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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08
IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY

FOR SALE:-A very productive
farm of 14O acres, a first-class loca-
ton, fine set of buildings practi-
cally new, situated within one mile
of church, five stores, Graded school,
Railroad Station, Creamery Grist
Mill and Saw Mill. A free delivery
of Mail, New England Telephone in
the house, and within three minutes
walk of the south end of Lake Mo-
. rey, one of the most popular and
fast-growing summer resorts in all
New England. For further particu-
lars address the owner on the prem
ises. A. W. PAINE, Fairlee, YER
mont. 1914
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CASTORiA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s ssass ses Of szhzzzzM
SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Charles Tull, Aged % Years, BOr-
rOwed a Gun OF NeighbOr to
Commit Suicide.


Vergennes, April I'm his horse
barn about noon yesterday, Charles
Tull, a prominent farmer of Panton
committed suicide by shooting him
self with "a shot gun which he had
borrowed from a neighbor. The
muzzle of the gun had evidently
been placed close to his right cheek
as that portion of the face was
blown completely Off by the dis
charge of the weapon.
Mr.. Tull went to the barn to at
tend to his horses as usual, his wife
not noticing any change in his ac-
tions or demeanor. Shortly after
she heard the report of a gun and,
fearing something had happened to
her husband and not daring to in
vestigate for herself, telephoned to
neighbor who found her husband
dead in the barn.
Mr.. Tull had been in poor health
for year and it is thought that in
a sudden fit of dependency he was
led to take his life. He was we'll
TODD and successful farmer and as
far as is known without any finan-
cial embarrassment. He was 70
years of age and leaves wife and
two daughters, Ethel and Helen.
DR.. G. F.. B. Willard of this city was
called and with Lyan ]. Kent, sell
ectman, viewed the body.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF ANDREW A. TRAC'

ESTATE OF ANDREW A. TRACY.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Washington,
Commissioners, to receive. examine and adjus. the
claims and demands of all persons against the estate
Of ANDREW A. TRACY, late of East Montpelier
in said district deceased, and all claims exhibited
Isl Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purpose aforesaid at the Home
Of willis f. Tracy, In the Town of East Montpelier.
in said District the 10Th day of April
and 3rd day of September next. from 2 o'clock p.
N. until O'Clock p. NJ on each of said days, and
mat six months from the 9Th day of March.
A. ID. 1919, Is the time limited by said Court Tor
said creditors to present their claims to for
animation and allowance
Dated at East Montpelier this 18th day of March
A.. d. 1909.
EDGAR A. CUMMINGS Commits
s-H ARTHUR BLISS sioners,
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MONTH OF MARCH.
Average Temperature Two Degrees
Colder Than Average for Years.

The monthly weather report for
March shows the average tempera-
ture to be "a degrees, for the month
the thermometer going down nine
degrees on the 9th and rising to
AZ degrees on the 10th, There were
eight clear days, 10 cloudy and 10
partly cloudy. The average tempera-
ture for the month in 1908 was 81
degrees and in 1907, 2S degrees. The
precipitation for the month was 1.S5
while last year was PIT.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
OF HIRAM CARLETON

The undersigned. having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Washington.
Commissioners, to receive. examir and adjust all
claims and demands Of all persons against the estate
Of HIRAM CARLETON late of Montpelier
In said District, deceased, and all claims ex-
hbted offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
will meet for the purpose aforesaid. at the County
clerks Once in the City Of Montpelier in said
District, on the 18th day Of April and 18th day OF
September next. from 10 O'Clock A. M until
o'clock r. NJ each Of said days, and that six months
from the 10th day of March, A. ID. 1909 is the time
limited by said court for said creditors 10 present
theIr claims TO us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Montpelier this 18th day OF March
j.. ID. 1902 s,,,r,r ,co..,a
f2-H ANDREW j. SlBLEY, { sioners.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08
HOSE COMPANY BANQUETS.
Old Volunteer Hose Company Sups
Together and Many Are the REM
iniscences at the Post Prandial
Exercises.


