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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08

No choice. jenkins had failed to win
on the first square test. "Phi'' Annis
had staked his political honor-and lost.
The joint assembly dissolved, and the
struggle went over for another day. A
general feeling prevailed that the machine
had shot its bolt, and that while the COM
ing senator might not be known for DAYS,
his name would not be Francis Jenkins.
Jed Alden received many q cordial
handshake and word Of good cheer as he
passed out. In the lobby, members and
spectators crowded about him to hear his
quantity phrased story.
BY guml l beat it, all right. What 2
The autymobil. Teller took me tew ride
six er eight miles mp thu Branch an tn
thing threw q shew en- sumpthin' lest
when we'd started back. We tried tew
tinker it up but it acted Jest like Wal
ter's mule deown home an wouldn't
bulge a mite. couldn't wait no longer.
hevin' pressin' bizness deown here abeout
'leven O'Clock, so lit oeut afoot. Teller
-lafied when / started. GOSH 1 more'n
hat b'lieve he baked tn machine up a.
purpose tew keep me from votin'. But l
hain't chased ceows thirty years fer moth
in and expect { busted tn speed limit
comm deown them five er six miles. Got
here Jest in time tew hev th' front door
slammed in my face. But a Teller that
Gray sent oeut grabbed me an toted me
deown around tn back way an got in
Jest in Time. Ny woman twitted me OF
bein' all petered oeut doin' nothin' MP
here, but Of she'd seen me leggin' it them
six miles she'd concluded jed was gittin'
pootty swift, guess"
Everybody laughed, and Jed Joined.
"Neow all yew fellers thet think Jed AL
denis big run was wuth takin', turn in
with him an elect thet likely chap, Roll
lin Spencer, tew the Senate. Yew'lI find
tibet Jed en- set, ns well as run, an ef
ysw ever want tsH 60 back home tew yer
wives am lassies yew'n hev tew elect his
man first"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08

Doan's Rsgulets cure constipation with
out gripping, nausea, or any weakening
enlsct. Ask your druggist for them. IS
cents per boz.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08

tContinusd next week. J
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08
CHAPTER XVIII.

BY this time, Jed Alden had mastered
the spring mattress and acquired the lazy
habit to the extent OF finding it comforta-
BILE to lie abed until o'clock in the
morning or later. The secret, he found,
consisted in retiring at an hour that
would have been considered scandalous
in Kingston. There was usually enough
going on outside to keep him awake till
toward midnight.
"I git so ALFRED tired doin' nothin'
tibet cd sleep standin," he told Edna on
one OF his trips home. "Bed don't both
er me 9 bit meow. Good mind ter buy
one on 'em fer oeur spare ROOM"
Bot Mrs. Alden frowned that down at
once.
"Yew're gettin' pootty 'risticratic,
seems 10 me, Jed, sense yew ben up to
Montpelier. Guess oeur spare beds good
enough for while yet. He'd the straw
tick filed after thrashin' an took the
feathers oeut an steamed 'em. Any com
p'ny that don't like that bed can Jest
move on"
"Yea, / seen il this mornIn'. Top ont
is 90 high up yew need . ladder tew git
onto it."
"weu, yew can sleep on tn floor IL
view want something real low an fat an
hard. I'm stick 10 the old style oontrap-
zion IL I have to use ladder-which I
don't, not bein' all pstered osut dom
nofhin5.o
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08

Raymond Gray felt no concern when
the House assembled at 10 o'clock because
his seatmate was absent. Many of the IL
reverent members frequently skipped
prayers and sauntered in later. While
Jed Alden was usually punctual, he some
times fingered outside, chatting, and
came in when business really began.
Something called Gray from his seat after
prayers and he did not notice Jed's abb
sence until ''the honorable Senate" was
announced, coming in for joint assembly.
"Has Alden been in YETI" he asked Of
friend nearby.
"Dont think 50. Haven't noticed
him.
Gray narveIIed at this. Could it be
that Jed had played him ialssf Would
he absent himself carelessIy when he
knew so much depended on him9 Gray
accepted neither conclusion, Jet rs the
minutes dew on and no Jed appeared he
could not understand why Jed dallied.
"This joint assembly 10 convened pur-
suant to : joint resolution which the
clerk, the secretary Of state, win read, .
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
THE PATIENT GETS WELL
That Is the Important Thing About the Treatment of Rheumatism With Dr.
 Williams Pink Pills.

