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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
THE NJ. H. s. BAND.
New Organization Started In Mont
pelier High School.

A new feature in school activities
is to be added to the student life at
the local High School, which should
prove even more popular with the
general public than the fife and drum
corps, which the school maintains
This is to be band. A preliminary
organization was formed last Friday
with twelve members playing seven
different instruments.
The fife and drum corps of the
High School is recognized by school
authorities as one OF the best in
New England and that it has been re.
cruited from an institution the size
of the Montpelier school is a wonder
that so many good musicians can be
called together from the numbers
available, for it's size 1t may fairly be
said to be the best in the country.
The suggestion for the formation OF
this corps was given by Superlnten-
dent of Schools Fred j. Browns
combe several years ago and the re-
suit has been an immense success
since it's first performance. Last
week Mr.. Brownscombe made the sug-
gestion to the boys that there was
room in the school life, and that
there was the necessary spirit, to
support band.
In accordance with the superinten-
dents ideas on the subject, William
Bartlett, leader of the fife and drum
corps called meeting of those inter-
ested in the forming of a band and
arrangements were completed for a
temporary formation for the pur-
pose of entering the names of appli-
cants and giving them a tryout. The
band will supplement the work of
the drum corp and act in great
measure with them The first ap-
pearance of the new band will be at
the High School VS.. Seminary foot
ball game which takes place within
a few weeks. On that date the band,
which now consists of but twelve
members, but which will be increased
for the occasion, will try to outrival
the recently formed Seminary band,
which will also be on the field.
No leader has yet been chosen, but
the members as entered are as fol-
lows: Comets, Merton Holmes, Will
liam Bartlett, Raymond Allen, George
Page; clarinet, Louis Tomasi; alto,
John Bartlett, Frank Laboshire;
flute, Myrill Harris, Raymond Cullen;
piccolo, Harold Smith, Ernest Niles;
bass drum, Willard Lee; cymbals,
Charles Duke.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
NOW STATE CHARGE.
Z. A. Lawson, Formally Committed
to Waterbury Hospital Yesterday.

At a hearing before the judge of
probate, Frank j. Martin, ON Monday
morning, Charles A. Lawson, of
Barre, was ordered committed to the
State Hospital at Waterbury. While
in a state of insanity. Lawson at
tempted to take his own life a few
weeks ago. The charity committee
of the city council, on the advise of
Barre city attorney, had the patient
examined and he was removed to the
hospital two weeks ago. The hearing
yesterday was on the petition for his
being committed to the hospital as a
State charge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
GROTON.

. MIR. and Mrs Jack Jones visited
their daughter, Mrs. G. w. Whitehill
in st. Johnsbury last week.
Miss Helen Walton, Miss Nolan
Miss Jennie Taylor and Mrs. H. p.
Kicker, attended the teachers State
convention at Burlington last Thurs
day and Friday
Ralph Pillsbury has been obliged
to give up his position as clerk in
a store in Bellows Falls and has
moved into Mrs. Carpenters tene-
ment, and will work for Welch G.
Pillsbury in the hardware store.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will hold their sale in the church
vestry next Wednesday and Thurs
day. An oyster supper will be served
Wednesday, evening and a variety
supper Thursday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Davis will move
their goods to PCmpanoOsuc, where
they will keep house.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Goodwin have
returned home from Pompanoosuc,
where Mr.. Goodwin has had employ
ment
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Frost recently.
Cleon Whitehill has moved from
James Frosts tenement to one in the
Dunn house, recently vacated by
Thomas Carnes
Among those who attended the
wedding of Leslie Arthur and Miss
Lou Hatch at Panton last Wednesday
evening were Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Ar
thur, Grace and Winnie Arthur, Rev.
and Mrs. S. H. Myers, Hosea and J. r.
Caldwell
The first entertainment of the lee
ture course will be given in the
opera house next Friday evening.
Miss florence Small, of Norris
vile, is visiting Rev. and Mrs. P. A.
Smith.
The fall term of school in the
Plummer district will close this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chares Ross are Wis
itlng relatives in Meridith, N. H.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin McRae recently.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
A Likely Boy.

