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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30

after the war was over, and came home
with my husband and settled down 10
the cares OF a domestic life. / guess
l am the only woman in this part OF the
country that ever served through the
entire war as a soldier but in spite Of
that fact few people except my imme-
date relatives know of my expert
ences."
Although discharged honorably, Mrs
Lindley never was able to receive a
pension for her service, as she had en-
listed under a fictitious name. Her hus-
band died a few years ago, and since
that time she has been drawing a
widows pension OF IS a month
Mrs. --indley is 6s years Of age and
despite the fact that she has lived
most simple life since she returned from
the war. the hardships endured during
that struggle have begun tell hsI,
and she appears TO be older. Even at
this late day the fact that she served
throughout the war is known to but few
of her friends and acquaintance she
is always willing to tell of ner exper
fences when questioned about them,
but never volunteers any informat ton
Mrs. Iindley is perhaps the only wo-
man in this state who has ever had the
satisfaction Of voting for a presidential
candidate, as she cast her first and last
vote for Lincoln wlile in the service
cleveland (O) Leader
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
Lorne Elwyn Company All Next Week at
the Auditorium.

The Lornc Elwyu company which Is
one of the most popular travelling organ
izations that visits Brattleboro. will open
n weeks engagement next Monday night.
Dec g. The company is much stronger
this year than ever before, carrying n
fine line OF speclalties and its repertoire
includes a number OF new plays Monday
night the company will present the great
Sherlock Holmes drama. Crimson stain"
one of the strongest Sherlock Holmes
plays ever written. Monday night will
also be ladies' night the ladies' tickets
are limited TO 200 and none will be sold
after this number Is gone. Mr.. Elwyn
and Miss Gray are very clever. and their
support Is said TO be the strongest acting
company on the road. Tickets will go on
sale tonight at the box office The spec
ialties include Holmes and Holmes the
merry monarchs OF music: Wicks and
Reed. the boys with educated feet: Inez
Kemble, in illustrated songs; McDougall
and IaVaunte. singing and dancing sketch
artists; Sam Barlow the man in the white
suit; the seasons sensation +. Richard
Davis. the man that mystifes; Emerson
and Balien, the frenzied jugglers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30

Union Thanksgiving Service.

Union THANKSGIVING services were held
in the First Baptist church at 1890
o'clock yesterday morning. The charge
from Wednesday night to Thursday prov
ed to be WISE as the congregation was
larger than for several years l03 persons
being present. Rev. A. H. Webb con-
Quoted the service, Rev. e. Q. S. Os-
good read the Thanksgiving proclama-
uion Rev f. T. Mathison read the scrip
ture lesson, Rev II. r. Miles offered
prayer and Rev. George B. Lawson
preached the sermon. The sermon was
rather unusual in it's cast and was de-
cidedly impressive and helpful The
church choir, A. L. Maynard leader, led
the musical part of the service in a pleas
ing way. A substantial Offering was re-
ceived for the associated charities The
text of the sermon was from l Thessa-
lonians 5. IS: I'm everything give thanks
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you"
In few words Mr. Lawson reviewed
national material and social grounds Of
thanksgiving and then urged gratitude
as a constant habit; Thanksgiving not so
much for the exceptional as for the
ceaseless blessings, not for the outward
and apparent, but for the inner and
deeper realities. We are too prone. he
said, to let gratitude spring from the
surface of things or rest upon the rare
and the unwonted. Prosperous years are
often full of ultimate disaster; hard and
trying years often precede truest pros
perty. A people may have immense
crops and colossal revenues and yet be
dying at heart, or meagre crops and di-
minishing revenues and yet expanding in
strength and greatness. We need the
discipline which shall make us prize pros
perity less and purity more, wealth less
and integrity more; crops less and charac-
ter ,aore. The wealth of n nation is in
..al1 NF 20 70 10
Will have its ground not in Gods special
gifts, but in his constant goodness; not in
our fleeing fortunes or passing eXper-
fences but in his eternal Justice; not in
what God sends, but in what God Is.
The things that build up our lives are
worth vastly more than the things that
build up our fortunes. The habit of
gratitude in every experience or condi-
ton enables sane estimate OF values,
a reserve of strength, an abiding ground
of joy and so redeems life from bitterness
and fills 1t with hope. Intelligence, thought
fulness-for thankful is closely related to
"thinkful' the will have largely to
do in the shaping of this habit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
Bennington States Attorney Question Not
Settled

