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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
STATIONS RIVER.

c. L. Gale had green peas from his gar
den July !.
Henry Howard Of Worcester was in
town Sunday.
Mrs. Scion Perry is in Grafton caring
for Mrs. Duncan.
Campbell Barry of Memphis, Tenn, is
visiting his brother, Walter Barry.
Mrs. Kate Sumner of Somervile, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs Lizzie Severns.
Miss Helen Pettengill has returned from
Brattleboro very much improved in
health.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Wesley of SPRING
field. Mass, are spending few days at
G. n. Smiths
Henry Tarbell returned Tuesday from
Lake Champlain, where he had been at
work on DR.. Blodgetts cottage.
Lula Rawson finished work for Mrs
Henry Wiley last Saturday. and on Mon
day went to Chester TO work in the Hotel
Fullerton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harris and two
children of Rochester, n. Y, visited Mr.
Harris's parents. Mr.. and Mrs Rollin
Harris, recently.
The funeral of p. w Taft was held at
the home Saturday afternoon at .. Rev.
Mr.. Brown Officiated and the burial was
in the village cemetery. Several floral
tributes were given by different people
including one from the Bellows Falls
band, of which the late Mr.. Taft's SON.
f. p. Taft, is leader
Childrens day was observed last sun
day. on account of the rain the attend
ance was not very large The program in
cluded march with chorus, repetition Of
the Lords prayer. chorus of boys, re-
sponsive reading chorus Of boys, prayer
song, "Thc Little Eyes" address, flower
song. dropping pennies (song) and re-
sponsivc verse. collection, chorus Of boys
Mrs. Orilla Z. Brooks 60. died Sunday
June 80, at l o'clock at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs II. c. Johnson, from can
Ger of the liver. She leaves five children:
G. w. Brooks Of Washington. n. H., e c.
Brooks of Milford, n. H. w. T. Brooks
Of Guild, ~ H., Mrs. Bertha Richardson
of Milford, n. H., Mrs Cora johnson of
SaNtons River The funeral was held at
the house at II a. m, Wednesday, with
burial in Milford
J. II. Austin died in his home near Sax
tons River Friday. June %. at l a. m. He
was born in Newfane. oct. "A, 1929 He
came from Athens to SaXtons River in
1852. He married in 1919 I,oantha Davis Of
Athens. Mr.. and Mrs. Austin celebrated
THEM golden wedding in 1899. Mr. Austin's
musical ability was widely known. He was
of a social, sympathetic nature. eudear-
~ i''i' W. Hi" i"HillE anu many lIItlluS'
He is survived by a wife and three chill
dren, Mrs J. H. McClarence of Saxtons
River. Mrs. 4. 4 Han OF St. Adams and
Harry j. Austin of SaNtons River. The
funeral was held Sunday at y. m Rev
C.. II. Brown officiating, assisted by Rev.
George F. Chaplin. The large attendance
and the many beautiful floral tributes,
among them "a pillow from Blazing Star
Masonic lodge of Townshend Of which for
wears he master. and uieCcg
from SaxtOns River Grange and the choir
of the Baptist church, testified TO the
respect I'm which he was held Burial was
In the village cemetery, SaXtons River
Grange acting as escort to the grave. In
the presence Of relatives, neghbors and
townspeople, with peaceful surroundings,
he was laid to rest
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
GRAFTON.


