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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-15

Monday, April -, where the body
was inferred.
The Springfield Republican of
April 9rd contains a cut of Rev.
VIM. Ganley and gives details of
his installation as pastor of the
Congregational church of Agawam,
Mass. The charge to the people by
Rev. H. l.. Bailey of Longmeadow,
was particularly significant and
interesting and contained the fol-
lowing which is applicable to the
members of all Christian churches.
He asked them Ito love and SYM
pathize with the pastor and regard
him as human, and grant him lib
erty of thought and action" Mr..
Ganley will be pleasantly remem-
bered as pastor of the Congrega-
tional church in this town several
years ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-15
C0RINTH.

DR.. and Mrs. Blodgett are now
keeping house in the tenement in
Joseph Eastman's house which has
been prepared and painted by Linus
NJ Edison.
Lorenzo Heath and Corydon Slee-
per have exchanged places. Mr..
Heath has moved into the house va
Gated by Corpdon Sleeer, and once
owned by Mansfield Taplin, and Mr..
Sleeper has moved into the house
vacated by Mr., Heath at West Cor
NTH.
Mrs. Frank Worthen and little
daughter from Lisbon, N, H., visit
ed at Herbert Wilson's last week.
Mrs. Alice Edwards and two child
rem left town Monday expecting be-
fore long to go to Connecticut, Her
daughter Katherine is at A. L. Par
ker's and her daughter Anna at II.
e. Hodges.
Mrs. Grace ROBBIE has returned to
her home at the center after spend
ing the winter at Mrs. r. A. Wood
cocks.
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'eturned from Lynn, Mass,

returned from Lynn, Mass, last
week.
Frank Cate of Barre was in town
Wednesday on business.
Miss Agnes Warren was in Mont
pelier last Friday.
Beorge Lackey of Montpelier was
in town last week on business.
DR.. NJ. D. Warren was in Montpel-
Ter Wednesday on business.
Mrs. John Livingstone returned
from Mars Hill, Maine, Friday night
where she has been visiting for a
few days.
Harry Gamblin from Cascade, n.
H., is visiting his uncle, Rem. Gam
bin and other relatives in town.
Miss Minnie Conant of Boston.
Mass, is visiting at her brothers.
Estus Conant's.
Miss Goldie Halves returned from
Barre Thursday.
Master Jack and Ilene Burbank
of Walden are visiting at w. R.
Marsh's.
Mrs. Kellogg, who has been at
Bert Smiths for the past few weeks
returned to her home in Marshfield
Saturday.
Kenneth Stimson, who clerks for
S. G. Voodry, was in Roxbury Wis
iting his parents the first of the
week.
The following students returned
to st. Johnsbury Monday to COM
mence the spring term at the AGA
deny, Miss Marjorie Wells, Ben and
Ella Barrett, Misses Annette and
Marion Walker.
Forest St. John was in Marsh
field Sunday visiting his parents.
Remember that the Girls Glee
club from Montpelier Seminary will
give an entertainment in the town
hall two weeks from next Friday
night, or April 30th, under the au-
spices of the Baraca and Delta AL
pha classes. q
F. e. Currier and wife are in
Hardwick attending the Vermont
conference which is held there this
week
b. G., Rogers is in Boston this
week on business.
The high school commenced the
spring term Monday with 20 pupils.
G. L. Edison of Montpelier was in
town Monday on business.
C. G. Fletcher and family re-
turned to their home in Swanton
Monday.
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M0RETOWN.

Mrs. G.. S. Knapp and son Ken
meth of Montpelier were guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Fos-
ter last week.
Henry Nichols of Essex was
guest of Mr.. and Mrs w r. Chase
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Bronson were
in Montpelier Saturday.
Orville Thomas of Shady Rill was
in town Saturday.
o. E. Russell who went to Wilder
to paint and paper C. Goss' house
three weeks ago, has been unfor-
tunate by having grip and several
quinsy sores but was able to go to
work Monday.
Frank Goss of MiddleseX was
guest at the home of II. A. Bronson
on Sunday.
Fred Somers and wife of Montpe-
lier were guests of his mother Mrs.
F. w. Somers on Sunday.
Mrs. B. II. Norton of Fair Haven
and Mrs. ]. Somers were guests of
Mrs. F. W. Somers last week.
Bert Weston of Middlesex was a
visitor on the Hill Sunday.
Walter Child of Berlin was in
town Sunday.
Miss Ethel Child who is teaching
school in Randolph spent the Easter
vacation at her home
Mrs. o. S. Turner is this week the
guest of her husband at the home
of Jake Wrisley in Stowe.
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WAITSFIELD.