A Nswafk woman who lives In an
apartment house changed her ice
man not long ago, and the next day
the youth who drove the team for the
new man put the piece of ice on the
dumbwaiter in the basement to be
hoisted up. She pulled away.
Heavens" she exclaimed. That
new iceman certainly gives good
weight"
After much effort, she got the
dumbwaiter up to the kitchen level.
To her amazement, there was a small
boy sitting upon the ice. With what
little breath she had left she de-
manded:
What in the world did you make
me pull you up here for?"
why" replied the youngster, 81
thought maybe the cake would be too
heavy for you to lift, so l came up to
help you off with it."-LippincuttTS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
is NATIVE OF IOWA.
Rev. Ward X. Clarke, New Pastor OF
Church Of the Messiah, Well Re.
commended.

Rev. Ward Robinson Clarke, who
has just accepted a call to the pulpit
of the Church of the Messiah, is a ma
tive of Iowa, the son of parents who
went West from New York State.
His boyhood was passed in Iowa and
Kansas, and in youth he returned to
the New York home. He is a grad
uate of Yale University, in the class
of 1894; and of Oberln Theological
Seminary in 1897. His first work
as minister was done in Congrega-
tional churches, but soon coming to
hold Unitarian views, he entered the
Meadville Theological School, and
later spent year in the Harvard
Divinity School. He was ordained in
Kings Chapel, Boston, in 1900, and
served the Unitarian church in Do
YER, N. H., as pastor for about eight
years, 19OO-190S. He has spent most
of the past year as Field Agent of the
American Unitarian Association in
OkiduOuuds I1L6 Vile Is udu6uleT
Of Prof. Henry H. Barber, of the
Meadville Theological School, who
has recently occupied the pulpit Of
the Church of the Messiah very ac-
ceptably for two Sundays.
Mr.. Clarke has a brother, Rev.
Clement G.. Clarke, who is pastor OF
the First Congregational church, in
Minneapolis, and one of his sisters
is the wife of a missionary in South
Africa. He was heartily greeted, in
most informal manner, by many of
his parishioners, and other citizens
at the supper in the vestry of the
church last evening, and he will be-
gin his work at once under most
hopeful auguries.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
ALLEGED VIOLATION OF LAW.
George w. Mann Pleads Not Guilty to
Charge Brought by States Attorney.

George w. Mann was arrested to-
day by States Attorney Benjamin
Gates on the charge of violating a
State law in operating an automobile
for hire without license. He was
in City Court this morning and plead
ed not guilty and the case was held
open to the convenience of the States
Attorney.
Washington county.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
\ WOOD LOTS OF JAPAN. I
Example Furnished Of Tree GROWING
OF Small Plots.

Example Furnished OF Tree Growing
or Small Plots.
In these times Of great drains on the
timber supplies;s caused by the heavy
demand for fosest products of air
Kinds, Americans may see in Japan am
example Of what cali be done In grow,
ihg wood on small plots.
That country contains Fl ,OOO, 900
wood lots about three Yourths OF which
belong to private persons and one,l
fourth to communes. The average sizej
or the plot Is less than nf3e-tenths OF
an acre. They usually occupy .thf
steepest, toughest, poorest ground. 10
this way land is put to use WHICH
would otherwise go to waste and "
unwooded would lose its soil by the
wash Of the dasfing rains.
From Japan's wood lots the yearly
yield Of lt1mber III about eighty-eIght
feet. board measure, an acre and three.
fourths OF a cord OF firewood In many
cases the yield is much higher. More
than 5O0,0O0,0 600 trees are planted year =
ly to make up what is cut for lumber
and fuel.
With all the care In cutting and the
industry in replanting 1t is by no
means certain that Japan's forests are
holding their own. If the preservation
OF the forests is doubtful there, it is
evident that depletion must be alarm
ingly rapid In other countries which
cut unsparingly and plant very little.
On the other hand, 1t is encouraging TO
see what can be done with'rough. steen/
and poor land. The United States has~
enough Of that kind to grow billions OF
feet of lumber
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
Cleanliness Extra,

In describing his arrival at thel:owj
Of Cuantla the author OF "Meki1i
Trails" says: "The first thing to,
tract my eye was Grand fBanos;' WI
In English means grand baths, n
after days ride a man Graves
grand BANJO more than all else: sd
left the horse and entered. A lar
placard on the wall bore the following
A tub OF water. 10 cents; WITH
towel. Is cents, The person who de.
sires to change the water Will pay 10
cents extra"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
Difficult Exams.

