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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

Ralph Amidon of Springfield, Mass,
is staying indefinitely at William Han
mum 5.
Miss Alice Liscom will return to hei
work at the HolsteTn- Friesian Office
Monday.
Mrs. Bertha Chamberlain of Hins-
dale was admitted TO the Melrose hos
pital yesterday.
Mrs. Albert Hall and infant son will
leave the Melrose hospital today and 60
TO their home at the deer park in Hal
flax
William Hall of Wilmington is at
The home of Thomas Collins, called here
by the death of his father, Martin N
b. Hall
John Mckay of New York is moving
his household goods TO the Burnett
farm which he has recently bought
where he intends TO make his home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
FIVE MORE SERVICES
BY REV. DIR. PIERCE
Three on Sunday, and on Monday and
Tuesday Evening Sermons Force
full. Searching and Saving.

The services conducted in the Bap-
list church last evening by Rev. DR..
Pierce ended the series for this week.
DR.. Pierce wild preach Sunday morning
ut 1890, IN the afternoon at for men
only, III the evening at :, and on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings at 30.
All who have been privileged to hear
DIR. Pierce the past week realized that
he is Il man OF great power and grace.
Or gracious presence and personality,
of mind of great power and felicity,
with life experience in the service
of Jesus and the needs of mankind.
his sermons could not but be practical.
piercing, persuasive, searching and saw
ing. To emphasize his sermons Dr..
Pierce uses many apt illustrations
which are novelty and a delight.
Last evening Dr.. Pierce took for his
! text Luke 1910: For the Son of Man
is come to seek and to save that which
| is lost. He first touched upon the
wOuld-be critics or faultfnders. He said
/ a real critic must be a constructive per.
son. hkening such one to an artist
/ who not only can see the cracks sand
/ flaws mode by time in a great painting
/ but who Is able to restore it to its one
time grandeur Christ is the great re
storer. He is the one who reconstructs
our lives. He restores our courage
ideas. ideals, and character.
DR.. Pierce stated there were man,
who did not know they were lost. II,
brought fourth the pathetic truth of thu
lost talents, ideals, joys, manhood ant
womanhoOd, lost in worldiness and sin
illustrating the hope in Christ by tn
story of Christ raising Lazarus from
the dead. He not only raised him from
the dead but he restored him to low
and to be loved, to live in the fullnes
of the beauty of q Christ life.
DR.. Pierce spoke of the great fact
Of life and how all men must fac
them.He spoke on the practical sid
Of Christianity. That behind the SHINE
was the sin and that he must get ri
of it. The sinner must make himsel
right with God and man. else ne
stumbling block to himself and other
With great force and power and with
beautiful illustration DIR. Pierce pr,
scented at the close the great upholdin
power Of God through our Lord an
Saviour.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
SEVERAL DIVORCE
PETITIONS FILED
Approach of April Term Causes In
crease in Number of Applica-
tons for Legal Separation.

4 number of divorce entries have
just been made in county court, the
opening of the April term being but
few days away.
Carrie Evelyn Chadwick Forguites
asks divorce from John Henry For
guites and by order of Superior Judge
William w. Miles the husband is en-
joined from interfering with the peti-
toner or their eightyear- old son.
They were married May %, 1905. at
Rutland by Rev. NJ. II. Smith and lived
in Rutland, Brandon and BrattIeboro
as man and wife until Sept. ID, 1913.
Frederick Z. Merchant of Brattle-
borO asks divorce from Elsie l.. Hook
Merchant on the ground of desertion
They were married Sept. 10, 1907, at
Chelsea, VT, by Rev. Frederick Dan
iels and lived together until July
1910.
Marie l.. Baker of Brattleboro asks
divorce from Edison L. Baker, now OF
/ Schenectady. n. Y, on the ground Of
! desertion and refusal to support. They
were married in Brattleboro by Rev
/ George B. Lawson Dee. Is, 1906, anC
/ lived as man and wife until July p
/ 1909. She asks possession of thei
/ daughter, Pearl, and he is enioine,
from in any way interfering with tn
daughter pending the decision in tn
case.
Mary Louise Eaton of Wilmington
seeks divorce from Richard Gardne
Eaton of Holyoke, Mass. They wer
married at Holyoke by Rev. DIR. f.
Read June l, 1905, and lived in Hol
yoke. Brattleboro and Wilmington
He deserted her, she charges, July
! 1912. He is now a physician at tn
state hospital at Kings Park, l.. l,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
MARTIN VAN buren, HALL.
Died Of Heart Disease and Complica
tions-Brother of George H. Hall.

