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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15

pr.scni. Mr. Lima wilkins. former
member Of the con's, was present suc.,
ui the corps.
m, concert given Tuesday evening al
the clo.c Of the singing school which has
hcrn conducted by Miss Grace Sargent Of
Bellows Falls was very well attended aud
a very satisfactory program gwen. The
chorus rendered three selections and
there was one selection hy the children ;
chorus, Miss Sargent wa. assisted hy
Miss Marjorie Ninncwi.ser, soprano; u.
{. Mason, tenor: Fred NinneRisscr bari.
tone; Miss llarric, Macdonald reader;
aud Miss Nellie Sargent, aocompanist.
4 series of Sunday.school Institutes
have been held ia Wmdham county
through this month and the institute
scheduled for putney and East DUN.
mcrston will be- held IN the Methodist
Episcopal churh "Wednesday MAY ~.
State Secretary T.. VI. Fuller aud County
President 4. l.. Pratt are expected To be-
present, also Rev. W. +. Nhitcomb OF
Westminster. The institute viii be con.
Quoted by the general secretary Of the
state association under the direction OF
the county Sunday.school association.
/ his institute Is bound to be one Of the
most valuable opportunities for help IN
Sunday. school work and all who are in.
terested IN the Sunday school are urged
10 attend. All those not in sunday school
are cordially invited to be present also.
The entertainment Is on the baskct-picnic
plan. Coffee will be served by the Put
ney church
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
EAST DUMMERSToN.

Mr.. +. II. Laughton was in Brattle-
boro Monday, the guest of Mr.. Arthur
Cooke.
Colds are prevalent and in several cases
have developed into bronchitis, grip and
kindred disorders.
Mr. and Mr.. Fayette Miller Of Brat.
tleboro were guests Sunday Of Alr. and
Mr.. W. +. Walker.
\ daughter OF Rev. and Mrs. J. $.
Cogswell has been the guest OF her par
cnts at the parsonage recently.
W. +. Walker has been i'll for several
days and although somewhat better is
still under the care OF his physician.
Mrs. Clara Farr OF Chesterfield, y. H.,
is with her aunt, Mrs. Amy c. Mansfield,
who Is i'll with muscular rheumatism.
Mrs. Arthur Cooke OF Brattleboro
comes this week TO spend several days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. ii.
Laughton.
Today is tishermens day and the super
sttious anglers will deplore the fact, but
no doubt will try their luck if it is an
unlucky day.
The meeting of the Grange Benefit SO.
ciety will be postponed from Thursday,
May II. to Thursday May %, because of
illness about town.
The special grange meeting Tuesday
evening called out goodly number OF in
terested members who enjoyed the exer-
cses. The next meeting will be Tuesday
evening, May -, when the primary de-
grees will be conferred upon large class,
The grange held a successful meeting
last Tuesday evening. The first and sec,
ond degrees will be conferred at the next
meeting Tuesday, May 30, The next
meeting of the Grange Benefit society
will be held with Mrs. Emma Downs May
2S.
News items are scarce this week as
the ''men folks are driving their cattle
to pasture, building fences and trying to
hustle along the farm work; and the
women are giving their attention to Park
er 4 Allen, house decorators, who are
making old things new-with paint and
paper skillfully applied
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Mr.. Clark of Newfanc i. working for
Henry GorhAm.
Mr.. Phillip Of Putney !. working Tor
Bcr lloughton.
Charlie. Hitchcock /, painting A. T..
Ranncy's hou-e.
Ralph Harlow wa. home from Bra,ile.
horp last Sunday.
Road Commissioner Reed began on the
road last Monday.
Mr. Chafcr Of Mortified, Mass. sup.
piled the pulpit last Sunday.
Mr.. Becbe has moved from Mrs.
Chandler. to the Foster place,
Leon Thompson i helping !. T. Ranney
with his spring work. Mr., Ranney i, in
poor health.
Frank Miller. who has worked Tor Mr..
Andrews IN Putney the past winter, is
home for a short vacation.
Hugh Goodell has bought the Joseph
Powers farm Mr.. Wells will live in the
house and work for Mr.. Goodel
Mr.. aud Mn. Henry Minard. who have
spent the winter with their son ia Dor
chester returned home last week. Mr..
Minari, who was in poor health, has i'm
proved.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
GUILFORD CENTER.

