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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
A Famous Woman Detective.

In the September Woman's Home
Companion appears the following &C.
count of Mrs. Isabelle Goodwin, the
famous detective in New York city in
connection with the Police Department:
Here is real Sherlock, Holmes who
has been instrumental in the capture of
hundreds of lawbreakers, without
smoking a single pipeful of tobacco.
She is Mrs. Isabella Goodwin, police
matron, recently promoted to detective
of the first grade on the New York city
force, with salary of 3d. $50 year, in
recognition of her services in procuring
the capture of the 'taxicab bandits, ,
whose reckless exploits had startled the
city. Mrs. Goodwin is widow, forty
seven years old, the mother of three
children, and her home life is as peace
fully busy as that of any village house
keeper. Since the death of her hus-
band, roundsman on the police force,
fifteen years ago, until her recent pro-
motion, Mrs. Goodwin served as a police
matron, incidentally exercising her
gifts as detective in quietly gathering
evidence against hundreds of dangerous
frauds and quacks.
Her elder son is a detective of the
first grade; her sister is department
store detective, and her daughter, also,
has already manifested ability in detec-
tive work. When the taxicab bandits,
after robbing two bank messengers of
twenty-five thousand dollars, had SEEM
ingly baffied the police, Mrs. Goodwin
was enlisted in the case. By imperson-
ating the sister of the landlady of a
clearinghouse frequented by friends of
the robbers, she was enabled gradually
to pick up information that was inval-
liable to the authorities in running down
the criminals. 1t was this case that
won her promotion and official standing
as detective; yet through her fifteen
years of service she had already done
an enormous amount of even more val
liable though less sensational work in
obtaining evidence against over five
hundred dangerous swinders -astrolo-
gers, palmists, fortune tellels, crystal
gazers, psychics, trance mediums,
Hindu magicians, quack doctors and
surgeons, and others that in the large
cities prey upon foolish people, almost
unmolested because of the difficulty OF
proving that they actually violate the
law.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
Estate of Columbus Smith
of Salisbury
TATE OF VERMONT

STATE OF VERMONT
~ DISTRICT OF ADDISON SIS
The Honorable Probate Court for the District of
Addison.
To all persons interested in the estate of Column
bus Smith. late of Salisbury, in said district
deceased. GREETING:
At probate court. holden at Mddlebury within
and for said district on the LIST day of December.
1909, instruments purportng to be the last will
and testament and three codics thereto of
Columbus Smith, late of Salisbury, in said district,
deceased, were presented to the court aforesaid
for probate and at a probate court. holden at said
Middlebury the 2lst day of August, 1912, said
instruments received back from the county
court in and for the county of Addison by way of
remand for probate; and it is ordered by said court
that the 10th day of September. 1912, at o'clock
a. m, at the probate office in said Middlebury be
assigned for proving said instrument; and that
notice thereof be given to all persons concerned
by publishing this order three weeks successfully
in the MiddIebury Register. a newspaper circu-
latng in that vicinity. in said district. previous
the time appointed
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court, at the time and place aforesaid
and contest the probate of said will. if you have
cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury. in said
dis trict. this 2lst day of August. 1912
"a Charles l. Button. Judge of Probate
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
Estate of Watson j. Lamb of
SOmer Vile, Mass.
NTATE OF VERMONT.


kDIsTRIcT OF ADDISON, S.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
aforesaid
To all persons interested in the estate of Watson
j. Lamb. late of Somerville. in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. deceased leaving estate IN
Granville in this district GREETING:
At probate court holden at Middlebury, with
in and for said district the Goth day of August,
1912. an authenticated copy of the last will and
Lamb. late of Somerville in the County of Mid
dleseX, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,,
deceased leaving estate in said district, duly
proved, allowed and established in the probate
court for the County and Commonwealth afore-
said was presented TO the court here that the
same instrument may be allowed in this State as
the last will and testament of the said decedent,
and that the said copy may be filed and recorded
in the probate court for the district of Addison,
aforesaid, agreeable TO the statute in such cases
made and provided:
And it is ordered by said court that the 9th day
of September, at O'Clock p. M. at the probate
court office in said Mddebury, be assigned for all
persons interested to appear and contest the al
loWance of such instrument and the filing and re-
cording of the copy of said will, and the probate
thereof as aforesaid, if they cause: and that
notice thereof be given by publishing this order
three weeks successfully in the Middlebury Reg
ister. weekly newspaper published in said dis
trlct, previous TO the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court, at the time and place Aforesaid. !
and to contest the allowance of the said instru-
ment and the filing and recording of the copy of
said will and the probate thereof. aforesaid, if
you have cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury this goth
day Of August, 1912.
"a Charles l. Button. Judge of Probate
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23

