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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19
ESTATE OF MARTHA L. SCOTT.

CTATE OF VERMONT.
y District of Westminster IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Westminster.
To all persons interested in the estate
of Martha l.. Scott, late of Putney, in
said District, deceased, Greeting:
At a Probate Court, holden at Bellows
Falls, within and for said District on the
3Oth day of December, 1911 an instru:-
ment purporting to be the last will and
testament of Martha l.. Scott, late Of
Putney, in said District, deceased, was
presented to the Court aforesaid, for
probate
And it is ordered by said Court that
the Sd day of February. 1912, at the
Probate, Office in said Bellows Falls. be
assigned for proving said instrument;
and that notice thereof be given to all
persons concerned, by publishing this or
der three weeks successfully in The YER
mont Phoenix, a newspaper circulating in
that vicinity, in. said District, previous
to the time appointed.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to
appear before said Court, at the time and
place aforesaid, and contest the probate
Of said will, If you have cause.
Given under my hand at Bellows Falls,
in said District this both day of Decem-
1-3 ZINA II. ALLBEE. Judge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19
EepaI Nntires.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
4 I,cur u,IN OF, IOIIN CALVIN.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
~ ESTATE OF JOHN CALVIN.
The undersigned, having been appoint
ed by the Honorable Probate Court for
the District Of Marlboro, Commissioners,
to receive, examine, and adjust the
claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of John Calvin, late of Brat.
tleboro, in, said District, deceased, and
all claims exhibited in offsets thereto.
hereby give notice that we will meet for
Clerks office, in the town Of Brattleboro.
in said District. on the goth day OF
January and the 22d day of June next,
from o'clock p. m, until o'clock p.
M, on each of said days and that six
months from the I'd day of January, A:
D. 1912, is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims
to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Brattleboro, this I'd day Of
January, A. D. 1912.
CARL S. HOPKINS,
w. A. SHUMWAY,
1-3 Commissioners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

Mrs. John White has sold her place.
The storm of Monday and Monday
night blocked the roads badly in some
parts of the town.
Mrs Bruce of Charlestown, N H, is
spending a few days with her sister, Mrs.
Gilbert Stanley.
Mrs. Jane Higley is staying with her
brother, w f. Snow, while Mrs. Snow
is in New York
There was a good attendance at the
Grange meeting Tuesday evening. The
next meeting will be held the first Tues
day evening in February.
John Blanchard, who died in his home
Thursday night was seriously i'll but a
few days. His funeral was held Sunday
afternoon, Rev. H. H. Shaw officiating.
The ladies' aid society will meet with
Mrs. Simeon Adams Wednesday, Jan. "a.
1t being the annual meeting for choice
of officers a full attendance is desired
Notwithstanding the cold of Friday
evening a large number of friends gath
cred in the home OF Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Taylor The friends from Dummerston
Hill, Mrs. Taylor's former home, present
ed them with a complete set OF china.
Walter Davis has sold his farm to
William Houghton and Walter Adams
has rented the farm of Mr.. Houghton
and will move there in the near future.
Mr.. Davis is in the employ of Mr.
Houghton and Mrs. Davis and children
are in Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