Miss Mary Wood is visiting her sister
Mrs. Henry Knight, in Providence, X. l..
this week.
There was a good attendance at the
White dance given in Grange hall Wed
nesday evening.
S. NJ. Bullock and Hubert Stebbns at.
tended the auction of the sale of horses
in Putney Tuesday.
Sheriff WeIman was called upon to ar.
rest Fred Mallory Wednesday night for
assaulting Fred Legate.
The women of the Universalist society
will hold the circle in their room next
Thursday, May q, at 10 a. m.
Nellie Miner returned from Springfield
VT. last week Saturday accompanied by
her brothers wife and two children.
DR.. Tucker was called here Wednesday
to see if there was case of scarlet fever
in the family of Frank Henry, but he
pronounced it merely a rash and the girl
is allowed to attend school.
Frank Edward Ward, native of Gull
ford and except for two years spent in
Dummerston, lifelong resident OF this
town. died at his home here Wednesday,
Nav 6. Mr.. Ward was the youngest son
of Henry and Eliza (1oughtonl Ward
and was born Sept. 3, 1889, on the place
now owned by f. S. Welman. He was
twice married. His first wife was Olive
f. Fowler of Nottingham, who died in
1902. On Aug IS, 1904, he married Eta
NJ Hobart OF Townshend, who survives
him. He had always ben prominent in
the social and political life of Guilford.
In his early manhood he taught school for
several years, later becoming superintend-
ant of schools He had at various times
held nearly every town office and also
served as representative in the state leg
stature. He was a member OF Broad
Brook grange almost from its organization
md for several years was its master. lie
was a man noted for his kind and loving
disposition, not only in his family but in
! large circle of friends. His last illness
.oyered period OF over. year, during |
i of which time he calmly and patiently |
waited for the end. Besides his wife he
eff three children-Dr. Henry S. Ward
f Springfield. Vt, Mrs. William Wheel,
r. Of Halifax and Charles A: Ward OF
ireenfeld. Mass, and one sister, Eliza
n Cutting of Cambridge, Mass. Mr..
Yards " death removes the last of long
inc of Wards from the town OF Gulford
vbere they have lived for over l5O years.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
SOUTH VERNON

A. \. Dunklee !, on the ,ick l.,,
CLARENCE ll~en cat hts iool badly in
the mill last week,
Mn, W. 4, Newton l. visiting ia
Springfield, Mass. this week.
Nj, and Mn. T., Pratt have gone 10
Boston e. attend tbs annual n,c,,ins II
the -. y, :.
Mr., aud Mt. William code anil Mr..
Harvey have gone To Northampton,
Mas, 90 live.
Mr., Frank Hunt aud Mn, ". II,
Newton OF Rratllebolo az. guest. at n.
n Nrgion's the week,
Ms, Z, !. Stone aud Mr.. lru Wiley
have visited IA Winchester y. a.. the
past week Al Narnn Shines.
Rev. aud MIR. l.. ;. Chairr will conduct
rrfii"s q the chapel Sunday az n a. N.
and IA johnson hall al 80 y. IA,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
HALIFAX.

Mr.. 4, 4. Jaass, aha Ia. l.sa Ia Zoe
. is@ areks, ls uAiird h,iir hciief, Mrs,
Nam II Wilmington Is rsItns inT hef,
The Annnll hallson that samo iF,,,a
North .ldams la.l furs.lay lah,ir,l in iay,
elite Ailrss lsasiuIr alter a lauFnrK II
uneshali boar iRsn Adams The party
iri.atssi a sarsossiul iTiP, A aula rAinp
~ iis.m UHrnisli 10 take the parts Ia
that Riar., i'.Tiry tIvslrT look The hal
laon IL lulHain.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
Mass.
yHr SUMNER CONFERENCES,
,,,, fr ths BIG Gatherings Which
MI. open IN June.