till they almost know the answer to
some of the simplest questions! They
have been studying rails and cars and
locomotives and boilers and brakes and
bridges and couplers and cement and
accounting and advertising and audit
ing.
TRY to remember back thirty years,
or twenty, or even ten. Every shipper
had rebate and every traveller pass.
The shipper who did not like his pub
lished rate went to the general agent
and had a new one made. Then he
went round the corner and got the rival
agent to cut it. The biggest shipper of
all not only exacted rebate from the
railroad for all that he-or It-shipped,
but also extorted from the railroads the
same amount for everything shipped by
competitors. Hauling for less than
the cost of axle grease, was a common
expression if not common practice.
"As for the passenger department, it
was comic supplement. Every poll
tician had a pocket full of passes.
Every country editor had sheaf of
ANNALS. Every shipper could have all
he wanted for himself, his family and
his wife's relations simply for the ask
ing. And of the cash fares, it used to
be said that what stuck to the ceiling
belonged to the company when the con-
ductor tossed for it, or that conductor
ought to be able to save more than his
salary-again a common expression if
not common practice. twas assumed
on one hand that the passenger business
never would pay its cost-the New Ha-
ven used to be pointed out as about the
only road that had profitable passen-
ger business-and on the other, so long
as it cost nothing to carry one more
passenger, since the train was running
anyhow, that branch of the service
came in handy to cultivate good fellow
ship and make friends for the road. A
pass was cheaper than cigar"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
BEWARE OF OIhTMEhTS FOR
CATARRH THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the dam
age they will do is ten fold to the good
You can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.
j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur,
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gem
uIne 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by all druggists. Price, 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
D. a. r. M eetinq.

Mary Baker Allen chapter, d. A. r.
held its midsummer meeting with the
regent, Mrs. c. H. Lane. The pleasant
home was decorated with sweet-peas
for the occasion, while the stars and
stripes, floating from the veranda, re-
minded passersby that it was Ben
nington Day." There was a large at
tendance, many guests being present,
among whom were Mrs. w. T. Porter
and Miss Hattie Porter, New York,
Mrs. Eugene Bingham, Richmond, Va,
Miss Elizabeth Porter, Greensboro, N.
c., Mrs. F. c. Bingham, Ardmore, Pa. &,
Mrs. Estelle Lane Edgar, Chicago, ILL.,. q,
Miss Sylvia Pastene, Providence, R. l.,
Mrs. C. w. Howard, Miss Maude Farm
ham, Mrs. Stowell Witherell, Shore
ham, Mrs. A. J. Field, Mrs. Pauline
Bingham, Mrs. Curtis Sampson, Mrs.
S. A. Sanford and Mrs. E. o. Porter,
Cornwall. At the business meeting,
delegates to the State convention were
chosen as follows: Mrs. Kathleen
Taylor, Mrs. H. E. Sanford, Miss Kath-
arine Griswold; alternates, Mrs. A. w.
Foote, Mrs. c. F. Benedict, Mrs. M. o.
Field, Mrs. Elwyn Pratt. Following
the election of delegates an entertaining
program was given, Mrs. Eugene Bing-
ham rendering two vocal selections in a
highly artistic manner. Mrs. Bingham
has voice of rare sweetness and fiexi-
bility and her singing is a treat to all
lovers of fine music. Dainty and appe-
tizing refreshments were served by the
committee in charge, to whom much
credit is due for promoting happy and
enjoyable meeting.
KATHERINE GRIswoLD, Historian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
Estate of Auri1la Dickinson
of NIidd1ebury
- TATE OF VERMONT

