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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
The Great Peanut Industry.

Few people who buy bag of peanuts
on the street for five cents realize the ex-
tent Of the peanut industry" said A. p.
Bryan of Norfolk, Va. 1T is a fact that
uhe total sales OF peanuts amount an
nually to between $S,000,0 900 and &c.,
100000, and some statesmen sell as high as
100000 bushels each year. The seeds
of the peanuts are planted like beans. and
when the vines have come up and the
nuts are ready for harvesting, the farmer
takes a cultivator especially made for
that purpose and starts down the long
rows. On either side of this cultivator
are two long knives which sink into the
ground sufficiently to cut the tap root Of
the vine. The same process is gone
through with on the other side of the
vine. The main root being thus severed
and the ground loosened. the vines are
lifted into shocks like corn They are
cured by allowing them to stand in the
sun about ten days, when colored women
and children are sent into the field to pick
the nuts from the vines. An average
picker will pick about FIVE bushels a day,
for which he is paid at the rate of ten
cents a bushel
1T is not known how peanuts first came
into this country. Both Africa and Asia
claim the distinction Of being the home
of this vegetable. It's first record in the
United States dates back to 1885, In 1861
the crop amounted to about so. 900 bush
els, but 1t was the circus that really made
the peanut a valuable article Of commerce
At the present time the crop amounts to
about IL 100000 bushels annually. Vir-
ginia and North Carolina still maintain
their lead, but Tennessee now raises
about 100000 bushels. though of an in
ferior quality. OF the ordinary, variety
about % pounds make a bushel mil
waul5ee Sentinel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
That Needless September Election.
[St. Adams Messenger.l

When we all get around to it some day
we will take counsel of experience and
wisdom and move Vermonts state cleo
zion from September to November as the
great majority of our sister states have
done. Gov. Stickney proposed this in
1900, the last opportunity we had to
propose amendments to the constitution
for four years, but the same old talk
about firing "the opening gum" Setting
the pace for the nation" and all that kind
of thing discouraged any move for a
change. The consequence is that we not
only continue an unnecessary expense of
two elections in every biennial period.
but we swelter through a campaign in the
heat of midsummer when the farmers are
busiest in their fields and have little time
to spare for politics and when most of
the other active spirits in the state are
actuated by a very sensible longing for
vacation outings and rest
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
MASSACHUSETTS, NOTES.

The hearing of the case Of Charles
Pair, II, of Conway, on the charge of
manslaughter, in causing the death of his
companion, Augustin Faille, by the dis
charge of gun while the two were hunt
ing Oct 6, was held at Greenfield Mon
day. 1t was shown that Pair told many
conflicting stories and did not confess that
he knew anything about the death of
Faille until he was threatened with pun
ishment. Judge Conant found probable
cause and bound Pair over to the grand
jury, which meets in November. In de-
fault Of $500 bail Pair was taken to the
county Jail.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
"L'EnvoI."

with apologies to Rudyard Kipling.l
When earth's last ball game is finished
and the crowd has passed from the
stand,
When the youngest fan has subsidized and
gone to the Promised Land,
We shall rest, and, Gosh! but Wen need
1t, knock off for season or two
Till the greatest of all the series shall set
us to root anew.
Then all of the fans shall be happy, they
shall sit in a shady stand,
They shall smoke their clear Havanas
and list to the heavenly band,
They shall see the real stars In the
diamond and watch them swat the
ball,
They shall cheer for an age at a sitting
and never grew tired at ALL
And no one shall be knocker, and none
of the fans shall blame;
For no one shall make an error, and no
one shall call out, shame"
"You thief you robber! you lobsterF'
But, each in his cushioned seat
Shall Call 1t a Just decision and know that
his team win beat.
-[Gerard Smith in the Bohemian for
October.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
FROM THE GOLDEN BOOKS.
"The Horlzon.p
tFrom 1.-THE Spirit of Place" by Alice
Meynell1