DR.. Hail Staples was in town Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. w. u Bathric spent Sun
day at II. +. Bathric's.
Mr. Codding of Westminster has been
visiting at H. L. Bathrlc's.
Miss Amy Morris has been spending a
few days with relatives here
Mrs Stella Emery of Saxtons River
has been visiting relatives here
Miss RIanche Eairhank of Chester has
bsap visiting ~ Marti, Fishers
Edward sylvester Of North Walpole has
bcen visiting AT Georg. Hobart.s
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MISS H. W. 1o'e was al nome from
'''' mn i''9''E VI '''9
LlHS'E uIi'I i''''h'u from aberdeen
conn., M"hudS LOT " week vacation
Eugene White has moved from Henry
Blodgetts house TO the Welch farm.
Frank Wilbur. who had been visiting
In Taunton, Mass, returned home Tues
day.
Miss Alma HazeItine OF Andover visited
Miss May Thompson "Wednesday Ind
Thursday last week.
NJ and NJ, W NJ colb,,r,, how, ,,oo,
sn.rdjrr, n f.u, d,,.s u,itb rol,ti,os On
Alstea5 \ II
was caued bero last Wool. h.. ne uIness
Of Ntrs Fanpia Sbellav
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mss INu,,I HoNc ~ 0t.uIuaS Io'
9U'iI'''I '%0"'to'i ,iOiii -ini , oieiIe"u
MASS "h''e s"e mas oeei 'eaeiihs
MISS Eliza Iownshend or bridgeport
conn, ana Miss Lucia Dwight of Al
bahy ~ !" came 10 Mrs IL X Church 5
last week
Miss Gertrude Marston returned last
week from her school in Lebanon y. H.
she Is with her sister Mrs. Edson' for
the summer vacation
E. w. Cove visited his son, f. F. Cove
in St Johnsbury from Saturday until
Tuesday. His grandsons. Warner and Paul
Cove, returned home with him for a visit
Mrs. Trego gave interesting temperance
addresses in the Raptist church Sunday
afternoon and ar the chanel Sunday even
ing She also smoke briefly To the chill
dren at the exercises in the CONGREGATION
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05

weeks and during the time the room will
be rcpainted and decorated.
The severe showers of Tuesday evening
somewhat interfered with the lawn party
on the grounds of II. d. Ryder, given by
| the Mount Kiburn Missionary society of
the Congregational church. A large num-
Der were present the first part of the
evening and the concert given by the Bel
| lows Falls band was unusually fine.
Mrs Henrianna (Green) Elmendorf died
recently in Ridgewood, N. j. She was the
daughter of the late Henry Atkinson
Green of Bellows Falls, and the only sis
ter of the late Edward II. Green. one
of her y children is Miss Agnes Elmen-
dorf, until recently a popular teacher of
the Bellows Falls schools.
The pupils of Miss Helen Guild gave
two interesting recitals Tuesday after
noon and evening at her home on the
South Terrace. The younger pupils had
the floor in the afternoon and the older
ones in the evening. Each class showed
great efficiency and nothing but praise Of
the results of the years teaching was
| heard.
The Jones & Lamson Co. of SPRING
field has bought a small undeveloped
water power in this town on Williams
river, below Bartonsville and will utilize
it for additional power in Springfield, to
be conducted there by electricity. The
BroCkway mills power passed into the
hands of the FAN Mountain Electric
Light and Power company last Monday.
1t was bought of the Lawrence estate
last season.
There will be three new teachers in the
high school the coming year. Fred L..
Daye, who comes here from his position
as teacher in the Randolph normal
school, will take the place of +. F. Will
liams resigned; Miss Gertrude Smart will
take the place of Miss Nickerson as in
structor in English, and Hugh Ii. O'Brien
of Rockingham will succeed Supt B. T..
Merriam in the commercial branches.
Mr. Merriam will devote his whole time
to the SUPPLEMENTARY of the town
schools.
A special meeting of the voters of wal
pole, to arrange for the rebuilding of the
Cold River bridge, held last Tuesday re-
ceived bids from a number of firms, vary
ing widely in amounts and in style of
construction. The matter was left at last
with a bridge committee which had pre-
viously been chosen to decide as between
the different bids and money was appro-
prated for their use, leaving them un-
| hampered. The bids varied from $4,000 for
a stone bridge by j. A. Follett of Towns
bend. and about the same for a stone
arch to the eXorbitant sum of $50, 600.
The United Construction company sub
mitted plans for a steel structure with
concrete floor at $500 From the multi
plicity of plans and prices the committee
will have an excellent opportunity to
select. Meantime a temporary bridge is
in use i'm place of the one recently
burned.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
Wrote an Opera In q Hours.

The American Magazine contains the
romantic story of Oscar Hammerstein.
VINO has built the Manhattan opera house
IN New York city and entered into COM
peution with Heinrich Conried and the
old Metropolitan opera house.
oscar Hammerstein is a cigar ma
chine inventor, a real estate Spectator.
a vaudeville manager, a composer a
theatre- builder. an impressario a shrsWi
man or business, a reckless plunEar a
Jew a humorist, the father of six chill
uren' He talks in whimsical epicrlms
ana thinks in cigar machines and opera
houses Dealing with receipts and eV-
Pehaltures that run up TO 5000 a week.
SO TAR as anybody has ever been able TO
discover he keeps no books. His ledger
Is IN his head, and he tells nobody how
the balance stands.
Here is an authoritative statement o.
"a hours:
one day before the opening he Wit
messed musical comedy in another thea
yer ana declared that he could write a
oetter one himself, words and music in
~ hours. Gustave Kerker composer of
me Belle Of New York and Two or
three other men bet him $500 that he
couIuh l. They locked him up in a hotel
room and hired a hurdy-gurdy to play
steaulIy under the window. At the end Of
- hours Oscar emerged with the oper-
eIta' II was in one act and was called
The Koh-i-noor.' "
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
Death of John II. Austin.

