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The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

stage, why not go on and also get rid OF
the negro minstrel who does a monologue
in suit of starched pajamas and the
old-t!me colonel who says sab" every
time he opens his mouth. Nothing like
unto these last two was ever seen or
heard tell Of in the South.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

And now comes a New York paper and
predicts a war with Canada. Some
times we halfway suspect it was Mars,
and not Puck, who said What fools these
mortais be-"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
what bothered Her.

j rom illustrated Bits.
Dorothy-Mamma, Willie Primly keeps
staring at me al the time were in church.
Mother-Where does he sit?
Dorothy-Right behind me, mamma.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
The WASHINGTON HERALD

The Washington Herald IS deHUered by
carrier III the District Of Colum bia and at
Alexandria, Va, at s. cents per month,
dailg and Sunday, or at 25 cents per
month igitHout the Sunday issue
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
The Moons Decline.

From Tit Bits
she-You haven't told me once you
loved me to-day
He-And you haven't asked me if I
loved you since the day before yester-
day
The honeymoon, shuddering, saw It's
finish.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Was He Punched for Money,

Parks-Is it true that Blank has sold
that magnificent auto Of his for q mere
song?
Marks-Well. yes; one of Caruso's-he
got a couple Of thousand for Il.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

You can send a letter to New Zealand
for , cents, but who. besides Mr.. Roose-
welt, Mr. Carnegie, and Mr.. Brander
Matthews, wants 10 send any Of our let
tiers TO New Zealand?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
A Sure Thing Now.

From tn Newark News.
Sven Hedin reports the discovery of
gold in Tibet. That settles it. The
country must be civilized.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

sian war. That is better argument for
peace with Japan than all the battle
ships afloat
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Is Billy an Echos

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Senator Tillman says he is going TO
wake the echoes" All right-only don't
wake Billy Mason.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

a company is being organized In New
York TO insure bank accounts. If it pro-
poses to insure them against overdrafts,
the concern ought to do a land-office
business.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

AS to the forthcoming war with Japan
Senator Cullom, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations. says
'Bosh!" Still ne may not claim to know
as much about il as some of the pen-and-
ink warriors
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
a Joyous Jingle.

Oh. it's lucky to be iucky.
And nothing can exceed
The pluck Of being piucky
In the hour Ct need.
Oh. the fun Of mimic folly,
And glariously glad
The JOY Of being jolly
When We could be sad
New YoEk Sun.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

The ice trust complains that the ice is
too thick. Something like the trust S
hide.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
IL PRACTICAL POET.


Let other poets pirate of eyes as bright
as lambent flames;
Let other MINISTRIES advertise the merits
of their danes.
Let other bards till they are hoarse Of
lips or eyebrows sing.
I cannot see where such a course will get
NE anything.
Let others yowp OF pearly teeth or ala
baster cheeks,
Or cen compose verbal wreath concern
ing Grecian beaks.
But living in a hall bed; Doom for wealth
has made me pine
And wish some girl with the MACON
would be my valentine!
AEass
Freedom shTieked when KOsciusko fell.
Such is the reward of real fame.
When Il United States Senator takes
tumble, Freedom merely laughs.
Quite So.
''WeIl, the Thaw cohorts are consist
ent"
"How's that?"
Their first expert proved to be ac-
quainted only with unwritten medicine"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

OF course, the yellows that pointed out
the theory of the Thaw defense weeks
ago have been indicated by its Tevela-
ton. This IS necessarily true. because
they predicted every possible theory
known IN law
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

No, il wasn't a Brownsville soldier, but
one A. Caesar, who called upon the people
for applause because he felt that he was
% be q god
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Japan's budget for the coming year Is
S6o,oooo0o more than ever before, and
twice as large as it was before the Rus
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

The japanese Ambassador says war is
unthinkable." But then he probably isn't
so happily equipped in the matter OF a
think tank as is Capt, Hobson,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Some men think they are running the
universe" says the Los Angeles Times
Those California papers viii probably
never forgive the President
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

A Massachusetts, young woman spent
S64 I'm lOng-distance telephone tolls in or
der to jilt her sweetheart. If he is as
wise as he ought to be, he viii not take
that no" as final.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

And now Hail Game denies that he was
in Jamaica at the time of the earthquake.
thus shattering the most promising theory
as 10 its cause
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Great knowledge is lonely isolation. "
says the Baltimore American. An. yes:
We have often felt that way about It, too.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

If Mr. Roosevelt's picture is to hang in
the peace palace at The Hague, we Ger
tainly think Mr.. FOrakers and Mr. Till
mans ought 10 hang there also; that is,
if il is peace, perfect peace, We are seek
ing to sYmholize.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Mayor schmitz says he comes TO meet
the President lin the most amicable
spirit" This probably lifts q load of
anxiety from the Presidents mind
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
FACTS AND FANCIES.

