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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-06
San Jueves de Mayo de

conbnmio dcl dia con Ia lfmosna de
ounce rsssct's que la IIormandad de
San Vio.ntc dc Paul facSita II todos
los que agoni2an. Y fu6 la farsa d. la
sLgunia un medic ID siisteutarSc. Hay
que ganarse la vida do cualquier mo-
m. /. No comprorsieisf
lie. aQui porque ota miscra muJer
ladina ha hccho brotar Ia Slna risa quc
prpduc.n las avcnturas De mrcStr:ls IN
mortalcs novelas De picardia.
Victor Garcia Martinez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-06

Lc pedi cinco pesctas
Tc las neg6, verdadg
IIizo algo mas molcsto. Me con
lltst0 quc no las llcvaba encima, pero
| re le acompanase su casa E. que me-
as daria
i A Su casa -. ALA. en- "el ba-
rrio cerca de Ia Prosperidad
ST. al hotel que su padre rose en-
uno de los dcsiert,s que rodcan i Ma
drid
-tY fuste'
| i Figurate' i.,cgamoS 4 su cass Y
me rog6 que espcraSe que ccnara Es
pere Fran las nIcvn dc una nochc
de Enero obscnra ir'a. ESpcre rle
dia hora. =. Y otra rcdia. :. DIcron las
diez las once. E. \ VI que i'io s.Iia
con sn padre que 10, dos ullrahan 4
todas parties 81 nternalan de muevo
en- cl hotc,i;o, ccrrando tras 81 81 por-
! ial. e..
| r.. Que Indecente,
| Ne indigne Cogi un pedrusco y
10 lance con tOd&s mis- fuerzaS contra
la puerta Ilabria querido cntonccS
| Iue la piedra hubicsc sido una bomba
lc dinamta bastante poderosa para 70
mr. q hotel ..i'enS6 una scrie de afro
ida,lcs II4sta matarIc!.
Casi habla dcrecho.
Por fin, como III personaje de 10.
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unos rcncorosos Y yengativoS y me en-
anime hacia q interior de Ia ciudad
unique iba cuerpo, Ia c6Icra que me
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
SAVED WIFE
AND INFANT
But Wltham K. Dunton Lost
His House
IN FIRE EARLY SUNDAY
Loss Near Rutland Yesterday Was
$4,000, with Insurance Of $500.
House Was Burned to the
Ground

Rutland, Dec. b. The farm house Of
William &. Dlmton On tho Proctor road,
about two and d half miles from this
city, was destroyed BY fire early sun
dAy morning Mr.. Dunton arose about
one o'clock yesterday morning and put
chunk Of wood into the stove. He was
awakened about three o'clock By crack
ling sound and hurrying to the upper
part Of the house, found the attic to be
all ablaEe. Re succeeded in getting Mrs.
Dunton and their ive-weeks old baby
out safely, but was able to save prac-
sioally none Of their effects. The house
was burned to chs ground.
The fire Is supposed 70 have started
from defective chinsnoy. The loss
is placed at $4,000 and the insurance
amounted to $1,000. A collie dog, Of
which the family were very fond rush
ed back into the burning house after it
had been rescued and was burned to
death.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
NAN DROPPED DEAD.
Benjamin Flanders, paroled Prisoner
from House Of Correction.

Rutland Dec. l3. Benjamin Flanders
aged 81 Years, an employe at the hollss
OF correction, dropped dead about
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. as lie entered
the doorway lending to tho Office Of Dr.
C W. Strobel on Merchants Row
There was a runror aaoat Saturday aft.
ernoon that the mans death was suicide
but Health Officer C. T. Ball stated that
FLANDERS waa examined not long asgo and
was known To have d weak heart.
Flanders drove uptown from the house
Of correction with another employs a
the institution The man felt SEX and
Dr. G, T. IaPointe, who WAS called to
attend him, was about to 90 into q drug
store TO get Flanders some medicine,
when the man dropped dead At The foot
Of the stairway, where he had gone in
order to Sit down. DIR. Ball was imme.
diately notified Of Tho death and was
soon on hand At his orders the re-
mains were taken to the Undertaking
rooms Of John B. Stearns.
Mr. Flanders was paroled prisoner
Of the house Of correction. He was cen
tenoed BY the Rutland city court to
serge from six to twelve months for
lewdneas ard completed the short time
sentence December 4, remaining III the
institution az an egnploye since that
time. He was born Ia Shrewsbury and
had lived for number Of years in this
city Re was employed at two different
times at the plant Of the T. r. Patch
Manufacturing company. He has a
brother, Elmer Flanders, in Ludlow. He
also has relatives in pittsburg, Pa.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
V)W He GOT AWAY.
/ I. ANTHONY TWlNING.

