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New-York tribune., 1907-06-02
The Cruise
of the
Shining Light "
BY Norman Duncan


, nicholas Top is a character
That Dickens and Stevenson might
nave envied. He will take his
place as one of the most likable
damned rascaIs' in modern fc-
ION. N. Y. Globe.
"Nc modern novel has SO
5nPped me in years. If readers
OF flcuon have not lost taste for
style IN writing, poetry in descrip-
non 1 and lltelike characterization,
me Cr1f'se gthe SHINING LlgAF
should take rank at once as the
1nest novel of recent years.
Hen'.y c. Shelley, .Llterayy Ed1-
Tor, Boston Herald
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02
The
Mystics
6y katherine Cecil Thurston

In tins new novel the author of
lie MaSquerader discloses a
strange and almost mediaeval sit
uatlon IN the heart of London
Today, Its unreality becomes
oonYlnclngly real as scene follows
scene with the same persistent
excitement and dramatic suspense
Which marked The MaSgneradey.
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Choose Location of State Fair.

The state fair commission met at
the Van Ness House in Burlington,
April 6, and decided that the loca-
ton of the exhibition should be
White River Junction, which has
offered grounds and SIS, 900 addi-
tional. Two ballots were necessary
for this decision.
Nearly every member of the COM
mission was present and they went
into executive session after discus
sion of an hour. The claims of
White River Junction were present
ed by j. T.. Bacon. Mr.. Bacon
said that his town had seventy five
acres of land and good buildings.
There are $4,000 people within a ra-
dius of twenty miles, which, with
the excellent railroad facilities,
ought to insure good attendance.
Mr.. Noyes, member of the COM
mission, spoke for Rutland, and j.
L. SouthMick, E. F. Brownell, J.
B. Henderson and Perry Miles rep
resented Burlington.
On the first ballot White River
Junction had 7, Burlington 6, and
Rutland 4 votes. Then the Rut-
land men went over to White River
Junction ami Burlington's case was
hopeless.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Want Fund to Mark Historic
Graves

George NJ. Hawks and S. Ever
EFT Harwood, who were constituted
committee by the Bennington Sc
lectmen, have under taken the task
of raising fund for the care of the
Bennington Centre cemetery.
This burial spot has more historic
memories than any similar plot of
ground in the state. 1t is not only
the last resting place of many of the
pioneer settlers of the town, but also
of the soldiers who fell in the battle
of Bennington.
A conspicuous monument marks
the single grave in which the Hes
slams killed in that memorable con-
fict were buried, and there is a
marker in memory of Samuel Rob
inson, the founder of the town, who
was buried in London.
Like many old cemeteries it has
been neglected, but if the committee
succeed in their plans, perm tnent
cal etaker will he secured and gen
eral Improvement be made in the
appearance of the locality
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

Hudson Steamer, City of Troy, Buried
The steamer City of Troy of the
Citizens line was burned to the WI
tel's edge at Dobb's Ferry Friday
night. The steamer was DESTROYED
with its cargo of freight and thir-
teen horses. Edwin Gould's deck
to which the City of Troy lied when
it was found impossible to control
the fumes, was also destroyed.
The City of Troy left New York
al o'clock bound up the river for
Albany and Troy. The fire was
discovered at about 8 O'Clock when
she was al out eight miles below
DoLbs Ferry. 1t broke out in the
hold ami2ships and rapidly game
Roadway. The crew fought the
flames for some time before the boat
was TUNED shoreward, but when it
Was seen they could not control
then, the captain turned his bo II
for Dobbs Ferry. When she tied
up at the Gould dock, the fire had
gained such Roadway that little a.
tempt was made to extinguish it al d
every effort was bent toward landing
the passengers successfully. When
it was thought that every one had
been landed safely it was discovered
that woman passenger was asleep
in her berth, and two Dobbs Ferry
firemen, Albert Smith and Robert
Wilson, rushed into the burning
boat and carried the woman safely
ashore.
An effort was made to rescue a
number CT horses on board but the
flames had gained such head way
that it was found impossible to
reach them AMI they persisted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
While the railroads are threaten

