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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07

The Boston News Bureau, In considering
the possibilities Of the aeroplane, saws:
What may not be the value in the future
OF the ability to send faster than by mo-
tor car or express train a document or
stock certificate, a deed, signature, a
PROOF In evidence, bonds for collateral Sc
curity signed notes, endorsements, a wit
ness, notary with power of certifica-
tion' doctor, a surgeon or a captain of
industry with the only brain that can
quickly solve a knotted problem OF great
danger or value?"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07
Death Of Mrs. Samuel Alexander.

Jessie Mansfield Alexander, so. wife OF
samuel Alexander died Saturday night.
having been an invalid many months
The funeral was held TUESDAY i'm her
Iate nome and the> body was taken to
Maine for burial Mr.. and Mrs Alex
nnuer came here to care for his grand
parents a few years ago and durin,- 70
residence here she endeared herself 70
an with whom she was associated. being
true friend. kind and obllring neigh
Dor and very devoted to the comfort and
welfare Of the old people.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07
over 100000 Paid the State by Corpora.
tIons.

The biennial report of ]. f. Cushman
or Burlington, commissioner of state
taxes, shows total collections for the
two years ending June 30, 1910, of 50, O32, .
O5SO2 an increase of 1884, 172.25 as com
pared with the previous biennial period.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07

The first number Of the lecture course
VII oe heId on the evening Of oct Il.
when a stereopticon lecture on the yai
IoWstone park Will be given by j Reed
Powell. ''"
-, The first meeting Of the Unitarian Ia
dies sewing society will be held 7next
thursday afternoon in the church mar
lors. public supper viii be served at
$50 in the vestry. "'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07
RERNARpsroN. MASS.

Mrs. Philetus Wall and Mrs e. F. Ed
day attended the funeral Of their brother,
Ceylon d. Farnum, who died Sept 2s. in
the 79d year Of his age, in South Lon
donderry, VT. They returned Monday.
MIR. Farnum was prominent citizen, a
member of many organizations and he
viii be long remembered for his many
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07

Two large parties of children recently
arrived in Quebec from Liverpool. one
was made up OF boys and girls from the
Blrt home, which has been caring for
children for 81 years. rescuing them from
pad surroundings and sending them to
good homes in Canada.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07
FAIR ATTENDANCE WAS 22,ft7.
Nearly Up to Best Previous Year-PaId
Admissions Numbered 1s7s6-for Va.
rous Reasons 1921 Admitted Free.


Revised figures on the attendance at
the Valley fair last week show that the
total for the three days was only about
200 less than the largest years attendance
since 1906, the first year for which the
ngures are known. The result is highly
gratifying to the management. Had the
first day been pleasant there is no doubt
that the attendance this year would have
beaten all records. The summary as pre-
pared by Treasurer Frederic c. Adams is
as follows:
TUESDAY.
1,464 at so cents.
lis at 25 cents.
1872 employees.
S2S exhibitors paying entry fees, race
men, grooms, midway and privilege
men.
1925 Brattleboro Retreat.
20 First Regiment band.
2,24s
WEDNESDAY.
1o.461 at so cents.
1926 at % cents.
232 employees.
S2S exhibitors paying entries, etc.
125 Brattleboro Retreat.
26 First Regiment band.
75 automobile drivers in parade.
l20 under five years Of age.
1898
THURSDAY.
5,709 at so cents.
AIS at 25 cents.
200 employees.
S2S exhibitors paying entries, etc.
125 Brattleboro Retreat.
20 First Regiment band.
70 under five years Of age.
6,SSS1
1876 total paid admissions.
22,ll7 total attendance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07

Willie-'T say, ma, II Dad was to die.
would he go to heaven?"
Ma-"Hush, Willie! Who's been put
ting such ridiculous thoughts into your
head"
-GLondon Opinion.
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women VIII find Partisan Sage a most
delightful hair dressing, free from grease
and sickness. Guaranteed by Wilfred
r. Root to cure dandruff, stop falling
hair or money back. Large bottle 90
cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07

Dyspepsia in its worst forms will yield TO
the use Of Garter's Little Nerve Pills, aided
oy Sarter's Little Liver Pills. They not only
stomach and digestive apparatus.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07
VERNON.

