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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
Example of Community Service.

A good example of what a grange
can do as community builder is
shown by Pleasant grange No. 677 of
Ohio 1t holds one meeting for men,
bers and business each month and one
community meeting for every one.
During the past quarter they have Civ
en- an installation supper served by the
brothers. one banquet and box social
for all. They have also had two pub
lie debates and a mock trial with a
crowded house each time. The May
meeting was a slide lecture of his trip
through Europe by Senator John Gun
bingham. who is lecturer of this
grange. The June community meeting
was play by the young people. They
find that these community meetings
are building up the community and the
grange. New members are being add
ed, and old members are attending reg
ularly, IS per cent of the membership
have been attending the secret grange
sessions. Since completing their hall
fifteen months ago they have trebled
their membership, developed a degree
team and bought a new piano.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
Young Boys Suicide.

West Fairlee, Oct. 1S. A puzzling
tragedy has agitated this town since the
dead bodies of Harold Whitney, aged II,
and Gordon Bell, also IL years old, were
found Friday morning side by side about
half mile from the Nilage. Each boy
had been shot through the heart and a
3S-calibre Smith & Weston revolver lay
20 inches from the bodies with two
chambers empty. The theory of suicide
pact is strengthened, however by the
knowledge that the boys had found
fault with their lot and had threatened
to run away from home as well as to
shoot themselves; but the latter threat
was held lightly.
The boys went out Thursday evening
after the cows and when they did not
return a searching party was sent after
them. The search that night was of
no avail but Friday morning another
search was instituted, and that resulted
in the finding of the remains. Sheriff
Harris Miller found the bodies, and he
was aided by the barking of a collie dog
which had belonged to the family of R.
H. Dearborn, where the Whitney boy
lived. The dog had gone out with the
boys the night before and had remained
with their bodies all night.
The remains were taken to the Dear
born house, where the Whitney boy had
been taken in some years ago from an
orphans home in Massachusetts. One
other pathetic feature of the tragedy is
that Mr.. Dearborn was lying on his
deathbed and was not expected to live
but few hours. No inkling of the
tragedy came to him, however.
The Bell boy lived with his father,
George S. Bell, who has been for sew
eral years in charge of the Eli Mining
property, which some years ago was pur-
chased and is now owned by the West
inghouse company and which has been
shut down many years. AS far as is
known the family relations have been
such that they can give no reason for
the shooting.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. BARROW. Chatham. N. r.,
ReUietp
GRANGE ACTIVITIES.
Suggestions as to Ways In Which II
May Be Useful to Its Community.

way BE Oeetui TO Its community.
The grange can be made a COM
munity builder in a number of ways.
First, socially; one of the require
ments of a good rural community is
good social condition among the peo-
pie. Thirty or forty years ago the
very force of circumstances caused the
each other more in exchanges of work,
etc. Now labor saving machinery to-
day enables each farmer to work more
independent of his neighbor. and too
often the gatherings and meetings of
nearby cities take our leisure time.
Under these conditions some medium
that brings the people of community
together in community gatherings of
their own is needed The grange meet
ing is ideal in this respect-a builder
of good neighborly. social, community
spirit 1t is q community builder along
educational lines Where people meet
together in a common cause and dis
cuss and study their problems together
they become more progressive. Some
time ago we were in southern Ohio in
a strong grange community, and q resi-
dent of village said to me. 1T is
wonderful the Improvement there is In
the farm work of this community since
the farmers have begun to study their
problems"
The gathering together of the people
of a community in regular meetings
for their mutual good has good moral
influence also. The young people of
community need the opportunity OF
such gatherings as the grange fur
nishes. II keeps their minds upon rural
affairs and tends to interest them in
their own community instead of hav-
ing their interest drift elsewhere. The
grange develops the ability for leader
ship; 1t is often able to push along and
secure community Improvements of
public nature that otherwise would not
be secured.
Some time ago, says the National
Stockman. we received a communica-
ton from county that wanted a
county agricultural agent The writer
said, Were waiting for the grange to
take hold Of the matter and secure him
for u.s." over in New England the
grange is a community builder by way
of little public Improvements that it
really does itself. such as building
strips of sidewalk, cleaning village
streets, putting up village watering
troughs and drinking fountains, fur
nishing hospital wards and things of
this character. We once knew a
thrifty, energetic young farmer who
was looking for farm and said, 'I'n
give So an acre more for a farm locat-
ed near a good grange" He knew the
value Of the grange as a community
builder
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23

