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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-15
eRATTLEHoRo PERSONAL.

Miss Grace Temple and DR.. Harrington
of Washington, d. c., are guests af Mr..
and Mrs. l. o. p. Smith.
Harry Bruce was called home from
Worcester this week on account of the
serious illness of his father T. w. Bruce.
A. e. Lawrence of Aberdeen, Wash,
came the first of the week to visit his
sister, Mrs T. w. Bruce
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bement have gone
to Bridgeport, Conn., where Mr. Bement
has employment in an automobile shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Eason attended in
Shelburne Falls this week the annual
reunion of company II, 10th Massachu-
setts regiment
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Recital, With Electric Organ, at East
Northfield Next Wednesday.

The new electric organ, the only one
of its kind in America, which has been
installed in the large auditorium at
Northfield as the gift of Joseph A. Skinner
of Holyoke, will be used at the inaugural
recital Wednesday evening, Sept. 20, at
8 o'clock G. Waring Stebbins, son of
George C. Stebbins, the hymn writer, will
conduct the recital. There will be no
charge for admission.
Northfield seminary began its 26th fall
session last week with an enrolment Of
over 400 young ladies'. DR.. A. Il. Pierson
is continuing the post conference lectures
every morning in the parlors of The
Northfield
The annual conference of the interna-
tional committee Of the Y. M c. A., in
conjunction with the advisory committee
and secretaries of the student volunteer
movement has just been held in North
field, lasting five days.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-15
eRATTLEeoRo PERSONAL.

Misses Rose and Harriet Riley Of Clare
mont were in town over Sunday.
Mrs. G. II. Bond is spending several
days with relatives in Orange.
Miss Mary Niles of Bridgeport return
ed Tuesday after spending several weeks
in Brattleboro.
Jonas Brown OF Minneapolis Is visiting
at the Thomas farm on the West River
road. He is brother Of Mrs. Fred r.
Thomas.
Miss Minnie Stowe of New York and
niece, Adair Mcdowell OF Suwanee, Tenn,
who is a student at Northfeld seminary,
visited Mrs. e. F. Niles from Friday to
Tuesday.
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Please Remove At Once.

Owners of wagons, carts, rakes, ETC.,
stored under Floral hall at the Valley Fair
grounds, are requested to take them away
at once as the space is needed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-15
A LIFE SENTENCE
James Mitchell Pleaded Guilty to
Murder in Second Degree
Att'y-Gen. Fltts's Review Of the Case,
with Interesting Facts Never Before
Made Public.

Newfane, VT, Sept. Ia, 1905.
The case of Snow VS.. Grout & Green,
set for trial, was continued, so court ad-
journed until Monday at p. m
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Customer havlnu $4,000

in savings banks drawing only s120 n
year and likely to draw less, needed a
larger income, so he withdrew the $4,000
and deposited it with the National" 4"
and now receives $130.92 every six months
($261.S4 n year,, (IIe Is happy contented,
and seems five years younger.) seth
year, doing business in 42 states. Natl
Life Ins. Co. of Vermont. (Mutual)
II. e. TAYLOR & SON.,
Insurance, Crosby Block, 8rattleboro, vt.
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no Cure q cold IN one pav.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure.
z. W. Groves signature Is on each box. 2Sc.
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E S T E Y

If the people of Brattleboro and vicinity
prefer some other piano than the ESTEY,
at least buy standard make. But don't
go out of town with the idea that you are
close buyer and have saved yourself $50 or
$Ioo. There are just as clever people as
you, and you will pay full price for your
purchase.
Buy at home-of us or of the local dealers,
but insist on standard make. Don't buy
anybody's and or 3rd grade. It's dangerous.
There are good pianos sold for fair prices.
Don't pay 5000 for name you never heard
OF before, when the same amount will buy
piano that costs to make, at least twice as
much as the unknown" A splendid stock
OF new Estey Pianos await your inspection.
Prices little less than others ask for
same grade. Terms reasonable.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-15

After this the case in the will of Luke
White, George e. Shppee OF Whitingham
proponent, and George S. Rice of Rowe
Mass, contestant, came on and it has
been hot fight from start to finish. 1t
appears that Luke White lived all his
life until about Nov. l, 1904, on his little
farm in Colrain, Mass; that he was never
married and had no living heirs except
the contestant, George S. Rice, a nephew,
whom he had not seen in the past eight
or ten years, although they lived only
about 10 miles apart, and the evidence
also showed that Luke said his nephew
should not have his property, which
amounted to $4,000 or $5OOO
Luke White lived alone all his life un-
til by reason of old age he was COM
PEELED to go somewhere, and in Novem-
ber 1904, he made arrangements with
George Shippee, the proponent, to go to
his house to live, and promised Shippee,
for taking care of him, TO give him his
property after he was through with it.
Shippee and his wife took good care of
the old man and he was pleased with
his new home, and Jan. 27, 1905, he made
his WILL giving the contestant IS and
the balance of his property to the pro-
ponent, George Shippee. Mr. White died
four days later at the age of SO years.
After Whites death the contestant ap-
peared and claimed the property by rea-
son of being a nephew, The evidence is
not closed at this writing.
Charles S. Chase and Clarke C. Fits
for the proponent; w. A. Davenport OF
Greenfield and H. G. Barber and Frank
E. Barber for the contestant.
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Special 9nttces.

