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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Handkerchiefs

These goods are always staple for
Christmas gifts. No other gift is so uni
versally acceptable and the demand
grows from year to year. For these
reasons we have made our Holiday
stock larger than ever before.
60 doz. Mems White Handkerchlefs, Sc
(Best ever shown for the money!
20 dog. White Lawn Handkerchlefs, 1oc
All Linen Initial Handkerchefs "a spec
ial bargain) in a box, Age
All Linen Initial Handkerchlefs,
25c each, for S1.35
100 doz. Mems Japonette SILK Finish
Initials. 1oc, for 25c
Everything that the market affords in
the better grades, Csc to soc
1t is useless to attempt to particular
lie here because the variety is so great.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Mems and Boys
Underwear

Boys Extra Heavy Fleece Lined Shirts
and Drawers, 25c
Boys 75c grade Natural Wool Shirts and
Drawers, 4ec
Boys Wrisht's Health Shirts and Draw.
ers, 4sc
Boys All Wool Natural Gray Shirts and
Drawers, CSC
Mems Extra Heavy Fleece Lined Shirts
and Drawers, 4sc
Mems Jersey Ribbed Shirts and Drawers,
in three colors, blue, black and ecru,
4sc
Mems Risks Health Fleece Lined Shirts
and Drawers, esc. or four pieces for
$3.50
Mems Natural Wool Double Breasted
Came's Hair Scarlet Wool and All
Wool FIeeced Garments, your choice
from large assortment csc
Mems Contoocook Wool Blue Ribbed
Shirts and Drawers, a $3.50 value at
SIPS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Hosiery Department

The largest assortment we have ever
shown. Every man appreciates having
plenty of hose. Why not buy him some?
Mems Wool Hose, 12Iac, Csc and soc
Mems Cotton Hose, 12Iac and Csc
Mems Mercerlzed Hose, 25c
Mems Silk Plated Hose, CSC
Mems Pure SILK Hose, SOC and $500
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Umbrellas

An Umbrella is a necessity. Every
man should have two at least-one at
home and one at the shop or office.
We have them priced at
csc, s1.4s, s1.ss up to $500
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Mems Gaps

Our stock covers the whole range Of
these goods.
Fur Caps, including MusKrat, Seal and
Raccoon, at
s1.4s, s1.es, s2.ss, 1898, s4.se, up to
$685.
Wool Caps with Fur Ear Bands for Boys,
Young Men and Conservative Men, at
4sc, esc, $1.48
Boys Hockey Caps at 4sc and esc
Boys Fur Band Caps at csc and SLAB
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Mems and Boys
Union Suits

Boys Heavy Fleeced Union Suits, 4sc
Boys Munsing Medium Weight Union
suits, 75c
Boys Wool Medium Weight Union Suits,
e9e
Mems Munslng Union Suits at
s1.4s, $1.es, $2.4s, s2ss
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
New Jewelry Case

Just placed in the store contains some
beautiful Scarf Pins, Cuff Links.
Watch Fobs, Combination Sets, etc.
Prices very reasonable.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Full Dress and
Negligee Shirts

We have all kinds including the Full
Dress at 81, the Demi- Bosom at $3.50
and a great variety Of Negligee at 4sc,
csc and $1.4s.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08

Beach Jackets, So, S2.49 and $2.e8
Sheep Lined Coats,
s2.es, 1898, s4.es, $3.50, se.es
Mufflers, Csc, 49c, 75c and e9c
Surpenders, boxed, 25c and 4ec
Night Robes, 49c and CSC
Pajamas, 9sc, SLAB and S1.es
Boys Cowboy Suits, st.4a
Boys Indian Suits, CSC and SLAB
Boys English Storm Goats, $500
Boys Storm Hats, 75c
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Glove Headquarters

There are so many kinds Of gloves that
1t would be impossible to enumerate
them.
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Fur Gloves, Fur Lined Gloves, Fur
Gauntlet Gloves for Men and Boys,
:, SLAB to s4.e5
Street Gloves and Dress Gloves.
Complete assortment Of English Walking
Gloves-ReIndeer, Mocha and Cape
Gloves, silk lined and unlined,
esc to s1.es
Everything that can be wanted in Wool
Knit Gloves and Mlttens for Men and
Boys as well as Leather Gloves and
Mlttens in great variety.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
SASH WINDOWS.
Probably a Dutch Invention of tho
Seventeenth Century.

