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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
The American Newspaper Annual
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
How Some Girls Make MOney-SmaIl
Enterprises That Paid.

"A Pennsylvania girl writes me that
she gathered and washed feathers and
down for a whole year." says Anna
Steese Richardson in Woman's Home
Companion for February THE next
summer she made it up into pillows,
using attractive ticking and chintz,and
sold them to guests at mountain re-
sort eight miles away. She offered the
pillows at trifie less than the price
asked in the city shops, but the appeal
to city folk lay in the fact that they
were real feather pillows from the
country.
"A girl who lived in New Jersey,
within committing distance of New
York, started a hotbed raising fresh
lettuce and radishes. These she bold
ly carried to New York in a suitcase
and sold to other people working in
the office where she was employed.
Today that girl has good-sized
truck-farm, employs several hands
and does not have to work in a city
office.
Away out in Nebraska farmers
daughter tried to do the same thing,
believing that she could induce the
green-grocers in the nearest town to
handle her fresh lettuce and radishes
rather than those shipped in by COM
mission merchants. The dealers were
afraid to give her any encouragement.
Her supply might not be up to the
standard. She might not raise en-
ough to supply them and then they
would not know how much to expect
from her and how much from the
commission merchants!
THE girl made a house-to-house
canvass among housewives and offer
ed them freshly-picked vegetables at
the same price they had been paying
for the dollhouse supply shipped in.
She was just brave enough not to cut
under the prices of the local grocers.
Her list of customers grew. She
came to town three times week. The
green-grocers discovered that she was
cutting into their trade. They capitu-
lated. Today she supplies them all,
sends dollhouse products to town three
times week in winter, and garden
truck every day in summer
Another girl visiting a meat-pack-
ing plant was told by the guide of the
poor quality of aprons furnished the
butchers. She boldly offered to pro-
vide aprons of better material and ap-
pealed to the purchasing agent and
got her chance"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
CABOT.

Mr.. and Mrs. e. p. Walbridge were
business visitors in st. Johnsbury
Tuesday.
Mrs. Theodore Wood was suddenly
called home from z. P. Walbridges
to Walden by the serious illness of
her daughter.
Twenty-Five members of Alberta
Grange of Marshfield visited Cabot
Grange Wednesday evening to wit
ness the work of the first and sec.
ond degree. Following the work Il
banquet was served by the ladies OF
the Grange. Remarks of apprecia-
ton by visiting members closed a
very enjoyable evening.
Cabot High School basket ball first
team played the Hardwick first
team last Tuesday evening at Hard
of Hardwick.
Scion Preston came from Valdez
Wednesday for the day.
The spelling contest at Cabot High
School closed it's first six months
work last Friday. The school is divid-
ed into two classes A and B. The
B class won from the AS and gave
them treat of apples, peanuts and
oranges The two classes spell
every Friday afternoon. People are
pleased to see an awakening interest
in that branch of study.
The |. o. G. r. will hold a dis
trict union at their hall February 9Th
at p. m. Grand State Chief Templar
NJ b. Morgan of Bennington is eX-
pected to give an address. Readings
and music by subordinate lodges
will complete the evenings entertain
ment. Everybody is invited
o. F. Barrett has resigned his po-
sition as president of the Union Tele-
phone Company and A. V. Nelson has
been appointed to take his place. E.
w. Telden of North Danville has
sent in his resignation as director OF
the Union Telephone Company and
George Chamberlin of st. Johnsbury
has been appointed to fill the vacan
cy.
The Farmers Institute, held here
last Saturday drew out a good crowd
both afternoon and evening, there be-
ing many from out of town. The
meeting opened at p. m. with a pi-
ano solo by Miss Mary Austin. o.
l.. Martin then introduced ID. II.
Lamberton, who gave a fine talk.
| urging more teaching of agriculture
in our schools by training the chill
dren to a better knowledge of the
possibilities of the soil. saying that
the most essential points are food
and shelter, without which neither
man or beast can subsist. There
should be two schools in the Stale
where sufficient information can be
obtained of the right kind to induce
more of our boys to stay at home and
become farmers instead of emigrat-
| ing to the West. Then we should
not see so many abandoned and ne
| elected farms. A. r. Halves next
| spoke on Forestry" and advised
setting out trees for lumber on old,
run down, weedy pastures, where, in
few years the owner could look
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
BR0OKFIELD.
service.

