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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
TOWNSHEND.
Will Study Floral and Bird Life.

The Vermont Botanical club and the
Vermont Bird club have arranged for
Il joint field meeting in the West River
valley July l and 2. Headquarters viii
be at he TOwnshend Inn. Invitations
will be extended to the New England
Botanical club. and other natural his
tory associations to join with them
The two days, and perhaps some ad-
ditional time, win be spent in the
study of our floral and bird life, either
of which is rich in variety and inter
est in this valley.
Few indeed realize what a world of
beauty and order lies sleeping I'M
sought and unseen in the messy re
ceses of our mountains, a wonderland
of discovery to anyone who persistenly
and reventlv seeks to lure from nature
the secrets of her deep retreats. Here
indeed are to be found many of the
rarer plants of Vermont.
A supplemental camping trip is
planned. for those who can take it, in
the wilds about Stratton Mountain. In
scenes of homelike beauty and varied
picturesqueness the West River valley
is unsurpassed. That which has been
said of the Hoosac valley by the au-
thor of "Bog Trotting for Orchids
may be well said also of the West
River valley.
The committee in charge of these
meetings is composed of Jay G.. Under,
wood of Hartland, Harold Goddard
Rugg of Hanover and Lesion a Wheel
er of Townshend.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The women of the Centre church will
meet in the home of Mrs. Frank IL.
Howard, Al North Main street, Thurs
day to sew from to ) o clock.
Sedgwick Woman 5 Relief corps Will
have a regular meeting in Grand Army
hall Thursday evening. A sewing meet
ing will be held in the afternoon. A
full attendance Is urged.
In the Congregational church last
night Rev Roy NJ. Houghton announced
that 21 persons already had decided to
unite with the church on Easter sun
day morning. After the service several
others signifed desire to unite at
Easter time.
The Michelman system make an la
teresting announcement in this paper
in connection with their proposed
change of location. Incident to moving
to the newly named Park building
where they are to occupy 5000 feet OF
floor space, the firm have started a re
moval sale.
4 meeting of the creditors of the
Readsboro Chair company. which made
an assignment last week. was held il
Greenfield Friday and the following
were appointed a committee TO eXamin,
into the affairs of the concern and re
port to the creditors at meeting t,
be held later: Hugh 2. Blac kinton, Of
Hoosick Falls, \. Y; NJ. j. Blair. Of
Troy, \. Y; Leonard \. Brown, of vii
mington The factory is at presen
being operated by a board of trustee
of which ". H. Pritchard of North Adj
ANS is chairman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
The winfred St. Claire Co.

There is Just one touring stock com,
pany which ran through the entire sum
mer of 1912. This is unique in the his
tory of stock theatricals and. like all
other unique things, there is a reason
for it.
The Winfred St Claire Stock com
pany never closes an engagement with
feeling of disappointment on the
part of the theater patrons. Time af-
ter time the company is called back for
a Encouragement. In three of the lead
ing towns of the country this company
broke the attendance record. Shows
that leave a bad taste in the mouth
don t break attendance records, partic-
ularly shows that remain in one place
a week, or two or three weeks.
The manager of the Winfred St
Claire company makes it point to
please If he gets actors that fail tC
measure up to the standard he requires
he makes another effort, and another
until he has secured the talent that
bring the one result-suceess from The
point of view of the audience.
This company will open an engage
ment at the auditorium starting to
night. The opening play will be 9TH
Turning Point Usual ladies ticket
| Monday night if bought and paid 70
| before 6 p. m. Seats on sale at the DO,
office. Matinees daily starting Tues
6av
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
MORTIFIED, MASS.