It is unnecessary to tell the sufferer from inhammatory rheumatism that the ordinary treatments for this disease arc unsatisfactory.
 Physicians are not of one mind on the subject but the highest authorities hold that rheumatism is disease of the blood. All admit that in attacks of rheumatism there is a marked and rapid thinning of the blood. This is a condi. tion that Q treatment with Dr. Will liams' Pink Pills at once arrests and corrects. The thin blood is enriched, the strengthened organs of the body throw off the poisonous impurities and the patient gets we'll.
 The one impressive fact is that, while most treatments for rheumatism are ex- perimental, Dr. Williams Pink Pills have cured so many stubborn cases that their beneficial action in this disease is as certain as anything in medicine.
 MT. B. A. Jarvis, of No. 26 Chase street, Pawtucket, R. l., was cured of severe case of rheumatism by Dr. Williams Pink Pills. He says:
 "I had rheumatism for eighteen years. The fingers of my right hand were drawn out of shape and my wrist was so sore that the slightest pressure caused me intense pain. There were stinging sensations in my hands when l got up in the morning.
 My brother recommended Dr. Will liams' Pink Pills to me as he had been benefited by them. After I had used them a short time l found that I was getting better and I soon became strong and able to work. I can strongly recommend Dr. Williams Pink Pills for rheumatism. They have been of such benefit to me that l would not be without them"
 While so promptly effective, Dr. Will liams' Pink Pills contain no harmful stimulants or opiates. They are per- fectly safe and create no drug habit. A valuable booklet, "Diseases of the Blood," containing fuller information about rheumatism will be sent free upon request.
 Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on re- ceipt of price, BOG. per box; six boxes for S2. 50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
Brave Fire Laddies

often receive severe burns, putting out fires, then use Bucklens Arnica Salve and forget them. It soon drives out pain. For Burns, -Scalds, Wounds, Cuts and Bruises its earth's greatest heal er Quickly cures Skin Eruptions, Old Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Felons; best Pile cure made. Relief is instant. 25c at R. H. B esrs $ Co.,, Newtown; Tay- Tor, Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; P. J. Garyin, Bethel; L. Goulett, Stevenson H. W. Osborne, Easton; W. B. Haw- ley, Sherman; Smith Bros., Cornwall Bridge; Connery Bros, Georgetown; ; R. F. Smith, West Cornwall; s. J. Blackman, Hawleyville; G. w.. Hurlburt & Co.,, Roxbury Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station G. W. Hatch, Bridge water; w. N. Noble, New Milford; E. H. Beardsley, New Preston; Cogswell & Wetereau, Washington Depot; Har- ry Brown, Southbury; c. P. Williams, South Britain; Perkins Bros., Warren; 1; ". N. Hurd, Long Hill; Penfeld F& Craig, Stepney Depot; drug stores. 25c.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
117 Square Miles of Farm Land
 Sold.

If you were t, count the farms you pass when taking a drive through the country some day you might get faint idea of what it means when you are told that one real estate company sold 722 farms during tine past twelve months. But even then it would be only a faint idea at the best because those 722 farms contained more than 75, 900 acres or more than 1l7 square
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
HOME NEWS.
TRINITY PARISH.
Old Fashioned Supper.

At the next supper, which the ladies of the Guile will give on Thursday, January 2S, the young ladies will take the kitchen and the married ladies will serve the tables. It will be an old fashioned supper, and the ladies attending the tables will be dressed in ancient cos tunes. The supper will be followed by an entertainment in keeping with the occasion the nature of which will be revealed in due time, but the en- joyable character of which is as- sured in advance.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

miles of farming land. If stretched out. in straight line they would cover a strip more than 200 feet in width all the way across the continent from New York to San Francisco. The total value of this immense tract, or more properly, collection of tracts, which were sold through the E. A. Strout Company of New York, Boston and Philadelphia during 1908, was more than $2,OOO,OOO.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
VIEWPOINT WATER co.
ANNUAL MEETING HELD MON
 DAY NIGHT.

