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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07

INA
tamc surprisingly confidential. Win
Ter had hardly arrived before she had
communicated TO Justina her aspirn-
lions for making match between her
son and the only daughter OF a rival
rugar house. Evidently the matron
wanted a confdant very badly.
"You see. my dear Miss Gilbert, with
the houses OF Truxam aud Montooth
united we could control the sugar mar.
let.~ she said one day at her desk.
Yes" said Justina. with earnest as
,ent. somehow feeling that In the I'VE"
Iie herself was included. And then
,le veniured TO ask. Il suppose Mr.
Clarence aud Miss Montooth meet at
partiesf'
"oh, yes, Clarence 10 invited every.
where. and he goes out great deal
know Lillian Montooth would be bis
tor the asking, but
Doesn't be Ike herr queried Jus
ina when I, became evident the lady
was not going to nnish her sentence
"fie says be does. but the trouble
with Clarence Is be likes 10 many
lie Ia attracted b. every pretty face b'
secs
Iss,ina could readily believe this
oA,y the day before she had seen b'
Young man making himself agreeable
to pretty Miss cooperion. the assistant
tool Keeper.
catering the offlr~ the nrst Monday
morning after the holidays, the sienog
rapber and confdant OF Mrs Truran
found Mr. Cisreoce Truxam at hli
mothers desk. -Dont be alarmed
Miss Gllberi." the yonng man saiS
pleasantly Mother has gone TO Wash
ing,on for visit. III lie IN her piac'
iall abe comes hack.~
There was lnll 10 the volume Of busi
Eess these days. aud "a q conselusiso'
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07


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."uANK you." ssil Justina Gll
bert. accepting the loan of the
moralng newspaper from her
landlAdy. she ran with u NJ
10 her small room on the third floor
and sat down 10 look over the Help
Wanted" advertisements Her eye ran
down one OF the columns until II rested
on the following
Wanted. Immediately, expert stsnosra-
phcr for the Aonolith sugar refinery
only plain looking women need apply.
The girl rasped out q little jubiiant
laugh. No wonder She had broken
her last dollar. II was late In septen'
Ter. aud her room rent would be due
on Oct. 1. For mouth she had
walked tho streets Of the biz. strange
city seeking situation She fancied
that her face which no one Ia all her
twenty two years had ever called
pretty and which she herself cons!d-
cred hopeiessly ugly told against her
In the everyday struggle for employ
ment. Now her time had come. For
once ugllness was at a premium.
Justina wore a confident air as, In
the course Of an hour, she entered th
outer Office OF the big Monolith build
ing. over the portal Of which appeared
ia immense letters, "rruxam 4 Co"
She was directed to take the eleva-
tor. The building was filied with the
industrial music OF machinery. Per
meatlng the air was the heavy odor OF
sugar. The once OF the head OF the
firm was on the third floor overlooking
the sugar pit The deep open pit was
safeguarded by wooden railing. over
which ono could look down on hun
dred tons or more OF sugar Jnstina
was wondering what benehcent I'M
pulse impelled Messrs. Truxam q co.
10 favor girls without beauty when,
stopping at the open door OF the ofhce,
she saw businesslike, middle aged
woman seated at the desk.
A few questions followed the brief
greeting. Justina was given BIT OF
dictatlon to 90, and before she realized
what had happened or had recovered
from her surprise at finding that the
great Monollth concern was conducted
by woman she was duly Installed
over a Typewriter.
Little except business phrases passed
between Mrs. Truxam and Justinn for
n month or two. The latter was well
paid, and she liked the situation. Now
and then she INDUCED the fancy for
neck ribbon otherwise she dressed
very plainly.
Occasionally Mr.. Clarence Truxam,
tall, fine looking fellow, apparently
about twenty i've, came into the office
10 consult his mother. The first time
Justina saw him rational solution OF
the preference of the head Of the firm
for an ugly stenographer rushed upon
her mind "Ah, there's no danger to
him from me-" she thought to herself
serenely. As time passed Justina grew
TO feel that there were compensations
In life for the unattractive. She could
40 about the place without drawing
attention 10 herself-at least she IAN
cied 80, enjoying the thought that she
was immune to stares. When OF duty
she loved TO roam over the building,
stopping when and where she pleased
TO watch the movements OF the ma
chlnery. Her fondness for mechanics
was almost a passion.
BY degrees Mrs Truxam relaxed
from her businesslike rigidness and be-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07
WODDFORD.
(Beiated)

