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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
TIME TO ACT.

In the opinion of eminent legal authority
the trustees named by Col. William Aus
tine to administer the $4,000 which h,
the temporary treatment of strangers anC
local invalids peculiarly situated" are seri
ously endangering Brattleboro's claim OF
this money by refusing to make use of it
There is a strong probability, we are told
that the money will revert to the heirs
unless the trustees in question take action
soon. And what sad commentary upon
the gratitude and wisdom of the com
munity such an outcome would be, to say
nothing of how it would reflect on the
trustees themselves
Col. Austne died Sept T. 1904, leaving
$4,000 to the town of Brattleboro as stated
above. Dr. G. F. Gale, DR.. A. |. Miller,
DR.. G. r. Anderson, Col c. a. Miles and
G. c. Averill, with the first selectman of
the town. were named under the will as
trustees of the institution toward whose
establishment the fund was left. A bill
incorporating the Austine sanitarium was
secured from the legislature of 1904, and
soon afterward the trustees announced
their intention of erecting tuberculosis
sanitarium. j. F. Hooker, then first Sc
lectman, opposed this idea and there fol
lowed a legal dispute between him and the
other trustees resulting in 1906 in an
agreement upon the part of the latter not
to erect tuberculosis hospital without
first submitting the matter to the town
at a special meeting
That was three years ago last May. Since
then the Austine sanitarium trustees, APP
parently in a spirit of pique, have been
standing pat, content to have the money
drawing a safe rate of interest in the bank
of which one of their number is the head.
How many people have died during that
time for lack of care that the money, prop
erly expended, might have given them is
not known, but we do know that in the
five years that the bequest has been avail
able the town of Brattleboro's benefit from
it has not amounted to singlelpenny. 1t
is high time the trustees got lover their
grOuch-if that is their ailment-and de-
termined upon use for the money They
cannot please everybody we understand, |
but whatever they do will result in some
good at least If the trustees will not act |
there is no reason why proceedings cannot
be brought through the attorney general
for their removal on the grounds that
they are endangering the fund by their
failure to act.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
Decorating a Fort.

81 was going to get sign on that wal
somehow.
Il went to paint store and bought
some black and white paint, which
mixed and carried to the skitf. Then
borrowed a long ladder. Returning to my
boarding house for supper | got the land
lady's big, overgrown boy, Horace, to help
| me.
Horace wasn't so very bright, and he
suffered | asked him if that great slop.
ing wall belonged to warehouse, and
he suffered something | couldn't make
out. While he held the ladder | went to
work, making my letters ten feet high. |
had finished four letters and was beginning
to slow down and cool off when l noticed
a peculiar tramping sound high up above
my head. Somebody was walking to and
fro up there, with steady, even tread. l
went down the ladder and spoke to Hor-
ace.
els this prison, Horace l asked.
"'N-n-n-n-n-n-no, Horace replied, his
mouth foaming little with the paint he
had caught, 'i-i-i-i-i-i-t-t-t-t-t amt a prison,
i-i-i-i-i-i-t-t-t-ts fort He added that he
had been trying to tell me that for four
hours.
Il was habbergasted for moment. |
listened again to the tread of the sentry
up above. 1t was an unpleasant sound.
was wavering as to whether L should
vamoose or stick it out. when swiftly
there leaped into my mind the singing
charge in my employers letter. | hadn't
any nerve. ehi Well, here was my
chance! I'd show 'em! So | mounted
the ladder again and started on the nth
letter.
The sentries, up above, changed guard,
but | worked on in passionate haste. Now
and then river boat came IN pretty
close, but the haze protected me, IL TOOK
the rolling eye of drunken soldier cross
ing the bridge to pick me out Gray
streaks of dawn had opened up the haze
and lighted my sign.
81 was touching up the last letter, tired
but happy. when file of soldiers swooped
around a corner of the wall and presented
what looked like a million rifles at me. l
dropped the rest of my paint ON Horace,
who let go of the ladder and Owed INTO
the river. At the sharp command OF an
officer to come down the ladder and be
d" quick about it, | came down without
touching rung.
They threw me into the guardhouse
and worked the wires to the war depart
ment for the full strength of the bat
teries. Also they set men at work to
chisel out my sign, and the crowd that
came to watch the chiselers almost broke
the suspension bridge. The more they
chiseled, though, the deeper they. en-
graved my sign into the wall 1t Is there
to this day: as great permanent feature
of advertising as | ever heard OF.
Il remained in the Fort Thomas guard,
house while the secretary of war talked
my case over with President Hayes. =
From Painting Up Continent. by Barton
Wood Currie in Everybody's Magazine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
Mr.. Justice Barber.