The Joint assembly TO hear the report
OF the Joint committee to canvass votes
for county officers and to elect judges
OF the court of claims skated on thin ice
for few minutes Friday before adjourn
ing TO Dec. 4. In the matter OF the cleo
ton Of states attorney for Bennng-
ton county. majority OF the committee
reported they would declare no one elect
ed to that Office until they could have a
chance to count the ballots. a minority
report declared w. J. MeaEher elected
over William r. Daley by 16 votes The
motion Of Mr. Senter OF Montpelier that
the minority report be adopted and that
Mr. Meagher be declared elected was ruled
out Of order by the chair The appeal of
Mr.. Seuter from the decision OF the chair
was not sustained and Mr. Senter then
raised the point Of no quorum. 4 count
Of the Joint assembly showed 1l6 senator's
and representatives present one more
than quorum and the proceedings went
on. Frank Plumley OF Northheld was re-
elected chief Judge OF the court Of claims.
and Frank c. Williams OF Newport and
Linus Leavens OF Cambridge were re-
elected associate judges OF that court.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
Congressional Extravaganza.

have referred to the efficiency of the
present Congress in the expenditure OF
public money. The total appropriations
of the session amounted to $3.50 600 600,
and il the appropriations for the Panama
canal and on account of the public debt
are deducted there still remain nearly
$500, 100000 as the cost of running all
the departments of the government for
a single year, including the post office
1t may perhaps be urged that appropIia-
tons amounting in all 10 S35, 000, 900, 10
cover deficiencies in previous years
should also be deducted. but deficiency
has become a regular feature of our bud
get and, If we may Judge from the prec-
edents, Congress at a future time will be
called upon to provide for deficiencies Of
the current fiscal year. This total Of
$500 100000 of annual expenditure IS
about $500 600, 900 greater than the cores
ponding expenditure for the first fiscal
year of the Mckinley administration
rs. w. Mccall, in the November Al
lantic.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
Lectures on the Principles and Methods of
sunday School Teaching.

The Brattleboro Sunday School union
comprising the Protestant Sunday schools
Of the village, has arranged a series of
lectures upon THE Principles and Meth
DDS of Sunday School Teaching" by
Miss Mary Gates Cone of the Hartford
school Of religious pedagogy. Three lee
lures will be given on the first three
Wednesday evenings of December, and
two more after the holidays. The sub
jects will be as follows: 1.-THE Character
istics and interests of Childhood and
Youth" 1.-THE Primary and Junior Les
son." 1.-THE intermediate and Adult Les
son." 1.-The Story and Its Telling" 1.-THE
Art Of Questioning"
Miss Cone has had experience as a
teacher in the Hartford school Of religious
pedagogy and is sought as popular lee
turer upon Sunday school topics She
Is brought here for the special benefit of
Sunday school teachers, but the public
are invited to the lectures, which will be-
gin at 1880 p. m. except the first one
which is set at 7 o'clock, because of a
later service in the Baptist church that
evening. The lecture will be in the Bap-
tisL church.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
Miller Lynch.

