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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
WEST CHESTERFIELD.

stanley Griswold OF Bellows Falls was
here to attend the leap year ball.
Duane Far and Miss Athefton were
at q. u. Fairs for several days recently.
Mr.. Onin Farr aud mothep, who has
come to make her home with her, was
seriously III the first OF the week.
Helen and Marjorie Burnham Of Yer
non have been with their grandparents
the past two weeks, their mother having
been III.
Mis- Bertha Davies, who is home for
a vacation ON account OF the firm she
has worked for several years having shut
down. was the guest OF Mrs. q. Il. Farr
and attended the leap year ball.
The leap year ball Tuesday evening un.
der the management OF seven married
women was brilliant affair, Manyard's
orchestra OF keene furnished music for
over 80 couples 10 dance. Ice cream
was served in the hall and the supper
was excellent.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
Basketball Notes.

st. Johnsbury defeated the 23rd
Street team of New York city in two
game last Friday and Saturday even
ngs.
Gloversville will appear in Keene, N.
H., this evening and several local fol-
lowers of the game are planning to see
the contest.
ST. Johnsbury defeated the Man
ayunk, Pa, team last evening by a
score of so to 20. Jack Fox of East
Boston helped out Company D.
The East Liverpool, O., team of the
Central basketball league is planning
to make trip through this section of
New England the latter part of March.
The team is composed of Ferat, Hough,
Fogarty, Kinkaide, Perry and keenan,.
This team is now leading the league
and is figured as a probable pennant
winner.
Gloversville defeated the Easthamp-
ton team on t. Stter's floor Monday
evening by a "a to 90. The Wis
itors are sal given the finest
exhibition o. and Lsasketball ever
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
Other County News.
BROOKLINE.

Miss May Landfear goes this week to
work at Saxtons River
Mr.. and Mrs. f. p Osgood recently
visited in Chesterfield, n. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. W. Bush attended the
encampment at Montpelier this week.
The people of this community feel
aggrieved over the number who have been
and are now afflicted with humps, The
disease first made its appearance in the
family of the health officer, who did not
comply with the statutes by posting his
own house. Since then it has been car
ried to many families and in some it has
held its victims to the doctors care. APP
parently now nearly every family has
been exposed.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
Boston Briefs of Vermont l1r

Mrs. Wade Reyes OF Hunting.
nue. lasts week gave a reception
mont girls studying in and az
ton, especially at New England !.
tory and Emerson College OF
Among the favored guests VI
Prouty, wife of the lieutenant
of Vermont.
Mrs. Sally Joy White last Satr'
nounced the engagement Of htI
Miss Grace Joy White Of lediE
Chester Mayo Pratt Of Bo;iA
White is a clever and at1aaIH
woman and a writer Of army
Pratt is a graduate Of Amh5N
and the Harvard law school
Mrs. NJ. L. Parker Of Mei7.
William j. Patterson of New J.
quietly married at the Nest'nlls.
urday evening. in the presence
intimate friends. Mr.. PatteN,i;
well known New York lawyer. :
terson, a former Vermonter,
of wealth and culture who pa
much and is philanthropically,
She has been an active meme
rious clubs, including the WOE
ity club, Hannah Adams Z, &.
Daughters of Vermont in wbIe-, l.
been a high officer. Mr.. and :
terson will live at Breton hal
Sixth street, New York.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
SPoFFoRD.

Florence Judson is on the sick list.
James Mullgan was in town Saturday.
Miss Amy Kilbun was in llinsdale
over Sunday.
Mrs. Guy Stafford is confined to the
house by sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Palmer are work
ing at Mr.. Burnham's
Mrs. j. +. Farwell has been visiting
her father in Winchester, n. ii.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ,Ioslin went to Hins-
dale Friday to see the Golfer dam.
Alton Chandler of Boston has been Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E.
Chandler.
Frank Foster made a business trip to
Boston last week and was accompanied
home by his son, Harold.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
ECZEMA INSTANTLY RELIEVED.
Instant relief for that awful itch!

