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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
WILL SHOOT FROM
AEROPLAN DECK
Especial to The rlmcs-pispa ,ch. |

Wilmington. y. g., December go
Wilmington is ready to celebrate New
Years Day with its second big avia
ton meet, in which Walter Il,
Brookins. the noted hrdinan, may try
for tn. altitude record. He viii also
arry aloft Lieutenant Paul u. Cant
well, of the Wilmington Light infantry
and prominent society leader, who
will demonstrate sharp shooting from
tho deck of the acroplane.
Authorized by Postmaster General
Hitchcock. Brookins is to make an
Official mail delivery to post office
near the aviation grounds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31

Washington. December 3o.--The
celebration of tho completion of the
railway Inc connecting the mainland
line Of the United States with Key
West January 81 to &c next. will be
participated In by the armored cruis-
crs Washington 3nd North Carolina
and the scout cruisers salem and Bir-
MINIS CHAM, Of tho Atlantic fleet,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
MurphN-CnlMcll.
ISnccIHlto Tho Times.DI!

Especial to The Times Dlspatch
1lurriSonburE. Va. December SEA
surprise marriage OF htcrest to social
circles In several States became known
s.ere last night. Quietly slipping away
com town on Friday, Miss Frances
Salwcll. daughter of Mrs NJ Il. cal
we'll, and Charles II. Murphy. son of
(. a.. Murphy. of Roanoke. went to
by Rev. X. H. Mciim. of Epiphany
Episcopal Church. Mrs. Murphy is n
accc Of General John Il. Roller aud
CORNER Mayor o. b. Roller
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
ShaScr-Chrisfx.

Frederick sburg. Va, December 90
Henry shower, of Baltimore, and Miss
Lydia Ann Cl,risty daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. j. w. Christy. of Stafford
county. were married Wednesday at
S"Edgewood," the home of the BRIDES
parents. in Stafford county. near this
city. Rev. w. r. Hardesty. of tho
ceremony. Tho parlors were beautiful
,ly decorated Miss Gladys 8 Christy
played the wedding music. and the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
Shcnrnood-,Ienninus.

fredericksburg, Va, December 90
J. Irving Sherwood and Miss Bessie
LANES Jennings. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs, Robert \. Jennings, of Spotsyl-
rania county. were married Thursday
at the home of tho brides parents. Rev.
George W. Hurt performing the cera-
mony Miss Mabel Altman or Cor
louisville WAS maid of honor. There
werc number of guests from ~ dis
tancc present Mr.. ana Mrs shear
wood left for Il three weeks bridal
trip south
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
Mig Holiday Business.

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.T
Bristol. Va, December 30. The
cash deposits of local banks show that
BriatoI's holiday business for the week
preceding Christmas Day. amounted to
SIlI,jo2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
ronacco sh,nmsn,. nur,nE 1o1,

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.
Winston Salem n. G., December 30
During tho year 1911, the tobacco
manufacturers of Whist on Salem
shipped h3.25o064 pounds Of manufac-
turcd tobacco. and paid into the United
States Treasury for tobacco stamps
he sum of s4.260.005.lS. This is a
great increase both IN the amount Of
pounds OF tobacco aud In revenue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31

maid of honor wes Miss Halle
ChrIsty. . sister Of the bride. Lewis
Shower, Of Baltimore, brother of the
groom, was best man. y reception
and wedding supper followed the
ceremony. \ large number of guests
were present. Mr.. and Mrs. Shower
left for a Northern bridal trip, after
which they will reside in Baltimore
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
THREE PRISONERS
ESCAPE FROM JAIL


Orange. Va, December 3o.-Three
prisoners In tho jail at Orange Court
house escaped OIL Friday night. 1t is
supposed that they had acconIpliccs
on tn outside. as n ball Of cord and
an axe were found near the window by
which large pole had been broken
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
ana blankets tied together reaching

to the ground.
Three prisoners escaped. ono of
whom Was Pete WASHINGTON. The big
negro, who INDUCED III wholesale
shooting at a recent fair, when he
wounded several people. So far the
prisoners have not been captured, but
every effort Is being made 10 track
them down.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31

An Ice Cream for discriminating PEG
plc--The Velvet Kind
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Change of Schedule
january !. toI..

s:13 =. NJ. Florida Limited, solid
Pullman train for Florida points will
be established.
9:+2 u. ~. Pullman sleeper to Jack
sonvillc; day coaches TO birmingham.
1885 j.. NJ. Pullman sleepcrs to Pine
hurst, Jacksonville. Tampa. Birming-
nam and Memphis; day coaches iu
Jacksouvillc
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
"RED-ToP IN NoRTHLAND."
Story for the Young Folks and Crown
Ups as Well.

