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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-10
1905

is going to he one of the happiest wears that has come yet. You iEa! ask the reason why. Well lnerc 'fN quite a few reasons In the first place the school teachers will mt be allowed tt. trv their hand at anything nn' teaching even after school hours lneH
 must not practice any "tnPr "''up'
 rion. We wonder if the school pnaiu will try and stop football or lawn 'el- his after school. or if the rhS laIut'H allow our mayor to att"nu to "'"' business besides the city affairs. or di low that twelconc gcntloman' SeaIcr "' weights and measures to no other ouer ness than that which hr x appolnleI for. Well, if the ahov" reports are true those gentlemen will nc happy and it will make the taxpayers haP!N to know they ATc n"t oNrFN u' N'i'- their servants. But if inc rhlFi "i police will send a squad oI p"'"''''''' over on. East Main street aud nave them grab the mutorman 1nd '">'du'- tor of the Baldwin street ear on ar rival and hold on to them Ull'lI ul' pa ssepgers have q chance tu get aboard nr at least give them tho privilege "l Settng one lolk dt lWE '"' " '''>
 starts to 20. WI assure tIe hlN"cna'H and their boss the people will h" Uat' ny. We also hear th" @rem"@ are going to form q union e" thal th'A may receive their pay according II" law. oncc every week. instead Of amy old time as at present Therefore the public safety board will pl"hS' wax" up ia the fact that Tea anal Coffee Hi'" kind we snl7l k the only h"vcra@" A"" can depend on tn enI2hten ih" hrain and cause happiness in every house hold Ii you doubt H. try t from
 PHELAN'S Y STORE Ao East Main Street, Telephone.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-10
TheMi|ler &PeckCo
Phenomenal SHkBargainS "The Waterbury Silk
 Store"

Greater values than on any previous January sale is our watchword for 1905. Keeping a close watch on the market. we arc able to hnnounc" hargains in Fashionable Silks that have rarely been equailed. They in. clude Cheney Bros and several oth- CT popular makers. At 2Jc. Printed F'oulards in all the new designs. 2lc. value "'c At -l3c. Printed Satin Foulards ill dots and small figured effects. for shirt waist suits. the popular thing this season. many exclusive designs. 43c, value 59c.
 At G9c. Satin FoulardS. Twillcd Fml- iards. MeSsalines, all the higher grades at one price. G9c. value SlO0.
 FANCY SILKS. At :,3c, twenty-five pieces Fancy Silk, new designs and colorings for 1905. at 39c vaIue I9c.
 BLACK TAFFETA SILKS. At Pc. Guaranteed Black Taffcta Silk. 10 inches wide, l2c. value J9c. At f9c. Guaranteed French Taffera Silk, 21 inches wide, G9c, value S10O
 At 76c. Guaranteed Black Taifeta silk. 36 inches wide. I6c, value S12:,
 At 5ic Colorad Chiffon Taffeta Silk in all tho much vantcd colors, at ole. value 15c,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-10
HALF.DOLLAR
 ...SALE...

bottle of Monogram Fur" Eyc .. .rt' 1 bottle of Cn.nac Brandy -..... .hh' I bottle nf uld Iamaifs Rum .... .tHr pljottic uf Holland ''in -......... ."i- I bottle of Tom Gin .---........- -''- bottle q; Ncrmnuth ..--...-...... .st i bottle of Old Port Wine -....... .at,- I bottle of Old sherry Wine ...-. 'air I botrl. of Oli Blackberry I;raWly TF
 \. B.-Thc above :aD'i1 ar" "i 8 high grade and each frutti. guuraH'e". io Iye pure and wholesome. and jf noi satisfactory your m"nHy uil' hr re- funded.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-10
Dollars Are Scarce

Yet when you can purchase from $' to S4 for S1 that's the time to invest. Just look at what you get for dollar:
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
10000 Government Slaves
New York Times.l

