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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

Though his name has been. omitte
from the official manual there is pa
triot who is feeling his way to the wire.
When one thinks of Franklin county
he cannot help but throw thought ray
toward OR" Merrill of Enosburg. But
npon second thought one becomes con
WINGED that the wart remover is not
the entire yeast pot of that part OF
Vermont. He has friend. 1t has
been said that Mr.. Merrill has no
friends but this is a mistake. lie has
made one friend at least and one whom
he believes he can rely upon even to
the point of laying down a polltlcal
life if it should seem eXpedient. Wheth-
er this friend will do this is at present
mere guesswork but Or" DIN knows
and he doesn't have to tell. Franklin
county is at present interested IN mat
ters gubernatorial and one set of men
wouldn't be mad if Olin Merrill should
become candidate to succeed Mr..
Proutv, while there is a big bunch that
would be nigh frenzied if this should
happen. The members of this last bunch
don't hesitate to say that they will take
off everything down to their underwear
likewise Mr. MerrilFs cuticle II he
doesn't attend to the manufacture OF
spawn remover and leave them to at
tend to making governor. When they
are asked what they intend to do to
John Abner of Rutland and Fred Fleet
wood they waive you aside with the
story that "Fleety' is scoring up as a
residuary legatee and that popularity
can trim j. Abner as easily as a clown
can jump through a paper hoop. They
claim to have a specimen of the popular
brand that can win without an organiza-
tiOn or a barrel
The popular one is Charles w. Gates
the merchant farmer-road- maker of
Franklin Probably none of his imme-
date friends know that Mr. Gates has
at least one man in every town in Yer
mont whom he can rely upon and for
that reason accuse him of having moth
ing resembling an organization. Never
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
Nothing Better Than pages Perfect
ed Poultry Food

D. J. Lambert of Apponaug, R. l., the
maker of the famous Death to Lice rem
edes. and who is known all over the coun-
try as poultry expert, says there is moth
ing better than pages Perfected Poultry
Food" Here are his exact words: "Ra-
tions should vary with different seasons.
Some kind of animal food is necessary at
all times, and l have found nothing better
or handler than Pages Perfected Poul-
try Food
If you want to know more about this
food and the best ways of using it, write
to C. S. Page, Hyde Park, VT, for his
booklet, Profitable Poultry" 1t will be
sent free, postpaid, to anyone mentioning
this paper.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
Verdant Mountain Patriots
No. IS
A Good Roadster

| the things that are Caesars. Up to
date Caesar hasn't made an attempt to
call in his collateral.
Charles w. Gates was permitted to
come into notice a dozen years ago but
that was up in Franklin county While
it might seem like the old song that
you can't keep good man down"
there has arrived time when its up to
Charlie to stand by his colors in the
way that he has won a reputation for
doing and stand his ground against any
back-patting by gloyed hand of those
that manipulate Vermont politics. lie
has won an enviable reputation-w
he deserves-of having the courage of
his convictions He has displayed this
trait when he has made an order in his
official capacity OF state highway com
missioner. 1t may be remarked in pass
ing that Mr.. Gates has been genuine
road commissioner. He made good
school teacher year ago He made
good as legislator while as third
house member he has been a leader for
several sessions past He hasn't mixed
has devoted himself to his speciality
of roadmaking. In tins he has acquired
the habit of making a legislature see
things as it should md the result has
been the making of GOOD roads and in
cidentally the making of scores of
friends for Charles " Gates.
A thumb-nail sketch of Mr.. Gates
would show him as weighing in the
vicinity of 200 pounds. lie has a face
and an eye that appeal to men as be-
ing frank, honest and magnetic. He
isn't a talker He gets enthusiastic
about the way to use a split-log drag or
the proper method Of building a cul-
technics. He doesut possess the vo-
cabulary of Fleetwood nor the his
torical fund that Dr. Mead carries with
him As men go he is good looking. His
hair is gray and his face is ruddy. He
doesn't smoke He always wears quiet
toned clothes and isn't fossy dresser.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

mont any time it desires to do so, irrespec.
tive of political machines"
The Reformer is often independently
minded to the good of its readers and to
its own credit. 1t has an opportunity now
through reconsideration of its utterance
connecting Mr. Gates and its bugaboo to
be all that again.
Mr.. Gates is the sort Of man The Re
former likes and if he becomes a candi-
date for the governorship and if repub-
lican convention dominates him to that
Office, his prefement will be due to the
very influences which The Reformer claims
We're not represented in the Fish and
Game league meeting
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

