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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Averill- Putnam Wedding.

A quiet wedding occurred at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Putnam "a Can
al street, at 10 O'Clock Monday forenoon
when their eldest daughter, Miss Flor
ence Grace Putnam, and Richard G.
Averll. only son of Mr. and Mrs. George
G. Averill were united in marriage. Rev.
Roy NJ. Houghton. pastor of the Congre-
gational church. ofcated and the single
ring service was used. Only relatives
were present and there were no attend
ants. The bride was attired in a travel
ing gown Of pongee and carried white
roses. Hydrangeas and clematls were
used in the decorations. Mr. and Mrs.
Averill left in an automobile for tour
to Montreal and Quebec and will return
through the White Mountains. Advices
received from the bridal party state that
half an hour was lost shortly after
leaving Brattleboro as it was deemed wise
to ship a portion of the cargo of confetti
and discarded footwear that admir-
ing friends had added to the motoring
equipment Both Mr. and Mrs. Averill
were graduates in the class Of 1908 of the
Brattleboro high school and Mr.. Averill is
a clerk in the Vermont National bank of
which his father is president. Mrs.
Averil has been teacher in the Chase
street primary school for number of
years. Upon their return Mr.. and Mrs.
Ayeril will make their home with Mr..
Averill's parents on Main street. They
are expected to return to Brattleboro in
about a fortnight. Miss Mary Averill of
Stamford. Conn, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Adams of Springfield, Mass,
were among the out of town guests at the
wedding.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Care In Preparing Food.

In recent years scientists have
proved that the value of food is meas
ured largely by its purity; the re-
suit is the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi-
nently as a perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as pure before
the enactment of these laws as it
could possibly be is Quaker Oats;
conceded by the experts to be the ideal
food for making strength of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest of
all foods. The Quaker Oats Company
is the only manufacturer of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of removing the husks and black
specks which are so annoying when
other brands are eaten. If you are
convenient to the store buy the reg
ular size packages; if not near the
store, buy the large size family pack
ages. !
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Valley Fair Notes.

A. f. Miller has been in Boston this
week on business in connection with his
arrangements to serve ice cream on the
fair grounds during the three days OF
the fair.
The Estey Organ company has given
the use of its building on the fair grounds
to the w. G. T. U. to be used as a rest
room during the three days of the fair
when it will be open to the public.
A. w. Roel. who is always likely to put
in an appearance at the fair with a pump
kin of record breaking proportions. won't
commit himself in regard to what there Is
in the Retreat garden this year but seems
to think something unusually heavy may
be discovered by careful search.
f. s. and L. f. Hall have been awarded
the victualling privilege this year. The
candy and ice-cream privilege has been
purchased by A. E. Miller the fruit priv
iege by p. Alexander, the soft drink priv
ilege by C. II. Eddy & Company and the
cigar privilege by Leonard & Roess. The
fair association will retain the popcorn
privilege.
Secretary Oscar f. Benson of the Valley
Fair association announces that he has Sc
cured the services of e. j. Fletcher OF
Greenfield. y. H., as Judge of the exhib-
its of cattle, sheep and swine at the Val
lev fair. Sept %, 80 and 30. Gerald How
att of Red Bank, n. j., the expert judge
in those classes, had been secured by the
Valley Fair association to act in his usual
capacity and his sudden death left the as
ISOLATION without Judge in the livestock
department. Mr.. Fletcher is the proprie-
tor of Cloverley Farm in Greenfield, n, H.,
and is one of the best cattle judges in New
England He is president of the Ayrshire
Breeders association. Henry Nj. Clark OF
Springfield, Mass, who has Judged horses
ably be secured again this year.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Verdant Mountain Patriots
No. Is
Frank Political Aspirant
A Frank Political Aspirant

