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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-11-17
= COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE ::

Boyd, son of Mr., and Mrs. Henry
Boyd, of near here, and Miss Irene
Schoeff Of Minnith were quietly unit
ed in marriage at Perryville, Mo-
They are residing with the formers
parents. These are excellent young
people, and we wish them bonNoyage
through life
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-11-17

hole was burned in the roof and other
damage done in the third story. The
men at the works responded quickly
and soon had it controlled. It caught
probably from sparks.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-11-17
LICENSED TO MARRY

Nov. 9Th, Clyde Laudon of Fiat
River and Fora Haynes Of Farming
ton.
18th, W. E. Ennor and Eva Conway
Of Desloge.
18th. Jeff Carmack and Emma Cos
sage of Desloge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14

enough better to more than make up
for the time taken.
AT the annual meeting of the Wind.
ham County Agricultural association
in February the state Grange invited
us to cooperate with them in holding
a summer field meeting in Brattlcboro
about the middle of August. We ex.
poet that this meeting will be held
but are unable to give any details at
this time.
Plans are also under way for field
meeting in Ncwfanc with a basket pic
mic and outside speakers. Also for q
picnic and field meeting at the pond
in Athens with the cooperation OF
ncighboring communities.
During the past two years thcr;
have been several automobile trips t.
places of interest both within and
without the county. In 1914 two par
tics went to Amherst, visiting scvera
successful farms on the way. After
two years there will be changes in the
work at the Massachusetts station and
would it not be interesting and of val
ne to us to make second visit this
SUMMER On the way we might sec
some fine stock and excellent crops
at A. A. Dunklce & Son s, South Yer
non, Mt. Hermon school and at the
Mortified seminary farms at North
field, Mass. The farmers from some
community might make this trip or ;
party might 90 from the whole coun
ty. 1t you are interested in such 9
trip, let 5 hear from you.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
EXPLAINS DELAY IN ROAD WORK
Only Part of Necessary Trap. Rock for
Western Avenue Job Received-Pa-
thence Is Advised.

The Phoenix has received the fol
lowing letter from County Highway
Supervisor David T. Perry in explana-
ton of the delay in completing the
Western avenue highway improvement
work.
Editor of The Phoenix:
In justice to the good people who
live on Western avenue it may be fair
to state Il reason for the delay in COM
plotting the state work ON Western ave
nue.. The sclcctmen of Brattlcboro and
the county supervisor agreed that a
frst-cass road should be built where
the work now is in process. To- do that
kind of work it is necessary to ship
in trap rock from Massachusetts
quarry to be used in the top course
The trap rock was bought long before
the work of preparing the road was
started to the end that the work might
be completed quickly.
The . days of rain in June and
the impossibility to get sufficient hell
has had the same effect of delay in
quarrying trap rock that it has had
on all other forms of outdoor work
and ii has been possible to receive
only part of the order. The delay is
beyond the control of those who have
the work in charge.
The organization to do the roat
work has been used on the avenue ant
also on Flat street to keep the force
together while waiting for shipment
of stone to complete the avenue work
Our experience with outdoor work il
Brattlcboro is no worse than in 6
thousand other towns. Patience must
and should be one of our prime virtues
this season, otherwise we may be Oh
the road to unhappincss.
Even in modern road building the
process of construction has not
reached that state of perfection
whereby a frst-cluss road can bC
built in some back yard and thel
drawn out in sections in the night an,
properly placed without disturbing
the travelling public and those whC
live along the work. The men il
charge have Il feeling for others anC
are doing their utmost to shorten the
time of construction. Meanwhile it il
better to keep smiling and remember
the deep mud you have waded in fol
the last 30 years will soon be no more
ON Il part of Western avenue.
We have the assurance of a ship
ment of rock by next Tuesday.
Respectfully,
d. T. PERRY,
County Supervisor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
SCATTERED HUSBANDS ASHES
Mrs. Starr, Once a Well Known Circus
Rider, Complied with Her Late Hus-
band S Request.

