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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
The Prodigal's Return.
From Puck.


The Prodigal Son approached the an
cestral homestead with considerable de-
gree of pleasurable anticipation only to
be met afar off by his elder brother. who
straightway lifted up his voice, saying:
''Our beloved father begs me to inform
you that. owing to the fact that he has
but recently been invaded by a prodigal
daughter and her titled and impoverished
husband. he does not at this time feel
equal to the task of providing for you
the reception you doubtless expect and
probably deserve However, he bids me
request you to repair to one of the plain
but serviceable restaurants in the village
and there sOjourn until he can get the
present incubusses, or incubi. as the case
may be, off his hands, when, If there is
anything left of the fatted calf and the
other comestibles, he will be delighted &c
share the same with YOU"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Joys of Being Fat.
I'm the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
According to writer in contem-
porary magazine it is the fat men that
get all the good things in life. They are
conducted to the best tables at restaur-
ants, they get the corner seats in the
theater and always seem to have enough
n ,bney TO get along without worrying.
When fat man enters drawing room
doesn't he always get the most comfort
able chair? asks the writer. When his
hat blows off windy day doesn't
some one always run after it for MIN ?
No one expects him to get up i'm bus
or a train to give his seat to a lady-he
would block the gangway if he did. Even
his wife doesn't expect him to stoop to
pick up things when she drops them.
Everybody tells him their best stories.
because they like to hear him laugh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
The Fit.
From Puck.

Prom Furk.
His sense Of fitness was wonderful.
But is it right objected sundry OF
the other characters in the novel. mar
lowly thoughtful of mere convention.
Right" sneered our hero. i'm just scorn.
..Of course the question is not at all IL
this thing be right hut whether il will 60
in New York if DRAMATIC
And to such an eXacting standard of
conduct did he rigfdly adhere, from the
first page unto the last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
How It Happened.
he Kansas City Journal

From the Kansas City Journal.
True. the night was dark. but he ap-
peared to jump deliberately in front OF
the automobile.
Force of habit. The poor fellow was
all actor. and naturally dived for the
spotlight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
The Glut of Books.

From the Saturday Review.
There are too many books. If only the
publishers would combine and agree to
boycott-a real boycott. not the Times
make-believe boycott-the extremely pro-
life writer's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Examples in Reclamation.

Let me give a few statistics to further
show the extent of this land now great
waste which might be made of such val
ue. 1t covers a space equal to the total
area of three states of the Union-Con-
necticut, Rhode Island and Delaware
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05

This warfare was carried 10 the coast
and there 1t became an open menace 10
commerce and to all traffic passing
through the straits. Then at last. In
self-defense. the government in Singapore
was told to interfere The result was
the appearance of a British man-of-war In
the tumultuous waters, and, AFTER vlo-
lent collision and some loss of life, steps
were taken toward the conclusion OF a
treaty and overtures were made for a
better understanding. This ended In the
British occupation Of the bindings. the
chief rendezvous of these lawless folk.
Here Great Britain was able to check and
finally abolish their danger us practices.
Negotiations were opened at the same
time with various native chiefs. Finally.
at the invitation of the Sultan OF Perak
who was tired of the internal turmoil, a
quas misunderstanding quasi-commerctal Of
ficer was established in that state. with
the some what ambiguous title of resident.
There follows a perplexing. unpleasant
page of history. Confusing mists for
tunately surround the actual facts. But
TO Great Britain the reading was plain
enough. Her official representative had
been brutally murdered and that death
was to be avenged. And it was Repara-
ton was demanded and grudgingly
granted The circumstance sealed the
fate of the Malays. Great Britain was
behind her cannon and there she was to
remain.
The curious and venturesome who had
long desired to explore the forbidden prov
| inces now pushed forward. and the gate
has never since been closed. They came
| as the fiotsam and jetsam of restless life
that washes from one pole to the other, as
| individuals and in groups fortune
| hunters drawn by the persistent rumors
of gold and as the lawbreaker seeking
shelter. AS young. untried men they came
to whom adventure is as the breath of
| their nostrils and the breaking of virgin
| soil delight which through all ages has
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
WILLIAMSBURG