Drank MORSE, PROFESSIONAL HOUSE
II CLEANER, 55 Elliot st.
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THE VERMONT PHRNIX.
Published every Friday at Brattleboro
Vt. by
o. L. FRENCH.

TERMS. S1.5O per year in advance; If
not paid within the year 81.
Rates of advertising furnished on appll-
cation. Births, deaths and marriages pub
lished free; Obituary Notices, Cards of
Thanks, etc, 75 cents per inch Of IL lines
or less.
(Entered at the Brattleboro Post Office
as second class mail matter)
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o. I 600 buys 1-2 interest i'm a frst-class, old
~ Il established real estate business. y. o.
Box 81, Springfield, Mass. 35
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WANTED-Log contractors. A. E. PARK
w Townshend, VT. 29tf
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MRS. e. MOORE, dermatologist, treat
ments at your home. Address Green st.
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"ANTED-lOO rooms for Sept. 26, %, 2s.
w BROOKS HOUSE. 1913
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WTANTED - Carpenters WASON MFG.
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Henry Capron Of Bellows Falls pleaded
guilty to rape and was sentenced to not
less than - nor more than ii years in
state prison.
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Gbe 0ermOnt 4b@nix.

BRATTLEBORo.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER s, 1905.
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dGanted.

Boarders, at II Clark Street.
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WTANTED-Womanf for general housewo-k.
w MRS. MASSECK, 5 Green st. 31tf
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DEACOCK LOST Strayed from my farm
Il about August % Please send information
to HENRY G. CLARK, Brattleboro, VT. 3537
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WANTED-Good help for cutting wood
wv and logs. HOLDEN & MARTIN, Brat
tleboro. 27-tf
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WTANTED - Situation S housekeeper in
w small family. Address sHOUSEKEEPER,
Wilmington, VT. 1873
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NY WTANTED-To hire good farm with stock
w and tools. Address X. No. 2, 81 South
St., Bellows Falls, VT. 1878
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
coLoRED SKIN.
A Theory That 1t Is an Intermediary
Stage of Development.

a Theory That 1t Is an Intermediary
stage of Development.
The origin of colored skin, or white
really the active agent in its evolution,
the power of sunlight must have been
curtailed when people took to wearing
clothes.
The slightest protection, as seen in
the use of ladies' wells, keeps the white
skin pure. Therefore, if there is any
protection afforded by natural dark
skin, an equivalent is obtained for
white people by the use Of clothes. I'm
til white people begin to discard cloth
ing in the tropics their skin will re-
main white.
Sunburn must not be COMPOUNDED
with fermentation of the skin. Sun
burn is merely a tanning of the cpl
dermal cells on the surface of the skin,
whereas fermentation Is caused by a
deposit Of dark matter within the
deeper layers Of the true skin.
Summing the whole evidence up,
considering all arguments derived
from history, anthropology. ethnology
and general evolution, it seems to me
that the colored skin is an intermedi-
airy stage of development between our
primate ancestors and the pure white
or Caucasian skin. My general con-
tention is that white skinned peoples
come from the oldest stocks of human
ity and that in the process of evolution
they became white by the use Of
clothes.-Dr. T. f. Macdonald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
A LIVING NET.
Peculiar Method of Fishing Used b.
NafiYea of Oceania

Peculiar Method of Fishing Used b.
Natives of Oceania.
A peculiar method of fishing is in
dulged Ia by the natives of Tetuila
one of the islands of Oceania. At q
given signal the Inhabitants of the vii
lage assemble on the seashore to the
number Of about 200 persons. each
Of whom carries a branch of cocoa
palm. With these in their hands they
plunge into the water, and at a Ger
tain distance from the shore turn to
ward 1t, forming a compact half circle
each one holding his palm branch per
pendicularly In the water; and thus
forming sieve.
The lender OF the party then gives 9
signal, and this living net approaches
the shore gradually in perfect order
driving before it a multitude of fishes
Surrounded by this living wall and en-
tangled in the cocoa palm branches
many of the fishes are cast on the sand
by the waves. while others are killed
with sticks. After being cooked oyel
hot Goals the fish are served with ba
nanas and cocoanut milk
The scene as described by French
man who visited the island was inter
esting and picturesque in the extreme
the effect being immensely heightened
by the appearance of the natives
whose costume consists of a short
tunic of seaweed or leaves. Their hail
is powdered with chalk, while the war
riors are distinguished by the hair be
ing powdered red. Wreaths of garde
Mas or red hibiscus are worn on theil
heads, also round their necks.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
CHURCH ALES.
An Old English Custom of Raising
Money For Church Use.