The widow of Georg o, Starr, once
Barnum & Bailey show manager. and
until his death in London, i'll Scptcm-
Der, connected with the Crystal Pal
ace. has arrived by the American liner,
Philadelphia to settle his estate, after
scattering her husband S ashes to the
winds in mid-occan on the night of
July 3.
Mrs. Starr won fame as Il circus per-
former before she was married to
Starr. In her act at Niblo s, many
years ago she was loaded into the
mouth of canon and fired to Il
trapczc. on which she did stunts UNI
usual for the period, finally falling into
net.
She was known then as "Xazel. the
Human Cannon Ball. 1t was in this
pcrilous thriller that an unexpected
explosion almost crippled her for ifc.
She still suffers from a spinal injury
that forces her to abandon strenuous
circus work.
Mrs. Starr said her husband re-
qucstcd that his body be crcmotcd
and the ashes "strcwn to the four
Winds and that she was dissuaded
from carving out the latter iniunc-
ton by British folks who said she
would not he allowed to do it in Eng
land. That is why she kept tha ashes
until she got to mid-sca, when she
went out on the promenade deck and
holding them in her folded skirt, said
Il prayer for her husband and tossed
them to leeward A sailor was the
only person who saw the ceremony
and he was unaware of its signit-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
SALE OF THE BAILEY LIBRARY
500 OF Vermont Books Go to James &,
Wilbur, Manchester.

The collection of Vermont books in
the library of the late Horace w.
Bailey of Newbury, numbering nearly
500 volumes, has been sold to Hon.
James b. Wilbur of Manchester, an old
friend of Mr.. Bailcy's and for many
years mn interested collector of Yer
mont books and pamphlets. This com
pletes the sale of the Vermont portions
of the library, Middlebury college hav'
ing already secured the collection
of bound pamphlets of about 100 vol
umcs. The balance of Mr.. Bailey IS
library of nearly 1000 volumes viii be
sold III auction by New York book.
seller, The Newbury library also re-
oeives some valuable books from this
collection through the liberality of n
former resident Of the town. The libra
ry was sold by Arthur f. Stone
Of st. Johnsbury, who has had charge
of the disposition of these interesting
items.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
Raro Fallow Deer in Somerset.

While DIR. Willard and his son were
fishing in Somerset, VT, some days
ago. they saw Il young deer of a new
variety. lie was brown instead of
red with a dark stripe running through
,hc back, while line of white spots
ran the whole length of the body. The
spots were about the size of half dol
lar piece, were regular in shape and
evenly spaced apart. DIR. Milard
found upon investigation that the All
nal he saw was the fallow deer such
as is sometimes seen in Canada, but
rarely in these parts,-North Adams,
Mass, Herald
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Miss Alice Gould of Windsor is visiting
her cousin, Doris Chapman.
Frank Harlow of Maiden, Mass, spent
last week here with his family.
Mrs. Maria G.oomis of Dandy is visiting
her daughter, Mrs Walter Curtis.
Pastor Curtis will preach next Sunday
morning on the Peace That God lIonorcd.
Miss Ruth Harlow of Brattcboro is
spending weeks vacation at her home
here.
Miss Nellie Buttcriicld, a trained nurse,
went Thursday to Springfield, Vt, to take
charge of Il case.
Ora Codding, teacher in the high school
at Binghamton, y. V, is at his home here
for the summer vacation.
Conrad Baker returned Saturday to
Toledo, Ohio, after spending several
weeks here with his family.
The Junior Christian Endcavor society
met last Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
Clinton McElroy. Pauline Harlow was
leader.
Miss Maudc Loomis of Dandy, who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Walter Cur
It's, for the past two weeks, has gone to
Boston to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs George Fuller of Gens
Falls, n. v, came Saturday to visit Mr.
luller's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
George Bell, making the trip in THEN
automobile.
Mrs. Grace Perry and daughters Miss
Edna Fuller and Pauline Perry of Maiden
Mass came Saturday for IA two weeks
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Bell.
Hugh Wellman of Chicago came Sun.
day to visit his mother, Mrs. Rachel Well
man. He and his mother went Thursday
to Arlington, Mass, to visit his sister
Mrs, Damon Stevens.
Rev George Brimacondc of Revere
Mass who is passing two weeks will
Rev and Mrs Walter Curtis, preached
for Mr.. Curtis last Sunday morning and
his sermon was much enjoyed He will
speak next Sunday evening on lights and
Shadows of London.
The following notice from a Hartford
Conn, paper of July Bird will be Of inter
est to many people here as Mrs. Way is d
niece of the late Mrs Loring Goodcll anc
was frequent visitor here at her aunt ,
|
spent their summer vacations: George
Leonard Way, 81, for many years in bust
ness in this city, died yesterday morning
at his home, 90 Windsor avenue, after {
short illness following IA shock SUSTAINED
last Tuesday evening. He was born II
this city, a son of George NJ. Way o
Colchester and Marian (Fitch) Kennedy
Way of this city. He leaves wife, Sarai
Jane Smith Way; five sons, George
Leonard Way, ir., a. Sidney Way, Leon
ard ID. Way and Howard ID. Way OF thi
city, and Henry p. Way Of Denver Col.
daughter, Mrs. Helen Way lndcr, o
West Hartford, and three grandchildren
Harry p. Way, ir., OF Denver. Cot, anC
Thomas and George Way Lindcr OF Ncs
Hartford. Upon being graduated iron
the high school at the age OF III years, h'
went to work in the store conducted by
his father at No. 34 Main street, know
as the Way Hardware Corporation, whlcl
dissolved about 20 years ago. lie enlisted
during the Civil war in Company |, 90
regiment, G. V. He was one OF the orig
inal members of the Putnam PhalanN.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
Another Vermont Admiral.
Bloomington Banncr.)

