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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
hoRrAEIEIp. MASS.

Richard NJ. Smith of the Harvard
medical department is home for vaca-
ton.
Herbert S. Stone has returned to The
Mortified after an absence of three
months.
REV. N. Fay Smith will be installed pas
tor of the Congregational church on We'd
nesday, May 16.
The annual meeting of the Unitarian
sewing society will be held next Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock.
William C. Roberts cashier of North
field seminary, has gone for an extended
trip through the South and West.
E. S. Bardwen has been in town re-
Gently. He took his two oldest daughters
to Springfield with him to spend Sunday.
Walter Doolittle has bought the place
on Warwick avenue formerly owned by
Frank Stevens and has already taken
possession.
Friends here have received news of the
safety of Mr. and Mrs. Foreman. and the
Osgood family are also reported safe. Mrs.
Foreman is the daughter of the late John
Nation.
The union meeting of the school COM
mittee of the Mortified school district
was held last Friday. L. r. Smith was
made chairman and Mrs. Nellie M. Wood
| clerk E. F. Howard was elected
superintendent by unanimous vote,
| Mrs. Ellen E. Newton, the divorced
wife of Dr. A. L. Newton of this place
has written the press correspondents OF
this place that she has good position In
| Chicago and wishes it to be known that
the report that she is married is false and
that she mas no intention of marrying.
At the next regular meeting of the
Woman's Relief corps next Friday after
noon, May 4, full attendance is request
ed that arrangements may be made fol
the entertainment of the Franklin County
association, Woman's Relief corps, which
will meet with Henry Johnson corps Ma!
9.
John Donahue of South Vernon, whil'
sitting on the railroad bridge last Sun
day, fell asleep, when passenger tran
awoke MIN and moving he was struck b.
the train and carried under the wheels
one foot being cut off, shoulder broken
and he was otherwise injured. He wa
taken TO a Springfield hospital and hi
leg amputated above the knee. He
reported as comfortable.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
VERNON.
Mrs. B. A. Streeter is Ill.
Leon Powers is gaining very slow

,. -.
Leon Powers is gaining very slowly.
Eugene Tyler has finished laying an
aqueduct for running water to his house.
F. G. Iackey, who moved to Stratton
with a part of his household goods, has
concluded to return to his nome here.
George NJ Lee is very i'll with neart
trouble and his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Hail
of Claremont, was sent for Wednesday
r. Webster Johnson, who sold his farm
some time ago to George K. Stebbins'
will sell by auction at the farm next Sat
urday afternoon all his farming tools'
etc.
Many of our farmers and their families
visited the better farming" special train
and heard a lecture by a prominent in
structor of Amherst college last Friday
afternoon.
Clark Shipman of Montana recently
sent his brother law, e. o. Lee, fine
specimen of the potatoes grown on ship
man Ranch" The potato is of the Dela-
ware variety smooth, of good proportions
and weighing just three pounds, nine ana
one-half ounces.
A class of nine members was instructed
in the third and fourth degrees at the
last meeting of Vernon Grange on sat
urday evening Deputy H. w. Sargent
and Overseer Spaulding of Protective
| Grange were guests of the evening
A blaze in the poultry house OF MISS
Edith Hill early last Tuesday morning
destroyed so early chickens and 10 dozen
| eggs and the incubator and brooder, be-
| sides damaging the building which was
| naystially burned The fire caught from
| the Iamp in the brooder. The light shin
ing into the room of H. A. Staten awaken
ed him and he gave the alarm. Soon
suf1rient help came to extinguish the
| hIaze. else a serious fire would have re-
! suited. as the buildings of A. G. Barnes
are in close proximity ana the strohh
| v,,tnd Of fine time would have rendered II
next to impossible to save Them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
CHESTERFIELD. N. Il.

w. II. Butler and F. j. Harris are in
Amherst this week.
Mrs. w. H. Butler has returned after
a weeks stay In East Jaffrey.
Several from here attended the funeral
OF F. A. Worden in Hinsdale Wednesday.
Road Agent c. II. spaulding has begun
TO place the highways in passable con-
dition.
Miss Charlotte Spaulding is assisting
her aunt at the Fairmount House in
Keene.
Uncle Cyrus Hildreth has arrived from
the soldiers home in Michigan to spend
the summer at his little cabin.
Rev. II. A. Jones. who has preached
at the Methodist church the past two
years. has been assigned to the Methodist
church in Wardsboro, Vermont.
The new pastor of the Methodist
church. Rev. James River, made a very
favorable impression upon a good con-
gregation which turned out to welcome
him Sunday. He will move his family
here this week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
The Little End Of It.

