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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
CURE FOR DEMENTIA PRAEcoR.
Pitiable Form Of Insanity Yields Il
New Treatment.

4 cure for one OF the most pitlable
forms OF insanity, hitherto considered al
most incurable, has been found, It Is
hoped. by DR.. y. NJ. Owensby, physician
in.ehief al Bay View IN. j. insane asy-
] lum. This form OF insanity Is known TO
the profession as dementia praecor. IL
attacks persons generally between the ages
OF Is and 30. Ii destroys, as IT proceeds,
the human qualities of resistance, thought
and speech rendering the victim little
more than a beast--oiten a most de
PRAYED degenerate. The Bay View asylum
contains many victims of this disease In
al stages Of its advance. The disease re-
s,mbles in certain symptoms the more IA
miliar forms of erotinism and myxoedema,
and il was this similarity that led DR..
Owensby To conceive OF an operation. The
two latter diseases originate, 1t Is thought,
from lack of secretion In the thyroid
gland, near the windpipe, and fairly
effective cure was found in the administra-
ton OF extract of thyroid glands taken
from sheep. Following this line OF treat
ment IN dementia praecor, DIR. Owensby
found THAT instead of reducing the symp-
toms the treatment seemed TO accentuate
them. lie was thus forced TO the conclu.
sion thdt instead of the disease arising
from lack OF secretion, there was a
eased bloN vessels in the gland. This
opened up the possibility of
cutting avn the diseased portion OF the
gland and Thereby give opportunity for
new blood essels to form. Selecting the
worst case the asylum last July, DIR.
Dwensby performed the operation. The
throat was dpened and the diseased por
ion OF the gAnd was removed. The case
was kept Binder close observation at the
asylum fo II wo months, without the slight
est indica I'm OF return of symptoms.
Last Octoi\r the c.se was dismissed, and
he latest Nleport made by the visiting
physician oiNhe asylum was to the effect
hat the nah had obtained employment
md was doing intelligent work. Four 9th |
n cases were operated upon, and three
If these showed the same return to in
diligence, Without the slightest relapse
having occurred since then. The exeep- |
ion was case extremely far advanced.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03

date patrons as they COME lNH the
street. To insure the safety Ihe au
dienee the outside OF the pet in
which the moving pictures oper'
ated has been covered with she (which
Is riveted together. The intVTiorS and
the front of the theater have heen at
fractively painted. About 200 new
folding opera chairs have been added.
To insure order and to place II ON the
basis Of the other theaters they oper'
ate Duffy 4 Leonard have hired POI
lice officer who will be In attendance
both afternoon and evening W. T..
Neal has been secured and will be in
While on duty. Three rolls
of pictures will be shown covering a
period Of 80 minutes. The vaudeville
attraction will not be put in at pres
ent. Illustrated songs will be sung.
Performances will be given every af.
ternoon and evening.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
Twenty Three" Explanations.

! In view of the importance that cur
rent slang has assumed in every day lah'
guage, it would he well for the dignity
of such an honored expression as the sym.
bolic "twentythree" il somebody would
settle the doubtful point of its origin.
There are unusual difficulties in the way,
so numerous are the plausible theories that
have already appeared We need one
good explanation of the cryptic phrase;
but half dozen, all good but contradic-
tory, leave lis worse off than ever. The
editors of the inquiry columns have run
us into this quandary, through too much
zeal. The New York Evening Post, for
one. gives six possible derivations.
Race tracks, or at any rate some race
tracks, are so laid out as to accommodate
not more than % horses at time. The
23d horse entered, therefore, must be put
out of the race.
2-The psychopathic ward at Bellevue
hospital, in New York, is ward No. %,
and in the vernacular of the ambulance
surgeon -"Twenty-three for his is equiv
alent to Hes crazy.
BIN numbering the rooms of q GER
tain new hotel, the mineral was
inadvertently omitted. The clerks there
fore used "Show the gentleman to room
%" as signal to the "bouncer," when
an undesirable applicant came for room.
4-The expression originated from the
23d verse of the third chapter of Genesis:
Therefore, the Lord sent him forth from
the garden of Eden, to till the ground
from whence he was taken
5-The expression originated from a pas.
sage in the last chapter of "A Tale of
Two Cities" describing the guillotining
of batch of prisoners during the Reign
of Terror. The tricoteuses, or knitting
women, whose pastime it is to watch the
executions count each victim of the ghast-
ly knife, and the last, Sydney Carton. is
the 23d:
''The murmuring of many voices, the
upturning of many faces, the pressing on
Of many footsteps in the outskirts of the
crowd. so that it swells forward in mass,
like one great heave of water, all flashes
away. Twenty-three."
6-"Twenty-t three" is signal used by
telegraphers to signify keep off the
wire" as they use Thirty" for saying
Good night"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
Vermont


