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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14

from Blake's end. Both he and Couh
| son shot behind the same bird. Kit
knocked some feathers out of it AND
George brought it down at 40 yards.
The rest flew wide.
Wiped our eyes, by gad!" ex-
| claimed Blake Coulson couldn't say
anything; he was staring open
| mouthed.
Through gaps in low quickest they
| passed into wurzel. George and Kit.
as usual, bit ahead. got all four bar.
rels into some birds before the men
had time to swing on.
MY bird!" one or the other would
yell out each time anything got up,
| and the constant repetition of the
words had the effect of lurrying the
men.
The two small guns seemed at times
to be keeping up fusillade. 1t was
not that game was more plentiful than
usual, but because nothing escaped the
youngsters keen eyes. They got on
at lightning speed. Even when a bird
rose right under the muzzle of Blakes
own gun one of them would rob him
of his shot before he could pull trig-
ger.
Nineteen for me-" nodded George
to his sister as they paused to let the
dogs work patch.
"Seventeen-only two behind" re-
turned the girl evenly, as she bowled
over the first rabbit that bolted.
Mind the dog" she admonished Blake,
who, seeing movement in the patch,
had raised his gun.
"Awfully sorry" he stammered,
hardly knowing what he was saying.
Never saw anything like it in my
life" admitted Coulson, in an awe
struck tone to his host when, a little
later on, Kit took a snapshot across
reed-bed at woodcock and bagged
it.
And to think I asked them to be
CAREFUL" confessed Blake in dismay.
AS the morning wore on the two
men became completely demoralized.
They shot disgracefully, missing birds
and holding yards behind rabbits.
They began to be glad of the stray
shots that the youngsters had, per-
force, occasionally to leave them.
And all the while the boys 90 bore
kept going, as though it had but a
single trigger, and the crack Of the
girls % almost emulated it.
But George was five birds ahead of
his sister when they turned into the
last field, and Kit as they walked it
up, felt her candy slipping away. In
the further angle they flushed a single
partridge, right ahead of them. Bang
went the small bores, and, as the bird
fell, Kit, for the first time, ran in.
My Sirdi" she screamed
"Bosh! / simply smothered him!"
objected George.
Prove it," was the challenge.
Down the youngsters pumped with
the bird between them, while Blake
and Coulson came and stood over
them in wonder. Kit extracted the pin
that held her Tam O. Shanter, and be-
gan probing the bird with it. George,
with a penknife, became similarly en-.
gagged.
There you are!" he cried, present.
~, exhibiting black speck. mo. g.
knew I'd got himi"
But his exultation was short-lived,
The next moment the girl held up CORY
fingers with a pellet between them.
mo. my bird!" she exclaimed in
triumph
"A double hit, by Jove!" cried
Blake. 81 say-do you"-looking from
one to the other-"do you shoot
much?"
''Oh. yes piped Kit. Didn't father
tell you? We perform in public.
We're The Two Little Sure-Shots.'
Didn't you know?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
Gold Used on MODERN china.

A veteran importer of fine china
says it is not true that the gold used
on modern china has not the good old
wearing qualities of the china our
grandmothers used to have. The gold
decoration on modern china wears off
quickly simply because of the chem
icals used in nearly all kitchens of the
present day. If the housekeeper will
use only pure, neutral soap, he says,
her gold decorated china will wear as
long Is it ever did.-Good Housekeep-
Ing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
ALsft.over Suggestion.

When you have boiled a ham do NOT
insist upon its appearing on the family
board after it has been eaten down
to the scrag ends.
These are unsightly and by that
time the family is tired of it at any
rate.
Instead, make use of the chopper
and turn the small pieces into Gro.
quotes, or mix them with creamed
eggs baked in a pudding dish or even
have some dainty minced ham sand
wiches for lunch mixed with mayor
naise, a little chopped lettuce, and
some cut up sweet pickles.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
How'a This?

gva oger One hundred Dollars KswGrd FOR aEy
.ssa Of CatsFrL that cannot be cured BY HsVa
Catarrh Cure. ,rrr1rr.v l. RI so,aao n
I'd. tba rndersiqned have known II. J. Cheney
soha last IS years and believe him perfectly hon.
orabie in al1 business Transactions ana nn1ancaIy
SO4o W s WAIDIEG, KINNAN & MARVIN,
wholesale Drugglsts, Toledo, o.
r5a1Ts Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally, acting
htractv anon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
+ Testimonials sent free. Price Is cents peg
OG Take Hsli's Fam IL Pills for constipation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
Lace Gowns.

