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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

Bektash temple OF Mystic shriners at
Concord. n. H.
In July 1856, Mr.. Brooks was married
to Miss Ellen E. Kendall of Westminster.
They have one daughter, Miss Emma C.
Brooks, who for is years was ticket agent
under her father at Brattleboro, but after
his removal from that place she became
confidential clerk in one of Bratteboros
large wholesale houses
One thing to which Mr.. Brooks looks
forward annually with great interest Is
the Valley fair held every fall in Brattle-
boro. For many years he has been one
OF the directors of the fair and he takes
as much pride in its success as II he was
alone responsible for its prosperity.
OF the men who served as engineers
and conductors so years ago with Mr.,
Brooks, all have passed away except
the veteran Samuel Holden, who is
familiar figure as conductor on the Fitch
burg division between Boston and Rotter'
dam. Although over 20, Mr.. Holden is one
OF the most capable conductors on the
road. He owns farm in North Orange
where he spends a two months vacation
every summer.
Wherever Mr.. Brooks goes, whether TO
dinner or to the barbershop or TO his
office in the Gardner station, he is in
variably accompanied by his Yorkshire
terrier Peggy, a knowing little dog that
has been his pet and companion for sn
years.-lBoston Sunday Globe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
Those Hysterical Obituaries.
bradford Opinion.

The Wilmington Times came out last
week with long editorial on saint life"
obituaries. 1t has reference especially to
obituaries written by relatives or friends
Of the deceased at time when their view
OF the value of a life is out of proportion.
The bereavement is so recent that it
completely overshadows all other things
In life and the deceased is given attributes
which that one would be the first to deny
were life still left, and which could be
attributed only to the life OF an angel
The Times justifies the course of news
paper editors in refusing to print much
OF this line of copy on the ground that
the editor not being without a heart but
whose judgment is not momentarily out
OF balance, is better critic of the just
estimate OF a good human life, than is
the one upon whom the blow has just
fallen. The good judgment Of the editor
oftentimes saves the family and the de-
ceased from being the objects of amuse-
ment by cutting out exaggerated state
ments, which six months after written
are patent even to the writer. Surely
none of us would wish an angel-like life
attributed to us here, but we would so
live that when our obituaries are written
they may record a life honestly and
courageously lived. The Times speaks
truly upon delicate subject.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
Memory.

A pen-to register: a key
That winds through secret wards
Are well assigned to Memory
BY allegoric Bards.
AS aptly. also. might be given
A Pencil to her hand;
That, softening objects, sometimes even
Outstrips the hearts demand;
ss.S
That smooths foregone distress. the lines
OF lingering care subdues,
Long vanished happiness refnes,
An clothes in brighter hues;
Yet, like a tool OF Fancy, works
Those Specters to dilate
That startle Conscience, as she turks
Within her lonely seat.
Oh! that our lives, which fee so fast,
In purity were such,
That not an image OF the past
Should fear that pencils touch!
Retirement then might hourly look
Upon a soothing scene,
Age steal to his allotted nook
Contended and serene;
With heart as calm as lakes that sleep
In frosty moonlight glistening;
Or mountain rivers, where they GeeP
Along a channel smooth and deep
To their own far-on murmurs listening
-IWilliam Wordsworth
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

1t was fortunate that the display Of apples
did not assume the proportions that II did
last year, otherwise some of the exhibits
would have remained uncovered, as the
other departments were overcrowded. F.
l.. Wellman of Gullford had the largest
exhibit Of apples, including over 80 cor
rectly named varieties, all handsome
specimens The exhibit OF =. 3. Bar
rows Of Brattleboro came next in size
and included about 60 varieties which
were a temptation.
c. A. Evans of Claremont, N. H., made
an excellent display OF So varieties Of
apples, besides the largest exhibit Of
pears In the building. His exhibit also
included plums, grapes and ounces. Other
large exhibitors OF apples, and the APP
proximate number Of varieties shown by
each, were: Hugh II. Dunklee of West
Brattleboro, 45, Fred Miller of Halifax,
40, Charles L. Stoddard Of Westmoreland,
N. H., 40, b. A. Whittemore Of Guilford,
IS, ]. G. Stafford & Son of Brattleboro,
80, A. A. Halliday & Sons Of Bellows Falls,
IS, and John S. Woods Of West Brattle-
boro, Is.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

