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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
COUNTY CONVENTION OF W. c. T. U.
pressiVe Address by Miss Rena &.
Mosher-Next Meeting In Wilmington.

The 18th annual convention of the
Windham County Womans Christian
Temperance union was held in Newfane
Thursday and Friday. 50 delegates being
present to represent eight unions. While
the attendance was small there was an
atmosphere Of earnest enthusiasm.
Thursday morning was devoted to a
prayer service and preliminary business
and the afternoon to reports from de-
partment A very interesting paper
on Acquaintance with the Union Signal"
was read by Mrs A. a. Wyman of Cam
bridgeport An excellent paper by Mrs
\. J. Currier of Brattleboro on Our
selves was a plea for character building
and emphasized the need of sweeping
first in front OF our own doors The
evening was devoted to short addresses
of welcome inteHpersed with solos by
Mrs. Grace Rhoades and c. l.. Hescock
an poem Mothers garden" by Mrs
Ida Convey.
These officers were elected Friday fore
| noon: President, Mrs Mary S. Morgan:
I secretary, Mrs. Mary f. Spring; treasur-
err, Mrs. Hattie L. Clark: auditor, Mrs
! Aooie \. Wyman. A memorial hour by
Mrs. c. +. Davidson in the afternoon
was followed by department reports
| The BrattlebOro rest room was reported
| by Mrs. Mary E. Tucker. its originator
and an efficient worker. Miss Elsie l..
Pease, state superintendent of scientific
temperance instruction, gave an interest
ing account of her department. Miss
Rena +. Mosher, national superintendent
OF the young peoples branch, conducted
an interesting question box. after which
came the children's hour. including a
very pleasing flag drill and march bv
Newfane village school children taught
by Miss Edith Clark, also singing and
recitatons for which Mrs Grace Rhoades
had given special musical preparations
The children were reinforced by the
Loyal Legion of district No. 4, who gave
recitations. The tying of white ribbon
upon the babes and little tots and the
prayer by the state president made a
touching and fitting closing of the chill
dren's hour.
The address of the evening by Miss
Mosher was on "A nations mistake"
ana II gave brief history of the war
mentioning Lincoln's opposition to the
movement to tax the liqour traffic for
war expenses, and said that a great mis-
take was made by the nation I'm estab-
fishing the precedent of receiving revenle
from strong drink and that the nation
had capitalized vice and that a fruitaes
OF woe and crime had followed the Ii
cense policy. Miss Mosher closed her
address with an account of some of the
victories won by temperance reforms
recently and with a prediction that a
quarter OF century see that
stronghold of the country's greatest foe
railing. Her charming personality, al
together womanly, will not soon be for
gotten by those who heard her
The White Ribbon trio of Bellows
rails, consisting of Mrs Emma Foster.
Mrs. Alice Mesick and Mrs. Ingenue
Fassett' gave their services throughout
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
Agricultural Education for Vermont Boys

\ school OF agriculture for Vermont
boys will DE opened next September in
connection with Lyndon Institute. two
years course in scientific and practical
agriculture will be given. designed TO pre-
pare young men for successful farming
under Vermont conditions. Boys will be
instructed in the character of soils, the
use of fertilizers, animal husbandry,
dairying, horticulture. vegetable gar
dening and greenhouse management, The
purpose of the promoters of the school
is to make 1t thoroughly scientific and at
the same time practical The boys will
be required To do actual farm work and
| become familiar with the various opera
tions they study in the class room.
The farm which win be used as the lab
oratory of the school has been acquired
for the purpose by Theo. y. Vail, who is
much interested in the subject Of agri-
| cultural education, With Mr. Vail In the
| formation of plans for the school have
been associated eX-Gov. Fletcher d. Proc
tor, President Gibbs OF the New Hamp-
shire state agricultural college, Director
| Hills Of the Vermont state experiment
station, John w Titcomb and President
| Thomas of Middlebury college. The new
| school is designed to be a public insti-
| tuition, not a private enterprise.
A unique feature Of the school will be
the opportunity it will afford to Vermont
| culture while acquiring 1t. 1t will be in
no sense a charity school, and every
| boy will be required to pay for his tut
ton board and lodging. But boys who
wish to work their own way Will be
given an opportunity to work during
term time at IS cents an hour and in the
summer vacation they will be paid S25
a month and board. 1t is expected that
an able-bodied and industrious boy will
be able to provide his expenses by this
method. Any Vermont boy who has
finished the grammar school and is ready
for high school may make application for
admission.
The director of the school will be
Arthur r. Merrill, a graduate of the New
Hampshire state agricultural college and
successful teacher at the Baron de-
Hirsch farm school in New Jersey. Mr..
Merrill will send anyone interested a cir
cular of the school and application blanks
may be obtained from him. Address
Lyndon Centre VT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
SECOND IN INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
Braeboo High School Made Fine Showing Scoring 40 Points
Vermont Academy with Big Team First with 6.Thompsons
Work the Feature. Miner Winner Of Mile Run