F. A. Gleason Of West Cheshire
Conn, for many years "A resident OF
Woodford formerly, is here on busi-
ness for "A few days.
Mrs. John Knapp leaves this week
for months sojourn with relatives IN
Boston.
--Chas. II. Dewey has had his big
summer cottage newly shingled.
The White Crow Inn at Camp
Comfort is already open for the sum
mer with Miss Allen of Troy again
as landlady.
The Nj. Pleasant House will not
be open 10 the public this summer.
IT. j. Mallory is again confined 10
the house by illness. His son, Jesse,
is recovering from the mumps.
Lyman Bowles Of Bennington was
a guest Saturday Of $. NJ. Bowles.
Postmaster Dinwiddie Is making
repairs on the posioilicc. Mrs. Dinwid'
die is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A.
j. Dewey, of Bennington.
"A break ia the wheel Of Geo
w. Knnpp's lumber mill caused 4
shut down there for few days.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07

The opening Of The door TO Manchu-
ria, which Japan magnanimonsly pro
claims. VIII lie good thing for the
Commercial nations providing the busy
laps are not found packed solid from
doorpost TO doorpost.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07

The coming woman will, Of course,
take her place In the national Iegisla-
ture, and then the newspapers will he
writing about the broom handle and
the haipin in the senate as gllbiy as
they now discuss the big stick and the
ritchforL
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07

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your way through the Rockefeiier
grounds for the European nobility who
would camp there aud walt for her to
grow W.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07
In the Interest
of Truxam
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BY JANE ELLIS JOY

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
MRS. NlcKLEeY's GARDEN.
Estate at Bow, Where Dickens Laid
 Famous Scene.

From the London Daily News
 Many interesting associations are link ed with the Grove Hall estate at Bow, which is to come under the auctioneers hammer It was here that Charles Dickens laid the scheme of the amusing lovemaking episodes between Mrs. Nich- olas NiclSleby and the gentleman belong ing to the house next door" Here stood the little cottage at Bow and the quaint old garden in which Mrs Nickleby and her daughter Kate received tho love offer ings of vegetable marrows, cucumbers and onions Is sull in existence.
 Until recently the estate was the site of Byas's private lunatc asylum. Just off the Bow road--the high road at Chig we'll with which the novelist was well acquanted-and about three or four hun dred yards down Fairfield road the visitor comes to a large high brick wall. Passing through the narrow porter's lodge, he at once steps into an Old World garden of quaint and singular beauty. In front of him stretches a long avenue of plane trees. and away in the distance are vistas of winding paths and leafy lanes.
 It Is a strange spot, situated in the heart of London's East End, a spot which few would expect to find in this busy
 
 away to the left lies the old time gar den in which the eccentric lady and her still more eccentric lover communed in the days of long ago. The old wall, thickly covered with Ivy ans creepers, over which the gentleman from next door, conversed with Mrs. Nickleby, Is still there much worn with age Tn the centre of the garden is large patch of evergreens and marigolds, while sweet smelling jasmine perfumes the air with it's fragrance One can easily reconstruct the love scene in this old-fashioned cor ner and see in imaginatio the lady de- murely rejecting the proposals of the madman form next door"
 The little cottage has long since been demolished and on its site now stand the remains of a laundry But the landmarks are still left. and it will be a pity if these old associations are allowed to be oblit- erated by the march of the builder. It is delightful sylvan retreat, and the many lovers of Dickens Fellowship that the authorities should secure the place as a public recreation ground will be acted upon. The estate, which is still sur rounded by the high wall of Byas's pri- vate lunatic asylum, comprises close upon a dozen acres of beautifully wooded land. Such a spot would make an ideal recre- ation ground.
 The asylum Itself was closed early in the present year. and the buildings, with the exception of one or two at the ex- treme left of the grounds. have been pulled dowR |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
Girls Batahe In Socks

Atlantic City Cor. Philadelphia Record.
 Daring maidens, exploiting a fad are giving the beach sensation and incl
 dentally putting up to the beach guards a question as to the legal status of socks. Just plain, ordinary socks, or, in more delicate phraseology, gentle mems half hose, Will they pass mus ter under the term hosiery, which a city prescrbes as an adjunct to the fair ones bathing suit? The guards are scratching their heads and wondering, and Mayor Stoy has side-stepped the question by hurriedly departing from the city. avowedly on business trip.
 The new fad is amazing to sedate visitors and is looked upon by some on level with the white bathing suits of transparent proclivities. A summer girl set the style when she appeared on the beach wearing pair of gentle mans socks in lieu of the more lengthy articles usually adopted by her sex. Guards declare nearly score of pretty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
BY HUGH W. ROBERTS.

