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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Frank Harlow of Maiden, Mass, was
in town several days last week looking
after the crops on his farm.
Rev. Walter Curtis and John Ormsby
attended meeting of the Sons of Vete-
rams in Saxtons River recently.
The Ladies Aid society is planning
to meet next week Thursday, Dee. I
at the parsonage with Mrs. Walter
Curtis
Harry Chapman and family of Wind
ham came Thursday in their automobile
to visit Mr.. Chapman's brother, Roland
Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Houghton of
Hardwick came Friday to spend the
winter with their aunt, Miss Nellie
Houghton.
Mrs, Alfred Ranney slipped and fell
on her kitchen floor recently, severely
bruising one arm. She seems to be get
ting along well and is feeling much bet
ter this week.
SaXtons River Valley Pomona Grange
to which the Grange here belongs, will
meet with Fall Mountain Grange of
Bellows Falls Saturday afternoon and
evening, Dee. ..
Miss Nellie Butterfeld, trained
nurse, went to Bellows Falls Saturday
to care for Edgar Lewis, who recently
sustained bad fracture of one leg by
the kick of horse
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
GIRL TOO YOUNG TO MARRY.
License Denied Runaway Couple from
Fitchburg, Mass.

A couple who came here Saturday to be
married were disappointed when it was
learned that the girl was only Is years of
age. They came here from Fitchburg and
the youth gave his age as 2l years. The
girl declared she was IS years old The
license was held up while Town Clerk l..
s. Hayes investigated. He received news
the girl was not Of legal age. At the re-
quest of the young womans father,
through the Fitchburg police, she was de
tanned by Chief-of-Police w. $. Severance,
who took her to his home The young
man, having been disappointed in love,
returned to Fitchburg on the afternoon
train. The girls father arrived on the
evening train, and the reconciliation be-
tween the two was affecting
The father said that the couple came to
Bellows Falls to be married because he OBJ
ected to the young man and had forbid
den his daughter to see him. The girl had
previously told the police that was why
they had come here. After father and
daughter had kissed they attended the
movies.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
CONGREGATIONAL Indoor Fair.

Friday was Indoor Fair day for the
Congregational parish. The parish
house was the scene of the annual fair
of the women of the church and the. af-
fair was on a somewhat more extensive
scale than anything of the kind pre-
viously attempted. The fair opened at
10 O'Clock and special dinner was
served at 12.l5. The charge was IS
cents a plate, larger than usually is the
case at church dinners. At 4.3O mock
baby show was held and continued
until 10 O'Clock. Wonderland was
another feature of the indoor fair. At
6.l5 Chinese supper, with chop suey,
containing all the delicacies and mys-
teries of the Oriental dish, was
served, and tid-bits consisted of lee
chez nuts and other edibles dear to the
Acknowledged ones from across the Pa
cifc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. C. Wright are spend
ing Il few days in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton Farr of Bel
lows Falls spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Farr.
Mrs. Ella Whitney of South Vernon
is spending the week with her daugh-
ter, at Percy Balls.
1t is expected that Elisha Culver, a
former kun Hattin boy, will occupy
the pulpit next Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Davis has returned from
the Rockingham hospital and is able
to attend to her usual duties.
d. b. Fountain of Windham was a
guest Saturday and Sunday of his
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Bemis.
Mrs. r. X. Harris and two children
of Palmer, Mass, are spending the
week with Mrs. Harris s sisters, Mrs.
Carrie Nutting and Miss Mary Fem.
The next meeting of the Fortnlghtly
club will be held December with Mrs.
Walter Twitchell as hostess Program
Music; paper Young Russia, the Land of
Unlimited Possibilities, Mrs. Walter John
son; music; reading, Miss Mary Fem
Mrs. f. d. Hayward of Ticonderoga,
n. V, was a guest of Mrs. l.. A. Pierce
Thursday and Friday of last week
Madam Hayward and daughter, Helen,
of North Andover, Mass, joined Mrs.
Hayward Friday at Bellows Falls, re
turning with her to Ticonderoga, where
they will spend a few weeks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
Second Attack of Pneumonia Fatal