Make new friends. but keep the old,
Those are silver these are gold;
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Time will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test
OF time and change are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship true knows no decay.
For mid friends. the tried and true,
We once more our youth renew.
But, alasl old friends may die,
New friends must their place supply
Cherish friendship in your breast,
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends. but keep the old,
Those are silver, these are gold.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
WEST BRATTLERoRo.

Charles Akley, who sold his farm near
the brick yard recently, will dispose Of
his personal property including stock,
farming tools, household goods, etc, at
auction on Thursday, Oct. 5, at 10 a. m.
Baptist church, Rev. ]. A. Mitchell,
pastor. Services Sunday, Oct. 1, will be
held as usual; 1890 a. m, morning wor-
ship, with sermon by the pastor; 11.45
Bible school; p. M, service of the Y. P.
3. G. E.; p. m. evangelistic service.
The pastor is aiming to make the Sunday
evening service one of special interest to
all Strangers are cordially invited. On
Thursday afternoon, Sept. 81, the ladies'
missionary circle held a very successful
meeting at the home of Mrs George
Harris. The special topic OF the meet
ing was Africa, and various helpful and
interesting articles concerning the mis-
sionary work in the Dark Continent
were read. After the meeting there was
an informal social, to which the men were
invited. After tea the company was
favored with instrumental music by Mrs
Hatch and vocal selections by Harlan
Miller, which were appreciated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

Senator Proctor's gift of $4,000 to build
and maintain a state sanatorium for the
treatment of incipient tuberculosis makes
him a benefactor of his kind in the
truest sense. No one fact in modern med
ical practice is more surely established
than is the usefulness and practical eff
fectiveness of such institutions, The Sem
ator has rendered the people of Vermont
many valuable services, but this wise
gift will more than all keep him in CRATE
full and perpetual remembrance in the
long procession of the years to come.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
Friendship.

A rudy drop Of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs,
The world uncertain comes and goes,
The lover rooted stays
] fancied he was fled
And, after many a year,
Glowed unexhausted kindness,
Like daily sunrise there.
My careful heart was free again.
OH friend, my bosom said,
Through thee alone the sky is arched,
Through thee the rose is red
All things through thee take nobler
form
And look beyond the earth;
The mill round of our fate appears
A sun path in thy worth.
Me, too, thy nobleness has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains OF my hidden life
Are through thy friendship fair.
-[Emerson.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
WOMEN'S HANDIWORK
Distinct Advance in Grade Of
Fancy Articles Shown

Limited Quarters Inadequate for Salts
factory Arrangement Of Exhibits
Work by Convent Sisters a Feature.
The Mecca for woman was floral hall.
Such an array of beautiful handiwork
never before engaged the attention of
the judges Not only was the display
larger than ever but there was distinct
advance in the grade OF the work shown,
or rather piled UP, in the cases. 1t is a
pity that this department has to go on
from year to year with less than a quarter
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
THE FARM AND GARDEN
No Evidence of UnfavorabIe Year
in This Department

Mr.. Roel Made Largest Single AgrIoul-
tural Exhibit Ever Shown at the Fair
Unprecedented Floral Display.
This may have been poor year for
vegetables, but there was no evidence Of
it in the building of products Of the farm
and garden. The only thing lacking here
was room. That this department is one
Of the most popular of the big show was
evidenced by the crowds that packed the
building throughout both days. Those in
charge has some misgivings previous TO
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

The good American gold spent in
Europe the past summer by tourists
probably surpasses all the records. A
calculator in the New York Times reckons
that the $4,000 persons arriving between
August 10 and October at New York
from European ports will have left be-
hind In foreign lands at least 1886, 00O
And these figures by no means tell the
whole story.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
How's ThIs2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Rewahss
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot "
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. =,
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business TTy
transactions and financially able to caii'
out any obligations made by his hrn'
Walding, Kinnan & Marvlh'o
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ~, 10
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internalSys,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. TestimoIi1ahSvv
sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. SOFA
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa'
tion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

