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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Important If True.
(St. Adams MESSENGER. ]

TNI, NIDHIIs NessVnEcTT
Senator Beveridge of Indiana passed
through" Brattleboro the other day. The
esteemed Phoenix thus chronicles the glad
tidings:
ALBERT j. Beveridge, United States SEN
ator from Indiana. was visitor in town
Friday He was travelling through New
England states in an automobile with a
friend from Boston. He had dinner at the
Brooks House and at the news store
bought plentiful supply of New York
newspapers. He introduced himself to Mr..
Connors. proprietor of the store, and in a
brief talk paid a high compliment to Yer
mont's senior senator. Mr. Dillingham;
Private advices from an eager Brattle
boro spectator of this thrilling scene say
that Senator Beverage was twice OBJ
served to spit in the Brooks House office.
But this lacks confirmation at this writing.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Verdant Mountain Patriots
No. II
A Real New VermOnter

| ing and he let it become known that
he did not expect the state of Yer
mont to act as wet nurse in his be-
half. The fact that Guy Bailey tells a
man Just what he thinks and doesn't
eat out Of the hand of the master
herdsman has proven a valuable asset
to him in winning friends. Some of
| those who are jealous of Guy are in
clined to hunt an opportunity to criti-
else him
Probably the nearest thing to mis-
cue upon Winfred's part came when he
accepted an invitation to ride on the
Prouty band wagon. Guy took
chance. He arrived on time but he
lost a bunch of friends of the kind
who don't let themselves play with
George Fl. Prouty. Bailey won't do so
again, but he knew that the admins.
tration had selected Prouty and he de-
cided to keep close until after the
votes were counted.
Guy Winfred Bailey was born in
Caledonia county. So was Dave Fos-
ter. Guy is wise to Foxy Dawes tricks.
Dave knows that Guy is wise. Dave
doesn't love Guy.
Bailey is one of the best looking
men on the states payroll In fact
he is handsome. But the truly inter
esting characteristic of Mr.. Bailey is
his squaretoed way of saying and do
ing things. He told the bunch in
Montpelier few years ago that the
state laws ought to be given calomel
treatment Guy was chosen to assist
and when he got through with the job
it was found that there were several
basketfuls of debris that didn't be-
long in the original book. That was
when it got noised around that Bailey
would make good successor to
"Fleety' now Governor Fleetwood.
Bob" McCuen wanted to be secre-
taIy of state but when he looked over
the field and found Bailey being
played for favorite Blink" cut out
his aspirations in the matter.
Guy never talks loud. He doesn't
chew tobacco. He possesses small
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

Back in the autumn OF 1904 Just as
the old-timers were beginning to draw
long breaths after Percival had ceased
to drop bricks into the cogs, there
blossomed into notice quiet young
specimen aged % years and five months.
Like many of the old-timers the quiet
one made his initial appearance in
Oniontown. That this one. was diff
ferent from the rest of the bunch was
evident from the day he struck the
town. Being lawyer he was as
signed to the committee on revision
of bills. The youngster didn't wait
for instructions" from the throne
room as to what bills were to be re-
vised but got at the task set for him
and made a noise like man expect
ing to earn his salary. The old guard
grinned To them it seemed funny
that anyone should take the matter
of revision of bills in legislature SER
iously. 1t seemed positively funny to
listen to this hedglng as he argued in
committee meetings. However, this
man had developed the idea that
reasonable amount of care exercised in
the making of laws would lessen the
labor of the supreme court, and his
counsel prevailed in so many instances
that he got his name in the news
papers
Though he was handicapped in hav-
ing to confess that his postoffice adj
dress was Essex junction he made
good. Making good has been the am
btion of Guy Winfred Bailey since he
escaped from college and to date no
failures have been charged against
him He isn't one of the foxy class.
He plays strictly an open game and
no man discounts what he says These
two striking characteristics returned
him to the legislature in 1906 and
again brought him to the front in
1908 when he walked off with the job
of secretary of state while bunch of
dry beaked hawks quit cackling and
climbed onto the roost. As an organ
izer Guy will sometime be good ma
terial for the republican state commit
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