While the railroads are threaten
ing to precipitate panic because
they are not allowed to take what
toll they see fit of the country's bus
mess, it is interesting to note the
view of Herr Won Holler, the rep
resentative of the Kaiser, who pass
ed through Washington this week.
He is interested in seeing what this
country will do in fixing up recip-
rocal tariff with Germany. He says
that Germany does not care so very
much about the tariff wall around
this country, because Germany
wants many American goods and so
long as they are tariff fed at home,
American manufacturers can and do
sell more cheaply abroad. But he
adds that Germany wants to know
what she is to expect in the way of
trade relations and wants them fixed
and stable. He also prophesies that
the time is not far off when Ameri-
can manufacturers will be looking
for markets abroad and will be much
more anxious, about cultivating them
than they are at present.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
ashington Letter.

(From our regular correspondent
Washington, d. c., April 4, 1907
Of course interest in the Roose-
velt-Harriman controversy overshad-
ows everything else in Washington
just now. All the opponents of the
Administration are saying, ooh yes,
another member elected to the An
anias Club" But there is more to
it than that. 1t is unfortunate of
course that the President should be
involved in controversy of veracity
with man of Mr.. Harriman's sort.
The President is blunt to the point
of brusqueness very often, and is
apt to speak his mind plainly when
he has been misquoted or misunder
stood. And it is just this habit that
he railroad interests have relied on
n stirring up the present discussion.
If they could discredit the Presi-
dent before the public just now it
would be one of the most welcome
victories they could win, and the
story of the Hartman campaign
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
"PneuInonfa's Deadly Work

had so seriously affected my right lung,
writes Mrs. Fannie Conner, of Rural
Route 1, Georgetown, Tenn, that l
coughed continuously night and day and
the neighbors' pr, cti n-eoasumption
seemed inevi able, IN Ill my husband
brought home bottle of DIR. Kings
Now discovery. which in my case prov
ed to be the only REAL cough cure and
restorer of weak, sore lungs When
all other remedies utterly fail, you may
still win in the battle against lung and
throat troubles with New ] iscovery,
the REAL remedy. Cuara nteed b, G
G Smith, druggist. SOC. and S1.00.
Trial bottle free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Uni ed States to Intervene.

Secretary Root and Ambassador
Creel have decided that the time is
ripe for concerted action to termi-
nate hostilities in Central America.
If that result can be accomplished
by moral suasion and earnest repre-
sentation, beyond which point nei-
Their the United States nor Mexico
is willing to go, Mexico, through
her minister, has signifed her will
lingn.ss to j. in in action along this
line. 1t is believed that few days
will see important developments.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Suicide at Randolph.

F L. Jones, aged 50 years, COM
mitted suicide in Randolph Friday
morning in his bed room at the farm
house of J. F. Chadwick, where he
had worked for about a year, by
hanging himself with a strap to the
bed-post. He was found by Mrs.
Chadwick and it is thought that he
killed himself at about five o'clock.
The cause of the suicide is I'M
known but it was thought that he
was mentally unbalanced.
He was not married and is sur
vived by three brothers, one living
in East Bethel, one in TunbridPe,
and one in New Hampshire. He
also leaves a sister living in New
Hampshire.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
J ]. Hill Resigns 0fi3e as President
of Great Northern Railroad.

J. j. Hill has resigned as presi-
dent of the Great Northern and
will be chairman of the board of di-
rectors. T. w. Hill, his son, is
now president
The following is statement from
Mr.. Hill:
cat meeting of the board of di-
rectors the organization of the COM
pany was enlarged by the e,ec-
ton of a chairman of the board of
directors. j. j. Hill was elected
chairman; L. W. Hill was elected
president, and Frank H. Michigan
will have direct charge of the ope-
rating department, the other officers
of the board remaining as at present.
The company's business has doubled
in the past five or six years which
renders necessary the increase of the
operating staff
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Married $50 Times.

