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Serbia Is said to lead in centena- rians, and Ireland Is a close second.
 There are about 1900 gas plants in this country.
 Serious troubles, if they be not too serious or numerous, are beneficial in that they teach us the folly of taking the trivial ones much to heart.
 Father will carry an armful of packages two miles for the good-look- ing wife of a neighbor, but mother says if she wants him to bring in one scuttleful of coal he raises all sorts of a racket.
Williams news., 1916-09-14
THEIR RECORDS AS
 LEADERS 0F PARTY
President Wilson Has Done What
 Hughes Failed to Do.
THEIR CAREERS CONTRASTED
Does Country Want Four Years More of Constructive Government, or Four Years of Republican Fac
 tionaI Fighting.

Mir. Hughes was governor of New York from January 1, 1907, until Oc- tober G. 1910, a period of three years nine months and six days.
 MT. Wilson has been president of the United States since Iarch 4, 1913.
 Th.re are few more striking con- trasts in politics than the record of accomplishment made by Mir. Wilson as president and by Mir. Hughes as governor.
 When MT. Hughes abandoned the fight for popular government in this state, resigned his office and accepted an appointment to the bench of the United States Supreme court, he had brought about the enactment of only one important measure-the public service-commission act. Aside from the racetrack law, that was his one achievement, and this was largely off set by a complete demoralization of state finances which still continues.
 Most of MT. Hughes energies as governor were expended in factional warfare with the Republican leaders who had nominated him for their own l puI pOScS, Dul WllO Ol allowing him to dictate the policies of the party. In spite of his excellent motives and splendid efforts, Mir. Hughes could not control the Repub- lican organization; he could not infiu- ence the legislature, and he was con- pelled in the end to let other men win the battle that he had so resolutely begun.
 The Republican party in the nation Is controlled today by the identical in terests that controlled 1t when Mir. Hughes was governor. Many of the bosses are the same bosses. The Wall street partnership, the trust partner ship, the special-priyilege partnership. are all in full force now as they were then. The national Republican organ ization is just as progressive as Will liam Barnes and his New York cohorts were during the Hughes administra- tion and just as eager for reform. Ms. Hughes as president would have to deal with the same kind of political and corporation influences that he had to deal with as governor. He failed to subdue them when he was governor What reason Is there for believing that he could subdue them as president?
 MT. Wilson has proved that he can lead his party, and he has obtained from It the most extraordinary meas ure of progressive legislation that any administration has ever won. Day by day he is making the record mora re- markable and more brilliant. Does anybody believe that MT. Hughes could wiring from a Republican congress what MT. Wilson has wrung from a Democratic congress?
 Whatever program of advanced leg islation Mir. Hughes may put forth, the vital fact remains that MT. Wilson has demonstrated that he can lead his party and MT. Hughes has demonstrat- ed that he cannot lead his party. Does the country want four years more of constructive government, or four years of actual fighting between Re publican president and the Republican bosses?-New York World.
Williams news., 1916-09-14
This One Thina Enouuh.

For many years congress had been 1rged to pass bill which would en- able the farmers to borrow money on iand mOrtgaged at low interest rates. Republicans and Democrats were alike committed to rural credits measure but it remained for the Democrats to shape workable bill and pass 1t. If nothing more in the way of con- structive legislation had been accomp- iished during Wilson's administration than the passage of the banking and currency bill and the rural credits bill the Democrats would be entitled to retention in power. But much more Is to the credit of the Demo- cratS.
Williams news., 1916-09-14
All Interests Have Benefited.

The Republican party used to pride itself on being the business mems party; on being the party whose legis- lation promoted prosperity and kept the wage workers dinner pail full. But no Republican administration ever made record of far-reaching benefit to the many-business interests, in- dustrial interests and agricultural in- terests-such as the Democrats have done. Certain 1t Is that if Mir. Hughes were In President Wilson's place he could propose nothing by way of re- peal or amendment that would im- prove on the Wilson legislative policies.
Williams news., 1916-09-14
"Very Bio Men"

"Mr. Wilcox is personal friend of MT. Hughes and very able man," says ex-President Taft, quoted in the Brook lyn Eagle. "He knows very big men and has the relationship with MT. Hughes that will inspire confidence"
 It Is true. of course; MT. Wilcox knows very big men," Mark Hanna .'knew very big mem" the knowledge served him well. But what have such considerations to do with heightening hope in the success of an advocacy which we are assured Is to be con ducted upon the highest plane2
Williams news., 1916-09-14
His Two Exclusive Ideals.