There are many stories told OF the
Queen of Italy's acts of kindness to her
poor subjects. The following, however,
shows that even the good intentions OF
queens are not always fulfilled
Her majesty recently noticed a pleasant
faced little girl and spoke to ner. There
was short conversation and the Queen
asked the child what she could do in the
way of needlework.
st can knit stockings, signora," replied
the girl.
do you know who ann" continued
the Queen.
Yes. signora; you are the Queen"
well then, make me a pair OF stock
ings and send them to the palace"
A few days afterward the articles ar
rived, and the Queen, in return for the
gift, sent the child beautiful pair OF silk
stockings, one filled with sweets, the other
containing money. Next day the Queen
received letter from her little friend
as follows:
"Signora, your gift has caused me many
tears My father took the money, my
big brother took the sweets, and as foi
the stockings, way, mother took them To-
Observation-Disclosures
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27

This Northwest Passage may be briefly
explained. The long coasts of the main
land are not clogged, like those on many
other polar shores, with tcebergs or
glaciers or thick sea ice. The coast Is
low, the~uundra behind II is only a little
higher than the sea, and conditions are
not favorable for the formation and flow
of glaciers Icebergs, therefore, are not
found because in the Arctic they are
merely the broxen-off ends of glaciers.
But from 80 to 40 miles north of Point
Barrow, the most modern point of the con-
tinent stretches the great barrier of sea
ice, with hummocks and ridges thrust, by
pressure, from 20 to so feet above the
general level so that when McClure's
| Investigator got into the heavy foe the
ice sometimes rose around her as high as
| the yardarms. AS no islands intervene
for hundreds of miles east of Boring sea
| to protect the coast from the polar pack,
why is 1t that this heavy ice is not forced
down upon the shores?
| It is because the coastal waters are
comparatively shallow and the sea ice
grounds miles away; and farther east the
coasts Of the mainland are protected from
the sea ice, not only by shallow water
but also by the islands that extend al
most continuously from Banks Land t.
the Atlantic end of the Hudson strait
So the ice along the coast is of the
winters forma Jion, and in summer 1t dis
appears entirely or is so narrowed By
melting as to leave channels of greate
or less width that are navigable for TIVE
or three months. The fact is, as Lieu
tenant Wheeler, of our revenue cutie
service, recently said, this Northwes
Passage has been made time and tim
again by the overlapping of the track
of vessels between the Atlantic and tn
Pacific. San Francisco whalers have al
ready pushed far eastward beyond tn
| Mackenzie delta and the mouth OF tn
Coppermine river. Collinson, during tn
! Franklin search, took his vessel eastwar
through these channels almost 20 tn
very waters from which the Gjoa starte
, last summer. and a short sledge journe
farther east brought MIN within sight {
: King William Land, but he liotle dreame
9 that the bodies of many of the men b
< was seeking we're scattered along II
r | shores.
n In time this route may be OF some In
, portance. Mineral resources have bee
found along the northern edge Of Canad
y and some day they will be developed. TIL
y water route is by no means ideal, bu
r to some extent, 1t win facilitate II
It operations Of miners and whalers.-[R'
view of Reviews
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her home Thursday afternoon and even
ing, friends dropping in informally to
offer congratulations and good wishes.
A supper was served by Mrs. r. 10.
Metcalf, Mrs Higgins's daughter. Some
money and several gifts were left as
reminders of a pleasant occasion. Mrs.
Higgins has spent her entire life in
Hinsdale and II seemed fitting 10 turn
aside briefly from the hurry and hustle
of our every day life to take notice of
rather unusual occurrence.
A good-slzed audience greeted Neigh
bor lakewood" at the opera house last
week Thursday evening. The play was
presented by local talent with one ex-
ception, Fred ID. Leisure of Winchester
taking the part Of Neighbor lakewood.
Much hard and faithful work had been
put into the preparation and all had their
parts thoroughly in hand. 1t would be
hard to single out any as best, when
all did so well, and is always the case,
when the performers are all citizens Of
the town. more interest is aroused than II
Of equal merit, and all strangers. A good
sum was realized from the affair. The
money will be turned over for the use
of the Village Improvement society,
specially for improving and identifying
the land on the corner of Depot and Main
streets. which is owned by the town.
Preparations are in. progress for "A
Trip Around the World" which promises
to be of much interest The several
homes which will be opened for the
evenings entertainment will be decorated
to represent as many different countries.
The hostesses will be appropriately
costumed, and refreshments served will
be in keeping with the country repre-
scented Guides will conduct parties
around the trip, starting from the Con-
gregational church, where the ticket
office will be established The parties
will leave the station with about Is
minutes interval between, so that no
house will become congested A brief
entertainment will be given at each
stopping place. Procure your tickets of
the advance agents, or at the ticket
Office on the night Of the trip. Wednes-
day May 8.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
THE SCHOOL CITY.
Workings Of a New Experiment in the
Self Government of the Young.

