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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
His eulIet Was a Hornet.

The passengers on a Darby-bound trolley
car from this city, on the line OF the Ches-
ter Traction company, were startled 10 see
a well dressed man, named Elliott, jump
out OF his seat, clasp his hand to his left
breast, and excla.m, My God, I'm shoti''
The man sank back In his seat. pallid.
and the passengers clustered around him.
shrinking some miscreant had fired into
: the car, although 10 shot was heard.
II feel my blood slowly ebbing away;
II is way down my arm" said Elliott. He
put his hard in, placed 1t or his arm.
groaned. and pulled 1t out again covered
'wIth-persp.ration. The conductor, as
sisted by a sympathetic passenger, with
great care pulled the mans coat down
over the shoulder and then exposed the
largest specimen OF hornet seen In these
carts. He had been stung.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
FEET OUT.
She Had Curious Habits.

When a person has to keep the feet
out from under cover during the cold
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, it is lime
that coffee. which causes the trouble,
be left off.
There is no end to the nervous con-
ditions that coffee will produce. 1t
shows in one way in one person and
in another way in another. In this
case the lady lived in s. Oak. She
says:
II have had to lie awake half the
night with my feet and limbs out OF
the bed OF the coolest nights, and felt
afraid to sleep for fear of catching
cold. | had been troubled for years
with twitching and jerking Of the low
or limbs. and for most of the time |
have been unable to go to church or to
lectures because of that awful feeling
that | must keep on the move.
when 1t WAS brought 10 my atten-
ton that coffee caused SO many ner-
vous diseases. | concluded to drop cof-
fee aud take Postum Food Coffee TO
see IL my trouble was caused by coffee
drinking.
II only drank one cup OF coffee for
breakfast but that was enough 10 10
the business for me. When | quit 1t
my troubles disappeared in an almost
miraculous way, Now | have no more'
OF the jerking and twltchlng and can
sleep with any amount OF bedding over
me and sleep all night, in sound, peace
full rest.
Postum Food Coffee Is absolutely
worth its weight In gold to me-
There's a Reason" Read the little
health classic, "The Road to MELVILLE
In ukGs
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
MR.. sLoDolLsYs HAT sYsTE
Might Not Commend Itself to All, but
Seems to Give Satisfaction to Him.

From the New York sun.
Pretty foxy. my way Of buying
straw hats, don't you Think" said Mr..
Slodgilby. II buy only one straw hat
a year and / buy that one always at
about the middle of July at the time Of
he first mark down in price of the
straw hat season; so l always get my
straws at about % per cent. off the
regular price.
IAN advantage, that, to ave a quar-
ter in the price? Surely; n now see
how buying at that time works out in
other ways
by the middle of July the straw
hats of most people. who buy only one
hat a year, have generally begun to
show signs of wear, certainly so if
their wearers have ever been caught
in a shower; and SO then, when every
body else's hat is getting DID | spring
a fresh one on 'em, a brand new hat:
like a man who. his first hat having
got dusty, had just casually sauntered
I'm to the hat emporium II bought a
new one. 1t gives me a lot of satiSfaC-
ton to run that ley hat put In that
way in the middle Of the season.
And this hat remains tolerably fresh
when l put 1t away in the middle Of
September, and 1t is really In fair con
dition to wear when 1 bring it out to
start the new season with 1t in the fol-
lowing spring.
..Other men getting out hats which
they had bought early in the previous
season and so had worn practically thai
season through find their hats pretty
shabby looking, while mine really looks
pretty nice and will go all right till
the middle of the season, when | buy
nv new hat on the first markdown.
This may seem rather complicated
to YOU, but II works out all right, and
it's a pretty good system. 1T seems to
me"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
Some Kind Of a Cat.

Ethel, aged s, had succeeded in making
her dog stand up on his hind legs, but her
efforts to make the cat do likewise re-
suited in the little girl getting a bad
scratch, whereupon she exclaimed, You
sd-n cat"
Her horrifed mother. who overheard her.
punished her severely; but, not disheart-
sened. Ethel the next morning again en-
,deavored 10 induce puss TO emulate the
dog. and again she felt the force of her
feline claws.
YOU" the angry child began. when
her mother said warningly:
''Ethel!"
well" she continued, you are just the
a9ame. kind Of a cat you were yesterday"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
FREE RAILROAD
FARE AND PASS
TO THE INTERSTATE FAIR, SIOUX
CITY, IA, SEPTEMBER
Z TO IL

