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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
VERNON.

Mrs. W. E. squires recently visited in
B~rattleboro.
Fred Mather of Marlboro has com
menced work at E. H. Alleys.
Mrs. Martha A. Lackey is visiting
friends in Wardsboro and Stratton.
Fred Lord of Lancaster. Mass. is visit
ing his brother, Will Lord, at A. H. ia
quith's.
Mrs. Streeter returned from North Ad-
ans last Saturday where she visited her
SON, Luther B. Streeter.
Arthur Hale of Springfield, Mass. has
been with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
NJ. Hale for a few days.
Hazel Snow of Ware. Mass. came this
week for a few days visit with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. B. A. Streeter.
James A. Fenton of this town has been
allowed an increase of pension at the rate
of Sl5 a month from May 5.
Capt. and Mrs. F. B. Spear have re-
turned to A. Fl. Jaquith's after three
weeks absence in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Hannah Smith of Brattleboro and
Miss NJ. E. Smith of Guilford are with
Mrs. H.. A. Staten for a few days.
The Ladies' Circle will meet next We'd
nesday afternoon. Supper will be served
at the usual hour and all are cordially in
vited.
Mrs. Armon E~llingwood and little
daughter, Edith, of Greenfield have been
spending a few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Sumner Ellingwood.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
WEST HALIFAX.

Rene Caron is working for Mr. Car
ry in Colrain for a few days.
Mrs. Laura Phillips has been visiting
at R. J. Phillips's for a few days.
Miss May Dewolf, who has had an
operation, was moved Wednesday to
BrattleborO.
Tina Learnard is putting furniture
into his house that he bought of Miss
Marion Eames.
Mrs. R. P. VIM and daughter, Ella,
returned Tuesday from Bennington
where they have been visiting for a few
days.
Rev.. w. M. Hitchcock will preach a
memorial sermon next Sunday. All the
old soldiers are especially requested to
be present.
The memorial exercises will be held
in West Halifax Monday. MAY 81.
Rev. j. d. King of Wilmington will be
the orator of the day and a drum corps
from Greenfield will furnish music. Elk
%ercises will begin at II o'clock. dinner
being served on picnic plan. Everybody
is invited to be present and help make
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
WILMINGTON

NJ. w. Stickney has been in town thi.
week.
Fred B, Hubbard of Chenoa, Ill. is Wis.
iting in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Ray were in Brat
tleboro last week.
Charles II. Hendrich. PAINTER. has re.
moved to Greenfield, Mass.
L. W. Boyd, constable, went to Brat.
tleboro Wednesday to commit an Italian
to the Retreat.
Clark Chandler is putting in a new set
OF scales near the blacksmith shop of
waiter Howe. Jones pays the freight.
Rev. j.. Duke King will speak at West
Halifax on Memorial day, May 81. C. NJ.
Russell Will speak at Putney on the same
day.
Union Memorial services will be held at
Memorial hall next Sunday at l0.45. Rev.
Mr.. Blackford preaching the sermon. Rev.
Mr.. hlng Will assist in the exercises. Suit
able music will be furnished by the Uni
v~ersalist choir. 1t is especially urged that
an effort be made to have the pupils of
the public schools present. The exercises
In the schools will occur on Friday after
noon, May %. Representatives of the G..
A. Il. and associate members will be pres
ent to assist. At the regular Memorial
on Saturday, the Doth, at Memo
rial hall, Rev. Mr.. Merriam of Green
field, Mass, will be the orator. He is
spoken Of in the highest terms. Street
music will be furnished by the Wards
boro cornet band. Let everyone make an
to be present.
Charles H. Parmeleee left town Thurs
day for an extended trip across the con-
Linent and will be absent fully six weeks.
He goes in company with his cousin. w.
L. Smith of Worcester, Mass. Mr.. Smith
viii remain in Clarmont, Cal, where he is
preceded by his wife and father and
mother, MIR. and Mrs. L. VI. Smith. The
rip across country is expected to include
stops, the first being at Chicago
md while there a run to Milwaukee to
the National Hardware Dealers
Issociation convention and a short stop
t Waukegan. Stops are planned at st.
.ouis, Kansas City, Denver, Colorado
Seattle, where they will attend
he Alaska exposition, thence returning
0 San Francisco, to Los Angeles, San
Diego, and other California points Of in
crest.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

