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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

Maxwell lifted his chin and threw
at the clergyman a glance like a
blow Harding went on at ease.
It's very much to him. When you
saw him talking to me to-day, what
do you suppose he was talking about?
You. When the man in the stable just
now answered in your name, | felt as
if Heaven had reached down and
picked you up from somewhere and
put You in my hands as an answer to
what Sidney Maxwell said. He told
me that Christmas never came but the
thought OF you was with him: that
when his own boys played with their
toys around their tree he remembered
always how you and he had played to-
gether; that he mad tried in vain to
find you: that it was a constant grief
that he and his father had judged you
harshly; that he would give his for
tune TO know where YOU are and make
things right"
AS the man listened, defiance melt
ed out of him; he did not answer or
lOOh up. lie CleISy lHdH WENT On
You see what child's play it seemed
to me when you spoke of stealing
three thousand dollars, with the Max
well millions waiting. Not that it
would have been possible in any
case" he added quickly. You thought
you could do it, but you never could
never"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

brOkenly. Il meant to- don't know
what stopped me"
The Lord" Harding answered
tersely. 1T isn't the first time he has
made children his messengers.
Maxwell lifted his eyes dreamily,
like man who had been unconscious
and who was coming slowly back to a
world too good to be true. II used
to believe those things" he said. I'D
like to now. I've been long way
down. But I've never liked it. I've
been unhappy. 1t doesn't seem pos
sible that I'm to have a chance.
was coming here to drown myself in
Meadow Brook thought | was at
the end of the rope. That was my
plan this afternoon. And then heard
you and Sidney-and | was glad to
get chance to live-I think it's in
me yet to work hard and make a place
for myself think so. | never en-
joyed being scum-Only you know /
always went headlong whichever way
started, and it was the same with
the bad life I've been living can't
believe I've been faced about-in a
minute"
The clergyman had pushed the man
into deep chair; the freight washed
friendly vagueness over the shabby
clothes and over his face, mOlding
now into new lines under a crisis. His
eyes lifted to his friends with a dazed
gaze which had lost bitterness. DR.
/ Harding. standing over him, laid a
/ calm hand on his shoulder.
MY lad" he spoke gently, 1T ap
pears to me that going into wrong-d
ing is like going into a tunnel that
leads downhill to darkness At every
step the walking gets harder, and the
| air gets worse, and it's dirtier and
more uninteresting. And all the time
all you have to do is to face about. and
you see the sunlight.
"Of course it's not simple getting
back-I know that. Sure as fate you
will bark your shins. and stagger in
to holes. and fall down, and maybe
get discouraged But Heavens. man!
| What's that, when you see daylight
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31
Rouoh on Rats In Out BUILDINGS.

In setting Rough on Rats in out build
ings after mixing it well with any food de-
cided upon, separate into small bits, place on
several pieces of boards, and put these here
and there under the floors. Close up all
openings large enough for Dogs, Cats or
Chickens to enter but leave some small
openings for Rats to get in and out. One
25c. box of Rough on Rats, being all
poison. will make enough mixture TO clear
out in one or two nights settings, hundreds
of Rats and Mice. l5c, DC. 75c.. at
Druggists +. S. Wells, Jersey City, N. j.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

get fire and something to eat as
soon as possible"
AS II 1t were custom to find men
waiting in the stable at a. M, DR..
Harding talked of the horse and the
harness and the roads as they un-
buckled the frozen leather. and the
mans fingers slipped into the once ia
miliar business. and his ears listened
to the once familiar voice. Ten min
utes of swift work and the harness
hung on its hooks. and the horse stood
cared for and blanketed. in its stall
Maxwell swung across the stable and
lifted the small black bag.
III take that, Carl" the clergy
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

go now. doctor. I might as we'll go
had my chance and threw it away
for sentiment I'll go now He held
out his hand. 1T won't hurt you tC
shake hands
The clergyman did not stir Car
I've got something to tell you about
yOur cousin sidney" he said.
The man scowled. Il don't want to
hear il" he shot through his teeth
"When saw him walking with you
to-day in his furred overcoat and his
prosperity wanted 70 kill him He's
forgotten I'm alive. It's nothing to
him that I'm strangiing-in the
depihs.'
That's where you're mistaken" re-
piled Dr. Harding in quiet but pos
itile tone
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31
FACE Covered With PimnleS