Probably a Dutch Invention of tho
Seventeenth Century.
The history of sash windows is some
what obscure but the proba biity Is
that they were a Dutch invention and
that they were introduced into Eng
land soon after the revolution Of 1853
The derivation Of the word ''sash" In
this sense is the Dutch ''sas," sluice-
old English "sasse." In Queen Anne's
reign they were yet so comparatively
uncommon as TO be mentioned as q
special feature of houses that were
advertised as Ito let" In the Taller.
for instance. No. l1S May 27-3O, 11lO,
there Is this advertisement:
ITO be lett. In Devonshire Square.
near Bishopsgate. very good Brick
House of Rooms Of Floor. and a
good Hall. with very good light and
dark Closets. the whole House being
well wainscoted and sash'd with 80
Sash Lights. a very pleasant and con.
venient Office below Stairs" etc.
From England they passed into
France. where the first to put them up
was Marshal de Lorge at his new
house at Montmartre Speaking OF
this, Lister In 1909 writes In his Jour.
ney to Paris" I'VE had the good for.
tune here to End the marshal himself
He showed us his great sash windows,
how easily they might be lifted UP and
down and stood at any height. which
contrivance, he said. he had out ~
England by a small model brought on
purpose from thence. there being moth
ing OF this poise in windows In France
before "-London Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
MISTAKEN SCIENTISTS.
Nowcomb Said the AeropIane' Could
Never Be a Success.

Sir Humphry Davy's dogmatic pro-
nouncement against gasllghting Is not
the only instance OF n clever scientist
being hopelessly wrong. The early
history of subma rine cabling furnishes
two striking examples. Consulted on
the scientific side Of the project. Fara-
day asserted that the first cables were
made too small Then he said that
"the larger the wire the more electric
ity would be required to charge It,"
and in this quite incorrect opinion he
was supported by other eminent scien
lists As Il result OF this dictum the
current was increased until the opera
tion "electrocuted" the wire and the
cable broke down. 1t was Lord Kel-
vim who by sending messages through
heavy cables with incredibly weak
electric currents proved that Faraday
was mistaken.
Airy submitted the project to mathe
matics and arrived Mt the conclusion
that n cable could not be submerged
to the necessary depth and that II II
could no recognizable signal could ever
travel from Ireland TO Nova Scotia.
In aviation the late DR.. Newcomb,
one OF the most distinguished mathe.
maticians the world has ever pro
duced. declared that he had mathe.
matically investigated all the condi
tons operating against the heavier
than air machine and was convinced
that the aeropl0ne would never be
any more than a scientific toy. and
the possibility Of an aeroplane motor
being reliable In the reduced atmos-
pheric pressure above 1900 feet was
by several experts said to be out OF
the question. -Harper's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01

mas won over large number or peo
pie who see no reason why the heart
should advertise it's sorrow by the
conspicuous insignia Of gloom. There
are or have been peoples wiser IN
their generation The Romans of The
days Of the republic wore blue as
sign of mourning 1t is the propel
thing in Asia Minor now. The Turk
mourns in violet and the Persian in
pale brown. Until French queen
set the present fashion in the latter
half of the fifteenth century white was
the color of grief In Europe. as it is
Row in China"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
Won by His wiz.

On one occasion dress rehearsal at
His Majesty's theater was prolonged
TIL the small hours Of the morning
The company grew very weary, par
tlcularly n gentleman who had been
with Sir Herbert Tree in good many
productions. but who had never at.
tanned TO more than very tiny part
When the time came TO rehearse his
few lines he was So tired that his voice
was anything but distinct.
Whats the matter. MIR Z.?'' ask
cd sir Herbert In his most sarcastic
tones Are you saving your voice for
the rehearSal?"
NO. Sir Herbert" was the retort.
i've never been able to save anything
under your management"
sir Herbert. an exceedingly witty
man himself. was so pleased with the
retort that the salary OF the small part
man was raised.-London NJ A. Z.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01

Criminal Court Method There Utterly
Different From :. urs.


