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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Success magazine places Congressman
Foster among the "cold feet insurgents
of the national house of representatives.
1t says he was one of those who by their
"defection at critical time did more to
help Cannonism than they could possibly
have done had they never given the ap-
pearance of opposing it. So it looks to us.
David j. did lot of ''insurging" on paper,
but when it came time to vote he was
found among the faithful heelers of Uncle
Joseph. The letter of explanation which
appeared in the st. Adams Messenger
Wednesday doesn't alter that fact. It's
probably true, as one j. E. Harris
says, that if Congressman Foster hadn't
trimmed at the last moment the displeas-
ure of the republican organization would
have been visited upon him in a way to
cripple his usefulness to his constituents
In other words, the representative of Yer
monts first district would have found him
self unable year after next to secure those
little favors which when judiciously passed
around help so much in keeping ones job
safe against the attacks of aspiring Office
seekers. It's a great game.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
A Native of Saxtons River.
(Springfeld Union

AMI L. Barber, the founder of the as
phalt industry whose death has just oc-
CURED in Ardsley, a suburb of New York
city, was a native of Vermont and in
more than one direction his Yankee
shrewdness was evinced. He made great
fortune out of asphalt, but was almost
continually in difficulties, first with the
colonial authorities of Trinidad and later
with the government of Venezuela. The
trouble in that country was settled only
recently. and in way that deprives
American manufacturers, temporarily at
least, of one of the best asphalt supply
sources. Despite the worries and difficult
ties incident to the development of the
asphalt trust from small beginnings and
through the merging of various concerns,
it seems that Mr.. Barber took an interest
in many other things. 1t is recalled that
he was one of the pioneers in the making
of steam propelled automobiles and was
the first man to use turbine engine in
yacht. He was one of this country's null
who have become so num-
erous IN recent years that many of them
are unknown even by name to the great
of Americans.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
WHAT THOMAS
THOMPSON WISHED

The Reformer intends to print
from time to time the following
extract from the will of Thomas
Thompson, hoping that it will serve
| to remind the trustees and others
| concerned in the administration or
| the Thompson fund what he had In
| mind when he made the seam
stresses, needle women and sHop
girls of Brattleboro beneflclar!es
under his will. In view or certain
statements made within the past
week by r. M. Bradley, the last
four black-face lines are particular
ly pertinent.
"And after the decease OF my said
wife to apply, the net income l4e 9 OF rne
tions aforesaid, for or toward the re-
lief and support of poor seam
stresses. needle women and shop
girls who may be in temporary need
from want of employment, sickness
or misfortune in the towns OF Brat
tleboro, Vt, and Rhinebeck, Dutch
ess county, N. Y, the amount being
equally divided between the two
towns. and [ direct and empower my
said trustees to employ from time TO
time such agents as they Judge. pest
for the practical application OF the
income of the trust fund, Whether
town officials of said towns or cor
porations, associations or lndlylu-
uals resident in said towns or else-
where, it being my wish that such
agents shall be selected II PRAGUE,
able as will serve gratultously, ana
L empower my said trustees, II ine
whole income appropriated to eltheT
one of the said towns is not needed
for the relief of the class OF persons
above named in that town for one
year, to apply the surplus to the re-
lief of the same class in the other
town, if needed, and if not, to apply |
such surplus to such kindred Chart
able purposes in said town or else
where, but not however in the city
of Boston. as shall be determined by
nv said trustees or in their discre-
ton to be added to the capital, and
it being my wish that the fund shall
be for the immediate relief of the
suddenly needy whether from cas-
ualty, imprudence or lmprovldence,
| direct that there shall be as speedy
action taken upon all applcatlohs
as may be consistent with ascertain
ing the reality of the alleged need
of assistance. and in order that the
of the persons to be bene-
fitted may be called to this course
If relief I direct my trustees to
publish three times a year and IN
hat newspaper which has the larg-
,st circulation therein among the
working classes the facts of the ex-
stence of this trust fund, its object
md the means to be taken to OBJ
ain relief from it and in addition
O take such measures for extending |
he knowledge of it and increasing
is usefulness as may seem to my
aid trustees best.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
Wait for Results.
BARRE Times.