few feet at the finish. his time being two
minutes and 20 seconds Either Miner or
Spaulding could have taken the race i'm
faster time if they had been fresh. Fits
went into the 40 yard run. but through
poor judgment he took only second
place. He had the pole at the start. but
lost IT within a few yards through his
desire to let someone else set the pace.
He was in a bad pocket all the way
around, but he managed TO work up to
a close second
Thompson won the low hurdles by a
good margin. but Washburn had hard
fight to get third place, Nichols OF Yer
mont academy beating him out for sec
ond. Thompson also had mortgage on
the high jump. establishing a new rec
ord of five feet and three inches Wash
burn was not in condition after his hur-
die races and he dropped out early in
the jump. Titus of Goddard seminary
and Lepper of Vermont academy tied
for second place at five feet with Weeden
and the latter was ready to jump il off
then or later.
The others preferred to toss for place
and Titus got the second place medal
and Weeden third place. Thompson had
much harder work in the pole vault
falling repeatedly at low heights and
passing by his chance in order to reach
"a winning height He secured second
place and conceded first to Baker OF the
Burlington high school, who was going
over easily at the nine foot mark Me
deros of Vermont academy. who shone in
the weights was credited with throw
of 10 feet two inches in hurting
the discus. This was out Of Thomp-
sons class and he was content
with a fourth place He made one fine
throw. but he stepped out Of the ring
and 1t was not measured. 1t might have
given him second place. Thompson also
had bit of hard luck in the broad jump.
I falling backward on his best jump. He
was credited with 10 feet and three
| inches. but Heath of Vermont academy
| jumped 10 feet and five and one half
| inches on each of his trials.
The boys left Brattleboro Friday after
| noon in charge of O. 3. Hughes, grad
! uate Of the University of Vermont last
/ year. They were entertained by members
! Of Mr.. Hughess fraternity while I'm Bur
! NngtOn. They returned to Brattlehoro
/ on the FOWL" train Sunday morning.
In its account of the meet the Bur
| lngton Free Press said: The individual
work of Thompson Brattleboro) was IN,
| feature of the meet. lie took three gold
| medals and two silver medals scoring
/ % points for his school Mederos ". A
/ eNcel.ed i'm the weights. In the mil,
/ run Min,r ran a pretty race and Won
hand!ly by - yards"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

w. II. Anderson, 81. and w. H. Ken
nedy ~, both prominent IN business
affairs in Nashua, y. H., were killed re-
Gently three miles from that city on the
Concord road, when Anderson lost control
of the automobile which he was driving
and 1t crashed through a railing and fell
into small brook. Both men were
crushed under the car and almost instant
ly killed Anderson was one of the largest
real estate proprietors in southern New
Hampshire, owning more than Il. 900 acres
in Stoddard and adjacent towns. He was
president Of a company owning excelsior.
pulp and lumber mills in Peterboro and
owned big lumber plant, in Stoddard
Kennedy was a member of the City Car
riage company in Nashua and a former
alderman. Anderson leaves a wife and
three children and Kennedy n wife and
two children.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