iniscences at the Post Prandial
Exercises.
A general alarm for supper rung
in at about SIS O'Clock on Tuesday
brought out a score and more mem
bers of the old Volunteer Hose COM
pany, Number one, who made rec
ord run to the source of the call
which was located in the dining
room at Miller's Inn. The roast beef
and tomato soup were still smoking
when the firemen arrived and even
the wine jelly radiated a circle of
warmth on the side but, armed with
sharp appetities and steady stream
of conversation, the ladies were I'M
dismayed and disposed of the task
before them in short order. In fact,
an outsider would have remarked
that they seemed to enjoy them
selves hugely at their voluntary
task. A business meeting preceded
the banquet and the officers were ell
ected as follows: President, A. G.
Eaton; vice president, George B.
Walton; auditors, C. S. Whittier, R.
B. Denny and George Blanchard;
foreman, H. o. Kent first assistant,
Clarence II. Senter; second assist
ant, Arthur Whitcomb; secretary
and treasurer, G. NJ Bennett A res
olution was offered and accepted to
instruct the secretary to pay present
dues and to withdraw the organiza-
ton from the State Firemen's asso-
citation since, although undisbanded,
it was not doing present service as
fire company.
Then came the call to the dining
room and the menu, prepared in
"Billy" Miller's own, inimitable
style, included tomato soup, roast
beef, lobser salad, hot rolls. riced
potatoes and green peas, ice cream,
coffee. ETC., and at each plate was
placed carnation. After period in
which conversation has necessarily
been intermittent, chairs were push
ed back and Col. Osman D. Clark
proved a very happy POSTMASTER
for the post prandial exercises.
From that onward, the fun was fast
and furious, the "reminiscences pro-
voked the risibilities and reused the
sentiment of the diners, the very
informal toasts were responded TO
heartily and the rounds of applause
were frequent as some especially
bannv sneaker recalled the days or
the hand pump and the rope LADDER
and contrasted them with the pres
emf day of the hook and ladder COM
MANY and the should-be chemical
engine. The all out was rung IN at
very unreasonable hour
Among the speakers of the even
ing Hon. ]. A. DeBoer was very
nleasantly received, and the list OF
diners included the following mem-
bors of the brave old company, For"
NOR chief ]. w. Peck, Col. o. D.
clark, william T. Dewey, Arthur G'
Faton. Joseph G. Brown present
1c,re Chief John Wahlen, Clarence
II whittier, Charles Bennett geo
p walton, Martin W. Wheelock'
Herbert O. Kent. e. B. Gilbert wal
40 Farrar A. A. Whitcomb, Samuei
luke George silloway, Ralph Den
nv C. G. McKenna, G. II. Senter' "
q Taft, r. J Fitzgerald, George H.
blanchard and F. d, Dewey
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Legal Notices.



The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District OF Washington.
Commissioners, to receive, examine, and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against the estate
OF EDWIN W. HARLOW, late of Montpelier
in said District deceased and all claims exhibited In
offset thereto, hereby give notice that wifi meet
for the purpose aforesaid. at the Office Of Erwin
M Harvey. in the City of Montpelier in said Dis
trict, the 18th day of April
and goth day Of September next, from 10 O'Clock
A. n. until O'Clock p. NJ. on each OF said DAYS
and that six months from the 22nd day of March,
A. D.. 1909, is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors TO present their claims TO for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Montpelier this Pend day OF March,
A. ID. 1909.
1914 BENJAMIN GATES. {sIoners.
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MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

