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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01

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CORNER | | A
Odd FellSws Mark Most
Important Spokane
Event.

The chilly atmosphere Of this
New Years day did not cool the
Sardor Of Spokane's Odd Fellows,
who assembled fl force this after
noon TO attend the greatest event
In the history of the order in Spo-
kane. the laying OF the corner
stone OF the Odd Fellows temple
on First avenue, next to the Hotel
Madison.
The cornerstone laying was pre-
coded by q panade, rin which the
grand lodge of1eers, the two uni
formed branches or cantons OF the
order In Spokane, the three sub
ordinate lodges Of the city, the
local encampment, the uniformed
canton of Occur d'Alene and Odd
Fellows from Cheney Medical
Lake and neighborfng towns par
ticipated.
The parade was In charge Of
Brigadier General and Grand Mar
shall il. White, assisted by Major
Derbyshire, adjutant general; Lieu
tenant Colonel DR.. G. L. Smith,
surgeon general; Lieutenant Col
onel William Horr and Major w.
7. Parker. The parade was headed
by a platoon Of police followed by
a brass band, the grand officers in
carriages, the uniformed bodies and
finally the subordinate lodges. The
parade moved the length of River
side avenue from Bernard to Mon
roe street, going thence to the site
OF the new building on. First ave.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

BRATTLEBORO NEEDS, as mucl
now as she did two years ago:
A public playground where the spirit
of initiative can be nurtured in the
minds of the young and the enjoyment
of outdoor life encouraged;
A deeper sense of civic pride in the
appearance of various portions of the
town and consequent elimination OF
all eye-sores to the community;
More tenements to accommodate the
steady increase in the towns popula-
ton and facilitate the opportunity for
further growth that is on the way;
Wide publicity for the exceptional
advantages which are available to in
dustries locating in this section, and
further exploitation of the superior at
fractions Brattleboro offers as a sum-
mer resort;
More cooperation in booming the
$4,000 in 1885, idea; less strife in
petty affairs whose relation to the gen
eral welfare of the community is re-
mote; more disinterested endeavor to
improve conditions wherever they can
be improved; less selfishness, little
more tolerance of the shortcomings of
our neighbors, stronger determination
to make this model community in the
truest sense.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

to pin the hats to, or finished with wire
frames upon which to place the hats, SC
that they will have plenty of room.
Already advance styles for fall are
shown. The coats are very long. If buy
ing q suit intended for wear through
summer and winter, a long coat is wise
choice.
The soft ruching of tulle and footngs so
popular as an edge for soft collars and
cuffs may be bought by the box as well
as by the yard-or may be made at home,
TO wear with the onepiece lingerie and
other sheer gowns a princess slip is almost
necessary. 1t may be made of China silk
or fine lawn or muslin.
Lavender is a pleasing odor for bed lin
en- and other articles laid away in draw
ers. Five cents worth will do service
for a long time.
Little articles of convenience are being
placed on the market constantly The
small books of soap leaves and face pow
der take little space in the hand bag
when travelling. If soap or powder is
wanted thin leaf is torn from the book,
used and destroyed.
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We cook meat to insure its being sweet
and good tomorrow. The same principle
applies to cream, milk, gravies, or pre-
serves that would be used tomorrow but
cannot find use today. To freshen a loaf
of bread steam it until well heated
through, then bake few moments. When
cold, it will cut and seem like new bread.
1t has been suggested that two skirts
for one jacket would be economy of money
and trunk space for the traveller. A long
skirt would be much used in town but the
shorter one in the country and at the
coast.
Do the potatoes seem more mealy and
white on Sunday than on other days?
1t may be because they lie in cold water
longer.
Have you noticed what a well-dressed
appearance it gives one to have a single
color in the toilet? Even inexpensive
materials may be matched up in color eff
fectively. Many women remember other
times when the single-coor effects were
desirable and they spent much time
matching gloves, wells and other accesso-
ries.
Lydia Eliot.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
EAST DUMMERSTON.