There Is left nothing much In the way of ideals as the exclusive property of MT. Hughes except the two little ones which he has announced since his nomination. One of these is the propo- sition that the indecent prosperity in- flicted. upon the country by Demo- cratic administration is to be ignored because it Is only temporary. The other Is that the efficient and hard working American ambassadors md ministers in Europe, being nothing but honest Democrats, ought to be dis placed by superior Republicans.
Williams news., 1916-09-14
WORTH KNOWING

A stick of wood was recently shipped from British Columbia to England, which was 216 feet long. It will be used as fiagpole in Kew gardens.
 Baboons possess remarkable in- stinct for finding water, and have been used for that purpose in South Af- rica.
 The tusks of an African elephant sometimes weigh as much as 100 pounds, and reach nine feet in length.
Williams news., 1916-09-14

pounds. When we reached the Dutch storehouse it was 145 pounds. We ar rived bareheaded and barefooted and starved, of course"
 Of the characteristics and customs of the natives he met during the course of the expedition Dr. Farabee is enthusiastic. After their first timid ity at the appearance of white men had vanished they were courteous and gracious and received the explorers with hospitality from which the white man could well take lessons.
 One of the most picturesque experi- ences encountered by Dr. Farrabee and his party was when they came upon a village assembled for the purpose of curing one of its inhabitants of a poisonous snake bite. The victim was stretched upon the ground. Around him were dancers who after sucking the wound alternately blew and spat upon not only the bite but all of the mans joints. In an outer circle sat the musicians, who played such an insidious, plaintive tune that even the strangers had difficulty in resisting the hypnosis 1t was designed to in- duce. The bitten man was more or less hypnotiZed and by this method, as far as the visitors could observe, was cured.
 Marriage takes place at a very early age among these aborigines.
 Many of the villages have but two houses, one a communal affair in which there Is big general court with the apartments of the individual families abutting on It. and the other a house which the women seldom en- ter but which Is maintained as a sort of mems club, in which they entertain visitors from other tribes.
 The women would delight the hearts of the anti-suffragists. Moral suasion is their big stick. There is a native liquor which is very intoxicating. The women. however, do not touch 1t, all though drunkenness Is prevalent among the men. During the periods of intoxication of the men the women restrain them from bartering and the men obey with lambIike obedience.
 The men entertain a deep affection for their wives and will barter any, thing else in their possession with neighboring tribes except the "cush- ma" or ceremonial shirt which the wives make
 Cassava. root similar to the potato, is the staple article of food. Agri- culture in its broader sense is unknown to these newly discovered Indians. The men hunt and fish and do the bartering. The women gather the fruit and nuts and grate the cassava
Williams news., 1916-09-14