Dleu Oh 1earI Disease ana COmpLlCa-
tions-Brother of George H. Hall
Martin Van Buren, Han. rs, died
Thursday night at midnight at the
home of his niece, Mrs Thomas Collins.
in West Brattleboro. He had been Ill
in Chest rficld much Of the winter with
heart trouble and complications, and
two weeks ago was brought to the
home of Mrs. Collins.
Mr.. Hall was born in Stratton. April
!, 1888. son Of Milo NJ. and Laura
Copeland Hall. He lived in this see
tion ali his life. He leaves one daugh
ter Mrs. Ada +. Booth of Walpole,
three sons, William NJ. Hall of VII
mington and Fred G.. and Henry NJ.
Hall of Alstead, \. H., one sister, Mrs
| Mary NJ Wall Of Wilmington, AMI
three brothers, Asa Hall of London
derry, George II. Of Brattlehoro and
| Frank OF California.
| The funeral viii be held Monday
morning at $50 0 clock in the under
| taking rooms of Bond & Son. Rev. l.
| Nj. Compton Of the West Brattleboru
| Baptist church officiating. The body
will be taken TO Westmoreland, \. f.,
| for burial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
DEATH IN VIRGINIA
OF JAS. L. DAVENPORT
Former Commissioner of Pensions Was
Native of Hinsdale, N. H., and
Resident of Keene.

James l.. Davenport, commissioner
of pensions from 1909 to 1913 and
voter in Hcene, y. H., although he had
not made his home there except for
brief periods for many years, died in
Westfalls Church, Va, early Thursday
at the age Of 80 years. He had many
friends in kecne, Hmsdale and other
towns in Cheshire county and else
where. Death was due to a compiled
tiou Of diseases.
James Leroy Davenport was born in
llinsdalc, n. H., Jan. p, 1915, a son
of Lockhart and Mary G. (MerrilD
Davenport. He attended the common
schools in his home town and studied
ut Harris academy, Brattleboro, for
two terms. During his younger years
he assisted his father, who was in the
lumber business.
During the Civil war when he was
H. he ran away from home to enlist
in Company Il, 10th Wisconsin in.
tantrv, and after his discharge return
cd TO Iinsdale, but moved to Keene il
1866 and that city had been his legaI
residence ever since. From 1860 tC
1870 he was clerk there and later {
travelling salesman two or three years
In 1861 he was appointed a clerk il
the pension bureau and held variou,
positions there until April 4, 1897
when he was appointed first deputy
commissioner of pensions. He RENAME,
first deputy until 1909, when he wa
appointed to the head OF the bureau
lie continued as commissioner unit
last year, when he resigned to give VI
active work. During his absence from
Kccnc Mr.. Davenport returned cacl
election TO cast his vote.
While Mr.. Davenport was first depu
~ commissioner he practically ran tn
pension bureau and this information
came to President Taft, who appontc
him commissioner when COMMISSIONS
Warner resigned. His work was eX
crllent and he managed the bureau O
81 strict business basis.
Mr.. Davenport married Ella A. Cal
pcntcr Dee 6, 1868. and two daughtcrt
Mary Josephine and Fannie ArahclI;
were. born.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04

