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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19
WEST BRATTLEBORO.


Harold Perry is chauffeur for DR.. G. b
Hnnter.
- W WIZ C,;, has boon boused bv lines.
tb;s ,real,
-, T.r. d.. :, horsod bv lines!
-, MISS Jennie 1t nay 10 "'D'0'
III" e C,.r. hos finished work in
wyatt s'uuIo ,,-..,.--.-.. ..;-
MI ana MIS- At Ifa., " ''Ai"s'oA "'' vac
ltlng IN MlIioto' Mass . NJ
Z. Z. Gohie and men are painting MIS-
W. H. BiseIo" buildings n, I'D
Master Warren Taylor, son OF MIR. ano
Mrs. W. f, Taylor, IS i'll with grip
Miss Minnie Stockwell has moved tC
Mrs. Haryey's house on Elliot street.
Mrs NJ. Strohm of Brandon is witt
Mrs. Z. c. Eastwood for a few weeks
Mr. and Mrs. F. d. Z. stowe came
from Newfane and spent Sunday at theil
home.
Mrs w w Wilson of West Dummers
ton Is tbe cuest of Mrs Ward rstey thi,
ynal
Miss Ti1zie Walker went to New York
city Monday morning to spend severa
,loal,s
IT r-., : - ,,oro n TT n Cis
y: II iAn"pp . r w. li, street about
MAY |.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Briggs have moved
froIa RrooI- street TO II, F, Weatherhead +
ro Gotta
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19

scriptions and the balance by the pro;
ceeds from the entertainments AND food
and ice cream sales which were, held at
different times in the year. The work
Of the association is certainly most com.
mendabe and deserves the hearty support
Of the community. After the election of
the following officers for the coming year
the meeting was adjourned: President,
d. T. Perry; secretary, ]. /. Stockwell;
treasurer, Mrs. w. E. Stellmann; audi
tor. Mrs. J. L. Stockwell; executive
board, j. p Sargent, j. L. Barney, A. 1.
Stowe; entertainment committee, d. l.
Perry, f. VI. Goodenough, Mrs. j. L.
Stockwell; solicitors and collectors, Miss
Minnie Stockwell, Mrs. Z. NJ. Good
enough.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19
THE RETREAT FARM HoLsTElNs'
HOW the Herd Has Progressed Under
.,o Mana cement of Geo. W. PIERCE

the MdldSCliiSAAS ~
Tho following about a well known tEa
prattleboro man is taken from ;osi tne
4nril Is issue of the Holstelh-f ii''i''
he smong New England herds Of ,, nor-
,+oins none has made more RAPID p roy
s Sess during the past decade tnan Fa en'
o f'f fbe Brattleboro (Vt.) Retrea1 ra = a. w W
Oh Imo the management of George; ua mi
Pierce Mr.. Pierce is proau student
rnep'' a close observer and a st stuG ami
man. mi 6,uS d affairs, as well as an oo emr
o oapt agriculturist and stock h,ir prnvH $
men nGn' YORK %T in the Vermont Dalryhe md !
an iiS the Grange, the sta1e 4 +be
a tSo county fish and game leagpHE' off of
V Va Fair association, IN an no.
, va he has occupied the hlg4esC t! RU
walcm i" and done much constpuiesnce
S,o,J has given him wide ex tpr from
worn Mile lie matters and as senator L oTan
w PJ county he has becomf nence
more a figure of state I PT N2p Pierce
Will While thus actively engaged 4 hl, TO
WINE giv v much study and tho Fggiasia m
has has ggard of purebred Holstein f IF Hoi
tn nt+I n0i in his charge. This herd o. ii0i
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19

mon by the pastor, Bible school at Las.
Glasses for all ages. The Baraca class
meets in the Baraca room at the same
hour. All men cordially invited 6 p. M,
Christian Endeavor service, topic, Wise
Ways to Read Wise Books. This will be
a 'leaderless' meeting, to which all are
invited. ! p. m, evangelistic service with
short sermon by the pastor. A cornetist
has been engaged to assist in the praise
service, and it is expected taat there
will be other special music All are cor.
daily invited. Strangers are always wei.
come. This friday evening service of
prayer in vestry at 7.30,
nual meeting of the Earnest Workers
which was held in the Academy Tuesday
evening. The reports of the year finds
the association in a fairly good condition
TO begin this years work About one
half the expenses were met by the sub
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19

