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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
SOUTH WINDHAM.

The listers began their duties Monday
William Gale has returned to Wendell
Mass.
Mr.. Sherwin of Brattleboro is a guest
at f. Q. Smiths.
May and Rhoda Lille spent a day in
Brattleboro last week.
Z. L. Burbee of Springfield, Mass, was
in town on business this week.
4. A. Goodel, who has been spending
few days in town, has returned to
Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Chase of South
Vernon were over-Sunday guests at 0.
E. Chase's.
Mrs. F. o. Smith is receiving visit
from her sister, Mrs. Stoddard of Sara
toga, n. y,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fountin and Mrs
Frederick have returned to their home in
Wendell, Mass.
Mrs. George Corbett has returned from
New York, where she was called by the
death of her mother.
Your correspondent received a clipping
from one of the Boston papers the other
day saying 'the sap hasn't begun to run
vet up in Vermont, but we understand
that the tops of the maple trees are be-
ginning to appear above the snow" We
should like to inform the writer that
wagons have been in use every month
during the winter in some parts of Yer
mont and that the same writer will soon
he glad to seek rest under the shade
of those same maple trees.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
JAMAICA,

\. B. Stark has had a telephone put
in his house.
The River school will commence Mon.
dav Anril :
A.. anJ A.. p,or.n of pr,,,,ohoro vic
iteJ Mrs IN KeIIogg tbe tirst Of tb V' week
,rl. ,'I.1, -, Lo,n,, -r.,..Ia,. 49,,
ne Ii''aEs Schoois peIan / uesla! morn MORN
"g VIII" ,"e same teachers AZ last 'er,n'
:. I, K. Cheney Of Poughkeepsie, y.
=. is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wales Cheney.
Miss Olive Shumwav. who spent the
Easter vacation with her mother. re.
turned to Asbury Park Monday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
JACKSONVILLE.

Gilbert Allen of Wardsboro is a visi
tor here
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Hosley visited il
Manchester this week.
Miss Carrie Coleman was a guest at B
B. Rawson's last week.
The single mill was shut down for re,
pairs short time last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt Sheldon spent the
greater part of last week in Springfield
Pearl Rawson has returned home af-
ter working a short time in South Shafts
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs Milford Hunt of Bellows
Falls were Over-Sunday visitors at G. e.
Hunts.
F. B. Pier was in Newfane Tuesday
overseeing the placing of a fire escape
on the County house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons and
family of South Londonderry have late
ly spent a few days at j. B. Robbins's.
Mrs. B. B. Rawson is entertaining her
mother, Mrs. Rachel Cobb of South Lon
donderry, and her aunt, Mrs. Lydia Kings
bury of Jamaica.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Landman are
staying at H. G. Chatfeld's in Bondville
since the death of Mrs. Chatfeld, Mrs
Landmarks mother.
Miss Mamie Rawson is spending two
weeks with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. L. Rawson. Miss Rawson is
having tedious and painful time with
a felon on her right hand.
Two sons of Mark Vale of Worcester
Mass. are spending the Easter vacation
with their cousin, Everett Vale, and hay
ng their first experience with sugar max
ng
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
A Great Industrial Future.
(Athol Transcript

Brattleboro sees a great industrial
| future before her in the scheme, to be
undertaken this spring, of building a
great concrete dam on the Connect
cut river five miles below that town,
near Vernon, which will develop some
10000 horsepower for all the towns in
the vicinity at about $25 year per
horsepower. Over a million dollars will
be expended in the project, the money
being furnished by capitalists in Yer
mont, New Hampshire, New York and
elsewhere. The power developed will
be greater than the powers on the Mer-
rimac river, which have built up the
cities of Lowell, Lawrence and Haver-
hill, and it will be second in New Eng
land only to those on the Connecticut
river at HOlyoke and on the Androscog
gin river at Lewiston and Rumford
Falls. In the contract with the Con
necticut River Power company a spe-
cific reservation is made of 5000 horse
power for the use of new industries in
Brattleboro. The dam will have a spill
way of about 800 feet, and the crest of
the dam will be "a feet and seven
inches below the floor of the Hinsdale
bridge at Brattleboro. The lake created
by the dam will be about seven miles
long and mile wide in places, afford
ing a fine opportunity for the use of
motor boats and other craft. 1t is con
fdently expected that the power thus
obtained will attract manufacturers
from all over the country and make
Brattleboro a second Holyoke.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