BY r. ANTHONY TWINING.
pyright, 1903. by American Press Asso
olation.l
What's that story. Neyin, about
r escape from MORO castle during
panish-American warp
lever escaped from MORO castle. .
el, you escaped from somewhere,
{ Your
re. ! was captured while on
u by troop Of Spanish cavalry.
eaRtain didn't want to be both
ii with me, 80 be left me with an
d Cuban named Campanoni, a small
I #nler, telling him thar he would be
bEck that way In few days and If
IA didn't find me he would burn the
Rouse and tear UP the little garden
lath which contained all the farmer
"a to live on for year.
IitTeli, the captain didn't find you
Ihen he came back, did her"
mo; he didn't"
You laid a plan. I'm told"
mo: / didn't lay plan, though
lad plenty Of time, was principally
hgaged killing 1.-THE time with my
aner. You know spaniards are the
lost inveterate gamblers IN the world,
u Cempanoni beat all the rest of
~ had a little loose change
n was captured. and he won 1t
j Then he won my garments one
III the other. He played fair too.
watched him closely and never could
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13

tnnt to play fair about. though the old
man didn't lose anything Ia the end.
as | will explain later. FIRST began to
tell him about niy bank up in the
States and held my possessions up be-
fore him long enough 10 gee his cupid
ity on the rampage. Meanwhile Of
nights was chipping the lead pipe.
digging little holes in the dice and
stutfing in the lead. Campanoni lent
me a little awl, never even asking
what ] wanted It for He was no jail
ST. simply a farmer
II should think you could have es-
capped from such a man"
Escape! He never took bis eyes on
me in the day and locked me In safe at
night. You see, was mortgage on
his home to be foreoIosed II not pro-
duced. Well. when I'd filed the bones
asked for pen and paper, wrote an
order FOR S2,000--naora than twice
what the farm was worth---and offered
to stake It against ing liberty. Ny
iailer held out just i've minutes.
we sat down to game of poker
dice. I'd practiced rolling them. and,
knowing Just where I'd put the lead.
| could do pretty much what / wanted
with them. Whenever he'd get full
I'd get four OF d kind. and be got
'fulls' pretty often, for the dice rolled
nearly as well Tor him as for me-
didn't beat him so bad, after all But
| beat him, and saw that he was hor-
rafed at what be had done. He was
sure everything would be destroyed
when the captain came back. asked
aim how much be would lose, and he
told me thousand dollars. He hadn't
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13

a Telegraph company here, died Satur-
day at the home Of her sister, Mrs. John
J. Kissane, in this city, Of hemor1hage
Of the brain.
She underwent difficult surgical op-
erntion for complication 81 diseases
three weeks ago, and until last Sunday
ii was believed she would recover. Miss
T1Nynor was native Of Fair Haven
and had lived there and in West Rutland
and this city most OF her life. She was
member Of the soladity OF the Children
Of Mary of St Bridgets church, West
Rutland. She ia survived BY her mother
four sisters and brother.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
Nesghbors Found Body Of a 7o-year-old
Refuse.

Caetleton, Dec l3~--Brealxing into the
honre Of Miss Ellen Downey, 70.year.
old recluse, Or. r. Fl. Everett and John
l. Fennell, first selectman, Saturday
found the aged woman lying dead on
her bed, fully dressed. A email lamp
was BURNING.
Ths fact that no smoke arose from.
Miss Downeyes chimney Saturday had
aroused the anxiety Of neighbors, who
asked Dir. Fanaleu 30 investigate. Miss
Downcy apparently was victim Of
heart failure, the seizure coming just
as she was about to retire Thursday
night Sire Is survived BY brother,
Jack Downev, who resides In Maine.
The funeral was held ait St. Johns Cath
ohc church yesterday afternoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13

