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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

The Londonderry Sitter, according to
its motto, is "independent-opposed to
all rings, eliques and factions. - How
does the Sitter reconcile its editorial
policy with such a statement
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

Why does the sun burnt Why does a
mosquito sting2 Why do we feel unhappy
in the Good Old Summer Timel Answer :
we don't We use DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, and these little ills don't bother us.
Learn to look for the name on the box
to get the genuine. Sold by Geo. E. Greene.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17
NEwfANE,
Annual Missionary Rally TO DO He'd ohe
Week from Sunday.

The annual home missionary raily w" I'D "a
held at IL o'clock q. M sunday A"s
More viii preside. Rev. l., T. Broad o.
Ros,on who has travelled extensively through
his country. will give an illustrated ,als
with The aid OF a large map Of the United
states Mrs, Caswell Broad will talk 10
the young people Of her experiences a. .o =
missionary for II years among the lna''p y
and sing some Indian songs Miss Juia p,
pirkinsen. soloist and professor Of music
al Mt. Holyoke college, Is expected 70 NC
present and add the attraction OF her rale
voice in musical selections. The usual an.
nual collection win be taken for vermont
and national home missions, The members
Of the Bencasson homeland army are ~
quested I. occupy the pews directV W '''"'
OF the pulpit
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

Amasa Grout is having his house slated
Mr. and Mrs, Henson Taylor are expected
tomorrow night,
Frank Whitaker has been on the sex hs'
this week.
Miss Florence Derry OF Hartford, Conn.,
Is visiting in town.
Miss Fray Ballou has been spending a
week in Brattleboro.
Mrs. G. l.. Hescock is entertaining two
little nieees from Bellows Falls
Miss Mary Brown Of Boston, formerly OF
this place, is guest In town this week
Perlie Winchester, Ray Jefts and Walter
Gray took in the excursion TO Block lslahd
last Saturday.
Mrs. Alice Winchester Of Bratueboro was
an over. Sunday guest Of her parents MI
and Mrs. ID. S. BalloS.
Mr.. and Mrs. sias y. Kenney have re-
turned from their wedding trip and nave
begun Housekeeping at The Naples.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Whitaker are spend,
ing vacation in Florida Mass. Before re.
turning Mrs. Whitaker viii visit her sister
in Worcester. Mass
Mrs. W. II. Goodnow and Mrs. 4. w.
Pratt entertained a party OF friends Tues
day night In honor Of their guests, Mrs.
Hayden and Miss Minnie Hayden Of Bos.
ton.
w. J. Sprague OF Turner'S Falls, Mass
was at C. f. SINNERS over Sunday. He
was accompanied home by his son, How.
ard, who has spent the summer at Mr.. skin
ner's.
The next regular grange meeting will De
Aug. 90 instead Of Aug. 20 as mentioned
last week West River grange Of Towns
bend viii furnish program and refresh.
ments will be served by the local grange.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

Care will be taken by the United States
government to prevent contractors from do
ing Injustice to the Chinese laborers EN-
ployed for work on the Panama canal The
specifications advertising for proposals to
supply $500 Chinese to the canal commits
sion will stipulate that the secretary OF war
shall have the privilege OF passing on con
tracts which labor agents make with Chi
nese who are to be sent to the isthmus. This
provision will make it possible for secre'
tary Taft to prevent discrimination against
the coolies by interruptions contractors. I'm,
der this arrangement the United States will
know exactly what the Chinese are paid by
the labor agents, and the Chinese govern
ment will be able to regulate the relations
between the Chinese laborers and the con
tractors Many contractors are seeking 10
supply the first $500 Chinese for the canal
work Until the specifications for the con.
tracts are published, contractors will not be
able TO give any idea as 10 the wage they
must have for Chinese laborers on the canal
zone. Some labor agents believe that with
the many restrictions the canal commission
purposes placing upon contractors, it will
not be possible to supply the Cinnamon at
less than 81 0 day. Other agents are OF
the opinion that the coolies can be supplied
for so or 90 cents day with fair margin
of profit to the contractors.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17
Red Pyramid F righter
The Ring.