TERMS. $3.50 per year in advance; II
not paid within the year 81.
Rates Of advertising furnished on appli-
cation. Births, deaths and marriages pub
lished free; Obituary Notices. Cards Of
Thanks, ETC., 70 cents per inch of IL lines
or less.
(Entered at the Brattleboro Post Office
as second class mail matter.)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

That tired, Ianguld feeling and a esIo
headache is very disagreeble. Take W. w.
firing, and you win find relief III"
never fail to do good.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
Valley Fair Number.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
o. 1. FRENCH.
TEN PAGES.

Published every Friday at Brattleboro,
VT, by
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

A pen-to register: a key
That winds through secret wards
Are well assigned to Memory
By allegoric Bards.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
CITY ELECTION IN DURHAM.

Our neighboring city of Durham
has been in the throes of one of the
most exciting municipal elections in
it's history. The Durham people
have never had any politics in their
city elections. One convention re-
nominated the present city officials
headed by Mayor Freeland; another
mass meeting nominated a new ticket,
headed by Mr.. Paul c. Graham for
mayor An examination of the per-
sonnet of both tickets showed that
both were made up of men of high
character The Freeland ticket was
composed of all prohibitionists who
insisted that if the present proh1bl-
ton rule in Durham was to be con-
tinued the city should be administer
ed by a city government in hearty
sympathy with prohibition. The
other ticket, headed by Mr.. Graham
was supported by men opposed to
prohibition and men who favored
prohibition. They declared that other
matters than prohibition demanded
a change in city administration and
that they would enforce the prohibit
ton as well as other laws. The Ora
ham ticket had as its chief strength
the opponents of prohibitions; the
Freeland ticket was mainly support
ed by prohibitionists. But the lines
were never clearly drawn upon that
issue, though the supporters of the
F'reeland ticket tried. in vain to get
all the men who voted for prohibit
ton to vote that ticket as the only
sure means of keeping prohibition in
Durham.
The Citizens ticket won. but that
does not mean that the new admins
tration will be lax in enforcing the
prohibition law. In his last speech,
Mr.. Graham said eff 1 am elected
I will see to it that the prohibition
law, like all other laws, is enforced"
The Durham Sun, which actively sup
ported the Graham ticket, denying
that the idea of prohibition was at
stake in the election said "they will
see that the prohibition law is exc
cuted impartially and with the same
vgor al other laws are enforced"
These declarations satisfied not a few
earnest temperance men who for
other reasons wished a change in the
city administration, who would not
have voted for officials who would
permit the prohibition law to go I'M
enforced.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
Time to Insure Ourselves.
Charleston News and Courier.

tHdTleSIOn news anu courier.
There was never a better time for
the establishment of life insurance
companies in the South than the pres
ent, Three of the leading companies
in the North have increased the prem
ium rates on straight life policies
from three to six per cent. On ordi-
nary life policies the increase over the
old rates is between five and six per
cent. on limited payment life and en-
dowment policies the advance is be-
tween three and five per cent, and
this advance in rates has followed the
complaints which have been made by
holders Of participating policies that
the difference between such policies
and participating policies have in
some instances amounted to more
than the dividends paid to participant
ing policy-holders.
The expenses of the great insurance
companies have largely increased in
recent years, and in the opinion of
some very wise men the business
must be more economically administ-
cred if the interests of the policy
holders are to be protected. We wish
very much that the suggestion made
by the News and Courier recently
could be adopted. and a home COM
pany established for the benefit of our
own people. The time is ripe for such
an enterprise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
MUST BE REMEDIED.

