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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
WESTMINSTER.

Mrs S. NJ. Nutting is reported as being
about the same.
The Bible class met with Mrs, f. c.
Chaplin this week.
Mrs Ella Farbrother is visiting friends
in Pittsield, and Lee, Mass.
Mrs. John Holmes gave large card
party last Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Dodge of Storrs,
Conn, were recent guests of Mrs. Carrie
Nutting.
Mrs. Gertrude Butler of Utica is spend
ing some time with Mr.. and Mrs. G. II
Walker
Deacon 0sgood of Bellows Falls will oc
cupy the pulpit at the church Sunday
morning,
Donald C.. Wright of Springfield, Mass.
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. q
c. Wright
George Gates has returned after spend
ing three weeks with his daughter in
Springfield, Mass.
Miss Florence AIetcalf has returned
from spending 10 days with her brother
in Massachusetts,
Mrs. Harry Nelson and two children OF
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22

church in this. village The local church
attendants turned out in good numbers,
Mrs. Nellie Wood of Newark, N. j.,
who has been visiting at the parsonage,
left Wednesday for her home, accom-.
panied by. her niece, Mrs. Walter Bish
OPP, and two children. Howard and Nal
colin Bishop. Mrs. Bishop will visit her
mother while in Newark
Samuel II. Morse S auction sale Sat
urday drew large crowd from this
and neighboring towns. Many sum
mer visitors were present. The anc-
tioneer, John +. Morse, kept the bid
ding continuous from 1890 until 3
o clock, except for the noon hour, when
Il recess was taken fs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
DUMMERsToN.

Mrs. +. I. Miller is visiting in Holy,
Oke.
Merton Hazelton is visiting friend,
in New York city.
Miss Inez Reed spent Monday and
Tuesday in Guilford.
James A. Reed is i'll. Mrs. John f
Walker is helping care for him.
Miss Rose LaPointe of Greenfield
was guest of Mrs. G. G. Walker Tues
day.
Mrs. Harold Reed has returned from
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
=. +. O'Connor.
Mrs. Maud Hickey and children have
returned home after visiting her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Armand.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22

Hoyoke came to the Betterley homestead
Sunday to stay two weeks.
Mrs Mary Allen returned Thursday to
her home in Brattleboro after spending
some time at her cottage at the lake.
Mrs l.. W. Dana, who had been at the
Betterley homestead two weeks, returned
Tuesday to her home in Providence, r. |.
Mr. and Mrs G. b. Wells of Chicopee
and two grandchildren, Wells and Mary
Bausman, came in their Hudson limousine
Monday to be guests at the Betterley
homestead.
Several young people were invited to
the home of Mr., and Mrs, Ray c. Better
ley Saturday evening, the occasion being
the 18th birthday anniversary of Miss
lrma Hamblin, who is visiting Mrs. Bet
terlcy. Games and music We're enjoyed
and refreshments, including birthday
cake and ice cream, We're served.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
GUILD YOURSELF UP
so AS TO FEEL BETTER

Eat and sleep better, as well as look
bp.,er, by taking Hoods SarsaDa-
ri!,a. 1t is an all-the-year-round
me licinc, good in all seasons.
1t puriies, cnrichcs and rcvitalizes
the blood, creates an appetite, aids
DIGESTION, assists assimilation Of Ito
food you eat, and wonderfully bulbs
up the whole s'9.em. In many eases
it succeeds where otLer medicines
fl % do any good.
IF ION need mill effective cathar-
:. got Hoods Pills.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
DUMMERsToN HILL.

