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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBoRo, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1911

Miss Fannie Elizabeth Rice, 81, died to-
day of ~apoplexy in her home on the
Putney road. The funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon at 100 o'clock in the
home.
The Odd Fellows will celebrate the 92d
anniversary of the order Tuesday, NAV
2. In odd Fellows hall. All Odd Fell
lows, their families and friends are in
vited.
Adam Thomas, who was employed in
the Leonard & Roess cigar store about ~
years as cigar maker, has opened a cigar
SHOP In the upper story of the Judge
building.
John F. Brasor. manager Of the Brooks
Rouse. mas bought the Japanese decora-
tons used at the nurses card party and
ball Monday evening and will keep them
In the dining room for some time.
The marriage Of Miss Mabel c.. Hunt
to Albert II. Hunt of Nashua, N, H..
will take place in the home of Miss
Hunts parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.,
Hunt of Tyler street, next Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock.
The board of bailiffs and the board
of civil authority will meet in the Of
ice of Gibson & Waterman tomorrow
evening at 13O to make any changes
that may be necessary in the list of
NHN NihobC IlttllIlB May e
Two cases of scarlet fever on Elliot
street, one on Birge street and one in
the Armory apartments have been re-
ported to Health officer Henry Tucker
this week. He also has received reports
OF cases of measles on Elliot. Vernon.
Birge and South Main streets. and diph-
liberia on South Main street and in Cen
treVille. In the case of the patient in
the Armory apartments, DR.. Tucker and
DR.. Henry D.. Holton, secretary of the
state board of health, say the disease Is
scarlet fever and a specialist who came
from Springfield yesterday says it is
something else. He Is euarantined for
scarlet fever and his wife is quarantined
with him.
The trout fishing season opened Satur-
day under unfavorable conditions. There
was a large amount of snow and ice in
the woods and the streams in open fields
were running to overlooking banks. A
large number of anglers have tried their
luck, but with small results. Judge
Schwenk made the record catch on the
opening day, getting 10 large trout in
Westminster West, one being a foot
long He caught nine of the fish out of
one hole under a mill dam. A schoolbov
named Sheehy, son of James Sheehv of
South Main street, caught a 13-inch trout
opposite f. G.. Frost's cottage in Broad
brook. Fred Chamberlain fishing in
Halhday brook in West Brattleboro We'd
nesday, secured 10 handsome specimens.
ana Henry Everleth, from the East Put
ney brook the same day, secured 32 fish
weighing about five pounds. Many of the
fishermen have returned without a single
trout, and the man who has caught half
a dozen in any single trip to date Is con-
sidered lucky.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro. April 10. a daughter,
Florence Marcia, to Rev. and Mrs. ?. A.
Wells.
In West Brattleboro. April 10, a daugh-
Ter to MIR. and Mrs. James II. Stark.
In Dummerston. April 9, twin sons to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Foley.
In Jacksonville, April l5. a son to Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace Bartlett.
In West Guilford. April 10. a son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cory.
In Westminster West. April IS. a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould,
In Mortified Farms. Mass, April 10.
a daughter to Charles and Annie Y,
Bash.
In Hinsdale, N. H.. April 10, a daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gamash
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
Won Marathon Race In Record Time.

The 18th annual Marathon race from
Ashland to Boston was won WEDNESDAY
In record time from a field of 1917 starters
by Clarence III. DeMIar of Melrose. wear
ing the colors of the Dorchester Athletic
club. DeMar ran the fastest 25 miles
ever run by a man, His time, 2 hours
Il minutes 80 3-5ths seconds, was 9 min
utes A 2-5ths seconds faster than the
time made by Longboat in 1907. De Mar
was second last year He is 81 years old
and n compositor by trade. De Mar was
born in Madeira, Ohio, June Z, 1888. He
attended the Maple Lawn academy in
South Hero, VT, graduating in 1907. He
was a student in the agricultural depart
ment of the University of Vermont two
years. and While there began his distance
running.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
MARRIAG ES.

