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8 THE VERMONT PHCENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1893. BELLOWS FALLS. ttlic Events of a lVcelt in the Lively "Pnper City." The CoiiRtfRntlonnl Conference. The annual meeting of the union con ference of Congregational churches Is to he held with the church here next week Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the more Important features of the program Itcv. C. 11. Merrill will speak, Tuesday morning, on "Our work at home," and Bcv. G. A. Hood of Boston on "How we build our churches." Woman's work for home missions will he the main topic of Tuesday afternoon. In the evening ltev. J. A. Leach will preach a seimon, which will be follow ed bv the communion. Wed nesday morning written reports from the churches will bo given, and there will be discussions on the duty of jolnlnc the church, and on the duty of the village church to the fanners. In the afternoon there will be a discussion on the Sunday school, and the closing hour will be devot ed to the Young l'coplc's society 01 t,uris tlan Endeavor. Hir Mtllin-IMiHniHii Wclcllli. The wedding of Bert Swltzer and Miss Jiellic Whitman took place at tne univer salis! church Wednesday afternoon. Chas, Whitman, brother of the bride, acted as best man, Miss Stella Kclley and Miss Cobb as bride maids. Miss Kettle Wheeler presided at the organ. The church was beautifully decorated with ferns and golden rod. Three arches of ferns were placed over the aisle, the third having a gate of golden rod. The pulpit platfoim was banked with ferns, and bunches of ferns and golden rod furnished the remainder of the decoration. The bride was dressed in white and woie a veil fastened with yellow roses, a bunch of which she carried, ilr. and Mrs. Swltzer went to the World's Fair on their wedding trip. Followed by Fire. Timothy Sullivan, a former business man here, seems somewhat unfortunate as to fires. While in trade here his stock was ruined, and later his dwelllnc on School street was badly damaged. After going in to the paper business in Lancaster, M. II., about two vears aco. with James Conger, their mill was entirely destroyed. After selllnc out his Interest there he bought a paper mill at Northumberland, X. H., just across tne river from uuiiuiiaii, anu nas lately been engaged In running that, but the papers of last Sunday report its total destruction by fire on Saturday. The loss is said to be $20,000, with $13,000 Insur ance. A Veteran Httlres. John J. Tierce, or as he was more famil iarly known, "Jack Pierce," who has been a foreman for the Fall Mountain Paper company many years, having charge of the rag room, lias got inrougn :or me nrm anu is looking for another position. The con stant change which come into the manu facture of paper has revolutionized meth ods In many ways. The amount of rag stock used in making newspaper has de creased each year as more improved ma chinery has made it possible to use larger proportions of wood pulp, which is much cheaper, until, since April 1, that grade of paper has been made wholly from wood, and "Othello's occupation is gone." The public schools begin next Monday. John E. Babbitt returned from Chicago Tuesday. A child of Ezra Cola died last week Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howe left Wednesday afternoon for the World's Fair. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Osgood and family returned from Chicago last night. Mr. and Mrs. A. X. Swain returned from their cottage at Sunapee lake Tuesday. "Our Country Cousin" Is booked for next Friday evening at the opera house. H. D. Ryder held teachers' examination in Brattleboro last Friday and Saturday. Miss Mary Finlay, who is teaching in Alttead, spent part of last week In town. Mrs. A. A. Bennett died at her home on Henry street Thursday evening of last week. About 10 from this place took advantage of the excursion Sunday to visit Sunapee lake. A clam chowder supper was served in the parlors of the Methodist church last evening. About 38 from this place attended the Odd Fellows' picnic at Laurel Park last Thursday. The ladies of the Universallst church served the first of their fortnightly suppers last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bobinson, who have been visiting in town, returned to Boston Wednesday. Another addition to our already long list of World's Fair visitors is P. T. Clair and E. L. Knowlton, who left for Chicago last Saturday. Forepaugh's circus exhibited to fair-sized audiences on Morgan's field yesterday after noon and evening. Miss Fanny Chipman returned last week Saturday from Springfield, Vt., where she has been on a visit. Miss Mary A. Berry returned last week from Dakota, where she has been visiting since leaving Chicago. Miss Edna Aldrich entertained a few of her little friends on the grounds near the depot, Monday afternoon. The Morrell liquor cure has established a branch here, Dr. F. Whitman being ap pointed as local physician. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hayes and Master William started Wednesday for Chicago, Loping to see something of the "big fair." Bevs. J. Ellsworth Fullerton and C. B. B. Dodge filled their respective pulpits last Sunday for the first time since their vaca tion. The junior auxiliary of the Mt. Kllburn Mission circle held the first meeting of the season Monday evening at the home of Mrs. E. G. Osgood. Judge Bead was in Rutland Monday and Tuesday, preparing for the opening of the Rutland county court, having a number of cases to look after there. As it was impossible to get the members of the band together Monday evening, the open-air concert was given up, and there trill be no more this season. Mrs. n. F. King, Miss Gertrude and ser vant returned from Sunapee Tuesday after noon. Mr. King and Henry drove down, arriving here Wednesday morning. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. have re sumed their regular meetings, the first of the season being held in the parlors of the Methodist church last Tuesday afternoon. Two new dwellings which were not men tioned In our artlclepublished a few weeks ago are D. St. Croix's and Mr. Thayer's. The latter will be wired for electric lights, Edgar Carruthers is assisting his father in starting his newly purchased paper mill at Brattleboro during his vacation, but Is to return to Norwich university next week. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Elliot, who have been spending their vacation In different parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts, re turned to their home on Webb's terrace last Saturday. The Burlington Free Press says that "Miss Addle Stone, late saleswoman with Stone, Tuxbury ifc Co., hasasccptcd a sim ilar position with Forbes & Wallace of Springfield, Mass." "Jtidco" 15. E. fcecfo and John T. Kccfo went to Turners Falls Monday to attend the wedding of their brother, Michael J. He has been engaged in the silver-plating business there for some years and is well known here. The amateur base ball nine from this place went to Chester Tuesday, only to bo defeated, 10 to 4. Thursday the game be tween the uiaremonts and the liome nine resulted in a score of 11 to 0 In favor of Bellows Falls. - The G. A. B. men of this place and vi cinity mourn the loss of one of their num ber. Uric I'routy of Worcester, who was buried here Wednesday afternoon, a detail from thcE. H. Stoughton post meeting the body at the station. George I. Leonard, who has for some lime been actively engaged In the work of the Five Points Mission of .New lorkclty, Is at his home for a short vacation. Mr. Leonard, It will be remembered, graduated from Amherst in 1891. John Brown, who dropped dead In North Walpole a few weeks ago, was one of tho oldest railroad men here. He had charge of the tracks In the yard here for the Butland road 42 years. He held his posi tion up to the time of his death. Dr. Jnlnes Parker, a former dentist of this place, and brother of Dr. A. J. and J. A. Parker, now of Santa Cruz, Cal., where he is doing a prosperous business, was In town recently. Frem here he went to Canada and will return to Bellows Falls In a few weeks, before his return to the West. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Holley, and niece, Miss Dlamhard, left yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock for the' "Dream city." They were to have been accompanied by Mrs. B. C. Hitchcock, had it not been for the death of her husband in the railroad accident, and by Dr. George Gorham and Miss Elvira Gorham. A heavy mogul engine off the track just across the Fitchburg bridge delayed the flier, which Is due to leave here at 4 o'clock, 45 minutes. The train finally backed up .through North Walpole, and then switched "off on to the Fitchburg road. The mogul ran off at the switch leading from the main track to the turn table. C. n. Hoffman, who returned from Bos ton Monday, reports the robbery of a valu able overcoat on the train. lie left his seat for about five minutes to speak to a gentleman at the other end of the car, and, on returning, found the overcoat, which was laid on top of his bag, had "taken unto itself wings" and flown. No one In the vicinity could inform him as to its where abouts. One of the machinists at the Fall Moun tain Machine shop recently had a very narrow escape from death. A piece of his clothing caught on a swiftly moving belt and his clothes were entirely torn off be fore the machinery could bo stopped. If his outside clothes had been stronger, It is doubtful he would have escaped as easily as he did. He received no other injuries than a few slight bruises. The Times of this week says: It Is ru mored that Bellows Falls parties were in terested to the extent of about $200,000 In the Equitable Mortgage company of New York, which was placed In the hands of a receiver last week. Ludlow had about $30,000, Butland about twice as much, while Brattleboro also got caught. The assets are stated to be good, with the ex ception of about $1,000,000, which may not prove of much value. The death of Ransom C, Hitchcock, who was killed in the railroad disaster at Ches ter, Mass., as recorded In The Phumlx, was a great shock to the community. Dr. Gorham went to Chester and brought the body here. The funeral Sunday was very largely attended. The services were con ducted by the Masonic fraternity, the lodge at Putney, which he first Joined, being present In a body, while the local Masons and Odd Fellows were represented. Ele gant floral tributes were sent by the busi ness men and the fraternities. The burial was In the Oak Hill cemetery. CAMBBIDGEFOHT. Miss OmaHarwood of Fitchburg, Mass., came home Tuesday for a visit. Boscoe Marsh has sold his grocery busi ness to W. T. Glynn of Saxtons River. School began last Monday with Miss M. Etta Hobart of Townshend as teacher. The Loyal Temperance legion will meet Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Josie Hast ings. The Can- brothers of Townshend, who have leased the grist "mill of E. C. Fair bank, took possession last week. Miss Alice Ober of Springfield, Mass., who has been spending her vacation at her father's, returned home Monday. Orris Dwlncll of nillsboro Bridge, N. H., with his daughters, Miss Fannie Dwln ell and Mrs. John Bradshaw, and the lat ter's son, has been spending a week at A. J. Blodgett's. SAXTONS RIVER. Geo. McCullom was at home from Boston over Sunday. A slight frost touched garden and field Saturday night. Miss Gertrude Morgan Is teaching school at East Alstead, N. H. Mrs. n. Ballou has been quite 111 for several days at Weston. Mr. Benson expects to move into his new house next Monday. Public schools of the village will begin the new school year Sept. 12. Misses Pettengill, Smith and Chapln return this week to their work at Wellesley college. Several of our farmers are drawing their loads of sweet corn to tho factory at West minster. Miss Ward of Marlboro, N. II., has been for a few days the guest of Miss Mary Thompson. On Wednesday Miss Alice Spaulding and Master Frank returned home from a ten days' outing at Lynn, Mass. The funeral of Mrs. Dugan on Saturday, at Cambridgeport, was largely attended. The burial was in our village cemetery. Vermont Academy will enter upon the fall term next Tuesday, the 12th. The teachers are already here. Several of the village boys and girls expect to enter the academy this fall. Simple ailments neglected may grow deadly. A handy remedy is Beecham's (S0 Pills in all cases where Liver and Stomach trouble is suspected. ti cent! a bat. 41 A MISSIONARY COLUMN, Home and Foreign Fields. Inspiring Aililreinr Which ltrattle lioro l'enplc nave linn l'reseiitra to Tliem In the 1'nst Week. For those whose Interest Is at all directed to the subject of mission work, last week contained a feast of good things. Refer ence was made last week to Mrs. Allco Coleman's address on Tuesday evening at the Baptist vestry, but little Idea was con veyed of the forciblo lessons presented lu the two vivid pictures, so skillfully drawn by tho earnest woman who spoke. The first was a description of the funeral of a young negro In Atlanta, Ga., which was conducted with all the demonstrations of of grief, the groaning?, the waitings, tho intense excitement (.several women falling unnoticed in convulsions), which would characterize such a service In Africa Itself, among the untaught brothers and sisters of these colored people. Closing one's eyes one could hardly believe he was surround ed by human belncs and not by infuriated animals, and the impulse to flee from the place would become almost irresistible. Tho "funeral," as the colored people call the funeral sermon, Included the most se vere and bitter arraignment of the mother of tlic young man, whose life had been one of disrepute, laying upon her the blame of her son s departure from richt ways. Following this a prayer was offered by a stalwart young negro, whose voice was ah' solutely Indistinguishable above the wall lngs of the eight or nine mourners alone In all this scene of Indescribable confusion, excitement and uproar, wild, heathenish, barbarous in the extreme, Mrs. Coleman's guide and one or two other colored women, like her, graduates from a Christian school, were alone uninfected by the wild frenzy wliieh possessed the crowd. The other picture presented by Mis. Coleman was of life In Spellman seminary. where the fruits of Christian training and education are shown in the quiet, self-con tallied, Intelligent