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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08
THE ISLE OF SPICE.
Something About the Musical Extrav-
aganza That Will Appear Here Mar. IS

At the auditorium next Wednesday
evening will be seen the Isle of Spice,
glittering, gloom dispelling musical
extravaganza with gorgeous costuming
and scenery, continuous first class com
edy and any amount of catchy, tuneful
music. B. c. Whitney offers this pi-
quaint musical mixture. AS to the pro-
duction itself, after a brilliant open
ing and a continuation of fun and
melody throughout, it closes in burst
of splendor, not surpassed by any mu-
steal comedy or light opera of the
present season.
There are many prominent stage ia
vorites in the east John Mylie, who
plays the part of the King of Nico-
bar, is a fun-maker of great merit and
is ably assisted in the fun department
by w. J. McGraw and Jack Leslie,
who appear as deserters from United
States warship-one as an 1rishman
and the other Scotchman. Both
these comedians are clever and with
Mylie form a trio hard to beat. Harry
Griffith, Charles DEACON, Bert Vain
wright and others comprise the male
principals. The Goo Goo Man, sung
by Mylie and a chorus of little girls,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08
ANOTHER ONE FOR
LOCAL ATHLETICS
Holyoke Trimmed in Fast Game Last
Friday Evening-Good Shooting
by Doran and Davey-A Big
Drop in "Trinity.'

As a result of the contest with the
HoIvoke basketball team in Festival
hall Friday evening one more victory
reposes in the strong box of the Attn
letics, and that by the score OF 45 TO
80. The game was hard-fought con
test with the Athletics leading all the
way through. The visitors never let
ND for a minute and threatened to
come up at any moment. The Local
bows worked together like unit and
Doran and Haggerty were the correct
imitation of the heavenly twins on
the floor and in shooting. Doran was
the star of the game, dropping in elgnt
baskets. Haggerty was not so proml-
ent in the shooting but on the noor
travelled like a rabbit with a charge
of shot in the tailfeathers. In the
first period he made Sears dizzy with
irving to keep his eyes on the elusive
forward and in the last two PERIODS
Roppio strained his mind attempting to
keen pace with the tricks that Hagger-
tv was springing every few minutes.
Dovev cavorted like a spring lamb. lie
made two of the luckiest shots ever
made by man. One was back
handed shot from the center of the
floor that dropped in without touching
the hoop of the basket. Riley played
Boggio in the first period and both snot
once. Boggio became infamed win
nassion for some reason or other ana
made threats of violence but owing to
bis size these were not regarded Sc
riously. In the second and third Pc
RODS Riley played Sears and stuck 70
the big guard like a flea to yellow
dog. Neither one was able to shoot.
Stafford played in the way that he
has been playing for the last few
games. Snow was elusive and shot ae-
euratelv. getting six baskets while
Stafford got three.
For the visitors Snow played anu
shot hest. Connors against Doran put
nd a plucky game. Boggio shot and
niaved his usual fast game. Sears was
bnrt at the end of the first period by
coIliding with Davey and sustaining
snrained ankle. He came back, how
ever. and finished the game. Hannl-
fan shone but little at center.
Roqgio received the ball from the
batoff and shot a basket almost as
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08
Stimulate the Blood.

Brandreths Pills are the great, blood
purifier They are laxative and blood
tonic, they act equally on the bowels.
the kidneys and the skin, thus cleansing
the system by the natural outlet OF the
body. They stimulate the blood so as to
enable nature to throw off all morbid
humors and cure all troubles arising from
an impure state of the blood. One or
two taken every night will prove an IN
valuable remedy. -,
Each pill contains one gram Of sGlld
valuable vegetable products, make 1t
blood purifier of excellent character.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use for
over century and are sold in every drug
and medicine store, either plain or sugar
coated
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08

the final result was announced u
small sized riot occurred among the
fans waiting at the foot of the stairs
leading to the telephone exchange,
Speaking of the game which ~,
,Iohnsbury played with Dartmouth the
81. ,Inhnshury Calcdonian says'
"Church's work was clean and gilt
edged all the way. He Is n team
worker and not weak In any part of
the game. We would greatly appre'
ciate life sized picture Of Church
clean game. The fans Of
Brattlcboro wish to be shown, Playing
a clean game seems TO have been left
out of Church education, Judging by
his work here.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08
Mrs. Amanda B. Stark.