The majority of lace gowns are car
ried out in white, for a great deal of
white is worn at the southern resorts,
both in regard to toilettes and millin-
cry, with ivory as its chief rival. but
the lace gown is also conspicuous in
colors such as raspberry pink and
mole brown, a frock of the latter car
ried out in punched lace having be-
meath It a slip of ivory satin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
Runnina No Risk.

"What?" asks the maiden aunt.
"Going to marry that Mr.. Newwun?
Why, you hardly know the man. Imo-
gene. In the few days you have been
acquainted with him you cannot pos
sibly have learned anything Of his fam
lily of antecedents or habits or per.
sonak circumstances"
BIT is true, Aunt Keturah. But
yo We always told me that no won-
an Who knows anything about a man
will marry him. Success Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
i7YN7lu5'
Girdles are empire at. the back.

G1rdleS are empire at the back.
The spring tailormade is prettieT
than for years.
Coats are short and fit the form
closely in the newest suits.
Sleeves, despite variations, gener.
ally are upon Japanese lines.
Metal decked evening scarfs are dis.
tinctly Egyptian in appearance.
Cretonne patterns appear on every,
thing, from organdie to pique.
Skirts almost without exception are
plated in one way or another.
Chip straw hats, it is said, again will
blossom out. Just now leghorns lead
Coarse straws are more prominent
than formerly.
A gloriied rajah silk just out, seek.
ing spring favor, has a satin finish and
is in a two-tone weave.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
sernn cutawav Goat

A successor to the covert coat,
which long ago had it's deathb1ow SO
far SIS smart dressmaking is con.
cerned, is serge cutaway with long
basques, fastening with three but.
tons, and in either black or blue This
is a separate coat and will be distinct.
ly modish with either tub frocks or
tWeeds and cheYiots.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
French Circles

The new girdles sent over from the
center of fashion are narrow strips
of ribbon or velvet. They go around
the waist from the center of the
front, cross in the back, return. and
tie little to one side in a knot
whence the ends hang to the knees.
1t is a graceful style, but it will never
suit women who show any signs of be
coming stout, for the lines in from
only aeceEtuate the size of the hips.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
Gettlna Gle.

"of course, you don't want anything
you are not entitled to-" said the con.
scientious man.
"Of course not" answered Senator
Sorghum, "but I will incidentally re.
mark that / always have the best legal
talent available to ascertain what I
am entitled to.'-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14

An English genealogist has discoV-
ayed that George Washington was q
Iineal descendant Of Edward l. He
was, however, bigger man than his
rova1 ancestor, and was one of ma
fnre,s nobIemen, who owed nothing to
r,rnl1d descent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14

The cloth;
side this
tucked
the horizontally of
blue feathers
embroidery
yards for lining
The
which
of
w md
cloth 46 inches wide, lining
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
Proposed Aid for Glass Hand,iro.

1t has been proposed to use electro
magnets for lifting and handling large
panes of glass. This is accomplished
by placing piece of sheet iron under
the glass and applying one or more
electromagnetic on the upper face Of
the glass. The electromagnetic at
tract the sheet of iron and thereby
hold the glass suspended while NOV
ing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14

The recognition of pure air as q
curative agency is spreading with great
ranidity. Unfortunately, however, the
smoke-makers are determined appar-
antIy to keep the supply of pure air as
small as they can.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
Velvet Goats with cIoth coIIars

Nothing is prettier than the cloth
skirt surmounted by long velvet coat
the same color. The skirt will have
two-inch band of velvet at the edge.
For young girls dainty pastel shades
are much sought after.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14

1t is claimed that Napoleon was not
,nuch Of an equestrian, but no one has
as vet put forth the theory that his
greatness as a military genius was due
solely to the fact that he could ride
|. horse over an eight-fcot hurdle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14

II the proposed burying ground for
dogs for which a Newtonvills lady is
trying to get authority becomes real
ity. and is open to cats, almost every
suburbanite could suggest some that
he would like to have put in it right
away.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
TOO MUCH.