Eff you's only got de powah TO to blow
little whistle
Keep ermong de people wild de whistles.
Ef you don't you'll fin out sho'tly dat
you's thowed yo' fines feelin'
In a place dat's lax a bed o. thistles.
'TaIn't no use a-goin' now ez sho's you
bon,
A-squeakn' o. yo' whistle 'ginst gread
big hon.
Eff you amt got but a teenchy bit O. vic
tuals on de table
Whut de use a-claimin hits a feas?
Fo' de folks is mighty 'spicious. an dey's
APP TO come a-peerin'
Lookn' TO- de scraps you lef' at leas
Wen de meals a-hidin fom de meal
bins top
You needn't talk TO hide it, II you stats
des stop.
Eff 20 min kin only carry half a pint o.
common idees
Don't go roun' a-sayin' hits a bar'l,
Case de people gwine 10 test yo'. an
dey'll I'm out you's allyn.
Den dey'll twis yo' sayins In a snari
Wuss ting in de country dat | evan
hyahed-
crow dat sot a-souawkin'. IFS a mock
In bird"
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
Estate OF
Mrs. Sophia NJ. Bryant
of whiting
STATE OF VERMONT

DISTRICT OF ADDISON. SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons interested in the
estate of Mrs. Sophia NJ. Bryant. late of Whiting
IN SAID district deceased, GREETING:
Whereas. application hath been made TO this
court in writing. by the administrator of said
estate, praying for license and authority to sell all
of the real estate of said deceased to wit the un.
divided one-half of the home place of the
deceased belonging to her in her lifetime, repre-
senting to said court that it would be benefic al to
the heirs and all persons interested in the estate
of said deceased to sell said real estate and con.
vert the same into money.
And bringing into court the consent and APP
probation in writing, of all the heirs to said estate
residing in this State, and setting forth the stu
alton of the real estate
Whereupon the said court appointed and as
signed the 26th day of October, 1914 at o'clock
a. m at the Probate Office in Middlebury, in said
district, to hear and decide upon said application
and petition, and ordered public notice thereof to
be given to all persons interested therein. by pub
fishing said order together with the time and
place of hearing, three weeks successfully in the
Middebury Register, newspaper which circu-
lates IN the neighborhood of those persons inter-
ested in said estate, all of which publications shall
be previous to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court. at the time and place assigned
then and there in said court to make your objec-
tons to the granting of such license. if you see
cause.
Given under my hand at Mddebury, in said
district, this 9TH day October 1911
Il Charles |. Button. Judge Of Probate
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23

The continued drought has greatly in
creased the chances of forest fires and
a word of warning to those who go into
the woods is timely. Greatest care
should be exercised in regard to pre-
venting fires, which at this time of year
are apt to prove far more disastr US
than during the spring or early summer
The Bennington Banner is right when
it says:
Forest fires at this season of the
year do much more damage than a
spring fire. In the spring the ground is
wet and fire runs over the surface
destroying leaves, brush and small
growth only. In the fall the ground is
dry especially on the mountains and
hills and fire burns the soil right down
to the rocks. This either entirely pre-
vents or seriously retards any new
growth of timber and is a permanent
loss that it may take hundreds of years
to overcome. Look out for all fires. p"
Montpelier Argus.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
Forest Notes.