II congratulate Cuticura upon my
speedy recovery from pimples which
covered my face. used Cuticura Soap
and my face cleared and I am perfect.
ty we'll. had tried doctors for sew.
eral month but got no results. Wm j.
Sadlier, 1914 Susquehanna Ave-, Phila.
delphia. Nav /. 1909"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31
The Doctors Fault,

judge am led to understand you
stole the watch of the doctor who
had just written a prescription for
you at the free dispensary. What have
you to say to this charge?
well, your honor. | found myself in
a desperate quandary. His prescrip-
tiOn said "a spoonful every hour and
l had no timepiece"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31
A WHISPER of Hone.

Knicker - Several thousand shirt
waist makers are on strike.
Henpekt-DO you suppose 1t would
do any good for the shirt waist but
toners to strike?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31
AT FIRST SIGHT.

He-Rosalie, I can't tell you how I
worship your almond eyes, your vel
vet cheeks, like peaches, and your
cherry lips!
ROsalie-I suppose you are the new
gardener
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

When man trades his money for
experience. II Is dlIicult to con
vince him that fair exchange is no
robbery.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

Some peoples morals are like their
best clothes-Only worn on extraordin-
ary occasions.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

WE PAY HIGH PRICE FOR HIDES
and furs & sell guns and traps cheap.
~ w. Hide & Fur Co, Minneapolis.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

Gossips multiply everything they
hear by two.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
PAZO OINTM ENT is guaranteed to cure nny case
Of Itching. Blind. bleeding or rrotrudinu Piles In
GtO IL days or money refunded. LOc.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRONO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure. E. w
GROVES signature 5 ON each box 25c.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31

When doctors disagree they are apt
to make sarcastic remarks about each
other that SAVIOR of the truth.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31
A woman dislikes being jealous al
most as much as she likes making
some other woman Jealous
PERRY DAVIS PAJNKJTJFR

has enviable reputation of over seventy yearsasa
reliable remedy for lumbago sciatica, pleurisy
stitches, etc, 25c. S5c and SOC. AT all druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
Figures from the Tax List.

II. B. Chamberlain has completed tn,
tax list for the town and village. The
grand list of the town is 9,4SS.5S.
tax of "a cents will raise S44 ,02l.55. Sucl
tax will be divided as follows: town tax
40 cents; highway, 20 cents; state schoo
tax, cents; state highway, cents;
county, | cent A tax of 40 cents on the
dollar of the village grand list of $4,000. le
will yield SIS, 796.40. The town school
grand list amounts to $l2306.44, and a
5Ocent tax upon that amount win raise
SO, 1879 The grand list of the incorpor-
ated school district amounts to Sal, 1924
1t is understood that the prudential com
mittee will recommend a tax of 6S cents
ON this amount, claiming that the addi-
tional cents above the normal rate Of
65 cents is necessary for the maintenance
of the commercial department of the high
school,
1t may appear different to those inter-
ested when they find that a 65-cent tax
upon the present grand list of the district
will raise Sl375.62 more than was raised
last year by 6S cent tax on a grand list
of $45,O6579. With a school tax of 6S
cents the total tax this year will be Sl.S2
as against $l.901a last year. If the school
district can get along with 65 cents, the
total rate will be only $l.79, or liz cents
less than last year.
The list shows 1903 paying polls, 80 fire
men, 50 soldiers exempt, l4S over 70
years of age. and Is on the charitable list.
This makes a total of 2O93 polls, an in
crease of 10 over last year.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25

Mary Curtin, Catherine Herbert, Mar.
guerite Kempf, Catherine Manning, Mary
Yauvey, accompanist, Miss Agnes Blake;
sonata, Diabell, Misses Agnes Blake, Mary
Yauvey; comforting of diplomas; valedic-
tory, Master Alphonso Rate; vocal trio,
Twilight, Abt.
Glass 1909 is composed of the following:
Mary Margaret Curtin, Edward Michael
Duggan, james Henry Hopkins, Catherine
Elizabeth Manning, Alphonso Christopher
Rate, Mary Agnes Yauvey.
The following are the graduates in the
Palmer Method of Business Writing:
Mary Margaret Curtin, James Timothy
Dennng, Bernard Harry Haus, Katherine
Elizabeth Manning, Alphonso Christopher
Rate.
Those to receive Improvement Certif-
Gates in the Palmer Method of Business
Writing are Elizabeth Mary Austin, John
Michael Baker, Agnes Frances Doyle,
Mary Agnes lauvey.
After the exercises there will be lawn
party under the auspices of the st. Cecilia
Altar Society.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Brattleboro High School Will
Graduate SO Pupils.
ADDRESS BY REV. M. L. BURTON.
Recently Chosen Head of Smith Col
lege Will Speak Tuesday Evening on
the Necessity of an Ideal-Class Day
Monday, Alumni Reunion Wednesday.

