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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17

inc mn the work two years ago. She was
ion years Sunday school teacher OF classes
of boys and Young men, many of whom
IN homes of their own still treasure her
wise counsels, She was an active member
Of the baptist church and the Woman's
Mission ana Aid societies, of this place;
Mrs, Perry was quiet and gentle in all
her ways and a true homemaker and
friend She leaves besides her husband
one daughter, Mrs. Frank +, Fisher OF
Williamsyilc, one stepson, Frank y
Perry of Agawam, one brother, Charles
k. Stcdman. and sister, Mrs, George
Dickinson, both of Williamsvillc, also a
sister Mrs. Dwight 4, Bailey, OF Aga
wan. \ wide circle OF friends mourn
her death with the family.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17
EAST DOVER.

D. NJ. Hale and Harlie Jefts are work
ing in Brattleboro this week.
Miss Rena Powers, who has been work
ing in Townshend, has returned home.
w. J. Metcalf has sold his village prop
erty to Polk Atwood of West Dover. MIR.
Atwood will take possession soon.
w. H. Moore is moving into the So
called G. L. Hall house now owned by the
Windham County Savings bank of New
fame.
w. j. Metcalf has sold his stage route
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17
Major Trickey Chosen commandant OF
Soldiers Home.

Al a meeting of the board OF managers
of the soldiers Home held at the state
house in Concord Tuesday MAJ, william william
II, Tricky was appointed eommandenl,t
Of If tbe home at Tilton, vice Commandant
smith, deceased. Mr., Tricky i P pro- 4
nent in Grand Army circles and has has a
fine war record. He was born in Exeter
Me w" and enlisted at the age Of 20 at
W Vol % y. H., as a private, Avg. p
lsGl. lie was appointed corporal Dec. l.
1851, sergeant APRIL 10, lS92' first ser,
eeont MAY 81, 1862, second Lieutenant
Conn / April Is, 1868, first lieutenant
COMPANY C June /, 1864, captain Com
Es@y July lsS and IN maj" @iSnt June Of Pc T.
lsO2 i,,,, nc s "" 1854. and again before
Richmond i Oct, 81 1864, lie was was mus nus
tered out of the service July. % 1850, I2l'
loving !hc war he studied for the minis 1R.
ItS Sio and Massachusetts, lie is at pres
emf crd'' pastor Of the Uniyersalist church IN
lIinsdale.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17

from West Dover to Williamsville. to
WAYNE Yeaw Of this place, Mr.. leaw
drives the stage to Williamsville and Joe
Monitor to West Dover the same as US
mi Thev both hoard at Mr.. Metcali $.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17

The Memphremagog House at New
port, owned by George +. Goode, which
has been unoccupied all winter except by
Mr.. Goode and wife. but had been pre-
pared for opening as a summer hotel next
month, was burned Wednesday afternoon,
causing a loss of about $4,000, upon which
sparks from a locomotive in the freight
yard. A fire engine was sent from Sher-
brooke. Que, but its services were not
required.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17
GREEN RIVER.

Ernest Thomas is at home.
Mrs. Charles Bracket is i'll with a
cold and sore throat.
The fishing season has begun and the
streams are lined with people.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17

We all have several pieces of old furni-
ture that we have discarded because the ar
tcle is soiled and out of repair. Mr.. J.
Edgar Mellen, Brattleboro, Vt, sells Camp
bells Earnish Stains. We believe that you
coat would give on old articles. This Var
nish Stain comes in all shades. Why not
try it'll
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17
MNew Hampshire
HINSDALE.

Wonted-Girls to work in Overall Fac
tory' Good wages. Apply Al once To
Hooker, Corser a Mitchell Co.. Bratti e,
boro, Vt,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17
DUMMERSTON.

The Ladies' club will meet with Mrs
Cogswell Thursday afternoon, May. 20
Gentlemen are invited for the evening.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
SAVAGE EYEsIGHT.

