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Standing of the Clubs.

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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

When a boy, on the eve of merited
whipping, after all sorts of milder meth.
DDS have failed to move him. promises
to be good to avert the whipping, it is
always wiser and safer to 90 on with
the whipping The railroads are now
willing to pledge themselves to cooper.
ate with the interstate commerce com.
mission in breaking up the system of
rebates. The railroads have always in.
sisted that the government had no right
to NEEDLE with rebates, which were alb
solutely necessary and their own pri-
vate business. They have not now
changed their minds, but are hedging
with stern necessity. Better have some
good, fair, unevadible laws for the rate
avil.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
The Safest Way.

The Ludlow Tribune wants Senate,
Proctor to agree not to resign during
the term of his son, Fletcher, providing
the latter becomes governor of Vermont
next year. 1t is evidently afraid that
Son Fletcher would not make a suitable
appointment in that event IT saws.
. With their own kind of lieutenant
governor, double resignation might
very readily perpetuate the holding of
the senatorial office in the Proctor fam
lily for another generation and it init
mates that Vermonters would rather be
free to make their own political ar.
rangements.
If Son Fletcher can not be trusted in
the matter of such appointments as the
next governor may, in the course of
human events, be called upon to make.
why should the people of Vermont elect
him governor? There are other men
Tor the office unhampered by doubtful
md embarrassing affiliations.
Will the people of Vermont have to
lect Son Fletcher governor whether
hey want to or not! There s the rub.
We shall see
But if so, why should Senator Proc
or make promise which might incon-
enience him and upset all his plans /?
lie doesn t think he needs to. Would
e have made the other promise if he
id? Foolish Tribune! s
Better unmask your batteries and
ain them at once boldly and deter
inedly upon Son Fletcher S candidacy
hich threatens political liberty in Yer
ont. Smash it! History proves it
It invulnerable. a
That will be the safest and surest II
w ~
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Rural Free Delivery Reforms.
BROOKLYN Ea ole

Rural free delivery is under fire and
considerable economies are to be intro
duced into the service. The place of
1 superintendent will be abolished, and
the men who hold it will become in
spectors; civil service examinations will
weed out 30 per cent of the present
force, and daily routes will be discon-
tinued unless at least 100 families are
served in the 24-mile beats now tray
ersed, and will be reached but three
times a week hereafter. These changes
do not menace the usefulness of the
rural delivery, but rather insure its bet
terment through proper adjustment of
finances. The carrier who is sore put
to 1t to carry the county paper and
few bills to the dozen farmers whose
houses are strung along a steep and |
stony hill road will be in better trim. |
and his horse will last longer if he is
not required to make an almost need
less journey every day. In some of the
back country districts the service is not
very good, anyway, and the conversion
II superintendent into inspectors, who
will be required to see how often and
low efficiently these carriers cover
iSiA hiho"SO, anu uoW mucH IHey uelay |
he mails to prosper their private bust
less as expressmen, will result in con-
iderable reforms Rural delivery is an
xcellent thing, and will not be fore :
one, although its methods will be
lade less wasteful and extravaganza. 1t In
as added somewhat to the expense of
overnment, but it has made a more 3
nan respondent saving in the expenses W
the farmers. 1t is easier for a post t.
an to make a 20-mile journey every e.
ny than it is for so farmers to make W
, in order to receive their papers and 81 .,
tiers at the postoffice. The cost to r. r.,
'vernment is heightened by the fact ns
at these farmers formerly rented ar
xes in the postofice, whereas they bl
w have their mail delivered at their a
ors, but by persuading the farmer to W.
main on his farm, government does an M
her good thing. for some of them %
II treble the cost of a postof1ice box ~, ~
treating his acquaintance to wills fe,
y whenever he goes to the village. fel
raj free delivery is an agent in the 1 k
semination of intelligence, it is us,
lvenience, it puts isolated homes in go,
ch with the world, and it is as fitting
t the poor man in the country should cei
re his letters without cost and trou- ne ne
as that the poor man in the city T
uld have them. tai,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