Vermont s.in the judicial district served
by the late United States Supreme Court
Justice Peckham. 1t is natural that ,sug
gestions should be made for filling the va
cancy. Hon. Charles A. Prouty has been
put forward as a likely candidate. Mr.
Prouty already holds the responsible posi-
ton of interstate commerce commissioner
and is doing good service there. There is
no disputing his qualifications or his fitness
for the judicial vacancy. He would grace
the position and bring to it trained mind
that would make him welcome by the
present members of the court. Vermont,
however, need not take from his duties a
man who is already performing good ser
upon whom she may call
What's the matter with Hon. Orion M.
Barber Of Bennington? lie has the equip
ment, the poise, and, we understand, the
willingness to undertake the task.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

George T. Howard of Craftsbury, former
railroad commissioner, has had host OF
friends in his day, and his day is not ended
The Rutland News speaks truly when it
says: ''The late railroad commissioner,
George I. Howard of Craftsbury, has been
completely exonerated by the disposition
of the case against him by the supreme
court That court decides that his charges
against the state for the use of his own
conveyance were warranted and that his
hngton Free Press.
The supreme court has decided that
former Railroad Commissioner George I.
Howard acted within his rights when he
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12


One trainman was killed and three others
were injured in a collision between a shift
ing engine and freight train on the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad near Orleans Tues
day. The man killed was Fireman Cakes of
Newport, VT, of the shifter, and the in
jured We're members of the freight crew.
The wreck blocked traffic for several hours.
The trustees of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddys
estate announced at Boston Wednesday
that a settlement of her estate had been
arrived at with George U. Glover, her son,
and with E. J. Foster Eddy, an adopted
son, by which they renounce all claims to
her wealth at her decease Mr.. Glover is
to get S245,000, and DR.. Foster Eddy will
get $4,000. This ends big suit, in which
Senator w. Z. Chandler of New Hampshire
was counsel for the heirs. DR.. Foster Eddy
is resident of Waterbury, VT, and
prominent Mason.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

Gov. Curry of New Mexico. who was
once rough rider. has resigned. The
Buffalo Express says that there is a good
Job open for some skilful golf player.
A New Jersey man says that the winter
will be hard because there is shortage
of the chestnut crop. He should go to a
vaudeville show and become an optimist
Now southern bishop has come out
strong against Rockefeler's gift of ST.,
100000 to put an end to the hookworm.
Probably thinks tainted money would
not harm the worms.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

The young man who halls from Brattle-
boro and has the title of senator, and
whose name is E. w. Gibson, ought to
visit Boston and become acquainted with
Plan 2. One day would convince him that
caucuses should not be done away with.
Thus saith the Waterbury Record, that
apostle of sycophancy, worshipper at the
feet of machine-made politicians and
preacher of obstructionism. The young
man from Brattleboro should take heart.
If he has incurred the displeasure of the
Record there is little doubt that he is on
the side of progressive politics.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
The Old Guard.
bennington Banner.)

The death of Hon. Bradley b. Smaley
calls to mind the old group of democratic
leaders in Vermont all of whom are now
gone. The number included Edward j
Phelps, Gov w. H. II. Brigham, Charles
ley, and probably others whose names are
now hardly recalled by the present genera
ton. The five mentioned were all men of
exceptional ability, but their active life
coming in the years following the Civil war
their opportunity was limited by their
party affiliations. Had Vermont been a
democratic state these men would have
been our governors and senator's, and some
of them would undoubtedly have risen
even higher had their party been in con
troll of the national government.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

Brattleboro people interested in the cost
of electric light and power may be pleased
to know that the Twin State Gas & Elec-
trio company has no exclusive contract to
distribute Juice" from the Connecticut
river dam. The concern was extremely
anxious to have the word exclusive in
serted, but it didn't get in. This means
of course that there will be substantial
reduction in the price of electric light and
power before very long. 1t cannot be
otherwise as far as the Twin State COM
pany is concerned. Failure to take such
action within reasonable time will re-
suit in the formation of competing con-
Germ that will raise hob with the present
public service corporation. The money for
such a venture can be raised in two hours
among local business men. All the equip
ment necessary is a transformer, switch
board and a mile or so of wire. 1t is only
fair to allow the present company time
enough to readjust its cost system before
determining the amount of reduction, but
the reduction must come before very long
if the Twin State people wish to avoid
competition that would eventually prove
their undoing
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

that between 1000 and 5000 deer were
that state. From Washington county
alone over 1000 slain deer were reported.
1t seems, therefore, that the hunters inn
proved their opportunity to good advan-
tage, from their own standpoint at least,
and the reduction in the number of deer
will make conditions little easier for Yer
mont fruit -raisers.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
OUR HALL OF FAME.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining K
Prominent Personages.

