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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19
NEWFANE.
ME-. cora Winclester is ill.

MrS. tOrd W1UCHCSlCI Is Ills
Arthur Howe lost valuable Hol-
stein COW last week.
Delmar Rowe is the janitor in the
village school this winter.
Mrs. James Brown will spend Sunday
with her husband in Springfield (VD.
The humber of prisoners i'll the coun-
ty Jail was increased this week to five.
The Christian Endeavor will hold a
social in the church vestry Friday
evening.
Harold Morse has employment in
Wiley & Russell s machine shop in
Greenfield, Mass.
All are invited to attend the dinner
served by the L. II. H., i'll Union hall
Saturday at noon.
Mrs. Emery Phillips has been i'll
with grip in the home of her daughter,
Miss Mabel Phillips.
Postmaster o. r. Wright is suffering
from cut in his left foot, but is able
to be at the postofiice.
Miss Carrie Benson returned to La
coma Wednesday and was accom-
panied by Miss Mildred Wilder of
Jamaica.
Senator F. A. Dewitt was home to
he present at the annual meeting of the
Windham County savings bank. He re
turned to Montpelier Tuesday after
noon.
The next regular meeting of New
fame lodge, No. ~, |. o. o. f., will bC
tomorrow evening. Regular meetings
will be held the first and third Satur
day evenings of each month.
Miss Emogene Hoyt is staying fol
tine present at II. A. Carpenter s, where
she went last week after Mr.. and Mrs
/ l.. II. Tuthll closed their home anC
) went to Dummerston to live with thei
7 son.
The auction of L. II. Tuthill wa
well attended Monday. The stock anC
tools sold for good prices. Mr. and Mrs
$ Tuthill, who are both i'll i'll health
( have gone TO the home of their sol
l in Dummerston.
= The Larkin club was entertaino
: Saturday evening in the home of Mrs
O. r. Wright, who invited also tn
= gentlemen, making the meeting yer
= enjoyable social occasion. Refresh
' mcnts were served by the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Orowther, VIII
have been guests i'll the home Of Ne
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Cal
pcnter, expect to return to Windso
+ this week. Mr.. Crowther has not re
covered fully from an injury to one eye
Il DeWeese and Ralph Dewitt are q
home for n short time. Having attenC
y ed meeting where case of scarlo
fever developed they were not above
It i'll school. but expect to return
l. Chester Monday and resume the
studies in the high school there.
o Mr.. and Mrs. George Upham an
c daughter, Ruth, came from Brattlebol
Saturday to spend Sunday with Re-
Y and Mrs. +. NJ. Wiswall. Mr.. Uphal
e spent Sunday night in Brookline wit
~ Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lowe and attende
Is the Tuthill auction Monday forenoon
the family returning home on the MOI
~ day noon train.
e The annual meeting of the Wine
Q ham County savings bank was held {
3, the bank Tuesday. The old officers wei
reelected with the addition of tw
- new corporators, DR.. l.. G. Parker c
y Townshend and $. NJ. Leonard of Lon
:, donderry. A .semi-annual dividend c
y 9 per cent was declared The annuf
y dinner to the \corporators was serve
i by Landlord Wbitcomb at the Newfan
Inn Besides 1he % corporators an
!, some of their wives, number of tn
o residents of the village partook of I'll
!, excellent turkey dinner.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19
WILLIAMSVILLE.

w. A. Brooks is out again, after an at
tack of bronchitis and grip.
f.. II. Richardson and c. d. Lazellc went
Tuesday to Boston on business,
MIS- ID. II. Stedman came from Batte
boro to visit Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Ingram and daughter
.Thelma, are spending II week in Dover.
Harold Elliot of Mortified (Nt.) is Wis
ting his grandfather. +. r. Willard, and
his uncle, f. Il, Willard.
The next regular meeting of the Grange
will be held next Tuesday evening, Jan
%, when the installation OF officers will
take place.
Floyd Washer who spent his vacation
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, z. b
Washer, started Monday for cleveland
Ohio. to attend school He will stop in
Buffalo to visit Frank and Cecil AIanches
ter, former schoolmates.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19
THE. PUTNEY COLUMN
Every Member Canvass to Be Made.