The writer was present a few weeks
ago when the first school city was organ
lied in Boston by Wilson L. Gill, the in
ventor and founder of the system. There
were ZOO pupils, all girls of the grammar
grades. They were delighted with the
plan. voted unanimously and enthusiast
tically to adopt the Golden rule as the
fundamental law of their school city,
supplemented 1t with various provisions
against disorder, destruction or injury of
property, profanity. rudeness, unkindness,
etc. and showed remarkable discretion in
the election of their officers.
The mayor was a bright faced girl of
12h years When asked, shortly after the
election, what 1t meant to her to be mayor
of Hancock school, she said: lit means to
see that every girl is orderly clean and
good. 1t means that they must have
good conduct. They must be clean and
neat in their dress and habits They
| must keep the schoolrooms and the school,
yard neat. And they must be kind to
everybody
This is a great task. Aren't you
afraid of it?''
NO, for l think they are all good citi-
| zens."
Mary Finn, the judge. said: Il snail
| warn citizens who don't behave, and If
that does no good l shall punish them.
| They must behave"
The whole discipline of the school is
put into the hands of the pupils. The
teachers give instruction, and advice
| when 1t is needed and the ultimate re-
| sponsibility and authority are always
with them. But the students make laws
and really govern themselves. although
there is an authority above them, just as
a grown-up city governs itself although
the Legislature may at any time revoke
its charter
In fact. there is more real self govern
ment in these school cities than in most
of our large cities. For there is nc
apathy in the school city, no stay-at-
home vote. no political machine or boss.
There is no graft in the school city, nj
doodle or the council no understanding
between the police and wrongdoers. Tit
l0-year-old Judge and the 12-year- OLE
mayor are absolutely incorruptible. Habit:
of good citizenship are formed while thu
mind is plastic, open to the full force o
considerations of right and justice ant
| free from commercial motives and othe
influences that in later life so often in
terfere with the duties of citizenship
The love of liberty is strengthened ant
ennobled by recognition of the rights o
others and the necessity of mutual linn
itations for the public good. Respec
for law and authority is developed. TIL
sense of justice is strengthened and tn
judicial attitude of mind is cultivated.
The results have been excellent in ever,
: way. Both conduct and scholarship ar
greatly improved. Disobedience is pulle'
: up by the roots. Public sentiment range
: itself on the side of law when the publ
makes the law. A breach of order is n
longer regarded as a defiance of an allie
government, but as an injury and a
insult to the community Even the mos
disorderly schools have been reduced t
good conduct by the institution of tn
school city.-[Frank Parsons in the Cen
: | tury.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
AsHuELor. N. Il.

