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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Foster for Craftsmanship.

A Washington special says: The
death of Representative James
Perkins emphasizes the fact that a
strange fate seems to follow the
Craftsmanship of the foreign affairs
committee. The first victim was Rep
resentative Hit of Illinois, who de-
cided to run for vice president, was
defeated and died of a broken heart.
Then came Representative Adams OF
Pennsylvania, who committed suicid
Then Robert Cousins of Iowa. vino
failed in health and retired from Con-
gress. Now Congressman Foster, of
Vermont, is the ranking Republican
member of the committee. AS he is a
New Highlander who is far from being
superstitious, his friends think he
might break the spell.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17

favor the change, and the new name
is one borne by a very useful Yer
monter, as a general rule 1t is I'M
wise to attempt such changes. People
become tenaciously attached to the
old names, although they may be
rude and entirely inappropriate, New
York State is strewn with names
from the classics which would not be
chosen by the present generation If
names were being given, but having
become fixed in history there is no de-
sire to choose new ones.
Some of the rulings OF the Post
office Department regarding names
appear arbitrary and foolish. Changes
are confusing and they are not always
for the better.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Bradstreees Vermont Trade Report.


Reports to Bradstreet's for tho
week are optimistic, small improve
ment is noted in general retail trade
but generally speaking travel is bad
and holds back the country trade.
Reports from manufacturing interests
show labor we'll employed and new
business coming in well. There are,
however, few exceptions to this re-
port. The season has opened early
for the maple sugar crop and found
some of the farmers unprepared,
which has caused activity in the sale
of sugar making apparatus. The
trees that have been tapped are those
with southern exposure and several
good runs are reported. Prices on
early run are full high although as
a rule normal prices are asked. Fancy
article in Rutland county is adver-
tised at 25 cents pound.
Granite manufacturers have their
of accumulation of orders. Consider
able business is noted in this line
and manufacturers report some new
business is received for quotations.
Granite quarry owners have been
able to take care of orders in good
shape. Orders for building stone are
light. Marble manufacturers are
pleased with general outlook and
note new business coming in well.
A sympathetic strike at one paper
mill at Bellows Falls was reported
the last of the week. Generally speak
ing paper manufacturers have report
ed new business coming in in a sat-
isfactory manner and labor has been
well employed. Machine manufact-
urers report a large amount of bust
ness on hand and some plants in the
State are planning for future lib
eral increase. Collections continue
! irregular with tendency towards
slowness. Included in failure stats.
tics for the week is one bankruptcy,
one offer to compromise and one re-
Ownership appointment. Reports from
both Montpelier and Barre show a
little better tone among retail merch-
ants. While considerable stock was
carried over from last season. Steps
have been taken to reduce same and
the merchants, while conservative,
have commenced placing orders for
the future.
Rutland merchants note some inn
: provement in general trade and re-
port the outlook for spring business
= encouraging. While early reports
from builders in general show but a
small amount of work on hand the
outlook for the near future promises
> considerable work. Demand in gener-
L al for building material is reason
ably good. Slate manufacturers re-
port that new work is coming in
: we'll and labor well employed, al
though it is early yet to do much
Il work at the Quarries.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Returned to Montreal.

Eva Barnard. the young lady whom
it is charged Warren Hubbell of Wi
nooski brought into this country IL
legally from Canada, was escorted
back to Montreal by a deupty United
States marshal. Eva has been in the
local jail since the session of the
United States District and Circuit
Courts, when she was used as wit
ness before the grand jury. Mr.. Huh
bell is in the local Jail and he may
be tried at the session of the United
States Court that convenes in this
city in April. He is charged with
bringing an alien into this country
FOR immoral purposes. Hubbell lived
in Winooski and was detected on the
train by the custom house officers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Trying Out the Wireless in SPRING
field,

Edward Bailey and Joseph John
son have installed the first accessor-
les of a wireless station, which they
hope to have in Springfield soon. n
detector has been purchased and, 10y
means of an aerial, which Joseph
Johnson has constructed on the top
of the bank block, they are able 20
hear telephones ring in various parts
of the town The affair is hardly moro
than an experiment as yet, but if the
instruments work we'll. a complete
amateur station will be installed.
More instruments are to arrive later.
If the station should be a success.
the operators have ambitions of con-
structing an aerial from the steeple
of the Congregational church to the
roof of the bank block, which would
ado much to the distance that could
be spannod by the wireless.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
AMERICAN MINISTER ASSAULTED
United States Representative in San
to Domingo Victim of Attack by
Manaic.

