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2 MISCELLANY. A WILD NIGHT AT WO0DB17ER. A "True Itallroail .Story," Told by Cy IVnriiinii In the April Number of Sic. CI tire's Mnfrnzlue. "Keep the kid quiet," said Bankers in a hoarse whisper. "I'm doing the best I can," said his wife, trying to hush the little one who was sob bing and moaning In her lap. In the baby's milk-wagon a bitter fight was going on be tween paregoric and pain, and the latter was dying hard. The wind drove the rain against the side of the car, and mailo It rock to and fro. ''Emma," said Mrs. Uankers to her friend, "lake that bottle and hold It between you and a crack In the car, and when It lightens, drop ten drops Into the spoon 1 suppose we must not strick a light." "You bet you don't strike any light here unless you are ready to give up your chig non," said Bankers, without taking his eyes from the crack thiough which ho was peep ing. Emma took the bottle, and at each Hash of lightning dropped a drop of hush medicine into the spoon, and when she had put in ten drops they gave it to the baby. That made twenty drops: it was dangerous but it was sure death to all of thorn It the baby cried aloud. The rain came in great sheets and with such foice that it seemed that the car could hardly hold the rail. It was not a Pullman car; just a common red stock car, standing on a siding, with a few armfuls of straw upon the lloor. Occasionally flankers turned to glance at the two women, who were crouching in one end of the car, and when the lightning lit up their faces they were fearful to behold. Now the rain, cold as sleet, came through the cracks In the car, and stung the faces of those within. Mrs. Bankers had seen three winters at Woodriver, but her friend, a young woman who had come out to western Nebraska to teach school, was In every sense a "tender foot," and the experience of this wild night had almost driven her mad. "There they are," whispered Hankers. The women put their eyes to a crack, and when a Hash came they could see a reef of feathered heads that formed a half circle around a house, like a feather boa about a woman's neck. Half the baud dismounted, and made a rush for the cot tage. The door was broken, and the red devils swarmed in. One of them took a newspaper and lighted it at the open fire place to make a torch, and by the light of it the little party in the stock car could see the Sioux running, half crouching, from room to room, In search of the occupants. Finding the place deserted, and smarting under their disappointment, the Indians now set fire to the house, and by the light ot it started to loot the railroad station which stood less than a hundred yard away. The station agent had been warned, as me oiuers nau ueen, uv a t'awnee scout but had bravely refused to leave his rost lie had made no light, but sat in one end of the dark little room which served as ticket oflice, telegraph office, and sleeping' room, ami, as me Indians approached opened fire. At the very first shot the leauer ot mo murderous band leaned u el: Into the air, came down on his feet, leaped up again, anu again, ana linallv fell In heap to rise no more. With a deafenln yell the angry band made a rush for th door, and began to beat against it with lomauawKs, ciuus, and cutis. Ilaving emptied his ritle, the agent now iook up a pair 01 ioriy-uve caliber revolvers, .mil till tpad ffltrlv raltloil anolnct Mm .inn. and no less than a half-dozen hair-lifters sank to the platform, causlnc the besiegers to fall hack a space. From a distance they uegan to pour me lead into the tnilldine, hut the agent, crouching behind the little iron sate, was sun unhurt. An Indian brought a torch from the burn tin cottar and attempted to fire the station, but the rain and wind put out the fire. Two or three bloux, noticing; a strinc of cars unon the siding, began to search for stock or eatable trelght. From car to car they ran thrusting their rifles Into the straw. "TIli.' said an old buck, as his ritle found some. thing soft In one of the cars, and Bankers felt a pain in his short ribs. Laying hold of the side of the car, the Indian began to pull and strain. By the merest chance he nau taken hold of the car door, and now, as it opened, ho thrust his hideous head inside. Bankers could have blown the top of the head off, but ho knew that to fire would be lo attract a dozen redsk Ins. against wlmm he could not hope to hold out long. The numeu scarcely ureaiueu. ine baby, full of paregoric, slept as though It had already entered upon its final rest. The other two Indians had given up the search among me empty cars and gone back to the station, where the agent, having reloaded all his weapons, kept the cane lioon nc ami ilnv ing about the station platform. The old Sioux at the car door cocked his head and listened. lie must have fancied he heard something breathe, for now he put his nanus upon me sin anu leaped Into the car. He had scarcely