Mrs. G.. S. Miller of Springfield. Mass,
is summer boarder at NJ. w. Abbott's.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sheldon of Green
| field, Mass, opened their summer home
last week.
Mrs. George Weber of Putney was the
guest of Mrs. G. F. Wellington several
days last week.
G. S. Miller of Springfield Mass, spent
few days last week with Mrs. Miller at
NJ. W. Abbott's.
Mrs. Preston Smead and Miss Florence
Miller attended commencement week in
Mortified, Mass.
for Mrs. Preston Smead during the latter's
| absence in Mortified, Mass.
Mrs. E. d. Greenwood of Marlboro,
n H., came last week to her summer
home, accompanied by Miss Anna Blood.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sheldon are owners
of new Stevens Duryea automobile.
Their chauffeur boards at Preston
Smead's.
Mrs. A. F. Miller and Mrs. M. F. Dut-
tend the. graduating exercises at North
field seminary.
J. F. Houghton took the teacher and
pupils of the north school to ride few
days ago. The drive over the hills was
much enjoyed by all.
Mrs. G. g., Walker went Saturday to
!Chicopee Falls, Mass, and with her
brother, Giles F. Reed, went to Marcel
lus, n. ", where they are the guests of
Miss Sayre and Mrs L. S. Oatman
A novel sight was witnessed Sunday
morning about 6 o'clock when huge bal
loon was seen lowering over the town
with its rope hanging so low that a party
OF boys caught hold of it and helped land
the aerial car. The descent was made in
F. Q. Downs's pasture and the three navi-
gators of the air alighted and breaBfasted
in town. The photographer of the party
took several pictures of the boys sitting
in the balloon.
f. O. Downs and NJ. F. Evans were in
Newfane recently and bought fine pure
berd Holstein calf from famous herd |
The calf was to be delivered at West |
River bridge June l5, so the two men
-ook their fishing tackle and went there
early Tuesday morning and while waiting
got fine string of bass weighing eight
pounds. A local photographer happened
dong and took pictures of the fish and
llsO of the calf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

vowed he'd ''do it with his little
Ratchet" and he did, securing num-
Der of scalps during the progress of
the work.
The machine wasn't done in 1902
though Fits thought it was-but in
1904 it worked splendidly, and Repre-
sentative Fits, packing his twang
carefully in cotton wadding in order to
preserve its original form as nearly as
possible, hit the trail to Montpelier.
From then on things were doing The
way the Gentleman from Brattleboro
tWanged his twang was, we are told,
something fierce. Had there been in
this state Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Twangs, such goings-
on would never have been allowed.
With the assistance of the twang Mr..
Fits secured the passage of bill
creating the Office of attorney general.
s Some folks say the , twang was largely
Mr.. Fitts's pocket, who knows? At
any rate it landed there and stayed for
four years, Mr. Fits being reelected by
the people in 1906, after he had been all
over the state with can of deodorizer
to kill the stencil of the diseased beef
scandal.
The legislature of 1906 got rather sore
on Attorney-General Fits; he was al
together too twangy, and the lesser
twangs were envious, but Fits didn't
care. He managed to get what legisla-
ton he land his clients) wanted, which
after all was pretty good legislation
much better, in fact, than any the
legislature of 1908 built
Since he said au revoir but not good
bye to Vermont politics, Mr.. Fits has
been attending strictly to business,
making it possible for the Connecticut
River Power company to build mann
moth dam, and doing work for other
clients whose fees are worth accepting.
When he gets to be worth 100000 he.
says he is going to have an automobile
In the meantime the twang, bless its
heart, is enjoying well-earned vaca-
lion and is audible only on rare oc-
oaslons.
But it has not outlived its usefulness,
because, as we said before, Mr.. Fits
said au revoir to Vermont politics, but
1ot good-bye-we repeat-but not good
Dye.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
The MeddLer
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Poetic temperaments are often fiat fail
ures as an accessory in bread making.
The brilliant clubwoman who knows
exactly what is essential in making up the
report of society function is Just the
one to gloss over the discrepancies in
some matter that she takes polite view
of, and the inference she would give is
that the whole affair was one of peaches
] and cream when the fellow with notebook
| and pencil has the data on the preceding
leaf, from another source, that bears out
| the oft-repeated statement that ''all is not
| gold that glltters." Hercules was not only
credited with strength and acumen, but
| he was versatile Now versatility is an
| accomplishment that we all admire and
covet, yet when it is cultivated to the
| point that 1t calls spade by other than
It's proper name it becomes too evanescent
to be utilized by Others than ambassadors
and potentates. The use of such a highly
developed type of versatility in dealing
with our neighbors will result in making
hypocrltes Of us, and while hypoerites are
classed as those prone to being two-faced,
a less polite definition places them in
subdivision labelled prevaricators. Emer-
son has told us that IF man can write
a better book, preach a better sermon, or
make better mousetrap than his neigh
Dor, though he build his house in the
woods, the world will make a beaten path
TO IN ms door.
us the same these days in the gathering
ana dissemination OF news through the
medium OF newspaper The man with
the pencil is bound to run clue to
EARN Tor the reason that the people as
Weole are with nun and a consensus of the
information gathered invariably leads to
Ihe door that Is TO- yield the story as 1t IS,
was OF VIII be- me development OF the
system OF neWsgatherng IN a country
Town Town Is only the acquiring OF the con-
ndehce OF the citizens, Having succeeded
IN possessing oneself OF this absolutely
necessary equipment 1t is simply walk
w. ,,l; 'uG lidli Wilich cannot result other
Smoke ALWAYS inJicates fro and the eo I'LL
can he located 'ie anu 'ne olaAe
eo.......--.-.-
some morning we can stand on the cor
I nGr anu haiid OUT tod you so to those
WHO WHO pas. II may De peSSlmlsm upon the
paIt oi tne feNeGuIer TO suggest that a
Goupie Vi PTolesslohal CROOKS could walk
lhto Dra! llePoro some night and carry
away thelr choice OF Valuables, except, of
course: the thompson fund This is no
IeIectl0n upon the. ability OF Chief of
fo!lce wilson to safeguard the treasures
While we sleep. 1t Is simply calling atten-
ton to the fact that either the people are
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
Brattleboro Has Three Chances?

