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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
SOUTH VERNON.

J. \. Beers has been i'll in bed since
Friday, having a relapse following
hard cold.
Guy Miner of New Bedford, Mass,
came Sunday for a brief visit with
old friends and acquaintance. He for
merIy worked for Ernest Blodgett.
Miss Lucy Weatherhead, who had
1O-days vacation at home, returned to
the Westfeld normal school Monday
night.
Frank Lackey, who has been at
work for Fremont Fairman at Dresser :
steam mill, has been i'll with grip and
now is suffering with a sprained wrist
The topic for the Loyal Workers
meeting next Sunday evening will be
1.-The Christian Dignity leader, Mrs
c. P. Buffum.
The subject of sRev. T. II. Leavitt :
sermon next Sunday morning will be,
- The second coming of Christ and its
imminence. 1t is hoped there will be
a large congregation.
Miss Irene Fairman left Sunday to
spend a few days with her sister, Mrs,
Leon Burrows, in Bernardston. She re
turned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Henry Waller of Greenfield
came Monday to be a guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Merton Fairman, this
week.
Rev. and Mrs. Phelps have gone to
live with their daughter, Mrs. Collier.
Mr.. Collier recently bought a farm
about four miles from Westfeld.
Rev. A. E. Phelps of Westfeld for
mer pastor, was "a guest of Rev. and
Mrs. f. H. Leavitt Saturday and called
on old friends He was on his way to
Athol to preach Sunday. Mrs. Phelps
is comfortable.
The no-license majority of 24 Tues
/ day was pleasing to some and disap
/ pointing to others. A. A. Dunklee and
Harold Akley did some efficient work il
getting out the no vote. On Sunday
Rev. F. Fl. Leavitt preached a pointed
temperance sermon.
Levi Jaquith, father of Mrs. ElijaI
Stebbins. jr., died Sunday of heart
was offered in his daughter s home a.
? clock Tuesday by Rev. F. H. Gavitt
The body was taken to Fitchburg 70
I burial Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Charles Richardson of New
York city arrived Tuesday for visi
at her farm and to see about rentin:
her farm, because Mr.. and Mrs
Hawkes. and family, who haze beer
caring for it the past year, expect t.
move away soon.
Mr. and Mrs Warren J. Shine an,
little daughter, Annabel, of Wilton, n
H., came Wednesday for short visi
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C,
Stone, preparatory to moving to thei
new home in East Ware, n. III. Will
here the daughter was taken i'll wit
stomach trouble and had Dr. Newto
of Mortified. She recovered and the
Mrs. Shine received news that anothe
little daughter, Doris, who was at home
was Ill with the measles. She hastene
home early Saturday morning
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
WEST WARDSBORO.

Mrs. NJ. L. Rice returned home from
Townshend Monday.
Miss Hattie Waite of Brattleboro is
visiting at II. \. Waite s.
Guy Putnam is recovering from
wounds he received while hunting last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. Robinson are at
home from West Dover, where they
spent the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Reed and son,
Dan. have gone to South birmingham,
Mass. to remain some time.
Ross Newell and Floyd Robinson
are at home from Leland & Gray
seminary for week s vacation.
\. f. Torrey of Hinsdale, N. H.,
and Miss Pauline Putnam visited at
Guy Putnam 5 Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs Frank Whidbee eft Monday
for her home in Middletown, Conn,
after spending several weeks at NJ. L,
Rice's.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
TWO RELICS OF
GENERATION PAST
Manager Sherman Has OId-Time Invi
tations to Railroad and Anniver-
sary Balls in Burrows Hotel
in Vernon

