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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
BABY WASTED TO-
MERE SKELETON
In Iorments Year and a Half with
Terrible Sores on Face and Body
Hands Tied to Stop Scratching
and Tearing at Flesh But
CURE BY CUTlCURA
COMPLETE AND SPEEDY

".My little son, when about a year
and a half old began to have sores
come out on his face. 1 had a ply
sician treat him, but the sores grew worse,
Then they began to come on his arms,
then on other parts of his body, and
Then one came on his chest, worse than
the Others. Then called another physi-
clan: Still he grew worse. At the end
OF about year and half of suffering
he grew so bad had to tie his hands
in cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
nesh. He got to be a mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk. NV
aunt advised me to try Cuticura SOAP
and Ointment. So great was her faith
IN 1t that she gave me a small piece Of
Cuticura Soap to try and q little
Cuticura Ointment. 1 took it home
without any faith, but to please her I
tried it, and it seemed to dry up the
sores a little. sent to the drug store
and got cake of Cuticura Soap and a
box OF Cuticura Ointment and followed
the directions, and at the end of about
Two months the sores were all well. He
has never had any sores of any kind
since. He is now strong and healthy,
and can sincerely say that only for
your most wonderful remedies nv pre-
cious child would have died from those
terrible sores. l used only one cake Of
Soap and about three boxes of Ointment.
Mrs. .Egbert Sheldon, r. F. D., No. /,
Woodville, Conn.,, April %, 1906"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18

story, The like Of 1t can be heard any
day in any quarter of New York. But 1t
was new to Caggs. Those keen eyes
which coldly watched the stock market
were moistened as she went on.
Il came from Keene, New Hampshire"
she said.
why, that's where l was born" said
my millionaire.
Then they looked at each other long
and steadily.
why! Is it possible? You are not
Molle Fanders?" he asked.
THAT was my name before l married
James," she answered.
And you don't know NEE"
She looked again, and through her
tears saw that peaceful New England
village, and recalled the bright and care
less days of her giilhood in the long ago.
Il seem to remember she began, and
then hesitated.
You cant have forgotten me-" re-
marked Caggs. we went to school to-
gether a. the Cross Roads"
though him really handsome at that
moment. There was flush in his
cheeks and a fire in his eyes, and l un-
derstood why Julia Warden had fallen I'm
love with him.
Are you Reuben Caggs?" she timidly
inquired.
Yes. indeed. l am" he replied warmly.
They talked for half an hour. My
friend forgot that he was in the second
story back of a tenement house, forgot
the stuffy smell Of the apartment, even
forgot the stock market, and listened to
the sad history Of a life which began in
sunshine, but was now clouded with
gloom and bereavement. The husband
had taken to drinking thro' ill-luck, and
his body was lying in Potters Field.
Mollie had struggled for her two children,
steerer, and Mamie, who lay in her
shroud in the other room.
Bill insisted that we should look at
his sister before we went. The body was
on pine board supported by two rickety
chairs. There was a white, partly faded
carnation in her hand. which Bill had
found in the street
What strange scene Caggs melted
at the sight and as for newell, no
matter A tattered motto hung on the
wall The legend was "Of such is the
Kingdom OF Heaven" Cages looked
about the room then at the face of the
pale sleeper, and 1 saw his lips tremble.
Four months before he had buried his
only child, beautiful Alice. When his
eyes fell on that motto it seemed too
much for him. The eyes of the many
times millionaire filled with tears.
My God. Hugh" he said hoarsely.
'let us get out of this. l can't stand it."
Then he turned to the fragile, suffering
woman and said. "Mollle. l don't know
much about these things. but" he choked
a little, but I'm sorry for you. l shall
ask my wife to come and see you this
afternoon. She will attend to the details
OF the funeral His hand went into his
pocket. Giving her a roll Of bills, he
added. Take this for old times sake,
and when you want more come and see
us"
When we reached the sidewalk he
turned on me.-almost fierceiy
HAgif4' i'a-sq i t. ~ cart tax to4ay.
Gou go up town will go down town.
I've had a new cxpernece. and I shall
have TO give up some theories about the
poor. Possibly Julia is right. after all.
Good morning Il Delaware County (Pa.)
Democrat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Montpelier Woman Fatally Burned.