tIeapue al Calvary Metpdist church wa
held Friday evening ollowing a han
ouri these officers we elected: Rey
a. n. Locke. president Mrs, Mary Ian
uille. Mrs. Edith Spcn,f aud Mn. 4.
n Locke. yire.prsideis Miss Alabr
brooks, SECRETARY; Joseh II. Watson
treasurer
Healey a Fnler's IN ing picture an,
illustrated songs will bc he attraction IL
the opera house Ihur~siy evening Jan
lg. This company carris several OF IN,
same p,ctures and uses lic ,ame kind oI
machine IA LYMAN II. lowe. They ais
feature George Gmhar Boston's vel
lknown baritone singer. Reserve seats al
Mann. drug store Mon'ay evening at
y. m.
At the meeting Of Cout Ashuclot, For.
esters OF America, Thursday evening the
following officers were elected: Chief
ranger. William Lynch; sub chief ranger,
Albert Ballou; ncortlm secretary, Rich.
ard Howe: financial soiriafy, Maurice
Purcell; treasurer Jo'i Raleigh, senior
woodland. James Duggan junior woodland.
Edward Dupre: seuio' baaile. ROYAL
johnson: Junior beadls Edward White;
trustee Tor three year. Z. l.. Lynch:
doctor for one year, II L. Brown,
The senior class dane which was held
in the town hall FRIDAY evening proved
10 be one of the plga'antest parties OF
the season. The attendance was very
good and everyone had good time. The
dance was scheduled 10 close at ! o'clock
but at that time d sufficient sum was
subscribed TO pay for the hall and music
for another hour. WAcs- orchestra of
three pieces from Br'lleboro furnished
music. Refreshment, 4 lee cream and
cake were served in tie basement din.
ing room from 1880 to ] o'clock, About
so was realized
A very pretty wcidins took place in st.
Joseph's Catholic chyrn Tuesday morn
ing at Z o'clock whcI ~ Mar Murray,
Murray was unity ia marriage To III.
ward Burke OF Giepngtld, tn ring ser.
vice being used. The coaple Wen attended
by Miss Nellie Murray sister Of the
bride. and jane BuraH OF Greenfield,
nephew OF the groom The BRIDE was
attircd ~ blue suit aud hat
to match. Tlc bridesmaid also wore
blue. The Loheugiin wedding march
was PLAYED. n. the couple entered the
church. by Nj. Doris Powers. After the
ceremony a wedding breakfast was served
at the home oi the bride on Main street
and the couple left on the 9.l9 train Tor
a short honeymoon trip after which they
will make their home with Mr.. Burke,
parents in Greenfield Mr.. and Mr..
Burke received many presents. including
money, cut glass and silyr
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
FIRE IN LAWRENCE WATER CURE
Defective Chimney Caused Small Blaze
Yesterday Morning.

What might have been serious fire
in the Lawrence water cure building
on Elliot street yesterday morning was
prevented by it's timely discovery by
Charles Hutchinson and the prompt
work of the fire department. Mr..
Hutchinson lives on the first floor of
the west wing of the water cure build
ing and on going to the kitchen about
7 o 'clock found the room full of
smoke. Hasty investigation showed
the smoke pouring from the fue hole
in the chimney. He threw a pail OF
water into the chimney and hurried to
the fire station. Arthur Horton and
B. s. Whidden ran to the scene with
fire extinguia hers and after exhausting
the contents Of the extinguishers an
alarm was ring in from box 80. The
fire rapidly burned through the cell
ing around the chimney and space 10
feet long by four feet wide was blaz-
ing when the chemical engine arrived.
A line of hose from the engine and an
other from the hydrant were quickly
laid and the contents Of both pipes
were played upon the fire. The fire
was put out in 10 minutes after the
apparatus arrived. The chimney has
already given the firemen trouble four
times and they think that something
should be done to remedy the defect.
1t was evident that the fire had been
smouldering for more than a day and
had it broken out in the night no end
of suffering and loss might have oc-
cured. The rooms Of Mr.. Hutchinson
and those of Almon B. Moore were
damaged somewhat by water. The
loss of E. II. Davenport, owner Of the
building, is covered by insurance. 1t
is about 5000. The tenants were not
protected bN insurance.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
THE SUPREME COURT EXPENSES.
State Auditor Doesn't Know Whether
State or County Should Pay Them.