From the Boston Transcript.
Next.
1t wouldn't do, the gnu well knew,
To conjure up a hope
That he might even some time with
An antelope elope.
Another.
The liOness was full Of rage.
The spot she had her eye on,
Upon the bottom OF the cage,
She saw the lion lie on.
Encore.
Goat the goat. the larvae cry,
BetwiXt US we will try
To change his tactics and, in fact,
To make the butter fly.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

While We are about it running the
green-whiskered Irishman off of the
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

The Houston Post says that less than
two cases of champagne have been sold
in Texas since the legislature met. That
stuff isn't even respected as a chaser in
Texas.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Alas and alack. our friend the Kaiser
failed To carry his home precinct This
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

When Mr. Roosevelt goes bear hunting
In the polar regions, who knows but he
may decide TO discover the pole
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

It is difficult 10 get the right kind Of
help furthermore. it isn't the easiest
thing in the world to find the right kind
Of employers.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

/ The Springfield Republican refers to him
/ as Beverage of Maryland" Well
what's the use Of fame. anyhow?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Naphtha and gasoline have both been
advanced a cent a gallon. Now you know
whose S22,o00000 IS going 10 the General
Educational Board
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
long nInr IL MnYr.
Works Both Ways.

What is the national air of France?"
The Marcellaise
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Nan Patterson is gaining some pretty
fine indirect advertising out OF the Thaw
trial by not reporting it for one Of the
SCTCdmCTg
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
The Scientific Wax.

How unreasonable baby isl
What do you mean?"
According to the Thermometer the
water is just right. and yet he persists
in turning blue
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
What, Indeeds

Odds hobs, It is a time Of rue,
Alas, that now we see.
For what on earth viii Iaymen do
When lawyers disagree?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Ex-Governor Cox, one, Is an edi-
torial paragraph in the Chattanooga
Times. The great majority Of the Ten
nessee papers seem inclined 10 write il.
Ex-Governor Cox. %
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

The German Emperor's favorite game IS
skat' and his favorite chopping block
The Socialists.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Tt is gross insolence for people to rail
AT the vested interests Of the country. as
some of them do. says Chancellor Day.
Perhaps not exactly that but il certainly
looks foolish, so far as results are con-
CeTned.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Everything is now ready for the actual
work OF constructing the canal says
Mr.. Oliver. Will the Oldest inhabitaut
kindly step 10 the front and inform US
II that phrase has been preserved through
out the ages In all of its original purity?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Parson Announces winner.

Still, considering the fact that il is
February. perhaps it might be worse.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
1.-THE LINE is BUSY

One of the mysteries of "Central
to most telephone users is how the op-
orator can tell so quickly when 'the
line is busy" There are still few
people, perhaps, who believe that she
does not know, but simply reports a
number as busy to save herself trou-
BILE. But anybody who uses the tele'
phone very much is perfectly well
aware that the circuit is not reported
as being in use unless it really is IN
use. 1t is "good business" for the
telephone company to establish con
versation whenever it is in any way
possible to do so; and nobody ques-
tions but that the telephone company
is getting all the business it can.
When you call up Central " she
connects herself with your line by
means of "cord' on the end OF
which is a brass plug that fits close
ly into the "jack" or switch socket
in which your line terminates in the
switchboard. The connecting cords
are arranged in pairs, and when you
give the operator the number OF the
telephone with which you want to
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04