The outside advertising Bureau put up about the M
s ago II consisted principally of red figures pyramid showing
mons growth of state expenses The posters had appeared
effort was the Proctor machine to suppress them
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

In an address on Anarchism and It's
Remedy at Cumberland, Nd, Sunday Secre-
tary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte said
On anarchists the death penalty should be
unequivocally imposed by law and infexibly
executed whenever the prisoner has sought,
directly or indirectly to take life; for of
lenses of less gravity, l advise compare
lively brief, but very rigorous, imprison-
ment, characterized by complete seclusion,
deprivation of all comfort and denial of any
form of distraction and which could be, to
my mind, advantageously supplemented by a
severe, but not public whipping; the lash,
of all punishments. most clearly shows the
culprit that he suffers for what his fellow
men hold odious and disgraceful and not
merely for reasons of public policy.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

How seriously the export meat business
of the United States was injured by the
agitation regarding the condition Of the
Chicago slaughter houses which resulted in
the passage OF the law for improved inspec-
ton is shown in bulletin recently issued
by the department Of commerce and labor
giving the figures OF expectation for July.
II shows an abnormal falling off, which costs
the beef trust and cattle raisers several mil
lions loss in 81 days In July of last year
there were exported 5,232, 794 pounds of
canned and timed meats, at a total value Of
$542, 16s. For the month just ended the
total number OF pounds sent abroad was
only 1889, $50, and the value $l04,710 For
the seven months ended in July there were
exported in 1905 over 43, 100000 pounds, at
a value of over 81, 900, 900, as against near
ly 100000 pounds in the same period Of
this year, at value of much less than
SO, 100000. There was also a falling off
in the export of cattle during July.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

For the first time in her history, Persia
is to have national assembly. This informa-
nation was conveyed to the Persian minister
at Washington Friday in cablegram from
the recently-apponted grand vizier and min
lister for foreign affairs, who stated that in
view of the desire of the shah for the extern
sion OF national tranquility and for the wei.
fare Of Persia and all its inhabitants, and in
order to fortify the government, it had been
decreed necessary to give certain reforms
and constitution durable for the country
and for the administration. The immediate
organization of national assembly for the
realization of these reforms accordingly was
ordered According to the dispatch the as
sembly will be composed of equal parties,
namely, princes of the blood, clergy, chief of
the reigning dynasty, cadiar high dignita-
res and personages, merchants and repre-
sentatives of corporations. The assembly will
meet at Teheran.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17

Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (John
Oliver Hobbes) authoress and dramatist,
died suddenly in London Monday at the age
of &c. Mrs. Craigie was native of Bos-
ton, her father being John Morgan Rich
ards She was married when 10 years of
age to Reginald Walpole Craigie, by whom
she had one son. now 16 years old. Though
of Protestant parentage, Mrs. Craisie joined
the Roman Catholic church in 1892. Her
interest in the land of her birth continued
throughout her life, and she made several
visits to the United States after her mar
riage, the last enc being in November of
last year, when she lectured on literary sub.
iects. After her return to England she lee
tured there on Americas Worship of
Wealth.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17
Bi|Iboards Were Bought Up and Heavy Brides
fered 10 Bill Posters 10 Cover Up The Red pyranj

In some eases this successful In all cases where responsible
charge attempt to keep down the truth JAILED
WV does machine fear TO the truth'
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17
Figures That Won't B
Suppressed.

The following of the Net Running Expense the
twenty wears expense during the fiscal
egsat did notm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
A BOYS BREAKFAST.
There's q Natural Food That Makea
It's Own Way.

There's a boy up In Hoosick Falls,
N. Y, who is growing into sturdy man
hood on Grape-Nuts breakfasts. It
might have been different with him, as
his mother explains:
my ~11-year-old boy is large, we'll
developed and active, and. has been
made SO by his fondness for Grape
Nuts food. At five years he was a very
nervous child and was subject to fire.
quent attacks Of Indigestion which
used to rob him OF, his strength and
Wei very troublesome to deal with.
He never seemed to care for anything
Tor his breakfast until I tried Grape
MUS, and I have never had to change
from that. He makes his entire break
fast OF Grape-Nuts food. It is always
relished by him and he says that II
satisfies him better than the ordinary
kind of q meal.
'Better than all, he IS no longer
troubled with Indigestion or. nervous
ness, and has got to be a splendidly
developed fellow since he began to use
Grape-Nuts food" Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
There's = reason. Read the little
book. ''The Road to Wellyille." :n:pkgs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
70 BECOME
Eat Plenty Of Fruit, Walk Four Miles
a Day, Look Well to Bathing
and Sleep.