Miss Carrie Coe of Springfield, Mass,
is a guest at the Rockwell homestead.
Miss Florence Whitaker of Townshend
Its assisting her grandmother. Mrs. James
n. Betterley
Miss Georgia Lank of Brooklyn came
Saturday 10 the Betterley homestead for
a rest of two weeks
Albert Grandy and Miss Mabel Reid of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
Took Her Friends Down Town
to Meet Him

Mary La France, of 81 Park ST., Burlington,
w., tells how she was so thankful from the
help she got through GOLDINE that she want.
ed all her friends to meet the GOLDINE man
who was at O'Sullivan's She says:
81 suffered for two years with stomach trou.
BILE and nervousness. ] had headaches and
rheumatism in my wrists and legs | was
bloated and suffered distress from gas on my
stomach.
81 want all my friends to know about
GOLDINE because it helped me more than
anything else. ! sleep SO much better now
and feel better in every way"
Ask Ernest Lambert about GOLDINE for a
nervous breakdown.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22

New York spent the past week with Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Walker.
Kenneth Fulam entertained seven of
his paymates Saturday afternoon in hon.
or of his seventh birthday.
Mrs. II. +. Merriam and daughter of
.Brookline, Mass, have been spending sew
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. G. c.
Wright.
Ruth and Faith Foster have returned
to their home in Southwick, Mass, after
spending two weeks with their sister
Mrs. +. S. Fem.
George Metcalf and son, Sumner, OF
Saugus, Mass, have returned to their
home after spending few days with Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Metcalf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
GRAFTON.
Hon John Barrett to Speak.

On Saturday evening, Aug %, at $40
o'clock, a meeting of the Grafton Memo
rial and Improvement association will be
held in the town hall. Entertainment
will be furnished. with music by the Graf
ton Cornet band, and Hon. John Barrett,
director general of the Pan-American I'M
ion, will deliver an address. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22

Mr. and Mrs. George Bush wore at f. Il.
Patterson's over the weekend.
Miss Katherine Gee of Greenfield was q
recent guest of her father, Fred Gee.
Mrs. B. F. Howard has been entertain
ing relatives from New London, Conn.
Mrs. Walter Bartlett of Haverhill,
Mass, is visiting her father, A. D..
Taylor, week at Maplehurst farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Graves of Rut-
land have been guests for two weeks
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Fuller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Whitney of
Hartford, Conn, are guests of their sis
tiers, Mrs. Thomas Carpenter and Miss
Gertrude Whitney.
Mr.. and Mrs c. H. Bridgman were
guests of their brother and sister, F. H.
Clarke and Nellie N. Clarke, at the Clarke
home over the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Houghton and,
son William, were guests over the
Weekend of their sisters, Mrs. F. s.
Harris and Miss Lizzie s. Houghton.
James Lahey, and sister, Miss Bertha
Lahsy, who have been visiting their moth
err, Mrs f. +. Blood, have returned to
Philadelphia, where Mr.. Lahey was en-
ployed before enlisting in the service.
Owing to so many of the little CUES
not being able to attend the Sunday
school picnic at Spofford lake the pri-
mary class will have a picnic on the
church lawn Friday afternoon. If the
weather proves unpleasant it will be
held in the church vestry.
A special program of moving pic
lures will be given in the town hall
next Tuesday evening at SIS o'clock,
the proceeds being devoted to the work
Of keeping the lawn around the town
hall moved. The program will con-
sist of The Cinderella Man and Ford
Educational reel.
Mr.. and Mrs futile and Raymond Fl
field have been guests of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fifeld. Mr.. futile
was recently discharged from the service
overseas and Mrs. futile works in Leba
non, n. H., and Raymond Fifeld has
been employed in Brattleboro since his
return from camp in New York state.
Mrs. l.. p. Fuller entertained the
Helping Hand socisty Monday eve
ming There was a short business meet
ing, after which there was music anC
recitations by Mrs. Bartlett and so
cial time was enjoyed. Refreshment.
of punch and cake were served. The
Helping Hand has decided to hole
their bazaar September 10. Further
particulars will be given later.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
Fire District May Be Extended.