H hunting, according to Dr.
 William Curtis Farabee, who
 has just got home after - three years spent in explor- kS El ing remote regions of the - Amazon river in South Amer
 ica. Among the tribes he visited were two, the Mundurucus and the Jiveros, who still keep up the practice. One of the trophies he brought back for the University of Pennsylvania was collection of four belts made of human teeth-the most prized accoutrements that any Nun durucu could possess, according to an interview with Dr. Farabee in the New York Sun.
 As to the ethics of head hunting pr. Farabee says no self-respecting Mun- durucu or Jivero would go forth with bow and arrow and stone hatchet after the head of a national enemy because of the bangs of hunger or the desires Of trade expansion. Head hunters are not cannibals nor are they ambitious for aggrandizement. On the contrary they regard themselves as lovers of peace. But from time immemorial feuds have existed among them, and the only worthy method of treating their traditional enemies is to seek and obtain their heads.
 ! When a head is brought in by an intrepid warrior the village prepares to celebrate the exploit by assembling around a fire over which a potion rivaling that of the witches of Mac beth" is concocted. If 1t is Mundu- rucu village the head of the enemy, after having been boiled to the re- Quired tenderness, Is smoked for its preservation and the teeth are ex- tracted. A three days dance is held in honor of the victory.
 The Jiveros, however, vary the process by removing the bones from the head of the enemy and shrinking 1t to the proportions of a big mans fist. This is also preserved-an ob- ject lesson perhaps for the rising generation.
 The belts testifying to the existence of head hunting are but small part of the collection brought back after what scientists regard as the most hazardous trip ever made into the forest of the Amazon. Excavations of prehistoric pottery and burial vases, some of them more than three feet tall; records of the music of Indians never before visited by white men, ethnological work among more than thirty tribes heretofore known by name only are all included in Dr. Farabee's achievement.
 Most of the explorers of the Amazon Valley have confined their attention to the river bank. To go 100 yards from the margin of the stream, even today, is In places to be swallowed up In the wilderness. Dr. Farabee went far into the interior.
 ! Dr. Farabee arrived at Para In June, 1913. After a few preliminary expe- ditions up the main stream, he met on the edge of British Guiana two white men-the only two in that sec hon of the country-H. P. c. Melville, magistrate and protector of the h. dians for the whole of southern Guiana, and John OgiIvie, a Scotch man in the employ of the British gov ernment. It was in Mir. MeIvilIe's house at Dadanawa that they made preparations for the most adventurous
Williams news., 1916-09-14
In His Own Interest,

"They tell me that hot-tempered beauty married a good catch"
 ''I should hope he is, when one thinks of all the things she'll throw at him in her tantrums''
Williams news., 1916-09-14

If you wish beautiful, clear white clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all good grocers. Adv.
Williams news., 1916-09-14

Custom in China dlscourages the photographing of women.
 The buildings of Amsterdam are built largely on billings. The town hall stands on 13,OOO such supports.
 Experiments have shown that ex- cellent paper can be made out of grone vines.
 The Mexican seacoast on the Pacific and the gulf of California is 4,574 miles.
 Argentina is constructing a single irrigation system which will cost S6O.. 100000.
Williams news., 1916-09-14

Dr. William Curtis Farabee of the University of Pennsyl- vania, back from explorations in the Amazon river country, tells of strange savages who had never before seen a white man and whose big sport is capturing the heads of enemies
Williams news., 1916-09-14
Executions.

Exceptions. Don't tell me that politeness smooths the way for one." "What do you mean?' "Been motoring on road just full of thank -you-marms.'
Williams news., 1916-09-14

HERE are ethics in head VI hunting, according to Dr.
 William Curtis Farabee, who
 has just got home after - three years spent in eXplor- Fl ing remote regions of the . Amazon river in South Amer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28
LONDONDERRY.

DR.. Calvin was in Burlington the
first of the week.
Mrs. Nettie Albee of Bellows Falls
is guest Of A. B. Waite.
Mrs. George Abbott has gone to
Brooklyn for a short visit.
Arthur Wescott of Windham is work
ing for John Thompson haying.
Miss Laura Leonard of Sinonsville
is again working in the postoflice.
Mrs. Ella Payne was taken i'll Sun
day evening with acute Indigestion.
Mrs. Abbie Farnsworth of Dandy was
at the hotel last week and called on
old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Holt and son,
Hollis, of Bellows Falls were guests of
Fred Laselle last week.
Miss Norma Richardson of Chester
was a guest of Mrs. f. A. Curtis last
week and took part in the play.
Many from this place were sum.
moned to Newfane Saturday on the
Spaulding and Wade divorce case.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jackson of Bur
lington were visitors recently of vii.
liams brothers and Carroll Doane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler Cutler and a
friend of Boston were visitors at Shell
don q Farnum s the first of the week.
Maurice Parker and family of
Springfield, Mass, are guests of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs G. l.. Par
ker.
Miss Thelma Arnold of New Haven,
Conn, is at Frank Stowell S for a few
days. She was accompanied by Hugh
Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Garfield of
Kansas City, Mo-, are spending their
vacation here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. l.. d. Garfield.
Another very interesting ball game
was played here Saturday between
Townshend and Londonderry. The
score was II to IL in favor of Lon.
donderry.
Sydney NJ. Douglas of Springfield
Mass, is with his brother, Albert
Douglas, for a few weeks. l.. f. Ladd
and family of Pleasantville, n. Y.
recently visited his sister, Mrs. Albert
| Douglas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28
SOUTH HALIFAX.

