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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
cUILFoRp CENTRE.

Miss Amelia Hobart of Boston is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. +. E. Ward.
Jason Baker was in Bellows Falls over
Sunday visiting his brother-in-law, c.
a. Ward
Mrs. G. Fred Richardson returned Fri
day from a visit of three weeks in Mont
pelier and vicinity.
George Sessions shot buck in
Weatherhead Hollow Saturday. 1t weigh
ed 1879 pounds after 1t was dressed
Broad Brook Grange will give a chicken
pie supper and a dance in Grange hall
Tuesday evening, Nov. IA. All are cor
daily invited.
James Thayer and Herbert Wait spent
the latter part of last week hunting deer
in Wardsboro but they now think their
chances would have been better IL they
had hunted in this section instead.
Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Masseck have in
vited the Universalst ladies' circle to
meet with them at their home In Brat
tleboro Thursday, Nov. 9, at 10 a. m. 1t
is hoped the ladies will make a special
effort to attend this meeting. Dinner
will be served
The program for the next regular meet
ing of the Grange, which will be held
Nov. s, Is as follows: Music; reading,
Mrs Otis Johnson; paper, Development
of the fruit industry in the last so years"
b. A. Whittemore; description of the
process of making postage stamps, Min
ME Thayer; reading, Mrs. Ethel Hastings;
question, (which leads to the greatest
success in life, industry, economy or
culture" music
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
WEST HALIFAX.

The body of Herbert Miner, who died
several months ago in Athol, was brought
here and buried in the family lot Thurs
day.
Mrs. Susan Larabee has had a part OF
her house newly shingled and Miss Flora
Davis is having hers shingled, l.. w.
Sumner & Son doing the work at both
places.
The Baptist church will hold the annual
roll call Saturday, Nov. 4. Services will
begin at 10.45 and continue through the
afternoon. Addresses will be given by
Revs. j. A. Mitchell of West Brattleboro
and l. H. Beeman of Nottingham. These
meetings are open to all. Dinner will be
served at the church.
]. C. Winn picked on his farm this
season 100 barrels of first class Baldwin
apples. Several city buyers have looked
them over with the expectation of buy
ing. When displayed in one bin in MIR
WINS cellar they were a handsome
sight filling a large part of the space
there. They were the best looking apples
the writer has seen in his travels this
season through every town in this county
and in other parts of the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
sourH NEWEANE.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Shepard will visit
in Claremont this week.
Capt. Harrison Aldrich and family left
Tuesday for their home in Boston
Ernest and Walter Wade have their
steam mill in running order and are at
work there.
Miss Lulu Goodrich has finished work
at S. II. Morse's and has gone to Mr..
Lazelle's in Williamsville to work.
Hubert Brown and family have moved
into S. H. Morse's house. Mr.. Brown will
work for Mr.. Morse during the winter
The poles are set from Dover to this
place on the telephone line which will run
from Dover to the railroad station at
Williamsville
The friends and schoolmates of Miss
Ethel Powers gave her a surprise party
on Wednesday evening, 1t being her 18th
birthday anniversary.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
WEST oUILFoRD.

Sadie Coleman has begun work for Mrs.
o. ]. Hale.
Mrs. Lloyd Miller and two children Of
Greenfield spent few days last week
at d. S. Bonds.
Wallace Buffum and Gertie Quinn
were married Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20,
at the home of Cyrus Merriheld, by Rev.
James Jones, pastor of the Baptist church.
They have gone on a wedding trip OF a
few days to Heath, Mass, where they
will visit relatives.
Mrs. R. B. Thomas narrowly escaped
being shot Tuesday, Oct. 81. Her son,
Homer, was cleaning his gun, supposng
all the bullets to be removed, but one
cartridge was accidentally discharged,
with the muzzle so near to Mrs. Thomas 8
head that her hair was scorched. The
bullet went into the plastering.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
GREEN RIVER.

Arthur Wells of Greenfield was with
Fred Rice a part of last week.
II. II. Barden and family moved last
week to their new home in Brattleboro.
d. NJ. Thompson visited his son, John
Thompson, i'm Greenfield and daughter.
Mrs William Franklin, in Gill this week.
Mrs. Gould returned Monday to her
home in North Adams after spending a
week with her brother, d. NJ. Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs Stephen Merrifield return
ed last week from six weeks visit with
Mrs Merrihelds sister, Mrs. Charles
Whitman in Nebraska.
The price of apple barrels is high this
fall, but the person who helped himself
to ~ barrels belonging to Mrs. II. Stowe
is likely to pay a price higher than the
regular one.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
BRATTIEBoRo FRIDAY,

served supper from 6 to 7 o'clock The
seminary hall. where the party was held
was deliberately trimmed with evergreen
and autumn leaves. Many jack-o lam
terms graced the occasion. In one corner
Of the hall there were objects to repre-
sent the president and vice president Of
the class, dressed in peculiar garb. In
another corner there was a booth made
to look as weird and mysterious as pos
sible, where fortunes were told. The
entertainment opened with march and
in this the various costumes, which were
unique and grotesque, were displayed to
good advantage After the participants
unmasked games were played, and with
music the evening was much enjoyed by
the pupils and the many villagers who at
tended. We think great credit Is due
those who got up the party for the
elaborate entertainment in the hall and
the excellent supper so well served Prin-
cipal Lewis had charge Of the exercises.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
WEST ToWNSHEND.

