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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
JACKSONVILLE.

Raymond Roberts has his new automo-
bile
DR. 4. j. Thomas returned Tuesday
from short vacation trip.
DR. Oscar Roberts of Baldwinsville,
Mass, is visiting b. f. Roberts.
The grange conferred the third and
fourth degrees on a class Tuesday. The
subject of the meeting July % will be Care
and Preserving Fruits.
Win b. Clark, who died in Jamaica from
an accident Saturday was well known
here Mr.. Clark was the efficient driver of
the Jacksonville and Brattleboro stage for
four years.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14

Adams last week Monday. While
there he sold his farm in Savoy, Mass,
where he had lived for 30 years, before
coming TO this place two Years ago
with his son, George Codding.
The annual meeting of the Cemetery
association of West Guilford was held
in Brattleboro at the home of Albert
Thurber two weeks ago, The old board
of officers were elected and H., u,
Thomas was made sexton in the place
of Il. G.. Bennett, who has moved away.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
LEYDEN.

Miss Given is the guest OF Mrs a. a
Keet for the week, +h;.
I'D Rraman is serving as juryman thl'
week at Greenfield. o,n+o; II
Mrs Leonard Bliss Of Flo ,d M 1ao ID P
is wi with her cousins, Mr. and MIS- -
Howes. for a few weeks - 1uod
Ihe u arening, July 10, at the home r o.
b Mr i Is cordially invited to come and nave
good time. son,nson and
d, NH ano Of Holyoke and Mrs Wilcox a the
Mss Fife Wilcox Of Springfield werf from t@
Springfield Monday %Grnin sgne aG t fa week
Mrs. Badger. Mrs. WILCOX speA'
with her
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
SOUTH HALIFAX.

Leon La Rock spent last week in
Griswoldville, Mass.
George Newstead has purchased q
new horse and will work for Eli COOK
in haying.
Mrs. Ida Hillman and daughter,
Marion, returned TO their home in Fur.
mace Wednesday.
Miss Blanche Barber of Brattleboro
is the guest of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. c. i. Clark.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
SOUTH VERNON.

William Stone has moved ln'o ~
Scott house. Sc working
for M. H. Brown. .-..oa IN Rer-
Miss Pauline Fairman VISITED III 10
nardston over Sunday. .ho To.
na Merton Fairman will live in the ne his 5is
Nh MeI Brooks house lately bought os MS
ia, Mrs Davenport and Miss Barnard OF
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
GREEN RIVER.

Mrs. Cinda Bracket is visiting in Green
field this week.
Henry Lynde of Farley is helping his
brother through haying.
Will Higley visited his sister in the Far,
rem hospital few days ago.
Several from here attended the funeral
of William b. Clark at Jamaica Tuesday
Mrs. George Beckwith OF Andoyer, N
H., is keeping house for w, A. Denison.
Frank Barre of Holyoke, who came to
help his mother through haying, returned
to his work Wednesday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14

The Royal society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals in England, has had as
its president Lord Cromer, who. was also
vice-president of a society which coun-
tenanced vivisection. After a warm dis,
Cromer was asked to resign the presidency
on account of his connection with the
vivisection society
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14

week.
~ MS /, Helen c9I Holmes is visiting Miss
~ y. y F. Alexander has been on
|Sa9h Doane is spending two weeks
bis father
|asgarl Page spent Sunday at his
! IN North Adams.
N ,5d !, Pallam is having his house
Y, ~ lor electric lights.
ls KS Mary Clune of New York is
! Ilg friends in Town.
i, BIack is spending his vacation
AS sister in Leominster.
y \. and Mrs. W, R. Moody and fam
~g now occupying Revell.
a,faf Mason has bought a house in
y EalPId on Lincoln street.
rs TSs Louise Bardwell is at the home
h. 4"i,SS Mason for the summer.
\ ~ w Bessie Irish is caring for Miss
"eoS'ef' who is still quite i'll.
! i u s wary Callaehan of Boston is at
? '' a. ner mother for a vacation.
|on an l ooer and family are at their
N. aome on Mortified mountain.
! a. 4I22ntcief Livingston is the
INV " MS II. ;. Kellogg and Mrs.
'Ir un;T.- Mason, professor in SYRIA
b. 'eisi'F' Is home with a college
|at r' and hastings Of Lynn has been a
|rg' guest OF his sister, Mrs. F. l..
| h If SEEaa lso of Brooklyn was the
Fp g MT and Mrs. Fred Pallam
" n.y. Jean Miller of Orange. N. j.. is
Sbe,Vvil, her aunts, Mrs. Mead and
\ 3, and Ms. Lincoln Hammond
'AI there. "
bal 1 ~ Foreman attended the
lAlyS, \ MS MIS- Martha Henry in
\ Ple,b%,,,. Brown preached in the
last Sn5ydltellan church. Yonkers, N.
y Of S SaefT VI and daughter, Mar
ssls NV, York, are guests of Mr..
ess s Dgfyna Blodgett and son,
Stoetsb Guests Of her mother, Mrs.
y Oliver Akeson and aanobtsr
Ms 0PInt ION are guests of Rev.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26
Dissertation on Woman.