Mrs Mary Berry, who has been
spending the winter with her son,
C. j. Berry of Montpelier returned
to her home last Wednesday.
e. II. Jones and ]. D. Thompson
who went to Montpelier with loads
of pork were detained in Middlesex
on account of the high water and
had to stay in Montpelier over
night
The many friends of B. M. Jones
and E. e. Neill, who have been Sc
riously i'll and are being cared for
by trained nurses, will be glad to
know that they are considered out
of danger and are improving as
fast as can be expected.
Mrs. Winifred Dana, aged A
years, died at her home in Fayston
on Saturday, April G. Mrs. Dana
has long been patient sufferer
from cancer. The funeral services
were held in the chapel at Green
Mount cemetery at Montpelier on
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WOODBURY..

Mrs. Leroy Durham is i'll with
the grip.
Mrs. Orson Putnam is i'll, threat
ened with pneumonia.
Ivan Ainsworth was in Hardwick
last Saturday on business.
Thadeus Bruce has moved from
his farm to the Yellow Tavern.
DR.. Cotter has returned from
Mortified where he spent a few
days on business.
Mrs. r. F. Drenan was taken ill
with stomach trouble and returned
to her home in Montpelier last
week.
Mrs. f. NJ. Daniels was called to
Hardwick last week by the illness
of her son, who attends the aca-
denny
1t is pretty discouraging for
sugar makers here in the village
who are sugaring from one tree up
to forty.
Miss Laura Wheeler, who attends
the Academy at Hardwick, was i'll
three days last week and not able
to attend school.
On account of the poor roads the
meat cart and bread cart from
Hardwick did not put in an appear
ance last week.
Gordon Guy returned from Ada
mant and Montpelier last week
where he spent a few days with
friends. At present he is to work
on the quarry and board at the
hotel.
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ADAMANT.

Mrs. Margaret Lewis is reported
quite i'll in Orange.
Maud Weeks went last week to
Montpelier to work.
T. L. Wood has engaged to draw
freight for A. S. Sloan
Rob Lowery is out again, but A.
A. Nye is still quite feeble.
The people of Adamant had a lit
tie excitement last week Wednesday
evening in prospect of a flood when
a portion of the mill dam gave away
and the water came swirling down
the main road at a fearful rate, the
water rising to the store steps and
rendering the road impossible The
morning, however, found all calm
and no great damage done.
We hardly recall a morning dur
ing the past winter when we had on
more clothing than on last Monday
morning and we were only just
comfortable then. 1t is rather sur
prsing to us that the weather con-
tinues so cold.
Will, son of the late Rice Daven-
port, is living in New Bedford,
Mass, where, we understand, ma
chinery of his own invention is be-
ing manufactured. His wife is said
to be great worker in the Sunday
school field in that city.
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from Boston last week Tuesday
night.
DR.. Edward Corliss is visiting
in Concord and Haverhill N. H,
this week.
Mrs. c. E. Nelson was in Groton
part of last week having dental
work done. While there she was
the guest of Mrs. A. R. Taylor.
Miss Winifred Nolan, who has
been visiting in and near Boston for
the past two months returned home
last Saturday.
Robert Ralston, who has worked
for George Cochran during the past
foru years, terminated his labors
last week. Mr.. Ralston soon expects
t omove upon his farm purchased
of David Buchanan last year.
A. r. Bone, one of the listers,
was taken suddenly i'll with grip
last Saturday evening, but is some
what better now.
The Blue Mountain telephone lines
became badly mixed with the high
winds of last week. Carlyle Nc
Lam repaired the Ryegate line on
Saturday afternoon which seemed
to be a long felt want.
Mrs James Liddle was quite sick
last week but is some better now.
Clarence Nolan and sister, Ophir
visited with their grandmother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson last Satur-
day.
Our young people have returned
to their studies after enjoying the
Easter vacation.
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MARSHF1ELD.