Mr.. s. L. Bowen OF Wayne, W; Va,
writes: q was a sufferer from kidney
disease, so that at times | could not get
out of bed, and when | did l could n not ,o,,
stand straight. took Foleys Kidney ne
S CufI cured me entirely" Foley's Kid
$50 Cnre works wonders where others are
h tofaI failures. Sold by All Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19

did it ever occur to you that 25-cent
can of Campbell's varnish Stain, will re,
store the color and finish S to the 0 oBpP ths
or as # flows out under the brush and
d 9rI,H Without vi showing brush marks " It is
u oaid INV J. Edgar Mellen, Brattleboro, Vt.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08
ley II ONCEl

Say brother. Don't you think the
Farmers Union Is a good thing? Don't
you like the principles upon which II
is founded? II you do wouldn't It be
the right thing for you to tell your
neighbors about It and urge him TO
Join? Make it a point next week TO
see some neighbOr who is not men,
Der and explain to him the objects.
principles and benefits Of three or.
ganization. Tell him what it has dons
for the farmers already, that II has
saved them more than million dol
lars last year on the price Of cotton
alone-that It has enabled many to
buy their supplied at considerable
reduction by bulking their orders and
placing them through the business
agent Of the union. OF course 1t would
not harm him a bit If you sent him
this number Of the Mercury-Password
after you have read every word In Il,
and then possibly you would get so IN
terested in trying to benefit your
friend that you would send for q bum
die of them to help you In your efforts
to build up the union. Just try this
once, friends, and see how the results
will surprise you.-Souther Mercury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

the arrangement is about as near
perfect as it could be. The sink
is in well lighted corner next to the
pantry door. There is a great deal OF
running between the sink and the
pantry at dish-washing time. Every
step saved means less miles of travel
for the hOusekeeper,
The pantry is part of the kitchen,
and it is part Of the dining-room 1t
belongs to both 1t has window to
light it, as all pantries should have,
and it has two doors to shut out
the odors of cooking from the rest
of the house. The pantry has
shelves for dishes on one side and
cupboards for other things on the
other side that are well lighted, be-
ing opposite the window. The china
cupboard while it comes out of the
pantry really belongs to the dining
room. There is kitchen pot cup
board which is great convenience
every day in the year. 1t provides
place for stew-pans, griddles pre-
serving kettles, laundry tools, empty
fruit jars and great many other
things that no housekeeper wants in
the pantry or exposed In the kitchen
proper.
There is another kitchen conven.
fence in the shelves at the top OF
the cellar stairs. There are, many
things which may be kept on these
| shelves that otherwise would have to
go in the cellar because they don't
belong to the kitchen. Good house.
keepers usually are sticklers for hav.
ing things in the right place. Of
! course there are women who have nc
sense of order, but such women should
never get married. Their place is in
the schoolroom teaching young chill
dren how to grow up orderly. 1t Is
very much easier to tell somebody
else how to have a place for every
thing and everything in it's place, thar
II is 10 organize Sucn a system IL
ones own home.
From this kitchen 1t is easy to e
upstairs and it Is easy to go dowI
to the cellar. In the course of a day
there are good many trips made
both ways. The great value of thi.
kitchen is its accessibility in boil
directions. You can go downstair.
for a pan of potatoes, or you cal
go upstairs to sweep and make thu
beds without being obliged to tax,
very many unnecessary steps. A mod
ern house is just as much of an in
yention as a new machine in a manu-
featuring establishment 1t save
time and labor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08
DEBT The DESTROYER.

