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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08
Beginning Too Early.
(St. Albans Messenger)

If George II. Prouty, now heuten'
ant governor, wants to be candidate
for the higher office, it is his right.
If Charles H. Stearns, once lieutenant
governor, wants to be a candidate for
promotion, it is his right. If Zed S.
Stanton, once governor,
wants to be a candidate for the COVER
norship, it is his right If any other
man that ever held the office of lieu
tenant governor desires to seek pro
motion, it is his right, Whether the
public or The Messenger will support
any of them in their perfectly lauda-
Bile and legitimate ambition is quite
another matter. If we are starting the
campaign of 1908 now, we are very
i'll advised. We have had politics
enough in the past four years to give
us very proper desire for few brief
months of peace. If Vermont paid half
the attention to the material concerns
of her public life that she does to the
biennial scramble for office, she would
compare more favorably with her neigh
bors in prosperity than she does.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

darlington is 10 tho throcs Of dis
eussion As 10 whether the city lighting
plant showed net gain OF sS,sal.sI OF
a net loss Of something like s5,Ii0'OS
during last year Another good exam
nile Of the blessings that oftimes come
with municipal ownership,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

Maud What a fuss they are making
about dogs Thank goodness, l don't
own one."
Belle-"But you have some pet ami.
MALI"
Maud-"Yes; my husband. Boston
Transcript
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

A. F. Schwenk, who was appointed by
Governor Proctor a member of the com
mittee to select uniform set of probate
records, went to Burlington Monday af-
ternoon to a meeting of the committee
which was held Tuesday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

monument which is to be placed over
tho grave Of Mary Rogers,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

The hold that this old superstition
has on people in general is illustrated
by the way that nearly everybody takes
note of the weather on Feb. 2. And
if one is not too superstitious he can
gain considerable satisfaction by bear
ing the custom in mind. For if Candle
mas falls on cloudy day he can
easily delude himself into thinking that
the backbone of winter is fractured,
while if bright sunshine prevails he can
scof at the omen and take courage in
the thought that it doesn t amount to
anything anyway. And if some icon
oclast tries to dispel the dream by
rudely chanting: "Half your wood
and half your hay should be remaining
on Candlemas day" just answer that
this has not the slightest bearing on the
case because your house is heated with
coal.
The Meddler
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

President Roosevelt in numerous pahl's
utteranees has urged legislation looking
toward the preservation Of the forests
In these sections The senate has pass
ed the proposition In three different
bills. The house committee on agri
culture has reported il several times
last year being unanimous IN its favor,
And yet this vitality important piece OF
legislation is blocked by one man who
. doesn I believe In buying scenery,
Representative Lover OF South caro-
lima SAYS that "some mysterious In
auenee" is accountable for Speaker
Cannon S antagonistie attitude Mys'
ferrous or not, this influence comes from
some interest that is entirely hostile TO
the wishes Of the people In the matter
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

Carnegie and Rockefeller gave away be-
tween them in 1906 $lS,l79,0OO.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08
New ENGLAND Farms Wanted.

There are hundreds of people who want
farms in New England. Letting them know
ahopt your farm is the way to get a quick
customer and a good price. If your farm Is
for sale write at once to the publishers OF
The New England Farmer established IN
1927. for their cooperative plan OF SelLhs
New England Farms By our methods you
do bushes direct with the customer you pay
no commission, you get a quicker sale and
YOU get better price. Write us and let US
tel YOU all about our plan. Show this al
vertisement to your friends. we refer 70
any hank in New England. Address, The
New England Farmer. Brattleboro. Vermont
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