Considerable talk was caused Friday
when State Auditor Horace +. Graham
held up the payment of rent of hall
and lease of furniture incurred at the
session of the Vermont supreme court
in Brattebor| last November The
bill amounts to $40. Mr.. Graham
wished for nj Ire time to consider who
should pay it'll The law providing for
special session Is of the supreme court
does not cont lin any clause stating
from what so free the payment of ex-
penses shall me. Mr.. Graham seem
ed to be If ~ opinion that the county
ought to foot The bill.
Sheriff A. Thompson hired Grange
hall and tn hugh the assistance of
Deputy Sher C. /. Knapp the hall
was furni;ha flor the convenience of
the memben ~ the bar and judges of
the court {forney General G. c.
Fits and te's Attorney R. c. Ba-
con told the sheriff what to do and in
order that the supreme court should
be pleased with its first visit to Brat
tleboro the advice of Judge j. M. Ty-
Ter was sought. Sheriff Knapp bought
few yards of cambria to put around
the front of the tables used by the
judges, hired enough chairs to accom-
modate the legal fraternity and pro
cured two or three strips of carpeting
to be placed on the floor. The officer
succeeded in borrowing few other
conveniences for which no charge was
made. Besides this he spent few
days of which no item was made in
order to have suitable place for the
court to sit.
The question of who should foot the
bill is new one. Heretofore Mont
pelier has been the only place where
the supreme court could hold SEES
sion but now Rutland, st. Johnsbury,
and Brattleboro are desig-
mated as places where special sessions
Of the court may be held.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
BruttlebOrO Local
PLENTY OF POWER
FOR BRATTLEBORO
Fact That No Power Has Been Con
tracted for In Town Does Not
Mean That Any Less will Be
Available Here.

Everybody in Brattleboro is interest
ed in The benefits which are expected
10 come TO this town through the cree
ton Of the Connecticut river dam and
the resulting availability Of power
When the local men interested In the
project turned the matter over TO the
Connecticut River Power company
there was Incorporated in the contract
a clause rescrving 5000 horse power
for this town on condition that 1000
should be contracted for before Jan.
/, 1905. In consideration of the fact
that this has not been done the follow.
ing letter is Of no little interest:
BrattIeboro, VT, Dee. %, 1907.
C. A. Harris, Esq,
Brattleb0ro, VI.
Dear Sir
You have drawn my attention to the
fact that under the provisions OF 10
contract Brattleboro must take one
thousand horse power before January
!, 1905. or lose its right to secure that
amount of power.
! beg TO assure you that it is the de.
sire of the Power company to sell all
the power ii can in or near Brattleboro.
You can see that from purely selfish
reasons this would be the desire of
the Power company for, of course, the
cost of transmission is less to Brattle.
boro than to distant points. Further
the company appreciates the interest
the townSpeople of Brattleboro have
taken in the Power company, and
wishes to do all it can to upbuild the
town and the section.
The mere fact that the contract right
to sell the first thousand horse power
in Brattleboro has expired need not in
any way worry the people of this
town, for we can assure them the Pow
er company will have power to sell
and will be glad to sell it to them.
Very truly yours,
II. /. Hartman.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
Wise Counsel from the South.

Il want to give some valuable advice 70
those who suffer with lame back and
kidney trouble" SAYS !. II. Blankenship
OF Beck, Tenn. Il have proved to an alb.
solutc certainty that Electric Bitters will
positively cure tins dijtmssing condition
The tirst bottle gave ME great relief and
after a few more bottles | was completely
cured so completely lhat it becomes a
pleasure to recommend this great rem
edy" Sold under guary ntea at \. II. Hol.
den & Co. : drug storeJ Price Soc.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
sPoFroRD.

d. W Slade Is on a business trip /,
BostoI
Mr.. aud Mr. Earl Burt spent Christ.
mas IN Walpole.
Mr.. +. 7. johnson spent several days
last week at the home o. ID. W. Slade.
Mt. Pistareen grange held a regular
meeting Tuesday evening. Mrs. +. \.
Stafford was chosen orgaui,t and James
Wilson chorister for the coming year.
The lecturers program consisted OF read
ings, essays. vocal and instrumental mu-
Sic after which supper was served. The
next meeting will BE- installation OF off
GERS
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
Basketball Notes.

