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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
Improved Conditions Promised.

A regular meeting of the board of
village trustees was held Friday night
and items of more than ordinary in
tere5t considered. The condition of the
water closets at the depot and smok-
ing in the waiting rooms came in for
a general discussion. At a previous
meeting the board petitioned the local
health officer, DR.. j. S. Hill, to investi-
gate and if he thought advisable, pro-
coed against the Rutland railroad com
pany, which owns the depot and on
whose land it is located and by whose
agents it is cared for. DR. Hill was
present and said steps for bctterfng
conditions were taken some weeks ago
and he believed that in the early spring
conditions would be made satisfactory.
He blamed the local police for not be-
ing moro active, and said parties from
the trains often broke bottles in the
bowls and clogged the sewer. A petit
ton signed by nine village employees
in the street department asking for
weekly payment of wages instead of
bimonthly was read. No action was
taken The objection to weekly pay
ment is the increased labor for the
clerk and the treasurer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
DUMMERSTON.

Sugar makers are busy and hope for Il
good season.
Town meeting passed off quietly with II
few women voters in evidence,
The play and dance given for the benc-
fit of the Red Cross, March |, was a sue
cess and handsome sum was Melted for
the treasury.
Mrs. Herbert Howard and Mis-. Ella
Rounds were guests Tuesday at l.. {. Hal
ladays and there was waltz party in the
evening in honor of Weymouth Halliday
at which about 25 were present. -Four
teen came from Putney and games were
played and there was music on the phono-
graph
The Birthday club met with Miss Ola
Jennison Saturday About 20 were pres
ent and gifts and good cheer prevailed.
Miss Jennson and Miss Bertha Hazel
ton were hostesses and a bountiful sup
per was served. Some Of the ladies com
bined business with pleasure and scwed
for the Red Cross in the afternoon. Some
of the members were unavoidably absent
because Of sickness. The May meeting
will be held with Mrs. Edna Hewitt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
JACKSONVILLE.

Miss Bertha Faulker was in Wilmington
Tuesday.
Homer Dairy was business visitor in
Wilmington Tuesday.
j. b. Chase of Wilmington called on
friends in town Sunday.
Raymond Roberts is in Boston and
other Massachusetts cities this week.
G.. II. Waste and Leon Pratt were bust
pess visitors in Brattlcboro Wednesday.
DR.. Dunn of Wilmington was called to
see Homer Dairy, who is suffering from
blood poisoning in his hand,
Mr., and Mrs. W. $ Allen visited rela-
tives in Brattleboro this week. Mr.. Allen
attended the Berkshire sale.
Mrs Wayne Fowler and Mrs. Arthur
Harrington visited in North Adams and
Pittsfield, Mass, over Sunday.
1t was an ideal spring day for town
meeting Tuesday. The Grange realized
over $40 for the dinner served.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reed OF Monroe
Bridge were guests over Sunday of Mr..
Reeds parents, Mr.. and Mrs, +. p, Reed.
Lewis Sumner lost horse Saturday
while drawing logs for Clyde Allard.
The runner chain broke as they We're GO
ing down a steep hill letting the load on
the horses injuring one SO that it died.
Mr.. Sumner escaped uninjurcd.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
Town Meetings Action viii Mean S24
Tax Rate for Village.