There will be a special meeting of the
Putney fire district next Monday night
at clock in the town hall, to elect
officers; to see if the district will buy
new hose and other equipment; to see
if the fire district will extend the dis
trict across the bridge to Parker's
garage, up Kimball hill to the school
house, down the street to the top of
nepot hill, and lay new lines and place
hydrants as designated by a commit
tee elected for such purpose; to see if
the district will place four-way hy-
drant at corner of the Cole paper mill;
to see how large tax the fire district
will raise to pay for the new hose, hy-
drants and new lines, and for current
expenses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22

Leo Matthews and Carlos Holt Of Mont
peier were injured Wednesday morning
when staging upon which they working
lroke away allowing them to fall about
20 feet.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22

Ernest E. Bailey returned to Green,
field Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bullock of
Keene were guests of l.. w. Bingham
Sunday.
The Ladies' Benevolent society sale
begins at 3 o clock Friday afternoon of
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Howe of
Brattleboro spent the weekend at f.
c. Sparks s.
Miss Doris Dexter and guest, Miss
Natalie Davis, have gone to Camden,
n. j., for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic w. Sim of
troy came Monday and are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Milton Dexter.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Bickford
and son, Harold, of Brookline, Mass,
William Fletcher and Mrs Munroe of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22
SOUTH NEWFANE.
Lightning Strikes Two Houses.

During the shower Tuesday night
shortly after 10 O'Clock IL sudden
crash of thunder was heard, resembling
heavy explosion. Members of nearly
every family in the village thought
their own buildings had been struck
and Immediately investigated
AT the homes of Mrs Ella s. Will
lard and Mrs. Samuel Morse and Mrs.
Love there was no doubt that some
thing had happened, the rooms and
cellars being filed with sulphurous
fumes and smoke At the latter place,
Samuel H. Morse, who was near the
telephone and was somewhat stunned
Tor moment, did not associate the oc-
cnrance at first with the storm, but
thought something near him had ex-
pioded. The condition of the room,
however, told the story. All in
sulated wires in the house, includ.
ing ground wire, were burned out,
wall paper and insulators were black
ened.
Mrs. Willard, who was alone in her
house, found china and glassware on
the dining table and in the china closet
broken. The lamp, which fortunate
~ was not lighted. was thrown from
her living room table, an ornamental
cap was torn from her bedpost, post
in the cellar was knocked down and the
water pipe was opened
NO one was injured although occu-
pants of the houses experienced slight
enects from the shock that night and
the following day, but were thankful
that no further damage was done.
Telephone fuses in several houses were
burned out and at DR.. John s. STRAIT
tons pasture bar and barpost were
Splintered by the lightning
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-22

Literature is the immortality of speech.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13
FEARING FATHER,
LETS Mother Die
Son Explains Why He Did Not
Answer Plea of Dying
Woman.
SLAIN BY HUSBAND
Boy contradlets Story Of Father, Who
Insists Spouse Tried to Kill Him
by Administering Witch
Poison.

Detroit, Mich.-Nfrs. Anna Bobrow-
ski, hands and feet bound, fatally
wounded by the blows of her hus-
band Martin, lay on the floor of her
desolate Sumpter township home and
begged her son Theodore, seventeen, to
unite her.
Before Assistant Prosecutor Popicl
Theodore admitted he had not an
swered her plea because he was
'afraid of the old man." Theodore
and his sister. Celia, fifteen. made
formal statements against their father,
prisoner in the county Jail.
"And you let your mother lie there
without helping herr" repeated the
prosecutor.
"Sure," said Theodore. II started
to do what she asked me, but the old
man came in and I ran upstairs. I
was afraid Of him."
Slayer Describes Death.
The remaining moments Of Mrs.
Bobrowskl's life were described to Mr..
Popiel by the slayer.
II took her in and tied her down
on the floor and sat with her." he
said. "She asked me: Martin. why
do you kill meY told her: That's
just what you wanted to do to me;
you put the witch poison In my bread
and tried to kill me-
"She said she didn't, but know she
did. Then she kept still till she
died."
Bobrowski said the witch poison
was q decoction known in the old
country and used by women to poi
son their husbands. Women can eat
1t without harm; but II man eats 1t
he becomes pnlsIed and dies, he ex-
planned.
| Bobrowski said his wife fed him the
poison after they had guarreled about
possession Of $500. He said he be-
came Ill.
Boy contradicts Father.
Theodore was brought In to confront
his father. The boy, who evil
IDENTIFY did not know what sheriff
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13
HNl3E lE3ElEzE1Hz{