The resolution passed by the State
grange at its recent annual meeting. IA
voring regular appropriation by the
Legislature in aid of agricultural fairs.
received the same reception by the state
press as was accorded George w.
Pierce s pamphlet. One and all. the
newspapers turn the project down. They
are unable to see why the state should
ald one industry more than another.
They think it would be unfair to the
people of other industries. 1t is but
just to the grangers, including Mr..
Pierce, to admit that their view is not
a narrow or selfish one or without some
reasonable foundation. They believe
the agricultural interests of Vermont
large and vital enough to the prosperity
OF all the state and sufficiently lacking |
in knowledge and vigor to warrant the
AID of the state in the matter of fairs
rs an educational measure of general
good. They may be right: But we still
hlnk successful fair must be backed
~ public sentiment and community en-
erprise. A few energetic individuals in
ach section who see the need NAV do !
much to inspire and foster this senti-
lent but state money will not generate a
NY but selfish interest. Shiftlessness Il
'as never yet overcome by bribery or i
ldulgence The lack of agriculture in v
ermont is not so much opportunity and o
eans as it is enthusiasm and energy. W
agriculture in Vermont ever comes n
the front, the farmers of the state II
III have to wake up and work to some n,
lrpOse. 81
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
HAPPY WOMEN,
Plenty of Them in BrattIeboro, and
Good Reason for 1t.

wouldn't any woman be happy.
After years of backache suffering,
Days of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
She finds relief and cure?
No reason why any Brattleboro read
err
Should suffer in the face of evidence
like this:
Mrs. A. Lind, of / Chestnut street
Brattleboro, VT, says MY experience
with Doan's Kidney Pills proved them
to be the finest remedy of the kind I
ever used. For five years I suffered
with dull, heavy pain across the back.
SO bad at times that I could hardly get
around to do my work. If l attempted
to rise quickly from a chair a sharp
pain would take me across the kidneys
and extend up between my shoulder
blades. l had frequent headaches, and
cold always made the whole trouble
worse l saw Doan's Kidney Pills
highly recommended and procured a
'ox at F. H. Holdens drug store. They |
proved to be just what I needed and l |
loticed an improvement after the first
ew doses. In short time my back
cit better and stronger in every way. |
know of many of my friends who have Il
sed Doan's Kidney Pills with equally
God results"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
ents. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, II
lew York. sole agents for the United
tateS.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
Ike no other
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

The president disapproves, as might
be expected, the Oregon plan of an
100000 national wedding gift through
ten cent subscriptions for his daughter
Alice who is to wed Congressman Mich
olas Longworth in February. Goodwill
toward the family of the chief execu.
tive is matter of course with Ameri-
cans; but it need not find indecorous or
impairment expression. Miss Roosevelt
mas the same right which other Ameri-
can girls value-of certain personal af-
fairs sacred to herself and her friends
and her wedding, which may reasonably
be classed as one of these. should not
be desecrated by these foolish enthusi.
asts, with their ten cent collections. Ad- |
niral Dewey was hero yet he was I'M
lble to bear successfully the obligation
If a national admiration gift. How alb
urd, then, to place it upon the shoulders
Il a girl who is merely the daughter of
he president-a condition for which she
not responsible. She is not a public
ersonage
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Not Exactly Justice.
Bristol Herald. !

In letter to the Burlington Free
Press, Royal W. Peake of this village
cites the case of Gale, convicted in the
Addison county court last week of steal.
ing $32 and sentenced to three years in
state s prison, and wishes the same kind
OF justice could be meted out to our
bank robbers. - We heartily endorse
Mr.. Peake's sentiments. The idea of
sending one man to state Is prison.
where he has to work, for three wears
for stealing $32, while another man who
stole $4,000 gets only seven years with
out work, in the house of correction is
ridiculous one, to say the least. Which
deserves the greater punishment, the $32
thief or the 100000 one2 We believe
the amount stolen should figure more
prominently in regulating the sentence.
D. Henry Lewis, "A one time chief of the
Addison county ring and cashier of the |
Farmers National bank of Vergennes |
IS idllng away seven years, less time for
good behavior, for causing a 100000 |
shortage in the bank s funds. J. w.
hetchum is doing seven years in Middle
Jury Jail for making false entries in the
looks of the Farmers bank. How
much money, if any, Ketchum took has
ever been made public. Is there any
cal justice in giving Lewis and Ket-
hum the same dosel We think not. ,
teallng is stealing, but the punishment !
hould be made to fit the enormity of
ne crime. We hope the time will come
hen it will.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