Eddie don't mind so much dat I
quit smokin' cause you asst me ter, but
ter be refused after I'd gone an
washed me handsome face fer week
straight-well, honest, didn't thinl 1t
Of yer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14
A True Church.

There is a true church wherever
one hand meets another helpfully.--
John Ruskin-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

fieation Of the local option prineiple ~
adjoining, non licensed communities, !
recommend that the law be amended 10
pobibit the sale hy SECOND class licensees
Ia any person other than for his own use
or that az HE family, and that the pnf'
chase aud distribution of intoxicating
lianor by one a. agent for another he pro
hlhilod There l. no provision 81 Law lar
the attachment and sale al Intoxicating
liquor hy loeal officers on execution or de
cree IL the court ! suggest a law with
the necessary safeguards 10 permit attach
ment and the Judicial sale Of intoxicating
liquors"
A. result IL law enacted in 1919 ~
quiring tho kindred II insane persons 10
contribute 10 their support IN the hospital
for the insane. fifteen orlefs al cominil
ment az insane persons Ia he snppoIiei
by the state have been revised and the eN'
pense wholly OF IN part imposed upon the
l-.son's own estate ar upon his kindred
"li has been found. says the report, in
the prosecution al various claims OF this
character that there Is want ~ adr
Quate information concerning the insane
person. | recommend that II be q rc'
duircment II law that the probate court
having jurisdiction If the matter file with
the institution 90 which the patient i
committed, al the time the order making
the person a state charge Is made, as com
plete information as the court i able 20
secure relative Ia the persons estate and
the financial condition of such 81 his kin
drcd a. arr hy law bound 90 contribute
10 his support
The rcnort concludes with an outline Of
the prosecutions arising out Of the charges
concerning the sale Of diseased meat.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

In his annual report Attorney'Generai
Fits reeoInmends the extension of the
territorial Jurisdiction al city aud mu'
nieipal courts aud that the determine
ton of all questions Of fact in criminal
prosecutions where the extreme penalty
cannot exceed three years imprisonment
be concluded in these courts. These seem
10 be sensible recommendations. In a
town the sire Of Iiatilcboro, for instance,
a municipal court is simply an extmva'
ganee when petty criminal cases which
come M before il are continually being
appealed, It's jurisdiction should be broad
enough to allow |, 10 dispose Of sui
iicicnt number Of eases TO relieve in con
siderable measure the pressure Of com
parativcly unimportant business at county
court time. County court dockets AT pres
ent are cluttered with altogether too many
suits wherein trivial amounts are involved,
and the cost Of settling these minor dis.
putcs is all out Of proportion to their inn
poTtance.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
This CountY's Legislators.

Windham county will be represented
by the following members IN the legisla-
ture which convened Wednesday: Sena.
tors, L. w. Gibson of Brattleboro, Dr.
George H. Gorham of Rockingham; rep
resentatives Percy r. Clark of Athens,
II. G.. Barber of Brattleboro, J. G. Mar
tin of Brookline, Frank Yeaw of Dover,
w. F. Walker of, Dummerston, Thad-
deus Park of Grafton, George P. Miller
of Guilford, Charles Thurber of Halifax,
r. w. Wheeler of Jamaica. j. Z. Calvin
of Londonderry, Z. p. Adams of MARI
boro. A. N. Sherman of Newfane, H. G..
Everleth of Putney, n. L. Divoll of
Rockingham, G. f. Marshall Of Sarerset,
d. H. Forester of Stratton, f. B. Batch
elder of Townshend, +. II. Akley of Yer
non, John Gilfether of Wardsboro. Har-
Ian Goodhue of Westminster, Tyler Good.
ell of Nottingham, Leonard Brown of
Wilmington and Harry Gould of Wind
ham,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
Serious Water Famine in St. Adams.