Many people believe, because they
have read in books, that the sight Of
the Indians was extraordinarily keen,
and they were able to descry objects
at greater distance than was posi-
bic for white men. This is an error,
if the assertion is to be taken without
qualification. All savages have eyes
trained to see those things that are
necessary to their preservation-game
and enemies. Their sight is not by
nature more acute than that of the
white man, but in some respects it
was better trained. The whites who
lived among the Indians and were
compelled to defend themselves
against their enemies saw just as far
as their enemies. 1t may be affirmed
as a general principle that there is
nothing a civilized man cannot do
better than a savage. The latter
uses his reason to aid his instinct /;
the former makes his instinct subser-
Went to his reason. tits well known
that sailors are able to discern objects
at sea at greater distance than lands
men, but we have to do here with a
faculty that any one can acquire.
The Indians did just what the whites
who lived among them did who sub
sisted on game and were obliged to
be on the constant lookout for ene-
mics. Both had acquired not merely
the power to discern objects, but also
training in the Interpretation of the
signifcation of those objects that
came within visible range. 1t pro-
bable, fer reasons given above, that
not only the Indians as well as all
tribes living on the same social level,
but also the backwoodsmen, retained
their sight to more advanced age
than is now generally the case but
that the eye of the former was natur-
ally more powerful than that Of the
present generation or that of men in
general is unsupported by trustworthy
evidence. There is no doubt that a
child born with normal eyes in one
of our cities can see objects just as
far off and define them inst as accu-
rately with proper training as per-
son who never saw dozen houses
together. 1t is we'll known, too, that
what are sometimes called the lower
senses-touch, taste, and smell-are
often of extraordinary acuteness IN
civilized man as the result of training
If, therefore, any of the senses of our
urban population is feebler than thai
of the dwellers in the rural districts
it is not due to any inherent weakness
but to improper or injudicious USE
DR.. c. w, Super IN the Popular SCI
ance Monthly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

going to do better. For one thing, "
she added, smiling through ber tears,
"I'll try not to say I told you so 7
again as long as I live"
They sat down to supper, and Dam
lei as he availed himself of the "good
home cooking" soon declared that he
felt like a new man. "I can't help
thinking, though" he said, "about
the people that went into that oil
speculation. To be sure, those that
lost the most are the ones best able to
lose. 1 guess I was the only one
foolish enough to think of mortgaging
his farm. Strange" he mused, "that
that Rosencraft, pleasart-spoken chap
he was, should have turned out to be
such a sharper"
well, You remember I" began
Mrs. Lang; but she stopped short.
Eyes, Maria" said Daniel, with a
chuckle, as he broke open another
fluffy biscuit, cpl own up-you told
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
A VANISHING ART.

The trolley and the automobile
threaten to put plain walking out of
commission. A walking feat occu-
pies scant spare IN 4ta srn~ti..s -sS-s-
umns in these days, and may be -easi-
ly missed. Fears have been expressed
that mechanical locomotion will re-
duce the legs to mere rudimentary or
gans. Rarely now do we find a fine
robust fellow who can walk FIVE miles
without collapse. There is a small
remnant Of old timers who make it
practice to walk to the office. We are
becoming a nation of sitters. We
move with breathless speed, but our
flight is mechanical and artificial.
We cannot stop to look at things.
We are only intent on getting there
on time.
In going on journey we are g
vised to love the course better than
the goal. Good walkers are usually
inquiring, observing and contempla-
tive persons. Good books have been
thought out by saunterers. The
chauffeur must attend to the brake.
"Give me the clear blue sky over my
head, )" says an author who spent much
time on his feet in the open air. land
the green turf beneath my feet, a
winding road before me, and three
hours march to dinner-and then to
thinking Another patron of the
declining art of walking declares
that if man who walks is not hap
py he must have an evil conscience.
AS a walker the civilized man is
rapidly degenerating. The remain
ing sturdy types are the patrolman,
the postman, the latnplighter and
others who are obliged to walk much.
People who are always travelling on
wheels will find but languid interest
in the fact that the worlds long dis
tance record was recently beaten in
England but those who have good
red blood in their veins will be pleas
ed to know that member of the Lon
don Stock Exchange walked from
London to Brighton and return,
distance of Io41z miles, in IS hours,
13 minutes and II seconds.
This iss snail's pace compared with
a furious automobile run, but it is
have some value as motors. Ii nolQ
out hope that walking may be reviys
In former times the hero of waikiki
match was a figure of much impor-
tance. Xenophon's march of the
"Ten Thousand" would scarcely be
the classic it is, if it told of the ride
of these veterans. 1t requires war
to show what prodigies of endurance
can be performed with the legs, par
ticularly in the retreat. There are
symptoms that future wars will be
waged on wheels or with aerial bat
teries. The modern man is growing
more and more averse to merely pc
destrian tion.-Pu6lic Ledger.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
STEPHEN GIRARD.