Cut this out and mail today to Il III.
Jones, the piano man, Sioux CITY. la
together with the name OF anyone VINO
is going TO buy a piano now or wlinln
two or three months and you VIII re-
ceive an order ON the Northwestern
National Eank of Sioux City. Ia, for
"a draft sufficient to buy you a ticket la
the fair for any day o may deSig-
nate, together with enough to q your
railroad fare If you live within lo1
miles of Sioux City, providing, now
ever, we sell your customer a piano
during the fair.
If this should be read by anyone who
Is in the market for q piano. we will
make you this proposition In addition
10 the above: II you VIII give us a tahr
chance to sell you a piano and we 90
not. and yuu buy during the fair, we
viii pay q in cash the amount OF
your railroad fare and hotel bill during
one full day, and buy you a ticket 10
h fair. our obJecL in making you
this offer il 10 get a chance to sell you,
and confidence in our special prices
during the fair js the incentive.
Special sale OF pianos and organs.
new and secondhand. Read our prices
below:
Chickerfng piano, almost new orig
finally cost $3.50. now S2T5; Weber piano,
very fine case, almost new. in fine con-
dition. originally cost $3.50. now $50:
Emerson piano. shows very little wear.
their very Finest case and finest piano,
originally sold for $3.50, now $235.
Good Emerson piano, sold when new
Tor 1925, now $3.50.
Fisher piano. in good condition, or
fginally SOLD for $500. now $lS5.
Everett piano, interior extra good,
formerly sold for $3.50, now SITE.
Very good piano, been used seven
years, now SIS.
Very good piano, Kimball make. $50.
Chicago piano, SIS.
New pianos.
-Four OF the best piano factories we
represent have given US the privilege
10 sell their pianos at factory prices.
only adding the freight and expense OF
handling. This is purely an advertising
scheme and VIII bring four different
makes of the best pianos made in the
United States SO low the inducement
60 buy VIII be great. Prices are on a
cash basis; however, we will arrange
for small monthly payments, or one,
two and three years time at no ad-
vance in ON cash prices.
Fifty organs and five square pianos
i'm storage. and must be sold at once.
Kimball, Story & Clark, Farrand &
Votey. Chicago Cottage, Newman Bros,
and others. $40 and up. Every piano
and organ sold bears our personal
guarantee, as good as a farm mortgage.
Our reference, the Northwestern Ma
tional and First National banks. Sioux
City.
Open every evening during the fair
until 10 O'Clock.
l.. II. Jones, The Piano Man,
go Fourth street.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
EenrN,s AnSwer

Senator Foraker was talking in Xenia.
o., about a political opponent.
II shall answer him." said the senator
smiling, land l fear that my answer will
De as satisfying, as unpleasantly satisfy
ing. as the elderly husband TO whom his
wife said one day:
"'Henry. it's a world of trouble. and
life is very uncertain. But promise me, /.
I should be taken away. that you viii
never marry that horrid Miss simmons
81 can easily promise you that Henry
replied. She refused me three times whe,
I was a much handsomer la han l an
today
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06

vAA n,ussache cup, madam" said the
s-seaIer. ayes. we hssfe u few. [ think. But
shev are not much called tor any more
1Aen. while showing the cups, he said;
-szu the 'ses. when i~n''slache cups esrn
no popular that they We're used IN the
highest circles. | ordered from Ertn ans
! great number q XII t'ssis ~. 'ns
C,hristmas trade. There were ehi.lssns
murs. tea cups. coffee tAas. ina - :
,ruos and 20 on. and smd ;NrN 4 4 81
.:n cold with Inscriptions Ts 4,
asrother. TO Moshcf. y" sssf
Welt. saadam. whet'4' a. r.
arr1veS on the kisaaaFeN ess
uev~ that lad on ms h'ts II.
<snsn tabele1 ~ sAsssl
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06

ABOUT HlSccu yc1As
ago I suffered with
my back and kidneys.
l doctored and used
many remedies with
out getting relief. Be
ginning with Doan's
Kidney Pills. l found
relief from the hrst
box. and two boxes
restored me to good,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
ACettina Even.'