Mrs. A. j. Colby of Mortified is
the guest this week of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. l.. Follansbee.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Sargent visited
his brother, Otto Sargent and wife in
Quechee last week.
There was a large attendance az
the Farmers Institute Friday and
the meeting was very much enjoyed
by all present.
The Mystic Star Dramatic Club
cleared 500 from their drama which
they played four evenings
Forty were entertained Friday
evening at the farmers meeting ban
quet
Superintendent Lewis with the
teachers in town held a teachers
meeting in town hall Thursday.
Noah Frink has gone to Rutland to
work among the Farmers Associa-
ton testing milk.
The Board of Civil Authority will
meet at the town clerks office Fri
day, February 4th. Monday, February
18th the selectmen and auditors will
meet at the town clerks office.
The following officers of the G. A..
r. were installed Saturday afternoon
by Past Commander C. C. Hood:
Past Commander, H. A. fletcher;
senior vice commander, Ira Carpen-
ter; junior vice commander. William
A. Ford; adjutant. Ronal A. Clark;
quartermaster, j. w. Raymore; sur
geon, John M. Stone; chaplain, G. I.
Frink; officer of day, Josiah Smith !;
sergeant, Major Erie Ditty; quarter
master sergeant, e. A. Glysson.
The following officers of the
Woman's Relief Corps were installed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
Cotton No Longer King.

Take trip through the South this
winter and look out OF the car win
dows. Alongside the sprawling plat
forms built for cotton bales you
will see many big warehouses fresh
with paint and new galvanized roofs.
These warehouses form the outworks
of an advancing line of revolutionists
leaders in the revolt against King Cot
ton. They were built for Irish pota-
toes, and corn, and peanuts, and the
other farm products which are TAX
ing up an increasingly important part
of the time Of the Southern farmer"
writes Carl Crow in the Van Norden
magazine for February.
The doctrine of revolt against the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
When the President Lost His Hat.

The Crystal palace exhibition open
ed at New York July Is. 1858, was the
first affair of this kind in the country
for which foreign exhibits were So
licited. The "big show" began with q
procession, in which President Frank
lin Pierce, mounted, was conspicu'
Gus feature. The hero of the day rode
a mettlesome steed, and while pro
ceeding up Wall street the presiden'
tial headgear, a new silk hat of the
prevalent style, was incontinently
tumbled 10 the pavement. Another
horse recklessly stepped upon the I'M
fortunate tile, crushing 1t out of the
semblance to itself. besmearing 1t with
mud-real Wall street mud. What was
left of the misshapen and bedaubed
hat was worn by the president, to the
great amusement of the spectators, un-
til substitute could be secured.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
Retail Prices of Fish
a Witty Retort.

One day while dining with the secre-
tary of the admiralty William ~,
then heir presumptive to the British
crown, said; When l am king, sir,
you shall not be the secretary of the
admiralty, | promise you. What do
you say to that. eh?"
"All can respond in such case re-
turned the witty official, lis. God save
the kingr st. Louis Republic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
A Calamity.

Tammas Ito McTavish whom he has
just pulled out of the water)-Man.
Donal, We sud be loolin' happy! Are
We no Thankful yer life's saved? Nc
lavish tsourly)-I dinna see nae cause
to be thankful. The glass o whisky I
had afore ! fell Until the waters got
ten fair ooned!-London Tit-Bits.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
Wronq Method.

He breathed his vow, yet still she re-
garded him with dsdain.
at is from my heart Of hearts" he
protested.
Where did you go to school that
you breathe from your heart of hearts
rather than from your diaphragmy'
she demanded severely Puck.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
Bright Thouqht.