sSamine when there's a vacancy
Dthe chairna 1ship of the committee.
He is a systematic fellow and his sys-
TEN isn't one of those elaborate
schemes that entails more work to find
the information you want than it's
worth. No red tape for Guy. The sec
rotary of states Office has been stripped
of all of the schemes for losing track
of things and resembles the office of
business concern.
Years ago Bailey distinguished him
self as the president of the village of
Essex Junction. When the village
fathers voted to do thing Guy made
lit a, point to see that the thing was
done He is one man in Vermont that
can look you squarely in the eye and
give you his reason for doing or not
doing a thing. 1t was amusing to
watch crowd of wise ones dope out
some sort of a stunt that was to go
through the legislature like potash
through a sewer. Then Bailey would
gaze at it in the work of revision of
bills and all that would remain of the
original measure would be the title.
The wise ones couldn't understand how
he did it. At first they were inclined
to resent such an intrusion on their
rights" but in the end Guy had 'em
smiling and when he went back to the
place of lost trains after the session OF
1906 it was with bigger bunch of
friends than he had ever hoped to pos
seSs.
Frame-up artists proceeded to get
into line and tried to head off Guy
Winfred. but it didn't take six months
for them to discover that they had
struck brand new specimen and that
tho old mot boIs 1f uritiuu few of
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
The MeddLer
"U The coat fifs you. put ii on"

Few people here realize that Juice
from the power plant at Vernon is lighting
the city of Marlboro, Mass, y miles
away, but this is so. At present the plant
is carrying load of about 5000 horse
power which is being used in F'itchburg,
Gardner, Clinton and Marlboro as well as
in this town. Marlboro, whose streets are
being lighted from the Vernon generators,
is at the extreme end of the power com
pany's Transmission lines. Although there
has been no change in the height of the
river opposite Brattleboro since the flash.
boards were removed from the dam several
weeks ago, the flow of water just now is
the least it has been this summer In
fact, Bellows Falls water-power user said
Wednesday that the stream seldom gets
any lower. In order to store much of
the water as possible one foot of flash
boards has been placed on the dam this
week, and within short time more will be
added. Before cold weather sets in the
river at this point will probably be up to
the mark it reached during the log drives
progress by here, and there is no reason to
expect that the hashboards will be re-
moved again, This will be welcome news
to boat-owners.
Illuminating gas is not tangible prod
uct but it can be stolen Just the same. Only
recently Main street merchant discov-
cred that his neighbor overhead had for
years been burning gas which had passed
through the merchants meter and for
which he had paid the lighting company
The reason the merchant didn't notice the
leak" when he paid his gas bills was be-
cause the pipe Taper was "on' when the
merchant first occupied the quarters. AT
ter the discovery the merchant and his
neighbor came to settlement in which
800 is said to have changed hands. There
is also a possibility that persons who occu-
pied the store previously will bring in a
bill for gas furnished.
Twenty or more travelling men left Rut-
land at o'clock Wednesday morning for
Brattleboro. hoping guilelessly to reach
train reached the Falls 10 minutes late
train for Brattleboro had just gone. AT
men made an attempt to reach here on
the first section of the White Mountain
express but they found every seat sold
and no amount of entreaty would induce
the conductor to let them ride standing.
Finally the delegation arrived in Brattle-
boro on the second section, which was 45
minutes late, about $50. For the next
half-hour various merchants up and down
Main street were listeners to vivid dis
courses upon the subject of Vermont rail
road facilities. The commercial men are
thinking of sending a delegation to appear
before the state public service commission
at its next hearing.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

The decision of New Hampshire's gov
elnor and council establishing the route
for the proposed trunk-line highway along
the west side of the state means that the
border towns of Vermont must make
rapid progress i'll the matter of good
roads if they intend to hold any OF the
automobile traffic that now comes this
way. The new road will begin at the state
line between Northfiell and Hinsdale and
pass through Hinsdae Winchester and
West Swanzey to Keene and thence north
to Colebrook, passing by Sunapee lake
and through the White mountains. In
speaking OF the advantages of this route
the Keene Sentinel says:
The Hinsdale route will bid for motor
traffic from western Massachusetts, Con
nectcut and New York. The travel to
the White mountains and the other places
to the north of us now goes up the Yer
mont side. When the new trunk line is
finished there is a probability that the au-
tomobiles bound for northern points will
divide their traffic between the Vermont
and the New Hampshire roads.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Lax Administration.
Rutland News