In introducing a circular letter TO
Texas Farmers Union members. Pres.
ident Calvine says:
The greatest obstacle in our way
in controlling prices is the mortgage
and debt system, which has been q
menace to the South's prosperity ever
since the Civil War, and which will
continue to grow worse from year to
year unless discouraged by organized
farmers. Those who are the benef-
Charles under this pernicious system
are not disposed to discourage Its con.
tinuance, for as long as the farmer is
in debt for the teams, tools and
supplies, he Is at the mercy OF
the mortgage, and must pay what
ever price the mortgage exacts.. It
Is we'll known throughout the world
that this condition obtains largely In
the Southern States. and this being
true, the buyers Of our raw products
In conjunction whit the manipulators.
who never saw pound of cotton.
seek to depress values during the free
movement brought on by heavy sell.
ing to meet these obligations.
II we will notice the daily market
reports we will see that almost inva.
riably. when port receipts are heavy.
there Is a decline In prices. The spin
ners, not unmindful of the condition
of the Southern farmer, can well az
ford to stay out of the market for a
while, and thus aid In forcing a heavy
decline In prices. It must be. apDar'
ent to every thoughtful farmer tina,
such q system Is wholly unfair to him
and altogether in the interest Of or
ganized spectators.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08
ESCAPED In Cabbage Barrel.

A barrel containing cabbages was
the means by which Gershuni, chief
organizer of the fighting organiza.
ton" Of the Russian revolutionary so.
cialist party, escaped from a 81.
berian prison. The cabbages were for
the use of the prisoners, who received
the barrel themselves from a warder.
One day they. emptied it hastily,
pierced small air hole in the bottom
and then seated Geshuni inside, plac-
ing a frying pan over his head In
case 1t should occur to the warder to
plunge his sword in. At the top were
fixed layers of eabbages. In this con.
dition the barrel was removed from
the prison and placed In the prison
inspectors stable, where the prison
err spent ten hours Of, semisuffocation
The day before several planks had
been loosened In the walls of the
stable, through which Gershuni, hav.
ing emerged from the barrel, was en-.
abled to make his escape with the aid
of a convict who accompanied him.
He got to Japan, and eventually to
America, after many adventures.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

enough to make it bright and cheer
full in the daytime and a crate to
dispense comfort at night. There are
great possibilities for siciability in
a room like this. like to see a
CRATE in a house and like to see
it used. Crates are not intended to
be closed up.
y In this case the chimney is built
with a double fue, one fue for the
CRATE and the other for the furnace.
Both flues extend to the cellar bot,
tom where each is provided with
separate iron door for cleaning out
purposes. When these doors are set
the owner should have an eye to the
manner in which the work is done,
the one in the crate fue especially
There must be no cracks to admit a
draft into this flue, that is what
scatters the ashes from crate fire
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

MERCURY MUSINGS.

Every union paper condemns spec
ulatlon in the necessaries Of life. Few
union papers dare to speak out bold.
ly against speculation In land. Yet
land Is a prime necessity. All wealth
Is derived from labor applied to land.
There Is no good excuse why every
editor should not speak a good word
occasionally--or oftener-tor the
Farpers' Union.
The farmer who has nothing to hold
but cotton, is not In position 10
hold that. It's a risky business TO
stake everything on any single crop.
Diversity!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE or
shiact OF Of %m,ims o the r rd of this
paper. On account Of his wide eXpe-
ti1rer Lo ;s ut vtbont ' d0uht ' the Tg6est
authority on all these subjects, Address
i5 H Irtm 70 i L" ~ n and only
enclose two-ccnt stamp for reply.
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08
washing conveniences in all up-to-date

washing conveniences in all up-to-date
houses.
One Of the greatest luxuries in
modern houses is the private bath.
room. In some houses there are as
many as three or four bedrooms, hav-
ing private bathrooms. In some
places the servant problem is being
solved by including in the plans a
good comfortable bedroom for the
hired girl with a private bathroom
opening off from 1t.
The size of this house, on the
ground, is 80 feet by So feet without
including the porches. 1t is prob.
ably impossible to build a satisfac.
tory house with eight rooms and a
front and back stair, besides other
similar luxuries, in house much
smaller.
There is a splendid parlor in this
house, 13x17 feet, with windows
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08
The STORY,