$500 IN the world house, farm and
produce but ! was 50 glad TO get out
Of Il, besides heading salve for my
conscience. that I drew him cheek
for the thousand and made him d pres
ent OK H He was conddlng old fool
| Or he wouldn't have considered IL
worth the BIT Of paper II was written
On. bat he never doubted and got his
money too. He was as honorable ~
be was coundlng. You see. it was the
gambler in him. He considered gam
bling the most honorable occupation
IN the world and would have scornad
TO take the slightest advantage Of his
enemy In game, though be would
hare cheated him out OF the gold IN
ais teeth in bargain.
He let me go. aud wasn't long IN
making my way back to camp. VINO
lhould see there among some pris.
pners captured that very day but the
captain who had captured me took
particular pains that be should neither
escape nor be exchanged tIlI the war
was over. / didn't want him going
back to foreclose ne on old Campano-
ais farm
1T seems to me ron took an unnec-
Gssary troubAe. Why didnt you bride
The former To let ron gog'
"What withY'
"a check.
Rats! He wouldn't have taken my
cheek II / hadn't got him started
through his mania for gambling.
aad to work Oh him BY degrees"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13

detect a Bit Of crookedness. In fact.
be was awfully scrupulous in giving
me every advantage | played fair.
too, when X came to playing for arti-
clea such rs clothes, money, my watch
and all that but TIL admit there was
one thing didn't play fair about.
You see what do you suppose put into
my head way to get out Of his
clutchesg'
'sWhat7"
"some bones and lead pipe"
Explain"
you don't see any connection be-
tween the two. do your But there
was. The old man was very fond Of
shaking dice. / taught him poker die
and he went wild over the game II
was ready to play for anything he
had, but ] hadn't anything TO put up
that is, nothing available, though
had plenty Of money in bank at home
Singular how funny It is the way
ideas pop into peoples heads. ! had
borrowed my jailers dice one day to
relieve the tedium, for hadn't a
book or "a newspaper even in dago
language and, suddenly looking up,
noticed the lead water pipe running
through the room Seer
Seer No. 90 on"
Dice and lead meant loaded dice to
me. That meant freedom. | would
draw my check foa. lot Of money and
play It against myself with loaded
dice. Sure ching
But not exactly square"
Il don't pretend Il was. Didn't tell
you that played fRir In everything
except one? Well. that was too irnpor-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
MADE ROPE or SHEET.
Mrs. Frank Ladoo Of South Bristol Hangs
Herself to Banister Raj.

Bristol, Dec. l3.---11rs. Frank Ladoo Of
South BRISTOL. aged 90 years, committed
suicide early Saturday morning By hang
ing herself to banister rail by rope
made Of sheet, She had BEEN In poor
health for gear and had been acting
queerly for some time, Mrs. Ladoo is
survived BY her husband
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
DAVID T. IRISH DEAD.
Prominent Shelburne Resident Passes
Away After Short Illness

Sbelburne, Dec. l3.--David +. Irish
died at his home here yesterday, after
a short illness. death being due 30 pneu-
monia He was Is years old. He was
the general agent Of several express
companies in Montreal for many years.
He was prominent and forceful char
acter The burial wall take place Wed
nesday at Charlotte, bic native town,
The deceased leaves widow and two
daughters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
FIRE IN RACINE.
Damage Of $4,000 Yesterday When
Many Buildings Burned.

Racine, Wis, Dec. 13.--Fire yesterday
destroyed the buildings OF the Racine
Manufacturing company, causing loss
Of 100000, partly insured Other struc-
lures adjoining, including IA residences
and warehouse Of the Mitchell Lewis
Wagon company, were destroyed OF dam
aged, with an additional loss of 500, 600.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
RUTLAND woMANS DEATH.
Miss Lucy A. Traynor Died Saturday
at Home Of Sister.