Charles J. Miller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John NJ. Miller, and Miss Alice T. Lynch
We're married at 7S0 Tuesday evening at
the priests house by Rev. M. ]. Carmody.
They were attended by Miss Katherine C.
Lynch, sister of the bride, and by Will
liam ]. Pentland. The brides gown was
white muslin trimmed with valenciennes
lace and she wore white chrysanthemums
while Miss Lynch wore gray muslin with
cream chiffon and had a bouquet of pink
roses.
A reception was held Immediately after
at the brides home at 73 Elliot street.
The rooms were decorated with ferns and
chrysanthemums and refreshments were
served by Miss Annie Kirwan assisted by
A. IT. Hines. Only immediate relatives
were present among whom were Mr.. and
Mrs. s. S. WEIGH of West Wellington,
Conn, Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch and Miss
Anna Lynch of Lebanon, N. H., mother
and sister Of the bride, and Mrs Thomas
Mack of West Lebanon. The newly mar
ried couple We're the recipients of many
presents including several pieces Of silver
and cut glass. Mr.. Miller has been en-
ployed the past three years by the De-
Witt Wholesale Grocery company. Mrs.
Miller came here about four years ago
and has been in the employ of the Hooker,
Corser e Mitchell company. After Dec.
Is they will be at home at 73 Elliot street.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
White Stafford.

A pretty wedding took place at 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. N. Stafford when their
elder daughter, Dolphe L. Stafford, was
married to William II. White, son OF
Mrs. Susan White of South Bend. Ind.
Miss Ruth Estey played the bridal march
while the bride and groom entered the
parlor and took their place beneath a
horse shoe arch of evergreen and white
carnations They were attended by Miss
Eta Mundell as bridesmaid and L. r.
Stafford, brother of the bride as best
man. Maud Stafford, the brides sister,
acted as ring giver and the ceremony,
with ring, was performed by Rev George
B. Lawson of the Baptist church in the
presence of a few friends and relatives.
The bride wore cream nuns yelling and
the bridesmaid was gowned in cream
cashmere. A reception was held from 5
to at which fancy cakes and ices were
served by Miss Maud Stafford and Miss
Ruth Estey. Mr. and Mrs. White re-
ceived many useful and beautiful gifts
and the congratulations of all their
friends. They will make their home for
the present with Mrs. Whites parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford at IL Elliot street
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
"The Vasabond."

Give to me the life I love,
Let the lave so by me,
Give the jolly heaven above
And the byway nigh me.
Bed in the bush with stars to see,
Bread l dip in the river
There's the life for a man like me
There's the life forever.
Let the blow fall soon or late.
Let what will be DER me;
Give the face of earth around
And the road before me.
Wealth l seek not, hope nor love,
Nor friend to know me;
All l seek the heaven above
And the road below me.
or let the autumn fall on me
Where afield l linger,
Silencing the bird on tree
Biting the blue finger;
White as meal the frosty field
Warm the Preside haven
Not to autumn will l yield,
Not to winter even.
Let the blow fall soon or late,
Let what will be DER me;
Give the face of earth around.
And the road before me.
Wealth 1 ask not, hope nor love
Nor a friend to know me.
All ask the heaven above,
And the road below me.
-[Robert Louis Stevenson
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

A number of b. II. S. football men at
tended the Brown-Dartmouth game last
Saturday.
The money realized from the Cross lee
lures amounted to over $50. This Will go
towards increasing the Washington fund.
A picked basket ball team from the
local high school defeated the West Bat
tleboro team i'm Academy hall Wednesday
afternoon by the score OF 20 to Is.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
10 chrlstmas shoppers.

Gov. Proctor has appointed DR. w. n.
Bryant of Ludlow, DR. II. H. Lee OF Wells
River and DR. d. c. Hawley OF Burlington
a state tuberculosis commission.
George 4. Howard of Craftsbury has
resigned as a member of the state board
of railroad commissioners. The st. Adams
Messenger says: 1T was intimated some
time ago that unless Mr.. Howard re-
signed his resignation might be demanded
by the governor, although the governor
has made no such official statement"
The terms of the members OF the commits
sion are six years II. s. Bingham Of
Bennington will retire this year and is
not a candidate for re-appointment
Fuller c. Smith of st. Adams has two
years more to serve, while Mr.. Towards
term would not have expired until 1910.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
woMAN,s CLUB NOTES.

The next meeting Of the Woman's club
will be held at the Brooks House next
Wednesday afternoon. Col c. a. Miles
will address the members upon the sub
ject THE Valley Press-A Century Ser
vice"
Next Monday afternoon the executive
board Of the Woman's club will meet
with Mrs. Warner at her home on Whip
pie street. Those who are studying par
llmentary law are also requested to meet
at the usual hour.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
A Canadians opinion of Poultry Foods.