7 WAS in the days before they
: had a king in Israel and when
every man was law unto himself.
laen 1t was that each family and
ach tribe protected its own and each
saacted OF the other an eye for an
eye and tooth for a tooth. In those
Gays the law of the blood atonement
Prevailed in the land, so that If one
should STAY by chance or intent an.
oaer, the one nearest of kin Of the
slaln person must act as his avenger,
ana take the life of the one who had
aased his death. Needless to say
saaI this custom In the case of acct.
asatal murder wrought its hardship
qua injustice, and in order that just
- ana mercy might be extended to
ue one who, through accident, had
Saased the injury or death of an
vler, the Lore directed that cities of
,sisse Should be appointed whittier
'ae slayer might flee and, if guiItless
y tne intended murder of his brother,
should find safe shelter.
when Joshua had made known to
us people the mind of the Lord con.
eSrnlng this thing, the question arose
70 which cities should be chosen,
aga II was finally agreed that six
saOald be appointed, three on the
vast SIDE OF Jordan and three on the
sest side. Caleb took deep interest
tue matter, and in the council of
~ elders which had met to consider
ne question he said:
brethren, thou knowest how, over
= Years ago, when the Lord brought
= % the borders of this land, the
sS0pie' refused to enter, declaring
sas they were not able to overcome
sus giants in the land. And thou
lowest how, since our coming hither
s.'eF Inc long, weary years In the vii.
selaeSs, that the sons of Anak, whom
M people feara, have been des.
vsea and tai 2ity Is now among
- .possessiol: = the children of Is
s, thou h st, too, how 1t was
s"sn 70 me 9 leritage and how II
A oniy ate. ce conflict that the
= was take - that the stronghold
1s, ous enerSies night become an
SSss4tlon fol 'ar people. Nov, there
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

about the parlor and is responsible
for much of the prejudice against
CRATES in general. There are good
CRATES and poor ones, just the same
as there are good horses and poor
horses. The merits OF one should
not suffer because of the defects or
imperfections of another. The trou'
bic is, most people do not understand
crates and their peculiarities. Every
body loves a CRATE fire, but some
women have an exaggerated dread of
the care Of a CRATE because they have
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

There is plenty of time now to
plant out all sorts of trees. Look out
the odd corners and put them to pay.
ing for the money invested in them.
Odd corners cost as much In the way
of interest and taxes as any other
space of equal size. You are mighty
particular about all the spots in the
middle of the field being utilized, and
yet the odd corners are as a rule the
richer and more productive. Have
some sense about these things.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

The Journal holds that the proper
and democratic way to fix a minimum
price for cotton would be for each
local body of the farmers organization
TO discuss the matter and agree on a
figure, not later than September !. Let
all these figures be sent up to head.
quarters, there to be added together
and divided by The number Of locals re-
porting. The average figure thus OBJ.
tanned would be the minimum price.
and as the people who actually make
the cotton would thus actually name
the price, we believe they would be
more inclined to hold out for that
price, much more 50 than when a few Of.
/ flCials arbitrarily name the price Let
! the people say what they waut-Farm.
ers Journal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

never learned how to manage one
Old maids are afraid of men because
they can't manage them. They have
never had the experience. In both
cases it would pay the women to
spend a little time in investigations
along proper lines. There are great
possibilities to be worked out.
1t would be difficult to find more
convenient kitchen than this plan
provides. The kitchen is the center
of activity in house. In this case
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

The main things after all Is the size
of the crop per acre. the price you
get for 1t and the prices YOU have
to pay for what you get. Men will be
constantly butting in with all sorts
Of propositions leading up to their
profit or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, but the main
issues should under no condition be
lost sight of In this struggle for In.
dependence of the only class Of men
who are really entitled to the great
est freedom.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

Don't live like hog this year. Get
busy now and arrange so that you
may have vines growing all over I'm.
slightly fences and out buildings; have
blossoms seeming the air as you rise
in the morning. The finest flowers
now are so cheap that the poorest
may have them in abundance. Don't
he a hog.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

II you have not been in the habit
of keeping the cost Of making the var
ious crops on the place, Is It not a
good time now to commence? There
is not a business on earth where so
little Is really known of the cost OF
production as farming, and there is
not another business man that coulo
so easily figure costs as the farmer
and none that costs cuts more vital
figure with. 1t Is an easy matter to
charge up the seed, time of prepare
ton, planting. culture and gathering,
and a proper rental for the land.
These taken from the net proceeds
would make an interesting study, and
would be useful in planning those
crops that pay.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08
co.oPERAToR CLIPPINGS.