By special act of the Vermont legisla,
ture, the trout fishing season in Windham
county opened April Is, while throughout
the remainder of Vermont the sons of
Izaak Walton will wait until the 18th of
May 1t is not apparent why Windham
county should be thus singled out as a
place where trout fishing should begin a
month earlier Bennington county, for
instance, is just as far advanced in spring
weather as is Windham, but the fishermen
there are not legisated for in particular;
they fish with the rest of us. But since
Windham got its special enactment bv
which the trout season opened April Is, it
will be interesting to learn how much sue
cess the fishermen will have in their early
trips, in view of the cold weather and
high water.
After all conditions are considered the
temperature, the quantity of water and
the state of feelings ON the part of the
people who prefer to see uniformity in
the opening of the season, the fact re-
mains that the former date of opening the
trout season in brooks, which was May
l, is the more satisfactory in the general
run and a succeeding legislature may be
depended upon to take some action to Sc
cure a return to the former date.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
Pensacola and the Blue Laws.
(Tampa, Fla, Tribune

1t is noted with surprise that the spo
radio movement on the part of the sheriff
of Escambia county to enforce "blue laws
in Pensacola died a-borning.
The sheriff has quit 1t is now posi-
bic to enjoy life in Pensacola on Sunday.
1t is no longer a heinous criminal offense
to buy glass of sodawater or a cigar or
a newspaper or to ride on street-car in
that wideawake city.
Pensacola refused to sanction the effort
Of its overzealous sheriff Pensacola is a
city of modern ideas and it did not care
to be subjected to restrictions which
would be harsh even in a backwoods ham,
let. 1t let its sheriff know its feelings on
the subject at very early stage of the
proceedings and the sheriff gracefully sus-
pended his crusade.
Pensacola had narrow escape. 1t is
an awful thing for city to get reputa-
tion for the deafness and the dullness of
its Sabbaths.
1t Is all right to compel an observance
of the day that is reasonable and proper
but, although some lawmakers of half
century ago were so luded as to imag-
inc otherwise, God never intended that
the proper recognition Of His day should
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
OUR HALL OF FAME.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining
Prominent Personages.

John H. Senter is great book-lover and
one of his literary treasures is genuine
Halls Chronicles nearly 200 years ago.
Ha6good of Peru, whose crab-like Chi
Biography used to put printers into the
psychopathic ward, has learned (?) to use
typewriter-and postal cards.
O. NJ Barber is one of the busiest men
in Vermont He insists on knowing ev-
cry detail of his big law business and has
the reputation of doing a weeks work in
"a hours-when pressed.
Once upon time some evil-visaged dis
turber of peaceful lives inveigled good
man and true into raising much good coin
through the medium of mortgage upon
his barn. Lest there be shortage of cir
culating medium the disturber took the
money and made the good man governor.
Then the disturber tried to further pun
ish the good man by sending him to CON
gress. Then the light went out-but the
mort gage keeps on The moral is that
grangers get plucked with other good
men.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