Criminal court trials in Italy are con-
Quoted under II very simple system.
though utterly different from the sys-
tenn which governs procedure In Amer
lean or English courts. says an ex-
change.
The trial takes place before three
| judges and jury. TO which are added
certain number OF extra jurors. who
are sworn and are present in court to
| hear the testimony and are held ready
to take the place In the jury box OF
any juror who may In the course OF
the trial be incapactated from further
service. The depositions Of all the
witnesses have been taken in writing
and signed before the trial begins.
Each Of the judges has copy Of these
before him. The prosecutor and the
counsel for the accused furnish TO the
sire called, and these are all summon
ed by the court which has power to
punish nonattendance
The first thing that happens when
the trial begins Is the questioning OF
the accused by the presiding justice.
In Italy, as I'm most Of continental Eu-
rope, n man accused OF crime Is con-
sidered by the law to be the very best
witness 10 his own guilt or innocence
In England and America the accused
need not testify unless he chooses. In
Italy he IS the first and most impor-
tant witness.
The accused IS allowed the widest
scope In defending himself He has
right TO tell his own story in his
own way, to offer anything he can in
the way Of justification or palliation.
Even hearsay evidence Is admissible.
The Judge has absolute discretion as
to what testimony may be received
and what excluded, and any judge
who exercised this discretion unfairly
would be an object Of eXecration. Bias
on the part Of one judge Is possible,
but there are always the other tive
judges on the bench with him, and
they are a perfect check against un-
fairness.
When the accused has given his tes-
timony he IS confronted personally
with his accuser. The accuser Is nee
essarily the principal witness against
him. Strictly speaking, the prisoner
has no right to interrupt his accuser
while the latter Is telling his story.
but I'm practice the judges permit 1t
and the conformation sometimes be
comes three cornered debate between
accuser. accused and judge, the latter
giving the accused the widest IeewaI
to demonstrate his innocence. Case
and Comment.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
When Ice Covered Europa.

During the long tertiary epoch, when
opossums disported themselves on th'
site OF Paris and mastodonS tramped
along the valley OF the Thames. the
earth was IN the throeS of mountain
making. TIE Alps. the Himalayas
the AlleghcnlrS. the Andes. attest the
power of her activity I'm those days. \
their termination our continents stood
greatly higher than they do now. and
this aided their glaciation. although II
does not fully account for IL. But as
they became loaded with ice Euror,
and America gradually and we may
venture to say cuntemnoruneously
sank. This was inevitable owing e.
the extreme heat and pressure prevail
ing I'm its interior the earth is an EN-
inently elastic body It's surface nc
tually bulges I'm or out with n very
slight increase or decrease of the lJad
upon IL
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
How Watches Vary,

Theoretically. says n ipwcIcr. tho
best watches of today are perfect. but
actually they both gain and lose time
every day. Even If the good watch
does not vary one second ut the end
Of the twentyfour hours, the expert
insists, 1t has both gained and lost In
that time. If 1t Is wound in the morn.
ing II runs fast and toward the next
morning runs slow. thus equaliZing
the time. He says the best watches
should be wound twice n day and then
ut only two-thirds Of the capacity Of
the handspring, thus preventing either
binding or extremes of strong or weak.
ened spring. The balance wheel was
expected to equalize differences OF
handspring tension. but really this IL
not the case to what Is called perfec-
tion.-New York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
KANAA BURIAL GROUNDS.
aoIivia's Fearsome Valley of the Shad-
ow Of Death.


There is a valley I'm Bolivia. South
america. which might well be called
he Valley OF the Shadow Of Death. 1t
Uas been inhabited for an indefinite
,criod of years by the Kanaa Indians
who are kindred to the various South
Nmerlcan tribes and number now only
q few hundred souls.
That they were once very powerful
tribe Is indicated by the condition OF
the land which they as tribe still in
habit. One cannot travel any distance
through their land without coming
upon the old and forsaken burial
grounds OF the Kanaa dead. These
places cannot be called graveyards. for
the bodies are not buried. but rather
placed upon elevated platforms, wrap
ped I'm the garments of death and
bound TO the crosSbeams that they
may not be displaced.
In one OF these burial grounds there
will be probably ifty high skeleton
platforms. and on each will lie from
three TO five Of the Kanaa dead, The
air in that part Of Bolivia is very pure
and preservativc. for 1t Is one Of the
highest plateaus OF the continent. al
though Kanaa valley is just n llttl'
below the platcau's height traveller
passing through that land ut night and
bv moonlight would be awe stricken at
the gloomy vision those graveyards
nreSpnt
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
The History OF "Stepmother."

"Stepmother" is n word with com
monty unsuspected history. Probably
most people If called upon to explain
1t would say that it meant woman
who had stepped into the place OF the
true mother DR. Johnson. at any rate.
believed that this was the suggestion
OF the word to most minds. Really,
'step" Is the Anglo-SaXon 'steop," the
original meaning of which appears to
have been orphaned" Stepchild, step
BARN, stepson and stepdaughter came
first. and then by gradual fading OF
the genealogical meaning Of step
stepfather and stepmother came into
being Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
NATURES LAUNDRY.
II Is Liable to Play Pr'nks With tho
Wash In Yellowstone Park.


