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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Edward Condor spent Sunday at his
former home In Bellows Falls.
Mrs. L. d. Mastin IL visiting Mrs.
w. Il, Smith In 81. Johnsbury.
Il. W. Gibson returned yesterday
from his trip To Batesburg. n. G.
Miss Mary Mccarthy spent Sunday
with her mother In Bellows Fails.
Mrs. John Howe OF Saxtons River
visited old friends here last week.
4. j. Heaphy goes to New York city
tomorrow for visit of several days.
Mrs. A. u. Hall has gone TO New
York city for a visit of two weeks.
! Charles and Miss Catherine Higgins
OF Bellows Falls were In town Satur-
day.
Mrs. II. l.. Parker has been visiting
at her old home In Claremont, N. H.,
this week.
c. G. Maynard was at his home here
over Sunday, after a three months
trip on the road
| Miss Priscilla Ducette was taken to
the hospital Monday to be treated for
ulcers OF, the stomach.
| Frank Garvoy and Anna Leonard
OF Keene, ~ H.. were the guests of
Mrs. ID. j. Leonard Sunday.
! Mrs. A. II. Webb was a guest of
Miss Helen II. Jackson In Bellows
Falls the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. @. Duauette went
to Russell Mass Tuesday TO spend
the remainder OF the week.
Gilmans men have moved George
II. Chatheld's household goods into
the Eddy house on Clark street.
ny. l.,.. l.xr
after carriage drive TO Woodstock
with Barney Cannon of Bellows Falls.
Dr. f. G. Pettee went yesterday to
Windsor and White River Junction on
business connected with the Eastern
Star,
Mrs. Charles Reach was called to
West Townshend Friday by the criti-
cal illness of her mother Mrs. Law
renee
T.. G.. Spaulding's household goods
have been moved in Gilman's vans
from 1875 Elliot street to 81 Frost
street this week.
William Pomfrey moved this week
from John Kaine's house on Frost
street 10 the upstairs tenement In Will
liam Martins new house on Elliot
street Gilman's furniture vans We're
employed.
l.. Guy Tasker will attend the
Dartmouth Amherst football game at
Amherst. Mass. Tomorrow. j. r.
Tasker. c. II. Stolte and A. $. Thomp-
son are planning to attend the Yale
Harvard game In Cambridge, Mass.
Nov. 90.
Louis Henkel and George Cain were
In Rutland Wednesday to attend the
annual state convention of the Span
ish American War Veterans. Among
the officers elected were the following
from Brattleboro: George r. Ander-
son. surgeon; f. ]. Waterman. Judge
advocate: Louis Henke chaplain.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10
Y. M. c. A. Notes.

| Six teams have entered the associa-
ton bowling league and the regular
games will begin Nov. 20.
There will be a hare-and hound
chase Thanksgiving morning open to
members and friends of the associa-
ton.
The topic at the meeting of the
Problem club Sunday afternoon will
be Work, The discussion will be fol-
lowed by a social hour and refresh
ments.
The directors of the association met
Monday evening at the home Of Sec
rotary Cunningham on Oak street. AZ
ter routine business had been trans
acted tea was served.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10

Pillow Tops.
New Autograph Pillow Tops at
rs and SOC
New Stamped and Tinted Pillow
Tops at rs and soc
New Tapestry Tops at
so and 75c
Silk and Velour Pillow Tops at
IS and CSC
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10

Long Coat Suits, ftted-Short
Coat Suits, one.half itted-made
of Panama, Cheviots and Mix
tures-black and colors.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10

Nature needs only Little Early
Riser now and then to keep the bow
els clean. the liver active and the
system free from bile headaches.
constipation, etc. The famous little
pills. EARLY Risers," are pleasant in
effect and perfect in action. They
never grippe or sicken, but tone and
strengthen the liver and kidneys. Sold
by George f. Greene.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10

The next annual meeting of the
Vermont Horticultural society will be
held at Burlington Dec. Is and IA. The
matter of awarding premiums on fruit
exhibits to be made in connection with
the annual meeting was left with a
committee consisting of william
Stuart G. II. Terrill and n. c. Hicks.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10
SIS and SIG Suits for
$500.