Manager George Sherman of the
Brooks House has come into possession
of two old time invitations to balls at
7. +. Burrows s hotel in Vernon. One
of these invitations is for a Railroad
ball Tuesday, Jan. s, 1850. 1t is print
ed by j. b. Miner on a card with
pressed borders, and a picture of
train of that period illustrates it.
That these pals attracted people from
a long distance is indicated by the fol
lowing list of managers. A. I'll. Wash
burn and John Hunt of Vernon; George
@. Hall, Boston; Joseph Clark and
Ross Hunt of BrattlebOro; f. w. Hunt,
HinsGale; DR.. E. Stratton, Mortified;
S. f. johnson, Troy, n. Y; George H.
Burrows, Northampton; A. G. Turner,
Charlestown. Tickets for this affair
were So and music was by Flagg's
band of Boston.
The other invitation is to an :" An
niversary Ball to be given at the hall
of j. +. Burrows in Vernon, VT, on
Wednesday evening, January s, 1862. -
The invitation itself is briefly worded,
like this: "Sir: Your Company with
Ladies is respectfully solicited.' The
committee of invitation was a large
one, as follows: John Hunt, l.. Whit
he'd, G. Dickinson of Vernon, William
c. Perry, o. J. Pratt, L. P Dickinson,
Albert Boyden, o. E. Estabrooks, F. H.
Franks, F. Z. Dickinson, R. Lawrence
and H. Clark of BrattIeboro; Knox
Bullock and E. Carpenter of Guilford;
E. S. Hulburt and E. Burrows of Der
nardston; F. Wright of Mortified; H.
B. Stevens and George Potter, Green
field; E. Purple and George Burrows,
Gill; S. w. Bowker, Newfane; F. J.
III y
Vermont and Massachusetts railroad;
II. D. Carroll, Connecticut River Rail
road; NJ. Sloat and s. Fleming, Yer
mont Valley railroad; j. Ryan, Put
ney; c. c. Barnes, SimOnsville, Vt;
James Fisk, jr., Rowland Hunt, Bos-
ton. The floor managers were o. J.
Pratt, G. T. Kittredge, F. II. Francis
and L. 2. Dickinson. The music was
again by Flagg's band of Boston and
tickets were at the same old price, SO.
Capen printed that program.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
MARLBORO.

Mrs. H. F. Whitney returned from
her visit in North Adams Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace johnson visit
ed their daughter, Mrs. Stark, of Brat
tleboro last week.
Arthur Snow of BrattIeboro was
home over Sunday.
Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Hamilton, both
of whom have had the grip, are inn
proving.
Mrs. Simeon Adams will entertain
the Ladies Aid society Wednesday,
March 10.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
BRATTLEBoRO PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Boyden are Wis
iting in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Coxson, Diedrich
Stolte, Mrs J-fH. MacBay, Mrs. Fan
ny Miles, Mrs. F. H. Brasor, and Miss
Minnie StockwelI were in Greenfield
this week to hear Virgil O. Stricken,
first reader in the Christian Science
church of New York, who lectured
there on Christian Science
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Three men and one woman were com
mitted to the county Jail Monday night
on a charge of drunkenness Three who
were serving short term sentences. were
released Wednesday morning, leaving at
that time 10 prisoners in confinement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
NEWFANE.
Gift to Congregational Churches.

Mrs. Jennie f. Fales of Worcester has
given to the Vermont Domestic Mission
airy society 81 900 to be held in trust in
memory of her mother, the late Mrs. Della
\. Wilder, of Brattleboro. The income Is
to be paid semi-annualiy 20 the Congrega-
tional churches in Marlboro and Newfane
on condition that they support preaching
at least six months in the year. In case
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Miss Mary Ellen Enright of Troy
has been spending the week at j. E.
Scott 5.
Mrs E. j. Richards and Miss Cora
Dexter went to Springfield, Mass, to
day.
Mrs. f. NJ. Fuller and son, Elmer,
visited in Springfield, Mass, from Sat
urday to Monday.
J. H. Watson will move his house
hold goods soon to Brattleboro, where
he has work carpentering.
Charles Cunningham has rented
rooms of Mrs. J. p. Fetch and will
soon occupy them. Mr.. Cunningham
and family have been at J. H. Wat
son 5, but are obliged to leave there
as Mr.. Watson will 90 soon to Brat
tleboro. :-..'.-
Miss Lizzie Redding was given a
birthday party by several of her
friends Wednesday evening in her
home on Canal street.
Miss Abbie and Miss Alice La
Chance and D. J. LaChance attended
the funeral of relative in Keene
Thursday.
Leon B. Merritt has finished work
at the Granite State Moving Machine
eompany's shop.
In a guessing contest on the mum
4 Der of tablets in a glass jar, conduct
ed by one of the local stores, the
prize, a ton of coal, was equally divid
ed between Miss Helen Lasker and
James Harmon, each guessing within
two of the exact number.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Of their failure to do this the income is
tn be used in Windham county at the dis
erection Of the officers of the society
Mrs. Wilder was "a daughter of Nathan
MenIheld. who was many years liberal
supporter of the Congregational church
here
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
HINSDALE.
Telephone Company Buying Right of
Way,

Agents for the New England Tele-
phone & Telegraph company are in
town buying rights of way for trunk
line which will be built soon from
South Vernon to Walpole. The line
will cross the Brattleboro road near
the Sanderson place and extend in a
northerly direction across the Plain to
Isaiah Streeter 5, where it will cross
over the Mountain into Chesterfield.
A strip three rods wide will be clear
ed where the land is wooded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Man is wonderful in that he can han
BILE electricity, of which he knows moth
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
Mrs. Lorinda H. Shattuck.

