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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
News of Railroad Situation.

Consulting Engineer George NJ. Tomp-
son of Wakefield, Mass, who is IN
charge of the Boston & Names pro-
posed line from South Vernon, came to
Brattleboro Tuesday and expects to re-
turn to Boston today or tomorrow. his
office force. which has been somewhat
reduced during the warm weather, Is
engaged in figuring out the details of
the survey made for the line on the Yer
mont side of the river. When Mr..
Tompson left Boston President Charles
Is. Mellen of the Boston & Maine had
received no information from the Cen
trail Vermont officials relative to soln
ton of the problem of getting the Bos-
ton & Maine line through Brattleboro
by way of the Central Vermont yard.
While it may look to local people as
though the proposed development plan
of the Boston & Maine had been forgot
ten. it is not so and the officials of the
road are waiting patiently for the deci-
sion of Vice president E. H. Fitzhugh
of the Central Vermont Railway com
pany which is expected, as an outcome
of the conference between Mr.. Mellen,
Mr. Fitzhugh and Governor Mead of
Vermont, to provide way whereby the
3. &. M. may extend its line from South
Vernon to the terminus of the Vermont
Valley track north of Bridge street.
EH0IuetT IoHpSUu iiltu ho'o
weeks since completed the survey for
the road and the estimates for building
the road can be completed within few
DAYS should an order be received to ad,,
vertise for bids. The options secured
on property on the New Hampshire side
of the Connecticut river are still held;
Mr.. Tompson acknowledges that he and
his superiors have no more knowledge
of what the Central Vermont officials
intend to do than Brattleboro people
have.
The Boston & Maine force of survey
ors have been at work on the Windsor
West Lebanon line this week revising
certain sections. 1t is expected to begin
work within few weeks. A small
force of men is still at work on the
ledge opposite the Central Vermont pas
senger station and within few weeks
will finish removing the stone as was
planned when it was decided to abolish
the grade crossing at Bridge street and
build station south of the crossing on
the west side of the track. Chief En-,
gineer ]. NJ. Morrison of the Central
Vermont was in Brattleboro yesterday
on business connected with the removal
of the ledge but would express no opin-
ion as regards the decision of Mr.. Fitz-
hugh to allow the B. & M. a right to
build a line through the local yard.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

There will be a lawn party at "a
Canal street Thursday afternoon and
evening. Ice.creap, cake and lemonade
will be on sale.
A heavy blast of dynamite on the
ledge opposite the Central Vermont pas.
senger station Monday smashed several
panes of glass in the windows on the
west side of the depot.
Sometime Wednesday afternoon or
early evening the Eddy house at the
corner of Union street and Western
avenue was entered by forcing base
ment window in the rear. Mrs. Persls
A. Eames, who lives at / Union street,
while watering flower garden Wed,
nesdav evening, discovered that half OF
one of the basement windows had been
removed, and notified some men work
ing nearby. An investigation showed
that the window had been secured by
two nails and had been forced inward;
Charles D. Smith. who has charge OF
the property, was notified and an ex-
animation was made of the premises.
The person entering the house evident,
ly made no attempt to enter the locked
rooms in the upper part of the house
which contain property belonging to
Mrs Miner, the owner of the house.
Two front windows in the parlor We're
found unlocked The house has been
vacant since the first of June.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14

Baseball Notes.
n second position-now.

In second position-now.
An even break thus far this week.
Lynch. the new Bellows Falls short.
stop, PLAYED a splendid game against
Keene Yesterday afternoon.
The local Independents are anxious
TO meet the Brattleboro leaguers and
will probably be given the opportunity
before long
Kennedy who is to captain next sea.
sons Holy Cross college team, has been
signed as an outfelder by Manager
Breckenridge and will make his ap-
pearance in the middle garden this af.
ternoon. Kennedy goes after fly balls
as if he had done it before and looks
like good sticker
Earle Miller. the husky spit ball
artist, has been released by Bellows
Falls and in his place has been signed
a hurler by the name of Cronin whom
the Sulphites will send in tomorrow
afternoon to trim the Keene team on
its home heath. Cronin halls from
Tewksbury, Mass. and of course is
said to have the goods
"Breck'' is waiting this morning to
receive a favorable answer from an eX-
perienced catcher who has been playing
down country all the season and
ought to prove the classiest backstop
in the league. The local manager of
fered Walter Brooks an opportunity to
ioin the Islanders this week but the
Hinsdale boy didn I want it.
fOther Baseball News on Page 81
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
JOY IN BELLOWS FALLS.
Keene Received It's First Defeat There
Yesterday Afternoon.