The Brattleboro high school team won
second place in the Vermont interscholas-
tic track meet in Burlington Saturday.
After beating Vermont academy the Sat
urday before in such a decisive way the
Brattleboro boys had hopes of winning
the state championship in the larger
meet but Vermont academy sent up a
larger team and won out. The scores of
the four schools entered were Vermont
academy 81, Brattleboro high school 40,
Goddard seminary 2Gi2 and Burlington
high school sig. The Brattleboro team
was weak in the spirits and in the
weight events, and the superiority of
Vermont academy in both made the diff
ference in the scores. In the triangular
meet in Brattleboro the week before the
sharp contests between Bellows Falls
and Vermont academy made this differ
ence less apparent. Thompson was high
man of the meet with % points to his
credit
In the preliminarles which were run
off in the morning Thompson and Wash
burn each qualified I'm the low hurdle
heats. and Thompson, Washburn and
| Weeden were three of the five men to
qualify in the high jump prelimnaries
Fits did not qualify i'm the 300 yard
dash nor i'm the 1N yard preliminaries
which were run off early i'm the after
noon. Thompson and Washburn won the
| high hurdles easily, a number of yards
| separating them from their nearest OPP
| ponents. Capt Miner. with the assist
ance of Spauldng, ran the best mile in
| his life. finishing in fine form about 70
! yards ahead of the bunch and making
! the record time of four minutes and 80
| seconds. He got the pole at the start
| and his running mate. Spaulding, had
| fourth place. Spaulding started at a clip
! which kept the others wondering what
they were up against and he kept it for
the first half Miner kept in about fifth
| place until the third quarter when he
| worked up and after passing the field
| on the back stretch came down to the
| tape like n race horse. The others We're
punched some distance behind him and
! Spaulding made a fine try for fourth
place but he was unable to make Il
after the hard pacing work he had been
/ doing
The half mile was called SO quickly
after the mile that neither Miner nor
| Sp3ulding had recovered their breath
They We're in no condition. but they
started i'm to do their performance at
over again. Spaulding set a hot pac,
once around with Miner in fourth place
Miner worked up into second position a,
( they came into the home stretch. bu
Lepper of Vermont academy, who di,
not 90 into the mile beat him ont by
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
SEWAGE NUISANCE INVESTIGATED
Prof. J. W. Votey. State Sanitary Engi-
neer, and Health Officers in Town Fri
day-Order viii Be Issued.

Prof. J. W. Votey Of the University Of
Vermont. sanitary engineer of the state
board of health came To Brattleboro
Sriday tn investigate the sewer nuisance.
concerning which the local board of health
took action recently. The BrattleborO
board issued an order directing the bail
iffs to abate the nuisance of the sewer
opening near the Hunt farm and the bail
ins passed on the complaint 10 the
Connecticut River Power company,
which in some measure is responsible for
the conditions. The power company
showed a willingness to remedy any evils
for which 1t was really responsible, but
declined to reconstruct a sewage system
which was not adequate in the first place
Nothing was done toward stopping the
trouble and the Brattleboro board of
health turned the matter over to the
state board. Prof. Notey looked into the
situation thoroughly. and the results OF
his visit will be given to the bailiffs in
the form of an order. The board of
health the bailiffs and the power COM
pany were notified of Prof. NOtey's visit
and all were well represented except the
balliffs who did not attend any of the
conferences.
Prof Notey was met at the train
Friday afternoon by DR., II. D. Holton.
secretary and executive officer of the
state board of health, DR.. Henry Tucker
and John Calvin of the Brattleboro board
Of health and Attorney II. f. Whitney
and Engineer Pierson of the Connecticut
River Power company. Together they
went to the Hunt farm and looked oyer
the situation. afterwards going over
the South Main street section which is
served by the sewer which is causing the
trouble. They Investigated also the Pine
street sewer which discharges into tine
Connecticut river not far from the Cen
trail Vermont roundhouse. 1t has been
suggested that the troublesome sewer be
abandoned and the district south Of Pine
street connected with the old sewer,
the outlet being below the rOundhouse in
the deep water where there Is ample
current to carry away the sewage. The
trouble at the Hunt farm is from the
sewage going into shallow, still water
meeting or the state board of health
represented by DIR. Holton and Prof
Notey was held Saturday morning in
the selectmen's room, but the baiiffs
were not represented. The situation was
talked over informally and DR.. Holton
stated that the trouble must be done away
with at once. In a conference between
Prof Votey and the power company Off
Gals and engineers a plan was suggested
which met with the approval of Prof.
Notey. The question to be decided now
is as to who shall do the work. the bail
Ills or the power company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
SoUsA's RENOWNED BAND.
Famous Organization viii Come to Brat.
tIeboro Before Starting on a Trip
Around the World.