Harry Howe is at work for w. II. Taft.
Atwell Farwell is adding a veranda to
his house.
Much needed repairs are being made
on the church
Mr.. and Mrs S. O. Garfield have gone
to Boston for a visit.
Atwell Farwell has been entertaining
friends from Providence. II. l.
Charles Boynton is grading in front Of
his house and putting in a gravel walk.
One of the largest mails OF the season
was taken to the train last Saturday
morning by the carrier, Mr.. Holden. He
stood at his usual waiting place for the
clerk to take the bag, but no one APP
peared and the train moved of without
taking the mail.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
JACKSONVILLE.

Misses Marcia and Estella Butterfield
were in North Adams Tuesday.
There will be very interesting exercises
at the next Grange meeting and a full at
tendance is desired.
C. II. Waste, master of Unity lodge, was
in Brattleboro Oct. 81, to attend a special
Masonic gathering.
The Unversalist ladies will serve a
harvest dinner at the church parlors
Thursday, Nov 8.
1t is expected that Rev. Mr.. Greene of
Northampton, Mass, will occupy the pull
pit at the Universalist church Sunday at
the usual hour.
we did not learn of any Hallowe en-
parties this side of the town but there
were two on the other side, which were
attended by several persons from this
place.
Alfred o. Pike, who is insured through
the agency of A. A. Butterheld, suffered
a loss by fire Sunday morning, Oct. % He
notified the agent Monday and on Tues
day, Oct. 26, the agent had the company's
check to pay the loss
The third degree will be conferred at
the next regular communication of Unity
lodge, No. SO, A. F. & A. NJ, Thursday
evening, Nov. 9. District Deputy Cutler
of Townshend is expected to be present.
Supper will be served after the work.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
WEST DOVER.

Bernard Wilder has been in town re-
Gently.
Mrs. w. L. Upton went to Hooslck
Falls last week.
Mr.. Fuller, the fern picker, shipped a
load of ferns Tuesday
J. A. Davis and Alva Canedy were in
Jacksonville Monday on business.
Although hunters have been plenty, deer
have been scarce, none having been killed
in town.
Letta Clark of Wilmington killed a bear
last week on the mountain back of
Timothy Houghton's.
Ruth, little daughter of Rev and Mrs.
Woodman, is very i'll. The sympathy OF
the community goes out to them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
DUNN ERsToN.

Sunday school will be held next Sun
day at 1.3O, with preaching service at 2
p. m. by Rev. ]. d. King Of Dummerston,
Don't forget the Ladies' club sale and
chicken pie and venison supper in the
church vestry Wednesday evening. Nov.
8, to which all are cordially invited.
The Grange held a regular melting
Tuesday evening, with very interesting
program, in charge Of the unmarried
members. There was a good attendance.
NJ. H. Willis acted as lecturer The
question, (which is of more benefit to
society, old bachelors or old maids?" re-
ceived special attention and the majority
favored old maids. The next meeting will
be held Nov a.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
MARLBORO.

C. M. Hamilton, who bought the Ben
nett place in West Brattleboro, has moved
there this week.
Henry Bellows, who has been i'll many
months, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 81.
The funeral will be held this afternoon,
with Masonic honors.
Dickman Ryder, who was hunting with
several other men, shot a large buck on
Centre mountain last Friday morning. It
weighed nearly 300 pounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
WEST DuMMERSTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Taft have returned
from their western trip.
Mrs. Hopkins's house at the quarry
was burned Sunday night.
Ed. Slocum has gone to Brattleboro,
where he has employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Huntley of Putney
have been spending a few days with Mrs.
Jane Huntley.
Frank Packard and daughter, Mamie,
of Providence, r. l., visited Mr. Packard s
niece, Mrs. Forest Combs, and his sister,
Mrs S. NJ. Simonds of Keene. Mrs.
Simonds visited her daughter, Mrs
Combs, q few days this week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03

Come We people, one and all.
November to meeting house hall,
At half past six there you'll find
The Ladies' Club have you in mind
OF articles useful, and fancy too,
Also candy fresh and new,
There'll be something to suit every one
So come along and make things hum.
Then the supper of all that's good
Get your fill of the fine fresh food;
Chicken pie, venison, best anywhere,
Now be sure and all be there
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
IN WINDHAM COUNTY
BRooKLINE.