To get a subscription from Stephen
Girard, founder of Girard college in
Philadelphia, was not an easy matter.
It required tact and the right intro
ductior, and many failed, while few
succeeded. It is told by the author
of "The French Blood in America -
that Samuel Coates, genial Quaker,
was one of the few men who knew
how to approach the eccentric mil
lionaire.
He was manager of the Pennsyl-
vania hospital and called on Girard
for the purpose of raising money for
the support of that institution.
"Well, how much do you want,
Coates 2" asked Girard in his usual
brusque tones.
"Just what thee pleases to give,
Stephen replied the Quaker. Girard
wrote out a check for So 900 and,
handing it to Mr.. Coates, was sur
prised to see that gentleman pocket it
without looking at the amount.
"What! You don't look to see
how much l give you ?" cried Girard
incredu1ously.
"Beggars must not be choosers,
Stephen" replied the Quaker.
"Give me back my check, and I
will change it," said Girard after a
moments pause.
"A bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush, thee knows, Stephen. -
mildly replied the Quaker. Without
another word Girard sat down and
wrote him out a second check for
$1,000.
His farm on the outskirts of Phila-
delphia was one of the best in the
country, and while living in town he
often drove out before breakfast to
see that all was going well. He was
very exacting with his hired hands
and never trusted the management of
his farm to anyone else, but ran it
himself, as he did all his affairs. Ar
irving one morning a little earlier
tl,o., ast4al, he woe greatly annoyed
at not finding his man at work on a
fence that he was building. The
mans wife, noticing Girard approach
ing the house, hurriedly awoke her
husband and sent him to his duties
by way of the back door. After visit
ing the house Girard returned to the
fence and, seeing the man at his post,
reprimanded him for being late.
"I'd been here, sir, but went back
for spade" said the workman.
"No, you hadn't. I Iwent and put
my hand in your bed and found il
warm" replied Girard, and he dis
charged the man on the spot.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
FACTS ABOUT BUTTERMILK.

Long before Fairbanks learned tc
milk cow the buttermilk cocktail
was invented. As blood cooler in
hot weather it has no equal. As a
tonic it is superior to everything alco-
holic. As an Alternative it is without
rival. A glass. A cube of dill pickle.
A lump of ice. Buttermilk to the
brim. Quaff and rejoice. Such a
drink wouldn' hurt the chances of any
prospective candidate for President.
There is sweet buttermilk and sour
buttermilk. Let the former severely
alone. Give it few days in the ice
box and it will ferment. Then drink
it. In the old days in the country no
housewife ever thought of churning
until the milk was sour. an d the resi-
due-after the butter was skinned
of-was nectar for the gods. Butter
milk from the modern creamery is a
fraud. Only few milk dealers serve
good buttermilk. Never touch it un-
less it is perfectly white. Yellow but
termilk is dangerous.
Did you know that buttermilk was
waste product in the North up to
about 1870? Fact. I have vivid
recollection of fine specimen of Yank
touring the South at that time. At
dinner in roadside inn he said to the
waitress "What have you to
drink?" eve have some delicious
buttermilk," she replied, and fetched
a glassful. "Oh, take that stuff
away !" he cried. eve only feed
it to the hogs in my part of the coun-
try" At last the therapeutic value
of buttermilk is beginning to be un-
derstood. If our hospitals would use
more buttermilk and less sweet milk
their patients would be less permanent.
A buttermilk diet will invariably
cure the gout. 1t contains more
casein than whole milk, cream, skim
milk or butter. The fact that casein
does not form uric acid .adapts it for
the use Of the gouty. AS gout and
rheumatism are first cousins, butter
milk is good medicine for the rheu-
matte. There are men who feel
obliged to take an occasional drink of
whisky. Some of the cleverer ones
take small glassful of buttermilk as
a chaser, which shows much wisdom.
The most eminent scientist in Eu-
rope spent many years trying to un-
derstand the merits of buttermilk.
He has discovered few Of them. A
great majority of men prefer sweet
milk. In the good old summer time
they should never take drop of it in
public house without the addition
of little lime water. There are
5000, 900 microbes in every cubic
inch of sweet milk left at your door
in the morning by the delivery man.
A few of these fellows may be bad
most OF them are not only harmless,
but necessary to help you digest the
milk. Be not fearful of microbes.
It has been stated again that milk
is the only perfect food, + is sup
posed to be meat, bread and drink.
It is also stated that the moment
glassful of sweet milk reaches your
stomach it is curdled, which means,
of course, that digestion has begun.
Why allow this curdling process to
occur in the stomach? Sour butter
milk is curdled before it enters the
ailmentary canal, which relieves the
stomach of one duty. The bacteria
are enabled to set to work immediate
ly to relieve your vitals of sundry dis
temperS.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
VALUE OF GOOD TEMPER.