Mrs. Williams and daughters returned
to Holyoke Saturday.
Mr.. McGlynn and father went to
Springfield, Mass, Monday.
Miss Viola Long returned to her home
in Shelburne, Mass, Tuesday.
Fred Sheldon has returned from his
vacation spent in Greenfield, Mass.
Mrs. Janet Stone went to Shelburne,
Mass, Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs.
Clarence Long.
Miss Ada Worden spent the past
week with her sister, Clara, who works
for Mrs. Minnie Prouty.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Woodland and
daughter visited his sister, Mrs. Cliff
Dalrymple in Marlboro Sunday.
Neighbors and friends of A. A. Lar
rabee, and Merrick and Derrick Harris
gathered in Grange hall Friday night
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
their birth. About $50 were present to
wish them joy and prosperity in the flu
ture. Mr.. Brigham and daughter fur.
nished music for dancing. Ice cream
and cake were served.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28
WEST HALIFAX.

Mrs. Miner is entertaining Mrs. jew
ell.
Viva Whidden is working at Maple
hurst.
Eli Cooke is ill and is under the doe
tor care.
Rev. Mr.. Thornton is boarding at d.
ID. Pratt s.
Charles Whitney of Readsboro is
guest of Emery Whitney.
Rev. Mr.. Thornton has gone to Rock
vile, Conn.,, to visit his parents.
Mrs. Blanche Sumner and three chill
dren were in Brattleboro this week.
Miss Pauline Adams is a guest of her
sister, Mrs. Gerald Adams, in Marlboro.
Alice Newell has returned home. af-
ter spending two weeks with Mrs.
Miner.
Fred Robinson and Fletcher Dalrym-
pie are cutting the grass on the A. c.
Jones farm.
There will be preaching July 80 and
through August in the Univcrsalist
church at 2.3O p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Chamberlin of
Mortified, Mass, were week end guests
of their aunt, Mrs. E. s. Cooke.
The entertainment and lawn party
of the Universalist society was well at
tended and good time was enjoyed.
d. d. Harris and NJ. Harris and A..
A. Larrabee celebrated their fiftieth an
niversaries Friday night by giving u
free dance in Grange hall Ice-cream
and cake were served. A big crowd was
present.
The prayer meeting at the Hatch
schoolhouse Wednesday evening, Aug. 9,
will be conducted by Captain Rennie
and Major Johnson of the Salvation
Army of Brattleboro. These meetings
have been very interesting and well
attended
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28
LANDGROVE.

Miss 1nez Harris is at work for Mrs.
j. T.. Thomson.
II. G. Gleason has a Ford automobile,
bought of o. f. Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Thomson
were in Weston Saturday.
Frank Madison and son, Fred, of
SALISBURY were at NJ. O. Bates s Sat
urday.
Mrs Angelette Abbott, who had been
caring for her daughter, Mrs. Bellville
of Ludlow, two weeks, returned Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitney ac-
companied by Mrs. Whitncy's brother
and wife called at G. c.. Thomson s
Tuesday.
Mrs. Hannah Russell, who has been
at S. II. Abbott s Il few weeks, visited
friends in Clarksville Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs. +. A. Woodworth and two chill
dren of Swanton are at the home of
her mother, Mrs Lucy Woodwork, for
a few weeks.
Il. A. Rush was in BrattlebOro Tues
day to consult an oculist in regard to
one Of his eyes which was hurt by be
ing struck by stick while he was
working in the woods. IN
Earl Richardson and family, who
came to live on the Horace Fuller
place with Mrs. Mary Fuller, went
away Monday for a place in Foxboro
Mass. His sister, Edith Richardson
came for them by automobile, accom-
panied by his cousin, George Richard
son. Miss Eva Charles, sister OF
Mrs. Richardson, who had been visiting
them a few days, returned the same
day. They all stayed with Mrs. j. Il
Thomson Sunday night, j. f. Thomson
going to Chester with Mr.. Richardson !
COW, pigs, chickens. etc, to be shipped
to his new home by rail. The whole
community is sorry to lose the family
AMI all wish them good luck and pros
perity in their new home.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28
JAMAICA
Native of Jamaica Dead.