"Oh, DEAR" sighed small Elmer 81
wish | had another pocket.
You have several now" rejoined his
mother. why do you want another?'
I've looked through all of them for
my knife" explained Elmer, but
couldn't find It, If had another peck
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
Fido's Tail a Mystery.

Little Willie was Juggling at Fido's
tail.
What are you trying TO do with the
dog?" asked the child's father.
Il fink his tail is coming off,
"Oh, no, Willie. That's impossible.
What makes you think 500"
cause Fido's tail is so loose that
it wiggles. New York Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
WEST CORINTH,

Mrs. Arthur Gordon and daughter,
Mabel visited her mother. Mrs. Char
les Smith, in Moretown last week
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Speare went to
Burlington last Friday. Mr.. Speare
went for medical treatment for a
large growth on his neck. which the
doctors he had recently consulted
feared was cancer.
Gerald Virgins returned to Brad
ford Monday to work for Mr.. VIII
liams in the livery stable
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
BARRE NEWS
Business Transfers.

Although it is dull time for gran
there is quite a bit of activity in the
transfer of granite plants, as two
transfers have already been made and
another is under way. The first
is the purchase by William Milne of
Frank Odgers' interest in the firm of
LittlejOhn, Odgers G. Milne, by which
Mr.. Milne gets back into the same
firm, which he left a year and half
ago, when he sold out to Mr.. Little
john, since deceased. Mr.. Odgers,
who has been in the firm for nearly
four years, is not decided as to his
plans.
The BUSINESS will be conducted I'M
der the same name as formerly and
at the same plant on Batchelder's
meadow The other partners in the
business are the two heirs of Mr.. Lit
tlejohn. Mrs. Robert Simpson and
William Littlejohn with the husband
of the former assisting in the man
agement. The plant normally en-
ploys about three gangs of granite
cutters.
Mr.. Milne, who comes back to Barre
to engage in the granite business, is
well acquainted with it and particu-
larly the business of this firm, with
which he was formerly associated.
Since leaving Barre he has been in
Terre Haute. Ind, being Engaged in
the retail monument BUSINESS, as well
as taking an architectural course in
the Rose Polytechnic institute. He
returned from Terre Haute two weeks
ago, and Mrs Milne will come in a
short time. The old acquaintances
will be pleased to welcome them back
to the city.
Prior to Ell ring the firm of Little
john. Odgers s. Milne five years ago,
Mr.. Milne was connected with the firm
of l. w. Bates G. Co., and before that
he was engaged in the work of gran
lite emitting, SO that he has the ben
business. Lately he has taken up ar
chitectural study, to perfect himself
in that branch of the work.
Another change has taken place in
the Martinson Estate Granite Com
pany, Judge H. w. Scott having sold
his interest in the company to John
Nicholson of this city. Mr. Nicholson
Will become manager of the new
plant, which the company has recent
Iy erected on Batchelder's meadow.
The plant is one of the most modern
equipped sheds in the city The re-
manning members of this company
are Mrs. Martinson and Edward An
derson
Another change, which is yet in the
making, has to do with granite con-
Germ, whose plant is in the north end
of the city; but the details of it are
not fully completed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03

The name of Angus A. Smith is the
latest suggestion for mayor OF Barre.
Friends are urging him to run for that
Office. William Moore is mentioned
as aldermanic candidate for Ward
8.
Mr.. ana and Mrs. A. T.. Cerhardt
have arrived in this city from :neir
wedding trir, having gone from In
dianapoiis, where they yerc married
to Massachusetts to visit at his for
mer home. They will reside for the
present at the McCask Il residence on
Wellington street. M. Gerhardt will
become manager of the l:aire Office
OF Townsend TOWNSEND & Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
Success.

Some men act upon the principle
that In order to be successful in bust.
ness 1t is always necessary to compel
other people to wait in the anteroom.
Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03
Their Turn Out.