glances met, and she advanced to the
table. the light Of the swinging lamp
full upon her. The impression she
made Is with me yet. Hers was q
refined, patrician face, crowned by a
wealth of dark hair. Indignant eyes
Of hazel brown, shadowed by long
lashes, frightened face whitened by
intense emotion, and brought into
agreeable contrast flushed cheeks and
red, scornful lips. A dimpled chin. a
round, full throat. and the figure of
young womanhood. slender and yet
softly curved. altogether formed pic
ture so enhancing as to never again
desert my Imagination. With one
bound my heart went out to her in
sympathy, in admiration, in full and
complete surrender. Before I could
change posture. almost before could
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13

was when Sheriff Coffin visited him,
had learned something Of the protec-
ton given by the law.
"You weren't sick. either" he de.
clared, looking his parent in the eye.
Mother did not have any poison, and
you know It,"
A coroner's jury at sumpter re-
turned verdict that Mrs. Bobrow-
ski died from blows from a poker in
the hands Of her husband. The bat
tered body was taken to Belleville for
burial.
Investigation showed he first had
washed the body, put on the dead
woman's best dress. placed her hands
across her breast and then made his
son drive him to Detroit In quest Of
burial permit.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13
MOUSE SAVES THE BURGLAR
Got into Trap and Delayed Armed
Man Who Was Pur.
suing.

Fort Dodge, 1a.-A wounded negro.
now under arrest in Cherokee hos
pital, is believed to be the man who
entered the A. H. Woodland home here.
and at whom Woodland fred one night.
Woodland was awakened by the
sound of someone in his room and saw
q man standing near the foot of the
bed. He grabbed his revolver from
under the pillow and fired at the In
truder.
The thief started to run, with Wood.
ard after him. A mouse probably
saved the thief's life. While Wood.
ard was following the intruder mouse
got into a trap in the Woodland kitcheG
The noise led Woodard to beYe1e
there was another robber In IN l3t4e
en- and he hesitated long eneu6a -
that the man made his esc1beS e -,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13
"'Bout how lon yer be gone. sah7''
II cannot tell you that. Az short a

BOUT now Ion yer De gone, SAM"
II cannot tell you that. Az short
time as possible. It may require con-
siderable explanation and urging to
get those three women to trust me.
However, all you have to do Is wait,
and be sure that no one sees you. If
you should be needed for anything at
the house, I'll get word to you some
way; and IL should send Della and
Rene out here alone, without being
able to come with them myself, load
them into the cart at once, and drive
to the boat. I'll manage to Join you
somewhere. and the important thing is
to get them safely away. You under
stand all this7'
"Yas. sab; leastways ! reckon I
does. Use ter take keer OBJ dem all,
an let yer take keer o. yerself."
Exactly, because. you see, haven't
the slightest idea what I am going to
run up against. There may be others
in the house, and might not dare to
leave Miss Eloise behind alone with
out some protection. I shan endeavor
to induce her to go to Haines at once"
Following some impulse I shook
hands with him, and then plunged into
the darkness, my only guidance at first
that single ray Of light streaming
through the unshaded window. AS /
advanced cautiously along the fence, a
low structure built of rough rails, and
thus approached more closely to the
front of the main building, other lights
began to reveal themselves, enabling
me to perceive that the inner hallway
was likewise Illuminated, although not
brilliantly. All about me was silence,
not even the sound of voice or the
flap of wing breaking, the intense
stiffness Of the night. Il came below
the veranda, still in the deep shadow,
utterly unconscious Of any other pres
cnce, when suddenly, from just above
! me, and certainly not six feet distant.
a man spoke gruffly, the unexpected
sound Of his strange voice interrupted
by the sharp crate Of a chairs leg on
the porch floor, and a half-smothered
yawn.
"Say, sheriff, how long are we all
gosn' ter set yere. do yer know? This
don't look much like Saint LOuee afore
daylight ter me"
l stopped still. crouching low, my
heart leaping into my throat, and
every nerve tingling.
mo. it sure don't, Tim" replied an
other, and the fellow apparently got
down from off his perch on the porch
rail. Eyer see Kirby is bound he'll get
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13
Knox acts after the fash.
ion of a man In love.
(To BE CoNTINUED.|
Origin Of Drinking Pledass.