Washington, d. c., March 17.-Hor-
ace G. Knowles of Delaware, the min
lister of the United States to the re-
public of San Domingo was assaulted
while riding in vehicle in the public
highways of Santo Domingo city last
Sunday The incident was reported to
the State department by the American
legation at San Domingo.
The assailant was a man named
Castillo, a brother of the Governor
of the province. The authorities i'm
medately upon learning of the acct
dent arrested Castillo, whom the Of
ficials say is mentally deranged.
The Dominican government has ex-
pressed to Minister Knowles its regret
at the incident and all the ministers
of the cabinet have personally called
at the American legation to offer
similar expressions. While the Off
Gals connected with the United States
legation are of the opinion that the
incident is without political signifi-
canoe, it is reported that there is
some unrest in the republic. Strong
opposition to the present government
prevails in a considerable portion Of
the island Dispatches to the State
department here, however, show nc
cause for concern.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
(Burlington Free Press.

Governor Prouty and President De
Boer of the Montpelier Board of
Trade have every reason to be graft
fled over the progress made in the
preparations for the. observance of
the centennial of Justin S. Morrill,
In these busy, hustling times we
are inclined to give less heed to SEN
timent than were our fathers, but the
approach of the Morrill, centenary has
touched the springs of our affection
as a people for the statesman who
was so long Vermonts Grand Old
Man" From all parts of the State
come evidences of enthusiasm over
the projected observance, and Mont
pelier will be the Mecca of host
faithful to his memory and grateful
for the distinguished service he rem
dered America as we'll as Vermont.
The Waterbury Record says that
Governor Prouty is going to see to
it that fitting observance is made OF
the Tooth anniversary of the birth OF
the noted Vermont statesman, the late
United States Senator Justin S. Nor
rill, which comes April a. 1t is eX-
pected that the celebration will be
held at Montpelier and that Hon. w
p. Dillingham; of this place will de-
liver the address"
The Montpelier Journal thinks thai
"the choice Of Hon. George F.. Ed
munds, for many years the colleague
the amount of money put out
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER.
jury Finds Robert Eddy Guilty OF That
Crime in Eddy Murder Trial at Rut-


Rutland, March 17.-"Guilty of man
slaughter was the verdict returned
at 2.35 o'clock this afternoon in the
case of Robert Eddy of Wallingford,
who for the last week has been on
trial in Rutland County court on a
charge of numbering Miss Mary Jane
Johnson of Wallingford last October
At 2.05 o'clock the jury had returned
to the court room and the foreman
John Delehanty of Fair Haven an
nounced that they reached a verdict
of murder in the third degree. They
were informed by Judge A. A. Hall
that there was no such crime as MUIR
der in the third degree and that he
had already instructed them that they
were to find the respondent guilty of
murder in the first degree, murder in
the second degre, manslaughtr, or
that thy were to acquit him. They
were sent back for elaboration and
in half an hour returned a verdict of
manslaughter. The case will be TAX
en- to the Supreme Court.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Special Exhibit Train.

A special train will be run on the
Rutland division of the New York Cen
trial lines from Alburg to Bellows
Falls and Bennington inclusive April
l2-15 The railroad runs this train
in cooperation with the State COM
missioner of agriculture and the Uni
versity of Vermont. The train will
consist of a baggage car and three
passenger coaches. In the former
will be carried exhibits illustrating
forestry, spraying of crops and dairy
ing, the latter consisting of two or
three cows of desirable and undesir-
able conformation which will be used
for demonstrating these points. The
three passenger cars will be fitted up
with lecture platform and will be de-
voted, one to horticulture and fores-
try, one to fertilizers and crops. and
one to dairying and stock feeding
Stops of an hour each or whereabouts
will be made at various stations. Two
or three addresses not to exceed Is
minutes each will be given in each
car, and abou; 10 or 20 minutes given
to demonstration in the baggage car
All addresses viii be illustroted by
charts, specimens, or otherwise. The
lectrring and demonstration crew
will be supplied about half by the
commissioner of agriculture and half
by the University. This train will t.,
many respects resemble the train run
four years ago on the east side of the
State by the Boston e. Maine railroad
The train schedule will be published
later
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17