What constitutes society? Woman:
she is its sovereign arbitress: II exists
for her and for her exclusively. But
woman forms the great educating in
fiuence for man: she It is trains him
in the gifts that charm-courtesy dis
cretion. and the pride that shudders
to be self-assertive. She II is teaches
few the art OF pleasing. and all the
useful art OF not displeasing. From her
we learn the lesson that human So
ciety is more complex and more deli
cately adjusted than is generally sus-
pected by the politicians Of the cafes
Last. but not least. II is she brings
home TO us the great truth that the
ideals OF sentiment and the visions %
faith are invincible forces. and that It
is by no means reason that governs
humankind. .'-Antole France.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

Grams. the average age Of the sur
yivors is sixty-three years. With the
lengthening of life which has become
a feature of our time We ought to
have with US for many years at least
q fair remnant of the heroes.
The most desperate civil war OF
modern times was fought. It Is now
realized. by boys in their teens or
barely out of their teens. The rec
ords OF the war and navy departments
show that OF the enlistments 1.151.43
were at the age of eighteen years or
under. and that 2.159.7ss enlistments
were at the age Of twenty-one years
or under. while only 61s.511 of the
total 2.77s.30e enlistments were at
the age of twenty two years and over.
In decorating the graves of the dead
and in honoring the living soldiers OF
81 the whole nation renews yearly the
inspirations OF patriotism. This year
there are still in the land of the living
and the country they saved more than
half a million of the heroic boys" OF
81, and We are Just coming to see
that they really were boys, and boys
we'll worth remembering-those who
have answered the last roll call and
those who are yet with US in the bat
ties of peace.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

their regiments, without any chance Of
assistance. perhaps literally surround
ed by the enemy. And when the end
came for one of them he must die
alone. and In time he would be marked
missing" on the books and every
trace OF him would be lost. c. II.
Guinand. a famous shot in his day. a
past commander OF the Berdan Sharp
shooters. was the hero of many stir
ring adventures OF the fighting before
Fredericksburg
Few civilians or soldiers either. for
that matter. can realize what II meant
to be a sharpshooter in such battle
as Fredericksburg" said Mr.. Guinand.
In recalling his experiences.
During the battle of Fredericksburg
with two other sharpshooters was
detailed to pick OF a negro sharp
shooter. q Confederate. who had been
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

OF blue is marching into the unknown.
Flowers are strewn upon the graves Of
the dead and statistics of mortality
are as freely flung at the heads of
the living soldiers. Possibly the vet
Grams are not cheered by this sober
and convincing information, and GER
tainly their children and grandchil-
dren give It cold entertainment
look at the other side, the living
side. OF the old soldiers great day
presents something OF good cheer as
well as n surprising fact-that of the
extreme youth of the army OF the
Union in those days when the life Of
a nation was at stake.
The survivors of the Union army Of
the Civil war are known to number
at this date $4,000. and a majority
OF these men are in the active pur-
suits OF industry. Although there are
few very old men among the vet
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26
Panama PecullarIties