- Mrs. Andrew J. Mills, 49, was so ter
ribly burned while attempting to light a
IRE with kerosene at her home on Berlin
street in Montpelier Saturday morning
that she died three hours later at the
Heaton hospital She was conscious to
the last and sent for Rev. A. j. Hough,
with whom she conversed intellgently.
When the firemen reached the house they
found Mrs. Mills in the cellar, where she
ran screaming after her clothing had been
burned Off Her husband, who was asleep
In the second story of the house, on hear
ing his wife's screams, jumped through
window, severing an artery in his leg
so that he nearly bled to death. He was
unable to reach his wife, owing to the
nre and smoke. He managed to crawl
to fire alarm box and turn in tine sig
nal He was taken to the hospital un-
conscious from loss of blood and for some
time his condition was critical Mr.. and
Mrs. Mills formerly lived in Groton,
coming to Montpelier two months ago
Mr.. Mills has been employed as spare
conductor on the electric railroad. The
body of Mrs. Mills was taken to Groton
for burial Monday. The fire which had
started in the house was extinguished by
the firemen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Parental Neglect.

A magazine writer who had been
studying the workings OF children s
courts, stated in a recent article that
to him the most lamentable feature de-
veloped at the many trials he witness
ed was the apparent responsibility
Of the parents OF the culprits. There
were some incidents that were humor-
Gus. more of course that were pitiful
and for the latter neglect in the home
was more to blame than anything else.
Now II is not necessary to go into the
ch.uren's courts in tine big cities or into
the slums OF the east side" to find
evidences Of the criminal negligence
Of parents. 1t is present in every VIII
lage and hamlet in the country and is
far more noticeable in the cases OF
young girls than boys. In many small
towns the evil Is particularly notice
able at railway stations where girls
from twelve to fifteen years, in low
necked dresses and bare arms, may be
found flirting with the tralnmen and
making eyes at every good looking
drummer that alights from the cars.
Bloomington Banner.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
IN OUR OWN STATE
COUNTY COURT EXPENSES.

September Term in Windham County
Cost st,sse.5s, and the April Term
S4,2eo14.
The clerks who are tabulatng in the
Office of the state auditor the expenses
of the courts of the state of Vermont,
show in their statements that the cost
of the county terms Of the state for the
two terms last closed was $S6,OO2.51. The
cost by counties is as follows:
acknowledgements term, $2,5IS51;
June term, $2,S35.52.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS term, S1,S35.7G;
June, $2,O1022.
Observation-Disclosures term, $500 % ;
June, SO, 42524.
neutrality-suspicious. term, $4,5SS 80;
March, So, 405 Al.
Essex-october term, $S,O7O.G7; March,
S1,316.41.
Franklln-Septembe term, $3.50 60;
March. SO, 1926.
Grand Isle-January term, $56S.97; Aug
ust, $SS5.19
Lamoile-December term, $1,1S244;
June, $1,3S599.
Orange-December term, $1,143.46; June,
$3,1S9.29.
Orleans-September term, S2,9S1.72;
March, $2,O9S.6O; special term, May,
$400.64.
acknowledgements term, s4,s62. &c;
March, 50, 1888.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES term, Sc, 159 GO;
March, $5,132.7S.
Windham-september term, $1,S365S;
April $4,26014.
Windsor-DecemDer term, $3,S6957;
June, S4,912.06
This expense includes the per diem of
grand and petit jurors, witness fees and
pay of reporters, but does not include the
accounts of the states attorneys, sheriffs
and jailors. 1t will be seen by this tabu-
lation that the expense of the last two
terms in Washington county was SILL
292.74 the largest for the two terms of
any county in the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
The Atlantic Short Story.

With n roll call Of short story writer's
including Hawthorne, Howells, Aldrich
Bret Harte, Frank r. Stockton and Paul
Leicester Ford, TO say nothing of the
more recent mode rms" as Mary Austin
and A. s. Pier the Atlantic Monthly
stands high in this preeminenuy Amer
lean form Of fiction. The Atlantic short
story is q product by itself II has no
pictures. and having none. does not need
them. 1t is vivid, graceful; it has an
element of what critic called the ito be
guessed at" IT has a meaning; and.
lastly, II Is usually American in spirit II
not In setting The variety of the Allan
tic short story is infinite. AS a man is
known by the clothes he wears and by
the food he eats, so in the case of maya
zines. the short story Is a sure touch
stone. for every periodical has its pecu-
liar flavor. That of the Atlantic is dis
tinct and fine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Death of Lemuel S. Drew, Hotel Man and
Stock Breeder.