There was but one ticket for town
officers at the town meeting yesterday
The vote on the sale of intoxicating liquor
was: Yes, 1919; no, 42S. The vote on
druggists licenses was: Yes, 1876; no, 3S5
IT was voted to continue medical inspec-
ton in the schools; $500 was voted for
the public library, 81 900 for the Rocking
ham hospital and Sl,l00 for cemeteries
1t was voted to exempt from taxation for
five years, Gobie's new $4,000 building
for his job printing business, and the Fall
Mountain pad and paper company for a
like period.
G. r. Wales, E. G.. Bolles and D. j.
Pierce were chosen to investigate the uni
form system of public accounting and re-
port at the next annual town meeting. The
taxes voted were: School, 70 cents; debt,
10 cents; town, 90 cents. Adding the
highway tax of 90 cents this makes the
tax outside of Bellows Falls $3.50 per
81 900. A village tax of As cents makes
the tax in the Bellows Falls village limits
S24 per $1,000. 1t was voted to exempt
all in the military service of the United
States from paying poll tax during the
year For the first time in the history of
the town women voted. OF l02 whose
names were on the check list Al voted.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Miss Caroline Wellman, who has been
ill., is able to be out again
Miss Nellie Houghton has gone to
Marlboro, Mass. to visit her brother
Elwin Houghton.
The junior Christian Endeavor society
will meet Saturday afternoon with the
Ranney brothers,
Mrs. Frank Shattucil returned home
Saturday from Saxtons Rivers where she
had been visiting friends.
Hugh Houghton went to Cabot Tuesday
to visit his brother, Freeman, and help
him through the sugaling season.
Rev. Walter r. Curtis is i'll with grip
and bronchitis The Christian Endeavor
society meeting took the place of the
morning service and the evening service
was omitted owing to Mr.. Curtis's illness.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Holt attended the
play given by the Dummerston dramatic
club and supper and dance which was in
charge of the Grange, at Dummcrston
last Friday night. The entire proceeds
were for the Red Cross.
Seymour H. Minard took a sled load of
members of Maple Grove Grange to at
tend the meeting of Saxtons River Valley
Pomona Grange, which was held with
Saxtons River Grange Saturday. Ten
from Maple Grove Grange took the
Pomona degree, all who went who previ
ously Joined the Pomona.
Miss Bernice Holden. who has been
visiting in Springfield, Vermont, returned
home Thursday with her brother Gilbert
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
Children Like
to Take 1t

Thousands of children have worms and
their parents don't know what the
trouble is. ,,
stomach swollen upper lip, sour stomach.
offensive breath, hard and full belly with
occa sional eripines and pains about the
navel, pale face of leaden tint, eyes
heavy and dull. twitching eyelids, itching
of the nose. itching Of the reotum, short
dry cough grinding OF the teeth, little
red points sticking out on tongue, start
ing during sleep, slow fever
Always keep Or. True's Elixir on hand
for such cases 1t is promptly effective
and the nice thing about it that children
Mrs, H.. W. Roberts of 5O2 Asylum
street. Flint. Michigan. wrote. to us:
Have used the Elixir and as far as /
know my little gil is cured of worms.
She wrote in again later saying. BABY
is fine and l think it was your medicine
that helped her
DR. Trues Elixir, the Family I,aXatiye
and Worm EXpellcr, has been on tho
market more than so years and more and
more people are using il all the time to
eNpel worms, or tn tone up the stomach
and restore natural action of the bow
els. Children like to take il. Write us
DR. j. F. TRUE & CO.,
Auburn, Maine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
Required for Health and Beauty.

It is surprising that it is necessary
to repeat again and again that the
health and beauty of the skin require
that the food shall be pure. If the ar.
teries Of the skin receive impure blood,
pimples and bIotches appear, and the
individual suffers from humors. Pow
dcrs and other external applications are
used for these affections. but
will never have the desired effect while
the causes of impure blood remain.
The indications are very clear that
Hood S Sarsaparilla is the most sue.
cessful medicine for purifying the
blood, removing pimples and blotches,
and giving health and beauty to the
skin. 1t gives tone to all the organs
and builds up the whole system. In
sist ON having Hoods Sarsaparilla
when you ask for it, Don't take any
thing else.-Adv.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
wH1TtNaHAM.