cold while the driver Of the dogs ran
alongside When the stop was made for
food the ldriyer and animals attacked
what was provided for them with
ravenous appeiites.
But | touldn t cat much, said
Miss Johnston with smile. Ni,N
they asked re ii l did not intend to
eat anything l told them 1 would
whenever the food on the tdpie ~
around TO where | was trying to SIT
up. The long ride ON the ,lrd@cs ha'
made me dizzy and | could eat scarcely
anything When she arrived IA hsI
destination she found that the nurse
did not need assistance, and after "a
few hours for rest for the dogs ;he long
return Journey was begun.
The hospital in which Miss Johnston
was first one OF the nurses aud later
night superintendent is 4 frame bGill
mo with accommodations for II pa
{ tients. 1t is filled most OF the tiIa",
! she SAYS. and seemed to he al5avs
! so in the ;eycrtst weather. Al babe,
| born in Alaska, almost without ccep
tion. are born IN hospitals. There ar,
absolutely no accommodations for tn,
| care of the sick in most OF the houses.
| In the hosaital IS IN operating room
small but well equipped, for there ar,
many ugly accident cases to be care,
| for there as well as in thC st. .Iosepl
Roman Catholic hospital il the sam
city, which has accommodation for -
Ipatients The miners are freGunnti'
| badly in iured and are hurried to o.,
or the other OF the hospitals.
Both Nurse and Stoker.
In the Episcopal hospital the cookini
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
FOR SALE

The home residence of the late e. i.
Roberts, 10 Western avenue. A large
two-tenement house with bath, new
furnace; two sh3res of Western aque-
duct water, plenty to supply the two
tenements; with large barn, henhouse
and fine garden.
This is one Of the best locations in
town, OH the car line and 10 minutes
walk from the postoffice.
MRS. E. L. ROBERTS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04

and finally down the Tanana river to
Fairbanks, reaching there Aug. ). She
remained there three years.
Fairbanks boasts a population Of =
600, and from the pictures of the streets
in possession OF Miss Johnston the prln-
cipal business appears to be the sale
of liquor. Saloons with alarine signs
are very numerous Referring to this
feature of the town, which is not diff
ferent from others in that respect IN
the Alaska section, Miss Johnston SAYS
there is much liquor consumed, but that
there is very little drunkenness.
Baseball at Midnight.
The town boasts two daily papers, one
Sunday paper and one weekly and they
sell for % cents in real money. One OF
the dailies IS morning paper and the
other is issued in the afternoon They
| breathe the hospitality of the country
| in every line, and Miss Johnston never
met more hospitable people than those
who make their homes in that country
where for two months in the year thu
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04

Lydia K. Pinkham s
V e g e t a bic Con-
pound did for me.
One year ago | found
myself a terrible suf-
ferer. l had pains
in b h sides and
suc h a soreness |
could sc arc ely
str al G h tie n up at
times. M y b a c k
ached, ] had no APP
Detite and was CD
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
FIRE IN RUTLAND.
Damage to Keyes Wholesale Grocery
$4,000 and $4,000.

p1U,OOO ana SZU,UUU.
RUTLAND, April Fire in the
Reyes block, a wholesale grocery cs-
tabhshment on Evelyn street, opposite
the railroad station, about . clock
last night, caused damage estimated by
the proprietors to be between $4,000
and 100000. The loss is covered by
insurance. The cause of the fire was
defective electric wire. it is believed.
The blaze started on the second floor
in storeroom and burned through the
floor above to another storeroom. 1t
was confined mostly to the corner Of
the two rooms. The greater proportion
of the damage was done by water.
The fire was discovered by railroad
mon, who sent in still alarm. An
alarm was pulled in Immediately after
ward from the nearest box, and both
fire companies answered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
DUMMERSTON.

4. W. Sweeton, county agricultural
expert, will give tree pruning dem
onstration at W. f. Walker s Monday
at p. m. All interested, are cordially
invited TO be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04

comes TO her face as she tells some of
her experiences indicates that, while
it was hard work to keep - patients
warm with hot water bottles after the
river had flooded the cellar and eX-
tinguished tine furnace fire and she was
the sole person able to he about that
long night, the remembrance is not
one that has left Il sting.
"Would you 90 back again. Miss
Johnston2' she was asked one evening.
II do not think So But | am I'M
able TO say. [ never expected to 90 the
| first time. / never expected to come
| here But ] have done both. do not
think | should refuse. 1t was not all
pleasant, but it was wonderful eX-
| periencc and have nothing to re-
| greet.
Of for Mission Hospital
Miss Johnston was born in Nova
Scotia, but graduated from the new
England Baptist hospital in RoXburN
One dav she was asked if she would
90 as a nurse to Fairbanks, Alaska
in the little Episcopal mission hos
pital of - beds maintained there. He
decision was quickly made and her de
parture on the journey that required
is DAYS and nights of continuous trave
by rail. boat and trail began the mex
day.
She LETT Boston July Is, 1910. an,
went over the Canadian Pacific roa,
to Vancouver. There she boarded
steamer TO Skaeway and went over tn
great White Pass ON a train, iourne,
that required from 9 a. NJ. to / p. II
The remainder of her journey took he
| to White Horse, Dawson, Fort Gibho
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04

