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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

the bailiffs are expected to be acting fol
| the interests of the village. 1t is said that
| in five years the water works company
may be in position to furnish the village
with water at a much lower rate than
it is doing at present and If the bailiifs
make contract for 25 years the village
may be paying an excessive rate for 20
years 1t seems to me that if only five
year contract is made the village is en-
tirely at the mercy of the company when
the contract expires, for it will have in
stalled its SO additional hydrants and will
have to take Just exactly what the COM
pany is willing to accept in the matter OF
rates. | am in favor of a long term con
tract, and | am also in favor of 100 addi-
tional hydrants, and for that reason hope
to see long term contract made with the
water company"
w. $. Stearns said: 81 do not favor
making contract for 90 or % years; con-
litions may change, We make only five
year contracts with the gas and electric
light people and ! do not believe it is for
the interest of the village to enter into
contract of over 10 years at the most.
! do not believe that the bailffs should
bind the village for longer time than
five years in this matter" Referring to
the clause in the draft of the contract sub
mitted by the bailiffs to the water com
pany relative to permitting the village to
Use water for other than strictly fire pur
poses in the usual manner through hy-
drants, Mr.. Stearns said: 'In view of the
number of hydrants that are practically
never opened and which the village pays
for the water service | think it nothing
but fair for the company to be willing to
permit the Use of water under this con-
tract for flushing the sewers" When it
was pointed out to Mr.. Stearns that the
contract which the bailiffs are endeavor-
ing to make is solely for the purpose of
securing additional water supply for fire
protection he acknowledged that such
was the case. but thought that in view of
what he had stated regarding the number
of hydrants the company could afford to
permit the use of water for flushing sew
ers and also for filling fire csterns should
occasion arise. He said: There is no
need for rushing this contract as we
should try to get everything we can for
the village
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. E. @. S. Osgood
pastor: Service every Sunday at 1890;
Sunday school at l1.45. Theme for next
Sunday, The Beatitude of Righteousness
All are welcome.
d. Page Perkins of No. Springfield, VT,
is holding special meetings every evening
this week at the Advent church at 7.3O
p. m. He will preach there Sunday, Nov.
IA, at l0.45 a. m, and 7 p. m. Everyone
cordially invited.
At the First Baptist church, Rev. John
r. Cow, D. d., minister, the morning
theme will be A Blind Sight of Jesus
Christ. In the evening DR.. Cow will finish
his series of sermons on Modern Heroisms,
the special topic being The Christian, a
Hero.
The Sunday morning service of First
Church of Christ, Scientist, at l0.45, sub
iect, Mortals and Immortals. The We'd
nesday evening testimonial meeting at 745.
The reading room is open Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday afternoons from to
o'clock. All are welcome. Emerson build
ing Elliot street.
Centre Congregational church, Rev. Roy
M. Houghton. minister. Sunday services,
1890 a. M. divine worship, sermon by Rev.
A. P. Pratt of Bellows Falls; ll.45, Bible
school. The Centre club will not meet
next Sunday evening. This friday even
ing, devotional service and Bible lecture
Subject, The Background of Hebrew His
tory.
Methodist church, Elliot street, Rev M.
H. Sharples, pastor, parsonage, 50 High
street. Public worship, Sunday, 1870,
preaching by the pastor. At o'clock
prayer and praise service. Sunday school,
II m. Epworth League, 6 o'clock. Topic,
Sowing the Seed. Leaders, Miss, Elfra
ing, Tuesday evening, 73O. Leader, Mr..
sr.. Church prayer meeting, Fri
day evening, 100 Everybody welcome.
The Universalist church, Rev. d. E.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
GROVE.

Sumner Worden is building a new
hen house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Persy Baker are work,
ing at G.. S. DeWolf's
Mrs. Elva Gallup visited at Arthur
Perry's few day last week.
Mrs. George Barber and Mrs. Ward
visited in Greenfield recently.
Henry Bell and son, John, of Vernon,
have come up here and intend to put
up a building on Mr.. Bells place and
spend the winter here.
The Hollis Worden place was sold at
auction last Tuesday. Sumner Worden
bought 10 acres of pasture and wood
land, and the rest was purchased by
Fred Stowe.
Mrs. Fairbanks of Winchendon,
Mass, who has been spending several
weeks with her cousin, George Barber,
has gone to Colrain and will go from
there to her home.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
ESTATE OF DELPHI W. YEAw.