An Old English Custom of Raising
Money For Church Use.
A curious light is thrown on ancient
church bazaars and charity balls by
certain records kept in some of the
churches in England For instance, in
the records of Yateley church, which
date from 1913, are frequent references
to church ales," the object of which
was to get money for church expenses.
The feast was organized by the
church wardens, "who provided good
spread at SO much head, and credited
the profits to the church expenditure"
1t first appears as the church ale"
then as the kings ale," then later as
''our banquet at Whitsuntide" 1t was
probably held in the church and went
on until 1913, the year after the civil
war broke out, when probably the
Puritans put an end to such festivities.
1t was popular evidently.
One enterprising churchwarden has
left on record all the good things which
were prepared for the Crondall
Church ale" in the year 1857. They
had a band brewed a quantity Of ale.
and made profit Of $40. AS money
was then worth nearly ten times as
much as now, the church ale" may be
said to have brought In about $500,
which was just 100 per cent on the
outlay. The band was hired for four
DAYS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
CHINESE MUSIC.
What DIR. Whewell, Master of Trinity,
Knew About 1t.

What DIR. Whewell, Master of Trinity,
Knew About 1t.
The remarkable extent of the knowl-
edge possessed by DR.. William Whe-
well, at one time master of Trinity,
Cambridge, is well illustrated by the
following story, taken from the Life
and Work Of DR. Momerie"
Two of the younger dons, growing
rather Jealous of the masters reputa-
ton for omniscience, determined that
they would discover something Of
which be knew nothing They pitched
upon the subject of Chinese music
How should he know anything about
1t? They did not, SO they went to an
encyclopedia and read the subject up.
The next time they met Whewell at
a dinner party they led the converse
ton gradually in the direction of mu-
sic, when they began to discourse upon
the music Of the Chinese and gave out
all their recently acquired information.
WheweIl was silent, much to their
satisfaction. Evidently he knew moth
ing about the matter But just as they
were beginning to rejoice In their tri-
umph he said:
Might 1 ask, gentlemen, where you
got your information?
"Oh, yes" they replied 1--WE picked
it up out of such and such an ency-
clopedia.'
"Ah," said Whewell, II was thinking
So l wrote that article thirty years
ago, and it's full of mistakes"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
THE SENSE OF TRAFFIC.
A Good Thing For Those In crowde

Good Thing For Those In Crowded
Centers to Cultivate.
Every town dweller should cultivate
his sense Of traffic" At first this
means that he will take every step in a
crowded thoroughfare with a reasoned
consciousness. He will never think of
his business or his pleasure while he
is In the street, but only of the way in
which he Is going, of what is before
him, of what is on either side of him
and of what he is leaving behind him.
At every crossing he will settle his
course, so to speak, and look out for
dangers from every point Of the COM
pass. After very few weeks Of this
careful self regulation he will develop
the sense of traffic" Without know
ing it he will see and hear and realize
all that moves about him. He will au-
tomatically avoid collision, and it will
be as impossible for him to take step
at the wrong time as 1t was formerly
difficult for him to take 1t at the right
one. He will at the same time pre-
serve his person and tighten the labors
Of the policeman Street accidents oc-
cur to those who have no sense of
traffic. "-LOndon Lancet.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08

Constable painted the scene as he
saw 1t, but he was not satisfied with
merely copying nature. 1t was to him
SO real companion that, In the first
place, he tried to make it live in his
pictures-that the clouds might move
and overhang the spot, that its atmos-
phere might penetrate every part Of
the scene and that trees and water and
the very plants by the roadside might
move and have their being In 1t, and,
secondly, he put his own personal af-
lection into his representation Then,
too, in the matter of color, which can
not be judged from the reproduction,
he dared to paint nature green, as he
saw it, and the skies blue, with the
sunshine either yellow or glaring
white. 1t Is then, because of this
closer faithfulness to the hues of ma
ture and to the effects of movement, of
atmosphere and of light and because
he interpreted nature according to his
own mood that Constable is called the
father Of modern landscape. for these
are the qualities that particularly oc-
cupied the artists of the nineteenth
century.-St Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08