Walter S. Shaw was called to Rut-
land Saturday because of the dealt; Of
his brother, Benjamin II. Shaw, 20, of
Poultncy. The death occurred in the
Rutland hospital. On July -, last, the
young man was struck by an automo.
bile While riding a motorcycle. The
accident happened in Lowell, Mass. He
remained in hospital there until Lieut..
Shaw returned home from the border
i'll October His leg was partially am
putated and then grated on, and doe
tors were sanguinc that he would re-
cover its full use. Pneumonia dcvcl-
oped while he was in Lowell, but he re-
covered sufficiently to be taken to his
home in Poultnev. Later it was neccs-
sarY to take him to the Rutland hos
pital, and pneumonia again developed
resulting in his death. He was I'M
married. -t 4-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

noon last week. A train was approach
ing the station and bystanders say that
the fagman at the crossing was at his
post. Mr. Blakeley evidently thought
he had time to make the crossing in
his Ford before the arrival of the train.
He started across the crossing and in
his haste, it is said, flooded his car
buretor with gas. The engine became
stalled and the big locomotive, which
was going at slow rate of speed
pushed his automobile several feet. The
engineer of the locomotive had seen the
automobile and brought his engine
down to very slow speed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
Memorial Windows Dedicated.

Rev. DR.. A. p. Pratt of the Second
Congregational church in Greenfield,
Mass, former pastor of the Bellows
Falls Congregational church, came
here Sunday and preached in the ser
vices held in the evening, when two
new memorial windows were dedi-
Gated. The windows are the gift of +.
C. Hildreth, in memory of his mother
and sister, Harriet a. Hildreth and
Hattie A. Hildreth, and of the Won
an S society, in memory of those who
have passed to the higher life. The
Congregational church has been without
II pastor since Rev. DR.. Pratt went TO
Greenfield last June, and the pulpit has
been filed by candidates and other
supplies
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
DRANK OIL OF WINTERGREEN
Three Ycars-O Conway Boy Dies in
Hospital.

George Edward Reyes, aged three,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Reyes of
Conway, died in the Franklin County
hospital Sunday as a result of drink
ing the contents of a bottle of oil of
wintergreen. The child had been visit
ing with his mother at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Wilson of Spring
terrace, Greenfield. Saturday he secured
the bottle of wintergreen, and had
drunk considerable of the contents be
fore he was detected. He was taken to
the hospital early Sunday and died
during the morning.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

pany Il second team won from q Spring
field team, 80 to &c. The second-string
men have taken on weight and consider
ing the fact that it was their first game
they showed good team work and many
flashes of fast individual playing.
The Bellows Falls girls team won
from the Springfield girls team by the
score of to l. The local girls were
fast last season and have lost none of
their speed since the season closed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
HOW'S This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
CatarTh Cure
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known r. ].
Sheney Tor the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by his firm.
NAT. BANK OF COMMERCE
Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 10
cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

But four eases of diphtheria were re-
ported to DR.. F. j. Ennis, Burlington
health officer, the past week, which
number is much smaller than the mum
Der reported the week before. There are
at present but six cases in quarantine,
while last week there were 10. The
disease has run in a very mild form
up to the present time, and practically
all cases are those of young children,
many not of school age.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
Meats-Retail.

Employing more men in the scale
department than ever before and turn
ing out practically the largest pro
duction in the history of the company,
the r. n T. Fairbanks Co., st. Johns
bury, is also making internal changes
in the foundry that will allow more
room for the moulders there and ia
cilitate the already large output from
that department which has also reached
the high water mark. An average of
70 tons of castings is being turned out
daily.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
Ordered to Pay Wife 81 a Week.

Judge T. L. o 'Bricn in a session of
the municipal court Friday ordered
Willie Wilder of Cambridgeport, who
was charged with non-support, to pay
his wife 81 a week and to pay her
house rent. There are three or four
children in the family. States Attor-
ncy o. b. Hughes appeared for the
state
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
New Sheriff for Windsor County.

James H. Kiniry of Windsor has re.
signed as Sheriff Of Windsor in order
that he may give attention to personal
business and Gov. Gates has appointed
Shcrill'-clcct James Mcdonald of Lud-
low, who took possession Of the of
fee Dee |.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
Mrs. Ella Tangney Breen.

Mrs. Ella Tangney Breen, wife of
John C. Brecn of 80 Center street, died
Thursday, Nov. %, in the Rockingham
hospital. Mrs. Breen was married only
last May. She formerly lived in Wat
crbury, Conn. She had been ill since
August and for many weeks had been
an inmate of the hospital, where sew
eral operations were performed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

matter and the chamber of commerce,
organizations and others will
be called upon later and asked to in
vestigatc and learn whether such
club room can be supported in this vii
lage.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
Church Extends Call.

The Congregational church of this
place voted last Thursday evening at
a business meeting to extend call to
Rev. w. +. Wild to become pastor of
the church.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
BOTH HOME TEAMS WIN.
Co. E Second Team and Girls Team
Defeat Visitors.