Harry Campbell of Brookline, n
H., is in town buying sugar.
Leslie Dow and wife of Waterbury
visited his aunt, Mrs. Eva Lamber-
ton, last week.
c. A. Smith of Montpelier was in
town last Saturday.
Lee Short was in Barre and Mont
pelier last week on business.
Lafounce Labree has rented C. c.
Robinson's farm for a year.
Burt Gerry of West Danville was
in town last week Thursday.
Emma Woodcock of Barnett and
Bessie Flood of Plainfield are visit
ing at Frank Whites and Benja-
min Chester's.
Ira Bemis is sick with grip and
is quite bad off.
Ethel Lamberton returned home
from Goddard Seminary Saturday
accompanied by three lady friends,
Marion Sherman, Dora Cole and
Frances Stocker.
Morrill, Lord of West Berlin was
in town last Monday and bought
horse of Oakly Meader.
Dennis Lamberton and wife visit
ed her father, Horace Burnham, in
lChelsea last week.
Bernie Phelps and Stella Brown
I were married Thursday, April s, at
st, Johnsbury.
There will be no preaching at the
Methodist church next Sunday.
Three Norwich cadets on horse
back Of Mortified passed through
here Tuesday from Danville where
they had passed their vacation at
Harry Hale's.
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PLAINFIELD.

School in town opened April s.
Mrs. William Perry of Barre was
in town Thursday.
Miss Ethel Colby returned from
Randolph Saturday.
Mrs. Blanche Kinney of Boston
came home Tuesday.
High water came near taking out
the abutment of the railroad trestle
Sunday.
A tree falling across the track
delayed the afternoon express 20
minutes on Thursday.
Rev. Leon Morse and mother of
Wilder visited at Rev. A. w. Hew-
tits last week returning on Satur-
day.
Mark Morse went to Heaton Hos
pital Friday for an operation for
appendicitis from which he has been
suffering for several weeks.
1t is learned that Mrs. Charles
Carpenter, who has been spending
the winter in town, can live but n
short time because of cancer on the
lungs.
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet, Wild
ow of Daniel Batchelder, was held
Thursday afternoon from the M. E.
church, Rev. A. w. Hewitt officiat-
ing. Mrs. Batchelder would have
been 81 years old next Septembr
She was most industrious and
faithful wife and mother. She
leaves a daughter, Mrs. A. N. Lance.
and two brothers, Will and John
Perry. Her death was due to mea-
sles and bronchitis.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-15

herd of Jersey COWS is kept. Our late
townsman John Winchester, at one
time, had a brother who was one of
the proprietors Of a paper mill in
that town that led TO the removal
from here for time of the Win
chester family to Southington
While Mrs. G. A. Badger and
daughter, Clara, were driving to
their new home in East Montpelier
they were thrown from their con-
veyance a little ways beyond South
Barre (such were the bad roads,
and Mrs. Badger had the great mis-
fortune to have shoulder dislo-
Gated and the ligaments of one arm
badly torn. But the brave woman
went on to Barre city where q ply
stefan ministered to her condition
and then she drove to East Montpe-
lier She was carrying a little one
in her arms when the accident be-
fel her. We extend to her the
hearty sympathy of friends here.
Ed. ]. Poor's son Fred, has Just
bought of Mr.. Gidney, one of the
successors to the Frank II. Martin
meat market, that part of the Mrs.
Aurora Howe Durham farm lying
on the north side of the road and
adjacent on the west side to the old
Oliver S. Walker farm, now owned
by Pat Kelly. The farm as yet, has
no dwelling house on it, but has a
large barn. An authority" recently
told us that Ed ]. Poor's farm,
which is not far from the place the
son has bought, is under a very high
state of cultivation and we shall
look to see that the son will show
that he is "chip of the old block"
when he has had time to develop
his place.
1t is with great sorrow that we
have to note that Haden Jeffords, a
son of Jason H. Jeffords and SON
in-law Of the late Sumner F. Wheat
ley, had to have a limb amputated
at the Mary Fletcher hospital, Bur-
lington, the last of last week. The
amputation was just below the
knee. We have before noted Mr.
Jeffords unfortunate accident in the
fall of 1907, at a saw mill in Wash
ington, to which he had gone, we
think, on an errand about lumber
for his lew house that he was build
ing on his farm here. While about
the mill an old floor, as we recall it,
broke through, and let him down in
a way to injure limb, that began
soon to give him trouble that has
gone on in spite of all his efforts to
the present sad result. It was found
at Burlington that there was tuber-
culosis of the bone and in spite of
the greatest effort to discover some
other way out of the condition, than
the taking off of the limb none
could be found. Mr.. Jeffords is only
some A years of age, and the loss
of a foot seems a very great one.
Much sympathy will go out to him
now from friends and townsmen
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SOUTH WOODBURY..