The prosperity Of a large section of
North Carolina is entirely dependent
upon the ability this week to get the
strawberry crop promptly to the
high Northern markets. Next
week will be too late. There must be
quick transportation this week or the
truckers will be ruined. and yet the
truckers are denied proper service as
the following telegram in yesterday s
News and Observer shows:
Mount Olive, N. c. May If pros
poets do not miscarry, strawberry
growers of Mount Olive are losers by
several thousand dollars today.
Either the. railroad or the Armour
Company failed to furnish refrigera-
tor cars sufficient to move the berries.
Two thousand crates are lying in the
station moulding and rotting."
This condition must be remedied at
once. While 1.-TWO thousand crates are
lying in the station moulding and rot
ting at Mount Olive, there are ten
times two thousand families anxious
to buy those berries and pay good
prices for them. The refrigerator or
transportation company responsible
for lack of service should be compelled
to remunerate the growers for the loss
they sustain because they cannot get
refrigerator cars.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
Spirit of the Press
Spencer Blackburn said to Have Given
Encouragement to Thugs.

NOGln w IlhcSDOlO I1uStiSl'
We, of course, do not know who
gave Mr.. Deal the information, but
we do know that these reports have
been in circulation for the past eight
months. and that. distilleries have been
run in this section in open violation
of the law, and even if Mr.. Deal had
no information direct, he would only
have printed which has been openly
circulated for many months. We are
informed by reliable parties that inc
distillerS have intimated to them that
the Congressman from this district,
one Spencer Blackburn, has given
them encouragement in this business
and would protect them from any mo-
lestation by the revenue officers
This appears to be serious state of
affairs, if true, and the department
should see to it that it is investigated
at once. If men who have sworn to
enforce the law are to be coerced for
fear of having their official heads
taken off or handicapped in this man
ner, then it is high time for the peo-
pie to appeal to department direct.
If officers are allowed to destroy
public property as did these in cutting
down telephone line that leads to JEFF
ferson. and knock down and beat an
invalid editor for publishing news that
has been in common circulation for
many months, while brother officer
stands near with a gun in his hand
and prevents the Interference of those
who tried to stop the ARRAY, then
neither person nor property is secure,
and we are satisfied that we voice the
sentiment of the better elements Of
both parties, for we have heard both
Democrat and Republican express the
greatest indignation at the actions Of
both Samuels and Hastey. Our peo-
pie love law and order, but if such a
cowardly act were again perpetrated
we do not believe that it would be
healthy in this section for the perpe-
traitors
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03

him and where, unembarrassed by
the masterful American, he may show
| himself capable of building a grea1
| nation.
Over against Bishop Turner's ad-
vice which would result only in mis-
cry and disaster to his race, we put
| the answer of Booker Washington
made in his address in Raleigh Oh
the thirteenth of October, 1903. He
said:
Not long ago it was proposed tc
solve the race problem by sending the
years ago when six hundred negroes
sailed from Savannah, Ca, to settle
| in Liberia. Here, thought some, was
a solution at last. But they forgot
| that on that very morning before
breakfast six hundred negro babies
were born in the black belt"
Booker Washington we'll understood
that there was no race suicide in the
black belt
The Washington Post expresses re-
| greet that Bishop Turner should be
engaged in this SORT of talk, and says
that Just now with the South reach
| ing out for the first time sNstemati-
| cally, for white labor from Europe. II
behoovcs the negro to steer the best
course possible and exert himself to
the utmost to hold his own and i'm
| prove opportunities where he is" The
| Post tells the negro that NOW is The
! tod
country, for the negro who has en-
| ioyed the white mans civilization tC
profit by it right where he lives" and
that he is not strong enough to be a
missionary in Africa, and goes on to
say:
| HE is a mere beginner, and has a
world to do to make his own way III
| a land flowing with milk and honey
| What would he do in any section OF
| Africa, ignorant of the country and
of the native tongues, and without
means to acquire a home or till the
soil?
land how could he get there
| Where are the ships To transfer mill
lions of people such q distance? And
| what portion or portions OF Africa
is Bishop Turner's eye fixed upon as
| the lHS@-tcT lCT inc IHiSllly WIN VI
| his peorleP Africa is not dominated
by the negro as America is by the
white man, and never will be. IL
| time the white man is likely to per-
| form many of. the wonders there he
has performed elsewhere. He is the
wonder worker, the empire builder,
and every foot of African soil may be
under his control before the twentieth
century expires. His is the great pow
er there now; and once he starts he
never rests.
Bishop Turner says that the negro
problem is not for a decade, but for
centuries. That is true, and it is that
| fact which should hearten the worthy
negro in his efforts to better himself
here. If his foundations are properly
| laid, and laid deep enough, and his
| descendants are instructed by them
and improve upon them, the condition
of his people two hundred years from
now will be very different from what
it is today, and their reward for what
they have done ample.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03