Mrs. Amanda B. Stark, rs, died at
her home at 4 Chestnut street Satur'
day morning of chronic bronchitis.
She had been i'll for about seven
weeks. Mrs. Stark was born in Gull
ford Oct. %, 1880, the daughter of
George Babcock and Eloisa Baker.
She spent all the early part of her life
in her native town and there married
Clark Stark of Guilford. He came to
Brattleboro to live soon after their
marriage. Her husband died about
seven years ago. Ever since she had
lived in the house on Chestnut street
where she died. She leaves one
daughter, Mrs. DWIGHT Winchester of
this town There was also son, Will
lard Stark, who died few years ago.
There are II grandchildren: Frank
Winchester of Brattleboro, Mrs. Etfie
Taft of West Dummerston, Mrs. Alice
Lombard of Southport, Me-, George
W. Stark of Brattleboro, Mrs. Maria
Lawton of Dummerston, Mrs. Ellen
Bond of Brooklyn, N. Y, and John
Stark, James Stark, Miss Marion i.
Stark and Miss Elsie Stark of Brattle
boro. The funeral was held at the Ad-
vent church in Esteyville Monday af-
ternoon at clock, Rev. J. w. Den
ton of Vernon officiating. The four
grandsons of Mrs Stark acted as bear
ers. Burial was in the West Brattle-
bOro cemetery.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08
Who Gets the Fifty Cents.

An item under this head in the last
issue of The RefOrmer stated among
other things that the distance from
Boston to Brattlcboro was los miles
and the mileage s2.l6. This was, of
course, a slip Of the pen AS the dis
lance is IFS miles and the mileage
1896. In other respects the article
was correct, but since it was written
the new tariffs on the Central Vermont
have gone into effect and the rate from
Brattlcb0ro to Boston is now $2.57.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08
ATHLETICS STATE CHAMPIONS.
Took Deciding Contest in Basketball Series From st.
Johnsbury Tuesday Evening. Score 3S to 10.

soon as he received IL. This was the
only time during the game the llolyoke
team was in the lead and Stafford
chokod of that lead minute later by
dropping in basket. Riley sent his
team ahead with n nice shot aud at
ter that the Athletics held all the
cards. Toward the end of the half II
was procession, Davey would bat
the ball to llaggcrty, he would pass II
TO Doran aud Doran would drop IL in.
Or IL D0ran received the hatoh llag
gerty took his pass. In this period II
was that Davey made his two spec
tacular shots. One "A backhnndcr from
the center and the other n straight
shot from back of the center. The pc
riod ended with the score Is to q in IA
vor of the Athletics. In the second
period the Athletics had their hoodoo
basket and the visitors crawled up n
little but the last period demonstrated
that the Athletics were superior and
when the game ended the score was ~
to 80.
In the middle of the third period the
ball was puneturcd and several min.
utes were spent in getting a new one.
During this period of idloncss someone
in the gallery started excitement by
throwing pennies 10 the kids ON the
floor. The kids became excited by the
fall in copper aud tore about like curb
market brokers. One boy cleared over
Is cents in the deal and the scramble
was ms exciting as the basketball game.
Summary:
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08

Smith-"If l lend you a shilling, how
do know / shall get it bac X"
Brown-"Why on the word of a gentle
man."
Smith-'Well, all right. Come round
this evening and bring him with you.'-
Illustrated Bits.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08
B. H. S. %? Trims Putney.

A team made up of local high school
students defeated the Putney town
team at Putney Monday night by the
score of 26 to IS. The game went
at Central Vermont speed all the way
through and was played in a hall
lighted by six smoky kerosene lamps.
In the middle of the hall the players
were barely distinguishable. The
only feature was Ferriter's bat-off
which scored a basket When the game
started Putney scored twice but the
Brattleboro boys worked up and went
ahead in the first period. In the sec
ond period Putney succeeded in tie
ing the score but the Brattleboro boys
pulled out ahead. Summary:
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08

GENTLEMEN PROM VERMONT.
sitting Boston will be welcome at the
Of the Vermont Association. at The
munster, Copley Square, Boston. Open
IRON a. m. until 10 D. m.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08

