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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

Miss e. NJ. Brown has returned home.
Alice and Laura Phillips have returned
home.
Mrs. Hudson, who was i'll last week. is
about again and is entertaining friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Scott were guests
ly.
Mr., and Mrs. r. Phillips are entertain
ing their daughter, Mrs. Baker and three
children.
Mrs. Briggs, who visited her daughter
IN Brattleboro, has returned to Frank
Worden's.
good number from this locality al.
TENDED the picnic in BARRIERS grove. All
report good time.
several candidates for baptism have
peen received at the Baptist church, The
ture.
A surprise party was given by Mr.. and
MIs A Jones at their home Wednesday
afternoon and evening, June 20, in honor
OF MRS Jones's niece Miss Agnes Dali
rymple or Brooklyn. Those present were
misses Addie and Clara Warren, Maud
anu Lucy Thurber, Lizzie Allen, Ruth
Crozier and Mary Hitchcock. Games and
music were enjoyed and nuts, CANDY,
cake bananas and strawberries were
served; All returned to their homes
thursday morning with the MEM
DRY or royal good time, for which tbev
are grateful to the hostess and sunday
school teacher. '-'''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08
Hazel Gale returned from Putne
Thursday Jnpa az

Thursday, June 80.
George French came home from Ches-
ter to spend the Fourth.
Miss Reba Gould Of Proctorsvllle is
visiting at c. N. Smiths.
Mr. and Mrs. G. r. Tower. returned
from Sunderland. Mass, Tuesday.
Mrs. A. L. Chaplin Of somerville, Mass,
has been visiting Mrs. Ellen Stearns
Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Smith returned from
two weeks visit in Jamaica Saturday.
Lewis Tenney has been very III the
past week with eryspelas on the head.
Will Dean bought the Henry Crowell
farm, which was sold by auction Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. n. Smith are visiting
in Rockingham this week at Mr.. Smiths
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. King and three chill
dren Of Lebanon visited at c. n. Smiths
July 4.
Mrs. Albert Barry and children Of
Townshend are visiting her parents MIR.
and Mrs. James Little, two weeks
Irene and Alice Wellman of Chester,
visited their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
lothian Whitcomb, few days recently
Cook and Harris will exhibit moving
| pictures in Odd Fellows hall Monday
evening under the auspices OF the lodge.
Miss Anna Twitchell and Henry Mer-
rill. who visited her sister, Mrs H. G..
| Adams three weeks, returned to HaVer-
hill. n. H., Tuesday.
Miss Emmie Thayer was home over
| Sunday and the Fourth, and then went
| to the factory in Rochester N Y, Of the
| shields Gordan company, for which she
is a travelling saleswoman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08
HALIFAX.

Walter Stetson is helping F. H. Niles
haying.
Walter Baker and family of Greenfield
are visiting at E. p Green's.
Mrs. Laura Phillips of Colrain Is spend
ing the week with Mrs F. H. Niles.
Mrs Hartman and daughters of Fra
mingham Mass, are at their cottage
for the summer.
Mrs. Bottomly and Mr.. and Mrs. NV
ron Crosier of Shelburne Falls are at
their summer home here
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08
WEST HALIFAX.
Hubbard. spraaue WeddIna.

A home wedding took place at the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frances
Sprague Saturday evening, when their
daughter, Mildred F., was married to
ROLAND Hubbard, son of Mr. and Mrs
oscar Hubbard, Rev. w. NJ. Hitchcock
performing the ceremony. The rooms
were prettily decorated with ferns and
roses red. white and pink. The bride
and bridegroom stood under handsome
arch. Mrs. F. Allen acted as bridesmaid
and Mr. Allen as best man. The bride
wore a handsome white dress. Those
present We're Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hub
bard and family, Mrs. George May and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Allen and
family and Mrs. w. NJ. Hitchcock. Cake
and Ice cream were served in abundance
The best wishes for a happy life go
with Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08
GROVE.

The Grove school, taught by Mrs. f, e.
Ward, closed a profitable term of school
Friday, July l. The following pupils had
no absent marks during the term: Ralph
and Perry Carey, Ralph, Ruth, Olive and
Ada Wheeler, John, Archie and Robert
Worden and Alice Prouty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

The village trustees Friday evening
elected Police officer William S. Sever
ance as chief of the department. Mr.
Severance has been on the force since
last March and now takes the place
made vacant by the resignation a few
weeks ago of Chief George L. Hapgood.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

One pleasing fact comes to the fore
from the wreck of the Zeppelin airship
the other day. None of the champagne
bottles were broken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

what word of ten letters can be spelled
with fve?-XPDNC (expediency).
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

uon .. s''bb BY building Hp doing It's Wort
strenssn, sting nature ~ much faith n ln
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

ton. ,,n,,nesa.n took two o. the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08
STATIONS RIVER.
Death Of Miss Rosallnd stevens.