Ups as Well.
once upon a time, long, long ago, away
w in Northland, where the summers are
very short and the winters very long,
lived Grandam Pecker. l cannot spell
the names as they spell it in Northland,
but that is the way to spell it in English
suspect they gave her that name be-
cause she was always pecking about with
her sharI stick, gathering leaves, bark
twigs anc roots.
Nobody knew how old she was; it was
thin little body and the face so
wrinl;led it looked like the bark of the
tee trunks, and so weather. tanned it
looked like a hickory nut. But it wasn't
the wrinkles or the tan you would notice
so much as the glitter of her small black
ewes.
I'm clean beat out" cried Grandam
PeCker one day, staggering into her tiny
hut just as the sun ducked its head be-
hind the great black forest that stretched
from north to south as far as one could
see. i've been every bit Of two hours
picking up this basket of sticks"
Grumbing and mumblng, she hohhlcd
across the earth floor and dumped the
baskets INSIDE down on the hearth. She
sat herself down ON the bench beside the
fire to get her breath. "Must be those
ahead of me to-day. What is a poor
old body to do with five pairs of nimhle
young feet ana fingers fitting about ana
fching every blessed scrap their eyes can
spy?"
Pretty soon Grandam Pecker bestirred
herself Il will make me good fire ana
bake cake for supper, and brew me
cup of my best herb tea That will
put scrapple of comfort into my old
bones"
The tea was bubhling merrily, and the
nice. brown cake just ready to turn out
of the pan, when there came a knock at
the door.
"Pother." grumbled Grandam Pecker;
"such luck, my cake will be cold before
ever ! get chance at it,
who's there?" she called harshly. You
would scarcely have thought such a thin,
little body could make such a big noise.
"Open, in the name OF God and give me
a fare O. your cake, Grandam. for I am
nearly persisted for the want of food, and
a fire to warm me- replied a voice with
out.
Grandam stopped to light her candle,
and snuffed it until it burned brightly,
for she was wary of strangers, and she
would see what manner of wanderer
this was before she unbarred the door.
She had a stout bar so arranged that she
could slip 1t n notch and open the door
a crack without christening it,
Grandam flared her candle in the face
of her visitor. There stood an old man
clad in tatters, which fluttered all ways
when the blast struck him, and set him
to shaking. BLESS me!' cried Granda M,
setting down the candle and pushing
back the wooden bolt
She opened the door gingerly. just
enough to let the beggar in. and shut 1t
quickly to keep the cold out. Poor folk
should be under cover this time O. day.
The old snap has struck. and the nights
are sarchng. There's a storm brewing;
I feel 1t in my bones. they have been
creaking all day"
The old man walked feeby to the
! bench, sank down on it and closed his
eyes. Now I am going to tell you a Sc
cret--the old man was no other than good
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
The Bank of England.

There is no institution that has more
romance attached to it than the Bank of
England according to Chester +. Sy-
monds, banker of London
ut has been nearly ruined on several
occasions; it has been beset by thieves,
one gang robbing it of more than $500 900
thirty years ago; forgery and frauds have
been practiced upon it by most accom-
plished criminals in history; and yet, AS
safe as the Bank of England is saying
which, in spite of the institutions many
ups and downs, is true to the letter. Had
it not been for very smart ruse on the
part of one of the directors, the bank
would have failed over a century ago. This
is what happened: a panic sprang up
among bank note holders, n panic that
spread and spread before. anyone was
aware of what was happening One morn
ing, just after the bank opened, an an
CRY and excited crowd thronged the
street, demanding cash for notes The
value of the notes in the hands of the
mob was actually double that of the gold
in the bank, and the outlook was a bad
one. Gold had to be got to pay to every
claimant, but that took time. So the
directors sent men with notices into the
crowd, and their claims were attended to
hrst. Each was paid in siXpences and
shillings. Some of them walked away
with sacks of shillings over their backs,
but the time gained by this method of
payment saved the bank, and every claim
was paid.
after this the bank decided to reas-
sure its depositors by displaying in the
windows and near the cashiers desks
sacks overlooking with sovereigns. but
the public did not know that the sacks
were full of coal, with only a layer OF
sovereigns on top. "-[Washington Her
aid.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07