straightened up when Banker's rifle barrel fell across his feather ed head, and he dropped like a beef. The young woman uttered a faint scream, and that was tho last sound that came from tier corner lor some time. The Sioux never moved a finger, and Bankers, having removed the warrior's gun and ammunition, gave the gun over iu jus wiie, anu men covered the dead Sioux with straw. Already the little iramc cottage nau uurned to the ground, and the ralu had nearly quenched the fire. Every attempt made by the band to fire the station had ended in failure, and the Sioux were now preparing to storm the fort. It was hard for Bankers to keep nine iu mu car wmio tne agent sold his life so bravely and so dearly to the Sioux ; but there were his wife and baby and the neipicss scuooimistress, who had been per suaded by tho Bankers to come to this wild region, and he felt it his duty to protect them as best ho could. Presently he felt me car viorato perceptibly, as though it were being rolled slowly along the rail. Ills first thought was that the Indlaus were pushing the empty cars down near the sta tion, and that they would set fire to tho straw, and then there would be no possi ble escape. Now there was a roar as of an approaching train, and an Instant later a great dark object hove In sight and rolled past the car. It was a locomotive drawing a dozen box cars and running without a headlight. The shouts of the besiegers, the rattle of rifles, and the wild cry of the night prevented the Sioux from feeling the vibration, or hearing the sound, of the ap proaching train. The agent, who had been severely wounded, now crawled to the key and Called Ocallala. At the first attaMr linli-wl wired for help, and now he told the opera tor lucre mat no couiu only hold the place for a little while longer. He was still at the key when the engine, rolling up to the station, shook the building, and he knew the moment he felt the quiver of It that help was at hand. Instantly the doors of the box cars came open, and a company of government scouts, all Pawnees except the officers, leaped to the platform just as the band of Sioux were making their last desperate charge upon tho station. The battle was short and decllve, and when the Sioux fled they left more than half their number upon the field. The conductor of the train had ridden all the way on tho locomotive, and the mo ment the train stopped he leaped to the ground and ran through a shower of bul lets to whero the cottage which had been the home of the Bankers had stood. The sight of the house in ashes made him sick at heart; but thero was still hope they might have taken refuge In the station. And facing about, he fought his way to and through the shot-riddled door. The agent lay upon the floor In a pool of his own blood, but he was still alive. "Where are they?" asked tho conductor. "Among tho stock cars, If they aro still alive," was tho reply which came In a faint whisper. "I saw them leaving the house at dusk go to them I'm I'm all right;" and the conductor, having placed tho wounded man upon his bed, made for the stock cars. "Bankers, where aro you?" ho called; and Bankers answered, only two cars away. Now the conductor lighted his white light and climbed Into tho car. The brave Mrs. Bankers greeted him with a sinlla that soon changed to tears, for In tho light of the hand-lamp she saw her baby's face, and It looked like the face of a dead child. "Emma," she called excit edly, but there was no answer. "Is she dead?" cried tho conductor, fall ing upon his knees and holding the light close to his sweetheart's face. "No," said Bankers, "she only fainted when 1 killed this Sioux;" and he gave the dead Indian a kick and lolled him out of the car. "But the baby," pleaded Mis. Bankers. "falio's all right," said the husband. "Only a little too much paregoric." And so It proved. And all this is not a dream, it Is only a scrap of tho history of tho early days of the Union Pacific. The bravo station agent Is an old man now, and one of his logs is shorter than the other the one that was shot that night. Tho baby, having rccoveied from her severe tussle with colic and paregoric, is now one of the most charming women In one of our charming Western cities. The conductor of the sol dier train Is at this writing a general su perintendent of a well-known railway. The snows of forty winters have fallen up on his wife's hair; It Is almost white; but her face Is still young and handsome, and I remember that she blushed, when telling this story to me and recalling the fact that she had fainted In a stock car on that wild night at Woodriver. l'mry Ordered lo Cnllforiiln, Lieutenant ltobert E. Peary, the distin guished Arctic explorer, has been detached from duty at the Brooklyn navy yard and ordered to duty at the Mare Island navy yard, at Vallejo, Cal. He will leave for California the last of April. This change of station, Lieutenant Peary says, will not Interfere with the