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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. +. @. S. Osgood
pastor. Service every Sunday at 1890
Sunday school at II 45. Theme for next
Sunday, The Two Great Commandments
All are welcome,
Universalist church, Rev. d. E. Trout,
minister. Divine worship at 1890 a. M,
with sermon; subject, The Enemy Within.
Sabbath school at 11.45 "a. M Preaching
service at Vernon at 3 p. m.
First Church of Crist, scientist. Sunday
morning service 1915; Sunday evening
service, 7.30. Subject; Soul and Body.
Wednesday evening testimonial meeting at
7.45. Reading room is open Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday from 80 to 400. All
are welcome. Emerson building, Elliot
street.
Centre Congregational church, Rev. Roy
NJ. Houghton, minister. Sunday services /:
AT 1890 a m, divine worship, with ser.
mon; ll.45 a, m, session OF the Sunday
school and meeting of the Brotherhood
class. AZ 7.30 P, m, annual meeting Of the
Young Womens association in the chapel
This friday evening at 715, devotional
meeting in the chapel, subject, The Church
and the Universal Church. John II :1-25.
First Baptist church, Rev. John r. Cow,
ID. d., minister. Worship with preaching
both morning and evening. Morning ser.
mon by Rev. w. A. Dawson, d. D., secre-
tary of the Baptist State convention. Eve
ming topic, Out of the Abundance of the
Heart, Fear and Hope. Young peo.
pies meeting on Tuesday evening, talk BY
w, ID. Clauson. Meeting for conference
and prayer on Friday evening Topic for
tonight, The Song of the Vineyard
Salvation Army Notes.--A rummage sale
Is now in progress in the Emerson block
and those that still have clothes they
would like to bring can send them there or
notify Captain Perrett. Mems and chill
dren's clothes are mostly needed, while all
kinds Of summer goods will be thankfully
received. The store will likely be open this
evening until s p M. and will be open to-
morrow evening until 10 p. m. Saturday,
May y, stereoptieon lecture will be given
in the hall entitled Darkest America. Sun
day, May 2S, at 7.30 p. m, Captain Per
rett will give the above lecture at the
Centre Congregational church.
Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. F. A.
Wells, pastor. Worship, with sermon,
very Sunday, both morning and evening.
It 1890 and 7.30. The theme for next
Sunday morning will be, Cody Ambition,
ma Tor the evening service (Which will be !
1eld upstairs), The Pageant of Darkness
md Light. Epworth League at $50. Sun.
lay school at 11,45. Brotherhood class at
Y. Remember the contest Epworth |
league at $50 Glass meeting every Tues |
lay at 7.30. Prayer meeting every Friday
It 100 Seats free. All are welcome
Remember that Sunday, May %, is Broth. |
'rhood Day and that Fayette L. Thomson.
'ur general secretary, is to be with us.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19

As long as the personal equation enters
into the running of railroad trains acct
dents are bound to happen. The railroads
whose records in respect to accidents are
the cleanest are those on which the posi-
bility of mistakes is reduced, to minimum.
The fearful collision that blotted out four
lives near White River Junction Sunday
morning was the result, it is said, Of train
despatcher's mistake. Two trains were
given orders to proceed in opposite direc-
tons over single track. The man who
made the error is directly responsible for
it's terrible consequences, and yet can it be
truthfully said that he is wholly to blame?
Between Windsor and White River juno
ton is stretch of IA miles of road over
which two big systems do an enormous
amount of business under a trackage agree
ment. 1t is single track and not equipped
with automatic block signals, although in
places, as in that where Sundays accident
occurred, the curves are extremely sharp.
DO not these facts make reasonable an in
clination to place part of the responsibility
on the management of the company to
which this particular piece Of road belongs?
AT the very least, Sundays disaster is a
grewsome illustration of the immediate
need of more adequate railroad facilities
at certain points in the Connecticut valley
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
Should Get Together.
(Bnrlinoton Free Press \

