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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
BUSY IN CHESHIRE COUNTY.
Mrs. J. B. Powers Doing Good Work
70 for Keene Humane Society.

AT recent meeting of the keene,
N. H., Humane society the report OF
the president contained the following
of interest about Mrs. Jennie Il. Pow
ers. who is now agent for that organiza'
| ton: Mu
Durinp the three months from
Nav. to August Mrs. Powers investi-
gated l4l complaints, nine of them be
! ing abuse of children, and visited 10
towns. some of them several times. she
shot three horses and compelled own
ers to kill three others; arrested Two
men and brought them to trial; had
an adopted child taken away by the
court and was active nearly every Jay
in the investigation of eases of alleged
cruelty, having many animals turned
out to pasture for rest, and ordering
improved conditions wherever they
were found to be needed. Eight of the
children cases were taken up by the
commissioners and settled by warning.
On Aug 5, Mrs. Powers had an ac-
cident and was off duty until the 2Sth.
But up to Nov. IA, she investigated loo
complaints and visited 10 towns, some
of them from four to seven times. ohe
! shot six horses and chloroformed two
tramp eats; had two horses shot by
their owners; arrested five men Tor
cruelty to animals and brought them TO
trial. securing four convictions ana
causine one case to be brought before
the probate court. Many cases reported
lof children suffering from neglect,
abnse or other causes have been inves-
| ii uatpd. .guet HTtt
French family was found in
Keene. where the father earns 81 a
dav. half Of which is being taken for
debt and wife and nine children,
only one of whom was able to earn
anything, being supported on what
was left. a,H aFi
A girl of IL years in Hinsdale was
being harshly treated by her rather,
who, after being consulted, PROMISED
not to kick or strike her again. chll4
| three wears old was taken from a ROAD
lbouse in Hinsdale A boy in Swanzey
was taken from a wretched home, and
will be cared for by the county until
arrangements can be made for placing
him in good home. A.,
Z During the past three months Mrs.
Powers has investigated l49 com
nlaints. five of which were children
Eases shot five horses, and compelled
tbe owners of five others to poultlce
| their horses ! feet and keep them IN !,
[tbe harm until fit to use Nearly an
tbe surrounding towns have been VISIT
l. ed from one to four times, the owners
of log teams have been warned not 10 70
Head TOO heavily, cattle have been or
dered in from the hills since snow
came and several barns and hog-pens
have been repaired. ,s
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
ELECTRIC ROAD INTO VERMONT.
Purpose Of the Line to Ship Lumber
20 Market. shU1

Officials OF the Boston a Maine rail
road, the Hoosac Valley street railway
company. merchants Of North Adams,
and men who recently purchased u
large tract Of lumber land In southern
Vermont, have been In CONSULTATION IN
North Adams several times concerning
the construction of an electric trolley
line from the end OF the Briggsville
| line of the lloosac Valley company 10
ilartwcllvillc, W., distance Of about
10 miles, says the Springfield Republi'
can The main purpose of this line
will be 10 furnish means for rapid
and cheap shipping OF the immense
amount of lumber which the new pro-
prietors of this woodland propose to
cut aud ship to the market. The sue
cessfu outcome of this plan, No far ms
North Adams interests is concerned,
depends upon whether the Rutland rail
road makes more acceptable PROPOSE.
ton for an outlet from the woodland
north than do the Hoosac Valley and
Boston 4 Maine roads, rr
f., III. Wright of Boston, who is the
principal one of the Boston men who
purchased the 100000 acres of valuable
timberland in Ilartwcllville, Somerset,
and Wilmington, w., the deal for
which was closed within month, has
been from the first especially anxious
that there should be an outlet for the
product, which is almost inexhaustiblc
If properly cut of through North Adj
ANS. Some work has been done on es.
timating the cost of such road, and
the best route TO make connections
with the Boston 4 Maine. II appears
to be the general opinion of those who
have interested themselves in the mat
ter that trolley line from Hartwell-
Vile down the mountain to Stamford,
and then to the end of the present
Briggsville line, is the only feasible
plan.
The Boston & Maine officials have
signifed their willingness to build a
terminal at that point for the transfer
of lumber, if reasonable amount OF
business is guaranteed the road for
the expense which would be entailed.
This. the men behind the plan claim,
would be large enough, as they can cut
more than 20,000,000 feet of lumber
year. Hartwellville and Searsburg
residents, as well as those of Stamford.
would find the road opening up easy
means of access to North Adams and
other places in Berkshire county, and
passenger ears would be run at inter
walls of sufficient frequency to make 1t
desirable trip.
II has been estimated that it would
cost about quarter of million TO
leonstruet the road. and if the officials
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
County Fire Loss in 1905.