Apropos of examinations and their
terrors, A. E. Palmer, secretary of
the Department Of Education OF New
York, told at recent dinner an odd
story of young African prince.
! "This prince" said Mr.. Palmer,
entered Yale or Harvard forgot
which--and amused himself with
motor cars and bulldogs till examina-
alton time drew near. Examina-
ton time frightened the young prince
horribly.
He began to study, and cabled
home to the king, his father: Exam
nations next week. Most difficult,
lmplore aid of gods in my behalf A
few days later this reply came back
from the barbarous West Coast mon
arch:
"'Rites performed. Fourteen pick
ed youths. all sons of mobiles, have
been sacrificed. Omen propitious.'
yet, would you believe it," Mr..
Palmer concluded, "the young prince
funked."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

II people with symptoms of kid
ney or bladder trouble could real
ize their danger they would without
loss of time commence taking Fol-
ey's Kidney Remedy. This great
remedy stops the pain and the ir-
regularities. strengthens and builds
up these organs and there is no dam
ger of Bright's disease or other Sc
rious disorder. Do not disregard
the early symptoms For sale by all
dealers.-adv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the
air passages, stops the irritation in
the throat, soothes the inAamed
membranes and the most obstinate
cough disappears. Sore and infiam-
ed lungs are healed and strengthened,
and the cold is expelled from the
system. Refuse any but the genuine
in the yellow package. For sale b,
all Drugsists.--adv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
y ASSERTED HERSELF.
The Young Woman Also Had a Few
Questions TO Ask.

The Young Woman Also Had a Few
Questions TO Ask.
The young womah was being inter-
viewed by her prospective employer.
The man bit off his words and hurled
them at her in way to frighten an
ordinary girl out Of her wits.
!.Chew gum?' he asked. -
mo, SIR" ~s.,-~....xgs -;
mo, sir" --as%-s1S-i -
"Know how to spell correctiy%
"Yes, sir"
f.. Use the telephone every other min
ute?" --ss-~sssgs ses.,,,... -.
mo, sir" ''S'8'. = ss:... ] 49,
Usually tell the Office force bow
much the firm owes and all the rest Ut
the private business you learnw =
tNo, SIR ..-.~-A--
He was thinking of something else
to ask her when she took a hand in
the matter and put few questions.
Smoke cigars when you're dictat-
ing?" "-"..
"why-er-now he hasped In aston
ishment.
ISLAM things around When business
Is oau ~x:xxl
Lay for your employees when they
get caught in block some morning?"
mo, indeed"
"Thifik you know enough about
grammar and punctuation to appreci-
ate a good stenographer when you get
onS?" --ss,ss.ssssH -.
I'D think ST." sid'Sss
WANT me to- go to work, or Is your
tif6e worth so littSe that 40
He, interrupted her enthusiastically:
"Kihdly hang up yoGr things and
let's GET at these letters."@jadge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