burlington Free 1reSS.)
Developments in connection with the
struggle between the Grand Trunk and
New Haven shows that much remains
to be determined, but two things stand
out very clearly at this time. One is
that there remains no excuse for either
road building on the New Hampshire
side of the Connecticut river Each
road has named a concession, one at
Brattleboro and the other at Bellows
Falls. and it is for the two roads to get
together. Failure to do this will be
laid at the door of the road refusing to
agree, and not at the door of the people
or the legislature of Vermont. A way
has been found to settle the trouble so
far as the situation in the Connecticut
river valley is concerned. and the peo-
pie will not stand for any juggling to
try to shift responsibility in that CON
nection.
In the second place, and as a result
of the situation first named, it is ut
terly impossible to conceive of condi-
tions developing now in connection
with the fight between the two roads
that would Justify Governor Mead in
calling an extra session of the legis-
lature to help straighten out the matter,
any more than there would be .iustif
cation in calling the Vermont law
ferences between the two antagonistic
interests in connection with the cree
ton of union station in Burlington.
Public opinion can be trusted to take
care of the two situations named lust
as it has. helped to solve the problem
of securing railroad competition in
Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
The statement by President Mellen
of the New Haven system in an inter
view printed elsewhere that further
is contemplated (which
will be made, it is believed by amicable
with the Central Yer
mont indicates that mutual conces-
sions are likely to be asked for by
both roads in different parts of New
England and that this feature of the
system may require considerable
period of time for its consideration.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
Standard Oil Must Dissolve.

The Standard Oil company of New Jer-
sey and its 10 subsidiary corporations
were declared Monday by the supreme
court of the United States at Washington
to be a conspiracy and combination in
restraint of trade. 1t also was held to be
monopolzing interstate commerce in Yio-
lation Of the Sherman antitrust law. The
dissolution of the combination was ordered
within six months Thus ends the ire
mendous struggle of years by the govern
ment to put down by authority of law
combination which it contended was a
menace to the industrial and economic
advancement of the nation, At the same
time the court interpreted the Sherman
antitrust law 50 rs to limit its appica
ton to acts Of undue" restraint of trade
and not every" restraint of trade 1t
was on this point that there was diver
gence in the court. Justice Harlan dis
scented, holding that cases already decided
by the court determined once for all that
the word undue, or unreasonable, "
or similar words, were not in the statute.
He declared that the reasoning of the
court in arriving at its finding was in
effect legislation, which belongs in every
instance to congress and not to the courts
Ever since the decree in the case was pro-
mulgated in the lower court, the United
States circuit court for the eastern dis
trict of Missouri, hope had been expressed
by the business world" that the law
would be construed so as not to interfere
with what was designated as honest bust
ness. That section of the opinion apply
ing the "rule of reason" to the law is re-
garded in many quarters as an answer to
the wants of commerce and finance.
The supreme court of the United States
at Washington Monday, setting aside the
sentences of imprisonment imposed by the |
supreme court of the District of Column |
bia for alleged disobedience to a boycott |
injunction, held that Gompers, John Nit
chell and Frank Morrison, president, vice
president and secretary, respectively, of |
the American federation of labor, had |
been enormously sentenced to jail on a
charge OF contempt of Washington court |
The court unanimously held that the only |
sentences that could be imposed upon the
labor leaders are fines. In so holding, the |
supreme court of the United States found
that the court of appeals of the District
81 Columbia and the supreme court of the
District erred in treating the contempt
as criminal case and not a
,ivil one. The effect of holding the pro-
,eeding a civil one was to make Jail sen
ences impossible. Hence the Jail SEN
5ences had to be set aside To correct an
,rror the case was sent back to the local
'ourts with direction that it be dismissed.
At the same time the court expressly
made it possible for civil proceedings to
)e instituted against the labor men by
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
Quits.
Isl Albans Messengerl

81 AlDunS MtSStHHtl'l
eve won I continue this discussion
(railroad war at Brattleboro) farther,
except TO say that The Messenger can
not consistently accuse us of being so
near the facts that we can see them
in their true perspective, when that
paper views life almost entirely from
n Central Vermont ear window This
statement ism Z intended TO be slur
nor an expression of doubt concerning
The Messenger s intention TO deal fair
" with this question. 1t is simply in
support of the contention that The
Messenger s affiliations make it lust ms
likely to take a onesided view of this
Grand Trunk. Haven controversy
as anybody else. Shall we let this end
the argument, esteemed contemporary,
or will YOU insist that your sympathies
are as much with Brattlebor0 as with
the Central Nermont2 ''-Brattleboro
Reformer.
The Messenger loves the whole world,
hut it has n particularly warm spot in
its heart for poor old Brattleboro be-
cause it needs il the most, lust ms
mother is the tenderest with the little
cripple in her flock. So, let us agree
that neither of MS knows anything
about the subject, and each has caught
the other at il. The Messenger only
hopes YOU II get what S coming to you,
There s an oracle that would have
cost a hecatomb of oxen at Delphi once
upon a time).
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19

