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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
DUMMERSTON

The Ladies club met with Mrs. Arthur
Laughton June 6. a good number were
present, both afternoon and evening. and
social time was enjoyed by all. The
next meeting will be held Thursday af-
[erntoTon, June 20, with Mrs. Adm Miller.
Gentlemen are invited in the evening.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

Wednesday afternoon at $50, Rev Torslff
of Winchester officiating. The burial was
in the family lot at Pine Grove Gene
terry. Among those from out OF town who
attended the funeral were Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Eildrcth of Winchester and Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Ward of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

This shoe has been the marvel OF the
sboe trade ever since the manuiaetur
ers mt them on the market twas
soi5 sueb a shoe could not be produced
at the price and allow the factory TO
live. but the great output has enabled
,bem 10 do so much business that even
At the small margin Of profit afforded,
they have been satisfied, and the wear
er gets a shoe for 5000 that for store,
shop and light outdoor wear has never
been eaualled, much less excelled. Ev'
cry pair is made from plump Durham
calf stock. has best union solcs, and IS
warranted by the Franklin Shoe Co.
and by us to satisfy every wearer.
They come in all widths and sizes,
congress or lace, plain or cap toe. -Four
STYLES of toes and lasts to suit every
shape of foot. The demand is so
great for these shoes that sometimes
the factory is weeks behind in orders,
Little Mems Franklins, sizes to
1917, S1.20
Youths Franklins, sizes II to 2,
S1.5O
Boys Franklins, sizes 2la to .,
S1.75
Men : Fropklins. sizes 6 TO IL.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Deaths
In Marlboro, June 10, Henry Adam
CARD OF THANKS.

We, the undersigned, hereby wish to :. 7
press our thanks to the nelglOlo,s, n y ,
friends who have so kindly asslsIsa /;
with our work at this, time q {; ~ -
ness; also for their kim words o. y
pathy. /,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Z, IucR'
Geo. NJ. Tucker.
Halifax, Vt, June Z, l901
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Board of Trade Committees.

The directors of the board of trade
have made up the various committees as
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Wood Robertson.

A very pretty wedding took place at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Orren G. Rob
ertson on Canal street Wednesday noon,
when their eldest daughter, Miss Violet
Camille Robertson, was married to Her
bert Ralph Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Wood of Ashuelot. Rev. W. f.
White otficiated using double ring SER
vice. About 60 guests were present. The
parlor, in which the ceremony was per-
formed was decorated with cut flowers
and palms, and the marriage took place
in front of bank of laurel and ever
green. The bride was charmingy at
tired in a gown of embroidered white lace,
the one which she wore at the time Of
her graduation last June. She carried
shower bouquet of bride roses. THE
couple was unattended. Miss Marion Rob.
ertson, sister of the bride, was ring bear
er, and the wedding march was played by
Robert w. Field of Springfield Mass,
cousin of the bride. The ushers were Ray
mond Stimson of Dover, n. H., and Win
fred F. Robertson of Hinsdale. Miller of
Brattleboro catered and the refreshments
were served by Misses Sadie Dodge, Flor
ence O'Neal, Nellie Boorn and Maud Webb
of Hinsdale and Pauline S. Miller of Brat
tleboro. After the reception Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood left in an automobile for Brat
tleboro, going from there by train Tor a
wedding journey. They will live in Ashue-
lot, where Mr.. Wood is engaged in the
mercantile business with his father
Charles Weed is on the sick list.
Mrs. Mahlon Knapp is working at Gard
ner Howe's.
Merton Berry spent Sunday with friends
in Enfield Mass.
Mrs. Martin Kelley is visiting her daugh-
ter in Wilton, n. H.
Roger Cunningham has gone to his home
in Harrisville, n. H.
Charles NORM is working on the milk
cart for G. NJ. Wright
NJ. S. Leach has returned from a bust
ness trip to Claremont.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cove of Keene
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31
From Prehistoric DAYS.