Someone started the story that he owns
a motor car, thinking, doubtless, that
such ownership night queer him with
big bunch .2f his flasher Is
doesn't own a whizz buggy. He does
own, however, some of the best Nor
gan horses to be found and takes
pride in putting up claim to being a
breeder of Morgans He has a family
of whom he is proud and his sons have
been taught that there are no authen.
tic cases on record where hard work
ever killed a man. Mr.. Gates was ed
ucated on exactly this line and it is
perfectly safe to say to say that there
that turns out a bigger days official
grist.
Though he may not have enough
friends to elect him governor of Yer
mont if he should decide to become a
candidate for the office he hasn't any
enemies. 1t is by no means to be ac-
cepted that he has not enough friends
to vest him with the title for there
seems a fairly well-developed rumor
that he has got a decent lead in the
preliminary skirmish and that already
he is to be played as favorite by the
powers that be- He hasn't that
case-hardened nerve Of the average poll
tician that would permit him to be-
tray his own blood. He is as tender
hearted as is to be found and while he
has unconsciously been woven into the
fabric constituting the belt connecting
the dynamo with the administration
motor he isn't one of the cold blooded
bunch that stand ready to commit
treason whenever an opportunity pre-
sents. In short, Charles W. Gates is
an ordinary citizen. He is big enough
to be governor but he isn't rich enough
to do anything in the spectacular line
and by training and temperament he
isn't inclined to do so. He doesn't
pose except for the camera and when
he does that he always orders a high
finish product.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

theless GAG or more road commissioners
who are constantly in touch with the
citizens of Vermont can, if they are a
mind to- make noise something Ike
a political MACHINE.
Charlie Gates is patriot. He is an
enthusiast. He is a gentleman and one
of the type of citizens for whom Yer
mont needs offer no apology. He isn't
rich enough to be a candidate for any
thing. It's safe to say that if he
should pay for the fuss and flowers of
an inaugural ball at Montpelier his
bank account would need resuscitation.
Perhaps he can't be accused of being
a politician yet he has been fairly close
years. However, he doesn't owe the
state of Vermont anything He has de-
ivered more than he has been paid
for and the quality of the goods war
rants using him right in the future.
Charlie is one of those farmers who
know enough not to hoe beans when
the dew is heavy on the vines and he
can make the ordinary hired man look
like a victim of tennis wrist when 1t
comes to milking. He is unostenta-
tious but he is at the same time tena-
cious. He isn't a parasite or a barna-
Gle. BY early training he was a farm
er and though he is also merchant he
manages to oversee the tilling of a
thousand-acre farm beside bossing the
building Of Vermont's highways. Now
he wants to be governor. His friends
are telling him to say SO. just why
he hasn't said so is not mysterious to
those protesting to know. 1t is no
secret that he has backing that would
be envied by any man with aspirations.
But it is somewhat of an open secret
that he won't jump into the arena I'M
til-well, until all of his hackers are
agreeable. Charlie Gates is one of the
squarest men that Vermont possesses
and he understands the term recipro
city in its fullest significance. He isn't
a four-fusher and when called upon
is always willing to render unto Caesar
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
What More is Needed?
FINLAND Herald

In order to enlighten its good friends in
Rutland and Brattleboro the journal
would say that it is sceptical concerning
any Merrill-Proctor or Merrill Gates al
lance at this time, not because of any
childlike trust or guileless faith, or i'm
plicit belief that the men mentioned could
not under provocation enter into politi-
cal alliance, but rather because the best in
formation to be obtained indicates that
under existing conditions such alliances do
not exist and apparently are not likely to
exist. 1t is not question of faith but a
question of facts.-Montpelier Journal
Facts are all right-if you have the right
facts. Olin Merrill has said that if he
were not a candidate he would support
Gates and Gates has said that if he were
not candidate he would support Merrill
Merrill has said that he had a practical
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
Not the Real Article.
(Rutland News.)

The Black Handlers are working in some
of the towns in this part of the country,
notably Brattleboro and Granville, n. Y,
or else, what is more likely, just ordinary
scalawags are using the Black Hand de-
have been committed and messages left
to the effect that the thieves would not
be taken alive, signed with the Black
Hand. We imagine that if the old trusty
shotgun were leveled at these night prowl-
ers, caught black handed in their miser-
able work, they'd conclude to throw up
their hands and beg for mercy just like
any other pickpocllets of commerce. We
haven't heard of anybody being intimi-
by these precious rascals.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
Candidates Troubles.
Mortified News.