carrying out of his plan for reaching the north pole. "All that Is needed," he says, "is financial support. I am waiting for some person or persons of wealth, sulliciently interested in Arctic ex ploration to advance money enough to en able me to undertake the work In the manner in which it ought to be undertaken. To reach the north pole a colony of Eski mos should be established at some point not farther than I'.oO miles from the pole. Tho money is needed to maintain this col ony until the goal Is reached." Lieutenant Peary's estimate of the cost is $'00,000. His plan Is simple and is regarded as feas ible by eminent authorities. In this connection It may be noted that Admiral A. II. Maikham, in an article on "Antarctic exploration" in the North American Heview for April, expresses the opinion that the time is ripe for another expedition to the Antarctic region. With a steam vessel properly found and com manded by a competent otlicer, he thinks that great results could be obtained which would confer lasting benefits on science and commerce. The last Antarctic expe dition sent out was that commanded by Captain Sir James Clark Boss. He sailed from England In September. 1S39, with the ships Erebus and Terror, the same vessels in which six years afterwards Sir John Franklin started for the north on his ill fated expedition. For three years Captain Boss tried to pierce the mysteries of tho Antarctic circle, but Ills explorations added little to the store of the world's knowledge. Mrs. Anna Huldckopor Clarke, widow of James Freeman Clarke, formerly pas tor of tho Church of the Disciples In Bos ton, died Friday evening at her home In Jamaica Plain, Mass. Mrs. Clarke was born in Mcadville, Pa., in 1S14. In 1SS9 she married Mr. Clarke, and during the year following they lived in Kentucky. In 1S40 they removed to Lowell, and later went to Boston. She Is survived by two daughters and a son. Miss Pha'be Couzens. brought hack to St. Louis from California through the kindness of friends on an invalid's chair, lies on a bed racked with naln. and sn siricKen with rheumatism that she will probably never rise again. When asked what progress. If anv. she thomrht woman suffrage was making, Miss Couzens, who has devoted the greater part of her life to tne cause, sata: "three times I have seen women under fire and as manv times I have seen them fall, and that ignomlnlous- ly. i presume mis win bo looked upon as treason, but it is the conclusion reached from long experience, close observation and rare opportunities such as have been accorded to few women. Women in pub lic life will never prove satisfactory. She Is naturally a home-keeper. I would ad vise all young women to marry and become housekeepers." Truth In n Nutshell. ImDtire blood is the, nntnrAl isianlt rf ,.ln flnement In house, school room or shop. HlOOd fa niirlfipd llV TTnort's Knf.nna.llln .11 the disagreeable results of Impure blood' disap pear with the use of this medicine. If J-ou wish to feel well, keep your blood pure with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Pills are the best family cathartic and liver medicine, (ientle, reliable, sure. Rheumatism Cured In a Day. "Mystic Cure" for 111 radically cures In one to three days. Its actfon upon the system Is remarkable and mysterious. It lemoves at once the cause and the clsjase Im mediately disappear. The first dee greatly benefits. T. F. Anthony, ex postmaster of From. t?i9 ''n10;?- say.8; i bought one bottle of My6tlc Cure" and two ilnseu f tt hm m Rood than any medicine I ever took." Only 73 cents. Sold by a. E. Green, druggist, Brattleboro. These rrjjS This one stopped because well, we'll VifV . llave to. guess why. Perhaps, because mi . . , 1XB t But this one stopped bep.msp clip Imrl found something-better than Something easier, quicker, simpler, more economical. No rubbing to speak of. no wear easy work and monev saved, whether it's washing clothes, cleaning rwnnj ui vwiMiiug anu cleaning. .92 M7'&Pearne toE "VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, APRIL 0, 1897. WILMINGTON. Without Fire Protection. Wilmington, a village whoso grand list trust run up Into the hundreds of thousands, has no fire department. What they did have Is now a ghost. We don't wonder, The men who belong ed to It worked for nothing practical!? ,rnd were fined when they were not present at the scene of the fire, The fines were always In excess of the small compensation and at the end of each year the amount of fines was paid over to the village, so the men really paid for the privilege of being firemen, They have "kicked," and not without reason one would say. Is it any wonder that fire Insurance companies are scared when) they look towards Vermont Burlington .Ve eu. Charles E. Haynes has removed to West Dover, Several deer have been seen In town within the past few days. l'rof. V. A. Dement is teacjlng the High schol at Conway, Mass, The listers have nearly completed their work