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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
GENERAL NEWS.
Free seed Appropriation vO,.


The house At Washington Tuesday decided.
by vote Of 1873 to 5s, TO continue the free
distribution Of garden and flower seeds.
Many Of the items In the agricultural bill,
broadening the scope Of the bureau OF chem.
lstry and DIR, Wiley's department were elm,
mated on points Of order particularly those
relating TO the adulteration Of food. eondl.
ments, drugs and beverages, Considerable
progress was made on the bill after the free
seed proposition was out OF the way. Mr..
Lamb OF Virginia offered an amendment ap.
propriating $4,000 for the purchase,
propagation, testing aud distribution Of val.
liable seed, OF which amount not less than
100000 shall be allotted for congressional
distribution, The vote being taken ON Mr..
Lambs amendment, Il was adopted, l53 to
So, Five thousand dollars Of the amount
carried for the bureau of soils was by vote
ordered set apart for investigation OF tobacco
growing In onondaga county, n. Y. Two
days Of sharp debate preceded the vote on
this amendment. Chairman wadsworth and
his agricultural committee had tried to put
an end to the free seed abuse by making no
provision for II in the bill. Encouragement
In the situation is found In the fact that two
years ago the vote stood 1877 for free seeds
TO 3 against 80 that Tuesdays vote shows a
gain of 50 In the right direction. During the
debate Mr.. Gaines OF Tennessee sarcastically
asked Mr.. Wadsworth why the committee
had struck out the appropriation for inspect.
ing the seeds sent to the farmers. ''You put
millions In here. he said, 'to inspect dairy
products, to inspect your rotten beef you
provide inspection for COW with sore
nose, hollow horn or a hollow tail, but
none for the farmers seed
Friends Of the amendment declared that
the opposition was due wholly to wholesale
seed dealers, Mr.. Trimble Of Kentucky when
told that the grangers Of the country were
opposed to the distribution said: "These
are kdgloye farmers. The seeds go TO the
man who follows plough Ii hours day
for IS cents day, while these kid-gloye
farmers are in session debating how they can
skin him out of his crop. This appropriation
has been termed species of petty graft
Well, II II is, il the only graft that seventy
millions of people get piece Of. The agri'
cultural bill as passed Wednesday, carried q
total appropriation Of s7,4sl,440.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
A New England schoolhouse.

Hon. Mason S. Stone state superintendent
Of education, is issuing two circulars, one to
the town superntendents and the other
through them to the teachers relative to the
erection OF New England schOolhouse
in San Francisco. The scheme was started by
the Boston American, the idea being to Sc
cure subscriptions from the pupils, teachers
and parents in New England for replacing
one of the 80 school buildings that were
destroyed with a structure to be called the
New England schoolhouse. An effort has
been made by the promoters of this plan to
interest the state superintendent and Sc
cure their cooperation. Superintendent
Stone has issued 4 circular to the town SUI
perintendents of Vermont with which he en-
closes a circular that the superintendents are
10 distribute to their teachers II they think
best. But Superintendent Stone tells the
- IN superintendent that the department oil
education lin no manner urges or even
recommends contributions In the circular
10 the teachers Superintendent Stone EN-
phasizes that IL any contributions are taken
they must come voluntarily and not through
urging.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
operators Refuse Miners propositions.

President John Mitchell OF the United
Mine Workers OF America made public FRI
day two propositions submitted by the min.
ers' scale committee TO President Baer and
his associates. The first proposition asks for
an increase in wages ranging from to Is
per cent according TO the wages received. The
second proposition asks for an advance equal
to 10 cents per ton upon the total produc.
ton of coal to be added to the wages of
employees and apportioned in such percent.
age as may be agreed upon. The operators,
through their subcommittee of seven, made
reply, refusing to modify their position, here.
tofore announced. The operators call upon
the miners to renew for period Of three
years the award Of the anthracite strike com,
mission, or to accept the operators
proposition that the strike commits
sion arbitrate the question as to what
changes, il any, shall be made in the scale
OF wages fixed by the commission in its origi.
nal award The miners have heretofore de.
clined this offer. In their reply, the opera.
tors, after giving figures in detail, say that
to accept the sliding scale Of wages proposed
by the miners would mean an increase in the
price of coal to the public of SO cents a
ton. The present profit, to the operators,
they say is but 20 cents a ton. The letter
continues: 'But If we disregard the sliding
scale and assume that you simply mean to
add 10 cents per ton as the final increase in
cost, this would result in increasing the
wages of our employees SO, 100000 per an
num- that is 10 cents per ton on 6l,oOO,ooo
tons of output. How can this be done
Where is the 100000 to come FRONT We
have shown you that in the largest COM
panies the profit, without interest and royal
ty, has yielded less than 3 per cent. on
the capital invested. The operators there.
fore. cannot afford to pay this large annual
increase without imposing additional burdens
upon the coal.consuming public.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
Report on Standard Oil,