ture. If one wishes to interest John
Abner in anything except a three-ton
platform scale f. o. b. Rutland, the
next best chance he would have is to
accidently refer to squash bugs or the
relative merits of alfalfa and mlllet as
ration for mich cows. j. Abner will
wind his hand about both of those of
his visitor, and it's bubble ride to
the farm. John Abner owns one of
the best diaries in Vermont The ami
mails are cared for with such sollcltude
that they are not even allowed to gaze
at copy of the Burlington Free Press
or the Enosburg Standard. They are
fed by hand and MIXED by machinery.
The proprietor is now figuring on ma
chine that will separate the cream be-
fore milking so that second sklmmlng
may be had in the morning. That's
one reason why he has joined the
grange.
One of the striking characteristics of
John Abner is his loyalty to his friends.
lie never goes back on a man. He is
canny boy yet not one of those gaudy
canaries who hand you line of talk
about calling upon them whenever they
can reciprocate. While he might be
taken for the original Foxy Grandpa
from his picture he is better described
as a wrinkle proved, seamy-faced old
warrior who. while not built on the
high gear model is by no means one of
those dollar watches that 60 with a
pair of shoes at $3.50. Not so. John
Abner is the correct time not only in
business but in operating hen-and
COW studio and maintaining political
bureau as a sort of encore.
He is firm believer in the estab-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
BruttLebOrO Local
MUCH DAMAGE BY WATER.
Little Fire But Much Smoke in Base
ment of Calvin IS Store.


A few minutes after ll.30 Wednesday
morning an alarm of fire was sounded
for blaze in the basement of the store
of John Calvin on Main street. After ~
minutes work the department subdued
the blaze which originated in bale OF
oakum in the basement near the front OF
the building. Joseph KANE, an employe
of Mr. Calvin, had reason to go to that
part Of the basement where the oakum
was stored for certain articles OF stock
and it supposed that the match he lighted
was dropped accidentally into the. oakum.
Mr. Calvin, who was talking at the time
with workman, had his attention called
to smoke issuing from the basement and
hurried up stairs to give an alarm. An
alarm was given from box 30 at the cen
trail station and this brought the depart.
ment to the scene Several streams OF
water were poured upon the blaze through
the basement window on Main street and
through the rear windows overlooking
the railroad. A line of hose was carried
from Main street between the American
building and the Deven's block to the
rear of Mr. Galvin's store Evidently
the fact that there is a hydrant in the
rear of the American building was over
looked.
Mr.. Calvin removed his valuable papers
from his safe and his books were taken
from the store. Though the damage by
fire was slight, amounting in the main to
the charring of the floor timbers be-
meath the main store the damage by water
was considerable. About $3.50 worth of
new stock in the shape of large sheets OF
galvanized iron and stovepipe iron was
wet and will have to be removed and
dried or it will rust. A stream of water
from a hose in the rear OF the building
was accidently directed up the. back STAR
1 1 Il, tod
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
The MeddLer
"U The coat fins you. pm ii on. "

A local financier who has been in the
public eye more or less of late received
last week on the letterhead of Troy N.
T., amusement company communication
to the effect that the concern ''for fear of
attachment was shipping the Brattlc-
borean by freight its trained Nubian lion
Hannibal. The epistle went on to state
that the lion was of gentle disposition and
would need little attention except feeding
until the arrival of the amusement com
pany's agent. The consignee was inclined
to treat the matter as a Joke until Satur
day morning when someone purporting to
be the local freight agent told him by tele-
phone that there was lion in cage
awaiting his disposal at the station. At
this information the fnancier actually be-
gan to believe that he was the temporary
possessor of menagerie, and at length in
duced friend to accompany him to the
freight house to examine the king of beasts.
Of course there was no lion there and the
railroad employees disclaimed any knowl-
edge of the matter. In fact, no trace of
the beast could be found until late in the
afternoon when he arrived by mail-a di.
minutive wooden specimen in tin cage.
Whom the fnancier is looking for now is
''the man behind"
There ought to be some way of con-
vincing the local highway department Of
the absolute necessity of putting it's con-
cretng plant in operation this season if
for no other purpose than to fix the side
walk in front of j. B. Manley's house
near the junction of North Main and Lin
den streets. People who had occasion to
walk over this particular spot last winter
can recall without great difficulty what a
slough it was. The curbing, set several
inches higher than the walk in anticipa-
ton of a change in grade, served as suf-
ficient check to drainage so that in zero
weather the spot was too slippery to travel
in safety and in time Of thaw too moist.
1t would take day perhaps to make the
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

