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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
Dickens and His Son Alfred.

Fourty.fve years ago keen, pleasant,
faced man in green velvet waistcoat
might have been seen on the platform az
Waterloo Station, London. At his sloe
was young fellow of twenty, his lace
flushed with emotion. %
Goodbye, my boy, and God bless you,
spoke the elder man. do your uuty ana
MI he voung man thought of all the good
times he had had with his father,of all
the wonderful talks, and games, and Jour
news thew had enjoyed together--he and the
hest. the kindest father in all the world
and tears sprang to his eyes. The two
gripped hands again and the tram steamed
away: and that night England-and Lon
donNand Rochester and Gad's Hill-were
shnt out for As years while the young
man worked and dreamed and hoped IN
the Australian bush. The elder man was
Charles Dickens-the younger was his son,
Alfred Tennyson Dickens, godson, OF the
Poet Laureate. From that hour the fam
ols novelist began to labor as. he. never
labored before. To make provision for his
family became his ruling passion. GOD
Knows he wrote, cit is not for myself,
but for those | hold dear and who Will
come after me" A., ~.
Forty-6ye years passed. And then
one morning Alfred Tennyson Dickens, no
longer young, but with white hair now ar
rived in his native London.-Strand.
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SPOFFORD.

Mrs. Fred Cole accompanied her nus
hand to Concord last week
Mrs. Charles Hewett and MISS Annie
Kilburn are housed with the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Emerson OF
Winchester visited at d. W. Slade )
Sunday. 80,
Mrs. Martin of New York came Weu'
nesday for a visit with her sister MIS-
Arthur Wilson.
Mrs. n. c. Eames' of YotH' s5each'
Ne recently visited her PARENTS VT
and Mrs. Nathan Puffer.
Mrs. Elwin Johnson, while ealing ID
Brattleboro last week Saturday, 1ell
on the doorstep and injured her knee Knee;
Mrs. johnson had to remain several
DAYS before she was able to ride nome
The Ladies Aid took sleighrlde 70
Keene Thursday and called on MIS-
Miranda Hopkins, who is spending tne
winter at the home of her son, IN honoI
Of her 10th birthday. After soclal
bour delicious refreshments were
served. Mrs. Hopkins received numeIi
ous oifts and postcard shower All
present spent very enjoyable aI.ei
noon, and the women left Tor nome
about CLOCK.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03

novel experience last week in iox hunt
ing. Mr.. Rockwell is familiar with the
country and its inhabitants throughout
the county and when anything unusual
comes under his observation he makes
an investigation. A few days age. u
neiphbor reported finding n peculiar
trail in the woods about mile from
Mr.. Rockwell s home, whereupon MI
Rockwell went out on his. snowshoess
and followed the track for several
miles, finally leading back to q brook
which is about one.half mile from
his home where he captured large
red fox. The animal had some time
previously been shot in manner that
had broken his back and had after
ward drawn himself about by the use
of his foreieet, thus leaving peculiar
track. Mr.. Rockwell came upon him
short distance from a small brook
which was covered with thin ice and
snow. The animal was startled by MI
Rockwell s appearance and tried TO
cross the brook. but broke through the
ice and was held captive until Mr..
Rockwell overlook him and dealt him
blow over the head with his snow
shoe, killing him instantly. Upon eS'
animation il was found that the shot
wound was thoroughly healed, and 1t is
probable that il was incurred several weeks
ago.
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Parish School Notes.