James Markham, alias Williams,
who has confessed in Philadelphia
to having been married $50 times in
connection with his marriage bu-
reau, is wanted in Schenectady for
swindling several men. He kept a
bucket shop in that city and disap-
peared in March, 1906, leaving sew
eral thousand dollars in unpaid bills
and borrowed money. An effort
will be made to bring him TO that
city to answer the charges as soon
as the Philadelphia authorities will
surrender him
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Brought Prisoner Back to Vermont.


E. A. Cook. states attorney of
Orleans county, has returned home
from Cincinnati with George l..
Bannister of North Troy, who was
arrested last week by the Pinkerton
detective agency of that city. Ban
mister is wanted in Orleans county
for alleged grand larceny and on
other serious charges. A. A. Ma
comber of North Troy furnished
$1,000 bail for his appearance at this
term of court but March IL, Ban
mister disappeared. Mr.. Macomber
went with States Attorney Cook to
Cincinnati where Bannister was APP
pretended.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Richie Heads Bank.

Alexander X. Richie was Satur-
day elected president of the Ben
nigton County National Bank, to
succeed the late John S. Holden,
who died recently in Pasadena, Ca
A. j. Holden, a son of the dead
president, was elected vice-presi-
dent, and A. j. Cooper of the
Cooper Manufacturing Company
was elected director.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Vernon Congregational Church
Membership Is at Its Highest.

John M. Comstock, the statisti-
can for the Congre9at ional Church
es of the State, has completed his
returns for 1906. The total church
memL ership of the 213 churches is
22,O92, a gain of 277 from the pre-
vious year. The number Of the
churches and the church member
ship is at high water mark in the
history of Congregationalism in
Vermont. The additions by confes-
sion of faith were 615 and by letter
were GOT. Removals by letter TO
churches in other states and deaths
reduce the net gain to 277.
A gain OF 1876 Is reported in Sun
day School membership which now
stands at 1885. There is con
tinued decrease in the member ship
in the various young peoples socie-
ties, the total being 1878, or 597
less than in 1905.
A gain of $1,000 is reported in
benevolence and the total disbursed
from all the churches is $50, 067
Home expenses have decreased
s20,953 and the total amount spent
here is 1921 81. The largest gain
comes in the department of invested
funds which now amounts 10
s372,586, gain of s32,589 over the
previous year. One new church has
been organized during the year at
Burke
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
HOW TO MIX FERTI=
LIZERS AT HOME.

To any Farmer who will write us,
mentioning this paper, we will send
free postpaid, several formulas for
making a frst-class fertilizer at
home, together with the cost of the
ingredients, directions for mixing,
etc.
The Vermont Experiment Station
in its bulletin No. 116 has the fol-
lowing to say with reference to the
value Of home mixed fertilizers as
compared with the ordinary COM
mercial brands: "On every account,
however, financial, educational, agri-
cultural, it is better to buy the crude
stock and home-mix if one uses a
ton or more.
All up-to- date farmers should be
interested in the subject of home
mixed fertilizers and we are in po-
sition to help them. Address,
CARROLL S. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Mysterious Disease Causing Holocaust of
Baby Fish at Rozbury, and
Planting Will Be Small,


Hundreds of thousands of brook
trout fry have dice OF the state
hatchery at Roxbury and the NOR
tally continues to SO great an extent
that there will be comparatively few
for distribution when the brooks are
clear of ice and the time arrives for
planting.
w. 7. Keyes, superintendent of
the hatchery, first noticed the trou-
lie six weeks ago. He had Teen
looking for it because most of the
fry died last year in the same way.
In the six weeks since the disease
first made It's appearance 100000 fry
have died of the 1,250,OO0 fry
hatched this year
1t is hoped that the mortality will
decrease from now on As the
trout grow older the disease seems
to have less effect on them. After
they have passed the stage of alb
sorbing the sac and have begun to
take food they are in little danger.
Already 1870 900 are considered safe,
as they have been taking food for
two weeks The remaining 100000
ale nearing that stage and it is
hoped that fair proportion of them
m, y lie saved.
he disease is peculiar. 1t at
tacls only brook trout fry Finger
lings and older fish are not affected,
nor are the fry of lake trout or
brown trout.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Bitten by n Spider.

