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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08

ed are skilled workers, while about 20
DER cent = so classified among imml
grants M the republic w. Beecher Smith,
ex- secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tian association of Manchester, England
has begun a work that has in it the
promise of great service TO be rendered
young men emigrating from Great BRIT
ain to the United States and Canada. The
association is in a position to aid imml
grants on both sides the ocean.
TO western Canada sturdy young Brit
ishers are turning by the thousands, while
the farmers going to this section IRON
the states are numbered by thousands
The Y. NJ. c. \. has its secretaries TO
meet these men at the station. Hundreds
of them bear letters of introduction from
Mr. Smith and associations, a young
Englishman who Joined the Young Men
Christian association before sailing for
Canada writes: II arrived at Brandon at
1890 p. m, and a bitter cold night, and
was informed that all sleeping accommo-
dation was taken up. | tramped about
with my portmanteau till | found po-
liceman. | asked him il there was a
Young Mems Christian association IN the
place, and he said, yes! and directed us
to it. They put us up for the night 80
Won see il was good thing that ! Joined
the world.famed Young Mems Christian
association" x,t
The provincial committee of the NJ
c. A, and the Christian churches OF Can
ada have felt their obligation to the mn
migrants and during the past summer
have stationed representatives, at the
port of Quebec who guided, aided ana
sympathized with the immigrants on their
way inland. Cards of introduction Were
given to thousands. The representatives
of the association in Montreal distribute
Thousands of copies of a little pamphlet
nrepared by the Hon. Herbert y. Ames,
NJ. p. on How to Become a CANADIAN
The associations at Quebec, Montreal;
Toronto, Winnipeg and other polnt,S. AZ,
scores of young men to find rellaple
houses where they can stay, and hrms
where they may find employment.
The Montreal association serves a sun
day evening tea, to which recent l T
Grants are invited on their arrival Com,
missioner Watchon, now III charge AT
Ellis island, to this day speaks OF ne n,
time when he was given the g lad hand hand
at this Sunday night tea.-Boston trans
cript.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
Former Bellows Falls Hotel Man Dead.

Darwin Ryder, one OF the oldest and
best known hotel keepers in New Eng.
land, was found dead about ? O'Clock
sunday afternoon in a room at the Bran.
don nm, which he had conducted ior
three years, Mr.. Ryder was So years old.
In April, 1866, he bought the Addison
House in Aliddlebmy, Of which he was
proprietor tor Is successive years. In
1881 he rented the Addison House to
Clark Scoheld and went to South Amer.
lea. Upon returning lac again conducted
the Addison House for six years, during
which he became interested in the raising
OF high-blooded horses. He then sold the
Addison House to Calhoun a Tattnal OF
Middlebury, and went to Bellows Falls,
becoming proprietor OF the Nlndham no.
TEL which he conducted until he went to
Brandon. While at Aliddlebury Mr.. Ry-
der held nearly all the important town
offices. Previous to that time he had
conducted a farm, store and ferry at Lar
rabee's Point, near Salisbury. lie leaves
no near relatives, his wife having died
about four years ago.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
The Same as Money.

Stories have been told of buttons, tacks
and various extraneous substances 1ouhd
in contribution boxes, but it Is seldom
that a church member strikes a blow so
severe as was that delivered by Amos
Rudd of Potterville on one occasion. III
was at the close of missionary sermon
that Mr.. Budd, whose wont 1t was 70
Contribute ten cents to each of the char
Ties to the support of which the church ,;
subscribed. was seen to take a blue sup
from his pocket and look at it keenly ana ana
affectionately. When, after a slight nut
evident hesitation, he dropped the sup,
carefully folded, into the box Deacon l11I,
lane who was passing it, could ha am
refrain from an exclamation OF 10y; ;, ne
Lord will bless you Brother Bndd, ne
said when the sermon was over, hllrrs lns
down the aisle to overtake the prosperous
q hope So" returned Mr.. Budd, dryl 1.
cbut Pm afraid you cal'late on that beng 1s
check that | dropped in the box; II
want Twas a receipted bill Tor kero zero
s @% the church owed me last year, ana ;1sl
4 had been overlooked, OF course IL ;
lest the same as money though, when you
Come 70 that. youths Companion
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
HEADMAsTER SKIPS TOWN.
,Oprietor Of st. Adams Military
School Wanted Oh Serious Charge.