Below we give the average made IN the
February tests by the pupils who fnlsh
their grammar course in june
Edmund Haus, 81 SIS; Joseph Austin
81 IS: Clifford Rate, 9lA Louis Name;
% 3.S: Marie Eckels, % 3-S; bernard
Dunlevy. 81 Is; Mary CLAIR, 10; Gharies
Aher. 50 rs; John Aher, 50 3,S; Joseph
paret Fleming, So rs; Joseph Herbert,
Grade S-Anna Curtin, 90 -; Thomas
Austin. 9S II; Gertrude Austin, ~ a.;
Harold Shea, % ca; Mary r. Moran
In the other grades the highest averages
arc as follows Grade MARY Scanlon
81. grade 6-Elinor Baker, %; Helen 81
Cyr. "a; Rose Pellerin, ~; Ehnor Eckels
90b, grade EDNA Sprague ), 20
grade MARY Danyew, ~; grade, .
Louis Young, 9S 1-3; Alice Manning
9S 1-3: Martin Cunningham - 10 d
Lemire, 9S Is; grade 2-Wililam Larro"
9S.
Perfect in attendance during the month
Room Loretta Baker, William Con
nors Martin Clarity, Alice Manning
Clara Paauette, james Clune, Rlchare
Young Christina Young, John Glnnee
Elsia Danyew. Sadie Fitzmorris, JOSEPH
Temire Helena Biogiotti, Alice Boyce
Henry Blake, Ethel Robinson, Floyd eon
yea, Edward Clarity, -, c,,..;o
Merton Mann, Justin Moran, Francs Aus
tin, Thomas Austin, Thomas Conpqrs
lanes Sexton. Irma Rate, William Her
bert Katherine Denning Bridget Herbert
Cecilia Burke. a. Tonc
Mary Baker. Agnes Clarity, Willie Iau
vey, Rose Pellerin, Josie. Clarity, Ed
mnnd Curtin, Edward Moran; M9rgarre,
HOPKINS, Anna Burke, Elinor Eckels, Ed
ward Cavanagh. I'll,
Narv Clair. Marie Eekels, Margaret Cor
borinno, Edmund Haus, Louis kaine Sli
lord Rate. Agnes St Cyr, Gertrude Aus
tin, Agnes Blake, Anna Curtin, Frame amer
Fleming. Mary +. Moran, Harold shea
Horace Welcome. ~ lii,
The pupils of room four will be dismiss
cd at 3 D. m. today, they having the high
les average of attendance, 9o per cent
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Warren E. Banks.

Warren Edward Banks, u, died at m
home ON Green street Saturday evening
after an illness of few weeks. Ills 1iai'
adv was hardening OF the arteries ana ne
had been in poor health Tor many month";
Mr. Banks was born in Windham, rep;
7 1920. and was the son OF Edward anu
Hannah (Gale) Banks. He attended the
schools of his native town and came 70
Rrattleboro upon the completion OF ms
stndies to enter the employ of the Brat It
tiehnro Retreat. He married April D,
1SG9 sylvia A.. daughter of Lewis and
Nav 1Rawsonl Hall of Dover and went
m m;th her 70 live in Westminster where
thev stayed until 1865. linen they letunndda a
to Brattleboro where, they nave fn tme
their home since with the exception % W.
wears spent in Westminster. MI. pains
lived an transformations lie ana tnoush
interested in the welfare OF the commun-
ity took but little part, IN, pubic ana NE
II was a member of Columbian lodge, NO:
10 + & A. NJ. Wantastiquet lodge m, OF
Odd Fellows and Protective grange. Inc
funeral services were held at the nome az
. o'clock Tuesday afternoon; KeV. John
Cow officiated and the burial ssFV,c9e
Of the Odd Fellows was given, Rev. n. M,
Shame acting as chaplain. Ihere was
delegation Of 20 members present IRON
Wantastiouet lodge and the Masons anu
grange were represented. The BODY was
s5iaced in the vault in Prospect HILL GEM
eeterv and the burial will take place later
in the spring. Mr.. Banks Is survived ny
he wife a brother, George n. Banks, ana
's Sister. Mrs. Martha Peck, both OF west
minister
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03