Commencement week of Brattleboro
high school begins Sunday with the bac-
calaureate sermon in the Centre Con
gregational church by Rev. Roy NJ
Houghton, at 7.3O o'clock in the evening
Monday afternoon will be occupied with
class day exercises beginning at half-past
two on the high school lawn instead of
q o'clock the usual time heretofore. The
graduation exercises of the class Of '09
will take place in the auditorium at
O'Clock Tuesday evening, and the reunion
of the alumni in the high school building
at O'Clock Wednesday evening will
bring the weeks functions to a close.
The following is the program of the
class day exercises:
Presidents address. Sherman Austin
,Jenne: class grafton, Helen Ruth Martin
class poem, Irene Alcena Plimpton class
history, Emma Putnam Barrows; class
prophecy, Helen Mariette Betterley; class
Ruth Annie Brown; ivy ode, Alice Emma
Jones; planting ivy by class of 1909;
singing of the ivy ode by the class.
Tuesday evenings graduating exercises
will consist of the following program:
Overture-Beautiful Galatea, Suppe,
Leitsinger's orchestra; The Blue Danube,
Strauss. high school chorus; invocation.
Rev John Russell Cow. DID; Soldiers
Chorus, Gounod, boys of the high school
chorus: address-The Necessity Of an
ideal. Rev. Marion lie Roy Burton, Ph.D.,
president elect of Smith College,; a, The
Dance. Gounod b. Greeting Mendels-
sobn. girls of the high school chorus; an
nouncement of honors, award of Austine
prizes and presentation of the class of
1909 to the prudential committee, Principal
Smith: comforting of diplomas, Judge Mar
tin: song by the class, words bv Irene A.
Plimpton. Heidelberg; benediction;
March-National Anthem. Bagley, Lett
singers orchestra.
The class roll follows:
Classical course-Emma Putnam Bar
rows. Helen Mariette Betterley, Ruth An
ME Brown. Ruth Thomas De Witt, Nina
Annis Gilman, Alice Emma Jones, Irene
AIcena Plimpton, Elizabeth Taylor.
I,atin-science course-Leslie Merrill Ad-
ans Miriam Burdett Childs, Ermina
blanche Dunton. Russell Newton Kuech,
Helen Ruth Martin, Elizabeth Jane Pal
mer. Florence Gertrude Skinner, Narka
Ward. Faith Leone Yeaw.
English course-George David Aiken,
Grace Eta Cooper, Henry Edmund Dimes,
Harriet Louise Douglas. Gladys May
Evans. Elva Winifred Hawkes., Sherman
Austin ,Jenne, Bessie ElviIa Kendall,
Flossie Belle 0ber, Marian Felicia VII
Iatin-commercial course-Elinor Ruth
Enelish-commercial course = Raymond
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
For Lieutenant Governor.

In the natural order of things the lieu
tenant governorship next year will go to
Windham county Last year Windham
county did not have a single candidate
on the state ticket and Of course such an
oversight will not be allowed to occur
twice in succession The lieutenant gov
ernorship being about the only place it can
be taken for granted that Windham county
will not let that pass. Several good and
proper candidates from that county have
already been mentioned" but there is
plenty more material For instance there
are Tyler D. Goodell of Nottingham and
Edwin p Adams Of Marlboro, both OF
and are men in whom the public has CON
fidence. Mr.. Adams is a man of the late
John H. Mortified type, and his efforts in
behalf of economy in the last Legislature
will not be soon forgotten. Mr.. Goodell
is even better qualified as a presiding
officer, is hard worker of good horse
sense and an honest, straightforward man.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
A Model Garment Salesroom.