Ella-They had n very smart turn
out. Bella-Indeed? Ella-Yes; they
were elected from one OF the best no
tsls In the town.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-03

After a heavy meal, take couple
of Doan's Regulets, and give your
stomach, liver and bowels the help
they will need. Regulets bring easy,
regular passages of the bowels.-adv.
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Montpelier Morning Journal on
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Happy are the miseries that end 10
joy.-German Proverb.
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TOWN CORRESPONDENCE

News of the Day As Presented by the
Journals Corps of Special Cor
respondents, Being Mostly
Items OF Interest
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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
GRADUATES GIVE
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Baccalaureate Sermon for Cali
fornia College Will Be De-
livered This Forenoon

OAKLAND, May 81. - Commencemen ent
exercises of the department of elocu-
ton of California college were held this
evening at Mary Stuart hall in the
campus, at Fourteenth avenue and East
Twenty ninth street. A musical and lit-
erary program, for which the graduates
were coached by Nine Louise Hum
phrey Smith, was given at an open per-
formance.
The program was:
Piano solo. ITO the Spring ...... .Grieg
Miss Rhoda Mitchell.
Barclay Edwii willoughby.
Rachel Marie Blake
All around the cass-Dally Edna Howell.
Rhoda Mitchell, Zoe Hayner. Irma Brom-
ley. Rachel Marie Blake. Elizabeth Lucy
AIakins. Samuel Marion Simpson. Leonard
Thurman. Barclay Edwil Willoughby,
"The Diver .................... Schiller
Elizabeth Lucy Makins.
JULIUS CdeSdr .SnaEespSdEe
tAct II, scene 4. and act ". scene 81
Portia. tia.......-........... Daily Edna Howell
I.ucius .-.......... Samuel Marion Simpson
Brutus. Barclay Edwil Wllloughby
p,saa nss,as sno .Fantss,a Leonard Inur%sn rbonin
Miss Mae Newby.
Mice at Play. Bromley and Juillerat
tScene: Drawing room at Miss Peck Seminary
Miss Sarah Peck. ck.............. Daily Howell
Dorothy Brown. n............. Rhoda Mitchell
Marion Melville. Zoe Havner
rieuuy de WITT -lrnd brOmley
Mrs. Lucy Ann Gibbins the house keeper
= Observation-Disclosures. Elizabeth Lucy Makins
Tom de Witt, brother of Teddy
................ Barclay Edwil Wiloughby
Prof. Aristotle Cerebrum. Leonard Thurman
The baccalaureate sermon for the col
lege will be preached at II o'clock to-
morrow at the First Baptist church.
Jones street and Telegraph avenue, by
Rev. Homer j. Vosburgh. the pastor.
The seats in the central section of the
auditorium will be reserved for the fac
ulty, graduates and students, who will
attend in body. The services will be
public.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
FAMOUS ACTS TO
open AT ORPHEUM
Helen GrantIey in Character
Sketch Will Be HeadIiner
of Week

OAKLAND, May 21.-Another strong
show will come to the Oakland Or
pheum tomorrow. 1t will include Helen
Grantley in Mrs. Berringer's fantastic
character play, "The Agttator''; Eddie
Leonard, the famous minstrel; James
Harrigan, the tramp juggler, and a
European musical novelty.
Helen Grantley. who scored so
highly in Israel Zangwilrs play, 9The
Never, Never Land" last season. will
be the headliner of the week Her
present vehicle was written by Mrs.
Oscar Berringer, author of "A Bit of
Old Chelsea
Leonard, who was the feature last
season of George Evans Honey Boy
minstrels, was, prior to that enga ge-
ment, the favorite end man of Lew
Dockstadters minstrels. He will
bring his own singing and dancing Gre
alton to the Orpheum next week, aided
by the comedienne. Mabel Russell.
James Harrigan has been absent
from local Orpheum stages for several
seasons. The European novelty will
be the Ollivotti Troubadours, who play
the guitar and mandolin.
Swat Milligan' will continue with
his baseball vernacular. attracting
those who like baseball or comedy.
This act is one of the biggest Orpheum
hits in years. The work of little Viena
Bolton and of Johnnie German as the
messenger boy proved especially at
tractive TO the crowds.
The Avon comedy four with their
schoolroom fun have a lively feature
of the bill. The Three Sisters Klos
with their European acrobatics win
applause. They are the handsomest
and most expert girl acrobats, it is
said, ever brought across the seas.
John McCIoskey, the American tenor.
will sing ballads in his own inimitable
style.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
HUBBY KEEPS Wife
WITHOUT one Cent
Granddad Has to Pay When
Baby Comes and the Mother
Gets Divorce