Miss Rosalind Stevens, 6S, died Satur-
day morning in her home in Rockingham
She leaves two sisters, Miss Ursula b.
Stevens, 70 and Mrs. Fanny Swallow, 65.
Although she was an invalid many years
she never forgot the shut-ins and wrote
many letters of comfort and cheer to those
less fortunate than herself Her life was
one Of irreproachable character as are the
lives of her sisters who have the sym
pathy and esteem OF their neighbors and
friends. The body was taken to Poult-
ney for burial in the family lot
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

cottonseed meat Atvys'ssss
Gluten fesS' - Rlsg s : SS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-08

The under man gets a lot Of svmnatbv
and that's about all.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
CLAIM GERMAN WOMAN
is OLDEST IN THE WORLD
Nine. VaSiIka Ayers She Was
Born in 1884

BERLIN, Aug. 1S.-The claim of
Frau Putkiewitz of Posen, born on
February q, 1855, to be the oldest
woman in the world, is now contested
by Nine. Bahia Vasilka, who was born
in May, 1884, in the little Bulgarian
village of Bavelsko, where she has
lived ever since. The record of her
birth is preserved in a neighboring
monastery Of the Orthodox Greek faith
She is the daughter of a peasant
and has worked herself as peasant
up till a comparatively recent date.
For more than 100 years she regularly
worked in the fields, according to the
custom of her country, where women
are employed in all sorts of manual
labor
The events of her life up to the time
when she attained the age of so are
far more distinctly impressed on her
forty-siX years.
Her son Todor, following the family
tradition, has also worked in the fields
as a peasant nearly all his life, but he
has also taken part in various wars
and rebellions in the Balkan peninsula.
He is not quite so fresh and vigorous
as his mother, although he is still
capable of doing good days work
and enjoying such small luXuries of
life as a pipe and the strong spirits
drunk by the Bulgarian populace.
The Oldest woman in the world is
said to enjoy fairly good eyesight and
good hearing, and she is able to walk
without support. She lives on a pen
sion paid to her by many of her de-
scendants, who number more than 100.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
ITALIANS SHOW INTEREST
IN ALL KINDS OF SPORTS
Consider Outdoor Life Prepares
Boys for Army

ROME, Aug. 18.-One of the most
encouraging signs of modern italian
life is the increasing interest shown in
sport of all kinds, and especially in
physical education. In the current
number of the Nuova Ahtologia, Cen
eraI Bompiani considers it's desirable
ity from a military standpoint For
bows up to the age of 16 he asks
diminuition of brain work and larger
number of hours out of doors; for
Young men on the eve of being sum-
moned to do their military service he
prefers boarding establishments, or
ganized on military lines, to regular
military colleges, and for men who
have done their service but are still
liable to occasional recall he would
establish a system of exemptions from
that onerous obligation, provided that
they keep themselves physically fit and
FREQUENT rifle clubs. General Bonn
piani hopes by these means to benefit
the physical condition of the citizen
soldier, while at the same time inter
fering as little as possible with his
ordinary bread winning aVocation.
There is no doubt that the physique
of the italian youth has greatly i'm
proved during recent years, and some
of the best athletes-Dorando Pietri,
for eXample-have owed their excel
lent condition to their compulsory mil
itary service, just as the same cause
is contributing every year to the
diminution Of illiteracy.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
THE IoWAN's DISGUST

On the line of the Missouri Pacific
railway, just over in Oklahoma from
Coffeyville, Kan, is small place
called NoWatta. A Kansas law
prohibits the carrying, by the rail-
roads, of public drinking cups on
trains. Not long ago a farmer from
Iowa, on a Missouri Pacific train in
Kansas near Coffeyville, wanted a
drink of water. He did not know
about the law. Going to the water
cooler, he began looking for the cup.
When he failed to find it he sought
the chair car porter, a negro, and
asked for it.
Law doan' low no public cups on
desc heah trains" said the porter.
The Iowans was deeply disguised. He
returned to his seat and grumbled I'M
til the train crossed the Oklahoma
Kansas line. Shortly after that the
negro porter stuck his head in the
door.
"Nowatta!" he called.
That increased the Iowan's disgust.
an Kansas they don't have no drink
in cups" he said to to the man in the
next seat, IAN in Oklahoma no water
on trains. DANCED if l don't stay in
Ioway for the rest of my life, if l ever
git back there without dryin' up Of
thirst"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19