Lemuel S. Drew, 49, one of the most
widely known men in Vermont, died Mon
day night from pneumonia at his home in
South Burlington. Mr.. Drew was a ma
tive of Charlotte and was engaged in the
hotel business in Burlington many years.
After term of service as clerk he ran
the Howard House and the American
House number of years. In 1865 he
bought the estate known as the Lake
View farm and began the breeding Of
thoroughbred stock. His inclination
toward the hotel business prompted him
to assume the management of the Amer
lean House in Burlington in 1878, and he
remained proprietor there until 1888, when
he became manager of the Van Ness
House. In 1892, after being in the hotel
business AZ years, he retired permanently
to devote his attention to his farming
enterprises. He was noted as a breeder
of Ayrshire cattle, Yorkshire and Berk-
shire swine and other stock He was
probably the oldest breeder of Ayrshire
cattle in this country, his herd of tho
roughbreds having been maintained con-
tIiuousl} 43 years. He had been a pro
-mlnent exhibitor at many fairs and was a
winner of prizes at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago in 1898. He represented Bur-
iington in the legislature in 1872 as n
Republican. He was a director of the
State Agricultural society, president of
the Chittenden County Agricultural So
ciety, president of the National Ayrshire
Cattle Breeders association and was a
member of the various Masonic bodies.
He is survived by his wife, who was Miss
Louise Atwater, and two of their five
children, John II. Drew and Fred A.
Drew, both of whom live at Lake View
farm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Swimming IN the Railroad

tramp has beaten all known records
by swimming 81 miles in 80 minutes
He did not mean to DO it. He merely tried
to steal a ride from st. Louis to Chicago
on the rear of a locomotive tender.
When the train started he fell over back
ward, through the open manhole. into
the water tank.
The noise of the train drowned his
cries for help, and he was obliged to
swim until the first stop was reached,
at Alton. When taken out ne was
nearly dead, but the engineer was so
unfeeling as to call his attention to
the fact that the water was only four
feet deep and he might have stood up.
The conductor also. unfeelingly, asked
him for his ticket. but the tramp sid
he had not come by rail but by water.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18

The armored cruisers Tennessee and
Washington left Hampton Roads Satur-
day to sail around South America. 1hev
are pathfnders for the squadron of battle
ships which will sail in December.
Twenty-four of the crew of 25 were
drowned when the new steamship Cy-
press, oil laden, plunged to the bottom
OF Lake Superior, near Deer Park Life
Saving Station, Mich. the sole survivor,
dashed to a life raft, being picked up
near the scene Of the wreck.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Recognize Value of Gov. Proctor's Ad.
mlnIstratlon.
BENNINGTON Banner. |

The little talk that has been made of
re-electing Gov. Proctor has been of value
In showing thus early that If he is a
candidate there will be not a whisper
of opposition except from the close per-
sonal friends of the other candidates and
this Is more apparent than real for they
all recognize the value of the admins
tration the state is getting, And IL the
state shows Enthusiastically that it wants
Gov Proctor another term he will ac-
cept.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Negro Burglars Lynehed In Mississippi

win jackson, Jim Shonts and George
Robinson, negroes, were lynched at
Tunica, Miss. They had been placed in
jail, where they confessed to a series OF
burglaries covering about ten years.
Thursday night the negroes were spirited
away and killed. The sheriff testified
at the coroner's inquest that the negroes
captors must have slipped in while he
and his assistants were out and that they
used the Jail keys, for he found the cells
locked and apparently undisturbed when
the regular rounds were made later. 1t
was the mob's intention to hang all three
negroes, but after Jackson and Shonts
had been hanged Robinson broke ont of
a barn, where he was being held, and
was shot as he fled
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Officers of the State Sunday School Aeso-
citation.