c. t. Jordan, proprietor and headmaster
III Jordan Hall. the so-called military and
|olegc preparatory school established IN
|N Adams this fall, is a fugitive from
|n.ce His property is attached Tor much
| more than it is worth and the doors OF
|he school are closed, probably for the last
time The heaviest creditor, Mrs. Mary
IA. Gould of Mortified, has caused a writ
hi seQurstration for $50, 900 to be filed ana
lin the court of chancery an injunction
has been issued prohibiting Jordan from
|lsposing of. or encumbering any OF ms
Aside from this numerous small
|aedtors have attached the property, near
|B every business man in st. Adams nav
|mg extended credit to the man
Jordan went to st. Adams last spring
from Northheld, where he was professor
|d ENGLISH and economics in Norwich UNI
|prsity. and purchased the Worthlngton
IL Smith estate at the head OF Bank
Street. which was altered to meet the re-
lmrcmcuts of a military school. Soon rl-
nOrs of misdeeds on his part became
losed about town and a semipubllc inYes-
|tgaion was made by a committee Oh
business men. Damaging evidence was
brought out. but not of sufficient anthem
|hcW to warrant action. Persistent ru-
noIs Of his wrongful influence on certain
boys continued, however, The crash came came
|IGcsiay of last week, when Jordan Went
10 Ric6ford with one of his cadets, a y
year.gLd lad named Lawyer. The boy $
father learned things that caused HIM TO
make violent threats against Jordan ana
he Immediately disappeared, 1t being later
learned that he took the first train for
Boston. A warrant is out for his arrest,
however, and a strenuous attempt is pc
ing made to bring him to justice. -
It j, understood that only one member
Of the faculty has drawn full. pay, ana
that the rest have been given from 81 10
IS at time and that their salaries are
Ian in arrears. Some of them have not
received in all as much as s.. Besides
getting $4,000 from Mrs. Goq I'D, and md a n9-
limited credit about town, he had the aqf
vance tuition of the students for the nan nan
Year and had received from his father
}l0O. One of his last acts was to draw
a rberI. for $2l6, which was pad nm lIt
only to be protested upon reaching 'he
homo hank
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
Boarding House Geometry.

"a scientific friend of mine has drawn raw,
nm a boarding house geometry that strlk Htf
me as being noteworthy, says youth
With n third-story front"
Some of his definitions run as follows;
a. All boardinghouses are the same
clearinghouse. ,oord;nc-
-. Boarders in the same boarding ,,gl
house. and on the same floor are equal
to one another in the matter OF price, pu'
not in the matter of outlook.
20 A single room is that which has no
narts and no magnitude. >. -. :,
a. The landlady Of a boardngho4ese rs Is
narallelogram; an oblong, angular Inquire
which cannot be described, but Is eq""i
to anything. ,o;,r +ol,en n
IS. All the other rooms beng taken Ken, d
SINGLE room is said to be "A double: room
Among postulates and propositions 'lie
following are worthy OF consideration,
q. A pie may be produced any n"'"
Der of times. ,od,,ood to
her lowest terms by a series OF proposi-
Ivy 20 A Decline may be made from one
clearinghouse to another, ,:uLonso
"a The clothing of a boardlng sils Sc
he'd although extended mdehhl'eN III
botb directions. will never meet. -.
81. Any two meals at a boardlhg slooi ),
are together less than one square ilIe"i'
Edwin Tarrisse, in Harpers weekly
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08