In the death of John H. Austin, which
occurred at his home near Saxtons
River village Friday, the town loses a
well-known citizen and the Masonic fra
ternity one of the oldest members of
this vicinity. He was born in Newfane
in 1929 and moved to Athens when only
~ years of age. living there until 1882,
when he came to this town and bought
the farm between here and Saxtons
River, where he has since lived He
leaves a wife and three children, Mrs.
Alfred A. Hall of ST. Adams, Mrs ]. H
McClarence and Harry j. Austin of Sax
tons River. The funeral was from his
late home Sunday afternoon and there
were beautiful floral offerings from Blaz-
ing Star lodge, No %, a. F. & A. NJ,
of Townshend of which he was many
years master, from the Grange at Sax
tons River and the Baptist church choir
of SaXtons River, of each of which he
had many years been a helpful member
The services were conducted by Rev
c. II. Brown of the Baptist church as
sisted by Rev G. F. Chaplin of the Con-
gregational church.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
caustic Essay on English styIe.o

English Style" is the title Of a cags-
tic essay by Joseph 5. Auerbach in the
North American Review. treating tia
subject particularly with reference to The
manner in which it is taught In the
American colleges Mr. Auerbach crit.
cizes Barrett Wendelrs wen-known text.
book English Composition" He fur
thermore observes:
As we have been directing our restless
energy toward commercial supremacv
made possible by laws which have per.
maps been too prodigal in their promotion
and protection OF industry. we have in
order 10 insure our success cast out u
our lie much Of It's composuro and its
true rewards; We have failed often 10 dis.
Germ the relative importance Of things. or
70 appraise them a their real value. va
have even fallen short Of many duties We
owe TO our neighbor and the state As
we nave grown fat with material pros
perltN' We have starved ourselves suir!-
tuaIlN II Will profit us much 10 OK.
change some Of our practical aims and
results for a few old-fashioucd standards
Of ideals and Of conduct
men. too. II II be not vet taught from
the pulpit. il is beginning u ra ~ g
nlzed that in the divine order OF the
world there has never been and reya-
VIII be place for the intervention If
miracle or accident and II IS reasonably
certain that new beliefs and readilst-
ments will enter into our religious faith.
we must seek out some compensation for
the consequent loss
More and more. as these thoughts are
brought home to us. the great books Of
literature Of which the Bible is supreme.
-Whether we regard their never-failinr
springs of intellectual iov. their lofty
aspirations after truth and beauty. their
deep insight into the perplexing problems
OF the world or their conception Of right
eousness-should come to occupy a
reVered place and assert a controlling !n-
huence in the lives of men"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
The Negro in War and Peace.

The Negro in War and Peace" Is
the title Of strikinEly interesting ar
tcle by stephen Bonsal in the North
American Review. Mr. Bonsal impartial
ly recalls acts Of heroism on the part Of
the negro regiments as well as their dis
orderly outbreaks. To quote:
In enumerating the disorderlv out-
breaks Of the Twenty Infantry. II
is only fair TO say that the records of
the other negro regiments in time of
peace are little, If any, better; so tina
the history of this regiment may be
taken as typical Of them all In 1885.
they shot up the town of Sturgis in Dako-
Ia, killing several men. They marched
as an organized body and responded to
the usual commands. In Winnemucca.
Nevada, n trainload of the men of the
Iwenty-hfth, on their way to the Phil
ippines In 1899 halted for supper. They
TOOK possession Of the saloons. shot a
harkeeper and in every way terrorized
the town. All efforts to identify the per
petrators failed, the negroes maintaining
thelr characteristics conspiracy OF silence.
Four months later. at the San Carlos
agency In Arizona, men made re-
peated murderous assaults upon peace
iuI Indians. Gen. Merriam, who
commanded the Department, asked
tlat the negroes be replaced by
white men. This was done, and the
OFFENDING organization was sent on to El
Paso, Texas, Here, a few days later.
they took the rifles from the racks. went
TO the city jail where two soldiers were
held for trial by the city authorities
and fired into the jail killing a policeman
or duty there. Later in the night, they
returned to the jail with guns and axes
and made another attempt to release
their comrades. Eight army rifles. IL
developed, had been taken from the gun
racks, ana this was the clue that led TO
the discovery and punishment of some
or the marauders. At about the same
time men of the same organization were
guilty OF an atrocity at Fort Niobrara
Nebraska, which was later characterized
by the chairman of the Republican Con-
gressional committee of the district as
'wanton and cold -blooded murder"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05