IHyde Park News and Citizen.)
The Free Press asks for lieutenant gov.
ernor possibilities. Well, here are some
for starter" Ernest w. Gibson of Brat.
tleboro, Frank NJ Cory of Montpelier,
Fred T. Kidder of Woodstock, Joseph 7.
Gleason of Lyndon. These are all mem
bers of the present senate, but that fact
may disbar them from serious consideration.
They are all good men, Just the same, and
sides these there is Porter n. Dale of
Island Pond, j. F. Hooker of Brattleboro.
Will Lord of Montpelier, L. p. Slack of
st. Johnsbury, H. G. Barber of Brattle-
boro and last but not least, Luther b.
johnson of Randolph These are all "east
siders," where suitable material is not as
plentiful as on the west side Were there
no limit as to locality we could mention
from Lamoille county.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
The Londonderry Sitter relieves itselt
after this fashion,

The Londonderry Sitter relieves itsel
after this fashion,
An exchange informs us that the drug
gists of Brattleboro are intending to break
the letter of the law this summer by
keeping open on Sunday longer than was
done last summer This is daring the
law-enforcing officials, and is steering to.
wards breakers dead ahead. An effort
was made last fall to wipe the Sunday
bue law off the statute book, but the eff
fort was failure and the law is still in eff
feet. If the druggists are determined to ex-
pertinent with it, and to see to what
lengths they can resort without molesta-
ton, they will receive scant sympathy if
they are brought up with a short turn
some day.
Not knowing the exchange referred to
it is impossible to nail this bit of waspish
information, but for the benefit of the
Sitter and for the rest of those interested
in the matter it may be stated that Brat
tleboro is not the only locality that takes
a commonsense view of the way that a
community should be governed, even
though it must conform to such rules,
regulations and laws as were concocted by
the recent scar upon the history of Yer
mont-the legislature of 1905 Colchester
and other places are taking up the matter
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

of Sunday closing 1t is safe to say, as
the Sitter says, that experimentation upon
the part of the druggists will quite likely
stimulate some individual with tin star
upon his coat to show his authority by
haling some druggist before Justice of
the Peace. The suggestion that druggists
in this town may decide to take chance
in the matter of Sunday closing does not
indicate that they are of the law-breakng
class. 1t simply means that they are will
ing to be with the initiatives in showing
the people, of this community at least,
Npeler last fall.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
FOR THE WOMEN
TO THINK ABOUT
Especial for the Reformer. J