In Baldwinsville, Mass. April 5. by
Rev. l.. NJ. Keneston, George Whitney
of Brattleboro.
In Wilmington, April Is, by Rev. Flint
NJ. Bissell, Julius r. Sibley of SPRING
Held, Mass, and Miss Mabel f. Medbury
of Wilmington.
In Bellows Falls, April II, by Rev. A.
c. Wilson, Harry s. Hall and Miss Lena
NJ. Dupuis.
In Maiden, Mass, April II, John Brown
of Springfield, Mass, and Miss Sarah j,
II. Plummer, formerly of West Brattle-
boro.
In Claremont. N. H.. April Is, by Rev.
q. NJ. Curl, William ]. Henry of South
Boston and Miss Ruby G. Stockwell of
Claremont.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21

Charles Miner left yesterday on a few
days business trip to Monson and
Springfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Combs, who spent
a month at Riverside farm in West
Dummerston, have returned TO their
home on Oak Grove e
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
A CURE o ALL.
Not a Patent curealI, Nor a Modern
Miracle, but Simply a Rational Cure
for Constipation.

Tor constipation.
1t Is hard to tell just why SEAVER'S
LAXATIVE TONIC TABLETS have be-
come so popular with most people, but
considering the short time they have
been advertised, the demand for them
has been cause for wonder. They are
no different in appearance from other
laxative tablets, but they really must
possess unusual merits, for from our
own personal observation we know that
they always do just what is expected of
them. Their action upon the skin and
complexion Is remarkable, for the prin-
ciral ingredients in them is extract OF
dandelion and your own doctor will tell
you that dandelion is one of the greatest
skin Alternatives known to the profession.
II your bowels are inactive, your skin
sallow. your tongue coated and If you are
troubled with pimples or bilious spells, a
25 cent box Of SEAVER'S LAXATIVE
TONIC TABLETS will clear up your
complexion, tone up the liver. encourage
the action of your bowels and make you
feel well again or Wilfred +. Root will
gladly pay you back your money.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21

Ml-o-na stomach tablets end indiges-
ton, They stop belching. sourness,
heaviness and heartburn in five minutes.
wired F, Root guarantees them. Large
box so cents,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
OBJ 0srmunt 4benis.
TEN PAGES
ANNouNcE EN- ENTs.

Many popular books in the 50-cent Sc
ries at Clapp & Jones's. 16-tf
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

movement to the west was irma,so
zee 1920 and 1880. when if heoan
10 cease. and now the exodus is CON
inieo 70 a lew of the mountain coun-
Ties. IL was a natural movement. as
SHOWN by its general prevalence. For
in 1870 there were four mil
lon natives Of the State of New York
IN this country, and one fourth of
then had moved west, for one million
ne" oTkers were living in other
states. 1t was largely the same as
to every one of the Atlantic States.
Manly enterprising families moved
west in hopes Of lettering their for
tunes. We have lately seer a state
ment that before the war in slavery
time, North C~arolinians moved aWav
to get away from slavery. The fig
ures show that for every North Caro-
lnian who moved into a free State,
four or five moved where there was
slavery; so hat had little or nothing
to Go with the exodus except, perhaps.
as to Quakers who went to Indiana,
any more than it caused the exodus
4NGN LII ~. II Was Il natural
flow of population, caused by natural
influences, affecting the whole people
of the Atlantic slope. Now. it has
spent it's force, and we may hope tina
hereafter North C~arolinians will stay
at home, and the population will roll
up into the millions rapidly. We
greatly prefer the increase Of our own
population to the influx of immigrants
from any foreign country.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
AN EASY ROAD TO WEALTH.
(Rhamkatta ROa.Ster.)