The report of the state insurance de-
partment for the year ending Dee 81,
1905, shows that the total fire loss in the
state during that. time has been $445,-
$40 The total loss in Windham county
was $2416s, divided by towns as fol
lows: Athens, no fires; Brattleboro,
90 fires, loss 5000; Brookline, no fires;
Dover, one fire, loss 81; Dummerston,
8 fires, loss $1,000; Grafton, one fire,
loss $50; Guilford, 5 fires, loss 1908;
Halifax, one fire, loss $56S; Jamaica,
one fire, loss $35; Londonderry, four
fires, loss $500; Marlboro, two fires,
loss $l,66s; Newfane, four fires, loss
1868; Putney, four fires, loss $l,O6s;
Rockingham. Is fires, loss 1921; Som
erset, one fire, loss $50; Stratton, no
fires; Townshend five fires, loss 1888;
Vernon, two fires. loss $2,140; Wards
boro, no fires; Westminster, no fires;
Nottingham. four fires, loss $1.O73;
Wilmington, four fires, loss $l47; Wind,
ham. no fires
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
The Egg Question.

The problem of finding cheap
,,o,,Itrv food that will increase egg
PRODUCTION during the winter Wheil
eggs are high has been solved by those
"a rmers who purchase Green Cut Bone
and Meat for their poultry
h z s Page of Hyde Park, VI, gfi liI's
r,anv thousand pounds annually Oh
III .rticle and this year is selling IL
for $3.50 per barrel OF ~ poun ,u
Eight prepaid to buyers railroau sta 70
tion There is now no necessity ~
Going without this staple poultry 1000
IF Won cannot use a barrel yourself
cot some of your neighbors to JON IN
yitb Won. You will find it valuable as
an egg producer. n
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
A NATION OF DYsPEPTICs.
DR.. Holton Thinks Rapid Eating Is
Menace to Health.

In discussion of the subject, Is
Rapid Eating National Evil and a
Menace TO National HEALTH. which
appeared on the editorial page of the
Sunday Boston Globe. DR.. II. ID. Hol-
ton expressed his views in the follow
ing interesting letter:
81 answer yes. As people we
move too rapidly, and seemingly, year
by year, we move faster and faster.
Too many bolt their food without prop
erlv masticating it. 1t cannot. there
fore. be readily digested and properly
assimilated. Hence the system does
not secure the proper nourishment, Or
ganic disturbances follow. There is
truth in the saying that we are ma
ton of dyspeptics. We are so largely
from the fact that we hurriedly swal-
low our food instead of properly mas
ticating it.
''In the fowl there is a gizzard or
grinding mill that does sufficient work.
Human beings have nothing which
takes its place. Our intelligence should
cause us to take time to properly mas
ticate the food we put in our stomachs;
when it is not properly digested IT de-
composes, gas is formed, the stomach
is distended. pressing up upon the
heart. and interfering with its action.
H'The blood is not supplied with the
proper elements and becomes poor; the
kidneys are required to do extra work
to strain out waste products from this
impoverished blood, and there is a
breaking down of the structure, this
often leading to Bright's disease and
other organic changes The system
thus reduced is in poor condition to
withstand the attacks of the germs of
various diseases; hence they get IN
their work We have prepared the soil
for them. If / sow wheat on the
greensward of my lawn I cannot ex-
pect to secure a crop. If prepare the
soil by tilling and fertilizing, then the
seed has an opportunity to take root.
We have prepared the way for the
germs by our rapid eating and the con
sequences follow it. .g
off the mucous membrane is healthy
there is little chance for the germs to
secure hold. But in our hurry and
haste we prepare the soil for them.
What folly. We seem almost to have
d mania for haste. We largely use the
telephone 1t is a useful servant, In
a considerable measure it has taken the
place Of the slower mail; but now we
are impatient if the line is busy or
the person we want is not WITHIN
reach With all this feverish rush and
haste we should at least go slow in
eating. BY all means let us take ample,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
Golden Wedding of vermonters.