leaking ont of his window last FRI
dov The Meddlg was startled TO sec
1roecssion of small boys making then
way daringly out to the extreme cage
80 ;ho leo beneath the Connecticut river
bridge and returning with thelr arms
laden with something apparently OF
great value. What the youngsters hau
was found on investigation TO be q
consignment of home savings banks
snch as are used in connection win
the home department which the yer.
,no,t national bank established a year
or two ago. 1t seems that the Dls
hank had more of these little banks
than il had need of, and SO decided
10 dispose of the surplus in the bottom
NJ the Connecticut. Sometime Thurs
day night a hundred or more OF inc
little iron boxes were quietly dumped
off the bridge, but the dumpcart man
erred in his aim. and instead of going
into the water the banks landed on the
edge of the ice. The youngster wh'
first discovered their Whereabouts cir
culated the story that they had been
stolen. riflcd of their contents and theI
thrown away and that there was re
ward for their return. This was enough
for the rest of the boys, and they speh'
a greater part of Saturday visiting the
various financial institutions in tow
in the hope of turning their discovery
into cash. At last accounts nearly al
the banks had been recovered.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

inst what resulted from the ground
hogs Candlemas outing in Brattleboro
SATURDAY is difficult to say. If the
traditional rodent had his weather eye
peeled he might have caught FAINT
glimpse of his shadow shortly
after noon. In that case he is probably
busy killing time for another six weeks
wholly unaware of his good judgment.
1t is more likely, however, that the
thrifty animal arose early, spent an
hour or two in hunting vainly for his
shadow and then returned to his domi-
ellie to make preparations for taking
off the storm windows That being the
program, the ground hog today is
probably suffering from severe at
tack of grip aggravated by remorse,
For according to a popular superstition
the likelihood of an early or late spring
depends entirely on what the ground
! hog sees when on Candlemas day he
energies from winter quarters. If his
shadow stares him in the face it s back
to the bowels of the earth for him. but
| if haze prevents Old Sol from making
himself prominent the hawg" HES
himself to the nearest blacksmith shop
to get his snout sharpened in prepare
/ ton for early roofing. One Candlemas
rhyme has it that
If Candemas day be fair and bright,
Winter will take another flight;
But if it cloudy be or rain,
Winter is gone and won t come again.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08
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Tho mthor OF story whieh Mos''
Inv. ,av affected seriously the rep9,al
Ian az George Washington i n"u
lint worthy related i In his pa' has
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~ ~ less than dozen Creditable witness. u.s.
~ who viii vouch for the truth OF .ne
,aie About week ago he lost rug
which he had worn for 10 years .' as'
which he priced as gift from ms VIII NJ
Mr. t,oodonough took has horse 70 w.
hlaeksmith shop of William scaIi's
~ plat street Monday. The seeohu
statement may sound irrevelant 10 tnosu
Who are anxious TO hear about the nus
Lnt really its closely connected Wncn
Mr.. Gooicnough went TO get the NUS
Ma was handed, not lemon, p9t u
horseshoe ON one Of the calks OF which
was firmly wedged the lost rlng' unin
;ured although slightly iattened' MI,
Goodenough : theory is that wheh w ~
WAS leading the horse into the s, apie
tbc ring slipped of and fell ON the barn
aoor. The horse then stepped on !.
in sueh way that the shoe,calk wen'
tbrongh the trinket and held u ius'
IN account of the snow the ring wa
moi damaged when the horse put h's
foot down, as he did many times u
making his rounds on the grocery wag
on.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
.AXHHWKER JOTS