Score Brattleboro high school 26,
Putney IS; goals from floor, Ferriter
5, Dunleavy 4, Putnam, Blood, Adams
8, Gorham 4, Howard 2, Crowley; ref
cree, Coane; umpire, Harding; timer,
Smith; time, three 15minute periods;
attendance, 90.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13

and ALI singing. ALI went down. Bob
was reelected governor in 1888 and In
1893 made his first race for senator,
only to be beaten. He was again
elected governor in 1896 and was for
the second time beaten for senator the
following year. He was finally chosen
senator In his third race for that office.
During the campaign for governor
In which Bob and ALI were the oppos-
ing candidates the brothers were
speaking from the same platform. 1t
was Alf's turn In the debate when he
was interrupted by half drunken fell
low who began to abuse him. Bob
jumped up and, leaning over the rail-
of the platform, shouted: Don't you
dare to open your mouth again, you
scoundrel! This Is my brother, and
If you abuse him you've got me to
whipw 1t is recorded that the abusive
loafer left the meeting swearing ut the
pass into which politics had come at
last when n man couldn't "cuss" the
opposing candidate without "rliing" his
own choice.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
THE WILD. BALSAM APPLE.
ID. seed Holders Are Suggestive OF
Ince Purses.

Its Seed Holders Are Suggestive OF
Lnce Purses.
In the brooks of autumn in certain
places many little lacelike bags may
lie seen drifting along with the cur
rent or stranded by the shore, They
are the inner coats or bodies OF the
wild balsam apples Echinocystis loba-
tai which have dropped from the vines
ovcrhanging the stream and now float
ll.l.tly away with their large seeds.
The green prickly bag Of the balsam
apple itself began TO form in hate sum-
mer. ami by autumn it has withered
and faded to pale straw color. We
may see the trailing vines with their
shrunken pods decorating the brook
side bushes far into the winter. The
outer coat OF the pod gradually rots
away, and the inner bag or seed car
sier is DOW released and exposed as o
Delicate. webby network of tough
fiDers. A thin skin or membrane Hills
UP the space between these meshes,
but that also falls away through the
action of water and the winter storms
until ony the ball-like tissue Of the
."purse" Is left. These little purses, be-
Ing extremely light and buOyant. float
far and wide over the submerged
swamp lands in late autumn, carry
ing the seeds with them and so plant
ing the vine in new situations. II, how
ever. we take these seeds home with
Us and plant them there, Mother Earth
will suitably reward us in the follow
ing year with vines Of our own. They
will spring up and spread rapidly until
ali the stone walls and garden fences
are decorated with the tracery Of their
stems and star shansh 'NoVN' -
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
FRANK o. BRIGGS.

ry until 1877, when he resigned to en-
ter the employ Of the John A. RoeD'
ling's Sons company OF Trenton. His
services as an engineer were much Ia
demand by the company. but finally he
went into n financial department and
Is now the is.istant treasurer.
Having always taste for politics,
Briggs was prominent in political gath
erines and in 1859 was elected mayor
of Trenton. lie served until 1902 and
in that year was elected state treas
urer which Office he still holds. In
1901 he was chosen chairman Of the
Republican state committee and has
continued in that position since. While
mayor Of Trenton he vetoed n street
car franchise grab. and more recently
he did much toward securing legisla-
ton that resulted in the collection Of
S3.OCOCO0 n year more In taxes from
the railroads.
Senator RrlsGs Is In his fifty seventh
year He f. Il nan of wealtb and cul
ture and IS liked Cor mis- solid que titles.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13