A golden wedding anniversary of interest
IN Vermont occurred at San Francisco, Cal.
Feb G. when Mr.. and Mrs, D. Gilbert Dex
ter entertained manv friends at their home
and in turn were entertained in the even
ing by social at the First Congregational
church, of which Mr.. Dexter is the senior
deacon. The affair was complete surprise
and had been capitally arranged. Deacon
and Mrs Dexter marched down the aisle to
Memberships wedding march and there
were flowers, music and speech making. Mr.
Dexter was born in Dover, and Mrs. Dexter
was born in Peru, where they were married
In 1885 Mr. Dexter retired from the edi
torial management of the Cambridge, Mass.
Tribune on account of i'll health, and he has
since been engaged in mercantile business in
San Francisco. .
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
CONDITIONS AT PANAMA. &
Letter from an Employee TO Brattle'
m ,. boro Man. r. vfIn 4


From private letter received few
DAYS ago by y. NJ. Douglas from a
former student who formerly lived IN
Keene, \. IL, but now has govern
ment position on the lsthmus or Pan
ama, and is AZ present at tristobai,
Canal zone, We give the following eN'
tract;
The. present working force OF Ameri'
can employees ON the isthmus Is about
% 900 men. and ms showing the gen
eral healthful conditions prevailing
here, in the five hospitals there Is u
daily average of only - patients, or
about two in a thousand. (fhis would
be equivalent 10 IA sick people in
Brnttieboro, at amy one time, hardly
enough To support i doeiors.) Per
sonally. during my six months service
here, have lost but six days from
malaria, and nj present nm feeling very
well. The cight.hour day is the regu'
lation here. AS YOU know, and / do not
find IL severe tax ON my strength and
endurance. .....
During the French occupation Of the
isthmus | find that the greatest mum.
Der of men ON their pay roll at any
one time was 1880, This was in De.
tober, 1884, and at this time they had
"a eases OF yellow fever during the
month. There are at present no eases
of yellow fever in the Canal zone.
Sanitary conditions have been great
" improved since came here, and
improvements are constantly going
forward, including a complete water
works system to be completed by May
for this end Of the canal, as II is al
ready finished at Panama. There are
well equipped dispensaries in every
camp, where minor cases Of accidents.
etc. may be treated promptly, and the
commissary department is also well
supplied with general merchandise
which is sold to the men AT moderate
prices. Altogether | may say, from
the pay secured by the men employed
here, and the moderate living expenses
incurred, that | can see no reason why
man cannot save some money II he
should feel so inclined.
BY the way, do not take too serious
ly some accounts you may sec. in tn,
papers regarding conditions here, as
some of the writers who have been
here 90 out hunting the worst condi-
lions they can find, and interview some
Ahronic kickers-and probably home
sick-who will certainly give false
coloring to any matters connected WIN
the canal project. and of course, would
be decidedly misleading as TO actual
conditions ut present in the Canal
zone
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
A LETTER FROM DIR, TUCKER.
Thinks Mr., croweil Made Personal Remarks
r.H. Last Week.


Edltor Of Refor,ner;
Tba concentration from Mr.. Crowell In
van, las, l,sue rs personal 10 such an extent
,hai desire IN make n few statements In
,anIy
sna.ling. AZ tbe sample Of water taken
,,n,n plansan, vaney brook Jan. 20. 1906
III crowa,l saws And whether the sam.
IA was In faet taken from Whetstone brook
=, ahoy. ,be roaa In Pleasant valley Is i'm.
m.,a,,aI sine. N was NOT taken from the
,atch basin.'' This iu,putation Of dishonesty
M IN. taxing of this sample Of water Is
,nvor,h, n, Mr. Crow.ll And I will state
=, mis- noInt thai every sample Of water
h., have taken for analysis has been
40, Il, ia nrasonce ~ compe,ent wit.
nass a. ~ Tina Mace and manner Of tax.
Ins - y. . ID m .r..
A. c,owalI saws tina gronnd was not GOV.
"a ,,,,,h .nov a, Ian 90 1906 I Ger.
,siai,. san n,oya ,b,, /, was In Pleasant val.
IA. Tn tac,s ara ms follows. We had a
sna,, ,,orm IN Ian IA and 90. ON Jan. 81
,ansii.,.hIa rai,. Ian 30 heavy foe all day
-. .s,,,shina Ia, On fair and warm and
-, ,na,,In, a., IN Tan 90 Pleasant
yat,a,. nraoL WINS No, fnIl I'M, on the cad
!, .. rhis a. no, matter az memory.
A., ~ ..aard 7 von, oyor tho ground on
~. y, 1870
,..a,..u .,r,ha. savs .his Ian
90 ..,is ,',,.s TAKEN Wills work At the
c..aa,ar farm v,s. IN n,ogrsssu Does this
o"p'"e' ~ go, 80, ,h,, ,ba car
'nea" va, 80 aon,.mi,a,inv
p p,n VII b,oeL and knowing n 10 he
i'easa'. s,,,in, his ,.,,ons
'..n ~,
WI, IN. "a, ,h,, no samn,a ~ Ian 90 wa,
INC i"c, ,'a' ue sapo n...,a,ca. ,ha
- -, ~ .,,,.aa A., harmtass ma.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09