The Washington Post says that the
Senate Committee which has been Civ
ing hearing to railroads is opposed TO
the Esch bill and anxious to terminate
the hearings Their anxiety to ter
inmate the hearings" was not appar-
ent until the national shippers asso-
citation desired the opportunity to Of
fer further testimony of the need OF
rate reduction and rebates That re-
quest settled it and the committee will
soon shut up the investigation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
HE WAS ENSLAvED
For Five Years He Drew
ScarceIya Sober Breath,
Yet He Was Saved.

Col. w. H. Asborn, of Greensboro,
has received the following letter:
81 think the Kelley Institute, es-
pecially the one at Greensboro, man.
aged as it is, by such humane men as
are in charge, is one of the grandest
blessings vouchsafed to poor, drinking
men by an Advise Providence. | went
there in 1900, in an awful condition
from the use of Whiskey; had been UNI
der it's powerful influence for five long
years; hardly knew what it was to be
sober for three years of that time; but
thanks to the most high God, and the
Kelley, / am today a sober, hard
working man. l had almost lost my
Self-reSpect, the respect OF my dear
wife and children, and almost crazeq
my sainted mother and father. But
| am today a livin~ monument to the
great and glorious Kelley Institute, of
Greensboro, N. c., and its efficient
corps of officers and attendants. L DO
net know how to praise the Kelley
enough, words failing to express my
thoughts ! left there on the 18th day
of June, 1900, and have been at work
since that time to try and pay my
debts contracted when under the in
fluence of the deadly stuff; and | am
about to succeed. not having drank
drop of whiskey. wine or cider since
| left there. God being my helper
never intend to again. Everyone
knows what temptations are thrown IN
the way of travelling man, but am
cured of the disease and give the
Kelley Institute at Greensboro and ITS
gentlemanly, humane managers all the
credit for it. ,.,
L. L. BENNETT.
Reidsville N. c., Oct 20, 1904.
Send names of friends who might be
benefited to Kelley Institute, Green's
~
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
NO RACE SUICIDE THERE.

Bishop Turner, the eloquent negro
bishop, has been to Washington City,
lecturing upon the future of the
negro, telling his race that America
is the white mans country, and ad-
vising the negroes to emigrate to
Africa, the original home of the ne
gro, made by God for the African to
work out his destiny among the ma
lions of the earth. He declares that
if the negro would rise in the world
he must go where opportunity awaits
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
Judge Ferguson Pleascs Them.
(WhiteyilIe News. J

Judge Ferguson, who has just CLOSED
the second term of court which he has
held in Columbus county, has during
the two terms proven himself wei
worthy Of the honored position he
holds. His rulings have always beer
fair to all concerned and entire salts
faction has been given. The people OF
Columbus county would not mind hav-
ing Judge Ferguson preside over al
Of her courts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-03
MORNING TONIC.
(EnnerSOn.0

You cannot do wrong without sur
fering wrong. mo man mad ever a
point of pride that was not injurious
to him." said Burke. The exclusive
i'm fashionable life does not see that he
excludes himself from enjoyment, in
the attempt to appropriate. The eX-
clusionists in religion does not see that
he shuts the door 81 heaven on him.
self. in striving to shut out others.
Treat men as pawns and nine-plns.
and you shall suffer as we'll as they.
If you leave out their heart,syou shall
lose VOur own.