ised a great vogue this fall, especially
for evening wear.
Large hair nets which. cover the entire
couture give great comfort in motoring,
driving and out -of-door sports. They
are sold in shades to exactly match your
hair.
Women should realize that if one
would have beautiful, glossy hair, one
must give attention to the scalp quite
as much as to the hair itself and use
brushes with which to improve the circu-
lation as well as remove dust. Try 1t
and see.
Many of the newest styles of hair dress,
ing entirely conceal the ears. These modes
include the center parting.
For small girls guimps should be fast
ened to petticoats at the belt. linen
they do not draw up and wrinkle on the
shoulders.
If the woman of middle life who does
not care to wear black and white ex-
clusively finds that colors are not as
becoming to her as formerly she need
not he discouraged She should try grays
and layenders and such other shades as
are not strictly associated with youth.
She will feel well dressed and look well
too.
Straight lines we are told will not be
SO popular this winter. There VIII be
curves 10 reveal the figure and not
straight lines 10 conceal it. Coats are
spoken Of as seven-eighths fitting. The
length is 40 to as inches. Sleeves are still
small and close fitting Skirts must have
pleats side Meats. kilt pleats, box pleats,
but some sort Of pleats. The plainly fit
ted yoke over the hips is much used with
pleats appearing below. The much be
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
SOMERSET.

Mr.. Mann was in Wilmington Tuesday
on business.
Fred Vale has several men at work on
the highways.
The frost Monday morning damaged the
late potato crop.
Albert Dumas is acting as cook at the
Tudor boarding house.
The surveyors are camped at the old
Tudor boarding house.
Thomas Courtemanche and family were
in East Somerset last Sunday.
George harrington and David Grouse
beck visited Mr. and Mrs. Vale last
week. ~
Mrs. William Tudor and Mrs. Charles
Tudor spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Vale.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
STRANGE BUSINESS.

Must railroad employee shoulder the
blame for accidents for which he is in no
way responsible in order to keep his job?
Must he admit heedlessness of rules that
do not exist in order to protect the COM
pany for which he works? Must he sub
init on the witness stand to badgering by
superiors who are anxious to defend the
wisdom of their management at the cost,
if necessary, of their employees integrity !?
These are questions which ought to be
demanding the attention of those members
of the Vermont public service commission
who were present Saturday at the hear
ings on the recent accidents in the local
railroad yard. What these commissioners
heard-if they were giving due attention
was the testimony of several railroad en-
ployes wrung from them by a series Of
questions from their general manager in
way to suit his purpose, and the railroad
men themselves subjected to sarcastic cross
examination because they were ignorant of
the existence of a certain rule which their
superior seemed anxious to lay stress
upon.
This may be the way to learn the cir
cumstances surrounding railroad accidents
so that blame may be placed where it be-
longs. But if we We're public service
commissioner presiding at hearing where
the general manager of the railroad in
question badgered one of his employees to
such an extent that the states attorney
thought it best to interfere, we would
have strong suspicion that intimidation
was being attempted for the purpose of
something.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