A special lot of Long Coat
Suits; made of Panamas a n d
Cheviots in plain colors and mix
lures.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10
Holiday Fancy Work Materials.

| The New Holly Ribbons Are Here.
White Satin Ribbon printed with
holly berries and leaves from u inch
| up to inches wide.
| New Persian Ribbons for fancy
work-sachets, fancy bags, etc. One
to 7 inches wide. 16 to 75c yard.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
soFT-EYED MEN OF PACIFIC
Loochoo Islanders Who Possess Most
Winning and Remark
able Optics.

A woman traveller who lately visited
the Loochoo islands, in the Pacific, de-
scribes her first impressions in the
North China Herald. The first thing
that struck her on landing was the fact
that the coolies who tumbled lazily
aboard her ship were very much addict
ed to the use of hats, and very little to
the use of any other clothing" She
continues: Il can best describe the
hats by an exclamation of one of our
party, What beautiful waste paper
baskets they'd make!' These hats were
fastened on with loops Of thick, brown,
hairy palm rope, through which were
passed cotton strings tied under the
chin. Every mans face was ornament
ed with thin, brownish black beard
and mustache, and it was often hard to
tell where the beard left off and the
hairy rope. began. Wisps of unkempt
hair also struggled about the neck, CIV
ing to the man the look of some savage
creature. Taking in these details, my
eyes came at last to the eyes OF these
seemingly wild savages, and 10! I
looked into large, soft, black eyes, so
wide apart, like those of the Illuminating
animals. And in their depths ,lurked
good-natured smile, just waiting to an
swer one from me. | never got used to
The incongruous effect of those gentle
eyes and that fierce beard on each
other.'
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
CAPTURING THE WILD DUCK
Clever Scheme of the Chinese Is Sue
cessful Among the Wary
Water Fowl

A full-grcEn wild duck is one Of tbs
most wary Of all wild creatures. wa
terman MAJ. be working all DAY 7eag
with shovel and pickax, says the. a11th0I
of Bird Life and Lore barely a stones
throw from a large flock of widgeon and
wild ducks and they will not notice him,
for they know that he means them no
harm. But let a sportsman enter the
meadows and hide his gun ever SO care
fully, and make himself ever SO small,
it is ten to one that they will rise in q
cloud when he is some four gunshots
away from them, and take themselves
off to a place of greater safety.
There is one method of taking wild
ducks in considerable numbers, prac-
ticed in China and in some other coun-
tries, which is SO amusing and so little
known as to deserve notice.
The natives take care that a large
number OF big calabashes, or gourds,
should always be left floating on the wa
ter frequented by the birds, till they
get to regard them as part and parcel
of their resorts. The duck-hunter
chooses his time. and, putting one Of the
calabashes, with holes cut for his
mouth and eyes, upon his head, he
wades through the lake, taking care to
keep the whole of his body well be.
meath the surface. He cautiously ap.
proaches the unsuspecting wild fowl,
and, catching one of them by the leg,
pulls him, with a sudden jerk, beneath
the water, causing hardly more commo.
ton Of the surface than the duck itself
often makes when it dives, or FLASHES.
or plunges for its food. He wrings Its
neck under the water and fastens it to
his belt. Then he deals with another
and another in the same fashion, till he
makes his retreat, equally unnoticed,
with whole girdleful Of captured wild
ducks round his waist.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
GOOD HINT FOR THE BALD
All That Is Necessary to Get Rid Of
Bothersome Flies Is to Garry
Sugar.

Mr.. Gillicuddy Migglebury writes us
as follows, says the Cleveland Leader:
ut is not generally known that it is a
simple matter for bald man to relieve
himself of the one great worry of tbs
summer months, /. e., flies getting on his
bald head. 1t is well-known fact that
flies have a marked prediction for su-
gar, and will eat it in preference to al
most anything else.
IF you are bald, and you feel that a
fly has alighted upon your head
which is easily ascertained, as the feet
of the fly will create slight tickling
sensation as the fly walks around and
around looking for trouble-if fly has
alighted on your head, then take out 4
lump of sugar which you may carry in
your pocket for just such an emergency.
Place the sugar on a shelf at the same
altitude as the top of your head, and the
fly will nine times out of ten leave your
Uranium for the sugar lump.
by watching the sugar, you can see
when it has as many flies as 1t can hold:
then take another lump from your pock-
.et and place it beside the first one, An
ordinary lump of sugar will accommo.
date from Is to 16 flies. One hundred
Jumps of sugar should be a sufficient
quantity to carry in the pocket for ordi-.
nary emergencies
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Courting, old-Style.