Sousa's famous band Of 81 musicians
will make a trip through Eeastern Yer
mont and Western New Hampshire I'M
der the personal direction Of Messrs Fox
Il Eaton, who are managers Of the
theatres in Brattleboro. Claremont.
Barre and St Johnsbury.
When here last this band was composed
of 40 people and one woman Soloist. II
now numbers 81 musicians and two wo-
men Vocalists Never in its history was
the band in such superb condition for
presenting its inspiring concert programs
as today.
This tour will undoubtedly be the last
that Sousa's band will make in this
territory in a long time, as plans are
under way for a trip around the world
which will include visits to Australia,
Manila and the big cities of the Orient
and Continental Europe. The around
the-world journey will be started shortly
after the engagements in Vermont are
filled. The date for Brattleboro will be
early in November
Other attractions already booked for
the Auditorium are Just out Of Chicl-
go" a George AIDE play; The Wolf
well remembered her: Beverley of
Graustark," from the book of the same
name; I'm the Bishops Carriage: The
City about the most pronounced sue
cess Of the present New York season
Three Twins" perhaps the largest mu-
steal show ever seen in Brattlcboro; THE
Soul kiss; The Girl from Rector's"
The Red Mill" and many others that
are being arranged for
The policy Of Messrs. Fox & Eaton in
forming no alliance with either faction
Of the theatrical war is resulting in get
ting bookings from both the Shuberts
and the trust. Altogether the coming
theatrical season promises to he one of
unusual brilliance and interest.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
ENTRIES FOR STAKE RACES.
some Old Favorltes in the Llst-Prospeet
for Track Events at Next Valley Fair
Best In Years.

some Old FaVorltes In the List-Prospeet
for Track Events at Next Valley Fair
Best In Years.
The stake races at the Valley fair next
fall promise to be the most hotly con-
tested Of any in recent years. The entries
i'm the PIG pace are especially good some
old favorites and some new horses Of
known ability being entered. The New
port Stock farm will be represented by
]. O. b. and by Albert r., and the Roar
ing Brook stable Of Barton has entered
Maggie Bogash and Glengretta. Among
the other fast ones will be Thoughtful,
owned by John Adams of Bennington, and
f. d. Whtcombs Eastern Maid from
Springfield. The entries closed June l..
They are as follows:
2ts Pace, Purse $500.
Thoughtful, chg, John Adams, Benning-
ton, n. II.
Edna A., bl.m., George A. Barnes, Board
man, Conn.
Cousin Ruth, chm, Dr. s. d. Phelps,
Norwood, n. Y.
FL Gallo, bg, Pine Tree stable, Lewiston,
Maine.
Paul Nelson, oh m. NJ. D. & L. NJ Drew,
Montpelier, VT.
Alto, big, II. F. Pierce, Stanstead. p @.
J. o. b, BIS, Newport Stock farm, New
port, L
Albert H.. BIS, Newport Stock farm, New
port, VT.
Bon View, brig, A. c. Furbush, West
Newton, Mass.
Bonnie West, Big, w. H. Buba, Sheldon
Junction, Vt.
Max S, Big, W. II, Buba, Sheldon juno
ton, VT.
On Wilkes, Big, James T. Waite, South
Boston, Mass.
Deacon Pointer, bis, william Wright
Sherbrooke. p. Q.
Maggie Bogash, Roaring Brook stable
Barton, VT.
Glengretta, Roaring Brook stable, Barton
VT.
Eastern Maid, b.m., Frank d. whitcomb
Springfield, Mass.
Edna, BIN, c. c. Waller, North Troy
VT.
2.3o Trot, Purse $500.
Billy Morse, CHI. $, c. 7. McNally, Grove
ton, n. II.
Marion w, b.m., S. A. Drew, Norwood
n. Y.
Pander, CHI G., H. F. Pierce, stanstead
p. g.,
Fred p, b.g Newport Stock farm, New
port VT.
Baylssa, b. m, Roaring Brook stable
Barton, Vt.
Aristocrat, rig, C. b. Daley, Newton
Mass.
Lance W, big, James T. Waite, Soutl
Boston, Mass.
King Prophet, brig, James T. Waite
South Boston Mass.
2.3o Pace, Purse $500.
Island Lass, b. M, s. P. Garfield, Ney
Milford, Conn.
Dena, b.m., II. F. Pierce, Sanstead, Que
Nellie Stanford, BIN, II. +. Perc,
Sanstead, Que
Harry P, b.gu James Dougrey, Glen
Falls. y. Y
Helen c., CHI m, Newport Stock farm
Newport, VT.
Kingsley Girl, Roaring Brook stable
Barton, VT.
NIadge Bradley, b. m, Frank Holbrool
West Derby, Vt.
Herbert H., b. G., James T. Waite, sout
Boston, Mass.
F. f. P, chg, James T. Waite, Sout
Boston, Mass.
Lady Bingen, br m, R. f. Thompson
Brighton, Mass.
Eastern Maid. b. m, Frank Whitcom'
Springfield, Mass.
Cabell br.s Pine Tree stable, Levi:
ton, Me.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
over $4,000 in License Fees Paid.