Some men develop the faculty of do
ing things after they reach the time for
the administration of an anesthetic as
prescribed by Osler. Others form the
habit from birth of dealing out com
modities while their neighbors are en-
deavoring to figure out net results be
fore making a move.
Rutland county has never grown a
short crop of development artists and
when de luxe specimen of such per
formers became one of the population
of Fair Haven the Goth of April, lS4l,
another member was added to the. gal
aXy of high wire workers who busy
themselves with problems of human in
terest. While mob of skeddadlers were
making only the high attitudes in their
hike across the Canadian border, a
smooth-faced graduate of cold MIDI
was donning a uniform of blue to take
a chance with rebel bullets in the south.
The work of development did not end
ment by the president of Middlebury
college in 1864. There was work to be
DONE Shouldering his musket this Rut.
land county youth of 90 years proceeded
to do his share. He was just as ready
to step into the breach As years later
and put up the coin to pay the bills
which the empty treasury OF his state
could not meet.
While lot of gazaboos staid at home
and worked up the ladder of political
preferment from first constable to third
selectman, this master of development
qualified to handle physic, painkiller
and dope, and the first intimation his
neighbors had of his standing outside of
the Marble city was when a college
tried to coax him into holding down a
chair on it's medical faculty Not for
John Abner The busy life for him.
He has been getting it in thick slices
ever since. Whether it has been at the
head of a great manufacturing company.
treasurer of a railroad, president and
director of three or four banks, mayor
of his city or even as the lieutenant
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
OUR HALL OF FAME.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining
Prominent Personages.

Elihu B. Taft, the Burlington attorney,
uses the most ornate stationery that the
law permits.
William II. (BilD Brewster is the heav-
lest man connected with the Masonic or
der in Vermont. He lives in Middlebury.
A. J. Croft of Enosburg Falls, one of
the main guys of the state association OF
maple sugar makers, is gradually breaking
into politics.
Arthur G. Eaton of Montpelier never
loses an opportunity to wear his gold lace
clothes. He was one OF the men who
helped free Cuba.
As talker on horses Ed. Kinds of Pitts
ford is not a novice Ed has got lot
of mighty good ideas about the operation
of farm. He has the habit OF making
success of his farming operations.
Tyson is the home of A. f. Hubbard.
He is the president and director of the
Vermont Spiritualist association. Tyson is
supposed to be the home of the spiritual
ist. 1t is also the abode of pink-eyed does
and three-toed bob cats.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

is Aot TOO busy to assume the chair
when Governor Prouty sinks into the
obscurity which even now threatens to
envelop him. Always frank, Doctor
Mead tells the truth If you should ask
him who will be the next governor of
Vermont he would tell you that he is
going to try to be.
While he has had his share of diff
ference of opinion with his employees
he has got by without any bad results
and it's safe to say that from politi-
cal standpoint John Abner has never
lost much weight because of such diff
ferences of opinion. A lot of fellows
with a "Made in Vermont label
laughed last year when the grizzled
old doctors name was passed along the
line as suspect, but when the foundry
turned out acknowledgement and
charged him up to Rutland county the
bunch of wind tanners felt of their
they were awake. While the Doc. isn't
particularly strong on the personal mag
netism phase of the game he is one of
the exalted masters in the practical pol
itics degree. Fan me, Rebecca, and tell
Hiram that a change has been made IN
the schedule of echpses to occur in Sep
TENDER, 1910, but whether he wishes to
gamble or not it won't be half bad to
play John Abner for a place.
Doctor Mead possesses that all pre-
dominating characteristic of Yankees
Vermont Yankees-the belief that the
old-fashioned way of saving money is
the essential principle of becoming a
rich man. He has followed the scheme
so religiously that he can now loan
money to the state of Vermont and
wait until the state gets ready to pay
him back. He is, however, a firm be-
lever in bread cast upon the waters.
He is fair after-dinner speaker and as
story teller he can't be beaten. He
always has the time and the inclination.
The doctor intends to attend the ban
quet of the Fish and Game league next
week. After that, whether his smile Is
one of latitude or longitude remains
good guess.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

\,
pole horse all the way.
John Abner got the bug for hard work
in the cradle and when the rubber on
the sustenance bottle got crlmp and
refused to produce normal supply
little John stuck to the. game. and
sucked the kink right out OF the nipple.
Even now 1t is conceded that ne mas
reduced three cords of governorship
sticks to their lightweight underwear
d by introducing the role OF phlanIthro-
pist into his autobiography. Like
score of active principle development ar
lists John Abner has an enemy or two
but they are herd of jealous rather
than dangerous geezers and already one
of them has reached the conclusion that
as a gambling proposition it's a poor
one to go against an unbeaten fav,orlte
who loans money to the hard-up boys.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

sets to the White mountains. Vermont,
after dallying with such matters as state
fair, tercentenary and raise of pay for
members, killed the trunk-lne bill with
out debate In fact, it was smothered in
committee, so that the other extrava-
gances had the. right, Of way; Sooner or or
business, Vermont must take charge of
her own trunk lines and make them pass
able for through travel or suffer the conse-
quence in loss of business. It isn't theory
or sentiment just ordinary business.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