Webb Hanks of Bristol is credited with
possessing the recipe for obtaining perpet-
ual youth.
One should never omit the title of
Colonel in addressing Franklin S. Billings
Of Woodstock.
Juan Robinson of North Hero is Grand
Isle patriot who gets his name in the list
of ''men supposed to know when a can
didate is sending out feelers.
In addition to wearing rosettes of gilt
whenever he gets chance, DR.. 0. w.
Daley of White River Junction operates
the railroad restaurant in that place.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

In his Forthcoming message President
Taft will outline a more extensive and am
bilious program of legislation than any
thing Mr.. Roosevelt ever attempted
though it is safe to say that the noise of
the big stick will not be audible. The
chief subjects ON which the president
recommends legislation are:
Supervision of the issue of stocks and
bonds by interstate corporations.
Readjustments of the duties and powers
of the interstate commerce commission.
Expansion of the duties of the bureau of
corporations
Creation of a new bureau in the depart
ment of justice to deal with violations OF
law by interstate carriers.
Establishment of a socalled railroad
court"
Amendment of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Creation of postal savings bank.
Ship subsidies.
Amendment of the procedure regarding
the granting Of injunctions.
Conservation of natural resources.
Besides these there are number of
other matters, of minor importance when
with this ambitious program,
which will yet serve to give congress some
thing to do when it gets tired of struggling
over corporation questions.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
Why Lucy!
(Spring6eld .Reporter.l

INpTIHBHtIu Kepoftef.J
BY the way, is anything in the world of
literature falling quite so fiat as the adj
ventures of Bwana Jumbo in the sable
continent Rutland Herald.
Some of the Burlington Free Press S
attempts to be funny are almost as bad,
though perhaps not quite.-Brattlebo
Keformer.
Both wrong. The nartistic slang that
weekly appears in The Reformer under
the caption, Verdant Mountain Patriots,
easily holds first place. The Reformer is
too modest.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

The Brattleboro Reformer remarks: 'It
has been rather convincingly demonstrated
in the Congressional Record that Senator
Dillingham; has not been an astounding
success as chief immigration investigator
unless success lies in spending money.
Wouldn't il be well before passing judg
ment on the work of the immigration com
mission, of which Senator Dillingham; is
chairman, to give that commission an OPP
portunity to make a report? Probably
The Reformer has made up its mind to
condemn the investigation anyway, but it
would look fairer to withhold censure I'M
til the public is given a chance to know
Just what has been DONE Montpelier
journal.
Enough is already known about the i'm
migration commission to warrant what
criticism we have made of it. Created in
February, 1907, the commission had ex-
pended up to February of this year $685.
600. Senator Frank B. Gary of South
Carolina asked some pertinent questions
about the cost and the results of the COM
mission in the senate session of Feb. Is
of this year, and the strange feature was
Senator Dillingham's apparent unfamil-
iarty with these matters. When the COM
missions real history is published we think
the Journal will admit that we haven't
been unduly critical.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

The Montpelier Journal has been adding
a new feature to its heretofore admirable
editorial page. 1t is a series of 'Peruna
editorials. Unless we are greatly mis-
taken the sentiments expressed therein
are those of the business office instead of
the editorial sanctum.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
The Vernon License.
burlington News.)


Brattleboro's attempt to annex a license
has failed. Brattleboro is dry and its
neighbor village of Vernon is wet" The
one Vernon license however, was awarded
to man at the South village, whereas the
thirsty of Brattleboro, it is alleged wanted
it located at Vernon Depot, five or six
miles nearer. They maintained that the
Depot is the principal village of the
town." as described by statute. The ques-
ton went up to the supreme court, and
that body decided that South Vernon is
the principal village and can therefore
have license if it,, 50, desires.
(Bennintop Bkanner.)
The supreme So HAS officially ruled
what everybody else, familiar with the To-
cality, knew before, that South Vernon is
the principal village of the town of Yer
non and is entitled to saloon if it wants
one. The suspicion that the agitation over
the matter was an attempt on the part of
thirsty citizens of Brattleboro to compel
the moving of the saloon to Vernon Depot,
five or six miles nearer Brattleboro, is not
ruled on in the supreme court decision.
Bratteboro is still 10 miles from a bar and
the train service is wretchedly inadequate.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
Hotel Wantastiquet.
Barre Time.

Barre Times
If Brattleboro builds its new hotel less
people will pass through the town; but
they stop.
ASt. Adams Messenger
Bratteboro has just incorporated COM
pany capitalized at 100000 for the pur-
pose of building an up-to-date hotel.
Watch our smoke.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

If Mr.. Cannon keeps it up some papers
who quote him in full viii have to come
out with asbestos supplements
IL is going rather far when prisoners IN
the Tombs at New York refuse to eat PIE
because it was not made by a union baker.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
Having Things on Paper,