Another count in the indictment against
the laxity of the administration of the
Waterbury insane asylum is disclosed in
the fact that Fred Kent of Townshend
under Indictment in Windham county
court on the charge of numbering his
father, was formerly an inmate OF the
asylum. and. like his brother. Elroy Kent.
found guilty of the murder of Della Cong
don of East Wallingford. escaped from
that institution This revelation will not
conduce to the confidence of people in the
management of the institution. albeit the
escape is matter now of somewhat an
Gent history
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Listen, P. S. Commission.
lSnringtield Repnblican.l

(NplluSntlo lNtpttbllNuh'J
The fact that at least one railroad man
in responsible position on the Boston
and Maine railroad is very much afraid
of the railroad bridge over the Connecticut
river at Bellows Falls, VT, is matter of
the utmost public importance, to which
the attention of the responsible officials
of that road is hereby called. They are
the last people in the world who desire
to trihe with the public safety in such a
matter, and we may confidently expect
that special attention will be given to
that structure. 1t appears that the bridge
referred to is wrought-iron riveted truss
bridge of two through spans, $50 feet clear
each, and one pony span, 81 feet clear, and
was built in l8S2-that is q years ago.
In 1896, 10 years ago. th1
were replaced >by heavy
stringers spaced 50 asr -
ing movement of the floor beams. The
consists of the locomotive, one baggage
car, one dining car, three Pulmans, three
parlor cars and one observation car, and
the total weight is approximately 5Io
tons. 1t will be remembered that cars
weigh more now than they did in 1882.
Passenger coaches and Pullmans may be
about one-third heavier, but they are
longer, that fewer will go on given
distance of track Freight cars are a few
feet longer. but are probably twice as
heavy and average to carry tour tunes as
heavy loads Whereas the average freight
car load 30 years ago is estimated at about
Is tons. it is now claimed to be about 60
tons. These are facts familiar to railroad
people, but less well known by the gen
eral public. To return to the moral OF
this paragraph. If responsible railroad
men find any occasion to fear for the
safety of travel over the Bellows Falls
bridge. then the duty of those who manage
the Boston and Maine railroad is clear,
and one that calls for immediate attention.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

company guarantees upon the completion
of its new system and the blaze in ques.
ton would have been under control in
halfhour with a CORRESPONDENCE smaller
loss. Now is not the time to figure
whether the village needs SO, AZ or 80
additional hydrants. We know beyond
peradventure that the higher levels are at
present unprotected, and that the village
as a whole is in duty bound to provide
them with ample safeguards. Surprising
So hydrants are few more than is abso-
lutely necessary Isn't it cheaper to bear
the slight additional burden of cost than
to run the risk of increased insurance
rates as well as frequent fire losses.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Northeast Farce.


Nemontels may be halfway interested
in the North Pole controversy. The north
ern boundary of the state is the 45th
parallel of latitude. and is accordingly
lust halfway from the equator to Peary-
kville.-Brockton (Mass.) Times,
We have troubles of our own, thank
YOU One of our candidates for the re-
publican nomination for governor is sup
posed to be distributing more or less penn
mican knives. tin cups, looking glasses,
and red flannel among the political Eski
mos and organizing them for his contem-
plated dash to the polls. Others are pre-
pairing to dispute the result of his journey
whatever that result may be. The long
the ice field literally alive with yeping
dog trains and furclad men that expect
to cut some ice in the spring.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Marvellous!
bennington Banner.l

Judge E. w. Gibson of Brattleboro who
has been mentioned as a possibility for
the second place on the ticket, in an inter
view says that ''he believes the time has
arrived when the rank and file of the
voters of the republican party will insist
in naming their own candidates, and will
not rely upon a field of self-selected can
didates for their public servants. No
Doodle, no boss. One would almost i'm
agine that Vermont is afflicted with the
same kind of politics that prevails in New
York.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