.... r Iii sung forward for the
49,. ..r.J i.Hus ". X. Mos-iy has
4 .i the engagrmenl ol
\ .-- 40 i,rs, j, stuart Holden,
81 lagls l-pnioni Res, II, 4,
r - HH evangelist IN this
/ nI .Hal has laen mosl suc,
Ea A. + i'ivf,on, editor OF
N.,.aa kNieW 81 the World,
IN. laW liri the lalhrr oi the
4 PA ,aHmHT maNemenii iivN. Len
M. .r.a W Aiaula, lev, John 4,
I'M Ear ", T., Natklnson, both
|i.tu EH. g.. 4 II, ianNler, Rev,
ABan, RQbrIt T., Specr,
1r.m Teus Stokes, JrY Row,
IusmH and ether. These
49, Users ap not confined 10
Hs.utruue alone, Rev. j.
II Il. .sH Hri rlvak ia July ~ well
\ A.-u. iwrNvh Spver will adj
~, ife Hs asd Slt Young wo
~. 0ar.r..#us. Miss NaAAIet Stat
ar. .-, summers most popular
La, a Hh be prrsrni al the
a.f.. HHIypnce aud the SUM
.HH u. sunday school workers.
49, st.#H. and Charles VI. Alex
n sd .W tar singing during the
rffa uHU.Huar
m. .u0r pfepnte. the inst Of the
~. am Mi from June ~ 10 July
ir ym4.s Hum,as eoniennce quick
\ tIea, f.Hf ul the students. This
..,..g.g.. d, n.l especially designed ior
I'd aauH 900, year, however, dele
,.i.r. 4g rsIsdrt not only iron
rmIe,. Hl a,-u itom many colleges
III EarH- schools, such a. Wellesley,
KIN. fmy uuol aud Dana Hall, The
'rF hlI d Judy Is gwen over 10 the
,,r,H, Iumy MISSIONARY conference,
Nm 10 Co gN aud the summer schools,
4, tr, iar SUNDAY school workers, July
. IA b. and the second ipr womcns ior.
.r missionary societies. July u to ~.
N GENERAL conference comes July 81 TO
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15

when your food seems TO nauseate take
Kodol. Take Kodol now and until you know
you are right again. There isn't any doubt
about what il will do and you will find the
truth Of this statement verified after you
have used kodol for a few weeks. II is sold
here by All Druggists
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
LEYDEN.
Fred Legate Brutally Assaulted-As-
sailant Caught in Guilford.

Fred Legate, farmer living near
keetsville, about two miles east of Ley
den Center, was brutally assaulted be-
tween and o'clock Wednesday evening
by Fred Mallory, who asked for drink
of cider. Mr.. Legate replied that he had
none for him, whereupon Mallory proceed
ed to beat him about the head and face
with whipstock and stone. He pound
ed him pretty hard, cutting two or three
gashes in his head and binding his eyes.
He then compelled Mr.. Legate to go to
the house and draw him some cider. He
then took $50 in money and went over
the state line into Guilford, where he
was arrested at David Bakers by Deputy
Sheriff Wellman. Officers Manning, Apes
and Burke went up from Greenfield and
brought Mallory back and lodged him in
jail. The assault was a very brutal one,
but it is not thought that it will prove
fatal Mallory is a man of about 40 years
with dissolute habits, and has not worked
Mr.. Legate is man about the
same age, and law-abidng and industri-
GUS citizen.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15

Mr.. John Riha of Vining, Ia, says: II
have been selling DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills for about year and they give
better satisfaction than any pill l ever
sold'' Sold by Air Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15

Duane Brooks lost valuable COW from
milk fever about week ago.
Rev. Mr. Hooper went to Springfield tc
attend the preachers meeting Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Foster visited theil
sister, Mrs Alice Noyes in Conway re
Gently.
Robert Carson of Worcester has been
staying a few days at his uncle's, VIII
liam Strange's.
Mr.. and Mrs E. P. Howes went, to
Florida Monday to attend the funeral OF
her brothers wife, Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. Clifford Hale and daughter Gladys
of Springfield spent several days at her
mothers, Mrs. Robert Strange's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Kemp of Colrain
snent the dav Tuesday with their daugh-
ter. Mrs. DAYTON Miner, and her family.
Mrs. David -Gritfiths and Ruth,
who spent several days at her fathers,
returned to her home in New YORK Mon
day.
Next Sunday evening at $50 Key. MT.
Hooper will deliver an EpWorth leagTe
anniversary address. All are cordially
invited to attend the meeting
The friends of the Erving family are
sorry to learn that they have had m nIi
sickness since they moved to Greenhelu'
Three of the family have had the measles
A good number of the people spent an
evening at the parsonage to meet the new
minister and his wife, Rev. and Mrs.
HOOPER. Many were kept from gong az
the evening was rainy and those tlat
went returned to their homes IN pour
ing rain.
The Leyden grange was VISITED hs'
week Wednesday by the state e, lecturer,
!. d. Gardner of Westfield.. There was
. good attendance, interesting speaklns
md commentator by Mr.. Gardner Ice
.ream and cake were served.
Men and teams have been at work lJ
travelling the state road between JACOB
Sauter's and Charles Severance :. Inc
tate has allotted S444 for this, town lpr
he construction of state road ana tne
money will probably be used to, continue
he section put in last fall south OF Ley
len Center.
At the business meeting OF the Epwo nfi;!i
eague Monday evening the following OH
ers were elected: Miss Annie Longweli,
PRESIDENT: Alice Frizzell, first wee p pre-;
ent: Nellie Longwell, second wee pre-;
lent: Bessie Getchell, third wee lresf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
LYHAWKER .JOTS

