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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
A BRATTLEBORO CASE.
Many More Like 1t in Brattleborc


The following case is but one of
many similar occurring daily in Brat
tleboro. 1t is an easy matter to verify
its correctness. Surely you cannot ask
for better proof than such conclusive
evidence.
+. Benson. harness maker, Howard q
Yearly stable. Brattleboro, Vt, says:
''Some eight years ago | gave a state
ment for publication telling how
Doan s Kidney Pills had benefited me-
| am only too glad to repeat my former
statement. as others who suffer as 1
did may through this means obtain re
lief. Ny trouble commenced with
sharp pains across my back and hips,
and if | took cold it settled in my
back which bothered me greatly until
the cold was better. After working
hard for a few days my back would
become so lame and sore that even to
turn quickly caused acute pain. Dur
ing a severe attack I procured Doan S
Kidney Pills and commenced using
them. They helped me from the first,
and in a short time the backache
ceased and I felt better in every way.
There has not been the slightest return
of the trouble since that time and L
am glad to recommend so reliable a
remedy as Doan's Kidney Pills
proved to be in my case"
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Railroads
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
In effect October 8, 1906
Trains Leave Brattleboro

Montreal and Quebec. via c. V and G. 7 r.
-fIl.l0am. 'C225 p. N. HOLE p, n
Montreal & Quebec. via Newport and Z e.
-tlllO a. m. tfl0.is p. m.
Quebec, via Sherbrooke and G. 7. Ry.,-+-ll'Li
tti0.lS p. m. ..,g
Quebec. via Que. Cent. Ry.-flii0 a, N. ''--s
y. m. s3
Greenfield, northampton, Holyoke, SEntgl2
-'52s a. m. 1907 a. m. tl0.l5 o. m, r-3Al
t4.23 p. m. sS29 p. m.
Bellows Falls. Claremont junction, W.niG
White River Junction-fll.lOa a. N. --'Tl
t535 p. m 'l0,ls p. m. .., ,.,s
Wells River, St Johnsbury, Lyndonylle -'-A
a. m. 1925 p. m. HOBS p. m.
Newport Sherbrooke-tll.l0 a. m. Tl9.5 2 :
Boston-'A SIS a. m. IA lois q. m % - :
m. "A 4.23 p. m. ,..-...
Daily. Daily except Sunday. tDal.yy e, nv /
Saturday. Sunday only. A via GTeehls'- :
via Bellows Falls. c Montreal only; -
Detailed information and timetables ms! 'F
tanned at ticket offices.
D. il FLANDERS. C.MBURL .
Pass. Traf, Mgr. ten ia'N ~
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Treat Them All Alike.



The express companies are to come
under government prosecution for con
tiuuing the franking privilege, or the
free carriage Of merchandise, to ON
GERS of other express companies, ON
GERS of related railroads and others. IL
is the contention of the companies that
the new rate law does not touch them
in this respect. The fact is, however,
that the law makes the express com
panies common carriers, requires them
TO file rate schedules, and commands
them to observe these rates and not
TO deviate from them in favor of any
particular person or shipper. The ex'
press frank is as offensive as the free
pass or the freight discrimination, and
ought to be put out of existence, along
with those Kindred evils.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Line Busy.
Montpelier News.)

With no desire to start a senatorial
discussion or get itself lined up for
any particular candidate so long as
Senator Proctor feels that he is able
and willing to serve the state, the
News ventures to suggest to the Brat
tleboro neighbor that if it does not
like to hear this talk about Represen'
tative Fosters possible promotion 1t
had better not only hang up the reeeiv
er but keep it hung up for the indica'
tions are, unless all signs fail, that
there will be a lot of such talk among
those who appreciate the work he is
doing in the lower house.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
No Mature Faker" Anyway.
Boston Transcript

Somebody who has been looking up
President Roosevelt s record while a
student at Harvard finds that he gave
seventeen hours a week to natural his.
tory and six to political economy,
These statistics may fall with crush
ing force on "the nature lovers" but
political economists may regard them
as confirming a suspicion they have
long entertained.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

Up to the present time the greatest
disturbance about a third term for
President Roosevelt has been made by
those whose capacity for statesman
ship is strictly limited to the amount
of noise they can make. The president
needs conviction on three points:
First that he can be elected; second
that no other fit man can be elected;
and third, that he can best serve his
country by going back on his word,
Those who believe in him most have
the least expectation that he will even
consider a third term.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

The St. Johnsbury Caledonian sug-
gests Hon. Joseph A. DeBoer of
Montpelier as a successor to President
Tucker of Dartmouth college. The i'm
piled compliment is certainly deserved,
but what sort of a grudge has our
contemporary against the National
Life Insurance company that it wishes
thus to deprive it of its talented presi-
dentist. Johnsbury Republican.
We do not understand that there is
a vacancy in the Dartmouth executive
chair. We do not know that Mr.. De
Boer could fill it if there were. But,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