A letter carrier who has been sepa-
rated from the service for reasons sat
isfactory to the post office department,
and who is, nevertheless, president "f
the New York State association or the
Rural Free Delivery mail carriers, Is
reported TO have declared that there
are 30 600 carriers in the country who
are "practicallv slaves" This lurid
statement Is. as we understand ii. based
on certain restrictions placed by the
government upon the political and par
tisan activities of the carriers. Inc
restrictions. according TO the ex-carrier,
deprive the carriers of their rights as
citizens. So far as we are lhIoriileu'
the chief restrictions imposed on car
riers are two. They are not aiioWeu
10 combine to influence congress in
their own interest and they are not al
lowed to take a conspicuously active
part in party affairs. The reasons LOT
both are obvious. II is a scandal that
employees of the government shouid
combine to interfere with the inde-
pendence of members of congress. IL
is a less specific. but a real, evil that
men paid from the common treasury
should engage In partisan politics--in
advancing the interests of one set OIL
taxpayers and opposing those OF an
other set. If to forbid these Things
makes the letter carriers slaves. II
is to be remembered that II Is a Volun- :
tarv seryitude which multitudes OF
wong men seek earnestly. Even the
older ones who entered the service pe-
fore these orders We're issued may at
any moment emancipate themselves
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
What Shall Be Done With II?

DR. washington GLADDEN. criticises
the statement of principles of the Am
erican board of commissioners for for
eign missions in regard to the accept
ance of tainted money and ANNOUNCE
es that he will offer the following res
olution at the annual meeting of the
board at Seattle in September
Resolved. that the officers of this
society should neither solicit nor IN
vite donations to it's funds from per-
sons whose gains are generally De
lieved to have been made by methous
morally reprehensible and socially IN
furious
In the meantime, John D. Rockefei-
Ter whose gift started the discussion
of this great and complicated con-
science question. is wading barefoot IN
the early morning dew in search OF
vanished health. giving his millions TO
church and school, and praying aloud
in the weekly prayer meeting for pa
thence.
IT will be readily seen that DIR. Glad
denis question is purely one of person
al conscience. We need not worry
about John D., except in legal or BUS
mess ways. Like the rest of us wrong
doors he will get what is coming 70
him But if DR.. GLADDEN. has his way,
the slim solace of gift giving VIII be
denied to future Rockefellers.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

Ispringfield. Mass. Union. ]

To a certain extent every newspaper
aims to print the things Its readers
want, rather than the things IL THINKS
they ought to want. But the prin-
ciple of catering to the public taste can
not he carried To far without irrepar
ably injuring the tone. character ana
influence of the press. Scandal traV
els fast from mouth TO mouth without
the aid of paper. ink and fast presses,
and newspaper should content itseii
with printing only such news OF
scanaalous nature as may be neces-
sary in the performance of It's mann
functions. That every newspaper oc-
casionally oversteps the bounds Vi
decency and propriety. we need
not dwell upon. II Is fact sufficient
III Main to most readers. But 1t Is
true most newspapers endeavor TO ex-
ercise care in this respect. Inc Ie"
that make a speciality OF scandal uh-
fortunately enjoy the largest circuia-
lions. a circumstance directly attrlDu
table to the reading public and tending
To proye that these newspapers are tui +,
|ly as respectable as those who read
them. II was Stephen Harvey VINO
said
And there's a lust in man no charm
can tame
OF loudly publishing his neighbor
shame
on eagles wings immortal scandais
fly.
While virtuous actions are but born
and die.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
Free Delivery q Matter OF Millions
iI.a.,,lnaxsa Mupayiue1
TEVerybOdy's Mag

As the guide-book once said OF the
hotels, the rural free delivery Is eNpeh-
sive but good. II has cost something
more than twenty millions year al
ready. although Il reaches not more
than third of the rural population'
II any population can properly be ue-
scribed as rural In these utterly urban
DAYS, when the telephone and the troi,
lev bind the country To the city anu
practically make. or are making, the
whole country a concentration or puncn
of cities. Petitions for the extension
of this service pour In by the bushel
There were nearly Ave hundred OF them
I'm one week last summer. New routes
are established nj about the rate OF siA
hundred a month. When every farin-
house is reached" the expense VIII De
al least sixty millions of dollars, pro-
vided no reduction of salaries Is mauei
and the salaries of the officials nave
habit of being increased, not diminish,
ed. Rural free delivery Is a great ana
good thing. and II shows how muen
congress loves the farmers for their
virtues of course and not for theif
votes
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
COL. M. c. TWlTcHELL DEAD.
Stricken with Paralysis at His Home
in KINGSTON, Ontario.