Frank Sprague is moving on to
Ellsworth Tebbetts' place.
Fred Thomas gains slowly.
Lucinda Farnsworth intends to
go to North Dakota in May, to re-
main few months.
Wesley Wheeler, who has been
quite i'll with the grip for a week or
more. is improving.
Percy Brown has returned to her
home, and she and Mr.. Brown are
soon to reside in Fitchburg, Mass.
Mrs. orson Putnam is quite i'll.
Mrs. Herbert Bills is i'll with the
grip.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-15
RYEGATE.

Miss Orpha Bedell, who was a
visitor at the home of Y. D. Nelson
and family several DAYS last week
has returned to her home in East
Ryegate.
Mrs. Ernest KEENAN, of South Rye
gate was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs,
"A. r. Bone Tuesday Of last week.
The paper mill shut down Tues.
day night of last week on account
OF the high water.
The l.. NJ. S. held a meeting at
the Corner Thursday of last week.
Mrs. J. l.. Taylor returned home
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COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS.
Several Associate Meme bers Vot-
ed Into Club.

At the regular quarterly meeting of the
board OF directors of the Montpelier
Country Club the following associate
members were elected: Misses Eva l..
Fuller, Hazel E. Burnham, Katherine P.
Berry, and Messrs, w. Z. Harlow, Perley
Pltkin, John W. Flint, Lester H. Greene,
d. r. Blanpied, James M English,
Homer A. Flint, Arthur X. Wiley, E.
Lee Whitney.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18
ACCUSES CLARK OF REPRESENTIN INC
THE RAILROADS
ONE HALF OF SESSION GONE
LEGISLATURE SHOWS NO DISPOSITION
TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION FOR RES.
FRICTION OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC PRES,
ENT SESSION TO BE EXPENSIVE

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 15- Especial
to the REPUBLICAN)-With the
week which ended on Feb. 18th,
the present session of the legis-
laturc is half dead-that is, it
has consumed now one-half Of the
siXty-day session, and if it is to
accomplish anything of real value
to the state, the work must be
done in the thirty days to come,
or the members remain without
pay and serve the state for glory.
That there is little hope for
Legislation Of Importance is indi-
Gated by several unmistakable
signs, among which, perhaps the
most important, is that in adj
dltion to the failure 10 accomplish
anything in the time already
passed, the Democratic majority
shows s. gns Of internal division
to the serious extent that during
the past week on the floor Of the
house in open debate, the accusa-
tion of Liar" has been passed be-
tween leaders Of the majority
party.
This serious rupture, which ex-
hibits to the public wounds that
may not be healed during the
present session, took place be-
tween Taylor of Custer and Clark
Of Richardson, both Of whom
were unsuccessful candidates for
the speakerShip and both Of
whom have been leaders Of a Ger.
tain section Of the party ir the
house. Taylor OF Custer was ell
gagged in opposing an amendment
to the Sink bill, which limits
freight trains 10 a length of fifty
cars. The amendment opposed
by Taylor was made by the rail-
roads committee and proposed to
place the whole subject under the
jurisdiction of the state railway
Continued on page 50
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18
ARRESTED FOR STEALING,
Col Black Accused a Mr. GOlbuS of
Taking Ten Dollars and Destroying
His POCketbOok.