| CTATE OF VERMONT.
~ District of Marlboro, IS.
The Honorable District Court for the District
aforesaid
To all persons interested in the estate of Delphi
". Yeaw, late of Dover. in said District. deceased
Greeting:
! Whereas, said Court has assigned the 9th day
| of November next for examining and allowing
the accounts of the administrator of the estate of
said deceased and for decree of the residue of
said estate to the lawful claimants of the same,
and ordered that public notice thereof be given to
all persons interested in said estate by publishing
order three weeks successfully previous to the
day assigned. in the Brattleboro Reformer. a
newspaper published at Brattleboro, in said Dis
trict.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear at
the Probate Office in Brattleboro in said District
the day assigned. then and there to contest the
allowance of said account if you see cause, and to
establish your right heirs, legatees and lawful
claimants to said residue.
Given Under My Hand this 10th day of Novem-
Der, 1909.
46-4S H. E. EDDY, Register
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
SOMERSET.

L. C. Harris was in North Adams Fri
day and Saturday.
Herbert Sprague of Heartwellville was
in town buying poultry Saturday.
Carl Bond went to North Adams Sun
day with several other men to get car
load of horses.
Mr. Beatty of Jacksonville has moved to
the old Clark Harris mill, having taken a
log job of the Deerfield Lumber company.
The big buck deer with 10 ,pronged
antlers was not killed duting the open
season. He was seen in fPaddock's Or
cnard Sunday.
The railroad company iutends to cut
some hard wood this winter. The road
will be continued from the Stratton woods
to Manchester another summer.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
WARDsBoRo CENTER.

Z. j. Farnham has moved on to Henry
Porters farm.
Mrs. Redfield visited at Naher Sage's
last week and took her daughter, Mamie,
home with her.
Henry Porter of Brattleboro came up
Saturday night and is staying at his
uncle's and repairing the building on his
place.
Mrs. Ida Penor and daughter, Mrs May
Howe, and little granddaughter, Esther,
visited their daughter and sister, Mrs. Mel
lie Simpson, over Sunday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
SOUTH WARDSBORO.

Mrs. G.. B. Brown and daughter, Mrs
Wright, visited in Williamsville Tuesday
Hubert Brown and Merle Stocker are at
work for Frank Kidder on his lumber job
Mr.. Prevarrow was in Boston last week
on business, returning to his home Satur-
day.
Mrs. Addie Wright and little son visited
her father, G.. B. Brown, the first of the
week.
School at the Hollow closed Thursday
for a short vacation before the commence
ment of winter term.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

Trout, pastor: Morning worship, 1890 a,
m, with sermon by the pastor; Sunday
school, ll.45 a. M; evening service, p. m,
conducted by the Christian Union. The
pastor will give an illustrated lecture on
Pilgrims Progress. Everyone welcome to
all services. Preaching service and holy
communion, 3 p. m, at Vernon. This (Fri-
day) evening at 7.30 in the church parlor
a meeting Of the Sunday school executive
committee and teachers.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
WEST WARDSBORO.

Mrs. j. A. Perry visited in Whining
ton one day last week.
The covenant meeting of the church
| will be held in the vestry.
Earl Esterbrook of Marlboro has been
visiting friends in this place.
Frank Smead picked dandelion and
strawberry blossom last week.
Mrs. E. 0. RobinAsS visited her sis
ter, Mrs. H. T. Waite, III Guilford last
week.
Five members have been taken into
the Baptist church recently, two by con-
version and three by baptism.
Frank Fish has moved to his farm in
Podunk which he recently bought of
David Cobb Mr. Cobb and family have
moved to the Ramsdell place.
Large potatoes are not the only
large vegetables grown in West Wards
boro. H. G. Smead has beet that
weighed two pounds and Is ounces after
the top was cut off.
1t is said that about 100000 umbrellas
are used in London each year and that a
large share of them are made outside of
England.
With President Taft visitor to the old
slave market in New Orleans it seems
that the time is about ripe for revival of
Uncle Toms Cabin.
Senator Gore, although blind, has been
present at number of aeroplane flights.
He says that he cannot watch them as
well rs he can a ball game.
, 1909-11-11

Old rejoinders are sometimes the
best. For example. Euripides once 9.
marked hat three OF his verses hat
cost him the labor of three days.
That is nothing" another poet OBJ
served. 81 could have written a hun
dred in that time" "Of course you
could" Euripides reioinded, but they
would have lived only three days" 1t
took Goldsmith seven years to beat
tut the pure gold of his Deserted vii
lage." He considered four lines a day
good work.
, 1909-11-11
About "Grass" Widow.