Instant relief for that awful itch!
The itch gone the moment the soothing
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That is what oil of wintergreen, mixed
with thymol, glycerine and other mild in
gradients, will do for any skin sufferer
Try free sample Of TN soil as COM
We urge it and recommend it, and
surely would not recommend it and offer
II to our regular patrons if we did not
know what D. D. d. Prescription will do
Call at our store for pamphlet or
write direct to the D; D. d. Co, IL
Michigan St., Dept. 8, Chicago, for free
sample of the wonderful soothing liquid,
nacL;no Now don't fail to try this won
derfui Soothing refreshing liquid.
BrookA House Pharmacy, Brattleboro'
VT.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28

seen in Easthampton. lLros:
misunderstanding the Glaversyl
came to Brattleboro Tuesday ST.
in the expectation Of meeti
Johnsbury according TO The
schedule. As soon as they lsir
their mistake, however, they sisa
home, although not until they 3
pressed a burning desire 70 z
Johnsbury again and settle %.
all the question of superiority
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
Keeping Open House

Everybody is welcome when .
good: and we feel that way or
our digestive organs are woran, z
DR.. Kings New Life Pills regulate
ton of stomach, liver and boTsi
fectly one can't help feeling g2a ?
uses these pills. 25c at F. h, b.
Co.'S drug store.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28

+. b. Putnam, Lieut.. T. A. Austin,
Lieut.. C, F. Bingham, Lieut., J. W.
Cobb, Lieut.. c. II. Davis and Lieut.. r..
Z. Walker. The floor director will be
Capt. Z. j. Waterman, and his aids will
be Lieut.. Walker, Sergeant Mickey,
Sergeant Stockwell, Sergeant Schorling,
Sergeant Jones, Private Mitchell and
Private Trendall.
The price of reserved seat tickets
for the second row in the balcony has
been reduced and those who bought
tickets at the first price will have the
difference refunded.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
WARDSBORO.

Miss Nellie Wilbur is visiting in Green
field.
Miss Amy Knight worked at P. s..
Knapp's the first of the week.
A. J. Martin, who has been i'll the past
few months, is able to take short walks.
Mr.. and Mrs John Cobb have been WIS.,
iting their son, Sim Cobb. who is ill at
his home in South Londonderry.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Holden of Brattle-
boro spent Sunday with their daughter
Alice who is boarding at the hotel.
Rev. M. L. Wells gave his Sunday
school class a social evening last Thurs
day, the evening being spent with games
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28

and light refreshments. All report fine
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Smith OF Spring
field. Mass, visited Mrs. Smiths brother,
p. S. Knapp, who is very low, the, frst
of the week, returning to their home
Tuesday morning.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts
gently but promptly on the bowels. 1t stops
the cough by soothing the throat and lung
irritation. Sold By All Druggists,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28

Use DeWitt's Little Early hlSaN
little pills. They are easy 10 ''A'
All Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
ENTER FED STANTON.
Roxbury Man Formally Announced
Candidacy for Governor.