Vacation time draws near. Are you
| planning for a vacation? Do not concen-
trate your efforts upon the month, or
two weeks, that you may have, but strive
to make the whole summer tritle. differ
| ent from the ordinary summer. Live out
of doors as much as possible. Some wo-
men will go abroad, others to the seaside
| or mountains; some to the far north,
Others to the Alaska Yukon exposition, or
| the tercentenary In our own state, while
many will remain at home and read about
those who go. | have read of the wo-
man who so much wanted vacation that
she packed her trunk, and moved into
different part of her own house. She was
not wholly relieved of her household du.-
ties, but went out at the front door and
then around to the kitchen. staying such
time as was necessary. Other members of
the family entered into the spirit of the
plan and helped as much as possible, even
getting meals and calling her as if she
were a visitor or boarder. Can you imag
Inc the company manners" that were in
constant use at table and elsewhere, the
pleasant conversation that was INDUCED
in, and the feeling of entertaining a
guest constantly kept in mind? Do you
doubt that every member of the family
received benefit from this little vacation
scheme and kept up the little pleasantries
long after mother was welcomed back to
her usual place and duties? Ask the
family.
a great educational campaign has been
planned for this month of June, largely |
by women working through organizations. |
The Woman's Christian Temperance I'M
ion, international Reform bureau, Nation |
al Temperance society and other organiza- |
tons have united in suggesting that June |
p to July be made Temperance Educa-
ton Week throughout the country, that |
great care be given to the teaching of the
quarterly Sunday School Temperance les
son June p, and that Temperance litera-
ture be distributed that day or the next
by children going from door to door. Pub
lie schools are requested to devote spe-
cial work to the subject earlier in the
month. 1t has been suggested that in
addition, posters similar to those furnished
by French and British city governments
might be posted indoors and out so as to
call the attention of everyone to the sub
ect. Is your Temperance society keeping
alive and seeing that leaflets are fur
nished for your town and county! This
plan may be dead letter in your imme-
late locality unless it has the attention
If your club or yourself individually. II
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

not in Brattleboro. Why, in the little
town of Wardsboro, where its des
TIMES were rough hewn and shaped
this twang of ours had caused shivers
to beat it back and forth along in
Vulnerable spines We hear it now
methinks, reverberating through the
tradition stained walls of a certain little
school-house as it articulates, "Vener-
able men, yew have come daown tew
us from former generation" or some
equally noble sentiment. 1t frequently
attracted attention thus-so often, in
fact, that Wardsboro had already
chosen for it famous career when it
forced its way to the front in the
wider sphere of Brattleboro some %
years ago.
All! Rosamond, you should have
heard our twang on that memorable oc-
casion--the graduation of the class of
1886 Of the Brattleboro high school;
you should have heard it's clarion tones,
-stsssii gsias,--1sing Ca hlomentous question:
"Shall the republic live?" Did it make
a perceptible splash? Well, just
trife. 1t caused regular tidal wave
And strange as it may seem, this
twangy twang there's no denying that
it was the twangiest kind of twangy
twang at that time) sank not into
oblivion after once arresting public at
tention. 1t kept butting along despite
the fact that very frequently the OBJ
struction against which it butted was
hard enough to make concrete abut-
ment look like an unusually soft and
downy sofa pillow These Instructions
gradually wore off the sharp edges and
smoothed the rough places, but still,
"a twang's a twang for a'that' Ito
use the words of our dear friend Robert
Bac-no Burns) and ours was very
easily recognizable after it had been
up against it scores of times.
And now for the denouement. After
tracing the career of our twang thus far
we feel called upon, gentle reader, to
convey to you the startling information
that it--meaning the identical nasal
twang about which we told you at the
outsetis and always has been the
possession of none other than one
Clarke Gushing Fits! Astounding?
We knew you'd say it. Flabbergasted?
We thought you would be. |
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
Verdant Mountain Patriots
No. 3
Exponent of the Wider Sphere
Exponent of the Wider Sphere