reputable journal. ltiAfaeisnsins Mr., Law
san, be- untrue, why has not Nc, Lawson taken
legal proceedings 10 yindleAie himself from
such criminal aGperalonAi II the editor Of
Golfers Weekly stands unanswered aud un'
Inpeached, Nc. Lawson does not deserve 70
be named 10 an article wherein tho worthy
name 81 John Claflin, head Of the honored
firm Of II, Is, Clanin 4 Co, and an honored
nieniber of the hoard ai trustees o. Tho New
YORK Life, is mentioned. h
Yours very truly,
A. T. Chllds,
Baiesburg, \. O., March 4,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
RAILROADS.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY.
SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Corrected to October 9, 1905.


Subject to change without notice.
Trains leave Brattleborv as follows
523 a. m, Daily for Springfield, week days
79S n. M. Week days for New London; con
meets at Millers Falls for Troy; at Pai'
mer for Boston.
$50 a. m, Week days for South London
eoT a. m Week days for Springfield and
1oi5 n, M. Week days for New London,
connecting for Boston via Millers Faiis OF
Palmer. ca-,,
2.2s D. m, Week days for Springfield and
New York lt, II,
4lO D. M, Week days for. New London and
connects at Palmer for Boston
423 p. M, Daily for Springfield and New
5.45 D. M, Week days for South London
]. E. BENTLEY,
General Passenger Agent. st. Albans.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09

n you are suffering the tortures Of The damned
aon't he state, bat 20 TODAY. NOW. to your
srugrist, ami Invest $500. n will not be an
exnenditure, but an investment In happiness.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
Pomona Grange, Meeting.

Windham County Pomona grange heia
very interesting meeting with quincy sianse
at Putney February 2S. Ihere was an nm
lent literary program and the ques'ion' wa
Benefit is our Grange to us gov. u
nj, and senator G. w. Pierce were present
~ addressed the meeting and added much
70 ;ts success. The next meeting VIII De
Mold with Vernon grange Vernon, March a.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09

'sIf women ran the government,
asserted the lady with q mission, they
would speedily abolish all red tape,
No doubt they would, growled the
mean man. ~ And install baby blue
and nile green and old gold and laven'
der tape in its stead,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
Face a 'a'','
terrible sight
with '' ,., ,s't
Barber's
Itch q.
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Louisville, KY. June g. '0S
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could fina nothing 10 relieve II until n. Il.
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1000 w. Lake St.
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u ID, u. Company. Chicago. ~. idpl
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doctors seemed 10 m Ike me worse I'LL my face
WIS a terrible sight. Your u, ID. d. was re-
commended TO me aud procured u bottle, one
week aler l made the iirst application was
abe TO shave. aud that one bottle completely
cured me. My face Is nov. as smooth as ever
wishing YOU success with your wonderful
medicine, l am.
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Care Hotel American. InAs' DALEY
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09

The best safeguard against headache con-
stipation and liver troubles Is Dewitt Lat
lie Early Risers. Keep vial of these fam
Gus little pills in the house and take dose
al bed time when you feel that the stomach
ana bowels need cleansing They don't
grippe. Sold by Geo. Z. Greene
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
TRAINS BOUND NORTH.
RUTLAND RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