Zed s. Stanton of Roxbury has an
nounced his candidacy in the following
statement which appeared in the Mont
pelier journal Monday: .,
Il shall enter this canvass free from all
alliances and owing no political debt. |
shall approach public questions with an
open mind and decide them solely upon
the ground of public policy. No prom
ises express or implied, will call for fu-
ture fulfllment on my part. and my
course will be determined solely by the
public welfare.
Il believe in the enactment of laws that
will render all taxation equal and Just
without imposing a double burden upon
any and expect that the commission Gre
ated by the last legislature, which is now
at work upon the problem, will collect
such information and furnish such shg-
gestions as will serve as the basis for leg.
islation needed to equalize state and LOCAL
taxation and prevent the evasion of the
tax laws.
"The continued improvement OF our
highways is of such prime Importance
that we should only be limited in this
direction by the necessity of not impos-
ing too serious or untimely burdens on
the taxpayers.
''Our recent progress in school legisla-
ton ought to be considered merely the
beginning of steady and progressive
movement toward the very best education
establishment which our conditions will
admit.
''Vermont has over 80 commissions with
a large membership. / am in favor of re-
ducing the number and size of these va
rious commissions so that the business of
the state can be conducted with equal eff
ficency and at less expense.
81 believe in legislation for the benefit
of people who make Vermont their home
II am in favor Of less legislation and
fewer laws.
'If elected I shall strive for prudent
administration of public affairs and for
the betterment of the state with all the
zeal, fidelity and honesty of purpose
which | can command"
The second district convention to choose
two delegates to the national republican
convention and two alternates will be held
in Montpelier Tuesday, April %, the day
before the state convention meets in Bur-
lington.
Mrs. Mary E. Barraby, lO4, who died at
her home in Brockton, Mass, Sunday,
lived for about Is years in Burlington
and was later resident of Springfield.
Vt She was the mother of 20 children
six of whom are living.
Mildred i. Brewster of Montpelier, who
has been confined in the state insane hos
pital for nearly 10 years since she was
found not guilty of numbering Miss Anna
Wheeler by reason of insanity, has filed a
petition asking that she be released from
the institution on the ground that she is
now sane. Miss Brewster shot and killed
Miss Wheeler in Montpelier May 20,
1907, and then turned the revolver on her
self, the trouble growing out of Miss
Brewster's affection for young man who
Tilted her for Miss Wheeler.
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great undertakings, questionable
methods have been able to engraft
themselv upon the business OF the
country. N'rh rewards have too fire.
quently been gained by some who are
none too scrupulous. Monopoly, dis
honesty and fraud have assumed a
prominence which calls for the earn
est attention and condemnation OF
every man who truly loves the Re
public,
Against all these abuses and in the
work for restoring old ideals of hon
esty and equality, as well as for high
er standards of civic duty, one man
has stood preeminent, and that man
is Tae' dore Roosevelt. Against cor
ruption in every form he has set his
face with grim determination, prompt
aud fearless III action and with that
intelligent leadership which has as
sured the establishment of better
era in Which the strong and the weak
alike must submit themselves to the
impartial execution of the law, There
was need Of a strong courageous
spirit to restrain those destructive
forces which have asserted them
selves in this time of growth and
plenty The story OF his achieve
ments will make up one OF the brigh-
test pages in the history Of this or
any age and will prove that today,
as in any critical hour Of social un-
rest or Of danger the man will ap-
pear who can grapple with the emer.
gency
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Senator Burton Nominates War
Secretary
STRONG AND ABLE SPEECH
Calls William Fl. Taft s-Perfect Type
OF American Manhood, a. Peerless
Leader, and Representative OF the
Noblest Ideals in Our National Life

