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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
PERSONAL.

Harry A. Pike is confined to his home
with grip.
Leon Gould spent Saturday and Sun
day in Palmer and Greenfield.
G. L. Durham and family returned
last evening from trip to Panama.
Mrs. Hattie Prescott Nesbitt began
work today in Mrs. G. FL. Smith 5 mil
linery store.
Leroy Houghton of Greenfield visit
ed his mother, Mrs c.. f. Brown, the
latter part of the week.
B. Souto of New York, a member of
the Brattleboro Cabinet company, was
in town today on business.
Mrs. Carrie Perry has returned to
Brattleboro after spending the winter
with friends in Marlboro
Miss Ruth Hickey returned to Wor-
cester Saturday after spending a week
with her mother, Mrs. Leon Gould.
Miss Laura Dunklee viii come today
from Springfield, Mass, to visit at the
home of her brother, G. r. Dunklee.
Dr. Brooks Wells of New York came
yesterday to operate on several pa
tients at the Memorial hospital today.
Attorney o. B. Hughes was at his
nOlilt III COutn LOuhOLtitAlF DuHidN
owing to the serious illness of his
brother.
Mrs. Arvine Pike and Mrs. A. G.
Nichols returned this morning from a
brief visit with relatives in North Ad-
ans, Mass.
Frederic c. Adams, who is i'll with
typhoid fever in his home on Tyler
street, was able to sit up a short time
| yesterday afternoon.
| B. s. Michelman went to New York
I city today to buy new goods for tn,
new store of the Michelman system
soon to be opened in the Park building
Mrs. Nellie Spafford of Springfield
! Mass, came Saturday to be present a
the funeral of Mrs. Julia NATION thi
afternoon. She has been a guest of Nj
and Mrs. A. H. Harvey.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles r. Crosby have
recently announced the engagement Of
their daughter, Miss Marjorie Frances
Crosby, to Lyman Marshall Smith, sol
of Mr.. and Mrs Fred L. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs George f. Thompso
of Somerville, Mass, have been spend
ing several days in town with relatives
Mr.. Thompson returned Saturday, an
today Mrs. Thompson went and was &C
companied by his mother, Mrs. Mar
Il. Thompson, who was housekeeper i
the home of the late John j. J. Rettin
over 90 years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

A. NJ. Corser went Saturday to Bos-
ton on a busiess trip.
H. c. Ware As having his house
painted, II. J. Crawford doing the
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. C. Chandler and
son of Bellows Falls were guests at
II. l.. Bailey's Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Huntley of
Brattleboro were guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. L. Underwood
Mr.. and Mrs. B. X. Wright of Que
ehee were guests of their daughter,
Mrs. l.. II. Rugbee, over Sunday.
Mrs. Charles ConlIlin and daughter,
Dorothy, who were guests last week at
H. L. Bailey S, returned to Boston Sun.
day.
DIR. l.. II. Bugbee and George t. Ap
lin have bought the old Clay farm in
Westminster, owned by Oscar Ware OF
Brattleboro The sale was made by
f. w. +. Dyer, real estate agent.
David Sage, who supplied the Con
gregational church, viii graduate from
Mount Hermon at the coming com
meneement. which will begin THURSDAY
evening. Mr.. Sage will enter Harvard
/ university next fall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
SHOOTING ARRAY IN AMHERST.
l.. H. Dickinson Wounded in Side by
Bullet-Fred Brown Arrested.

AMHERST, April 14-Following a
scrimmage at Sisson s hotel Saturday
night, during which Lewis H. Dick
inson was shot in the left side, Fred
l.. Brown gave himself up and was
taken to the lookup. He was released
yesterday morning on bail of $4,000.
Brown, who is a clerk in Henry c.
Shumway S store went to Sisson s no.
tel to deliver groceries. He found Lew
is III. Dickinson in the office. 1t is
claimed that Dickinson got into an al
tercation with Brown, followed him IN
to the dining room and there in the
dark attacked him. In the scrimmage
chairs and tables were overturned and
Brown, drawing a 32-calibre revolver,
Shot Dickinson, it is alleged. The men
were then separated.
Dickinson was taken to the Amherst
cottage hospital. 1t is thought that he
will recover unless blood poisoning de-
velops. Brown went to the Amherst
I House and surrendered to the officers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

grandchildren, Mrs. Oscar Dion of
Schenectady, n. Y, and Perley E.
Holmes of Boston came to attend the
funeral.
BY the death of Mrs. Gibbs the old
est member of the Methodist church is
removed. She was devoted Christian
and had been liberal supporter of the
church and all its branch societies..
She was married to Almon B. Gibbs
Aug. %, 1854. He enlisted in the First
Vermont cavalry in the Civil war and
was a prominent member of Sedgwick
post, G. A. r. He died Jan. :, 1902.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
SANK NEAR BROAD BROOK
Early Morning Trains and Newspaper
Train Sent Through Keene Sunday.