baseball's perennial popularity is not diff
fcult to determine. The game is always
played ION the level Anything tending
toward dishonesty or crookedness is sum
marty dealt with by the national baseball
commission Its action this week in ex-
GLIDING from every major league ground
in the country the man who made futile
attempt to bride the umpires in game
last season will strengthen still more the
confidence of fans all over the country.
Baseball is about the only game played
professionally from which the public cam
be sure of a square deal.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Reports from points up and down The
Connecticut river where there are no new
dams to hinder comparison indicate that
the high water of last week almost if not
quite equalled in volume the record floods
of 1862 and 1862 If this is so the Connec
ticut River Power company ought to be
glad. 1t knows now just what changes
are necessary to protect property border
ing its storage basin in times of greatest
food-knowledge that could not be ascer-
tanned accurately by any amount of sur
veying. As a matter of fact the freshet
of last week did a comparatively small
amount of damage. The highway across
the island and at one or two points be-
tween here and Vernon was submerged
and the railroad embankment in the vi
cinity of Broad brook was more or less
washed, but the damage at these and
other places will be cheerfully borne by
the power company.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Nelson F. Higgins of 239 Pine street
and Henry Forgette of 8 Central street
made a record catch of trout in Conway
Monday. They landed l65 fish weighing
in the aggregate about $50 pounds. The
catches were made in almost every imag-
Unable place in the Poland brook and its
tributaries, from rapids to standing pools.
They report that trout are plentiful in
that region, and that for this time of year
they are biting well.-Springfeld Mass
Union.
The Ananias club is hereby respectfully
asked to confer the honorary degree of
ID. L. on said Nelson F. Higgins and Hen
ry Forgette, and it is further moved that
a committee be appointed to inquire into
the sanity of the newspaper man who was
inveigled into writing the foregoing con-
trbution to the Dream Book
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Milk producers in Conway, Mass, art
up in arms against the action of the Bos
ton concern to which they sell their prod
uct. The dairy company has made q
schedule of prices for milk during the
next six months which averages % cents
for a can of S1a quarts but the average is
maintained by setting a price Of % cents
during the months when the farmers pro
duce the least milk and cutting the price
to q cents in the months when the pro-
uct is the greatest. What the producers
want is a fiat rate of % cents and they
threaten to withhold their output of
about 10 50quart cans day unless their
terms are accepted. This is a good exam
pie of the trouble we fear the milk pro-
ducers of this section will encounter soon
er or later in shipping their milk to Bos
ton,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

The New Hampshire national guard is
radically changed by bill passed at the
recent session of the legislature of that
state. What was in theory an entire bri-
gade Of troops with all the officers of due
rank and corresponding high salaries incl
dent thereto but in reality with hardly
men enough to form a serviceable infan-
try regiment is transformed into >regi-
ment of II companies of infantry, corps
of coast artillery, a company of cavalry
and a battery of field artillery. The
change placed on the retired list not a few
handsomely uniformed and highly titled
officers, but will no doubt bring about a
corresponding increase in the efficiency of
the Granite state militia.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

The Bennington Banner wonders wheth
err listers who in their capacity as citizens
and business men are practically sure that
man has more taxable property than he
has put into his inventory are in duty
bound to call that man before them and
ask him to account for his other holdings.
There can be but one answer to this ques-
ton. The state doesn't recognize dual
personalities
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

The compilation of the state license re-
turns by the st. Adams Messenger shows
nine license towns on the east side and
Is GASES in the desert west of the mountain
line, This makes only 81 license towns
whereas the total is actually %. The
omission is the town of Winhall in Ben
nington county which voted license this
year for the first time. This makes 10
license places on the west side of the
state instead of Is, but there is small
likelihood that license will be granted
in Winhall
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

land roads this summer.--News despatch.
And there are sections of New England
that are looking forward with pleasure to
having President and Mrs. Taft test their
splendid roads. Vermont, however, has
no such pleasing prospect. Much as she
hopes to receive a visit from the nations
chief executive this summer she cannot
truthfully find any enjoyment in picturing
Mr., Iatt's 300 odd pounds bouncing about
IN the tonneau of his machine as it leaps
from water-bar to water-bar.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
UP TO THE DOCTORS.