[From 1.-THE Spirit of Place" by Alice
Meynell
To mount a hill is to lift with Won
something lighter and brighter than your
self or than any meaner burden You
lift the world, you raise the horizon, you
give a signal for the distance to stand
up. 1t is like the scene in the Vatican,
when cardinal, with his dramatic Ital-
ian hands, bids the kneeling group to
arise. He does more than bid them, he
gathers them up, far and near with the
upward gesture Of both arms; he takes
them to their feet with the compulsion Of
his expressive force. or il Is as when a
conductor takes his players to excessive
heights of music You summon the sea,
you bring the mountains, the distances
unfold unlocked for wings and take an
even flight. You are but a man lifting his
weight upon the upward road. but as you
climb the circle of the world goes up to
face you. 1t is the law whereby
the eye and the horizon answer one an
other that makes the way up a hill so
fun of universal movement All the land
scape Is on pilgrimage. The town gathers
itself closer, and its inner harbors liter
ally come to light; the headlands repeat
themselves little cups within the tree
less hills open and show their farms In
the sea are many regions. breeze is at
play for mile or two. and the surface is
turned. There are roads and curves in
the blue and white Not a step Of your
journey up the height that has not its
replies in the steady motion of land and
sea. Things rise together like a flock of
many feathered birds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

fatal hunting accident occurred near
Bald Head mountain, LenoX, Mass, Fri
day. While Frank Peters and William
Henry, young men of LenoX, were cross
ing a stone. wall, Henry's gun was acct
dentally discharged, the contents entering
Peters's back. Peters died in an hour and
a half.
Frederick NJ. Frost. a prominent resi-
dent of Waterbury, Conn.,, was instantly
killed Saturday by an automobile owned
by A. NJ. Young, president of the Con-
necticut Railway and Lighting company
and driven by Youngs chauffeur, Hugh
McCloud. Frost had just alighted from
a street car. McCloud was arrested.
Judge Banker, in the Findlay (Ohio)
trial of the Standard Oil company, eX-
cluded testimony tending TO show that the
trust had paid secret rebates to dealers,
and Prosecutor Phelps announced that, in
consequence, he would close his case
Tuesday. Officers of several subsidy con-
Germs after securing immunity, testified
that their companies were owned by the
New Jersey corporation.
The French submarine boat Lutin,
which was being used in experiments Off
the coast of Tunis, disappeared Tuesday,
1t has been located in 100 feet OF water
and attempts are now being made TO raise
II by the use of tugs. A lieutenant and
IA men persisted on board A similar ac-
sci in July, 1905, in the same waters, re-
suited in the death of IA men.
Rev. Samuel p. Jones' the evangelist of
Cartersville, Ca, died Monday from heart
disease in a sleeping car near Perry,
Ark, while en- route to his home after
having conducted successful revival in
Oklahoma. He was the son OF lawyer
who was a captain in the Confederate
army. The younger Jones had wild and
dissipated youth, bur in 1872 he pro-
fessed conversion and was admitted to
the Methodist church. He preached
several years in the North Georgia con-
ference, but he eventually attracted so
much attention that his services We're in
demand as an evangelist and platform
orator throughout the country. He was a
well read man, and made frequent quo
/ tations from widely known authors, but
in conjunction with well turned phrases
used much slang and made many sensa-
tional statements. He was especially
apt in denunciation of the follies and
foibles of the rich.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Lafayette as a Farmer.

Congressman Nicholas Longworth
President Roosevelt's son-in-law, who is
just home from Europe, is quoted as say
ing that one of the most interesting
places which he visited was Lafayettes
old chateau near Paris 1t is owned now
by Lafayette's granddaughter. Mr. Long
worth had never thought of Lafayette as
a farmer, but an inspection of the old
mansion showed that the noted French
man must have been as active in that
capacity as he was a soldier or states
man. In a tower of the old chateau is
Lafayettes room, furnished just as he
left II. This room overlooked the estate
from all sides, and among the things in
it is a big megaphone. Through this
Lafayette. leaving his writing table.
shouted his instructions to his farm hands
from the window of his room.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

