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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27

of the Centre Congregational church.
He was member of Columbian lodge
of Masons and Wantastiquet lodge of
Odd Fellows.
On Oct. ~, 1881, while Mr.. Averill was
teller in the Northampton bank, he mar
ried Miss Nellie f. Chubbuck in South
Boston, Mass. She was native of
Nevada City, Cal, came to Boston in her
girlhood and later taught school in
Greenfield. They came to Brattleboro
in 1885 and boarded with Mrs. Barrows
on Walnut street, going from there to
their home on Terrace street which they
occupied many years, and from there
moving number of years ago to the
b. ID. Harris residence at 2l3 Main
street, which they had bought ana i'm
proved extensively and which was art.
crwards their home. They united with
the Centre Congregational church in
1856 and were thoroughly devoted to its
well being. Mrs. Avcrill served as pres
ident and treasurer of the Woman IS as
ISOLATION. Mr.. Avcrill gave literally in
support of the church, and in all worthy
causes he could always be counted on for
ungrudging assistance. He aided in
many enterprises for the upbuilding of
the town and community. Mrs. Averill
died in her home July %, 1915, and since
then Mr.. Averill and his son, Richard,
and family had continued to make their
home there.
Mr.. Avcrill leaves ono son, Richard C.
Avcrill, teller in the Vermont National
bank, and one daughter, Margaret c.,
wife of George f.. Adams of Springfield,
Mass, four grandchildren, James Avcrill
of Brattlcboro and Marion, Rosamond
and Avcrill Adams of Springfield, and
one sister, Miss Mary A. Avcrill of Cam
bridge, Mass.
The funeral was held Monday after
noon at 3 O'Clock in his Main street
home. Rev. Richard II. Clapp, pastor
of the Centre Congregational church,
and Rev. IL. II. Miles of New Haven, Ct,
a former pastor, ofliciated in n fitting
and impressive way, and Edwin II. Mil
Ter of Dummcrston sang four selections,
Jerusalem, the Goldcn; Rock of Ages;
o God, Our Help in Ages Past; and God
Is Love. A profusion of beautiful floral
remembrances was expressive of the cs-
teen of friends and relatives.
The burial took place beside the body
of Mrs. Avcrill in Morningside cemetery,
the honorary bearers being Judge James
NJ. Tyler, Judge T.. l.. Waterman. Rev.
+. @. S. Osgood, DIR. $. f. Lawton, Ed
ward c. Crosby and Charles w. Rich
ardson Relatives present included the
daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
George f. Adams, and daughter, Marion,
of Springfield, Mass, Miss Mary A.
| Averll of Cambridge, Mass, sister of
| he deceased, and Rev. Frank a. Fuller
of Abingdon, a cousin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
NO WEST RIVER MAIL CAR.
Fred Goodenough, Railway Mail Clerk,
Makes Last Trip August 9.-Closed
PoucL es Thereafter.

Notice was received at the local post
office Monday morning that Fred Good
enough, railway mail clerk on the West
River division of the Central Vermont,
would make his last trip Aug 9. This
means that after that date there will
be no regular mail car on the trains
running between Brattleboro and South
Londonderry, all mail being handled in
closed pouches.
While this change will not seriously
affect the service in and out of Brattle.
boro it is likely to work a hardship on
the towns along the line, as mail be-
tween them will have to come to Brat
tleboro for redistribution instead of be-
ing handled on the trains as is now the
case.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
WRISLEY- BOOKER.
Street Railroad Motorman and TeleL
phone Operator Married Monday Aft
ernoon on Western Avenue.

Albert G. Wrisley and Miss Mary
Eliza Booker were married Monday aft
ernoon at clock in the home of the
bride s parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E.
Booker of Western avenue, in the pres
ence of relatives of the couple. Rev. /.
NJ. Compton, pastor of the Baptist
church of West Bratteboro, oificiated,
using a single ring service. The bride
was dressed in white net with veil
caught with a wreath of pink and white
sweet peas. She was attended by Miss
Florence. Ilolton, who also wore white
and carried pink roses. George Barre
acted as best man. The ceremony was
performed under an arch of laurel and
ferns, roses and daisies being used for
decoration about the room. Beatrice
Martin, who carried the ring, dressed
in white. The Bridal March from Lo-
hengrin was played by Miss Hazel Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wrisley left that after
noon for week s stay in Springfield,
Mass. They will he at home on their re-
turn at 40 Western avenue.
They received wedding gifts of silver,
cut glass, linen and china.
Mrs. Wrisley, who is the only daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Booker, has been
employed by the New England Tele-
phone & Telegraph company as operator
in the exchange here nearly six years.
Mr.. Wrisley is a son of Mrs. Jennie
Thomas of Cropsey, ILL.,, and is employed
as motorman on the street railroad.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
TOO MUCH BLAKE FOR KEENE.
Worked Curve Ball Prettily and Had
Fine Control-Squeeze Play Gave
Visitors One Run