which was furnished, and after that
the men at the station did the rest
The expenditure Of SO by the city for
the seed represents the total outlay fol
the magnificent grounds surrounding
the station building.
Under Captain Wilmot the firemen
graded and planted the lawn and
watched it so carefully that there Is
perhaps not a better one in the city. In
front Of the building they planted a
flower bed, in the form of Maltese
cross. 1t Is filed with foliage plants Of
many hues, and in the center there is
a small century plant. Along the front
wall there is row of gladioluses and
tuberoses, solicited and received from
the horticultural department at Wash
ington. On the south side Of the lot Is
hedge of sweet peas. and on the same
side large bed of panses. the gift OF
the Park Floral company, and another
bed of geranlums.
The most extraordinary and unique
features of the decorations are the
flower stands devised by the men. For
one of these an inverted section OF a
tree trunk, with the spreading limbs
serving for support, was used. On top
Of this an Oblong box was placed, COW
cred with decorative work made from
small twigs. There are six Of these
boxes in various patterns, and each
one represents an endless amount Of
work and patience. The material nec-
essary for their construction was all
gathered in the alleys and vacant lots
of the neighborhood. The completed
boxes, filled with dozens Of varieties
of plants and trailing vines. are really
works of art, a single one containing
geraniums of many types, bluebells,
wandering jews, pinks, nasturtiums
and small poppies.
In addition 10 these there are other
stands which are, If anything could be,
even more strange In their origin. In
the alleys near the station the firemen
found two kitchen water tanks that
had been deserted by their owners.
Strips were cut out Of their sides and
rustic supports placed beneath them.
They were filled with earth and flowers
planted inside. They have quite lost
their homely identity and serve as
very attractive flower boxes, with long
strands of delicate vines trailing from
their sides. Withal there Is much for
the men at the station to be proud OF.
for ordinarily a fire station is not q
thing of beauty, but In this case the
men have toiled to such good purpose
that there Is not a private lawn In
Denver where more taste is shown In
the decorations or greater success OBJ
tanned in the horticultural work.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
AN EARLY CALL.
Mark Twain's Story About His Alb
sentn1inded Brother,

sentminded Brother.
One bitter December night Orion
Mark Twaln's brother) sat up reading
until o'clock In the morning and then,
without looking at clock, sailed forth
to call on d young lady. He hammered
and hammered at the door; couldn't
get any response; didn't understand 1t.
Anybody else would have regarded
that as an indication Of some kind or
other and would have drawn infer.
ences and gone home, but Orion didn't
draw differences. He merely hammered
and hammered, and finally the father
Of the girl appeared at the door In a
dressing gown. He had candle in
his hand, and the dressing gown was
all the clothing he had on, except an
expression of welcome, which was so
thick and 80 large that it extended all
down his front to his instep and nearly
obliterated the dressing gown. But
Orion didn't notice that this was an
unpleasant expression. He merely
walked In. The old gentleman took
him into the parlor, set the candle on
table and stood. Orion made the
usual remarks about the weather and
sat down--sat down and talked and
talked and went on talking, that old
man looking at him vindictively and
waiting for his chance, waiting treach-
erously and Indignantly for his chance.
Orion had not asked for the young
lady. 1t was not customary. 1t was
understood that a young fellow came
to see the girl of the house, not the
founder OF 1t. At last Orion got up
and made some remark to the effect
that probably the young lady was
busy and he would go now and call
again. That was the old mans chance,
and he said with fervency, "Why, good
land, aren't you going to stop to break
fast" - Mark Twains Autobiography
in North American Review.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
One of Them.

John Mitchell was talking to re-
porter about the wide interest that the
world now takes in Socialism and tho
labor question.
Socialism and what 1t stands for"
he said. have become complex sci
ence, like astronomy.
"There was labor meeting In seS'
sion behind closed doors the other day,
and friend Of mine tried to get into
it.,
"'What are you the doorkeeper ask
ed sternly. positi0nist. communist, So
clalst. Marxist, solutionist, Sinclairist
or cOllectlonistT
81 faltered my bewlldered friend
why, am machinist.'
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13

How a Denver Company Made
Theirs. a Beauty Spot.
LAWN GRADED AND PLANTED.

Grounds Surrounding tho Building
Made Attractive With Flowers and
vlnes-Most Unique Decorative Fea.
lures Are Flower Stands.
Make the fire station In your town
a beauty spot, however humble 1t may
be. 1t can be done by any fire compa-
ny with a little trouble and at a COM
paratively small expense. Both the fire
house and grounds can be made at.
tractive, not only to the home folk but
to visitors as well. The good work OF
a Denver fire company In this line Is
described as follows by the Denver
News:
There is probably no finer exampl.
In Denver of what patience, hard work
and a sincere love of the beautiful will
do In the way Of identifying ones sur
roundings than that to be seen at the
Clayton street fire station. The build
Ing is new and attractive, being built
of gray brick, and Captain John D..
Wilmot, together with his men, SET
about making the grounds equally at
tractive as soon as they took posses
sion Of the station in the spring of 1905.
The city was called on for grass seed,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
An Expensive Short Cut.