oulBlde of the village. Joseph Diddle Is very ill and fears are enter tained that ha will not recover. P. H. McCarty of New York has bargained for the Titus place near Raponda lake. Kmory Whitney of Urattleboro will have charge of the town farm the coming year. O. E. Uutterfleld has gone to Italgler, Neb . fur Id land y. He Is expected to return nbout May Henry 1). Whitney his a good position with the Connecticut Building and bun' association of Ilartroril, Miss Minnie Putnam went to New York on Thursday to buy a stock of inlllln ry ols . for the spring trade. Snnie n or .) men from Milne earn on Tues day to drive logs r,ir the Peerfleld Hlver company on the west branch or the I)erflld river. J. II. Kidder has bought the Averlll plac. near the depot, and will undoubtedly make extensive repairs. The locution Is one or thejbest. Mrs. Cnrrle M INitn-y Jw-lll open; millinery rooms at Jacksonville this season. She went to New York this neek to buy n full line of goods. Hev. Mr. lleecherof tluilfordloecunli-d the Hup tist pulpit Inst Sunday. Hev. Mr. Smith IHng all sent on account of the Illness and, death or his son. Last w ek proved to be otm of the ery nest for sugar making Probably more suisar nnd syrup were manufactured than has been made Iu the same length of time in SO years. The Wilmington drain and Lumber company have nearly Mnm,00U feet of spruce logs In their lond in tills village. The weather has been very favorable for the work of driving logs the past eek, One of the greatest Improvements made on our roaus mr years is xue graveling neartlie residence or 11. . Miller. We would suggest that the iiiih worn ue uone on ine roau rrom the mill to . i;. iianows residence on Jiortti Hlver street WINDHAM. Two or three teachers from this place went to cumu uuuuuuuerry io nine me teacuers' examln atlon held there this week. ine iiinsuan r-nueavor society Held a very pleasant sociable at the vestry in South Windham Saturday evening, April 3. Clarence Keeney of Tioga count-, Fenn., Is visiting friends In this vicinity nnd Is just now as sisting his cousin, W. O. Adams The nreenfleld Gazette has this Item of Inter est: "The gathering at Mrs John Stebblns's. last week, was an occasion of more than usual Inter est. Mr. Ooodell hadlniltedthesenlorand Junior classes to spend the evening with the teachers, to celebrate a two-fold event It being Miss Wil liams's birthday, the seniors presented her with a fine picture, to which she replied In a happy manner; then Mr. Ooodell. with a few well chosen words, gave her a package, w hlch to her surprise proved to lie a diamond ring, wherein, 'The old, jpiu oiu.j os ioiu again. longratuiations ioi lowed. All declared the evening a happy one." NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTE8. lionil StH to Investors. It Is stated that the supreme court has so inuuiiieu us uniers in uie cases or tne .Manchester bank and the Wilton savings tinnir. flu. Miifnr.1 savings bank and the Public Guaranty savings mm ui pon ns 10 Hiiow me payment lo gen eral depositors in the savings department of ten per w nt on their original deposits. This means ine uistrioution or large amounts of money. All mese oau ks are now under injunction. Dartmouth college gets $8000 by the will of Miss Eliza A. Haven of Portsmouth, and SfiOOu by that of her sister. Moth wills were probated Col. OscarG. Uarron, well known as the mana ger or the rabyan House, and of the firm of uarron, .Merrill ,v liarron, managers of the fa mous Wnite mountain hotels, lias assumed the sole management of the Qulncy House, Boston, and will make It one or the fltst-class houses or me ciiy. Pror. H. E. Burton, who ha.s been an Instructor In the Latin department at Dartmouth college unmix me nu;eiice oi itoi. t . i,. .Moore, lias re- i-iKuru on iicvoum oi ine critical illness or .Mrs. Burton. E. O. Ham. '91, now or the classical do iwrtment at Harvard, will succeed Prot. Burton nexi term. Henry M. Paul of the naval observatory at Washington, after a searching examination, has ueen promoieu 10 a proreasorsniii or mathemat ics in the United States navv. This Is a life in. C ointment, and Is said to be more sought after y civilians than any other appointment. Mr. uui is a gruuuaie oi I'anmouiu college. A protracted contest for the office of chief of police of Clinton, Mass , was settled Friday night liy the election or James H. Wllloughby or Nasnua, X. II., ut a salary of $H0O. Mr. Wll loughby Is at present clerk of the district court of Nashua and sergeant at arms ot the New Hamp shire legislature. He Is nbout tt years or age uuu ueara iiigu recommenuaiions. lie nas been principal or the High schools or Mlddleboro, Nashua nnd Dover. A Curd. We. the Undersigned, airree, to rerun,! the mnnnv on a 50 cent bottle or Greene's Svmp or Tar ir it falls to cure your cough or cold. We also iniar- nntee a tnvnty-flve cent bottle to proove satis- factory or no pay. K. It. DUHGIN, BrattlelK-ro. GF.O. E. GllEENE, Brattleboro, CHAPIN ,t CO., Brattleboro. A. M. COHSElt. Putney. C. E. PABKS. Wllllamsvllle. N. M. BATCHELDEIt, Newtane. W. S. HOLLAND, Townshend. II. M. ADAMS, Townshend. J. C. WILCOX. Oulirord. W. C. HAI.LADAY. East Dover. A. L. WHEEbEH. Wardsboro. BAHDEH BKOS. West Townshend. T. W. PLIMITON. Wardsboro. BHOWN & KYDEK, West Wardsboro. F. E. SMITH. Jamaica. JONES & O'BHIEN, Hinsdale, N. II, Pleasant to take, positive and Instant In Its re suits, in fact, the best cough medicine In the world, Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Children's ."Vlphtly Habits. Dr. E. Detehon's Anti Diuretic may lie worth more than $100 If you have a child who soils bed ding from Incontfntence of water during sleep. Cures old and young alike. It arrests the trouble at once. 81. Sold by George. E. Greene, drug gist, Brattleboro, Vt. -3 - Women with pale, colorless faces, who feel weak and discouraged, will receive both mental and bodily vigor by using Carter's Iron Pills, which are made for blood, nerves and complexion. No need to suffer with rheumatism, lumbago, neuralgia, craning or colic. Dr. Thornns' Ecleetrln Oil cures all bucIi troubles, and does it quickly. ItlieumntUiu Cured In Three Hours. Lewis Parkhurst. a prominent citizen at Daniel. souvllle, Conn., says: "After suffering death for two weeks with rheumatism, unable to walk or even turn myself In bed, after the doctors had failed to give me even reller, I was cured In three hours by Dr. It. C Tlower's Quick Kheumatic Cure. Price $1. For sale by Geo E. Greene, Druggist. stopped using soap, long aero. it gave mm too much work to do. ihat s what everybody thinks, for that matter when there s nothing but soap at hand, and there's a good deal of dirt to be 1 f - house, or any Some Facts '97 Dairying Conditions The country has passed through and agricultural depression. Dairying has suffered some, but much less comparatively than any other industry or pursuit. It is a time-nroven tru'sm with the experienced investor that the security which has been strongest in a bear market is the best purchase when conditions change unu a ouii movement sets in. 1 nits it is with dairying at this Dngnter or more promising. It has must icspoiui most surely to returning manuring conditions are improving ; e-""- an. my evident in everv ib iiuw assured. i )e butter outlook iuss 111 Moingc man lor years past. well. The cost o production is less mi. vuim are opening up to American made butter for the, first time Our export trade should within a few years take one-third of our total pro llttrlmtl 'if l.nl .. .-...!...... .1 1 , . rr . . .... UMl , ji,,.c, in.ui nomc the keeping of production within marketable limits. Dairying of today however is not the dairying of five years ago. But ter piouucing conditions Have changed with ever) thing else. The practi cability of the present is one of modern conditions, and not of past tra unions. 1 ne methods of our lathers and grandfathers will not avail u low. lo successfully confirm to ocst 01 modern facilities. We must dairying is a business, and a business in a business way only. Brains and application are j- st as necessary in dairying as in commerce. A dozen volumes would not half cover the subject, but there are a few essential principles constituting the foundation premises of modern dairying without understanding which the sooner one converts lus cows into beef the better : Keep only the best of cows. Test them constantly and carefully, and weeu out uie unprotttabie ones quickly. Feed them well and econo micaiiy, according to varying feed anu uairy publications, i'ractice absolute cleanliness. Use only the best 01 an appliances. it you patronize ueuau-anu nence your befiali all creamery wastes more than its profits. ii j 011 make your own butter, learn waste no butter fat. Find the best a-m improve u ano oc content with nothing less. Never let up for moment in the full achievement of your purposes. tn accomplishing all this, either ter making, there is nothing so absolutely essential as the use of the best cf modern cream separators. Without this evervthinir else is imDOssible The butter fat canint all be recovered without it, the best of butter can not be made without it, and the best of prices cannot longer be obtained without it. It is the veritable "key - ery or the dairy. Tl, Tin T n,.J (-... :r. l r- ..v. ,. cimuuyai iicam try and uaoy in the dairy have vunu. iney nave m titteen years One Hundred Million of Dollars a creise? Or have you on the contrary 1... 1 l T u icason 01 ur 11 so, you are not one that you should yet rectify at the Users of De Laval Cream Separators have profited materially the past three years. Like others they have naturally suffered trom depression, but mucn less severely. few creameries using "Alpha" separators have succumbed and then only from causes other than actual business conditions termers using "Baby" separators have certainly felt the pressure of hard times, but have managed to maintain themselves. Thousands have bought .mu pain lor incir machines during iortaoie margin besides, where thousands of others getting along without separators nave despairingly labored The De Laval machines were f 1 . ti uier so caned cream separators are imitations. 