Col Marshall II. Twitchell. United
States consul at Kingston. Ont, was
stricken with paralysis Friday Aug.
IS and died there Monday He had
been consul there for 81 years and was
widely known He leaves two sons,
Emerson G. Twitchell. a medical stu
dent at Kingston. and DR.. NJ Z. Twill
chell of Burlington, VT. The body VIII
be brought to the homestead at Town
shend and inferred by the Masons,
Grand Army of the Republic and 9TH
erS.
The papers of Kingston paid tribute
10 the distinguished dead. who had
such a remarkable career. They re-
ferred to the life he led in the South.
the murder of his only brother and ms
brothers law. the sensational man.
ner in which his life was saved through
his first wife's bravery, Col. Twitcheii
was in Brattleboro about two weeks
ago after a visit in Townshend. his ma
tive place.
Col Twitchell was the Oldest United
States consul in the service. having
been appointed by Rutherford b.
Hayes in 1876 and having been contin-
uously i'm the service ever since. He
enlisted in the United States army in
the war of the Rebellion at Town
shend. Aug. &c. 1861; was mustered in
to Co. l. 4th regiment, VT. vols. Sept.
81 1861; re-enlisted, Dec. 10. 1868;
wounded May 5. 1864: promoted cor
poral. Jan. s. 1862; promoted sergeant,
APRIL 10. 1852: promoted first sergeant.
Oct 10. 1862: promoted first lieutenant
United States colored troops. October.
1864: promoted captain Co. H.. 1o9th
regiment. United States colored troops,
June IS, 1865: transferred to the
Freedmen's bureau. October, 1863;
mustered out of the United states
service at New orleans August. 1866.
Col. Twitchell was wounded at the
hattie of the wilderness. ball enter
ing the corner of his left eye and
emerging behind his left ear While
SUPERINTENDENT of the Freedmen bu-
reau at Couchatta, La. and judge OF
the Beanville parish. after the close OF
the war. Col. Twitchell lost both arms
as the result of an attempt on his lie
made by hired assassin of the ku
KIux Khan. Col. Twitchell was on the
river i'm a boat with his brother-in-law
Henry King. and a negro servant when
| fired upon. Mr. King and the negro
were killed and Col. TwitcheH was
wounded in the back of the neck, IN
lone thigh and i'm both arms. necessi-
tating the amputation OF the arms
above the elbows.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
A Necessary Warning.

Concerning recent statements oi
the Vergennes Enterprise in regaru
to the alleged immortality OF Mary
Rogers while she has been at the
state prison at Windsor. the LYNDON
willie Journal says:
we feel like protesting against the
obvious desire of few people anu
a few newspapers to preludge the
case. and to have the people pensNe
that certain conditions exist whethef
or not.
II is necessary TO the healthfulness
and integrity of public sentiment IN
Vermont ON the subject Of inns
wretched specimen of womanhood
that somebody who knows the truth
about her should speak out. in no un-
certain terms. The Enterprise said
none too much. if. as there is lit
tle doubt. its statements are album
dainty supported by facts
II is not necessary that the people
Of Vermont. and the women. especial
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many Brattleboro Household Will
Find Them So.

To have the pains and aches of a
bad back removed; to be entirely
free from annoying. dangerous urin-
airy disorders is enough to make any
kidney sufferer grateful. To tell how
, this great change can be brought
about will prove comforting words to
hundreds of Brattleboro readers:
NJ W. Bingham of Guilford. for
merly of Brattleboro. says: When
living at No. 3 Pleasant street Brat
tleboro, in the winter of 1897 | went
/ to George f. Greene's drug store for
Doan's Kidney Pills and took a course
of the treatment. which absolutely
proved that the claims made for that
preparation We're not exaggerated.
Since then | have not had the slight
est reason to alter the opinions then
expressed through the newspapers.
| No one with kidneys weak for years.
or annoyed with attacks of sharp pain
i'm the small of the back or troubled
with the kidney secretions need have
the slightest hesitation in using Deans
Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price. 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
y. " sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name DOan's and
take no other
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

II the possible pardon talked OF for
Mccarthy. the Newfane bank rooper'
is merely the result of bargain
freedom for him against necessary IN
formation for the state-we need not
consider the consequences. But If the
general good, McCarthy's included
has any bearing in deciding the dues-
ton. the latter becomes more difncuit
The country at large would hardly be
benefited. even if it did not actually
suffer by the liberty and pursuit OF
happiness granted man educated
and confirmed to crime; while ne
would be safer. physically and moral
lv. serving out his sentence in a prop
erly managed prison. than among the
various temptations and vengeances
that await him outside. Why pardon
him except for necessary value re-
ceived?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