II will certainly be news to most
people, says the London Globe, that
New York is a short cut for. kilograms
between London and Paris and be-
tween London and Berlin. However.
the fact is vouched for The messages
are received at an agreed address In
New York and are Immediately passed
on for London, Paris or Berlin, as the
case may be. The reason for this
amazing roundabout to save time IL
curious. New York time being about
six hours behind European time, Its
wire connections with Europe are al
most unoccupied during the London
forenoon, while during the same time
European wires are often congested.
Via New York, therefore, Is short
cut" but an expensive one.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
The Temperance of Miss Willard.

| met Walt Whitman once in Ger
mantown at home famous for its
hospitality and the notables who loved
to go there and know he was urged to
leave out of the next edition certain
poems. But NO" was the only answer.
1t was art and must never be disturb
ed. Miss Willard was also guest.
and Walt was rude to her; said h
hated q crusading temperance fanatic.
especially woman. She was perfectly
unrufled. and he left the room, but
before long lie returned AID apologir"d
In the sweetest way. Upstairs Frances
said to me. what Il grand old man 70
be willing to own he was sorrT for his
remarks" Kate Sanborn In New
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
A Fiddling Statesman.

When Robert L. Taylor takes the seat
In the United States senate to which
be has been elected by the Democrats
of Tennessee, that august body will
gain the most picturesque figure 1t has
had for many years. He has been In
politics for thirty years and never
made political campaign without
fiddle. He fiddled and talked himself
into the Forty-sixth congress in RE
publican district and flddled and talk
ed himself into the governorship and
senatorship.
Senator Taylor was brought up a
Wing. He Is the only male member
of his family who is not Republican.
In 1886 he ran for goveIA1r against
his brother ALI, and they stumped the
state together, Bob playing his fiddle
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
For Channel Handa-

Don't wash the hands in cold water
Take warm water and having washed
and scrubbed them thoroughly with a
nailbrush and soap. rinse them in clean
warm water again and then dry them
partially. While the hands . are still
warm and moist rub some ordinary
cold cream on the chapped surfaces,
working the cream we'll into the skin
until this absorbs 1t completely. Now
wash again quickly and then dry very
thorOuRhly
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
FLY FISHING.
The Expert Angler Explains Why u
Is Humane Sport.

Us humane oPorI
well" said Chichester, IF 1t comes
to Suffering | doubt whether the fish
are conscious of any such thing as we
means by it. But even If they are they
suffer twice as much and a thousand
times as long shut up in this hot, nasty
pool as they would in being caught in
proper style"
But think of the hookw
Hurts about as much as a pin
prick"
"But think of the fearful struggle
and the long, gasping agony on the
shorew
There's no fear in the struggle. It's
Just a trial of strength and skill, like
a game Of football A fish isn't afraid
Of death; he doesn't know anything
about It, And there is no gasping on
the shore, but a quick rap on the
head with stick, and it's all over"
But why should he be killed at all7'
"Well," said he, smiling, there are
reasons of taste. You eat salmon,
don't your"
"Ye-e-es," she answered little
doubtfully, then with more assurance,
"but remember what Wilbur Short
says in that lonely chapter on Com
munion With the Catfsh'-I want them
brought to the table In the simplest
and asost painless way"
"And that is angling with the fly"
said he, still more decidedly. "The
fy is not swallowed like bait. 1t
sticks in the skin Of the lip, where
there Is least feeling. There is no
torture in the play of a salmon. It's
Just a fair fight with an unknown OPP
ponent Compare 1t with the other
ways Of bringing a fish to the table.
II he's caught in a net, he hangs there
for hours. slowly strangled. If he's
speared, half the time the spear slips,
and he struggles Off badly wounded,
and IL the spear goes through him he
IS flung out on the bank to bleed to
death. Even If he escapes he Is sure
to come to pitiful end some day
perish by starvation when he gets too
old to catch his food Or be torn to
pieces by seal, an otter or fish
hawk. Fly fishing really offers him
Never mind that" said Ethel.
>sWhat does 1t offer you"
"A gentlemnn's sport, l suppose" he
answered rather slOwly.-Henry van
Dyke in Scribners.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
Senator Dryden's Successor.

Frank o. Briggs Of Trenton, who has
Just been elected United States senator
from New Jersey to succeed John F..
Dryden. was the leader of the Dryden
forces until the latter withdrew from
the contest.
The new senator Is q native of New
Hampshire and a graduate of West
Point. He served in the Second caval-