Pledging each other In wine was n
reality nothing moro than the survival
Of the once universal custom Of parties
drinking together in ratification Of a
bargain. It is In this sense that some
Jewish and Russian couples drink
wine at their betrothal ceremonies.
The Hebrew. after drinking, dashes
the vessel to the ground, In memory
Of the destruction Of the Temple /:
whereas the Russian tramples the
glass beneath his feet, with the pious
wish: '.May they thus fall under foot
and be trodden to pieces who shall en-.
deavor to SOW dissension and discora
between IN"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13

Some Vienna theaters do vithout
yushers by mounting electric lishts IN
such positions that they illuminate the
numbers on ssats % Ing as the latts
ere unoccupia6s
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13

Carver Thrust Her Forward, but Re
matned Himself Blocking the Door.
way.
draw fresh breath. her voice. trem-
bling slightly with an emotion she
was unable wholly to suppress. yet
sounding clear as a bell, addressed
the man confronting her.
"May ask, sir, what this outrage
means7 I presume you are respon-
sible for the insolence Of this fellow
who brought me here?"
Kirby laughed but not altogether at
ease.
"Well. not altogether" he answered,
"as his methods are entirely his own.
I merely told him to go after you"
"For what purpose7"
$50 pretty a girl should not ash
that. Carver, close the door and wait
outside"
could mark the quick rise and fall
Of her bosom and the look Of fear she
was unable to disguise. Yet not q
limb moved as the door closed, nor did
lAAC SluuNO VI lAAOoC UkVWA OyV0 WoVCEi
"You are not the same man met
before" she began doubtingly. "He
said he was connected with the sher
iff's Office. Who are your"
my name is Kirby: the sheriff ID
here under my orders"
"Kirby !-the-the gambler?"
swell, I play cards occasionally, and
you have probably heard Of me be
fore. Even IL you never had until to-
night it lie pretty safe to bet that you
do now"
II know" she admitted, ''that you
won this property at cards and have
now come to take possession. Is thai
what you meant"
That. at least, is part Of It." ant
he took step toward her, his thir
lips twisted into a smile. "But not all
Perhaps Donaldson failed to tell 70,
the rest, and left me to break tn.
news. Well. 1t won't hurt me any
Not only this plantation is mine, bu
every niger on It as well. You ar,
Rene Beaucaire?'
"Yes." she replied, slowly. almos
under her breath. and hesitatlng eve,
SO slightly, II am Rene Beaucaire."
"And you don't know what tina,
means, I supposed" he insisted saw
agely, angered by her GOODNESS. "Per
haps the sheriff did not explain this
Do you know who and what you are7'
She rested one hand on the table II
support, and could note the nervou.
trembling Of the fingers. yet her low
voice remained strangely firm.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-13

Every Nerve Tlnpllna.
hold O. them two missln' females furst,
afore he'll let me round up the mig
gers. The papers Is all straight
'nough. but they've got ter be served
afore we kin lay hands on q burned
thing. The ledge toP me fer ter do
everything just as Kirby sed, an I aim
ter do 1t, but just the same I got ter
keep inside the law. / dunno AZ It
makes much difference when we strike
the OF town."
g sTain't 80 much that, sheriff. kin
STAN It fer ter be up all night, but
Bill wus tellin' me we might hav' SOM
trouble down ter the Landin' unless
we finished up our Job yere afore
mornin'."
"oh. 1 reckon not; whut was It Bill
saidf'
"Quite q rigmarole frum furst ter
last. Civ me a light fer the pipe. viii
yerf" s ga.
There was a hare above me, and
then darkness once more, and then the
.alnw drawl Of the mans yoice @ 10 10