Norman Marsh and Adam Johnson have
gone to Grafton to work on a lumber job.
Willard Brown Of Newfane is moving
into the house he bought of Mr.. Losea, in
the south part of the town.
George e. Ware had a two-year-ol
heifer shot in the pasture, probably by a
stray bullet from a deer hunter.
No deer were killed in Brooklne this
season, although several hunters were
busy looking for them every day last
week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
A Card.

We wish to express TO our neighbors and
friends our sincere appreciation OF their
kindness and sympathy shown In many
ways, and for the beautiful floral remem-
ORANGES following our sudden bereave-
ment in the death Of husband and father.
MRS. GEORGE f. SHINE,
RAY E. SHINE.
Townshend, VT, Oct. 81.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
EAST DOVER.

No deer were shot in Dover during the
recent open season.
A. A. Larrabee had deer meat for sale
last week. The deer was shot in Wards
boro
The Methodist church looks very much
better after being treated to a coat Of
Daint
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03

Currency given to false rumors Is OBJ
tanned by drawing upon the imagination
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25

y On the front page of the Register will
be found an article setting forth the
advantages of a course In Middlebury
High School as preparatory to a course
in college or TO business career. AS
is stated in the article no better advan-
tages can be found in any preparatory
school in Vermont than at Middlebury
High. The reasons that the advantages
offered at Middlebury are superior to
those of many other towns can be
plainly seen by reading that section of
the news article which will be found
continued upon page six, in which are
quotations from the latest catalogue
issued by the committee. From the
standpoint of expense it is safe to say
that Middlebury offers greater induce
ments than almost any other institution
of its class in this state. Expense must
necessarily enter largely into the matter
of the majority of cases in which out
of-town students contemplate an adj
vanced education. Prospective students
in the surrounding towns of Addison
county should surely communicate with
the joint committee on education of
Middlebury before deciding to enter up
on course at some other preparatory
school
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25

l could have raised ten pounds of weight
from the ground, the pain was so severe.
This was my condition when 1 began u.s.
ing Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly
relieved me and now 1 am never troubled
as 1 was. My back is strong and can
walk or ride long distance and feel just
as strong as I did twenty-five years ago.
I think so much of Doan's Kidney Pills
that 1 have given a supply of the remedy
to some of my neighbors and they have
also found good results. If you can sift
anything from this rambling note that
will be of any service to you, or to any
one suffering from kidney trouble, you
are at liberty to do So"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Corton will be
mailed on application to any part of the
United States. Address Foster Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers ;
price, fifty cents per box.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25
Vermont Trade Renort.

Reports to Bradstreet's for the week
from agricultural districts state that the
farmer has nearly completed the work
of haying although in some sections
this work has been delayed on account
of wet weather. A large crop has been
harvested and the quality is considered
good. An average price of $l4 per ton
is being received for loose hay. Corn
is growing well and much better crop
is expected than was at first anticipated.
The outlook for potato crop is that
there will be less than an average crop.
In the southwestern part of the state
some complaints are received that rust
is doing some damage but generally the
yield will be fair. The apple crop will
be light but plum and pear trees are
heavily loaded. With but few excep-
tions manufacturing industries are well
employed. Wholesale houses report
some Improvement in collections and
trade generally is in healthy condi-
ton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25
Escaped Burglars in Vermont.

William E. Lampman. Fred Miller
and Arthur Durant, the three burglars
who broke out of the Belknap county
Jail at Laconia, N. H., August 10, and
for whom reward of $3.50 is offered,
were located in Oxford, N H., near the
Vermont line last Thursday. Sheriff
Phil Brook was notified and with City
Marshal Nicott took the trail and traced
the men into Vermont and along the
line of the Passumpsic division of the
Boston g. Maine railway to Wells River.
Here they were seen Saturday after
noon. Officers are in pursuit and ex-
pect men to go to northwestern Yer.
mont and Canada. Police throughout
New England and Canada have pictures
and description.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25
Advertise.