Goodland Is now connected with
the outside world by telephone.
| A chicken thief at Hartford recent
| ly stole $50 hens from one coop. Con-
sidering the price OF eggs, that comes
close to being grand larceny
An lola man found a pearl in an
| oyster he was eating in a local res
taurant-unless this story was told to
| boom the sale of oysters in that eat
ing house.
Ex-Governor NORTH recently gave
his daughter. who lives in Kansas
City. a home worth 10000. just as a
little present. Now let Wall street
have another spasm.
Rockefeller says the time will come
when the trusts will be the peoples
says it has been depositing all its
money with the paper trust for some
years.
The Mankato Monitor has had
case of hard luck. After worrying
through months of drouth, it caught
nice cistern full of water and then
the family kitten committed suicide
therein.
A Leavenworth clerk found a card
with this inscription in a bolt of cali
co: January 10. 1907. Miss Minnie
Veronica Mary Grady, finishing room.
l., age % years, weight, las pounds;
height 5 feet 10 inches; capital $5,-
900; brunette Watch for the ro-
nance.
Abilene Reflector: A folder entitled.
Poor Old Ottawa County" relates to
the financial condition of Ottawa
county, Kansas. The county has a.
population of 11,182. On a basis of
five persons to the family, the depos-
it's of the banks in Ottawa. county
make a sum equal to $615.55 to each
family. The county has eleven banks
and their total deposits are 1885,
757. A similar record can be shown
by at least forty of the remaining 105
counties Of the state.
Deacon Walker: This spring when
I laid away my old overcoat 1 thought
and bid it a cheerful goodbye forever.
surprised to note how new and sty-
lish it looked. 1t certainly will do me
another winter. .....I have figured
out that during the past year have
given away something like eight hum
bred million dollars worth of advice !
and have consumed personally about |
six cents worth. You can make |
a drunken man awful mad by insin- |
uating that he doesn't pay his debts |
and isn't exactly square. Old Bill
Shiftless has had to lick several men |
who made that crack at him. $50.
In the good old days when I was on |
earth the first time they used to fire. |
quently speak of girl as a good |
cook even If she was considered a
leader in the cutglass set. Now they
speak of her as being interested in
domestic science.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's funny" remarks the S. r., ito
near fat woman say she has an APP
petite like a bird" Not so funny, eth
er, when you come to think about it.
Ever notice what an appetite a young
bird In nest has, and how it acts
when it's at the table with a fat juicy
worm ready to be carved?
T.
Here is another joke: The Nebraska
railroad commission has limited the
speed of Missouri Pacific trains in that
state to 70 miles an hour. Ever know
OF a Missouri Pacific train running %
miles an hour?
How would you like to be the preacher
who performs the ceremony at the mar
r1age of Gladys Vanderbilt?' asks our
old friend, Colonel CASTOR. Well we
are not certain. We would be too much
afraid the knot wouldn't hold.
Anyway, they were a good while in
catching old George Washington in a
lie.
:
What" inquiries the bachelor edi-
tor of the Osborne Farmer, has be-
come of the old fashioned girl who
would never let man. kiss her u=til
after she was 'engaged?' If the Farm
er editor is really looking for that kind,
this department will receive answers to
his inquiry and agree to forward them
to him. They would do us no good
personally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
HIS HOPEFUL VIEW.

It's beauty roses thrice week
To deck my fady's bower.
Wild blooms for her / may not seek,
Nor any meaner flower.
So must pay the florists bill,
Which perfectly immense is
And scrimD and save my best until
I shut off such expenses.
It's tickets for the matinee
And evening entertainment;
There's the garage / had to pay
And then knew what pain meant.
The cars one can not always take,
The crowd ct times so dense is.
1t costs as much as can make
To pay these fool expenses.
It's candy, books and this and that,
Which always keeps me jumping.
But when we settle in our flat
The bills won't be so humping.
OF course 1 wouldn't do 1t now
If I were in my senses,
But when We re married, anyhow.
I'll shut down on expenses.
Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l


No one in the world ever believed that
a woman's faith in her husband wasn't
two-thirds pretense.
1t is said of an Atchison man that he
is very capable because he shaves
himself Now If he could press his own
pants!
We fail to see why man should point
with pride to an ancestor who was
French, and forget to mention it if his
ancestor was Irish.
A woman feels at home in her new
home before the carpenters have left
it, but six months after a man has
moved in he is still longing to go home.
Parents go to a great deal of trouble
in getting boys out of bed in the morn
ing, considering that they do nothing
to pay for the trouble after they are
up.
In pictures on the bill boards, when
the heroine is caught in a compromis-
ing position, how beautiful it all comes
out in the last act. But it isn't always
that way in real life.
When woman comes home from town
in these days of high prices. her family
should have place cleaned for her on
the floor on which to have fit over the
discovery that something else has gone
up.
This is the season of the year when a
kind hearted man on his way to work
has a hard time to restrain himself
from opening the doors of the houses he
passes and letting the Shivering dog Or
cat, on the doorstep, go in.
When you are lying in your bed to-
night, look the day over. How many
times did you stop a friend to make of
him wailing place? How many wall
ing places did you make during the day,
and have you anything serious enough
to wall about? People working in offices
wall because of fancied wrongs, and
take up the time of their employers in
doing it. They sometimes wall to an
other employee, and in that way rob
their employer doubly. Don't do it.
The advance in the price of milk will
serve as another argument why it
would be cheaper to keep a COW. We
have notion that on their way back
from the altar, a bride whispers reasons
to her groom why they should keep a
cow and when he is breathing his last,
many years later, and his weeping wife
bends over him, it is to whisper forgive
ness in his ear for every wrong he has
ever done her, except for. one thing: his
opposition to letting her keep a cow. r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicago News.)