The baketball season here opened
Friday night in the Armory with vic
tories for two local teams. The Com
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
Blakeley's Auto Pushed by Locomotive

j. II. Blakeley, former postmaster,
and crowd at the railroad station
were very much frightened one after
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

Build your hopes high-thcn stand
from under.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
One of Won Hindenburg's
Soldiers - BY George
Daley

One evening when We were in camp
on a river we were very tired for we
had had a hard struggle that day keep
ing back the Russian army. About
one-half a mile away the Russian army
waited for q chance to rush past the
German line.
Nearby were the German trenches
with the men at their posts. They
were but q few feot apart, with their
guns lying on the sides Of the
trenches, SO that II any Russian
should peep out, they would be ready
to meet him with q bullet.
AS I have said We were in camp,
sitting around the fire, in q few min
utes we were all in u blankets for
the night, except tho guards and they
Y sleep when they are on duty,
because If they did maybe we would
all have been destroyed. Who
knows? So in the morning we ate
our lunch, and started toward the
battlefield. We had all made up our
minds lever to return unless we had
captured Warsaw, a Russian town of
about $1,000 population.
So we started out on our bloody
journey. We took our places at the
front, the roar of the canon was very
great, but or we pushed. We got
about 100 yards from our trenches.
There through shot and shell we dug
some more trenches.
So we were out of danger, but be-
fore the day was over, the Russians
had fallen back at least $50 yards,
with great loss on both sides. 1t went
on this way for about twenty-four days
rrh4p yo bod IN 0,,~ h1~lo ~ -,
city of Warsaw. So we were glad to
accomplish what w had tried for.
We went into camp once more full
of life and joy, but little life there
were in those who had camped on
the river, just another mar and l were
all who were living.
Three days from that day we cap
tured Warsaw, the enemies tried to
drive us back and l was severely
mangled with a cannon ball taking one
arm of.
I am now in a German hospital suf-
fering very much with my arm. There
is no more val for m now, hoping
before long l can go back to my old
home again. But yet I would like to
go and fight for my country, with my
comrades and win liberty. l can feel
thankful. that l will get to see my
parents once more for many a lad will
not get to. '".
l have seen young lads from Is to
10 years old fling themselves upon the
ground and cry, wanting to go home,
just to see home once more and to be
free. They hated the sight of a gun.
All that they wanted was II want to
gone home, l want to go home" Peo-
pie in other lands cannot think or i'm
agine what conditions the people are
in owe here.
had to write this composition Just
as if l had been m Of Won linden
burg's soldiers and were fighting with
the Germans when they were captur-
ing Warsaw.
George Daley, Age IA.
80" Batavia, Iowa, Route l..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
A Rabbit Hunt - BY Helen
Linabury

Once upon a time there was a man
and a boy. 1t was Saturday forenoon
and they were talking about going
hunting. AS they were going along
the road they met a dog going in the
opposite direction. The nan and boy
wondered whose dog 1t could be. The
man looked and sax a collar on the
dogs neck. The man saw that there
was no name on the dogs collar so
the man and boy took the dog hunting
with them.
AS soon as they got to where they
wanted to hunt the dog went ahead.
As the dog was shifting along the high
grass he smelled a rabbit track and
followed it. The nan and boy saw
that the dog had found a track of
something so they followed the dog.
The dog kept on running for a while
until out Of the grass jumped a rabbit.
The dog ran after the rabbit until he
caught it and then took it to the man
and boy and they said: III no owner
comes for this dog we shall keep
him."
Helen Lnabury, Age 9.
Box s. Milton, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
Bernice Kelly on a Trip to
Excelsior Springs

Dear Juniors:
As I have not written for a long
time I will write about my trip to Ex-
celsior Springs, Mo. We got on the
train at 10 a. m. We had to change
at Moberly, Mo-, and had to wait an
hour for the train. 1t was dark when
we got to Excelsior Springs, Nc. We
stayed there three weeks.
Papa and l went out to see the
Jesse James farm. We stayed at the
Noonan house. That is a rocky coun-
try out there. The railroad track
runs close to the Missouri river.
There are some awful steep bluffs out
there. think that it is a very pretty
country.
There are many people who go
there for their health. One salt sui
phur we'll out there is fourteen hun
dred and sixty feet deep. There are
eighteen different kinds of water.
| There are many colored people out
there.
There was a celebration Of the fin
fishing Of the great white way. They
/ ran races and had an automobile
parade.
There was an old colored gentle
man out there. They called him
Daddy" Simpson. He drove a span
of little borros. I thought they were
so nice. l wanted papa to buy them
so We could drive them home.
Bernice Kelley,
R. 2. Box At. Lancaster, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
Lullaby of the ~Iroquois