Company ID won runaway game from
Lowell at st. Johnsbury last Friday even
ing by a score of 70 to 49, "Toby" Mat
thews shot IA goals and Doyle H.
Springfield, Vt, defeated Keene al
Springfield last week Thursday evening by
a score of SO to 4. Barraclough made Ii
goals while Lacasse and McGuiggan each
got eight. Keene defeated Turner's Falls
at Keene Saturday evening "a to g.
Doran will play with the Eatons at
Pittsfeld tonight and may be in the
Washington Guard lineup when it meets
st. Johnsbu1y tomorrow evening. At any
rate he will be in Pittsfeld next Tuesday
night to see the st. Johnsbury bunch GO
against Gloversville.
The Eatons of Pittsfield Mass, lost to
the Pittsfeld Bikes Saturday evening in
very close game of which the score was
10 to Is. Davy and Lamb of the Glovers-
vile bunch and Henschell of st. Johnsbury
were in the victorious lineup while Doran
and Boggio were on the Eatons.
The next game on the home floor will be
played Tuesday evening, Jan. IA, when
the strong Washington Guard team of
Fitchburg, Mass, will make its first APP
pearance here this season. Koran. Muir
ply and Molaghan, who did such good
work for the Portsmouth bunch Wednes-
day evening, will be with the Washing
ton Guards and it is not unlikely that
Doherty of East Boston will also be in
the lineup
Springfield, VT, was to have appeared
in Brattleboro this week but the game
was cancelled because no satisfactory
agreemAnt could be reached as to terms.
u ingfeld management wanted the
unusual guarantee of SIS to come here
and Manager Doran couldn't see it. When
Springfield comes down to earth and takes
, reasonable view of the expense question
Doran will probably + wiling to listen,
but not before.
st. Johnsbury added two more to its
already lengthy list of victories Wednes
lay afternoon and evening by defeating
he East Boston c. L. A. team 40 to
z and IA to l3. In the second game Jack
Fox was obliged to quit the game be-
ause of illness. On this account Capt.
steinberg of st. Johnsbury also withdrew
md the game was completed with four
men on side. Doyle made II baskets
n tho second game.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03

Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
TheT prong 'fr'elieve backache and weak
- Sold Drugf 49,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
NEW mov1ga PICTURE THEArEI
Tt Will Open in Leonard Block To-
morrow Afternoon.

Duffy & Leonard will open their
moving picture show in Leonard block
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. They
have converted the rooms formerly oc-
'cupied by the Y. M. G. A. into min
iature theatre. In the front false
stage and proseenium have been
erected from (which vaudeville feat
ures can be pi nluced. At the entrance
box office an moving picture cabinet
have been put }. A foyer of copven-
PINT size has N made to accommo--
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
Pays 4 Per Cent. Interest
on Deposits

The New England Farmer, the
old agricultural standby of New
England, believes that the policy
of keeping Vermont money at
home is a popular and wise one.
1t says:
The Lamoille County Savings Bank and
Trust Co., Hyde Park, VT, of which Ex..Gov.
Carroll s. Page is president, is run upon q
wise principle, one which the farmers who
patronize it would do well to apply in their
general business transactions. This bank be-
lieves in keeping its money at home. That
its policy is profitable as well as populs
one Is indicated by the fact that it Is about
to pay four per cent. interest on deposits lsfN
with Il . year or more. III
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
PORTSMOUTH WAS
FAST AND SKILLED
But Brattleboro Won In the Fastest
and Most Interesting Game Of
the Season by Score Of
NJ IN 81