President Charles 0'Nei of the Bellows
Falls baseball association has ordered u
new hat. lie tried to put his old one on
after the game against keene yesterday
afternoon and found Il several sizes too
small There are other fans in the up.river
town who are also patronizlng the haber-
dasheries in an effort 10 find lids 10 III
their enlarged craniums. And We don't
blame EN-. The town that first stopped
the triumphal march OF the New Hamp.
shire warriors has a perfect right TO feel
chesty.
The Suphites cinched the encounter in
the first inning when they got TO Minis for
three singles and a triple which with a
base ON ball, netted -four runs Brignolia
was in fine fettle and kept the keene hits
well scattered in fact, he was found Tor
but FIVE during the game. Nolk played a
clever game at third for the home team
and his three-bagger was feature. The
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
Summer School of Forestry
and Horticulture

A summer school of forestry and hor-
ticulture will be held on the State Forest,
Sharon, Vermont, August IA to "a.
School is under the direction of State
Forester and University of Vermont
and is open to boys and men over 16
wears. Course will consist in lectures,
field trips and actual forestry opera
tions. Only expense is for board at S.
per week. Students will camp in tents.
School is delightfully."- located and well
equipped with woods, nursery, planta-
tions and orchards. For information
address: The State Forester, Burling-
ton. VT.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
(Other Baseball News on Page 3.)
Divorces Granted at County Court

DEGREES we're granted in 90 divorce
cases at the June term of Windham coun-
ty court which adjourned last week. The
petitions were those of Minnie T. Cobb
OF South Londonderry from Sim J. Cobb
on the ground of intolerable severity;
Sanford Guillow of Rockingham from
Gemgianna Gullow on the grounds of de-
sertion; Lillian Emma Williams of Rock
ingham from Ferren Milton Williams.
grounds Of willfu desertion; Lucy Belle
Burton Of Rockingham from Joseph Bur
ton for willful desertion; Harry G. Wilder
from Cora L. Wilder of Wardsboro,
adultery: Frank A, Powers of Brattleboro
from Jennie B. Powers of Keene, n. h.,
ntolerabe severity; Cordelia Gilmore
from Chester L. Gilmore of Brattleboro,
adultery; Zella NJ. L'Ecuyer from Amede
LEcuyer of Brattleboro, intolerable sever
ity; Edith Peterson from John Peterson
of Brattleboro, intolerable severity; Hat.
tie NJ. Akley from Benjamin a. Adey OF
Brattleboro. intolerable severity; Grace
Doak of Brattleboro from Frederick ;
Doak. intoerable severity; Katherine
Mari from John Mari of Brattleboro: re-
fusal to support: Augusta s. Casey from
John III. Casey of Wardsboro, intolerable
severity: Nina O'Meara from John F.
O'Meara of Brattleboro, intolerable sever
itv; Lizzie Coombs of Dummerston from
Charles Coombs. willful desertion; Leon.
ard B. Reid from Minnie Augusta Reid
of Brattleboro willful desertion; Theodore
l.. Holland from Bertha NJ Holland of
Jamaica. willful desertion: Lucy A. Cas-
kins from Charles E. Caskins of Rocking
ham. adultery; Hollis D. Barber from Eva
Ingram Barber of Brattleboro, adultery.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
Special Notices
RTC MONEY-MAKING FARM.