In speaking Of Vermont S contribu-
ton to the navy the Banner and 9th
err Vermont papers have neglected to
mention Rear Admiral Franklin G.
Prindle who was an Arlington hoy and
who served most crcditably for 80
wears and is now retired and lives in
Washington. He went into the navy
during the Civil war and won his high
rank by merit and ability.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
DROWNING AT BARRE.
Archie Leclair, Aged &c. Sinks in a
Tributary of Winoosld.

When the intense heat compelled the
stone sheds to shut down at Barre
Wednesday afternoon Archie Leclair,
80 years old; Arthur Gardens and f..
Il. White, granite cutters, hurried to
the banks of small tributary of the
Winooski river and plunged in for a
swim. Immediately Leclar disappeared
in 10 feet of water and half hour
elapsed before his body was dis
covered. \ pulmotor was used unsuc-
cessfully. Leclair leaves an aged
mother and three brothers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
ARE SETTLED IN CAMPS
Company ! Boys on Border and at
Burlington Hard at Work
Texas Letters Tell of Conditions-Pa-
jamas Ordered for Comfort-Recruits
Anxious to Get to Front.

Life on the Mexican border so far
as it concerns Company l and at Camp
Governor Gates near Fort Ethan AL
len, so far as reports from the two
places reaching The Phoenix, show it
has developed into a round Of routine
drill and monotonous camp life. In
Texas it is varied somewhat by the
daily sandstorms and sights that are
strange to Vermont eyes. At the state
camp the recruits are anxiously await
ing the order to entrain and start for
the border.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
There Arc Others.

job didn't get away with all the
patience, Moses didn't corner tine
meckncss market, Soloman didn t
know it all and, by hockey, Ananias
vast the only liar.-llcuston Post.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
CAMP SKATER, EAGLE PASS,
Texas, July &.