Col, Black, who has been stay.
ing at Slogget's restaurant, miss
ed his pocket book which con-
tanned ten dollar bill, Monday
morning just after he got up and
he suspicioned a Mr.. Goldbus,
who had slept in the same room
that night and who got up short
ly after Mr. Black did. The
pocket book was left on the bed
while Mr.. Black was out of the
room for a few moments and it
could nol be found when he re-
turned. The pocket book was
later found torn to pieces under
such circumstances as would in
dicate that Goldbus had gotten
it and tried to destroy it. Gold
bus denied any knowledge Of the
pocket book or the money, but
was arrested. Later the ten dol
lar bill was found concealed in
the bath tub, but no evidence
could be found to prove that Gold
bus had placed it there, The
Sheriff and County Attorney al
lowed Goldbus and his comrade
to 60 with the understanding
that they should leave town on
the first train. Goldbus and the
young fellow who was with him
have been canvassing the town
selling furniture polish and claim
ed to be making their way out
west.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18

of the township is being reduced
as it is on the School District tax.
The village fluid tax has
grown from $500 to S14, 900
showing an Increase of almost
loo per cent.
The Bond iudebtness on the
village called for tax Of 1924 in
1898 and for $4,474 in 1908,
showing an increase of 500 per
cent.
The village judgement tax has
grown from nothing to S2,55S.
The village side walk tax is 500
per cent greater than it was in
1899 and there was no tax at all
on village side walks in 1898.
The tox for irrigation bond is
Just about the same ia 1898 as it
was in 1903, though it has
been considerable of variation dur
ing intervening years, On the
whole the statement shows then
that the increase in the county
taxes is comparatively small,
when considered along side the
increase of the state tax; the
school district tax; the special
road tax; the township bond tax;
the village tax; the village bond
tax: the village judgement tax,
and the village side walk tax.
The following statement shows
the percentage of increase in
each one Of these funds. The
total amount Of The taxes assess
ed ia the villages in 1908 was
not published at the time the
other statements were published,
because that reinstatement show
ing the total in each one of the
villages i'll the County got pied
in the office and there was not
sufficient time to set it up again
for publication.
AT the bottom of the compara-
tive statement is shown the totals
for all the villages in the County.
The total shows that the County
tax on the villages is about $500
greater than the state tax on the
villages. The statement shows
greater per cent of increase or
the school districts and on the
villages than was shown in the
Continued on page threc)
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18
ELFCTRICT LIGHT FRANCHISES.
Sells of Colorado Has Sent in His Fran
chiSe and Shaw of Aurora Promises
TO Send in His This Week

The next two weeks promise to
show some deuite results in the
Elcctrict Light situation i n
Broken Bow. a franchise under
which the Colorado man would
b. willing to put in a system,
has been submitted to the City
Council by Manager Sell, of Ster-
ling, Colorado, and O. J. Shaw,
Of Aurora has promised to send
up his franchise some time this
week. Charley Martin, of this
city, is also figuring on trying to
to get a franchise.
The matter will come up before
the next meeting of the City
Council, next Wednesday evening
and it is expected that some
denitc action will be taken on
one or the other Of the PROPOSE
tions, unless that all Of them fail
to meet the approval of lhe coun-
ell.
Broken Bow is badly IN need
of an Electric Light system for
street lighting and for private
use and the citizens of the city
are anxiously awaiting TIC time
when a good plant will be install
led.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-02-18
WILSON N PENITENTlARY.

Sheriff Kennedy took Arthur
NorCutt who was convicted on a
charge of breaking into George
Willings store and who was sen
fenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary to Lincoln Saturday. The
Sheriff reports having seen Vol
ey Wilson in the penitentiary.
Wilson was here for about one
and a one half months last SUM
mer aud was about the first of
July arrested in Merna on request
Of the Sheriff of Alliance and
placed in the County Jail until
( the Alliance Sheriff came for him.
Wilson was one Of the six men
who we're in Jail at Alliance and
on July 4th broke Jail. Wilson
however with one Of the other
men did not leave the Jail. He
was convicted on the charge of
rape and sentenced TO three years
in the penitentiary.