The action Of the water on the road
he'd near Broad brook Saturday night
caused tho tracks at that point and
for distance of several hundred feet
to sink from few inches to three
feet. While this was being repaired
the early morning trains, the Owl and
the paper train, were sent around
through Keene. 1t had been repaired
sufficiently so that the Vermonter, due
from the north at l1.07 in the morning,
was sent over the regular route and
the Green Mountain express came
north at 30 O'Clock.
\ team was sent for the Sunday pa
pcrs to Vernon and that reached here
with all that could be loaded into the
wagon ut the same time the Green
Mountain express came in with the re-
mander, so that Sunday paper readers
received their papers about 3 o'clock
regardless Of whether their particular
brands came by team or ''all rail. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
PROGRESSIVE BANQUET TONIGHT
Expected that 100 Will Meet Speakers
at Brooks House.

The committee in charge of the Pro
gressive banquet at the Brooks House
this evening, at which Miss Alice Car
penter of New York and ex-Gov. Wal
ter Stubs of Kansas will be the
speakers, expect that there will be at
least 100 present. 1t is known that a
party of % are intending to come
from Bellows Falls and there will be
others from Putney, Townshend and
Dummerston, The banquet at 8 clock
viii be preceded by a reception in the
parlors of the hotel at 7.30, at which
opportunity will be given to meet the
speakers of the evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

Rev. c. H. Merrill, D. D., of St.
Johnsbury preached Sunday in the Con
gregational church, and as there were
no services in the Methodist church
many of that congregation went to hear
DIR. Merrill.
An auction sale of a large amount of
livery stock is advertised for next We'd
nesday to close out the business of the
late David j. Bemis of Saxtons River.
John F. Alexander, jr., is administra-
tor of the estate and has charge of the
business.
Mrs. A. W. Brigham, who conducted
a boarding house on School street sew
eral months, has bought the residence
of Walton H. FAIR at 6 Temple place
and is making changes in it to adapt it
to her boarding house business, which
she will move there May l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
CLEANING UP THE BALL FIELD.
Sand Must Be Hoed OFF, Driftwood Re
moved and Other Work Done

Three men are engaged in hoeing
into winrows the accumulation of fine
sand that the flood left on Island Park
baseball field. 1t is a gigantic task,
and many days will be required to
complete it. When that is done there
is big accumulation of driftwood
against the front of the grandstand TO
be removed, the bleachers to brace up
where one end was tipped back and
the pillars under the grandstand made
to do the duty they were designed for.
Several of them do not touch the bot
tom of the stand and much work must
be done to put that part of the prop
erty in condition for service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
FUNERAL OF MRS. LUCY GIBBS.
Service in Home on Green Street at 2
O'Clock This Afternoon.

The funeral of Mrs. Lucy Gibbs, who
died Friday forenoon was held this af-
tcrnoon at O'Clock at the house at 81
Green street. Rev. T. w. Owens, pastor
Of the Methodist church, officiated and
Mrs. f. c. Tenney sang Some Time
Wei Understand and The Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere. The bearers were
G. d. Smith, DR.. c. G. Wheeler, S. A.
Daniels and S. NJ. Yeaw, stewards of
the Methodist church. The burial took
place in Prospect Hill cemetery. Her
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
PUTNEY.
Locomotive Raised from River.

The Central Vermont locomotive
which has been in the Connecticut rit-
er since the wreck, has been raised
after many attempts. 1t had to be
rolled over and over to get it out and
yesterday it was put upon a track
built for it and in the late afternoon
was pulled to the main track. As usual
there was a crowd of onlookers, but
the rain prevented many from attend
ing who otherwise would have been
present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
Sidewalk Built to Church.

Although Saturday morning was
stormy the weather cleared in the
afternoon and the work of building
the sidewalk to the Baptist church
was carried out as planned, but not
completed Some who agreed to help
thought there would be no work done
so did not appear. The large road
seraper was at first used to cut out
the sod and then cinders and sand
were used to build the walk on the
south side of the road. -Four dozen
men were busy during the afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
Cray Wants Postoffice Job.

