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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-06-18
Graduation Exercises.

In the presence of an audience that
filled the opera hall, the graduating ex.
ercises of the class of 1909, Island Pond
High School, were held Friday evening
The hall was tastefully decor ated for
the occasion in the class colors, and
the class motto was neatly arranged,
and figured very prominently. The
musical portion of the programme was
furnished by the Granite Orchestra OF
Berlin, N. H., which rendered several
fine selections in its customary pleasing
manner. The different essays present.
ell by the graduates were noticeable for
their earnestness, their literary excel.
lenee, were we'll written and delivered
showing that the graduates had put
much time, thought and work in their
productions. Each graduate was hearth
ly applauded. 1t was one of the most
successful graduations of recent year,,
Prof. Wiley aud the class are to be con.
graduated.
The address was made by the Hon.
Thomas c. Cheney of Morrisvills,
Speaker of the last house of representa-.
tives, and the graduating class and their
friends who attended the graduating
exercises were amply rewarded for the
enterprise of the class in securing him
to deliver the address to the graduates
on this occasion. Mr.. Cheney read
his address from manuscript, and at
first there was little difficulty in hear
ing him by those in the back of the
hall, but as he proceeded, the power OF
his voice increased, and soon became
ample to send his message to all parts
of the hall. He congratulated the grad
yates upon their opportunity to CON-
mence active life just at this time when
the public conscience has experienced a
great awakening, and when what has
been long talked of as the "New Yer
mont" has become a reality instead of a
dream. He pointed out to them the
marvellous growth of certain parts Of
this country, and showed the need OF
strong men and women to keep the
country safe. He congratulated them
particularly upon the fact that the pub
tic conscience OF today would no longer
permit aggregations of men to do the
things which it prohibited individuals
from doing. He warned the graduates
that though we hear often of the dis
tinguished honors and successes which
men who have gone from Vermont have
won in large cities, it is seldom that we
hear of the much greater number who
have made dismal failures in the same
cities. He told them that there was
never a time when there we're 80 many
opportunities for bright young men and
women who were willing to locate in
Vermont as at the present time, and
said that, all in all, Vermont was the
hest state in the Union to live IN, aud
that they would make no mistake by
staying in it.
At the close of the programme after
the graduates had received the congrat-
ulations of many friends, all enjoyed q
promenade and social hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-06-18
ESTATE OF FANNIE DANFoRTH

ESTATE OF FANNIE DANFORTH.
STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ESSEX IS
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
Of Essex.
TO ali per- sons interested in the estate Of Fannie
Danforth, late Of Brighton, in said district
deceased, GREETING:
At Probate Court holden at Brighton. within
and for said district, on the eth day of June,
1909, an instrument purporting to be the last
viii and TIE stament of Fannie Danforth, late
of Brighton, in said district deceased, was pre-
scented to the Court aforesaid, for probate.
And it Is ordered by said Court that the 26th
day of June, 1909. at the probate office in
Brighton, be assigned for proving said instru,
meIt and that notice thereof be given to all
persons concerned by publishing this order
three weeks successfully in the Essex County
Herald, newspaper circulating in that vicinity
In said district, previous to the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, at the time and place afore-
said, and contest the probate of said will, If you
have cause.
Given under my hand at Brighton, in said dis
trict, this tn day Of June, 1909.
HkRBERT W. RI.AKE, IuDcR.
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NOTICE
EX3IlInatiOnSfO Teachers
IN ESSEX COUNTY.

il. superintendent of Education
'#- requested the annual sum.
l.' 0Ea"inations to be held the
.-. Part OF June. Examinations
.". Essex County:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-06-18
Hone 10 eheaper than insur-

Hope 10 cheaper than insur-
ance, but hoping that your family viii
do we'll if you are taken away is far
from the settled promise which exists in
the possession OF the best insurance in
the world.
Goth year. National Life ms. Co. of
Vt. (Mutual.)
W. W. SPRAdUE 4 son.
Oss. Agents u Northeastern Vermont,
St. Johnsbury. VI.
J. H. LaRoche Special Agent.
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Aida r. ENRlcHT.
County Examiner.
'''..9"'ur&, VT. June 8, 1909.
j. OF 5. o. SHOFF.