There is not country bred man or
woman now living but will tell you
that life can offer nothing comparable
with the innocent zest of that old style
of courting that was done at singing
school in the starlight and candlelight
Of the first half OF our century. There
are Few hearts 80 withered and old
but they beat quicker sometimes when
they hear, in old-fashioned churches.
the wailing. sobbing or exulting
strains OF "Braastreet" or China" OF
Coronation" and the mind floats
down on the current Of these old melo-
dies to that fresh young day Of hopes
and illusions-of voices that were
sweet, no matter how false they sang;
of nights that were rosy with dreams,
no matter what Fahrenheit said; Of
girls that blushed without cause, and
of lovers who talked for hours about
everything but love.-John Hay, in
Lippincott's.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
EXTREMITIES OF THE LAW.
Where One Man Was Nabbed for Sit
ting Still and Another for
= Moving.

Mr.. Percival Fitzrusher wore a frown
and his automobiling costume when
hailed into the justice court on charge
of exceeding the speed limit, relates the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
TITS an outraged" he asserted, vehe.
mently and repeatedly, but the only
friendly glance he got was from Mr..
Footloose Freddy, who was taking
things easy in swaybacked chair and
watching the proceedings with interest.
Mr.. Footloose Freddy was also under ar
rest. His case was called first, and he
was fined $50 for vagrancy. Then the
charge against Mr.. Fitzrusher was on
and he, being guilty, was also assessed
$50 and costs.
It's an outrage, a miserable outraged"
he repeated.
1T is, fer a fact" agreed Footloose
Freddy.
Which gratuitous consolation SO
pleased Mr.. Fitzrusher that he paid the
fine of Sootloose and walked with him
from the justice court, continuing his
comment upon the outrageousness of the
proceedings.
There's no such thing as justice In
this community" asserted Mr.. Fitz-
rusher.
Il shosld say not, pard,' agreed Foot
loose Freddy. why, look. Dey nabs
you for moyin' an me fer sittin' still
Where does man git off?"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
COLLEGE GIRL. AS MOTHER
Collection Of Baby Pictures Shows
Conclusive Evidence Of
Fitness.

An instructor at Vassar college has an
odd and interesting collection of photo
graphs-the photographs of the babies
of young women who are college gradu-
ates. says an exchange. are strong and
beautiful. They number over 800. The
instructor said Of them:
Il began to collect pictures Of ths
children of female A. BIS and A. MS
because had heard so much talk about
the higher education uniting woman
for her natural sphere, and so on.
My collection proves that the high
er education makes mothers of an ex-
cellece hitherto unknown. Highly edu-
Gated women don't weaken themselves
with tight corsets, with overmuch dane
ing and card playing. They are athletic
and strong. Their bodies as well as
their minds are developed.
They enter upon the duties Of moth
erhood with a unique courage and wis
dom and strength. and the result is that
their babies are the biggest. strongest,
little creatures"
She pointed toward the 800 photo
graphs.
But just look at those pictures,' p she
cried. Just look at them"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
FROM TEXAS.
Some Coffee Facts from the Lono
Star State.

From beautiful farm down III Tex
~, where gushing springs unite to
form babbling brooks that wind their
sparkling way through fiowery meads,
comes q note Of gratitxde for delivery
from the coffee habit.
when my baby boy came to me Eve
years ago, began to drink Postum
Food Coffee, having q feeling that II
would be better for him and me than
the old kind Of drug-laden coffee.
was not disappointed In 1t, for 1t en-
abled me, q small delicate woman. tn
nurse q bouncing healthy baby III
months.
i have since continued the use of
Postum. for have grown fond Of It.
and have discovered to my Joy that Il
has entirely relieved me Of bilious
habit which used to PROSTATE me two
OF three times year, causing much
discomfort to my family and SUFFERING
to myself. s7
MY brother-in-law was cured or
chronic constipation BY leaving on the
Old kind Of coffee and using Postum.
He has become even more fond ~
than he was Of the old cofiee.
In fact the entire family, from the
latest arrival (a 2-year-old Who alwava
;alls for his .potie' hrst thing ID the
morning), up to the head Of the house
mink there is no drink % good Or 50
wholesome as Postum. Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
There's q reason.
head the little book The Road 10
Weilyille." IN pkss. 4.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
CHURCH PERSONALS.