On the streets of York, Pa, lay a fat
pocketbook on April ]. Everybody took
it for an April fool temptation and
passed by on the other side, but Thad
is. Strohman, detective, came along
picked it up, and found in it $1,000 in
bills.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
Central Vermont Ry.
Corrected to January ]. 1911.
Trains Leave Brattleboro.


ZOO a. IN. Except Sunday. For South
Londonderry
100 n. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
800 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
York.
9.25 n. m. Except Sunday. For South
Londonderry.
1910 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
400 p. m. Except Sunday. For New
London and New York via
the Norwich Line Steamers.
800 p. m. Except Sunday. Local for
South Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
HOSPITAL GUARANTEED.
Case of Smallpox in House of correc-
ton, Rutland.

RUTLAND, April "A case of small
pox at the house of correction has
caused the hospital to be quarantined
and may cause the entire institution
also the county jail, in the same build
ing to be shut up. The Jail and house
Of correction are crowded. There are
six men in the HOSPITAL besides the
afflicted one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
|NURSED IN INTERIOR ALASKA
Miss Clara c.. Johnston of Bratteboro Had Unusual Ex-
periences-Aone with Patients, Fire Flooded and Their
mOmeter at 62 Below Zero

sun never sinks from sight for long,
where flowers and vegetables grow over
night, where baseball games are started
at midnight to avoid The fierce glare
of the polar sun, and whore during the
remainder OF the year the mercury
drops to almost unbelievable depths
and the sun never shines.
1t is hard to imagine hurrying
through some meal, call it what you
will. in order not to be late for the
cry of PLAY Ball at midnight and
to sit on the bleachers with smudges
built under them to drive away as
much as possible the clouds of mosqui-
toes that make life miserable for the
spectators and players alike.
Trip by Dog sledge,
In striking contrast to this indui-
gence in recreation was trip of 45
miles Miss Johnston was called upon
to make by dog sledge to 20 to the
aid of another nurse who had fallen
| i'll. No physician could make the trip
at. the time and it fell to her lot. FoT
| 10 hours, with the exception Of one stol
| for food. the little nurse lay in = re
| dining position on the sledge in b;ttel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
BAD OPERATION
AVOIDED
By Timely Use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Mrs. Sewers Own Statement.
Hodgdon, Maine. u feel it duty |
owe to all suffering women to tell what
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04

patients, kept the fire roaring and
cared for their wants. She admits that
she sometimes got tired and had been
known to wish that the lianitor was
sometimes on duty at night, but she
knows something about the amount OF
heat that can be forced to leave a fur
mace.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
Flowers and Vegetables.

Flowers and Vegetables.
In connection with the hospital is a
small greenhouse in which someth hing
green is made to grow much Of the
time. The fact that the ground never
thaws for more than IS to 20 inches in
depth keeps ii always moist in sum
mer, and during June and July when
there is no night it is almost literally
| true that flowers and vegetables can
be seen to grow. 1t is possible to grow
potatoes and other vegetables there,
and everywhere during the brief sum
MGR is n riot of flowers and things
green. The residents appreciate them
the more because of the short time
they are permitted to have them.
The matter of transportation to and
from the city in the winter when the
river is not available for traffic is the
big problem. The papers there carry
their slogan in big letters: "A Rail
road From Underwater to Fairbanks. In
some OF the papers which Miss John
stOn has with her are items TO the
effect that the stage is expected 10 ar
rive next Tuesday. - The next edi-
tfon bears a report to the effect that
further delay has been encountered and
it viii be a day later. The extent OF
these delays at times is indicated by
) AN experience of Miss Johnston one
year in receiving her Christmas mai
OF % letters late in February.
1t is not - be inferred that Their,
are none of the modern convenience
in Fairbanks. The Northern CONNER
cial COMPANY, which controls about cv
ervthing of Il public utility nature
secs to that and receives remuneration
There is telephone system that OK
tends 10 miles in one direction and i
miles in another. Likewise there is
telegraph system, and a wireless sta
ton that helps out the meagre tele
graph service. There are electri
lights. telephones and a water system
all controlled by this same concern
which has the contract for carrying
the mail and controls absolutely til
mining supplies and much OF the FOO
| supply
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
IF you ARE TIRED OUT