Candidate Fleetwood's troubles have be-
gun. Somebody connected with the Anti
Saloon league wants to know how he stands
on the liquor question. The Middlebury
Register is trying to pin him on his posi-
ton as to automobiles on the highways
and it is safe guess that it will not let
him get by. Soon, somebody will demand
to know definitely which side of the Cook
Peary controversy he is on. In the mean
time nobody seems to care where DR..
Mead stands on any question. If Fleet
wood is inclined to believe that his posi-
ton is a trying one with everybody asking
him questions, he should remember how
much harder it is for Mead with no one
even inquiring of the Rutland candidate if
he thinks it will rain next week.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

The University of Vermont has held for
a number of years an enviable position
among the leading college baseball teams,
and Judging from the excellent showing
made Saturday against the strong Dart
mouth eleven by our team, over half of
whose members are new men, the univer-
sity is to take prominent place on the
college gridiron. Moreover, the sporting
organizations representing the University
of Vermont are more and more showing
that manly spirit which decries every
mean and despicable tendency and every
desire to win even by foul means and
which is after all the supreme thing to be
attained in all true sport. The student
should ever bear in mind that it is far
better to lose any contest whatever than
to sacrifice this manly spirit. which al
ways characterizes the true college man.
Having thus relieved herself, Aunt Betty
of the Free Press took down a volume of
Pilgrims Progress and read chapter.
Then she wound the clock, let out the cat
and scuffled away TO fill the hot-water bag
without which sleep for the dear old lady
is impossible.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
S33 Pacific Coast.

Via the Chicago, Union Pacific and
North Western Line from Chicago daily,
Sept. Is to Oct. Is. Correspondence low
rates are in effect from your town.
These low rate tickets are available for
passage on personally conducted excur-
sions in Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars,
Chicago to the coast without change
The train service includes no less than
four splendidly equipped trans-contnental
trains daily from Chicago, connecting with
all lines from the east.
Write for particulars to S. A. Hutchinson,
Manager Tour Department, 2l2 Clark ST.,
Chicago, Ill. "a
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
DR.. kidder's Stammer.
bennington Banner.)

Some people seem to think that DR.. Kid
der ought not to be lieutenant-governor for
fear that his slight stammer may interfere
with his usefulness as a presiding officer.
We thought that it was generally conceded
that the average Vermont senate is slow
enough not to overtake evenIa much less
rapid talker chan DR.. Kidderg We would
respectfully suggest that it might be good
idea to get dumb man forf president of
the senate and another for speaker of the
house, then, possibly. both bodies might
stop to do little thinking before they
vote
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

Henry G. Thomas, the man whom the
Montpelier Journal thinks is so efficient "A
fish and game commissioner, has "bulled'
again. He asserts that holders of hunters
one who asks to see whereas the law dis
tinctly states that such licenses shall be
exhibited, on demand, ito any fish and
game warden or other officer, or to the
owner of the land on which such person
is hunting"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
A Woman Onion Grower.

You may have heard how the Rio
Grande country has put the Bermuda on
ion growers out of business" said Captain
George H. Barter of Laredo. Tex. Our
most successful grower, by the way, is a
woman, Mrs. Z. c. Dodd, who lives in my
town. She cultivates 1876 acres this sea-
crop of little over $4,000 To make
land bring gain of $500 an acre is some
thing few men have the ability to do, and
yet this woman does not seem to regard
her feat as emitting her to any great
praise. Mrs. Dodd looks after every de-
tail of her farm in person. Raising onions
is no child's play; it involves hard work
and great expense in our section. where
of Mrs. Dodd to plant on a still bigger
scale as she gradually brings more of her
land under irrigation. Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

like crawling off and burying myself in
some hole in the ground, away from the
sight of man and so far as possible from
the sight Of my Maker" A truly noble
sentiment, forsooth, and one well calcu-
lated to win plaudits from the multitude
And veto descend from these oratorical
heights-has a doe any better right to pro-
lection on the grounds of sex than hen
partridge or female trout?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
Gibson and Direct Primaries.
(Waterhnry Record.l

Senator Gibson. who is fortunate to
have Brattleboro as his postoffice address,
and who is more or less politically inclined,
is Just now using columns of space on the
evils of the caucus law. Timely question.
Gibsons argument seems sincere. Some
people are wondering if his time and en-
ergy on these public questions will tend
to stimulate interest in his lieutenant gov
emorship ambition.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