A tempest in teapot has been
aroused over the change in the name
of the North Hartland postoffice to
Evarts, which resulted in an adverse
vote at the recent Hartland town
meeting. The contest has reached a
stage where a war of pamphlets has
been begun. Those who oppose the
giving up of the old name hint at va
rious dark plots, including the inter-
vention of one of the California Sen
ators.
Those who favor the change OF
name allege that the male patrons
of the office, by vote of 80 to 6, de-
clared in favor of the name Evarts
They assert that the chief opponent
of the change is ]. II. Dunbar, re-
cent Socialist candidate for Govern
or, who offered $1,000 If the name
were chaged to Wiltshire, after a mil
lionaire Socialist.
Two postoffice inspectors have Wis
tied the place and have investigated
the situation, and, apparently, have
found no irregularities. 1t is a diff
cult matter to change an established
name without stirring up trouble
While in this particular instance the
majority of the patrons appear tc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Orange County Politics.

b. II. Adams of Chelsea. who has
held the office Of deputy sheriff for
the past thirteen years and who for
the past five years has been the coun-
ty jailer, has announced his candi-
dacy for the Office of sheriff before the
next Republican convention. II. r.
Baldwin Of Wells River also has an
nounced his candidacy for reelection.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS.

Beginning with the election of 1894
the Republicans have controlled Con-
gress without break. On several oc-
casions the outlook for success has
been far from encouraging, particu-
larly in The middle of Presidential
terms. Although President Taft was
elected by III overwhelming majority
the present House of Representative
has a Republican majority of only
80.
This year the political prophets are
shaking their heads and telling each
other that the prospects are unusual
ly bright for the Democrats. If this
prediction is true, and it may be cor
tec,, it is not due to Democratic ag
gressivlness, or to the strength AMI
attractigeness OF Democratic princi-
pies, but to a desire to rebuke a re-
dictionary element Of the party in
power AT the present time it must be
admitted that there are many and
serious dissensions in the Republican,
ranks. Speaker Cannon is an ele-
ment of weakness to his party and the
Bourbon type which he represents
arouses a Widespread feeling of popu-
lar resentment. The abnormally high
cost of living may in Itself cause a
Indignation will defeat the admins
tration party. The tariff law is not
popular. The Ballinger-Pinchot con-
| troversy, industriously exploited by
the sensational press, is likely to cost
Republican candidates some votes in
| the West. Conditions are not good at
this time either in New York or in
Ohio. Then there are the accumulat-
ed weaknesses that accrue when II
party has Deen long IT, power which
may prove a handicap.
Nevertheless the Republican party
has shown great recuperative powers.
1t has a far better organization than
that of its opponents. The Democrats
have not recovered from the demorai-
ization resulting from internal war
fare and q long succession of disas-
trous defeats. The result depends
upon the depth of popular resentment
against existing conditions, whether
they are disposed to blame the Re-
publican iarty for high prices OIL
recognize that the fact that the
causes are natural rather than polt,
ical; whether the growing looseness
of party ties is sufficient to overcome
the country's habit of voting the Re
publican ticket.
A Democratic House would embar
rass the Taft administration serious
ly. The President has not had an Oh
portunity to show what he can do n
constructive craftsmanship With n
opposition majority in the Hous
party pledges could not be redeemet
and the Democrats would play pol
itics with an eye to the elections ,
/ 1912. If the corrupt elements in tn
: Republican party can be overthrow
only by defeat Mt the polls. then sue
) a reverse will serve a useful purpose
Y but 1t Is to be hoped that disciplin
may be exercised without such seri
! Gus results. The Republican part
= has demonstrated clearly that it /
S the great constructive party of mod
= ern times and it should be able t
overcome the foes of its own house
4 hold and march on once more to vic
S tory.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
A Spiritual Telephone Competition.