The Center Congregational church
of New Haven, Conn, rejects the
plans for union of the Methodist,
United Brethren, and Congregational
churches. This will lead thoughtless
ones to remark the apparent opposi'
ton to Christian unity, As matter
of fact, the New Haven church objects
entirely to the form of the proposed
union, and not to its object. Those
who have given the question due con
sideration, however much they may IA
vor unity of the denominations, admit
that the New Haven church is not
wrong.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

~ rang 16 times by actual count, "
said a local telephone subscriber re
Gently in making a complaint to the
division superintendent, "before I
could get central and [ didn It give the
operator call-down because l do not
think it was her fault" The com
plainant then went on to state that in
his opinion the trouble with the local
telephone service was not due to the
operators but to the policy of the com
pany in keeping the force of the local
exchange at minimum. This is GER
tainly a reasonable attitude. All of
us are likely to blame the operator
when any delay in telephone service
occurs without stopping to think that
the trouble may be "higher up. &"
When the cut-over to the new exchange
is made and the common battery sys-
tenn goes into use it is to be hoped
that the powers that be in the tele-
phone company will see that the OPP
Grating force is large enough to handle
the service promptly and efficiently.
The Meddler.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

With the backing of Governor Proc
tor, the prestige of the office he now
holds, and his reputation for good
looks and gallantry, is there any rea-
son why Lieutenant. Governor Prouty
should not be promoted, except that
the voters of Vermont may not be
wise enough to elect him.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

assuming that there is and he could,
there are a thousand men who can MI
MIR. DcBoers present place well, where
there are ten men big enough for the
other position.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
In Spite of Its LocatiOn7
lntlnnd News.l

4 Vermont contemporary tips of
company A of Brattlcboro" that 1t
had better watch out or il will 60 the
way of Companies f and B. Company
4 is in Rutland, and is in dourishing
condition.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

President Roosevelt, having simpli-
fed our spelling, stopped race suicide,
and exposed the nature takers, says
he "doesn t dare" say what he thinks
about the prevailing fashion in wo-
men s hats. Isn't he just horrid?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Judge Stafford Honored.

Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford of the
District Of Columbia supreme court re-
ceived the honorary degree of doctor OF
laws from Georgetown university on the
occasion of its Goth commencement when
he delivered the address of the evening
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Rutland Woman Injured.

Mrs. Charles OBrien of West Rutland,
over 70 years old, was thrown from her
carriage and badly injured Saturday at
ternoon. Her horse was frightened by an
automobile and she lost control of the ami
NAL. running the carriage into telegraph
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

Maybe summer is coming, after ala
Cueumbcrs have got down 10 five cents
apiece Boston Globe.
But bananas can still be had In the
same shape nj the old prices,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

Boston will not set the pace at its
Old Home week, July % to August 3.
The pace has long since been set in
smaller towns. 1t will surprise no
body, however, if the Hub breaks all
records
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Except Their Hands.


Beginning today (June - the girls
will carry in the front of their shirt
waists ali the things they have been
carrying in their mulIs during the win
ter,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

The Vermont Union Signal asks why
prison.made goods should not be so la,
belled The Messenger, in turn, will
ask why they should be so labelled.
What difference does the label make
with the worth of the goods?-St. Al
bans Messenger.
By all means, let them be labelled;
label the goods that are prison-made
and the goods that are not. The labels
devised by the famous old lady for her
pies will do as an example.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Who Was He7


Addison county furnished a lieuten'
ant. governor few years since, VINO
contributed an expansive smile and
nouentity to the office.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
II Was Never a Joke to John.
BARRE Times.l

John Winslow Ketcham, presenting
a play based ON the looting Of the
Farmers National bank of Nergennes,
has got beyond the joke stage.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

The general opinion of Massachu-
sctts newspapers and public men on
the anticipated combination of the
Boston & Maine with the New York,
New Haven & Hartford system is
that the merger will work to public adj
vantage if the state does not neglect
to keep a close watch of the big cor
poration. eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" in handling such
matters
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
Except to "stay Together.

