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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
WILMINGTON.
Frank y. Alvord is III with pneumonia.
Ralph Fiheld Of Thetford is visiting

Frank y. Alvord is I'll with pneumonia.
Ralph Fiheld of Thetford is visiting
in town.
Guy o. Howe. a former resident, was
in town the first of the week
Some work is being done on the town
hall, but 1t advances slowly.
Judson Wonenden lost a fine colt re-
Gently from injuries from a barbed wire
fence
J. II. Buckley went to the North Adams
hospital Monday and was operated upon
for appendicitis. He is doing well and a
speedy recovery is looked for
There does not seem to be any pros
pect that work will be resumed at the
Choate mill and it is expected that the
company will go into bankruptcy.
Mr. and Mrs. n p. Mcdonald have
moved to Peterboro y. H. where Mr..
Mcdonald has position as superinten-
dent and manager of the leatherboard
factory al that place.
Mrs. George Carpenter received severe
injury Saturday. when she was thrown
from a wagon, the horse taking fright.
She was thrown violently to the ground
and her face was terribly cut. She is
receiving medical attendance from DR..
Dunn and is gaining as fast as can be
expected, but il will be a long time be-
fore full recovery is made.
Mrs. Rolln Z. Harris, who has been
in poor health several months, died at
her home on East Main street Sunday
night. Mrs. Harris was born in Will
mington Nov. 9, 1899. and her life had
been spent in town. She was married to
Mr.. Harris in 1866 Three children were
born to them, the eldest dying in infancy.
Katie. the youngest, died 10 years ago.
One daughter, Mrs. Arthur Chase. lives
in Readsboro. Mrs. Harris was beloved
by all who knew her. She was thor
oughly devoted to her family and friends
and labored necessarily for their well
fare. She was a true-hearted friend,
kind neighbor and will be missed by
many. The funeral was largely attend
ed at her late home on Tuesday, Rev.
Mr.. Blackford, assisted by Rev. Mr.. King,
conducting the services. Burial was in
the village cemetery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
NORTHERN COUNTY
STATIONS RIVER.

Mrs. J. V. Smonds, who has been i'll,
is much improved.
The wooden mill is now being run on
the winter schedule
David Taylor was a guest at c. H.
Twitchelrs over Sunday.
Leroy Hall of St. Adams has been visit
ing relatives in town several days.
The first frost of the season came Tues
day night, oct. 1, but it did no damage
Mrs. w. E Booker of Worcester visited
her cousin, Mrs. G. l.. Gale, a week re-
Gently.
b. j. Smonds had a horse drop dead
Tuesday while drawing a load of wood
from Grafton.
Many people went from here to the fair
in Brattleboro and to the state fair in
White River Junction.
Rev. and Mrs. Pember of Bangor, Me,
have been spending several days with
Mrs. Pembers sister, Mrs. w b. Glynn,
Mr.. Burrows moved last week from
Mrs. Pddock's large house on Main street
to a tenement in DR.. Osgood's tenement
house.
Vermont academy defeated Richards
high school of Claremont 100 in the open
ing game of football on the grounds here
last Saturday.
Miss Laura Milliken began work Mon
day as filter in the suit and cloak de-
partment of ]. c. Day & Co.'S store in
Bellows Falls.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
GEN. II. c. oTIs's VIEW.
The Victor of caloocan Expresses Him
self About the Philippines.