so acres II miles to depot 50 acres aaees
worked fields splendid pasture So az aPpu vel paint
@ acres ~o house running water; barns ls head
ed sroJm hnrses hogs, poultry; wagon, cream sep
settle affairs quickly the III 9x details PHee and travel M
only $500 easy terms tbis bGF and other fertile farms
ing the state Of big see page
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
Totals.
Bellows Falls.
keene
SO 65so3 10
4 o o 0 o . q 0 6
90 O. OIL d q %

Runs. Qualters, Hurley, Lynch Ham.
mond Volk .. Kerrigan .. Three-base
hits, Nolk. Hammond Sacrifice hits, Shea,
Cronn. Mcdonnell. Shanahan. Stolen
bases. Hurley. Lynch. Thompson. Volk,
Kerrigan. Lett on bases, Bellows Falls 3;
Keene 3. First base on balls. off Minis g.
Struck out, by Minis I, by Brignolia g.
Double play, Donovan to Leonard. Hit by
pitcher, Fish Time. | hour. 80 minutes
Umpire. Casey Thompson out, hit by
batted ball
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
EAST DUMMERsTON.

The subject of Rev. Charles River 5
sermon Sunday will be The Patriotism
of Jesus.
There was no grange meeting July II
on aecount of the fair at West Dunn
merston. The next meeting will be
Tuesday evening. July 25.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22

Herbert Dayton was feeling very
blue and low in his mind, so blue IN
fact that as he stood on the rear plat
form of the las car of the fast nylns
express thinking of the rapid rate
at which he was leaving the girl OF
his dreams, indigo would have seemed
lily white in comparison.
When a nan has been ordered to q
far off western territory to sell gooos
Just after one glimpse OF the girl ne
has been looking for the country over
the girl for whom he Will remain D
bachelor forever unless she will con-
sent to make life an earthly PARADISE
he has a right to be low In his mlno.
Suppose in his absence some other
fellow should" he whispered with a
shudder.
But, avaunt, blue DEVILS" added he
bravely, in that direction madness
liesl"
At this period Of his bitter mus1ng,
the gloomy mood began to pail on
young Dayton's usually optimistic ma
ture, and he looked about him for
something to distract his thoughts.
Inside the car In the chair nearest
the door reclined a delicate, sweet
faced woman, evidently unaccustomed
to travelling and sick from b motion
Of the train. Her husband was min
istering to her t1relessly, devotion In
his every touch, while she glanced up
at him frequently with an expression
of extreme tenderness upon his face.
by Jove," Herbert exclaimed aloud,
as the man turned for a moment to-
ward the real Of the car III that
model Benedict isn't the n time gay
and festive James Halstead. He must
have lately taken unto himself a
wife"
Then Dayton's yes travelled to the
next seat And there just behind the
Halsteads sat a girl dressed In blue!
Her beauty, her daintiness. would have
of themselves compelled a lingering
glance, but besides all these attrac-
tons she was the girl Of his dreams.
the very girl he had seen In his home
town three short days ago, the very
girl Of girls he had been looking for
north, east, and south, only to md her
where he least expected tin a train
going west!
The color Of his thoughts changed
instantly to a more roseate hue. How
can I make her acquaintance, he ques-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22

| eat plentifully of plain food, and |
have always found that there are
numerous very attractive and appetite
ing dishes which come under that
head.
Il have also kept my mind active,
and now, as I look back on my life,
| am convinced that constant mental
and physical occupation are absolute
ly essential II one wishes to live to
old age and Their to be In good men
tai and physical condition. The Idle
life, my friend, is rarely the long life.
In my own case I find my mental fac
ulties are as acute today and as cap
able Of sustaining prolonged labor as
they were forty years ago, when l
was in the prime Of life, as 1t Is
termed.
But. after all, the chief rule to be
followed If M wants to live to a
green old age and be a burden to no
one, I can express In five words
Always have a good conscience. II
a man has that, he will not worry,
and I believe 1t to be a true saying
that worry has killed more men than
strong drink. These are the rules
which have made 1t possible for me
to do a mans work at se~venty-nine,
and a mans work I confidently ex-
pect to do for a number of years to
come"
For another decade Mr.. Field did a
mans work daily; and then he was
gathered to his fathers.
Copyright. 1911, by f. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
Chat With David Dudley Field