William r. Moody is making a special
appeal for additional funds to carry on the
work of the Mortified schools. In addi
ton to the regular budget 100000 is
beneficent educational institutions which
the late Dwight l.. Moody founded and
his son is SO Loyalty conA inuing. The
Mortified work has always been main
tanned by many small contributions in
stead of few large ones, and the effort
prpatpr
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Chance for Missionary Work.
Bennington Banner.l

One brother, Elroy Kent, awaiting exc
cution for one of the most heinous muir
ders in the criminal history of New Eng
land another brother, Fred Kent, under
indictment for killing his own father with
an eel spear and concealing the body in a
ravine. Here is double illustration of
depravity, degeneracy, or whatever you
may care to call it, that might well re-
ceive some of the attention and effort
that is being directed toward the building
of colleges in Armenia and hospitals in
China
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

the subjects are getting much pleasure out
of the bone picking from week to week
The one to be found in this issue of the
Era, on John Abner Mead, is fair speci-
men of the rest and is used to show how
the writer uncovers the soul itself OF his
subject and exposes it to all mankind.
The article on Mr.. Mead just escaped be.
inc No. l3. as it is put down as No. Is.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Uncle Joe's Future.
Burlington .News.)

The st. Adams Messenger thinks Can
mons discovery that he cannot attend the
Vermont Fish and Game League banquet
is almost as opportune as the finding of
the North Pole, and there will be less row
about it." Uncle Joe" unlike Cook and
Peary, has his region of perpetual frost -
before instead of behind him-Free Press.
We have our doubts about the frosts
ahead of Cannon. In our opinion from
now on till the resurrection Uncle Joe
will experience degree of heat beyond
anything he has yet known.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
OUR HALL OF FAME.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining TO
Promin emit Personages.

Rufus w Spear, secretary of the state
public service commission. would probably
slap him on the wrist.
Halsey Lewis Of Morrisville has two
claims to distinction. He is brother-in-aw
of Carroll s. Page and has the biggest ap
petite of any newspaper man in the state.
the st. Johnsbury Caledonia. is big
brawny man with a smooth face, unlike
his predecessor. A. F. Stone, who is rather
small and is partial to pink whiskers.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

The current issue of The Vermonter con
tains portraits of Honorable" Walter II.
Crockett, Honorable" Lynn NJ. Hays and
- Honorable Arthur F. Stone of state
newspaperdom along with other members
of the Lake Champlain tercentenary com
mission. Such is fame!
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Soul Uncovering.
Fair Haven Era J

In another column viii be found one of
The Brattleboro Reformer's characteristic
pen portraitures, now being run serially in
that paper. under the heading of Yer
dant Vermont Patriots" Never before In
a Vermont paper has the psychical man
been laid as bare as he is being laid in
these articles and those acquainted with
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

This weeks press reports of the state
fair have failed to describe or even men
ton the splendid exhibit of COP. poll
tcians The collection was the largest
ever displayed at an outdoor function
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

Eight American fifty French and seven
English school teachers are giving CONVEX
oationa instruction in English and French
in the PrusSan schools under an exchange
arrangement. The American teachers are
popular and efficient. Eight Prussian
teachers are serving temporarily in Amer
can schools, two in English schools and
fourteen in French schools
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Running Away ?
bellows Falls Times. J

Dt11OWS TdI1S IHCs.
Judge e. w. Gibson of Brattleboro is
busy running from the lieutenant COVER
norship bee, but he stopped long enough
last week to tell a newspaper man that he
believes the time has arrived when the
rank and file of the voters of the repub-
lican party will insist upon naming their
own candidates, and will not rely upon a
field of self-selected candidates for their
mb1ic servants
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24
Doesn't Really Count.