Now that the Dodge murder trial is over
and the special newspaper writer's sent by
metropolitan journals to Guildhall have
gone out on other assignments it may not
be out Of place to wonder just how much
profit to anybody resulted from the ex-
ploitation of the case Certainly the state
of Vermont gained no valuable advertising
from the verbose reports of the trial that
were printed daily, and there was no evil
dence of the kind that whets the appetite
of certain newspaper readers to the bene-
fit of the newspapers that cater to that
class. The case was mysterious in that no
motive for the crime was shown, but the
testimony must have been sorely disap-
pointing to those in search of the sensa-
tional. 1t is pity that Vermont has to
put woman on trial for murder in order
to get front-page publicity
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19

Acting under orders of Governor Mead
the state board of forestry in conjunction
with State Forester A. +. Halves has this
week sent to the selectmen of every town
in the state letters notifying them that they
have been created fire wardens with au.
thority to subdue all forest fires within
their jurisdiction, the expense to be borne
by the state. Within the past week disas.
trous fires have been reported from Add.
son, Bennington and Essex counties, and
the extremely dry condition of the woods
leads those in charge of the forestry de.
partment to be alarmed at the prospect.
In towns where there are extensive timber
tracts extra wardens have been appointed
in the hope that this additional precaution
will prevent such heavy losses as have oc-
cured in other states this spring, notably
in Franklin county, Mass, where over
10000 acres were devastated last week.
State Forester Halves suggests to all select
men that patrols be stationed in dangerous
localities and that warnings against burn
ing brush be posted He advises that ade.
quate forces be set to fighting fires before
they gain Roadway and says that chemical
extinguishers will prove effective in the
work. Town officials who are unable to
oversee the entire territory within their
jurisdiction should notify the state forest
er Immediately.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
For the Women to Think About
Written Especially for The Reformer

eirl's room-one that the owner can mhA9
hrrself-and il she has bureau cover ann ~
window curtains Ia correspond she WIN
nroyido very attractive Fittings Tor hrf
room At slight cost
A large ornament 10 bc worn on 'lv
shoulder for holding the scarf thai y
thrown over appears among the n0I,el'lca
in shell. In reality the scarf = drawn
through the ornament first ana the otllp.
end slipped underneath Il TO hang sIh'p"'
in front OF the shoulder,
The decoration Of fine towels is u very
satisfactory form OF piazza fancy WoIh
because the piece is not large 80 can y,
handled readily, and there IS so many
different ways Of decorating these liions
that almost every taste as 10 plcN-up
work can be suited,
A double plated frill, one Of lace laid
on one Of null or net and widest 1l the
top. is the almost inevitable hhish ioI
suit coats Of directoire type cut short ana
completed by wide revers.
The simpler a young girls evening
coat the better; rich and elaborate gar,
ments should be saved for a later period
Of her social life
Ii is one of the iads OF the Partisan
season to wear gloves lined with the bright
shade introduced in piplngs or iaclngs
Apron pockets set on underneath IN
stead of on the outside are Just as useful
and do not catch ON door knobs or other
projecting points,
There are some very pretty hehu cl-
fects that are easily copied At home, made
of plain net laid in folds and edged with
double fri!l OF valencicnncs. OCCASION
ally these lichus have medalions OF heav-
Ter lace at the points, and a narrow edge
of the heavy is sometimes used Tor the
bordering edge that comes next the throat
If all mothers OF little girls had the pa
thence and took the time TO teach their
daughters when small 10 sew, there would
be fewer young women TO lament their
inability 10 cut and make the simplest
garment for themselves or their children.
Ii is a matter for congratulation that a
little sewing is nowadays taught In the
public schools.
Aluminium should be we'll washed in
soap and water, and then thoroughly
rubbed up with leather, says the La
ylt A.. If, y,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19