Huntington CIlppef'l
Ludlow business men are getting the
.'gct together spirit" 1t is the best
thing that can happen to any town
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

Because he did not like the way his
mother cooked eggs for his breakfast,
William Talbot abused her severely,
and was fined $40 and costs in Rut-
land. He should have been sent up
for life. A married man may complain
of his wife s cooking, but no man
should find fault with his mother s
culinary efforts.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
An exchange has this news item

An exchange has this news item:
Alexander Thompson of New Haven
was almost instantly killed yesterday
when an automobile collided with a
carriage. Mr.. Thompson was in the
auto. Nobody was hurt.
Must have been a painless death.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

Rev. DR.. Samuel McChord Crothers
was fifty years old last Friday. Who
ever is fortunate enough to read the
good things that he writes hopes that
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

Knox Candidate, says a newspa'
pcr headline. So does the Montpelier
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

he may WELD the pen for half cen
fury vet TO come,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

relative 10 the division of interests IN
Manchuria, Korea and saghalin, It
would without doubt fall under the
ban,
Hearings ON Governor Guilds So
called "morger" message were hn'
ished by the Massachusetts, legisla'
ture i committee ON railroads shortly
before | o'clock Wednesday and now
the committee has the matter under
discussion In executive session, trying
TO frame up his report The final SEES
sion of the hearing was taken up by
several business men opposing the com
bine or favoring restrictive legislation,
and by Representative Dean of Wake
field aud OK Representative Daniel j,
Kilcy, both of whom were strongly OPP
posed to the combination of the Bos
ton 4 Maine and the New Haven in
one control, Mr.. Kiley took the bank
consultations for a text, and de-
clared that the railroad combination
was only another way in which the
small business man would be hampercd
and prevented from increasing his
business.
In bitter message in which he Sc
vercly eastigated the legislature for
its hasty action, Governor Hughes We
toed the Baldwin bill, fixing at two
cents per mile the passenger fare on
all railroads over $50 miles in length.
The message established the governor
as strong conservative and will
place him before the country in an en-
tirely new light 1t is in way a re-
ply 10 the structures Of Chancellor Day
of both himself and the president. In
his message Governor Hughes says:
The passage of the bill was not pre-
coded by legislative investigation or
suitable inquiry under the authority of
the state. Nor is the fixing of this
rate predicated on reports or statistics
officially colated which would permit
fair conclusion as to the justice of
its operation with reference to the
railroads within its purview.
1t is a distinguished honor to Yer
monter. the offer of the dictatorship of
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to
Prof Arthur Fairbanks, son of Prof.
Henry Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury. Al
though his education after the prepar'
atory stage was obtained wholly out
side the state, his scholarship and
ability reflect credit on Vermont. The
position had previously been offered to
another distinguished Vermont scholar,
Prof. James Il. Wheeler Of Columbia
college. Both men are emient Greek
scholars and possessed of high ability,
generally.
United States Senator Philander c..
Knox of Pennsylvania last week an
nouncod his willingness to become a
candidate for the presidency in 1908,
should the republican party see fit TO
nominate him. Senator KnoX's posi-.
ton was made known in expressing
his appreciation of the action of the
republican state convention at Harris.
burg. Pa, which endorsed him as
candidate for that office.
Counsel for the "next friends" in
the suit to secure an accounting of
the property of Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy Tuesday filed a motion with the
clerk of the Merrimack Superior court
asking for a trial before jury of Mrs.
Eddy's competency to manage her af-
fairs. The court is asked to give a
hearing on this motion. In the same
court Monday Judge Robert n. Cham,
merlin announced his intention of APP
pointing a master to determine the
question of Mrs. Eddy's competency.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

eyes, | think I hold the record from
Orange to Brattleboro, said local
chauffeur the other day. II made the
trip recently in one hour and 10 min
utes (the distance is about 81 miles)
and think if l have good luck I can
cut that time down to an even hour.
l guess, too, my record to Spofford
lake will stand for little while.
went over there in IS minutes" Rec
ords like these no doubt demonstrate
the worth of the automobile as a space
annihilator but they certainly do not
enhance the friendly feeling which
must exist between motorists and 9th
err travellers on the highway if reason
able speed regulations are to be main
tanned,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

The New York University law school
has just conferred degrees upon a class
of ninety-six young men and one girl,
and the girl stands at the head of the
class This sort of thing is largely to
blame for the unpopularity of co-edu-
cation in our higher institutions of
learning. And no wonder!
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

\ man visited a local doctors office
the other day to get a prescription
for some ailment (it wasn't thirst)
and before Offering to make payment
informed the physician that his total
funds amounted to one dollar. The
doctor was aware of the fact that the
prescription wouldn T be of much val
ne unless the medicine it called for
was forthcoming so he charged his pa
ticnt 80 cents and told him that the
remainder of the dollar would prob
ably suffice to get the prescription
filed In order to make sure the doc
tor tclephoncd the drug store which
the patient intended to visit and told
the clerk the extent of the man 5 re
sources. Thus forewarned the drug
gst made the price of the prescription
conform with the patient S pocket
book by reducing the amount of the
ingredients, The patient paid out his
remaining 80 cents without a whimper
and left the store A few minutes af
terward he returned, purchased so
cents worth of cigars and gave the
drug clerk $40 bill in payment
Great imagination is not needed to pic
ture the glee with which the drug
store force Informed the physician of
this fact.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
The MeddLer
IN me coat fits yen. put II on "