wife, Contrary To all expectations, Niles
entered plea of guilty OF murder in the
second degree which the state accepted.
Judge Miles then sentenced him 20 life
imprisonment. This is the inst murder
case which has been in this court Tor
many years and it is the saddest. II Is
said that Niles knows things about the
case which he will not disclose, preierring
to take life sentence.
The crime for which Niles pleaded
guilty was committed last spring at New.
port Center when he shot and instantly
killed his young wife, who had refused to
live with him. lie shot her down at the
gate of her parents home. Fleeing, he
hid IN swamps but was recognized when
ON a train near Richlord. Arrested and
confined in the Jail there he attempted
TO Kill himself by cutting his throat while
the lailer was lighting u fire. Niles was a
railway brakeman and an ex.member of
the Vermont National Guard.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
TROUBLE AT cAvENDIsH GORGE.
Golfer Dam, Pumps and Apparatus
Swept AWAY by High Water.


Manufacturers who were depending on
getting electrical power by, Jan. ll l:lh
the new power plant located at Gavenuis y
Gorge. were greatly disappointed when II
Vas learned that the water III Black flVel
had swooped down on the works and, car
red away the Golfer dam, pumps ana aP-
alatus and had destroyed all the Worh
hat it took months to accomplish, says
Caremont, n. H., despatch. The current
was 50 strong in its mad rush that poWr
ders as big as houses were whlrled al9ns
with the hur1ying water. The Wo0TGen
suicnway was sp1intered like kindllng
wood and the damage will reach up ~
many thousand dollars, as the concrete
.wor. pnt in was destroyed, besides the
expensive DELAY that it will cause IN the
work. Manager Wheelock says that IL
may b, impossible for them to do any
more on the dam until the spring tresheIs,
for it looks dubious if anything turthe ne
can be done this fall the water is SO high.
The work will continue on the monster
pOwcl-house and the steel penstock, Wnleli
is over six feet in diameter, will be joined
together. and the work on the tuliiei
through the ledge will be completed.
This work of Harvesting the Black rIt-
er at Cavendish Gorge is OF grealI, liia ltsrnt
ladc and a difficult proposition. l nc 81 So
walls Of the gorge have beer. torn asu 1 b1,
by the hands Of hundreds of men and ID, oy
Steam drills. and they have tpnne led
through a solid ledge for 20 feet fol-, the
Route of the penstock, which goes; a !
half il mile to the power house ana las lias
fall of l25 feet, and will enable the SIare
mont Power company to rush INTO Olal e
mont 20OO electrical horsepower Many ~
the manufacturing plants are anAlou ~.
awaiting its completion, which was b eN
lectad to have occurred about Jan. l. puV
Tor this DELAY and accident.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
Vermont NeUs
EARLY 10000 GAIN SINCE 1900.
,rres Compiled by Secretary Of State
show That Increase in Polls.