BROOkLINE

Walter Lackey is working for e. p.
Osgood.
f. S. Brown has had a telephone in
stalled in his home.
Henry Wilson and II. II. Howe were in
Greenfield Tuesday.
Lydia Fellows expects to work for Miss
Fletcher in Townshend
d. w. Buckley and family are comfort
ably situated in their new home.
Rev. Mr.. McIIale attended the minis
ters' meeting in Townshend Tuesday
The listers have completed their annual
tour of the town, taking the list of per-
soral property.
Mr.. and Mrs Perry, Miss Myrtle Dean
and Mr.. Moakie were guests Sunday at
NJ. w. Lawrences
Mrs. Harry Chaplin and little daughter
Louisa, of Springfield, are the guests OF
her uncle, l.. w. Bush.
G. L. Ware has a new IL horse power
Galloway gasoline engine for use in the
dairy and for pumping water.
MIR. and Mrs. II. L. Osgood and little
daughter, Pauline, and Miss Annie Os-
good of Bratteboro spent Sunday at f.
=. Osgood's.
Mr.. Greer was recently bitten by a dog
belonging to sydney Derry. Mr.. Derry
sent for the constable, Hoyt Marsh, who
killed the dog.
Ivern, who had been spending a few days
at q. e. Wares left Wednesday to visit
her sister in Newport, r. I.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart of Chester are
spending a few days with her brother, II.
II. lowe. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perry
and daughter of Wiliamsvlle visited
there ever Sunday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
SOUTH VERNON.

Samuel Fairman has a new horse
Conductor Frank Corser is on the sick
list.
Charles Johnson is very low at this
writing,
Floyd Johnson is i'll with scarlet fever
in Bratteboro.
Rev. f. w. Richardson of Rochester,
N. H., visited Rev. A. f. Phelps Tuesday.
Arthur Jackson and family of North
ampton We're guests al Charles Jackson
over Sunday.
Warren Shine and family of Hillsboro,
N. H., have visited at Calvin Stones the
past few days.
Louis Sampson, who was i'll a number
OF weeks, has returned to his home in
Belchertown, Mass.
Albert Shaw is on a furlough of 10 days
from the United States navy and is visit
ing at w. j. Weatherheads.
Albert Hunt of Nashua, n. H., and
Miss Mabel Hunt of Brattleboro were re-
cent guests at w. H. Newton's.
Services will be held in the chapel
Tuesday evening at 730. Rev. A. h.
Phelps will conduct the meeting.
Mr., and Mrs, Bert Wiley are enjoying
vacation at c. stones previous to going
to their new home on the Johnson farm,
The weather has been very unfavorable
Tor the maple sugar makers and they
have produced only a small quantity of
sweets.
Mrs, Fremont Fairman, who is in the
Springfield hospital, is able to sit up.
Her son, Merton, was there to see her on
Sunday.
There was a large attendance at the
morning service last Sunday. The sub
ject of the Loyal Workers meeting next
Sunday evening will be "Our constant
companion" The subject for the service
at 7,SO will be "Stones from the river
bed.n
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
Pixies FALLS,

Rena Dinsmore of Brattleboro Is visit
ing at her uncle's, George Hurd's
Mrs. Harvey Clough returned home
last week from Brattleboro, where she
had been visiting her sister.
Mr.. Remphe cut his foot while chopplng
last week. He is improving and is now
able to get around some.
Leon Pike and family of Newfane have
been visiting with her father, II. Menu
ron, and other friends
The church at Pixies Falls had its
quarterly meeting last Saturday, cele-
brating the ordinances. The pastor, o.
o. Farnsworth, officiated.
Frank Bowen, who has been sick the
last week, is again able to sit up and be
about again.-Mrs. o. o. Farnsworth and
c. n. Pike who have been i'll, are also on
the road to recovery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
LIBRARY NOTES,

The ladies' association of NIiddlebury
have donated their library of about 1000
volumes to the town for its new Free
library, and have contributed their annual
endowment of $500, to which the town
has voted an addition of $500. The new
library will maintain an efficient travelling
library system throughout the town.
Twelve new travelling libraries specially
adapted for schools have been bought by
the Vermont state board of library com
rissioners. Travelling libraries are fur
nished by the board of library commits
s'oners to school teachers and supervs-
ors, and have been of great use and value
in the district schools. Applications
should be made to the board at room 10,
Capitol, Montpelier.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
THE RUM SELLERS DREAM.

