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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28
"CAN'T YOU COME TO MEl"
"Chester, | Need You More Than
You Think | Do"

You Think | Do"
South Otselic, June &c, 1906, Monday
Night-Dear Chester: | am much too
tired to write a decent letter or even
follow the line, but have been un.
easy all day. and cant go TO sleep
because am sorry I sent you such a
hateful letter this morning, so | am
ness, dear. | was cross and wrote
things | ought not TO have written.
am sorry, dear, and | shall never feel
quite right about all this until you
write and say you forgive me. was
Ill and did not realize what ! was writ.
Ing, and then this morning mamma
gave my letters to papa before was
down. | should not have had 1t posted
but II went long before | was awake.
am very tired tonight, dear. have
been helping mamma sew to-day. My
sister Is making me new white Peter
Pan suit. and do get so tired having
It fitted. and then there are other
rled and tired. never liked to have
dresses fitted, and now 1t is ten times
worse. OH Chester, you viii never
know how glad | shall be when this
worry is all over. am making myself
III over It. Maybe there is no use to
does | am quite brave tonight, and
| always feel better after ] write you.
Chester, SO | hope you mind the hate
full things 1 say and hope you won't
mind my writing so much. Where do
you suppose we will be two weeks
from tonight? wish you would write
and tell me. dear, all about your COM
ing. ] am awfully afraid | can't go
to Hamilton, Chester.
Papa cant take me and | am nerv-
Gus about going alone. You see
would have to ride quite a distance
before | could take the train and then
there is long wait. and, Chester.
am getting awfully sensitive. If /
can't go up there what shall do? Do
you think 1t would be wise to come
back there? Could you come to Der.
uyter and meet me? | have relatives
there, but perhaps | could arrange It
somehow. was pleased yesterday
morning You know | have a lot OF
bed quilts-six, | guess-and | was
asking mamma where they we're and
scying | wished had dozen. when
my little sister said: Just you and
someone else will not need so many"
or course my face got crimson and
the rest OF the family roared. Nam.
ma is SO nice about fixing my dresses;
sac has them all up now in nice shape.
You remember the white dress ! wore
and You once asked me why didn't
have a new yoke. Well, she has al.
most made q new dress out OF that.
am afraid the time will seem awfully
long before | see you. Chester. wish
you would always post your letters In
the morning after you write them or
the same night. They are day later
here II you wait until noon. OF
course I will be glad to get them. only
| dislike waiting for them.
Oh! dear, do get so blue, Chester.
Please don't walt until the last of the
week before you come Can't you come
the first of the week? Chester, need
you more than you think do. ! really
think 1t will be impossible for me to
stay here any longer than this week.
| want to please you, hut l think,
Chester. It would be very unwise.
II should stay here and anything
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28
"MY LITTLE SISTER CAME"
al Told Her ! Guessed Ny Fortune
Was Pretty Well Told Now

South Otselic, June 23d, 1906. Sun
day Night-My Dear Chester: ! was
glad to hear from you and surprised as
we'll. | thought you would rather
have my letters affectionate, but yours
was so businesslike that have come
to the conclusion that you wish mine
to be that way. may tell you.
though, that / am not business won.
an, and so presume that these letters
will not satisfy you any more than
the others did. would not like to
have you think was not glad to hear
from you, for ] was very glad. but 1t
was not the kind OF letter had hoped
to get from you.
| think, pardon me. that l under
stand my position and that IL is rather
unnecessary for you to be so fright
fully frank In showing It to me.
can see my position as keenly as any.
one. think. You say you were sur.
prised. but you thought ! would be
discouraged. | don't see why | should
be discouraged. What words have |
had from you since came home to
encourage me?
You write as though I was the one
to blame because the girls wouldn't
come. | invited them here because
thought wouldn't be so lonesome.
am sure ] cannot help IL because
mamma is away. AS to the financial
difficulty, ! am the one who will be
most affected by that. You say your
trip" Won't II be your trip as well as
mine? understand how you feel
about the affair. You consider me as
something troublesome that you both
cred with. You think II 1t wasn't for
me you could do as you liked all sum-
mer and not he Obliged to give up
your position there. know how you
feel, but once in awhile you make me
see these things a great deal moro
plainly than ever.
Chester, ! don't suppose you will
ever know how regret being all this
trouble to you. know you hate me,
and / can't blame you one Bit. My
whole life is ruined, and in a measure
yours is, too. or course, It's worse
for me than for you, but the world
and you, too, may think am the one
to blame, but somehow | can't, Just
simply can't think that / am. Chester.
| said No so many times, dear. OF
course. the world will not know that,
but it's true all the same.
My little sister came up Just a min
ute ago with her hands full of daisies
and asked II / didn't want my fortune
told. l told her | guessed II was
pretty we'll told now. l don't want
you to mind this letter. for am blue
tonight and get so mad when the girls
write things about me, Your letter
was nice, and was glad to get It. I
simply feel "out OF sorts tonight.
When you are cross, just think ]
am sick and cant help all this. II
you were me, you couldn't help find
ing fault, | know. don't dare thinl;
how glad will be to see you. II you
wrote me letter like this wouldn't
write In a long time. but know you
won't tease me in that way. You will
lust forget II and be your own dear
self You know I always am cross In
the beginning. II was that way Sat
III day night, so don't be angry. dear
| Lovingly. KIN.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28
"COME AND TAKE NE AWAY"
"There Isn't a Girl in the World as
Miserable as Am Tonight"