ne f.rns of the state grand list as
.ga BOZ the office of the secretary of
| "A Show lS3,335 polls in the state as
ma lsl 100 in 1906; appraised value
FL estate. $3.50, 7i9,7 02 MS against SIPS.
1. sS iu 1906; appraised value OF personal
/ s1r, Sll. l3S,36S as against Si2,953, Sl2
MN The state list is S2022, 2l5,70 as
,fWl47 in 1906.
|'Ts figures for 1906 are taken from .
IN compiled 10y the commissioner oil
|,r tNr- showing the comparison OF
,ge uum lists for several years. In
|sgtE.n. we're l7l056 polls and the grand
aas sl,16S,3i7 showing big gain.
l. rIm u personal property has been
M tau.t millions and half and il
Ie.,ai, over ten millions.
w. n.HuMtion of the state in 1900 was
|gal according to this ratio the popu-
|,.g .IauII now be about 362 900. Tn.
.,r. n, counties follow:
|iHj,na Polls, l0.l04; acres, i3l $50;
4 estate appraisal, S00,SS6,7i; personal
|-gi.H S82i6OSA; aggregate or | per
FL. >lg2.3i7.G3; list for state tax, SlS3,-
Bennington Polls, 10000; acres, 30S, 720;
.le,utr. SS.7l2,6SI; personal, $3.50, $50;
,rsa,t. sllo.96.52; state list, Sl2l GIG
Polls. l3.9SS; acres, 34l ,304;
|-it.trte. q. l0l .766; personal, S2,GlS,37l;
,rrr,,.. SllS. 1913; state list, Sl32 ,099.37
|'IbiftnrIrn Polls, 2O,65S; acres, BOG, 3lS;
y, estate. SlS.G4l,7iO; personal, S6,2A,-
nj aggregate, S2iS, 65S,S9; state list, $780,
F,,ey Polls, 1924; acres, 27S,2Ol; real
,ate. s.. 70O,j3l; personal, s412,525; ag-
nalc. s2.G3O.j6; state list, S56,66i.56.
FFgnku. Polls, l3,77S; acres, 365, 1875;
N estate, SlO,247,46O; personal, S2,Sll,-
IA. aggregate, $3.50 5000; state list, Sl44,-
Grand I,e-Poiis, l,sOS; acres, 1876;
III estate. LBS, 525; personal, 1918, 1856;
aggregate. Sl4.l43.ll; state list, Sl5,95l.ll.
'i1mo.lIc Polls, 6,45S; acres, 252,35S;
III estate. S4.ll7,2l2; personal, Sl,OSs, OsS;
,r,regI'c. So. O53; state list, S5S,5M.
bang Polls, 9,6S5; acres, 4O0,Si5;
,al estate. $500, rs; personal, 2,4S5,3ll;
,,geat. S9l,l5O26; state list, SlOO, S35,26.
Orleans Polls, HIP; acres, 395, 70i;
nal estate. $754S,Sl5; personal, $2,OH-
5I: aggregate, S96,25S.72; state tax,
'lN,FF'Ht
Rutland Polls. 24,674; acres, 552,3 S2;
MI estate. $40, 4S9, 1874; personal, $780,
N. aggregate, 1858, 56S.46; state list,
gS2l24G. .oo-,,
Washington Polls, %, 100; acres, 1893, 522;
rai estate. Sl5,5l3,G5s; personal, S4,42O,'
5: aggregate, Sl99,33S.23; state list,
~, 4gS23. 1000
Wmdham-Polls, l4,4SS; acres, 5l,32O;
gll estate. Sl2.294,552; personal, Si,O60,-
N: aggregate. Sl63, 547,ll; state list, Sl7S,-
Gll -oooo-
Wmd-or-Polls, $4,000; acres, 5SO,9S1;
-al estate. SA,Ol0,S7O; personal Sc, lO6,-
n. aggregate, SOL, l72,72; state list, S2l9'-
.g7?. ~
Gore, Polls, IS; acres, 9O,S25; real es-
he. >}34.302 personal, S2,O47; aggregate,
2&3.5j; state list, S3,39l.5O.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
Railroad Collision Near Bellows Falls.

A head-on collision on the FitchbuIg
division Of the Boston and Maine rail
road occurred early Tuesday morning
about half mile south of Bellows Falls
4 brakeman, f. H. Miller of Worcester
Mass, was seriously injured; \ freight
train, No. go, which leaves Bellows Falls
at about $50 a. M, collided with switch
engine. Neither locomotive was moving
rapidly and beyond the smashing up OF
che pilots, little damage was done me
brakeman was on the engine OF the freight
train and was either thrown or tel TO
the ground by the motion OF the collision.
lie was picked up unconscious and phy
sicians were summoned from Bellows
Falls. 1t was found that his back was
badly sprained and bruised and one ies
Ms broken. lie was taken at once to
the Elliott city hospital at Keene.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
dancing Proves Fatal.