young colored women who make up the membership of the school. The Inspiring Sunday evening prayer service at the seminary was de scribed several hundred young women present, six or eight on their feet at once to tell of what Jesus Christ means to them. the spirited singing, the atmosphere of worship and the absence of anything like excitement or wild fanaticism: such were the characteristic features of this gather ing of colored girls and women. These were, In brief, the widely con trasted pictures drawn by the speaker The mission work in western China has assumed a wonderfully interesting aspect since It has been so vividly brought before our people In the two addresses of Rev. Yv M. Upcraft, on Wednesday evening of last week at West Brattleboro and on Sunday evening at the Baptist church. During the early history of mission work in China the stations established and the work done was along the coast. But some years ago, by commercial advance, by spiritual ag gression, by certain political changes, and through privileges granted to England by the Chinese government as indemnity for the killing of an English ambassador in the interior of China, the way began to be opened to heretofore inaccessible points in land in the great empire. Coincident with the development In opening up of China came a wave of awakening interest lu placing missionary workers there. One of the results of this interest was the starting out of two young men from Minnesota, Messrs. Upcraft and Warner, strong, earnest, and anxious to be used, to go into inland China to establish a mission station. Tliey were pioneers in this work. Reaching the Yang-ste Kiang, the great water-way from the coast to the Interior, they embarked upon a steamer which took them up the river for a thousand miles, tho point beyond which the government forbids the entrance of foreign vessels. From this place another thousand miles was traversed In a clumsy Chinese boat, made after the pattern of hundreds of years ago, to the mountains of the interior, where the river cuts them through, and above which rapids make navigation im possible. Here, at the junction pf the Yang-ste and a tributary, at the foot of a mountain, is the city of Suifu, which, with the province to which it belongs, in reality an empire with a population all told of some 40,000,000 persons, was given to these two young men for their parish. A people walled about with conservatism and national pride, steeped In paganism for centuries, looking with suspicion upon foreigners, unable, in the concentrated sel fishness Inculcated by the teaching of a re ligion of dead doctrines, to comprehend the spirit In which the truth was sent to them by worshipers of a living God, through love of their souls to such a peo ple and to such difficulties came these two brave young men. They lived for a time in the boat because of inability to procure a house inside the city walls, but at last the boatman must return down the river. In spite of their adoption of the complete Chinese dress, evCn to the shaving of their heads and the braiding In of queues, they are "foreigners," and the city is posted with warnings to tho people to look out for them, for they are uncanny, they will do them violence, their favorite food Is Chinese babies. At length they secure a house, paying $200 for the chance of getting it, only to find It then occupied by eight other fam ilies who must be gotten rid of. Here they establish their "Truth hall," to which, by means of placards, the citizens are in vited. They come, suspicious, inquisitive, unbelieving. Then tho women come; and Chinese women, once won, were stanch and loyal friends always. Here the value of the medical work became apparent, and soon the women, whose fear had been that the foreign teacher would eat their babies, brought them to be healed at his hands. Thus, slowly and laboriously, fighting all the way against suspicion and persecution (Mr. Upcraft being twice stoned and dragged outside the city walls), through the medical work they were able to get to the real work for which they were there the bringing into the hopeless, faithless, despairing lives of these people the faith and joy of a living hope in a living Christ. At last came the first fruits of all this faithful sowing, and six candidates pre sented themselves, asking for baptism; the first an old man of 70 years, the young est a lad of 18. What was to be done with them? No church council could be called, for the nearest church was four months' journey away; there were no dea cons to be asked in, only two young mis sionaries and one Chinese Christian from a coast station. But these first Chinese con verts up among the hills of Inland China tell of their hope and faith, and on a Sat urday afternoon, In a stream near by, they are baptized Into Christ and his church. The following Sunday, In Truth hall, with Chinese bread and Chinese wine, these sev en Chiuo&e Christians and two American Christians observe the ordinance which commemorates the death of a common Lord and Saviour, This was tho begin ning of the church at Suifu, which has since grown and prospered, and whoso prospects are now bright with promise. One of the pressing needs in the work at Suifu now is the establishment of a hospital, where cases requlrins special care may be received. The feeling repugnance, of shrinking, of almost detesta'lori, wi'h whtfh one at first regards tb' I lur-,i, wb. ' nth to tell, are not always cleanly, nor always -truthful, nor always honest, passes away as one finds under the disagreeable or ! rough exterior, warm hearts and brotherly love, and often, among the better class, I culture, education and refinement In a high degree, equal to that of boasted America. To this field of Inland China there will return with Mr, Upcraft this fall 14 men and women to enter the work, it being tho plan to establish three new stations In tho province, and also to penetrate Into the COO miles of hill country between Assam and suifu, a region Inhabited by what the Chinese call the wild men, and establish a station which shall eventually form one link In a chain of stations to extend up through Burma, Assam, and across China to the coast. It was the good fortune of the Baptist people to have rlth them Sunday, beside Mr, Upcraft, Bov. Dr. Mable, the secretary of the Baptist missionary union, to whose ifforts, in largo measure, was due the great work of raising In the Baptist de nomination last year one million dollars for foreign mission work. Dr. Mable preached at the morning service, and lu the evening gave briefly an encouraging re poet of what the society is to do this year. Seventy new missionaries are to be sent out this fall, 40 from the Atlantic states and 30 from the Pacific, together with 20 old workers who arc to return to their former fields 00 In all to go out to spread the gospel story. The evening service of Sunday was largely attended. There was no service at at the Congregational church, and Rev. Mr. Day assisted in the exercises, at which numbers of his parishioners were also present. JJ 7H WESTMINSTER. Two young ladies united with thechurch last Sunday. A daughter of Mr. Finnegan was bitten by a neighbor's dog Saturday, W. S. Fenn's horse ran Wednesday with a load of tobacco, with Master Fred, a slx-years-old boy, on the team. It crossed the street and made a quick turn around a tree on D. A. Hill's land, overturning tho load and breaking a shaft, but the boy fortu nately was not hurt. The buskers at the canning factory struck Tuesday for an Increase of one cent per bushel, but after an hour's rest con cluded to continue at the old price, four cents per bushel, as help is plenty. Arthur Dascomb and Walter Nutting look after the shrinking of the corn as It Is brought In. II. S. Cady Is weigher. QRAFTOK. narvcy Stoddard of Saratoga has been visiting in town. Mr. Frisbee and Dorsay Taylor are guests of Mrs. Daniels. Mrs. G. M. Taylor from Washington is spending a little time at Mrs. Hamilton's. Martin Tarbell has recently passed a few days In town. His home at present Is In Haverill, Mass. The cold weather Is taking the boarders from the hotel to their city homes. Prof. Bartholomew and family left last Thurs day. DUMMERSTON. Evening Star grange proposes to pay a visit next Tursday to II. R. Stoddard on West hill, gathering at 10 a. m. There will be a picnic dinner and a general good time. Members of Protective grange are invited. LiATFj NEWS Narrow Escape. .My ttrrloua Ilrlilgr Accident on the Ilen nlngtnll &. Itutlaml ItnUrnnil. There was a mysterious wreck of a rail road bridge, and a miraculous escape of an express train on the Bennington & Rut land railroad,' between Walllngford and South Wallingford, at two o'clock Wednes day morning. The wrecked bridge span ned Otter creek, and was known as the Chllds bridge. It was a covered structure. The train, which was going up, consisted of six cars, two of them sleepers. It was running at 40 miles an hour, and when it struck the bridge the engineer felt the rails settle under him. On went the train, the cars falling and rising, until all but the rear sleeper had passed through. Then, with a crash, the great beams parted, steel rails and Iron rods bent like straws beneath the strain, and with a mighty splash 00 feet of the bridge floor fell into the stream 15 feet below. The last car hung an in stant suspended in the air at the edge of the stream, then with another crash its rear trucks parted from the car and fell Into the creek, while the car, which had broken from the train, stood rocking on the rails, just saved. A great steel rail had been jammed through the floor of the car and out at Its rear end, passing within six Inches of the colored porter, who, with his two companions, the only occupants of the car, was jammed and bruised, but safe. No other persons were Injured. The railroad men say that the nuts had been removed from the top ends of the long bolts or rods, which passed up through tho side timbers, supporting the floor which was suspended from them. The purpose they believe to have been to wreck the train and rob the passengers.' Nothing but the high speed of the train saved it. The whole affair seems mysterious and in credible. The Cnilae or tile Chester Ilridge Acci dent. The responsibility for the disaster at the Chester bridge, on the Boston & Albany railroad, last week, appears to rest with the bridge company which was repair ing the bridge. At the hearing before the railroad commissioners, which began in Boston yesterday, the general foreman of the company testified that the indica tions were that the rivets had been taken out of the upper chord, for a distance of several feet, without filling the holes with drifting pins, as should hare been done. This allowed the bridge to sway and col lapse. Twelve Hilled on Hie l't nils UhiiIk ltouil. Two fast trains on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed into each other near Cole hour, III,, a small town near the Indiana state line, yesterday morning, and In an In stant 12 persons were killed and a score of others maimed and mangled. The blunder of the train despatcher did it. Nancy Hanks came within three-quar-tois of a ecoud of equaling the world's rec ord at Indianapolis yesterday, by trotting a mile without a skip in 2:01. The return of Col. Franklin Fairbanks and family to St. Johusbury from a seven months' for. t'u tour was the occasion of a ' public reception at his house last evening. THE KIND I i THAT CURES!' I I I H OBO. I- IIKIUKD, M I Ipg mraintra,Vt. SB MIRACULOUS EFFECTS." My Ca&o Has Sold More m Than lOO Bottles." y 13 limuarai-l whh to Irt roa know whaiHE 0&rac wn1ev-Tnl n.r.1 Irl nr hai done fur Bf 1 anaCBawra old, a (inwr by otrurtkn.55 ilaaaa mj HlfliHKrh, which trrminatnl laM SjNravnfctmcvAf nacmlar It Mr limn t Ism j j'tv; Irfl WwvkVr btmI arm. 1 waaunaliletoaaf; HlltanimMlnlauin. AtlimraKY IIKABtH ES wntJIJ RfcAT 80I1ARDI coold SCAItCKLVHg niCEXTlUu. I tri-d Mrm ct the moat nntrdBa Htjnraul wfcataaM I coald Dffr(ft well !5? aao. aam I wdiwaupd. 1 began to take T':" I DANA'S i g SAKSAPARILIiA P nlnadHmiaatfknls(hilflrtrlI.indh.TT!S aa BtatAlra. Tha effect, hate IntiiS gsmf. aaaaitwaa. Iaa. maw ableto doafcowl dav iH . ailrtiM any bad dTarle from It. MS Saaahaaaaaaantnaa a hundred betttlraK uimeaaraaea. J ahall cotajoue to aae DANA'S M LwiawaaamieTlCBUDolnemAoatlL Irariaprtttallr. QKO. U 1UU1ARD. ifj BHiar rerraniy aeqaabitai vah Mr. llrbard.i l&ajfcrraaiarri. SLaSCUABD k CLAFLIN. Din SaitopsrUla Co.. BtUut, Maine. il Ilteb. traa. Wfe anld Mm I A Sure Sign of ti good Chewing Tobacco is tlie red H n tag ou OLD HONESTY PLUG It is every chewer's choice because it is the choicest tobacco iu the land. Try it. MFIliZlaR&Bm.LoiiISYlUe.Ky. A late cencus shows that there are 60, 000 stutteilng children in the schools of Germany. The habit is said to be in creasing owing to children mimicking one another. The Equitable Mortgage company of Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Kan sas City has suspended payments on inter est and is In the hands of a receiver. The company advertised Its capital to be In May last $2,100,000; jurplus and profits, $1,000,000. It did business In Investment securities and municipal bonds. Inability to collect principal and Interest is assigned as the cause of the trouble. The weather department Is sending out from 'Washington a self-registering rain gauge. It is a cylinder of Iron three Inches In diameter and two feet high. This cylinder Is placed upon the roof of a house. The top of the cylinder Is open. As the rain falls a float lying In the cylin der is raised and the amount of rainfall is registered by a cog-wheel. This wheel is connected by a wire with a register in the weather observer's office. The observer merely has to look at his register at any time to determine the amount of the rain fall. Xo House Complete Without Its bottle of Sozodont. As a mouth wash It h most sanative; as a toilet article a luxury, and it regular ue from early youth to old ace would tend to secure and maintain beautiful and healthy teeth. It is also most economical, as a few drops upon the brush Is all that is needed for efficacy and pleasure. My catarrh was very bad. For thirty years I have been troubled with it -hare tried a number of remedies without relief. A druggist advised Ely's Cream Balm. I have used only one bottle and I can say I feel like a new man. I make this voluntary statement that others may know of the balm. -J. W. Mathewson, Lawyer, Pawtucket Arnica & OU Lfniment is equally good for man and beast; ii and 60 cents per bottle. We think we can cure a bad case of backache Sulckerwlth one of Carter's Smart Weed and elladonna Backache l'lasters, than by any other application, and after the backache is cured, you can still wear the plaster without discomfort for two or three weeks or longer. This combination of Smart Weed and Belladonna is a great hit, and it la hard to find any pain or ache that will not yield to it. I'rice 25 cents. Sold by drug, gists everywhere. Ayer'sSarsaparilla Is one of the few remedies which are recommended by every school of med icine. Its strength, purity and efficacy are too well establlxhed to admit of doubt as to its su periority oter all other blood purifiers whatever Ayer's Sartaparilla leads all. Many people, not aware of the dangers of con stipation, neglect the proper remedy till the habit becomes chronic, or Inflammation or stop page reaults. A dose or two of Ayer's l'ills In the beginning would have prevented all this. Hall's Hair Renewer cures dandruff and scalp affections; also all cases of baldness where the glands which feed the roots of the hair are not closed up. Are Vou IVrrvous, Are you all tired out, do you have that tired feel ing or fick hradacber t ou can tie relieved of all these symptoms by taking Hood's Sarsaparllla which gives nene, mental and bodily strength and thoroughly purifies the blood. It also cre ates a good appetite, cures indigestion, heart burn and dyspepsia. Hood's l'ills are e.sv to Lake, ejiav In ntnn and sure In effect ; 23 cents au ox. Hood a l'ills are easy t j take, easy In actiou anlsure In effect, 25 cents a box OF L00AL INTEREST. The purpose of the owners of the Phconix Job Printing Office has been to build up in Brattleboro an office which should meet the local need in every department of the business. With this object in view we have devoted the earnings of the office to the purohase of the best presses, 1 newest styles of type in great quantity and variety, paper cut ting and pamphlet binding machin ; ery, and all the minor appliances which go to make up a first-olass job printing office. The recent addition of a press built expressly for fine cut and catalogue work, gives us an outfit which is as complete as can be found in New England. There are offices which have more type, presses and other material of the same kind, but none more completely equipped for the business of general job printing. Our ambition has been, not to make money, but to give our cus tomers a home service which shall equal the best city service. The end is not yet. But the office is in condition to meet all the demands made upon it, and our facilities are such as to reduce expenses to a minimum and our prices to the lowest point. E. L. HUDBETH & 00. Of Interest to Women. The Autumn fashion jour nals, showing the latest styles in Fall and Winter costumes are now ready for your inspection. Come in and look Ihem orer. Of Interest to Everyone. The September magazines; I have them all. Come in audhee. You can got the Cosmopolitan foj half price. Did yon know it ? BRATTLEBORO NEWS CO., No. 3 ELTilOT ST. Dobbin's Electric Soap is cheaper for you to use if you follow directions, than any other soap would be, if given to you for by its use clothes are saved. Clothes cost more than soap. This soap cost in 1S69 twenty cents a bar. Now it costs nine. It contains precise ly the same ingredients and no others, now as then, and costs less than half. Buy it of your grocer, use it and preserve your clothes. If he hasn't it, he knows that he can buy it of his wholesale grocer. The gen uine always has our name on the wrapper. Look out for imitations; there are many of them. PR ES ER VA- ?,' of Tlnii H A,obblus Electric rioap r (IN "i etablUhed fact of l'rueI1($r M,il4delph,aTT' U Rattan Rockers Have yon seen onr New Style Largo Rattan Kockers? Only $3.50. The bctt large rattan rocker for tho n, .r the market. The regular price of tint r . Ii $6.00. DRAPERY GOODS Consisting of Brass Trimmed Poles, 23 .. , . ut Brass Sash llod, 17 cents up. all stjles i pn:xt Window Shades. We have the best 27 cent Window KhaJes it-j sold in this town. Don't fall to look at them if you are In need of rcmelow prictd (Lboi- tm and look at our new line of OAK BOOK CASES. RETTING BROTHERS, MORRELL COLUMN. AT North Springfield the people requested m to come and hold a meetlog and tell tbm about the Motrell Cure. We wentthere with the gospel singers who accompany us, and took slot the Comet band and gave certain invited guu a little lunch after the exercises were oTer hir. ing taken along a caterer who furnished l cream, cake and coffee free, to the guests THE people were much pleased Ith the ex ercises, and gave us a vote of thami for coming. The church was full, and all temw t enjoy the occasion. We hope that mudi eooi will come from that meeting. A s calls . ome to us from the various churches and t .wn tzi temperance organizations, we shall vu, t ti who call for us, and tell the wonderful 5t it "How to save Men." LAST Friday night we had Union ball at Be lows Falls full to overflowing, at our ot-s. Ing, and the best of attention was given the va rious speakers, and everywhere we go the ron.e seem to appreciate Mr. and Mrs. Parquelt wh sing for us. One grani thing about th Morrta Cure is, that it cures. "We can give you cucr reasons why we think the Morrell the best there Is, but a few of the reasons are that th natiett can work while taking the cure, the expec. is less than others, the time taken to perfect a . jrt js less, a cure is warranted in each case WE are constantly adding to our readio matter pungent facts about the Morrtl Cure and have some very pretty illustrate! boot! and papers that we are glad to send ai v whn want to know more about us. Also the report it our meeting In Springfield, a five-column piece of speeches, "talks" and poetry. Want a con Say so then. OkUR work is carried on in the Interwuof ' "God and humanity" and as far as tosjible we shall cure every applicant, whether ther ire rich or poor. Those who dont want to be curat, we don't want to meddle with. We want those who have a little manhood left and who want to be FREE from the drink demon. Such we warrant to cure every time. MORRELL LIQUOR CURE Per II. I.. KIUGGS, Agent, Office, Bank Block, Brattleboro. September Breezes FROM CRICCS & PERRY "VTO. SSM, Another Connecticut riverfarm. sr.; L a fine one. too. Nearly 50 acres f triage, nice rich soil, level land, good pasture, plenty tf wood and timber, good two story house tare barn, with modern improvements, running water In abundance; In fact, everything about thj farm Is O. K. GRIGGS & I'ERRT IN the village. A cottare bouse of nine iwna barn in good repair. On the main street Good neighbors, good garden, plenty ir fn, IMoe $2500. GRIGGS PERRY ONE DOLLAR REWARD will l pa,1 t- the person who will return that bumb f ker. eight or ten keys, brass key and button K,fc a same chain. GRIGGS i i'ERRT .. "VTO. S95. River farm, 450 acres, 'tottery house, large barn, all in good shape re. ning water to all tbe buildings; manyy un?fnr trees; 950 sugar trees, large UmUr i. t A 1 fctock farm. Can be bought at a bargau COTTAGE house of eight rooms on ine of the best streets in this town. All In tine con dition. Large garden. Lot of fruit GRIGGS A PERRT "VTO. 599. Nice little hill farm of atx.ut . My acres, nice and convenient buildmps I'rice SHOO or lens. GRIGGS PERRY TV "ANTED. Room on Main stree' suiutle joran omce. GRIGGS 4 PEKKi "ANTED. Tenement for small 'sm ,y near sain street. GRIGGS PtKKl TV- ANTED. At once, a first-class c pay 54 or 85 per week to tbe riui t ."if , UlllUUS i I'tMl Q AW and grist mill to rent. In gx I x-ti " O GRIGGS & 1 EKKl JTIOR SALE. Good top buggy 3 GRIGGS & PERRY VpNETY-ACRE timber lot; beml t ch Xl nut, oak, ash, pine, etc ; 45 acres atmiit-j to cut 30,000 feet to the acre. Who 1 - tur CRICCS & PERRY Panic Prices, Wr" bought for you at panic prices f.r (?' 1 1 cash, some great bargains, ar 1 am 'w them were Jersey undervests, for 11 i ' Jl usually retail at 50 cents or more an.i e 1 sell them for 35 cents and let you ha ' t""1' of tbe pan Icy times. Then in hon T we show you how to save money. You te 'fire always on the lookout for a chasce U ruatf dollar for you, and when times are hai 1. e f 'OT see big bargains, and avail oureelvi "f UWJ only making a Just shaving, oureelfe-' "d Ing you ihe rest, for we aprreciate ue un5 amount of business you have given us and P-" pose to show our gratitude by always aU.u bottom prices. WILCOX'S NEW Y' liK BAK gain store. NEVER, NO NEVER XT EVER is there a time when a d fee" 1 utter helplessness more than 1 1 c'' , he has no -blled shlri" In conditkn 1- i'r K' is Invited out. This no need to eve ur for k "do up" a tine shirt at sh.'rt n ourwork is all well done as tbix- a"' keep us buy week after week. 1- 7''. day and evening, and famll) abii.' 1,1 ,.. just a single collar, and tluibeu 1 Inr manner. Clothes called for and d ii - ' V. A. IlUSlLEY.lL- Those Who Fail DO not do perfect ork. for perf- 11 lalls, iuaures success. You 1 to a gaug of men a piece i t Iiiik ru. be sure tUat It will be done a J"U yourself 1 attend to my own "rn " is done I know it is well don. . H-' ' ler attend to that little job V" -I about some time ago. Dou't wait ' "' season gets here, but let s go at ' ' JOHNSON, Flat Street Now It Comes. rpilE tune when you will get ti X that will be smxeedid ty " Juuall winter bui.r.iy Utan'r . a wood lire night and mornn gs ' 1 Had you rather liav the di-c' r a thauGEu K I'tltUY, tbe U. 1 11