The annual meeting of the Congre-
gational church was held Tuesday
evening, Jan. 16, with a good attend
ance. A supper was served at O'Clock,
after which the business was transact
ed. Reports from the various depart
ments of the work were given as fol
lows: Church, Mrs. A. B. H. Harris
clerk; Y. p. S. C. E., Charlotte Eaton
Sec; Sunday school, Hazel Townsend
Sec; Ladies Aid society, Mrs. a. b
Harris, sec. and treas.
The following officers were elected
Clerk and treas, Mrs. A. B. II. Harris
prudential COM, G.. T. Aplin, F. $. He
witt, Miss Olive Blood, Miss Bessie
Bradley, Mrs. j. B. Derry. The pruden
tial committee will appoint the music
committee and solicitors. The dupleN
envelope system will be used and al
every-member canvass made 10y the
soliciting committee.
After the business was transacted
the roll was called. Then followed ;
short program Reading by Miss Flor
ence Follett, and vocal and violin so
los by Hollis Cobb.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19

large number from this village
attended the Railway auction at New
fame Wednesday.
A meeting Of the Daughters Of Dor
cas- was held with Mrs. j. C. Taft on
Monday afternoon. Sewing was done
on articles for the annual fair.
F. C. Cutler lost q valuable young
cow Wednesday, the result of blood
poisoning caused by an injury by
another COW while in the stable.
While sliding near his home one day
this week Allan Heath hit the handle
of an axe which flew up, cutting a
cash i'll his leg through his moccasins
and trousers.
A. f. Hadlock of West Townshend
is working at Willard mill. Fred
Houghton, also of West Townsshend,
who has been working there, has been
at home the past two weeks with
grip.
An agreement has been made among
the merchants of the village to close
the stores on Friday evenings in addi
ton to the, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings for which they have closed
Tor the past year.
A meeting of the Boy Scouts was
held Monday and plans made for the
year. The boys have been learning the
practical work required by Scout laws
among the most valuable of which arc
the first aid methods of banda aging.
AT the vesper service at the semi
nary Wednesday afternoon Merle Ran
dali gave an excellent report of hi,
recent trip to Burlington. Two orig
inal songs written by the language
teacher, Miss llealey, were sung bS
| the girl students.
As yesterday had been appointed by
the national w. G. r. L. as a day OF
prayer and thanksgiving for the in
creased interest in the prohibition
movement in the country the union
prayer meeting OF this week took thi,
subject as IL topic under he Leadership
of the two pastors, Rev. X, II. Bos
worth and Rev. j. r. Lawrence.
Patrons Of the town library thor
oughly appreciate the new light which
has been furnished by the selectmel
for the outside door of the schoo
building. The location of the build
ing ON thu darkest side of the parl
with tn, icy grade and the flight OF
steps to be climbed made the entranc,
at night hazardous place.
The regular meeting of the Hadps
sab league was held at the home o
Mrs. l.. j. Parker Wednesday with ;
large attendance. The following of
ficcrs were chosen for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. l.. j. Parker
vice president, Mrs. Clarence Trues
dell secretary, Mrs. Harry Sparks
treasurer Mrs. a. h. Marsh; standing
committee, Mrs. +, G. Cutler, Mrs. L
w. Sage, Mrs &. b. Whitney. Othe
committees were chosen. Refresh
mcnts were served by the hostesses
Mrs. Parker and Miss Cora Mason.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19
Death of Horace Kidder.

Horace Kidder, SO, died in the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Hattie Willard,
on the old road to the railroad sta
ton Wednesday morning n little after
clock He had an attack of grip
and was unable to,rally. He was son
of David and Chloe (Whitney) Kidder
and was born in Townshend, March I,
1888 He came to this town when a
young man and married Lutheria Nor
cross of Brattleboro. Since her death
eight years ago he had lived with his
daughter, Mrs. Hattie Willard, widow
of j. Dwight Willard. lie leaves, be
sides his daughter, one sister, Mrs
katherine Stevens of SaXtons River.
Mr.. Kidder was a farmer and was
the first in this locality to do truck
gardening. He was a well-prcserved
man and was able to walk to the vii
lage until last summer. He was a Uni
versalist.
Rev. r. B. Davis, pastor of the Bap
fist church, will ofIciate at the funer
al at the home of Mrs. Willard Friday
afternoon at clock and the buria
will take place in Mount Pleasant Gem
etery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19
The Gloomy Golfer.

