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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-18
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE,
~ Estate OF SAMUEL L. JEWETT.
The undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Ben
nington, COMMISSIONERS, to receive, exam
Inc and adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
soEs against the estate OF Samuel L.. JeWest,
and all claims exhibited in Offset there
to, hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purpose aforesaid at the ONCE OF Bennett =
Graves In the Village Of Bennington on tne utn !
day Of MAY. 1908, from 2 O'Clock p. IN. until =
O'Clock o. m. on said day, and that six months
nom the 18th day of November, A. D. 1901. Is
the time limited by said C0urtfor said credltors
to present their claims to as for examination
Dated at Bennington. w.. this 18th day Of
November, A. d. 1907.
10. BURT,
a. 4. HOLLISTER,
Commissioners.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
The Meddler
III the coat fifs yOa. PIT II on.

The following entries are taken from
The Meddler' S Daily Reminder Tor 'he
month of May:
MAY Dry times at the Broad
Brook House. Swallows are reported
at South Vernon. -,
May Congo. women spend Tue
day at breakfast.
NAV 3-Fish and Game Warden
RIOS" Frost prepares for business by
appointing deputies,
May 4-Peek 5 BAD Boy shows no
signs of Improvement
May Sunday again.
May CDR, Ryder "gcts his" in
county court. Sick 'em Bob.
May 7-Australian ballot gets an
other knockout in village meeting.
Band MINISTRIES tread the boards again
May S--Nothing doing except a
slight accident on West River road.
May 9-The gentle spring is not yet
but soon, we hope.
MAY l0-Slght wrecks on West
River road at Dummerston and ia
maica nothing unusual.
NAV ll-Automobile tries to enter
Rate s barber shop and almost sue
ceeds. 1t was a close shave.
May 2-Thermometers record four
below-the freezing point. Ordered
another load of coal.
Nav 13-New switching engine ar
rives at local freight yard,
May 14-New switcher runs amuck
and loses small quantity of paint.
May 1j-Brattleboro is deserted save
for few anglers who have to work.
May l6-Loring n. Farnum in town
to see about the water system contract
MAY l7-Board of trade shakes fist
at Central Vermont, Kit. and Tony
tell Thompson trustees whats what.
May 1S-Went fishing.
May I9-Y. NJ. c. A. celebrates oath
May 20-Black cow evicted from
center store of American building for
of rent.
MAY 2l-More cold weather; or to
be exact. more colder weather.
Nav 22-Putncv boy receives APP
point to L. S. military academy.
May 23-Parcnts and teachers of
high school pupils confer again.
May 24-Frostl Hard luck on Pc
ter Chase tomato plants.
May Brattleboro 4 Whitehall
stockholders draw annual dividend in
Brooks House dining room. Warden
Lynde finds lemon in fish basket.
May 26-The Lord raineth.
May 27-Bellows Falls merchants
fined for selling stolen railroad tickets.
May 2s-TIurrah for the good ship
launched today,
May 29-Those dam laborers begin
to arrive. Knockers Y. b.
May 3O-Seven local Demostheneses
spout in different parts of the country.
May 31--Heavy tax payers (and
see their names in print.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

Says Prof. E. Stone Virgins, a
meteorological expert, in answer to the
question as to whether our climate is
becoming colder:
"No; the earth is slowly receding
from the sun, and the temperature is
rising. In the future the astronomers
of Mars and Jupiter will look through
their telescopes and say that the snow
caps have disappeared from the earth s
poles. Every man and animal going
into our Northwest is a stove to raise
the temperature. In time oranges will
grow in Canada and great orchards
will hold up their golden fruit before
the mirror of Hudson s bay"
And the crop of lemons in Vermont
will be stimulated far beyond the pow
er of our feeble efforts Surely this is
a pleasing prospect for the journalistic
fruit-growers up the state to contem-
plate.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
The Sash Nauseated Him.
Boston Record.)

Tommy devours stories. He will sit
motionless by the hour as he hears
them. He made himself the hero of one
when he called most eloquently for
that one "about the boy who ate the
ribbons and it made him sick. "
Auntie .was deeply puzzled. She
knew no such story She could not
identify it. Nothing she could suggest
answered the description.
Tommy thought he could find the
book. He found it, They read one
thing after another, until in the midst
of the "Night Before Christmas Tom
burst into a shout of glee. Auntie was
reading:
''He rushed to the window and
threw up the sash. y
"'That's it! That's it" cried
Tommy. at S just as l told you!"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
A Few State -ments.