A large portion of the library Of the
late Bishop McLaren has been donated
by his family to the Western Theo-
logical seminary library.
Rev. T. G. Harper, Of Wibsey, the
newly elected president OF the Wes-
leyan Reform union, was originally q
Bedfordshire tinker. reared at Elstow.
where John Bunyan was born.
Ian Maclaren, who is just leaving
the Liverpool church where he has
been minister for quarter OF cen
fury, has been making collection OF
his sermons as sort Of farewell vol
ume.
DR.. Julius Goebel, who was dismissed
as head Of the German department OF
Stanford university without q hearing.
has been appointed by President Eliot
as the head Of similar department at
Harvard
Rev. H. Olin Cady, now Of Evanston,
H., who has been connected with
Methodist missions In west China for
the last 10 years, has been retired with
a pension by the board Of managers or
the Missionary society.
Mr. b. Vickery, leading member OF
the Methodist church In New South
Wales, has bought the Lyceum theater
and hotel in Pitt street, Sydney, and
some adjoining property, for about
10000, and intends to hand the whole
ever to the Sydney Central Methodist
mission.
O. G. Barber, Of Akron, O., known al
''the match king" will build ia the
city named one of the most beautiful
churches In the country. It In to bs
an exact duplicate OF the Madeleine in
Paris and will cost $5OO,0O0. As in tho
original, there will be no windows
light being obtained through q system
OF skylights.
Rev. Charles Sickle, who Is labor
representative for the Presbyterian
church, is planning to have the Prot
estant churches OF each large city Sc
lect fraternal delegate to the labor
unions, and in turn q member OF the
unions 1t to be given the freedom OF
the ministers meetings. In this way
Mr.. Stelzle hopes to bridge the cl1asm
between labor organizations and the
church.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09

. store In suburb worth $4,000 he
would trade even because he saw ]
was an honest feller.
We all went out in street car to
see It. I seen it was only worth about
$1,000. When we got down to business
Lie kicked again and I was gettin'
purity rousin' boilin' hot and so / wais-
pered to one of the fellers to take her
out and buy her something. That there
feller went and bought her silk dress
and hat and some beads and when
she came back she was ready to Sign
So they asked lawyer
who was loafin' round there to fix
up the papers, and he had 'em all
ready. Well. we signed 'em and ]
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
The Potato Yield.

How many bushels an acre does your
potato field .ield? There are acres
In the United States from which 400
bushels have been taken in a single
season, ana other acres produce only
20 bushels. What makes the differ
ence? Part Of it is due to soil and
weather, but the rest 10 difference in
fertilization u and cultivation. In
Maine, where the average yield was
215 bushels an acre last year, the farm
ers put about ton of phosphate on
each acre. 1t costs them about s35,
but they more than get it back in the
increased yield. Colorado comes next
to Maine in the yield, with 159 bushels
an acre. but there are % states and
territories which yielu less than 100
bushels an acre.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09

sent my nephew, John, who lives in
Kansas City and runs one of them
typewritin' machines down to run the
store fer awhile and the fellers bought
our tickets and me and Lie come
home.
well, watched fer them fellers fer
several weeks and at last one came.
watched him drive up the marsh
and then he stood lookin' round not
knowin' what to do next. He come
up to the house, and aftsr lot OF
loud talkin' he give in and said sure
ly had one on him. He fin'lly sez if
buy him a ticket to Kansas City he
will deed the salt marsh back to me
and so I bought the ticket and here's
the deed. The salt marsh is mine."
''By gum! that's confidence
scheme, all right said the postmas-
ter; "but what did you do with the
store?"
"Well. you see John kind took a
fancy to that store and we sold it to
him and Marthy is spendin' the money
at college.
Il guess there's your train comm
over yonder. mister kansas City
Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09

of white, and white should therefore
be used, as crude color is, in small
quantities.
As for the shirt waist, let 1t be cot
ton and cool, but also colored. II the
color be made the same with that OF
the skirt, color-unity will conspire with
variety of tone and texture to produce
. beauty of most restful and enduring
type. When the waist is white, the
skirt should Offset the glare with black.
but this scheme is still excessive IN
brilliancy, and should be moderated by
combination with one or more grays.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
spectacles, according to an oculi