A dormitory for girls will be erected at
the Troy conference academy in Poulney
at an expense of $50, 900, and So 900 more
will be spent on the furnishings.
Christopher Sargent's large barn at
Newport was burned one night last week
The loss is several thousand dollars, with
$500 insurance The stock was saved
It is thought the fire was of incendiary
origin.
William b. Wright, a widely known
merchant of Orwell, died at his home Sun
day night He was postmaster in Orwell
80 years. representative in the legislature
in 1878, and was on the staff of Gov. Pin
gree in 1882.
Robert johnson, a lad in Bristol, while
handling a revolver Sunday, accidentally
discharged II. and the bullet struck his
companion, Clayton Williamson, 49, in
the right leg above the knee. Surgeons
have been unable to remove the bullet.
Ward Townslee, 80. attempted suicide
at Pownal Centre Friday night by cutting
his throat with razor, He inflicted
serious wound but he will probably re-
cover. He gained notoriety some time
ago by attempting to kidnap his child
after he had separated from his wife.
Postmaster E. w. Bisbee of Barre was
elected president of the New England
Postmasters' association at the annual
meeting held in Boston last week. The
Injecting was dllSuuSu W ~" -
representing all the New England states,
and Gov. Utter of Rhode Island was the
guest of honor.
In the fulillment Of a resolution passed
by the Hazen Road Pomona Grange at
a meeting in Hardwick March IL last
a monument has been erected to Hard
wick street near the Kidder place to the
memory of the patriots who built the OLD
military road from which the Grange
takes its name between Peacham and
Westfeld, in 1873, and as a marker 10
the road. Appropriate dedieatory eXer-
cises were held Saturday.
Philip s. Thompson, 81 son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Thompson Of Lyndon Centre
committed suicide Friday night in Los
Angeles, Calf, by drinking a mixture OF
cyanide of potassium and sulphurie ACID
The body was not found until Monday.
Thompson had been a. hard drinKer ana
had lost several good positions. Thomp-
son was married eight years ago but MS
wife secured a divorce last year on ac-
count of his drinking habits
Plans for an organization along the lines
of the ST. Bernard club of Canada, OF
which several Montpelier men are mem
bers, are being discussed the idea being
to buy a large preserve for fish and game
Somewhere in this state. Many Vermont
and Massachusetts men are interested IN
the project. Men from Amherst, Mass
have been in Montpelier to discuss the
matter with DR.. S. M. Knause and others
Several sites are proposed including one
OF the woodbury. ponds and an island IN
Lake Champlain. A club house probably
will be erected.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
GRAFTON.

Mrs. Hattie Prouty has been visiting
in Cavendish.
N. r. Davis was home from Montpelier
from Friday to Monday.
Miss Ella Bathric went to Hubbardston,
Mass, Saturday for a visit.
Mrs. N. r. Davis and Miss Amy Davis
are spending a week in Montpelier.
John L. Sparks is visiting his father.
F. E. Sparks, in Northampton. Mass.
j. G. Senton and family of Hartford,
Conn, have moved to Henry Blodgetts
farm
Mrs. William Marsh Of Chester has
been spending a few days at Alden
Walkers.
Falls have been spending a week at Nor
man Adams's.
NJ. NJ Fairbrother moved last week TO
Cambridgeport to the house which he
bought recently.
Mrs. F. B. Daniels and Miss Caroline
Daniels of Evanston, Ill. have been
guests at Fill View.
Dorr Jennison has moved to the Will
liam Gallup house, which he bought re-
Gently of A. NJ. Convey.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Merrifield and Mrs.
Charles Wright attended the state Sun
day school convention at Randolph this
week
Mrs. c. S. Barrett of Freeport. ILL.,. and
Hon. John Barrett, United States minis
ter to Colombia, spent Sunday at Miss
s. E. Daniels's.
Miss Alma Hazeltine attended the
state teachers convention in Middlebury
this week. On account OF her absence
the grammar school was not in session
Thursday and Friday.
Rev. and Mrs. C. r. Upton and daughter
have been spending their vacation In
Greenville. n. H., and Lowell Mass. Nc
services were held in the Baptist church
Sunday on account Of Mr.. Upton's alb
sence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Admits shortage Of s1,25o, 900.

General Manager McGir of the wrecked
Ontario bank at Toronto admits a short
age OF $3.50. 0000 Bankers in estimating
the probability of guarantee being en-
forced, place the loss through McGilr s
speculations at $4,000 higher. McGill
also admitted that these speculations were
carried on without the directors knowl-
edge but he declares. for the ultima tie
good of the bank. One director says the
managers operations were in some of the
most speculative stocks on the New York
market, and were carried into the wheat
pit in Chicago. Under an agreement with
representatives of other banks. guaran-
teeing $4,000, 900, the Bank of Montreal
took over the Ontario bank Saturday
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Accused of Poisoning.