1t is news to some people that the
entrance TO the Panama canal is more
than 600 miles to the east of New Or
leans. A visitor TO the isthmus is apt
to have many OF his fixed ideas In re-
gard to geography upset. He finds
that the eastern end of the canal Is
farther west than the western end: he
finds the canal running from a north
westerly to a southeasterly direction:
he sits on a porch at Colon and
watches the sun sink into the Allan
tic; and. If he rises at the hour that
most OF the people do when at Ancon.
he will see the sun come up out of the
Pacific Exchange.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26
alRn-HAcE ar GxM Ge1m

give him the chance to visit Phila-
delphia and New York. He had saved
800 and was proud to be able to pay
80 much of his own expenses.
He started for West Point about the
middle of May, 1889. by way of Pitts
burg. Harrisburg and Philadelphia
He stopped i've days in Philadelphia;
an aunt there described him as
rather awkward country boy. wearing
plain. ill-ftting clothes and large
coarse shoes. His stay in New York
was shorter, and he reported at West
Point May 80. Two weeks later he
passed the examination for admission
without dimculty. much to his sur
prise. In common with all other new
men at West Point he was bullied
and called all sorts OF names He
felt awkward In his new uniform. and
the innumerable rules and regulations
annoyed. him The boys nicknamed
him Uncle Sam and then Sam"
He became the most daring horseman
in the academy: he lacked elegance.
however: the southern. men. at that
period. led all IN social Affairs: the
tanners son was among the plebeians
at the school. He soon became known.
as most truthful. good and honest.
and one from whom many things
might be expected. He WAS quiet. but
full of fun and ready for fun. He did
not take to his studies with .avidity
ana rarely read a lesson over a sec
ond time. Mathematics was very
easy to HIM He afterward said OF hts
standing: II the class had. been
turned the other end foremost, l
should have been very near the head"
When he was ready for his fur
Tough after two years. be had acquired
a soidierly bearing. he was now nine
teen. His father was delighted with
his improvement and provided fine
colt for him. He enjoyed this fur
Tough beyond any other period of his
life. The last two years of his time
at the academy wore away more rap
idly for him than the first two had
done. and at last all the examinations
were passed and all the members Of
the class were called upon to record
their choice OF arms OF service and
regiments Ulysses recorded his first
choice cavalry; second: Fourth infan-
try. and got the latter. He graduated
the twenty first in roll of thirty
nine. He had a good record in
mathematics and engineering. a fair
record in all things. and a remarkable
record as a horseman. After a fur
Tough at home. he reported Septem-
Der 30. at Jefferson Barracks. ST.
Louis. with the Fourth United States
infantry.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

working havoc among our men. We
got a glimpse OF him now and then.
but nothing more. He was a crack
shot and had brought down many Of
ficers and privates. In order to get
within range of him We had to go far
beyond our picket lines and beyond
any chance OF assistance. This gen.
eral region was we'll within range OF
the enemy.
The three of us waited for night
and then crept with the greatest eau
tion toward the enemy's lines. BY
morning we had hidden ourselves In
trees well apart, where we awaited
developments. We were well enough
hidden. but the bullets whistled
through the trees and occasionally
dropped showers of leaves on us; but
that was TO be expected. Well, II took
us all day to locate that negro. but we
got him finally. He had hidden him.
self in an old chimney. which made a
pretty good defense. He would fire
and then duck behind the bricks. and
our bullets would glance OF. During
that long wait both my companions
were silenced by the cross fire. II
was two lives for one. but we never
hesitated when such a call came.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26
The Sharpshooter

+ no class OF coldiers
is so little actually
known as Of the sharp
shooters. AT best theirs
was desperate work.
They were obliged
often to fight from
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26
Fast Passing Away

7 has become. per
haps. too common as
Memorial day ap-
proaches TO remind
the public and the sur
viving heroes OF the
COS how fast the army
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26
Their style.

