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clIlrDnEN ATE rAnIs GREEN.

Willie tho two small children of Mr..
and Mrs. Il. T.. Slack, of Brookucld were
PLAYING in the barn ut their homo last
Friday they, in some manner, got mold
of some Paris green and ate some of 1t,
They then went into the house and ono
of the children folds its mother that it
did not like the taste Of the stuff. The
mother saw what the children had eaten
and calling to her husband in the barn
gave the children an antidote until their
stomach We're cleared OF the poison. The
eat with which the children We're playing
ate enough of the poison So that il died
in tn" barn whrr" they left it, 1h" quiet,
action of IL" mother saved the children :
lives. Mr. ana Mrs, Slack lived far
enough from - doctor's house 50 that
bay they waited for a physician II would
probably have proved disastrous for the
children
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HERB OMlILET.

Far easier is this herb omciot, which
is also "a faNoritc Easter dish. Mince line
parsley, shallot and celery in equal
quantities, about toaspoonful of each.
Put a tablespoonful of butter in III" fry
ing pan, add the shallot and cook three
minutes, then the parsley and celery and
cook three minutes. Add half a cup of
chopped mushroom stems and cook three
minutes. Beat six fresh eggs lightly, add
to the herb and mushrooms, then turn into
an omclct pan with Tablespoonful of
fresh butter and cook over a gonu" fire
Tor in the oven. when the omclct is cooked
roll M aud turn out ON a heated platter
EMMA pADbOtk TELfpRb.
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Inc first prosecution for violation of
the law which requires huuscholdcrs to
give Information concerning persons i'm
their houses liable to taxation, came up
In Barre city court Monday evening when
a.. Garabaldi of Center street was brought
in by officer carrie. Tine assessors arc
having considerable trouble Of This sort.
Mr. Garihaldi gave the desired informa
ton about himself, but advised Thine as
SCISSORS To "Glong when they sought
for information as to others they had
reason To believe We're residents at the
house, When brought into court Mr..
Garbaldi pleaded guilty after explanation
by the court officers that his action con
stituted an offense under the law. His
fine was $40 and the costs STD which he
maid
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EAST WARREN,

Ezra Kngshury has been very sick fpr
the past two weeks with acute bronchitis.
Ills son, Charles of Montpelier is with
Iim.--Schuyler Vandeuson and son have
moved back from Rochester to their
farm in town.-Scvcral from this place
were in Mortified last week to attend
the funeral Of Mrs r.. $. Nicola flin.-The
sugar makers are getting discouraged,
there has been bat small flow of sap.
ana it is thought there will be but lit
Il" sugar made This season.
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WESTFIELD.

NoNt sunday April - tine liry. t. A.
Hanncy breaches his last sermon of the
conference Sear--AeXl Sunday an ESQ y.
~. the Christian Endcavor society viii
Mold an Easter service in the Conur,pa-
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MARSHFIELD.

Mi T. e. EHrtuu died at hcr home
ThW-da< April : after am illness that
has extended over a period of several
Years. -" leaves husband and one
-hlMGhtDr
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CAMPFIRE AT BENNINGTON.

Bennington veterans Wer" ont in force
Monday evening for the campfire in q. A
X. han by q. \. Cluster, 9TH Corps Post,
and camp Frank Ray, :. Of v, together
in Coulmrnlultliun of I.rr'S surrender
Early IN the evening about 10 members
of Hopkins Post OF Nurth Adams arrived
in "a special ear and accompanying them
were 'ictachmcuis. from the NiliiamstowT
aud lioosick Fails post and - number ol
veterans from fuNnIl TIC! were mct AT
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in a cOolish oven. The kernels of English
walnuts should bc separated into halves,
lhnd peanuts shclled. Oranges. the man
darns which separate so easily into Sec
tious, or the ordinary orange, whose quar-
tors have been separated long enough to
become perfectly dry, white grapes with
a bit of the stem left ON, branded cherries
prunes and candicd citron are all easy to
glacc. with the fruit all in readiness.
make u syrup. using a pound of pure
graduated sugar TO half It pint of water.
stir until the sugar is dissolved. then do
not star again or shake the saucepan, as
even a slight motion will often cause gran
uiation. Let it boil until Il tcaspoonfu
dropped into II glass of water falls to
| tho bottom in cracky little Jumps. The
| time required is about twenty minutes,
but testing is the onlyt method that is
iacCurate. Add one tcaspounful of lemon
juice or two tablcspoonfuls Of vinegar
lust before the first test. AS soon AZ the
syrup begins TO turn. lift at once from
he fire and stand in a basin of hot water
on a table Now with y candy dippcr. the
| tips of the fingers, or y fork carefully
manipulated, dip each piece of fruit or
nut, one at "A time in tic hot syrup TAX
ing pains to have it completely covered.
then lay on buttercd tins to dry. As each
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! to dry and harden. If the first dipping ~
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DENllED NJ rs.