Eat fruit for breakfast. Eat fruit
for luncheon. Avoid pastry. Shun
mullins and crumpets, and buttered
toast. Eat whole-meal bread. Refuse
rice pudding, Decline potatoes if they
are served more than once a day. Do
not drink too much tea or coffee.
Walk four miles every day. Take a
bath every day. Wash the face every
night in warm water. Sleep eight
hours a night.
Would the woman aid her digestion.
clear up a muddy skin, and secure all
round health, let her become an apple
eater. Pears + health aids, but bet.
ter when cooked. Peaches are c~alculat-
ed to beautify, and grapes are declared
the healthiest of all fruits. Cherries,
an authority says, frequently restore
health and strength to the weak,
Strawberries, though a cold fruit, have
the virtue Of healing rheumatism,
Pineapples- are said to be the best cure
for dyspepsia known. Oranges are an
excellent cure for dyspepsia, and lem
Ons serve as a fine fruit tonic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
oLD-WoRLD NOTABLES.

Maj. Gen. Trotski, who was recently
made commander Of st. Petersburg,
was born on July 26, 1847.
Capt. Stubs, secretary of Liverpool
Orphan institution, is n Of the few
living persons who served on Nelson's
flagship Victory.
Geza Won Fejercary, the recently ap.
pointed premier Of the Hungarian
cabinet, has received almost every
decoration his country can bestow.
Nine. Loubet, wife of the president
of France, has interested herself in
the poor Of Paris, particularly in the
children Of the poor and orphans.
Mrs. Poultney Bigelow is a favorIte
In English society. At Cannes. in
London and in the country she is
equally popular. Mrs. Bigelow is q
moralist-a witty moralist.
Archibald Stuwock, formerly loco
motive engineer Of the Great North
ern railroad of England, recently en-
tered his ninetieth year, having joined
the road in 1850 when it was a narrow
gauge system.
After residing in Japan 20 years
Prot. Baelz has returned to his home
1T Stuttgart. He was one Of the
savants imported by the Japanese
government with the view Of Euro.
peanizing the country. For a quarter
Of a century he was professor at the
Toxic university. Most Of the prom.
inent physicians in Japan are his
pupils.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
A MEETING WITH "BILL."
Old Tars "Spoke" Each Other, But
the Fog Was Too Thick to
See Through.

Some years ago l was ordered to
take a long rest said a man, quoted
by the Washington Star. Il journeyed
as far east as New Brunswick in search
of a good place, and being in st. John
when an old fisherman friend of mine
was getting ready to make a voyage to
New York, l took a sudden notion to
go with him.
The weather was bad all the way,
and when we entered the sound you
couldn't see the companionway from
the wheel. l never saw such a fog. I
was on deck with the old man when
we entered the sound. He was stand
ing by the wheel. Suddenly l saw him
lean over and bawl:
"'Sloop a-ho-o-y!'
Il didn't hear a thing to indicate the
proximity of a sloop or anything else,
but those old fishermen from the prov
inces have a faculty of seeing things
in any kind of weather.
'The old man gave his attention to
the wheel, and presently I heard a
faint cry Off in the fog.
SCHOONER a h~O-oo-Oy!'
"The old man Strengthened up and
baWled:
"'Is tha-at the Lucy ANN
again the silence for a moment.
and then faint and weak came the an
sWer:
AYE, aye! Is that tn Mandy Jane?'
"'Aye, ayei' baWled our skipper,
and he twirle0 the wheel. He never
looked my way, and for a time I
thought him unconscious of my pres
ence. After Is minutes of silence he
suddenly turned with an emphatic nod
of his head toward that section of the
fog from which the answering hail had
come, and said:
"'That was me Brother Bill. / amt
seen him before for a year. Then he
went on with his steering as if moth
ing had happened"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23