Commissioner Of Corporations J. II, Gar
held has submitted to the president the re-
port Of his investigations into the operations
Of the Standard oil company and the report
will soon be transmitted to congress II Is
understood that this report establishes
clearly that the Standard Oil company has
been guilty OF violations Of the antitrust
laws aud the interstate commerce laws The
Testimony taken shows that the company
has received rebates and has operated In re-
straint OF trade and commerce. II is also
shown that II has stiaed competition, and the
president and Attorney General Moody are
now considering the report with a view TO de.
termining whether legal proceedings can be
instituted against the officers OF the com
pany and Of the various railways that were
in collision with II to grant rebates and
otherwise discriminate against competing
corporations.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
SANDER Suit on Trial.

The famous $4,000 SANDER suit of S. D..
Wilson VS.. P. W. Clement was placed on
trial in the U. S. district court at Burling'
ton Tuesday. The entire panel was exhaust
cd and number of talesmen drawn upon
before ~ jurymen were selected. The case
has been in the courts for some time and
grows out of statements regarding the char
acter of Wilson, said to have been made by
Mr.. Clement in his speeches four years ago,
when he was a candidate for governor State
ment for plaintiff was to the effect that evil
dence would tend to show that the defendant
had maliciously slandered the plaintiff by
calling him a murderer during the political
campaign of 1902, when the defendant
toured the state making speeches. State
ment for defendant alleged that when the
sneeches were made the defendant was in
terested in the promotion of movement to
repeal the prohibitery law and substitute a
license law In these speeches he spoke
about the killing of man under circum'
stances which led him to attribute it to the
Wording of the law. Defendant had nc
knowledge of the plaintiff at that time, and
did not even know his name. He did not
intend to charge the plaintiff with CRIME
and did not make his remarks in the sense
tho plaintiff claims. 1t is claimed that what
ever he said was of no injury to the plain
tiff. Five witnesses were examined before
recess was taken.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

Detaehments OF federal troops while scout
ing Monday in the Garidara valley on the
island of Samar, encountered several bands
Of Pulajanes. In the engagements that iol'
lowed many Pulaianes were killed and their
supplies destroyed There were no casualties
among the troops.
The Boston Herald, for so years the cor
nerstone OF so.caled Newspaper Row. in
Boston has moved uptown, and Monday is
sued it's first edition from its new plant at
the junction of fremont, Mason and Avery
streets, opposite the Common. Its old plant
was inadequate to its needs and entire re-
construction or a new plant became neces.
sary.
Edwin S. Holiness Jr., former sta,istician
of the department Of agriculture, who has
been indicted for conspiracy in connection
with the cotton leak cases, appeared In
criminal court at Washington Friday and
pleaded not guilty to the indictment lie
was granted the privilege of Withdrawing the
plea within Is days and demurring to the
Indictment His bail was continued
II is hoped that a vote on the rate bill will
be reached in the United States senate May
10. Much of the present week will be deyot'
ed to speeches on the measure, and several
days will be spent considering amendments
under the rule limiting speeches to 10 min
utes About 20 amendments have been sug'
gested but only a few will be seriously con-
sidered Attention will be concentrated on
the court review question.
All sections of the country were well rep
resented at the opening at Boston Monday of
the 18th annual congress Of the national So
ciety of the Sons of the American Revolu.
ton which continued Tuesday. The report
of the secretary registrar showed progress.
The present active membership is ll,2S4.
The report of the treasurer general showed
balance of about $1,000 on hand with no
outstanding bills. Officers were elected Tues
day, Hon Cornelius Amory Pugsley of Peeks'
kill " Y being chosen president general.
Governor Higgins of New York at Albany
Friday placed the capstone upon the struc'
ture erected by the special legislative insur-
ance Investigating committee, by signing the
socalled "big bill" generally amending the
insurance law Earlier in the day he had
signed the anti.perjury bill. With his APP
proval of the 'big BILL" which becomes
chapter 326 of the laws OF 1906, the work
of the Armstrong commission is crowned
with complete success-without exception or
important amendment, every one of the bills
recommended by the committee is now a
To-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
urALTH IN BRATrLEBoRo.
-. = Greene Says Care OF Diges'
Jews calves Problem Of Long Life.