the trial that occupied the greater
part of last week when G. IL. Shep-
ardson of South Newfane sought to
recover from Dorr S. Derby of VII,
Evansville for shooting his dog and
which resulted in verdict of one
cent and costs in favor of the PLAIN
tiff. an amusing bit of conversation
took place. To support the claim that
the dog was vicious minister from
Williamsville was put on the stand
He said that he had entered com
nlaint with the selectmen and that
when he complained to the owner OF
the dog he had told him TO go 10
he'll. y "What did you do then, ask,
ed the counsel. The minister replied
without hesitation, 81 went to East
Dover TO preach" Another laughaoie,
instance i connection with this trial
was. the boast of one of the attorneys
foNthe defense that he would dig up
the dog and eat it if he could not VIII
the case. When the verdict was
bronobt in someone quietly inter
rogated the counsel for Derby as 10
Wat he intended to do with the dog,
whereupon the defeated lawyer ahiu
laughter declared his determination 10
carry out his threat.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
TELEPHONE TALKS
cooperation the New Eng
gland Telephone Telegraph Company is publishing series
Of brief expositons phases Of telephony, for
the benefit OF itself, and as it hopes, for the
benefit o telephone users

talk she takes the second cord of the
pair she is using for your call and
touches the tip of the brass plug at
the end of it to the "iackn of the line
you require. If the circuit is already
connected up in some other part of
the board, the operator hears click
ing noise in her head telephone; then,
of course, she reports to you that the
Cline is busy If there is no warn
ing click when she touches the jack
she pushes the connecting plug in and
rings.
A commoner cause of "busy re-
ports - than most people realize is the
large number of subscribers who take
party-line service, especially at their
residences. The particular person you
want to reach may not be using his
telephone when you call for it, but II
there are other subscribers on the
same circuit the line may be busy just
the same. And your friend may not
know that it is. That is why some
times when Central" tells you "the
line is busy" your friend will say af-
forwards that he doesn't understand
how that could be, because he WASH
using the telephone at all at the time
you tried to call him.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
suorting Notes.

MI o+blatic council of Darthou. "
me me last last Friday delivered one o. o.
c co., most direct blows against summer nrna.
t baIl pIaying that has ever p9 Zen I been
rlen teS h wi, the colleges of this co tha
s ss, During the past summer nm 81 mouth nth
coqhc ,lioEsrs had been playing salnm ~
ban pia aibn council disqualified IL men men
pau last seasons baseball team i ath.
Oh or i'I participating in Dartmouth III mem s,
ever ever. P naain The men were all t ne
letles aqua dartmouth IS varsity team !.
SeiS two members OF la Tabn Glaze,
team of this years footod hase su
captain nb IL the first o s'inws
Captain Cap. M. 4. P. shopperly, ls y West Of
PARK, IN; + B. Hazelton, 1909, , OF wet Of
Everett ied : Bertram Beckett, I i9Oo 81 If
Camo asta$ n, H.; Walter J. NO ioO9'
io1a If Boston; J. J: DrlSGoil .rdson'
l l9OS Of Boulder, Col. The lV Malcoim
Iyvs' vas "a disqualified was the star
VINO Tlo,ns !" Of Springfield, Mass? nf S
s Stems u end and baseball infleiu0i'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
PROBATE COURT BUSINESS.
Collateral Inheritance Tax on Austlne
Estate Amounts to S4985.

The regular session of the probate
court met Saturday and transacted
considerable business. The estate OF
William Austine was finally settled
Oh motion of H. M. Eustis, executor,
Ncount was allowed, leaving a balance
II slS3,734.62. Distribution was de-
need in accordance with terms OF the
WILL In connection with the settle
nent it is interesting to note that
$4,000 of the estate is subject TO tne
@lateral Inheritance tax, netting the
tate of Vermont $49S5. This IS the
argest amount that any one estate
las yielded as a tax in the probate
district of Marlboro. The will OF Fran
eS Belle Horton presented by WI
liam c. Horton, was allowed. Mr.
horton was appointed executor. Inc
will Of Emily A. Smith was presented
y Charles D. Smith and was allowed
M. Smith was appointed executor
tva D. Greenwood presented the VIII
Of Fanny NJ. Knight of Dummerstonn,
and it was allowed. On motion OF .
a. Daniels the estate of Amanda M
Nark was finally settled. The ac,
count was allowed and the balance
held in trust as per will. The estate
Of J. Edison Gates of Mortified was
settled on motion of Edwin l.. BAKER
Account allowed and real estate de-
eeed to Sarah J. Gates subject to pay
:, of expenses of administrator ~ ~
A. Canedy was granted a license 70 70
Yell real estate of Levi ]. Canedy u
halifax. Luke o. Morse was glVene
EfmissiOn to sell the real estate %
" Z, Bingham, the consent OF tn r
aelrS being filed. The will of Ann H.
Fettee was presented by W. Il. Bfa ,,
VI Charles A. Boyden presented tIe
Will of Martha B. Snow and Sewall ~
mayer was appointed administrator
Inc will Of Caroline D. Sherman Was
presented and the Brattleboro rus
g company was appointed administTa.o oa
Inc guardian Of Bessie l.. Mors1'
MINOR, fled his account and it was az
loved.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
Death of Mrs. Julia Corse.