The Bennington Banner says: ''It is a
safe gamble that the woman who won the
fancy work prizes at the fair could find
missing buttons on their husbands Sunday
shirts" Sound reasoning couched in mis-
cradle English
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

Is there a wane in the no-license senti-
ment which seemed to have such a strong
ago? Connecticut's town elections this
week resulted in 10 towns swinging from
nolicense to license while only six went
the other way.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

Letters and mailbags are frequent car
riers of tuberculosis According to testi-
mony recently given before the postal COM
missioner of the British Empire, during the
last 20 years, so per cent of the deaths
among letter sorters had been due to con-
sumption, contracted by the men after
they had entered the service
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
(NTorrisyilIe News and Citizenl

Hon. f. w. Gibson, in a letter to The
Brattleboro Reformer, comes out strongly
in favor of the primary election law and
intimates that that will be an issue in the
campaign next year. Mr.. Gibson advo-
Gated this measure strongly in the recent
session, but it was not brought up until
the last days of the session and Jared
far distant when it will become a law in
the state, The days of the so-called eau
Gus are numbered
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

Peru's Marsh Hapgood delights to bask
in the glare of the calcium. At present he
looms up on the horizon as sturdy cham
pion of the defenceless doe. Saith he:
stShould l allow without most earnest pro-
test these noble, beautiful creatures to be
butchered and slaughtered / should feel
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
DR.. Fosters Vigilance.
(Rutland Herald

Fred Kent, who escaped from the state
hospital at Waterbury some years ago
and who is now under indictment for kill
ing his father, has been recommitted to
that institution. Query: Will he be kept
close this time?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
Randolph Herald.

1t appears that Fred Kent, charged with
numbering his father at Newfane, like
his brother, Elroy Kent, murderer of
Della Congdon, escaped from the Water
bury asylum, and that no serious effort
was made to apprehend him on account of
his supposed 'harmless nature"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

That poverty is friend TO consumption
Is demonstrated by some recent German
statistics, which show that of 10000 we'll
TODD persons. 40 annually die of consump-
ton: Of the same number only moderately
wellto-do, 66; of the same number really
poor. "a: and of paupers. 81 According
TO John Burns the famous English labor
leader, 90 per cent of the eonsumptives IN
London receive charitable relief in their
homes.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

''I was sorry to hear of the death of
your aunt. All, life is full of worries"
Eyes, indeed. just fancy having to go
to Paris for the funeral this hot wealth
err. Bon Nivant.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

Entered as second class matter, January a,
1907, at the post office at 3rattleboro, u
under the act of Congress of March 2, 1879
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

4 cup of hot water with the juice OF a
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lydia Eliot.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
ASSESSMENT NOTICES

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
OLYMPIC SALT WATER COMPANY.
Location of principal place of business, 90 Clay
St, city and county of San Francisco, state
of California.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN that at a meet
ing of the board of directors held May IA,
1909, an assessment of one (SI) dollar per share
was levied upon the capital stock OF the corpo-
ration, payable Immediately to the secretary of
the company at its Office, 80 Clay ST.. in the
city and county Of San Francisco, state Of Cali
fornia.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on June II, 1909, will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before will be sold
on Wednesday, June 80. 1909. at the hour Of 3
o'clock p. m. TO pay the delinquent assessment.
together with costs OF advertising and expense
OF sale. CHAS. A. GIBSON,
Secretary Olympic Salt Water Company.
Office of company so Clay St, in the city and
county Of San Francisco, state Of California.
Dated in San Francisco, Cal, April r. 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
PnoPosALs AND BIDS

BAY COUNTIES POWER COMPANY BONDS.
Notice is hereby given that Mercantile Trust
Company of San Francisco invites bids for the
sale 70 ii the ninth day of July. 1909. OF
sufficient amount of first consolidated mortgage
five per cent sinking fund 30 year gold bonds
of Bay Counties Power Company for the invest
ment of twenty-seven thousand nine hundred
seventy-one S0-l00 dollars 1921, ,971.sO) now in
the sinking fund provided for in the mortgage %
deed Of trust executed by said Bay Counties
Power Company TO Mercantile Trust Company Of
San Francisco trustee under date OF Septem-
Der l. 1900.
the bonds rendered and the price asked and
must be delivered to the undersigned trustee at
its office No. AGA California St, San Francisco
California on or before o'clock p. m, July
g. 1909 in sealed envelope marked Tender Of
bonds of Bay Counties Power Company"
Dated: June 10. 1909.
MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY OF SAN
FRANCISCO. r. NJ. SINS. Trust officer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
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