SfTOm the CHlCdSO NeWSJ
Give the average man rope enough
and he'll rope you in.
If it's hoy baby, another domestic
crysis is averted.
No, Cordelia, a divorce isn't the
funny part of married life.
Some people tell the truth only
when a lie will not answer the pur-
pose.
Misrule is bad enough, but Mrs-rule
is worse-so a married man says.
A diplomat is a man who is able to
use the truth economically and judi
ciously.
With the man who always knows
what ought to be done there Is but
little doing.
Don't waste any time on people who
never have time to have an occasional
good time.
Woman's missing sense of humor
has kept many q man from making a
fool of himself.
Shortly after marrying widow
man discovers the true meaning of the
deadly parallel.
Perhaps the world is slow to recog-
nize a genius because it has been
gold-bricked in that line so often.
And those chaps who think they
ought to be paid for being good prob
ably wouldn't draw much of a salary
at that.
Fearing to break into a profession
that is overcrowded, some men waste
the best years of their lives looking
for one that isn't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
THE RIGHT IDEA.

The Republicans of Jackson county,
through their chairman, John D. Myers,
| have taken the initiative in the proper
| way to secure a statewide primary to
| nominate the Republican state ticket
next year. Mr.. Myers has assured the
| state committee that primary to nori-
| mate state candidates will cost neither
The committee nor the candidates cen.
| SO far as Jackson county is concerned
Now let other counties do likewise,
either through their chairmen Or
through responsible members of the
party. This ought to be possible in
nearly every county in the state. 1t is
not necessary that the assurance come
from the county chairman, but if half
a dozen responsible Republicans in each
county will agree to look after the ex-
pense feature in their respective coun-
ties, it will be sufficient to warrant the
state committee in calling a primary.
There is doubtless sufficient sentiment
for direct primary in nearly every
county in the state in favor of making
this experiment, to bear the expense
that will be necessary. If a few coun-
ties will not bear the expense of their
own primaries, doubtless such expense
can be made up among the advocates
of the primary elsewhere.
Incidental to Jackson county's offer
to the state committee. which is made
in a letter to State Chairman Moore,
Mr.. Myers tells how the primary sys-
tenn is regarded in that county.
For 25 years." he says, 1.-The Repub-
licans of this county have nominated
their ticket at a primary election. The
question has been submitted to the
Republican voters twice during that
time, and at each submission the voters
chose the primary method by a vote of
about five to one.
mo objection has ever been made to
the expense of 4 primary election, as
the expense is merely nominal No
charge is made by the clerks or judges
for their services in holding such cleo
tons. The primary held in this county
last spring, when d. r. Anthony, Jr.,
was nominated for congress. cost Meth
er Mr.. Anthony, nor the committee, a
single dollar"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
cFrom the Philadelphia Record

(From the Philadelphia Record)
Don't jump at conclusions unless
you are in training.
The grafters and the taxidermist are
both out for the stuff.
Many a fellow is keeping company
who couldn't keep a wife.
Even the fellow who neklects to paJ
his debts will pay grudge.
The early bird catches the worm
and that ought to fill the bill.
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place, and luck is good bit like
lightning.
It's a toss up between a hen in a
woman in politics.
Many an old codger who tells a
young girl he would die for her is
really stronger than he looks.
Nell-"He carries her picture in his
watch" Bell-"He always said he
would bring her to time"
Blobbs-"Wigwag has no less than
six smoking jackets" slobbs-"Yes.
1 have always understood that Wig
wag had clothes to burn"
A man deserves a great deal of
credit for keeping his troubles to him.
self when there are SO many people
who want to borrow trouble
Sillicus-"What Is your Idea of
perfect beauty? p" Cynicus-'.A perfect
beauty. my boy, is a woman who sue
TONS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17