The annual meeting of the stock. holders of the Newtown Water C.. was held Tuesday evening. al the Brick building. The directors elect ed were. c. B. Taylor, D. c. Peck w. H. Hubbell, Arthur J. Smith, Levi c. Morris, w. J. Beecher and w. A. Leonard. Arthur T. Nettleton was chairman of the stockholders meet ing. The directors organized by electing c. B. Taylor, president; w. H. Hubbell, vice-president; W. A. Leonard, secretary; Levi c. Morris, treasurer.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

Stops earache in two minutes; tooth- ache or pain or scald in five minutes; hoarsness, one hour: muscleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve hours-Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil, monarch over pain.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

The shop of the Allison Cc., at Hawleyville is running with pearly full force and contemplates very large spring business. The company expects to exceed any previous year in the history of the shop. Girls wanting steady and pleasant work car find employment here.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

The churches were Slimly attend de, Sunday, on account of the stormy weather.
 The Methodist rnurch gave Pev II. l.. Judd unanimous call for an- other year.
 Harry Peck of Newtown has hired to Dr Smith for year.
 B. P. Sanford, the butcher, SUD- plies Mark Twain with a part of his meat ard the Georgetown butcher supplies the ether part.
 The whist club was entertained by MT and Mrs D. L. Sanford, last Mon- day evening. The first prizes were awarded to Mrs Philo Platt aud San ford Osborn, the second to Mrs Ebert Sanford and Marshall Sanford.
 Mrs Henry Sherwood is i'll at the home of her daughter, Mrs Marshall Sanford. MT and Mrs Emory Sanford attended the annual session of the state Grange at Hartford. last week.
 The Bedding Grange has rented the Ridge hall for the ensuing year, and will hold their first meeting there on Wednesday evening.
 Mrs E. W. Dewey has closed her home for three months and returned to New York.
 Mir and Mrs F. L. Dunnell and family spent Sunday attheir home here.
 c. R. Wheeler returned, last week Thursday, from a 10 days trip (which included..several days stay in Boston and New York.
 George w. Wheeler of Bethel has been spending two weeks here, the guest of his mother, Mrs Ward Wheeler.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

Prof w. B. Bailey, who lectured at the Town hall, Thursday night, under the auspices of the Mems Federation of the Congregational church, was entertained at the home of MT and Mrs Lawrence Taylor.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
GRANGE BULLETIN.
Public Installation, Tuesday.

At the meeting of Pootatuck Grange, Tuesday night, the officers will be installed by Deputy Arthur Sherwood of Easton. The install ation will be public and refreshments will be served.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
The New Cottons are Ready for Spring Sewing
 to Begin =

As recently century ago, there cotton loom work ing America Last year about 2sooo0oO spndes were required to produce than sooooOoOoO square yards of cotton bc whose valuation approximately S47SoooOo While there are still artistic heights Of excellence that reached only abroad tremendous progress has been made both a weaving and printing American Cotton Fabrics
 American manufacturers predicting ogandcs that rival those of hace printed musns that scarcely be distinguished from those for which France is amous Gnghams that seemingly leave nothing upcn which Scotland improve And the of excellence grows greater every year.
 Il requires only careful inspection of the elaborate display of cotton fabrics exhibited at Wanamakes to demonstrate how close 10 the front a texture design and fns are the exquisite tissues made in America and great many these fabrics are pro- duced in no other country
 Brief word of some of the very important groups follows;
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

MT and Mrs Oscar Dikeman passed Sunday with Mrs J. H. Platt i'll New Haven, whose mother, Mrs Bucking- ham, died on Thursday.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

John M. Otis, of the Mechanics & Farmers Bank of Bridgeport, was in town on Thursday last.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

SUSANNE:
 Good housewives prefer Gold Medal Hlour. ...= SALoME.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

Herman Tiemann,Jr., and Crossley Wallace visited the automobile show in New York, Friday.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

Mrs c. F. Beardsley passed Tues day in Danbury.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

Mrs w. M. Reynolds returned, Monday, after visit of several weeks in Brooklyn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
Redding.
RUNNING THE TOWN LINES.

iAiI AOWN LINED.
 D. c. Sanford, civil engineer anl surveyor. is running the town lines and erecting signal poles and monu. ments. He is at work at present or the line between Bedding, Bethe ard nanbury. He is assisted bv Will Banks. Adjoining towns will be notified in time for their Selectmer to look after the survey.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29

SOPHIA: Mother used Gold Medal Flour.
 TIIpp ING
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
The New Way" Air=COOled Engines

For Gas. Gasoline. Alcohol and Distillate I wish to call your special attention this seel to the New Way" engine. We do not wish to sell you anything you do not want Al we ask is; if you are in the market for an es zine to allow us to demonstrate and prove S you that cur engines are just little bette will last a little longer and give better satiss faction.
 The New Way" stands out as the one Air Cooled Engine that has made good" year after year. It has no water tanks or water tt freeze. No water jacket to become clogged with lime and sediment. The New Way" is accompanied by an in. struction book. Each part is explained, mum. bered and repairs are made easy.
 Part of the guarantee is: to deliver it's full rated powers in summer or winter without everheating.
 Give me chance to show it in operation to you.
 am acting agent for Mrs. B. Church of Seymour and Boston. who contracts for DOW. CT and water supplies all over the world, John J. Northrop, Agent,
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
The Newtown Bee,

Nowtown, Friday, January 9N lPOo.
The Newtown bee., 1909-01-29
AT HOME ATTENDING TO PRI-
 VATE DEVOTIONS.

The churches were slimly attend de, Sunday, on account of the stormy weather.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
WIRELETS.

The futility of hunting fugitives
with bloodhounds, when the trails of
those sought lead across the modern
oiled thoroughfares, was demonstrated
Curing a thief chase in Chicago last
week
Knot county. Mo-, regarded as a
stronghold of the liquor forces and a
place whence liquor was distributed
TO adjoining states, stays wet as a
result of last weeks vote, which gives
a majority of 500 against prohibition
One of the worst floods in the his
tory of northern and eastern Maine
and western New Brunswick, has
caused great damage in Aroostook
Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset and
Washington counties in the Pine Tree
state.
With his bootlegs filled with dyna-
mite and several dozen of dynamite
caps exploding at his feet, James
Johnson, a master miner in the Chaplin
mine, Quinnesec, Mich, went into the
air and came down alive, but with
parts of his anatomy missing His eX-
perience is considered one of the
closest calls from death in the annals
of mining in that region.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
Goes TO Supreme Court.

Notice Of the appeal of the Flint &
Saginaw electric railroad case, in
which Thomas G. Sullivan and the
late Timothy Tarsney figured, was
given when Ssllivan and Mrs. Char
lotte NJ. Tarsn97, Administrative of the
Tarsney estate, filed a bill in the cir
cult court at Flint.
The decision of Judge Wisner was
adverse to Sullivan and Tarsney.
Isaac Applebaum, Mark Mitshkun,
Alexander Groesbeck, Nelson A. La
Dor, William /. l.. Stearns, the S. & F..
railway and Valley Engineering Com
pany and the Union Trust Company of
Detroit were defendants in the case.
II will take three months, it is said,
to prepare the case for the supreme
court, owing to the great mass of tes-
timony, which covers 1854 pages. Sui
Ivan and Tarsney asked that the sale
Of the F. & S. be set aside and the
ownership of the road be rested with
the plaintiffs, but the court decided
against them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
Trouble Over Free Lunch.

The free lunch problem is not solved
in Saginaw saloons, after all, and
threatens to cause trouble among the
liquor interests. When the new state
law went into effect abolishing the
free lunch, proprietors sought to evade
it by charging one cent to five cents
for the repast, according to it's guam
tity 1t is now brought out, however,
that in order to serve lunches for
which a charge is made that the sa-
looms must obtain cafe licenses from
the city, which subjects them to addi-
tional and strict regulations. Some of
the saloons have already taken out
the licenses. the charge for which is
nominal, but the majority are holding
back.
There are two factions among the
saloonists-one favoring the lunch and
the others opposed to it. There is
much feeling over the issue and it is
possible it may result in saloon war.
Those who have abolished the free
lunch in good faith charge that a
number of propTietors who led the
fight to get rid of the expense have
been the first to return to it, and they
are sore.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07

Every farmers wife knows what tre-
mendous appetites farm hands usually
have; but while they eat well they
work well, too.
Here's a good suggestion about feed
ing farm hands. Give them plenty
of Quaker Oats. A big dish OF
Quaker Oats porridge with sugar and
cream or milk is the greatest break
fast in the world for man who needs
vigor and strength for long days
work. The man that eats Quaker Oats
plentifully and often is the man who
does good work without excessive IA
tigue. There is a sustaining quality
in Quaker Oats not found in other
foods, and for economy it is at the
head of the list. Besides the regular
size packages Quaker Oats is packed
in large size family packages, with
and without china. s
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
RURAL POSTAL SERVICE.