In savings banks X Is customary 10 re-
c,,ire 4 new depositor to sign an identifca-
sion blank. In q certain savings bank re-
Gently a woman was somewhat unwilling
40 comply with this request.
what is your husbands nannef' asked
[ clerk.
my husbands name Is Peter Jones
VIVA, ,s your wife name?" snapped the
Fair deposition
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06

Guns, Traps, Decoys, etc. Lowest prices.
Write for free catalog No. ]. N. w.
Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06

From the Houston Post.
s.Do you suppose rcek-a-boos viii be
worn I'm h~eayen?"
II don't know. but they ought to be pop
ular in the other place
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06

sound condition. Ny VIE inc many
OF my friends have used Doau's Kid.
ney Pills With good results and ! a
earnestly recommend them"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Eoster-MiIburn Co. Buffalo. y. y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
DOES YOUR BACK II

1rront by shc Experience OF One Who
Has Found Relief.
James r. Keller, retired farmer, OF
Eenner street, C~azenovia, N. Y, says:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
Or. Daniel campbeI's Heirs viii Inherit
Large Estate in Texas.

By the will of the late Col. Colin Camp
bell of Karnes county, Texas, the heirs
of his brother. the late DR.. Daniel Camp
bell of Saxtons River were given his
estate, which amounted to about q quar-
ter of million dollars. A press despatch
states that 1.-The will was very unique
and concise, in which the testator referred
to the fidelity and esteem in which he
held his brother, and the way he had aid
ed and assisted him in times of adversely,
and, as DR.. Campbell died first, he sim
ply added a codicil in which he be-
queathed his estate to the heirs of DR..
Campbell" Other relatives of Col. Camp
bell contested the will and the case came
up for trial in Texas a few weeks ago. but
was quickly decided in favor of the heirs
of DR.. Campbell, it being dismissed from
the docket by the judge without trial.
Dr. Campbell who died in this town
Feb 3, 1898, left a large estate himself.
His heirs are his children and their de-
scendants. The children are; Flora E.,
who married Henry S. Frost of Bellows
Falls; DR.. Edward r. Campbell of Bel
lows Falls; William H., who died in Sax
tons River March "a, 1904, leaving a son,
Alexander c., who still lives at Saxtons
River; Harriet c., who married the late
Preston II. Hadley of Bellows Falls
Clara o., who married George r. Wales
OF Bellows Falls, and Mary E., who mar
ried Charles M Potter and lives in
Lowell, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

dition to the car barn on Saxtons River
street, nearly doubling the capacity. The
walls are nearly completed. The sum-
mer has been the most successful OF
any in the roads history. the regular
patronage and the park patronage ex-
ceeding that OF former years. The park
has been patronized by many hundreds
during the pleasant weather OF the past
week, although the season practically
closed a number OF weeks ago.
The Congregationalist of last week saws
OF the son of the late Rev. Alfred B. Das-
comb OF Bellows Falls and Westminster;
Rev. Harry n. Dascomb, who goes from
Port Huron, Mich, to Grinnell, Iowa.
cleared n debt of $4,000 on the former
church, and during his stay of seven
years $4,000 has been raised" The
Vermont Missionary for September saws:
Another of our pastors is called to a
larger field. Rev. Rodney W. Roundy,
who goes from Ludlow to Wethersfield
Avenue church. Hartford. Conn, is a ma
tive of Rockingham and one OF three
young men that have gone out in recent
years from the Bellows Falls church into
the ministry. II the son of the former
pastor Mr.. Dascomb, is reckoned the
number is increased to four Instances
like this show the source from which the
ranks OF the ministry is most naturally
recruited, Among the fruits of the work
of Rev, j. Ellsworth Fullerton, pastor at
Bellows Falls, will be reckoned his in
fuence in turning the minds of young
men in their formative years towards
the ministry he loved and held in such
honor. lie found good material in his
parish, and he coveted 1t for the best
uses"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