Clinton Gabree has begun work in
the Holt barber shop.
l.. S Wright returned Friday to the
city after several days stay in Middle
bury and Weybridge.
M. E, McCargar of Winooski has taken
a position in the office of Harry Bertoli
and will move his family here to reside.
Mddlebury college closed Friday tor
an Easter vacation Of ten days, reopening
on the 18th of April The local Middle
bury students are in town for the Easter
recess.
Mrs. ]. H. Watson and Miss Carrie
Deavitt returned Friday from Morrisville
where they were the guests for few days
of Speaker and Mrs T. c. Cheney. Mrs
Cheney entertained Thursday in their
honor.
Ruth and Chandler Brown, son and
daughter of J. G.. Brown, Miss Katherine
Gutchell and Miss Marion Cleaves have
returned from Waitsfeld, where they have
been spending week with the family of
d. H. Skinner.
Says the Burlington Free Press: "If
anyone can get work out of the Montpe-
] er Board of Trade, Hon. J A DsBoer
can. Our neighbors were fortunate in
being able to induce Mr.. DeBoer to
accept this position"
State Fish and Game Commissioner
H. G.. Thomas of Stowe has received the
resignation of w. T. Reyes as superin-
tendent of the state fish hatchery at Rox-
bury, a position Mr.. Reyes has held for
fourteen years.
Mrs. ]. II. Moulton and Miss Mary
Moulton, who have been passing the
winter at Mount Vernon, N Y, have
returned to Randolph and have
opened their house for the summer.
Miss Moulton is very well known
locally.
Every term at Goddard Seminary,
Barre, ten honors are given those
who attain the highest average in
all the work taken. The list for
the last term is as follows: Frank
Tosley, Washington; Katherine
Graves, Wells River; John Mclean,
South Barre; Ethel Lamberton
Marshfield; Ella Earle, Graniteville
Harlie Templeton, East Montpelier;
Bernice Butterfield, East Corinth
Esther Cate, Toxic, Japan; Rich
Waite, East Calais; Ruth Pitkin,
Marshfield; Carrie Rouland, East
Corinth; and Rupert Phelps, Marsh
field.
Montpelier seems to have a real
| problem on hand in the tramp"
question. According to statistics,
record-breaking crowd of the gen
tlemen of leisure flocked to the
boarding place on the Onion since
the famous hosiery was turned ov-
er for that purpose. 1t would seem
as if it were not so fearfully i'm
practicable to set some light tasks
for the rovers which might pay
their nights lodging. This leisure
class is of the species that should
be assisted to find work but never
encouraged by too much kindness,
to seek flowery beds of ease through
life.
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ESTATE OF CHAIR ES f. WOODWARD. JR.
STATE or VERMONT.

DISTRICT OF WAsIIINGToN, s..
In Probate Court held In Montpelier in and for
said District on the 26th day Of March, A. d.,
nNs
Edward ii. Deavitt, Administrator of the estate OF
ICUARLFS T., WOODWARD. JR., late of Montpe-
Iier in ead District deceased, presents his admins
Stfafion account for examination and allowance. and
u,aKee application for a decree of distribution and
.a1ition Of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon is ordered by said Court that said ac-
count and said application be referred TO a session
thereof, 10 be held at the Probate Office In said
Montpelier on the 10th day Of April A. D.,
100 for hearing and decision thereon: And, II
Is further ordered that notice hereof be given To an
fersons interested, by publication ofhthe same three
,yeeks successiyely In the Vermont Waterman and
State journal, newspaper published at Montpelier
in this State. previous to said time appointed for
hearing. that they may appear at said time ana
.iace and show cause, II any they may have why
aid account should not be allowed and such decree
made.
BY the Court. Attest.
18-l5 FRANK j MARTIN, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08

Il have been somewhat costive, blu
Doan's Regulets gave just the results
desired. They act mildly and regu
late the bowels perfectly. George
B. Krause, 306 Walnut Ave, Altoona
Evening star., 1909-03-14

TATE one afternoon in February, policeman
l standing the corner of Thompson and West
ngton Square. felt something brushing against his
trousers. Looking down. he a little child of
scarcely three years holding something up to him
''Seei See!' she was saying
The officer opened his eyes in amazement In
one little fist the baby held fire opal large
robins egg; in the other was shriveled black
hand.
He grabbed them from the child and questioned
her; but her prattle meaningless. Taking her
carefully in charge he hurried to the station house
and reported the incident to the sergeant at the
desk.
Next morning the city papers played up the
account of the astonishing affair with picture of
the child the officer and the two extraordinary OBJ
noon the mother of the little girl came to claim her
daughter; but unable to explain the incident:
She lived in tenement level with the elevated
railroad, on West Third-st. and had missed little
Elsa at five o'clock. Inquiries in the neighborhood
elected the fact that Elsa had been about four
o'clock in the afternoon in the basement tenement
of house across the street. place used cheap
laundry The 1aundress had noticed the child play
ing at the woodple; but had been too busy to send
her home When she had finished hanging her
clothes in the back yard and had returned to the
wash room the child had gone. The baby had been
found by the policeman at quarter to five. Where
she had been in the interim it seemed impossible to
discover
THE case was turned over to the detective force
and came to the knowledge OF Officer MctIraw.
Evening star., 1909-03-14