There was nothing wrong with
"Bill' Blake Sunday at Island park
except in the minds of the Keene play
ers who could not hit his delivery. He
worked a curve ball prettily all through
the game and had excellent control.
Brattleboro presented three new play
ers, although two of them are old tim
ers, Bud Ferriter and Louis Dunlevy
Brouillettc was the other new one. Brat
tleboro gathered three runs before
Keene By well executed squeeze play
in the last inning managed to get one
over and avoid the shutout that was
impending.
The Brattleboro boys kept nicking the
delivery of Hebert, but two of their
runs were helped along by errors and
they had 10 left on bases which indicat-
ed plainly that Hebert managed to
tighten in the pinches.
Gray opened the second with a single.
Plumb was safe on Bradbury s error
and Gray scored on Kaine s single.
In the fourth with one out Brouillette
singled and was forced at second when
Kaine dumped bunt in front of the
plate. Kane stole second and third
and scored on Taylor IS single.
With one down in the sixth Plumb
doubled to left center and came all the
way home when Woods muffed KANE IS
long fly to right,
Stearns opened the visitors ninth in
ming with a double to right. He stole
third as Metcvier famed, and scored
when Gould, who batted for Navish, laid
down bunt towards first for perfect
squeeze play.
The crowd was nearly as large as the
one week before in spite of the opprcs
| gi va bumiditv Tho cummorv.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
DISTRICT BOARD NAMED.
Five Men Appointed to Hear Appeals of
Subjects of Draft.

Gov. II. f. Graham Sunday announced
the district board to which drafted men
will appeal in ease they are dissatisfied
with the action of the county exemption
cards. They are w. n. Cady of Middle
bury, Henry Conlin of Winooski, G. O.
Gridley of Windsor, Alexander Ironsides
of Barre and DIR. II. G. Tin khan of Bur
lington. They were advised by letter
Monday and further that an early or
ganization is asked by the governor
These men were appointed by Presi
dent Wilson after having been recon
mended by Gov. Graham.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
MANY PRESCRIPTIONS
AT THIS SEASON

In order to comprise the best course
of treatment, and to secure the best
results, should read as follows:
r. Hoods Sarsaparilla-11 OF.
Peptiron Pills-180
Sig: One teaspoonful Hoods Sar-
saparilla before meals
Two Peptiron Pills after meals
There is no better course of medi-
cine for impure blood, rundown
condition and loss of appetite. These
two medicines working together
often give four-fold benefit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
VERDICT FOR MRS. GRAUsTEIN.
Boston g. Maine and Rutland Railroads
Ordered to Pay Her $3O,518, with In
tereSt

The Boston & Maine and Rutland
railroads were ordered by the interstate
commerce commission Wednesday to pay
Ida S. Graustein $30,5lS with interest
from March s, 1916, as reparation. The
complainant charged that the railroads
had exacted, during long period of
years, higher rates for the shipment of
milk and cream from points in Vermont
to Boston than from her competitors.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27

Sacrifice hit, Gould. Two,base hits,
Plumb, Stearns. Stolen bases, Powers 2,
Woods, Kennedy, Kaine .. Struck out,
balls, of Hebcrt, 3. Left on bases, Brat
tleboro 10, keene 2. Wild pitch, Blake.
Time hr. 40 III. Umpire Clune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
DEATH COMES TO
GEORGE C. AVERlLL
Former Bank President Has At
tack of Heart Disease

Found Sitting in Chair by His Son
Went to Postoffice Few Minutes Be-
fore Fatal Attack.
George Carpenter Avcrill, 50, rreasur-
or and principal stakeholder of the
Ashuclot Faper Co., and former prcsi
dent of the VrrHJnt National bank, died
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27

A Paris electrician has made an electro
scope for detecting the presence of radum
discharges so delicate that it is said to
measure strengths as small as one tenth
trillionth of an ampcrc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27

The smallest man in AIichaian to regis
ter under the CONSUMPTION law is Henry
Fisher aged -, of Grand Rapids, who
is 10 inches tall and weighs IS pounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
Different Spheres.