customary rattle. This seemed to get
on the cats nerves. It sprang on the
snake, giving it a claw and bite, and
went on over, the snake missing as it
struck The cat crept around in front
and then seemed to fall under some
spell of hypnotism exerted by the SER
pent.
Slowly the snake moved toward the
sat; it's little beady eyes glimmering,
cunningly confident of its power to
land the prize when the observer of
the unequal strife, which seemed about
ended, threw a stone which frightened
the cat and the snake, both Of which
disappeared in the brush.
Every day the cat make trip to the
woods, but evaded any attempt to trace
her, so what was taking place in the
forest wilds no one knows. On the
fourth day after the cat had been dis
appearing it returned dragging rat
tlesnake bearing twelve rattles. The
snake was of good size, and judging
from its condition it had been in ter
rible battle in which the cat had come
out victorious. The reptiles body was
bitten by the snake, and it's death was
hourly expected, but at last report
there were no signs of fatal inocula-
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
MISS EMELINE PETERSEN
TO Be CARNIVAL QUEEN
Talented Young Society Woman
Widely Known in Orange
County

SANTA ANA, Aug. 18.-Miss Eme-
line Petersen of Santa Ana is to be
queen of the 1910 Carnival of Products.
She is widely known in Orange county
and is one of Santa Ana's talented
young women. Miss Petersen has
shown histrionic ability in several
amateur productions in which she has
appeared. She is an excellent musician
and popular in social circles.
The Carnival of Products will be
held here October 6, and s, Those
in charge of preparations for the cele-
bration expect to Guido the managers
of earlier festivals. Arrangements will
be made for the entertainment of large
crowds, as the attendance each year
has shown a steady increase.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
CAT KILLS SNAKE
IN 4-OAY FIGHT
Fearless Maltese Makes Regular
Trips to Battle, and Sc
cures Its Victim
CLAWS REPTILE IN WOODS
Owners Fear for Feline, but 1t
Shows No Signs of Be-
ing Poisoned
CLAWS REPTILE IN WOODS

LAOUIN, Pa, Aug. 1S.-Many things
come out of Barclay mountains from
their almost impenetrable Businesses
coal. gold, bears, deer and snakes, Won
derfuI berry crops and tales grotesque
and fanciful-and occasionally from
the streams, which pound and thunder
over cataracts, through deep hiding
nlaces and down swift rapids in high
water, comes grewsome evidence OIL
battle, of murder and sudden or pre-
meditated death.
Occasionally, mixed with some drift
wood cast upon a gravel bar, is found
a, BODY of some unfortunate hunter or
fisherman who by misstep met his END;
some chick" on whom giant pine or
hemlocl wreaked vengeance by knock
ine, him into the stream, or some unfor-
tunate, weary of the uphill struggle for
existence, who has sought rest in the
waters. 49,, :.
said to be vouched for by responsible
narty. is the story of how cat killed
q rattlesnake after several days fight.
At least circumstantial evidence points
IN a battle of that duration, and in the
absence to the contrary we are bound
to believe it.
The cat large maltese, was in the
habit of making daily trips to the
woods, seeking what II could uevour.
avery day at about the same hour
tabby hiked to the tall timber, and
members of the family, where the pet
was domiciled, began to sit up and
take notice. ,
It was followed, and in little clear
ing in the dark forest where the after
noon sun glinted like waves OF gold
through the tree tops the cat came to
a dead stop, head erect, ears up ana
Oh TTiOnT-lilE4
dashed its tail and crouched as If ready
to spring at some object in the under
brush, at something coming toward It,.
1t proved to be a rattlesnake gliding
noiseIessly along over the ground.
AS the snake drew near the cat
bristled up and made itself known, and
the snake hesitated, coiled and gave its
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19

escape. and so hid behind it. I saw
the leader jimmy window and enter
The next thing 1 knew was when the
police climbed up and told us all we
were under arrest"
detectives Busby and Weyman Of
police headquarters were passing when
the boys started down from the roor,
to the factory window. The detectives
waited a few minutes and then wenI
IN. Besides Anderson they arrested
Joseph Huggard. 10; Michael MEDIA.
16. and Joseph Jaafe, 16, all of whom
live in the immediate neighbornoou.
They will be tried next week IN INC
Adams street court.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
CLOSE BUSINESS HOUSES
DURING WOMAN'S FUNERAL