Seldom has a sapling grown to
tree in the time in which that young
off-shoot of the postoffice department,
the rural delivery system, has attained
its full dimensions, says the Balti-
more American. The development OF
the system that found its inception
in Carroll county in this state. has
been marvel of public convenience.
Up to the present time the service
has cost the government s170,000,OOO,
and the third year has not yet ex-
pired of the time of its full adoption.
1t now numbers daily 20,000,000 pa
irons and covers 1923 routes. The
advantage of the service and the ex-
tensions it has made to the postal IA
cilities have done more than any 9th
er one thing, aside from modern meth
DDS of transportation and the tele-
phone and telegraph, to promote intel
ligence in the country and to break the
isolation of country districts Yet
when the service was started 1t was
bitterly opposed for interested motives
and the people whom it was designed
10 serve lamented the innovation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07

AS plans mature it becomes appar
ent that the Hudson-Fulton celebration
is to be one of the greatest affairs of
the kind on record. 1t is officially an
nounced that the display of warships
will be bigger than has ever been
seen, with one or two exceptions. The
representation of American naval YES
sells will consist of 16 battleships,
three armored cruisers, three scout
cruisers, II torpedo boats, four sub
marines, two parent ships attending
these craft, one tender and 10 auxil.
iaries. When to these shall be add
ed the foreign naval vessels there may
be some conception of the imposing
show that is being prepared to take
place in the waters where the Half
Moon explored and the Clermont first
attested to the value of steam as a
means of navigation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
New superintendent Named.


The big event OF the Michigan Meth.
odist conference at Grand Rapids was
the reading of the assignments.
Two new district superintendents
were named, Rev. j. II. T. Lathrop in
the Grand Rapids district in place of
Rev. G. ID. Chase, and Rev. M. l.. Fox
OF Muskegon in the Niles district in
place of Rev. ID. +. Barnes, who goes
on the superannusted list.
Mr.. Lathrop, who has been pastor
OF the Division Street church for five
years, was not the choice of the Grand
Rapids district pastors. In their eau
Gus they recommended in the order
named f. Z. Day, Albion; NJ. L. Fox,
Muskegon. and James Hamilton, Grand
Rapids.
Mr.. Lathrop stood fourth in the
caucus and his name was not present
ed to Bishop Moore.
NJ. l.. Fox, whom the Grand Rapids
district preachers wanted, goes to the
Niles district Rev. MT. Meader of
Benton Harbor was suggested for that
place, but objection was made to him
because of his youth.
The next meeting place was not set
tied. Grand Rapids extended an invi-
tation, but the conference wants to be
the guest of the Detroit cosference for
a day next year, and Lansing or Jack
son are favored because Of their short
distance from Detroit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07

Hon. Martin A. Knapp, chairman OF
the interstate commerce commission.
belieysI Mere will be tremendous
increase i'll RAILROAD tonnage this fall.
and he dohbts die ability of the car
riers to handle the goods. The great
crops and the general revival of bust
ness mean a big demand for freight
cars, with the likelihood of scarcity
and congestion similar to the condi-
tons of two and three years ago. Pru-
dence would dictate, as the Wall Street
Summary suggests, that the railroad
companies make immediate provision
for an increase of equipment. In
deed, that journal maintains that there
should he always reserve of 20 per
cent. of the number of cars in COM
mon use, for the periods of emergency
and pressure. The car builders should
get move on, and thus keep the track
clear for the procession of reviving
business
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
Was Builder of Railroads.

Word was received at Saginaw OF
the death at Jersey City of Charles
Lee Sears. formerly of that city and
once a well-known railroad constrqc-
ton engineer of Michigan. With his
brother, William b. Sears of Saginaw,
he assisted in the construction of the
Huntington division Of the Pere Mar
quette, the old Holly, Wayne and Mon
roe road afterwards absorbed by the
Pere Marquette, and the Winona & st.
Peter railroad in Minnesota. Sears
was a great favorite of Stephen A.
Kirby. the late Jesse Hoyt's noted en-
gineer, and was employed by him in
the construction Of the great Erie ele-
vator at Jersey City and the large
docks and warehouses at Newport
News. Va Sears was born at Fairfax,
Va, in 1893 and was thirty-second
degree Mason.