The worm hez turned. Fer q long
time the editor of this here paper hez
bin compelled fer to eak out er exist
ence by dipendin' on subscribers and
advertisers, but we hez bin soshiating
lately with big fi~nanchears and have
larned a thing or two. They tuck us
in en- the groun' floor and showed US
some er the secrets of hi finance
and we air goin' to share the inform
alton we AVE got from them as to
the eazee way to git rich with our
subscribers.
Yistiddy we Civ notice OBJ a new
corporation what was goin' into the
fur business which would make net
profits Of ~$9,SOO.0O per day. Some
citizens Of Rhamkatte held a meetin'
last night and decided to offer a cite
here fer that copporashun and stock
is going like hot cakes, and whin
the Cat Ranch air located and at
work, the folks in Rhamkatte will bid
good by to poverty and economy and
refuse to eat rabbits and drink sim
A1lOi W. oAt SoA S"H -
pins and drink nothin' but shampane.
Their amt no reason why Rham-
katie shouldn't be the fynanchul senter
er the Kountry and thar wuz a leetle
meetin' las night down to the Raam-
katie Bankin & Trust Company Clim-
ited) an the most responsihilest cit
liens er the town spent some time a.
considerin' some other enterprises
which would bring big money to
Rhamkatte an make us all ritch. 1t
air we'll known that whin a man gifts
money eazee out ov one copperashun
he amt never satisfied, but he wants
to keep on gittin eazee money, so,
| havin' had a tip how TO make money
out of a Cat Ranch we whit into an
executive session to consider some
profitable and workable plan to make
| big honey The Cat Ranch coppera-
ton will furnish furs and hide and
skins thatll clothe the public, but we
considered that the kountry Wuz a
needin' of a copperashun that Woul
give somethin' to eat and we there
fore concluded 10 git up d He" Cop-
neration to raise geese. So we de-
tarmined to make this a close cop
peration and nobody is goin' to De al
lowed to cit in this thin at first cepC
the President of the Rhamkatte
Banking & Trust Company, the Edit
ter of the Rhamkatte Rooster and
lawyer Skinnum, who is now a-dfaW-
in I'D the papers, Here is the plan,
and il anybody hereafter says that
Rhamkatte amt a prolific senter OF
! fnanchul geniuses he will be leetle
short Of a prevaricator:
PROSPECTUS for a Goose Farm.
%,phor of stockholderS-three.
shares of stock, three at S1oo!W
Dar value =. =. ~ 40
o0a Geese at S1tD each Z. : WV
. Eeps per week per goose, 800
eggs per week.
os}y52 equals, $500 eggs per
| 4s sooxa equals 40. 400 eggs three
years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
CONFESS OR BE SENTENCED.
~(Rhamkatte ROaster.)

If Jedg Francisco D. Winston wishes
a rale good drink ov simmon beer, jest
BREWED in Rhamkatte, he kin git
it by a ~confessin' that while he air
an expert in Blackstonia he air ig-
nerent in livin' languages about
brewin' this here drink OK the gods.
Eff he don't konfess hat he don't
know a blame thing about BREW1N'
simmon beer, he air hereby sintinced
ter drink nothin' stronger than the
waters of the CASH for the next hun
drid years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

Mr.. s. II. Hobbs. n successful farm
er of Sampson county, agrees with
President Alexander that the plan Of
holding cotton suggested by New York
fnanciers will not DO. He made eighty
bales of cotton this year with four
horses and also two thousand bushels
Of corn and everything else that can
be grown. Such a farmer is entitled
to be heard. Read his letter IN to-
daN,s paper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

No eggs sold but all incubated
and Matched. allowing for had
eggs p,4eo, leaving ".oro
geese.
3 lbs. feathers per goose-3o.D coo
lbs. al s1.0 per ID. 3ca.ooo o.
1"oooo pair goose livers at 80
per pair. 6oaD 20
. Buttons from each goose bin;
10000 at .01 each 10000
FER goose dressed $50 :. 100000
Total receipts ..S51olDo
1apltal invested !. s. Hp.oo
ESTIMATED operating expenses. 112GDp nO
lotal expenses :. -. SIZE, 10000
Each stockholders share Of S'' 1000
profits !. !. !. =. :. 1899 90
Annual dividends :. :. :. 31,T4400
1t make be that a little later on the
stockholders will issue some PREFER
ed stock or debenture bonds so as
while they sit in the seller and draw
the biggest dividends, some ov thar
friends might be let in on the groun'
floor. We three fellows determined
to have the cream, but we air not
hogs, and whin We git the thing start
ed we may let a few ov the subscrib-
skinned milk.
This new c~opperashun Will make d
good market fer geese and hat will
help the dear farmer. 1t will make
three leading citizens rich and they
will be liberal and use their money to
bid up new industrys. 1t will give
Ithamkatte a big boom and menny
folks will KUN to live here.
Rhamkatte, with it's Eat Ranch and
Goose Farm. is a goin' ter be a hive er
industry and we air all a-goin' soon
ter be ritch as the folks down TO Bos-
ting.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