Salt ina the usual way. but when nearly
done sprinkle with a suspicion of cay
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY.

No memorial day, or Decoration
Day, as 1t is more generally known,
has ever come around, since after
the institution Of the observance, more
than thirty-fve years ago, when a
better state OF feeling existed between
the North and South. and between
the men who fought in the war, than
now. There has been decided ten
dercy this year to all sorts of Blue and
Gray proceedings The Grand Army
posts ana the Confederate camps have
mixed themselves up in a most genial
way.
This does not mean that the special
value of the day, to the northerner, as
a commemoration of the services and
death of the Union soldier has lost its
fine edge On the contrary, it has
gained in zest The soldier died for
the Union. and those who lay flowers
on hisgrave cannotdo so without think
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

hers, whose birth has given monu-
mentS and loving tribute to both liv-
ing and dead Southern heroes. Her
object i'm uniting the women of the
South was TO bring them together. to
pull shoulder To shoulder with the
Confederate veterans in extending all
| necessary aid to the needy survivors OF
the war between tile States; 10 protect
historic places of the Confederacy: TO
record the part taken by Southern
women as well in untiring effort after
the war in the reconstruction of the
South as in patient endurance of
hardship and patriotic devotion dur
ing tile struggle; to honor the memory
of those who fell in the service of the
Confederate States; and to cherish
ties of friendship among the members
of the society.
She worked for years striving TO
organize the United Daughters of the
Confederacy before even her own
association of which she was presi-
dent would cooperate with her in call
ing a convention and inviting other
Daughters of the Confederacy to unite
in forming national association. At
this time, besides being President of the
Tennessee Daughters, she was a mem
Der of the National Conference of
Charities and Corrections, the atonal
Prisoners Association, and the National
Humane Association. and was edu-
Gated up to the point where she could
see the advantage of consolidating the
scattered forces OF Confederate work
ers who were few and far apart. Her
work with the national associations
showed her the great possibilities in
concert of action, and having time,
means, and social influence to back her
in the work, she determined to carry
out her plans, and unhinehingly fought
opposition from start to finish. The
result was that on September 10, 1884,
the Society of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy was organized at
Tenn.
When the Tenneseeans announced a
little over a month ago that they pro
posed to have portrait Of Mrs. Good
lett painted and placed in the museum
at Richmond Va, appeals came at
once from the chapter of the States re-
questing that they might also con-
tribute toward honoring their founder
The requests were complied with and
the portrait was unveiled at Nash
vile, Tenn, June s, 1908.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
Joys In Tree Planting.

"a the early spring the tree fallir is
thriving upon the fad for foreign trees
and shrubs. About the time the snow
disappears in early spring the tree
fakir takes his grubbing hoe. his prun-
ing shears and ball of twine and goes
into the woods. There he grubs up tree
sprouts-sumach, oak, alianthus, hick-
DRY, beech, poplar, chestnut--or almost
anything else will serve his purpose.
These he trims and prunes and ties up
in bundles for removal to the place
where they are to be stored.
When the spring tidying up Of the
home garden commences the tree fakir
makes his appearance in public. He
will show pictures of rare japanese or
Chinese or Mexican or East Indian
shrub trees and offer to supply you
sprouts at a figure that is most invit-
ing. You see an opportunity to get q
plant worth $12 for 81, and then you
think of the envy which that queer,
red-leafed. wide-spreading bush will
excite in the breast of your neighbor-
and you buy.
BY and by YOU shout with joy and
call your wife out to see the tiny
leaves, and then you begin to brag and
look down upon your neighbors. You
invite them in to see the wonder, and
you talk learnedly of horticulture in
Japan or the East Indies.
And then your glorious tree bursts
into leaf-when you discover that you
have bought an ordinary, common,
everyday sumach or a maple, or, per-
haps, scrawny little peach tree. Then
you lie in wait for him, and you meet
with another disappointment. He
doesn't come around any more.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
AHTI.MONOpOLY LAWS.
Regulations in France Which RigidIy
Prohibit the Cornering of Neces-
Sary Commodities,