- one in Brattlcboro has better
No Than the druggist to know the
eha9It,ti of the city's health, and
eoAl''SW, s,ases are the most common.
VIA. ~, r. Greene believes that the
V ,1s of long life is solved by
PFoO'g." care of the digestive organs.
pIePI,h e stomach get ont Of condition
l' snon there viii be nervousness, ir'
ana sO furred tongue, speeks before
rila' .r,. weakness, debility, indiges.
lle W .nJ other physical and mental
you tlSs that directly result from a
weakened stomach ,.a.. Aha s,omo.h
VI ~" mist frequently abused, and
y w ue one which most frequently
aeae' and so with the discovery of a
ian'' Il. ike Mi.ona stomach tablets,
ItIVS' i sold on an absolute guarantee
WIZ D.,r.nptben the digestive system, aid
,"ssimilation of food, and cure all
u 'hlSs caused by indigestion, an inn
uOso, n, stem has been taken towards
p iSly;ng the question of good health
a' To iSps one Of the little Mi.o.na tablets
I'm t"@' coch meal, with the fixed deter
U D;notion that you are going to get
l. a,I and il will not be many days be-
yo,a van y can eat anything without fear
Al Indigestion. -,
George L, Greene sells Mi,o-na on an
,h.olote guarantee to refund the mon,
aD' n 4 does not cure, A large box of
\, tablets costs but 80 cents, If 1t
III YOU; nothing if it fails.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
Coal Production in 1905.

According to preliminary report on the
production of anthracite coal in 1908, made
public by the United States geological sur
vey at Washington Monday, the tonnage
during that year was the largest in the his
tory OF the industry. The official explana'
tion of this is that it partly is due to the
experience OF the trade in the preceding Sc
we're winters and partly by the fear OF I'M
pending trouble in the anthracite region
which caused both dealers and consumers 10
Law in heavier stocks. In 1905, the produc'
tion of anthracite amounted to 69,33s,loz
long tons value SAL, $4,000. The average
price of anthracite per ton was $2.2o' the
average number of men employed IN the
mines was l65, 406 and the average Gays
worked 215. An increase in the shipment OIL
the smaller sizes of coal is noted Inc as
astrous effect of strikes on the trade is
shown in the record for 1902 when the pro
duction of anthracite was only 3s,94o'flo
long tons worth $76,173,586. The average
nriee of coal per ton in that year was S2'ao'
the average number of men employed was
14s.141. and the average number OIL Gays
worked was only no
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
Analysis OF Maple Products.

The chemists at the state laboratory OF hy'
giene at Burlington are analyzing samples OF
maple sugar and syrup which are being sent
in from all parts Of the state. The sugar
season is over with something like half a
crop gathered Analyses already made show
that much of both sugar and syrup are
adulterated with brown and graduated sugar
although no other foreign ingredients have
been found The samples are selected from
maple products sold in open market as the
pure article and the dealers are liable to a
heavy fine under the new pure.food law for
selling it as such year ago the law had
a salutary effect on growers and dealers, and
violations this year will be rigidly looked
after. The result of the analysis will be pub.
lished in full in the June bulletin issued
by the state board OF health.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
How to Make Money on a Farm.