The season at the audl'oi'ui" '' a..
tonight with Mary Mannerlns ia w
rious Betsy. The story Is lo,u lu"'
Manager Fox, in replying 10 the sus
gcstion of Miss Munnerlns MINUS
Grs that her longdelaycd aPpeataih',
here might be made June II, ~ lna Una,
would not be- too late, W eourleoGsil
but tmthfully said that no INV
would he too late for Miss Manner
ing. " This story may not be So p1'
il might well have been. The PeoP'y,
of Brattleboro ought 10 feel ana an,
doubtless do feel that Manager ioN
has given this town the past season d
"bunch of good shows that probaoIS
no town of the size in the country mas
cnioved. Most of them, 1t Is pleasant
to record. have been well patronl2ed.
Perhaps few persons realize, however
that with the small opera house mere
even standing room only attehu
ance at the high grade plays means
only a small margin of profit to the
local manager or to the company. IL
is the cheap shows that pay best, ana
only by consistently supporting the
good ones just as often as the chance
is presented can there be a reasonable
certainty that they will continue to
come here. The past season has dem
onstratcd that nothing but what IS
good is under the Shu9ert manage
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

The Meddler is not an authority on
dry goods but he feels safe in saying
that local stores carry kind of thread
known as Aunt Lydia S. At any rate
a woman visited one of the local dry
goods emporiums the other day and as
founded a clerk by calling for a spool
of "Lydia Pinkham s thread No. 40. "
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

We suppose a careful persual of the
Burlington city directory would dis
close who this Joseph T. Stearns is
that announces his candidacy for sec
rotary of state.-Randolph Herald and
News.
Possibly. So far as we know he
has never "passed through Brattle-
horn -
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14

It is gratifying to Brattleboro ship
pers to be able to believe not only
that the Central Vermont Railway
company is trying to improve the
freight service but also that it is real
ly doing so. This "soulless corpora
ton" will find Brattleboro quite as
willing to commend as to condemn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-04

The season is now approaching when crop news will become an i'm portant factor in business calculations says Banker Clews. The season is ten days to two weeks late and some in jury is reported to both wheat and cotton, but planting of the crops will not be completed for several weeks to come and the chances for improve ment are ample. It is altogether too soon for the crop killers to be taken seriously. Another good harvest will probably ensure another good busi- ness season, though it does not tol- low that one moderate or poor harvest would cause any very serious setback. Important as are the harvests, we are less dependent upon agriculture than formerly; besides it must be remem- bered that much of the nations growth during the past ten years has been due to the development of natural resources and the increase of population. and no one can tell as to how far the impetus thus gained will carry Us. Indications do not point to a runaway market, but q good trading one The improved undertone. however. is against any serious de- cline. and for the time being opera tions on the bull side are likely to be more popular than those on the re- verse.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-04

Congressional action looking to- ward purity in food would deprive the poor workingman" of table delica- cies to which he was accustomed but which his limited purse would not permit him to purchase unless adul- terated. says a Washington writer, D5 Wiley, the chemist so closely asSo ciated with pure food agitation, coli fessed his inability to understand why tomatoes, pickles, preserves, ketchup, etc, could not be manufactured com mercially according to the formula employed bv our mothers and grand mothers. Although not commercially inclined, they put up stuff to last and no contemporary of mine blessed with a provider. fails to remember the stolen hours in the jam closet-por the pain subsequent to discovery
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-04
MARK TWAIN MISSING.
Absence of II. H. Rogers Yacht ka-
 nawha Creates Much Unensiness.

NORFOLK, Va, May 4.-Mark Twain and the yacht Kanawha are missing. The services of the wireless station and the weather bureau at Cape Hen ry and Hatteras have been appealed to by II. II. Rogers to assist in locating the missing craft on which Mir. Clem- ems is guest.
 Last Monday Mir. Rogers and his son left the yacht and went to New York by rail. Mir. Clemens declined to make the railroad trip. The yacht was fog bound. For two days Mir. Clemens fretted and fumed, but on Wednesday afternoon the fog cleared for a few hours, the humorist went aboard, and the yacht disappeared from the Roads. It was reported that she went out of the capes bound for New York. It is now denied that there is any official record of her passing out.
 As there have been several severe storms in this section recently, MT. Rogers Is concerned about the safety of his vessel and its guest