The treasurer of the city of Burlington
has sent TO the state treasurer a check
for $1,000 for liquor license fees in that
city for the current year. The state
treasurer has received over $50. 900 from
such fees besides $4,000 from the secre-
tary Of state for licenses from wholesalers
The largest amount received was from
Burlington. Bennington has paid 5000.
Swanton $4,000. Milton $500 and Highgate
$500. Newport has three licensed drug
gists at 500 each, the largest sum fixed
for NTH class licenses in any town or city
in the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

Masonic week will be observed in Bur
lingtOn June 10 to Il inclusive, at the
Masonic temple. On Monday the Yer
mont Council of DeliberatiOn will meet
Tuesday will be taken up by the grand
commandery and the grand council and
on Wednesday the grand lodge will hold
its session. Wednesday evening the Yer
mant Masonic Veteran association will
meet. Thursday and Friday will be oc.
cupied by sessions of the grand lodge
and the grand Royal Arch chapter
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10
SAFE AND SURE

Among the medicines that are recon-
mended and endorsed by physicians and
nurses is Kemp's Balsam the best cough
cure For many years II has been regard
ed by doctors as the medicine most likely
to cure coughs, and 1t has strong hold
When Kemp's Balsam cannot cure q
cough, we shall be al a loss to know what
will. At druggists and dealers, 25c.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

George II. Brooks. 81, a native of Thet
ford, was almost instantly killed Sunday
in the factory of the Chaplin & Stephens
company in Pine Meadow, Conn. He was
employed as a wheelwright and was oiling
the shafting when his sleeve caught in
the betting He was wound around the
shaft so tight that many minutes elapsed
before his mangled body was released.
His skull was crushed, his right arm
severed between the elbow and wrist and
many bones in his body were broken. He
was employed 10 years by the Rodney
Hunt Machine Co. of Orange Mass He is
survived by his wife and a sister. Mrs.
Henry Sargent of Post Mills, Vt, to
which place the body was taken for burial.
It,s ansier To dasnand frnnn vn1r IN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

James Sinner of Montpelier was caught
trying to break into L. b. Brooks's store
IN the Montpelier opera house building
sunday morning. In the city court he
pleaueu guilty and was sentenced to not
less than two years In the hAusa NJ cor
rection in Rutland.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

Ministers, lawyers, teachers. and others
whose occupation gives but little exercise,
liver and biliousness' One a dose, Try
l go
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

grade Gibbs, >th grade. second; J. Dahl
strom, Sth grade, Sd. Time / minute 9
So seconds
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

It's easier to descend from your an
cestors than it is to rise above them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-10

s,S4SsD q III by building qBD doing its worn
'SSieE sa nave t %sSh ot der one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13
1x3 POLICY or THE
SPOKANE PRESS.

II 148 POLICY OF THE might be termed, in a semi
SPOKANE PRESS facetious way, the most
densely populated newspa-
49, per town in the west. That
- considering its population there newspapers
here than in any other city of the far west
This condition means to the city and the Inland
Empire than people realize unless they to think about
it. 1t means that Spokane will get greater publicity than
any other western city OF anywhere it SIZE 1t
that Spokane people will get better newspapers And it
means the development of several different and distinct
policies and schemes by private and public organizations
behind these newspapers.
AS stand at the beginning of this broader line of
campalgn-broader because each year great
accomplishments by everybody in the great northwest
empirThe Spokane Press desires to extend its comp
ments to all of its contemporaries and emphasize it's be-
print all the news In such an admirable
And now In this critical year the city IS history, The
Press wishes emphatcaly to state its line of policy for
the benefit OF old and thousands of readers This
fact it and must be the potent factor the up
building OF this city, publicity way, both regards
politics and general public welfare The Press is neither
republican democratic newspaper. It is the peoples
didae, regardless of party stripe, which it thinks will
make the best public NOT the best party servant indie
pendent, non-partsan citizens, growing in
ber and they must look in future campaigns to the real
independent newspapers reflect their real sentiments
and wage their battles
The editor of The Spokane Press is entirely untramme
ed in his decisions by especial interests and representa-
tves of especial interests His only instructions to
SERVE THE PEOPLE. And he is doing this to the best
of his ability and hopes to do it increasing
tent.
As in politics. is in other city affairs Wrongs
mitted against the individual by private corporations
other individuals wrongs committed against the pub
M and The Press will continue to expose and attack them
newspaper is like public servant-it is public
want, and it must labor for the common good.
This is the policy of The Press.