Oscar C. Allen, well-known to the
travelling public as a hotel keeper in
Western Massachusetts, 40 years, died in
Greenfield Wednesday. In early manhood
Mr.. Allen was engaged in mercantile
business in Greenfield and Bernardston
He began his career as a manager Of
hotels in the old New England House in
Bernardston. For many years in Green
field he conducted first the Elm House
and later the American House. He
managed the Pequoig House in Athol a
few years and then engaged in business
in Cambridge. returning to Greenfield
last summer He leaves his wife, who
was Louise Chaplin Smith of Bernardston;
a daughter. Mrs. Adam Wolfskill Of
Greenfield; and a son, ]. Lucius Allen Of
New York.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Stevens visited
Sunday in Greenfield.
Mrs c. II. Pearson of Keene visited at
c. A. Parsons Tuesday.
Frank Britton of Pittsfield visited Sun
day with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Newell visited
Saturday in Orange, Mass.
The firemen's ball is the attraction at
the town hall this evening.
DIR. w. +, Fay lost one of his pair of
team horses last Thursday.
w. F. Robertson has been in New York
and Philadelphia this week.
Elwood Weed of Mount Hermon spent
Sunday with his parents here.
Miss Mae Crowley of New Britain.
Conn, is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. w. S. Kimball is entertaining Mrs.
Noyce and daughter, Lillian, of Boston
Miss Ella Hall and Miss Blanche
Boucher of Keene spent Sunday at their
homes here.
r. NJ Langworthy was called to Mid
dlebury, VT, Wednesday by the death
of his father
Alfred Sprague has bought a 14O-acre
farm in Gill, Mass, and expects to
move there soon.
The selectmen went to Concord Thurs
day to attend a meeting of the public
service commission.
Joseph ST. Cyr and family, who had
been visiting a few weeks in Canada,
returned home Friday.
Mrs. r. NJ. Langworthy is under the
care of a trained nurse on account of a
serious trouble with a knee.
Mrs. John O'Brien and two little girls
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19
Death of Austin L. Bond, a Native OF
Gullford.

Austin L. Bond, a.. for many years a
resident of Greenfield, died Tuesday
morning in the Franklin county public
hospital in that town after long sick
ness. Mr.. Bond was best known as for
mer locomotive engineer, he having served
the Fitchburg and Boston and Maine rail-
roads for 80 years previous to his retire.
ment from the road Is years ago. His re-
tirement was brought about by an acci-
dent while he was a work in the yard at
Greenfield and was run over, losing a
leg. After that he was employed for a
number of years as a driver by DIR, ]. C,
O'Brien. He was a native of Guilford,
VT. During the past two years he had
lived at North Bernardston the greater
part of the time. He is survived by two
daughters who live in Connecticut and
by three brothers, George of Brattleboro,
John of Burlington, VT, and Henry of
Westminster. VT. Mr.. Bond had been a
member of Pocumptuck lodge of odd
Fellows since 1875
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19
Old Fashioned House Warming.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor. who moved
into their new house recently, entertain
ed more than 60 friends and neighbors at
and old fastened house warming Friday
night The party came through an at
mosphere of from IA to 20 degrees below
zero and all felt amply repaid for their
efforts. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor were
agreeably surprised when several of Mrs.
Taylor's girlhood friends from Dummers-
ton Hill arrived and presented them a
nice set of dishes and a handsome lamp
Music and dancing were enjoyed until
midnight. After refreshments had been
served the guests started homeward
through the frosty air of the early morn
ing.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

The courts of justice and the school
system in Persia are to be reformed by
the new cabinet, with the aid of foreign
advisers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

First, money; then ceremony, matrl-
mony, testimony and alimony.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19
kindnesses Brought Their Reward.

Hinsdale people will be interested to
know the esteem in which one of our
Hinsdale men is held at the soldiers
home in Tilton. Ever since James Brit
ton went to the home he has made him
self almost indispensable to the inmates.
In all kinds of weather he has acted as
postman and done innumerable errands
and acts of kindness for those unable to
go to the street, all without remunera-
ton.
Last Monday evening a surprise
awaited Mr. Britton. The soldiers were
called together and Major Trickey, in
behalf of the veterans and officials of
the home, presented a fur coat and a
substantial sum of money. The express
sion which accompanied the gift was as
follows: For the uniform kindness, the
painstaking efforts, the absolute hon.
esty and unsefishness in securing the
nameless favors to us, we desire to eX7
press in some small way, at least, our
appreciation to Comrade Britton."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19
STATIONS RIVER.
Death Of Mrs. Lewis Tenney.