markable power exercised over his sub.
Jects borders on the marvellous and af
fords food for scientific study as well
as unlimited amusement. During his
occupancy of the stage great hilarity
prevails. His subjects alternately en-
gage in games of football, baseball,
and the climax is reached in a circus.
Prescelle performs some of the most
astounding acts which rises far above
the mediocre and can not by any chain
of circumstances be called trickerv.
Prescelle, blindfolded and absolutely
unconscious of the identity or the
whereabouts of a secreted article. sim
ply by holding the hand of the secreter
at once discovers the identity of the
article or articles so concealed, and if
watch or any article with a number
makes that fact known and also the
place of concealment. Intermingling
with this entertainment lies an evening
of great jollity owing to the antics of
the subjects placed under the hyp
motto spell, football, baseball and other
sports being INDUCED in while under
the magic influence.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
DOING UNTO OTHERS.

Those of us whose needs are met
ms incidents in the course of n well
regulated existence and whose trivial
economies are practiced solely for the
purpose of granting ourselves things
that must be classed MS luxuries too
seldom glance outside the narrow
sphere of our own happiness and well
being, too seldom stop in our pursuit
of pleasure to note the struggles 9th
ers are making to wrest the bare ncccs'
stiles of life from the world. Ocea-
sionally, however, a picture of "the
seamy side" is so vividly brought be-
fore us that the impression it leaves is
indelible. And when with such pie
ture comes the knowledge that its ex-
istence is due in large measure to a
narrow minded and utterly senseless
Interpretation of the expressed wish
of a generous, benevolent man, we can
with difficulty refrain from expressing
all too violent terms our indigna-
ton.
Without mentioning names or dates
or places let us examine such n pic
ture. Its principal figure is a woman
"a woman whose toll must furnish
food and clothes for seven children. All
day long she works necessarily at her
task. Often she may be found toiling
far into the night. Not infrequently
her strength gives way temporarily
under the strain, but rest would put
her hopelessly behind in the race with
poverty and she is obliged to struggle
on despite illness and fatigue. Grad
ually, for all her pluck and determine
ton, she begins to lose ground. The
supply of milk tickets is exhausted,
the milkman cannot do business on
credit and unless money is forthcOm |
ing at once the children will have to
make their breakfast of crackers and |
water. In sheer desperation the wom-
an makes application for aid from the
fund established by Thomas Thompson
"for the relief and support of poor
seamstresses, needle women and shop
girls, who may be in temporary need
from want of employment, sickness or
Knowing the truth of
the woman s statements and her dire
need of aid the local agent of the fund
sends a detailed statement to the
Thompson fund trustees, and the reply
is that aid cannot be given in this case
because the applicant is power stitch
er instead of seamstress, a factory
girl instead of shop girl.
What can be said in defense of those I
who strain the quality of mercy to so
fine a point for the sake of keeping
within the letter of the lava How $
would they explain such an attitude t
if they were obliged to render an ac-
count of their stewardship to him l
whose generosity gave them such an OPP T
1ortunity to do good? Are they fit
of fund that offers such
possibilities for "doing unto others as
re would that they should do unto
,ou9" Unhesitatingly we say No. "
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
(Montpelier Journal.)