TENDER for Company A., 18th Massachu,
sets regiment, Boys brigade, 1t is now
planned to go in camp with the Central
Massachusetts brigades at Still River, 25C
boys to be in attendance from the com-
panies of Leominster, Clinton and Wor-
cester under competent supervision OF
prominent officials.
At the meeting of the Mortified grange
last week the first and second degrees
were conferred upon six candidates. AT.
terward the first number of the Grange
journal was presented, Mrs. Eva |. Cal.
lender being editor-in-chief. with Miss S.
=. Minot and w. A, Priest assistants.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday
evening. the subject being, Noteworthy
Men and Women Of Today. All members
are to take part or paw a nickel.
There was a special service for the I'm.
known dead by the Woman's Relief corps
last Friday afternoon. the children of the
public schools assisting. The corps was
escorted to the cemetery by the cadets
where the graves of those who were mem
bers of the corps were decorated and the
usual service was given for the unknown
dead, although none are lying in the Gem.
etery. Returning to Sons of Veterans
hall, over 100 school children were given a
supper.
The Memorial day services will be held
Sunday, MAY 80. The plans are for the
patriotic orders to meet at Sons of Vet
Grams hall at 10 a. m. and will march t.
the Unitarian church where appropriate
services will be held. They are to return
to the hall for lunch and then march to
the cemetery where the graves will be
decorated. Returning. they go to the
town hall where the usual services will
be held about go p. m. and the address
will be given by J. Willard Brown, senior
vice-commander of the department of
Massachusetts,.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
F

The postofice house is occupied by a
colony of junk dealers.
Mrs. George Titcomb and little son of
Gardner, Mass, are visitors at L. F. Put
MANS for a few days.
Mrs. Henry F. Smith and Miss Mary f.
Smith are guests of Mrs. III. A. Staten
at Vernon at present.
Albert Hudson and family are moving
from Brattleboro to the Doolittle farm
where they lived a few years ago.
There seems to be an unusual number
of May brides in town this season and if
Dame Rumor is to be believed there are
more to follow.
An unusually fine set of bucks a~ntlers
were found yesterday by Clyde Coombs.
The horns had eight points and weighed
three pounds. Apparently they had been
shed but a few hours. They were found
in the open in a pasture near Algiers.
Mrs. John Gale, who has been STAYING
with her mother, Mrs. G. A. Kerr of
Putney, the past ten DAYS, came home
Tuesday morning, returning that after
and took her Youngest son back
with her. Mrs. Kerr is very feeble from
gastric fever but her recovery seems prob
able. Miss Conboy, formerly head nurse
at the Lynch hospital in West Brattle-
boro. is caring for her.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
Oats Are Made to Paw.

For the first time in the history of ag-
riculture growing oats is to be made prof
table and this in face of the fact that
the oats crops in the United States in the
past eight years nave been sufficient to
pay the interest and non-interest bearing
debt of the nation twice over.
The average American partaking of his
matutinal porridge has never realized that
the American farmer has raised the oats
which forms the bulk of the breakfast
foods at a financial loss. But such has
been the case. Last year Iowa planted f.
200.0 900 acres to oats and reaped a crop
of los. 900. 900 bushels of an aggregate farm
value of S4l. 3S2. 900: while Illinois raised
lOl. $4,000 bushels of an aggregate farm
value of 81 ,6S7, 900. These immense totals
would seem to indicate profit. Give one
years oats crop of Iowa and Illinois to a
railroad president and he could add 2,6S6
sleeping cars or 1862 day coaches to the
rolling stock of his railroad. Or give to
Uncle Sam the 1884. 56S, 900 secured from
the sale of oats raised on the 80, 1000, 900
acres planted to that grain throughout all
the United States and he could add to
his naval strength l25 battleships of the
size and armament of the Illinois, so that
no other nation on the globe would have
even a look in when it came to war.
Take the money earned by the nations
oats crop for the past eight years and the
American farmer could lay on the table
a dollar for every dollar every railroad
president in America, Africa. Asia and
Australia could lay down for every re-
ceipt from every source of revenue.
But these big things do not tell the tale.
Twenty-six farmers in the oats belt, in
terrogated as to the cost of raising oats,
reported the average expense per acre as
follows:
Three bushels of seed ....... Sl.5S
Preparing the gr%ound....... Las
Harvesting ................. LIZ
Stacking 90
lnT6SlllH l.-U |
Total .slO.l4
Taking Iowa's yield in 1908 and the av-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
NORTHFIELD FARMS,