u.s. tlE OF 5. o. SHOFF.
n. 49,. { MONT. DISTRICT OF ESSEX, IS.
-.l.,... 'a'.y Probate Court for the District
S @"n- interested in the Estate of
.-a' ate OF Bloomfield in said Dis
Iv, GREETING.
H r,. 't court has assigned the 21st day
tho Tor examining and allowing
-..,,. OF the administrative of the
.h. W. "." deceased and for decree Of
7,t...,. + aid estate to the lawful claim
aur.. me- and ordered that public notice
..tt. r.. y. 70 al persons interested in said
>n..... /, ."..t'~ hiug this order three week S
.a..I... lielous to the day assigned, in
.Ia,r. my Herald newspaper publish
r.... 'aAd, III said District
q, .r.... on are hereby notified to appear
l,... ~. III Bloomfield, in said District,
,,.a,.t , " N the forenoon, on the day as
n, ,..r.. ",. there to conte st the allowance
.-H ... II vow see cause and to estab-
Htu.., A. heirs, legatees and lawful
ga and residue
.. NY hand, this rst day of June,
I'hRRERT W. BLAKE, JUDGE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-06-18
DF ]. II. BEATTIE.

''if OF J. II. BEATTIE.
b kMONT, DISTRICT OF Essex, IS.
'"'le Probate Court for the district
OIL, interested in the estate of 7. H.
" ~ Brunswick, in said district,
Greetings:
4'i Court has assigned the 2Ist day
W .nT examining and allowing the
we administrative of the estate of
ana tor a decree of the residue
to the lawful claimants of the
'l'efed that public notice thereof be
.gI~"nS interested in said estate by
WE order three weeks successfully
Sae day assigned, in the Essex
r'T ", " newspaper published at Island
E"H re hereby notified to appear at
~ Bloomfield, in said District,
'.,E IN the forenoon, on the day as
" a'l'i there to contest the allowance
.o.i u You see cause, and to estab-
.-.tl as heirs legatees and lawful
'"TL my hand, this 1st day of June,
lIfkBERT w. BLAKE, JUDGE.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

could fight valiantly against what he
deemed wrong, and yet preserve undi-
minshed his love and respect for the
brother from whom he differed. In the
hour of a triumph that would have
turned any weaker mans head, in the
heat of a struggle which spurred many
good man to dreadful vindictiveness, he
said truthfully that so long as he had
been in his office he had never willingly
planted a thorn in any mans bosom.
and besought his supporters to study the
incidents of the trial through which they
were passing as philosophy from which
to learn wisdom and not as wrongs to be
avenged; ending with the solemn eXhorta-
ton that. as the strife was over all
should reunite in a common effort to save
their common country.
Strong Sense of Justice.
"He lived in days that were great and
terrible, when brother fought against
brother for what each sincerely deemed
to be the right. In a contest so grim
the strong men who alone can carry 1t
through are rarely able to do justice
to the deep convictions of those with
whom they grapple in mortal strife At
such times men see through glass dark
ly; to only the rarest and Hottest spirits
is vouchsafed that clear vision which
gradually comes to ALL even to the lesser.
as the struggle fades into distance, and
wounds are forgotten. and peace creeps
back to the hearts that were hurt. But
Lincoln was given this supreme vision.
He did not hate the man from whom he
differed. Weakness was as foreign as
wicked to his strong gentle nature; but
his courage was of quality so high
that 1t needed no bolstering Of dark pas
sion. He saw clearly that the same
high qualities, the same courage, and
willingness for self-sacrlfice, and devo-
ton to the right as it was given them to
see the right, belonged both to the men
of the north and to the men of the south.
As the years roll by, and as all of us,
wherever we dwell, grow to feel an
equal pride in the valor and self-devo-
ton, alike of the men who wore the blue
and the men who wore the gray, so this
whole nation will grow to feel a peculiar
sense of pride in the mightest of the
mighty men who mastered the mighty
days; the lover of his country and of all
mankind; the man whose blood was shed
for the union of his people, and for the
freedom of a race, Abraham Lincoln"
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Bishop Buffers Generosity.