The sheriff in Windham county does
not have much faith in the working
ability of the intoxication prisoners
and says they know they will not get
any pay for their work and move so
slowly that they hardly accomplish
anything. This is probably so to GER
tain extent and yet it is better for
the state that they earn a little, just
enough to pay their board, than that
they remain idle in the jail and it is
far better for the prisoners them
selves The law will have a tendency
to reduce the number of prisoners and
although that will reduce the income
from prisoner labor yet it will accom-
plish a great deal in that it reduces
the number of boarders in the Jail.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
Railroads
BOSTON & MAINE RAILR0!,
In effect October 8, 1906
Trains Leave Brattlebogo,

Montreal and Quebec. via C. v aud C :.
I'll l0a.m 'C2.25 p. m. flalsEm i
Montreal d Quebec, via Newpart and Cpt
-fll.l0a a. m. ttl0.Is p. m.
Quebec. via SherbrOoke and G. 7. Ey..-il.,.t,
Eil0.l6 ,. n,
Quebec. via Que. Cent. Ry.-iiiloa m. VI.
Pm.
Greenfield. Northampton. HoIyu}c. Srr,s.
20 p a. m 1901 a. m. tlO.l5a @. o. go
'i23 p. m ss.29 p. m.
Bellows Falls. Claremont Junction. VIM.
White River Junction-fll,l0 a. m 2Et,
1876 p. m. 'lO,ls p. m.
Wells River. 81. Johnsbury, Lyui6nyllt-.el
am. t2.25 p. m. tiO.ls p. N.
Newport, Sherbrooke-fll.l0 a. M. tDHbr
Boston-'A 5,2s a. m. IA l0,l5 a. 70. fB ~,
m. "A 423 p. m.
Daily. Daily except Sunday ,Daayg,
Saturday Sunday only A via GresHsss
via Bellows Falls. c Montreal only
Detailed information and time tables may . !
tanned al ticket Offices.
d. J. FLANDERS, c. NJ BURT.
Pass. Traf. Mgr. Gen PAS 4
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

1t is not surprising that the lumber
men along the West River railroad
have decided to go to the state railroad
commission with their troubles. The
statement which the Central Vermont
management made public last week
was encouraging, but no one can blame
the lumbermen for not taking much
stock in it. They have heard such
statements before but their products
have not been shipped any more rapid
ly as a result. Promises are all very
well when accompanying a deterpina
ton Of fulfllment, but when they are
made simply as an aid to procrastina
ton their usefulness is very soon out
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
PRESCELLE ALL NEXT WEEK.
Wonderful Hypnotist Will Be at the
Auditorium Beginning Monday.

A most varied entertainment is of
fcred the patrons of the auditorium
beginning Monday night. In the bill
which is presented appear so many va.
ricd and entertaining features that the
most blase playgoer will find much to
content him In the bill, which is a
most expensive one, appear the won.
derful Prescelle, the world s greatest
hypnotist, aided by Edna May Ma
COON, New England s own daughter,
one of the very clever women hyno-
fists of the country.
The wonderful Prcscelle's part of the
entertainment is devoted to both hvp.
notism and telepathy. Prescelle is con
coded master of these arts. The re-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

gentina, being unfriendly to Chile, was
especially opposed to the plan, as Bra,
iii and Chile are always rated as allies
and Argentina did not want her two
strongest rivals TO outstrip her In
American representation. This e0un,
try has not seen fit to grant Chile : re,
quest; hence the failure of that coun.
try to send II minister to Washington.
The death of Galusha 4. Grow, long,
time member Of congress aud speaker
of the house for two years from 1861
who passed away at his home in Glen,
wood, Pa, Sunday aged nearly So
years removes one whose public life
was long and covered u stirring period
in the national history. Over half a
century elapsed from his first entry
into congress in 1851, to the compile
ton of his term in the seth congress,
four years ago. His first period of con,
grossional service was from 1851 10
1868; his second, as memberat,la large
from Pennsylvania, extended from 1894
to 1908. During the antebelIum days
the name of Galusha A, Grow became
Il national one, and in 1864 he came
within one vote of being nominated for
vice president in place of Andrew John.
son. In 1877 Mr.. Grow declined an of,
fer of the mission to Russia, made by
President Hayes. The identification of
this venerable public man with this re
gion lay in the fact that he was grad
uated at Amherst college in 1874, and
10 years after the degree of LID was
conferred upon him by his alma mater.
The most intense campaign in mu-
nicipal politics that Chicago has ex.
perienced in many years closed Tues
day with the election of Frederick \.
Bussc, the republican candidate for
mayor over Edward +. Dunno. his dem
ocratic rival and a candidate for re-
election. Bussc S plurality was 1921.
The total vote for mayor follows:
Busse, republican. lG4, $50; Dunno, dem,
ocrat, l5l.7lS; Rcubaker. prohibition, |
jS75; Keep, socialist, l3,I59. The issues |
in the campaign have been largely /
based upon the improvement of the To-
cal traction systems Both parties /
agreed that present conditions are in ,
tolerable. but differed as to the best |
method of revising them. The demo- /
cratic party favored immediate munich
pal ownership through condemnation of
the street ear property if the result
could not be obtained in any other way.
The republican party favored ordi.
nances which were recently passed by |
4 democratic city council over the veto
If Mayor Dunno.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