Schools in town will begin April /.
II. A. sprague is working for c.
S. Goodnow.
Mrs. G. H. Wheeler and Mrs. L. Den
ming were in North Adams Friday.
Mrs. C. E. Allard, who has been in
Readsboro caring for her daughter,
Mrs. Bertha Sumner, and little daugh
ter, returned home last week.
l.. H. Sawyer took his youngest son,
Elliot, to the North Adams hospital
Wednesday to undergo slight opera
ton and remain there some time for
treatment.
Mrs. Amanda Sawyer returned from
the hospital last week. Her wrist is
still in the cast, but she manages to
care for herself at her home in the
village
Mrs. Colcstia Kcnticld had severe
attack of grip last week and DR..
Thomas was called. Mrs, Sherwood,
who is visiting her sister in town,
helped care for her several days.
Walter Chase went to North Adams
Tuesday to visit his wife, who is in
the hospital recovering from an opera
ton. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Chase s brother, Clarence Plumb.
II may he of interest to note that
Clarence Jillson, son of WESLEY Jillson,
formerly of this town, is now in the
front line trenches in France and n
member of the Goth division which is
engaged in some of the fighting of
today.
Town meeting was held in Jackson
Vile this year and n good number of
voters from this side attended. The
meeting was attended by one woman
voter and the men say they wish more
of these now members had awaited
themselves of this opportunity
Mertie Parsons of Chicago, native
OF this town, came Wednesday TO visit
her cousins. II. A. Wheeler, Mrs James
| Caffrev and Mrs. David Drinkwine
i Mrs. Parsons, who is II nurse, came here
| from Connecticut where she has been
caring for n Doctors son. She plans
to remain and 90 with Mrs. Catfrcy TO
the North Adams hospital next week
and care for her through an operation,
MrG. II. A. Wheeler attended the fu-
neral of Mrs. Flora Ballou Stafford of
North Adams last SUNDAY. Mrs. staff
ford was n native of this town, being
n daughter and only child of the late
Hosea Ballou of this town and great
granddaughter of Hon, Hosea Balou,
who was the founder of Univcrsalism.
She married DR.. f. +. Stafford of STAN
ford. They lived in this town for many
ygars whore the doctor had a large
practice, and upon their removal to
North Adams over 90 years ago they
left many lasting friends behind them.
She leaves her husband but no near
relatives.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
TEN LICENSE COMMUNITIES.
Number Reduced from Is Last Year
Women Factor in Result in Burling-
tor and st. Adams.

With women exercising municipal
suffrage for the first time in Vermont
town meeting day resulted on the
face of unofficial returns. in reducing
the number of communities voting for
license to 10, compared with IS last
year With all but few small towns
heard from, which generally vote
|" dry. 30 communities voted against
the licensed sale of liquor.
Women are credited with turning
Burlington and st. Albans from the
wet to the dry column.
In many of the cities and towns the
percentage of enrolled women voters
who cast their ballots was remarkably
high. In Burlington, for instance,
where approximately 800 women were
enrolled, about 80 per cent of the WON
en- went to the booths and tho margin
of 400 votes in favor of license last
year was wiped out. making Burlington
drv for the second time since the local
option law went into effect in 1903.
All of Franklin county, in which st.
Adams ia located, went dry for the
first time in many years. 1t was ST.
Adams S second experience i'll the dry
column since the local option law be-
came effective. The percentage of en-
rolled women voters turning out here
was virtually the same as in Burling
tom aahl Sd.cTmaEsfI against license was
273
On the other hand, while 80 per cent
of the women voters turned out in Rut-
land. the citv voted to retain license
by the usual majority. The same situa-
ton prevailed in Colchester, in which
the large village Of Winooski and Fort
Ethan Allen arc located. A brisk cam
paign had been waged there to close
up the saloons in view of the number
Of troops at the famous military sta.
| ton, but with more than 90 per cent of
the women voting. license was retained.
The cities and towns voting in favor
of license are:
Vergcnnes, Bennington, Colchester,
Shclburne, Castlcton, Fair Haven, West
Rutland Rutland, Barre and st. George.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
WeStmoreland Station Destroyed-Two
Men Painfully Burned.

The Boston & Maine railroad station
at Westmoreland was burned Friday
night about $50, with a total loss
There was a substitute from Greenfield
in the office at the time, taking the
place of Assistant Rice. When the
$50 train from Kccnc came up he
went out 70 get the mail and in going
out slammed the door which had Il
spring lock-
In slamming the door, evidently Il
lamp tipped over and exploded. The
man ran for help on discovering the
fire, it is stated, and meanwhile, all
the records, stamps, tickets and other
valuabcs in the Office. were burned.
Allen Rogers, George BeSaw and
George Laventurc, who live nearby and
are employed on the section, made an
attempt to get things out of the sta
ton and freight section They got
most of the freight out when a,can of
gasoline or oil exploded, throwing the
blazing oil over them BesaW and La
venture were badly burned ON the face
and hands and we're taken to the Elliot
City hospital in Krenc ON a special
train. They were suffering severely.
1t was stated that but for the snow in
which they were rolled, putting out
their burning clothing, their injuries
might have proved fatal.
Tho freight shed, which was part
of the station, was also burned, but Il
part of the freight stored there was
saved,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
1850 Sugar Cards Issued.