Mrs. Bancroft of Boston was a recent
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. O. L.
Leach.
Mrs. Frank Ellis of Brattleboro spent
last week with her cousin, Mr.. 0. D.
Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Morgan, who were
taking an automobile trip from their
home near Boston, visited Mr.. Morgan's
mother and other relatives this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Hammond were the
victims of a surprise party last Saturday
evening. A large number of their friends
were present, among them being Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Morgan of Boston, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richie and daughter, Fred Hilliard
of Millers Falls and Mrs. Chamberlain
and daughter of Boston.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

Robinson's sister, Mrs, II. 7. Waite, over
Sunday.
Mrs. II. @. Robinson and Mrs. l.. b,
| Kenall of West Wardsboro visited Mrs,
Robinson's sister, Mrs. II, +. Waite, over
Sunday,
II. 4. Waite and James Thayer were in
Dover last Saturday and Mr., Thayer pur-
chased a pair Of steers with which to do
his spring work.
The steam mill is being put in place
this week near John Thayer's. Ralp Lii
lie and Pin Wetherby. mill men, are
boarding at John Thayer's.
Remember the Universalist fair and
dance to be held in Grange hall this FRI,
day evening. No pains have been spared
to make this fair a success and everyone
is cordially invited. L~eitsinger's orches-
ira will furnish music for dancing.
The Guilford Free library has recently
received a gift of a large box of books
and bound magazines from Mrs, T. n.
Glover of Brooklyn, n, Y. Each volume
bears a printed label which reads as fol-
lows: Given in memory of Major Hen
ny r. Chase, a native of this town, by
his daughters. Lucy NJ. Chase, Mrs. I. n.
Glover 4 card which came in the box
states that another box will be sent later
IN tine summer. IL II u NHlUdble GIt loi
the library inasmuch as the fund for
buying books is exhausted and the only
money available for new books is fines
and a very small amount of the annual
appropriations.
The regular grange meeting will be held
Saturday evening, May %, instead of May
%. on account of the Universalist fair
the night before. All members please no
tice change in date. The program will be
as follows: Music by the choir: recita-
ton. Abbie ,Jaqueth; instrumental music,
Annie Ellis; recitation, Mabel Larned;
harmonica solo, Louis Quinn: Grange
Journal, edited by Mrs. f. w. Legate and
Roy Ingraham: music, Ida f. Barrett:
contest by all the members. !:
A. Whittemore and F. J.. Wellman will
be the captains to choose sides, Words
will be used from the issue of the Phoe-
nix. The master has offered a prize of a
pound of chocolates to the best speller.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
Mt. Hermon School.

DR.. Charles r. Erdman, a member of
the faculty of Princeton Theological sem
mary. delivered the lectures in daily BIZ
BILE class during the last week. The sub
iect of his course was the book of Levitt
Gus. He also spoke in chapel during the
week and delivered the two Sunday adj
dressed. The Bible lectures for the next
two weeks will be delivered by Rev. J.
East Harrison of the Mt. Hermon fac
ulty, upon the subject, The Heroic Age
in Israel,
The honor men of the last term have
been announced as follows: Glass of 1910.
Leon A. Hausman: class of 1911, Edward
A. Aurand. Mervin w. Bliss. Jerome
Burt, Ellis F. Clark, Ralph r. Curtis,
Leon w. Dean, Herman A. Dick, Frank
c. Ekstrom, James r. Scott; class of
1912, Henry Barnbrock. ir., w. R. Catch
ing; class of 1918, Nicholas J.. Cassavetes,
Henry H. Cutler, Robert Fl. Milestone.
OF these. Edward A. Aurand. II. and
Henry Barnbrook, ir., 10, made highest
hOnOrs.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
WHITINGHAM

Miss Jason Stafford has been very i'll
this week.
John Underwood and grandson of
Heath were at Will Underwood's Wednes-
day.
Mr., and Mrs. Will Stafford of Pitts
field, formerly of this place, are here on a
visit.
Mrs Lurlssa Brown came up from
Orange last week and is stopping with
Mrs. Ophelia Snow.
Henry Bemis of Charlestown, Mass.
Riddell and H. A. Wheeler's family last
week.
Mr., Shepard of the firm Shepard & Field
of Greenfield was here Monday delivering
pictures that were taken of the different
houses in the place, also the school build
ing and pupils.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
GUILFORD CENTER.