ALIAS, our interests lie
In different Spheres" said Nan.
For she was golfing girl
And he was baseball fan.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27

A $l50,000 monument to jefferson
Davis will be erected shortly at Fair
view, Ky, his birthplace. 1t will be
$50 feet high.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
RELATIVES
OF DEAD MAN
Police Endeaworine to Locate Family
of Man Killed in Accident
at Rochester,
MINI.

man by the name OF Charles
Dickey or Charles Pauly. whose home
1t is believed, was formerly in Keo-
kuk, was mysteriously killed at Roch-
ester, Minnesota, this week, accord
ing 20 word received by the local po.
lice authorities
An effost is being made to locate
relatives here. The description sent
here is Of man about 5 feet, s or
or inches in height, about 30 or 50
years old and with very heavy. curly
sandy hair. II is reported that he
was pushed in front Of train by, a
tramp. His father is reported 10
have kept a saloon here at one time.
and his mother is said TO have been
married three times
Any one knowing of this family
should communicate with the police.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
BACK TO THE LAND.

/ MANY reflective men believe that farming Is
soon to become one of the world S most prosper
Gus occupations After the war is over, IN
their opinion, agriculture viii be one OF the
most attractive business openings In the United
States Good farming land will be IN great de-
lmand Hundreds of deserted and run down
farms will be brought to high state OF cultlya-
ton, and flood of able young men will 60
back with enthusiasm to make their living on
the land
This is hopeful outlook. Let us trus. that
Lii is true A country in which agriculture Is a
despised, avoided or profltless occupation IS III
a bad way A people where the rural comrnNnl-
ties dwindle and the sodden city slums IN
crease is on the downward road to decadence
A land of hill and vale and Of diversified soil
and producers like orr Hawkeye state might
well have a rural home on every ten acres
along the road and some family finding health
and contentment there, enriching its life with
spiritual values if not with worldly wealth 10
a certain class Of urban dwellers this may seem
a pitifully poor ideal, but the events Of this
stirring epoch may have effect to alter to some
extent the outlook on life here as well as abroad.
There may not always be that frantic striving
for the apples of Sodom that our generation ali
over the world has seen.
However this may be, the more farmers al
nation has the more citizens it has who are in
business for themselves; who think and plan
and study and work for themselves; who reach
their own conclusions, act on their own mItla- |
i've, shoulder their own responsibilities and
,hus become roundly developed, self-rehant, IN /
dependent men.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
ENTITLED TO
MANS SALARY
Women Who Take places While Men
Answer Call to the CoIors,
Are Doing Their

United Press Leased Wire Servfcel
NEW YORK, May l0.-Women who
help the nation in time of war by TAX
ing positions vacated by men called to
arms, must be paid the same wages
as the men were receiving, DE. Anna
Howard shaw. chairman of the wom-
ems committee of national defense
council, declared today:
Women must receive equal pay for
equal work, said Dr. Shaw, in an in
terview with the United Press She
indicated that she would take firm
stand for this principle in the great
shift which will occur when thousands
of men go to war and thousands of
women are called to take their places
in almost every line of work
DR.. Shaw was asked whether she
believed the women would be willing
after the war to resume their former
places in the home-whethsr they
would be willing to surrender the big
pay and important position they held
during the war.
Women do not leave their homes
and go into such work except under
the pressure OF economic necessity"
she replied They are taking up
mems work to help the nation in an
emergency. When the soldiers return,
the concentrating done their bit
will resume their own lives, just as
important as those of the men"
DR.. Shaw asserted women should
enter any trade, or take up any line
OF work necessary and expressed full
confidence in their ability to do al
most any taSk now performed by
men. As for women working in mu-
nitions factories. she said:
They must not hesitate 10 fill any
position their duty to the nation calls |
them to fill"
THE vital need OF the nation to- I.
day, she added. is the realization |
hat war is here-not in some remote |
region across the sea- If by some |
magic. peace should come tomorrow, |
he world would still feel hunger's
rinch- In this crisis the women of
America must shoulder their share of
he war burden as have the women of
france"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10

working as laborer and said he ex.
pected to be assigned to a pastorate
soon.
The couple, according to neighbors.
had been living together three
weeks. They spent their evenings
reading the Bible aloud and neigh
bors testified that the girl. unusually
pretty. seemed like an innocent
child
She was released in custody OF q
family for which she had been work
ing. Huffman is detained.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
AMERICAS NAVY SECOND,