Recent guests of Mrs. Augusta Cook
We're p. L. Cook of Baldwinsville. Mrs.
Leslie w. Boyd and daughter Christina,
OF wilmington and Mrs, Charles S. Per-
ry of Hinsdale
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07

Watching another's career is not a
profitable job.
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,os saaso5 S' , MSsT g e ,si an
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27

20, they stopped. did they?" asked,
and thought to myself with some sat
isfaction that they were in trouble,
too. The misery that so often at
tends an automobiles is especially
fond OF company.
Wonder if they'd lend US a jack?"
/ remarked aloud What kind of a
Machine was it, kid?"
a whoppin' big Teller, red, like
your lordship's," said the boy Of
Course he knew me, even if l dIun |
know him. He was probably the
butchers or bakers boy from Wye
on his way back from the castle.
Sounds rather promising" said
Dearest DO go and see if they
can't help US out I don't want
Agatha Lawrence to walk all that
way home in this mud"
Very well" said, but it sounds
as if they were in need of assistance
themselves! Why else should they
want to stop in the middle of the
woods? However, III make the at
tempt. Freer, you stay by the la
dies, and I'll go and see what l can
do" And just stopping to give the
little boy shilling or two for his
information, l strobe down the wood
road in the direction he had pointed
out.
I hadn't gone far and was Just
wondering again what in the world
would possess any one to push down
so narrow a road in a big machine,
when the machine in question came
in sight. It was a big touring car,
red like mine. to be sure, but an en-.
tirely different make. and | stopped
and stared at it in an overwhelming
surprise. But not for any reason in
connection with the automobile itself.
1t was the girl who was its sole pas
senger that held my attention and
caused my surprise. Sitting in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
PART TWO.
CHAPTER vi.

1t wasn't until later that same aft
ernoon of our Northbury trip, when
Lady Vincent and l had assembled to
our rooms TO dress for dinner, that
l found chance to tell her the news.
l can always be sure of an uninter-
rupted chat with her then.
and so you saw her sitting in the
automobile alone in the middle of the
woods?" asked Dearest, when l had
finished my breathless recital.
Yes, that is as far as 1 could see,
she was alone" I replied. But you
forget the mans laugh and the
checked coat. There was a man with
her right enough, and though l didn't
think so at the time, think now that
makes the thing much more mysteri-
GUS"
"Of course there was man with
her" remarked Dearest. 1T was
lovers tryst, as plain as plain can
be-" Dearest is so romantic. But
then at the same time I'll have to
admit she's nearly always right.
But who under high heaven
could it have been?" l cried, never
more puzzled in my life.
1--WE know it wasn't Freer; he was
with US all the time, and Terhune has
been in London all day."
"He said he was going to be in
London" remarked my wife with the
slightest possible emphasis on the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
"DR0WNING" AS A LIVING.

A remarkable association of youth
Jul professional drowners and life
saving heroes has been discovered by
the Paris police. The number of boys
who have fallen into the river and
been rescued by their companions has
grown to such an extent in the St
Louis district that the local magis-
trate ordered that the boys on the
embankment should be watched. AS
a result 13-year-old Louis Berbaud was
seen to let himself drop cautiously in
to the water, and the next instant two
of his comrades sprang heroically aft
er him and brough him to land. Bet,
baud played his part to perfection,
and, feigning illness, was transported
to the salvage station. One of his
gallant rescuers remained with him,
while the other fastened away, as it
was afterwards ascertained, to give
the news to the newspapers IN order
to obtain a reward. Berbaud and his
friends afterwards made a full con-
fession. Their association had a
number of members, they said, but
they refused to give the names. They
had found the profession a paying, one
as the heroes were nearly always
recompensed, and they always Loyalty
shared their profits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27