Hurrah for Miss Addie B. Ragan,
Of Durham county. With h mule of
her invalid father, that enterprising
fourteen-year-old girl raised seventy
bushels of corn on one acre, at a
cost Of only one dollar and a half.
The boys will have to get up early
10 heat the girls if they decide to go
to raising corn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

The Department of Agriculture
during the past two years had an m
come Of $211,651. This fact will in
crease the feeling that the day is
near at hand when there should be
celebrated a marriage between the
A. and NJ. College and the A~gricultur-
al Department, and that the Depart
mont should move out to the college
and all duplication of work cease.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

The Honorable Francis D. Winston
air invited ter KUN ter Rhamkatte ter
sample the 'simmon beer which the
edytur oy this paper bTeUed last
week. 1t will be on tap on Tuesday.
-RhamkatJe Rooster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
HIGHEST FOR LAND.

The worlds record price for land
has been broken. A man named
Smith is to be paid a million dollars
for the plot at the corner of Broad
way and saith streets in New York
CITY. That would be at the rate OF
sS66.55 a square foot. The present
record is held by a plot at the corner
of Nassau and Wall streets, which
brought s622.29 a square foot in
1909. The Smith property was Of
fered to r. II. Macy & Co. some years
ago for $4,000, but they thought
the price too high and 50 built
around the desired corner. Smith
bought it of the Pell family at the
price asked some 10 years ago.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

North Carolina is moving forward
in agriculture. Major Graham, Com
missioner of Agriculture, says the
average yield of corn is now twenty
two bushels to the acre, cotton over q
hale to the acre and that crops have
increased the past ten years from
q. 0 to 100000 bushels of
corn; 5,Ooo,O 900 to 100000 bushels
of wheat, 100000 to 771,o00 bales of
cotton,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

If a woman should happen TO be
elected Governor Of California. would
YOU call her q Governess?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

h will be d white Christmas. >or
there is much cotton not Vet picked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
TO WEAR ON TAILORED HAT
Quill Trimming, Arranged ArtisticaIIy
Is Sure to Find Favor With
Smart Dressers.

Coming back into prominence and
feminine again after an absence OF
several seasons, is tho quill or feather
trimming. 1t is very stunning when
properly used on tailored chapeaux
and gives its wearer very trim and
jaunty appearance.
One stunning model noted recently
was Of rough black straw, with tn,
fashionable high crown and the equal.
ly fashionable rolling brim. It was
quite plain and bare of any adorn.
ment, save two great quilts which
slanted upright, starting from the
back. These were OF the new coral
shade, changing from vivid coral in
the center to deeper, almost black hue
on the edge. And thsy gave Just th3S
note OF color and air of jauntiness
which the hat needed to make it dis
tinctly chic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

finished fabric, is the proper garh.
It cannot be too plainly made and
must be we'll tailoren-that is it must
have good lining and interlining and
be correctly fitted ard finished. Such
a gown cannot be outclassed. The
fabric should be shRunk before 1t is
made up and it is obviously better
to select waterp3oofed material
than any other when buying. II cir
cumstances compel 1'ou to economic
on your outfit, remainder that it is
economy to buy sdod material for
your tailored dress and to have It
made right.
It goes without saying that the hat
should be pretty because all millinery
should be that. IT. should be large
enough to shade tho eyes and small
enough to keep out af other peoples
way. It need not b. severely plain.
and may even indulge in the charm
of flowers for a moderate amount OF
travelling. 1t must Fave STYLE Three
fine examples are gifen here of street
hats suited to this purpose
Street shoes and gloves made for
service and we'll fitted are in keep
ing with gown and hat. Tan 10 the
best color and one may wear a veil
to match and carry = bag of the same
useful and bright color.
The shirtwaist or blouse may h,
either of silk or a wash material. A
lightweight silk is most economical
for long journeys. Fresh jabots and
stock collars make It possible to look
immaculate at the emf of the journey
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