Very true We must carefully 60 over all posi-
bic routes and then determine the probabilities
But let's 60 down and look at the exhibits in the
| confess I'm curious to that hand.
A STROS private hanson called. and he and
his assistant drove Immediately to the detec-
tive bureau on Alen-st. McGraw welcomed them
and, taking them into inner room. displayed the
relics.
The opal was nearly inch long, perfect ellpse
shot with red and green fires. AS it shifted
in the light the play of color mysterious and
surprising. 1t seemed now suffused with blood
now it glowed with pale green then binding ray
of pure yellow shot forth 1t seemed to hold inn
possible distances and atomic cosmic worlds within
its shell 1t winked like living thing: it glared and
blushed; it at baleful and beautiful
The hand, however, seemed never to have had to
do with life motion. Dried like a mummy
strung with tendons like turkeys claw. wrinkled
stiff. all color duled into the hue of earth. it
Evening star., 1909-03-14

He worked at it a day
without success. and then.
recalling the many services
done him by his friend Astro
the Seer, he determined
to seek his help. McGraw's
earlier experience with the
palrmist had been at the
time of the Macdougal-st
dynamite outrages and the
Hunchakist murder. mys-
teries that Astro had solved
privately. Assuming the
credit of this, McGraw had
been promoted and had
paid his debt of gratitude
to Astro in several ways.
He had numerous times got
information for the palm
ist that no one outside the
police force would have
been able to obtain. The
mutual relation having
proved profitable, McGraw,
now a lieutenant in rank.
did not hesitate to apply
to his marvelously gifted
friend in this case, which
had become SO prominen-
in the papers.
Astro, free at the time.
and rather bored with his
ordinary routine of chiro-
NANCY and astrologic worh,
readily undertook the com
mission. He questionei /
McGraw on the details ot
the affair, and dismisse |
him with a promise to 60
about the matter immc-
diatelv.
1T will probably be easy
and interesting" he rr-
marked to his assistant,
Valeska, who had been
present at the interview
with McGraw. 1T is these
cases which are apparently
so extraordinary that are
most easily solved. Giye,i
any remarkable variation in
the aspect of a crime. and
YOU know immediately
where to begin. This will
be only play. | fancy, Well
go right down and look the
ground over and See the
lay of the land. OF course
the important thing is 10
Evening star., 1909-03-14

horrid thing Valeska turned away from
it in disgust; but Astro still peered at
it, examining it, inch by inch. from the
long coarse nails to the discovered wrist.
Well?" said McGraw
"A negro's hand Astfo replied ut
has been buried A man of at least
forty Cut from the arm during life.
And yet" He did not finish the sem
tence: instead. he said abruptly. Take
us to the laundry now.
A 7 the basement McGraw left them,
\ Astro preferring to be alone with
Ealeska during his investigation. The
two entered the cellar after McGraw
had introduced them to the proprietor
She pointed out where the child had
last been seen, and then went on with
her work
The front of the basement was used
for one of the small wood and coal
depots common in the poorer districts
of New York Partitioned off with a
rough boarding was little chamber
where the Italian who sold fuel lived
Behind this was the laundry where two
Evening star., 1909-03-14
Astro. Seer of Secrets. Uncovers Gruesome
Mystery and Makes Brother and Sister Happy
BY ALAN BRAGHAMPTON
Drawings by George Brehm

trace the child's route from the base
ment laundry, in the middle of the
block, to the corner
why, the obvious course would
be along two sides of the rectangle,-
along West Thirdst. and up Thomp-
son-st to the square, wouldn't it,
said Valeska
Undoubtedly And yet, if little
Elsa went that way. along the side
walk, it seems impossible that some
one wouldn't have noticed her and
remarked the surprising playthings
she was holding in her hands.
She might have only Just picked
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
BANKER MORSE HOPEFUL
OF GETTING NEW TRIAL
Says If Convicted He Will Face Inn
prisonment Firm in Belief That
He Is Innocent