Rev n Fay Smith preached at Mt.
Hermon yesterday and w. R. Moody
supplied the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional church.
LAWYER Brothers will give moving
pictures in the town hall Friday
night.
A new boot and shoe store will be
opened soon in the room on the first
floor of Red Mems hall. A. Richstein
of Greenfield win be the proprietor.
The seniors of the high school will
give a supper in the town hall Wed
nesday evening. Following this there
win be basketball game between the
high school and the Mount Hermon
day students.
The faculty of Mt. Hermon school
numbering about so, had banquet il
the Northfeld hotel Friday evening
This is an annual and delightful .af
fair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

belongs to the Franciscan monks. One
cannot say with the exact precision de
mauded by the scientific explorer
whether this is the actual spot where
our Lord was betrayed, but at all
events it is hallowed with a continuous
tradition of some sixteen centuries. AS
you enter YOU pass the traditional spot
of the betrayal and the place where the
disciples slept while Christ was at pray
er. There are welI-arranged flower
beds. and around the inside of the
walls are representations done in>re-
lief in coIors of the fourteen stations
of the cross. An object of interest III
the garden is an old olive tree. This.
with some other trees, Is said to date
! from the time of Christ, and is known
from historical records to be of great
age-at least nine hundred years. Ro-
saries are made from the olive stones,
and the oil yielded by the berries is
considered sacred and is sold at a high
price, From the March Wide World
! Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
GILsUM WOMAN 90 YEARS OLD
Aged Resident of New Hampshire
Town Celebrates Birthday.

KEENE, n. H, March 10. - Mrs
Esther L. Newman. who heads three
distinct lines of four generations-as
each of her three sons have children and
dchildren-celebrated Saturday her
92d birthday anniversary. receiving
calls from her many relatives, friends
and members of the Ashuelot grange. \
large number of postcards of congratu-
lations We're also received by Mrs. New
man.
Mrs. Newman is a resident of Gilsum,
few miles from this city, and is the
oldest woman in the town. Her sight
and hearing are good, and she lives
alone. Mrs. Newman, who is the daugh-
ter of Isaac and Martha Loveland
Newman, was born in Gilsum, March
s, 1921. On December %, 1912, she mar
ried George W. Newman, and they lived
together to celebrate their golden wed
ding, the funeral of Mr.. Newman being
held on the day that would have marked
their 51st anniversary. She has had
seven children, three of whom are now
| living, George E. and Daniel W. New
man, of Keene. and Isaac B. Newman
of Bellows Falls. She also has sever
grandchildren and three great great
/ grandchildren. She has two sisters
Mrs. Martha Smith of Gilsum. aged SO
and Mrs. Abbie Gould of Norwich. CT
aged IS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
THE LAST STEP WAS
THEME OF SERMON
Several Signed Cards in Centre Church
Last Night Expressing Desire to
Become Members.

1.-The Last Step was the theme of
the evangelistie sermon by Rev Roy NJ.
Houghton in the Congregational church
last night, which was the next to the
last service in the present series. The
text was Matthew 2G:39, "He went a
little further It was just before
Jesus 5 betrayal that He left Peter and
the two sons Of Iebedee and went for
ward q little and fell on His face and
prayed that the cup might pass from
HIM. The secret of great lives is their
ability to 90 little further. How many
of us fail because of the lack of the
last step! The world is full of men and
women who have just missed sainthood
because they failed to take the last step.
We are denying ourselves positions of
influence in the world by refusing to
take the last step. Jesus went little
further and found God. There will
come a time in the life Of every person
when that person either will be glad
that he or she took Il stand for Christ
or will regret that such stand was not
taken.
At the close of the sermon cards were
distributed, to be signed and placed on
the collection plate or be sent to the pas
? tor. On each card were three blank
spaces for signatures. Above the first
space was the following: 81 am a mem
Der of a Christian church elsewhere
! wish to unite with this church.
Above the second space was printed
II am not member of any Christian
church. ] wish to unite with this
church, The last space was preceded
by these words: 50 am not now enrolled
in this church or parish. I would be
pleased to receive a call from the pas
tor
When the cards were collected it wa,
found that there were several sigma
lures in each Of the three spaces, which
was very gratifying to the pastor.
The service opened with a selection
by the orchestra, and other musica
numbers were hymns by the choir anc
congregation, hymn by the children
chorus, an anthem by an adult chorus
of 10 voices and a violin solo by c. NJ
Dugan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
MAY BE ASKED FOR $4,000.
Bellows Falls to Take Up Sewer
improvements Soon.