Henry Gates of Chelsea was in town
last Friday.
Judge Stow and wife of Chelsea spen;
last Friday night in town
George Nichols Is seriously Ill at his
home on North Main street
Miss Edna Roberts of New York il Wis
iting her sister. Mrs. Carl Seayer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Drury spent Sat.
urdsy night and Sunday in Calais.
Miss Grace McAIlister OF Washington
visited friends in town the past week.
III. II. Martin was caIled'to Msrshfeid
last week to attend the funeral of his
brother.
Bert Simons of Providence, II. l., {.
visiting his father, Lucius Simons, also
his sister, Mrs. John Dow.
Warren Grearson and Z. +. Bemis,
with J. X. Prize OF GranitevjlIe. are al
Highgate Springs fishing.
c. U. Lathrop received injuries while
raking hay that have confined him 10 the
bed the past two weeks
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
NORTH TuNBRiocE

Show and dance in wight's hall Aug. /.
Arthur Allen and family visited in
Sharon last Sunday.
Elmer Sly * Son are cutting the hay
on the Charlie West farm.
Miss Ethel Hyde Of Randolph, q former
school teacher here, visited here Q few
days RECENTLY.
r. ID. Moody received a bad shaking
up and some bruises by falling into q
scuttle hole in his stable last week
Frank Spaulding IL at work on the
Tunbridge Town house, which Is under
going q remodeling by a vote OF the town
this season.
George Fuller, who was reported last
week as expected to remove to Canaan, -.
H., has given up that idea and has pur-
chased the farm formerly called the Bates
place and will soon go there with his hen
business.
Road Commissioner Moody began gray
cling the highway, commencing just be-
low this village and making some
changes by direction of the state com
missioner, who was called here 10 exam
inc the alterations.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
ruNeRipcE

Miss Harriet Wood has returned from
Bethel.
Mrs. g. e. Slack went to Hanover last
Thursday.
Mrs. Nellie Ciliey returned from Bos-
ton Sunday.
Miss Bessie Farnham spent last week at
Walter Howe's.
Mrs. Cutting and daughter are visiting
at NJ. T. Kings.
George Perkins and lady went to Ausa-
Bile Chasm on the excursion.
Lizzie GilIey has finished work at Benz.
fuckers and returned home.
Mrs. Jennie Sleeper and Miss Edna are
visiting in Connecticut this week.
Mrs. George Rogers and daughter went
to Pittsford for few days last week.
Miss Ella Winchester OF Bellows Falls
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Albert Dean.
DIR. Hayward went to Randolph last
week Tuesday to attend medical meet
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gay of Cayen-
dish were recent visitors at z. c. Sleep
er's.
Mrs. Everett bennett of Lebanon, y.
MS - Ni-itius ffaAA AutIc a. oaAnA7
Rest.
Several from here attended the band
concert at South Royaiton Saturday
night.
Several from here attended Buffalo
Bills show at White River Junction
Tuesday.
T. Z. Williams went with a friend on
the excursion to st. Anne de Beaupre last
week Wednesday.
Elmer and Earl Howe saw a large lynx
recently as they were coming down the
aill from Orson Wbitney's.
Mrs. Octavia Holden Of Worcester,
Mass, q great-aunt of Mrs. Grace Hay
ward, visited her last week.
r. V. None of Iroquois. Ont, and
Miss Addie Forsyth Of Lisbon, y. Y,
were recent guests of w. H. Forsyth.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
AUGUST Designer.

One Of the best ways 10 Obtain -.
full and beautiful figure il BY pia,As --..
deep breathing in conjunction "iih "a,
GUS exercises, says Q writer 10 The 49, -.
Designer. The modern woman, - -.
she be In the crowded cities or I pc - -.
er towns and country places, oot - -,
exercise enough and s. eonseq oth1 -. :.
body suffers. Or perhaps she oees -, =
else vigorously in one parficnlhf - :,
ton, thereby developing one pofllll
the expense Of another. This y .'s
She should be symmetrioally os'tl. -l...s
Throughout. Try the foiloSing -
in the morning when you hrst g =
Begin by bending your heao o' -
the right side ss Ear A. Il WI 60 -
while holding Ii in this posliion, - ~
turn II TO the back, 20 the LEFT ana y =.
front. Now reverse the m0's -
keeping this up for about ten ni -.sas
In . short time you will begin 70 So 100.
gratifying change ss regards oo CO -
This exercise can also be used 80 -.
bensnt when you are afflicted VIZ a..
ing hsadscbe. Try IL and see u a
mot relieve you.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23