Mrs. Lorinda H. (Evans) Shattuck,
Sc, widow of James Shattuck, died in
the home of her son, George Z. Shat
tuck, on the Northfeld road Wednes-
day after long and intense suffering
from gangrene in her feet.
Mrs Shattuck had been totally
blind II years and had been tenderly
cared for by her son.
She was born in this town Sept. %,
1926, on the place known as the Gran
ely farm, and had always made her
home here with the exception of a
few years in her early married life
which were spent in Charlestown, n.
II.
The funeral will be held at the
home at l O'Clock Saturday afternoon
and Rev. F. H. Cole of the UNIVERSAL
list church will officiate. The burial
will take place in Pine Grove GENE
terry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

There s always time in a man 5 life
when he II meet a woman he can never
understand
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20
BE UP-TO-DATE

A Lovington dry goods COM
pany is advertising white buck
skin slippers in the last issue of
the Lovington paper and they
go so far as to guarantee that
they will be cool and nice. We
are willing to take their word
for 1t without going through the
ordeal. This same company
states that they have a lot of
nice lawns that will make nice
cool dresses for the coming
season. Now we are satisfied
that the women will agree with
them without looking over their
stock of merchandise -Paducah
Post.
This is a common occurance in
a number of the smaller week
lies that come TO our exchange
table. 1t is this kind of bust
ness methods on the part of the
newspaper man that causes
great MANY business men to lose
interest in their advertising and
decide that it is money thrown
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

Sending cardboard models Of
school buildings by parcel post is
the latest device of the United
States bureau of education for
arousing interest in attractive
school buildings at low cost for
rural communities. They repre-
sent the very latest ideas IN
school architecture. With one
of the new models 10 work from.
DR.. Dressler. the designer. as
serts any carpenter will be able
to build a school house for his
that will meet every
modern requirement.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20
LEAVE YOUR WINDOWS
OPEN

Fresh air is the first requisite
to good circulation and pure
blood. and these are essential to
good health. The season for
window closing is approaching.
and the question of outdoor
sleeping should again be brought
to mind. as il is no superflnous
fad but a hard-shell necessity.
While il is true that the people
on the farms almost have a
corner" on fresh air. il is still
imperative that during the
winter months they give due
consideration TO the ventilation
of their sleeping rooms. Leave
the windows and doors Of your
bed room open at night in
W winter as well as in the summer
and reap the reward Of a system
strong enough to combat ills
that are so prevalent during the
winter months.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20
THANK YOU

1t is in the home with those
we love best we fail to say
thank you" The wife scarce
ly thinks to speak the simple
words when her husband re-
stores to her the handkerchief
she has dropped or rises and
gives her the. easy chair which
he has occupied until her en-
trance. And how sadly often
does the young girl forget to ex-
press gratitude for a numberless
little things the patient mother
does for her. Ii is taken for
granted that mother shall neatly
mend the ripped glove or sew
the missing button on the shoe.
or put the ruching in the neck
of the daughters gown. The
girl does not say "she is here to
do these things" but her actions
speak louder than words. In
the depths of her heart, the
most loyal mother must some
times miss and long for the
speech of affectionate thanks.
Many of the amenities of life
become matters of habit.
Would it not be well for us in
our homes 10 cultivate the habit
of saying thank you"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20
MAKE FARM ATTRACTIVE

II is all very we'll to talk about
the nobility Of agriculture and
the joys Of freedom Of farm life.
but the thing that drives the
boys and girls away from the
farm is the very lack of the
nobility and of joys on the part
of the average farmer No boy.
or girl. either. is going to admit
that farm life is full of pleasures
and attraction 80 long as the
farm home is simply a roof to
cover their heads. 1t is too often
the case that the entire family
on a farm spend the indoor Dor
ton of their lives in the kitchen.
heating only by the cook stove
and lighted by one small lamp.
Too often there is little or no
reading matter beyond the week.
ly paper and the almanac. These
things may be excusable in case
of a young married couple who
have their way to make from the
very start, but any farmer who
has lived to rear a family of
children until they are half
grown is a failure if he does not
provide better home attraction.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