BELLOWS FALLS, March 10.-With
the annual town meeting over, the
citizens are beginning to discuss the
special meetings of the village, which
will be called within a few weeks to
consider the sewer question. large
part of the present system has been
outgrown, and at the annual meeting
in January the trustees were instruct
ed to investigate the matter and cali
special meeting within 90 days.
Engineer f. A. W. Hammett of New
ton Centre, Mass, made a report
which was discussed at the annual
meeting, but it was not explicit enough
for some of the voters, and they de-
cided to hold the matter open. 1t is
expected an appropriation of at least
| 100000 viii be needed to put the sew
| er system in a satisfactory condition.
! The village trustees have instructed
Superintendent of Streets Jay H. Law
renee to prepare for them report on
/ the condition of the sidewalks in the
village and to give an estimate of how
much money will be needed to put
them in good condition. This matter
will be discussed also at the special
meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
CHESTERFIELD, n. I'll.
Oldest Son of Revolution, Native of
This Town. Fatally Injured

THIS IoWn, tataIIy injured
Rev. John Jay Putnam, 50, the oldest
member of the Sons of the Revolution
in Massachusetts, died Thursday in
Worcester from injuries sustained three
days before by falling from a trolley
car. His father and his grandfather
on the maternal side were soldiers in the
Revolutionary war. He was born in
this town, the son of John and Mary
(Converse) Putnam. He attended the
old Chesterfield academy and Kimball
Union academy. He was a pastor of
Unitarian churches in Lebanon, y. H.,
Bolton, Petersham and Bridgewater,
Mass. At the conclusion of his pas
torate in Bridgewater he went to Bos-
ton, where he was engaged in the insur-
ance business from 1865 to 1879. He
then went to Worcester, where he was
editorial writer on the Worcester Spy
some years, giving up this work to de
vote his time to writing history. lie
leaves a wife. who was Isabelle Park
hurst of Petersham, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
PERSONAL.

Rev. Roy M. Houghton expects to be
in Boston Wednesday.
j. E. Howard of Amherst, Mass, was
at home over Sunday.
Station Agent McMahon spent Sun
day at his former home in Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Shea Were in Rut-
land Sunday to attend the funeral of
William Walsh.
D. F. Shea went Monday to Boston tc
see about buying a cooling apparatus t
be installed in his cash store on Elliot
street Mr.. Shea is planning to ado
meat to his other lines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
KEENE's MAD DOG SCARE.
Police Killed Animal Afflicted With
Rabies-One Man Bitten.

KEENE, n. H., March 1O.-This city
is having a mad dog scare. About a
week ago a dog caused a disturbance by
attempting to bite a number of per
sons and attacking other dogs. The po-
lice finally killed the animal and had
the head sent to the state laboratory
for examination. The state chemists
stated that the dog was affected by
rabies. Owners Of dogs have been
warned to keep them under strict OBJ
servation the next six weeks and several
dogs known to have been bitten have
been chained up. One person, John
Vigneault was bitten by the dog with
rabies and he is being carefully treat
cd
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
The Garden of Gethsemane.

One of the most interesting spots In
the environs of Jerusalem is the Gar
den of Gethsemane, on the southern
slopes of Mount of Olives. It is an in
closed space of about one-third of an
acre surrounded by high wall, and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
Can We Help You?
AS We Helped This Nam

Herbert O. Russell is North Hadley Mass who
turned threatened loss, only himself but his neigh
bors, into highly profitable business transaction by making u
dcous of the telephone toll lines He the Mr. Blank Of
the following story which appeared in TELEPHONE TOPICS
We use his by permission:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

Throughout the world there are more
than six million members of trades
unions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

Twenty states and territories permit
children under 1G years to work at
night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
A HApLEY PASTORAL.