Grass widow is not necessarily a
slang term. 1t appears in the mar
riage register Of Halstead, Essex, Eng
land, as early as 1854. 1t is said to be
a corruption Of grace widow" and
dates from the days when divorces
we're granted only by the authority of
the church. The woman who was so
empowered to separate from her hus-
band was commonly called a grace
widow, and from this the expression
gradually gained its present meaning
and spelling.
, 1909-11-11
Wal. Whitman saotis.ie.

This anecdote Of Walt Whitman
and Thomas Bailey Aldrich is from
William Winters "reminiscences: "I
remember one moment when he
.Whitmen) contrived to inspire Al
drich with a permanent aversion. The
company was numerous and the talk
was about poetry. Yes. Tom,' said
the inspired Whitman, 4 like your
tnkles; l k them very WE'LL Moth
ing could have denoted more distinct
ly both complacent egotism and ILL
breeding"
, 1909-11-11
Examples of Wit.

At a banquet of French medical
men, after toasts were given to the
health of every famous person who
could be thought of. Alphonse Karr
was asked by the chairman to offer a
special toast. The poet rose and said:
Il propose the health of all those who
are sick" AS apt was Garrick's reply
to a lady who deplored that he was no
talker. MY dear madam" so ran his
response. II also should be happy IL
l stood higher In your estimation"
, 1909-11-11
Dictionary That Filled Want.

One of the greatest works per
formed by Americans in Korea was
the making of the Korean-English
dictionary. This was done by DR.. J.
s. Gale. a Presbyterian missionary.
He began it In 1892, after a four
years residence in the country, and
completed it within FIVE years. Prior
to that there was no means of inter
communication between the foreign
ers and the natives except through
the Chinese language.
, 1909-11-11
Clothes Made Of Fish skins.

The skin of a fish does not suggest
itself as a suitable material for the
making of clothes. yet II is used for
this purpose by a tribe Of Tartars In
Manchuria. They inhabit the banks
of the Peony river, and live by fish,
ing and hunting. During the last hun
dred years they have become nearly
extinct owing to the invasion Of their
domain by agricultural Chinese. They
are known as Fish-skin Tartars. The
fish they use is the tamara. a species
of salmon. Both flesh and skin OF
this Ash are supposed to possess won
darful heat-giving properties.
, 1909-11-11
Still II May Be So,

In The newspaper. my children. are
IL advertisements Of something lost.
as against n lonely advertisement
OF something found. What does 1t sig.
nifty? That finding is a dozen times
rarer than losing. to be sure. Certain
ly, after two thousand years of the
Sermon on the Mount, it isn't pos
sible that people who find are so much
less anxious to rush into print than
are people who lose.-Puck.-
, 1909-11-11
Kept Burial Clothes at Hand.

In the clothes which she had made
35 years ago for the purpose. Mrs.
John Holstein of Addington, Pa. was
buried as she has wished. The aged
woman had each year during her life
washed these clothes and then placed
them carefully in a box. Shortly be-
fore she died she called to one of her
daughters and told her where to find
the burial clothes. with Instructions to
see they were placed on her body.
, 1909-11-11
The Musicians Errand.

A Chicago man whose after-dinner
peace of mind had been disturbed by
a particularly inharmonious street or
chestra, vent to his door in answer
to a from the collector.
well" he inquired impatiently.
what do you wish" "T',n the must
cian," said the caller, somewhat
taken aback. land I've conceive
come" 'Oh, ] see said the man.
you've come to apologize!"
, 1909-11-11
Art Of Life,

A wife leaves her husband and
children and goes on the stage. She
is called by the higher life Of art. In
a month she leaves the stage and re-
turns to her husband and children.
She is called by the higher art of
life.-New York Evening Post.
, 1909-11-11

The rules that apply to selecting a
satisfactory life partner are not great
ly different from those that preYaii
In picking out a horse. Just get one
that's well bred, that's sound in wind
and limb and that's gentle, kind and
willing to pull ~'squarely in double bar
ness.
, 1909-11-11

There's a man worth a million
dollars and he's not a dyspeptic." is
that so? Stomach's all right, Ell?
That's strange" mo, 1t isn't. He in.
herited his fortune and hasn't had
time yet to ruin his digestion."-De-
troit Free Press.
, 1909-11-11

g" dunno" said Uncle Eben. witch
er it's better to have mo- money dan
brains or mo brains dan money; but
heaven help de man dat amt got any
of either"
, 1909-11-11
Wanted.

Two or three rats will eat as much
grain as a hen. according to the fig.
ures of the department OF agriculture.
Besides robbing the hen of her ra-
tipns. rats often steal her eggs and
chicks. Fewer rats and more hens
would improve the farm income.
, 1909-11-11
Fashion Worth settina.