Daniel H. Cray, for several years
well-known foreman of the mills of the
international Paper company, Is cir
culating petition among the business
houses of Bellows Falls asking for his
appointment to the position of post
master here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

The pressure of public business is
such that our presidents must sign their
names to documents some 10000 times
year. Heads of departments, also,
must spend a good portion of their time
writing their signatures. The heaviest
name signer in the government service
is said to be the chief of the division
of warrants in the treasury depart
ment.-Indianapoli News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

Charles Page Bryan of Chicago, for
mer ambassador to Japan, who is now
in California, has received the highest
grandeordon of the imperial order of
the Rising Sun, the highest Japanese
decoration, in recognition of his ser
vices during his ineumbency of the
United States embassy at Toxic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

In November SO persons were killed
in street accidents in New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

Remember that the greatest man in
the world is always dead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14

NO. l45U.
pEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE YER
~ MON T NATIONAL BANK. at Brattleboro.
in the State Of Vermont, at the close of business
AM 4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
Time, Energy and Money Saved

business is he who makes it easier for people
He gives thought to the comfort Of his customers. lie
buyer three things in making purchase:
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
WATCH YOUR STEP
BY THE CONDUCTOR
losing Things.

Some guy loses somethin' all tn time on my car.
 If people didn't have their clothes buttoned to 'em, they'd leave part of 'em ever time they get off Leftover umbrellas is so common | turn in two or three of 'em every trip on cloudy days.
 ''Theys two kinds O chaps forgets things One of em is thinkin' hard bout somethin else, an thf other kind ain't thinkin bout anythin' Them kind is just wool gatherin.
 You needn't get so sWelIed on your self for not fOrgettin' nothin.' It takes lots mOre'n a good memory to hold job. Dogs got a good memory Lizzie's Uncle Henry says he had a dog that knowed him ten years after he sold him.
 "Havin' good memory is like havin' 9 good stummick. If you give. it half a chance, you'H not be goin' aroun' ioOMn' all kicked in on your self. Eatin' baled hay an drinkin' car bohC acid cocktails don't do your stummick no good. Red blood ain't made with canal water If you load your memory up with rubbish you'll make a noise like a ashcan thinkin' Them wise guys writin books don't set aroun' readin' tn funny papers all tn time.
 They's a fellow works in tn gas office that knows all tn ragtime songs. l don't know how he does it, but he gets 'em by heart long fore you hear 'em sung. He's a wonder, he is I bet he knows hundreds of 'em. He's full of 'em. An he only gets $40 a month If they'd pay him for learn ragtime he'd get more'n tn president.
 T know another guy that eat fifty seven roastin' ears on a bet without whipin' his chip. He weren't half as bad as tn fellow full O ragttme s1ush OF Doc Swafford pulled tn corn -eatin' hog through, all right. But they ain't no doctor can help that ragtime cram mer. He's crippled for life.
 Come on! Come on! Step on lively, please
 Look out Think where you're goin.'
 Look where you step!"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
PROMOTING THE APPLE.

Coming out of the middle west is apple" day, inaugurated to mark the harvest of apples. and intended for the purpose of acknowledging the value of that fruit and extending it's use and culture Though covering a wider territory and having a more general observance it has much the same char acterisics as onion day in Texas or raisin day in California. James Hand ley of Illinois conceived the idea for the purpose of boosting apple growing and after nearly ten years the idea has spread so that many states have taken 1t up.
 The apple is a fruit of much value and has many uses. This state has not entered very generally into the observance of the third Tuesday of October for promoting the apple, but 1t Is a large apple producing state and such production could be greatly increased by the giving of proper at tentions to the orchards and the se- curing of first class fruit Apple day has an important advertising value, but IL is a business which should by no means be confined to publicity one day in the year The more the apple is kept to the front the more the pub lie will know of what can be done in it's culture through the advantages which Connecticut offers. It offers an admirable means for creating a mar ket for the product which each fall covers the ground in many an orchard Apples are produced in Connecticut which equal any that are grown and there should be a market for every one of them.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
unilksnsss Attracts.

In great attachments it is usually the opposite, the contrary, that att tracts; even in the friendship be- tween two of the same sex this is most notably true. The womanly woman ciings to the Womaa of more robust and viriIe fibre; the tender, emotional man cliags to the man or firm will and strong control, Where difference ard antag0nisH come it is through defect of sympathy, toe ex- actly a self will, uneomBfofnisihs in= sisteAce Of the outward personality, Enmities spring from the clashing of similarities. not the cenaplementin and supplementing of diVergencss.
 Man and woman are IneXtfieab1y woven together; if we eliminate the masculine or the feminine we should have to take every R9a4l and woman ts pieces, rereHCeixiRg them as ina possible mons ters. Mankind is of one race; sex antagonis4n make II of two races But he course of nature is Ret ts be thrust aside by loud CT aR- normal extremists. The eternal feTHi 7 aiRs constantly eTayes union with ths
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
HASTEN REIMBURSEMENT,