The burial place Of an adult, prob
ably of the Stone Age, was excayated
in the Island of Three, one of the He
brides The body had been placed in
the smallest possible compass on its
right side, with knees drawn up. TO
the chin, but rather breast downwards.
The relics around and upon the skele-
ton are in harmony with the theory,
deducible from the position in which
the body had been placed. that the
burial belongs to a very early period,
The condition Of the bones and the
relics is so good that they could be
readily set up in a museum in the
original position Discoveries have
also been made recently in the Island
of Coll. An important find was that
of set of 80 small. finely made flint
implements. probably Of the Bronze
age The objects include one of the
most acknowledgements flint arrow
points, Of type more common in Ire
LAND than Scotland.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31
SNAKES sWAYED BY TUNES.
Wearing of the Green" Charms One
"Boyne Water" Another.

There are some residents of the Soho
section of Belleville. \. j.. who are
said to believe this story, which is be-
ing told there, says the New York
World.
Mrs f. p. Scully was hanging
clothes on the line in her yard when
she happened TO whistle d few bars Of
her favorite air. THE Wearing of the
Green" To her amazement whip.
snake glided from the woodpile near
by. halted and seemed fascinated by
the music. When Mrs. Sculy ceased
whistling the snake vanished in the
woodpile
On her husbands return from the
copper works, where he is employed
Mrs. Scully told him how unwittingly
she had played snake charmer
There are others. laughed Scully
and he went to the yard and whistled
The Wearing Of the Green" In a
few moments the snake appeared and
seemed greatly to enjoy Scully's wind
music, Since then al the Sculys
young and old, have been whistling 70
the snake, which has become quite
tame.
Recently James Ryan. a native Of
Ulster, moved near the banks of the
Morris canal and next door to the
Scullys. Ryan was cutting grass in
his yard Saturday when he CHANGED
to whistle "Boyne Water He had
heard Of Scully's snake and so was not
surprised when whipsnake appeared.
You're nationalist reptile, but
I'll make you dance to my music. ex-
claimed Ryan.
Hearing the tune the angry Scully
strobe from his house and loudly whis-
tied The Wearing of the Green
out from the wood wrigged a whip
snake as much like the other as are
two blackthorns of the same growth.
The snakes attacked each other fierce
ly
Scully and Ryan were about to pitch
into each other when their wives in
tervened. The snakes doubtless would
have fought TO the death. but Scully
grabbed Parnell's tail and Ryan seized
William OF Oranges tail and they tore
the snakes apart One made for the
woodpile, the other crawled under
small shed.
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He Was interested

I'd was so nice Of YOU TO see me
home. she said. j hope the trip has
not been very tiresome to you
"Oh. no, not at all not at ALL he
replied. In fact, il has been rather
interesting
You cannot know how glad You
have made me. Do you really mean it,
Mr. Wortlnwads? ! shall be delighted
to have yoaI call at any time Can't
YOU come over tomorrow evening? |
felt the first time ever saw you that
we we're destined to become
Excuse me. Miss Oldun: | am afraid
YOU didn't quite understand. | have
found the trip interesting because
supposed we had the most foolish adj
vertisements in the trolley cars out
our way. | find that the ones in these
cars are even more funny-especiall
the rhymed ones which the advertis.
ers have composed themselves"
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knew how | despise jealousy. If had
suspected. Well. il is too late now,
and turning on his heel this gentle.
man abruptly left the room.
The young wife stood motionless a
moment, anger flashing from her sur.
prised eyes-then pressed her hand 10
her head in a dazed way.
AS the sound of retreating footsteps
ceased, she sped across the hall. np
the stairs. and gaining her room
turned the key threw herself on the
bed and broke into tempest Of tears
Prescott did not love her any more.
He was tired Of her Was ever any
mortal in all the world as miserable
as she,
Mrs. Nettie was positive that she
did not sleep wink that night; she
certainly did look very unlovely in
the morning; eyes and nose red and
swollen, cheeks feverish
She gave one glance into the mir.
ror at her dishgured reflection.
Mercy! what a fright I'll not 90
down. How my head aches,"
There was some uneasy travelling
below for awhile. Mrs Nettie smiled
a little wan smile and wondered how
he" enjoyed his breakfast. But
when the outer door closed and the
footsteps echoed from the gravel
walk, the smile turned to dismay
What! not going off without word?
She leaned from the window to re.
call her husband, but when she saw
the squarely set shoulders and erect
head. her courage failed.
And he never looked around once
sighed this bewildered wife, feeling
deserted indeed. They had been So
happy, SO very happy, and now
now
Mrs. Nettie sank from her kneeling
posture by the window TO the floor
her soft brown hair falling like a pity.
ing veil about her.
Mr.. Prescott Rowland was having a
dull day. He told himself a dozen
times that he was not. yet the fact
remained. He refused a dozen times
to condescend to entertain another
thought of his foolish and unreason.
able wife, yet he thought OF naught
else From every page of day-book
and ledger a certain face looked IN
at him.
AT last he gave 1t up. He really
would like to know how. Nettie was
spending the day; whether she was
still angry, or had grieved herself ill
Perhaps she had forgotten It all and
was singing about happy and blithe
as usual. eHe liked best TO picture her
sweetly penitent, watching at the win
dow for him waiting to be forgiven.
! SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BANNER
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None Such Now.