In March, 1905, we opened our pres.
ent Garment Department on the second
floor. This department, which was
former location in the basement store, de-
veloped a success, qualified only by the
limitations of the inadequate space avail
able.
In two years we planned enlarge
ment, and it has only been within the
last few weeks that our hopes have been
plans are drawn for an addition 60
feet long and about 40 feet wide, i'm
meditely adjoining the present depart
ment The dividing walls will be tax
en- out, and this new room, together
with the present space, will all be in
one large, airy, daylight salesroom,
handsomely equipped with modern fix
lures. We have planned the best Gar
ment Department in Vermont.
HOUGHTON & SIMONDS.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
Legal Notices.
ESTATE OF MARY RUDD.
CTATE OF VERMONT.

CTATE OF VERMONT,
- District of Marlboro SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Marlboro: To all persons interested in the
estate of Mary Rudd late of Brattleboro in said
District deceased, Greeting:
Alta Probate Court holden at Brattleboro, within
and for said District the 18th day of May 1903.
an instrument purporting to be the last viii and
Testament of Mary Rudd. late of Brattleboro, in
said District deceased, was presented TO the Court
aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that the 10Th
day of June 1909, at the Probate Office in said
Brattleboro, be assigned for proving said instru-
ment: and that notice thereof be given to all per-
sons concerned, by publishing this order three
weeks successfully in The Brattleboro Reformer
a newspaper circulating in that vicinity. in said
District previous to the time appointed.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said Court, at the time and place aforesaid,
and contest the probate of said will. if you have
cause .
Given under my hand at Brattleboro in said
District this 10th day of June. 1909.
24-26 II. E. EDDY. Register.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
Ninth Grade Closing Exercises.

The closing exercises of the ninth grade
will be held in the high school building
Wednesday afternoon June 80, at 3
o'clock. The program of the occasion is
as follows:
Duets, Autumn Serenade, Rigardon,
Chaminade, Evelyn Staples and Olga John
son; prayer; song, Gypsy Song; story, Call
of the Wild, London. Shirley Carter Ro-
sis recitation, Man in the Dark, Anon,
Theodore Alvin Nilsson; recitation The
Funeral Carleton, Elizabeth Fales Hill
dreth; song Playtime Land; Monologue,
The Imaginary Invalid, Jerome, Ray
Clyde Sanders; recitation, Little Boy
Blue, Field, Margaret Esther Root; song,
lis Our Festal Day; story. Little Mary
Leach; Monologue, Tradin' joe Riley,
Benjamin Franklin Bingham; class proph-
ecy, Viola Addie Harris; presentation of
certificates, /. F. Adams; class song;
benedietion.
The officers of the class are: President,
Ray Clyde Sanders; vice-president, Eliza
beth Fales Hildreth; secretary, Olga
by. BY Labor and Honor is the class
motto, and orange and black are the
colors. The class flower is the oxeye
daisy.
The class roll: Ray Daniel Adams, Ben
iamin Franklin Bingham. Louise Belle
Brockington, Marguerite Ruth Bancroft,
Marion Clarissa Boorn, Reuben William
Brown, Elvira Eliza Croll, Godfrey Cros
by. Harold Lemuel Cook, Robert Gordon
Chamberlain, Carrie Mae Belle Dunton,
Rhea Genevieve Dunklee, Carla Thellla
Ebbighausen. Ruby Melvina Estey Gladys
Louisa Frost, Elmer Allen Gray, Eliza
beth Fales Hildreth, William Edward
Haskell Viola Addie Harris, Calvin Nye
Johnson, Esther Sophia johnson, Olga
Marie johnson, Marjorie Elizabeth Leach,
Florence Mabel Moran, Francis Eugene
Marion, Mildred Marion Miller, Ray Her
bert Mixer Theodore Alvin Nilsson, Ger
trllde Staples Plummer, Ralph Milford
Peltier. Enrol Wilcut Richardson, Margar-
ct Esther Root, Shirley Carter Rosis, Car
los Leslie Snow, Eleanor Dorothy Streeter,
Evelyn Leila Staples, Ray Clyde Sanders,
Brainard Dearborn Taylor, Charlotte Isa-
belle TuthiU
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
River Notes.