The fertile fields OF old Hadley especially adapted for
raising tobacco and onions and especially onions which
usually very profitable crop This the crop larger
befoe-bumper the nth Prices
alamngly until be grave question whether
worth while market the crop Some farmers became dis
couraged and left the crop the fields One gave the
subject thought While he bordering the ques-
his glance fell upon the telephone in his kitchen Could
that be the answer?
The day he called Manager Proctor for information.
He secured full particulars about toll facilities then
home and planned sales campaign by telephone Each
ing the family carefully studied the directories and made up
list OF wholesale commission dealers IN the large cities.
Early each morning Mr. Blank called them by telephone Re
suits immediate and surprising He made satisfactory
short order for the sale Of his entire crop and before
he shipping by the carload After he disposed
his crop, the commission merchants continued their de-
mands for onions, and Mr. Blank commenced buying his
neighbors crops which he sold good profit As result
his work he has sold p carloads OF 1t need
be added that he extremely grateful for the OF
telephone
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

YOU. Mr.. Farmer Business Man. confronted with
distribution problem of any kind? Let help you if
Call Local Manager and what he suggest In
telephone Cfree of CHARGE Fort Hill 1900
the Contract Department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
The Hard Path of the Unusual
From the New York Mail.


The throng of sick people at the Wal
dorf was one of the most pathetic sights
of recent wears. In this republic no null
titude surrounding a holy shrine like
that of Lourdes, has ever been seen. 1t
Is a pity that some way was not found
to avoid so distressful an exhibition.
Nor is 1t pleasant to think that. at any
moment and in any land. such a muster
of the unhappy could be called
It is quite the rule that good thing
has a hard time at first. Graham Bell
went back to Boston baffled. All the
wise men of Gotham had kicked him and
his talking through down the
Wall street steps Was it not true that
the man had taken a joke hint
Did not someone tell him that Fanueil
hall marketinen. big, red-faced fun-lov-
ing fellows, always full of horseplay.
were ready to invest in any old thing :?
And did not these men, all unknown in
Wall street, just risk a dollar in the tele-
phone as lark? And when the great
financiers-such wise meni-awoke to
not obliged to consult the fine print of
the Boston city directory for the names
of a big crop of sudden millionaires?
1t may be the same way with Fried
mann. The excellent health authorities
and eminent physicians no doubt merely
wish to protect us from fraud. But
there is worse ill than fraud. 1t is
the plague which leads these suffering
hundreds to the doors Of the Waldorf
Astoria.
Naturally DR. Friedman must "show''
| us. He can do it, il he possesses the
cure, in an old shed. The Waldorf is not
| benevolent institution; quite the con-
trary But all the man has to do is
| to cure people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Court Efficiency First
Cleveland Plain Dealer

From the CleNeiaiu fidlii Dediei'
SIX hundred and thirty-five members
of the National Economic league took
ballot recently upon the question which
OF the many reforms now before the
American people they considered most
urgent. The votes showed a scattering
sentiment, as one might suppose. Sixty
one reforms were in the list, the five
most pouulsr ones with the vote for
each, being as follows:
/. Efficiency in the administration of
Justice, 266.
g The tariff, 252.
g. The monetary system of the United
States. 221.
4. Conservation of natural resources,
213
s. Efficiency and economy in govern
rlent. 1872.
Such popular matters for readjustment
as the length of ballot liquor and capi-
tai and labor ranked well down in the
list. Direct legislation and the recall
found relatively few first-choice advo-
Gates.
This poll emphasizes a fact pretty gem
orally recognized, that reform of the
courts has become practical question
which appears urgent to all classes of
people State after state Is taking up
the matter Constitutions are being re-
written to bring efficiency into the
courts.
Efficiency-a word sadly overused in
these days-means certain rather definite
purposes as applied to the courts; pur-
poses which are accepted everywhere as
desirable. The reform is on the way
and while an ordinary poll might no.
give primacy to the subject, as in case
~ the Economic league. yet it would
rank high in any competent test of opin-
inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

ENGLISH ACTOR ON
AMERICAN WRITERS
Professionalism Says We
Have Distinct School
HE PRAISES TEACHERS
HE PRAISES TEACHERS
Highly Commends Work of Baker al
Harvard and Brander Matthews
at Columbia-Admires Soth-
ern and Marl0we
BY q. L. KEITkAmP.