'Pierpont Morgan's superb collec-
tons in his London town house" said
New York decorator, were opened
to few of us during our summer con
vention at the South Kensington Mu-
scum.
Among Mr. Morgan's treasures
there was an old book that / liked for
its quaintness. This book, which was
splendidly bound, was Hoptouns Con
cordance of Years. 1t was a chronol-
ogy of remarkable events and copied
a few Of these events down. We have
none such now. Listen"
The decorator then read:
gl16 The moon seemed turned into
bloode
1925 Men wore hare like women.
1898 Four sunnes appeared, beside
a true sumo, Of a red cOloure.
1881 Fiends were seen speake unto
men as they travelled.
140l a red birdie Nicl girls head
seen thrice in London.
1477 A blazing star on Palm Sun
day near the sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31
STURGEON in eritIsh coIumbIa.

For several years previous to 1901
the sturgeon fishery in the Fraser riv-
er was an important industry One mil
lion pounds of fresh sturgeon packed
in ice was shipped east annually. A
very considerable amount of sturgeon
roe was shipped each year to Europe
to be manufactured into caviare. The
steurgeon then almost entirely disap.
peared from the river, and only a few
barely enough to supply the local
demand-were taken. The disappear
ance of this fish has been attributed
to everlasting. During the last half of
July the sturgeon have appeared in
large numbers. Nearly all are small
and would easily pass through the
sturgeon nets. but very large num-
Der have become entangled in the
salmon gill nets. These are supposed
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|:l~1Ness-~sSlt~ss--~11Ness-~>1frsE3
s A DOUBLE !
| EXPERIENCE {
I BY MABEL CLIFFORD.
E}~s0x~~sssnr~-ss-Nn/s~~~NNrsr:

A bride OF less than six months, and
the life that was to be one long honey
moon already dmmed by threaten
ing cloud!
Mrs. Prescott Howland's sky has
been all fair and bright until now;
suddenly, without any warning. there
frowns the cloud.
What could she think, when Prescott
was 50 devoted all the evening to the
brilliant Miss Evans, and the pretty
Miss Flaxwood?
1t was a grievous state of affairs,
and it grew more and more grievous
every step Of the way home.
He was in most excellent spirits.
and chatted animatedly of the delight
full evening.
Perceiving at last Mrs. Rowland s
prolonged silence. he paused.
Tired Nettie?"
yes"
Lean on my ARM there! Do you
not think Miss Evans fine conyersa'
tlonalist?"
Il don't know; she did not talk to me, -
AS soon as they were well inside
the house Mrs. Rowland freed her
mind in a very emphatic manner.
Mr.. Rowland looked first surprised,
then displeased, and by the time his
wife had concluded, was holding him.
self very loftily, and in voice Of cool
emphasis, answered.
Mrs Rowland. consider these re.
marks insulting | consider myself a
gentleman. If you are so childish and
unreasonable as to expect me to hang
over you like lovesick swain when
we are in company, you will find your.
self greatly mistaken.
II have made the unwelcome dis
coyery tonight that ! am married to a
jealous woman. You know, you always
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31