The highwaymen who held up n
train containing a paymaster and took
his money bags, were right up with
the procession"
Certainly 1t was something of a pay
raid"
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26
BY CALVIN DILL WILSON.

time: the whole
family slept in the
second room. The
Ohio river. on which
In those days RATS.
steamers and nat
boats piled. flowed
not far from the
front door. The
father. Jesse Grant.
was at that time
foreman of the tan
merry of the village.
He had lost his
money and was
now saving more
money for a new
start The Grants.
originally settlers
In Massachusetts,,
had emigrated to
Pennsylvania. and
In 1893 to Ohio.
Ulysses mothers
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

They are natures hands that are strewing
The flowers on each mound;
II is Gods own beautiful doing
That each unknown grave is found
Where the cypress leaves are aquiver,
Where peaks lift through the day,
Where the forest sghs to the river
OF the unknown blue and gray.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

Where once were the guns that wraagled
Sounds the peace song Of the thrush.
And the roses and vines are tangled
In the solemn. sacred hush;
Where the cannon one day would hurtls
Their missiles in the fray
Grows the rue and the creeping myrtle
Ger the graves of blue and gray.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

For the God Of battles is kindly
With none Of mankind's hate
That Is cherished ever too blindly-
And these pswns Of warefare's fate
Have their tombs Of natures splendor
Each set forth in proud array
Through an impulse holy and tender,
Though they wore the blue and gray.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

There are unknown graves In the thieksks.
On the hillside and the plain.
or the missing scouts and the pieksts.
Yet they did not fall in vain:
Though their names may not Be sngravsn
And their pls ess in the fray.
In our hearts now each finds haven
They who wore the blue and gray.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

And no banners Ger them are waving,
No marchers come and pause
With cheers for the land Of their saving
Or tears for their lost cause;
Yet the twilight stars intermingle
With the hues when ends the day.
And the striving flags now are single
Ger the msn Of blue and grey.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

And no drums will rumble and rattle.
And no flfes blow sharp and shrill
In the valleys that knew the battle.
Nor atop the Iona high hill;
But the silent stars know the story
And tho broad sky Of the day
Bends and whispers low Of their glory
To these men Of blue and gray.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-05-26

There are unknown graves in the valleys
That the troops or war possessed,
Where the bugles sounded for rallies
But the bullets sang of rest;
And the mountains hold without number
Hidden graves from wars mad day.
Where the unknown men have their slumber
In their shrouds Of blue and gray.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-23

Maybe. but that was hundreds II wears
ago and events leave no trace on rock
So"
The doctor stopped there. A chunk %
coal dropped in the CRATE and the noise
was like the slamming of q door
$50"
DR.. Rltzhoefcer picked up the clay bird
and shook f.. \ faint rattle sounded
through lis bulCiuE sides
Every whistle jug has = little round
stone in IT to go hoohle- hohhle against
the air vents" the doctor was saying,
but this one"
The big Teu;on let his eyes pass slowly
from face TO face He saw a spell writ
ten deeply In the lines Of mouths and
narrowed ewes. Upshootiug pencils OF
cigarette smoke jiggled from fingers that
could not be still.
and SO. gentlemen. tonight we come
to the end Of my detective story. Is It
or Is II not TO be-"
The doctor picked Up a paper weight
and smashed the clay bird TO flinders
A limpid bubble Of green fire hopped
from the clay shards and rolled over the
smooth mahogany When It came TO res.
all the light from the lamp was sucked
into It, and hurled back in a dazzling
shaft.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-23
LIVING IN ENGLAND.
Some of the AdvaDtages-Compar ara
lively Moderate Expenses.