AS many as 72 different kinds of wood
are used in the manufacture of UNI
brella handles, canes and whips in this
country.
Authentic records show that cinders,
from forest fire in the tree tops in
northern Washington this fall, were
carried a distance of twenty miles.
According to the latest available
figures, Pennsylvania stands fifth in the
production of wood pulp and is second to
West Virginia in the amount of slabs
and other sawmill waste used for pulp;
Name stands third.
The better wood engravings are made
almost exclusively of lockwood, and the
large blocks are made of small pieces
glued together The engraving is done
across the end of the grain. japanese
wood prints, on the other hand, are
made on lengthwise sections of cherry
wood parallel to the grain.
Throughout the national forests the
rangers are posting the roads with per-
manent guide signs which tell distances
and directions, especially at forks and
crossroads. The signs are usually put
up in the winter when other work tends
to be light. On some forests the
rangers go on snowshoes, dragging
loaded sleds and nail the signboards to
the roadside trees.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
WHAT AMERICA WILL HAVE TO
DO WITHOUT.

In the November Woman's Home
Companion Grace Margaret Gould, the
well-known fashion editor of that pub
LEGATION, writes most interesting ar
ticle entitled "What War Means to
Fashions. What America will have
to do without while the war lasts is set
down in the following extract from
Miss Could article:
There are certain supplies that
America will simply have to do with
out. Our stock of fine silks, chiffons,
and velvets is already limited The lace
industry is decidedly hard hit, for most
of our laces are imported from Switzer-
land, England, France, and Germany.
This means that our own lace industry
will be taxed to the utmost.
There is sure to be a shortage also
in embroderies, for though there are
many beautiful domestic embroideries,
nevertheless the fact that there is sue h
a scarcity of net and other fabrics used
for their foundation will cripple the
American manufacturer.
Among the most effective trimmings
are the imported ones, and it is the
same story in buttons. The most arts
tic come from abroad.
There is also great scarcity of
furs, and those that are on sale are
twice the price they were last year
Our imports of dressed furs from
Germany have always been very large.
The manufacturers of colored cot
ton goods are finding nothing but
stumbling blocks in their way. The
European war has cut off materially
the Importation of dyestuffs; and in
this way the manufacture of cham
brays, denims, and other cotton fabrics
will be much curtailed.
THE makers of cheap jewellery also
find their business greatly affected, as
many of the stones which are used in
jewelry made up for the holiday trade
comes from Austria and adjacent coun-
tries.
"Of course the famous silk mills of
France have stopped working, and the
silken French stuffs cannot reach the
American trade, so for time we will
have to depend entirely on American
productions.
kid gloves are extensively imported
from Germany and France. And here
is an awful thought. Perhaps before
the winter is over we may have moth
ing to wear but cotton gloves. The
suddenness of the European war has
left many of the leather and kid manu-
features absolutely unprepared. Kid,
cape, and mocha skins for American
gloves all come from Europe
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
nliooleburv REGISTER

Thirty-tive years ago this month
Thomas A. Edison produced the first
successful incandescent electric lamp in
his labratory at Menlo Park, N. j. In
1880 an employee of the Edison factory
carried all the incandescent electric
lamps in the world from Menlo Park to
New York city in a market basket on
his arm. A year later it was considered
a wonderful feat when the small factory
turned out thousand lamps day.
Today the great Edison lamp factory
at Harrison turns out 80, 600 lamps an
hour and has made more than 500, 900, =
GOO
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
Al K MOORE,
GENERAL AUCTIONEEk.
Estate of
Mrs. Ella Matthews
of Cornwall
CTArL or VERMONT


ODlSTklCT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district of
Addison
To all persons interested in the estate of Mrs
Ella J.. Matthews, late of Cornwall in said dis
trct deceased. GREETING:
At a Probate court, holden at MidGlebury with
in and for said district on the I'd day of October
1914 an instrument purportng to be the last will
and Testament Of Mrs. Ella l.. Matthews late of
to the court aforesaid, for probate.
And it is ordered by said court that the 18th
of October 1914 at 10 O'Clock a. m. at the Probate
Office in said Mddlebury, be assigned for proving
SAID Instrument; and that notice thereof be gwen
to all persons concerned, by publishing this order
three weeks successfully in the Middlebury Reg
ister newspaper circulating in that vicinity,
IN said district, previous to the time appointed
Therefore, you hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court. the time and place aforesaid
and contest the probate of said will, if you have
cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury in said
district, this 9th day of October 1914.
81 Charles /. Button, Judge of Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
WEST sRIpPoRT.