Manhood is not a boastful dis
play of power to endure hard
ships. smoke cigars. play ball.
1t is not the ability to carry a
cane. wear a silk hat or a heavy
ring with a seal. Some of these
qualifications are becoming 10 a
dude rather than true man
hood is the fitting of self to ones
sphere. If you are a farmer try
to be a good one. Whatever
you are doing do not be afraid
to take off your coat and roll up
your sleeves and 20 to work as
if you meant to win. When il is
known you are a worker, work
comes TO you. A man waiting
Tor work. grumbling because it
does not seek him. reminds one
o. Josh Billings picture Of a
man who went out 10 milk a
COW, and who upon opening the
gate, sat down upon the milk
stool and waited for the COW to
back up to him.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20
LOCAL ADVERTISING

Millions of dollars are spent
yearly in advertising, and the
bulk of it goes to the news
papers. Blllboards, signs and
circular letters demand a heavy
toll. but the merchant realizes
that the press delivers the
goods and he seldom dabbles in
to any other form of advertising.
The local paper is the best We
hlcle of exploitation, for it
reaches a great number Of
people. Every intelligent
person reads the paper, but a
lot of people do not see the bill
board, nor does busy person
have time to wade through a
circular letter. A firm that does
a national business may afford to
patronize the billboard and the
circular letter, but the merchant
who depends upon local trade
must do his advertising at home
where he can reach his custom
ers and keep them informed
about prices and styles.
The merchants whose ads APP
pear in this paper realize the
value of a good publicity
medium and our readers will
profit by the suggestions they
offer. W. Holt Harris.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

away to pay for their ad in the
weekly paper. Newspaper men
should look after the ads that
run in their paper as closely as
if they were his own. Every
time he runs an ad out of date
its a blow to his own business
and does the merchant no good.
The advertising that pays IS
the kind that is kept right up-to-
date and put up in good shape.
The ads in the Avalanche are all
alive and the peoples names
signed to them expect results
from each ad and they are sell
dom disappointed.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

Bull ding cities out of villages
Is a mans job. someone has cor
rectly said. but men can do il
better assisted by thegood woman
of the land. OF course Lubbock is
past the village stage. but we
can make it a larger city; alto
gether for a big pull for Lub-
book.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

More immigrants arrived in
the United States in the fiscal
year ending June Both, than In
any preceding year, with
one exception. The only excep-
ton was the fiscal year end
ing June 80. 1907. when the
number was l.2S5. 349. In the
twelve months to June 30th.
last l.l97. 662 aliens came. In
only five years since 1890 have
more than a million immigrants
reached the United. States 1905.
1906. 1910 and 1912.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

The boosters of every town
should hold an annual protract-
ed meeting and try and convert
the knockers. Lubbock hash I
many, and good strong persua-
sion on the part Of our most in.
iluential boosters would no
doubt put 'em in the right
column.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

In one Missouri town the
marshal has instructed his aides
to shoot the tires of speeding
automobiles. That should be an
Eff ctive remedy, but what about
the innocent by-standers?
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

Our united efforts are neces-
sary to the advancement Of Lub.
book. A mighty fine way to
unite is by joining the Chamber
of Commerce. DO II now. You
can help build Lubbock that
way.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20

AZ You do not like a town and
~ sure that Il Is going TO ret
pde, HE proper thing 10 do
1--we: but " you intend to
- n (nnn a. all you can to
.n NJ ~ Il up and 10
- place 10 live.
I'M. insure pro-
pressi0| Increase value
ol the I'd I town.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-11-20
26-vsar Guarantees

p. A. STARCH PIANO CO.. 1871 sssrek BIde. CHICAGO
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-05-15
WHO IS THE GUILTY PERS0N7
Young Men Stand Brunt OF Their
Grimes While Man Who 10 Most
Responsible Goes Free.

No one knows better than the men
who preside over our courts OF justice
that the criminal who should be on
trial before them Is. In the majority
OF cases, the legallzed liquor traffic.
Every day" says Judge Pinckney OF
the Chicago Juvenile court, there are
cases brought before me OF young
boys who have broken the law while
under the influence OF liquor. They
stand the brunt OF their actions. while
the one upon whom the greater re-
sponsibility should fall goes free"
And upon whom falls the RESPONSE
bllity for the legalized liquor trafiic9
or the drink-made criminal II may be
said. as good Bishop Myriel in Hugos
story said OF Jean Vatican. This soul
is full OF darkness and sin Is commit
ted. but the guilty person is not the
man who commits the sin but he who
produces the darkness In dealing
with crime then the question to be
considered is who reduces the dark.
ness,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-05-15
GOOD CONDITIONS IN MAINE
Rev. Twomey Is Finally Convinced
That Treatment OF Saloons In That
State 10 Right Kind.