Through blood poisoning caused b. a
spider bite, John Washington of Bos-
queviile, Tex, would have lost his leg
which became a mass of running Sores
had be not been persuaded to try Buck
lens Arnica Salve. He writes: The
first application relieved, and four boxes
healed all the sores" 25c. Guaranteed
at G. G. Smiths, druggist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

If you have Eczema hard, dry skin,
Itching Plies, or any disease of the
skin and want a positive cure, try
CUR-X-ZEMA. 1t Immediately
stops that awful itching and permanent
ly cures all skin diseases Don't let the
children suffer. try this wonderful rem
edy No bandages needed. CUR-X-
JENA gives instant relief to
Chapped Hands, cold or fever sores.
burns, etc. Endorsed by physicians.
At all druggists or by mail SOC. Sam
pie sent FREE. Address, Cur X-Zema
Co., Watervleit, n. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Murder President of Guatemala

Former President Jose Lizandro
Barrillas Of Guatemala was assas-
sinated in Mexico City, Sunday
night, at the House of Commons by
a young Guatemalan named Cabre-
ra, Is years old
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

In tie death of George G. Ben
edlct, editor-in in chief of the Burling-
ton Free Press, the Vermont press
loses its oldest member During
the fifty -four years in which he has
been con nected with the manage
ment of the Free Press he has been
a staunch republican, and his edito
torials have always been marked by
a loyalty to that party. His was a
life of many years, rich in honors.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Forty three Apo'ican.s 70 Lie, es.

When the time for applications
for licen expired in Barre at sew
IN O'Clock Saturday evening, City
Clerk James Mackay had forty three
applications lodged with him. The
commissioners have eight licenses to
grant
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Patents for Vermont ,rs.

Dexter s. Capron, Woodstock,
agricultural implement; Julius B.
Golden, Wolcott, music-leaf turner;
Samuel H. Mills, Montpelier, stone
polishing wheel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Editorial Column.

The national game is on. The
base ball season for IL g big leagues
opens today. May the best teams
win.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
DR.. KENN EDYS
! REMEDY

for heard much about its good results. IT helped
me 80 that kept it up, and now have not taken
any for a year aud am in good health. never have
any pains, my appetite is good, and my cd bilious
ness has left me. During the time WAS TAX
ing Fayorite Remedy i passed two quite
large stones and Il have never been trOu-
bIed with my bladder since"
Write to Dr. David Kennedy's Sons, Rondouf. y.
Y, for free sample bottle of Dr. David henDedy's
Fayorte Remedy, the great Kidney, Liver aud BlOOd
medicine Large bottles sl.o0, at AL druggists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

The famous or Infamous Thaw
trial is nearly finished. How will
District Atty. Jerome shape his ar
gumefft now that be has already
said he believed ''the prisoner was
insane at the time of the shooting
and it would be butchery to electro
cute him.? Can he still argue for a
verdict of guilty in the fist degree?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
Towns Approve of School Supervision,

L
The first meeting of State Super
intendent of Schools, Mason S.
Stone, with the school directors of
Rutland county, under the new laws,
was held in Rutland last week.
Every town in the county was well
represented and there were evidenc-
es that the town school authorities
will stand by Supt. Stone in put
ting to test the new educational laws
which will completely revolutionize
the country schools.
The object of the meeting was to
familiarize the town directors with
the act providing for Capitalization
of schools and the plan for expert
supervision.
Mr.. Stone, in emphasizing the
point that Capitalization of schools
meant better education for the chill
dren, said that during the thirty
years from 1870 to 1900 there was a
big exodus from the rural districts of
Vermont to the larger towns and
cities, and he believed that this was
due largely to desire to get aear
better schools. He said that in the
small school the pupil is often in a
class by himself and is robbed of the
chances for development of industri-
Gus habits and self-improvement
brought about by competition with
other pupils.
He said that school supervision
would give the pupils in the country
districts teachers earning $12 per
week instead of the $6-girl in short
dresses, in giving q certificate to
whom the examiner had to "smoth-
er his conscience %
Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor spoke
at the meeting, appearing as
school director from the town of
Proctor. He characterized the SUI
pervision feature of the new law as
the most important act of the last
Legislature
cit will mark the Legislature of
1906 as having done more for edu-
cation in the state of Vermont than
any previous Legislature in many
years" said the Governor,
Teachers, the Governor believed,
would be SO per cent. better if they
had hep from trained minds. To
cal boards of education are not
equipped for this.
ct would be better for the cause
of education to close the high
schools and put the principals at the
heads of the graded schools than to
keep on conducting the lower schools
under present conditions, asserted
the Governor.
In closing, Gov Proctor said that
he believed that the school surorvis
ion law, if tried conscieni iously,
would finally be made obligatory.
Mr.. S. L. Bowen, of Wayne, w.
Va, writes: II was a sufferer from
kidney disease, so that at times l could
not get out of bed and when l did 1
could not stand straight took Foley's
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