q TATE OF VERMONT
~ DISTRICT OF ADDISON. So.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
Of Addison:
To all persons interested in the estate Of Aurilla
Dickinson, late of Aiddlebury. in said district,
deceased. GREETING:
Whereas, q petition has been filed by the admin
istrator t. a. Of the above entitled estate, repre-
sentng to this court that in order pay the debts
and charges of administration against the estate,
taxes due and other charges necessary to prevent
a sacrifice of the estate, he finds it necessary TO
borrow the sum Of $3.50 and to mortgage the real
estate of the said deceased located on the wester-
y side of High Street in Mddlebury village in said
district to secure the payment of the loan and
praying for license to make the loan aforesaid and
to secure the same by mortgage of said premises.
And whereas, said court has assigned the End
day Of September, A d. 1912, at o'clock D. m.
Tor the hearing and determination of said petition,
and ordered that public notice thereof be given to
all persons interested in said estate by publishing
this order three weeks successfully previous to
the day assigned in the Hiddlebury Register, a
newspaper published at Middlebury, in said dis
trict.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court, at the time and place assigned.
then and there in said court to make your objec-
tons to the granting of such license. if you see
cause,
80 Charles |. Button. Judge of Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
mprovement on the Good Old
Railroad Days.

An article in the September Ameri-
can Magazine shows how rate regula-
ton and modern improvements have
brought prosperity to the railroads.
Following is an interesting extract:
Jim Hill came along one day and
taught the railroad world that it was
more economical to haul full cars in
solid train loads. 1t was as simple as
making an egg stand on end, but it
opened new epoch in railroad earn
ings. George H. Daniels promulgated
the truth that courtesy is an asset, and
railway servants are today as uniformly
obhging as they used to be not so. E.
II. Hartman devised new style of
organization. The Pennsylvania incul-
Gated system in its magnificent school
Countless men in the operating and con-
struction departments learned new ways
of doing things.
1.-The whole conglomeration is new.
Why, | can remember when the engine
said, 'Whoof-whoof- whoof, and the
baggage car picked up the passenger
car in three jerks, one for each link in
the coupling chain. Those were the
days when one changed cars five times
between New York and Chicago it was
originally sixteen times between New
York and Buffalo-and Mr.. Pullman's
clumsy contrivances We're considered
palatial. Those We're the days when
cutrate ticket brokers-how long since
you have seen ticket brokers' Office
lined the curb. q In those days, Conduc-
tor Simmons, the funny one, used to
come down the aisle saying, Pass,
please, show me your pass, and pre-
tend to fall dead if anyone offered him
a real ticket. That was not so very far
this side of the strap-rail system when
men used to pick up the rail behind the
train and run ahead to tack it down
again.
"In the interim some of the brightest
men in the United States have been
studying the railroad business. They
have been studying the cost of service
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23

But few days remain before the
great Addison County fair. Added
new features and departments will help
make this the leading fair in the state
and one of the best in New England.
With good weather no doubt all records
for attendance will be broken. The
entries this year are larger and better
than ever and every available space has
been taken. Make your plans to come
and spend the entire four days on the
fair ground.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
The Fuller Life,

The following poem is from the pen OF
Ruth G. Manchester of Paso Robes,
Cal, former resident and graduate OF
Middlebury High school 1905:
To love when all men hate you,
To smile when cares o'ertake you,
To bless, not curse mankind;
To take the cup of water,
To the thirsty, dying beggar
Within your gates you find,-
To see in evil, goodness,
To pardon human weakness,
To pity, not to blame.
To stoop not to idle scandal
Nor with gossip falsely wrangle
Lest you mar a pure name,
To envy not your neighbor
Who with plenty may be favored,
Yet unhappiness surrounds;
To stoop and lift the singing lark
Who with broken wing and heart
Flutters to the ground,
To whisper words of cheer
So the fainting heart may hear
And feel your love;
To sense your brothers. woe
To feel the pain they know
And mercy prove,
Then you shall find treasure,
Poured from heavens fullest measure
Mid this strife;
And you shall learn to know
AS in ages long ago,
The fuller life.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
Death Of Former MiddIsbury 30,