James Thayer and George Thomas have
had telephones installed recently.
There will be preaching in the Univer-
salist church Sunday at 8 p. m, Rev. d.
E.. Trout pastor.
c. F. Richardson's mother. Mrs. s.
Richardson. is i'll and Gertrude Bullet of
Albany, Vt, Is here caring for her.
Mrs. Mary Gle went Thursday to Fair
Haven to spend the summer. She was
accompanied by Mrs. c. Fred Richard
Mrs. f. o. Robinson and Mrs. L. B.
Kendall of West Wardsboro visited Mrs.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

Walker responded in a happy manner,
expressing the great surprise and his APP
probation of the plan so well carried out.
Mrs. Brown expressed her thanks but
said afterward she was so taken by sur
prise she was unable to say anything.
After the supper a good program was
presented and the pros and cons of selling
milk from the farm were discussed so
spiritedly that it was left for further con
sideration at the next meeting.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

erage price of oats, an acres crop brings
the farmer 1886, leaving a loss for each
acre of fifty-nine cents. On the 3D. 900, 900
acres planted to the grain in the whole
country the total loss would be / $780,
Making Oats Se~lf-Supporting,
in June Technical World Magazine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
Ira B. Holton and son, Charles B. Hol-

Mrs. Oritius L. Fisher entertained a
number of the young friends of her
daughter Marion Tuesday afternoon in
honor of her 18th birthday. Refresh
ments were served and games occupied
the time of the little people.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. X. Willard. Master
William Bradley Willard and Miss Sa-
rah Kellogg Willard of Washington, d.
c., expect to arrive in Walpole at the
end of the first week in June for the
summer. They expect to be tenants of
Miss Fanny p. Mason in her Westmin-
ster street house,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
SOUTH VERNON.

A. Higgins and sons have returned from
Thetford.
Frances Woodland has sold his farm
here to d. Parker, who will take posses
sion very soon.
Mrs. S. w. Bailey and Mrs. j. A. Beers
visited their sister, Mrs. Nettie Haskell,
this week in Farren hospital.
Rev. Miles Grant Nelson of Boston will
preach in the chapel Sunday at IL a. M,
and in johnson hall at 7.3o p. m.
Mrs. c. Jackson is on the sick list. Her
daughter. Mrs. Lizzie jackson, and daugh-
ter Martha is with her for a few DAYS.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
GREEN RIVER.

,Judson Barney is in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Booker and daughter have gone to
Brattleboro.
Mrs. David Worden and Mrs. Bolster
are convalescent.
Mrs. Hillman has gone to Reading.
Mass, to live with her nephew, Albert
Shepardson.
Everything points to a large fruit crop,
as peach, plum and all kinds of fruit trees
have hlOssOmed nrOfuselY.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
DUMMERSTON.

The Ladies' club will meet at the yes
nv Wednesday afternoon. the Goth.
All come and help. 1t should be men
toned that they have just paid $25
towards stating the parsonage build
inos.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
WEST GUILFORD,

The Ladies Aid society will give a
strawberry supper Wednesday evening.
After the supper the young people will
give a play entitled. The Peoples Law
yer. All are cordially invited.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
HALIFAX.

Rev. w. M. Hitchcock will preach a
memorial sermon next Sunday, May %,
at II o'clock p. M. Members of G. A.
r. and old soldiers and every one are
cordially invited to attend.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

Have you tasted "Salada' Tea? I'm
equalled for purity, strength and flavor.
Trial packet Zoe. At all grocers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
BALL OF FIRE HITS HOUSE

What is believed to have been me.
teorite awakened everyone in the VIII
lage Of Storrs, Conn, at one O'Clock
IN the morning, recently. There was
terrific crash. Windows were smashed
and clocks stopped in several build
ings. The telephone pole in front OF
the home of F. NJ. Chadwick was spin
tered in fine pieces and large mole
was made in the ground. A piece OF
the meteorite struck a large elm.
splintering the bark Of the tree. The
home of F. NJ. Chadwick was struck,
boards were torn Off the outside, win
dows were broken and holes made
through the ceilings and floors inside.
Mr.. Chadwick said that when the
report came he and his family were
stunned. The house seemed to rock
and they were thrown tn the floor H.
V. Beebe, who lives oppoEite, said the
shock was terrific.
Chief Clerk F. c. Gunther and Frank
Mclean, the football coach of StorrS
college, saw the meteorite. Mr.. Gun
Their heard a rushing sound and the
rooms were lit up with red light.
There was a heavy rain, but no
lightning or thunder The ball OF fire
came from the northeast. Mclean,
who rooms in one of the college build.
ings, had risen to elise the window
when he saw the ball of fire.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
sL0oP SAILS 1856 YEARS.