Brattleboro is to have 100000 hotel.
Meanwhile Rutland is threatened with
three or four opera houses-on paper.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

charged the state for the use Of his own
team and for other expenses that might
have been avoided with no considerable
hardship to himself The opinion of the
supreme court covers the legal aspect OF
the case only. The moral issue of the case
has been tried and decided by the people
of Vermont and the opinion OF the SUI
preme court does not reverse the Judgment
entered. The state has plenty of compe.
tent citizens for public officials who will
not fat up their expense accounts, even
when they can do it legally, just because
the money comes out of the public treas
ury. Mr.. Howard will not have to pay
the money back but we guess ne would De
mighty glad to hand it over If it would
bring him back in the public estimation to
where he stood before the scandal.-Ben-
nington Banner.
Here are two distinct ways of looking at
the Howard case. The first attempts to
rehabiitate the former railroad commits
sioner merely because the legal side of his
case has turned out in his favor and as
sumes that Mr.. Howard has regained the
position he held before the exposures OF
three years ago. The second looks at the
matter squarely and states the exact truth.
he supreme courts decision in no way
affects the popular verdict in the case nor
does it change Mr.. Towards unenvlable
position. The public remembers his atti-
tude toward the state as contrary to the
square deal gospel; mere dollars and cents
are not considered. Without attempting to
rub it in to a man who has already, no
doubt, experienced in full measure the
bitterness of popular contempt, we feel
like expressing our disapproval of such
editorial utterances as compose the first
paragraph quoted Truth, plain and I'M
adorned, is the proper prescription in cases
like that of the man from Craftsbury;
whitewash. while it doesn't actually con-
ceal, tends to make the way of the trans
gressor appear easier than it ought.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

As the cold increases and begins TO pinch
and bite il finds some of us supplied with
more of the common blessings than have
fallen to the lives of others. Do we appre-
ciate these special blessings? Then let US
not forget to share some part of our good
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
For the Women
to Think About
Especial for The Reformer.)

Almost every woman who has charge of
a home is planning some extra for the
Thanksgiving dinner, unless possibly she
with her family is invited out for the day.
Instead of having the usual decoration of
flowers or fruits for the table some original
centerpiece is pleasing change and sur
prise. A tiny farmyard is appropriate, the
floor being of fine moss scattered with peb-
bes. A square cake-pan covered with
green paper and moss around it may be the
foundation. If not, fence of toothpicks
or matches for posts and very fine wire
may form the enclosure. Toy turkeys and
chickens may be bought, also toy buildings,
or with paints and peanuts and pins the
ingenious woman can manufacture her
flock. Mucilage and feathers may also be
needed to make her work a success. Build
ings may be made from brown paper.
Then there is the pumpkin coach drawn by
toy turkeys on a roadway of moss quite
across the length of the table if you de-
sire. At the close of the dinner the top
of the pumpkin might be removed, the
end of an orange colored ribbon handed to
each one who will find at the end of it
some souvenir of the day or a tiny box of
CONNECTIONS.
Another idea is to use garden vegetables
for a centerpiece The bright colors of
small carrots and smooth tomatoes with
delicate green of the cabbage leaf, the
neutral tints of onions and potatoes, make
surprisingly pretty combination. Place
cards are easily made if one can sketch
with pen or brush-or appropriate pictures
of turkeys or vegetables may be pasted on
and quotations written on them suited to
the day or to the person designated Post
cards are sometimes chosen for this pur-
pose, the correspondence space being used
for verse. or quotation, or witticism.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
Easier for Fruit Raisers.

(Springfield Union.l
Incomplete returns received by Yer
mont's FISH and game commissioner show
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

The pumpkin-pie. whose praises have
been sung in song and verse, to many is an
essential part of the feast. Some cooks
would not attempt to make it without two
or three eggs which are now expensive, but
might be INDUCED in for Thanksgiving
day. A good pie can be made with one
egg and cup of pumpkin or squash with
sugar. milk and flavor sufficient to fill the
ordinary pie plate Some say that very
tasty pie is made without any eggs, using
the iuice) or of squash and baking rather
longer so as to blend and thicken it.
When emitting the egg a spoonful of -four
may be used to thicken the milk by boiling
it before adding the pumpkin. 1t is much
easier and better, of course, when possible
to use one or two eggs to the pie.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

Irrigation has literally reclaimed the
desert in California
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

A woman IS years old has just entered
one of the western colleges.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

A novelty for church supper and sale
at this season is small boxes in form of a
turkey. They cost five cents; take ten
cents worth of fine candy and sell at %
cents, thus clearing 10 cents on each box.
1t is called turkey sale" A few genu-
inc turkeys might be included in the lot
and would be likely to bring good prices.
Lydia Eliot
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-31
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bsosghi a good deal naore.
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the stock show which closed la-s
week, art more than doable those ai
last Year and every pFOspect Is ior a
show thIs year lar superlor % aBy
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GLASSES do not close until the Ersi oi
The year bst these are rapidly iiillHe
sP and the showing PROMISES D. be
excellent.
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