llCIt ISL Il VII III tllS WI W %
Miserable as Am Tonight"
South Otsclic, June Goth 1906. Tues
day Night--My Dear Chester: | am
writing to tell you that am coming
back to Cortland | simply can't stay
here any longer Mamma worries and
wonders why | cry so much, and am
just about sick. Please come and
take me away some place, dear,
came up home this morning and just
can't help crying all the time, just as
| did Saturday night.
7 can't stay here, dear, and please
don't ask me to any longer. Do YOU
miss me much? ! am so lonesome
without you. don't know how ! am
going to manage about going to Uncle
Charles. | presume ] will have to
write you to meet me in Cincinnatus.
now We don't know anyone there.
Chester, there isn't girl in the world
as miserable as | am tonight, and
you have made me feel SO. Chester,
don't mean that, dear; you have
always been awfully good to me, and
know you will always he. You Just
won't be a coward. know. My broth.
ers and sisters are at social recep.
ton tonight. but they can't get over
my crying
| do wish you were here. l can't
wait so long for letters, dear You
must write more often, please, and,
dear, when you read my letters. II
you think | am unreasonable, please
do not mind 1t, but do think l am
about crazy with grief and that |
don't know just what to do. Please
write to me, dear,
Lovingly. you know whom.
South Otselic, June 10, 1906.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28

| wish | could die. You will never
know wha. you have made me suffer
dear. | miss you and want to see
you, but ! wish could die. am go
ing to bed now, dear. Please come
and don't make me wait there. II
you had made plans for something
Sunday, you must come Monday morn.
ing.
Please think, dear. that had to give
up a whole summers pleasure and YOU
surely will be brave enough to give
up one evening for me. shall expect
and look for you Monday forenoon.
Heaven bless you until then.
Lovingly and with kisses.
THE KID,
p. S.--Plcase come up Sunday night
dear
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28
"l SHOULD HAVE KNOWN >
"But Somehow | Have Trusted You
More Than ANY One Else"

South Otselic. June 2lst, 1906.
Wednesday Nlght-My Dear Chester:
I am just ready for bed and am so III
could not help writing to you
Chester, I came home because
thought | could trust you. don't
think now / will be here after next
Friday, This girl wrote me that you
seemed to be having an awfully good
time and she guessed that my coming
home had done you good, as you had
not seemed so cheerful in weeks. She
also said that you spent most OF your
time with that detestable Grace Hill.
Now, Chester. she does not know
dislike Miss Hill and so did not
write that because she knew II would
make me feel badly. but just because
she didn't think. should have
known. Chester. that you did not care
for me. But somehow I have trusted
you more than anyone else. When
ever the other girls have said hateful
things to me Of you ! could not be.
iieve them. You told me-even prom
Used me-you would have nothing to
do with her while ! was gone.
Perhaps. Chester, you don't think
or you cant help making me grieye.
but | wish things were different. You
may say you do, too. but you cant
possibly wish 80 more than |. ! have
been very brave since | came home,
but tonight l am very discouraged.
Chester. II could only die. know
how you feel about this affair and
wish for your sake you need not be
troubled. If die hope you can then
be happy. | hope | can die. The doc.
tor says | will. and then you can do
just as you like. ! am not the least
bit offended with you. only am lit.
tie blue tonight and feel this way.
I miss you. Oh dear, you don't
know how much | miss you. Honest.
Iy, dear, am coming back next week
unless you can come for me right
away. am so lonesome ] can't stand
It. Week ago tonight we were to-
gether. Don't you remember how
cried, dear? | have cried like that
nearly oil the time since left Cort.
land. | am awfully blue.
Now, dear, let me tell you. You
will get this Monday some time. Now
you please write me Monday night and
be sure and poet II Tuesday morning
and then | will get It, or ought to,
Wednesday morning. l just want to
see what the trouble is why / don't
hear from you. was telling mamma
yesterday how you wrote and never
got II, and she said: why, Billy, IL
he wrote you would have received
It."
She did not mean anything, but
was mad, and said: Mamma. Ches-
ter never lied to me. and know he
wrote" If you were only here. dear,
how glad would be.
Don't you think ! am awfully brave?
I am doing so much better than
Thought I should. think about
you. dear. all the time and wonder
what you are doing. ! am SO fright.
ened. dear. Maude has invited me
down for next Tuesday. but ! don't
think can go. oh. say. II you post
q letter to mo Tuesday, morning | will
get II Tuesday night. Well. dear,
they are calling me to dinner and I
will ston. Please write or / will be
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28
To Abolish the Cuirass.