The opinion of Admiral Chocheprat, who is
the representative Of the French navy in
France war mission, is that the United States
Is the second ea-power in the world. Ger
many's claim to naval superiority has never
been sustained. In the battle of Jutland. in
spite OF German boasts, she was defeated bv a
comparatively small portion of the British
navy. The use of the submarine by the Ger
man government has been merely a piratical
mode OF warfare. Admittedly the submarine
takes priority over all other war problems. but
the ruthless destruction of merchant vessels hv
submarines is no criterion of naval fighting
capacity.
The strength of the American fleet is, as Ad-
miral Chocheprat said ''bound to weigh
heavily IN Fastening the day when final victory
Will be wrung from the foe''
According to statement issued bv the con-
ference committee national preparedness
the existing United States navy consists of
three hundred and fifty-eight ships of which
two hundred and twenty three are in full com
mission, fifty-six not in full commission thirty
BLK in commission in ordinary. and fortv-tbree
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
OLD TRAILS
NEAR RIVERS
Iowa Country First Opened to Settlers
Was Network
of Foot
Paths

When the Iowa country was first
Opened to settlement in 1893. there
were no roads In the modern sense, in
the state, only Indian trails.
One of the old settlers, describing
these trails wrote They are generally
located on the best ground for the
road; keeping as near a river as is
convenient As a rule. an INDIAN will
travel in the timber or along a river
considerably farther I'm preference to
yenturing ont in the open ground
Indian trails were often about
twelve inches wide. worn about an
inch below the surface of the ground
and thickly matted with short fine.
trail grass, not more than three OF
four inches high This grass was
probably indigenous with the Indian,
occurring nowhere else -SS;c,tt In these
trails. 1t liTed long after the Indians
left. could follow this trail, in
places where civilization had not dis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
IDEALIzING OUR GREAT MEN.

For twenty-five years the annual address OF
former United States Senator Chauncey M.
Depew at the dinner given IN honor of his birth
day has been pleasant reading, entertaining and
instructive; and the address given by the dis
tinguished statesman on the recent occasion
in celebration of his natal day no exception
though he has now begun the eighty-third year
of busy life.
Especially interesting were his memories Of
Lincoln and his remarks on the unwlsdom of
ideaGzing our eminent men out of all resem-
blance to the rest of the human family. He con-
siders Washington the most all-round great
man Of whom history speaks; and yet are
better acquainted with the actual Washington
when we learn through Mr.. Depew, who heard
it from very aged man, that the father Of his
country once took boy upon his knees and
sang to him the ballad of 1.-The Derby Ram. y
There were twoLincolns, according to Mr.. De-
pew, unlike each other but both of them good
One Of these was a statesman and poet domi-
mated by spiritual influences who made the
beautiful tribute to peace in his second inaugu-
raj address, and gave the world that wonderful
prayer, poem and Grafton combined which
linked the living with the dead in his Gettys-
burg address. The other Lincoln was the man
Of cordial sympathies and big generous heart
with limitless wealth of stories and a faculty
never surpassed of fitting his story to his argu-
ment so that it destroyed his adversary He
was neither particular nor delicate about the
story if it fitted the case as it always did; and
the capital city of that day was much amused
at the dismay and indignation Of the dignifed
and decorous Chase when some story Of Lin
coins convulsed the cabinet and ended the
discussion. The great president one time said
to Mr. Depew: '.They say l tell a good many
stories. They say it lowers the dignity Of my
office, but [ have found in the course of a large
experience with plain people that, take them as
you find them, they are more easily influenced
through the medium Of a broad and humorous
illustration than IN any other way, and what
the hypercritical few may think do not care. -
Great as our great men are they are only
men after all; and it is better to think of them
as men, whose virtues we can try to emulate
than to idealize them into perfection If would
seem prescriptions to hope to initiate
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
200 Freshmen Soldiers