The most successful convention in the
history of Vermont State Sunday School
association came to a close at Manchester
oct. TO- The business committee re-
ported total budget for the year of
$4,000 A resolution was unanimously
adopted condemning the present local OBJ
ton law of the state of Vermont as being
wholly ineffective to control the LIQUOR
traffic. An invitation was received and
accepted from the township association
OF Bellows Falls to hold the convention
there in 1908 during the second week in
October. The following officers were
elected President, N. G. Williams, Bel
LOWS Fails; vice president, F. S. Pease,
burlington; recording secretary, Miss e.
Marie Chase, Burlington; treasurer. F.
II. Shepardson, Richmond auditor, ]. L.
Hail. Burlington; executive committee,
chairman, f. S. Retain, Burlington, M. p.
Perley, Enosburg Falls one year, w. II.
Dane Ferrisburgh. two years; II. A.
Slayton, Morrisvllle, three years; trustee
of permanent fund, c. P. Smith, Burling-
ton, three years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
Barton Man Hanged Himself Instead OF
Going to California.

10. f. button, rs, long prominent in bus
aness and village affairs in Barton, com
mitted suicide Tuesday morning by hang
ing In his barn He ate a good breakfast
and then went to the barn. When the
BODY was found about $50 life was ex-
tinct No motive for the act is known.
MT. button had no business nor domestic
troubles and he and his wife had all
plans made to start Wednesday on a trim
10 California. Mr. Dutton is survived by
MS wife and one daughter Mrs. II. q.
Pierce. Mr.. Dutton was a native OF
hoyalton, nc. conducted a drug store in
1856 to 1885. He was one on
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
ITCHING PIMPLES
Cured by Cuticura in Nebraska

Il had suffered with itching pimples
for years. At last friend told me to
get Cuticura Soap and Ointment / did
entirely cured. 1 am so pleased with
Cuticura Remedies that 1 will recon-
mend them to other sufferers. Mrs,
Florence Delavergne, r. f. ID. No, 2,
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 2s, 1906"
:, Complete External and Internal Treatment for
Every Humor OF Infants, Children and Adults con-
slsls OF Cutcura Soap (25c) 10 Cleanse the Skin.
Sntieura Ointment l5Oe) to Heal the skin, and
Suticura Resoyent (50cl Tor In the form OF Choco-
$1,000 sold throughout the world. Potter Drug
q Shen, Corp Sole Props. Boston, Mass
os- Mailed Free. How 10 Cure Every Human
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
F. D. White Held on charge of Murder

F. d. White, charged with the murder of
Angelo TURF, whose body was found at
Mt, Holly Sept 27, was held Friday with
out bail for the grand jury in Rutland
county after hearing before Justice
j. b. Fletcher of Mt Holly. William
Lane. who was charged with being an
accessory to the crime, was discharged
after the hearing. Mrs. T. G.. Russell of
shrewsbury, who on the day that TURF
was last seen alive, was driving past the
place where the body was found, testi-
ned to hearing a shot in the woods which
frightened her horse, and upon looking
Tor the cause, saw a man in the woods
beside the road. She also testified to
going to the house of correction and
picking White out of a number Of prison.
ers as the man she saw in the woods.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18

the men who had charge of the installa-
ton of the village water system and he
had served the town as treasurer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18

The fan exports of China amount to
1000, 900 per year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18

September Term In Windham County
Cost st,33e.5s, and the April Term
n oeo a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-26
AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA.
Covered with Yellow Sores-Grew
Worse-Parents Discouraged-cu.
ticura Drove Sores Away.

"Our little girl, one year and half
old, was taken with eczema or that
was what the doctor called it. We
took her to three doctors but by this
time she was nothing but a yellow,
greenish sore. One morning we dis
covered little yellow pimple on one
of her eyes. Doctor No. 8 said that we
had better take her to some eye spe-
cialist, since it was an ulcer. So we
went to Oswego to doctor No. 4, and
he said the eyesight was gone. We
were nearly discouraged, but thought
we would try the Cuticura Treatment,
so purchased set of Cuticura Rem
edies, which cost me 81, and in three
days our daughter, who had been sick
about eight months, showed great i'm
provement, and in one week all sores
had disappeared. OF course it could
not restore the eyesight, but if we had
used Cuticura in time I am confident
that it would have saved the eye.
Mrs. Frank Abbott, r. F. D. No. 9, Full
ton, Oswego Co., N. Y, Aug. II, 1906.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-26
Rebukinu an Editor.