About 500 persons were thrown out of
employment in st. Adams Monday as a
direct result of the lowering of the city,
water supply, following the almost un.
precedented drouth. The city water
comes from Fairfax pond, and is stored
in two reservoirs. The upper reservoir
has been dry for some time, and in the
lower one the water has been going down
steadily until Monday it measured only
II feet inches. To guard against a
shortage which would be serious in case
Of fire, the city council decided to cut off
from the water service some of the larg-
est consumers and the water was taken
away from the Central Vermont railway
headquarters, including the large shops
the. Van Camp condensed milk company
and the Green Mountain canning com
pany. Between 300 and 400 men have
been employed at the Central Vermont
shops, which were closed Monday for an
indefinite time, while there are about 100
employees at the other companies affected.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
RATIONAL CURE FOR ECZEMA.
No More Dosing the Stomach-Cur,
the Skin Through the Skin.

When you have scratch on your hand
you wash it out and cleanse it and then
the skin cures itself. You do not take
blood medicine to cure festered wound.
The best skin specialists today are
agreed that the only way to cure the skin
is through the skin.
The fact that eczema is skin disease
and not blood disease is evident from
statistics which show that nearly all
eczema sufferers are perfectly healthy In
all other ways except as to their skin. If
the eczema patients were really suffering
from an inward malady, the entire BODY
and not only the skin would be diseased.
You can prove Immediately the relief of
true skin cure by using oil of winter
green as compounded in D. D. D. Pre-
scription.
This liquid attacks the disease germs,
numbing them while building up the
healthy tissue of the skin. We have now
handled this meritorious and thoroughly
scientific remedy for so long and have seen
its reliable result so many times that we
freely express our confidence.
Brooks House Pharmacy.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

ESTATE OF JANETTE NJ. HOUGHTON.
The undersigned having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Marlboro, Commissioners, to receive,
examine and adjust the claims and demands
Of all persons against the estate of Janette
NJ Houghton, late of Brattleboro, in said
District, deceased. and all claims exhibited
in offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
will meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the
Brattleboro Trust Company's quarters, in
the town of Bratteboro in said District, on
the cath day of October, and 18th day Of
March next, from 10 O'Clock a. m, until .
o'clock p. M, on each of said days and that
six months from the 18th day of September
A. ID. 1908. is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at Brattleboro, Vt, this 9th day of
October, A. D. 1908.
O. f. Benson c
Al 43 Howard c. Rice commissioners
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

The sportsmen of Rutland county are
said to be in favor OF the enactment of a
law requiring every person, whether or
not a resident OF the state, TO take out a
license before he shall have the right to
hunt. There is much to be said for and
against this question, but wherever such a
law is in force it has proved of benefit not
only in the protection of game through
aiding wardens to keep in touch with
hunters, but through using the money
taken in license fees as a fund for the
propagation of fish and game.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
In effect Oct. 8, 1908.


Montreal and Quebec. via c. v. and G. T, Rvs.
..-tl.07 a. m. &C 2.3o .. m. 'l025 p. m.
Montreal & Quebec, via Newport and C. P. Ry.,
f11.07 a.. m. HOPS p. m.
Quebec. via Sherbrooke and G. T. Ry..-El025
p. m.
Quebec, via Que. Cent. Ry-tl025 p. m.
Greenfield. Northampton Holyoke, Springfield
$50 a. m. 1907 a. m. t2.Os p. m. 1926 p. m.
1929 p. m. 1913 pm.
Bellows Falls, Claremont Junction, Windsor.
White River Junction-t9.03 a. m. t1l.07 a. m.
80 P: m. t5.4 p. m. 'l0.25 p. m.
Wells River. st Johnsbury. Lyndonville- fl1.07
'2.S0 p. m. HOPS .. m.
Newport. Sherbrooke-tl1.O a. m. $3.50 p. m.
HOPS m.
Boston-tA907 a. m. tA2.0S p. M sA426 p. M
Daily. tDaily except Sunday Sunday only.
A via Greenfield. via Bellows Falls Mon.
treal only. Except Sunday and Monday. E Ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday. ..Daily except
Monday.
Detailed information and time tables may be OBJ.
tanned at ticket office.
D. ]. FLANDERS, c. M. BURT.
Pass. Traf. MRr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
Vermont's National Guard.
Remington Banner.