Drawing close to the end of a decade
of control we stand today about where
we did when the islands were turned
over to our government, says the Los
Angeles Times We have sent armies
and navies to the islands We have at
tempted to create sanitary conditions in
the cities, to teach the people the arts Of
agriculture and technical trades, to fur
nish schools for their children and in one
way or another nave expended 5000, 00O
600 for the benefit of these people and the
result is as referred to above. About .
per cent. of the whole population cares
whether they govern themselves or some
body else does the business, and are ut
terly Indifferent as to who shall do it,
Our people have gone down there with
the intention of opening industrial enter
prises and establishing business in one
way or another. They meet the same
discouraging conditions that confront the
army and civilian officers. Generally
they returned dsheartened and unable to
see any hope of improvement during the
present generation. AS 1t was when the
islands were turned over by Spain to
us so it is today. The American officials
whether of the army the navy or the
civil government who know most about
the conditions and prospects of the Phil
ippine people are today as unprepared to
outline any plan for the future manage
ment Of affairs in the Philippines as they
were at the beginning. From the Presi-
dent to the private soldier or sailor, or
the business man from America, who has
visited the islands there is probably no
one who would be bold enough to risk
conjecture whether we should hold
the islands, sell the islands or turn them
over to the people Of the islands to man
age themselves by themselves and for
themselves.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
WORK AT THE DAM

The work of loading the lower section
of the Golfer dam and making it ready
for the planking is now being pushed as
rapidly as possible. The broken rock is
drawn by a locoomtive over the narrow
gauge railroad track which has been
built around two sides of the Golfer dam.
The recent heavy rains have raised the
river about five feet at the site of the
dam. where the channel has been mar
r0wed. and on Sunday the water was
running over the upper crib at a depth
of three feet, but no damage has been
done by the high water. and there hts
been no serious delay on account of il,
the work going on as usual Before the
work of laying the concrete for the lam
begins a deck five or six feet high will be
built on the upper section of the Golfer
dam so as to furnish further protection
against high water.
on the New Hampshire shore the main
work now being done is to uncover the
ledge so that it can be blasted out to give
room for the water to reach the spillway.
It is already evident that this ledge will
furnish more than enough rock for build
ing the dam.
With two months of ordinarily good fall
weather all the work will be well in hand
and everything as favorable as possible
fer pushing the work during the winter
Since the rise of the river the suspension
foot bridge has been raised three or four
feet in the center so as to give clear
passage for the drift wood and wreckage
which the high water brings down.
The foundation is being put in on the
Vermont side for the cable way which
will carry the cement from the long shed
across the river to the mixers when the
laying of the concrete begins.
The spur railroad track from Vernon
station to the dam site has been finished,
and has been tested by running locomo-
tive and freight cars over it.
The hydraulic stream in use on the
south slope of the bank made an unex-
pected find" Tuesday morning when 1t
uncovered a human skeleton buried deep
under the clay and gravel 80 feet or more
from the natural bank of the river. Only
a portion of the bones were recovered
mainly the skull and the bones of the
chest. The engineers have given the
skull a place in their office to keep them
selves cheerful 1t is the guess of some
of the men that the skeleton was that of
an aged Indian squaw
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04