II was left for the Brattleboro Reformer
to rake up the information that Frederick
G. Fleetwood is corporation man and
his corporation atiiliation is as director
of the st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
railroad. STILL that isn't so damaging as
it might be. The st. j. and l.. G. is some
times looked upon as mere stage route.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

| - non, or a rnon+ol condition a., bo o,o,
come Tbey trv tn , n" NE r nj . vac.
in tbat wav viii nan1, success Instead 9
snnnose vos mi your mind actively ~
work ,non tba nroblen If how ~ roiAeve
| tba ,,,,sn,,ior 81 AN t. H. sn;na .,,nnont
ed9 Aro He hands aI,tnb;np aaoI' Tho.
feet and ankles contracted and stifiened in
the extreme! Relax the muscles-all OF
them- relax them agalnwthere are some
yet That haven't let go. Breathe regu-
larry long, deep breaths while relaxing the
entire muscular system. 1awn two or
tnfee tlines. Keep the muscles relaxed all
night " you 90 not sleep you VIII at
least rest well.
recipe Tor canning whole tomatoes tor
salad winch gave general satisfaction last
year is going the rounds OF the papers and
them after scalaing then mack ihpt do
not crowd) into lars Do not have the
top one crowd the lid. Put in little salt
wrap wet cloth around each lar then fiji
it with boiling water With snoon. or
knife let out the air bubbles, mt on the
lid and seal it tight. Then put the lars
into a large kettle or boiler of boiling hot
water deem enough to cover the can leave
the water is cold then vine the lars and
keep in a cool dark Mace Tomatoes are
said to come out as firm as if inst picked
The boiler or kettle fuI of hoiling water
should be covered with blanket or heavy
rug to retain heat as long as nossible II
should stand over night.
4 machine has been invented fo, lay;n,
wall paper 4 woman NAV onerate II
into tho rpaa',t oIa fn o'elS, pour paste
c lio 'h en ieit i aon IT, adjust the ma
ennali,, vail NJ do,,lt - "A; diu e"ails
account of it states that it papers vonr
room while you tend the baby and get
the dinner. We shall all want one of
these machines along with orr vacuum
cleaner and patent dishwasher when we
have our homework automatically done,
Auonc tho ,,,,,,o,.c,, oao,,,,,,.;o.,., g.
women ona corn,,arat;,,e, atr, h ,ons ~ lpr
veloned bv Tho Iant Of ti,no o;at 49, ue
in landau have for readna ana NM "Hon
Man. ;ot' l,;na,,t ion leauns anu cui..re.
l; ,.;,o H.. s1une women make thelr
tba4 o,,, ani Melins i;"Nteu upon an
science l;terat,ra or an,, 5.;pod 49,; a.
dresser or dressmaker or maid she is he
ing instructed once or twice a week or
daily upon those things that she wishes 70
have at her tongues end She NAV desire
general topics and current events or NAV
prefer to be familiar with some one snecial
line which the reader studies ont eybanst.
lively and explains in every detail.
Algrettes are IN vogue. Many women OF
TINS county who through membership in
audubon clubs have been educated along
TINS me would prefer to wear ii plainly
tailored hat rather than one ornamented
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

How do you sleep. How many readers
of this column exhaust themselves by keep
ing awake tossing and tumbling about
until the clock strikes "one
even ''three"y Some say it is a nervous
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

our work the more are health conditions
bettered for the family while contentment
and happiness increase.
Again we are told that suits are much
the same as last season and that those
who have handsome, expensive two or
three-piece suits may wear them without
making over. Some of the characteristics
of the new suits are jackets 46 inches
long, shawl collar which may be very
deep, of MORE, satin, or panne velvet. Sin
gle breasted (many will prefer the double
breasted if found, and skirt with closely
fitted hip-yoke with pleats let in below,
6 or inches apart.
The fashions in gowns for indoor-wear
for home and social affairs are said to be
changing so rapidly that when a new
dress is sent home a dressmaker should be
sent with it to make necessary alterations
to bring it strictly up-to-date!
Those who had hoped that the climax
had been passed in the wearing of thin
gauzy stuffs IN cold weather will be disap-
pointed to find that the thinnest. the
most delicate and flimsy of summer mate
rails will be popular for winter wear. The
doctors who for years have been preaching
and teaching that we wear too many
clothes and burden ourselves with too
heavy apparel smile to see the intensely
literal Interpretation that has been placed
upon their words by extremists, and trem-
BILE while awaiting results. Sensible we
men. however. will dress sensibly. protect
ing themselves properly in all kinds of
weather, avoiding as far as possible those
diseases which are fostered by recklessness
in dressing.