The Oakland (Cal. Tribune of Thurs
day, August 8, contains the following
obituary of Robert T. Sturtevant,
notice of whose death was mentioned
in last weeks Register:
Piedmont, Aug. LATTER an illness
of several weeks Robert Taft Sturte-
want, son of Mrs. B. Sturtevant Peet,
former president of the State Woman
Christian Temperance Union, and the
late Ethan Allen Sturtevant, died this
morning at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Edwin Boyce Kimball, of 209 Hillside
avenue.
Up to few days ago the members of
the immediate family and DR.. Howard
Engle of San Francisco, who was the
attending physician, were hopeful of
his recovery. Word has been received
by Mrs. Sturtevant Peet from her
daughter, who is homeward bound
from European trip, that she will be
here soon, when arrangements for the
funeral will be made.
Robert Sturtevant was a hardware
merchant of San Francisco and Los
Angeles. He was highly esteemed in
the commercial world for his integrity
of character and his generosity. He
had many friends in various parts of
this State, where he passed the greater
part of his life.
The deceased was born in Middlebury
VT, August 9, 1876, and his ancestors
descended from the family of William
Howard Taft, President of the United
States. Robert Sturtevant was edu-
Gated in San Jose, where he passed his
boyhood days.
Cooperating with his mother in tenn
perance work Robert Sturtevant was a
staunch advocate of prohibition, al
though he did not take part in the cam
paign in which she was engaged for
many years.
The body of the young merchant will
| lie in state until the return of his sister,
Mrs. Kimball. He is survived by Mrs.
B. Sturtevant Peet and Mrs. Edwin
Boyce Kimball.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23

So many wallops have been handed
to the liquor traffic that it is no more
than fair to give it bouquet if pos
sible. For example, French chicken
farmer claims that small quantity of
wine increases the egg-producing ca
pacity of hens. He divided flock of
twelve hens, sixteen months old, into
two groups of six Each group was fed
exactly the same amount of grain,
bread, ETC., but the bread given one
group was soaked with wine. In the
four months of the test the wine-fed
hens laid 148 eggs more than the other
six. In another test twelve hens of the
same brood, but only eight months old,
were fed in the same way, and the
wine-fed hens won by eighty-seven
eggs.
This may be good experiment to try,
but care should be taken to keep the in
toxicant from the rooster. There's a
bird that would be very likely to abuse
the privilege. Minneapolis Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
a Pleased Savings Bank
Demo Sitor

There is no county in Vermont, indeed,
hardly town in the state, or a state in
the Union, that does not make deposits
in the Hyde Park Savings Bank.
The unprecedented growth of that in
stitution is the result of two things: first,
confidence; second, satisfaction with its
management.
Everybody is well treated at that bank
and everybody is satisfied.
Ask your neighbor who deposits there
and see if he does not vouch for the
truthfulness of this statement.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23

The boy who makes the best exhibit
of potatoes produced under his own
hoeing at the Amherst, Mass, fair is to
receive suit of clothes. Why is some
thing not done on this order to promote
agriculture in vacant lots and back
yards? Let it be known throughout
the East Side, says the Brooklyn Eagle,
that there is suit of clothes in it for
the boy who raises the biggest pota-
toes, and room will be found for few
potted plants away from the chickens
and the shade of the bedding on the fire
escape. Agriculture will not languish
here if our people can be made to see
that it is good business.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
Estate of Howard IL. Cook
Commissioned Nottca

The undersigned. having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the district of Adj
olson, commissioners, to receive, examine. and adj
Just the claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Howard b. Cook. late of Shoreham.
in Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we viii
meet for the purpose aforesaid at the Bissll
House in the village of Shoreham, in said dss-
trict. on the both day of August and 18th day Of
December. next, from o'clock until o'clock
,. m, on each of said days and that six months
from the 18th day of June A. ID. 1912, is the time
limited by said court for said creditors to present.
their claims to us for examination and allowance.
1912.
j. A. Birchard. I co.....-.
30 A. +. Nottingham. NO'iiii'ssioitfsl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23