Within a few days a hearing will be
given in Montpelier city court to Joseph
Tacy, arrested by Deputies H. c. Lawson
and H. d. Camp of Waitsfield Thursday
night, charged with putting blue vitrol
into the medicine of Delina Laiviey, a
sister of Mrs. Tacy, with murderous in
tent. The alleged crime occurred on Oct.
2 at the Tacy farm near Berlin pond. For
more than a week the officers had been
searching for Tacy, but it was not until
about 10 o'clock Thursday night that they
apprehended him at the house of Israel
Abair of Waitsfield, where he had been
in hiding.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Deafness cannot be cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
ony one way 10 cure Deafness and that
is by constitutional remedies Deafness
Is caused by an imflamed condition Of
the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube
When this tube Is infiammed you nave
rumbling sound of imperfect hearing
and when IT is entirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the inflamma ton
can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing win be
destroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten
are caused by Catarrh which is nothing
bur an infammed condition Of the mucous
surfaces.
We win give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Runaway couple Walked $50 Miles.

Sheriff Kimball arrived at Concord n.
H, Sunday evening having in custody
Eugene Barnett, 81. of Vermont, and
Lavinia Glines, -, who disappeared from
Andover, N. H., Sept II. They were ar
rested in Walden, VT, on Friday as they
were walking out of town on the railroad
track. Barnett said that when they left
Andover he had 81 and the girl was with
out cent or a hat to wear. good part
of the distance of nearly $50 miles was
walked by the couple, who slept in freight
cars and barns on the way.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
The TRAINING of the Neuro.

DIR. Robert Bennett Beans paper in the
September Century on 1.-The Brain of tne
Negro" is followed in the October issue
by a discussion of THE Training of the
Negro" It is DIR. Beams belief that the
negro needs restraint. moral and physical,
and that, while the blacks must work out
their own salvation with fear and trembl-
ing, to solve existing difficulties the at
titude of the whites must be one of re-
suraint and control. combined with
humane interest, sympathetic and altru-
istic guidance, and a good example. DR..
Beams presentment of present and future
conditions and needs is sure to attract
the attention of thinkers North and South.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
The opinl0n Of an Expert Poultry Breeder.

Poultry breeders who have gained the rep
utation for the reliability of their stock either
for exhibition for general purposes are the
c. A. Browning OF Apponaug, R. l., is such
one and what he says about Poultry Food is
have found Pages Perfected Poultry Food, TO
be a first class article. l feed il the year
round. Chicks need it when they are grow.
later, during the moulting period, it is a great
help"
Any one sending his address on postal card
to c. s. Page, Hyde Park, VT, and men
tioning this paper will receive by mail, free
postpaid, a sample package of pages Per
fected Poultry Food"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

These are the things prize, and hold of
dearest worth:
Light Of the sapphire skies,
Peace of the silent hills,
Shelter of forests. comfort of the grass
Music of birds, murmur Of little rills,
Shadows OF clouds that swiftly pass;
And after showers
The smell OF flowers,
And the good brown earth,
And best Of all along the way, friendship
and mirth.
-[Dr. Van Dykes "God Of the Open Air"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
so Miles Of Subway and Elevated
to Cost $57, 100000
Great Scheme for Rapid Transit Approved
In New York-Mrs. jefferson Davis
Dead-Ex-senator Burton to GO to Jail.