III rattlesnake crossed my path"
said Rev. Joseph Twomey OF Portland,
Me-, In a recent sermon, II would not
stop to argue with II. or plan to find
an excuse for It's existence. would
kill Il at once The saloon IL dan
ger that must be wiped out. We pun.
ish the murderer whom drink has
crazed so that he takes life in his
drunken frenzy. but We do not touch
the man who sold him the drink. nor
do we attack the state that licensed
him to sell IL. | have lived in Maine
over six years. | came with a preju-
dice against the prohibitory law. II
took a great deal to convince me that
It was worth while. But | now say
what have said many times. Port.
land. in proportion to It's population.
compared with those places with
whose life | am intimate. is the
cleanest place. so far as the evils from
the liquor traffic are concerned. OF
which | know Names treatment OF
the saloon is the only one which can
be defended"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-05-15
1e1npefallce
q 9sss97B6
Conducted by the National WOman's
Christian Temperance UnlonD
HELPING TO PAY THE BILL
Next TO Heredlty Principal Cause OF
Insanity 10 Use Of Alcohol, Says
Or. Ferris.

America Is not infrequently accused
OF worshiping the almighty dollar" to
the exclusion of higher interests and
pursuits. and the accusation IL not en-
tirely unjustihed But at times one Is
forced TO doubt whether the nation. as
whole. really has a clear conception
OF the value OF that all.powcrful coin.
II Is said on good authority that ap
proxlmately s2l.OO0,OOO Is paid by the
PEOPLE OF this nation every year for
she support OF the insane, aud rarely
do you hear any taxpayer or decent
citizens Directing To this enormous tax
for the care OF these unfortunatcs Yet
Or. Albert Warren Ferris. well fitted
TO speak with authority. says that
next to heredlty the principal cause
OF insanity Is the use OF alcohol. not
necessarily in excess but most fire.
quently In moderation"-an evil which
society not only tolerates but upon
which Il sets the seal OF its approval
by legalizing the business OF making
and selling drink Every taxpayer
should consider the question from the
viewpoint OF the writer in Good
Health who says. When you see your
neighbor come out Of a saloon. remen-
Der that his whisky Is but partly paid
for and that you pay the rest"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-05-15
WASH DAY

When will women learn that Mon
day is no day to wash? Whoever in
stituted the custom of the Monday
wash certainly had more misguided
ambition than foresight Some one
has suggested that perhaps the Iil-
grim mothers landed on a Sunday,
and, since, from their long sea voy-
age, II is only reasonable to suppose
that everything they had was dirty,
a general washing day would be the
first thing thought of.
We have outgrown the tallow can
dies and the spinning wheels, the
Dutch ovens and the cowhide boots,
but the washday still sticks, with
all its time-honored Inconvenience.
Why does not the American house
wife arise in her dignity and declare
her emancipation from its illogical
thrall?
In the first place, though Sunday
is declared to be day of rest, most
OF us need a rest after Sunday before
we can get down to real work again.
The house needs straightening up, the
children's Sunday best" must be
brushed and pressed and put away,
the depleted pantry needs refilling
after the usual merry Sunday night
raid OF Jack and Jennie and their
young friends, and the clothes must
be gathered up, sorted and made
ready for Tubing. Table linen should
be darned before going to the wash,
bad rents in childrcn's DIR ssls and
waists either mended or caught to-
gcther to prevent further tearing, and
the worn places in sheets and pillow
slips reinforced by turning the ans
or setting a piece under them. ANY
class Of mending that the laundry tub
or iron is likely to make more of a
task should be done beforehand.
With this as the logical Monday
work where is there any chance 10
wash? By Tuesday the decks are
cleared the odd jobs done up, and
things are in trim for the serious
work of q laundry-day. The minute
woman feels herself bound to do
her work at just such a time and
in just such way simply because it
IL customary, or because some one
else thinks she ought to. she gives
up the modern woman's cherished
Ito do what | please,
when | please and how l please" -
Agriculturist.