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service !
CHICAGO, May 10.-Two huudre 4
freshmen" soldiers from Michigan
and Wisconsin were here today
awaiting the opening Of the military
training camp at Fort Sheridan on
Monday Eight hundred more were
expected today and tomorrow. A to-
tai of $4,000 men is expected.
the exact number of names in the
hand OF camp commanders today was
as follows:
Fort Sheridan. 1886; Fort Benia-
min Harrison. 5,283: Fort Sne1,inr
1888; Fort Riley, 5,120.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
Don't Guess al Bake Day Results
When You Can Be Sure Of Them

they have been visiting for the pas
week.
Ora Walker and wife visited with
Seymour Stephen and wife Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Northrup spent Sunday
at the Harvey King home
Next Sunday. Mothers day seTI
ices will be held at this place. LII
all of Us wear flower for mother
The sick in our town are improving
both Grandma Wolf and Mrs. San
uei Beard.
Pauline Shuler is at home fro1
Keokuk for few days visit with hsa
mother, Mrs. John Shuler, and oths
friends.
Jesse Whey and Ben Riley spent
Sunday with George Billiards.. \
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Vanausall az
little son are back from Minnesota
Mr.. Hoffedeitz lost two year Oh
colt this week
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
Special Course Of Eight Weeks Les
sons VIII be Given at State
University of Iowa
This Summer
FOR THE HOME WORK
This Schooling VIII Not be for Red
Cross Training for War Nursing.
But for Intelligent Home
Work.

Here is the chance for Iowa girl!
to prepare TO do their bit in the war
To train women for effective Ret
Cross service work the University u
Iowa will give a special eight weeks
course, beginning June IS and end
ing august II.
The purpose will not be to trair
Red Cross nurses That cannot be
done in so short time. Besides, the
government already has the nurses
It will be rather to train workers
for capable home service-making os
comforts for soldiers at the front
cay of the poor. relief work among
persons left dependent by the de
parture of soldiers and other kinds
OF community welfare work made
necessary by The war.
The need of careful preparation for
such WORK is great Already much
effort has been wasted by volunteer
workers through lack of understand
ing OF what they are to do and how
TO do il well.
For the univsrsity's brief course.
ali the special facilities of the col
lege of medicine, the nurses training
school, the department of home econ
omics, and the bureau Of social wei
fare viii be concentrated. Expert in
structors viii be in charge Of the
classes and will push the work Wig
orously- The work viii cover such
subjects as elementary hygiene. home
dietetics, preparation OF surgical
dressings, first aid, physical culture,
social service, nursing and child care
and neighborhocd sanitation.
Mss Mary C. Haarer, superintens-
emf Of The nurses training school
and herself Red Cross nurse, VIII
direct the course. She has already
visited Washington and New York 10
get expert assistants and 10 observe
similar work there.
This is one of the mos. import
ant things the university has ever
Undertaken President W. A Jessup
declared in giving out news OF the
plan. II throws open the facilities
y the institution 10 welfare work in
! greater way than ever before
Hundreds Of Iowa women ought 20
AXE this course. Few of them can
De Red Cross nurses, but many must
De workers IN other lines of Red
Cross work. just az there must be
went- men back Of the line engaged
n support service to keep one man
N The firing line, SO there must be
many women and girls at work at
ZONE making supplies and carrying |
N other work Tor every woman a. /
he front in the relief stations and |
hospitals.
Every college woman who is not |
'bliged 10 do something else this /
ummer ought to take this course to |
il herself to do effective Red Cross |
ervice work at home and TO instruct !!
,thers in her home community TO do 1
his work The course is open 10 i
ny girl more than sixteen years old (;
Out OF those who finish the eight /
yeeks course those who are recon /
nended by the Red Cross author !
ties may be selected for additional /
raining Of two weeks in the hospital /
o TT them to be Red Cross nurses |
ids" in the sctive service at base |
hospitals and elsewhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
TCDAY'S BIT OF VERSE

GODS HAND ON THE HELM.
Oh, the rain and the sun,
And the sun and the rain
When the tempest is done.
Then the sunshine again,
Ard in rapture weii ride
Through the stormisst gales,
For Gods hands on the helm
And His breath in the sails.
Then muru?ur no more,
In lull or in roar,
, But smile and be brave
TIL the voyage is DER.
James Whitcomb Riley.