1 nere are now more than amucrcu over every country in the all other makes combined. Satisfaction to the user and demonstrated superiority to every other machine cunumon oi ineir sale. -for 'uer particulars see the agent or obtain new "Baby" catalogue THE DE LAVAL W.STKH.V OFFICIOS Cniml and Kaiulolph Streets, CHICAGO. Have You Seen the It is a popular style with the young $2.50 and $3 grades. A Special $2 Derby &In blacks and browns. ,Extra value for the money, is a seller, with us. Look them over and note the quality and style. Full line of Ifflange brim hats in all colors. Large and small shapes in regular soft hats. New spring caps for men and boys. IN OUR CUSTOM CLOTHING DEPARTMENT We are showing a large assortment of this season's popular and stylish woolens for Suits, Overcoats and Trousers. These goods were all bought before there was an advance in the woolen market. We ask an early examination of the goods and hope we may induce would be purchasers to make selections now 5 it is for their interest as well as ours. YOUNG & K NOWLTON" Regarding three years of universal commcrcia time. Its future was never rclativch' been strongest under depression, and prosperity. Commercial and man daily. Confidence is reestablished artery ol trade. General prosperity could scarcely be better. There Prices a-e good and promise to hold than ever before. The markets marKets now aiiont, and hence insure present conditions we must utilize the come to understand forthwith that which can be conducted successfully values. Read the best of Creamery a creamery, see that it does upon its that you do for yourself. Many What it wastes is the patron's loss how to make the best of butter and to market for your butter, aim to hold one in creamery patronage or home but stone" of success either in the cream c- oeparaiors .'ipna in the cream revolutionized the dairying of the increased its productiveness more tl year. Have you shared in this been blind to it, and actually suffered ... alone to blame, and is the mistake no earliest possible moment? the past few years, and had a com on under a continual loss. first and have ever continued best mere, cheap, inferior and infringing 100,000 De Laval machines in use, world. Their sales aie ten to one of and creaming system is the universal machines themselves with the local of the ajrent or direetlv nf SEPARATOR CO. : iE.VEH.VI. OFFICES 4 Cortlnndt Street NEW YORK. Lamson & Hubbard Spring Style, 1897. men. We have the genuine in the Insurance. Fire, Life, Accident, Liabil ity, Plate Glass, Steam Boil er, Fidelity, Burglary and all Forms of Insurance Can be procured nt tha ollce nrxt-elntl rommiilf I Id the following Assets. American, l'ena., New Hampshire, Manchester, N. H Wetchester, N. V., Lancashire, Knglanil, Manchester, KuglanJ, rhunlx,Kni;laul, Northern, England, Ilrilish Ainirldn, Toronto, rjlobe, N. Y Traders ,t Mechanic. Ma , Cambridge, Mas? , Mrrchantsand Partner, Mi., l'ltehburfr. Mas., National I.lfe, Vermnnt, W.'-i,f9l S.WI.8I0 ! 211,051 8,30S.'iV 2.178.15 S.SM,.'lt S.UW.l 1,101.71 471.309 67,1M ZU.bSS SIS.MS m,56S 13..WV10J Standard I.lfe & Accident, Detroit, I nlted State? C.uu.il'y. N. V.. iAindon fluirnntee Accident, England, Metroiolitau Plate Glass, "19,11 OtO.U 3W.ISS The City Trust 4 Snfe Deposit Co., Fidelity Deposit, Italtlm ire. 9,:!!1,4S0 l.MD.S.'d Low Rates Try Us H. E. TAYLOR & SON HltllTTI.i:iI(lt. Chamber Suits we nave received some of our titv spring s'yles and should be pleased to show them to you es pecially to those who are good judges of furniture as we claim for them be the best made and finished town. goods in th Desks. A new line of ladies' detks; some handsom designs. All we ask lor you to come in and look at tin in. RETTING BROTHERS J. B. DUNTON. Upholstering, Carpet Laying Bicycle Repairing I wish to announce to the people of Brattleboro that I liaic opened a shop under Dnrrons & t'o.'s coal ofllee, Xo. 1 Muln street, T ....r c i mu pre wreu to uo all k nds of work 1c my line at the lowest Dossihl-nn.- urs ln nr"te ,7'et '"? rou l "'onder at the r uiiHiaumc lUttUrj, J. B. DUNTON. No. 1 Main street, down stairs. jj TH AVE one or two of thecelpLratrf r.-,n. . i- -k Vlcn. 1 w ".' 'N"1" for hemlock boards and other kinds ctt Inmlir n c r,w Tv, u4 Slrm-t !lrlr V. ""'.'l,.VUDa, CTATi: OV VKll.MOXT, Westminster. SS .1,. m.-, ,n.r,.Vr'5.'?.''?lveney. Take notice, that GeorKeI Wlnslow. of Towns. nena, in said district, was on the fifth rlr nf April, 1S97 adJudEed'an InsolveSt "JbtoF. and that a meetlnjt of the creditors of said Insolent debtor III bnlield at a court of SSi.