Pupil--They say Tony's injuries
were the result Of practical joke.
Professor-Yes. The chappies told
him that big, burly fellow in the
smoking room was deaf and dumb,
and Tony walked over to him with
sweet smile and told him he was a
bally fool. tn
Pupil-Well? .-~ &s GAsazE-
Professor-The man wasn't deaf
and dumb.-Illustrated Bits.
On recent Sunday the clergyman
Of parish church in Kent was read
ing the notices for the week, and
concluded by saying: There will be
christening next Sunday at ten
thirty" He then slowly walked to the
pulpit. Suddenly turning toward the
congregation, he remarked in severe
tones: Remember Mrs. Tomlinson,
said ten-thirty. A year ago YOU
were late, 1 believe. Troy Times.
~~"@s~w~s~,--
II thought | should laugh right
! out" said Mrs Cashton, when at the
circus recently Mrs. Smith called an
animal seraph. OF course she meant
giraffe; but the fun of it was it
wasn't giraffee. II was a camomilt. "
The Christian Register.
-. -,,~xs,-~--'sas
"Why are you crying, johnny
eve was playing train and was the
engine"
"Yes?" "knd pa coined in and
switched me."-Judge.
Warned Iii Time; Hi, Bill; don't
come down the ladder, t isn't there.
Weekly Telegraph. -
A lecturer who was talking recent
ly at a womans club about famous
men of letters said In his remarks
about Hawthorne that rs soon as
Hawthorne was married he took his
wife to the Old Manse.
After the lecture two members OF
She audience were discussing what
they had heard. 49,
II was surprised That he should be
so t6delicate in his remarks about
Hawthorne" said one of the two.
81 didFt notice anything Out of the
way" replied her companion. What
did he sayf'
"He spoke Or EfSwthorne's taesaa
his wife to tEe Old mans l think il
would have soSaded much better IL
he had said that he took her to his
fathers" Boston Record.
E. S. Bruce, of the United States
Forest Service told At a dinner in
Washington story OF the woods.
Two city boys" said he, went shop
pfSg in a forest. AS they passed
rl4aed house on their way homo at
dusk huge owl flew out. Ole of
the boys put up his gun and fifed.
The owl, with CHASTITY shrieRj fell
fluttering to the ground. The a%ed
boys in the twilight peered dowIfi at
the great. round, white face and out.
spread wings. Wed better run, said
the younger. Dear knows what'll hap
chetNibim!"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
The. Amateur Gunner.

tbs now the hunter takes a gun
Into the marshY waste.
In quest of provender and fun
He goes with eager haste.
He wades knee deep in clinging mud
Where microbes gayiy float
Or braves the slow meandering flood
In an uncertain boat.
And when his homeward trip is made
He has bunch that's nice,
For which he learns that he has paid
Three times the market price.
Washington Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
Womsn In SMadan.

1t Is to the honor Of Swedes that
the fact Of woman working for her
living In no way lowers her social
position. Many professional ladies are
the daughters of court officials and are
received and welcomed in the court
circle.-London Queen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
MRS. HARRIET BAILEY.
Died mt Home Of Mrs. Clara Lowe
Friday Afternoon.

The death of Mrs. Harriet Bailey,
widow of the late j.. Warren Bailey.
occurred at the home of Mrs Clara
Lowe, in this city,, Friday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock The funeral
will be held on Monday, but the exact
hour has not yet been set.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

Kindheart--So your fathers Ill and
can't work? It's very hard to have
the breadwinner Ill. The Kid-Yes,
sir. but 1t might "a been wuss. 1t
might "a been mother. an she's but
ter an cheese an meat an taters an
coal an boots an clothes an rent win
ner all In one"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

Mr.. F. G. Fritz, Oneonta N. Y,
writes: my little girl was greatly
benefited by taking Foley's Orino
Laxative and l think 1t is the best
remedy for constipation and liver
trouble" Foley's Orino Laxative is
mild, pleasant and effective and
cures habitual constipation. For
sale by all dealers.--adv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
The Cellars Relation to Ventilation.

A warm, dry Cellar is literally and
actually the foundation of a warm,
dry, well-ventilated house. The ev-
olution of the cellar Ia an interesting
study in the slow development OF
human intelligence. 1t was devised
originally simply as subtsrranean,
frostproof, pit or cave, under the
house, in which could be stored first
wines, and later apples, potatoes,
cabbages, and other perishable fruits
together with milk, butter, and
cheese. Next 1t was utilized, when
the absurd insufficiency of stoves and
fireplaces for heating purposes was
recognized, as a. convenient place to
put the furnace. Then It was raised
above ground to- make the furnace
draw BETTER. and nghted and ventil-
ate. until now it has become one of
the most important sections of the
house from sanitary point of view.
1t should be, cleaned, lighted, heat
ed, and ventilated, winter and sum-
mer, as carefully and scrupulOusly as
any other part of the house. When
this Is done, we are rid at one stroke
of dampness, with all its, wefl-known
rheumatic, tuberculous, and other
disease-breeding tendencies, of bad
smells from decaying vegetables, &C
cumulations of dirt in dark corners,
leakage of sewer and other pipes
which are now in plain sight instead
of buried in the earth, of cold floors
and all the injurious effects which
come from dampness and moist de-
cay all through the house.
The complaint that heating the
cellar has spoiled its use for storage
purposes is simply proof of it's adj
vantages. Nothing could be more ut
terly unsanitary in this twentieth
century than to permit vegetables,
cheese, fruits, and milk to be piled to-
gether in dark bins and adjoining
compartments, nibbled at and raced
over by mice, rats, and cockroacbes,
imparting the doors of decay from
cabbages and rotting apples to, milk,
cream, and cheese, and sending their
combined aroma streaming constant
ly upward through the house on the
natural automatic ventilation current |
of which we have spoken.--Dr. |
Woods Hutchinson. in Outing for
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