He shortened his day one hour and
turned the Office key with more than
usual promptness. Remorse. anxiety,
happy anticipation, hurried him home
ward
There! that's the corner of the cot
tage roof there is the east window
where the little willow chair and
work basket stand, and where she al
ways watches for his coming. She
will be sure to wear the blue dress he
likes SO well, with white ribbons at
throat and wrist and a bunch of pink
roses in the belt How pale and sad
and sweet she will look How he
will take her in his arms and kiss
away all the trouble.
Yes, there she stands at the win
dow No! it is only a tall begonia
The door is wide open. but through
the screen he catches no vision Of
blue How deserted. the place looked
What If Nettie should not be in the
house or anywhere! God forgive him.
lie never could forgive himself. His
hand trembles as he pushes open the
parlor door Hark. voices! lie leans
forward in the direction whence come
the sounds
You're just the dearest man."
That happy, girlish voice he knows
SO we'll His face pales with the sud
den revulsion Of feeling, every muscle
stiffens and his hair begins TO rise
from his head A more terrible fear
has seized him. He steps farther into
the room and looks through the low
window out onto the veranda. A
dainty table set for two, and as the
light drapery floats back and is
caught and held in no uncertain
grasp he beholds the blue-robed fig
ire of his dreams, white ribbons,
pink roses and ALL with its arms
about the neck of a handsome young
man. who seems 70 enjoy it hugely
Just the dearest man, and the fig
ure stands on tip-toe to whisper the
rest of this daring speech.
"A pretty tableau, but vision of
purgatory to the quiet witness in the
shadowy parlor
Didn't expect PIE so SOON he NUT
tired with an attempt at a sarcastic
smile
At this crisis the handsome stranger
became conscious Of the threatening
presence halfhidden by the window
drapery, and with remarkable pres
ence Of mind, released himself from
the fair arms, spoke a few words in q
low voice, lifted his hat. with a half
glance toward the window, and beat a
rather lively retreat
Prescott Howland's fear turned to
rage as he gazed. lie stepped back
with darkened brow and clenched
hands, striving to hold in check his
surging passion. Nettie! Nettie. his
wife, was false!
The fair, false one turned with a
happy, half troubled sigh, then spy
ing the masculine outline through the
window, her face broke into smiles
again; tripping lightly across the
veranda clearing the window ledge
with a birdlke dip, she flew into her
husbands arms. The tense muscles
did not relax nor the clenched hands
open.
"Oh, Prescott! am so glad you
have come | want to tell YOU how
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31
Advance sale at Hotel Bedding, price
25c, Soc and SOC
Inc sas, laxa;i-a for chI;dyau.

Parents should TO il that their children have
catural, easy movement % the bowels each da z.
DO not dose the child with salts or gripping pils.sl
they are too powerful in effect and literally tea
tEeir little insides 70 pieces leaving the bowels
weakened and less able 10 uatu ally than before
Laxative lron-ox Tablets tone and Strengthen
the bowels and stimulate al the little organs tC
healthy activity. Chocolate coated tablets easy 10
take, never grippe nauseate. lOc, 25o and 81 90
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Scenically Superb!
Dramatically Brilliant
Musically Great

New Songs! New Dances! New Music
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sorry | am for my foolishness last
night. Say you forgive me, dear, and
promise never. never to be SO
naughty again. Isn't this the loveliest
evening? You can't guess-why.
Prescott, what is the matter? What
Stand back. will you, | have had
about enough of this sort OF thing"
Mrs. Nettie looked up with fiutter-
ing eyelids, the color coming and go
ing in her cheeks.
"Oh. Prescott. you're angry still.
Don't be angry any more. III you
knew how miserable have been,
Don't go, wait till | tell you. You
must wait till tell you all about it.
Il was SO unhappy-till Maurice
came. Don't shake me off, be patient
just little ! was SO unhappy | did
not want TO live any longer thought
you WOULD never love me any more
and | couldn't live without your love.
Then Maurice came; he couldn't
help seeing something was wrong, and
told him. What made you start so?
Did you hear anything? He scolded
me and comforted me and explained
everything"
as this-this Maurice, a minister"
"Oh, dear, no; but he ought to be.
He said If | had been considerate and
spoken kindly. YOU would have come
to see where you were wrong, after
awhile"
Maurice, Maurice don't seem to
remember"
why, don't remember Cousin Maui
rice that | have told you so much
about, that lives in California? And
never knew he was coming. He's
just the dearest man in the world
excepting you, of course" with an up
ward demure look. and | told him so.
lie wouldn't wait till you came; he
knew we would prefer to be alone to-
night He's coming again.
"Nettie. I'm fool"
"Oh, Prescott, | am SO glad" and
Mrs. Nettie flew into her husbands
arms, this time with more success.
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laka da Thirty Cent.