its editorial columns: "Coburn, Pop
enoe' and other theoretical agricultur-
lists seem to be just catching on to the
fact that alfalfa is the Kansas money
making crop. These officials should
have caught on to that fact a dozen
years ago." Inasmuch as Mr. Coburn
has long been recognized as the apos-
tie of alfalfa, preaching its gospel for
more than a dozen years, this sounds
very funny
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
HUN0R or THE Day

I'VE must take in SAIL" said the con-
sentative railway president. firmly.
nentsd aV aree say 1t We hsSs abund
ance of water. but we don't want peo-
pie to think we are running this con-
Germ on wind."-Philadelph Ledger
Miss Millar-I saw your auto stand
ing in front of Browns drug store, bun
didn't see a glimpse of you" MI:
Hfller-I was right there, on the front
thought of looking anywhere but un-
derneath.-Harper's Weekly.
Charles. dear" said young Mrs.
culations 'dope?. 1 thought that was .
slang name for a drug" you're quite
right" was the answer. They call IL
that because all it generally gets you
is a pleasant dream and a rude awak-
eniug. "-Washington Star.
Grogan-They say thot whisxy's
food, Mike.
McNamara-If ut is. thin phwy ths
divil amt ut on the free-lunch counE
ter Puck
"I saw Mrs Parker kissing a pus
dog this morning."
What of it?"
Shocking taste, call it,
"Ohi don't know. Have you seer
Mr.. Parker?"-Cleveland Leader.
"I owe no man a penny" said he,
proudly.
They gazed on him with a wonder
ing admiration.
''No man on earth. The only per-.
sons I owe are my landlady and
an."-Philadelphia In
quirer.
Bank President-what's the new
watchman's name, sir?
Cashier-Jimmy-
Bank Observation-Disclosures him al
Herald.
"My wife," began Hicks, dropped
in to see me at the office today and
wicks, ''but my wife held me up be-
fore L left home; I can't lend you
cent. "-Catholic Standard and Times.
politics make strange bed fellers,
Br'er williams"
"Well, what do de Bible tell you?
Wen you see EN- comm, take UP
yo' bed an walk,"-Atlanta Constitu-
tion-
you haven't described your fiance.
Is he a blond?"
mo, aunty; he just matches my
new furs.''-Le Rine.
ST presume you are proud of these
bright children of your BRAIN"
1.-The trouble is" responded the
candid press humorist, that most OF
the bright ones are only step-child-
rem. louisville Courier-JournaI.
at used to be the height of my ambi-
ton to own a motor car said the wor-
ried looking man. "And what is the
height of your ambition now?" asked
his friend. ITO sell it."-Roseleaf.
; Sunday School Teacher-who can
ell me the meaning of the word re
oentance?" A pause. Sunday School
reacher-What is it that we feel after
We have done something wrong? Lit
lie Willie-Papa's slipper.-Judge.
Rambling WaggIes-I was robbed
asst night, and 1 reckon that about
ifty-tfree articles were stolen from
ne. Everything 1 had in the world.
Policeman Fifty-three articles?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17

The enforcement of prohibition in
Topeka appears to make a lot of sick
ness here, judging from the druggists
reports, observes the Osborne Farmer
And among others whom it is liable to
make pretty sick are the druggists who
disobey the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17

Another prominent man has been
compelled to seek the assistance of
Mr.. Muldoon. How Mr.. Swoboda.
whose pictures appeared in the adj
vertising pages of the magazines a
few years ago, must envy the free
space which this man Muldoon is get
finRi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17

And now President Roosevelt is ac-
cused of nature taking in asserting that
the chipmunk hibernates. Well, we'll,
we'll! How thankful we should be that
we know nothing whatever about nat
ural hiStOryi