Grandfather made money in his own way
but the Men who are Making Money today
are not using Grandfather's way. SUCCESSFUL
agriculture, like other successful enterprises
is different basis than ~ was IN madnu
produced at low cost is the Secret OF present
day farming Successes. Thousands OF intelli-
gent and progressive farmers are Making
Money today because they have adopted MOD,
ern methods and machinery and keep informed
about the progress of agricultural deVeiop,
ment little more care IN the culuVatloIni
and little more attention to grading, VIII
sell at higher prices. Little things like these
make the difference between success ana ia 4
IRE. Success depends upon knowledge, and
knowledge can be had only from experience
ENGLAND Farmer, Brattleboro, Vt, tthe paper
your Grandfather ready, is the Agricultural
paper through which the successful Money
Making Farmers of New England exsnange
successes and failures. 1t is the One Great
Agricultural Paper which Farmers must read
to keep well informed, and the only agricul'
tural paper which prints Thinking Matter IN.
how many other agricultural papers you may
read. YOU will still find enough Of Interest and
Value, exclusively in The New England Farm.
err, to make it Worth Your While to read y
thoroughly The system of crop, market, and
COMPARATIVE price reports received once eacn
month from every county in New England
will make and save more money every Gay
Than the cost of The Farmer for year. You
NAV be able to get along without The New
England Farmer, but you will get along bet
ter and make more money if you read It.
The Reformer has made an arrangement
| With tho nublishers of The New England
Farmer whereby we can send this best Of al
farm papers on trial for ten weeks witnou,
cost to every farmer. in this vicinity. Jus'
nav a years subscription to the heformel
Pnsw or renewal) and we will send you The
New England Farmer for ten weeks free. AT
ter that ii will cost you S1.0o per year IL yor
want it-but il is well worth it. SEND you
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This paper. Address, Windham County Re
| former, Brattleboro, VT.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
Mount Heela in Eruption.

Steamers which arrived at Leith, Scot
land. Monday, from Iceland reported that
Mt. Hecla has been in eruption, ashes being
scattered over a wide area. The disturbance,
however, was not serious. Mount Heela Is
q volcano on the southwest coast OF Iceland
IL rises to an altitude Of about 5000 feet
and has three craters In historic times, Is
eruptions we're recorded, the last Of which
took place in 1875. The lava beds surround.
ing il cover about 262 square miles. Strom.
boli, in Sicily, is also resumng activity after
a period OF quiet.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

ing prison rules or for characterization. The
dlscipline has been maintained with but lit
lie trouble. In regard to the plan Of hay'
ing a dining room for the men superinlend'
ent Loyell said that II the legislature sees
lis way clear to grant this request not much
time will eapse before the dining room VIII
have Maid for itself and will be more than
self supporting, When the dining room Is
nut In The contractors will pay four cents per
dny more per man for the convict labor
and with an average Of even 1870 men In the
institution this will help great deal In sup.
mort Of dining room. Superintendent Lowell
has plowed up some 10 acres of the pasture
land connected with the prison aud In this
expects TO raise the i,2o0 bushels OF potatoes
that are required for the yearly supply.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
OLD AGE.
Depends Not Upon Years, but upon
Vital Force.


In Brattleboro lately there has been
GOOD deal of discussion IN regard 70
oId neople. Some at 80 years call them-
selves old, and really appear so, wnne
otbers at 70 years seem active, Vlgor-
Gus and young. ;. :. ,,.s 90 vital
eoroo that makes a person old. weak
ened digestion, thin blood ana pooi
t;on soon start functional pow
ers and vitality on the wane, ana tneh
tho svmptoms of old age quickly APP
pear. 1.,,ro;s+ Mr.. Geo.
T. Greene says that old feeiins nas
he warded off, and we wlsh every PEI
son in Brattleboro who feels olu' wne nia
ar thew are so in years OF noV, "o W.
.nv tbe great discovery, Vmol. we we
t nS that it has vital principles whlcn
MI MI in a natural manner strengthen
W. send rich, red blood cours,
;ng tbrongh the veins, and give new
i ins and strength to every organ Oh W.. ois
ire anu VA tb;s is what makes the cid
feel young again.
Mrs r. w. Avery says: "a
IA IA The age of 80 / felt the neeo VI
tonic, something to SUI; safeTg have AVE been
huild me up. For some time l ea na that
taking Vinol, and ! have lou Quit vn r.
~ brings vigor and renewed y y,
.he aoed as nothing else Will ohook.
Wy v;nol repairs worn TISSUES, mool
a, atrral decline and replaces wear 5,
ness ras with strength. 1t is an iae"i w.
t,,;1der for old folks. :. ars-
0" We promise you that sii # contains as n
no fisRy oil Second; tha eo NJ Il = al
nine cod liver medicine e ond strength
the medicinal cura tdEsS ad direet from
making elements taken END we we will re
fresh cod ivers; and n i th does we NOT do
s aetT what we claim for 1t 's0' :,
Greene, druggist.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

auid into the bodies OF ~ persons before
making an ineision Of the lungs Although
none Of these persons had died from inhaiing
ehlorofom, he was satisfied, he said that the
embalming 1uid made entry into the lungs
and would make Il difficult 10 determine
whether death had been caused by breath
ing In any irritant yapor, ehloroform ineiud'
ed. One OF Patriek's contentious has been
that the embalming fuid may cause the lungs
to appear as II the subject had died OF
chloroform poisoning,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
Changes at the State Prison.