Natures gifts are wiGely and va
riously distributed In one place the
elements of things arc given to be
made available by labor: elsewhere
she provides things ready for mans
use. To gain our bread the seed must
be first sown and months afterward
the grain harvested. thrashed and
ground But the native Of the Pacific
isles plucks his bread from the bread-
fruit tree. Perhaps nature foresaw
the overworked and not overstrong
housewife to whom washing day Is
q dread and burden when she estab
lished here and there natural wash
tubs and washing machines and I'm
some places even provided ready made
soap.
In the Yellowstone National park
the family washing is easily disposed
of. The soiled bedding and clothing
are put into a stout bag. which Is
hung In one OF the boiling springs and
left there while the party wanders
about sightseeing. When taken out
the clothes are so clean and white
that no rinsing is necessary.
On one occasion n party hung their
bag of clothes in the basin OF the gey
ser called "Old Giant" and. wandering
Off, were absent longer than they in
tended TO be. While they were away
the "Giant" spouted. and the garments
were thrown high In the air, torn into
shreds and scattered Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
SKIN OF A BADGER.
So Loose the Animal Can Almost Turn
Around In IT,

The pet of an adult badger is ex
tremely thick and difficult for biting
adversary 20 penetrate, writes trap.
per In Fur News, and so loosely does
the skin cover the body that the animal
is able TO turn almost around in its
hide
Should n dog acquire hold on the
throat the badger turns himself so that
the dogs grip is on the back of the
badgers neck without having loosened
his first hold Then the badger secures
viselike grip upon some Vulnerable
portion Of his enemy, and while his
long tusks penetrate TO the limit he
digs and scratches with his front feet,
which are furnished with claws almost
as formidable and deadly as might be
expected from an anteater of the dark
continent.
He who has removed the pelt OF n
badger and is at all observing does not
wonder NJ this animal being sharp bit
ten and that he is able 10 hang with
bulldog tenacity when the formation
and adjustment Of his Jaws are noted
Neither Is IL so much OF Il mystery how
he manages 10 bore through the soil so
rapidly that half dozen men with
shovels cannot overtake him. for he Is
a mass OF cords and muscles. partic-
ularly I'm the neck. chest and shoulders,
very similar in physical construction to
he ground mole.
A badger is chiefly valuable when 1t
has a long coat. so that the guard hairs
can be plucked and used to make shaw
ing brushes
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
TIE CEnTL-.1ta.
Robert E. Lees Definition of the quail
ties That MAKE Him.


ties That MAKE Him.
Lee hated parade. display ane cere-
mony. hated above all things being
made an object Of public gaze and
adulation. His idea OF high position
was high responsibility. Il superior was
simply one VINO had larger duties, and
the mark OF gentleman was a keen
sense Of the feelings and susceptible
ties of others. No one has ever ex.
pressed this attitude more delicately
than he himself In this memorandum
found among his papers after his
death:
The forbearing use of power does
not only form a touchstone, but the
manner in which an individual enjoys
certain advantages over others is
test OF a true gentleman. The power
which the strong have over the weak,
the magistrate over the citizen, the
employer over the employed, the edu-
Gated over the unlcttered, the expert
enced over the confding. even the
clever over the silly-the forbearing or
inoffensive use Of all this power or an.
thority or Il total abstinence from II
when the case admits II. will show the
gentleman in plain light The gen
tleman does not ncedleSsly and unnec-
eSsarily remind an offender Of n wrong
he may have committed against him.
He cannot only forgive; he can forget,
and he strives for that nobleness Of
self and mildness Of character which
impart sufficient strength to let sthe
past be but the past y true man OF
honor feels humbled himself when he
cannot help humbling others. ."-Gama-
llel Bradford. Jr., in Atlantic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
CHINESE TREASURES.
"Rubbings" on Paper From Ancient
Tablets and Monuments.