Kavanaugh. The east does want Shreve- port and Little Rock out. for several reasons, and should take every move that would result in that end. The directors of the east should vote unanimously, and 1t would be to the gain of the western di- rectors If they cast their votes in the same manner
 Have you noticed how easily all of the problems that are tearing and rending the organization at present could be set tied or solved with Shreveport and Lit tie Rock out of the league? In the first place, Franks kingdom by this one fell blow would be cut in half, and the home of Judge Kavanaugh would be no longer a Mecca for the east to turn to at stated periods.
 1t is understood that if Little Rock is thrown headlong from the league with all the recklessness and abandon that a dead number of any organic body should cast off, Judge Kavanaugh would not desire to be president, even If he received the unanimous support of the entire body of directors.
 While the present season will end with out an outburst of any nature, 1t takes no prophet to foretell the fiercely flaming up of the smoulder5ng coals next year. in case the present powers that be con- tinue their existence. It is a certainty that the east will not allow Charlie Frank to completely dominate the league another season. That there will be a rev. olution if the present state of affairs continues to exist, is certain.
 At the conclusion of this season, if Judge Kavanaugh should simply an- nounce his resignation, much of the worry and anxiety would be calmed This would mean the withdrawal of Lit tie Rock, and the subsequent withdrawal of Shreveport It would put an end to the charges, insinuations and threats. It would restore the league to its former plane of pleasantness. 1t would cause the several clubs to make money in that much dead and expensive weight is dropped.
 It is simply wonderful that the firing of an umpire should have caused such a storm of protest. It was an unwise move for the President. Buckley was popular with the fans, and the fans are the cause of the existence of baseball. The fans can do what they please. If the fans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
GOOD ROWING RECORDS
 MADE AT QUlNSlGAMOND

The most interesting race of the day was the international four-oared con test, in which five crews started It was a straight-away contest down the lake for one and a half miles, and from the start 1t was fight between the Non pareils of New York and the Portland Rowing club. The two teams were nearly on even terms at the halfway buoy, but coming down the home stretch the Non pareil quartette drew ahead and won by two lengths
 The Portland crew had to be content with second place. They finished two lengths ahead of the Ravenswood crew of Long Island city four lengths ahead of the Winnipeg men and seven lengths ahead of the Metropolitans.
 Summary:
 Association senior singles, won by liar ry S. Bennett, Springfield Boat club. Time, 10:0l.
 Senior four -oared shells, won by Winni- peg Boat club, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Time, 12:27
 Senior nine-oared shells, New York Ath- letic club first; Argonaut Boat club. To- ronto, second; Riverside Boat club, Cam bridge. Mass, third. Time, S:26.
 Intermediate double souls. won by St. Alphonus Athletic association, Boston. Time, 9;5s
 Championship senior, single souls, won by C. S. Titus. Nonpareil Boat club, New York. Time, 10:05.
 International four-oared race. shells, won by Nonapreil Rowing club, New York. Time, 9:0S.
 Senior double souls. won by Crescent Boat club Philadelphia. Time, 9:25.
 Intermediate pair-oared shells, won by Nonpareil Rowing club. New York; Mas sau Boat club, New York, second. Time, 10:57
 Final intermediate singles, won by J. C. Henderson, Winnipeg. Time, 10:33.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12