Spectacles, according to an oculist,
often increase the eye trouble they
are meant to correct because they are
improperly used. The man who
needs glasses to read by, but not to see
at a distance, often puts them on in
. street car or similar place." says
this oculist, "and then when he looks
up still uses them for looking at
things little way OIL. This gradually
changes the focus OF the eye, SO that
he comes finally to see better with
them than without them Then he
needs stronger glasses to read with
and the trouble gets worse and worse.
One way to avoid this Is to wear the
reading glasses SO low on the nose
that 4they may be looked over instead
Of through when the glance is raised"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Size Of Crops.


f. Farmers are often in doubt whether
m exceptionally large yield of any
thing resulting in low prices, is as ad-
vanfagecns to them as a shtrt crop
at high prices. The consumer of -four
or fruits or cotton goods who has to
pay higher prices when there is a
shortage has no doubt where his in
terest lies. The farmer, says Youths
companion, sometimes overlooks the
erect Of a short supply and a high
Price In stimr.ating competition which
may prove permanent. When cotton
as reasonable in price the Lancashire
splnners are content to rely on this
country for it, but if under scarcity CT
speculation they are compelled to pay
TOO much, they begin to look for other
sources of supply. Every year of high
Prices greatly stimulates this search
The higher wheat goes in Liverpool
the farther settlers will be pushed into
the interior of Argentina and sas-
katchewan to raise it. The farmer
everywhere decides by its average re-
turn how many acres to lay down to
any particular crop. He cannot take
advantage of speculative conditions,
out must plan on averages. When
meat was so high in the United States
few years ago, certain beef packers,
who had bu1lt up a trade abroad, car
ried on business there at a loss. They
had spent thousands of dollars to gain
customers who, they believed, would
be lost by an advance of prices. The
big crop, at a fair price, is better all
around in the long run, in spite of the
temptation to desire the exceptional
returns which may result from
scarcity.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09

In the desert OF southern Arizona,
with an Indian, two centipedes and a
gila monster as his companions, Prof.
W. J. McGee, Of Farley, Ia, suffer
Ing from lost health, slept for four
months without bed or covers upon
the hot sands of the desert and re-
gained all his former vigor. MCGEE
has just returned home, a veritable
athlete, in place Of the weakened and
emaciated man who struggled out of
. severe attack of typhoid fever with
only enough strength to drag himself
west. While on the desert he amused
and edited himself by studying the
habits Of the insects, reptiles and
plants which exist there. He believes
that his experiment has disclosed
cure for men suffering from mental
and physical collapse.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
SO IT rs SAID.

.-4 u @ e Z, 4, . ii
A Shoemaker is the wholesaler man
and generally well hee1ed.
A baker can always raise the dough.
A butcher can usually contrive to
make both ends meet.
A halter is sure to be block ahead
OF all other men.
A huckster has no trouble with the
police in making good living out Of
green goods.
A baby carriage manufacturer never
fails to push his business.
A hairdresser, as rule, does 4
thriving business In combination locka.
A newspaper man rarely fails to gee
his paper on the street.
An electrician u always posted on
current topics.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Highland Funerals.

A Scottish correspondent writes OF
funerals in the Highlands. There are
no undertakers here. A Carpenter
makes the simple coffin, relatives and
friends carry 1t, hip high, to its last
resting place, which is dug when the
end Of the journey is reached, and.
having walked perhaps six miles to
the chosen kirkyard, they take q re-
freshment of sandwiches and whisky
and walk home again. The rigorous
absence OF pomp Is maintained, but
there is the added establishment 81
pipe music"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09
Cento Books.

This volume," said the bibliophile.
sis a cento. It is composed OF de-
tached sentences taken from the WORKS
Of Thaekery. It makes a novel, SEN
sible, but short, and it was composed
in seven years by c bed-ridden baron.
ess. The best known cento is probably
the Empress Eudozie's Life OF Christ )
made entirely of lines from Homer
There is a similar life composed by
Ross, that consists wholly Of detached
lines from Virgil. Centos are often
very valuable. One compiled by Alex-
ander Hamilton from Milton's Para
disc Lost sold not long since for $500.
The book was history of America. :"