If every person in Brattleboro inter
ested in the management OF the Thompson
fund would get his own physician to an
swer honestly and frankly this question
'Tn your opinion is Richards M. Bradley
fit person to have to do with the adj
minstration of the Thompson fund.-
do you doubt for one moment what the
verdict would be? We don't. And this
statement is made without the slightest
desire to be sarcastic Our honest opin-
ion is that the majority of the Brattle-
boro physicians believe Mr. Bradley to be
unfit for his present position.
And believing thus it is the duty of
these physicians to take such action as
will bring about the removal Of Mr.. Brad
ley 1t is unfair to every seamstress,
needle woman and shop girl in Brattleboro
to allow him to continue in Office. Every
statement he makes regarding the funds
administration, every conference he holds
with those interested locally, every scheme
he unfolds for further expenditure of the
money indicates his unftness. Sincere he
may be, but wholly lacking in comprehen-
the wishes of Thomas Thompson as clearly |
expressed in his will. Were these facts
not so Mr. Bradley would realize the fail |
ure he has made of his stewardship. He
would perceive that all the strife, the tur-
mol, the jealousy, the misunderstanding
and the prejudice aroused over the fund !
administration are not without signif-
hat hn
criticism we have made from time to
time was inspired not by fondness for
finding fault but by deep-seated convic-
ton that the carrying out of his ideas
was thwarting the intent of him who
created the fund itself.
Within a week Mr.. Bradley has at
tempted to. explain to the local physicians
a plan for making payments for medical
services rendered Thompson fund bene-
ficiaries. The doctors of Brattleboro are
fully up to the standard of human intelh
gence yet they were unable to dissect one s
well formed idea from the mass of verb t
iage with which Mr.. Bradley entertained
them All of them think he has plan a
which he considers good one; few OF il
those who have been most fortunate IN }
getting along with him think they under
stand what the idea is he intends to con- $
vey, but even those having the best rea- e
sons for wishing him continued in office n
admit his explanations thus far have bor- {
dered on the Opaque. II
If the medical fraternity of Brattleboro lI
would come out frankly and say to the II
supreme judicial court of Massachusetts Ia
lust what they think about Mr.. Bradley's Il
fitness to serve as trustee of the Ihomp- I'll
son fund we believe a change would be t.
Here is grand opportun- tt
itv for the doctors to show how much of m
their interest in the Thompson fund is Is
by public spirit and how much
by purely selfish interest
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
Lynched by Leading Citizens.

\ mob Of two hundred leading citi-
ems of Ada. OIL. disgusted by the way
law is being administered in the small
towns of Oklahoma, took four men
held for the murder of Deputy United
States Marshal Bobbitt from the Jail
at that place, after breaking down
the door and knocking the guard sense
less and hung the men in row from
a barn beam. The leader was a Texas
man with record of over twenty men
killed
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

The New Hampshire legislature, It's
true, passed a primary election law but in
some other ways it was not so radically
different from the legislature with which
Vermont was afflicted few months ago.
One subject which it left about as it
found it was taxation. The failure was
due defenders of the legislature would
have us believe, to an unfortunate mix
up over the proper measure to pass"
Strange, but that was exactly the trouble
in Vermont
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

prevent man or woman or child from
shaking their thirst with notwithstanding
beverages, cooling their brows by refresh
ing rides on the streetcars, or improving
their minds with good literature.
But then, God had little to do with
do with the fools who would enforce such
laws to the letter.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