The tidy housewife sometimes finds
the somewhat wthored and scraggly
lunches of wild-nowcrs, that the children
viii soon begin to bring in, good deal ol
q nuisance; but II she is wise mother, she
will make light of the extra work and
disorderliness, approaching the childish
love Of home and mother that prompts
the gift, rs well rs the physical good that
comes TO the little folk from being in the
open air and STOPPING TO pick the flowers,
Trimmings of sheer embroidered ba-
tiste upon frocks of linen will provide an
extremely pleasing decoration this sea-
son. These appear most frequently in
the sailor collar and elbow cuffs, Of course,
but inserts upon the skirt are also used,
AS well as bolcro effects
Lavender combines astonishingly well
with several shades that at first would
seem altogether out of the question. For
instance, certain soft, light lavender
is beautifully combined with deep garnet
without losing its character and bccom-
ing valueless or dead-looking as one might
at first expect.
Black velvet bands studded with gold
or Jewels are still the vogue for hair
bandeauX, double ones being particularly
becoming for girls of classic type of feature.
IL saves lot OF work after the meal is
over if, while preparing il, the worker
keeps used dishes, spoons, etc, IN order,
puts remnants and peclings into the
proper receptacle, and so on. Some
women have a pan OF water ready, into
which they dip utensils As they are used,
and cleanse them in an instant, whereas
il they were left until the cleaning mp is
done, they would be dry and sticky and
each one would require several moments.
A little touch somewhere about the
throat or hat that decpens the color OF
the eyes is always a becoming note, and
one that can almost always be planned
for and introduced tremendously.
A rich shade Of purple velvet with more
red than blue in il is lovely when COM
Dlued with pale Dlue satln among the
trimmings OF a summer hat.
The little top coat of taifeta to wear
with lingerie frocks may be supple
mented by sash or hem OF the same on
the frock.
Did you ever stop to think how little
is really gained by hurry? Nothing,
really, but loss OF dignity. Things are
overturned, dropped or spilled, tempers
consequently lost, and the desired re-
suit arrived at no sooner, probably less
soon, than would have been the case if
you had gone evenly, steadily about the
work.
The Ladies Home Journal tells how
o keep casters from slipping out of furni-
ure by winding elastic bands around the !
hanks OF the castors.
A bcdspread of dotted Swiss, with |
decoration of cretonne applique is as
,retty and dainty as possible for young !
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
BRATTLEBoRo, FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1911

How many Vemonters are aware that
this state in 1910 stood fourth in the yield
of corn per acre, that only five states sur
passed it in the yield per acre of oats, that
it was seventh in the per-aere production
of barley, third in the amount Of buck
wheat raised per acre. second in the amount
of wheat produced per acre and eighth in
the per.acre yield of potatoes? These are
facts. Vermont produced $1,000 acres Of
corn last year with a yield of 43 bushels
per acre, while Illinois with its enormous
acreage of 10,609000 had a percentage OF
39.1. Vermont raised 41.5 bushels of oats
per acre, almost six times the quantity an
average North Dakota acre produces. Its
per.acre yield of barley was 81 bushels,
while those of Nebraska, South Dakota and
Kansas were all less than 10. Only 1000
acres of spring wheat were sowed in Yer.
mont last year. but only one state surpass-
ed our average of 293 bushels, North Da,
kota, which leads with 100000 acres,
having an average of five bushels an acre.
Our average yield of potatoes per acre was
100 bushels, and experts declare that there
is in the White river valley soil every bit
as good as that of the famous fields in
Aroostook county, Me. These statistics,
prepared by the state publicity bureau,
are especially encouraging when We con-
slider that very little really intensive farm
ing has yet been done here They ought
to make the Vermont youth hesitate be-
fore going west to grow up with the coun-
try, stimulate a healthy demand for Yer
mont fann lands, and dispel all pessimism
about the future of Vermont agriculture
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
Distribution of U. S. Deposit Money.