Mrs. Jean Ainsworth (Brand) Tenney,
6S, wife of Lewis Tenney, died in her
home on Main street Tuesday evening,
Jan. 16. She had been i'll about three
months, suffering from ulcers In the
stomach. Everything possible was done
for her and a specialist from Boston Wis
tied her seven weeks before she died
She suffered greatly, but was very pa
tient and awaited the end with the feel
ing that all is well. Mr.. Tenney, an ell
derby man, will miss her greatly. The
sympathy of everybody in the COM
munity goes out to him.
Mrs. Tenney was born in Forfar, Scot
land, July 26, 1913, daughter of James
Brand and Esther Tosh Brand. Two
sisters died in infancy and brother,
James Ainsworth, died in London in
1876 She was married May 10, 1885, to
John l.. Stevens in Moores Forks, n. Y.
Three children by this marriage are liv-
ing, Anna G. Reay of Montreal, Bertha
E. Dean of Wichita, Kansas, and Mary
l. Wood of Portsmouth, n. H. She was
married to Lewis Tenney in Ludlow, this
state, August 10, 1S47, and they made
their home in Saxtons River the past So
years. One child born to Mr. and Mrs.
Tenney died in infancy.
Mrs. Tenney was always ready to help
those in sickness and in trouble. She was
woman of winning qualities and 1t
can be truly said of her that all who
knew her loved her. The funeral was
held yesterday, Thursday.
John Paddock went to Boston Monday.
Mrs. C. l.. Gale was in Brattleboro
Monday.
Twenty eight below zero was reported
last Sunday morning.
Mrs. Mary Twitchell, who has been i'll
with bronchitis week, is somewhat bet
ter.
There were no services in the Baptist
church Sunday on account of the cold
weather and the illness of Rev. E. A
Mason.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19
&mstMeBS Cards.


w. r. MOVES, M. D.
Specialist Eye, Ear Nose and Throat. Or
fee hours, .9-l2 a. m, is p. m. Wednesday
and Saturday evenings, 1880. Sunday and
other evenings by appointment American
Building, Brattleboro. Appointments for
glasses fitting made by mail or telephone.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

JORDAN & SON, OPTOMETRISTS.
Office ! Elliot St. Specialists in the correc-
ton of detective vision. Examination hours
to IL a. M, l.30 to p. m. Evenings, Mon
day and Saturday 7 to 9. Special appoint
ments at your convenience. Phone 83-M.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

G. B. HUNTER, M. D.
Office Willston building over Scotts gro
Gerry store Hours l to and $50 to p. m.
Telephone 288. Residence West Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

THOMAS RICE, M. D.
Office and residence over Vermont Savings
Bank. Hours 8 to a. M, to 3 and to
p. m. Telephone 2l2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

How much of all the discomfort and I'M
happiness in the world comes to us. not
on account of what we lack, but on &C
count of what some one else has!
A certain bride-to-be who can only af-
ford to furnish her living room in oak, is
Just now the victim of that kind of dis
content This girl might be well satisfied
with that beautifully grained but often
unappreciated wood If it were not that
her most intimate friend, who has double
ner income, had mahogany in her livi "
room when she was married. And be-
cause of that fact, the first girl cannot
see any beauty in the oak furniture which
is within her means, and will either spend
more than she ought for mahogany, or be
dissatisfied with what she gets.
To have an oak income and mahogany
friends is to pave the way for discomfort.
Only a very strong mind can barricace
you from that enemy of happiness under
such conditions.
A group of girls, all of moderate means,
were speaking of their plans to cross the
water some day, and discussing the vari-
Gus lines by which they might travel.
One girl said, I'm saving up in the
hope I can afford to go on the r.
line'-naming one of the lines which IS
distinguished by the magnificence of its
appointments and the wealth of its
patrons.
Are you really?" said one of the other
girls. Do you know, have friends there
and think could get reduced rates, but
I rather go on the l. line, naming
a line of which the equipments are much
simpler and the patrons mostly middle
class people.
Why, aren't you foolish.' cried the
o-.ler girl. Don't you know how beau
tiful the R ships are and what
wealthy people you meet?"
That's just why I don't want to go on
that line" answered the wise one. Il
know l should feel insignificant under
dress ID and envious most of the time
with all those rich people around me. L
should probably spend more money than
ought and get ideas and standards that
would make me dissatisfied with what
W .Nereas on the l. line, I'd meet peo-
pie who had about as much means as I
have. They say that a great many pro-
fessors and teachers and people who are
taking their one trip abroad, go on those
boats, and know I'd feel much more
satisfied with my clothes and the money
III have to spend, and the trip I'm going
to take, after being with that kind of
folks. than I should if I met lot of rich
people
There is great deal of wisdom in that
point of view. I have no doubt that nine
times out of ten. when people live be-
yond their means, it is because they have
too many friends in the class financially
mind not to try to pattern their lives
after these friends.
In THE Newcomes." Thackeray won
ders in his gently satirical fashion at the
pains to frequent company where all
around them are their superiors, and
where. do what they will, they must
be subject to continued modification
and concludes that the true pleasure
OF life is to live with ones interiors -
strong, but I should certainly suggest our
equals as the safest class in which to
find the majority of our friends. If we
value our content and peace of mind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
says UNCLE CAV