|Ilt1e brown baby-bird, Tapped in your
nest,
Wrapped In your nest,
Strapped In your nest;
s1cur straight little cradle board rocks
you to rest. "
Its hands are your nest,
Its bands are your nest.
ID swings from the down-bending
branch Of the oak, f.
You watch the camp flame and the
curling gray SNAKE:
But. oh, for your pretty black eyes
sleep Is best.
little brown baby Of mine, 60 to rest.
|IAttle brown baby-bird swinging to
sleep,
Winging to sleep,
Singing to sleep;
j Four wonder-black eyes that so wide
open keep,
esSShielding their sleep,
sUnyielding to sleep.
The heron is homing, the plover is
still;
The night owl calls from his haunt on
the hill;
3I4ar the fox barks, afar the stars
N peep.
k1ttle brown baby OF mine, go to sleep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
&COURIER JUNIOR
Published By,
Al COURIER PRINTING CO.
~ oesumwa, Iowa
0ATADA pEvEREAUx
EDITOR
@cuRRgNr EVENTS"

Dear Juniors: Current events" -
AWA1GA means the wonderful things
a1 are happening each day - is the
|0nb5ect for . big contest. One OF the
sDDst important current events for OF
this week, was the opening
~ the bids for the new hotel which Is
sooon to be erected neal the ONCE Of
The Courier Junior. We will not tell
- Juniors any more current events"
mt We want all tho Juniors to send
IA nice compositions formed OF cur
rent events" Some event In ones
SDWn family, and unknown to outsiders,
nay prove to be the very best eur
rent event" This contest will close
Monday, Jan. II. However. we want
some Of the current events" for next
weeks Junior.
Select prizes, first and second
choice, from among the following
Articles: Ice skates, souvenir spoon,
book, fountain pen. small camera, writ
slng pad, box of school supplies or roll
Ter skates.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
Mandolin Chisman Lives on
a Farm Sixteen Miles
West of OttumWa

Dear Juniors :-This is the first let
ter l have written to the Courier
Junior.
live on a farm, sixteen miles north
west of Ottumwa. I go to Piper school
and my teachers name is Vergie Gus
tason. I like her very much.
1 am in the third grade. I like
arithmetic the best Of my studies. My
studies are reading, arithmetic, writ
ing, language and spelling.
l have no brothers or sisters. I
For pets l have a dog and cat. l
have four dolls. their names are Mari
on, Theo, Teddy and and Susie.
Madolin Chisman, Age 8.
Dudley, Iowa, Route No. 1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
Mother Bear and the Cubs
- Floyd Wymore

Dear Juniors:
This is the first time I have ever
written to the Junior page. l am going
to write about the mother bear and
cubs.
The first time the two little black
cubs peeped into their home they lay
quite close to their mother in a snug
warm nest. Their father would bring
food which he had caught and give it
to them. Once as the two cubs were out
playing some one caught them and
took them home to the little boy. He
was very glad they had brought them.
He took them and played with them
and they were soon very tame. He
taught them tricks which they learned
very quickly. They would play soldier
shake hands and a lot Of other things
which were very nice. He named them
Jim and Jack. One night they slept in
the barn and the next morning Jim was
gone. They tried to find him but he
was zone and could not be found. But
he still had his friend Jack, who lived
two years longer and was the best
friend he mad.
Floyd Wymore. age 10,
North English, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
Mary Says Is Had Dinner
at One Table Alone

Dear Junior:
1 have never written to the Junior. I
thought I would write. you g few lines.
I live on a farm south Of Bidwell. Papa
takes the Courier and a few other pa
pers. I like to read the Junior page
very well.
I am 10 years old.
I have one sister and four brothers.
MY sisters name is Alta, and my broth
ers' names are William Elmer Harold
and Orville.
We had lots Of apples to put away
for the cold winter.
I go to school every day. I 60 to No.
9 school. T have eleven studies. They
are music, reading. history, arithmetic,
physiology, geography, agriculture,
spelling and penmanship. l live a mile
from school.
Mary E. Johnston.
Ottumwa, Ia. R. No. 4, Box SO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-08
Gladys Slater's Great Grand
mother Was Born in
England

I thought I would write about my
grandparents. My great grandmother
was born in England. She came over
to America when she was fifteen years
old. It took her about six weeks to
come over the ocean. One day the cap
tain was eating some corn bread. My
great grandmother thought he was
eating cake but he told her it was corn
pone and that was all the kind of
bread she would have to eat in the new
country. She didn't like 1t at first but
she soon learned to eat 1t. My great
grandmothers name was Jane Baker.
She was born in England in 1925 and
came to America In 1S41 and lived in
Chicago until 1S45 and then came to
Ottumwa, living to be- eighty-fve years
old.
Gladys Slater, age 10.
Ottumwa, Iowa.