The demand for peace in the Bal kans has been of long standing and it is time that the necessary action was taken in order to bring it about Ser via has shown recognition of this in the withdrawal of her troops from AL bania at the suggestion of Austria. This has put an end to the possibil- ity of conflict between these two coun- tries which are on none too friendly terms, but it is only the beginning of what should follow.
 Servia quite properly asks that there be an immediate fixing of the boun- daries of Albania, an action which is not only due Albania but which should be done in justice to all the surround ing countries, whether they are looking with jealous eye upon that territory or not. The big Balkan struggle has ended and whatever smaller conflicts there are, OF whatever are likely. should be given as much discourage ment as possible by the adjustment of the dividing line.
 Even though it is claimed that there will never be peace i'll the Balkans as long as Turkey has f6othoId in Eu- rope, the time is Fipe te get as near to it as possible, 1t is only by the fixing of the boundaries and the put ting aside of war for recuperatien from the devastation ef the fierce struggle that the countries are going ts get ba elk where they were before the war WAS started, Though forced ta if Sexvis has made 8 good start and displayed an altitude which is well considered for oetaining the much sought esfa- Haereis3 outlet through teFFiLeTsr te tfae sststh.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
SANITARY EXPERT.

Nothing brings any more strongly to mind the importance which Colonel Gorgas has been to the construction of the Panama canal, than his call to undertake another great task in South Africa. Colonel Gorgas is an expert in sanitation and 1t was the success ful oubcome of his attack upon the Canal Zone for the overcoming of the disease breeding conditions with which it was infested that contributed so much to the success of the undertaking by this country. Millions have been spent in order to make the zone in- habitable by white man and it was the carrying out of his ideas wkich changed it from a pest hole to a health resort It was the failure to give the proper attention to the sanitary con didons which undermined the effort of the French engineers It was the sanitary engineer who had to solve the health problem before the mechan- tcal and constructing engineers could get fair opportunity to wrestle with their task. Colonel Gorgas is deserv- ing Of the same high praise for his accomplishment as is Colonel CoethaIs for the successful outcome of his job. with the additional fact understood that he had to accomplish his under taking first.
 A record of important accomplish nent stands back of Col Goreas as be, leaves the isthmus and while the task before him on another continent is of a different character. if it can be solved through sanitation the right man has been selected for the supplantfng of disease with health.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
AMBASSADOR MIL SON.

With the uncertainty of the situa ton existing in Mexico, and between this country and Mexico at the present time, the criticisms which are being advanced by H. l.. Wilson. former am- ba assador to that republic seem most untime1y Mr Wilson's resignation has but recently gone into effect and 1t is perhats but natural that he should desire to vindicate himself, yet it is doing no good at this time to play up what he may think were the mis- takes of the administration in not recognizing Huerta.
 In the course which he has taken the New York Times considers he has committed an error of judgment. Though it believes he acted with wis dom and prudence and rendered good service while he was ambassador, and was deserving of better treatment from the state department, it is also of the opinion that "In the circumstances the retired ambassador ought to see that this is no time for him to bother the country with details of his own per sonal annoyances, especially as nobody could be made to believe that if Huerta had been formally recognized by the United States government the situation would not De less COIDpl1CdLSo W It'll conditions in Mexico almost as bad as they can be, and the mischiefmakers doing what they can to make them worse, Mir. Henry Lane Wilson would be acting like a patriot and man of sense to hold his peace
 There may be time when MT. Will son will be able to show that his course would have been the proper one, but at the present time his action is but an irritation to an already much involved situation. The course which it is believed was for the best interests has been pursued by the administration and for that reason 1t has the support of the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
A mNAyAA haAInAY,u

Even though little progress is being made by Winston s. Churchlll of the British admiralty with hls suggestion fer naval holiday fer the year 1914 between Great Britain and Germany, he has advanced an ldea which may re- suit in some such policy being adopted later en. He Is aetuated by the real ization that warm rivalry exists be- tween the nations in the building up of their naviess calling for great ex- penditures on the part of one because of the activities on the part of the
 other. Just the same relative strength
 would be maintained by halting such
 construction for a year. There would
 be no weakening of power on the part
 of either, but 1t would result in an
 enormous saving If the naval appro-
 priations could be regulate upon the
 basis of maintenance instead of con- stant expansion.
 That there is keen rivalry between these nations is indicated by the atti- tude with which Germany receives the suggestion and the statement of her naval authorities who hold that "the proposition that Germany should not build any warships while England is constructing or acquiring at least three cannot be discussed' It is apparent that whatever is to become of the move for economy in naval expendi- ture, it is only in it's first stage. If the time ever comes that 1t is put into operation it will require the elimination of any advantages which one country would obtain over the other. It must be mutually beneficial or it can never make any headway, even though the question is one in which all nations should be more or less interested, on the same basis.