1t seems that our antitrust and mon
oply crusaders might learn something
from the methods employed in our
Sister Republic of France There,
capitalists are limited in their opera
tions of "cornering" commodities. This
applies particularly to those products
which are considered necessities of
life, such as grain and its products,
bread. meat, wine, vegetables, fruit,
butter, vinegar, coal, wool, silk, etc
Any "cornering" of such articles is a
criminal offense in France. 1t has been
so, with varying forms of penalties
dealt out, since 1893. The offense has
been made so broad and sweeping that
1T now includes all persons who de-
stroy or permit to perish merchandise
of prime necessity, whether it is their
property or not.
The criminal code prohibits mani
pulations tending TO bring about an
advance or fall in price that is not
warranted by the law of supply and
demand. The law does not include
tobacco, of course, for tobacco is
government monopoly and controlled
absolutely by 1t. The punishment met
ed out to the vioiators of this law con-
sists of both imprisonment and fine,
the term and amount being measured
by the magnitude of the offense. In
addition to this the offending manu-
facturer merchant, or manipulation has
his factory or business establishment
placed under police supervision, the ex-
pense OF which he pays for from two to
five years. There is no more trouble
in handling offending corporations
than individuals. Every director or
employee in a managerial capacity is
responsible. For a second offense. the
penalty is so severe that it would re-
suit In the determination of almost
any establishment.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

ieson challenged anybody to show a
single resolution passed by an organ
lied body of farmers favoring this
species of graft"
Mr.. Mondell held the attention or
the House until he had concluded. and
his speech was the one cool, disposition
ate episode Of the day. ''The question
Is" said he, "Shall we continue to en-
dear ourselves to the hearts OF our
constituents by distributing among
them a few packages annually of seeds
of unknown vintage and uncertain
heredity Of the fragrant onion, the
luscious rutabaga, and the humble but
gEorious-'the kind that mother used to
make--pie promoting pumpkin. or shall
we, with Spartan self-denial. forego
this ancient and potent promoter of
our claims to craftsmanship?
Mr.. Mondell concluded by CONFUSING
the House with famous poem writ
ten by the poet lariat" of his State
on the subject under discussion by
the House
When Mr.. Cocks, the representative
OF President Roosevelt's district on
Long Island, began to denounce the
free-seed evil he soon had the House
by the ears Messrs. Sulloway and
tContinued on next page.)
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

I made out requisition for half q
dozen brooms and he signed it. When
| got to the store l showed it to the
sergeant in charge and he laughed al
me.
"'You must get it signed by the
major he said.
II finally hunted up the major and
he told me that the order must be on
army form 790,S97K, and not on
fooscap. l told him that my party
were recruits and we had no station
cry. He told me to go or to send to
Washington and get some. | explained
that this would take long and that the
brooms would not do any good If we
did not get them sooner. He then
asked If the lieutenant was the com
mander of my corps. ! answered that
of course he was not. Then. l was
told, he must put under his name
For Officer Commanding.
II went back to camp, and after
writing out new requisition had the
desired Improvement made. When
returned to the major he explained
that it was all wrong. Instead of
saying required for such regiment
and company, six brooms, I should
have concluded it with 'brooms six
scratched out the line and rewrote
It, l was then told such corrections
were not allowed, and a new requsi-
ti0n was necessary. drew up new
one and asked If it was all right
The major reluctantly said he thought
it would pass. then rode back to
camp and got ii signed. Taking it to
the ordnance store | was informed that
nothing could be issued on such an
)rder. 1t had to be registered. l asked
for further particulars, and was in
formed that this could be done at the
majors Office. Once more | trotted
back and eventually corporal placed
my paper under little stamp and in
fiicted mark something like a no.
tary's seal, Again went to the ord
nance store.
is this all right now, / asked.
YES answered the sergeant. It's
a bit irregular, but it will do
May l have the brooms n0wT
lyon can't have them at all. an
swered the sergeant, severely.
why, in Heavens name, can't III
Because, he replied as he turned |
away, we haven't any. We are all |
out of Them"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

AT the Grant family dinner Major
General Frederick ID. Grant told this
story on himself:
Il was booked to speak at a large
dinner in town and the toastmaster
felt it incumbent upon him to make
my path as smooth as possible. lie
therefore spoke Of my father and said
strongly resembled him. This had
the desired effect on the people present,
and they gave me their best attention.
although spoke as'well as could,
| felt that everyone was disappointed
in me and I sat down with relief that
it was over
"The POSTMASTER rose and smiled
at me. Then he said to the guests
Didn't | tell you he was just ike
his father? He can't speak worth
cent"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