Mrs. .ulia Corse died Wednesday
noon at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. George Chase, in Orange, Mass,
after an illness of several weeks with
acute Bright's disease. She had been
| in poor health for the past year, but
until the beginning of her last illness
she had been remarkably active for a
person of advanced years. Mrs. Corse
was born in West Dover Oct. 4, 1921,
the daughter of .Joab johnson and one
of a family of four children. She
married Henry Corse of Nottingham
and the greater part of her married
life was spent in that place until his
death. Jan 8, 1892. Since that time
she had lived with her daughters,
spending most of the time with her
daughter in Orange and her daughter,
Mrs. Arvine Pike in Brattleboro and
gaining many friends in both places.
Of IL children five daughters, Mrs.
George Chase of Orange, Mass, Mrs,
Stillman Pike of Bridgeport, Conn,
Mrs. Charles Shepardson of West
Guilford, Mrs. Henry Harrington OF
Searsburg and Mrs. Arvine Pike OF
this place, and one son, Lester Corse
of Nottingham, survive her. She was
woman of sterling character, true
Christian, held in high esteem by all
who knew her and she will be greatly
missed,
The funeral is held this after
noon at the Baptist church in Whit
ingham and burial will be in the Vii,
lage cemetery. Those who attend
the funeral from this place are Mr.
and Mrs Arvine Pike, Miss Bernlce
Pike, Miss Eva Shepardson and Aus
| tin Nichols.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
punpv Stolen from Fair Exhibitor

uPPy
Dogs from this neighborhood made
fine showing at the Valley far TINS
week. The Kingcote kennels OF TINS
town were represented by eight dogs
a sJ won first, second and third, WIN.
a anrs reserve and special, for griffonn!s'
frst and winners for Smooth CONF hos
f r in the limit and open pltenes
classes, and winners for oGot s +h I
r;ers wentworth Bacon had t ea
Euglisb fox hounds, and won mrs.. j
nnnend and third, winners reserve anu
secoid The Hazelcroft kennels snow
s 81 in the puppy and novice e claSs fo1
uozaIcroft Berkie, who took nrst Ia
n NM first for novice, winners, anu
puPp pSa snecials for which he compe''
al 81 '1 IF S was a two,point show ,.ou
eu Tb; t. success of the Hazelcrott ken Ken,
noia might suggest that some one 4h wee
nels M 3horeby for a raid on these
m NOV as there disappeared this Week st,
e sen, those kennels at Leyden Ven5 d
aim Scottish terrier puppy, +o ~
!. ;s believed that some one ente t,n ~
II Is I'D pJ and carried him off. a par
tt a tSe az wire fence was found PuSl lea
o - which was probably done py Year oaT
ou. of as blind to make 1t a Gon
t nat the dog had broken loose'--ofeeA
field Gazette.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
Lectures by DIR. E. P. st. John.

Prof. f. P. st. John of the Hart
ford School of Religious Pedagogy
has been engaged by the Brattleboro
Sunday school union to give a course
of six lectures on Child Study in Brat
tleboro on successive Friday evenings
beginning Nov. l. Prof. st. John was
trained under President G.. Stanley
Hail of Clark university, and is one
of the authorities on child study in
this country Those who heard him
the Sunday when he was here last
spring were surprised by his rare gift
in popularizing scientific matters. His
lectures are both illuminating, full OF
interest and wit. While DR.. st. John
is brought here by Sunday school
teachers his lectures will be as help.
full to parents and teachers in general
as to Sunday school workers. His
theme is childhood, and parents who
hear him will gain from him new
understanding of their children and a
new ability to lead them. The churches
will unite their Friday evening meet
ings in this lecture course, that the
largest number of people in all our
churches may be able to hear DR.. st.
John
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
DAVID WAKEFIELD IN NEW PLAY
Great Sympathetic Actor Will be Seen in Bratteooro
October II, in Grand Army Man.