Quick, bar the door, my faithful wife,
Let good or evil come
I'll never sell God helping mel
Another glass of rum.
I'll tell you all with trumpet tone,
90, how my heart does Gutter)
I cannot speak until l pour
Each drop into the gutter.
All, wife, I'm glad I'm still alive,
To tell my fearful dream,
Twas the night of death l saw,
l crossed a liquor stream;
You know that cask of rum l bought?
Qndeed. my head IS leveD.
1t seemed to grow and burst in flame,
When out there hoped a devil
lie grasped me in his hot embrace,
We flew through earth and air,
My God. l saw my victims all,
Down, down, in black despair;
Their fiery eyes they pierced me through
Their curses, awful stunning;
With yells they bid me fall in rank
For there, I'd soon be coming
My sight, I never had such sight,
Each glass of rum l sold,
Would draw my vision on to scenes
OF wrongs and woes untold,
Mothers by the damp, cold hearth,
Ger starving babes would make,
While from their husbands at my bar.
The last few pence I'd take.
Then other scenes would follow fast,
OF suicide and woe,
Crushed by the cars fell in the dock"
Found frozen in the snow"
Demon yells, and murder stabs
Blurred faces sad and hollow
Orphans prayers and widows tears
1 was impelled to follow
Oh. God! when first the mornings sun
Shone bright into my room,
| felt that not ten thousand worlds
Should lure me to this doom.
Then bar the door-'no rum sold here!"
Nor will I ever take it,
Full well ! know the hell l saw,
1 long have helped to make it.
-tJohn A. Hoover.
Moorestown, n. ].
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
SPIRIT OF THE LAW o8EYED.
Mr.. Brown Discharged in Deer-kllIlng
Case-Notlfed Game Warden with Due
Dliqence.


Diligence.
Henry r. Brown was discharged by
| Judge William r.. Daley Wednesday
! morning after hearing in the case
! brought by the state charging him with
unawfully killing a deer in the closed
! seHson G. G. Fits appeared for the
| respondent and states Attorney f. Il.
| Barber for the state. This case has at
| tractcd much attention and interest as
| i'm the month of February deer was
| killed on Mr.. Browns farm in Halifax,
| and Osse ProutY Harold l.. Streeter and
| George Carruth, all of Halifax are on
! bail Of $3.50 each, awaiting trial in con-
nection with the case. Deputy Sheriff
| Frank /. Welman of Guilford Centre was
| the first witness and testified to going
to Mr. Browns farm on the morning of
Feb. % and finding there the carcass of a
| deer, which he carried away with the
exception of small roast. He said the
meat was in a buttery and had been
dead about one day. He said he arrested
the men and then talked with Mr.. Brown
over the telephone and that Mr.. Brown
assumed the responsibility as he had
given his men orders to shoot any deer
they might find doing damage to his
trees. Cross examined by Mr. Fits, he
testified along the same lines.
County Game Warden Marvin ]. How
ard of South Londonderry was the next
witness and told of letter he had re-
ceived from the respondent notifying him
that a deer had been shot on his prem
ises The letter and the envelope were
offered as exhibits. The letter was dated
Feb. %, and the pcstmark was stamped
$50 o'clock the same day lie told of
conversation he had had with the re-
spondent in which the latter had told him
that he had ordered his men to shoot any
deer which were damaging his trees. Mr..
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

Mrs. Laura jenkins is i'll with a severe
attack of eryspelas.
Mrs. Leslie Smith OF Brattleboro is a
guest at Fred Valie's.
Inez Stowell of Brattleboro is spending
the week with friends in town
Olive Churchill has gone to Asburnham
and Boston to spend two weeks
The many friends of Perry Wade were
shocked to hear of his sudden death,
which occurred in Bellows Falls early
Sunday morning.
Miss Viola Jones of Mortified, Ma ss.,
who boarded at Fred Wales 10 days. and
Miss Ella Batchelder of the same place,
who was at Walter Davenport's, re-
turned to Mortified Monday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07

it pecking to this day, for Grandam found
a bird mate in the woods, and they built
a bird home and raised a little bird fam
lily.
And Grandam taking care of her fam
lily found her heart was swelling 1t
was very pleasant; she had never thought
how much pleasanter it was to have a
swelling heart than a shrinking one. And
she kept on being loving and kind, until
her heart grew so large that good St
Peter had to give her another new body
and so she became Grandam Pecker
again, but younger, and so kind all the
children loved her. And every chance
wayfarer who came to her door on a
cold night was sure of a nice, brown cake
as large as the pan would hold.-tMildred
Norman in Boston Ideas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
WEST GUIlEORD.