The annual state convention or the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
will be held in Swanton September -
2s and 90 1t is estimated that II VIII
be the largest convention the organ
ization has ever held in the state.
A special session of the Suffolk
grand Jury was called at Boston Mon
day. Aug. 81. to consider evidence IN
the alleged bribery of aldermen In
connection with the passage of the
National Dock Trust franchise. The
Jury returned mo bilr' Tuesday
Aug. 90, and expressed the unanimous
opinion that no crime had been CON-
mitted.
A canvass recently made by the
Philadelphia police under the direction
of the department of public safety. al
the order of Mayor Weaver, shows
that there are 60,0S3 names on the vot-
ing list of Philadelphia which, under
the law, have no right to be thereon
The assessors in all the voting divis-
ions of the city will be asked to strike
the alleged fraudulent names from the
list. This canvass was the second one
ordered by the mayor. the first having
resulted in a report of 31,749 fraudu-
lent names.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

~ should know exactly how bad ana
dangerous "A person this murderess
Is. hut Il IL necessary that they should
know that she II not reformed wo-
man. chastened Ia repentance ana
desire for spiritual growth, and
martyr 10 unjust laws and cailous
off,cialdom. ms many Of them now be-
leve.
The metropolitan newspapers, with
their skllful manipulations OF IAN
guage portraying conditions purely
imaginary or circllng about single
thread Of truth all In sympathy win
the criminal, have done deadly work
with popular confidence In the mercy
and Justice of our courts and respect
for state officials. When good Ver-
mont women Indignantly denouhce
the attorney general as bloodhound
fierce on the track OF Door, Wean
woman who only wants To i've tha'
she may atone for the past ana heip
others to be good. II Is time the tru'h'
or n hint of II. came out. IL IL Out
rapeous that the womanly sympathy
Of our wives and mothers should be
thus betrayed.
The truth may not be pleasant
reading. or altogether creditabie 10
mr. methods of prison management
Int II will clear the moral atmosphere
of Vermont of an insidious and weak
ening miasma that has been fioating
about for some time, to the gfea'
danger of public health. In the clear
err air our citizens will see IN ouf
criminal laws protecting bolts ana bars
which must be kept strong and secure
and I'm our prosecuting officers, MOI
man hunting bloodhounds but watch
dogs-faithful ones. too. we trust
working for the safety of home ano
life and honor, all precious things
which crime would destroy.
The warning of the Enterprise was
urgently needed and evidently I'M
pelled by this conviction. with th'
present tendency to apologize to'
crime. to make it out misfortune
calling for aid and tenderness, In
stead of a wilful wrong to punish. W.
are fast drifting into a state OF Voi'
untary lawlessness where the decen
citizenship will be slaves of the We
lious and depraved.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

The Boston Transcript says that the
'old growth" pines on Mt. Pisgah. re-
Gently described by our Hinsdale cor
respondent ought to be preserved be-
cause their antiquity entities them TO
respect. Their vigor and beauty, at
an age of one thousand years, one
would think. would furnish their claim
for consideration rather than. the mere
fact of old age. so often decayed and
unlovely. But this Is not the only
thoughtless use of language which the
Transcript has made upon local anairs.
A few weeks ago II deplored the pass
inc of the marrow gauge" TO make
way for a railroad which promises IN
creased usefulness and convenience TO
the West river valley because the
writer could no longer see the Lon
donderry train come into Brattleboro
on Valley fair days. II we may judge
by Londonderry Sitter utterances, the
people of that town do not highly rel
lish this absurd bit of editorial extrav-
aganza Yet the charge against them
was merely the superficial one OF be-
ing old -fashioned--not serious, II true
The only really remarkable thing about
the article was the utter disregard
shown by the writer of the simple
principles of good breeding-whicf
every Londonderry schoolboys mother
has doubtless taught him do not in
clude close-range remarks on personal
peculiarities of dress or bearing.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
President Redfeld Proctor?
MONTPELIER Argus

While President Roosevelt allows II
10 he known that he will not be a can
didate for a denomination various ON !
cial personages are laying plans for
securing that honor. The present
struggle for delegates is all in the
west. where Taft. Fairbanks and Shaw
are known candidates. Elihu Root OF
New York is regarded as possibility
but New York has not its former IN
fiuence except in the number of votes.
Why not turn the attention farther east
and select Senator Proctor Of Vermont
such a selection would be compete
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
Must Be Reasonably Managed.
Rutland News.l