"It's altogether too much Of good
thing" says the average Massachu-
sctts man in discussing the annual
election system in force in that state,
but does he really believe 500 The
biennial elections measure received the
worst defeat of any measure that has
come before the Massachusetts legis
laturc this year. Only two members of
the house voted for il last week.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
WEEK IN THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

President Roosevelt has decided not
to accept the invitation of the Illinois
Manufacturers association to deliver
speech at Springfield, ILL.,, on the rail
road situation. He addressed letter
Sunday to C. H. Smith, president of
the association, stating that it would
be impossible for him to accept their
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

We have a state treasurer who is n
treasure. Mr., Deavtt' 5 watch dog
proclivities have saved the state the
lax ON nearly $4,000 in the case of. the
Springfield electric railway.-Bradford
Opinion.
Is 1t sufficiently noteworthy for
comment that the state treasurer
should look after the interests of the
state in matters of this kiud' We are
perfectly willing to admit that he saw
ed the state money in this ease but it
was his duty to do so, il possible.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

lived. From the railroad commission
ers the lumbermen and the railroad
company will alike get fair treatment,
No more than this is wanted by any
inl.s
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
"'Thos." Becoming an Issue.


lRandoIph IIeraId.)
State Fish and Game Commissioner
II. G. Thomas of Stowe is becoming an
issue. The Windham county gamesters
want his pelt to nail on the barn door.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
Putting It Mildly.
lNnrihnnll NeMs.l

The damming of the Connecticut
river near Brattleboro seems now to be
assured. To harness this immense wa
tcrway means much to the industrial
growth of that section.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
How Generous!
LMontpelier journal.

(Montpelier Journal.)
Brattleboro is to have an immense
electric plant That town deserves
something besides lemons after all.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
/ friend of The Meddler has 5,

L friend of The Meddler has sug
gcsted that he use his influence in agi
tating the question of street sprinkIing
by the village. 1t is pointed out that
the present system Of assessing the
property holders on the various streets
for the cost of street sprinking is an.
tiquated, troublesome and unfair, and
that a much better plan would be for
the village to bear the expense and
look after the matter In this way the
cost would be more equally divided.
and the bother of collecting the assess
mcnts each season would be avoided.
The Meddler is in receipt of another
good suggestion about street watering
which might be followed whether or
not the village had charge Of the mat
ter. 1t is that the principal streets in
the village he snrinkled Sunday morn
iugs. If there is any time when pc.
destrians need protection from dust it
is when they are on their way to
church arrayed in their best clothes.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
The MeddIer
III The coaitiiS yOa. paf il on. "