David Warfeld, it means that a great
deal of human nature is to be depict
ed. Warfeld is no doubt the great
est exponent Of the new school of nat
uralism, and simplicity, that ever ap-
peared on any stage. He is the ''na'
ture poet of the stage" as well as
''the comedian of pathos. " And
with this great character actor por-
traying the central figure of the play,
all the surrounding characters, types,
details and atmosphere, will be in
perfect harmony. No one but David
Warfeld could portray A Grand
Army Man as it was written, and no
producing manager in the world could
add the perfect harmony, but David
Belasco.
A Grand Army Man has taken Mr..
Belasco full year to finish. lie
wants it to be known as drama of
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04

The most important theatrical event
in the history Of Brattleboro will be
the appearance in the auditorium next :
Friday evening, Oct. IL, of David
Warfeld. America s foremost living
actor. in the new play which David
Belasco has written in collaboration
with Misses Pauline Phelps and
Marion Short and which is called a
Grand Army Man. The big company
which will support Mr.. Warheld dur
ing his New York engagement soon
to begin will be seen in the perform
ance in Brattleboro, and three I'M
mense cars of scenery will be used in
making the stage picture as realistic
as is possible. The company numbers
65 people, including such well, known
artists as Marie Bates and William
Elliot and will be the largest dra,
matte company that has ever visited
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04

sweet and delicate that it would be
injustice to the public to unfold the
plot in advance. Suffice it to say that
the story is logical, human one; the
development natural and graceful, the
characters vital and interesting, the
atmosphere real; the supporting com.
pany capable in every respect, and
Warfield s acting nothing short of re-
markable.
David Warfeld and Mr.. Belasco ::
company in A Grand Army Man will
open Mr.. Beasco's New York the
alter, The Stuyvesant, Americas most
artistic playhouse, within a few weeks
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04

this town. Another fact that will lend
5;stinction TO the performance is
tbat Mr.. Belasco himself will be in
Prattleboro to supervise the company
anS ifs work. Mr.. Warfeld has been
mok;rg a brief tour of some OF the
larger places in New England pre-.
ions TO opening in New York, and
o,,orywbere he has appeared he has
6eon received with tremendous en-
thusiasm. 1.o
Grand Army Man, the new pay Sc
lected for his star, David Warheid'
IA touch of nature. " To that END ne
is directing all his thought and re- re-
sources. Inasmuch as he wrote the
NAV. in collaboration with Misses
Pauline Phelps and Marion Short, for
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
A Chance for Boys 10 Make a Dollar.

We want all the bones we can get.
Can use heads, hoofs, horns-anything
in the line of bones-if only dry. We
will pay 6Oc per hundred pounds for
thoroughly dry bones-we can pay
even more if strictly clean, hard, fresh,
dry, boiled butchers bones.and pay
freights from your station if shipped
in lots of 200 pounds or more. May
be shipped in barrels or cheap sacks
C. s. Page, Hyde Park, Vt. 4otf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
COURT RESUMES MONDAY.
Valds vs.. Pollard the First Case oh
the Docket.

r, Hindham county court adJoqr1e .o
sshday for one week because Juuge
seneca Haselton, chief of the superlol
court judges, wished to get the judges
"gether at the session of the supreme
= which opened Monday in oroer
,lat the assignments for the coming y
i SsI might be made. 1t was expecteSS %
TThday that the case of Howard .
l. tearly against Hayes Bigelow woui9
u tried but Judge Haselton continues ~
until next term. The first case to
4 sone up Monday will be that of Kols
IN N 5, Cbilds against J. E. Pollard OF
" slester in which Mr.. Childs claims u,
= Mr.. Pollard owes him $3.50 winch
I alleges he paid for premiums on an
Insurance policy of Mr.. Pollard. IL
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04

nature. The scene is laid in a small
town in Indiana about 80 years ago,
making the period about a dozen
wears after the civil war Mr.. War
field essays the role of a bachelor
veteran whose life and love are devot-
ed to the IS years old son of dead
comrade. The drama revolves about
This love and forms the theme of the
story. Here is the underlying heart
interest that causes the sympathy and
tears. But there are contrasts and
laug hter-delicate shades of the night
and the dawn. This delicate shading is
accomplished by Warfeld's remark
able acting, and Belasco s subtle writ
ing and the fine touches of humanity
he has given the play The story is
so interesting and the stage setting SO
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04

If you take psw n,s5 Ed feys 'a from Sa +.
s :5 ~ a = s +; s? 81; s Al
t 8iaa4S for % cents
gists