Brattleboro is in the throes OF q Sunday
closing movement. A good churchman
complained of Greek fruit store that
kept open Sunday. The states attorney
prosecuted the Greek, and then, not to
discriminate, served notice on all sellers
day except to dispense necessary goods.
This cut out cigars, ice cream, soda and
the like, and created a hubbub on the
part of citizens and tourists who were
denied these comforts that they had been
accustomed to secure. The matter has
gone into politics--everything does in
Brattle boro-and one candidate for town
representative is out on a platform to
amend or repeal the so-called Blue Law
that forbids all labor save of necessity or
charity on the Sabbath. 1t is probably
true that literal application of the Sun.
day-closing law does not accord with
present-day notions. Whether the law or
the notions should be changed, we do not
undertake to say. Most any town
would rebel If its people were limited
strictly to acts of necessity or charity on
Sunday. The day is one OF worship TO a
comparatively few; of worship, rest and
recreation to many; of rest and recrea-
ton to many others, and of recreation
and pleasure to probably half the people,
while no class limits its labor, in both
mind and body, to the legal or Old Tesla
ment command. So long as there is such
variance between law and sentiment,
just so long will there be trouble in its
enforcement.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23

]. A. DeBoer announces that he is "in
the hands of his friends" so far as his
candidacy for Montpelier's seat in the
legislature is concerned. This is tant-
amount to his election, since all that will
be needed is his willingness to serve.
Further and beyond this, they are al
ready talking DeBoer for speaker this fall
and for governor four years hence. Thus
do vermonters draw the low bow in mat
tiers of politics. Well, there is no telling
what viii ultimately happen to man OF
DeBoer's calibre when be really trusts his
bark to the current.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
THOUSANDS OF
GIRLS AND WOMEN
Need the Same Tonic r,..
Which Brought GOOD lle.l,, :. ~
Miss Van De W..

Women who become usrs -.
weight and ambition and Ar srt. ~
headaches and fsinting suells -s1b
tonic a. DIR. Williams Pipl p;-Ie ~ slt
The case OF Miss Geneyieye u.
Wort, Of Darien Center Caussea = = =
T., il so similar to that Of ybor.. ~ ,.
over the country that her curs -. - q
Williams' Pink Pills sbould 49,. Y.
suffering girl and woman 70 trr 10y
ic treatment. She says: 10
81 suffered for about four yeas. -.
female trouble, beginning when
sixteen years old. could not =,
gest much food for Il seemed 10 ~.
in my stomach and / was oonstins,ss
had such sick headaches thFf So-is
see and dizzy spells which often -. ~
me TO faint away. At critical - !,
would be destbly sick for fou, -
days, having 10 go to bed. and M -
would beat 50 fast that I could 80
breathe. Ny kidneys were srer+ss -,
my back ached q great Zeal. ~ -
piexion became yellow snd az gglr -.
broke out over my face. Tier ~.
sharp pains in my right leg and fo4 \.
limbs became numb and NV hsues -.
useless for q long time on ttis seoou1.
Ny hands and legs were icy ools ~
became 80 nervous and weak TIA. 4.
least exercise tired ne out. Nv -,
weight IL 40 pounds, bot vas :,
down 10 122 pounds. Ny blood wastes.
ing to water and thought ] vas gss,
70 die.
1.-THE doctors treatment did not On.
me and after having tried several o.b-
medicines, began to take Dr. wilifu.
Pink Pills. A feg boxes helped ne ~,
continued until cured. They bust d
my whole system, ] gained in Hesh AZ
strength and an nov entirely vel.
feel like . new person and think ihst D.
Williams Pink Pills saved my liie.n
DIR. Williams Pink Pills hsrs n
equal a. . tonic a. HUNDREDS q cu-s, !
cases similar TO Miss Van De Vo-i
prove. Our booklet, "Plain Tala !
Women" gives other cases cured byts
pills and much valuable information "a
women. II IL sent free upon Request
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold b 4
druggists, or viii be sent, POSTPAID. 3
receipt Of price. 80 cents per boz. :
boxes, $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Ned
cine Company, Schenectady, y. T.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
No Pojjtjca In Il.