London, April 5.-(Special Forbes
Robertson talked interestingly to the
writer yesterday apropos of his COM
Ing farewell tour in the United States
and his present farewell season at Lon
don's biggest theatre Drury Lane upon
the significant changes that have come
over the legitimate stage in his long
career on the boards. The chat-for Ii
was delightfully."- informal that it is a
pity to spoil its memory by calling 1t
by any more pretentious name-was
held in the large reception room of the
actors London house in Bedford Square
close by the British Museum, and as we
two sat in front of the big fire which,
even at this advanced season, is well
come in London, there looked down
upon us from the four walls paintings,
drawings and mementoes intimately as
sociated not only with Forbes Robert
son, but with most of the other great
figures of the stage in this country
and America of the past two genera :
tions.
The writer wishes he could give the
reader some adequate idea of the fas-
cination and charm of the actor met
under conditions such as these. There
is an impressive air of sincerity about
the man--an utter lack of anything
approaching side or pose-that makes
an interview a positive pleasure, in
stead of an ordeal such as similar af-
fairs often prove. Forbes Robertson is
so evidently student of the stage
or rather one had better say a past
master of all that makes for betterment
in the higher realms of the drama-that
his views are eminently worth quoting.
Speaking of the great changes that
had taken place. he said.
Il am talking now of the legitimate
stage. Probably the most remarkable
development In my time has been the
extraordinary levelling up in the past
generation This Is true of actors. pro-
ductions and general stage conditions
both in this country. and in America.
The actor today is immeasurably SUI
perior TO the actor of my early days.
OF course today we lack great ge-
MUS like Booth or kean but there is
no comparison between the general
ability of the actor of today and the
average ability of the profession in
days gone by The same is true OF
the drama as whole both in the way
1t is written and the way Ii Is pro-
duced. For instance, take Shakespeare,
which is especially dear to my heart.
Today we find much less tinkering
productions are ever so much better. !
think this has resulted in a greater ap-
probation of Shakespeare among the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

tomato of an attitude OF mind which
seems to be growing up among cierics
OF ali denominations in Ireland, which
frowns on eternal merriment and looks
the other way when real vice Is encoun-
tered.
In this connection it is only fair to
mention campaign which has been car
rled on for some time for the Irish
Times one Of the leading Dublin papers
for the publication of Dublin streets. The
Bowery in New York. in its worst days
could never have been worse than Sack
vile street, Dublin's leading thoroughfare
is al night and the most serious fea-
ture is that it is the principal prone
made. not only for the vicious, but for
the working boys and girls of Dublin,
who are thus compelled to mix with
company, which to say the least. is not
good for them.
The Times has pointed out that the
religious and social agencies of the city
offer them nothing to take its place The
few and inadequate lecture halls and
clubs provided by the Roman Catholic
church. to which, of course. the great
majority of the Dublin boys and girls
belong. are under the control of men
like Canon Petit and Father O'Neill,
who frown ON innocent mingling between
the sexes. Dancing, even is not permitted
III most OF tnenl anu ABOUT all that Is
offered is the opportunity to come under
shelter on wet night and listen to a
dun lecture on some moral subject.
For time the Times" thought that
the Protestants were doing a bit better
for their young men at least in the
buildings of the Young Mems Christian
Association, and 1t started to find out
why they were not better patronized.
The investigation soon revealed that the
parsons were even a little more puritan
ical than the priests. They don't allow
young women in their buildings at all
and when the young men do get in they
find that there is nothing for them to
do but sit about and talk to each other
or listen TO lectures Smoking is pro-
hlbited and billiards is looked on as a
vice. Here is what Henry o OConnor,
general secretary of the city Young