81 seem, upon my soul,
An unlucky man." said links,
"PrOno to get in hole,
Except when | IN on the links. "
Boston TRANSCRIPT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19

DEATHS.
Feb. 3, Mrs Sarah NJ Davis, 70.
Feb. 8, Daniel r. Pierce, n.
Feb. 10, Betsy Elisha Jenison, 81.
Feb, 49, John Edwin Stebbins 8 days.
Feb. -, George A. Cheney, Sc.
Feb. 70. Selem Jennson, 81. Il,
March 20, q harles Henry Stratton. ~.
April s, Beulah Anna Houghton, ~ days
June 81, Herbert r. Evans, IS.
july 8, Seth Allen, 81.
July :. Lucy Allen, So.
Nov. ), Helen Wellman Boutell, A.
Nov. IL, Charles Quincy Stebbns, 80.
Nov. %, Edward Walsh, -.
Dec. 10, Charles +. Hodgdon, 81.
Dee. 2S, Florilla c. Burnap, 30.
of the rs deaths recorded nine of the
persons were over 10 years of age and five
had passed their SOth anniversary.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19
T0WNSHEND
Vital Statistics.

Vital Statistics.
Vital statistics for the town for the year
1916 are as follows:
BIRTHS.
Jan. 8, daughter Alice Anna, to Frank
and Mary (McBride) billiard.
Jan. 81 son, Walter Gilbert, to Elmer
Julius and Eleanor (Cushing) Parker.
Feb. IL, son, John Ed, to John A. and
Edith (Tutte) Stebbins.
Feb. IL, son, Ferren Merton, to John r.
and Lillian (NIoore) Bratton.
Feb. -, son, Herman johnson, to Carl
| w. and Nettie (Johnson) Woodland.
Feb. 10, son, Lyndon Herbert, to Rob
ert Y. and Mildred (Phillips) Lincoln.
Feb. %, son, Warner Fratus, to George
and Mary (Fratus) Buckley.
Mar. 90, daughter, Beulah Anna, to Geo
| w. and Hazel QIowar0 Houghton.
April 7, SON. Fred Aldrich to Henry E
and Nina (Jones) Gardner.
April Is, son, Frederick Brette, to Fred
+. and Cora (BueD Perkins.
June H. daughter, Ruth Hortense, tc
Cyril b. and Mary Perkins) Switzer.
Sept. ?, daughter, Marion Katherine, tc
Robert Peter and Agnes (NIoore) Bratton
Oct. 81, son, Earl Timothy, to Timothy
NJ. and Ella Derry Allbee.
Nov 80, son, Byron Streeter, to Gey
L. and Martha (Crane) Boutelle.
Dec II, son, James Kingsley, to Ear
Henry and Ada (Catlan) Blanchard.
Dee 10, son, John Harvey, to Rober
and Lydia (Berwicl) Greenwood.
Dec. Is, daughter, Ruth Alice, to Alonz,
II. and Eva (Beebe) Chamberlain
MARRIAGES..
Jan. 26, in West Brattleboro, Mark I
Allbcc, and Ella f. Derry, both of Town
shend.
June "a, Henry j. Spraguc and Ev
) Pauline Reandeau.
july 3, Walter Daniel Harris of Yves
Townshend and Ada A. Jones'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Wise and Otherwise.

Every man can be wrong, but not
every man can be president.
No man ever does as much today as
he is going to do tomorrow.
No man can expect to be happily
married unless he's good listener.
It's easier for n dentist to fill an
aching void than n long-felt want
A man may pocket his pride, but a
woman always has to conceal it else
where.
After hearing some men speak we
are surprised at the small hats they
wear.
Whining children and women are
bad enough, but please deliver us from
whining men.
After getting an education it is up
to Il young man to do things with the
knowledge he acquires.
Somehow Il woman never seems to
tire of her efforts to get an article
worth all of dime for II cents.
Our idea of credulous man IS one
who actually believes that one woman
can treat another with silent contempt.
There are more ways than one of
looking for trouble. A Texas man adj
vertised for his mother-in-law, who
was missing.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
WOMAN OF CALIFORNIA
SUFFERED EIGHT YEARS.

Oakland, Call suffered eight
years with extreme female trouble; I'M
derwent a serious operation, but nothing
relieved me | could not walk without
the most severe pain. A friend recon-
mended DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. took six bottles and was COM
pletely cured | have recommended
this medicine to many, many ladies for
it certainly was wonderful what it did
for me Mis- C. A. LADD. 125 sth St
Ii you are a sufferer, if your daugh-
ter, mother, sister need help, get DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription in liquid
or tablet form at any medicine dealers
to-day Then address Doctor Pierce,
Invalds' Hotel, Cos Main St, Buffalo,
N. y, and receive confidential advice
that will not cost YOU penny. To-day
is the day. A book on Woman's Dis
eases also sent free.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills, first put up
nearly so years ago. They regulate and
invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Much initiated but never equaled
Sugar-coated and easy to take as candy
Buy now! Avoid a headachel
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Erzerun1.