There was one Philadelphia who not
only invented arms for himself, but
new and republican arms, after dis
carding the ancestral arms of his fam
lily. This was Peter Brown, at one
time an eminent citizen of Philadel-
phia. In 1904 William Priest, an Eng
lish musician, became attached to the
theater in Philadelphia In his pro-
fessional capacity. In 1902 Mr.. Priest
printed In London q book entitled
Priests Travels In the United
States" which is now exceedingly
rare. The frontispiece to this book is
a strange and curious design, entitled
Peter Browns Arms" In explana-
ton of this frontispiece Mr.. Priest
says: "Peter Brown, a blacksmith of
this city, having made his fortune,
set up his coach, but so far from be-
ing ashamed Of the means by which
he acquired his riches he caused a
large anvil to be painted on each side
Of his carriage, with two pairs Of max
ed arms in the act of striking. The
motto, BY this got ye.'"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
THE GElSHA GIRL.
II Takes Severe Training tO-Develop
This Japanese Artist.

II Takes Severe Training to-Develop
This Japanese Artist.
There are many geisha training
schools in Japan, but the best of them
all is, / think, the one in Kioto to
which l, with some difficulty. gained
admittance. 1t Is apparently delight
full place, but It Is place Of unremit-
ting toll The girls are apprenticed to
these schools by their parents or guard
ians at the age oftentimes Of six
years, and for ten years at least they
are put through such course of train
ing as would break the spirits of girls
less Injured to unquestioning obedience
to authority. Their physical training
Is Of great Importance, of course, and
each little girl must go through such
exercises every day as will keep her
little body flexible as rubber, and after
that Is finished she must devote her
time to tasks that far exceed In diff
Guilty any schoolgirl work imaginable
to one of us.
No woman of ordinary mind can pos
sibly become successful geisha, be-
cause she must be able to acquire and
make use of every kind of worldly
knowledge which will lend to her con-
versation a vivacity and charm that
will lead men to seek her society. The
dancing and the music are the least
OF geisha entertainment as 1t is I'M
derstood by Japanese. These are
merely an accompaniment to the feast
| which is served by small apprentices,
such little girls, indeed, as met us at
the door of the wine red and iris pur-
pie tea house in Kioto but after the
feast the men must be entertained BY
interesting stories and bright repartee,
and in this the girls are trained rig
idly.-Eleanor Franklin In Leslie's
did you ever hear Anything 80 idiot
ic as that talk Of 1km. Hofters when
she Is addressing hr bahy?" Queried
one woman of anoamr on the street
car.
Eyes. think have" was the reply
"For heavens sake. what was itT'
~ once heard a fat man talking to
bis canary bird. News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
A LIMIT TO ALL THINGS.

Even to What "a Woman Can Do with
the Handy Hairpin.
He had been away on a long journey
and upon his return his wife was de-
falling to him a number of reforms
and improvements which she had sue.
cessfully engineered during his alb
sence.
"And you know" she said, 1.-The draw.
er that was locked for over q month
and which you said couldn't be opened
except by a locksmithi WelT-tri
umphantly-"I opened it."
well, well. How did you do it?"
with hairpin."
"And the oven door," she continued
has been stopping around on one hinge
for ever so long just because you were
too lazy to fix it, but it's all right
now"
'Well, I'm glad you had it fixed"
Had it fixed! l fixed it myself
with hairpin."
"And then there's that crayon por.
trait of mother that stood In the cor
ner for almost six solid weeks because
you never would bring me any pic.
ture hooks
well, intended to, butt
"Oh, but! Well, it don't make any
difference now. l got it up with q
hook l made myself-out of hairpin. y
Eye godsp' he said
"And there's Willie. You've been
coaxing him and bribing him for q
year, trying to break him off biting his
nails, and broke him in a week"
with a hairpin?" he inquired
weakly.
Nor she snapped. Don't be 9
goose! With hairbrush."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08
The o on capno be well unless stomach
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Liquid Cream Balm is becoming quite
as popular in some localities as Ely's
Cream Balm solid. 1t is prepared for use
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who have been accustomed to call upon
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physicians are using and prescribing it.
All the medicinal properties of the cele-
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York
A lazy liver may be only a tired liver, OF
starved liver. A stick is all right for
the back of lazy man. But it would be
a savage as well as stupid thing to beat
weary man or starving man because
he Jagged in his work. So in treating the
tagging liver it is great mistake to lash
1t with drastic drugs. In ninety nine
cases out of hundred a torpid or sluggish
liver is but symptom of an i'll -nourished
body, whose organs are weary with over
work. Let your liver alone. Start with
the stomach and its allied organs of diges-
ton and nutrition. Put them in proper
working order, and see how quickly your
liver will become active and energetic
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
has made many marvellous cures of oliver
trouble" by its wonderful control of the
organs of digestion and nutrition. 1t re-
stores the normal activity of the stomach,
increases the activity of the blood making
glands. cleanses the system from poison
Gus accumulations, and so relieves the
liver of the burdens imposed upon it by
the detection of other organs.