Experience is the best teacher every time.
It is fortunate that all do not have to 20
through the same experience. Some can have
through. What w. ]. McCiary of Frost Vii.
lage,. Que, says about the use Of Poultry
Foods will be Of especial value to those who
using Pages Perfected Poultry Food for
some. lime past with excellent results. l
would say that in feeding l get better re.
ket an at smaller cost"
Any one sending his address on a postal
card TO- c. s, Page, Hyde Park, VT and
mentioning this paper will receive by mail,
free, postpaid, sample package Of page 5
Perfected Poultry Food"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
A Short Lyric on Birth and Death,

Ley p. w. Bradley, a copy Of which, in
his own handwriting is framed and
hangs in the rooms of the Vermont His
torical socletyl
Imprisoned in n living Jail
A lusty, kicking son of earth,
Ready to wake, and weep and wall,
My limbs are struggling to the birth.
Let me pass.
Now on my feet 1 tottering stand,
Tall, by enchantment holder grown,
quit the watchful mothers hand,
And 10! / learn to go alone.
Let me pass.
Now in youths buoyant, merry round,
With quickened pulse my steps advance
Where music, wine and wit abound,
And blooming beauty leads the dance.
Let me pass.
Now blest with children, wife and friends
Ambition urging to the van,
l strive to walk where duty tends,
With love to God, good will to men.
Let me pass.
And now my better home draws nigh;
Free from presumption and despair,
But weary. faint, / wait 10 die,
And leave this world and all its care.
Let me pass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30

Among. men, 81 per cent. are stronger
in the right arm than in the left. In
S3 cases the left arms are equal.
The Argentine republic boasts of the
largest wheat field in the world 1t covers
a little more than 100 square miles
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
Be Early in Christmas Buying.

The suggestion that Christmas and
New Years shopping ought TO be done
early, and not loft to the last moment, is
not new ono. The Republican has re-
peatediy presented this matter to its
readers, as its duty Is: and those sensitive
to the great burden and strain which is
plnced upon the employees in shops OF all
sorts where the holiday gifts are most
sought, must. one would think be glad
to have their attention called to the fact
that they can tighten II by exercising n
little forethought. determining their GEN
erostles beforehand. and getting the
things they want 20 give out Of the way
before the last crowded holiday rush
For Of course. there will he al the best
great many who never think about any
body but themselves-do not consifor
how they arc overworking their fellows.
and NAV not heed any appeal For those
who viii think for a moment OF the rest
lessncss and the inconsidera teness OF the
shoppers. Il ought to be easy to forget
themselves and make their minds up 50
long before that the nervous wear and
tear Of the young women. the girls. the
very boys who work in the great shops
might be much lessened.
II is good thing that charities and
the commons should make this a matter
Of particular interest and suggest that
merchants might well place at the head
"A
airy notice as this:
To Christmas Shoppers.
Please buy your presents carly--early
In the day and early In December. That
will be your biggest gift of the holidays
to the workers behind the counters and
on the delivery wagons
Let us see how many of the alert and
humane employers Of young people I'm
their stores. taking this Christian view,
most appropriate TO the season OF good
will and human sympathy, will say
something like this to the public through
the present month Yet. the response
bility rests upon the buyers. upon the
public, upon YOU and me and all the rest.
Let us engage our sympathies In This
matter-every one OF u.s. for Il cannot be
denied that the public is cruel in its de-
lay of Christmas shopping
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
Advertised Letters.

sMen-H. Bruno. Michael Cummins. F.
A. Hayes. F. Patnode.
Women-Mrs. George Avery, Miss Car
rie Ellis, Miss Florence Frost, Mrs Louise
Gould, Miss M. Hyde 2, Miss Lena Potter,
Miss Geraldine Storey 2.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
State of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas County.