w. H. sheridan's infant son is critically
Ill.
II. r. Cushing was in New York on a
business trip last week.
Miss Katherine NJ. Turner of Springfield,
Mass, is a visitor here.
Thomas Callahan went Monday to Full
ton. n. Y. to work in a paper mill.
John Patneaude is at work in the the
Diamond Match company's shop in Athol.
Benjamin Gale Of Cambridge. Mass, was
a guest at +. l.. Rumrill's over Sunday.
Mrs F. G. Hicks and daughter visited
last week in Bellows Falls and Charles
town.
The Athletic base ball team has ar
ranged TO play two games at Brattleboro
Memorial day.
Road Agent Bert Willard and a gang of
men have been putting the road between
Hinsdale and Ashuelot in good condition.
The schools were closed Fast day, but
the shops and mills were running as usual
and there was bur little observance Of the
holiday.
Eugene Felch secured from Broad brook
the handsomest string of trout caught this
season. several of his specimens being
over 10 inches in length.
Three young men OF the government
forestry commission are at work making
surveys and estimates upon the timber
tracts of Ansel Dickinson's sons on Pisgah.
Miss Katherine Quigley and Frank De-
tour Of Ashuelot will graduate from the
Winchester high school this year. and in
recognition of their high standing they
have been awarded the salutatory and
Valedictory addresses for commencement
Mr.. and Mrs w. Eugene Dickinson, who
were on their wedding journey. were al
the Grand hotel in San Francisco at the
/ time Of the terrible disaster. A telegram
/ received Tuesday by Mr.. Dickinson's
mother. Mrs. NJ. r. Dickinson, stated thai
| both were safe in Oakland. Mr.. Dickinson
| is treasurer Of the New England Box com
\
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
WILMINGTON,

o. e. Butterfield returned from Newfane
on Wednesday.
Rev. A. N. Blackboard and Mrs. Black
ford are absent on a vacation.
Fred w. Choate is in Washington look
ing after a large order for school furni-
ture from the city.
The listers nave deposited the abstract of
the grand list in the town clerks office
on the 25th. The total list will not vary
materially from the list of 1905
]. w. Dewolf. special agent Of the
Providence Washington Insurance COM
pany has been in town this week making
inspections of the risks written by the
local agent.
Mrs c. M. Russell received word on
Wednesday of the death of her nephew,
Fred Wilson, only son of Mr. and Mrs
Moses Wilson of Bennington. She at
tended the funeral, held on Friday.
The entertainments to be given at
Memorial hall in the near future are at
tracing attention and full houses will be
secured without doubt. Gen. Howard will
be here on the 22d. A large number OF
advance tickets have been sold
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27

Railroads in France have no chance to
curry favor with deputies and senator's by
handing out free passes. Every legisla-
tor has an annual pass on every railroad
under the law The government deducts
a small sum from the pay of the mem-
bers for the pass, but the railways get
nothing. 1t is also the law that the presi-
dent of France rides free on all railroads
and the privilege entails no kind OF obli-
cation on his part toward the railroads.
Why isa't this a good law for the United
States TO copy7
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
Gov. Bell Has Issued the Following Call.
To the People of Vermont:

To the People of Vermont:
A great city in a great state has
been visited by a dreadful calamity ana
Is in dire distress. Many sons and daugh-
tiers of Vermont are there. Vermont
cannot hope to equal in amount the gem
eIous contributions of her weather. sister
states, but by the promptness OF our
action we can render substantial as
sstance and aid in much needed relief.
President Roosevelt has recommended
mat contributions for the San Francisco
sufferers be forwarded through the
National Red Cross association. The
treasurer of the Vermont branch of this
EXAMINATION is c. L. Alexander of Bur-
nhgton. ! earnestly recommend and urge
mat subscriptions be sent to him as
quickly as possible. Let the promptness
Vermonts response show that our
Narts are warm and our sympathy sin
'ere, (Signed.)
CHARLES ]. BELL, Governor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27

Guest lin restaurant). Bring me a
Welsh rarebit, broiled lobster, a bottle
of imported ale and piece OF mince pie.
Waiter. Will you please write out that
order and sign it, sir? Guest. What for?
Waiter AS a sort of alibi for the house
to show the coroner, sir.-[Chicago News.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
JOHN F. HOUGHTON,
HENRY II. MILLER,
1918 Commissioners.
1918

~ TATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro, SIS.
y By the Probate Court for Said District
JANE E. ATWATER, late of Brattleboro.
deceased. Greeting.
Whereas, F. D. E. Stowe has presented to
this court an instrument purporting to be the
last will of said deceased, for probate You
are hereby notified that this Court will de-
eide upon the probate of said instrument at
the session thereof to be held at the probate
Office in Brattleboro, in said district, on the
2sth day of April, A. D. 1906 when and
where you may appear and contest the same,
if you cause. 1S-1I
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27

o TATE OF VERMONT Marlboro, SIS.
= By the Probate Court for Said District.
To all persons interested in the estate of
FRANCIS c. ADAMS, late of Marlboro IN
said District. Greeting.
decide upon the allowance of the account Oh
CHARLES E. BROWN, administrator upon
the estate of Francis Adams, late of Marlboro
button thereof to the persons entitled thereto,
at the session thereof to be held at the pro-
bate office in Brattleboro, in said district, on
the 2sth day OF April A. d. 1906, when and
where you may be heard in the premises, If
you see cause. l5-H
A. F. SCHWENK, Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
THE PUTNEY COLUMN
The New Methodist PASTOR.