How much did Philadelphia Pa?
Whose grass did X. c. Mo-
How many eggs could New Orleans, La?
How much did Cleveland 0?
What was it made Chicago III?
Twas Washington D. c.?
She would Tacoma Wash, in spite
OF a Baltimore Md.
When Hartford and New Haven, Conn.
What Reuben do they soak?
Could Noah build a Little Rock Ark
If he had no Guthrie Ok?
We call Minneapolis MINI.
Why not Annapolis Ann?
If you can't tell the reason why,
III bet Topeka Kan.
But now you speak of ladies what
4 Butte Montana Isl
If | could borrow Memphis Tenn,
I'd treat that Jackson Miss.
Would Denver Colo cop because
Ottumwa la dore,
And, though my Portland Me doth love,
threw my Portland Ore?
Maurice Smiley, in Lippincott's Maya
zine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
CHURCHILL NOT A CANDIDATE.
SAYS Promises of Political Machine
Cannot Be Relied Upon.

Winston Churchill, candidate of the Lin
coin republican club for the republican
nomination for governor of New Hamp-
shire last fall on a platform demanding
the abolition of alleged corporation con-
troll of New Hampshire politics, in
statement made public Tuesday at Con
cord. n. H.. says that he will not be
a candidate for governor at the next bi-
ennial election. when | entered the
field for the nomination last year" says
Mr.. Churchill, 'it was not with the hope
of obtaining office, but with the idea OF
advocating certain principles OF American
government involving the liberties OF the
neople. which have been allowed to lapse
in this and other states. Mistakes III the
conduct of such a battle are not peculiar
to New Hampshire; they are perhaps in
evitable, and will be pardoned by the peo-
pie when it is known that these mistakes
were made in good faith
Zone thing at least has become clearer
than ever that the promises of the politi-
cal machine (which is interested in the
perpetuation of things as they are) can
not in the future be relied upon. Since
| have every intention of continuing to
strive for the principles in the last re-
publican platform until they become laws
of New Hampshire, and since to advocate
them as a candidate would not only be
distasteful to me, but in my opinion, se-
riously impair my usefulness, it seems
wise to make public a determination
known to my friends, that I will not be,
candidate for the nomination to the
governorship, despite all rumors to the
contrary. II has long been evident that
broad organization is necessary Tor all
who are in sympathy with the spirit of
the last republican platform. Presidential
year is at hand, and such an organiza-
ton will mquestionably unite itself with
those elements which are fighting for
progressive measures and political purity
in the nation at large, in order that dele
gates may be elected to the next national
convention to nominate presidential can
didate who will represent these elements"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

The board of health of Westheld,
Mass, recently made an order that all
articles to be offered to the public at
rummage sales be fumigated by an
agent of the board sometime previous
to the opening of the sale. This is a
sensible measure. No better breeding
places for disease germs can be found
than in the masses of cold true"
that is dispensed at rummage sales
Then too, goods ought to bring better
prices when marked "inspected and
missed -
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
Truly Spoken.
(St. Adams Messenger }

The Messenger canont bring itself to
believe that any influence in the legis
lature of 1906 strong enough to pass
the weekly payment bill at all used its
power to that end merely as part of
a plot whereby a statute foreknown to
be unconstitutional and sure to be re-
pudiated by the supreme court was
put through as subterfuge to quiet
camor for two years more. Such
clumsy device, such a shortsighted
Vancouver, would simply mean party
suicide in 1908. And more than one
man and newspaper that had no spe-
cial liking for or interest in the week
ly payment law as a matter of princi-
pie would join justly indignant labor
in retrieving such fraud upon the
people of Vermont. When the day
comes that the Legislature of Vermont
or any part of it will thus deliberately
trihe with the sacred functions Of law
making to deceive the public, it is
time to organize political revolution
here in this state beside which the rue
ton of '02 would appear like a pink
tea
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
Railroads
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
In effect October 8, 1906
Trains Leave Brattleboro:

Montreal and Quebec. via c. V. and G. T. Rys.,
-tlll0 a. m. &C 2.25 p. m. tiO.ls p. m.
Montreal & Quebec, via Newport and C. P. Ry.,
-tll.l0 a. m. 1fl0ls p. m.
Quebec, via Sherbrooke and G. T, Ry,-tlllOa. m
4il0ls y. m.
Quebec, via Que. Cent. Ry.-tlll0 a. m. +flOIs
D. M
Greenfield Northampton. Holyoke. Springfield
rs a. m. 1907 a. m. il0.15 a. m. f223 p. m
'423 p. m. SS29 p. m.
Bellows Falls. Claremont Junction. Windsor,
White River Junction-fl1. 10 a. M '225p m.
1876 p. M lois p. m.
Wells River, st. Johnsbury, Lyndonville- Ito
a, m. FPS p m. tl0.lS p. m.
Newport, Sherbrooke-tl1.l0 a, m. flOls p. m.
Boston-'A SIS a. m. fA-lOl5 a. m. fB 2.25 p.
m. "A 423 p. m.
Daily. Daily except Sunday. tDaily except
SATURDAY Sunday only. A via Greenfield
via Bellows Falls. c Montreal only
Detailed information and time tables may be OBJ
tanned at ticket offices.
u. j. FLANDERS, c. NJ. BURT.
Pass Iraf. Mgr. Gen, Pass. Agt.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
A Lemon from the Capital.
montpelier Argus. J

The Windham county fish and game
kickers are now worried because of
the large number of trout taken from
the streams in that section of the
state during the first few days of the
open season for trout this year and
cite the large number caught as an ar
gument against the present law, which
makes the opening day of the season
May 10. The perturbation of these in
dividuals will not attract much atten-
ton. The fact that fishing is fine
ought to be matter for rejoicing. If
there are any "fish hogs" down that
way the sportsmen should bend their
energies towards converting them into
decent fishermen, instead of wasting
time complaining that fishing is bet
ter than it has been before in years.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

Directly following the news of i'm
provement in freight conditions at
Brattleboro comes this word from Mon
son, Mass, also on the southern di-
vision of the Central Vermont road:
The freight service on the Central
Vermont railroad has become more dis
gushing than ever the past few weeks,
and the merchants are about discour-
aged over trying to have any freight
at all come over this road While the
service is not as prompt on the other
roads as might be desired, it is moth
ing in comparison to the service gwen
on this road. The yard at Palmer has
never been so badly congested as for
the past two weeks. Freight is allowed
to lie there for several weeks at a
time, and it is almost impossible to get
it moved at ALL The local freight ser
vice to this town has been practically
abandoned for the time being.
This situation naturally gives rise to
the question of how long the improve
ment in Brattleboro will last. When
freight shippers in Monson and Palmer
reach the point where concerted action
against the railroad company is neces-
sary it is more than likely that the
temporary relief given them will result
in another congestion here. All the
road seems to be doing is pacifying
one town at the expense of another.
General relief will not come until there
is an increase in trackage and motive
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

matter of fact the local company is
badly in need of recruiting and unless
new men are added soon ii is likely to
go the way of Company b of ST. Al
bans. II is unfortunate that something
can be done to arouse new interest
in the militia hercabouts Brattleboro
cannot have its company 60 out Of ex'
istnncp
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
Contrast Pleasing-to Rutland.
(Rutland News.)

Brattleboro's company of Vermont
National guard is at low ebb, badly in
need of recruiting The showing OF
company A, Rutland, is in pleasing
contrast, with a roster of 50 out of a
possible 60. Company A turned out
10 strong Memorial day-the absentees
being away from the city for legiti-
mate reasons.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
Should at Least Be Reprimanded.
(Rutland News

Some boys, pupils of Brattleboro
high school and grades, have been sus-
pended or expelled for acts of vandal,
ism, including hosting skull and
cross bones banner instead of Old
Glory the night before Memorial day.
The boys guilty of this flag substitu-
tion probably had no motive more
sinister than simply to "cut caper. -
But, most emphatically, the things
symbolized by the stars and stripes
should not be subjected to such
Jokes" The boys should be at least
reprimanded when their patriotism is
set at naught by thoughtlessness.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

According to the laws of Massachu'
sctts it is legal to fish in salt water on
Sunday and illegal to fish in fresh wa
ter ON that day of the week. This is
certainly legislation in favor of GER
tain class--of fish, but probably not
on that account.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
Legal Notices.
CoMMIssIoNERs' NOTICE.