Don't ask the wrong question. 1t
isn't Whats the matter with the
world ?" that should be worrying you,
but Whats the matter with me?''
First and last you can't do much to
change the world. You may make it
little better or a little worse, a
little happier or a little sadder. You
may even let in a little light here or
shut out little there, but the world
will wag on in its set old way and
the personal equation will still de-
termine whether you are going to
fail or succeed, be happy or sad.
Tt profits you nothing to kick
against the pricks. No matter what
changes take place. the rules of the
game are not going to be changed
and you may as well make up your
mind to get what you can out of the
situation as it now exists No amount
of complaint, no amount of pleading,
no amount of whining, no amount OF
waiting, is going to help matters
Since time began, the efficient man
has won and the tireless man has be-
come efficient Since the dawn of
the first day, hard work has been
the open sesame to success, and a
brain put to it's proper use has been
master of the multitude of brains
that have not been so used He who
has looked before he has leaped, yet
not looked too long, has clutched his
have had consideration for the inter
ests and the feelings of others, yet
have not been dissuaded by such con-
sidera lions from any proper ambi-
ton, have been among the mighty of
earth. They who have known how
to think and to toll and to fight, nor
have counted cowardtce and habits of
dalliance and hesitation among thels
possessions, have achieved. And they
who have lacked skill and courage,
and who have labored earnestly to
attain them, have attained
You are wasting time trying to find
the cause of your failure in the cir
cumstances surrounding you. Other
men have outfaced such circum-
stances and worse, to win They are
the common foe-to fight them is the
common lot. Whether they are just
or not is not a question that interests
us. They are here; they are I'M
avoidable. The question is. will you
fight and keep on fighting until you
overcome?
When you sit down to count your
losses. don't ask, What is the mat
ter with the world?" Ask rather,
What is the matter with me?" And
when you have found the answer,
there is nothing the matter either
with you or the world-(C Copyright,
1912, by W. z. Williams-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
ADVER Using TALKS
BY WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

A clothing merchant. operating in city
of $1,000 inhabitants, is doing a business Of
$4,000 a year, on an advertising expendi-
ture of about 81, 800 a year.
He wants to expand his business and
asked me how / would go about it, When
he flashed that $500 yearly expenditure
for advertising on me-which is less than
per cent OF his gross business advised
him to multiply his advertising expendi-
ture by three.
In the general talk we had. I asked him
about the chances of increasing his bust
ness IN his communicative kind OF mer-
chandise he sold and the earning ability
of the people in his community
I was surprised when he told me that
he sold more $50 and SO suits than he
sold of the cheaper grades.
He said he buys the best material nc
can find-clothing that bears the labels Of
honest manufacturers. He holds a spe-
cial sale twice a year to clean up the odds
and ends of his stock-the rest of the
time selling his goods at a fair percent
age of profit. He was as frank a man
L have ever talked to.
1 pointed out to him that he could use
one full column advertisement every day
except Sunday in all of the papers in his
town, including a page at the beginning
of the season and a page to introduce his
special sales in January and July, at a
cost of about $500 year.
He could also use the weekly papers IN
the counties adjacent to his own town,
with a quarter page space every week. at
a cost of from $500 to $1,000 This would
make his total advertising appropriation
about $4,000 8 per cent Of his present
gross business, and such an advertising
policy could not fail to increase his busi-
ness.
This story is told in the hope that it
will be a help to merchants in the small
er communities who want to do more
business.
Any clothing business. during it's grow
ing stages, can afford to pay per cent
of its gross business for advertising, as
So -
will grow less as the business grows.
ITO be continued.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
LAYHAUKER JOTS