The Turner's Falls, Mass, police off.
GERS gave the first tramp of the year his
dinner on Christmas day and made him
pay for it next day by saving wood. Up
in Burlington last week they sent a
tramp who begged for food to the house
of correction (!) for the state to feed
three or four months. Tramps are thick
up Burlington way They are extreme.
ly scarce in Turner's Falls. Moral?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Delight
St. Adams Messenger

lot. AlDans Messenger
g Brattleboro looms up with historical
and chronological significance in the
citizenship case of State s Attorney
jackson, of Barre. The family Bible
produced at the recent hearing as evil
dence, was printed in Brattleboro in
1916, and was the property of the great
grandfather of the state S attorney.
The st. Adams Messenger, which sought
vainly to read Brattleboro somewhere
between the lines of the recent suit case
mystery, will note this ancient and hons
orable association Of the only Brattle-
boro' with delight. ''-Brattleboro Re
former.
Prepared as we always are for good
news of Brattleboro achievement or
proud distinction of some kind, it is, in
Iced, surprise to learn that The Bible
vas made in that village, although,
pon reflection, it is apparent that some
arts of it might easily have been in
pired there.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

Mr.. Hyde is tired of insurance and
HES himself to sunny France, and ex.
Senator David b. Hin is too sick to tes-
tify about that annual $1,000 retainer
he got from the Equitable. The public
is more sorely afflicted than either, for
ii is both tired and sick of the whole
story of insurance graft.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Mr.. Haskins Called Down.

Representative Ilaskins is not speak.
ing for his constituents when he opposes
federal regulation of life insurance. He
IS lame in his argument that no savings
bank has failed in this state while many
national banks have gone under. ANY
school boy knows better and the con
gresham, if correctly reported, had
better come home and take a course in
Vermont history and get in touch with
his constituents.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

If the grange had not disavowed poll.
ties, what Misunderstanding, all.
around winning combination it might
make with the labor party in Vermont
which has entered politics but is not for
Proctor and which heartily endorses the
grange and its policies But the grange
is not-in any sense(O-a political or.
ganiZation.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Competency the Chief Desideratum?


j. l.. Martin of Brattleboro has been
appointed United States district attor.
ney for the third time. Mansur and
Merrill fell by the wayside but Martin
is still on top. This is good thing for
Martin and also for the office he
holds. There is some argument in favor
Of an equitable distribution of federal
plums among the faithful, but the gov
eminent would have to rake the state
with a fine toothed comb to find more
district attorney.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

When the net of the Green Mountain
Detective agency is once spread across
the state he will be smooth and supple
crook indeed who manages to slip
through It's meshes. The very name of
this strong organization of county sher.
iifs ought to serve ms deterrent to evil
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Still Hnacting Farces?
The Commoner. 1

United States Marshal Matthews of
Nebraska was removed from office for
making light of fareical sentence i'm.
posed upon two rich land thieves. The
Judge who imposed that sentence is still
drawing a salary and can not be
reached.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

According to the department of agri-
culture, 1,463 different publications have
been printed and distributed to the ag-
ricultural population during the past
year. If only one could make a horse
drink, now, after one has led the animal
to water
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Don't Let Them.
tSt. Adams Messenger.l

lSt. Adams Messenger
The esteemed Groton Times says aft
is a crying shame that dealers will per.
sist in selling boys cigarettes. 4" Well,
pass another law prohibiting it. then.
Or enforce the one YOU have.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Cons
Mo
'act.
Argus