Following the weekly custom the grocers
OF Bellows Falls have compared notes and
find 1000 pounds of sugar in stock Sugar
cards issued number 1850 representing
almost 800 people. AS in the past two
weeks, one-haf pound will be furnished
each person. The rule is that no family
will be considered as having more than
10 members. The overseer of the poor
has II people at the town farm, yet he is
allowed only half pound for EACH 10
people all being considered one family.
Boarding houses and hotels are allowed
one-fourth pound per person for the aver
age number of boarders and patrons.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
WILMINGTON.

A. N. Blandin was business visitor
in town last week.
DR.. s. +. Dunn went to North Adams
Wednesday on business.
o. o Ware was business visitor
in Brattleboro Wednesday.
George Barre of Brattleboro visited
in town the first of the week.
Mrs. II. Il. Mann was in North
Adams Saturday on business.
Mrs. w. F.. Snow is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Madge, in Spring
field, Mass.
Miss Bertha Faulkner Of Jackson.
vile called on friends Tuesday and
Wednesday
Merton F. Barber went to Boston
Wednesday on business for II. F. Bar
Der & Son.
Harvey Goodell, secretary of civil
and military affairs, of Montpelier, was
in town Monday.
Harold Crosier is assisting in II. F.
Barber & Son s store during Mr.. Bar
ber's absence in Boston.
My. and Mrs. Schuyler Murdoch of
Jacksonville visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Green Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Davis, Mrs.
| Charles Smith, and Leslie w. Boyd
were in Brattleboro Saturday.
Fred Burbee left Wednesday for
Maine, where he is to work for the
Northern Woodenware company.
Miss Eva Kingsley, who spent sever.
al weeks with relatives in Monroe
Bridge, Mass. returned Monday.
DR.. j. T. Wheelock, who has been
suffering from the grip, went to the
North Adams hospital Wednesday for
treatment.
Mrs. A. G.. Dalrymple and daughter
Agnes, and grandson, Richard Dalrym.
pie of Brooklyn, N. Y, are visiting
relatives in town.
Miss Florence Fox and Mrs. Moses
Fox, who visited in Brattlcboro n few
weeks, returned Monday and are stay
ing at c. C. Barlow's.
Homer Derry of Jacksonville was il
town Tuesday and Wednesday to see
DR.. Dunn, who is treating him fol
blood poisoning in his hand
Miss Emily Bisscll returned to hel
studies in the North Adams norma
school Monday after week s vacation
at her home here.
r. y. Goodell and willard Faulkne
of Nottingham were in town Monda,
to attend a special meeting of the di
rectors of the bank.
All stores were closed from | t.
1870 o'clock on Tuesday so that al
employed in them might be present a
town hall to hear the patriotic exer
cises.
Miss Gcorgiana Treadwell, who ha,
beer visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Du
vail several weeks, went to her hom
, in Newton Highlands, Mass, Monday
returning Wednesday. Leslie Duval
went with her.
While coasting Saturday evening OF
High street Mrs. Roy Williams sus
tanned one broken rib and Miss Min
ogue sprained her right wrist. TIL
"bobsr on which they were slidin,
overturned near the home Of Rober
Ware. DR.. A. II. Wright was calle'
and attended those iRjuNd, =.
Miss Maud Macteer entertained tn
young people of the Baptist churcl
Tuesday evening at Childs's tavern
After q short business meeting tn
evening was spent socially, games be
ing played, etc. Refreshments o
cocoa, cookies, cake and candy wer
served.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
Mrs. Frank A. George Dead.

Mrs Frank y. George died at her homo
on School street Monday after a week S
sickness with asthma and bronchitis.
Mary Elvira Jennison, daughter of John
and Elvira Russell Jennison, was born
in Walpole, ~ H., on March 3, 1912. She
married Mr., George on October 8, 1867,
and her married life was passed in Bel
lows Falls. She is survived by her hus-
band, brother, Edwin NJ. Jennison of
Cambridge, Mass. and two daughters,
Mrs p. a. Dean and Mrs W. :. Crom-
NETT, both Of Bellows Falls.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

who has been in the hospital in Spring
field about five weeks. He went to the
hospital to have an operation performed
for appendicitis Miss Holden has been
i'll since her return home with tonsilitis
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
Saniors to SEQ New York.