The editors OF the state and their ladies
will be the guests of Gov. Proctor next
week July % and "a. A visit to the
Pittsford sanatorium, little spread and
talk-fest and trip to the quarries and
mills OF the Vermont Marble company
are included in the itinerary. The invi-
tation to the state press association is q
matter of four or five years. standing and
its acceptance at this time is peculiarly
happy when there cannot be q shade OF
political construction placed on the gov
ernor's hospitality. Beside this, every
publicist in the state ought, in justice to
himself and readers, to know more about
this great industry, lying, as it does, al
the heart of vermont's mineral resources
and material wealth. 1t will be time
we'll spent, as an actual business PROPOSE
ton, for Vermont newspaper men tc
come to Rutland next week.-Rutland
Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
EAST Roxeuay

F. p. Mcclure has returned to his work
in Boston.
Mrs. Eta Fuller returned from South
Royalton last week. Her son, Carroll,
returned with her.
l. A. Eastman has finished haying.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Allen, who have been
helping there, have returned home.
Mrs. Hannah Mcclure from Nashua, n.
H.. is stopping at F. p. McClure's for a
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs George Knowles were
guests at Guy Fietcher's in East Brook
field Saturday.
Thomas Knowles and Mrs BERTHE Day-
is. who has been spending several weeks
here. went to Rockburn, Can, the first of
the week.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
PRESS NOTES.
Col. Harvey Not for 6rvar

Col George Harvey, formerly of YER
mont, supposed to be a Democrat, and an
outspoken opponent OF President Roose-
welt and his policies, made the following
comment the other day upon the result
OF the Democratic convention at Denver:
"The Democrats of the country will
now resume their accustomed occupation
of electing a Republican president, this
time by the largest majority known since
Grant ran away from Greeley"
Which indicates that Harper's Weekly
will not support the Denver ticket.
Montpelier Argus.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
The QeIinaafoe.

Neither the woman who does nor the
woman who doesn't make her own
clothes should miss the great dressmak-
ing series conducted by Mrs. Eleanor
Chalmers, one of New York's most sue
cessful dressmakers, beginning in the
July Deiineator. These lessons, above
all, will be made attractive and of absorb
ing interest. Mrs. Chalmers will choose
simple but effective styles which can be
made Of moderste-priced materials with
inexpensive trimming. Beginning in
the July DeIineator.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
Windsor County Count.

The specially assigned case Of John II.
Hicks vs. Jones, Lamson Power company
was begun on the date fixed, Monday,
July 10. At the going in of the court
that afternoon, the "a struck jurors were
in attendance, and just before recess q
jury was secured. On Tuesday, the
court, jurors and counsel went to Wealth
ersfieId to view the locality of the suit,
and Wednesday saw the beginning Of the
evidence. On Saturday last the plaintiff
rested, and Monday afternoon the de-
tense began its side OF the case.
The plaintiff seeks to recover SIS, 900
for damages to his mill located at Per-
kinsvilIe in the town of weathersield.
He is engaged in the soapstope business,
making stoves, griddles and heaters.
About mile below his power on the
Black river, the defendant company in
the fall of 1907, erected concrete dam.
As the season advanced, the plaintiff Was
unable to operate his mill by reason of
dead water, caused by setting back OF wa
ter from defendants dam, as the plain
tiff claims. He insists that the defendant
company has built its dam to q greater
height than ii should be, and hence the
holding back OF the water. This is q
matter of general damage, but the special
matter complained of Is that in February
last, when the ice broke up. II carried
away good part OF the plant of the
plaintiff, with machinery, etc. By rea-
son of this holding back of the water, a.
claimed by the plaintiff, an unusual
amount of ice formed and was retained
back Of his mill. On Feb. Is, the ice
broke, and as stated destroyed a large
part CT the mill of the plaintiff.
Counsel in the case are-for the plain
a. ~. A. n. IL a.
for defendant, Blanchard & Upper and
W. B. G. Stickney.
Under the old style Of the courts, this
case would have hung along several years
before trial could be had. Under the
present system, so well is the work kept
up that the parties get trial the first
stated term OF court after suit was begun,
or within five months of the time the
cause of the litigation originated.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
Fertilizers for Summer and Fall Top
Oressinq and Seeding Down.