State Treasurer L. II. Deavitt has sent
out notices covering the redistribution to
the United States deposit money among
the towns of the state, on the basis of the
last census. There are now 355, $50 peo-
pie in the state and the fund amounts to
5000, 0S679, giving a per capita amount
of 81 81 plus. There are 100 towns show
ing loss, ranging from $3.50 in the case
of Baltimore to SS41.75 in the case of
Pownal. Six counties show a net gain,
the highest being Washington, with ST.
1110S.
These figures show pretty closely the
rise and fall in the population of the
state, although in few cases the compare
son is misleading, owing to the fact that
a town S gain in per cent terms is not as
large as that of the state.
Grand Isle county shows a loss in every
town. st. Adams gained slightly in pop
ulation but loses some of its share. Ran
dolph gained Sll7.60 Barre city is the
star community of the state. 1t gained
more than the net gain of any county
except Rutland and more than the aggre-
gate of all the counties except Rutland,
Chittenden and Windsor.
The gain of some of the larger towns
is as follows: Rutland, S3,073; Burling-
ton 81, $50; st. Johnsbury, 81 $40; Hard
wick, Sl,215; Colchester, 81, 703; Brattle-
boro, 81 ,246; Pittsford, $l,036; Proctor,
81 ,237 Barre town, 1865; Springfield
$3.50; Mortified, $505, and Waterbury,
S6S1.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
Our Example.

(Manchester JOurnaIO
The example of Brattleboro in the
matter of hustlng to secure what they
considered business advantage by
having the Boston 4 Maine extension
from Vernon to Brattleboro come
through Vermont territory and Brattle-
boro instead of coming up in New
Hampshire is commended to every town
in the state. II is only by getting 10.
gether and all hands pulling for an
object that wins out. Individually they
may have different opinions on matters
but when it comes down to a question
for her advantage.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE or CHAS. s HOE

ESTATE OF JHAS. >. dVH-'sV',,1I
The undersigned. having been appointed
Hon. Probate Court for the district Of NE11
Commissioners. to receive, examine and SOUS
claims and demands of all persons agans ]
estate of Chas. S. johnson late Of tefa
offset thereto, hereby give notice that We I
meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the lst y
dence OF said johnson in the town Of Ne'i9
said district. on the 10th day Of June aal {
day Of November next from o'clock P M l.
o'clock p. m. on each of said days and t 4 = !
months from the 29th day Of April \.
is the time limited by said Court for sad ilsa.
to present their claims to US for eXaninatAaA
allowance. n.
Dated at Vernon, VT. this llth day Of =
A. d. 1911.
A. A. Dunklee c,n,;,,re
2O-22 c. F. Fairman lofllll's'-'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19
The A. l. X. S at Work.

AMduCuchttI Julbu.
The Associated lmpeccable knoc keTs
are graciouslY devoting a part of their
attention Just now to the good state of
Vermont. Vermont, according TO the
\. /. X. S is "decadent - "retrogres.
sive;n Vermont should awake up.
The Associated lmpeccable Knockers.
be it known. maintain Headquarters
both in New York and in Boston, with
branch Offices in numerous smaller
cities. Their chief business in life is
implied in the name of their organiZa-
ton, and their favorite field of prac-
tice is northern New England. No one
knows how many hammers they have
worn out on the state of Maine, and
they haven t dented the Pine Tree state.
They whang away necessarily at New
Hampshire, and New Hampshire goes
serenely on setting a brisk pace in pro
eressiveness for them and their states.
just at present they are swinging their
sledges on VermOnt-with two or three
stout knockers looking after their New
Hampshire business. 1t is hard telling
what northern New England would do
without the Associated lmpeccable
Knockers, with headquarters in New
York and Boston. SO well known is
their organization, and so familiar is
the public with the grade of their
veraeity, that their operations, far from
iniuring a state. as might naturally be
expected. actually seem to prejudice
people in its favor. This, however, is
not due to any good will on the part of
the Associated Impeccable Knockers,
with headquarters in New York and
Boston. Vermont is not perfect Neither
is New Hampshire nor Maine. No more
is Boston or Massachusetts, or New
York City or the Empire state. Yer
mont will survive the knocks. She may
even be glad to pay good money for
them sometime. New Hampshire is SUI
premely happy in the sources whence
comes her knocks. Every knock from
those sources is boost