Yes, Mr.. Fits has owned our twang
from the first (of course it isn't ours,
though it almost seems as if it were,
we've become so familiar with i'll and
long ago had a perpetual copyright and
patent put upon it. Sometimes, in
spite of this protection, he has wished
that twang in much warmer place
than Vermont was early this spring;
other times it has stood him in good
stead. 1t did some fine work when Mr..
Fits was states attorney back in the
COS, but at the same time it made him
lot of enemies. In the late summer
OF 1900, our twang-or rather Mr..
Fitts's-became inoculated with the de-
sire to go to Montpelier, but at the
last moment, on account of the twang
perhaps as much as for any reason, the
man who composed the Brattleboro
political ring very dexterously shunted
Mr.. Fits onto a sidetrack whence he
was obliged to watch another tried-an
truer, Eleazer Waterman, roll along to
victory on the G. O. p track. This
made Fits mad-so mad that his twang
could be heard for miles around, and he
decided then and there to make
political machine for himself. He
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

The Middlebury Register announces that
The New Physics, by Joseph Battell, will
be issued on either the 10th or 18th of the
coming month. In the papers announce
ment it makes the startling statement
that IAN explosion brings an entirely new
force into action, that of the gases en-
gendered by it," AS this bit of informa-
ton is handed out as a product of the au-
thor's deductions it is to be expected that
a large part of the forthcoming slam on
the scientific world is but repetition of
many years, in some cases a few thousand
yaars
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

1t might be well to inquire of these en-
thusiasts who advocate perpetuating of the
memory of the discoverer Champlain by
erecting permanent memorial, where the
money is coming from to build monu-
ment. If our memory serves us correctly
the last legislature appropriated but
$4,000 for the ter-centennial celebration,
and as the commission thought it could
get along on half of that in welcoming a
throng of ambassadors and potentates in
addition to President Taft, it was agreed
by the commission that $l2,5O0 should be
set aside for the erection of a permanent
memorial. Now there have been many
trips made to different parts of the coun-
try by the commissioners The commits
sioners serve without pay, but don't imag-
inc that they fight for an opportunity to
spend their money for transportation on
matters of public concern. Now these
trips cost. The publication of literature
costs. The salary of the secretary, his
stenographer and the official publicity
agent have to be paid. Naturally such
little expenses would eat a hole in the
funds, and in view of the fact that Presi-
dent Taft and party of dignitaries have
not been entertained yet, it would appear
that the expenses will continue to grow
for some weeks yet. 1t has been put up
to ofcialdom in Washington that the
reception of the president and diplomatic
representatives is to be very elaborate
1t would seem that the chances are good
for the making of an emergency draft
upon that $l2,500 put aside for a per-
manent memorial. Let us wait until we
find out how much money we are going
to have left over before we locate the
monument. If the enabling act of the
legislature put one-half of the appro-
priation beyond the reach of the com
mission, stating that the commission
was to expend it for the sole purpose of |
erecting permanent memorial, it is god
ing to make it unnecessary for the com
mission to submit any report of its fnan-
cial transactions on the other half of |
the fund. There won't be as much
left as there was of the jamestown
fund. Don't ask where the report of
the latter commission is.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
OUR HALL OF FAME.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining tc
Prominent Personages.

Nat. L. Divoll of Bellows Falls carries a
Sol Smith Russell smile concealed about
him.
doe" Kidder, Woodstock's sample of
acknowledgement timber, is Stalled
specimen.
All that's left of Gen. Bates of Benning-
ton is a hazy memory and uniform laid
away in the attic.
Jim Burke, with shamrock boutonierre
and wearing a ring made from horseshoe
nail. will hand the keys of the city of
Burlington and the warm mitt to President
Taft and the French ambassador next
month
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

The pantaloon skirt and the recent warm
spell coming at the same time of the an
nouncement of the new philanthropist
from Rutland county drives the Poultney
Journal to look askance upon the new
model garment that New York is prepar-
ing to adopt after a try-out on the dog
at Coney Island few days ago. The
Journal remarks that women have worn
everything originally designed for man,
unless it be the coat-shirt and fathers
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