NOV that vacation time approaches
~ the heart begins to long for a lit
tie journey and the mind busies
itself with preparing the way. Travel
ing in America ought to be pleasure,
and is, to those who know how to
make the most of all our modern
travelling conveniences, writes Julia
Bottomley In the Illustrated Milliner.
What with parlor cars, dining cars
and sleeping cars, good ventilation,
dust-shielded windows, comfortable
chairs and competent service, jour-
ney is recreation and rest People
no longer burden themselves with
lot of luggage, but think out how they
may get along with as little rs DOS
sible. This is especially true II the
trip is to be a long one and sight
seeing it's object.
The first thing that engages the
mind of the feminine traveller Is, of
course, the matter of her travelling
costume and this article will concern
Itself with something of that
Although we 'an't ga~b ourselves
like Miss Phoebe Snow, all clad in
wife, etc." we can count upon IS
little dust on our journey as on the
average shopping excursion. Our
millinery is thoroughly protected, be-
cause paper bags are provided by the
porter and hats consigned to the rack
from start to finish of the average
trip. No dust can reach them.
For travelling, plain, well-tailored
cloth gown of serge, mohair, covert
cloth, fancy suiting or other hard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

is no reason why action siould nor 30
taken along the lines Indicated.
Referring to the illustration above.
A wide tire can be placed upon an old
wheel without any filing piece as
shown in the illustration. Just let
the tire project a half inch on each
side of the felloe. This will greatly
simplify the changing from the mar
row to the wide tire, and for many To-
calities will serve the purpose just
as we'll.
Wide tires make roads, narrow tires
destroy them. There should be a
thorough cooperation between all Of
the residents of the several townships
for better roads. Nothing can be done
so quickly and SO cheaply that will
be productive of such good results as
to discard narrow tires and substitute
wide ones in their place.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
Socially Launched.

In his native town Jimmy had al
ways been most popular with young
and old, but when he was sent away
to boarding school, he was for time
too homesick to make friends. His
first letter was little more than .
wall.
I'm way behind the other boys In
everything" he wrote, dolefully.
"'Tisn't only studies, but it's gymna'
SUM and banjos and everything
don't believe they'll ever have much
use for me-
But the second letter, written after
a week in the new school. was quite
different in tone.
I'm all right" he wrote to his
mother. THE boys say they'll teach
me all they know, for they're proud
to hare me here. l can stretch my
mouth half an inch wider than any
other boy in school, and my feet are
the longest by a full inch. So you
needn't worry about me any more."-
Youths Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

to the road district and be used for
road repair work.
There is another ADVANTAGE IN ho
gained by this method over and above
the preservation of the highways.
that is, the same wagon is more 1se.
full on the farm or on the fields for
doing ordinary farm work. The ha,1.
ing over hay fields and grain fields
with narrow tired wagons does con.
siderable damage. Hauling out ma
nure, and in variety Of farm work
wide tire wagons are advisable. MANY
farmers keep wagons with wide tires
for this specific purpose Whv not
have all vehicles carry a wide. sen.
sible tire that will improve conditions
rather than make them worse?
Dynamometer tests have been made
showing the amount of power re-
quired to move given load, over va.
rious surfaces with tires of different
widths. Many persons will be sur
prised to know in the large majority
of cases a load can be moved with
less power with vehicles having wide
tires, rather than narrow ones.
There may be another and easier
way to accomplish the end desired
than the imposing of license tax
upon vehicles. That would be ia
credit the owner a certain amount
each year on his annual road tax bill
upon furnishing proof that all his We.
hicles used upon the highways con-
formed to the wide tire requirements
Suppose the owner has a road tax
Of, say $1,000, and he has two wagons
used upon the highways. Credit him
$500 per year upon each wagon for
four years. In this way the tax abat-
ed will more than pay the cost CT
changing the wagon. Thus. his in.
terest would be sufficient to induce
the owner to make the change.
Public sentiment would also change
rapidly in support of the wide tire
movement, and in a year or two a
man would be ashamed to be seen m
the street with one Of these road do.
stroying wagons.
The plan suggested is feasible
practical and has worked satisfac.
torily where it has been tried. Ther.