One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the conquering of woman's dread
enemy, Tumor.
So-called wandering pains" may
come from its early stages, or the pres
ence of danger may be made manifest
by excessive monthly periods accom-
panied by unusualpain extending from
the abdomen through the groin and
thighs.
If you have mysterious pains, if there
are indications of Inflammation, ulcera-
ton or displacement, don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and 20
through the horrors of a hospital opera
ton; ecure Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound at once and begin
its S and write Mrs. Pinkham of
Lynn, Mass, for advice.
Read these strong letters from CRATE
ful women who have been cured:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- First Lottery
I'm looking over your book I see that your
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doctor and he tells mo I have a tumor. !
will be more than grateful If you can help
me. as I do SO dread an operation. Fannie
D. Fox, Bradford, Pa.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- (Second Lottery
81 take the liberty to congratulate you on
the success I have had with your wonderful
medicine.
Eighteen months ago my periods
stopped. Shortly after I felt 80 badly I sub
mitted to a thorough examination by a ply.
stefan, and was told that I had a tumo1
and would have to undergo an operation.
II soon after read n Of your advertise
ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink
ham 8 Vegetable Compound q trial. Aftel
taking five bottles as directed, the tumor i
entirely gone. I have again been examined
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23

when he come by and saw it. He didn't
crack a grin, but just sed:
THE press of your important duties
seems to make you hysterical, Hunpty.
You better so home and rest UP for q
few weeks. Eon'tchase back till we send
for YOU
Three days later I gets bumped by a
Puh-wagon while crossing State Street,
and~I've been in this Bone-works ever
since.
Kind is he?" You bet he is, and I'm
just aching to git back to me Job.
. Well, so long, Mickey; I've told you
me story and you'll have to chase your
self now. l must try for me beauty
sleep or the dandy Doc will keep me
nailed down to this dinky cot till me
Whiskers grow. Give me love to the
other Kids at the Western Onion.
Wow! Wow! but me bum leg is
hurting me again.
The head nurse, gently brushing back
his moist hair, put her hand on the mes
senger boys forehead, and said to her
subordinate:
Poor little man; he seems delirious,
Don't let him talk so much to his trends.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
BIRTHDAY.
Invitations on Cardboard Hatchets-
Decorations Scarlet Shades Orna-
mented with Cherries.

The invitations to this party were
written on cardboard hatchets and the
guests were requested to come in co.
lonial costume. The dining-room was
transformed with scarlet shades orna-
mented with artificial cherries. The
centerpiece vas a tiny green tree, with
cherries wired on it. The pictures Of
the Father of His Country and Martha
occupied prominent positions and were
wreathed in green. The place cards
were hatchets. The candy boxes, in
form of little cooked hats, and candied
cherries ornamented the cake and ice
cream.
Tiny photographs of Mount Vernon
were pasted upon gray card board and
bore an appropriate quotation. There
were toasts to the hero and a short
sketch read of Mt. Vernon.-Madame
Merri.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
Menu.

A delicious st. Valentine menu con
sists of oysters or chicken in heart
shaped pastry shells, tomato or love
apple salad, ice cream served in bulk
in tall glasses, capped by a cupid, or a
pink ice frozen in a large heart-shaped
mold and served by the hostess from
a platter decorated with white candy
hearts, white cakes iced with pink
with a true lovers knot done in white
frosting. Anyone can do this orna.
menting by squeezing the frosting
through a white paper %cornucopia.
Pink coloring is perfectly harmless, if
obtained Of a druggist or first-class
grocer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
ME- AND
LAWSON
By RICHARD WEBB
Illustrated BY ". W. Denslow
and NJ. Aleshire.
IN SIX SECTIONS
Copyright, 1905, by G. W. Dillingham; Col
SECTION vi.