waiting on your money, buy an an
nuity and let your money wait on
you. National Life Insurance Co. of
VT (MutHal.l EARLE S KINSLEY.
General Agent, Rutland, VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-04
Unique Alaskan Jewelry.

Among the things that Miss Johnston
has to remind her always of her re-
| markahle experience in Alaska are
some magnificent specimens of Alaskan
| jewelry Iii that country at times are
| found tusks of the hugh mastodOnS thar
| sometime IN AGES zone inhabited that
! part OF the earth. This ivory. by some
process durin. its long burial. instead
| OF remaining the color of ivory as ii
is generally known is transformed To
beautiful shades of green and brown.
Jewellers there set these in nuggets Of
virgin gold and it j. iewclry that is
| rarely seen except in possession Of
those who have been in that country
4 chain Miss Johnston has j. of TINY
gold nuggets fastened together with
delicate gold links.
| In connection with this form OF
icwclrv 50 peculiar to thar country tho
following item appeared in newspaper,
a few days ago: q. Part of the pen
United States Senate TO sign the Alas Ia
railway bill. is estimated TO he at least
10000 years old. II j. a piece of ivory
p from the tu>k of Il mastolon thought
to have roamcd through Alaska thai
. long ago. The pen itself was mad,
, from Alaska gold. and the whole vii
be presented to the territory.
Miss Johnston expects 70 be here il
, Blattleboro some time longer and thci
! intends To return 10 Boston, but. as -h,
says, where duty win call her next sh,
has no idea. and She has no hesitation
in saving that She probably will ac
: cept the call whatever II may be.
Newport daily independent., 1914-02-27
returning to his work Sunday.

returning to his work Sunday. ! Emmett Taylor closed a three months school near Brinkley Fri day and is now at home. | EX- Judge Scarborough was in Tu- pelo Saturday on business.
 Prof. Shaver was among the Tupelo folks Tuesday and spent the night with T. A. Morris.
 Ed Morris did some repair work on the telephone lines last week between Fitzhugh and Augusta.
 Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Snow are happy over the arrival of fine boy at their house.
 B. M. Marian of Detonti visited home folks last week, returning to his work Monday.
 Dr. Bradford of Cotton Plant, who is here featuring and examining for hookworm, spent the night at R. M, Marlar's Friday night.
 MT. and Mrs. Finis Osier enter tained the young folks Friday with with candy making and social games. All report quite an enjoyable affair.
 We learned with regret of the ac- cidental killing of Harold Thompson near Eight Mile. He and a boy friend were scufling over a gun and it was accidentally discharged, killing Harold. MT. Thompson recently moved from here to Eight Mile. We extend to the family our deepest sympathy in their sad loss. R. M. Marian and wife visited their daughter at Shoffner Saturday and Sunday.
 F. M. Thornton has moved into his new house.
 We had quite little romantic we'd ding Saturday on the southbound train, when MT. Ed Taylor and Miss Velma Patrick were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Rev. Bickley performed the ceremony be- | tween Weldon and Tupelo. The we'd ding party consisting of the bride and groom and Miss Jim Taylor, Messrs. Ben and Emmett Taylor and Frank Wiseman, and repaired to the home of Mrs. Annie Taylor, where a social was ccorded them at night. The groom was called on for the treats and served fruits and hard cider and cake and candies. We wish the young couple all the blessings of life and hope no clouds will ever darken their now bright skies.
 Rev. MT. Davis, the boy preacher, eighteen years of age, preached at the Baptist church Saturday night and Sunday. His sermons were fine and were listened to with interest by a large congregation.
 Mitt's Wife.