Br-r-r- Br-r-r- Br- 81 My ring
AS | turned over on the couch where
| had been taking light snooze /
drowsily realized that the telephone
at the other side of the room was
calling me. answered Hello
'rHello,' came from the line. is that
you Campion?' Yes" "Well. sehis is
Brownson" and with a distinctive
shock | recognized the voice as that
of an old and life long friend and
neighbor, who had died and been de-
Gently buried some five years before.
Flows things in the old burgh," he
continued, not of course being wise 10
my mental agitation. Why! about the
same old Sort" | replied, pulling my
self up to the situation. But how in
holy did you get connected on this
line why that's easy. Up here in
spirit land we have more kinds OF
wireless systems than you have be-
gun to dream of down below. | simp-
ly switched my Universal Planetary
criss-cross pulsator so that il tapped
your circuit and | had you right on
my line, but | called up 70 find out
how Sister Glib Cable, that used
to talk so continuously morning, noon
and night on the Farmers line, was
getting on. 80 she got off three years
ago. They found her froze one
morning still standing at the phone
and some of the last words that had
frozen in the transmitter were about
how many days her old yellow her
laid brown eggs the week before. You
see the fire went out after breakfast
before she got through talking and
it was a cold winters day We'll,
I'm glad she got off the line" he re-
piled. She must have gone where
they have the telephones in wa
rooms. She's not here anyhow. M
how's Aunt Hannah Harkaway thar
couldn't hear any ring day or night,
but what she thought it was her ring
and when she found it want would
stay with her left ear glued TO the
receiver for hours at stretch list
ening to all the business and gossip
of three towns?" "O She found her.
finish after while. Her left arm be-
came paralyzed from holding il in one
position so long, to keep the receiver
to her ear, so that she couldn't raise
1t to her head. She darent use her
right for fear that would go the same
way. After she gave up trying to
know every body's business she saved
time enough SO she could do some OF
her own work and not have to hire It
girl We'll Welll' said Brownson,
things must be all to the good since
left A man ought to be able to get
the line for real business purposes,
once in a while, with them octupuses
and barnacles losing their hold on
the wire" YES" l replied, but still
-" just then ! came to another turn
and awoke with sickenfhg senso Of
ha"ing lost my hold on a good thing.
| dropped back to earth and swore I
wouldn't use a telephone again on a
Farmers line till my dream came
true.
| UP IN THE AIR.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17

Washington, d. c., March 1.-THE
Japanese ambassador today denied
that he had any knowledge of the ex
istence of any note, such as was re-
ferred to in some of the newspaper
publications today, regarding an
agreement between America and Jap
an to exercise a predominating in
fluence over Chinene Manchuria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
To Buy Brandon Inn.

Fourteen thousand dollars has
been subscribed by public spirited
Brandon villagers, toward the 100000
which il is planned to raise to take
over and enlarge the Brandon Inn.
If the plan materializes. as expect
ed, a stock company will be formed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
THE MORRILL, CENTENARY.

The hundredth anniversary of the
birth of the late Senator Morrill, is
to be observed with public celebra-
ton at Montpelier, April 14th. This
is right and the Capital City is the
place.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Slight BInze nt M6ndsfoek.

A small fire in the lumber mill of
!. and Il. |. Benson, Woodstock.
brought out the hose company Thurs
day but the fire was subdued. The
mill is used for manufacture of all
kinds of lumber.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
NEW ENGLAND APPLE CROP.

The Boston Chamber of Commerce
is doing excellent work in booming
fruit raising in New England, par
ticularly apple growing. An attrac-
tive display of New England grown
apples is on exhibition in Boston and
a report on "The Future of the New
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Accepted Brandon Call.

past eight years pastor of Beth Eden
Church ct Fitchburg, Mass, has ac-
cepted call to the pastorate of the
Baptist Church at Brandon. where he
will begin his duties next week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Killed BY Logs.