The senior class of the high school has
Al members who expect to enjoy three
days trip to New York city, the goth,
9th and 18th, in place of the usual trip
10 Washington, d. C.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

A guest at one of Detroits hotels who
had good bank account at home, but
had run out of each, wanted some money,
so rolling up his sleeve went to the desl;
and said; 81 have no letter of identified
ton with me, but here is my tattoo mark
Will you cash my check His name was
tattooed on his arm and he got the money D.,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

In England if person dies his OF her
sugar ticket must be returned to the food
Office before death Ger
tiicatc will bo issued, This is to prevent
drawing sugar on Il persons ticket who
no longer needs it, A sugar ticket is
issued with every birth certificate,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
alliance through Noldavia and Bessara
bia to Odessa.

alliance through Moldavia and Bessala
bia to Odessa.
The American soldiers, including those
who went into the service as members
of New England National Guard units
arc now taking their place regularly in
the trenches in two sectors of the west
crn front. In the list of casualties sent
to the war department this week, in
addition to several who have died from
accidents and natural causes Gen.
Pershing has given the names of three
licutenants and % men killed, one cap
tain, one lieutenant and IS men severely
wounded, and - men slightly wounded.
Among the severely wounded were Roy
p. Metcalf Of Irasburg and Raymond
Pease of Lyndonvillc, and among the
slightly wounded are Alfred j. Grafton
Of Bennington, Herman Gustafson OF
Proctor, Sergeant s. y. Morency of st.
Johnsbury, Corporal Robert Eddy and
Private Henry Keer, both Of Walling-
ford.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

BY treating your chickens with high
frequency, high voltage currents OF
electricity n London expcrimcntcr has
made them grow moro rapidly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

The government has issued call for
10000 machinists, mechanics, chauffeurs
and other skilled workmen needed at once
in the aviation section OF the signal corps.
Men registered in the draft may be in
Quoted into this service on applications
to their local boards, and men not
registered may enlist at any recruiting
office
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

Rumania evidently is on the point OF
etfecting separate peace with the leu
tonic allies by meeting 4hc hard demands
kingdom, which now is isolated from rs
allies, The preliminary peace treaty has
been signed and the armstice extended SO
that discussion of formal treaty may
begin Immediately. The chief demands
of the enemy are the cession OF the
Dobrudja, rectification of the Hungarian
Rumanian border, economic advantages
for the central powers, and aid in the
transport of troops Of the quadriiph
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

The difference between green and
black tea is entirely matter of its
treatment.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

The women of Poland do the work
that is usually done by men in other
countries.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

Premier Clemenceau has decorated sew
eral Americans who distinguished them
selves in the repulse of German attack
Friday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

Woman chaufcurS in tie British
army number over 400,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

More than II billion dollars of in
surancc has been written on lives of our
soldiers, sailors and nurses by the war
risk insurance bureau, Secretary McAdoo
announces. The average application is for
$8,OS5. The maximum permitted is $4,000
and the minimum $1,000 Final figures
show that the United States army, both
here and abroad, is well above 90 per cent
INSURED In many camps % per cent Of
the personnel is protected The insurance
now on the books of tho bureau is more
than three times as great as the ordinary
insurance held by the largest commercial
company in the world.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

Whether japanese troops are, to invade
Siberia apparently has not yet been deter
mined. In Japan, the political parties
are not unanimously in favor of Japanese
Intervention.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

American troops now have taken up
another position on the front in France
and have frustrated an attempt by the
Germans to raid their trenches The new
position is somewhere in Lorraine. AL.
together more than eight miles of trenches
are now being held by Americans on the
western front
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

All things come to him who waits
bad luck included.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

A vigorous policy for the suppression
of anarchists and all who advocate
sabotage and all other forms Of lawless-
ness was announced Saturday by Secre-
tary Wilson in orders to the immigra-
ton officials of the Northwest to pro
coed Immediately to arrest aliens guilty
of spreading such doctrines. Even
though they do not commit any overt
act they will be detained and deport-
ed. The trouble in the Northwest has
arisen out of the activities of the
|. w. w.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

Twelve soldiers from New England who
formed n patrol party are missing in the
Chemin-des danes sector and 1t is
feared that they were captured by the
Germans. Volunteers searched no man s
land in a rain of machine gun bullets in
the hope of finding their comrades. One
member of the patrol was found dead,
but the scarchers failed to find any trace
OF the missing. -, IN, t." ,.JA,sA u