Estate Of PATRICK 5. WHITE
The undersigned having been appoints
the Hon. Probate Court for the para
Marlboro COMMISSIONERS. 90 receive z
anime and adjust all claims and denla (
all persons against the estate n Pa,,a
White, late of Brattleboro in sad -s,;;
deceased, and all claims exhibited Il ~
thereto, hereby give notice that We T!- =
for the purpose aforesaid, at La5aA.
Roess's store, on the 22d day Of yalt Y
23d day Of November next, from 2 n n
p. IN. until 4 O'Clock p. H., each o. Y.
days, and that six months from TIE y
day Of May, A. D. 1907, is The tine ..-.
by said Court for said creditors, TO T5s1-
their claims to US for examination a.!
lowance.
Dated at Brattleboro, Vt, this lsi diI
June, 4. D. 1907, -.,.
JOHN L. R0EsS,.
II. B. CHAMBERLAIN
23.25c Clnmis2t5
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
WEEK In THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

The i'll feeling Of the French masses
toward the former Empress Eugene,
widow of Napoleon Ill, has been
strilingy illustrated, The former EN-
press, who since her return from exile,
has divided her time between the Ho'
tel Continental in Paris, whence she
could look out over the gardens of Tuil'
cries, where she once reigned supreme,
and the watering resorts OF the III
viera, some months ago brought suit to
recover a large number of articles now
housed in the French National museum
ON the ground that they had been the
personal property of her husband
and were of "no historic and little
intrinsic valuc.' The ease attracted
no attention at the time and practical
" went by default, but recently when
the court decided in the empress IA
vor, a tremendous cutlery was raised.
The popular newspapers took the mat
ter up, the empress was called an "ad'
venturer" and many of the old stories
preiudicial to her fame were revived.
The Matn, under the caption, eau
Volcur' (stop thief, investigated the
empress claim and found that the ar
ticics given her by the court included
gifts to Napoleon III. by sovereigns
and foreign states, priceless tapestries,
paintings and other objects of art, and
what most aroused the ire of the
populace, some relies of the great Ma
poieon. The experts employed by the
paper appraised the value of the
''pmnder a" close to million dol
lars. The result has been that the
government in Difference to the clamor,
has formally entered an appeal against
the decision.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
MANY Inventions.
(St. Adams Messenger.)

GA Washington dispatch announces
that President Roosevelt has appoint
ed a Brattleboro man, Cornelius e.
Billings, to be assistant commissioner
of patents. Respectfully referred to
The st. Adams Messenger with the
recommendation that mercy be
shown. '-Northfeld News.
Again a Brattleboro man reminds us
how true it is, as Scripture has it, that
"God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inven'
tions. "
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
Extremely Difficult in Fact.
Wilmington Times. }

That official of the Windham County
Fish and Game Protective association
who with friend, returned from a
two days trip with 81 IL pounds of
trout made a big record, though just
what relation such a record bears to
protective" measures is hard for the
average sportsman to understand.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
What Ais the v. N. c.?
montpelier Journal.)

And now Brattleboro, the lemon
town. is in trouble with its militia.
Only about half a company turned out
at a recent inspection. What's the
trouble with the V. n. ca Is it be
coming unpopular to drill and shoot
and 20 to muster!
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
AGRICULTURAL FAIR DATES.

The directors of the Sullivan County
Fair association have changed the dates
of its next show from the first to the
second week in October to avoid con
Aict with the Vermont state fair
which will be held in White River
Junction Oct. |, and 3. Evidently
there has been some misunderstanding
between the Vermont state fair direc'
tors and those of the Claremont talr
association. for the Claremont Eagle
comments on the matter as follows:
When the matter of dates came up
for consideration several weeks ago.
the Sullivan county fair officials were
given TO understand that the Vermont
fair dates would be so arranged as not
70 encroach on the Claremont fair,
which had established the precedent OF
the first week in October. This under
standing has evidently been lost sight
of by the Vermont fair management
who have gone ahead and advertised
their fair for the first week in October
OF course, they have a right to do so,
but their action in crowding in on the
established dates of the Sullivan coun'
ty fair is being criticized, and we hope
the people in this section of the valley
will back up their criticisms, by re-
naming away from the Vermont show.
IF the second week in October is a
good time why could not the Vermont
fair, the last conner as it were IN the
fair program, have been set for that
time. instead of butting in on Glare
mont? The spirit shown is unfair, DIS
courteous, and bullying. Because the
Vermont show has the patronage of
some men of wealth, it announces itself
as the whole thing, and another enter
prise eminently respectable and wor-
thy, but unfortunately not rich must
take a back seat or get off the earth
The Vermont fair has shown considera-
ton for all the fairs of prominence ex-
cepting the Claremont fair, probably
on the superstition that the people
down this way will tumble over them
selves in their eagerness to get TO
White River Junction. Perhaps some
will; and again, some Won t.
It is regrettable that arrangements
could not be made whereby the Sulli-
van County fair might have retained
its original dates, but it hardly seems
to us that the Eagle is warranted in
using such strong language in scoring
the action of the state fair manage
ment. Agricultural fairs are so thick
nowadays that it is impossible 10 ar
range schedule which will not con
tain conflicting dates. If the Sullivan
county people will use liberal amount
of publicity and confne themselves to
telling about the merits of their own
show instead of knocking another the
change will not affect the Claremont
attendance seriously
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

Papers in various portions of the
state are commenting on the weak nu-
merical showing Company I made at
its annual inspection Monday. As a
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

passenger rate law and the commodity
freight law, was filed in the federal
court Monday against the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad. John
j, earle, a stakeholder, Is the plaintiff
in the action which is identical with
those begun last week by stockholders
of eight other railroads doing inter
state business In Minnesota.
The sentence of the Savannah court
in the Greene and Gayner case, involy'
ing over half n million dollars fraud in
the government contract work in Sa'
vannah harbor, was affirmed by the
United States circuit court of appeals
in New Orleans Monday, The sen
tence is four years Imprisonment each
and fine aggregating $4,000.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

Gold brick men are now making a good
deal of money in Japan where they find
it easy to sell their goods. The Philip
pines may be unloaded on them vet.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

Judge Robert \. Chamberln Of the
Mcrrimack superior court announced
Wednesday at Concord, n. H.. that
the petition of Henry NJ. Baker of
Bow, Josiah +. Fcrnald of Concord
and Archibald Mcclellan of Boston, the
three trustees to whom Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy had transferred her
property, asking that they be substi'
tuted as plaintiffs in place of next
friends" in the suit to secure an ac-
counting of Mrs. Eddy S property had
been denied. The announcement of
the denial of the petition was made in
the customary legal manner, and was
characterized by its brevity, the
Judge, through the clerk of the court,
reading the following: "The petition
of Henry NJ. Baker, Archibald Nc
Lellan and Josiah +. Ferndld for leave
to intervene as plaintiffs in the equity
proceeding of Eddy against Frye is
denied. - The next friends are
five in number. namely, George W.
Glover of Lead, S. D., a son of the
Christian Science leader; his daughter,
Mary Baker Glover; George w. Baker
of Bangor, Me, nephew of Mrs.
Eddy; DIR. J. Foster Eddy of Water
bury, VT. an adopted son of Mrs.
Eddy, aud Fred W. Baker of EPSON,
n. H.. Mrs. Eddy S cousin. The two
last named were added as plaintiffs
after the original bill in equity had
been filed.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
Charles W. Fairbanks, HE!


Charles W. Fairbanks, HE!
Charles
W.
Fairbanks HEt
Wants TO be
The nom.i.NEE,
Works all night
Works ali day
skins from Maine
To I0.WAYI
Glides down East
Slides ont West
Never stops
10 tol,e a rest.
Works
Wori,s
Fariy late
Homes to catch
The DELEGATE
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

A meeting Of governors, attorney
generals and other officials of various
states likely to be affected by the rate
litigation now before the federal dis
trict court may be held in st. Paul
shortly Attorney General Young is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of sending
out general call. Mr.. Young says
the suits are nothing more than an at
tack on state g rights, and are import
ant enough to warrant general coop
Grafton, especially by Iowa, illinois,
Indiana and New York, the legisla-
lures of which have just passed rate
laws. Another suit seeking
to annul the new Minnesota two-cent