Many men and women catch colds az a.
dances which terminate in pneumonia
and consumption. After exposure, \; II
F Foil Honey and Tar is taken it will
break up a cold and no serious results
need be feared. Refuse any but the gen
uine in yellow package. Sold by All
Druggists
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
Tho New Pure Food and Drug Law

~, We Honey fnT and Tar for eoug chs, colds ths
ley ,,i no"f tTronbIes is not affected by the
ana Hntid nun Pure Food and Drug law as 81 Il
o NatloIrs no opiates or other harm dfa
d drugs and we recommend It as sa a Sg bv
remedy re ned for children and adults 0oiu oS
All Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
THE BRATTIEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1907

we were compelled TO descend ON the
northeast coast Of New Jersey TO avoid
being carried out 10 sea.
I'VE covered the distance nom -.
Louis TO Asbury Park in exactly 10
hours"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08
NILES GETS LIFE SENTENCE.
Orleans County Murderer Enters fieS
of entity to Second Degree.

Orleans county court convened at New
Don't Monday afternoon after a recess oil
a few DAYS and the first case to come I0r
tHal was that of State VS.. Dwight a.
Niles. charged with the murder oil MS
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-08

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel save
is healing and soothing. 1ood ior pieS'
Sold by All Druggists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-18
ClRM ELITES ~ BROOkLlN.
Bishop Mcdonnell Establishes = s'onimunii,
sS the q lois, cred Nuns In isis DiWCesc.

Through the efforts Of Bishop Mcdonnell
n community Of Carmelite nuns, a clio is
tered body governed by the s~trictest rules
and most rigid discipline, has been estab-
iahel in the Brooklyn diocese. Before
being able to locate the Carmelite sisters
in the diocese Bishop Mcdonnell had first
to obtain the permission of the Mothe
Superior Of the order. the approval nj
Cardinal Gibbons and the consent of the
Cardinal protector Of the order in Rome.
When these various s%pprovals had been
obtained a few months %, Bishop
Mcdonnell purchased an old mansion
with spacious grounds in ~. Johns place
between Bedford and Rogers avenues rs
the home for to Carmclite sisters, n
six members Of the order who arrived in
Brooklyn from Baltimore on Saturday were
escorted there. ana will from time To time
he joinei ~ others until the prescribed
limit of twenty-one for any single COM
munity has been reached.
There are only three other communities
of the order in this country. the locations
being Boston. Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The site on which the Brooklyn Carmelite
home is located has a frontage OF ;2S feet
on NJ. Johns place and "A depth Of 100 feet.
The house will bsvct 80 undergo considerable
renovation 10 meet the demands of the
nuns, and bnrs behind which they will pursue
their religious life henceforth will have
TO be installed. An addition and entrance
will be made for the benefit Of the women
who will supply the intercourse for the
outside world. In the construction of the
chapel space will he left for the Use Of the
visiting laity 10 attend services. but even
here the nuns remain clustered with bars
between them and the altar.
The Carmelite order il almost 900 years
old and also comprises religious bodies
OF men. The rules governing il are ex-
ceedingly rigorous. Including fagcllation
on Fridays. beds Of straw. no meat and
complete isolation from the outside world.
Mother Teresa. who is 20 he head of the
Brooklyn community, Joined the order TWEEN
ty.ive yeaIsag but during all that time had
not been in the street until Saturday. when
she left the Baltimore convent. Mother
Teresa il tho daughter of "A former well
known man OF New York. She
has a sister belonging TO the order Of the
HOLY Gross.
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~ sWs>. syopprD ~ R,R> ,RD.