Erzerum. which has suddenly sprung
into the notice and interest of the
world during the progress of the pres
ent Russian campaign in the East, says
The Manchester Guardian, has been
identified with the Byzantine TheodosiS
opolis, which was a fortified outpost of
the Grecian empire. 1t fell to the Sell
juks in the year 1901, and just three
centuries later passed to the Turks. It
had already on two occasions been in
possession of the Russians-in 1929
when 1t was captured and held until
the peace of Adrianople of that year,
and in 1873 when it was restored to
the Turks after the treaty of Berlin.
The normal population of Erzerum
amounts to about $4,000, ten or
twelve thousand of whom are
Armenians and 1000 Persians. Its
public buildings, with the possible
exception of one, which dates back
to the beginning of the Seljuk
period, are of no particular distinction.
AS in most towns in Turkey, the
streets are narrow, crooked, dirty and
badly drained, and there are few trees
in the neighborhood.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Photographs Eruption on Sun.

Astronomer Evershed at Svinagar,
Kashmir, has photographed an erup-
tive prominence of exceptional alti-
tude on the disk of the sun. The pho
tographs were obtained at intervals
from near the beginning of the out
burst until the final fragments had
risen to height of little more than
semidiameter from the suns limb.
The velocity away from the sun was
100 kilometers per second and faint
extensions could be traced at Is min
utes from the limb, representing a
height of close upon half million
miles. Astronomers say this would
appear to be the highest prominence
which has yet been recorded as APP
pearing on the surface of the sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Hints for Campers.


Two items set forth in the bulletin
of the California state board of
health upset some traditions which
have been maintained by campers and
trappers from time immemorial. There
is widespread belief that rapid streams
purify themselves and that lemon juice
in water has sterilizing effect
Neither is true.
Lemon juice is not an antiseptic. I'm
Tess lemonade is made of pure water,
she danger of Infection is just as great
rs though no lemon juice and sugar
are added.
As to the publication of running
streams, q swift flow over stones has
always been considered an advantage
Some professional campers even go SO
far as to state exactly the number of
stones needed to purify the stream. A
delusion. The principal purifying
agents are sunlight, sedimentation, and
the action of certain minute organ
isms.
The safest and best method of op-
Grafton for automobilists or trampers
in strange country is to carry jugs of
drinking water, ignoring wayside
streams, no matter how tempting they
may look.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Younger Brother Held Down
BY Attitude of His Elders

If younger brother ever amounts
to anything it is in spite of his older
brothers. The treatment he receives
at their hands while he is young
makes it almost impossible for him to
meet and talk to people when he is
grown. They find fault with every
thing he does, and bring their COM
bined influence to bear in an effort
to get him to run away from home.
The result is that he keeps out of
their presence, and since they are SO
down on him he presumes that other
people are also down on him, says a
writer.
He gets to looking and acting like
a homeless hound that is hated by
everybody in the neighborhood. The
poor hound has had so many rocks
thrown at him by men, women and
children that he has quit looking for
a friend. When he sees anyone COM
ing he goes off at full speed, and gives
yelp, as If he had already been hit.
When the younger brother sees one or
more Of his older brothers he turns
off and goes in another direction.
The oldest boy in the family de-
serves little credit even II he wins
wealth and fame, but If the younger
brother ever reaches the point where
he can earn dollar day, he should
be crowned with bays.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Old Idea Of Gulf Stream,
Once Taught in Schools,
Changed by Later Study