I----H edf NsIW Fsi
Corrected to Oct. 9th, 1905. Trains leave
Bellows Falls as follows: Daily except sun
days unless otherwise noted. t"N
.. GOING NORTH. ~ e'~
$50 a. m.-Mixed for Rutland and inter.
mediate stations, connecting Win
train for Burlington. Yf, ,,aL,.
70 100 noon-Mail for Rutland, Burlington
and st. Adams.
2;3O D. m.-Green Mountain Flyer for hut'
land, Burlington, Montreal, Maiome,
Ogdensburg and st. Adams. fu ,I
Parlor Car for Burlington ana Moht'
real. ats adH iari n.,s
Gas D. m.--Local Express for Rutland,
Burlington and intermediary stations.
1880 D. m-Night Express Daily ior
Montreal and the West. For ogdens'
burg and Ottawa. Daily except sun
day Through sleepers for ~. nya'
cinthe. II s5'lH.a -
Cos a. m-Sundayss only. Passenger LOT
Rutland and Burlington 7, - ~.
Trains arrive at Bellows Fails from tnc
2 25 a. m.-Night Express Daily.
s:l2 a. m.-Local from Rutland.
! :O5 p. m.--Sundays only from hutiaho. fl
100 D. m.--Mail from Burlington. ha
3:35 p. m.-Green Mountain Flyer. ,U
$40 p m.--Mixed from Rutland. I'll b
GEO. T. JARVIS, General Manager.
G. f. DAILY, Passenger Trahic MANAGE
G. A. NIMMO, General Passenger Agent
Rutland, vt. j.,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09
Cnrhondale, p.l.. sept. !. lpls.
What cured them :

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Care Hotel American. CnAs, DALEY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-18

blood is the result of the other. Both are necessary, at critical times, Go pre- cipitate calm.
 In spite of the military ingenuity Of the generals. unexpected maneuvers on both sides and fierce fighting to capture and hold new positions of vantage gradually dissipate their hopes of executing the plans of battle determined on the night before. All shape Is destroyed More soldiers are needed to hold this point than the com mlander expeeteds and some portions of the field seem to swallow up men as though quicksands were under foot. Then, too. there are unavoidable de- lays. The lines of battle undulate like the waves of the sea: and at the heavy onslaughts of the enemy the waves rise tempest high. Where the artil- lery rents holes In the enemy's line, the cavalry rush in to make larger openings: and when the cavalry falls back. the infantry comes up to cut the line in two. or hold the advanced posi- ton. The powder-begrimed masses sway to and fro; and the smoke en- vetopes all. The cries of wounded men, the groans /of fallen horses. the yells of advancing chargers, accompanied by the battles heIlish noise, sounds like an echo from the neither world To undertake to describe a battle is as difficult as to comprehend infinity, ai- most as impossible as 1t is to give voice to the yearnings of the soul, What Is a battle? A Heterogeneous mass of ob- scurities. During this obscure period. the battle almost deBenerates into hand to- hand engagements and. es Napoleon expresses it. rather belonR to the biography of regiments than @ the history of the army" A summary. therefore. is all that can be given of this portion oH tho battle. This Is the case in all deadly struggles, and ia peculiarly applicable to Manassas. About o'clock the battle seemed to ! reassume it's shape General Johnston i charged to the front with the 4th Ala l bana General Baauregard Issued or ders for the whole line to recover the positions they had lost which was done | with a determination which meant vic- tory. every regiment being in the ac- l ton.
 ! The brave General Bee fell mortally wounded at the head of his regiment; l q few yards from him shot pierced the heart of Colonel Bartow, while he was grasping tho flag of his regiment. Colonel Fisher was also killed. It now became the Federals' time to retreat and, after a terrible resistance. they were driven across the pike
 Gen. Kirby Smith. with Elzey's bri-
 CContinued on Page Twelve.1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-18

race And yet we think there Is T
 good deal to be said for the old Sui
 tan's theory. What do you come here
 for. auyhow?" We think there are
 many Americans who are wondering
 why we went there, or what we stay
 there for. Major Bullard writes well,
 and is a humane and honorable gentle
 man and oficer. He did great work
 among the Moros. But 1t is not true
 that we went into Moro1and to give the
 people clothes and shoes or to teach
 them to make medicine. There was
 not a particle of the missionary feeling
 back of the venture. We went there because the territory belonged to us,
 having been ceded by Spain, and we felt g responsibility for it for that reason. It was necessary to reduce 1t to possession.
 The work of which Major Bullard speaks is, 1t seems to us, that of the teacher, the missonary. and tha church, rather than of the nation. What the people need is instruction and proper care. Schools and medical missions would in time be welcomed.
 Such work as needs to be done is not
 work that our goVernment was design
 ed to do. And we know very well that
 we did not go into the Moro country to do it. But why are we there? What reason is there why we should con- cern ourselves as nation--as a peopl . we ought to, be very deeply concerned about these Moros, thousands of
 miles away. out of whom 1t seems to, be admitted that 1t is impossible ever to make citizens? That Is the question that our people are begin ming to ask They want to know how much money we are going to spend.
 how many American lives we are going | to sacrifice how many Moros we are going to slaughter. in this apparent | ly interminabIe work.