aiSLlLuSutS iuOtize uIm-buf Ihey
are Preparing to Hold an Election
to Decide on Successor-in Case He
Dies.
something unusual is happening in
Alabama. The people unanimously
want Edmund Winston Pettus to con-
tinue to serve them in the United
States Senate as long as he lives. Yet
they are preparing to hold an election
TO decide upon his successor. The rea-
son Is that when Senator Pettus' pres
ent term expires, in 1909, he will be
So years old, and the election is to be
held because Alabamans fear he will
not live longer than that But Grand
pa Pettus is indignant. He says he
is as spry as he was at so and that he
expects to live out the whole six years
of another term. He is candidate for
reelection on the platform: "A man
is as young as he feels"
Senator Pettus had reached the time
for chloroforming, according to the
so-called Osler doctrine, back in '63-
about the time he was performing
deeds of daring in defense of Vicks-
burg, fighting with the Confederate
army. 1t seems that the situation had
become desperate; volunteers were
called for forlorn hope. A brigade
of reckless Texans offered for the
service and Pettus offered to lead.
And he did lead-led where fight was
hottest, and at the head of the column
his six feet four looming large in front
that protruding lower jaw set on TAX.
ing those works at any cost Where
that tall figure rose and that black
straight name waved those Texans
followed. They loved him for his dar-
ing, and when all was done and they
learned that he was from Alabama
and not from Texas they insisted on
adopting him for their State, and by
one acclaim he was christened "Old
Texas" Pettus was a Forty-Niner.
He rode from Alabama to California
on horseback with a company of some
forty of his neighbors. He was a mere
lad then of twenty-eight, but had al
ready had adventures in the Mexican
war, in which he fought. At eighty
five his record is said to be something
like this: Enjoys game of cards,
reads his Bible, loves flowers, runs no
bills, carries a red bandana, calls his
wife sweetheart, has fund of subtle
humor, and being Senator who works,
hasn't time to think whether the Grim |
Reaper is twenty or .only ten years |
off That, his friends believe, is \
good enough platform in itself
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
RED TAPE IN DAYS OF 81.
The Best Way to Get Brooms Was
to Beg the Money and Buy Them.

A veteran of the civil war. in COM
menting on the so-called Panama
eircumlocution office. gave some anus
ing "reminiscences of the working of
the rep tape" during the days of 1861.
Il was quartermaster sergeant in a
New York regiment and had been
detailed to assist in handling a bunch
of recruits" he said. AT the end of
the first week l discovered that we
were out of brooms. and when | re-
ported the matter to the lieutenant he
told me to stop off at the ordnance
store when rode in to get the ratiOns.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01
HOUSE FOR FREE SEEDS.
LOWER BRANCH or NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE PASSES THIS
.APPROPRT4 TON.
Members of Congress ''Haze'' Op.
pOnents of Free Seeds.-COnfusion
Precedes Final Vote on BiIl..-Agri-
cultural Oratory.

pOnentS or rree SeedS.-NOnfuStOr
Precedes Final Vote on BiII..-Agri.
cultural Oratory.
When the House of Representatives
took up the agricultural appropriation
bin. quite a discussion arose over the
elimination of the usual free seed item
by the committee on agriculture. The
House gave to the country during the
days of debate, spectacle that else
where than on the floor of that parlia-
mentary body, would have been known
as trough house."
There was a great tendency to
haze members when they spoke in
defense of the action of the committee.
Much was said about the attempt to
strike down the Woodworking farmer
and take from him that helping hand
In the shape of free seeds which had
been held out to him for so many
years
None Of the advocates Of free seeds
emphasized the fact that the total val
ue of the package containing five
small packets which forms the quota
sent to each farmer cost the govern
ment u cents, and that each member
had the enormous sum of $3.50 worth
OF these seeds to distribute among his
entire constituency. The arguments
advanced sought to prove that the
withdrawal of this subsidy of less than
cents to each farmer would drive the
entire agricultural voting strength of
the country into bankruptcy.
ELOQUENCE ON TAP.
Some of the speeches made will go
rolling down the corridors of time"
as specimens of that matchless elo-
quence always on tap in the House Of
Representatives when a great national
issue Is up for consideration.
Mr.. Henry, of Connecticut, submit
ted innumerable letters from his con-
stituents and from organized oranges
urging the adjustment of the free-seed
practice. Mr.. Mondell, of Wyoming,
delivered himself of a humorous
speech In which he poked fun at the
Department. Mr. Burleson, os TEXAS,
opposed free seeds because re did not
believe the intelligent farmers CO the
country expected the government to
aid them In tleir business Farmers,
under all circumstances, he said, had
supported the government and never
expected the government to support
them.
Mr. Burleson paid his respects,
rather sarcastically to certain men,
bers who advocated free seeds on the
floor and then in the cloak rooms
sneered at the "Reubens" and hay
seeds who demanded them. Mr.. Bur
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-01

Daughters of the Confederacy. No
one but woman of such force of
character united to the social training
that comes from Inheritance through
long line of ancestors, together with
parliamentary experience, could have
conceived and firmly established In so
short time society that now num-
bers 10000 members
Mrs. Goodlett is very modest in
speaking Of this cherished child OF