Lucy Nutting, went Monday to Lake
Bomoseen in Castleton 10 stay a week or
two at DIR. Mounds hotel
The streets OF the village of West
minister were lighted by the Fail Noun
tain Electric Light & Power company
from their plant here for the first time
Monday evening.
Miss Alberta Campbell a former teacher
in the llows Falls public schools, now
a teacher in Porto Rico under Assistant
Commissioner % Education f. A Lord
has been visiting in town during the past
week.
Edward c. Barry, who has recently
been employed in a Brattleboro printing
office, went Saturday to Woodstock and
resumed his work in the printing Office
there from which he had been absent
during the summer.
Miss Kate Petty is attending a normal
school in North Adams and Miss Blanche
Woodfall is attending the Fitchburg nor
NAL school. Miss Annie Barry, who grad
uated from the Castleton normal school
last June, is teaching in Langdon, N. H.
DR.. E. r. Campbell and Rowe Wales,
who have been in Texas the past few
weeks upon business trip, returned
Tuesday afternoon. They went both
ways between New York and Galveston
by steamer, having a sea voyage Of six
days one way and seven the other.
The comedy, Sweet Kitty Bellairs," by
David Belasco is to be the attraction at
the opera house next week Thursday
evening. Wednesday evening THE Girl
of the Golden West" was given at the
opera house but was not attended by
half as large an audience as the merits of
the play and the company warranted.
Mrs. S. S. Villas, whose husband died
in July, has broken up the home on
School street which thew have OCCuDied
about 40 years, and she went to Chicago
last week with her daughter, Mrs. Park
err with whom she win make her future
home. Mrs. Villas recently celebrated her
S0th birthday anniversary. The family
have been highly esteemed residents a
long term of years.
Edward Barry, many years a foreman
for the International Paper company,
who, during the recent strike, received
the lucrative appointment as New Eng
land organizer of labor unions, has spent
several weeks in the northern part of
Vermont and New Hampshire. The day
following Labor day he went into New
Jersey and has been there since, working
principally in Passaic and Newark.
A pleasant evening was enjoyed by the
members of the ladies' auxiliary to the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and their
friends, Monday evening, 1t being the 18th
birthday anniversary of that organization.
banquet in the early evening was par
taken of by about 40 in Banquet hall,
served by Caterer NJ. c. Burnett and
later fine program of speaking and mu-
sic was INDUCED in at the hall of the or
der under the Craftsmanship of Mrs. p.
II. Fleming, county president of the or
ganization.
The Bellows Falls & saxtons River
electric road is erecting 6O-foot ad-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20
ATHENS.

The farmers are busy this week filling
their silos.
Miss Ida Ball is visiting relatives in
Massachusetts.
Mrs. Stephen Smith spent a few DAVIS
with her sister in Bellows Falls recently.
J. NJ Powers attended the Sunday
school association meetings in Putney
Wednesday.
w. ]. Rand and family and Miss Helen
Adams were at p. r. Clarks from We'd
nesday until Friday.
Mr., and Mrs. Fred Farr and little
daughter from Gageville were at Mrs.
M. s, Upton's Sunday.
Miss Almira Powers and Ned wvman
returned from their trip TO California and
other places in the West last week Tues
day.
Mrs. Ella Ranney and daughter. who
nave been spending several weeks at w.
A. Wyman's, returned to their home in
Grafton Tuesday.
Rev. E. E. Reynolds of Coos, N. H.
gave very interesting address at the
church Sunday evening in the interest of
the Vermont Anti-Saloon league.
Il. N. Glazer has the contract for ge+-
ing out the poles for the New England
Telephone company to be put on a line
through town in the near future.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

Bellows Falls, the location OF the ex-
penditure to be from the square north
through Rockingham street to the steel
bridge; 5000 is also to be spent by the
town outside this village in the same
permanent work.
Miss Mary G. Searle is employed in the
public library afternoons, and as an as
sistant to the librarian, owing to the
natural increase in the patronage of the
library, which has been marked the past
year.
Miss Elizabeth Dickinson, who had so
narrow an escape from death by taking
poison by mistake few weeks ago, has
recovered so that she expects to be able
to return to her studies at Smith college
next week.
The death of Dr. j. Henry Jackson at
Barre few days ago leaves the duties
of the office of grand commander of the
Vermont Knights Templar to Vice Com
mander DR.. George H. Gorham of Bel
lows Falls,
A workman upon the platform OF the
Rutland railroad ice house, Henry jack
son, had a bad fall of nearly 20 feet from
the building Tuesday, and was uncon-
scious an hour or more, but is now doing
well and will not be permanently in
jured.
The services at the Congregational
church last Sunday morning were in the
interest of the Vermont Anti-Saloon
league. The speaker was the Rev. e. e.
Reynolds of Whitefeld, N. H., and the
contribution made to the work was
little over $780,
The estate Of the late S. S. Villas has
sold the residence on School street to
Charles N. Villas of New York, and It has
not yet been decided who will occupy the
tenement, Mr.. Villas returned to his
New York home Wednesday after a long
summer spent in Alstead,
The elegant new curtain for the stage at
the opera house was used for the first
time last Thursday night The scene
represents the White mountain range
from the Conway Intervale and the audi
ence Thursday evening were enthusiastic
over its beauty. The cost was about $3.50.
About 65 friends of Herman ]. Searles
of the Vermont Farm Machine company
surprised him at his rooms on Hapgood
place Monday evening and presented him
with a valuable ring, it being his birth
day anniversary. Waters and punch were
served and a general good time enjoyed
by all.
What might easily have been a terrible
disaster occurred Thursday of last week
at the factory of the Bellows Falls Pulp
Plaster company at the south end of the
village. A complex boiler, used for dry
ing clay, exploded suddenly and did con-
siderable damage. Workmen had been
close by only minute or two before.
No one was injured at all.
Rev. L. Olin Sherburne has been having
a two weeks vacation which has, in COM
pany with Mrs. Sherburne, been spent in
Boston and vicinity. They will return
tomorrow. Last Sunday his pulpit was
occupied by Rev. Mr.. Miles, an employe
Of the Vermont Farm Machine Co. and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20
Married on an Island.