1t was favorite saying of Bancroft,
the historian, who was a vigorous old
man at ninety, that the secret of a
long life is in never losing ones tenn
per. The remark was simply a con-
crete way of expressing the hygienic
value of amiability-a principle which
until lately, has scarcely been consid-
cred in the training of children.
Hitherto we regarded fretfulness,
melancholy and bad temper as the
natural concomitants Of illness. But
modern science shows that these men
tai moods have actual power to
produce disease. No doubt in most
cases imperfect bodily conditions are
the cause of irritable and depressed
feelings, yet sometimes the reverse is
true, and better knowledge of phys
iological laws would show them to be
effect rather than cause. The fact that
discontented and gloomy people are
never in good health is an argument IN
favor of the theory that continual in
diligence in unhappy thoughts acts as
a poison and creates some form OF dis
ease. CongYegationaIiSt.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
ARM BEAUTrFYING.

There is no real reason why an ell
bow should be knobby. A little cream,
some powder and the rest cure for
those elbows would work wonders in
a very short time.
There are three arm exercises that
plump the arms and make them whi-
ter. To perform these exercises fol-
low these instructions
Extend the arms at right angles to
the body. Slowly lift them until they
are over your head. Wave them as
though you were saving the air.
Lower them slowly and let them
hang at your sides one minute. Re-
peat this exercise-it will whiten the
hands wonderfully.
Take something in your hand, a
tambourine, book or anything of the
kind. Lift your arms over your head
and hold the article as high as you
can reach.
Keep your arms up this way, ex-
tended above your head, while you
count ten. Take ten long, deep
breaths. 1t will make you feel very
sleepy and rested, and it will do your
chest as we'll as your arms great
deal of good.
Open your hands wide and fiat and
lay them upon something, palms up.
Let your fingers curl naturally hold
your hands palms up; breathe long
and deeply bend backward, lean
your hand against some thing and re-
lax, says beauty doctor in the WeaO
York Swn.
Sit this way for three whole min
utes. You will feel the blood go down
fh~os.nl.---.,e.-.---.- -
healthy, pleasant manner which IS
indescribable.
The arm exercises are the secret of
plumping the arms. But it isn't
pumping alone that a woman wants.
She wants pair of arms that are of
the right complexion.
Arms that are shaped like broom
sticks can be made presentable by
little manipulation.
The beauty specialist who treats
such arms has way of rubbing them
white with cooling cream.
She takes them in the middle of the
afternoon and creams them. She
lifts them until the blood all runs out
of them, leaving them snow white.
Then she messages them until the
veins let up their pressure little,
and she loosens the armholes of the
gown until sure that the hands will
not be deprived of their circulation.
The beauty expert has some white
wash cream which she rubs into the
pores, after which she puts on a great
deal of powder. One can powder the
arms if one does it early in the evening.
BY the time one goes out the powder
will have worn off to just the right
amount.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
they will do all day for the man who
is going to play lawn tennis.