There is every evicence that one OF the
most important questions TO come before
Vermont in a public way during the next
year Is that Of state roads New Hamp-
shire. with her usual foresight, has adopt
ed the trunk-line theory and Is putting
through three boulevards from Massschu-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

Referring to the question of attendance
at the Middlebury fair the Register of
that town says that none of the man
ayers of that institution claimed that
IL. 900 people attended, but that the story
was merely the fabrication of some over
jealous newspaper man. As guess pure
and simple" the managers give the at
tendance as $4,000 What's the matter
with giving the actual figures? It's not
too late now
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Should Be Discouraged.
Fnosburg Standard.)

Two cases of train wrecking at Brattle-
boro in a week Is the work Of some fiend-
ish crank that objects TO travellers pass
ing through Brattleboro." This is Brat
tleboro idea" that should be discouraged
by putting him in a straight jacket at the
Retreat or giving him an impromptu neck
tie festival, should they catch him in the
act
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Haskins and Spanking.

IBeIIOWs FaIIs IIInes.J
Kittredge Haskins, justice of the peace,
formerly congressman, advises parents to
resort more to the good old corrective
called spanking He thinks spanking is
a good thing for a growing boy. Does
the stern J. p. speak from wealth of ex-
perience and a barking memory?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

The Bethel Library Fund association
has been having series of card parties
which have been very successful, the last
one being $500 party at the home OF a
member of the association at Lake Ansel
The library is still in the town hall, but
its usefulness and popularity are such as
to warrant quarters of its own and it is
toward this end that the Bethel Library
Fund association is working.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Orr Hotels.
tHardwick Gazette.)

This year probably more than at any
previous time has the summer hotel ques-
ton been agitated. Brattleboro and st.
Adams are making arrangements to erect
new hostelries for the summer boarder
business These two enterprises certainly
indicate that more visitors are coming to
our state every year.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

Mayor Burke of Burlington showed
his shortsightedness when he refused to al
low Anarchist Emma Goldman to speak
in that city. Persons of Emma's type
are always looking for the chance to
pose as martyrs to the cause of free
speech, and actions like that of Mayor
Burke give them something to scream
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Advertised Letters,

Men: Antonio Ferrante, George II.
Knapp, Clarence p. Thayer, George West,
II. II. Westcott, ?, Richard Wickly.
Women: Mrs. Appee, Mrs. Frederick
Bourbon Miss Emily f. Smith.
Advertised Sept. 10.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10
Impossible!
(Rntland News. ]

The Brattleboro Reformer gives a vivid
pen picture of the human glacier, DIN Mer-
rill, in its last issue 1t refers to him as
gubernatorial possibility. Absolutely I'M
possible!
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

An objection made by the Rutland Her
aid to the so-called gambling games which
were allowed on the midway of the Rut-
land fair brought forth from the superin-
tendent of rentals reply to the effect
that the games in question were no more
gambling than the methods frequently
adopted at church bazaars to raise money.
The truth of this statement does not
necessarily justify the games allowed at
the fair. Many church societies regular
" conduct raffles, which are contrary to
the law of the state.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

In the same old stereotyped way -
"after mature and deliberate considera-
ton and at the earnest solicitation of
many friends in all parts of the state
Frederick G.. Fleetwood of Morrisville
announces his entrance into the guber-
material lists. With two other aspirants
in his home county Of SpunlSy Lamoille
Mr.. Fleetwood will find his path toward
the executive mansion anything but rose
strewn. Furthermore he will be Obliged
to reckon with one candidate at least
who has been erecting fence for months
mast. John Abner Mead is his name.