Not very long ago fifteen tons Of
cold-storage butter from Chicago was
seized by the federal authorities at
Jersey City, New Jersey. 1t was on its
way to the restaurants of New York,
and its rankness was noticeable even to
people alongside the train. The rail-
road employees objected to handling it,,
and the butter was sent to the dump.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
u1iooleburY Register

An inventive Ohio woman is said to
have harnessed the power of the chill
dren's see-saw so that she could do the
churning by it. The children play, the
butter comes, and the woman goes
about her house duties. The woman
has obtained patent on the idea.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23
Al K. MOORE,
Estates of Wallace j. and
Harriet M. Robbins

commissioners Notice
The undersigned. having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court fer the district of Addi-
son. commissioners. to receive, examine, and
adjust the claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Wallace J. Robbins and also
Of Harriet M. Robbins. late Of Weybridge. in
said district. deceased. and al claims exhibited in
Offset thereto. hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purpose aforesaid. at the town hail,
in the town Of Weybridge. in said district. on the
7th day September and 18th day Of December,
next. from o'clock p m. until o'clock D. m, on
each Of said days and that six months from
the End day Of July, A. D. 1872 lie the time limited
by said court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance,
Dated at WeybridRe. VT. this 7th day OF August.
A. d. 1912.
Geo; e; Child. comm,,;on.rs.
Carson w. Robbins. Admir-. "a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-23

j. A. Birchard, co..
A. +. Nottingham. N''i'iii'ssioiSrS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

the creature of every whim that blows
Inquirer.
The Butchery of Human ncingy nnl
Law mt IilIIsviiIc.
Civilization must havo Instantly he
come CHASTITY. and Christianity could
but shuddcr when the news WAS flash
ed around yesterday OF the crime com
mittcd ut Hilisvillc, Va. We doubt if
the decd has an equal in the annals OF
crime, and we canno: recall us heavy
and diabolical a blow ever struck tle
Very bulwark OF peace of the country
as yesterdays crime, that scared
the record of the Old Dominion and
cTlmsoned the sky of justice with gore.
Aobs, fren2ied Ivy somc revolving
crime. have for a short time deiied the
law, men crazed by oppression or hys-
tcrlcally at war with society In gencrai
have slnin Presidents ana rnonarchs
and even murders or crimes savoring
of such have been committed in court
rooms, but never before do we ever re-
call that tao laws officers have been
slain In cold blood while surrounded
by all the dignity that clothes the judi
c!ary In n free country. There was no
shncitie Of oppression to be smas he'd in
Il moment or flaming patriotism, nor
Inanacle of injustice to be broken The
criminal pursued b. the possc has
some Hunted ana tortured animal
pressed against the wall, ana Italy
presented the Cainorrists foarniug at
the mouth and beating their bodies
against the iron bars Of their dock,
like enragcd beasts seeking to tear
their cage apart, While even the
tnitcd states had the awful spectacle
presented of Prosecuting Attorney
icney, over in san Francisco. being
shot in open court: but either and All
pale into insEniiicauce ae,ngsldc yes
terday'S tale Of blood written in such
deliberate, daring and cruel manner
~ the Allen brothers and their CO.
dcsperadoes in the mountains of Vir-
g!nia. There was no Impulse II yvaA
cold-blooded, deliberate murder Not
only was 1t slaughter OF men who
stood for protection OF the homes OF
this country. with their mothera and
babes, but IL was Il premeditated
bloody Insult to civilization and a
bomb placed beneath the sacredncss OF
the Judiciary OF this country. Il calls
for thought and Tor action. 1t de-
mands thorc be not a moments delay,
no matter the cost. IN hunting down
and putting TO death these brutcs in
human form. II IL werS necessary to
drive them out OF their dens. why
even mountains Should bc ievcled and
the militia should storm with big field
guns. but tho Lesson that law and
order shall prevail must be taught.
Only tho quick and sure punishment
of these criminals VIII teach tao les
son that future protection calls for
Wilmington Dispatch.