you say. you enjoy having book
agents come around"
Yep" answered Farmer Corntossel
But you are not fond of reading"
mo. But | have made several book
agents pay 10 cents glass for con
densed milk, an purity near sold one
Of 'em boss. Washington STIR.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

Mother-Why should we make VIII
lie a doctor when there are so many
new doctors every year? Father-But
think Of the new ailments.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

Mr.. Goodman-Why don't you take
the pledge, my good fellow?
Jaggsby-Because there are too many
other things to take.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
DENIES POSSESSION OF NOTES.
Thomas j. Deavitt Says Capital Saw.
ings Bank Has No Worthless Pa

per.
The story having gone forth that
a Montpelier bank held $4,000 worth
of forged notes of the town of South
birmingham, Mass, the sensational
details Of which transaction have
been published broadcast, Thomas ].
Deavitt, president of the Capital Saw
ings Bank, stated Friday that his
bank held $4,000 worth of the notes
of that town some time ago, but tat
they were paid in full long ago and
that the institution of wiiibh he is the
head does not carry penny's worth
of the notes at the present time.
In 1908, the bank bought $4,000
worth of the notes after Mr.. Deavitt
had received the necessary informa-
ton concerning them and these be-
came due in May of the present year
and were paid. Some time later the
bank purchased two notes for $10,-
900 each, one of which was paid in
June and the other in July. Since
then, the Capital has carried none OF
the birmingham notes.
1t is estimated that notes alleged
to have been forged by John L. Lom-
bard in the name of the town of
birmingham will aggregate in the
neighborhood of 100000.
II told her that | adulrpd her 10:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

A meddlesome woman in street
ear began sneering at young moth
er's awkwardness with her baby and
said. II declare woman ought never
to have baby until she knows how
to hold IT,
"Nor tongue either" quietly re-
sponded the young mother.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

II told her that | admired her 70:
her noble qualities OF heart ard mind
for her intellect and a lot more OF
the same reel"
MAKE hitY"
~ dunno. think the best plan T.
TO tell 'em they're pretty. "-Nashln.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
BvrH BOYS SAVED.

Louis Boon a leading merchant OF
Norway, Mich, writes: Three bot
ties of Foley's Honey and Tar abso-
lutely cured my boy of severe
cough. and neighbours boy, who
was SO i'll with a cold that the doctors
gave him up was cured by taking
Foley's Honey and Tar" Nothing
else is as safe and certain In results
Sold by all Druggists.-adv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

Journal want ads pay best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28

The young womati was being inter-
viewed by her prospective employer.
The man bit off his words and hurled
them at her in a way to frighten an
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-01-16

raise the exchange with si,ro.
ASA 1t would thereby greatly i
PAIR the ability Of Asia to exnor, !
Europe such products as wbeat y
ton, rice, timber. etc, products ~ ~
compete with your exports u
Which now languish with each 81,
excnange-in other words, with a.as
All IN the price of silver bullion
You are building the parou
canal, amongst other reasons. II j
sist your trade it'll the Orient IL
or 80 cents in the price Of silver H.,
lion, while giving that profit to u
mountain states, would; by rais,a
the exchange with Asia. nav az
probably many times over the en,,.s
cost of the canal
I'm his interview here. Mr., Fror,..
expressed the opinion that IL the 81.
eminent of the United States wor,,
make the Goschen plan a basis for !
proposal to the British governmert
the proposal would be accepted WIN
alacrity, and perhaps by Germany
Also
1T is probable that Mr.. Frewer
viii be afforded an opportunity 4
outline his views before the mona.
tary commission"