AFTER woman is thirty you can
not tell how old she is by looking at
her teeth" according to the Chanute
Tribune as interpreted by Walt Ma
son.
The first elephant that Buffalo
Jones ropes and hosties in Africa will
be shipped to Garden City to be put
Eagle.
Albert Peterson Of Mcpherson was
sleeping in a haymow. He arose in the
middle of the night and fell out Of
the loft. breaking his collar bone. This
is what the papers call a rude awak-
Ing
Papers which fought Senator Long
during the campaign but are now say
ing flattering things about him, re-
mind Clyde Knox of the Coffeyville
Journel Of the Kansas City man who,
some years ago, killed his little boy
because he loved him SO.
Miss Susie SincalIer," says the Vim
land Vine in its society column. de
sires to inform her friends that she
cry evening from to 8, except We'd
nesday which Is prayer meeting and
bridge club night"
Mrs j. H. Larrabee of Sabetha, who
died last week, was reported to be the
heaviest woman in the world. She
weighed $40 pounds. Her waist meas
urement was ninety-four inches. Mrs.
Larrabee was known to many circus
patrons throughout the country as
annie Redline."
The Cawker City Ledger relates that
Rev. J. P. Campbell was talking to a
couple Of little girls in North park and
asked them how they were enjoying
themselves, and one of them replied:
Were having a lovely time" Turn
ing to the other little girl. Mr.. Camp
bell asked: "And what kind of time
are you having?" The little miss inno-
Gently replied: "W ere not having any
time at all. our clock won't run"
Better be glad you were born
american and do not have to learn the
language like our German residents,
for instance" says the Sabetha Herald.
Here Is one English name, Beau
champ, but you are smart If you have
three friends of the name and any
of them pronounce 1t alike. Some
call it Beecham, others Bokamp, and
others Bowshamp. and last week Sa-
betha had a visitor who spelled 1t in
the same old way but pronounced 1t
Boshaw."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.1
In spite of our troubles. we all do
pretty well.
Let the devil alone. and he'll not
bother you.
People like a good baby better than
a pretty one.
There is sometimes danger in not
getting scared enough.
To people past fifty. the idea of a
real good time is keeping well.
How awfully helpless the most self
reliant are in the presence Of trouble!
After a man passes fifty, 1t shocks
him a little to be addressed by his
first name.
Some people are too funny. They
make you so tired you can't laugh at
their jokes.
More people are poor on account
of bad management than on account
of extravaganza.
When you are in the company Of a
man Of so. don't say: 20, dear; am
becoming old; I passed 40 the other
day.
This is the season when, II boy
stands looking thoughtfully in a GER
tain direction 1t means there is a
peach tree that way.
AFTER I have done my duty to
friends who have schemes. I find I
have nothing for my days work ex-
cept being tired."-Parson Irvine.
Fortune may knock at mans
door once in a life time, but misfor-
tune walks right in at least once a
year, and never SO much as sends
up a visiting card.
Take a girl who has always lived
at home, and helped with the work.
and give her a boarding house, and a
horse and a buggy and husband,
and she is perfectly happy.
In every town there is a good deal
of quarreling. 1t is never very serious
unless you encourage 1t, and 1t is
always the same old quarrel. Don't
take little quarreling too seriously.
A woman's correspondence must be
a great cross to her. She is worry
ing that something is the matter
when she doesn't hear from her
friends, and worrying because she has
letters to answer when she does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
THE STEEL TRADE.

The gradual resumption of active
operations in the steel trade Is evil
| denced in the figures Of the unfinished
business upon the books of the under
| lying companies of the United States
Steel corporations. On the first OF
July this amounted to 3,313,S76 tons.
In the following month $4,000 tons
were added to these orders and the
officers Of the corporation felt war
ranted in predicting an increase in
the production until the normal level
was reached. The increase came
through the placing of contracts for
structural steel, wire and wire
products. steel bars and sheets prin-
cipalIy, although nearly all lines
showed Improvement in July. And the
month of August will make better
showing than any month since the be-
ginning OF the depression.
At the same time news is brought
that the Youngstown Sheet e. Tube
company is rushing work on the first
of it's new blast furnaces. This is an
independent concern and is Fastening
construction in preparation for heavy
business in the course of the fall and
winter. Inquiries have been made
by the railroad companies looking to-
ward the purchase of about 5000
cars, the business representing more
than s6,000,000. 1t is apparent that
the railway interests are looking for
ward to a decided improvement in
trade. The number of empties. or
cars unemployed, still remains large.
but all will be needed for the move
ment of the crops in the autumn.
Rails are also being purchased by the
Baltimore & Ohio, the Chesapeake &
Ohio and the Boston & Maine roads
having gone into the market. One or
der came from Harriman's line in
Mexico, amounting to $4,000 tons of
standard Bessemer.
These items are not to be thought
trivial. They are straws to point to
the direction of the wind. Trade is
slowly, but surely. getting back to its
former activity. Confidence is re-
newed here and there and small ven
lures are made into the open. By
fall, when the crops are hurrying to
the seaboards, when industrial con-
Germs are demanding cars. the days
may be counted when all lines of bust-
ness will be on their old prosperous
footing. The panic will be a mile
post rapidly fading in the distance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
BIEACHED FLOUR.