Raise plenty OF potatoes this yes~
Do not forget the cabbage patch.
! Have your smokehouse at home
not In a Chicago packery.
Ag.tate, educate, cooperate. These
three things are the powerful levers
by which the Farmers Union ID win
ming its fight.
Some seeding peach trees do 70
markedly well, nut seeding trees OF
all kinds are uncertain. The only
trees that come true to name must DO
buddsd or grated.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

When you 60 to fighting the kicker,
you are in your own light. 1t Is these
kickers who inaugurate all the prog
ress and reform that the world ever
gets. Encourage the kicker to kick
but try to get him to kick at real dan
gers and hindrances rather than at the
things that are already In pretty good
shane.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

The day has long since gone when
book farming is laughed at by real
farmers. Those who did the laugh
ing have had the laugh turned on
them by the. combines, trusts and all
sorts Of humbugs that the papers and
books would have warned them
against, TO say nothings Of the ex.
change ideas through books that sue.
CesSful farmers would have enjoyed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

There is a lot Of work that can be
done In a garden that might properly
be called clear profit, because 1t is
odd moments that cannot be used
otherwise. Then there is an item of
real pleasure in working in a garden
that has a real value outside Of the
profit on the stuff raised.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

There is no such thing as getting
the greatest benefit from the Union
meetings unless you attend them In
company with something to offer as
food for thought. Don't be knot on
a stick. Get busy thinking and doing
things in the world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

The cities of refuge appoint
ID under the direction OF God
IL the land Of Canaan were a
.yre of the Christ and in some
n,rticuIars exemptify the work
which Christ performs for the
sinner.
The cities of refuge gave
.s.Iter to the fugitive from the
.yenoer of blood. Christ gives
shelter to the sinner whose ad-
csrsary the Devil pursues him
10 the very threshold of the d.
vine refuge.
The one fleeing to the city Of
,.fuce was safe until his case
rouId be declared and he prove
bis riuht to abide there, for if
his hands we're stained with
N. wiIIful blood of another he
was delivered into the hands Of
the avenger of blood and his
life taken.
The one fleeing to Christ is
safe until his case is declared.
What riuht has he there? for
| none who come to that eternal
! city of refuge opened by God
for all the world is without sin.
! The adversary, the Devil, comes
10 to the very door and makes
I his accusations. And what an
accurate accountant he is. How
he can recall the smallest de-
! tail Of mans life and paint 1t
{ in the blacklist cotors, How he
! can uncover the hidden sins
I and show one helpless and I'M
! done in the presence of the
I hiah priest of the place, Christ
! Jesus, the anointed One of God.
I But shall the unfailing justice
7 Of God cast the sinner forth and
4 commit him to his just deserts?
4 Shall sin claim her own and
\ cast down to hell?
I Thank God, No! For herein
4 is the city of refuge of the Is.
I raeIites far exceeded in grace
and mercy by the city Of refuge
( which God hath appointed. No
soul that seeks refuge therein
I Is ever forced to leave, for the
/ Christ within has but to show
I the nailed hands and the spear
I wound in his side as token Of
! his offering for sin, and Satan,
I the great aVenger, Is forced to
fee.
I The cities of refuge were
sgui-distant and easy Of access
from all parts of the land. So
I Is Christ. He Is nigh everyone
Of a contrite heart. His "come"
I Is always sounding forth, and
hls invitation Is REINFORCED by
( the comforting assurance that
I ahe that eometh unto Me | will
IN no wise cast out"
! The gates of the cities Of ref
I Hge were always open and the
I priests in the watch towers
I ready to reach forth and help
the weary and exhausted run
Fer. And how infinitely more
true this Is of the Christ. His
arms are always outstretched
to save. The faintest cry from
the lips Of the sinner reaches
his ear and instantly commands
his help.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-08

Have you made you split log drag
yet? 1t Is a good time now that you
are not very busy to make you one,
and get busy with It during the spring
rains. You are as much entitled to
a good and good looking road, by your
place as anybody, and you can have
it at no cost of money and almost nc
cost of time.