The French ministry has decided
to abolish the cuirass. There are 10
regiments Of cuirassiers in the French
army. The weapon has been famous
for a hundred years. and its traditions
from Austerltz to Worth are among
the most glorious of the French army.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28

The skeleton OF a megatherium has
been dug up by excavators In the Ave-
nue. Bosquet, Paris
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28

The women of Sumatra wear costly
dresses many of them being made OF
pure gold and silver. After tho metal
Is mined and smelted. It is formed In.
to a fine wire, which is woven into
cloth and afterward used for dresses.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar
made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28

Starch. like everything else, Is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market rs years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est iscovery-Dehanc Starch-all In
furious chemicals are omitted. while
the addition of another ingredient. In
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-28
Grace Brown to
Chester Gillette
Woman's Simple Documents That Made
Criminal Case Famous and Virtually
Sealed the Fate of a Murderer
When Read to the Jury
That Tried Him for
His Life.

crazy. Be n good Md and God bless
you. Lovingly,
THE KID.
p. ST. am crying.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Corrected to october .. isos.

Passenger Trains leave Barre az follows
1901 Midnight--Daily. Boston. Springfield and
New York night express. Sleeping cars
Montpelier Junction 20 Boston and
Springfield. tSundAy morning train has no
connection for New York Connects AZ
Montpelier with train leaving at $50 q. M
for M0ntreal and tho West.
400 a. rn.--Week days only Tor Williams
town.
.3.s5 a. m--Wcek days only. Connects at
Montpelier Junction with mail train for
Boston, Springfield and New York, and
trains for Burlington, Sc. Alhans and in
termediate stations
Hiss a. m.--Daily Boston, Springfield, New
York and New London fast express.
Cafe pariOr car Montpelier junction 10
Boston Parlor car Montpelier Junction
i.oS p. rn---Week days only. For Williams
town.
$40 .. NJ Week days only. Mall train for
Burlington, 81. Alhans, Cambridge juno
ton, Ogdensburg Richford and Montreal.
Parlor car TO Montreal from Montpelier
junction.
AIS ?. m.--wsek days only. For Williams.
town.
$50 ?. m.--Daily. Montreal and Chicago fast
express. Connects at Burlington with
local train for Rutland Cafe parlOr car
Montpelier Junction 70 Montreal and
Pullman sleeper 70 Chicago.
Trains reach Montpelier about 20 minutes
after leaving Harre.
q. @. JUNEs, General Manager.
j. v. BENTLEY, Gen. pass. ACT,
So. Alhans, Vt.
j. o. ADAMS, Agent, barre. VI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20

GRANITE PLANT FOR 81 LIZ Must be sold
at once Well lopafed npefty consists OF
% horsepower Westinghouse motor, one i.aRe
polishing machine, with iron and emery
wheels. buffers, etc. one sullivan air esn-
press0r (cost 5000. stove with fo6 water tit-
tngs, Two grind-stones, eight pneum lie taois,
quantity Of points. chis Is, ETC., X cGalns,
bars, Jacks, bellows, anvil, etc. Nearly tools
enough for 70 curriers'. The price will be very
low and terms viii be most favorable. Month
~ payments. ghis is yOnr opportunity 70 en-
gage in The granite business. Better look 1t o
40 ouce. II not sold within ten days u Will be
rented. For fun particulars, inquire Of the u.
A Perry Real Estate Agency, Rooms 8 ard o,
Gordon Block, Barre. VT 2-6tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.

There haa not been burial in the
Barnet Center cemetery since last spring,
or in about eight months.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
COMPETENT JUDGES.

Beauty Doctors Eadorse Herpicide.
Women who make business Of beau
tifying other women come pretty near
knowing what will bring about the best
results. Here are letters from two, con-
corning Herpieide:
III can recommend Newbro's sTIerpi-
side" as It stopped my hair from falling
out; and, as q dressing 1t has no super
Tor.
"(Signed.) Bertha A. Truillnger,
Complexion Specialist,
1914 Morrison ST. Portland, Ore"
After using one bottle Of "JIerpicide"
ny hair has stopped falling out, and ms
icalp is entirely free from danaruff
"(Sgned.1 Grace Dodge
Beauty Doctor,
'1e5 Sixth St., Portland, Ore
Sold by leading druggists. Send l0c. in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,
Detroit, Mich.
Rickert & Wells, Special Agents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
A Healinr Gospel.

The Rev. j. c. Warren, pastor Of
sharon Baptist church, BeIair, Ga, says
OF Electric Bitters; "ft's Godsend TO
mankind. 1t cured me of lame back,
stiff joints and complete physical col
lapse. was so weak it took me half an
hour to walk q mile. Two bottles Of
Eclectic Bitters have made me so strong
have just walked three miles IN so min
utes, and feel like walking three more.
It's made new man of me- Greatest
remedy for weakness and all stomach,
liver and kidney complaints. Sold UNI
der guarantee at the Red Cross Phar.
macy. Price soc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
"THE VELVET WORKER.

This new discovery Is Ia small tablets,
asiiy taken. and they are packed 10
watch ehape bottles which fit the vest
,ncket The tablet is mild, all vegetable.
lever gripcs or Injuries the most delicate
rgans But Il does the work. So na
turally and soothingiy they stimulate
and regulate and strengthen that the,
have been nicknamed "The Little Velvet
Workers z
Don't shuttle along With this great bur
ienl BE healthy, Be strong Be happy
Read our offer:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20

HOUSE FOR SALE-Fo pr-teEement house
AZ coraer Of Maple avenue and Semina stieot.
Address DeniscB Brown, Nnrthhel9, VI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
rrleed by Rlehford Enpress AGENT.

It Is said that II. NJ Kendall, Of
Richford, express agent at that place,
Is the man 20 be credited for tracing the
packages of stolen property taken from
East Fairfield last October by Connect.
cut Billy who vps killed 40 Sheldon,
Seeing an account IN The Messenger Of
the finding Of the pension check Of u. 9,
tolhurn, which was pat oi the property
stolen, he remembered sending two pack
ages az that time from his Office 70
James Graham, New York city. He noti-
fed The authorities who took the matter
up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20

A hearing was held at Bellows Falls
Thursday before the state board Of rail
road commissioners to listen TO reasons
why Bartonsville should have a new
station a. II asked Tor by petition
of the citizens Of that town. Their de-
cision will be rendered at later date.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
We Recommend

Liz .all-Gray's warranted Laxative Cough
and Cold eure--because It contains No
Morphine or other Habit Forming Drug,
but does contain the best ingredients
known to medical science for Coughs
and Colds, and viii pay back your
money il not satisfactory.
D. Il. Davis, E. A. Drown,
@. II. kendrick & Co., Barre, vt.
]. II. Macarthur, East Barre, vt.
w. II. Miles. Graniteville, VI.
F. Q. Huntington, Washington, Vt.
L. ID. Tillotson, Washington, Vt.
Il. A. Ainsworth, Williamstown, vt.
Mark Meare, Marshfeld, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20

the intention Of the directors to increase
the cash capital Of the stock Of the
Chase mills as this purchase can be fin.
anced without calling ON the stockhold-
ers for an assessment. The directors
are Of the idea that the purchase Of
these mills will be of benefit to the
Chase mills, and unanimously recon-
mend that their action in the matter be
ratified and confirmed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
"THE MORE, THE LESS"