While the southern and western states
and the great railroads of those sections
are expanding hundreds of thousands of
dollars in exploiting their resources and
advantages before the eyes of prospec-
tive settlers and colonizing large sections
with agriculturists from New England
what is New England doing as counter
attack against this advertising cam
paign? Nothing. What is Vermont
doing to exploit her resources and where
can, literature be procured setting forth
to emigrate to? The answer of course
is that the department of agriculture
takes care of this matter and has lately
issued handsome brochure. This is
true. How many of those brochures
were printed? How many of them are
sent outside of this state? How much
real information of general nature can
be obtained from that brochure? How
much money has the department at its
disposal for the purpose of exploiting
the states resources?
Vermont needs advertising. Ver-
mont must have advertising. Vermont
newspapers have continually harped up
on this matter and columns of editorial
Inference supplemented with hundreds
of columns of news matter telling of the
resources of the state have been pub
lished. All this has borne fruit. What
is now needed is systematic campaign
of publicity. The state of Vermont may
well pattern after her sister state across
the Connecticut river. New Hampshire
is reaping the benefits of advertising and
among those who have been foremost
in her campaign of publicity are the
railroads.&c. be specific the Boston &
Maine railroad. This railroad has CO.
operated with the state authorities and
the proprietors and managers of the vari-
GUS hotels in the White Mountain section
and by continued and systematic cam
paign has succeeded in building up a
summer boarder industry that nets the
state of New Hampshire over a half
a million dollars. The railroad, to be
sure, has enriched itself, but the hotel
proprietors, the merchants and the
farmers of northern New Hampshire
have certainly reason to assert that ad-
vertising pays.
What New Hampshire has done Yer
mont can do. If the west and south
can inveigle Vermonters into migrating
into those regions surely Vermont can
reciprocate by showing the natives of
those sections that Vermont produces
lots of other things beside sensational
newspaper stories.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25
Unionism in China.

In the Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate, of August 16, appears an article
entitled Unions and Boycott in China"
by Rev. H. Olin Cady, missionary at
Chentu, China. Mr.. Cady is native of
Middlebury. We quote from the article
the following paragraph:
"In all guilds or unions the controlover
the individual member Is greater than in
this country [Americal. A mechanic
can be compelled by his craft TO work
complaints against merchant can be
prosecuted by an outsider before his
guild; the character and standing of a
banker can be investigated by his guild
on complaint of a customer. From the
decision of the union there is no appeal.
1t thus comes that each union has it's
courts to try its members for infraction
of its rules, and to adjudicate all COM
plants against its members; but it may
go farther, and defend or prosecute com
plants before other unions and before
the civil courts in behalf of itself or any
member of its union. Here lies one of
the secrets of the strength of unions in
China The courts are VIGOROUSLY cor
rupt; rarely will justice be done unless
there is such a strong backing that will
compel attention to the merits of the
case. A man outside of union is a
lamb lost in the wilderness he may be
hardly used in the fold, but he is worse
off outside"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25
Statistics of Cities Having q
Population of Over
25.OOO.

The Bureau of the Census has Just
published Bulletin 20, presenting sta
tistics Of cities having population of
over $4,000. This bulletin contains
comparatively few statistics relating to
the population living in these cities, but
is for the most part compilation of
data relative to the resources, trans
actions, plant, and machinery of the
municipal corporations, forming sort
of statistical inventory and balance
sheet.
One finds in these tables such facts
as the length lin miles, and the area
lin square yards) of the paved streets
classified with reference to kind of
paving; miles of sewer; number of street
lamps; miles of street railway track;
number of school buildings and number
of teachers and pupils; the number of
public libraries with the number of
volumes they contain; the number of
almshouses and orphan asylums with
the number of inmates the number of
policemen, and the number of arrests
they have made; the number of fremen
and fire engines, the number of fires
occurring during the year, and property
loss from such fires; the number of
marriages recorded in the Office of the
city or county clerk and likewise the
number of divorces. There are also
tables showing the total population of
each city, and the deaths and death
rates from each of the principal causes
of death.
But by far the greater part of the
tabular matter consists of financial sta
tistics presenting the expenditures and
receipts of each city classified by de-
partments and offices, the public debt,
sinking funds, etc. By reference to
these tables one may readily compare
the cost of government and of the
several departments of government in
different cities.
In the aggregate the financial trans
actions of the 175 cities included in this
report equal in magnitude those of the
National Government. The total cor
porate receipts for these cities amounted
to S54l 1924, 203, while the revenues of
the United States Government in the
fiscal year 1904, exclusive of postal
revenues, were $40, ,749. The total
corporate expenditures of the cities were
$685., SO4, 200; the expenditures of the
United States Government were $3.50,
4O2,321 The national debt in 1904
amounted to 1895, 1877 ,410; the aggregate
debt of the IT'S cities, exclusive of sink
ing fund assets, was 81, 134, 57S, 1888.
The receipts, expenditures, and debt
for the city of New York represent
about one-third of the city totals,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-25

Two large barns with rs tons of hay,
200 bushels of oats, and six young
cattle were burned last Friday night
on Orville Aliens farm in South Hero.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss will be heavy, as the barns were
large and recently built. The loss will
be covered partially by insurance.
The family had returned home about
ii o'clock from sociable and was
going to bed when it was seen that
the barn farthest from the house was
on fire. The other barns were soon
in flames and it was with difficulty
that the livestock and contents were
gotten out. The wind shifted in time
to save the house, which was not far
from the barns.