NEW YORK, Dec Eff the govern
ment has a good case 1t can prove 1t
again, but If / am denied a new trial
l have no remedy against the wrongs
and misconduct of which 1 think the
special officers and jury were guilty"
This is what Charles w. Morse, con-
victed banker, who faces a fifteen-year
sentence in the federal prison at At
lanta, said tonight in a statement A
motion for new trial has been set to
be heard tomorrow in the United States
circuit court which convicted him, but
the argument may be postponed
Morses statement continues:
What the end will be I am not able
to foretell-whether servitude under
sentence which is rarely imposed,
even upon a murderer-or a new trial.
with a chance to submit my case to
another jury after the cry for a victim
has ceased. If it be servitude In a
distant state and climate, away from
my family and friends, 1 shall meet 1t
with firm consciousness that l have
violated no law nor wronged single
individual"
Morse alleged that a majority OF the
jurors who found him guilty had in
dulged too freely in intoXicants to
understand the complicated facts of
his case.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
MuSicNOfeS

TOR the second time within a week
II Ludwig Wullner, liedersinger, in
Il terpreter and artist, was heard
last night in song recital in Simpson
auditorium.
That the house was smaller than the
one which greeted Dr. Wullner on MS
first appearance was due probably TO
the heavy storm of the last TWO days
which cleared only in season for those
close in, but no visiting artist ever
sang in Los Angeles to a more en-
thusiastic audience. Such instant and
svmpathetic appreciation as DR.. Wull-
ner commands from his hearers is re-
ceived by few even among the great
musicians of the earth.
Hearing Wullner a second time is
only to be confirmed in ones first I'M
preston that the man stands head ana
shoulders in his art far above all COM
petitors, as his six feet and several
inches enable him to do physically
among men-so far indeed that ne
seems almost to belong to a separate
type of which he is the sole representa-
tive. The distinct and very great
charm of his singing is his Wondertul
diction-the German language mas
wholly unsuspected possibilities or
beauty which no one taught us until
this great, rugged giant came out OF
the east to sing the heart songs of ms
fatherland. And as we listen there
comes a sudden intuition that after all
we have been tricked by the man and
his art, for there is a yelled sweetness
and melody in his voice that hints at
totally different possibilities of vocal
development if he had so chosen. That
he did not let us give thanks
The sympathetic accompanying OF
Coenraad Bos was, as on the occasion
of DR. Wullners former recital, one
of the delights of the program.
A farewell matinee is to be given by
DR. Wullner and Mr. Bos Saturday
afternoon in Simpson auditorium The
program is the following:
Nachtstuck (Mayrhofer), Der Kreuz-
zug neitner), Gruppe aus dem Tar
tarus (Schiller), Prometheus (Goethe)
(Schubert); Liebesbotschaft (Rellstab).
Das Lied i'm Grunen (ReiD, by request
(SchuberD: Klein Haus keine Heimat
(Halm), Minnelied (Holty) (Brahms);
Auftrage (LEgru), by request, F'ruh-
lingsnacht (Eichendorff) (Schumann);
Anakreons Grab (Goethe), Das Stand
chen (Eichendorff). Der Freund (Eich-
endorff), Lied vom Winde (Morike),
Der Feurreiter (Morike) (Hugo Wolf;
Drei Wanderer (Busse) (II HERMANN;
Elm Webb (Heine), by request (Chr.
(Sinding); Sehnsucht Oliliencron),
Helmliche Aufforderung (Mackay) (R.
Strauss; Die beiden Grenadiere
Heine), by request (Schumann).
-
This afternoon at the Auditorium the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
CANADA SATISFIED WITH
TAFT'S VIEWS ON TARIFF
Nothing in Presidents Message Ap'
pears to Justify War on Duties
to Be Made

OTTAWA. Ont, Dec. 9.-President
Taft's message may have a certain
bearing on the budget this year, to be
out next week. With the message, in
so far as it relates to affairs between
Canada and the United States, salts
faction is expressed in political circles
here.
1t is felt there is nothing in it which
justifies the assumption that there is
to be a tariff war, and it is said au-
thoritatively the government is graft
fed at what it considers to be the
broad manner in which the president
has discussed the administration of the
maximum clause of the American
tariff.