Emmanuel church parish and Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic next
Thursday at Lake Warren.
Superintendent B. f. Merriam began
Monday a six weeks summer course at
the University of New York
The Old Home Week association of
Walpole has voted to omit the annual
observance of the day this year.
The May Hillman company is drawing
large crowds to the park this week, and
will be here through next week also.
Dana ]. Pierce of Minneapolis is in
town for vacation which he is spending
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F,
Pierce.
The funeral of E. P. Taft of Saxtons
River, whose death was mentioned last
week, took place from his late home
Saturday afternoon, Rev. c. H. Brown
officiating.
Miss Mary W. Roundy and Andrew ].
Aver of Putney were married Wednes-
day of last week at the brides home on
the Upper Meadows. Their home will
be in Putney.
The family of Rev. F. L. Leavitt left
Monday to spend the summer at Hig-
gins Beach, Nadine. Mr.. Leavitt will
be with them during the month Of Au-
gust.
Principal A. r. futile is attending this
week the nth annual convention of the
American Institute of Instruction which
is being held in Montreal and of which
he is assistant treasurer.
Mrs. Leila Downing of Rockingham
meadows has been very III during the
past two weeks with erysipelas She is
a prominent Sunday school teacher at
the Congregational church and her class
of young ladies have missed her,
John f. Rabbit and his niece, Madeline
Babbitt went to Fitchburg Friday morn
ing and came back in the afternoon in
Mr.. Rabbits new touring car, which had
been for some weeks i'm a shop under
going repairs necessitated by a collision.
At the Rockingham Free public library
the annual inventory is taking place, with
the repairs of the books. All books were
called in by July l and this week the IL
bray is closed as usual for a time in the
summer. 1t will be closed about three
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
Two Thieves Quickly Caught and Landed
in Jail.

Burglaries, or notable thefts have not
been frequent in Bellows Falls now for
many years. Last Saturday two oc-
CURED, and owing to there having been
number of hard looking characters about
town for day or two many unpleasant
stories were ahoat, for which there was
little foundation. Both took place during
the afternoon. The mother of ]. c. Den
Atkinson street, noticed from her win
dow burly negro reaching into the win
dow of the nearby dwelling of George H.
Evans. She promptly gave the ALARM
and a number of citizens started in pur-
suit -overtaktng him in the schoolyard
on Wells street. He had thrown away
Stolen property as he ran, including con-
siderable jewelry that he had secured
from the Evans house. He was lodged in
jail and upon complaint of States At
torney Bacon was bound over to the
next term of court.
In the second case a man passing
through the square saw the team of DIR.
q. r. Campbell and appropriated it to his
own use, driving in the direction of the
toll bridge. The doctor missed the team
at once and his son. d. r. Campbell, of
the Howard Hardware company, mounted
a bicycle and followed. He overlook the
man near Cold River, and when the thief
saw he was pursued he jumped out and
ran for the woods but was overtaken by
officers from here and brought back with
in an hour or so. Neither man would
give much of an account of himself and
both went to Jail at Newfane together.
There is no reason for thinking they were
in any way connected with each other.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
cAMBRIDGEPoRT.