Up-to-date farmers are agreed that in
many cases better results are obtained on
meadows from fertilizers which are APP
piled in the summer or early fall. This
lie true both as to top-dressing and seeding
down.
We wish to call the attention of the
farmers Of Vermont to the fact that we
can furnish formulas for mixing fertiliz-
ers especially adapted to top-dressing and
seeding down grass land. These formu-
las have not only been approved by the
Vermont Experiment Station but have
been used with excellent results by Q
great many farmers in Vermont and have
proved thoroughly reliable. We can also
furnish the materials for mixing fertiliz-
ers in accordance with these formulas.
We should be pleased to send the formu-
las together with foil directions for mix
ing, cost Of materials, stc., to snyons
who viii write ~, mentioning this paper.
Address Carroll 8. Page, Hyde Park, Vt.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
A Chance for Boys to Make
A Dollar.

We want all the bones we can get.
Can use heads, hoofs, horns-anything
In the line OF bones-if only dry. We
viii pay eoc. per hundred pounds for
tnofougniy DRY oones-we can pay even
boiled butcher bones-snd pay frsight
from your station Il shipped in lots Of 200
pounds or more. Ship in barrels OF
cheap sacts.
c. 9. Page, Hyde Park, Vt.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23

Every circus must needs have its
clown, and the present campaign has its
in the John d. Spellman branch of
Hearst's Independence league. 1t gives
John chance to spout, but for which
the gravest consequences might result
to John.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
SOUTH TuNeRIpce

@. w. Flanders had green corn from
his garden Sunday for dinner.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
church vestry Saturday afternoon.
Ice cream socisble in Mrs. Alexander's
pine grove Friday afternoon, July "a,
with music in the evening. Every body
invited.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

So Alice smokes cigarettes, or did once
upon a time. Now we know where Alice
Blue originated. Someone saw her in
her den and duplicated the color-wiseiy
emitting the aroma.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
A Market for Your Hides, Taiio~
and Bones.

Almost everybody knows that the place
to send Beef Hides, Horse Hides, Calf
skins, Sheep Pelts. Tallow and Bones is TO
c. 8. Page, Hyde Park, Vermont, who
pays highest prices; RENTS the day fol-
lowing the arrival Of goods ut Hyde Park
pays the freight on shipments Of 200
pounds or moro and keeps his customers
ct al times posted - to market values.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
The Atlantic.

The July issue opens with a timely dis
cussion Of our Gland Laws and points
out some grave defects. The writer, Seth
Humphrey. has made q thorough study OF
his subject and knows whereof he writes.
Prof. A. s. Isaac contributes an enlight-
ening paper upon 1.-The Jew and the Cur
rents Of his Age" He thinks his race ID
not unwilling to adopt modern thought.
K. Sakowa gives . hopeful view of the
literature and politics Of japan, but sees
. need of Q higher moral tone. ssThe
White Beach" has many charms for Cam
dace Wheeler and she has gift of show
Ing them to the readers OF the Atlantic.
F. H. Shaw takes % safely "Round the
Horn" Though we have most thrilling
experiences, We enjoy IL hugely. OF the
fiction, We ind "Winnowing Gold" more
than Just interesting.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
Capital Savings Bank
and Trust Company,
Montpelier, Vermont.
COMMENCED BUSINESS IN 1891.
CAPITAL, $1O0,O00;
SURPLUS, $33, 400
TOTAL ASSETS, ST, $4,000.

Transacts general banking and
trust business. Ample facilities for
loaning large sums to cities, towns and
banks. Commercial accounts, large or
small, subject to check draw, two per
cent. interest on daily balances.
Deposits made in the savings de-
partment on or before July llth will
draw interest from July l at 4 per
cent, paid semi-annually first days of
July and January.
T. j. DEAVITT, President;
ALBERT JOHONNOTT, Vice Pres;
A. J. SIBLEY, I'd Vice President;
FRANK N. SMITH, Treasurer.
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