front seat. a light pongee coat about
her, with an air of expectancy, as If
she awaited the coming of some one
not far off, sat Agatha First. Yes,
the very same, AS cheerful and as
much herself as If she had not plead
ed headache as an excuse for not
automobiling with us that morning
stood stock still in the road as
my unwilling eyes took in this amaz-
ing sight, and it was a full minute
before my routed wits apprehended
the significance of q mans checked
automobile coat that hung over the
back of the seat beside her. Evil
IDENTIFY she was with some one. which
somehow seemed less extraordinary
at the moment than that she should
be alone Her escort though not
visible was apparently not far dis
tant, for even as l stared, Agatha
First rose in the machine displaying
a huge bunch of Wild flowers in her
hands as she did so. and hallooed to
him. Don't pick any more!" she
called. Il don't want any more flow
ers, want you!" A laugh quite near at
hand sounded for response and hur-
riedly started back down the road
wanted awfully to see who the man
that belonged TO the checked coat
was, but l wanted still more to es-
cape being seen either by him or by
my eccentric guest, Miss Endicott
The possibility that I might fall in
with tie former returning from his
little ramble, flowers in hand, almost
made me run, and the fear that in
looking for him. the latter was al
ready on the point of discovering my
retreating form, caused me to stick
close TO the roadside and the shelter
of the trees like any thief or tres
passer, And. by JoYe! l didn't
breathe freely till I'd sighted my own
machine standing in the sunlight at
the crossroads. It's a nasty posi-
ton for chap to be caught in.
eavesdropping. and if they had seen
me they would never have believed
I had not been spying on them.
Did you get jack?" inquired
Freer as l came up. He could see
perfectly well that l was empty
handed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
WOMAN COBBLER OF MAINE

Mrs. Abbie Foster, fifty-three years
old, of South Paris, is the only woman
cobbler in Maine, and by her twenty
years hard work at the bench has
earned every dollar of the purchase
price of one Of the prettiest village
homes in the state. She sold her
property to a young man of South
Paris and when he was unable to
meet the requirements of the mort
gage, instead of the usual method of
foreclosing and causing him TO lose
the money he had paid towards the
estate, Mrs Foster took back the
property, without resorting to law,
and allowing that the Improvements
he had made were sufficient for the
rent, paid him back dollar for dollar
the investment he had made. Local
business men held up their hands at
such a transaction but Mrs. Foster
only smiled and said. do unto 9th
ers" and continued her labors of tap
ping a pair of shoes. Busy from sun
rise until sunset every week day at
her bench. Mrs. Foster does every
sort Of repair work to shoes. tapping,
sewing patches, Strengthening tn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27

NO" I said shortly. too absorbed
in conjectuTing the meaning of the
strange discovery / had just stun
bled upon TO invent any excuse for
the failure of my errand.
Wen just have to walk home"
said. Peterson can wait with the
car and III send him help from the
castle"
And all the way home I pondered
upon my queer adventure. What
could Agatha First be doing in a
strange automobile in the middle Of
the woods when she was supposed to
be i'll at home. and who was the man
who was with her, the owner of the
checked coat? That was the most
mysterious part of the whole business
to me. and though l racked by brain
l could not possibly think who he
might be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27

Old Sevres at it's best is wonderfully
beautiful, although some connoisseurs
would not give bit of blue and white
china for the richest example of
French craftsmanship Nevertheless,
fortunes are paid for fine Sevres. At
a recent auction held in London Jo-
Beph Duveen closed the bidding for a
''vaisseau a mat" with a $4,000 bid.
Besides Mr.. Duveen's bargain there
are only four other known specimens
Of the vaisseau a mat in existence,
namely: One in the royal collection
at Windsor castle with a grosbleu
ground dated 1853; one in the Wallace
collection, with a grosbleu ground
one with a Rose du Barry ground
dated 1852 in Baron Rothschild's col
lection; and the one in the possession
of ]. Pierpont Morgan. Mr. Morgan's
yaisseau mat was formerly in the
Earl Of Coventry's collection; it is one
with a Rose du Barry and green
ground dated 1859.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
Soldiers Care of Their Feet.