Miss Helena Clark and Miss Winifred
Weeks are at Frank Davis's.
Miss Ellen Davis, who has been a par
tial invalid for some years, Is better, so
she rode out last week for the first time
in a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Z. Walker attended the
lecture on Sunday in Grafton, given by
Mrs, r, ]. Trego, national evangelist of
the w. c. T. u.
Mrs. f. II. Blodgett and son, Stanley, of
North Hadley, Mass, are guests at Mrs.
Wednesday to spend the Fourth here.
Douglass and Arthur Wild Of Williams
town, Mass, and Lawrence Wild of
northampton came last week TO spend
a part of their vacation with their grand
parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. w. Wild.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
Strike Of Papermakers Endorsed
by National Convention
international Company viii Be Slow in
Starting UP Its Mills-lndependent Mills
May Resume Work Monday

May Resume WORK MONDAY
The paper mill strike, which has been
the source of so much concern with all
classes of citizens during the past four
weeks, Is still in the same unadjusted
condition, although with some of the
mills there is a prospect Of starting up
Monday. The national convention at
Northampton last week endorsed the
strike, and the striking men will receive
pay from the time they went out, IS per
week for married men and SO for I'M
married. j. j. O'Connor, who was one
of the delegates from Bellows Falls, was
chosen secretary and treasurer of the
national organization and will move to
WATERFOWL, n. Y, where the headquar-
tiers are at present. He is at present one
Of the members of the board of village
trustees. His salary will be $500 in his
new position.
The national organization, having the
power to call out the men at all the mills
of the International Paper company's 81
plants at other points, gives the organi-
cation much power and the company can
not well refuse to adopt the three tour
schedule. As running in that way will
be at a loss, as they say it is more than
probable they will not hasten the matter
of starting up the local mills.
Some of the Independent mills expect
TO resume work, employing the three sets
OF men, next MOnudN, anu the TWO IllllS
whose men did not go out. but were
promised the three tours If the Interna-
tional gave it, will add the third gang
next Monday. These are Wyman Flint
Sons & Co. and John T. Moore u Son.
The International Paper company has
recently given its men a material in
crease of wages at all points where it
has mills, and it will affect the employees
of the Bellows Falls plant whenever it is
started. The tour workers are to have
an increase of 10 per cent, day laborers
from $3.50 to $1.65 for nine hours, and
other employees in proportion. Notwth-
standing some benefits to some people by
the strike, it will be some years before
the average of all the residents of the
village cease to feel some adverse effects.
The decrease in the number of employees,
and the removing of some to other points,
as has been effected. will tend to leave
a scarcity of skilled men for some time,
and some of the mills may not be able
to find men enough to fully man the ma
chimes at present
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
Galleys Mixed.

In small country newspaper Offices
where the copy goes from the editor to
the compositor, then, after printing. di
rectly to the subscriber, the need OF a
proofreader is often felt. In this con-
nection William Allen White, the Kansas
newspaper man, tells of an amusing break
made by boy in the office OF such a
newspaper printed in that state. In
making up" the forms the boy got the
galleys mixed with the following result.
The first part of the obituary of an
impeeunious citizen had been dumped in
the forms, and the next handful of TYNE
came from a galley in which was a de-
scription of fire. The subscribers were
greatly startled when they came to the
paragraph which read thus:
THE pallbearers lowered the bodv in
the grave. 1t was consigned
to the flames. There were few, II anv.
regrets, for the old wreck had been an
eyesore to the town for years. OF course
there was individual loss, but that wa q
fully covered by insurance"
be taken III 96 hours NSN4N
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05

There is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together
Snu uhul the last few years was supposed 70
be ineurabie.. For a great many years doctor;
pronounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing 10
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
mmaanIutactuTed by, F. ]. Cheney Co., Toledo
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
AZ drops to teaspoonful It acts directly On
me rI oiood and mucous surfaces of the system
Ihey. ofter one hundred dollars for any case
y iaiis to cure, Send for circulars and te''
n Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05

There are 1919 savings banks in this
country with s.O27192 depositors, and
the average amount due each depositor
is s43S.79, Iowa with 494 of these insti-
tutions leads the list, but the number OF
patrons is only 395,527, while New York
with 1874 savings funds has 1861, 235 de-
positors. The deposits in New York are
correspondingly high, and the average
balance is S5O6.25. The best average hal
ance is shown In Ohio, where it reaches
S5S9.S9. Rhode Island ranks second in
point Of average balance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
For over Sixty Years.

Mrs. Winsow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over, 90 years by millions of mothers
for their children while teething, with perfect
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is the
best remedy for diarrhea. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold by drug.
gists in every part of the world. Twenty-Five
cents bottle. BE sure and ask for mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no
other kind. Guaranteed under the Food and
Drugs act, June 80, 1906, serial number 1923.