L. w. Smelser, driver of a motor car
in the 24-hour endurance test at the
Morris Park track, and John Clark a
spectator, We're badly injured Saturday,
when the car jumped the track and
crashed through a fence. The accident
was due to the bursting of a tire while
the car was running at the rate Of 90
miles an hour. Twenty spectators were
badly bruised, and Fred Tate, a boy in
the crowd, sustained a broken leg and
other injuries. Smelser died in a hos
pital a few hours after the accident. His
partner, Linkroum, who was riding with
him, escaped uninjured
An attempt was made Monday night
at Baker City, Oregon to assassinate
former Sheriff Harvey X. Brown with
q dynamite bomb. AS he opened the
gate in front of his house the bomb eX-
ploded. One of his legs was blown off
and an arm badly mutilated Brown as
sheriff Of Baker county was diligent in
enforcing the law against the saloon men
and gamblers. Brown died from his in
Jures, but he made an ante-mortem
statement, saying he believed persons
connected with the Western Federation
of Miners were responsible for his
death, owing to his connection with the
Steunenberg and Steve Adams cases
lie said he had been followed the past
three weeks and described the man whom
he met just before the explosion occurred.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Miss Stella Goodell is at home for. a
vacation
The ladies' aid society met with Mrs,
B. ]. Houghton Thursday afternoon.
C. b. Clark of Boston spent last week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. IL.
Clark.
Misses May and Maude Goodell who are
teaching in Greenfield, Mass, spent Sun
day at home.
sister, Mrs. Harry Nelson, in Brattle-
sister, Mrs. Harry Nelson, in Brattel-
boro last week
Rev. E. C. Fisher attended the Congre-
gational ministers conference in Brat
tleboro Monday.
The ladies' missionary meeting was
held at the home of Mrs A. p. Ranney
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. j. p. Ranney is at home after
an absence Of several weeks, nursing in
East Putney and Dummerston.
Miss Minnie Lirkman, after visit
with Mrs. Arthur Harlow returned to
her home in New York Monday.
Ruth Harlow was at home last week
from Brattleboro, as the high school
which she attends was closed on account
of the Valley Fair
Mr. and Mrs. A. p. Ranney attended
the reunion of Company B, Sixteenth
vermont volunteers III DldNNlSbOiO i'S'
week. Mrs Ranney went from there To
Springfield to attend the annual meeting
of the Vermont branch of w. b. M
Rev E. c. Fisher went Tuesday to
Cleveland, Ohio, to attend the national
council which will meet there next week
He intends to visit his brother in Roches-
ter, N. Y, on the way. There will be
services in the church next Sunday after
noon at o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Whitcomb OF
Westminster will supply the pulpit.
The family of e. G. Butterfield has been
afflicted with typhoid fever. His daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dorr Hitchcock, living in Athens
and two little children have been i'll sew
eral weeks, and the younger child Is
still in a serious condition. His two
daughters, Nettie and Nellie, have both
had the fever and Nellie is still Ill.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
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Brattleboro
Monday, October a
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OF glasses, asking you; Can you read
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you cannot tell which glasses are correct.
After your Optician does a lot of
guessing and has your eye all out of
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Think this over and you can readily
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The banners Scientific Method is en-
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
OFFICERS of State Baptist Organization.

The Vermont Baptist Young Peoples
union elected these officers at the state
meeting held in Rutland last week; Pres
ident, John A. Greenwood, Chester; vice
president, Rev. f. l.. Bass, Ludlow;
secretary, Chester Bixby, Poultney;
treasurer, w. II. Alexander, Burlington;
missionary superintendent, Rev. A. F.
Ufford, Fairfax; transportation man
ager, o. II. Henderson, st. Johnsbury;
board of managers, Rey. A. II. Gage, st.
Johnsbury; r. A. Dyke, Burlingtoni edu-
cational leader, Ralph Jones, Chester.
The following officers of the State Bap-
fist association were elected: President,
DIR. II. d. Holton, Brattleboro; vice presi-
dent, Rev. George Stair, MiddlebuIy;
clerk, Dewey Croker, Chester; trustees,
to expire in 1910, c. d. Gay Cavendisn;
Rev. Henry Crocker, Chester; Rev. e. A.
Foote, Fair Haven; DR.. II. d. Holton,
Brattleboro o. II. Henderson, st. Johns
bury; Rev. /. f. Usher, Bristol; Rev. F,
r. Morris Bennington; to expire 1903,
Rev John W. Moore, Bellows Falls; Rev,
w Il. Braisted Barre; member of board
of trustees of Vermont academy, David A.
Crane, Burlington; board of Christian
stewardship, Rev. S. p. Perry, Richford
Rev H. E. Buffum, Putneyi Rev. Thomas
Davidson, Charlotte.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
cAM5RIDoEPoRT.
Weaver.Rlrd.