When the leaves get green again, and the snows have departed. the Southern league will be doing business at the same old stand
 Of course, the suggestion or threat hand ed out by an Atlanta writer, that the South Atlantic league would be good enough for the Gate City and Brming- ham, Is utterly silly and even ridiculous. As long as baseball is popular in Dixie, there will be an organization of clubs known as the Southern league, and of that organization, Atlanta and Birming- ham will be members
 However, it is the sincere hope of the fan students and several writers, espec ially those in the east. that Shreveport and Little Rock will see fit to withdraw their respective franchises. This wish Is not because the east dislikes either of the little towns. In their way, they arc pretty fair. But it Is simply a business matter to which the cities capable of making money should attend. Ii is ut terly absurd that every team which visits either of these cities should lose money.
 In spite of threats coming from Atlanta, 2narle Frank VIII cDnllHue lo rue uo"h in New Orleans, and the Crescent City will continue it's membership in the league. This should be. The east does not care. and should really be glad, for New Orleans is a great baseball town, and Frank q great manager.
 However. the east does not choose Frank, the perpetual dictator of the league, and with Shreveport and Little Rock two of the cities of his dominion. outside, his strength will be materially iessened Thus, it is seen that there Is another reason for the dropping of the dead members of the organization. Frank will continue to lord 1t over the Pelicans and the sporting writers of New Orleans but it will take him some time to get complete grasp on tho entire circuit, when shreveports and Little Rocks support avails him nothing
 There Is considerable rebellion in the Southern league. The revolution immi- nent has it's root in the alleged intimacy between Charlie Frank and President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
Candle Power.

From the Boston Herald
 In the German cities candle power is no longer measure. They laugh at it. and in Berlin the ordinary fishta1l burners with which candle power Is measured are as scarce as hens teeth. For use with the mantle, for the stove and the gas engine, heating power is what is needed rather than candle power. In London two of the com panies are now supplying gas of less than fifteen candle power while here in Boston one of the tests made last year showed as high as twenty-four candle power, and on the sixty-six tests made the average figure was 1926 High candle power gas Is not only wasteful to burn under modern meth ods, but 1t is actually not so good for fuel and power purposes as that with less carbon for the carbon closes holes and vents and makes more frequent cleaning necessary. The only plants in the United Kingdom still sticking to high candle power are those located near the camel coal fields-the city of Edinburgh being an example. Many Of the English gas engineers told our cor respondent last summer that they hoped and believed Parliament would adopt twelve candle power standard in the near future Such move would permit of a reduction in the price charged for gas and an increased con sumption for all purposes, particularly heat and power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
Gray Eagle Is Dead.

From the London Mail
 The death has just occurred at Prince Albert. Saskatchewan. of an Indian Chief named Waladota, or Grey Eagle who took part in the Custer massacre and like many others of the victorious force in that fight. took refu e in the Canadian Northwest from the vengeance of the United States Unlike some of his companions, however, when the bellious halfbreeds in Saskatchwan call ed the Indians to their aid he not only refused but took an active part in the war on the white mans side He was q peculiarly fine specimen of the h. dian. both physically and morally, for he was feet inches tall and conspicuousiy free from vicious habits Not long before his death he renounced organism and en- tered the Anglican communion, in which his children had always been brought up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
and Needles, Ludia. Russell T. Sister

and Needles, Ludia, Russell T.. Sister Caroline, 1O4
 Fourth race, the Catskill, six furlongs- Merry Lark, 10S; Right Royal, Tongor- der, 106 Fustian, 103; Red Leaf, 101; Dis obedient, 99; Grapple, 9S; Wrenne, Bill Phillips. 97. Lord of the Forest. 94; Molly Donohue, Warning, 92
 Fifth race, mile, selling-Ebony. 1OS; Gus Heidorn, 107; Samuel H. Harris, Sir Ralph, 1O6; Fiat, Will King, Dalvay, 104; New Mown Hay. 1O3 Weirdsome. Luckett, Champlain, Yorkshire Lad, 101; Tipping, Iolchester, Sandalwood Woolwitch, Ed Ball. 96; Colonel Bartlett, 90, Macy, Jr. S9.
 Sixth race, handicap, five and one-half furlongs-Jersey Lady. 121; Old Honesty, Computer. 115; Eddie Ware, I<illiecrankie. 112; Clara Huron, no; Lucy Marie, Miss Trome, 109; Dulcinea. 106 Dainty Dame, Smiling Tom, 105; Tileing, 104; Beldame, 100; Hyperbole. Tanager, 99; campaigner. Q5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
Snake In Sewing Machine.

Mahanoy City (Penn) Cor. In New York
 World.
 When Mrs. Jacob Zimmerman of Burnside opened the top of her sewing machine the other day rattlesnake three feet long glided out onto the floor. The woman leaped back, seized a stove raker and dealt the reptile a telling blow.
 The snake retreated into corner where Mrs. Zimmerman attacked 1t As the reptile coiled to strike at her she struck it and broke it's back. More blows ended it's life. It had nine rat. ties.
 How the rattlesnake got into the sewing machine is mystery, though it is believed that some joker placed 1t there to scare whoever might open the machine.