-.?! tile BtOrH Of V S llnllan.l ! T u" "l district on the Sid day of April. lb97. at 9 o'clock In the forenoon, to prove their debts ami otr., one or more assurnees of his estate; and that the property betoSSW ,0 UU "deb El'ffiK a,n: his use. and the transfHr nfunv are forbidden hr ln" i -, u, n,m si-' "oattaRliani, this Cth day of April 5. . 13 It I.AVANT M. UEA1). Judee. ' CO.milSSIO.MCItv NOTICE. ESTATE OF MA UTIIi moire,. The tiiidersiitned havlnc been appointed by the Honorable Probate Court for the district of Marl- Just nil claims and demands of all persons a lalnst the estate of Martha Ilarker, late of Brattteboro n said district, deceased, and all claims eihibKed In offset thereto, herebv clre noil ti,n, ... 'u"tH meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the offl.v i county clerk (Crosby block) on the Irs? tt May, and the th dayiof September, next, from 10 o'clock a Ji.. until 4 o'clock p. M., each of sa 1 days, and that six months from the first dav or April A. I). Ib97. is the time limited by skid red' itors to present their claims to 113 for examination Anil Allnn'nnoM UUI,U1J A.DD.'l837" Ura,tlebor ,hIs flh day of April, A. STAHKEY, 1 EDWAllI) C. CI - llOSBY, f "-""'""ssioneri COJIJIISSIOXKIIS' 2VOTICI2. ESTATE OF LEVI K. Fl'LLEK, ji.ouuucrBiKuiuiiavinRueenapiKi nted bv the Honorable Probate Court for the liistrlct of Marb nnrn 1'iimniUulnnuiM tn h.,u.i j mh Just all claims and demandsof all persons aRalnst the estate of Lev K. Ku fr, late of UrattleiVnm In said district deceased, and all cfalm,' '"hlblSi In ctTset thereto, hereby RUe notice that we will meet for the purpore aforesaid, at the Vermont that six months froin tile arth' ""J0??.' a5d A. I).. 1B97. Is the llm Hmlru.l r"'"s'Jr' said creditors to present their 'claims 0rr examination and allowance, r D.ilOT; ura"leuoro tm" day of April, A. U. A. HOYDEN, I 11 C. II. I'll ATT. f Commissioners. CO.MMISSIOMIHV NOTICE. ESTATE OF (lEOHflF. w ii.t-fn The undersigned having been appointed 'bv tli Honorable Probate Court for thelilstrlct of Marl boro Commissioners, to rmlr . -!"" Just all claims and demandsof all iwrsonsaealist be es ate of eorge W. Baker, 'late of Brai Z. boro. In sa d d strict, ricroni " ,. r.Bl.ue" exhibited m offset thereto, berebV hre no l that we will meet for the purpose aforld S? the People's National bank o'n the Monday oi AK.net. 'roin 3 o'clock until 4 o'clock, vi T of said day, and that bIx months from the riii day of February, A. p.. 1897. is the Ze Hmlted by said court for said creditors to present their claims to us for exam nation nn.i oii....": luBlr D.D1897? " Brattleboro' lhi flret dV of April, A. C. II. Pit ATT, 1 W, II BHACKETT, f Commissioners. Children Crv for Pitcher's Castoria. 3LefjaI Notices. ST1TI5 OV VEItMOSfT, Marlboro, 83, ' By the Probate Court for said District. To all wrsons Intere-t-d In the estate pf Lot 19 h nilFENE. late of Brattleboro, Iu said diurlct, I.. u'"' Greeting, dWherea, OeorKe E. Greene lias presented to llils court an Instrument purortl"r to be the lilt 111 of sM d c ased for probate: -ou are hereby no Ifled that this court will decile upon l, trobate of said Instrument at a special session rl'of to be held at the l'robate Olllce in Brat &o. In said ! district, on the 10.1. day of April v V 1W. wben and where you may appear and con.esUhe same If yuff c tTtTE OT Vl'.llMOA 4 , Westminster, SS i" ' The Probate Court for Said District. To all iwrsons Interested In the estate of ELfcC TA BU1IUTT BOOLE, lale of Londt nderry, In nld di-trict, deceased, Greeting Whereas, E W Melendy has prwhled to thu court an ! strumcnt purporting to be the l.st will of said deceased for probate -you are htieby notified that till- court will decide upon the pro iiitn of said Iri-lrunient at n spf-cialw-sslon there of to be held la! : the I'rolwte Office It. Hello-s Fulls I 'i "aid district, on the l.th day or Apm A H. 197. when nnd wh-re jou may apwar and contest the sanie.fou see cnuse. 11 TATE OK VKH.HO.VI", MarllKiro HS By the l'robate nurr fur S.il 1 lliMifet ,4v, nil ....rx.ns nitf.r.'ste.l in theestate of M VHY J Cl'lTINfl. lute 01 ilnllford, 111 said dinner deceased, , (Ireeting Whereas. W II Culling has pre tit" I In this court an iiistruim-nt pu lulling t" b- the la-' will of ! d.iHa.-,i. Mr pinlni- '.11 i.r hereby mi Ifl-d that this .irt wi'l d- . ! up n the pribate if said institiineiit at the s.-m 11 thereof to be held at the I'mbate nil-., in Hi.u tlelsim, In said district, 011 tin i'llh diy 'it Aprr A. I IMi7, when and w here i u may ap-ai a id conte-t the same, if you - auw !'. A.I. M IIWENK U-gi-t. r STATE OK VEIOIO.VI', Marlboro. !-s IU th Pr 'nat"-1 ourt for Said Di-tm f To all iersoiis ln'en-ted ill the est.it.