In our army more care is taken o.
the feet than of any other part of +
mans body. Your trained, profess
sional soldier knows that If his fees,
are sound, dry and warm, his handt
will be steady and his head clearer
II he has to sleep in a swamp he viz
use his blankets and other equipment
to protect his feet, though his body
may be soaking in rain or mud. Any
where and everywhere, winter or sum
ing to sleep for his nights rest or foi.
an afternoon nap, throws some cover.
ing over his legs from the knees
down In our army colds are rare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27

Placed Gun TO His Head and Firec
Twenty-second infantry. Jackson wal
with the first company to reach thu
battlefield after the massacre anc
gives in detail the scene as il pre-
sented itself to him. Jackson says
that an examination of Clusters body
showed that the wound which caused
his death was fired at close range, the
powder burns indicating plainly that
the pistol was held against the head
Jackson was commanded by General
Reno to talk with the Indians after
they had been subdued by the United
States troops in the hopes of finding
out how Custer was killed. The In
dians told Jackson that General Gus
ter was the last man to fall in bat.
tie. They wanted to take him alive,
believing that with him as a prison
er they could force the government
to terms. Realizing this fact, Jack
son says the Indians told him that
Custer placed q gun to his head and
fired.
According to Jackson the Indians
all loved Custer and called him The
Long Haired Chief"
Jackson is a picturesque character
and although he was in long and
dangerous service is not receiving al
pension from the government, bel
cause he was not a regularly enlisted
soldier. Friends in Taos county are
interesting themselves in his behalf
and hope to receive aid for him FRONT
the government to compensate himt
for valuable services rendered. +.
Jackson acted as a scout for Gen-t
eral Otis when he went to the relief
of General Miles, then being on a de-
tail along the Yellowstone river. Jack-s
son also secuted for General Miles,
when he was running down LameE
Deer and his band. Jackson shot and
killed Lame Deer, scalped him and
afterwards gave the scalp to GeneraH
Miles.
After the Indians had been drsvens
into Canada. Jackson acted as guide
when General Miles burned over Cd
large territory along the northerr4
boundary of the United States and
drove south the buffalo SO that tha
Indians were forced to surrender thu
following winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
SYNOPSIS.

Archibald Terhuna, a popular and in
dolent young bachelor of London, re-
Ceiyes news that he has been made heir
70 the estate Of his Aunt Georgiana, with
an income Of $4,000 d year, on condition
that he becomes engaged to be married
within ten days. Failing to do SO the
legacy viii go to a third cousin in Amer
lea. The story opens at Castle Wyckoff
where Lord Vincent and his wife, friends
IF Terhune, are discussing plans to find
MIN a wife within the prescribed time. It
seems that Lady Vincent is one Of seven
persons named Agatha. all close girlhood
chums. She decides to invite two OF them
b the castle and have Archie there as
one OF the guests. Agatha Sixth strikes
Archie as a handpainted beauty Agatha
First is a breezy American girl. Lady
Vincent tells her husband that Agatha
SiAth already cares for Archie. He gains
from Agatha Sixth the admission that
she cares for him, but viii require a
months time fully to make up her mind.
Agatha First, neglected by Terhune, re-
ceives attentions from Leslie Freer. Four
days Of the precious time have passed
when Terhune IS called to London on
business. Agatha First. on the plea Of
sickness, excuses herself from motor
rip planned by the Vincents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27