MONROVIA, Aug. 18.--All the bust
ness houses in Monrovia were closed
from to this afternoon, during the
funeral of Mrs. W. B. Scarborough,
wife of the president of the board Of
Trustees of Monrovia. Her death,
which occurred Tuesday morning, was
caused by heart failure, following
long illness. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful. DIR. r. II. Grieves
was in charge of the service at the
family residence.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
Undermuslins

All kinds-corset COW wv
ers, drawers, combin-
alton suits and gowns, the latter
in either high neck or slipover
styles; well made garments, lace
and embroidery trimmed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19

Made of extra quality y
with both front and
hip supporters. Medium and low
bust with long hip effect. Spleen
did models in broken lines from
regular stocks.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
FORCE YOUTH TO
AID IN BURGLARY
Lad Claims He Was BulIied by
Gang Into Being a Party
to a Crime
BEATEN WHEN He PROTESTS
Gang of Youngsters Tease Boy
Until He Joins Their Or
ganization

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-A boy of II
told so remarkable a story of being
forced to become a burglar that JUS
tice McInerney, who heard it yester-
day in the children's court, Brooklyn,
ordered detectives to investigate the
story thoroughly. John Anderson of
"a Hope street was the boy.
Until a few weeks ago." young An
derson began, 81 didn't go out with
other boys. 1 wasn't as strong as the
fellows living in the neighborhood, and
they used to guy me and lick me when
ever l joined them.
zone day 1 met boy two or three
years older than am. He told me If
1 joined his gang he'd protect me. 1
was glad to get help. and he said the
next time any of the fellows got fresh
with me to let him know. I used to
meet the gang every night on the
corner. They taught me to smoke.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-19
PLAN A ROBBERY

Last Sunday the fellows decided to
rob a shirt factory. 1t was Samuel
Menacous' place. said I wouldn't go
along, but they leased and leased, and
then 1 followed. We went into va
cant building, climbed to the top and
then went over the roof until we
reached Menacous' place. His factory
is on the third floor Of a four-story
building.
"As we got ready to go down the fire.
escape to get in I thought of what
was doing and asked the fellows to go
back They wouldn't, and so said
was going home. The boss Of the gang
punched me in the face and fell. He
and two others jumped on me and MT
me a lot of times. Now, guess you'll
stick said the leader when they let me
up. But 1 said l wouldn't, and started
to get back over the roofs. They came
at me again, and beat and kicked me
q long time They wouldn't stop until
I'd promised to climb down.
~ was the last one down the fire
escape. They said could stay outside
until they'd got everything they want
ed. There was big box on the fire.
The daily sentinel., 1910-07-07
HISTORY Of CRISES UNDER
NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM

, is argued that resumption of cash
payments was delayed unnecessarily
and that the additional money Sc
cured after suspension served no use
full purpose Nowhere throughout
the country was there any considera-
Bile increase in national bank loans
except in New York. where they in
'rreased by $4,000. O00=from s712,-
900 geo TO S775, 100000. IN every
previous period of financial strain
the New York banks had been able
to contract loans somewhat In 1907
the trust-company situation COM
PEELED them to liquidate loans wher-
ever possible and the outside banks
followed the same course.
One of the lessons drawn by Prof
Sprague from the experiences of ma
tional banks is the absence of liquid
ness in call loans. Out OF total
loan increase of s63, zoe. 600, call
loans account for s54 900. 900. The
only kind of loan which was reduced
at all was one of the varieties of
commercial loan-the time loan on
paper with a single individual or
firm name. The opinion is ventured
that New York bank would be in
better position to meet an emergency
II all lts lOdnS were upon commercial
paper than it is under existing cir
cumstances; though. of course, it
would not then be in position to slide
along just above the % per cent re-
quirement in normal times.
In his final conclusions on the les
sons of the crisis, Prof. Sprague de-
claTes:
Somewhere in the banking sys-
TEN of country there should be
reserve of lending power. and ii
should be found in it's central money
market. Ability in New York to in
crease loans and to meet the de-
mands of depositors for money would
have allayed every panic since the es-
adjustment of the national banking
system. Provision for such reserve
power may doubtless be made in
number of different ways. This in
vestigation will have served its pur-
pose If, in showing the causes and
consequences of its absence in the
past, it brings home to the reader
the need not only of this reserve pow
er but also of the readiness to use 1t
in future emergencies.
The daily sentinel., 1910-07-07