"Rubbings" on Paper From Ancient
Tablets and Monuments.
Chinese men of letters are exceed
ingly fond of ancient records in the
shape Of long scrolls of paper rub
bings" from famous stone tablets and
monuments. The Lin Ii Chang sta
toners Of Peking are extensive traders
in these They send special agents on
long trips To shrineS or arrange With
the local people at the place Of a
noted monument to take paper rub
bings from it, The usual rubbing is %
field of black where the face has been
linked. the lettering cut into the mar
Bile remaining white on the paper rub
bing
To the foreigner iu Ch ua ruhhin
from the tablets IN" one left 10y o.
HISTORIAN Christians Ht Si2nfu.
Shensi. about GEO \ y. ANA the y.
hammedan tablet are especially ntr.
esting
Those from the tablets 40 the tenn
pie Of Confucius at his huriuI place.
Chefoo. in Shantung. are amoug The
collections of the Chinese MAN of edu
cation. So many ruhhinl> have been
taken from several of tnc mhIcts
which bear line portraits ~ Coufucius
that the lines aud the letters on The
stone have become 50 faint that the
government has prohibited further
rubbings being taken. New York SIN
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
--,s4aeass. IN .-A<sD~
WITCHCRAFT IN SCOTLAND.
Beatrice Layns's Fate at tho Hands Of
the Mob In 17o5.


That belief In witchcraft and brutal
treatment OF alleged witches once
loomed large In Scotland Is shown In
Stewart Dicks THE Pageant OF the
Forth" In 1905 Pittenweem gained
unenviable notoriety from a series of
prosecutions OF old women. and the
pamphleteers OF the day were kept
busy on both sides In defending and
denouncing the action OF the magis-
trates. The author says:
1T seems that a blacksmith, one
Patrick Morton. being taken Ill. de-
clared that he was bewitched. and on
his instigation number OF old wom-
EN- were thrown into prison. Bullied
by the magistrates and ministers Of
the town by day and tortured by their
guards by night. who never let them
sleep, but kept them awake by prick.
ing them with pins. these misera BILE
old women were soon induced TO con
fess anything.
"One woman In particular. Beatrice
Laying, had been singled out by Nor
ton for his special vengeance. He
said that she came asking him to
make some nails for her. He. believ-
ing they were for some evil purpose,
refused to do 80. and she went of
muttering imprecations. When he fell
I'll she was heard to say, He micht
blame his ane tongue for his H. On
this tissue OF trivialities she was i'm.
prisoned, and practically under tor
ture she acknowledged to the minis
ters and magistrates that she had
made a wax image OF Morton and
stuck pins I'm II.
After a long period OF judicial bull
lying she was set free or. In other
words. handed over to the mob to
work their will on her. Hanged on
rope between a ship and the shore,
she was peted with stones till half
dead and finally pressed to death un-
der a door. 1t seems that In those
days no one was safe against the
widest accusations which might be
brought against him."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
NORTH SCITUATE
.euben Sweet died here on Tuesday.

Reuben Sweet died here on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G.. Peckham, OF
Providence, syent Thanksgiving here.
Rev. ]. T. Meehan will speak on Sum
day afternoon at the Advent Church on
"a Life of Confidence in God" In the
evening his subject will be "The Isrealite
Indeed"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
EVANSVILLE

The Lymansville mill shut down on
Wednesday night until Monday morning.
Councilman and Mrs. Oscar Aust re-
turned on Wednesday from a stay of several
days at Lawrence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-01
THE STRhpONIIn.
Found In Partisan Tkeaters. Il Is q
Deluslon and a Snare.

Deluslon and a Snare.
In every Paris theater there ar two
or three score "StrapontinS You won
der what strapontin iSt Well. ii is q
folding or strap seat on the aisle at
tached to the side OF the aisle chair Of
the orchestra or balcony rows. II has
neither sides nor back and is without
visible means OF support except
through afiliation and attachment
The unsuspecting American tourist
whose stay in Paris Is but matter of
days approaches the Partisan box Of
fee and Is shown the diagram by
the middle aged lady with the blond
curls. Guilelessly the visitor indicates
what he believes to be an aisle seat
and congratulates himself on his luck
at so late an hour in capturing it
A few minutes later he has paid his
10 cents for a program and tipped the
woman attendant who shows him TO
his strapontin. II Is as devoid OF legs
or feet. this strapontin. as Of arms
and vertebrate. device to be Stunned
and tabooed You squirm to make
Yourself comfortable. to secure some
attitude whereby the hardships of the
strapontin may be annihilated. but In
vain II drives from your mind the
most seductive music, the most dra-
ulatic episode fails to affect you, and
rour thoughts are forced back or the
instrument of torture which has cost
YOU the full 10 francs, the price Of an
orchestra chair-New York Press.