nreme court in Washington for II
wears. He is large of physique, ana
large of brain and heait-wlth such
talent for the eXpoundlng OF our con
stitution and laws, and such gifts OF
clear and keen analysis that he may
well help us TO keep from losing falth
in the value of our most distlhctlNe
political institution. For undoubtedly
there is nothing so distinctive IN our
system as the supreme court; ana the
authority we repose in the men VINO
constitute this high tribunal could only
be justified by intelligence, wisdom,
and character on their part. Happily,
the supreme court has justified Itself
through the whole course of our lZO
wears of constitutional experience. Inc
questions il has to answer are fraught
with great consequences; ana many
of them in the past have been decided
by a bare majority of one vote IN
tribunal of nine. Yet, for working
purposes. the country has nearly al
WAYS accepted in perfect good faitn
the majority opinion, even when that
of the minority might have seemed
equally wise; and there has been, sur
prisinglv little harsh assault in all our
history upon either the good faith o.
the intelligence of the court.
Justice White himself has delivered
minority opinions in some of the
greatest cases that have been decided
In recent wears. He did not agree
with his colleagues in the decision that
overthrow the income tax some. years
ago, and his minority opinion In the
Northern Securities case seemed TO
many of us at the time as more CON
yincing than the opinions expressed by
the majority Interpreting written
constitution is by no means an exact;
scientific thing about which tralneu
and logical minds must necessarily
agree. We have before us period or
great and critical activity on the part
of our highest tribunal. We may feel
confident in having bench made up OF
men of fidelity and conscientious indus
trv. as we'll as of legal learning and IN.
tellectual power. And 1t Will be most
reassuring if these nine men can agree
in their opinions upon the great cases
that are soon to come before them. III
is quite possible. however, that they
NAV differ in their views. Again ana
again Justice White has differed from
the majority of his colleagues. and ms
dissenting opinions have brought every
resource of powerful logician to bear
! upon the destructive analysis OF me
prevailing arguments. No OUTSIDE
critics of the courts have been as re-
lentless in assault as have the dissent
inc iudpes themselves. = From Inc
Progress of the World, in the American
Review of Reviews for January
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
SUIT CALLED OFF
BY TOWN FATHERS
Hooker, Corser & Mitchell Case
is Dropped
NOTICE RECEIVED BY G. G. Fits
Expected Outcome of Matter Came
Tuesday in Form of Brief Letter
Sentiment of Voters Shown at
Special Town Meeting.

The selectmen have decided to discon-
against the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
company to recover $4,000 alleged to be
due in back taxes. This decision was made
public Tuesday afternoon when the se.ect'
men advised Clarke G. Fits, attorney for
the Hooker, Corser X Mitchell company,
that the board had decided to discontinue
the suit. The letter addressed to Mr.
Fits was as follows:
Clarke c. Fits, attorney for the Hooker,
Corser x Mitchell Company,
Dear Sir: Replying to your letter OF the
23d, relating to the case of the town OF
Bratteboro VS.. the Hooker, Corser y
Mitchell company, in view of the resolution
adopted at the special town meeting, FEB
IA, 1911, we have decided that this action
be discontinued
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
John CALVIN,
j. G. Stafford,
A. Il. Merrill,
Selectmen.

This action upon the part OF the select
men has been expected for several days
as some announcement was looked Tor I'm.
mediatly after the special town meeting OF
Feb. IA, and the Hooker Corser \ Mitch.
ell company was anxious to heal. what the
town fathers intended to do after learn.
ing the sentiment OF the voters, which
was decidedly against the prosecution Of
the suit. Last week MIR. Fits logged
the attention Of the seectmen by writing
them a letter and asking what they in
tended TO do in the matter. The people
scanned the newspapers Friday expecting
to read an official PRONUNCIATION N the
thew they were disappointed when they learned
that the board Of seleetmen had made a no
move in the matter. Mr.. CALVIN did oiier
suggestion last week that the suit would
be called off and as Mr.. Merrill had told
representative of The Reformer that he
hoped the case would be forgotten, 1t Is
presumed that the selectmen's letter was
intended to make the memory more easily
erased
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Mrs. Freida Rubeor has been quite i'll
the past week.
Miss L. f. Britton of Greenfield spent
Sunday in town.
Chamcey Weeks is working in NJ. r.
Micott's market.
Mrs. Roy D. Taylor recently spent sew
eral DAYS in Keene.
Winfield Hancock spent few days IN
Greenfield last week.
E. Y. Aldrich visited with relatives in
heene last Saturday.
Mrs. J. 0. Bergeron spent Friday oil
last week in Greenfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Robertson were in
Boston part Of last week.
Mrs B. ]. Riley spent several days OF
last week in Bellows Falls.
Mrs. Daniel Duggan visited in Greenfield
IRON Sunday to Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Dole have been in
Boston several days this week.
r.. W. Tilden has been in Boston and
Worcester Mass, the past week.
All the local ice-houses have been filed,
quality Of the ice being excellent.
James Bridge has been housed for some
llme with an attack of rheumatism.
james 0'Brien was in Greenfield and
DeinaFdston for brief visit recently.
!, A. Jones of Keene visited at his moth
efS, Mrs. Julia Jones's, last Tuesday.
Mrs. W. D. Holman and son, Jason,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Keene.
About % of the young people attended
adanee IN Brattleboro last Friday evening
", H. Lyman and Miss Nellie Lyman
visited In Mt. Hermon one day last week
Mrs; John Cole visited her sister, Miss
lena Ruff, in the Farren hospital Sunday
Miss Elizabeth Flaherty of Portsmouth
visiting her sister, Miss Mary Flaherty
Mrs. j, P. McCaughern spent last week
III III Meme with her daughter, Mrs. Thomp
M. Mrs v, f. Kinds has been visiting hel
NNo o.n Tor several days in Royalton
so MS Minnie Maginnis visited in Spring
dds sn Mass, from Saturday until Tues
gu Mss Beatrice Currier went to Spring
throat. ' 4'i treatment 0i
no, John Higgins visited at Charles Spauld
Ss sS IN Chesterfield last Saturday anc
a, MRS; George Day has been visiting he,l
r rapsaIier, Mrs. Henry Isaacs, in Greenfield
ON N + v. W. King is suffering with watel
tmo .le Knee the result Of fall shor
tv Mi I..bE Florence Ryan had as guests he
s Sf brothers, Lester and Chester, one day
inSSnry Allard goes tomorrow to spent
ninety ,tos and Monday at his home in Ben
q 'I Ms Nellie Lyman attended the funera
last ~ y. Northen D. Whitaker in Keen,
been ' r;s.. Merritt of Chester, VT, ha
Leon 1pSlalng at the home of his uncle
'sS' George E. Leighton, state superin
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
A Neighbor's Tribute.

