" or nightly occurrence. 1t was quite
enough, they say, for the mayor and
his subordinates to suppress gambling
here. as far as possible, and drive the
race track and other gamblers out or
the city. With this done, his full
duty in this respect would be per
formed, and it was Quixotic and fool
ish for him to carry the war on
gamblers into another city and coun-
ty. This view is sustained by the de-
cision Of Judge Frazer that the case
against the men arrested at Milwau-
kie cannot be tried in this county,
and that the only way to get them
into court is for the authorities Of
Milwaukee or Clackamas county to
proceed against them, and whether
they do SO or not is none of the may
or's official business. In fact, the
whole affair has turned out to be a
farce, in consequence Of the mayor
listening to bad advice.
The appointment of Captain Bruin
as inspector of police was another,
though a less fragrant mistake. IN
der normal conditions, and if he had
come to the position by usual or even
extraordinary promotion, the appoint
ment might have been good one, but
even supposing that Bruin is excep-
tionally qualified for the position
which does not yet appear-the may
or should have known that the ap-
pointment of a man outside the de-
partment and stranger, to say moth
ing Of one whose eligibility under the
charter and the civil service rules was
doubtful. would be demorallz1ng 10
the force and would prevent him from
rendering efficient service. The ap-
pointment was resented by others who
considered themselves entitled to pro-
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1905-12-23
EDITORIAL
CHRISTMAS.

Before the next issue of The New
Age another Christmas will have
come and gone, and been duly cele-
brated in many ways by all sorts Of
people, rich and poor, white and black,
young and old, good, bad and indif-
ferent. To thoroughly believing
Christians this reputed anniversary of
the birth of Christ is a sacred holt
day, and it should be so, especially to
poor Christians, for all his life Jesus
mostly mingled with and taught the
poor and humble people, and made
himself one Of them And what
ever others may think of him,
all must acknowledge that for nine
teen centuries the religion He found
ed or that sprang from His life and
teachings. has exerted tremendous
ana PROFOUND lHuu0HCo III Tic "OAAu'
But Christmas is noted also as the
merry" holiday 1t is time for gift
giving, for charity, for rejoicing, for
feasting and merriment, for remem-
brance and enjoyment of the bounties
and blessings and successes Of the
year-the ushering in of the eight-day
holiday season No holiday is so uni
versally observed, and while pain is
never very far from pleasure and sor-
rows tears fall through the sunshine
Of smiles, now that is so much en-
ioyed by all classes and conditions OF
men, and especially by the children.
So make the most and best of it,
and whatever else you do try to make
some one else, or several, happier, and
thus you will gain the truest happl-
ness yourself.