turned at special by-election to fill
a republican seat The house stood
III republicans. 81 democrats. 1 So
cialist and Frank Curtiss. who, al
though elected as a democrat. has
voted with the republicans with more
consistency than almost any individ-
ual one of themselves.
For the first time in years, the
democratic state committee opened
winter headquarters on Beacon hill
Conferences were held under the
leadership of Chairman Macleod, Ex-
ecutive Secretary Loring and House
Minority Leader Riley: and bills were
introduced TO carry out the platform
pledges in every way possible. At
the hearings on all of these bills
prominent democrats attended and ar
Sued. the more important bills being
covered by Chairman Macleod and
the heads of last falls ticket: Hon.
James II. Valley and Hon. Eugene n.
Foss. The result has been the ac-
complishment of more popular re-
forms than ever before in Massa-
chusetts.-NormanE E. Mack's Nation
al Monthly.
The daily sentinel., 1910-07-07
A UNIQUE MINORITY.

For the first time probably in the
history OF political parties. defeated
minority has lived up to every one
of its platfrom pledges,
On the last DAY of September. 1903.
the democracy of Massachusetts, as
sembled in historic Fanuel hall. Bos-
tons cradle of liberty unanimous
ly adopted short and explicit plat
form. beginning with these words:
"The democracy of Massachusetts.
in convention assembled, pledges it
self to these principles and PROPOSE
tons. which it presents for the con-
sideration of the citizens of the COM
monwealth. "
1t is to be noticed that the party
did not merely state what it would do
if put in power No: it went further
tain principles, regardless of success
at the polls.
1t has been said that party plat
forms are like train platforms
meant to get in by. but not to stand
on. This platform. however, was diff
ferent. for ii embodied the sincere
beliefs of the leaders of the peoples
party as to what the people needed
And the people showed their belief
in the sincerity of the platform by
reducing republican majority of
$4,000 of year ago. and OF 100. coo
two years ago to a mere 5000 in this
campaign.
The popular trust was not mis-
placed. for, with the opening of the
legislature in January. the democrats
began their attempt to force the re-
publican majority to legislate accord
ing to the democratic idea of the peo-
pies needs. IL was an uphill fight.
In the senate there were Z democrats
to 33 republicans; but in the middle
of the session democrat was re-
The daily sentinel., 1910-07-07
Fans Go Broke ON Fight.

Reno. July Special trains have
been pulling steadily out of Reno to
get the 10, 600 visitors back home.
Thousands stood for hours, grips in
hand, AT the railroad station waiting
to be the first to Chamber into the
next train
Other thousands gave 1t up, and
decided to wait over for lighter traf-
fic. AS consequence, the gambling
houses were running full blast and
the main street presented the aspect
OF frontier mining camp at the
height OF gold strike. A determ-
ined effort was made by the losers in
the fight betting to recoup their
losses. and at last accounts there
were many who will have to wire
home for more money. The financial
condition of hundreds. hit by the
fight and the games. is desperate.
There was an air of great WEAKNESS
pervadlng the crowds
The restaurants were recovering
from the famine. the freight trains
were alive with clinging hoboes and
thieyesAsent out of town by the ever
ytgilant state police. The bar rooms
were filled with listiess, thirst
auenching groups, the pool room men
were settling up their bets.
The betting at Tom Corbett's Of
fetal pool room was not as heavy as
had been expected Corbett. however,
declared himself satisfied The lack
of Johnson money was a surprise.
The largest individual loss on record
in the pool room was that suffered
by Clarence Berry. the California oil
OnpratOr He bet S2h OOO IN Ipf-
fries
Among the sporting men left here
there is not dissenting opinion as
10 the justice of the fights end
Many have nothing but their return
tickets to show for their Judgment on
the outcome, but that Jeffries ever
had chance with the wonderful me-
gro no one can be found now who is
willing to admit.
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The daily sentinel., 1910-07-07
Yacht Still Winning.

Warnemunde. Germany, July e.
Westward. the new racing schooner
yacht owned by Alexander S. Coch-
ran of New York, added another vic
tory to her credit in German waters
yesterday. She won the 43-mile
schooner race from Travemunde to
Warnemunde. Emperor William s
Meteor finished second. The Ham
burg. owned by the Verein Seefahrt
and the Germania. owned by DIR
Krupp Won Bohlen Und Halbach. did
not classify.