In the death of Warren u. BANKS
sterling and upright citizen has passed ,t to
bis certain reward, and vacancy mas peen
created in his town and nelghborhooo
which cannot be filled. He was whole s-
hearted man, and none ,could. know MN
well without finding under his quiet e *
terror a gentleness OF character, depth OF
manly affection and integrity OF purpose
that was always winning. Social lie, other ne
than thar close friendship of church and ira ira
ternitv and the little circle, which gracea
I b;s home, seemed to offer him no attrac,
tic It was impossible for MIN to trim
or NAV the time-server SO strong were
his convictions of right and duty, ever d,s,
nis ed in a retiring and unpretepptlous
manner name In his manly forbearance there
m ,a.I none Of the irritability which usually
a mas the disease. that is incnrable'
and il was with serene patience ana coua-
age that this good man passed to yle III, un-
Known. The large attendance OF re'ativ,es,
attached friends and brotherhood at ms DIS
home funeral attested the estlmate they
had had formed Of his character and the re-
s uo they bore for his life and enduring
memory Rollin S. yChilds.
Rrattleboro. March 2, 1911.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
chief Justice White.

The new chief Justice was for many
wears on the supreme bench of Louisl-
ana. and for several years he was IN IN
the United States senate. DE was % %
wears old in November. On March u
he will have been a member OF the su-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
MONEY TAKEN FROM PACKAGE
Clerk in winchester, N. H, Bank -
Relieved to Have Stolen 1t.

More than $1,000 in cash disappeared
from a package consigned by the WIN.
chester, N. H., National bank TO 5ne
Rnston clearing house last THURSDAY
evening. before the package reacneu
IL destination. This became known
Tuesday afternoon. When oe.eJ,at lie
began an Investigation of the proba PIE
whereabouts of the money ana aisH
sonoht to find Harold Eastman, cleah
at the bank, who has not been seen
since Thursday night. The package 10
sai5 to have contained $l,246 ana was
delivered deli to H. T. Coombs, local agenl.
Of an express company, about 'cloGk
n m Thursday, by +. ?. Kellom, casn-
;rr of the bank. Mr.. Kellom Was Az AZ,
e Unnamed "a to the express office; by by
Iy,n When the package arrived
at the Boston clearing mousse; !, ~, S oas
found that between $1,Ol5 ana $l soon
was missing. Eastman, was last seea u
nm Thursday night, when ne toek liz; q
train ont of town, telling some OF ne ~
acnuaintances that he was going W
Asbnelot. n neighboring town. e
A' AGENT Coombs said that just pe1oae
.ho nacLaoe was given to him 1t was
sealed by Eastman Casaler he that
se;d that he had been, informed tn S.
s sshar the tbe package reached Boston the
seals were unbroken, ana Ina! a on'' To
small sum of money was ln ;aa l. the
mad out the package ana 10 IN ~ u 80
a ann of being filed win noIe a i
tnrn napers and express plahhs h''
been substituted for the DIS
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
Death of George NJ. Stearns.