A pretty wedding took place Wednos-
day evening, Sept 25, at Rose Terrace
the home of the Misses Harwood when
their niece, Mis1 Jennie Flora Bird, was
married to Edward Dimond Weaver
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Scion James
| Weaver, by Rev. George f. Chaplin of
SaXtons River The hall and living rooms
were handsomely decorated with ferns,
cut flowers and pottcd plants the bay
window where the ceremony was per-
! formed being especially beautiful with
a solid background Of green trimmed with
clusters of golden glow while overhead
was suspended a large fan of asparagus
and white flowers
As the bridal party approached Rev.
Benjamin charlton of Cambridgeport and
Athens played the bridal march from Lo-
hengrin, and during the brief ring SER
vice. played Rossinis Prayer" The
briGe, who was given away by ner broth
err. Frank G. Bird, was lovely i'm white
silk mousselinc de sole, the bodice and
sleeves laced with GALLON, and she car
ried a shower bouquet of white asters
The attendants Miss Oma Il. Harwood,
aunt of the bride, and Miss Fanny l..
Dimond, aunt Of tie groom, wore white
dotted muslin ana carried pink sweet
peas. After congratulations, refresh
ments Of cake, grapes and coffee were
served. Many beautiful wedding gifts
china. linen rugs, pictures and cash.
Among the guests We're Rev Frank NJ.
Baker of South Royalton, Frank G. Bird
Of Springfield. Mass, Miss Mary A. Pills
bury of Walpole, Mass Mr.. and Mrs.
George NJ. Dimond of Bedford Mass,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wellman and Miss
Florence Weman of Westminster, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Wcllman and Miss Maud
and Guy Wellman of Brookline, Mrs.
George f. Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs Hugh
ID. Hatfield and Milton Wiley of SaXtons
River, Mr. and Mrs. =. l.. Kimball Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Edison, Miss Alberta Ed
son, Miss Carrie E. Daggett and Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene p. Weston of Bellows
Falls, Rev Benjamin Charlton, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Hitchcock of Athens and friends
and relatives from Cambridgeport
Mr.. and Mrs. Weaver left on the north
bound train for a wedding trip to Sara
toga and points in New York and in
Massachusetts,. They will be at home in
Saxtons River after oct 10.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
The CantaIoupe.

The cantaloupe is a small, grayish-
green fruit-now don't pull a dictionary
and try to prove it is a Vegetables
small, grayish-green thing, then, that
looks like an overgrown nutmeg and
costs all the way from 10 to % cents at
fruit stands. At some hotels it is served
on a quart of cracked ice and is literally
sprinkled with powdered sugar, and an
orchestra plays loud music to drown your
remarks, and you pay so cents for 1t and
incur the undying hatred of the waiter
II you do not tip him a quarter besides.
The inside of the cantaloupe is gem
orally as hard as the heart of a man
with a mortgage on the widows home
stead in a thrilling melodrama, and as
green as the man VINO answers matri-
monial ads. 1t tastes like a mixture of
gourd and pumpkin rind unless 1t has
been filled with ice-cream, and then 1t
tastes worse.-[Chicago Herald.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
A Florida Labyrinth.

The mazes OF the Ten Thousand Is
lands have proved a sanctuary for the
pursued since before the war of the re-
bellion, during which they harbored de-
serters from the Confederate service,
some of whom continue their residence
within it's boundaries in apparent ignor-
ance that the need therefor has passed
Often in the cypress or mangrove swamps
which border the Everglades you will
meet men who turn thier faces away, or
if they look toward you, laugh as you
ask their names. After they have
passed, your boatman will mention names
that will recall to your memory stories
of tragedies. These men trap offers,
shoot alligators and plume birds, selling
skins, hides, anu plumes to dealers who
go to them secretly, or through Indians,
who often help but never betray them.
When l asked an Indian whom 1 knew
well, when he had last seen a certain
one of these refugees, his "Um-um, no
see, long time" together with an earnest
shake of his head, would have been con-
vincing If I had not happened to know
that he was with the man inquired of on
the previous day. Sometimes these out
laws kill one another, usually over a bird
rookery which two or more OF them
claim. I passed the camp Of two OF them
beside which hung a dozen otter skins,
and a few days later learned that both
had been killed, probably in a quarrel,
but possibly by some third outlaw, temp
ted by their wealth of skins. The coun-
try in which they live is a labyrinth. The
big rivers fork into smaller streams
which divide and sub-divide into creeks
that. although deep, will for miles give
passage only to skiffs for which a way
must frequently be cleared with knives
through vines and overhanging bushes.
Often these creeks branch out into hun
dreds of shallow channels, making a
thousand tiny mangrove keys in each
square mile Within these mazes are
occasional blazed trails, upon one af
which l found hanging to a tree an old
shoe containing a bit of paper on which
was pencilled "ef u want Sum grub tom
has got it."-[From 1.-The Passing Of a
Wilderness" in Scribners Magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
GRAFTON.