NVueFA'c hAPtueeA.
II is not at all unusual for an American
visitor to England to come away with n
pretty definite impression that he would
like to live there awhile In one of It's
beautiful villages that seem to be" done"
and not forever in process Not very
many such visitors have been so situated
that they could try the experiment An
Indiana man, who has been living" in
stead of doing" England for a year or
two. says the Indianapolis News, has had
charming little house OF 10 rooms set
in a beautiful little garden at oxford, for
$3.50 a month. This included two ser
wants. Later he moved to Torquay and
had beautiful mansion-with servants
included Overlooking the sea, for $65 a
month lie found his foodstuffs about
at that the cost of living In England, was
for himself and family. not what 1t would
amount to here.
In oxford he had to pay only two cents
20 become a life member Of one of the
greatest ulating libraries in the
world, and have its books delivered at his
home; while at Magdalen College he had
al his command the second greatest
library Of the British empire. In his fur
nished home which cost him probably
less, including the servants. than a salts
factory unfinished Hat would cost here,
there was a great libary All around min
were the things that give England such
a hold on the student or even reader of
English literature, and the beauty that
charms those who enjoy Nature and
mans artistic work.
This mans experience Is not different
from that OF others who go to the British
isles with plenty of time, and real ca
pacity to enjoy them. but with not the
revenue Of million-dollar estate. Ok
ford is fun Of such places; so is every
other English. Scotch, Welsh and Irish
city or town. and I'm most Of them fur
nished houses may be had for less sum
than in Oxford And It Is not different
on the continent. one couple has a beau
tiful furnished home in a big garden
near Paris at just about what a good un-
furnished fiat would cost here, and an
other man. with family. had a pretty
home and garden on the Cote d'Azur at
$50 Il month. But housekeeping Is more
complicated in those countries.
The London papers always have several
columns OF houses to let" advertise
ments. OF course only inspection could
show the desirabliitY of tho furnished
houses offered, but the advertisements
give some idea Of the cost. HERE Is one
a Freshwater. Isle OF Wight: "A charm
ing house. near the sea, church. shops,
golf links every convenience: three re-
ception. five bedrooms, etc: gas cooker;
guneas (about 5000 a week" And
here another. in Kent: Pretty detached
country cottage, four bed. three sitting
rooms; close to sea, golf links, lovely
views los tabout s3.75) week: modern SAM
tation;" and here a more elaborate one
at beautiful Bournemouth on the sea
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-23

among his intimate friends that he does
not wish to retire from the cabinet un-
iii this investigation is made. He cannot
proceed without an appropriation from the
Congress, n It is his intention to ask
the coming session to be used In gather
ing information.
Secretary Wilson has had a notion for
n long time that the producer of farm
products does not get all he Is entitled to
receive out OF his produce. and that the
consumer IN the city Is compelled to pay
extortionate prices for farm products
OF all kinds. The secretary would like an
authorization from the Congress to go
ahead and find out whether this Is the
fact, and II so. the causes for It. DR..
". W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem
istry, also believes the department should
make a study Of the middleman. DR..
Wiley has said time and again that he is
convinced that most Of the mddleman
take eXtortonate profits, and he believes
the time Ia near at hand when there will
he more direct dealing between the pro-
ducer and the consumer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-23
THINGS NOTED IN ENGLAND
whit an american Found TO Enjoy
and to Criticize.


'freSoS'or lshot"s IN Living 'hurch'
I record some general Impressions Of
travel in England such as American trav-
elers utter among themselves. talking
things over" on the steamers deck home
ward bound.
Railway travel costs about the same IN
England as in America, comparing third
class with ordinary day-coach rates. The
railway stations are usually better than
ours, and more CONCENTRATIONS in Lon
don, ana especially Charing Cross, being
notable exceptions. One great point IS
that the platforms are on the level OF the
carriages, without that long step up which
IS so eNaSpefatlng IN our stations ana
IT is an inexpressible comfort to find cheer
1UI, ClNll, honest and ohliging porters
everywhere who do their work well and
expect small tips, or YOU ever offered
a black porter at the Grand Central sta
tion anything less than a quarter. you will
appreciate the contrasD
The trains themselves. however, are
not so comfortable as ours. on the whole.
Leaving ont the stopping trains" So
called, with the old ras hioned carriages
where each compartment is separate from
all the others. even the corridor coaches
are badly ventilated. and TO sit vis-a-vis
to Il stranger. in that limited space knees
almost touching IS Altogether too init
mate. If You can have whole compart-
ment to yourself ava YOUR own compan-
ions, II is very Jolly. But the desperate
endeavors to find a vacant nlace in a
crowded train make our omen dav coaches
seem deslrab BILE and our Pullman cars
with chairs reserved. ideally luxurious
Broadly spcaEing every publ,c servant
in England is polIte and obliging There
are exceptions, of course: tho Young wom-
en- at hotel desks. for example. cultivate
the most yyanton insolcnce even as in
Dickens's dav the attendants AT railway
restaurants seen, TO have heen Of the
same tvpe-wttness. "Muebv Junction -,
The pleasant vo,cas b,va much 10 do
with # think If were nresidept ~
the national educat,ona, association T
would urge IN my, ,.,,on,u =, .... -.