Mrs. Ella M. (Sagc) Harris, 81, a ma
tive of this town and wife of Levi w
Harris, died in her home in Clinton
Mass, July II. She was daughter OF
Jessie and Lestina Sage. A Clinton
newspaper printed the following:
90 In the home on Water street where
she had spent so many years, were
held on Thursday afternoon the funer
al services for Mrs. Ella, wife of Levi
w. Harris. The house was filed with
relatives and friends who came to pay
a last tribute to the woman who was
SO loved and respected. The floral
tributes were many and very beautiful
"Thc services were conducted by
Rev. James c. Duncan, pastor of the
Unitarian church, of which the de-
ceased was Il member. Rev. Mr.. Dun.
can read scripture, offered prayer and
closed the service with beautiful
poem by Whittier, which was most APP
propriate. Miss Ethel l.. Wilder and
Miss f. Lena Marshall sang very beau.
tifully i'll duet two selections, Jesus
Saviour, Pilot Me, and Safe in the
Arms of Jesus.
Lnterment was in Woodlawn Gem.
etery in charge of Undertaken David
Dias, there being n committal service
TN charge of Rev. Mr.. Duncan.
"Thc bearers were Levi w. Harris
f. S. Harris of Fitchburg, Edwin A.
Harris of Boston, and Harry w. Divoll
of Clinton.''
The same paper published the fol
lowing as communication: FThe
passing from our midst of Mrs. Levi
w. Harris gives to friend the privi-
of hnt fr;n +o
day are thinking and saying. Long a
resident of the town she was actively
identified with much of its best life
Primarily she was housekeeper and
homemaker of the best New England
type; with her, however, sympathy and
work for others was but an extension
of the homeloving spirit
"Becausc of her rare good iudg-
ment, her great executive ability, and
her conscicntiousncss in carrying to a
completion every undertaking. her aid
was often sought and it was freely
given.
{" In the early days of the Clinton
hospital, when its needs were great
and the women rallied to its support
by giving lunches on the fair grounds,
Mrs Harris, as chairman, by hard
work and wise planning, ensured finan-
cial success. To the Woman s Chris
tian Temperance Union she was a loval
friend and supporter.
'Through all the years her greatest
interest was with the church of her
choice; its service was to her both a
duty and pleasure, and her presence
will be greatly missed in all its activ-
ities.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28
ATHENS.

Claude Sweet is spending his vaca-
ton in town.
Z. L. Walker of Bellows Falls was
at E. S. Kingsley's Sunday.
Miss Phoebe Glazier visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. n. Glazier, Sun
day.
Margaret Robbins of Springfield,
Mass, is visiting at Mrs E. n. Bob
bins s.
There were no church services Sun
dav. on account of so much illness i'll
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Jones of Gage
Vile were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. i. o.
Eddy Sunday.
Mrs. Nette Goeway of birmingham,
Mass, is visiting the family of her
daughter, Prof. and Mrs. e. W. Pow
ers.
Mrs. w. d. Spencer and son, Ray,
of saltwater, n. Y, are spending
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. Il. 5.
Kingsley.
Ed. Durham is quite i'll with the
prevailing trouble which the doctors
call tonsilitis. Those who have been
ill for some time are much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Ball and three
children of Toronto, Canada, and a
number of friends from Bellows Falls
were in town recently by auto-bus, call
ing ON old friends and making a stop
at the Valley cemetery.