THE more you take the less you neer
untn you need uone--for you arc cure,,
Wy effort all along was to avoid the cyi
4 the ordinary remedy which pampers
rgans already weak and so makes the
,atient slave to the pill. Rcmember-
nature expects every organ to do its
iuty"
Physicians have long recognized the
act that constipation is at the bottom
4 nearly every disease. Itsaps all energy
md makes life burden; It opens the
-ioors to all evil germs and makes the
,ody too weak to resist them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
ProbIematieal.

miss kookoo. if should call some
evening next week might hope to find
you at home ~
why, that would would depend on
whether or not knew what evening You
were coming, Mr.. Thixkull. Chicago
Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
FOR sALE-viilaee farm. Contains q acre

FOR SALE--Fiilsge farm. Contains 40 acres,
equally divided into tiilage and pasture. Never
failing water At house and barn. win keep
SIX cows and team. Abundance on irutt.
Buildings In good, comfortable repair. only
one minute yak e. church, IS rods 70 good
school. there ~ great demand for this kind
VI a farm and saine Que viii want ii quick For
sale only on account 81 sickness. Price for
immediate sale 81 $50 With ome farming tools,
one hall cash, balance 10 suit purchaser In
enire at the y y Cate Real Estate Agency,
Rooms II and 10. Bolster building, Barre,
Vt 2e0tt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
r Y 7,

To any reader who sends US his or he,
uame and address with ave stamps Il.
eoveT postage expenses, we will at ono,
nail fullsizc 25-cent bottle OF Chase
constipation Tablets, the worker thu
cures. Not a sample. mind. fuil-siz
ascent bottle. Let rs prove II TO you
Write to-day, addressing Chase Mfg, Co
Newburgh. N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20

FOR SALE-A two tenement house. central
~ located, about five mimi rs walk from post
once COED property for Feptin purposes.
or would make q good home that would at
same time yield good come. For fall de-
scipt'un and price on this property inquire at
the fice Of the Barre Granite 4 quarry Co.,
Rooms and 8. blanchard Building. 2eetf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
EHNlE
Boston -0ueenstown. LiYerpooI

Fast Twin Screw Mail and Passenger Steam
ers. 1920 tons; COO feet long. Remarkable for
steadiness Rooms upper decks anidships I;
perfect ventilation.
IYERNIA. Feb. 20, Mar, 20, Apr. IL, May 10.
SAXONIA, Mar 6. Apr 5, May /, May %.
Plans. sailing1, etc the Cunard s. 3 CO., Ltd,
t26 State ST.. Boston. Mass. Chas. r Sumner
Agent, or to heal agent, s. 3. Ballard's
Steamship Agency. Miles Block. Barre or New
Langdon Block, Montpelier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
A WONDER WORKER
MARVELLOUS DISCOVERY FOR
THE CURE or ALL FORMS
OF CONSTIPATION NOT
A HABIT BUT A CURE
YOU DECREASE THE
DOSE UNTIL CURED.

After many years Of Study and practi
= physician specialist has discovered h
.ure for constipation. 1t is called Chase
Constipation Tablet.
do not mean" said the physician I
several OF his colleagues announcing b.
success, Il do not mean just another Ri.
that breeds the pill habit. My remedy
8 cure BY gently forcing all the digest
I'VE organs TO perform their functions ii
restores them all to health and strength
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20

F0k SALE--Two-story house on Hale street.
Six rooms. bath, wired for electric lights
Hard wood floors Gown stairs, moulded cas-.
sngs corner blocks. City water. Hot water
connections. connected with sewer Good eel =,
lar Granite underpinning. Lot 55 ny "a feet.
Assessed iot 1000 insured for $1,000. Price
81 ,450 500 cash and balance east. Inquire at
Cate Real tate Agency, Rooms II aud ~
Bolster Building. Barre, Vt, 2Sitf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20

FOR SALE--kight-Yoom house and barn on
Highland aven ., near v Washington street,
Now occupied by two anil es. La &c lot.
Price only $3.50. We also have on this street
ten-i oom on with bath, furnace lights,
etc and a colfage, Price for cottage, Si.G0 /;
for ten-room house, $3.50, fsr iourfeen.Ioom
house. S4O00. This house rents 80 al to pay
nearly 10 per cent? IL In crested better inquire
AZ once. II u seldom that you can buy sucn
houses IS these anywhere near the prices
asked. y. A. Perry Real Estate Agency. 27Gtf