George NJ. Stearns died Thursday OF last
week al the home Of his daughter, Mrs
Campbell, in the south part of the town,
after brief illness; Mr., stearns T was .ne
and was born in Winchester, Feb: ~
1S$2 being one of large family of chill.
dren. He had always been a farmer by
occupation and was a member of Wan
tastauet grange His wife, Augusta
Hawks, died several years, ago. Besides his
daughter Mrs. Campbell, and one son,
George Foster Stearns, he is survived by
four sisters Miss Margaret Stearns. Miss
Julia Stearns and Mrs. Esther Gale OF
this town. and Mrs. Ellen Hawks of Deer;
fed; and two brothers. James stearns OF
Brooklyn, n. Y, and John Stearns OF Brat
tlehoro.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon
and burial took place in a Winchester Gem
etey. Rev, Mr., Smith of Northtield OH
ciated.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
The Gwari Pagans.


II is ALWAYS matter of great diff
Guilty to get any really satisfactory
idea of the religion of pagan tribes.
During stay of some three years
amongst the Gwaris, however, l was
able to form some notion of what was
at the back of their minds. They, have
an idea of supreme being, but 40 not
worship him in any way that l haHe
been able to discover. Probably this
idea is lust their paganized conception
of the Mohammedan Allah. Their act,
nal worship is more closely connected
with the spirits of their ancestors.
They appear to live in dread lest their
spirits should work damage to their
farms, and with this in view they are
careful to supply them at regular inter
walls with food and drink, which are de-
posited near their graves These tombss
are. in the case of chiefs, in the royal
compound, and huts are built over
them, wonderfully. decorated WIN
bright colors. In other cases the graves
may be dug in some lonely place away
from the houses of the living, and o1ten
in the depths of the forest. A spirit
honse which have often visited, is IN
q woodland glade within half mile OF
nv compound, and belongs to the ram
liz of the chief butcher of kuta. wv
ing to its proximity to my abode II mas
fallen into disuse, as the pagans Pc
came somewhat chary of performing
their mysterious rites so near the white
Some departed spirits are supposed
TO inhabit the large trees which are TO
be found in almost every pagan town,
and small earthenware pots containing
food may be seen surrounding THESE
trees. +ho
Gwaris at their religious exercises. !
saw a man kneeling in front of one OF
these small spirit-huts with a pot OF
some drink in his hand, apparently eX-
nostulating with the spirit-nossiblyy
because it had treated him badly-and
occasionally pouring some of the con,
tents of the pot upon the outside wall
of tbe but-From Among the Gwari
Pagans, in the January Wide World.
An engineer on the Erie stopped his
train to prevent running into couple
of cows which had straved on the track
after he blew his whistle, and youne
girl. wearing the garb of a nun, was 50
impressed with what she regarded as
an act of rare tender-heartedness tnat
she took her gold locket from us chain
and gave it to him.
The word vaudeville sprang from
Vany do Wire. the name of a hamlet In
the nicturesoue town of Wire. in Switzer
land In the 18th century this town was
the home Of Oliver Basselin, the author o.
witty wit drinking songs. One of the best
known Of these songs was merry &, dis
sertation on the authors red nose. This
citizen Of Vaux de Wire made famous tht
name Of his town, which in corrupted
form has come to be applied to form, o.
entertainment far different from tha'
which he provided in his songs.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03

The proper ventilation of houses IN ;t ease
Of illness has been "9 Vet in 1861
a fS TSa gen ths pague was deadly in
Tnc Mm,dn believer in fresh air wrote a
L n,ggmhIat in which he said that shutting
pa infected houses spread the disease
" Iama r;ses TO defend its Sunday school .,f
teachers a from the charge Of beng baye fry frv-
o oos ggrs for its teachers in the Sun gay
ec6ools 3 Not SO Iowa. There are 4soU W.
n the state and four6fths Of tn the mo are re
also IS school teachers. Yet only oo,1ov ace ~
the number are over ~ years y tenden. len.
There are 5000 counteracting any * teach.
cies to frivolity by studying III JIG ~
er's training course.
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Brattleboro, March 2, 1911.
Caught Fox with Broken I3ac

Wesley Rockwell. II. a resident OF
Dnmmerston hill, had an Interesting ana
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03

4.,t Articles in the Warrant
pO' o. s,,de crossing Abolition.