Rutland Dec. h. Miss Lucy A. Tray
nor Of West Rutland, for the laet three
yoaFs employed IN the bookkeeping do
partment Of the New England Telephone
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13

II gives an Immediate Cash Payment at Death
of PolicyhoIder to Provide for Current Ex-
penses. Income is Payable for Life. IL Bene-
ficiary dies before Twenty Years. Income il
Continued TO Estate to Complete 20 Year Pc
riod. II Cannot be Lost or Reduced Every
thing is Guaranteed. Investigate it for Yourself.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13
"A SiNx1ff5CaH1f Fact

1yoothe medicine ills sFa
unqualified
medical
Of consider ration Is it not a significant fact too hat
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-13

Hold your tongue and you win pass
for philosopher Italian Proverb.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-13
WIFE BECAME TOO SLIM
Reduced Flesh to Wear Directoire
GoWns-Husband Gets Divorce

The present unholy fashions in wo-
mems attire denounced by the Vati-
can organ, the Osservatore Romano,
are responsible for remarkable div
orce granted recently by the courts
of German Silesia. On the represent
tation of the husband that his wife
had become intolerably thin in order
to accommodate her figure to modish
dress, decree of divorce has been
awarded to Silesian judge and the
respondent has been declared guilty
in the eyes of the law.
The petitioner declared that when
he married her his wife was naturally
of good figure, but this year she sud
denly decided that she must be thin
ner to keep pace with the fashions.
She began therefore a strenuous cure
which reduced ner by thirty-one
pounds in three months. She rode
horseback three hours each morning,
played tennis two hours, took several
daily walks lasting an hour each and
ate like a bird. Her habitual rosy
complexion gradually changed to a
BdlCnGSo lllS iCSi
she dwindled away until her weight,
though she was 5 feet, 10 inches in
height, was only nine and a half
stone Q33 pounds.)
She attained her ambitions, how
ever and could wear a really fashion
able gown. When the judge forbade
his wife to continue fading away she
defied him.
In the divorce proceedings the
Judge contended that his wife had de-
ceived her husband because he had
bargained to marry lady of natural
ample proportions. Had she been i'll
it would have been his duty to watch
her grow thin uncomplainingly, but as
she sacrificed herself merely in res
ponse to the dictates of mad fashion
he claimed the right to be rid of her.
After fiery attack on the current
barbaric styles by the Judges counsel
the divorce was granted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-13
QUEEN HELENA SAVES CRIPPLE
Boy Taken to Rome to Be Treatec
BY Specialist.

Boy Taken to Rome to Be Treated
BY Specialist.
Queen Helena has added another
recruit to the legion of her small pro-
teges. The story of how Michael Gal
10 managed to attract the queens at
tention is told by the Roman news
papers.
Her majesty accompanied King
Victor when the latter went TO Brind-
Isl to meet the German emperor
When tne meeting was over the king
and queen went for a long motor ex-
cursion in the neighboring district
The royal motor car stopped near a
lighthouse and the queen noticed a
crippled boy dragging himself slowly
and painfully along the beach by the
aid of a pair of rough and ill-con-
structed crutches.
Approaching the poor child, Queen
Helena asked him few questions.
Though a boy of quick intelligence.
Michael Gallo, such was the cripple's
name, did not realize that the solitary
couple were the king and queen. To
the counseling words spoken to him
by the illustrious lady he replied In a
melancholy fashion, saying in effect,
that his sufferings were beyond nu-
man endurance, and that he desired
nothing better than prompt termi-
nation of his bitter existence. The
queens tender heart was deeply
touched by the precocious pessimist
of this youthful disciple of Schopen-
nauer, who further explained that he
lived alone with his father, the light
house keeper, his mother having
eloped with lover some years ago.
Her majesty taking the boys hands
in hers, spoke to- him words of love
and hope, and promised to have him
treated by skillful doctor. AS the
poor little cripple listened to such
motherly consultations as he had never
heard before his eyes filled with tears
and calling the queen by the sweetest
names that the Italian language con-
tains, he covered her majesty's hands
with kisses while the king, evidently
affected by the scene, turned away to
conceal his emotion.
After taking an affectionate fare
well of little Michael the king and
queen departed Inquiries showed
that the childs narrative was perfectly
true, so her majesty sent some money
to the lighthouse keeper and asked If
he would allow his son to come to
Rome to be taken care of. 1t is easy
to understand how great was the
boys establishment when ne learned
that the "buona signora" he had met
on the beach was the queen of Italy.
Michael Gallo, who is now in Rome
under the care of specialist has
completely forgotten the pessimistis
principles that had spontaneously ger
minated in his little head. His health
is improving and much to his delight,
he frequently receives a visit from
his exalted patroness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