Miss Vivian Dull Of Herndon, is hke-
" just as bright and entertaining as
most girls
O. T. Cash, of Goodland, is probably
losing a little, because he has mad 10
quit work on account Of a. mashed
finger.
one nice thing about the winter time,
says Mack Gretchen in the Sedgwick
| Paragraph. Poor people can have all
the ice they want
At Gate academy, Englewood, the
subject for a recent debate was: Re
solved. That the horse can stand more
work than the mule" And the afhrma-
| tive side won.
The Barber County Index had nice
little article in type on Monday morn
ing about the lovely spring weather
| garden making, etc, but q pig snow
! fell on Monday night. so the index
decided not to publish the article I'M
ii; a more opportune time
''Women's hats" says the Independ-
ence Reporter. ARE going to be small
er than usual next summer, but even
at that they will probably be large
enough to provoke the usual profanity
when they are put on before the end
of the last scene in the theater."
Irate subscribers. itinerant book
agents and bill collectors are cordially
invited to call upon the editor at his
residence this week with the assurance
that he will give them more than they
ask for. says the editor of the Esbon
Times, who is quaranined in mis- home
because he las a well developed attack
of smallpox.
A little girl from Neodesha was re-
Gently visiting a friend in Fredonia,
tells the Fredonia Citizen. During
their play the children disagreed about
something and their mothers were hor-
rified to hear their quarrel, which ran
about as follows: Fredonia girl: I
guess we have got Bull Mccullough
los "a DIR
That's nothing. We have two mar
shals and a night watch, but pa says
they don't do nothing. Anyway, We've
got a refinery" F. G.: Don't care if
1t smells worse than your old refinery,
so there; and our fire truck is newer
than yours, too" n. G.: You needn't
think you're so smart; my pa says we
have the only whisky license in Will
son county, so you folks amt so much,
and I don't care to play any more
with you nohow.' Parental interfer-
ence stopped the performance.
An Atchison man who hasn't done
very well, was railing at adverse fate
the other day, relates the Atchison
Globe. He said he began life as a
farmers boy, and might have fol-
lowed that line, and become a renter,
or had a farm of his own with a mort
gage on it by this time, if 1t hadn't
been for a marvellous hired hand in
his fathers employ. This horny
handed helper could do everything
better than anyone else. When he
planted the corn. his rows were
straight and when he gathered corn
he husked 10 bushels a day with
ease. That was so much better than
the Atchison man could do that he
nipped his agrarian career in the bud,
and drifted to other things. But in
other lines he finds other men like this
hired hand, and he quits frequently.
Moral: Only a few can be leaders;
learn to be a good average follower
IT you want to get along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
HUAOR OF THE DAY

What was the verdict Of that lady
jury2" THAT the defendant was wearing
a fright of a hat and that her gown
didn't fit."-Pittsburg Post
How do you know he's "A Stranger I
saw him set his watch by the town clock"
Cornell Widow.
Crawford wonder what Dorcas want
ed with a Christmas tree? He hasn't any
children. CrabshaW-His wife insisted on
having one for Fido.-New York Times.
Mrs. Hokus-Your son is one Of those
advanced thinkers, isn't he2 Mrs. Polrus
Yes, he has an idea he descended from
must have been on his fathers sida.-
Life.
VISITOR suppose you fellows win vote
your fathers did Native tsadly1-
Nope We won't get a single cent FOR ours
Judge.
rs your boy Josh fond OF music7~
should say so" replied Farmer Corn
comedies comes along Josh wants to bs
right up as close to the orchestra as pos
sible. w ashington Star.
How to Work It.-"They say one can
live well on peanuts FOR 10 cents a week .
so I've heard 1 expect 20 try II after
Christmas. W Herald.
Mrs. Everywife-Now that you are IN
my dear, would you kindly fetch me M,
needle from the haystack7 No. 7 don;,
know which haystack. Look in ali H.
haystacks. You can't make rnistair..
there's only one needle--Life.