Vermont nee workers find
cause for re- < in the fact that
the Green NJ, itain state paid into
the national treasury, through the
medium of internal revenue taxes, for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1905, the
comparatively insignificant sum of SIS.
23961. This was the smallest amount
paid by any state During the year
Vermont had $50 persons or firms pay-
ing special internal revenue tax, no
other state having so few special tax.
payers Windsor journal.
:. The number of United States liquor
licenses held in Vermont at present IL
about one-quarter ms large as under the
law. This fact is worth
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

natural thing to do when one s salary Is
discontinued. Some people think he
ought to resign from the United States
senate likewise and that senator Plat
shares in this obligation.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
MATTERS OF OPINION.
Selected from the Editorial Columns
of Our Esteemed Contemporaries.
Would at Least Be Practical.
Bellows Falls Times

Some of our agricultural friends want
agriculture taught in the public schools.
II the public schools taught everything
that everybody would like to have
them teach the youth of the state
would be fearfully and wonderfully
educated. The farmer would give them
little agriculture, the machinist a
little mechanics, the carpenter little
and so on. The good old
accomplishments of correct reading,
writing and spelling would be wholly
lost sight of.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
And Nothingness.
| Springfield Republican

I'FTIHSHtIu hFPUDIcan.T
Once gate receipts were abolished. the
whole tribe of paid coaches would be
extermlnated and football would return
to the "simple life" in hurry.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

Senator Depew has resigned his po-
sition as director Of the Equitable AS
surance society which of course is the
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

reappointed
turned down.
versed nj tn
Caledonia ma
named 10 succ
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
Prophecy, or Advance Information7

burlington Clipper.
1t is significant of coming events in
the second congressional district that U.
>. District Attorney Martin has been
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05


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4 tne WI
oa"'nresheo
~ &c hopeo
hes 81, 'his
co1,taNp win
o,,sra;ta seems
az ce1estion'
,aooity an Iavor
S,Gber water
ran tn system
hjano mere are
To-. u rPai own
boeahe ana are
4 20 .hetara that
II % cHebrssoouptedly
A5thd "lLne'st lmpor-
as ~ tehge the VII
"a ooci, thousands
Tn, 1eat every TAX
\ as 'lth caretui
serhadpest lor the
,ahon. IN CONSIDERATIONS
Oe
ne eaLIofihuhlclpal own
1,hta hs''eih Is llkely TO |
too.!d Noioh, ana It's adj
ne ,cs must be IN estab-
tn,aaaQree suihclently low to
ne, eis increase. In other
~. 7bfthe village invests in
'oosee'iuSt De small enough
u. ny men' ol interest and
u, pnance Win very low {
-. "i'e municipal ownership
Y"s ou' d huse burden OF IN {
what he'hod Oh procedure h
inoo' eeohohiicai 1or the VII o
'"e question "hich every voter t
oe'iue pe'"eeh now ana next II
oay night a
''uatioh mere IN Brattleboro is
nneauy IN the neid is the N
iiii RESERVOIR company which W
'o iaiee investments TO meet the Pr
=: - "no'' o"h' ="
sung W sun larger expense to OF
WIN eAistins needs. The al
'ii'i"i''ee Vi 1875 summarized in
te' when 1t SAID; I'VE are of on
ma. = - oosn unnecessary Sc
-" 30 ~ 'no ',iiase' ae this tlme' ity
" '"i inoeo'euhess Ior new me
'ye.en YIN d neid already occu-
"ni'n oanno' III any PROBABLE con- wi
sH'' oo SUI sustaining, ana whose de;
vices would lnJure other investments ha-
'de in good faith for the same purpose. for
der the pecnliar c;roumS+onoas -. ~
(. - A.. '''noe' oAis'- WI
2 r.'' 'neie Is scant room and patron our
'e Tor one general water system the
iere is certainly no ADEQUATE snnnort tbo
r two. - This is car+a;nI,, soaa;lIo 49,
49,, a. ''i''ioio nav
- ono ina''el-as true now as ID sint
airs ago-and ought to leave no doubt pro
anyone s mind as to the folly of es- p
blisbino a munic;no1 snston, =;
'o-'' III oPPo' nlel
ioh " the present one cam
At special meeting in March, 1898. at Fl
village voted TO accent ;ts compo;t ,,ro.,
. ronort ana +honoh,, g,
i0'y "siee' hoI 10 tent
e actlon under the charter of 1892 Joul
nsequently the Chestnut Hill company
lded itself for 1926 900 and installed
Wes+ p;ror
~ 80 pumping piaht' In M
'f' Oh the meeting, which appears in d..
issue of March 10, 1898, the Re- rroc
ner accredits tbe foJlow;pr 70 n TT the
- a.. ., " L. the |
-, y "' 'n'' 'ihie iVS eoltor: nox+
Inc question which this meeting is n'->'
answer as embodied in the report is Son !
,Iher IL VIII De satisfied with the appo
well system. If we say yes he can "Wi
=, ~ anu Pu' III ms pant Tor an addi- cove,
,ns nravide romodn r NH 'i ;ea teso' verv
s for another meeting. If we saw the S,
viii be equivalent to notice to ilv fo
I ha We "aat nooA'pg' OF ms sys- mates
IL of the addit;onai n in,ti .ne Ga, free
Id in his place-and then where will RANGE
village be! There will not only be TT
10y - Year. IN Uut IN an Likelihood tbe m
4 mo ;or;t,, &c IN 70 io!uiles nex+
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