Gov. Charles ]. Bell had a piain
heart to- heart talk with the members
of unions attending the convention Oh
the state branch. American Federation
of labor at Barre. The executive said
that he was a laboring man himself, OF
which no one has any doubt. He be-
lieves i'm unions. but he does not be-
lieye that the wages of man should
be more than he is worth. and that con-
seauently a mans ability should gov
ern the amount of wages he receives.
He emphasized the usefulness of labor
unions. if they did not go beyond le-
gitimate bounds and If they were man.
aged by level headed men. There VIII
be none to disagree with these express
siOnS
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
A Wise Adaptation Move.
TSt Adams Messenger

That's a practical test for prize WIN
ming offered at the Windsor county 1aiI
for the best hammered horse driven
mast three gasoline automobiles. NOV
ing and standing still with the engines
going-and there is a hint in 1t for the
managers of other fairs in vermont
AS long as the automobile is here 10
stay. why not make serious business
of adapting ourselves to the circum-
stances? Our grandfathers had 70
educate their horses not to be AFRAID
of the steam railroad cars. This gem
Grafton has had to teach its horses tnal
street cars are friendly rivals NOW
carry the lesson step farther inciuue
the automobile. and stop kichiiis
against modern progress.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
Unfortunate, but Very Dangerous.
[vergennes Enterprise.l

We abate no word or line of warning
against morbid sympathy for Mary
Rogers. The facts when oii1ciaiiy
made public by the investigating com
mittee will abundantly justify all we
said and more. We would not deprive
the hopeless woman of one legal re-
source or any of the consultations OIL
religion, but we repeat that she is
vile and guilty murderess, who ought
To hang If ever woman should
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
Sultan Would Wed Miss Roosevelt,

Secretary of War Taft and party ar
rived at Jolo. Friday. Aug. IL. and VIII
messed an elaborate program for tnelr
entertainn,ent. prepared by the sultan
~ Sulu. Thousands of Moros were
nresent. The sultan gave many pres
ents to Secretary Taft and Miss Alice
Roosevelt. He offered his hand in
marriage to Miss Roosevelt saying his
people desired her TO remain among
them.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
Not Quite Clear to the Bully.
rEnoShurp Standard I

The peace negotiations between the
Russian japanese commissioners are
conducted with all due regard to dig
nity and ceremony and everything is
marked by diplomatic and precise lam
guage and action. But the plain ana
unvarnished substance of the situation
Is. that the little boy, robbed of his APP
piles in his knickerbocker days, has
grown up and whipped the bully
and is now entitled to have his apples
hack ar. their equivalent
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
No Economy in Unsafe Bridges.
IMnnfnelier ,IOurnall

IAN ounce of prevention is worth
pound Of cure was never better
illustrated in a material way than
nv Judgment by the Windsor county
court the other day for the plalntiif
to recover large amount OF damages
from the town of Weathersfield Tor
the injury caused to him by falling
through a bridge sustained by rotten
timbers. That town could have bulit
a suspension bridge for the amour,
it will have to pay this man If 1t had
built in time and would have had the
bridge. to say nothing of the injury
which has crippled a man PROBABLY
for life
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

The secretary of agriculture, it IS
said fayors increasing the salaries OF
crop report officials so that they VIII
NOT he tempted to sell information
Woe avarice ever killed by over-feed-
ing? Better find some honest men
The country produces them even
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
COUNTY BRATTLEBORO, w. FRIDAY AoOoo -

rounding OF distinguished career
Probably the senator would enter the
contest with MS many friends as any
of those now engaged In H.. Vernon.
Ii a small state. never doubtful ana tar
In the east. but Il has an influence III
affairs altogether dlsproportionate 20
It's size and the selection OF candidate
from this state would not be altosether
unwise though II would be surprising
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

The plan of the president Tor
breaking the deadlock in the peace
pegotiations at Portsmouth was
masterpiece Of tactful diplomacy SIM
ple. vet adequate. Its rejection, either
nv Russia or Japan. would be most
unfortunate to the world.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25

Former Statistician Hyde, discuss
ing. over in England, the preseh'
methods of the crop estimating board
is afraid the departments acreage re-
ports will become the laughing STOCK
of tho world. There was certainly
nothing to laugh at in statistics unoef
Mr. HYDE