The Baptist parsonage is receiving
coat of paint.
E. H. Clarke was at home from Bellows
Falls over Sunday.
w. J. Sherwin of Amherst, Mass, came
to V. A. Wilbur's Tuesday.
w. S. Eaton last week bought the store
which he has occupied many years.
Frank Taylor has been spending
week in Springfield, Mass, and vicinity.
Mrs Ida Salter of Bellows Falls re-
Gently spent few days at c. w. Browns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Haver-
hill, Mass, spent Sunday at The Tavern.
Rev. George Williams of SALISBURY
will preach in the Baptist church Sunday,
Oct. 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Williams of Wor-
cester, Mass, visited at n. r. Davis s
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Bathric of West
Mortified, Mass, spent Sunday at II. f.
Bathrics.
Mrs. H. G. Albright and son, Clifford,
oil Dorchester, Mass, are guests at Thad-
deus Parks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Luzo of Clare
mont have been spending a few days at
II. Z. Bathrlc's.
Mr.. and Mrs. w S. Eaton are enjoying
a carriage drive to Springfield, this state
and Charlestown, n. II.
Guests at The Tavern are Mrs. j. B.
Clapp of Dorchester, Mass, and Mrs
Charles Daniels of Chicago
Grafton Cornet band furnished music
for the firemen's muster at Chester We'd
nesday. Several from here attended.
Strawberries in September are rather
unusual but Miss Alice Duncan picked a
large ripe berry from her strawberry bed
Monday, Sept. 30,
Rev. and Mrs B. w. Pennock, Miss
S. f. Daniels, Mrs. Albert Treadwell and
S. B. Pettengill attended the union con-
ference of Congregational churches in
Bellows Falls Tuesday and Wednesday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
JACKSONVILLE.

Heath.
Mr.. and Mrs c. II. Waste have return
ed from their western visit.
Mrs. Oracle Corkins and daughter,
Phebe spent a few days recently in North
Adams.
On account of the distress caused by
the numerous fires the Eastern Star chap
ter has abandoned the proposed fair.
Mrs. Edward Beaudry, in speaking of
her recent visit to her childhood home
in Canada. says she had not been there
for "a years and had not seen her sister,
who lives in Richmond. this state for Il
years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04

Theoretically thirty-four feet is the
limit to which the pressure of the at
mosphere can push water in a tube with
a vacuum above the water. No pump
can exhaust the air above the water per-
fectly, hence no pump can get the water
thirty-four feet above the level OF the
water below. The pump lifts the air
off the water in the pipe the air out
side the pipe pushes on the water in
the well and pushes it up into the
partial vacuum in the pipe below the
valve of the pump.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
Arkansas Diamond Find.

The people of Arkansas and adjacent
sections have been greatly interested in
the report that a 12% carat diamond had
been found by d. B. Conway of TeXar-
kama in a different part Of Pike county
from that mentioned in recent reports of
diamond discoveries, Natives are desert
ing ordinary pursuits TO tramp the woods
and gullies in search of precious stones,
and the price Of lands has doubled over
night.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04

arms, Of considerable size. She suffered
q great deal and for three weeks we
nursed her every night, using all the
remedies we could think Of. Nothing
would help. We then remembered
having heard so much about Cuticura
Remedies. We sent for them and after
twenty-four hours we noted considerable
improvement, and, after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies,
in five consecutive days the little one,
much to our joy, had been entirelycured,
and has been well for long time. Mrs.
F. Ruefenacht, r. F. D. 8, Bakersfield,
CAL, June rs and July 20, 1906"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-04
HUMOR ON FACE
Cured by Cuticura Remedies
No Return in 10 Years.

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