The fair management will no doubt
find a way to put the show on a sound
financial basis without lowering its
quality, and there is no reason for think
ing. that Brattleboro' reputation for
giving the greatest show in New Eng
land y will suffer in the future. 1t is to
be hoped, however, that instead of 60
ing on the principle that the fair can
i've on its reputation the management
will labor with increased vigor to widen
he scope of its drawing power.
The Meddler.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05
w.ADHAM COUNTY REFoRMER, BRA

man
IN. be re-
th, and a
ma will be
lee 0ro man.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-05

What method of procedure
e most economical for the vii
1.-THE question which every voter
decide between now and next
day night.
ltuation here in Brattleboro is
Already in the field is the
at Hill reservoir company which
de large investments to meet the
of the village and whose own
going to still larger expense to
with existing needs. The
committee of 1898 summarized
ter when If said. IGyVa oro oe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22

woman. She stands In the fore ground,
unconscious Of the fact that abe Is the only
bit Of fe mininity in the rir &, ard carefully
notes the points of marc and cob as hey
canter before her.
Once there Is a controversy between
her and the small man who only reaches
the rim Of her hat, but who Is apparently
her father, Judging from resemblance OF
features and the whitish tint OF hair and
beard. Young as she is she knows the
good points of a horse and isnott to be moved
from her Judgment by the fact that the
horse is driven about the ring by an expert
whip, who hides all the bad points as care
fully as he brings good ono to notice.
The auctioneer looks at her ~disapprov-
in gly and the father, after one or two peeps
of bids, allows her to take his ann and lead
him gently away from temptation. He
looks like the one time possessor of a stable
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22

that told me said she had a riders pacR'
There she Is now
sHe left me like a fash and followed a
tall, slender woman who happened to be
walking away from us, giving a fine view
Of her shoulders and walk. I'd never
thought Of classifying people that way
but the next time / saw him I referred to
the matter and he said:
why, Of course, a man who knows any
thing about horses can always tell whether
a woman'e a rider or not"
"Oh, l don't think anything OF that
said the other as she spread out the wrinkles
in her long gloves. How is 1t any differ
emit from the automobile face2 / can tell
at a glance whether a m is in the
habit of driving about in one; and not only
that, but whether she has a chauffeur or
whether her husband does his own work
In that line"
The voice Of the gray tinted auctioneer,
whose beard Is carefully trimmed as BELTS
the dignity of his profession, demands at
tention. The crowd straightens its shoul-
ders, papa's little girl leads him away
from any possible danger, the blue uni
formed official points with a threatening
finger toward a large placard on the wall,