with salt, pepper and butter, put into
the oven for few moments before serv
ing and they are delicious. After boiling
them tender they may be cut as above
Drowned In butter and if possible they
are better still. If you have no parsnips
in your garden buy seeds this year and
sow them, leave them in the ground all
winter and dig as soon as the ground
thaws. Every farmers garden should
have parsnip bed.
Over in England they talk about chang
ing the clocks an hour so that everyone
may have more sunshine. 1t is claimed
that health would be improved and gas
bills cut off Why not? Many of us
Nermonters rise early without any change
in clocks Others would do well to change
their habits if not their clocks. Did it
ever occur to you what an enormous
amount of sunshine goes to waste every
bright morning for those who lie in bed
until s o'clock? We have thought it a
mistake to awaken children early. LET
them have their sleep out" say we.
Wouldn't it be better to call them earlier
in summer and have them retire proper
tionately earlier? This idea is not new,
but revived, as proved by the time worn
saying:-
l@ully W Dtu, anu carly W Ilsts
Makes a man healthy, and wealthy and
wise"
That's what it means. Never miss an
hour of sunshine.
If your skin looks wilted and dry do
not for a moment conclude that you must
submit without struggle and grow old
before your time. Most likely you have
neglected it. A hasty washing night and
morning is not enough The naturally
best complexion may remain fresh and
the day of reckoning must come. If it
has already arrived for you, respond at
once with good care. There are CLEANS
ing creams" for removing dust from the
pores and massage creams" for skin
feeders, to be applied with much rubbing.
The manufacturers names could not be
given in this column. The face should be
bathed at least once week
in pure soap and warm water, gently but
firmly massaged with suitable cream either
morning or evening after the face is
bathed. Some advocate good flesh brush
to improve facial circulation. There are
many simple home methods that may be
used for softening the skin free of ex-
pense. Skinned milk or cucumber par
ngs sliced potato, lemon shells, oatmeal |
n little cheesecloth bags and other things |
Used in soft water. If you find just one
hing among these that helps you stick
% it, One woman uses an alcohol rub for
he face daily. For Others it would be
90 drying. Every woman is law unto
herself in these matters and must learn
What is best, or consult a specialist.
Drinking plenty of pure water has much
o do with a clear skin free from win
.les.
Do not cultivate the worry habit A
obby is better. Choose a fad or hobby
more than one if you please, and give
0 it enough time and thought to relieve
he mind of the continual strain and
ear that would result without it. This I
"a thing we need to be reminded of of
IN, lest we put it out of sight and for
ct that we have one. Lydia Eliot. {
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Because a man in Trenton, N. j.. would
not move his rendering plant at the re-
quest of neighbor the latter started a
skunk farm out of spite. This offers a
suggestion which ought to be received with
avidity by the people Of Burlington WIG
are complaining about the plant of the
Burlington Rendering company.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

The woman's medical school at Shang-
hal awarded diplomas to six graduates
lately. The school was founded a little
more than three years ago by funds fur
nshed by Ii Ping Shu. president of the
Chinese town council The principal of
the school is a Chinese woman who took
an advanced educational course in both
Canton and Hong Kong During the last
year there were 30 students. Each of the
six graduates read an essay, two of them
in English.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Hon. Henry G. Ide, recently appointed
United States minister to Spain by Presi.
dent Taft, is in town for few days. He
will sail May 6 on the steamer La Tour
aine for Paris accompanied by his daugh-
ter.-St. Johnsbury news dispatch.
Weather bulletins show a cold late
spring in Caledonia county thus far, but
indications point toward fair and warmer
weather beginning with the second week
in Nav
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Odd, isn't it! Tell man he is fiat
headed, and he becomes angry; tell him
he is level-headed, and he feels compli-
mented.-Manchester Union.
Tell him he is block head and he is
sore; tell him he has good block on
him and he smiles with Montpelier
Journal.
Tell him he is sharp-headed one and
he bushes with pleasure; tell him he has
a head like a tack and he turns purple
with rage
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

The opening of the baseball season in
the major leagues the past week indicates
more popular interest than ever before
in this great American game. In spite of
unfavorable weather the initial contests in
various cities have been attended by
record-breaking crowds The secret of
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

During the spring every one would be
benefited by taking Foley's Kidney Rem
edy. 1t furnishes a needed tonic to the
kidneys after the extra strain of winter,
and it purifies the blood by stimulating
ate the impurities from it. Foley's Kid
ney Remedy imparts new life and vigor.
Pleasant to take. Sold by All Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Boston has already set in motion a boom
for worlds exposition in 1920 to cele-
brate the tercentenary of the landing of
the Pilgrims at Plymouth.