II woman would make up her mind
that she really was fashioned from n
"funny-bone." thir gs would go a hit
merrier. Suppose you set the fash
ion in your Observation-Disclosures
, 1909-11-11

Marriage Made a Family Affair.
In France marriage is a family af-
fair. The parents of both parties in
terest themselves deeply. Family af-
lection is s-ronger in France than in
England.
, 1909-11-11

Wealthy citizens of a New Jersey
town have formed a vigilance commit
tee for the purpose of furnishing work
ing men who beat their wives. The
wealthy citizens doubtless consider
w~ife-beating unnecessary and perni-
cious when it is so easy to find chorus
girls who are willing to help one for
get domestic troubles.
, 1909-11-11

The Landlady-"At our table. Mr..
Bjinks. 1t is the custom to return
thanks at each meal" The New
Boarder-"That's fine! 1 like 1t lots
better than paying cash"
, 1909-11-11
china's Export Of Peanuts.

China has exported over eleven mil.
lion pounds of peanuts in one year,
while the domestic trade in peanuts
that came under the c~ognizance of
the customs of the open ports amount
ed to S9,539,476 pounds.
, 1909-11-11
II Quieted Mother.

The house was all paid for! Mother
was exultant, jubilant. reiterative.
SAY. mother" burst out six-year-old
Paul, eagerly, print it on your cards.
mother. print it on your cards!"-
The Delineator.
, 1909-11-11

Lord Kelvin said most of his knowl-
edge consisted of how to find the
knowledge sought. And after all, the
wisest man is but a smatterer.
, 1909-11-11

so Mrs. Jorkins is dead" "I
hadn't heard of 1t. How did you
know" 81 didn't hear positively. but
| overheard Jorkins say in a street
car that he intended to dispute her
will"
, 1909-11-11
Turn Out Tor the Bumpers.

There's n good many bumpers on
the road to success. It's a hull To-
better to turn out fur EN- than to try
to turn 'em all down"
, 1909-11-11
Just Like a WomanI

"The author of There Is No Death
has married an undertaken" says a
contemporary. How does she expect
her husband to make a living?-
Charleston News and Courier.
, 1909-11-11
Always With us.

An inqrirer wants to know where
the liars 20 to. but up to date there
is no evidence they have gone any
where.-Omaha Bee.
, 1909-11-11

Young Lady-This novel is heaven
ly. ] ave read one with so many
romantic un~fortunates and miserable
failures in it.-Fligende Blaetter.
, 1909-11-11

Its all right to blow you own
horn to a sartin extent, but it would
sound a good deal better eff you'd give
an occasional tool fur your neighbor."
, 1909-11-11
New Remedy for Pestn.

New Remedy for Pests.
F1eas have overrun Fairview addi-
ton. One house is infested with
them, and the owner contemplates
giving a big party to get rid of the lit
tie pests.-Baltimore Sun.
, 1909-11-11

No woman can properly control her
house unless she knows at least as
much as her servants. knowledge is
power in the domestic as in other
, 1909-11-11
Good Advice.

1t is not enough that we 'sit to.
gether in heavenly places" we must
stand together in unheavenly places
Charles M. Lamson.
, 1909-11-11

A Chicago man has been arrested
for appropriating and wearing the
clothes Of his twin brother. What's
the use of being a twin?
, 1909-11-11

Daughter-Father, dear father,
won't you forgive John and me for
clipping? Father, Dear Father-Yes,
II you-er-elope again right away
Judge.
, 1909-11-11
Uncle Ezra SAYS.

"Fellers who do all their ~travelin'
in airships won't hev much NV an OPP
pcrtunerty fur leavin' footprints on
the sands NV time"
, 1909-11-11

No man has come to true greatness
who has not felt in some degree that
his life belongs to his race, mt that
what God gives him he gives him for
Notwithstanding Brooks.
, 1909-11-11

Newcombe-You told me Miss Vel
lowleaf was as pretty as she could
be. Why. she's a perfect fright
Crawley-Nevertheless. she is as pref
ty as she can be.-Kansas City Jour
nal.
, 1909-11-11
So Say We All.

Sociologist-Do you have much
trouble keeping down expenses? The
Toiler-Not so much as keeping up
the revenue.
, 1909-11-11
Most Of Them Might.

A great mistake Tor married people
to make is to think they couldn't
have done n worse.-Exchange.
, 1909-11-11
And Seaweed.

Cigars can be made out of alfalfi
leaves. no doubt; the important ques
ton is. are they?
, 1909-11-11

Patience-"She says she never for
gets a face" Patrice-"No wonder
she's subject to nightmare"
, 1909-11-11
To Brlohten Old rlnwsre.