In the fastest and most interesting
basketball game of the season Brattle'
boro took the measure of Portsmouth,
n. H., Wednesday evening. Up to the
last period the score was so close that
il was anybody's contest and the
crowd was kept on its feet by the
clever work Of both teams. Although
the final score was 81 to "a Doran and
his followers had no cinch in winning.
The visiting quintet was composed Of
experienced players and il was only
their lack Of familiarity with the floor
that put them behind during the clos
ing moments.
Big "Tim" Horan whose work here
with the Worcester bunch week or
more ago stamped him as one of the
cleverest centers hereabouts, shone
still more because of the better sup
port he received from his team mates
Wednesday evening. He was in the
play every minute and when he start
ed for a certain point there was no
question about his arrival. Repeated.
ly he secured the ball in the center of
the hall, worked it down under the
basket and then tailed despite all OPP
position. His size and weight give
him great advantage in blocking and
he can shoot with the best Of them.
Mclaughlin, who opposed Doran, had
big proposition on his hands and If
he was not always able to prevent his
husky opponent from scoring his own
shooting and passing more than made
up for this defect. Molaghan, who
was pitted against Capt. James, led
the visitors in scoring but this de-
manded so much of his attention that |
he failed to be on hand on IL occa-
sions when Doran connected not to
mention many more when he might
have but didn I. 1t must not be sup.
posed. however, that Molaghan is not
a clever player. He got into the team
work splendidly and was factor in
all of Portsmouth team work.
"Streak" Boggio was up against a
man by the name of Stocker whose
greatest accomplishment was his abil-
ity to hold when the referee was not
looking These tactics he pursued
but at that he could not
prevent Boggio from getting six goals.
Ellis was up against Murphy who
failed TO get single basket himself
but managed to hold his opponent
Town to a couple. Barraclough, who is
consistent point getter
was so closely covered by the reliable
Stafford that he failed to connect on
/ single occasion. If Stafford could
handle fast passes as well as he can
handle players he would certainly be
| wonder.
Of the three periods the first was
without question the most interesting,
'nding as it did with the score 90 to {
z in favor of Brattleboro. Things
we're somewhat slower in the second, I
nut in the final setto both sides let '
nut another notch and there was
'lenty doing. 1t was in this period q
hat Doran's enlisted men began to i,
eed the ball to him. and the way he 1
ook advantage of these feeds was a
aution. The score:- i
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts
upon the bowels and thereby drives the
cold out of the system. 1t contains no
opiates-it is pleasant to take and is high
ly recommended for children. Sold BY All
Druggists
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
Meats Retail.
When to Feed Poultry Food.

Not long ago I'll manufacturers {. OF
Pages Perfected Poultry Food IN
quired of some of de prominent, poultry
breeders of New En- land as to what they
considered the best lime in which to iced
this food. D. ]. lambert of Apponaugs;
r. l., who is famous as a breeder OF
high class poultry and one OF the pest
known in New England, answered as fo D,
lows: 1--WE feed Pages Poultry food
every month in the year"
Any one sending bis address on postal
card to G. s.. Page, Hyde Park, W, ana
mentioning this paper, will receive oF
mail, free, postpaid, a sample pac5age Oh
Pages Perfected P(lltry Food, "a
The Globe-republican., 1908-12-03
A WET NOVEMBER
Moisture For The Month Far Above The
Average In Ford County, Fields In Fine
Shape.

WUlSluTb TUT iH0 HVhu te' Nb"'s wv
Average In Ford County, Fields In Fine
Shape.
The Weather Observer, at the
government station at Dodge City
reports a rainfall for the month Of
November, just passed, Of 2:l7 inches
which is above the average and ex-
ceeds the record Of past years ex
cepting IN the two years, 1880 and
1905. The rainfall in Eastern Kan
sas for the past month is also far
above the average, 1893 being re
ported from Lawrence by the State
University. The average recorded at
the University is 1.83, SO the rain
fall in Ford county for the past
month is heavier than the average
November in Eastern Kansas.
The fields in Ford county are in
fine condition, and everything so far
points to a good crop year for 1909.
The Globe-republican., 1908-12-03
CHIMES OF NORMANDY.
Dodge City Musicians Will Give Comic Opera
At GIuck's Opera House, December
is and 16.


is and 16.
The Ladies Of the Episcopal church
Of Dodge City have announced their
production Of the comic opera,
Chimes Of Normandy, for two dates,
December Is and l6 The produc-
ton will be given under the direction
Of Prof. Seymour, who had such
splendid success last season here with
"Pinafore." Some OF the best
singers in town have been drilled for
Chimes Of Normandy, and it will be
a fine production without doubt.
There were 46 singers at the last
rehearsal, and the leading parts as
well as the chorus are well taken.
Everybody will want to hear the
Chimes Of Normandy.