j. S. Dukett was a Port Henry bust
ness visitor Thursday.
Ashley Dukett and wife were in Crown
Point Thursday.
NJ Wilkinson and wife visited in
Shoreham Wednesday,
r. H. Davis of Addison was in town
Friday
NJ q. Smith of Bristol was caller in
town Friday.
Mrs. Marshall Herbert spent several
days the past week as the guest of
friends in New York state.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
Commissioners Notice
Estate of
ThOS. II. ID. MatheWS

The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable probate court for the district Of Ad-
Olson. commissioners, TO receive, examine. and
against the estate of Thos p. d. Mathews, late of
Cornwall in said district. deceased. and all claims
exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give not ce
that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid. at
the residence of the late Thos. 2. d. Mathews. in
the town of Cornwall in said district, the 9th
day of October and 18th day Of March, next. from
l O'Clock y. m. until o clock p. on each Of
said days and that six months from the 18th day
OF September A. D., 1914 is the time limited by
said court for said creditors TO present their
claims TO US for examination and allowance.
Dated at Cornwall this Sd day of October, A. d.
1914,
Homer 5. Cobb, iC.- .
IL Charles NJ. Remele O0'''sS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
a GRANGE Frolic,

This is the way an Ohio paper heads
its account of grange field day:
Changers, grangeresses and granger
cites to the number of 400 frolicked at
their annual picnic at Glen's beach
Aug. 2" We understand that besides,
or after the "froicking" there was
some speechmaking.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23
Chapter m Getting.

Hands Cove chapter, D. A. R., will
meet at the home of Mrs. H. H. Burge,
in Shoreham on Tuesday, November Bird.
A noon lunch will be served and all
members are requested to respond to
the roll call by giving their national
number.
NELLIE PLATT PREBLE, Historian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-23

The grange is the farmers school
where he comes in contact with his fell
low farmers. matches and compares his
ideas with theirs, gets their help in
solving his problems and at the same
time helps them solve theirs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04
SAYS RHEUMATISM YIELDS TO THE GREAT
 KIDNEY REMEDY

 have been troubled with rl1euma- tism for the last five years. Suffered with much pain in the limbs, back and feet and my >joints have been badly swollen. Also suffered from constipation. Besides having a regu- lar physician,I had tried every rem edy without receiving the least benefit until I accidentally came across a bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root. I began taking 1t. never thinking 1t would help me, but must acknowledge it has done wonders for me. Have taken more than a. dozen bottles and feel that it has been a God-send to me. I am recommending it to all my friends.
 Yours very truly,
 IRA ALDRICH, Howard Street, Holyoke, Mass. Personally appeared Ira Aldrich and made oath that the stateme ent subscribed by him is true before me.
 D. J. HARTNETT,
 Justice of the Peace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04

the list including Supreme Treasurer J. H. Sanborn of Providence, R. T., of New Haven, Grand Warden Will liam G. Coxeter of Hartford. Grand Vice Warden John E. Lyddy of Bridgeport. Grand Secretary John J. Minnix of New Haven and Grand Treasurer Frederick A. Drew of An sonia, as well as Past Grand Warden James l.. Christie of Bridgeport and others Following the work of the evening social session will be held at which there will be a musical pro- gram and refreshments will be served. Martha Washington Lodge, No. 26,
 Daughters of St. George.
 At the meeting Tuesday evening
 much new business was transacted. A committee was appointed to make ar engagements for. the 18th anniversary which will be celebrated in March
 Two applications for membership were received. Very gratifying results
 were announced from the whist which
 was held Tuesday afternoon in the
 Magma Charta lodge room in behalf
 of the building fund. Whists will be
 held every Tuesday afternoon at 2: 30.
 In the presence of a. number of
 supreme and grand officers as well as a large audience composed of local and visiting members of the New Eng
 land Order of Protection the we'll drilled degree team Of Elm Tree lodge of New Haven initiated 1T candidates last night for the three lodges under whose auspices the joint class initia.- ton was being held. These candi- dates were supplied as follows. Ida lodge, B. Seaview lodge, 4; Bridgeport lodge, 8; Park City lodge, 2.4 The crowd witnessing the work was SC large that but little room was afford ed for the floor work. The visitors present included besides members 1 from Nerwalk Stratford, Stamford and Shelton. the following grand and supreme officers: Supreme Warder Frank E. Hill, New. Haven; Grand Warden William G. Coxeter, Hartford Grand Secretary John J. Minnix, New Haven; Grand Vice Warden John E l Lyddy and Past Grand Warden James 1 l.. Christie, Bridgeport. Remark. ] from most of the visiting officer: were made showing Inc general pros porous condition of the order and tht larg eincrease in membership now be ing made. Following the meeting social session was held at which there was a musical program and refresh nents were served. The work of ths I degree team was by far the best thas l had ever been seen in Bridgeport ant 1 evoked much favorable comment The
 floor work was all but perfection ant
 the speaking parts were finely deliver ed so that a deep impression was mad, on the minds of the new members
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04
Meals Don't
 Hurt a Bit
A Little Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet VIII Aid Your Exhausted Stom-
 ach to Digest Amy, Meal