Foster Carpenter, a son of Moses
Carpenter, was killed Monday in Lin
coin by being caught under log.
He was dead when found. He was
supposed to have been playing around
the pile.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17

MIR. WILLIAM A. PRESSER, 1722
ltl Third Ave-, Moline, Ill.,, writes:
az have been suffering from catarrh
in the head for the past two months
and tried innumerable so-called reme-
dies without avail. No one knows how
1 have suffered, not only from the dis
ease itself, but from modification when
in company OF friends or strangers.
81 have used two bottles OF your med
icine for a short time only, and II
effected a complete medical cure. and
what is better yet, the disease has not
returned.
~ can most EN- phatically recommend
Peruna to- all sufferers from this dis.
ease"
Read This Experience.
Mr.. A. Thompson, Box Is, r. r. l.,
Martel, Ohio, writes; "When L began
your treatment my eyes We're inflamed,
nose was stopped up half of the time,
and was sore and scabby. 1 could not
rest at night on account of continual
hawking and splitting.
81 had tried several remedies and was
about to give up, but thought 1 would
try Peruna.
"After l had taken about one-third of
bottle 1 noticed a difference. / am
now completely cured, after suffering
With catarrh for eighteen years.
~ think IL those who are afflicted
With catarrh would try Peruna they
would never regret it,"
Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-06
pRorEnrIoN FR0M FIRF

The action Of the village Of Brattleboro
ID reducing The number Of men il Its
fire department and proposing tha sale
81 one or more Of fhe FIRE engines doe
not mean that any backward steps are
being taken in the matter Of protection
from fire but rather than the village 4
better protected through increased water
pressure and more hydrant service and
does not need 50 many men Or So many
engines This explanation II necessary
f. impress upon other communities.
which may be discussing their fire pro
lection, that there is not to be any less
ening Of efforts in this line in Brattleboro
and that fully az much protection is To
Be given. No progressive community can
afford to do otherwise than maintain a
competent fire department, if it cares to
give decent protection and To keep down
insurance rates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-06
EAsT oALAIs.

T. O. Leonard IS quite iil
D. T. Scott was IN Walden Thursday.
Earl Leonard was III Cabot Thursday.
Grace Bin was IN Marshdeld satur-
day
Ira Goodrich is working for G. II. Utley
Of Cabot.
Mrs. Z. 0. Leonard was in Cabot
Thursday
Henry Wells of marshaeld was in
town sunday.
Jason Goodell Of Woodbury. was IL
town Saturday
G. p. Rehn and Sadie Celley were IN
Woodbury. Center Sunday,
Mrs o. i. Shattuck went To North
Feuisburg "Wednesday to visit
Myrtle Guernsey is at home from
Waterbury sick With the chicken pox
Mrs. Lewis Durham and Miss Marion
Leonard were ID Montpelier wednesday
Mrs. Eta Haskins end son, Clyde. Wa
tied in Hardwiek Saturday aud sun.
day
Mrs John Emery i il Montpelier,
caring for her daughter Mrs Glenn Carr,
who ~.
Roy Lamberton and Grin Baldwin Of
Marshfeld were business visitors ID town
saturday
Bert Mitchell has gone to his old
home III Halifax, Nova Scotia. to visit
for . few days
Mrs. D. B Dwmell is visiting her SIS
ter. Mrs Julius Berry and mother, Nrs,
Myra Pierce ID Waitshela.
Alr. ana Mrs. D. j. Scott were called
10 Walden Wednesday % attend the
funeral Of Mr. SCOTS niece Mrs Charles
Gould who died quite suddenly Of pneu-
monia 10 Brnekton Mass.
q T.. Bliss, formerly 81 this place mas
resigned lis position IN the bank in
Montpelier, and he and his wife have
come home to live, because Of IN health,
hoping to improve their health by q
doing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-06
BERLIN

Mr. and Mrs Elmer Daprey returned
from Altoona N. ", sunday
Mr. ana Mrs. Carl Reed 81 Mortified
visited at Alfred DupTeys sunday
Sir and Mrs Jesse Iibbetts are visit
ing Mrs ribbett's parents. AIr. and Mrs
CLARK stewart
Carroll Stewart gave May-day dance
IN tire town ball Monday night. All re.
port a fine time.
Mr. and Mrs William Belknap Of Bel
lows Falls were recent callers in town,
Mr. Belknap was Berlin boy and Is
now successful newspaper man ifis
many friends here are always glad to
see him.