Rev. E. Hatfield is on the sick list.
f. A. Codding returned Friday after q
visit Of three weeks in Savoy. Mass
Leslie Carpenter of Greenfield Is spend
ing the week with his grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. II. l.. Nichols.
Mrs. A. e. Falby and three children
went this week to Montague, Mass. ia
remain some time with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tilton.
Mrs II. l.. Nichols went Friday to
Greenfield to the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Carpenter, and on Saturday
to auckland to attend Monday the wed
ding anniversary of her cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Norman, returning Tuesday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
SOUTH WARDSBORO.

Mrs. Matte Gould and Mrs. Charles
Hoyt are i'll.
Merrill Hall is working for George
Johnson
Stillman Cole has returned home after
a short visit In Orange.
Ralph Hall of Dummerston Is visiting
his mother Mrs. Fannie Sage.
F. B. Kidder Is working for Mr..
Squires at Smiths lumber job.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shampne have
moved to the silver and lead mine here,
where Mrs. Shampne is cook
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
JACKSONVILLE.

+. +. styles was in Brattleboro re-
Gently.
Henry Stewart and Huzon Stewart OF
Chester We're in town Sunday.
Prof. Franklin Head has been visiting
his mother Mrs. L. NJ. Stickney.
Henry Getty recently bruised his hand
badly while working in the woods.
Hurdis Howard of Wardsboro was at
his uncles, Hoyt Shedon's, recently.
Lysander Howe has returned from
Weston, where he visited his mother a
few weeks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
Down 100 Feet Without Striking Rock

1t looks at the present time rather dis
couraging to the people interested in the
proposed dam. One drill and Joe Nc
Kenna, the drill runner, have returned
to Chicago, ILL.,. and the other drill and
men employed expect to go in day or
two. After having drilled down in four
different places to depth OF 100 feet and
two others to about 20 feet they have not
had the good luck to strike a solid foun-
dalton as yet, which is required -[Whit-
ingham correspondence in Deerheld VAL
ley Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
1.-THE ROSARY"
Beautiful New Play viii Be Produced in
Auditorium Saturday Afternoon and

Evening.
THE Rosary" beautiful new play to
be produced by Messrs Rowland and
Clifford i'm the Auditorium Saturday,
April s, afternoon and night, is described
as follows:
A typical American family, is shown, a
young wife. her devoted husband, their
friends and the material surroundings
which wealth can procure.
Then comes the Earring note, so slight
that even the most sensitive ear could
hardly hear it. Rather it is a subtle dis
cord of the atmosphere. No one knows
whence 1t comes or the reason of its be-
ing; but 1t grows, grows, more and more
apparent. Now it swells into suspicion
and doubt, then blind rage and the house
hold Is rent; its happiness gone.
Then rises the other power, a higher
spiritual note, which swells upon the ear
until its beauty and divine harmony
brings the dscordant souls of the family
back to peace and fun accord. That is
THE Rosary"
Harrington Reynolds, an exceptional
artist. will play the part of Father Brian
Kelly, a priest
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
Clean journalism.

Clean journalism pre- eminently fills the
growing desire for wholesomeness. 1t
tells of upbulding and progress in all
human endeavor 1t voices sane optim-
ism and champions the good and right
in civic, community, and worldwide in
terests and undertakings. 1t inculcates
respect for law and order and allegiance
to constituted authority. In short it
seeks only to build up, not to tear down,
the social fabric, to promote every
agency that makes for human enlighten-
ment and betterment.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-07
yellow journalism.

Broadly speaking, yellow journalism
comprises the newspapers and periodicals
that are without conscience those publ
cations which pander to tn prejudices and
passions of the ignorant, that serve up
brutalizing sports, the folies of society,
the abnormalties of crime and degen-
eracy, that for their own business ends
forget the community is dependent upon
the newspapers for its information and
guidance concerning political, social and
commercial matters.