they will do all day for the man who
is going to play lawn tennis.
lis entirely excusable to sponge on
the host for bathing suit, and per-
sons who live near the water usually
take the precaution to supply them
selves with a sufficient number for
their guests. Men who do carry
about their own suits usually have an
oilcloth bag, which keeps them from
doing damage, even if they are not
dry by Monday morning, when the
careful observer of all these rules must
go back to business.
To men who do much weekend WIS.,
iting there is nothing more convent
ent than the travelling cases which are
supplied with all that is needed for
every trip. Here are hair brushes and
combs. tooth brushes and all the things
that man must otherwise take the
trouble to pack up for every excur-
sion. It is possible to make these
cases of canvas, embroidered at home
with a monogram, and they serve
their purpose just as we'll as the 9TH
erS.
An extra cravat to wear on Sunday
finishes this minimum list of what a
man must have to be we'll dressed from
Saturday to Monday, according to the
standards now prevailing.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
ONE ON ST. PETER.

st. Peter settin' at de gate:
Niger passin' by
st. Peter up and sez to him;
How did you come to die Z"
"Go az de man whut helt de gun,
A-pintin' at dat roos';
Go az de dog whut helt my foot
An wouldn't turn hit loose! J"
"An' So" st. Peter SEE to him.
"You was kotched In de ac' 2"
Dat nigger turnt and looked at him
An said: "Hit is fact"
"Down in de deep den you mus 20
Fer stealin' Nv dat hen "
De nigger scratch his haid right hard;
st. Peter had him den!
But 'dreck'y liftin' up his arms,
He flop 'em on his sides,
An 'zactly like rooster crow
Three times out loud he cried.
st. Peter hung his haid wild shame
He 'membered Nv his sin
An grabbin' up great big key,
He let dat Niger in
-Ne10 Orleans Picdpune.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

THAT was an awful break BIZ
merly made last night after he had
proposed to the rich Miss Anteek and
been accepted"
"What was it 2"
"Just after she had accepted him
he asked if she gave trading stamps. T"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

ScHooLMAsTER-"A nonym on S
means without a name. Give me a
sentence showing you understand
how to use the word," Small Boy
"Our new baby is anonymous.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

81 THINK Jones is one of the worst
bores that ever lived" "Why so ?"
"He broke right in and began talk
ing about himself while was telling
about a thrilling experience I once
had out WeSt.o
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

A SMALL boy who lives near Bean
lake was fishing, and his mother had
to call him FIVE times to make him
hear. Finally, she landed on him,
and, shaking him in terrible man
ner, wanted to know why he did not
answer. This was his reply: Il
didn't hear you the first three times,
and the last time I had bite"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

"YoU must not expect me to give
up my girlhood's ways all at once, I"
said the happy bride. ooh, 1 won't, !"
he replied. "I hope you'll keep right
on taking an allowance from your
father just as if nothing had hap
pened."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

DID you ever know woman who
had plenty to wear just when she re-
ceived an invitation to some function !
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
THE pH1LosopH1C GROCER.

A retail grocer of Burlington dis
plays on his store walls some trench
ant placards. He is a recognized
adept in rhyming and effective ad.
writing, especially in adapting cur
rent events to that end, but those
quoted herewith display some hornely
philosophic thought.
This placard is placed directly over
the clock. where all who look for the
time of day will see this also: "What
time is it It's time to quit lying.
Some people lie when they know the
truth would be better" Here are
some others eff you get out of hu-
NOR, before you swear count five. 1t
works; we've tried it; you try"
do you know the hardest thing in
the world to do? Do unto others as
you wish to be done by; try it for a
day." eff you put good crackers
into good soup it will improve both. "
"Honesty may be the best policy but
it keeps some people poor all their
lives. But cheer up, Bill you'll
have wings while others are singed. "
"What's worse than rotten egg
We don't know, unless it's the fell
low who brings it to market" +" "We
don't know which is the bigger fool
the one who orders cake of yeast
delivered, or the one who delivers "
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

ALL WOMEN must wear hats when
attending services or ceremonies in
Episcopal churches of this diocese,
according to the dictum of Bishop
Leighton Coleman. Noticing sew
eral bareheaded women at wedding
in Calvary Church, Wilmington. the
Bishop rebuked them at the conclu-
sion Of the ceremony, saying: "It is
against the rules of the Episcopal
Church for women to appear in church
without hats or some other covering
for their heads. / will excuse you
this time, but do not do it again."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

SOMETIMES I thiuk I have more
trouble than any other man on earth. :"
"Nonsense Look at Thompson.
He's got wife, an automobile and a
sure system for beating the races"