]. r. Judson of Arlington was in
town Monday on business.
Charles DonneIly of Albany. N. Y,
is the guest of J. Guy Livingston.
Earl Darling mas sold his valuable
bay horse to AL. Breese of Hoosick.
George Worthington of Bennington
Center is entertaining his sister from
Cleveland. Ohio
e. P. Ball of Pittsfield, Mass, was
a guest of his sister Mrs. Fred
Houghton of Main street over Sun
day.
Mrs. ]. l. Loomis returned last eve
ming from a five weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. w. T. Lawrence of
Troy.
James II. Shufelt returned to his
duties in Rutland Monday after
spending Sunday at his home on
Depot street.
A regular meeting of Bennington
council. Knights of Columbus will be
held this evening. Members are re-
quested to be present.
Bennington lodge, b. p. o. Elks
will hold lodge of sorrow tais eve
ming in respect to the memory of the
late Edward J. Morrissey.
The first dividend of per cent in
the case of e. T. Griswold, bankrupt,
has been declared. There will be an
Iother smaller dividend later.
Mrs. John Eddington of School St,
has purchased a piece of land of A.
IS. Peake in the south part OF the
town for the purpose of building a
cottage.
Mrs. Mary Brownell, who has con-
Quoted the Whitney boarding house
on Main street for several months,
leaves this week for Schenectady
where she will reside in the future.
A young fawn was seen Sunday
about the farm of John Kinney near
North Bennington. The frightened
deer was in one of Mr.. Kinney's lots
and furnished considerable amuse-
ment for the children. 1t had evil
IDENTIFY strayed away from its mother
and became lost.
All who saw the members of Com
pany X, after their arrival from Bur
lington Sunday afternoon remarked
how well they looked after the weeks
encampment. The Bennington, Bran
don and Rutland companies left Bur
lington Sunday morning at l0:30 by
sepecial train. The special arrived
here about o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-13

ABIGAIL:
Your mother used Gold Medal Flour
You can't ind better. Don't try. 4ARFHA.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-13
INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES
A Word or Two in Defense Of the
Parties.

The stale old question of Internal
ional marriages comes once more to
the front. This time it is Anna A.
Rogers who writes in the Atlantic for
June, and again beckons out into
view the old nackneyed phrases of I'll
/ tied decadents," etc., with watch we
are made so sadly familiar every
time a rich American girl marries a
foreigner who is not rich and who is
therefore decadent. BY the way,
what is the exact meaning of the
word decadent over and above its i'm
plication of some one whom we do not
| like and whose ways are not our
ways?
We should like to ask Anna A. Rog-
ers to be more specific, to stoop for a
moment from the lofty plane of gener-
alities to the prosaic and uninterest-
ing level of fact 1t is not easy for
lady to do this but will she try?
When she talks about the present
humiliating slave trade in which ricn
American girls are sold to the titled
decadents of England and the contin-
emit" will she say whom she means?
VIII she give names?
OF course we all know whom she
means, but it would be interesting 10
persuade a lady to divulge the pau
city of her facts. When she would
have us infer that her structures are
the result of broad and comprehen-
sive survey of the whole field of inter
national marriage actually an as
matter of fact she has some half doz-
en- instances in mind-no more and
probably less. Out of the scores of
such marriages between well known
people less than a dozen have subse-
Quently aired their happiness in pub
lie or washed their dirty linen on tne
street, titled decadents of England
and the continent" When she speaks
of England she means the duke and
duchess of Marlborough and no one
else and she does not know any more
about the Marlboroughs than the back
stairs reporter and his ally the cnam-
bermaid choose to tell or to invent.
One of the latest OF these maria
ges is that of the earl of Granard to
Miss Mills Is the earl of Granard a
decadent? He is at least an energetic
politician and works just as hard as
though he had to earn his living. Was
Ouuit ~ OCSduNhls
Mr.. Chamberlain, it is true, is not IT,
tied, but he might have been had he
wished, half a dozen times over Is
he a decadent? But there is no need
to go on. Crossing the channel to
the continent we find, it is true some
two. or three fragrant and iniquitous
marriages. We find also a number of
other marriages, and by far the major
ity, where the American wife has been
a splendid colleague to worthy hus-
band, adding to his laurels of patriotic
and social service. Was Count Won
Waldersee a decadent? The ready wri-
ter in the Atlantic would do well to
put this question to the countess. The
wife of the French ambassador Jusser-
and is an American but she does not
consider that her brilliant husband is
a decadent Nor does anyone else
San Francisco Argonaut.