Editor of The Phoenix;-
The camp is fairly well settled now.
The Maryland troops pulled in here
yesterday and other troops are apt to
come any day.
All of the men who have not had q
definite case of typhoid or had not re-
ceived the incubation within four
years must undergo incubation. The
first treatment was administered July
4, in celebration of the nation s birth
day.
Lieut.. Taylor reports very little ill
ness to date. Edward j. Bcrgeron of
Company | is under the weather as the
result of the incubation. Fred How
ard is laid up with lumbago, but the
condition of neither of the men is in
any way serious.
Several Of the boys have been trans
ferrcd to the mounted scouts and cX-
pcct to receive their mounts soon. They
are Guy Stockwell, w. A. Adams, Gil
rard and Thomas +. Doyle.
Our daily sandstone came yesterday
somewhat earlier than usual and was
followed by a rain lasting two hours.
This downpOur was the first rain i'll
about Is months. 1t was certainly a
great blessing to the few farmers
around here as their gardens are nearly
all burned up.
The price of land down here is some
thing ridiculous, costing 800 an acre.
They consider anyone who invests in
real estate in this part of the country
as a fit candidate for the pcnitentiary
or the Brattleboro Retreat.
The company was out bright and
early for three hours drill this morn
ing and the men are rapidly being put
in shape for the hardest sort of work
There has been an exchange tent
erected for each battalion and the pro
ceeds are divided equally among the
different companies of the respective
battalions. This exchange not only
helps the men, but increases the com
pany funds. The exchanges sell all
sorts of soft drinks, edibles such as ice
cream, sandwiches, pies and doughnuts
postal cards, writing paper, stamps and
periodicals.
There are two outgoing mails, at 9.3O
a. IN. and 1890 p. m; and one ihcom-
ing mail at 7.30 p. m. Company S
mail bag always makes a good show
ing. The Reformers arrive here regular
ly and are greatly appreciated by the
men.
We have Just received draft from
Col. j. G. Estey for $50 Make it plain
that this money is needed more by the
company than by individual men
Thank all for their contributions.
HENRY L. ROBBINS,
Clerk, Company L. :
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14

Numerous letters have begun to ar
rive from the boys of Company | in
camp at Eagle Pass, Texas, to relatives
and friends i'll town, and all contain
matters of public interest. All empha-
size the sand storms which occur each
evening.
Arnold Pellet, i'll a letter to his
father, John c. Pellet, writes from
Eagle Pass under date of July 4: "Thc
town is more of place than | cX-
pected. | should say it is about as
large as Brattleboro. There were
some regular batteries and a couple of
regiments here, but we were the first
militia to get here. Since we came
about three more regiments of militia
have arrived.
"The river is not far from camp
and there are about $1,000 Mexican
soldiers on the other side, they say
We can see some of them. 1t is hot
enough, and there are no shade trees
Every evening about 6 or O'Clock
the wind begins blowing hard and you
can't see thing for half an hour on
account of the sand. 1t gets into ev,
erything and you have to hold down
the tents on the inside to keep them
from blowing away.
81 guess it is healthy enough as nc
one is sick, which is a wonder after
all we had to eat on the train.
We don't have to do much in the
middle of the day, but get up at Al
and work while and again after sup
per.
owe haven't any idea how long We
will be here, but we are fixed up pref
ty comfortably and probably will stay
for some time"
Letters received here from Lieut
Herbert w. Taylor, assistant surgeon
of the First Vermont regiment, now
at Eagle Pass, Texas, give Il little in
sight into conditions there that have
not been noted by others in their let
tiers home.
He says he has talked with medi
cal missionary from Mexico, who re-
Gently left that country, and learned
that the Mexican forces have absolute
~ no commissary department, liv'
ing on what they can steal and such
food as they have being cooked by
Mexican women who follow the army
The men are ragged and in n miser
able condition. This missionary said
that there was some smallpox and some
typhus in Mexico, but that the re
markable fact remains that the Mexi
cans in the army have very little OF
the usual camp diseases.
Only a very few men of the regi
ment are i'll and none of them serious
ly and not member of Company | i;
on the sick list.
Any impression that the Rio Grande
is wide at the point guarded by the
Vermont regiment is dispelled by the
following statement in the letter
"This morning Gully ~ Mexican
forces came down to the opposite side
of the river which at this point is lit
tie moro than n brook"
Describing the condition of the Mex
leans, he writes that the Mexican
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14

The United States last year mined
100000 tons of lead, an increase of
10 per cent over the preceding year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14

The telephone system of Japan repre-
seats am investment of S26,O00,0 600,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14

children at mess times flock into the
camp like droves of animals and eat
camp refuse that would not be given
to the hogs in Vermont.
In letter written at Eagle Pass,
Texas, July a, and addressed to the
clerks in Houghton & Simonds IS store
John Atkinson, who was clerk there,
declares that he never was in better
health than he is at present and can
see no reason why he should become i'll
if he takes reasonable care of himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
By SEWELL FORD
Illustrations by F. Taux W'ilson