~ cant understand" said a loca
man the other day, "why there is sucl
congestion in freight just at pres
cnt.
"Wby don I you know what causes
it!' replied wag who overheard the
remark! They are shipping the new
Connecticut river dam in sections from
Sears, Roebuck & Co. S establishment
and the parts take up so many ears
that the railroads can t handle them,
"Say," said the first man in sur.
prise, "what don't that darned mail.
order house keep anyway"
The vista that meets the eyes Of
The Meddler as he gazes due north out
of his office window is not a beauteous
one, To be sure, the river and the
mountains in the distance form a pleas
ing spectacle but their grandeur is
marred by the railroad bank which
looms up in the foreground. Perhaps
it is because The Meddlcr never before
had such an opportunity to study this
particular portion Of the village that
Iihh'H II appear ~ udNotdllHE' DuN a.
any rate it does look disgraceful. Rusty
cans, waste paper, decaying barrels
and odds and ends of rubbish dot the
surface of the cmbankment. while
down its center is a streak of coal
ashes that looks as slovcnly as
blotch of white paint on the back of
0 new black coat. Then, too, the tele
phone, telegraph and electric light
poles are set here and there in such a
hit or miss fashion as to prevent any
hought of neatness and regularity. If
any person doubts the truth of this de-
he is invited 10 come into
rhe Meddlers parlor and take a look
FOR himself.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

! The answer Of the defendants to the
equity suit against the principals OF
the Christian Science church was filed
in superior court in Concord. \. H..
Tuesday afternoon. 1t revealed that
since the action was brought, Mrs
Eddy has transferred all her real and
personal property to three of the head
men in the church, who by virtue of
that assignment moved for leave to in
tervene and be substituted as plaintiffs
in place of George W. Glover Mary
Baker Glover and George W. Baker,
Mrs. Eddy S relatives who brought the
action as next friends. - The trans
fer of Mrs. Eddy s millions is made with
the reservation that when she dies the
assignees are to dispose of the prop
crty according to the terms Of her
will. She also reserves for her per
sonal use, as long as she lives, her res
idence at Concord, and its furniture,
horses, carriages, etc, and her two
houses in Boston. She stipuates that
the trustees shall pay her from the in
come of the property such sums as she
may need for keeping up the residence
and for personal use The trustees
named are Henry NJ. Baker of Bow, n.
H., Archibald Mcclellan of Boston, and
Josiah f. Fernald of Concord. They
must give bonds Of 100000 each and
shall receive "rcasonablc payment
for their services. Alfred Farlow, chief
of the publication committee of the
Christian Scientists in Boston, was in
Couoor1 for a faur hourS Tuns1av and
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

invitation, extended last week, because
he did not feel that he had anything
TO say at this time in u special address
ON this special subject. After fully
looking into the matter the president
informed his advisers that he had
come TO the conclusion that there was
nothing new which he had 10 say at
this moment on the railway situation;
| that he did not deem it either wise or
proper 10 say anything with Il view TO
! any immediate situation in Wall street,
aud that rs he should only give express
sion to the definite and settled policy
TO be carried out, wholly without re.
gard TO the eXigcncios of the moment,
and ms his views on the policy in
question were already n matter of rec
ord, it did not seem necessary nj this
time to repeat them. To the different
men. friendly and unfriendly, who have
visited him or written to him, he has
answered verbally or in writing that
his words aud acts spoke for them
selves, and needed no explanations
whatever, and that he should not in his
future course dcviatc one hand s
breadth from the course he has pur'
sued in the past and was now pursu'
ing. The statement is made from an
authoritative source that even a most
cursory examination of what the presi.
dent has repeatedly said in speech and
in message will show the utter non.
sense of supposing the government has
the slightest intention TO take any ac-
tion which would invalidate the safety
and stability of the railway securities
now issued the whole legislative pro-
gram Of the president having been pro
claimed again and again as one to in
sure the future against the mistakes
and delinqucncics of the past. The
president holds that every executive
action taken under his administration,
whether by the department of justice
or by the interstate commerce commits
sion, has furnished its own ample jus
tifcation. 1t is pointed out in admin
istrative circles that the president has
made no references in his speeches ORE
messages to the question of the period |
cal valuation of the railroads. His pc
stion on this question it was said was |
that the roads themselves will work out |
this problem as an item of bOok-keep- /
ing, and reference was made to the !
fact that two roads, the Northern Pa |
,ifc and the Great Northern, already |
have submitted figures as to their
physical valuation. 1t can be stated
IN authority that the president again
will ask congress at its next session
'or power to deal with the question of
of railroads. \ SINH
ar request was made at the last SEES
lion. but favorable action was not tax
N upon it.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

Life is chance. Life insurance
dead certainty"