To make old tinware look like new
put 1t in a boiler and cover with wa.
ter to which you have added a table.
spoonful of lye.
, 1909-11-11
Yep!

Yep!
A woman would gladly work "a
hours a day II she was sure 1t would
give her a satisfactory complexiop.-
Chicago News.
, 1909-11-11

The Mariners Compass.
The Chinese appear to have had
knowledge of the mariners compass
as early as b. C. 2624.
, 1909-11-11

Devote each day to the object then
in time. and every evening will find
something done.-Goethe.
, 1909-11-11
They Had To.

Mr.. DE Bore-The hours fly when l
Am with you. Miss Tersleep - Well,
that's one comfort.
, 1909-11-11

When a woman's face is her fortune
she shouldn't have much trouble in
getting through life on her cheek
New York Times.
, 1909-11-11
Assurinq.

Have courage. count. Father won't
hurt you! Why. he told me only yes
terday that if he had to pay so much
for you he certainly wouldn't do any
thing to damage you."-Life.
, 1909-11-11

When you buy a friend you must
pay him a regular salary To keep him.
, 1909-11-11
Conscience and Custom

The laws of conscience. which we
pretend to be derived from nature.
proceed from Observation-Disclosures.
, 1909-11-11

Smoothing Lies Pathway.
Grant graciously what you cannot
refuse safely and conciliate those yos
oannot son9usr.-ExehanEs.
, 1909-11-11

But Always Ones Best.
No one is bound to do impossible.
ties.-French.
, 1909-11-11

Scotch Proverb.
He that Is Ill to himself will be
good to nobody.
, 1909-11-11
Better Forgotten AItoaether.

Petrarch: Vengeance should be left
to women.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28
FRED H. NEWELL THE OBJECT
OF ATTACK.
Continued from gage ~

ests. He is working for the welfare
of farmers of the future, and that
kind of official integrity pays few
financial dividends. Ii is treason to
the land and water looters. Now we
suggest to various senator's and rep
resentatives that they find out ex-
actly what has been done to Mr..
Newell in Washington in the last few
weeks.
Observe the makeup of any inves-
tigating committee of the house or
senate with the closest scrutiny. The
shrewdest politicians in the nation
are at work. A committee which
shall honestly attempt to get at the
whole truth will be none too easy to
obtain. The senate public land COM
mittee would be joke.
And even more serious charge is
that the interior department is at
the present moment resorting to
trickery to defeat the contentious of
the government in the suits now be-
ing conducted in Seattle over the
Cunningham claims. This attempted
treachery is described by Golfers at
length in the editorial column. In
this editorial Senator Guggenheim
and his brothers are attacked and
one sentence reads: In spite of pub
lie outcry, insiders are betting seven
to three the Guggenheims will yet
control Alaska.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-28
UP TO SCHRADER TO HANDLE
LIQUOR.
CONTINUED from First Page. }

NtOHlluutu from fiTSt rage.
order met with an unexpected jolt
and delay.
A good while ago a local man Sc
cured judgment for something like
S400 against Art Johnson At that
time no property of his could be To-
Gated. However, the raid disclosed
that Johnson owned several hundred
dollars worth of liquors. Attorneys
Fry & Welsh for the man who has
the Judgment got busy. This morn
ing they got out attachment papers,
providing for the attachment of the
liquors now held by the city as con-
traband property. The papers were
placed in Sheriff Schrader's hands.
This morning he attended the John
son trial and as detailed elsewhere by
The Sentinel, he served the papers on
Mayor Todd, thus preventing the de-
struction of the liquors. The city
Will oppose the attachment proceed
ings but dare not defy it. Conse-
quently into the courts goes this con-
troversy.
The laws of the state governing
the granting of judgment In suits
provides that any property of the de-
fendant real or personal may be
levied upon and sold to satisfy the
Judgment. The liquors owned by
Johnson constitute personal property
and can be levied upon as well as
other goods. Therefore If the attach
ment holds good, and the attorneys
contend it will, the liquors, now in
the custody of the sheriff but left by
him at the city hall TO be used as evil
dence in the bootlegging case, as the
attorneys for the man who holds the
judgment do not object, Sheriff
Schrader must advertise the liquors
for sale and accordance with law and
custom offer for sale at the court
house door to the highest and best
bidder. Thus will the sheriff be SELL
ing liquors in dry" town although
only doing his duty and following the
state law even if not in conformance
with the city ordinances.
1t is certainly a unique and anus
ing state of affairs and Sheriff
Schrader is being made the butt of
many friendly jokes today by his
friends about he being forced into
becoming a "bootlegger" for a time.