Tho BARNARD faculty hs- i-.I.l y d1"t"
fhL' be- freshman may H. inv tel io luiu
- iiaicyui'y. aud thls - duomrd ia" time
h"purei itati, liion If "rushire
10 Won a.x r. BARNARD giil villa; iushiug
= So IN think hard FOR y fe~ minutes
1ui i'rai eli Sc; that u "nu'f lp-Si'lv y"
define II suu tuv, courage "uuiigh
~ ask auuir r]i'Iu|s'I 81 ~" faull'N he vii
louk v,rv stern. -ferurr even than usual.
and inform Won hPiightilv thai 1T IL not
q subject which he j. IN a position - dis
ciI-s college professors mover fe"l IN
n l%ru-itinn ~ discuss anything which YOU
pally wan 20 know
Bmi' If yuu really want &" nave a good
idea If rushing YOU mus' ask some fresh
mans mother. Excitsdly she ~ill say.
Rushing? Well. / should say I hav"
good cause 70 know what that is. It's
'hr hing that keeps Mary Jane NJ college
until ! O'clock every evening and gives
her indigestion all the rest Of the night
because slle's had So much fudge and : ea
and pickles and a,lted n lmonds L. eat.
instead of the good dinner that was wait
ING for her az home. Al rushing parties,
Won know. they never have anything hut
indigestihles. That's part of iheefun. l
sulpos'.
AfI " = iheNlllk NI'h My ''l 'f''
her classes and walks up and down River
sid. Drive with all ;he fraterniti~s th,t ask
her, and sometimes she has Ia eat three
lunches iecaus" nobody will take a refusal
Aud the worst Of il IL that she feels siCker
when she doesn't ret all those invitations
than when she does. And that's saying
a good deal Know what rushing is' Well.
| guess ] haven't made all tl,usc party
dresses and worried myself half 10 death
over Mary Jane all for nothing"
IFut all ~ItotI"rs may nnw send their
daughters 20 Barnard without feur, for The
Olynipiars If thai institution put an end
tu fudgc parties when they announced
Sc -terdar mat bidding or pledge day
must !. postponed until April OF the sopho-
more year Heretofore the fraternity
m"mteIs got together and set their own
day for asking in the nev girls, but the
excitement of rushing aud the many jeal-
ousies IL created have grown 10 such an
extent that the professors sometimes lee
',.red 20 cuipty benches aud both upper and
lower class girls neglected their worll more
and more "a the fatai day approached.
There are now seven fraternities a. Bar
nard, including about half H." students in
their membership.
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vE>>yR,TIT m.r>sTJ.J. mn
We Appeals 10 the supreme Z "urt From the
.,ur,-dict,o ~ ~ the Federal curt.

~NsHINDroN Ot. t.. IN" appeal "
Clarence n. Nsnner nf New York. III"
owner uf SI shares ul preferred stock
II IA" Great Northern Railway. who's"
suit ia behalf uf the other stock
holders 10 compel James =, Hill. 'h"
president of the road. TO refund Ia ttE
Stockholders some sIo.ssi.G1 of alleged
profits in the sale 10 the road nf Burlington
stock vas dismissed 10y Ju lg" HAY in "a"
Federal court for he southern Dls,riC. -
New York. was ilrd in the Supreme Court
today.
venner claims in his bill that Hin in
IysI-Oi. through IA syndicate, pn'rhased
more than a million shares Of Burlington
stock ~ from Sl35 To s2s5 u share, and after
ward in effect sold half ~ them to the Great
Northern. which h. himself dominated
AZ S2N u share. Tine transaction grew out
u the formation of the Northern ~ curities
company, thr holding company tor the
Northern Pacific, and the Great Northern
merger. which WIS declared illegal hy III"
courts.
Nenner brought his suit originally ia the
New York Supreme Court. but IL was re-
moved to the Federal court on the diversity
e citizenship. Nr. Hill icing a citizen Of
Minnesota. Judge Ray declined to remand
Il To the state court and dismissed the bill.
IN the ground hat under the rules Of equity
It WAS necessary that Nenner held his stock
at the time the alleged injury was com
mitted, which was nov here shown in th"
bill. Nenner now appeals from the juris-
iiction Of the Federal court.