So many examples of episcopal Gu
pidity have been cited in the Office
Window of late that the average read
er may be excused for believing the
bishop of century or so ago to have
been an incarnation of greed. But
against the Luxmores, the Watsons
and the Porteouses may be set the
sanity Butler, whose Analogy" is still
used as a textbook for clerical exam
nations. Butler kept open house at
Durham, where he dispensed hospi-
tally with lavish hand. On one oc-
casion a man called at the palace So
Letting a subscription for some chart
table object. How much money is
there in the house?" asked Butler OF
his secretary. The secretary. after in.
vestigation, replied that there were
$500. Give it to him, then" replied
the philosopher bishop. for it is
shame that a bishop should have so
much. Chronicle.
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the impossible. At the very time when
one side was holding him up as the
apostle of social revolution because he
was against slavery, the leading abo-
litionist denounced him as the slave
hound of Illinois," When he was the sec
ond time candidate for president, the ma
jority of his opponents attacked him be-
cause of what they termed his extreme
radicalism, while a minority threatened
to bolt his nomination because he was not
radical enough He had continually to
check those who wished to go forward
too fast at the very time that he over
rode the opposition of those who wished
not to go forward at all. The goal was
never dim before his vision; but he picked
his way cautiously, without either halt or
hurry, as he strobe toward 1t, through
such morass of difficulty that no man
of less courage would have attempted 1t,
while it would surely have overwhelmed
any man of judgment less serene.
Man of Great liberation.
"Yet, perhaps the most wonderful thing
of ALL and, from the standpoint of the
American of to-day and of the future,
the most vitality important. was the
extraordinary way in which Lincoln
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1888 Lansdowne ST., Baltimore, Md:
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If YOU would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free OK
charge.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

an ideal. He had the practical mans
hard common sense and willingness TO
adapt means to ends; but there was In
him none of that morbid growth of mind
and soul which blinds so many practical
men to the higher things of life. No
more practical man ever lived than this
homely backwoods ideallst; but he had
nothing in common with those practical
men whose consciences are warped until
they fail to distinguish between good and
evil fail to understand that strength,
ability, shrewdness whether in the world
of business or of politics, only serve to
make their possessor more noXious,
more evil member of the community. If
they are not guided and controlled by
fine and high moral sense.
Lessons from lincoln's Life.
I'VE of this day must try to solve
many social and industrial problems,
requiring to an especial degree the
combination of indomitable resolution
with cool-headed sanity. We can profit
by the way in which Lincoln used both
these traits as he strove for reform. We
can learn much of value from the very
attacks which following that course
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Nest Important Happenings of the
Pest Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered Front all
Parts of the World Condenssd
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
Congressional.

Replying to Representative Rainey' S
Panama canal charges in the house,
Congressman Lowering declared that
the New York Worlds information
was secured from ex-convicts and was
Matchmaking scheme, pure and
simple.
The senate has passed bill remov-
ing all constitutional objections to the
appointment of Senator Knox as sec
rotary of state in President Taft's
cabinet.
At the last moment on the eve of
Lincoln's birthday congress adopted a
joint resolution authorizing the presi-
dent to issue a proclamation making
February ~, 1909, legal holiday in
the District Of Columbia and the ter
ritories.
The naval appropriation bill has
been reported to the senate. 1t
carries $136,S25, 1879, an increase or
$1,05S,42S over the amount carried as
passed by the house.
The election of William H. Taft OF
Ohio as president and James S. Sher-
man of New York as vice president
has been formally ratified by senate
and house in joint session.
President Roosevelt has vetoed the
senate bill authorizing the secretary
of the navy to remit the loss of citi'
zenship imposed upon deserters from
the army and navy.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has agreed to
report favorably the bill to increase
the membership of the commerce
commission from seven to nine men,
bers.
The president has sent a special
message to congress transacting the
report of the Country Life commission.
The house has finally authorized an
appropriation of $4,000 for motor
cars for the use of the president.
Representative Miller of Kansas,
who is acting as spokesman for the
Anti-Saloon league in congress, has
introduced the leagues amendments
to the excise laws of the District of
Columbia in the house.
A poll of both branches of congress
shows an almost undivided sentiment
in favor of immediate statehood for
New Mexico and Arizona.
The joint resolution authorizing the
secretary of war to establish harbor
lines in the Kaw river between its
mouth and Argentine, Kan, has now
been adopted by both house and SEN
ate.
The president has vetoed bill ad-
vancing in rank Lieutenant Command
er Kenneth McAlpin of the navy.
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Miscellaneous.