1t is only by speaking loosely that
the shippers of several incoming ships
can say, as reported, that the presence
Of many sharks along the coast was
due to shifting Of the Gulf stream.
What they mean was that the northeast
drift of warm water is greater than
usual, broader, perhaps, or closer in
shore, or possibly degree or two high
er in temperature than is customary at
This time in this latitude, says the New
York sun.
The Gulf stream as distinct cur
rent cannot be identified north of the
thirty-second parallel of latitude, which
it crosses between the Bermudas and
the Carolina coast. There it divides
into small streams. The westerly winds
blow upon it and break up its surface.
Its warm waters become mixed with
the colder ocean and 1t becomes an ele-
ment of the northeast. At the same
time the warm currents are recogniza-
BILE as far north as 40 degrees latitude,
n trifie south of New York beyond 40
longitude no test of temperature, salt
ness color or motion serves to distin-
guish them from the rest of the ocean
drift.
Who does not remember having ii
impressed on him in his schooldays
that the ministrations of the gulf
stream alone made habitable the Brit
ish Isles? 1t is not true, as patient
study has shown. The southwest
winds bring moisture from the ocean
to Europe, and this great blanket of
moist air contains much more latent
heat than dry air at the same temper
AZURE From the moist air come
Clouds fogs and rain, which condense
heat and water upon the Old World
and prevent the loss of ground heat
by radiation. That is why there is
such striking difference in temper
atures upon single line of latitude
cutting the two continents.
While the warm water flows north.
east from the Mexican gulf the cold
water on the north is finding its way
southwesterly, deeper down. When
the cold current strikes the tropical
zone 1t becomes heated and rises to
flow northeast again. The Gulf OF
Mexico is like the coil of pipe in O
gas water heater; it supplies intense
heat in small area and adequately
tempers half the seas.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
UGH!!- A DOSE Of
NASTY CALOME[
1t salivates! 1t makes you sick
and you may lose a
days work.

You re bilious, sluggish, constipated
and believe you need vile, dangerous
calomel to start your liver and clean
your bowels.
Here S my guarantee! Ask your drug
gist for so cent bottle of Dodson Is
Liver Tone and take a spoonful tonight
If it doesn't start your liver and
straighten you right up better than
calomel and without gripping or making
you sick | want you to go back to the
store and get your money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and nau
seated. Don It lose a days work. Take
spoonful of harmless vegetable bod
sons Liver Tone tonight and wake uI
feeling great. It's perfectly harmless
so give it to your children any time
1t can't salivate, so let them eat any
thing afterwards.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Uncle Sam Is "Poor Paw

Mrs. Norton, living in poverty, but
still hopeful, in New York tenement,
is the widow of Marcus p. Norton, the
inventor of the postage cancellation
stamp used in the United States. His
claim to the invention was acknowl-
edged and patented by the United
States government. Its use by the post
office department was authorized, and,
according to the departments own fig
ures, that use has saved the govern
ment $20,000,000. The government 40
years ago offered him 100000 in set
Element. But up to 1916, 63 years after
the government took over and began
to use the invention, not one cent has
ever been paid to Mr.. Norton or his
heirs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Plenty of Quarrels.

Among the applicants for employ
ment in the service of Jersey house
hold there once came a big, husky
Irish girl name Rosalie.
What was your reason for leaving
your last place, Rosalie?" asked the
mistress during the course of exami-
nation.
Il couldn't stand the way the mas
ter and the mistress used to quarrel,
num-" was the reply of Rosalie.
'Dearl Deari" exclaimed the lady.
did they quarrel all the timer"
'All the time, num-" repeated Rosa
lie, "and, mum, whin it wasn't me
and him, it was me and her."-The
Youths Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Cubic Stone.

To keep in touch with the news of
the world, which is now bringing forth
strange array of words from all the
corners of the earth, one must needs
have the knowledge of Mezzofanti or
be the possessor of a polyglot diction-
airy. The war between the Turks and
Arabians has released number of
words, some of which, like the Ara
bian terms "alkali," algebra las
trology' etc, may in time be adopted
into our language. Here is the Arabic
word ''kaab" 1.-THE cubic stone;" this
is the stone which, according to Mo
hammedan tradition, was brought by
Adam from Paradise and became black
through the sins of men. The stone is
at Medina. 1t is covered by veil,
which is raised by the pilgrims who
come from great distances to kiss it.
II has been called, irreverently, the
barney stone of Mohammed At the
side of the tomb of Mohammed is a
tomb awaiting Jesus, whom the Mus
sumans regard as one of their proph-
ets.-Indianapolis News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-05-05
Helping the Miduet.

Mickey O'Doolan was a noble-minded
lad, full of sympathy for the poor,
always ready to succor the oppressed,
keen to right the wrongs of the world.
One day, passing a stonemason's yard
he saw two men saving through a
huge block of stone with one of those
large, double-handled saws. One of
them was six-foot-two,, the other a
little chap of four-foot-one.
Leaning against the wall, Mickey
watched them swaying back and forth
for few minutes: then he rushed for
ward and dealt the tall man a blow
on the side of the head, knocking him
senseless.
Now" he exclaimed, as he stood
over the PROSTATE form, "now will yez
let the little chap have it, yez dirty,
hulking ully?"-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph