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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22
STILL HEARING.
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ed that the piece of land was larger
purchase price has not been paid
Bemis cut off some timber on the dis
puted land, which turned out to belong
to Cotton. The plaintiff wants the
court to assess the damages due Cotton
and how much may be due Bemis by
reason of the deal with Keefe The
defense claims the plaintiff has ade-
quate remedy at law and that there
is no equity in the bill
Gerald Dorset of Connecticut, for
merly of South Londonderry, fur
nished bail in The sum of $500 for his
appearance in county court on stat
utory charge.
Terms of settlement have been agreed
upon in the case of Alfred B. Robinson
of New York against DR.. Edward S.
Niles of Halifax and Boston, and the
papers are being drawn which win take
the case off the docket. Attorney A.
F. Schwenk is counsel for Mr.. Robin
son and Ryder & Graham of Bellows
Falls are counsel for DR.. Niles. In this
case it was claimed that Mr.. Robinson
had DR.. Niles buy some land for him
in Halifax and that DR.. Niles declined
to turn it over to Mr. Robinson but
mortgaged it in his own name.
The county court judges have signed
an order in the case of the town against
VERNE A. Colburn and brother, d. E.
Eolburn, which was tried Monday aft
ernoon, directing that VERNE A. Col
burn also directed to pay the costs
of his mother, who lives with d. E. Col
| burn also is directed to pay the costs
the latter except for small amount
furnished by the town. VERNE A. Col
bburn also is directed TO pay the costs
of the court proceedings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22
ATHENS.

The Farmers club met with Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Rand Tuesday eve
ming.
G. A. Prouty, veterinarian, of Put
ney was i'll town two days recently
testing cattle for Nal Bemis.
f. S. Kingsley has a COW which i
known to be % years old. She is hale
and hearty and gives a good yield OF
milk every day.
Miss Ruth Palmer. teacher in the
West school. spent the week end at hel
home in Townshend. She returned
Sunday afternoon on snowshoes durin!
the high gale and storm.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro. Jan 20, daughter
Josephine, to William and Margaret
(Garrityl Searles.
In Brattleboro, Jan. 10, a son, Joseph
to John D., and Hannah (Ronanl Sulli-
van.
In Jamaica, Jan. Is, son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Benson.
In Mortified Farms, Mass, Jan. 20, a
son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Field.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22
WARDSBORO.

w. f. Allen of Pixies Falls was in town
last week.
Chauncey Crook of Boston is visiting
his sister, Mrs. c. H. Hogan.
Harry Carlton of Townshend visited
his aunt, Mrs. G. w. Morse, the first
of the week.
Mrs. NJ L. johnson and Wells. Mrs.
c. L. Shine and Miss Hanna Halonen
spent JAN IA in Brattleboro, H. E. Knight
taking them in his automobile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22

dress was given as ii Walnut street, were
married Jan. II by Carl S. Hopkins, JUS
tiee of the peace.
A return has been made at the town
clerks office of the marriage license of
Russell Irving Sparks of Gxoton, Conn.,
and Blanche Dewey Miner of Brattleboro,
daughter of Conrad Miner. The eere-
mony was performed Dec. 10 in Hartford
Conn, by Rev. John Newton Lackey-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22
SOUTH HALIFAX.

Elmer Cutting went Monday to work
for Whitmore and Bixby.
Jessie Herzig of Christian hill is at
Lorenzo Herzig's this week.
A. A. Fairbanks received news. Sun
day of the Illness of his two grand
daughters, Bernice and Irene Fair
banks, with pneumonia at Green River
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22
DEATHS.

In. West Chesterfield, N. H. Jan. 10
William Chamberlain, 81.
In Westminster, Jan. 49, Mrs. William
Smith, y.
In Westminster, Jan. 10, Mrs. Lucretia
Park Metcalf, 70.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22

An ideal father to the modern fam
lily is one that makes enough money so
they can spend as much as their neigh
bors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22

Paris has $4,000 clairvoyants, fortune
tellers, and seers of various Kinds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-22
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Wilfred Dean Blakely, who gave his
occupation as clerk and address as Brooks
House when securing his marriage license,
and Madeleine Paine Kelly, whose. adj
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

coming. There was no movement Of
the air, but there was the sound OF
a wind storm going through n forest
It gradually died away and I realized
they moved off. II was the rustling
Of the dry leaves on the ground un-
der their feet and the rubbing of
their bodies through the dried foliage
Of the forest. ! never heard noise
like that made by clephants-before
or since. The conditions were unique,
for everything was thoroughly parchs
ed, and there had not even been q
dew. Ordinarily, If there is any moiss
ture, elephants when warned cEs
travel through a forest without the
slightest noise. In spite of thciS
great bulk they arc as silent and
sometimes as hard to see in their
country as a jack rabbit is in his.
remember on one occasion being
so close to an old COW in the jungle
that l could hear the rumbling OF
her stomach, and yet when she real
lied my presence the rumbling ceased.
as it always does when they are sus-
picious, and she left the clump of
growth she was I'm without my hears
ing a sound.
But going back to the big herd.
From the time l had seen the first
elephant until the last of them disap-
peared in the forest, had been per-
! haps fifteen minutes-fifteen minutes
in which to see the sight of a life
time, a thing to go to Africa a dozen
times to get one glimpse of, but what
did 1 learn about the habits of the
elephant in that fifteen minutes? A
little, perhaps, but not much. 1t
takes a long time and much patience
to get at all intimate with old Tembo,
as the Swahills call him, on his native
soil.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
HAD HEARD ABOUT 1T

"Well! Well" exclaimed the faceti-
Gus stranger. 80 this is Chiggers-
ville?"
That's right" said Lem Bolts, pro-
prietor of the village grocery store.
II guess you've heard about this place
before"
"Surei A man mentioned it on the
train"
"One of our citizens?"
mo, the brakeman. lie bawled
'Chiggersville!' just before we got
here"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Strange things are being found
since the whole country went dry"
reports a Richmond paper. For in
stance. Sim Banks found a dry land
water dog in stump on his farm re-
Gently and brought it to town to
demonstrate that there is really some
thing new under the sun. 1t is almost
exactly like the water dogs found IN
ponds aud shallow wells, only IT lives
and travels on land"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Governor Cox grabbed at most ev-
cry straw in sight to win. but over
looked a fine chance to get the
woman vote" by not promising they
would be exempt from paying poll tax
in the event Of his election.-Hopkins
Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
THE SOCIETY UPON THE STAINS
TnN


reside at Table Mountain, and my
name is Truthful James;
I am not up to small deceit, nor any
sinful games;
And I'll tell in simple language what
l know about the row
That broke up our society upon the
Stanislow.
But first l would remark, that it is
not a proper plan
For any scientific man to whale his
fellow man,
And, if a member don't agree with
his peculiar whim,
To lay for that same member for to
put a head" on him.
Now, nothing could be finer or more
beautiful to see
Than the first six months proceed
ings of that same society,
Till Brown Of Calaveras brought a
lot of fossil bonos
That he found within a tunnel near
the tenement of Jones.
Then Brown he read a paper, and he
reconstructed there,
From those same bones, an animal
that was extremely rare;
And Jones then asked the Chair for
a suspension of the rules,
Till he could prove that those same
bones was one of his lost mules
Then Brown he smiled a bitter smile
and said he was at fault,
1t seemed he had been trespassing
on Jones family vault;
He was a most sarcastic man. this
quiet Mr.. Brown,
And on several occasions he had
cleaned out the town.
Now, hold it is not decent for 8
scientific gent
To say another is an ass-at least
to all intent;
Nor should the individual who hap
pens to be meant
Reply by heavlng rocks at him tC
any great extent.
Then Abner Dean OF Angels raised {
point of order, when
A chunk Of old red sandstone tool
him in the abdomen,
And he smiled a kind Of sickly smile
and curled up on the floor.
And the subsequent proceedings in
torested him no more.
For, in less time than 1 write it
every member did engage
In a warfare with the remnants of {
palaeozoic age;
And the way they heaved those fossils
in their anger was a sin,
Till the skull Of an old mammoth
caved the head of Thompson in
And this is all have TO say of thes
improper games,
| For l live at Table Mountain and m.
name is Truthful James;
And I've told, i'm simple language
what know about the row
That broke up our society upon III
Stanislow.
BERT HARTE.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

If the Salvation Army could only
get hold of all these monster vegeta-
bles grown in various parts of the
state, what an awfully big Thanksgiv-
ing dinner they could give. Gus Ber-
ry near Sodalia says he has raised the
biggest squash grown in Missouri this
year. II weighs siNty-one and one
half pounds. Mr.. and Mrs. w. o.
Jones come to bat with a five and
half pound sweet potato, a beet
weighing thirty and a half pounds
was raised by b. r. Hughes near
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

"a man who pays twelve dollars for
pair Of shoes is to be excused if he
concludes it takes six COW hides to
make them" snaps the jackson EX-
aminer. "Cow hides now sci! at about
two dollars a hide, the price having
cents a pound, Evidently, however,
the shoe manufacturers haven't heard
the news"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

They even hunt foxes by motor car
down in the Allerton neighborhoOd.
According to the News, three citizens
were returning from Lineville recent
ly when a fox ran across the road
ahead. Whereupoh they let out a
view haloo" which made the car
the swift and the fox, blinded by the
car lights, was finally run down. lie
| surrendered a fine skin to be made
into a rug.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Cruso Blivens, who hanged himself
Aug. 80 IN the Platte county Jail, left a
notebook in which he said that he
wished to be buried at Dearborn and
also that $50 would be found in Il
pocket OF his best suit to pay expenses.
no doubt this money was buried with
him, as this notebook was found only
last week, and the message was late
in being delivered.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

guilty to violating the dry" act be-
fore Judge Arba 5. Van Nalkenburgh
Monday and were fined from $50 to
$3.50 each. One of the number, John
CBrosie) Love, on account Of his past
record, drew a fine of $175 and thirty
days in the Ray county jail. and is
again within the walls Of the county
bastile.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Tho Kansas City Journal, founded
in 1864, Friday was placed in the
hands OF receiver. c. S. Jobcs, bond
broker, was named as receiver. The
rcceivcrship was ordered on applica-
tion OF the Citizens National Bank OF
Fort Scott, Kansas, and f. B. La
forgue, a citizen Of France. The ap-
plication states that both had unpaid
bonds Of $4,000.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Augustus Johnston, age 70, died
Friday at his home i'm Quitman from
ston had only been i'll for about a
week, but his condition had been SER
ious for several days. Mr.. Johnston
was proprietor of a mercantile store
in Quitman for 25 years, but for the
past fifteen years had been engaged
in farming and fruit growing Mr.
Johnston was born in Ross county,
Ohio in 1S47. He had made his home
near Quitman for AZ years.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

The following ad in the Carthage
Press is probably the reason why
local clothing company Of Carthage
all smoared up Halloween: Spread
it on good and thick, boys. We can
stCpd it. Soaping windows is a boys
pastime any time-but on Halloween
it's his privilege. Frankly if we come
to work Monday morning and find
no soap on our windows Wen be dis
appointed. SO whether you go out
soaping or snooping, to play pranks
or pick patterns, ours is the window
to stop in front Of"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

/ got up and had breakfast before
daybreak. The elephants had moved
on down the edge of the forest
British East Africa). What had
been a jungle of high grass and bush
the day before was trampled flat.
There were at least seven hundred
elephants in the herd-governmen
officials had counted them on the
previous day as they came down.
followed the trails to the edge of
the forest but saw none. 1 started
back to cross little nullah "a dry
water course), but felt suspicious and
decided to look the situation over a
| little more closely. / ran up on a
| sloping rock and, almost under me on
the other side, l saw the back of a
| large elephant. over to one side
there was another one, beyond that
another, and then 1 realized that the
| little nullah through which 1 had
| planned to pass was very well sprin-
kled with them. / backed off and
went up to a higher rock to one side.
| Elephants were drifting into the for
est from all directions. The sun was
| just coming up over the hills and was
! shining upon the forest which
sparkled in the sunlight-morning
greetings to the forest people.
Everything Woke Up
Tho monkeys greeted one another
with barks and coughs. Everything
was waking up--it was a busy day.
| There was not a breath of air. l had
| gone back a million years; the birds
were calling back and forth, the
monkeys were calling to one another,
troop of chimpanzees in the open
screamed, and their shouts were an
swered from another group inside the
forest. All the forest life was awake
and moving about. as that huge herd
of elephants. singly and in groups,
flowed into the forest from the plain.
There was one continuous roar of
noise, all the wild life joining, but
above 1t all were the crashing Of
trees and the squeallng Of the ele-
plants as they moved into the forest
on a front at least a mile wide. 1t
was the biggest show l ever saw in
Africa.
Then an old COW just at the edge OF
the forest suddenly got my wind, and
wheeling about, she let out a scream.
Instantly every sound ceased, every
thing was quiet. The monkeys, the
birds-all the wild life-stopped their
racket; the elephants stood still, lis
tening and waiting. For a moment
was dazed. The thought came through
my mind-"What does it all mean
Have 1 been dreaming?"
As Great Storm
But soon l heard the rustling OF
the trees as though great storm was
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

sunday morning, while Hugh
Reid and William Edwards of this
city were motoring a short distance
below Lexington boat landing on the
Ray county side of the river, they
saw large fowl in the water near
the bank" relates the Richmond
small boulder and proved to be a big
pelican. 1t measured eight feet, nine
inches, from tip to tip and its bill was
sixteen and a half inches long and
nine inches wide. 1t weighed about
fifteen pounds. The pelican is com
monty found in Southeastern Europe"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

According to a Warrensburg paper
a student at the Teachers Training
college at Warrensburg recently sent
a collect" telegram to the home folks
announcing that he was perfectly we'll,
by way of a gentle hint. Later he
paid expressage on a heevy box from
his supposedly repentant home folks.
The box contained a paving brick,
however, labeled: "This is the weight
your telegram lifted from our hearts" B"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

A speedy trial and death penalty
for Albert Ellis. self-confessed muir
derer OF Edna Ellis, will be asked by
Circuit Attorney Mcdaniel. I'm de-
mand the death penalty and not ac,
cept a plea of guilty" Mcdaniel said!
"If an attempt Is made to plead guilty
I'll demand that a jury fix the pGh-
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

When the pungont smell of wood
smoke disturbed the evening quiet of
Moberly the other day they promptly
decided that a fire had broken out
near enough to turn i'm it's own alarm.
They found smoke pouring from
bakery near by. After they had bat
tered in the back door and otherwise
done their worst, however. the Moni-
tor-lndex says they discovered moth
ing worse than an improperly regulat-
ed oven.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

A young man in Polo went to one
Of our physicians with what he fear
ed was a hopeless case of heart dis
ease. lie was relieved on finding,
however, that the crcaking sound
was caused by a little pulley on his
new patent belt.-Polo Herald.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
News FROM ALL over
IMPERIAL MISSOURI
Interesting Happenings Which Fave Taken Place
In the Greatest State in the Union
The Product of the Scissors, the Pen e.al g Vezy
Little Actual Labor

sides noting the deterioration OF his
whole flock. An investigation showed
that ho had been feeding hog powder
wrongly labeled sheep powder, and
he has sued the firm sclled the stuff
for $1,12g for the death of some and
S655 for the loss Of weight of the rest
OF the flock.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
WHEN A BIG ELEPHANT
HERD TAKES COVER
1T Is A SIGHT THAT COMES But
ONCE IN A LIFE
TIME
AND THEN ONLY TO
FAVORED FEW

A Writer i'm the Worlds Work Who
Claims To Have Seen Seven Hun
drcd Elephants in Ono Drove Tells
How the Big BrutCs Acted When
One of Their Number Suddenly Got
n Wifi of Him From a Passing
Breeze.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

I'VE have bccrless beer now" signs
the Joplin Globe, "and Milwaukee
firm is making a scontlrss cheese, but
It will be a long, long time before any
body makes a tire'ess tire"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

It's bad enough to be shut OUT in
the recent elections but when the re-
publican hens go to laying goose eggs,
as reported from Chilllcothe. that
looks like a desire on the part of old
mother nature to want to rub it in"
-Gallatin Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

According to the Joplin Globe the
good old days came back TO Joplin
temporarily recently when horse
thief returned to town for a daylight
robbery. He helped himself TO the
bay horse Of S. T. King, which Mr..
King had left tied on the busiest cor
ner about 1890 in the morning.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
CAN ANYONE REMEMBER?

Nothing annoys a certain noble
woman, or we guess any noble wom-
an, more than to have her lace cur
tains come back from the laundry
starched so stiffly that they stand out
like a little girls pantalettes. if any
boGy can remember when anything
approaching pantalettes was worn.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Atherton. Mr.. Clay Sweet near Car
thage, produced a three pound radish
and Mr.. J. NJ. Odoll near Richmond
lugged to town a head of cabbage
that tipped the scales at over fifteen
pounds.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Nine Of Richmond's white men and
ono negro who were caught in the
prohibition law enforcement net
dragged through Richmond on the
night Of September 18th. by a federal
agent and the local officials, pleaded
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

While choppinE wood on the J. c..
Collins farm yesterday, c. w. Robbins
found an Indian tomchawk nine
inches long. and weighing five pounds
three ounces. Besides being an un-
usually large one, it is very symmetri-
cal in shape and smooth in finish
Skidmore News.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

who says old dogs never learn new
tricks? A retired Boone county
farmer, so years old, named Hubbard,
who never voted any but a Demo-
cratic ticket in his life, voted the Re
publican ticket straight at the recent
election.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Arthur NJ. Hyde, Republican gov
ernor-elect received a majority Of
51,100 votes in ST. Louis over his
Democratic opponent, John M. Atkin-
son. according to the official tabula-
tion completed Friday afternoon. The
vote was Hyde l6O,OO7. Atkinson 10s.-
S97.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
HE WAS OBVIOUSLY GUILTY

"Now, officer, what law am 1 vio-
lating?"
Il don't know yet, but I'll look you
over. You must be violating some
law. You've got a car, haven't your"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

At EIDorado Springs last week a
young man who returned from a
hunt, slammed the stock Of his gun
down on the floor without taking the
precaution Of uncocking it. The load
entered the side Of his face, knocking
out two teeth, and making a serious
but fortunately not dangerous wound.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Twenty-threo straight Republican
ballots were cast at Bunker, election
members OF his family who called at
the polling place I'm body.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

The farm Of J. H. Driscoll, Jr., near
Columbia, is a refuge for quail. The
birds stay on the Driscoll farm the
year around and follow the plow with
their protector, like tame pets. Dur
warned not to bother the birds in
their sanctuary.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

The Fulton Gazette would like 10
have the age Of a local negro com
putcd by any and all who feel quail
fled. In explaining himself at the
polls and on registration day he in
sisted he was born February thirty
first, years ago.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Two thousand and ten dollars for
a pig seems a big price but this is
what J. r. King & Son OF Hopkins
paid for one at the sale of A. T..
Whitney at Trenton Friday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Maryville must either never have a
tramp in town or else really believes
that coal will be cheaper. Last win
ter during the coal famine a munich
pal wood-pile was stored up which is
now being offered for sale by the
town.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Harvey Boyer, a young farmer near
Lebcck, was stripping coal in a pit,
and having lighted "shot" tried to
hurry his team out Of the way, but
ness. when the blast went Oft a large
rock struck him on the arm, breaking
II
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

At last "the uglic-t man" at a box
social has come into his own; he was
awarded Jug Of cider at social near
Mexico.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Mrs. Adeline Hoy, ninety-six years
old, Of Hampton, is the oldest woman
voter we have heard from in Platte
county. Her vote was for Cox and
the League of Nations.-Weston
Chronicle.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Mrs. J. T. HUT, n granddaughter
Of Daniel Boone, died recently at her
home in Mexico. She was born in
Galloway county and had lived until
four years ago, south Of Mexico. She
was SO years old.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

The secretary of state by his re-
port, shows that in Missouri there are
292,3S licensed motor cars and 3,94O
licensed motorcycles.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Speaking Of names, there H. Pink
Human, who has been selected to
have charge Of the Humansvile ccm-
etery and has moved into n residence
on that burial plot.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

EnraEod to an insane jealousy, Miss
Carolyn Wcant, 81, Of Fulton, a
stenographer, shot and killed her
most intimate friend, Mrs. Mason
MCGOWAN, 81, and then turned the
revolver on herself. Both died in
stantly.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

The Mobcrly Monitor-Indox has fig
urod out that probably the reason
why Mr. Bryan was so silent in the
recent campaign was because he didn't
dare talk about the plain people"
with the women voting.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Rev. Samuel McAfcc, D. D., died
at his home in Parkvillo Thursday
morning. The funeral occurred from
Mccormick chapel Saturday al one
y. m.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Mrs. Arthur L. Rainalter, formerly
Of this city, died in Omaha Tuesday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Everybody is beginning to dream
OF Thanksgiving turkey" sings the
Brookfiold Argus, and adds prosaicaI-
ly: land most Of Us will have beef
or chicken"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

Nodaway county is the sixth county
IN the state in the mum Der Of automo-
biles and motor vehicles. The mum
ber OF licenses issued to date for this
county is 4,48S.