said" l gaped at her a moment,
then seized her shoulder.
do you mean to say it was Archi-
bald?" l cried, who was the owner
of the checked coat?"
4 didn't say" she replied. only
it does look little like it, doesn't it?
You see he couldn't go to the cricket
with US because he had TO go up to
London, and she, because she had a
headache. VOLTA TOUT
But we saw the wire" I objected
ooh, as to that!" she said. " a tele-
grams easily enough cooked up! He
had only to write one himself and tell
the station master to send 1t over.
We none of us examined It closely.
It's an old dodge, you know
so it Isl" l cried, "and vou-re
right. 1t must have been old Ter.
hume! What dunderhead I've been
not to see it before! But l say" |
added, less exuberantly as a thought
struck me. IF that's the case, what
does he mean by it, Dearest? What
do they both mean by it. he and she?
And what does it portend in regard
to the match we're trying TO make be-
tween Arch and Miss Lawrence? An
swer any of those questions If you
can! Wiseacre that you are. | be-
lieye youn have to let me count ten
on that"
I'm afraid | will" she admitted, as
puzzled as l was. You see / never
knew Agatha Endicott as well as |
did the other five Agathas-as well
as 60 Agatha Sixth, and then you
know Agatha Sixth has visited me
before, and this is the first time I've
seen Agatha First since We parted
on the occasion Of my marriage"
ITO BE CONTINUED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
CUSTER DIED BY OWN HANr
Robert jackson, Old Indian Scout zne
Guide, Claims Great Fighter
Shot Himself.

That General Custer, the hero O
clusters massacre, believed to have
Deen scalped and killed by the Siou1
on the battlefield, was not murdered
Dy the Indians. but died as the result
OF gunshot wound fired by his own
hand, is the somewhat startling addt
ton offered to history by Robert Jack,
son OF Costilla, Taos county, New
Mexico.
jackson was for nine and a half
years a scout and guide for the United
States soldiers, his service beginning
IN 1874 and ending in 1888. Jackson
served under General Otis. General
Reno, Colonel Benteen, General Miles!
General Custer and General Hazen. 1
At the time of the battle in which
General Custer met his death jack
son was serving on the Sixth United
States infantry carrying dispatches tq
General Otis, then in command of tho
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
Find letter From General Gar,

The Historical association of Los
Angeles Is to be presented with a num-
Der of interesting documents recover
ed from an outlaws hut, among them
a letter written by Gen. u. S. Grand
during the siege Of Vicksburg.
The Grant letter was addressed to-
Gen. Parks and conveyed orders relal
tive to operations in front of the Con-
federate stronghold. The other pa-,
pers are supposed to have been stoferx
from Gen. Manuel Garcia of the Mexf.
can army.
That the documents had been secret,
ed in the howell for many years waK
shown by their condition and by tbs
further fact that the hut, dilapf
dated old abode near Ferris. was adams
doned when the railroad supplanteS
the stage line on the run between Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
He HAS TOO MUCH NOSE.

Surgeons at the Cincinnati City hos.
pital believe that John Lehray, a
cooper, who applied for treatment re
Gently, has the largest nose in the
world The ponderous nasal appen,
dage is six and three-quarter inches
long and three and half inches wide
1t hangs over the lips and interferes
when he eats or talks. Lehray is suf,
fering from elephantiasis of the nose,
and the physicians have decided that
the organ will require to be ampu-
tated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
SNAKES THAT MILK cows

The unusual spectacle of snakes
milking COW was witnessed recent
ly on the borders of Oxon and Glou-
cestershire, England. A Mrs. Rice,
living near the village of Oddington,
keeps two cows, and 1t was discoV-
cred that the animals, although in
perfect condition. were not giving the
proper supply of milk that might be
expected The cowman was at first
at a loss to find reason, but one
day he visited the COWS in the mead
ow and found one of the animals 1y-
ing down quite contentedly, while two
large grass snakes were sucking at
the udders. The reptiles had evident
ly found milk thriving diet, for
each was feet 7 inches in length,
and over inches round the thickest
part Of the body.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-27
TOE USED FOR THUMB" PRINT

A problem that confronted the Off
Gals of Californian bank was solved
and. at the same time, Identification
methods were given a new twist when
a Hindu squatted down on the floor,
kicked of his shoe and used the great
toe of his right foot for stamping an
impression on the deposit slip. The
Hindu signatures all look alike to
bank cashiers, who use thumb I'M
prints as an additional means of iden-
tification in cases where depositors
hail from the far east But this sys-
tenn could not be followed out in the
present because the would-be depos-
itor's hands, which had been scalded,
were tied up in bandages