To be romantic and Guido a girl friend
who was recently married in a rowboat
on the Housatonic river in Canaan, Miss
Anna NJ. Phipps of Southampton, Mass,
was married to Harold Willard Of West
minister, Vt, on a small uninhabited
island in the Twin lakes at Chapinville
Few nights ago. The bride has been
ward in the family of Rev. S. E. Mac.
Geehon of Southampton who owns
cottage on the shores of Twin lakes, for
six years. When Mr.. Willard arrived at
Twin lakes the other day, Miss Phipps
pointing out the rustic island to her
nance, said, That's where we will mar
ry.' He knew better than to offer any
objections, and at O'Clock. while the
rain was falling, Rev. Mr.. MacGeehon
Mrs. MacGeehon, Miss MacGheeon and the
prospective bridal couple stepped into
boat and rowed TO the island, which is
not larger than 10 by Is feet and per-
haps quarter of a mile from shore
There Rev. Mr.. McCheehon pronounced the
couple man and wife.-[Despatch from
Winsted, Conn, in Springfield Republic
can.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

former member OF the Vermont confer
ence, The week before Rev. E. E. Rey-
nolds OF Whitefield. n. H.. was the
preacher.
The family of C. w. Butterfield have
been extremely anxious during the past
few days as, last Sunday, they received
word from their daughter Gertrude, who
is nurse in the Boston Homeopathic
hospital in Boston, that an epidemic of
typhoid fever had broken out in the hos
pital and that Is of the nurses were ILL.,
The strictest investigation had failed to
show the cause of the unusual outbreak
Mrs. Nellie NJ. (March) Graves died Fri
day evening at the home of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Charles II. Waite, aged 65. Her
husband was Henry II. B., son Of
'Dr." Hiram A. Graves, one of the early
residents of Bellows Falls and was for
many years an engineer on the Cheshire
railroad. Or" Graves was a manufac-
turer of patent medicines in his day and
widely known in all this part of New
England He died here in 1869
Mr.. and Mrs E. w. Lawrence of New
York were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
c. II. Robb number of days during
the past week, and all spent Sunday at
the cottage of G. w. Labaree at Suna-
pee. Mr.. Lawrence is a son of Judge
Lawrence of Rutland, and, as an attorney,
has been until recently associated with
Mr.. Robb in the Investigations made of
different departments of the government
in Washington The business relations
have ripened into warm personal friend
ship.
Mrs. Hetty Green and her daughter
Sylvia, have been in Bellows Falls for
three or four weeks, but they have not
opened the residence on Church street
They have been boarding at the Hotel
Rockingham. few days since Mrs.
Green was called to Boston to attend to
some court matters and the Boston pa
pers have been fun of the usual yellow
stories of her experiences there, particu-
larly at the Parker House. During Mrs
Green's absence the daughter was guest
of H. p. Bancroft's family on West
minister street.
The residence of Deputy Sheriff Frank
B. Phelps on School street was invaded
by about so neghbors and friends Tues
day evening, the surprise being a COM
plete one, and a jolly time continued the
entire evening. Cake and coffee were
served the visitors, and in behalf of
those present Rev. Mr.. Miles, a former
member of the Vermont Methodist con-
ference, in fitting words presented Mr..
and Mrs Phelps with two pieces of solid
silver. The occasion for the showing of
good will and esteem was the birthday
anniversary of both Mrs, Phelps and her
father, whose home is with her.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

They We're in the parlor Of a summer
resort hotel.
She-John, why do you always occupv
the piano stool when you are in the par
Tor? You can't play a note.
He-No one else can. either 1ubIla T
sit here'-tHarper's Weekly