The one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln was
generally observed throughout the
country with appropriate exercises.
President Roosevelt laid the corner
stone of the memorial at the Lincoln
birthplace in Kentucky. In New York
100000 school children took part in
the memorial services, while promi-
nent men made addresses at celebra-
lions in various cities.
Graft to the extent of $1,OO0OOO has
been discovered in the quartermas-
ters department of the Russian army.
Ten thousand of the new Lincoln
postage stamps were sold at Los An
geles, Cal, in five minutes after they
were first offered.
The Nebraska senate has passed
the bill creating the department of
political science and citizenship at the
state university.
Many prominent New York people
have attached their names to call
for a national Lincoln conference on
the negro question.
Fire at Buffalo, ~ Y, destroyed the
produce exchange and 20 commission
houses. The loss is about $225,OOO.
While blowing through heavy snow
drifts at Baxter Pass on the Unitah
railroad in Colorado, an engine and
snow plow plunged over 3OO-foot
precipice. The engineer was the only
one killed.
Maurice E. Butt, who committed
suicide recently in New Orleans, has
been identified as former farm hand
of Chula. Mo-, where he was wanted
for forging his employers name on
bank checks.
The minister from Panama has
filed with the state department pro-
test from his government against the
speech made in congress by Mr..
Rainey of Illinois attacking President
Obaldia.
President-elect Taft was entertained
at New Orleans with Creole dinner.
One thousand persons contributed $50
each for a seat at the banquet board.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore pro-
nounced an invocation and introduced
Mr.. Taft to the assembled guests.
A valise carried by Abraham Lin
coin during his debates with stephen
A Douglas has been discovered In
Tacoma, Wash.
The California assembly after vot-
ing TO reconsider the school segrega-
tion bill. killed the measure by vote
of Al to 81.
Two cases of smallpox have been
discovered among the students of VIII
liam Jewell college at Liberty, Mo.
measures were at once taken to pre-
vent the spread of the disease.
Col. J. X. Barnes. United States at
torney for the western district OF Ar
kansas. is dead in Fort Smith.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric ia
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes.
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Poo.Bah In Real Life.

A counterpart Of Poo-Bah has been
found in New Jersey. The town Of
Beverly has elected a new constable
whose pay is to be IS a month. In
addition TO his constabulary work,
the incumbent Of this overpaid sine
cure must also serve as pound-keeper
harbor master and overseer OF the
poor. This "multum in parvo" job
must be looked upon as one Of great
honor. as there were six applicants
for IT,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