A great subway and elevated system
about so miles long, extending from Pei
ham Bay park i'm the borough of the
Bronx through Manhattan island, and
with two lines running through Brooklyn.
one to Fort Hamilton at the Narrows and
the other to Coney Island, was approved
by the board of rapid transit commits
sioners at New York Saturday. 1t is es-
timated that the cost of construction will
be S57, 900, 600 The plan has already been
approved by the board of estimate and
apportionment. The proposed line starts
from Pelham bay as an elevated road
When it reaches the more thckly popu-
lated section of the Bronx It becomes
n subway under the southern boulevard
to the Harlem river Thence it passes
under the Harlem river and beneath
Third avenue and the Bowery on its way
to the Battery Connecting with this line
II Is proposed to run a line over the pro-
posed Manhattan bridge at Canal street
and then as a subway under F1atbush
avenue TO Fort Hamilton The other line
through Brooklyn will start at Third
avenue and 10th street, Manhattan, cross
to Brooklyn and thence under New
Utrecht avenue and other streets as a
subway until near Coney Island, where
1t will be elevated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
For Over Sixty Years.

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has been
for their children while teething with per
feet success. Ii soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie
and is the best remedy for darrhoea II
will relieve the poor little sufferer immedi-
ately. Sold by druggists in every part OF
the world. Twenty-Five cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other kind
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
An Apt Comparison.
burlington Free Press.

The denial of admission to places Of
amusement in Newport. r. l., and other
cities. to men wearing the uniform of the
United States navy, which has been taken
into the courts and has been rebuked by
President Roosevelt, recalls Kipling'
trenchant ballad of Tommy"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
Found Dead on stairs Of Hotel Ellis In
Keene.

Pearl HILL a waitress at Hotel Ellis, in
Keene, was passing through the upper
hall of the house about o'clock Sunday
morning when she found the body Of a
man on the stairs, who proved to be
Howard Sumner Robbins 81 a commits
sion merchant of New York. He had
been staying at the house about a week.
with his wife, as the guest of his mother,
who has lived at the hotel many years.
physician was summoned, but the man
had been dead some time. Death was
caused by heart disease. Although not
considered dangerously sick, Mr. Robbins
has had the appearance Of a man who
was very nervous. He was a son Of the
late Sumner Robbins, formerly of Nelson.
but later of New York. where he was a
commission merchant engaged In the sale
of rugs and hanglngs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

TRY w, Il, Douglas WOmen's, Misses ana
GhiIdren's shoes; for style, at and wear
they excel other makes.
II 1 could take you Into my large
factories at BrOcl1tOn, Mass. land show
Won how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, YOU would then understand
WHY they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are Of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, yOu can obtain w. L:
no,,0Ias shoes Ills name and price Is stamped
on the bottom, which protects YOU against nign
s,r,ceG and interior shoes. Take no s0bSfts
49, Aek YOUR dealer for w. L. Douglas shoes
ara Insist upon having them. -, -.
eEst 0oIoy EveIsts used; they lW not lyeoy Grassy
'sunJstSS Sof illustrated cataloR Of Fall Styles.
W. DOUGLASS broektons Mass
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

Former Senator Burton, having been
denied rehearing, will now be imprisoned
in Jail for a period of six months and pay
a fine of $4,000 unless some extraordinary
waN be found to postpone the execution
of his sentence. The supreme court of the
United States is the last court of appeal
and since 1t has refused to open the case
already decided against him there Is
almost a certainty that the former senator
will go to Jail.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

Mrs Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the confederacy, died from
pneumonia Tuesday at the Hotel Majestic
in New York city in her s1st year. Her
maiden name was Varina Howell, her
birthplace was Natchez, Miss, and she
was a granddaughter of Gov. Howell OF
New Jersey. She was educated in schools
in Philadelphia and under the direction OF
private teachers. She was Mr.. Davis s
second wife. and his Junior by IS years.
His first wife was daughter of Gen.
Zachary Taylor. The Davis home was on
the Briarfield plantation in Mississippi.
but Mrs. Davis was with Mr.. Davis dur
ing his public career in Washington and
Richmond. She was her husband amen
uensis in writing THE Decline and Fall
of the Confederate Government" and
after his death completed his personal
biography. She was the mother of four
sons and two daughters, the only survivor
being the older daughter, Mrs. Hayes OF
Newark, N. ]. Mrs Davis's namesalSe
Varina. called Winnie. was widely known
as the daughter Of the confederacy.
Mrs. Davis had lived north ever since
the death of Mr.. Davis, which occurred
in 1889 at the age OF ST.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

A woman in Glasgow bought a ticket
for Canada 81 years ago. The other day
she crossed the ocean upon it, the Allan
line honoring it.