|
John F. Brasor put his Knox dory in
commission last week.
| DR.. A. L. Pettee has an 1S-foot Atlantic
dory on exhibition at the Bigelow boat
house.
Fl. A. Greenwood, mechanical expert
from the factory of the Atlantic company
in Amesbury, Mass, was in town Sunday
| to instruct Commodore Crosby in the
operation of his new motor craft.
Bert Wood put his new ls-foot motor
boat into the water Sunday 1t is built
from one of the American Gasoline com
pany's knockeddown frames, and is
equipped with 3 horsepower Fox engine,
Mr. Wood being local agent for these
frames and engines.
A meeting of the directors of the Brat
tleboro Boat club was held Wednesday
afternoon when an official pennant was
adopted The flag is an original design in
red, white and blue with double points,
and it is expected that supply will be on
hand for club members before July 5.
Harold E. Whitney has bought half
interest in r. G. Bacon's l9-foot speed
boat, which is now without power.
Messrs. Whitney and Bacon intend to
equip the craft with two-cylinder, y
horsepower Gray engine and expect to
have the speediest thing on the river when
the July 9Th carnival takes place.
Commodore Charles r. Crosby launched
his 23-foot Atlantic semi-speed boat,
Lygia, Saturday morning, and at present
owns the fastest craft on the river. In
addition to having speed the boat is of
exceptional beauty, being jet black with
gold arrow to mark each gunwale, and
having an interior and deck finish of
mahogany. 1t is equipped with three
cylinder, Is horsepower engine, and shows
speed of about IA miles an hour.
H. G. Rice, while serving as bowman
in Commodore Crosby's crew aboard the
Lygia Saturday afteroon, lost his balance
near the corner of the Crosby elevator,
and fell into about eight feet of water.
+. B. Putnam, another member of the
crew, slip on the deck as he was attempt
ing to spring ashore, and fall into the
water also. The remainder of the crew
landed in safety despite the fact that
they were convulsed with laughter.
Preparations for the Brattleboro Boat
clubs regatta July are progressing sat
isfactorily and it is expected that the
event will prove an attractive holiday
feature. The regatta will probably begin
at $50 with the handicap motor-boat race
from the Connecticut river bridge to the
suspension bridge and return. While this
race is in progress the single canoe race
will be run off After the finish of the
motor handicap will come the mixed canoe
race. This will be followed by the scratch
motor-boat race around Dummerston is
land and return. double canoe race. tilt
ing match and canoe race around the is
land The officials of the regatta are:
Judges, D. E. Tasker H. e. Whitney and
NJ. j. Moran; starter, Hayes Bigelow:
timer, H. r. Lawrence; clerk, Hyland
Tasker. Previous to the race events there
will be a parade of all the motor craft,
canoes and row boats on the river The
races are open to club members only and
small silk pennants will be given as first
and second prizes It is expected that the
club members will picnic up the river in
the afternoon.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
SPOFFORD.

Clifford futile has gone to work for
D. w. Slade in his store.
Lee Burt and family spent Sunday
with his brother, Earl Burt.
Charles Andrews of Springfield
Mass. was in town last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Whitcomb were
home over Sunday from Gardner, Mass.
Mrs. H. b. Swan left for her. home
in Brighton, Col, after spending a
week here.
Burt Whitcomb is moving into one
of Charles Fletcher tenements near
the lake.
J. H. Stearns and family of Brook
lyn. n. Y, are at their cottage at the
lake for the summer.
The women of the Universalist So
ciety will have a strawberry supper at
Village hall Friday evening.
Mrs. Amasa Marsh and Mrs. Arthur
Kempton of Westport were at Henry
Lapoint's Tuesday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
Boys Will Receive Medals.

Frederick Upper, Jr, chairman of the
athletic committee of the University of
Vermont, wishing to explain to those
interested the reason why the participants
in the recent track meet at Burlington
did not receive the medals as promised,
sends the following statement to the
Reformer, asking that it be published:
The athletic committee of the Univer-
sity of Vermont wishes to announce that
the failure to award medals to the sue
cessful contestants at the interscholastic
meet at Burlington, June 5, was due to an
unfortunate misunderstanding on the part
of new management and not to any de-
sire to depart from the terms of the
meet Every step is now being taken to
rectify the mistake. The principals Of
the schools in question have received
formal assurance that the medals have
been ordered, and will be distributed as
soon as possible. The athletic committee
expresses its deep regret that the mistake
occurred.