LII baitIihOAo, hu. thO VIII Ppm 8
post was recently called into use for
the first time in twenty years. A
wife beater was given nine lashes.
We wonder if this mode of punish
ment seems barbarous to some be-
cause it was used in olden time. It
is "an eye for an eye, tooth for a
tooth" method; a nd according to
arguments of the anti-capital pun
ishment believers, this is all wrong,
and the people of Baltimore are 60
ing back into the dark ages.
Chicago has just passed through
an exciting and even vicious cam
paign. Mayor Dunno was the Dem
ocratic candidate for re- election and
stood for city ownership of the
street car lines. Frederick A. Busse,
postmaster of the city, headed the
Republican forces and favored great
improvement of the street-car serv-
ice, but opposed city ownership.
Busse won the election by plu-
rality of about $4,000. This is
hard blow to government owner
ship promoters.
1t is also interesting to note the
Socialist vote. This fell off heavily
from that of two years ago, it being
about $4,000 less.
''Brattleboro is experiencing some
difficulty in inducing some of its citi
zens to favor new industries because
they want to keep that place resi-
dence town. 1t is possible to keep
place so quiet that it finally becomes
the habitation of bats and spider webs,
and the nearer that time comes the less
live people want to live there.-Bur-
lingtOn Free Press.
True as preaching! A place is
either progressing OF retrograding
as compared with the average city
or town. 1t cannot remain station
airy. Generally it is the older gen
Grafton in good financial standing
that prefers to have the place re-
main quiet one; while it is the
younger generation, restless and en-
ergetic but with little capital, that
is fired with the desire to see the
place alive, humming with industry
and taking its place in the front
rank of progressive towns. To ac-
complish the create st good for the
greatest number, capital and energy
must become united and placed I'M
der the guidance of good judgment
Our town, while not retrograding
is not progressing at the rate II
should It's natural advantages are
being utilized but fraction of what
they are capable of being used; wa
ter power is running TO waste; fine
possibility fer large factory Will
the railroad tracks TO its very door
and about the yard is not taken ad
vantage Of, Many ideal spots fol-
summer hotels are passed by un
noticed. Ale we we alive to oul
possibilities?
Greater progress f. I this town il
bound to come some time, but it vii
be mighty slow in coming if we 81
back and wait for it. Organize
effort is the key to- the situation
Let's organize.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

How it must aggravate Vermont
fishermen to look across Missisquoi
bay on Lake Champlain, and see
their Canadian cousins hauling in
seines, when they ARE by law bound
not to fish in this way. The law
was made with the understanding
that our northern neighbors would
keep promise made by high Off
Gals that seining would not be al
lowed and the whole state shares
the Indignation of our fishermen
caused by this broken faith = Hard
wick Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

The manner in which the Yer
mont towns have taken advantage of
the new highway law proves the ex-
istence Of strong desire for better
roads just as rapidly as it can be
done. State Highway Commits
sioner Gates can certainly feel that
the people are with him in his en-
deavor towards permanent improve
ment. 4 substantial fund is now
within his reach, and the practical
application of that fund will be
watched with general interest. =
Ludlow Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11
What Others Saw.

Not alone in Vermont but in all
New England the cause of no-li-
cense seems to have strengthened
Barre Times
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

Ordinary household accidents have no
terrors when there's bottle of DIR.
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns, cuts, bruises.
sprains Instant relief