He was young man who, as the
saying goes, had had manuscript ere
jected by all the leading periodicals
in the country" but the slight had oc.
Cured once too often. and he retail
ated. In an evil hour an editor sent
back one of his longest poems, the
receipt of which the author acknowl.
edged by the following letter:
Sir have received my poem, and
l solemnly declare I won't ever send
you line from my pen as long as
live. I should like to have you realize
that l know just what editors offices
are made out of-nothing but parish.
ality, bribery and corrupshun. Comply
tant judges have read that poem, and
there amt sole in town that won't
tell you it beats anything I ever done.
1 scoyn the hole lot of you. If 1 had
pocket full of money suppose my
poems would get read and printed,
too. This is all I've got to say, &C.
cept that when my name is known,
and you beg me on your Bonded knees
to write for your miserable little pa,
per, I'll scorn you then as do now"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-26
PROUD IN HER POVERTY.
Young Woman's Brave Answer to In
suiting Landlord.

Frank P. Sargent, the United States
commissioner Of immigration, said
one day in Washington:
There is fine stuff in some of these
poor people who come to uor shores.
l heard recently of a young Swedish
woman. Brave, witty and honorable,
she could bring splendid young
Americans into the world. A short
time after she arrived among us, her
husband got out of work. Naturally,
then, the rent fell behind. The land
lord called for it one day in her hus-
bands absence. He listened to the
young woman's tale of misfortune, re-
garding the while her yellow hair,
her clear blue eyes, her red mouth
and white teeth. Suddenly, bending
toward her, he said:
Give us a kiSS!'
"She drew back, and her blue eyes,
as cold as ice, dwelt on him disdain-
fully.
"'No,' she said, my husband and !
may be too poor to pay our rent, but
we are not so poor that we can't do
our own kissing"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-26
Do You Wear a Soup Strainer?


Suppose" she said, that the
waiter had spilled that plate of soup
over your head. Would you have
scooped the remnants off with your
hand and eaten them?"
''No; certainly not" he answered,
and with an air of disgust he looked
from the window out at the bathers,
the white sand and the sunlit sea.
"Then, for goodness sake" she
cried, "stop sucking them off your
mustache. 1t is hideors to see you.
After every spoonful you open your
mouth, and slowly and complacently,
as if you were doing something lauda-
BILE, you take your mustache between
your lips and suck the soup remnants
from off the hairs. If you wouldn't
eat soup that had been among the
hair on your scalp, why should you
eat it after it has been among the
hair on your upper lip?"
He flushed.
Many a young man has been
Tilted" said the girl, significantly, "for
eating soup out of his mustache."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-26

the-Hudson. At Bayreuth the artists
almost invariably give their services
without charge and follow as far as
possible the instructions and ideas OF
Wagner. For the most part they dis
courage any exhibition of emotion on
the part of the audience, and never
recognize any applause that may be
given. When the operas were first
produced there, the audiences in
variably remained silent, but this rule
is not now generally observed, except
in the production of 'Parsifal." On
those occasions the object is to secure
every possible artistic reinforcement.
The singer is supposed to be the mere
agent of the literary expression, the
auditorium is completely darkened
and the orchestra is placed beneath
the stage, out of sight of the audience.
These traditions of the musical festi-
val have been maintained through the
efforts of Wagner's wife and his SON
Siegfried.
The site selected by Nine. Nordica
for her musical conservatory is one
of the most beautiful spots on the
Hudson. 1t is 80 miles from New
York on the direct line of a railroad
on the east bank of the river opposite
the Jersey shore. The prominence
where the buildings are to be erected
and which has been called Nordica
Hill, rises $50 feet above sea level
and commands a broad sweep of the
Hudson for. 25 miles, unrolling one of
the most magnificent panoramic views
that can be seen anywhere, not ex-
cepting the Rhine. A short distance
from this hill is another which will
probably be reserved for the home
site of Nordica, as she intends to build
a substantial villa near the scene of
her endeavors. This hill comprises
about five acres and has been called
Piney Point, because of the thick
growth of pine trees that covers it.
To the north of this eminence there
runs down sheer for nearly 200 feet
a precipice of solid rock. To the SOUTH
east runs the Croton river, along
banks lined with forest trees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-26
"Sensible to the Last"

An old Scotch lady used to be at
tended by doctor to whom she in
variably gave a guinea when he went
to see her. He had told the friends
with whom she lived that her death
would probably be sudden, and one
day he was hurriedly sent for, as she
appeared to have become unconscious.
On his arrival he saw at once that
the old lady was dead, and, taking
hold of her right hand, which was
closed, but not rigid, he calmly ex-
tracted from it the fee which she
had provided for him, and as he did
so he murmured: Sensible to the
last"