Isn't 1t a real joy to see children eatg There is almost ridiculous hu- nor about it. The same joy that a child feels at meal time should be experienced by grown ups and would be if they would only do as children do.
 The work, worries and woes of adult life exhaust the digestive appar- atus and nature very often is not al- lowed time or opportunity to renew or repair the exhausted organs and depleted digestive juices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04
SAFE FOR BABIEss. EFFEC-
 TIVE FOR GROWN-U

That's Foleys Honey and Tar Com pound. It has the confidence of your druggist, who knows 1t will give you satisfaction. w. W. Neasntth, States boro, Ga, says.-~I have used Fo1eyss Honey and Tar Compound in my fam fly and have sold it in my store and 1t never fails to cure" Refuse a substf- ute HindIe's Drug Stores.-Adv. :
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04
Phi1adslnh5as

Phi1ad elphda, Feb. 4-zsccused of concsaling the assets of alleged fraudulent bankrupts, Samuel Cohen Of this city, was arrested here today By postal inspectors from Washing ton The government officials de- clare that he operated g. store in Bal tfmore as a clearing house for goods shipped from various parts of the country who had defrauded their creditors out of thousands of dollars
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04

Mexico cfty, Feb. Officers Of the American embassy have been success full in their efforts to secure thesre- lease of Miss Victoria Hastings, a newspaper photographer, who were arrested here last night. Miss Hast ines was directed to appear for hear ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04
Letter to Dr. Kilnaer & Go. Binghanton, New York.

Prove What Swamp-Root Win Do
 For You.
 Send ten cents to Dr. KImer 6 Co, Binghamton. N. r.. for sample You will also receive a booklet of val uabIe Information. telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing be sure and mention the Bridgeport Daily Farmer. Regular dfty-cent and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04
Well Whata You Think O a Big Feed
 Without Pain ?''

A Stuart's tablet goes into the stomach like food. It contains noth- ing but natural digestive elements and when at work in weak stomach it aids the Worn-out gastric glands, supplies the right mixture of stom- ach juices and under the action of the stomach it thoroughly permeates all the food. Thus when the stomach work is done the meal goes into the small intestines in better shape to be .assinilated by the system.
 One element of Stuart's Dyspep- sia Tablets is so strong and efficient that one grain of it will digest 5000 grains of mixed food such as meats, vegetables, grains, fluids, etc
 The simple habit of eating a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet after each meal will readJust your digestion in a very short time so that you will no longer need assistance
 Go to your druggist and obtain a box today; price 50 cents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04

Who is that man over thers2 He's the member of one of our lar gest law firms.
 That so2 Which one2
 Smith, Green, Black, Hewitt, Clark more, McFaddens Murphy. Atias and Brown.
 Phewt Which one is hsz
 He's just Brown--Detroft Ers1 Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-04
SECRET POLICE SESSIONS
 IN NEW HAVET

New Haven, Feb. z@rhe police board last night voted five hp one eel continue to hold secret Sessions F1er public policy makes siEch meetnsl necessary Senator Isbell, who ls member of the board, was in the mega tive.