son which l have learned" he re
piled. "and that Is If you rejoice in
your work, take pleasure In 1t SO that
1t becomes really a mental recrea'
ton, then 1t Is no longer work. That
is the feeling / have had since ! first
contemplated my code, and 1t is a
feeling that has helped to keep me
in perfect health at my age"
Here was a man who was approach
ing eighty and yet was as active,
mentally and physically. as a man
of forty.
Wont you tell me the whole story
Of how you have been able to main
tain you health 30 perfectly, despite
the great burdens you have carried
for SO many years?" I asked.
"Tn the first place." was the reply.
81 think it Is essential hat II old
age end accompanying mental and
physical vigor are to be attained
there must have beer an inheritance
Of a good constitution from parents
and from ancestors who have lived
simply and wisely. And simply and
wisely a man should live himself.
For myself I believe that I have lived
simply and WISELY use the dumb
bells a little every morning, just
enough to set my blood in circulation
after the nights sleep; I am careful
in the use of beverages, though I
have never practiced total abstinence;
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
HEELLEss SHOE COMES AGAIN
Victorian style 10 Latest Fancy In
Parls-Smart Footwear Favored
by Americans.

It was to be supposed that with the
addition Of so many Victorian fash
Ions the heelless slipper, with its
broad toe, laced around the ankles
with silk ribbon, would come back
into style.
These are now the latest fancy in
Paris. The shoe is exactly like the
one worn decades ago. The leather
Is soft. and the only difference be-
tween 1t and It's ancestor is a wide cut
steel buckle which is put at the end
of the vamp.
Among the smart shoes which
Americans are wearing at resorts
there are low cut ones Of patent
leather which are curved In under the
instep and which have en- upper one
inch deep of gray suedes- They have
two eyelets in front, which are laced
with elastic to hold the shoe tightly
to the foot, SO that 1t will not slir
ut The heel.
This elastic is covered with a long
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
Herolsm to Be Recognized.

In recognition Of the splendid hero
Ign Ct g young miner named Frank
Smith, a monument is to be set up
at Otago, a Dunedin, N. T.. Smith
and a fellow miner named Bates were
at work the other day sinking a hole
In a drifting quicksand. The hole had
to be constantly pumped out as It
quickly filled with sludge. Suddenly
to tho mems horror Bates slipped and
fell at the mouth Of the suction pipe.
His toe entered the pipe, and his foot
wal quickly sucked in, and then his
leg was broken. Smith sprang to his
comrades rescue, and wrenched open
the mouth Of the pipe so as to relieve
him. But the drainage water had been
slowly rising around, and before the
msn could escape, oozing slime sur
rounded their legs encasing them as
In plaster of Paris moulds. It event
ually buried them. When the reliev-
ing shift discovered the flooded hole
and pumped it dry, they found the
young hero standing erect, quite dead,
still holding his comrades hands.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
Great Law Reformer's Rules for
Living Simply and Wisely and
Reaching q Ripe and Happy
Old Age.

Probably the foremost law reformer
Of modern times was David Dudley
Field, brother of the Field of Atlantic
cable fame and of Justice Stephen J.
Field Of the United States Supreme
Court. For forty years of his long
life-which began in 1905 and ended
eighty-nine years later-he devoted
the greater part Of his time to the re-
form of the law. Today his system OF
civil procedure is in force in most OF
the states of the Union and Is the
basis of the reformed procedure es-
tablished i'll E-gland in 1873. His in
duence in the law Of today Is as great
as the influence of his brother Cyrus
In the field of world communication.
Mr.. Field was In his seventy-ninth
year and had Just returned from Eng
land, where he had been showered
with distinguished honors by reason
of his work as a law reformer, when
I had the pleasure Of an informal
chat with him.
The name Of his brother Cyrus
came up. zone Of the lessons I have
learned in my long life." said the
0AcoS Jaw i AACAp 10 SAos ~
Quires more ability to stick to a great
thing han to plan IT. This was the
kind of ability Cyrus showed to best
advantage in the case of the Atlantic
cable. 1t was this sort of ability, and
his ability to keep around him a
group Of men into whom he instilled
his own confidence in the ultimate
success Of the cable, that really has
brought him his fame. His work in
promoting and perfecting the cable
was Of secondary Importance; yet the
public looks upon him largely as the
promoter Of the cable. paying no at
tention to the greater side Of his
achievement"
"Mr. Field" l said. the ability you
have Just attributed to our brother
may also very properly be affirmed
Of yourself, for 1t is universally recog-
mixed now that your codi1cation of
laws was a stupendous undertaking
and that your persistence in the work
has been regarded by American law
yers as one of the most astonishing
Of all professional achievements"
Mr.. Field smiled family. What you
have said reminds me OF another les
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
OLD AGE NOT RECOGNIZED