One of the revelations incident to the
discussion of food topics by the dele
gates to the recent convention Of dairy
and food commissioners at Mackinac
! island was that in regard to the bleach
ing of flour. The average consumer
believes his bread material Is simply
the kernel of the wheat ground from
the shell by patent rollers OF the Hun
garian process. But it seems that flour
of this kind has not been white enough
to suit those who are fastidious as to
color in foods, and the millers have
been bleaching their grindings in order
to make them attractive to the eye,
both In the raw material and in the
bread that is produced from 1t.
| Professor James H. Shepard, of
Brookings, state chemist for South
Dakota, discussed the practice of
bleaching flour and gave the results of
series of experiments made by him.
self to ascertain, II possible, whether
bleaching had an Injurious effect upon
the flour, and in turn on the consumer
of bread, cakes and pies made from It.
He said that during recent years
enormous quantities Of nitrous acid
have been employed as a bleaching
agent in preparing wheat flour. This
has not escaped the attention of health
experts, but Professor Shepard states
that nearly all investigations as to the
results of the use of nitrous acid have
been for the purpose of finding out its
effect on gluten, loaf volume. ETC., to
the utter neglect of the acids anti
septic properties.
This side of the investigation was
taken up by Professor Shepard, and he
says that at all times in his artificial
digestion, nitrous fumes were given off
from the tubes, and in some cases no
digestion occurred during the first
hour of the process. Not until the
nitrous acid was entirely eliminated
did digestion proceed, and then it pro-
crossed rapidly. When the fumes were
confined digestion was retarded "a
per cent, as compared with per cent
| in the open tube. From this, Professor
Shepard says one might reasonably
expect that nitrous acid, added direct
ly to flour, would produce more pro-
found disturbance than ever.
Professor Shepard reached the con-
clusion that the addition of nitrous
acid to -four is not only useless but
dangerous. Bleached -four does not
carry nitrous acid i'm poisonous doses.
| but there is sufficient nitrite present in
the flour to retard digestion and make
the product a menace to health par
| ticularly that of the thousands of
Americans who are troubled with weak
digestion or pronounced dyspepsia If
this conclusion is warranted the use OF
bleached -four should be discouraged,
SO that those who indulge in bleach
ing may find it Improbable. and turn
to the production of flour that is I'M
contaminated by deleterious material
The public health is too important t.
be trified with in the manufacture OF
the staff Of life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26
QUAKER sfEDTrATTONs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record.J
Everything goes in clock factory.
The shoemaker is never too good to
last.
Mailing a lie won't always keep 1t
down.
To elevate the stage it isn't necessary
to raise the price Of admission.
The stingy man may be close and
still have a PARKWAY look In his eyes.
The fellow who has money to burn
has no difficulty in meeting his match.
It's all right to plan for the future
provided you don't overlook the pres
emit.
Doctor-"You are going at too rapid
a pace. You are wearing yourself out"
Patient-"Well. I'd rather wear out
than rust"
Nell-'They say that Chicago wo-
man has been married six times" Belle
well. suppose we must all have
some hobby
Blobbs-'What a wonderful conn
plexion Miss Giddigirl has," Slobbs--
yes, she gets her good looks from her
father" Blobbs--''Doss he keep . DRUG
stors7"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26

next September. or October at latest.
between France and q power yet to be
named Returning home again. tina
race riots at Springfield. Ill, constitute
a peril Of first magnitude. as does the
reign Of lawlessness in eastern Massa-
chusetts. All this is unfortunate in a
way. 1t tends to render people callous
and Indifferent to danger. II in its ef-
feet 1t does not resemble the repeated
cry Of wolf when there is no wolf. it at
least creates the impression that the
crisis is of a nature that makes persist
ance useless: that 1t is advisable to
accept the inevitable as gracefully as
possible and surrender without further
ado. In the circumstances perhaps
peril of the second or third magnitude
would be welcome.