SECTION VI.
Amalgamated Gas (Continued).
After I had dried me sleeves and took
a brace | sneaks up to the insurance
guy and SEE:
Il amt wise TO your game, but I'd
rather be Good Old You for a minute
than be a hull flock of them Soft-drink
Boys what's writ about in the books"
He hands me a laugh what come from
the Right Place, and SEE:
"This is what insurance companies is
for. We do this every day. It's II ex-
cuse for living"
When I asked him where all the coin
m from, he seq:
kid, the insurance companies has got
enough money in their keeping to paste
a strip of hundred dollars bills round
the earth, and then some"
o, yes, about the Boss. The next no.
tice l took of his chatter he was telling
Addicks that he had dropped a Stack of
Blue Chips by taking up a lot of cir
cular letters from insurance companies
what wasn't meant for him particular,
TO prove that he had been asked to take
insurance when he hadn't and by print
ing the hull thing in the magazine along
with a sample policy what a Hurry
Harry Agent had give him to rubber at.
and saying how it was the Real Thing
when it wasn't.
Just then Addicks puts his dark Ian
terms on me and SEE:
Let's hear what the wise Humpty has
to say about it."
l didn't call me tongue to breakfast
right away, but after thinking a min
ute I asked if it wasn't mostly Women
and Kids what got the insurance COM
pany's money, and when they sed yes l
looked away from the Boss and sed,
pretty slow on me pins:
Good fighting dogs don't generally
tackle Lady Dogs with Litters, no mat
ter what the scraps about"
We didn't none Of lis say nothing for
. while. Then the Boss sed I looked
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
Brides Affect Empire Gown.

AASS ~AAApAAS
The empire frock has crystallized in
to a vogue, and is very much a vogue
for the bridal array; indeed, as a bridal
garment the empire frock has charms
conspicuous; besides which it seems
to compromise beautifully between the
traditional trained gown and that, just
long enough from the waist, which
brides of to-day so often prefer, and
which most assured!y miss the pictur-
esqueness of the more traditional
gown with the train from the shoulder.
The brides of to-day have stamped the
empire mode with their approval very
quickly, and the brides of tomorrow,
in even a more general sense than
those of to-day, will choose this grace
full, picturesque build.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
A La Denmark.

~~
To carry out a valentine party, "a Ia
Denmark" would make an interesting
affair. In that land of now and ice,
the modest little snow drop has from
time immemorial been sacred to St.
Valentine, and the sentimental Dane
sends his lady love a bouquet Of these
immaculate blossoms, with a card bear
ing a verse expressing his sentiments.
On the card are as many pin pricks as
there are letters in his name. So for
place cards, prick the name, just for
fun; or to choose partners, pin prick
the number of letters in the girls
names, and let the boys find their
partners.
Pink, delicate. green, pale violet, in
fact all the delicate pastel shades, are
suitable colors for a Valentine party,
but pink is usually given the prefer
ence. Hearts, true lovers knots and
wishbones may be cut from light
weight cardboard and used in all
places where they will be effective,
such as hanging from chandeliers, gas
Jets or from doorways and grills.
Portieres may be made from hearts,
string or pink ribbon, also festooned
around the room.
Use pink shades and in the dining
room have delicate green vines, sus-
pended over the table, with pink
hearts. In the center of the table
make a solid heart of white snow
drops.
Dainty figures of Cupids with bow
and arrow, swans drawing tiny bas-
kets, quivers full of arrows and hearts
of all colors and descriptions may be
obtained at the confectioners'; also
he~art-shaped candies and ornaments
made from spun sugar.
Make the sandwiches and cakes
h~eart-shaped by using a tin cutter of
this shape.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
An Epicure.

The very %vagabonds of Paris have
the patriarchal instinct, and the most
hoary and hardened reprobate of their
body is their Father" They call
him ss.Pere Lajoie." This venerable
person has just been arrested for va
grancy for the fifty-eighth time, in the
course Of a raid which swept % other
good-for-nothings beside himself into
the police net. "Pere sLajoie'' would
seem to have some traces Of the light
ness Of the spirit suggested by: his
name. He would rather go. to prison
than to the French equivalent for Z
workhouse. In the prison, he ex-
planned, they know how to cook hari-
cot beans; in the pauper establishment
they do not.-London Globe. <...s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-23
Fortune Tellinp.

If one has a friend clever at fortune
telling, Valentines day is the time to
call such talents into uso. A fortune
teller at such a party ts q great ad'
junct, and a little booth could be ar
ranged where, one Try one, the guests
could learn their fate. A knowledge
of the individuals is quite indispensa.
BILE to amatuer fortune-tellers.-Ma.
dame Merri. = ., 81" +< 49,