OAKLAND. May 21.-Alleging that
her husband never gave her cent but
in the two years of their married life
spent less than $40 on her, Mrs. Janet
G. Ward secured a final decree of di-
vorce today from Ralph Corson Ward.
When she asked him for money, she
declared, he told her that he had
roads for money" and could not give
her any. When they were married he
made arrangements to pay her mother
for his board and lodging, but he re-
fused to pay for his wife. When her
first baby came, Mrs. Ward said. her
father had to pay the physicians bill
because her husband would not.
Edward T. Kelly's answer to the ac-
cusation of his wife that he drank too
much was that she had run away from
home and lived with a man named
Ghilione at 5745 Fremont street. Mrs
Kelly brought suit for divorce several
days ago on the ground of habitual in
temperance. Kelly fled his cross COM
plant today. He asked for the Gus
tody of their 5 year old girl, which
Mrs. Kelly did not mention in her COM
plant.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
ALAMEDA COUNTY HAS
$500 SCHOOL CHILDREN
Census Figures Are Made Pub-
lie by County Superintendent

OAKLAND, May 21.-The school
census of Alameda county, the COM
pilation of which was made public to-
day by County superintendent of
Schools Frick. shows $3.50 school chill
dren between the ages of and II
years in Alameda. This is an increase
of S33 .over last year. In the city
of Oakland there are now 1882 school
children, an increase of 6.351 over last
year. The increase is accounted for
largely by the annexation to Oakland
of outlying districts. Berkeley has 6,790
school children, 798 more than last
year. Alameda has sustained loss of
153, there being 1876 this year, as
against 1929 for last year.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
WOMAN ATTACKED
WITH CHLOROFORM
Two Persons Attempt to Over
power Bar Tenders House
Keeper in Back Yard

ALAMEDA, May 21.-That two per-
sons attacked her last night in the back
yard of. her cottage at 1906 Pacific ave-
nue. and attempted to chloroform her
by throwing cloth saturated with the
drug about her head was the story told
to Gus Lange by Mrs. L. Calabrese and
oy Lange reported TO the police. The
woman is separated from her husband,
and Lange stys that she had been
working for him as house keeper.
Lange is bar tender and unmarried
According to the woman, she went
into the yard last night about 10:30
O'Clock to take clothes from line. She
said that while she was thus engaged
she was grasped by two persons and
a cloth soaked with chIoroform was
wrapped about her head. She said that
she fought her assailants before the
fumes of the chloroform could over
come her and forced them 10 flee. In
the struggle Mrs. Calabrese had her
outer dress and waist stripped from
her
Mrs. Calabrese. her husband and
Lange occupied the attention of the
district attorney and the probation Of
f1cer some time ago. Calabrese said
that his wife neglected her children for
the bar tender. The woman is said to
have declared during an investigation
that she never had good time" before
she was married and that she intended
to enjoy herself to her full desire and
would not be bothered with the chill
dren. The children were turned over
to the Catholic humane bureau and are
said to be in San Francisco.
Lange fatty refused to say today
whether he had any idea of the identity
of Mrs. Calabrese's assailants. The pO-
lice are inclined to believe that the bar
tender knows more of the affair than
he has divulged.