IS.
nior partner of the firm of F. ]. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
county and state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case OF Catarrah that can
not be cured by the use of Halls Catharrh
Cure FRANK 7. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
A. w. GLEASON, Notary Public.
(Seal)
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system Se1d for tessm9nas free
Sold by all Druggists, 7sc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30

George z. Greene gave a guarantee with
the last so boxes OF Mona stomach tablets he
sold and has not had a single customer re-
port dissatisfaction. Ask to see this guarantee.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
EsTEY TEAM LEADING.
Has Scored Three Straight Victories In
the Local Bowling League.

The team from the Estey factories has
started with a rush in the local bowling
league, having disposed successfully of
the business men, the printers and the
Y. M c. A. seniors, securing four points
toward the championship in each match.
Following are the scores in the last
match, rolled on the Y. M. c. A. alleys
Wednesday evening:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30

1t is generally asserted that in Norway
every bride must exhibit certificate that
she knows how to cook.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30
WEST 5RATTt.E5oRo.
erIst MII and Shoe Re.opened.

The grist mill and feed store formerly
operated by the firm of Knight &
Walker was re-opened Monday by Il. A..
Knight, who now manages the entire
business which will be confined for the
present to grinding. doing wood work
and saving stove wood. During the sum
mer Mr. Knight has made extensive re-
pairs. New grain elevators have been
put in and the shafting. which has been
more conveniently arranged, is also nearly
all new. Bench saws. a planer hatcher
and a freight elevator will be added to
the equipment I'm the near future. Mr..
Knight will continue to run the wood
yard with Walter Snow as teamster.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30

Every day the inhabitants OF the United
Kingdom wear away $1,OO0,O0O worth OF
shoe leather.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-09-14
When Woman Iunt vouna,

Tho report Is that local religious
Institution which Is for young WON.
en-" has drawn the dcadlIno Of youth
at :5. Eycry woman over that age
will be marked 2; and requested to
sklddoo. This iS painful. II is unkind.
What Is worse. Il Is impraciicabic. We
arc Eiad the task Is 10 be performed
by women. No man nor sc, Of men
would ever have dared tackle such n
problcm-not they. This Is simply
another example OF womaa's inhu
manity TO woman.
We have been told for many ages
that woman - as old as Hhc looks
and n man !s m old aa he fccis. Jus,
now. We say II with regret. most won.
en- look like co and most mca feel like
Mcthusciah. hut tho general rule
seems good one. II n n plain. un.
paiaiablo fact tina; women will deceive
as to their ago M long a. possible and
then openly lie about II. There arc
many women who were born during
tho rayascs OF tho civil war who stili
claim x~cciiy to be In tho ,hir;ics.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-09-14
ROMANCE OF AN ARMY SHIRT.
indiana Girl Puts Name on Garment
to Charm Cupid.

Icfrcrsonviilc. Ind.-Thc romance OF
a siuc army shirt has eliminated In
lh, wedding OF pretty Miss Minnie
Burns of this city to John Hausseid.
late OF the United States army.
When the cS.soidier. tall and erect.
stiil bronrcd from army iifc on the
western plains. stood proudly beside
his winHomc and biuahins bride In st.
susus,inc's rcctory last evening Will.
airds!n. the old. old vows the ccre.
nnay marked tho finai chapter In ono
II the prc;,icst romanecs of indiana's q
5Ectna Green.
Months ago John Hausscid was sta.
ioncd Mt Fort Riley. Kan. As he
pulled on now army shirt one morn.
ns he noticed that tag bore tn.
aamc. Minnie Burns. Jcncrsonsilic.
Ind"
Tho soldier Immediately took ten.
Ter fancy to tho shirt-and to tho
name. In fact. he liked tho shir, and
Tho name so well that he decided to
write to Miss Minnie Burns. ai jcfcr'
sonsiii.. and thank her for scndins
both to cheer the routine of soldier
life.
Tho letter went. a tiny and very
proper answer came. but Il gave cs
susc for n reply. and thus tho CORE
spondcncc was continued.
The ahirt was made by the mother
II Miss Burns. who was a scamstrcs.
for the local army depot. In a spirit
Of fun the Girl ru, her name on ons
u tho shirts, and Cupid did tho rest
Mr. and Mira. Hansscid will make
their home in this city.