Following is the great speech made
by Senator Burton yesterday in plac
ing Secretary Taft in nomination:
This convention enters upon the
grave responsibility Of selecting a
presidential candidate with the serene
assurance that the Republican party
will continue to rule this people.
What assembled multitude in any
land has ever pointed the way to such
bcnefcent results for home and for
the progress OF the whole human
race. as the recurring conventions OF
this grand organization? Yet we do
not rely alone upon the record Of that
which is has accomplished. We en-
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phasize, even more, its supreme quail
hcation to solve the problems OF the
present, ....
1t is especially appropriate that
this gathering should be held in this
marvellous city OF Chicago, whence
the steel bands of commerce reach
out in every direction, over plain and
river and mountains, to almost bound
less distance, bringing the richest
treasures OF a continent to lay them
at your feet. Here ii was that the
righteous uprising against slavery
and Bourbonism, sprung from the
nations conscience, raised its first
triumphant voice when Abraham Lin
coin was nominated, And here, again,
with notes Of thunderous acclaim, en-
raptured throngs greeted the naming
of Garfield. of Blain, OF Harrison, and
OF Roosevelt.
Again Ohio presents candidate to
the National Republican Convention,
In seven stubborniy contested presi-
dental campaigns, sons of her sacred
soil have led the embattled Repubh-
can hosts to victory The Buckeye
State has assurely contributed her
share of statemen and generals for
the upbuilding Of the Nation, But that
of which we are prouder still is her
stalwart citizens . the mightiest
bulwark of the Republican in every
commonwealth-made UP Of Ameri-
ca'sfree yeomen, ever ready to re-
spond to the tocsin OF alarm in days
Of peril, or to crush corruption when
ever it raises its menacing head.
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cas- supremacy 10 undisputed, and yet
her great natural wealth has scarcely
been touched. We have a vast do.
main Of 300.000,000 square miles, lit
orally bursting with latent treasure,
still waiting the magic Of capital and
industry 10 be converted to the prac-
tical uses Of mankind; q country rich
in soil and climate, in the embarrassed
energy Of It's rivers and in all the
varied products OF the field, the for
est and the factory. With gratitude
for Gods bounty; with pride In the
splendid productivcness Of the past
and with confidence in the plenty and
prosperity Of the future, the rcpubli-
can party declares for the principle
that In the development and enjoy
mcnt Of wealth 10 great and bless
ings SO bcning there shall be equal
opportunity for all Nothing 10 clear.
ly demonstrates the sound basis upon
which our commercial industrial and
agricultural interests are founded
and the necessity Of promoting the
present continued welfare through
the operation OF republican policies
as the recent safe passage Of the
American people through financial
disturbance which il appearing in the
midst OF democratic rule or the
menace OF it might have equalled the
familiar democratic .panics Of the
past We congratulate the people
upon this renewed appearance OF
American supremacy and the signs
now manifest a restoration OF busi-
ness prosperity in all lines Of trade,
commerce and manufacturing.
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Fromthis citizenship Ohio, in the ST.
prcme emergency Of the Civil War
sent forth more than two hundred
thousand soldiers for our country's
defense. formidable array easily
surprising in numbers the world-con.
quering legions OF imperial Caesar
and even larger than any army ever
mustered by Britain for the tented
field. But transcendent above all IL
the fact that Ohio is one OF match
less Union Of States linked together
in everlasting bonds Of amity and
constituting an empire wonderful in
power and almost immeasurable in
extent Each sovereign State alone
would occupy but a subordinate place
in the great current Of the worlds
events, but when represented by one
Of forty-six bright stars on field
OF stainless blue, every one forms
part Of an emblem OF union and Of
strength more beautiful far than the
most brilliant constellation in the
heavens.
The most perplcxing questions Of
today arise from the bountiful devel-
opment Of our material wealth. Such
a development can not occur without
the creation OF inequalities and dang
ers to the social fabric. most siren
uously deny that the American busi-
ness man or the American citizen
ehcrishcs lower standards than the
citizens Of any other country. The
American people are by no means de-
PRAYED. But by reason Of their busy
absorption in varied pursuits and OF
the glamour which attends success in
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Who 50 fit to take up the tasks
which this wondrous generation de.
mands should be wisely and impart-
tally performed as his great War
Secretary Since the day when, in
Benjamin Harrison's administration,
these two first met the one as So
licitor General, the other as a men,
ber Of the Civil Service Commission,
they have been bound together by
like ideals and aims, by close ties OF
friendship, and by the exchange OF
mutual counsel, each with his own
individuality and characteristics keep
ing constantly in view the ennobling
vision Of better and greater Amer
lea. They have not been satisfied that
the Temple Of Prosperity should be
dcckcd alone by the jewels Of the
fortunate and the opulcnt, but have
insisted that il should still more
abound in trophies which commemo-
rate the enforcement OF even-handed
justice and the maintenance Of that
equal opportunity which spreads
hope and blessing even to the humbl-
est home Since the day when, less
than thirty years Of age, Mr.. Taft de-
nounccd. with burning words, mem
Der Of his profession who had been
guilty of fagrantly vicious practice
and had demoralized the community,
he has ever been associated with the
cause OF true reform-with that re.
form which will not content itself
with academic dissertation or hollow
words. He has been imbued with the
spirit Of action. His advocacy Of sound
er conditions is part Of himself. II has
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always been based upon answering
integrity and the courage to speak the
| truth, a. he understands it, on all oc.
casions, no matter how influential OF
powerful the evils which he may at.
tack
No one has ever yet assumed the
presidential chair who had received a
more ideal preparation for the duties
of that great Office, AS Judge i'll
State and Federal courts, as Solici-
tor General, as Governor of the Phil
ippines, as Secretary of War, which
has included the work of Colonial
Secretary and Director of National
Public Works, he has received his
training and has always shown him
self master of the situation and com
petent to make more honorable and
beloved the American name. There
have been no years OF inaction IN his
career. He has been continuously en-
gagged in weighty tasks and each sue
cessive service has been characterized
by an increasing influence upon most
vital questions,
In the larger sphere of world poll
tics. we are entering into new and
closer bonds with all the nations OF
the earth Who is better qualified
than he to lead America to her true
position in this later day when the
boundaries established in the centur-
les past are becoming less distinct and
kingdoms and races are beginning
to realize that they have all one com
mon destiny?
Secretary Taft has exceptional
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-19
PERSONAL MENTION