orandmamma is no longer old. She
IL, suppose, Just eighty; but what mat.
teri She can still enjoy theaters, din
ners, bridge. and, in certain instances,
Va learn she can still dance at thst
age. She has not much to worry her.
because she is probably now support,
cd by the aged young. She has reach
cd delightful pensioned or fixed IN
come days. And now, after havinx
been old in youth, she becomes young
in old age. 1t strikes her that the
world, as Stevenson told the chill
dren. is full Of a number Of things"
Wonderful grandmamma! She will
probably marry again. News comes
from Boston to the effect that even
now two old people-seventy-six. the
man; the woman seventy-three-have
at last succeeded in getting married
and in lodging the worried elderly
children who were trying to prevent
them.
But why shouldn't old people mar
ry7 II they have youth in their hearts
there is no reaso why they should
not emulate the ways Df the young.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
Scientist has Theory That Emana.
tlons Have Something 20 Do
With Benefits.

It 10 now generally believed that a
part, at any rate, Of the benefit de-
rived from . course Of mineral waters
10 due to the radium emanations in
the same. And this explains why such
. course Is less beneficial II taken 1t
homo, for, in bottling, such waters lose
their radium emanAtioAO.
In IN article In Die Umschau, Of
which an abstract appears In the
Scientific American, DR.. Bickel shows
how the advantages Of the mineral
courses due to rsdiun can be obtained
1t home. He finds that water impreg-
mated with radium emanations may be
taken with good results. The effects
last longer II taken after . full meal.
II may also be inhaled In an "emana-
torium." But to prevent loss Of the
carnations such an apartment cannot
b properly ventilated.
TO obviate this difficulty Dr.. Bickel
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
How e. l.. Davenport, Finding Hls
Old School Teacher, John E.
Lowell, In Poverty, Provld-
ed Him With Homo.

Although the late e. L.. Davenport
us16-7T was for nearly forty years
regarded as one of the greatest OF
American actors, especially in tragedy
parts, and although he gained interna-
tional fame through his portrayal Of
the character Of Bill Sykes in a drama
tization Of Charles Dickens novel,
"Oliver Twist" yet he is now almost
forgotten. His reputation was only
second to that Of Edwin Forrest and
until the latter years Of Edwin Booths
life upon the stage, r. L. Davenport
was regarded by many competent
critics as the superior of Booth. at
least in certain parts. When old age
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-22
Grandma No Longer eIts and knIts In
Solitude With Only Memory
for Company.

There 10 no old 6 in the present
day. No longer does grandma sit by
the nre sewing, with spsctacles and
cap, while her grandchildren play at
her knee, and look upon her with low
ing reverence. Few old people sit still
by the fire nowadays. unless they be
very old indeed and unable to do any
thing else. Nowadays they are about
all day, and most Of the night, enjoy
ing life. seeking pleasure, discovering
how much there is to be seen, done.
and, above all, talked about. in q
world that no longer raves retire
ment. Nobody Is so young as the old
nowadays; nobody loves life IS they
do: and the reverse holds true OF
heavily laden. responsible, bored and
sensible youth. Nowadays 1t is youth
that sits In the chair knitting. while II
is dear young grandmamma who
sports, 20 to speak. with the kitten on
the carpet.