A scientific astronomer announces
that the next step in the study of the
planets will be to find out if they are
inhabited by beings like ourselves. In
that case with such rings as are all
around Saturn, the bosses on that
planet must make ours look like the
proverbial 80 cents Baltimore Amer
lean
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31
Ladies

For two weeks will be at the home
Of Mrs. g. Fl. Willard. two doors east
of the NJ. f. Church, and all ladies
wishing hair work done give me your
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31
Attention

| buy cut hair and combings and
have full line OF Switches, Curls
Puffs. Pompadors and Gibson fronts.
All coors and sizes, or do any kind
Of work to order. If you have cut hair
or combngs now is your opportunity
TO have your work done in your own
city. My styles are the latest and
prices right. | also do facial and
scalp massage, shampooing, singing
and clipping the hair. carry a full
line of high grade concentrated
toilet articles. Hours from to p. m
Mrs. S. L. Wright
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-31

And you will love me if am lit
tie jealous and bad-tempered, some
tines"
Always and forever, my darling.
Any mani mean anyone is liable to
be deceived at times by appearances. ?
AUD Nettie was too happy and too
sweet to ask her husband if he knew
BY experience
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-27

eighty rods when the sun sprang up
over the hill and sent SILVER of sat
isfaction from your heart to your wet
and benumbed fingers. 1t had run
one fourth it's course when the load
was finished The big brother went in
with it to Shovel Off" You stumbled
thru the field to where Bill was
husking five rows alone and waiting
reinforcements and began all over
Talk about niger slavery!
In to dinner hungry as a corn pick
er. Out again as soon as 1t had been
swallowed. Same thing over all the
afternoon How that shoveling board
stuck ND over the endgate to defect
lilly aimed ears to the ground. Slowly
the sun crept down until you offered
the information that you were prob
ably leaving lots of corn thru inability
to see in the dark. Then home and to
supper.
Full fed you dozed by the stove.
Some one got out q tallow candle and
the lump of 'shoemaker's wax" stuck
on a piece of leather Heated at the
candle fame and dropped in sizzling
hot, shoemaker's wax was sovereign
| for cracks and chaps in worn out I'm
gers. You dropped a blazing particle
and the pain of it's impact walked you
sufficiently to crawl upstairs to bed
O, the comfort, the healing comfort
and satisfaction of that deep billoWy
feather bed You have never slept IN
its like since tho your hotel may b.
the Waldorf Astoria. Sore hands,
trouble. consciousness, faded away at
| its anaesthetic touch. Outside the
clear cold stars We're winking back
at the gathering frost crystals. Inside
tired little boy lay in a dreamless
sleep with parted lips and relaxed
limbs, careless of future frost and la
! Dor serene in the heathful restoring
| sleep that comes to the young at the
close of day on the down row. 1t
was worth all it cost then. 1t is price
| less now because neither money nor
effort can secure 1t.
| Husking machines may be all right
but there are worse things than the
| its rows of empty husks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-27
PICKING THE DOWN ROW.

To those of the older fellows who in
their adolescence ''picked the down
row." while father and a big brother
husked each his two rows on either
side of the corn wagon, the stories of
corn husking machines come too late
for joy The machine may husk it's
500 bushels day, but it can never: go
back into vanished fields of corn and
husk that down row. 1t is not retro
active.
Do you remember the unholy hour
at which your immediate ancestor
considered it necessary to be af1eld?
The stars were clear and cold in the
crisp November atmosphere when you
piled into the wagon for the start or
ran holding to the hind end gate. Over
the frozen ground, hard as granite
blocks, the wheels bumped and jolted.
From a dozen directions came the
thick the frost lay on the leaves and
husks as the team turned in on the
"land" struck out thru the center of
that interminable forty acre field.
How your stiff and tender fingers
shrunk away from the forbidding,
frost enveloped ear? The first ears fell
into the wagon box like tlods on the
! coffin of your desire. The team
grabbed with eager teeth for their
breakfasts. 1t moved ahead. You
pried your reluctant back into a bow
and the days work was begun.
There behind that wagon you husked
the down row. Malediction was in
your heart over the ears torn by the
horses from the side rows and dropped
| bitten and mangled, to increase your
toll You were half way across the