Rev. William Seymour Short and
Mrs. Frank Spittle who are visiting
in the east are expected to arrive in
this city next Sunday,
+. O. Affeld Jr. of New York City
was in the city yesterday the guest
OF friends, Mr., and Mrs, J. Welch
John Mcclure, superintendent Of
the A, & c. Railway is in the city on
a business trip.
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CnRONI-
CLES OF INTEREST
ANOTHER PROMINENT CITI.
ZEN OFFERS MEATY CON-
CLUSIONS IN REGARD TO
THE LEADING ENTERPRISE
AFOoT IN THIS CITY.

The Morning Astorian is pleased
to offer the following interesting
statement anent this very popular
subject, from one of the leading pro-
prietary citizens OF Astoria, who Is
qualified IN all ways to express an
opinion which is entitled to consider
alton and respect; and it will be glad,
at all time, to receive just such dis
cursive communications from any and
all, who may speak "by the card:
Astoria, Or, June Is, 1908.
ITO the Editor of the Astorian:
"A few days ago | noticed report
made by Mr.. A. M. Smith and Mr..
Abercrombie on the seawall PROPOSE
ton in which they gave some figures
saying what it would cost, but they
did not state whether it was an engi-
neer's estimate or an experts, so I
presume it was their own estimate.
1T is well known by everybody
that the seawall is only part Of the
proposition; if the seawalI Is built,
we would have to at once fill up the
tide fats and streets inside Of the sea-
wall, as this would be necessary for
sanitary protection.
"Aftr talking with two engineers
who understand that kind Of work, |
have been told by them that the
building of the seawall and the filing
nj OF the tide fats and streets inside
would incur an enormous expense,
which, considering the values of the
property at the present time, would
practically result in confscating the
property.
"The benefits claimed for the pro-
ject are the permanency of the work;
| do not think that any property
holder would object to the work if we
had a population sufficiently large to
make the property valuable enough
to pay for the work, and it seems to
me, before we attempt to carry on a
large proposition Of this kind, we
ought to wait until we have more
population Even if the work were all
completed as proposed, it wouldn't
bring dollar more into the town
1T is claimed by many, that if the
fill were made that the property
would be enhanced in value, but ! be-
lieve they will find that more depends
upon the location than this proposed
fill, as lots near the postoffice are of
less value than those in the tide fats.
| know that nine-tenths of the prop
erty holders who will have to pay for
the seawall, do not want it at the
present time, for the reason that it
would take their property to pay for
the improvement, and | understand
that this improvement is wanted by
a minority OF people who will not
have to bear the burden OF paying
for it. Respectfully submitted,
&C. G. FLAVEL."
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Personal MENTION

L. F. Buck, travelling representative
for the Portland FIGURING Mills was
in the city yesterday on business for
his company, and incidentally took in
the great Philharmonic concert last
evening to his complete enjoyment.
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TELLSPARTY'S HISTORY
Party Reaches Highest Service
Under Leadership Of Pres.
Theodore Roosevelt
MIGHTY PROGRESS IS MADE

Under the Guidance OF the Great
Republican Party the American
People Become the Wealthiest Ma
ton In All the World.