The Methodist conference at Mont
-.i;er this week appointed Allen Sewall
rrbarlton pastor of the Methodist church
y. mis- town. Mr. Charlton will begin
ns nastorate next Sunday. He is the
nocond son of DIR. and Mrs. p. c. Charl-
ton, is nearly 26 years of age, and mar
.ie5 He received his education in the
rnhIic schools of Gloucester, Mass,
snisbing his academic course at Mont
nelier seminary, after which he took a
precIlar course in electrical engineering
Of the Bliss Electrical school in Wash
ington D. c., where he graduated in 1904.
From early childhood he has been trained
IN practical Christian work under his
fatber. He ought therefore, to make an
eficient minister of the gospel. His ac-
complished wife will be a help to the
church Dr. Charlton moved this week
IN Fishers Island, N. Y, having accepted
a call to be pastor of Union chapel.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
Dexter Waite, W. A. Morse, Practical Paint

Painting is practical work. Skill wins. It's
the same same with paint making.
You know gallons L. & M. mixed with
3 gallons Linseed Oil makes enough paint fol
a moderate sized house-the best paint money
can buy-because the L. & M. Zinc hardeni
the L. & M. White Lead and makes L. M
Paint wear like iron.
Buy l.. & M. and don't pay $3.50 gallor
for Linseed OIL as you do in ready-for-us'
paint, but buy oil fresh from the barrel at q
cents, and mix with the L. & NJ
Actual cost L. M. about Sl.2O per gal
lon.
Sold by Robbins & cowles, Brattleboro
M. G. Williams, Pptney, VT.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27
CSTATE OF VERMONT. Westminster. IS.

SSTATE OF VERMONT. Westminster. SIS.
y By the Probate Court for said District.
To ali persons interested IN the estate of
SOPHIA T.. WHITE, late of Jamaica in said
district deceased. Greeting.
You are hereby notified that this Court will
decide upon the allowance of the account of
John C. Robinson. administrator upon said
estate and decree distribution thereof to the
persons entitled. at the session thereof to be
held at the hotel in TOwnshend on the 9Th day
of June. A. d. 1906. when and where you may
be heard in the premises, If you see cause.
1918 ZINA II. ALLBEE, Judge.
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Eepa1 9ntices.
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE.

U ESTATE OF JOHN S. WALKER.
The undersigned having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict OF Marlboro Commissioners, to receive,
examine and adjust all claims and demands
of all persons against the estate of John S.
Walker late of Dummerston, in said district,
deceased and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purpose Aforesaid, at the dwelling
house OF Henry H. Miller on the 10th day Of
May and the 4th day Of October, next, from
? o'clock until o'clock p. M. each of said
days, and that six months from the 10th day
Of April A; d. 1906, is the time limited by
said court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Dummerston, this 18th day of
JOHN F. HOUGHTON,
JENRX
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27

Smartweed and belladonna combined with
the other ingredients used in the best .porus
Masters make Carriers SmartWeed and Bel
iadonna Backache Plasters the best in the
market Price rs cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

IllS COllICIlIS oNtI Ills Ilcdu,
scattering the white stuff over his
great body, then stopping moment
to contemplate the effect by looking
himself over.
When Eph had tired of the fun
there was not single thing in the
boat to dispute possession with him,
and his body was as white as snow
But he was certainly enjoying the
experience. The boat had fioated out
some distance by the time he was
ready to quit, and he jumped over
the side and swan for the shore.
All this time not hunter had APP
peared, though the man with the gun
might have come out of his conceal
ment and despatched the bear at his
pleasure. Eph was surprised on land
ing to find that the wetting had only
caused the flour to become sticky and
form a paste all over him, and for
little while he sat on his launches,
picking at the stuff as though he
thought part of. the joke was on him,
and finally strolled into the forest.
1t was only few minutes afterward
that the mighty hunter with his gun