"That's our big problem" says he
show to manage these masses of aliens:
an ignorant, vicious lot, tta scum of
Europe" .,a q
"Oh, they amt all bad" says 1.
"Now take the Dagoes.
mo, thanks" says he, laughin' good
natured. II think the Italians are the
very worst we get" III .,..
Course, he don't mean it messy, but
that happens to be knock at my pet
theory. You know, we got quite set
Element of Giuseppes and Salvatores out
at Observation-Disclosures, and I've al
ways got along with EN- fine Why, here
last fall they wanted to run me for sheriff.
Seems I'd got popular with 'em in some
way-maybe by putin through that
playground scheme, or by goin' bail
now and then for friends of my man
Dominick.
Anyway, the better l got to know the
Italians the more good points l discov-
cred, until finally decided that, barrin' a
few who had been brought up to wear
knives in their boots, they was almost as
human as any of us. So l proceeds to
state my views for Mr.. Hatch's benefit.
I tells him what steady, hard workers
they are, how fond they are of their
families, how gentle with their kids, and
so on.
Sand when it comes to the second CROP"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
MAGAZINE SECTION for April 2, 1916
for Aprne
Letting Peabody In

EXPECT one of the six or seven rea-
sons why amt in the super-tax class
is my habit of SEEM things different
against pluto, and nine times out of ten
we'll drift into some hot debate, with him
on one side of the fence and me way over
in the other lot. Shown that l got
non-dividend-produc mind and too lit
tie sense to conceal the fact.
You'd most think, though, when it
comes to good payin' reg'lars here at the
Physical Culture Studio, that I'd stay off
the now-just-lissen-to-m stuff and let
'em get away with their own private
opinions. Wouldn't you? And that's the
bright particular resolution start in with
most every day.
that motto on the wall, I'm just as liable
to stop in the middle of ten-a-throw
boxin' lesson to show some bank president
where his notions on what we should have
done to Mexico, or how to deal with
bunch of strikin' silk weavers, are abso-
lutely nutty and completely wrong. I'm
just that mulish.
IN the case of Peabody Hatch, specially,
might have kept the lid on. With him
payin' extra for private sessions, what
should care what he thought about any,
thing? All he looked for from me was to
provide an indoor substitute for golf and
polo while he's tied up here in town
watchin' lot of shifty lawyers straighten
out the umpteen million dollar estate that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

l goes on, "their young folks who've had a
chance to live fairly decent and get some
schoolin'-well, I'm backin' 'em to show
up strong. Who do you suppose wrote
the class song at our High School gradu-
attn exercises last spring? Miss Teresa
Romano, who was born in the back room
of cobbler's shop opposite the Rock
hurst railroad station. You ought to see
her, too. Regular young queen. Why,
even old Pete, that runs the shine parlor
out at the corner, has got son who looks
like a college hick. Maybe 1 can point
him out some day. He's in here, off and
on. Some bright lad, young Pete is, be-
lieve me-"
MAYBE spread it bit thick, but the
1A sarcastic smile Peabody develops sort
of rubbed my disposition the wrong way.
"All very interesting" says he, "but-
er-suppose we get to work"
Which should have been my cue to side
track the argument. But all the while
he's gettin' into his gym suit kept
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

old man Hatch had dropped so sudden.
Nice, pleasant-spoken, clean-cut young
gent too, even if he does wear his nose a
little high.
And this crack of his about the wops
was only casual. was sittin at my desk
with my feet up, glancin' through the
noon edition, as he blows in. The big
headlines catch his eye. Another of
them labor riots-train-load of strike
breakers met by the usual enthusiastic
committee, the militia called out, and a
dozen or more of the brick-throwers, in
cludin' couple of women and nine
year-old boy, moved down by the rifles
He shrugs his shoulders careless as he
pulls off his yellow gloves.
"Still at it, are they Shortly" says he
Foreigners, of course. l suppose it's
too much to hope that some day they will
learn either to behave themselves or stay
away"
when they do stay away" says 1,
who'll run the steel mills and coal mines?
Us horny-handed native sons?"