Still busy, although she was built IN
1924 ia tibet little Danish sloop Con
stance, The 35-ton craft gets her car
goes of flour and lime over the same
belts. sounds, fjords and "skats' with
which she has been familiar for 1S0
years. allow
ough oyerhauling. and was heightened
Eve feet but the greater part OF her
bnl, remains from that old time,
writes Axel Holme in international
Marine Engineering.
A. the age of $50 this little vessel
coached a sister of hers in distress IN
The Great Belt between Zealand and
Finen She toak the cargo OF the other
and started for Malmes, sweden
where she was overtaken on CHRIST
mas, 1902, by hurricane. She ground
Cd and flied near the scene of her res
cus hut the rough treatment did her
Her present owner and skipper is
can't 7 Jensen, of Lohals, Denmark
T'bo has owned her since 1889,
After he is through with her she
viii probably be preserved thr'ush a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
LOST lN AM ice CAVE.

To be lost in an ice cave for "a
hours was the unpleasant experience
of two Newark IN. J.) citizens re-
Gently. One of the victims, John
Mohlenpah, says that he with six
others, went to the cave, but with J.
s. Price, became separated from the
others and lost his way. They burned
part of their clothing to light the cav
ern, but when their last match was
exhausted they found themselves in a
four-foot cavern, with a bottomles pit
on one side and Gig on the other.
In crouched position they remained
there for 20 hours until rescuing par
ties found them. The men almost
froze. but kept up circulation by con-
slant rubbing. A party of 13 men.
one Of five rescuing parties. aided by
500 feet of rope. succeeded in drag,
ging Mohlenpah and Price to safety.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04

The illustration shows a young Pa
puan, of Hood peninsula, British New
Guinea, wearing a plume of white
cockatoo feathers, which shows that
he has slain an enemy in single COM
bat. 1t would seem that the wearing
of such plumes must soon die out.
Head hunting is now a forbidden joy
to the Papuan. A result of this pro-
hibition of what was national sport
throws curious light on the effects
that so-called civilization may have
On aborigines. The Papuan, we'll sup
piled by nature with food, had no
need to work and will not work now.
Not SO very long ago, however, he
spent much time in strenuous head
hunting This kept him exercised
and in good health. Now that he is
not allowed to head hunt, it is said
that he has begun to degenerate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04

public subscription for the purpose
and turned over to the Danish govern
meat, or some historical association,
to be sacredly guarded.
Until 1882 under the name OF the
Four Brethren de Fire Brodrel, she
belonged to the same family for 80
years, sailed by son and father be-
tween Denmark and Christiana. From
1882 to 1889 she was the property of
Capt C. Boje of Marshal, Denmark,
and bore the signboard Catarina.
(She was built at Aero of oak that)
has defield the tooth of time. 1t is esti-
mated that she has conveyed in all
more than 100000 tons of merchan-
disc.
Under the same flag are 50 vessels
launched before 1926 Of these seven
we're built before 1900. One of them,
the schooner Vigilant, was built in
Baltimore in 1890, and has ever since
seen service in the Danish West In
dies. In the war between Denmark
and Great Britain. 1S07-1S14, the Vigi-
liant fought VIGOROUSLY as a privateer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
CARRYING BABIES IN WALES

The quaint old Welsh way in which
Swansea women carry their babies at.
tracts every ones notice when visit.
ing that town for the first time. A
big shawl over the right shoulder is
drawn down to the left hip, where the
two ends of the shawl are met and
held together, forming a sort of pouch
or pocket, in which the baby snuggles
costly and safely.
Its weight is SO supported by the
hip and distributed by the shawl over
the whole upper part of the body that
there is no strain at all nor any firing
of the arms. This probably accounts
for the upright carriage of the Welsh
mother. Moreover, the method is
comfortable for the child and so safe
that in Swansea small boys swathed
in their mothers shawl are seen car
rying the family's latest baby.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
Taking Care of Yourself.

There never was a time when peo
pie paid as much attention to their
health and strength as they do now.
Time was when fine stock and fine
horses were fed more carefully than
human beings.
The result of properly balanced ra-
tons has worked wonders with stock
and recent experiments are proving
that the same thing is true of man.
kind.
It has been found that Quaker
Scotch Oats eaten often and regularly
taking the place of heavy, greasy
foods will work wonders in the health
and strength of a family.
School children fed frequently on
Quaker Scotch Oats thrive physically
and are always capable of the best
work at school. For athletes, laborers,
it is the best food. 10
For those who live in hot climates
the Theoretically sealed tins are best