If there is a sincere desire on the part
of the people of Vermont to do some.
thing for the national guard, instead of
providing an opportunity for few more
officers to acquire the title of colonel
through appointment as aides to the gov
ernor, it might be well to open the heart
of the commonwealth, and the treasury
likewise, for the benefit of the enlisted
men. Only comparatively few who en-
ter in the service of the state militia can
ever expect to wear shoulder straps for
there are only three commissions for each
company. Ever since the Spanish Ameri-
can war knocked the foolishness out of
the national guard, service in the state
militia has been growing to be a more
serious, business-like and Woodworking
affair. There is every reason to believe
that these latter-day characteristics will
be more in evidence in the future than
they are at present and in order that the
right kind of young men will enlist in
ducements of some nature will be neces-
sary. In this connection it is opportune
to call attention to the recent disband-
ing of companies that had fallen below
the required standard.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

The race track magnatcs, horse owners
trainers, stable employees, track workers
and book'maken who have been put out
Of business as a result of Governor Hughes
antigambling legislation in New York
state, are said TO be making strenuous ef'
forts 10 defeat his election as governor.
Registration figures for the districts which
take in the several race tracks in and
around New York city indicate that these
interests have organized for the purpose,
and they seem to have the assistance OF
store.keepers and property owners whose
business has been affected by the slump
in racing due 10 the passage OF the anti.
betting laws. Other interests besides those
of the race track are combating Governor
Hughes in the present campaign, yet in.
stead OF allowing him TO stay at home and
attend TO his own fences the republican
national committee has seen ft TO keep
him busy on a western speaking tour.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

By unanimously adopting resolution
recognizing the possibility of human in.
lection from the bovine tuberculous ba.
cilli, the sixth triennial congress on tuber-
culosis at Washington last week placed it.
seld squarely on record in opposition TO
the views of the eminent German scien-
fist. DIR. Robert Koch. The controversy
over this issue was the subject of much
spirited debate, DIR. Koch maintaining that
it is impossible for human beings to be.
come infected from the germs of bovine
tuberculosis. That the question has been
decided definitely there is considerable
doubt, but the action of the congress is
wise in that Il tends to prevent the min.
imitation OF the danger of infection from
the white plague"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
A Seeker After Light.

Editor of Reformer:
l had the pleasure of writing you some
time ago regarding light on Sundays. We
who are dependent on electric light can
not understand why it should be shut off
Sunday afternoons Certainly some sys-
tenn can be put in operation by Manager
Woy so we can have some light at the
above time. We are willing to pay for it
and certainly the Twin State Gas com
need the money Perhaps Mr.. Woy will
enlighten lis in print on this subject but
we want Juice" not essays
A Sufferer.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

10 he reelected. Hut there are good
many more than "a districts where the
republican IL a satellite Of the Cannon
machine and whew the democratic eandi'
date Is an honest man, with the one tow
ering virtue that he would not vote for
Cannon
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

The spread of the Cannon blight, or as
it called by some journals, the Jo-Uncle
incubus, throughout portions of the mid,
die west bids fair to reduce if not oblit.
crate the republican majority in the ma
tional house of representatives even
though it does not result in the defeat
of Uncle Joe himself. Republican con-
gressional candidates in Wisconsin, Ne
braska, Kansas and other states have
pledged themselves not to vote for him
for speaker in the event of their election
and his. In commenting on this popular
revolt against the speaker Golfers Week
ly says:
He is not dishonest-his morality is
simply out of date. He is too great an
obstacle to be endured. 1t is very posi-
BILE that, on account of the probability
that Danville will re-elect him, the demo-
Gratis may win the house. The republi-
cans in the fifty-ninth congress had ma
jority of ia. The election two years ago
cut that majority exactly in half, down
to 81. the defeated including such old
republican wheel-horses as Babcock of
Wisconsin, McCleary of Minnesota, Lacey
In the coming election a change of 20
districts from republican to democratic
would give the house to the democrats
and would effect the certain overthrow of
Cannon. Already some men have been
eliminated by being beaten for renomina-
ton, because of their subservience to the
machine; such as jenkins in Wisconsin.
There are at least "a districts where the
change of less than thousand votes-in
some cases less than l00-would turn the
district from republican to democratic
would elect a congressman whose vote
would be for another speaker than Can
non. Some republican congressman who
hold their seats by small majorities are
better men than the democrats who have
been nominated against them, and ought