Hodgenville, Ky.-The corner stone
Of the splendid memorial to be erected
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln
was laid by President Roosevelt. The
exercises were participated in by many
Of the nations leading men, Cardinal
Gibbons and ex-Gov. Folk of Missouri
being among those who made ad-
dresses.
From all points, by train and over
roads not particularly smooth at this
season of the year. the people gathered
to the exercises. A building four
times the size of the tent provided
could not have accommodated the
crowd.
The corner stone of the Memorial
hall was laid by President Roosevelt.
In an impressive address the chief ex-
ecutive eulogized the life and work of
the great statesman. He spoke as fol-
lows:
1--WE have met here to celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
one of the two greatest Americans; of
one of the two or three greatest men of
the nineteenth century, of one of the
greatest men In the worlds history. This
rail splitter. this boy who passed his un-
calmly youth in the dire poverty of the
poorest of the frontier folk, whose rise
was by weary and painful labor, lived to
lead his people through the burning
flames of a struggle from which the
ton emerged, purified as by fire, born
anew to a loftier life. After long years
of iron effort, and of failure that came
more often than victory, he at last rose
to the leadership of the republic at the
moment when that leadership had become
the stupendous world-task of the time.
He grew to know greatness. but never
ease Success came to him, but never
happiness. save that which springs from
doing well a painful and a vital task.
Power was his. but not pleasure The
burrows deepened on his brow, but his
eyes were undimmed by either hate or
fear. His gaunt shoulders were bowed,
bore for a burden the destinies of his
people. His great and tender heart
shrank from giving pain; and the task
allotted him was to pour out like water
the blood of the young men, and to
feel in his every fiber the sorrow of the
women. Disaster saddened but never dis
mayed him. AS the red years of war
went by they found him ever doing his
duty in the present even facing the fu-
ture with fearless front, high of heart,
and dauntless of soul. Unbroken by ha-
tired, mistaken by scorn he worked and
suffered for the people. Triumph was his
at the last; and barely had he tasted 1t
before murder found him. and the kind
ly, patient fearless eyes were closed for
ever
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Born February IL, 1909

render service to his nation and to all
mankind such as no other man OF his
generation could or did render. Each had
lofty ideals. but each in striving to attain
these lofty ideals was guided by the
soundest common sense. Each possessed
lnhexible courage In adversely. and a soul
wholly unspoiled by prosperity. Each
possessed all the gentler virtues common
ly exhibited by good men who lack rug
ged strength of character. Each pos
sessed also all the strong qualities COM
monty exhibited By those towering mas
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Died April IS, 1865

brought upon his head. attacks sinse by
the extremists OF revolution and by the
extremists OF reaction. He never wav-
cred in devotion TO his principles. In his
love for the union. and in his abhor-
renee OF slavery. Timid and lukewarm
people were always denouncing him be-
cause he was extreme; but as a matter
OF fact he never went TO extremes. he
worked step by step; and because OF this
the extremists hated and denounced him
with a fervor which now seems 70 us fan
tastlc IN its Dedication OF the unreal and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
Personal.

Personal.
E. G. Cooley has resigned as super
intendent of the Chicago public school
system. He is to accept the presi-
dency of a prominent Boston publish
ing firm.
State Senator George o. Johnson Of
Fort Cobb, Ok, is dead and his room
mate, State Senator Yeager, is dan
gerously i'll from the effects of ma
tural gas which escaped into their
room at Guthrie.
Edward W. Biggs, SO years old, and
Mrs. Mary Adams, 65 years of age,
were married at Kansas City the other
day. Mr.. Briggs formerly conducted
a hotel at Junction City, Kan.
Mrs. John S. Britain, wife of
wealthy wholesale dry goods merchant
of st. Joseph, Mo-, died suddenly OF
apoplexy while preparing for bed the
other night.
Thomas Oliver, inventor of the
typewriter which bears his name, died
suddenly in railway station in Chi
cago.
President-elect Taft was warmly
welcomed at New Orleans upon his ar
rival from Panama. He reviewed a
parade in the Afternoon and at night,
with Mrs. Taft, was guest of honor at
a carnival ball.
Rev. J. B. Mcbride Of Princeton,
Ia, one of the oldest and best known
Presbyterian ministers of the state, is
dead at his home in Clinton aged IS
years.
Oscar Erbsloeh, the German aero
naut who won the international bal
loon race at St Louis in 1907, has
succeeded in crossing the Alps in a
balloon.
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from Irregularl-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. 1 had
given up hope of
ever being well
when 1 began to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
1 felt as though
nauy 1ifa bo1 haan