Superintendent Lowell OF the state prison
at Windsor has ordered dark gray cloth OF
which to make uniforms for prisoners Inc
men will gradually so be clothed and the
old uniforms will be reserved to be worn as
a punishment for men who break prison
rules. Interviewed at Montpelier recently,
Superintendent Lowell said that he hnds tna'
kindness and manifestation of interest in
the men is proving the surest way into theii
confidence and wins their good behavior
since Nov. 90 no one has been confined in q
solitary dungeon as punishment for violat
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
NOTICE.

TN Inc Board of License Commissioners OF tne
: FOg a, Of Guilford hereby give notice tnat y.
=, inlgley of said Guilford has made appii'
t tasioh for second-class license to sell IN,
%.nne9ating liquor at the Mellen House, SO
oansd in said Guilford, said business TO- pc
RSa.aieicted under the name of the GuilIoro
n DuIllng Company and that a public hearing
Ccpua sad application will be had before saiu
ss;I iinissioners at the Broad Brook House ~
o III GInilford on Monday, May z, 1905, ~
ns e,oek a. m. when all persons interesueu
appear and be heard II they see Gauss
uulliord, VT, April Is, 1906
JOEL FLAGG,
L. J. HUNTLEY,
1e,o. W. H. JACOBS.
License Commissioners
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
rxnert Testimony on Embalming Fluid.

The effects Of embalming nuid III con,ea''
ing evidences of death by inhahng cnloro.
form was the subject of expert testiihon! az
New York Tuesday at the nearing a..
bert T. Patrick's motion Tor new .,ia, NJ ~
the charge of numbering William MARSH n.S =
of Texas. DR.. Albert T. weston, corone Is
physician and witness called IN Ia.il1n
half, said that he had injected enioaini'ns
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
Surname Court Trial Calendar.

The trial calendar for the general term oil
supreme court which will convene in Mont
pelier Tuesday, May 3, contains total OF
3s cases, indicating term Of about three
weeks in length. The cases set for trial by
counties are as follows: Orleans county, 2;
Windsor, 7; Caledonia, s; Windham /;
Rutland, Q Addison, / Lamoille, 2; Frank.
lin, 6 Orange. l. Chittenden, 2; Washing
ton, O. No eases are set for hearing from
Grand Isle, Essex and Bennington counties
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
NOTICE.

u The Board of License Commissioners OF
me M Town of Guilford hereby give notice that
plicaton for second class license to sell
Intoxicating liquor at the Broad Brook House.
. called, in said Guilford, said business 70
p y conducted under the name of the Guilford
n;oltlng Company, and that a public near.
,ag upon said application will be had before
@ SAD Commissioners at the Broad BROOK
!sO6, at o'clock a. m, when all persons
Interested may appear and be heard if they
see cause.
Guiford VT, April 10, 1906.
JOEL FLAGG,
L. J. HUNTLEY,
,, W. H. JACOBS,
1919 License Commissioners.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
In Life.

Question not but live and labor
Till yon goal is won,
Helping every feeble neighbor
Seeking help from none.
Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.
Adam L. Goi
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-03-01
HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE.

Milk kept in a shallow basin will re-
main sweet for . longer time than If kept
in deep jug.
II a tablespoonful OF paraffin be added
to the pail OF hot water used for washing
tiles. It win both cleanse and brighten
them.
Before weighing molasses dredge the
scale well with -four. for this will pre-
vent the trsaele from sticking. and II
may be poured OF Win waste.
Alum water will restore most faded
flowers. Brush the faded article thor
oughly free from dust, cover II with a
layer OF CASTLE soap. rinse in clear
water. then in alum water and the color
will usually be much brighter than be-
lore
Even when there is cream in the eof-
fee. the stain OF II may be removed from
silk and other delicate fabrics by brush-
ing the spots With pure slycerin. Tho
lslycerin must then be rinsed out in luke
warm water and the spot pressed on the
wrong side with warm iron.