- nf ASENAII V. MaSI.k . lu'.e of iJuiiinir-i m sai I district, deiras-ii is-ting heteas, I'ruclus W Manlev has prrx-uted to this court un instalment puip i'tmg to bp ib,. list will of said deceased, tor probate: Viu are hereby untitled that thiscoiut w ill decide up ,ti the probate of s'lid llistnillient at llle bessloti thereof to be held at the Probate DfJl-e 111 Brat tlelwro. in -aid district, on the 'Jltb day of April A. I) ls97. lien ai.d where jou may appearand contest the ssine, if you see cause 1.0 A F SCIIWENK, Hester tjTATi: OF VEII.1IO.Vr, Marlboro. SS. f5 Hy 'he Probate Court for Said District To all iersons Inter, sted in the estate of MAHY M. Hl'KMIAM. lateof Newfane. iu said district, deceased, Greeting. Whereas. N. M. Batchelder has presented to this court an Instrument purporting to be the last will of said deceased, for probate: You are here by notified that this court will decide upon the probate of said Instrument at tiie Mission thereof to be held at the Probate ORieein Brattleboro, In said district, on the tilth day of April, A D. 1S97 w hen and w here you may apear and coctest tbs same, If ou see cause 15 A F SCIIWENK, Kegister. STATE OF Elt.lIO.T, Marlboro, SS. Court of Insjlvency. In matter of Itos White, an Insolvent debtor. You are hereby notified that said debtor lias filed his 1 ictltlon 1 raying that a meeting of bis creditors be ordered, and that at such meeting the court grant him a certificate of discharge and that a meeting of the creditors of' said Ross White. In Insolvency, will be held at the Pro ate Oflice In Brattleboro. In said district, on the Slth day of April. A I. 17. at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, for the purpose of hearing and deciding Uion the matters set forth iu said petition ac cording to the prater thereof Dated at Ilrattleloro. in said district, this 2.th day of March. A. D. Is C 1.1 A F SCIIWENK. Kegister. QTATE OK VEIt.no.VT. Marlboro. SS. O The Prolate Court for Said District. To all jwrsons Interested In the estate of CHAKLEs J I.AWTON. late of Brattleboro, In said district, deceased. Greeting. Whereas, Edwin C. Robertson, Administrator upon the estate of Char.es J Law ton. late of Brattleboro, in said district, deceased, has filed bisiK-tition In tins court setting forth that the sale of the whole of the real estate will be bene ficial to the heirs and all persons Interested there in, and praying for been--to sell the same, and at the same time tiled in this court what pur ports to b the consent in writing of all the heirs residing in this state to such sale. Whereupon it Is ordered that the same b beard at a special session of said court to be held at the Probate Ofllee In Brattleboro, on the 10th day of April, lsy,. when and where you may be heard in the. premises, if you see cause. 13 A.F SCIIWENK. Register. fO.imiSMO.VEKV NOTICE. Vi ATE OF ELL J. CHAMBERLAIN. The undersigned having b-en appointed by the Honorable Probate Court for the district of Marl boro. Commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust a I claims and demands of all tiersons against the estate of Ella J. Chamberlain, late of ".o?..; in 2ld dlstnct deceased and all claims exhibited In offset thereto, hereby give notice v 11 ntT, . f?,r.tl1? Purrose aforesaid, at t . II. Dexter shall In Uardsboro.outhelstdayof slM,iD!It' f5m 8 o'dock until I o'clock p. h.. on said day. and that six months from the 4th day of Le, r8rr' 'h D S:?7-is "'' limited by said lourt for said creditors to present their claims to us for examination and allowance. A I? Tss?1 Wardsboro- ,hu -M ly of March. HENRY N. FITTS I " F. H. DEXTER, f Commissioners. OT.1TE OF VEIIUONT. Marlboro. SS. t .11 . T e 1 roba'e Court for Said District, llllf ' ft?' '"'rest-d In the estate of L B. HALL, late of Halifax, in said district, deceased, the esetMe ofFrra'i'.k ,,'0,r,1!'n' Admlnlstrito?'Spon ine estate of L. B. Hall, ate of Halifax in mM distnet, decease.!, his filed his litition In hl, court, setting forth that tbesfle o the whole of I.K'i'f a,e f 8aU deceased will be beneficial to the heirs and all i-rsot,s Interested therein . A. F. SCIIWENK, Register. CO.H.1U.NMONEItS' NOTICI ESTATK. OP iinx-, , born ;o, L""'""" ,0r "e district of Marl- hM !Mrday7f's eXrnnex; YriX P'aud allowance. 10 us for "amlnation and lslated at Newfane. this 6th day of April, A. D. A'j".?. A.. MORSE. 1 " . ... ... i'ii.rkiftbux, ( wuuiiissioners. ...W'!S'a. Erastus Tyler. Adn,tni.,S..?.5' dVs"lc?IdeaXdelM'',,?1 ?,ur''ttlng S .SS ? '"O". I this f. dons1nS! ' uiu Mate ro such Kniu 1 icbiuiuk dered that the TsamB b ltard BT,U.Pn U.U or' fa.'.a..c.ourt' ,0 he held at the 197. when and wherS vou , mii"? 0f. APr11' A' premises, If you i see cause. r heard ln the v r. bCHWEXK. Register. 3SSS:SS' vpn iiiV-,r,T . "''erested In the estut.. f rr , ceased. mlB or ''"""-y. In said districtrde- w.uereas, Sterne O. Parker Artminia.rettl,'K' on theestate of Oliver nio7lt'i..dmlnl?tra,or "P Jf d district, decease f b ri Si8,0 I utney. this court, setting fm'htblt mm Jlla petil,on m his lifetime under contract in,do?eased.was ln eiulty to convey to c I if ntl ul"dlng In law or following described "rii'i l;e.0,Bald I"ulney, the Putney, viz , the sa7..a,'ir8La,e' 8ltua' In said v nuu a ter p. Rlcbarrtn ' V 1 "".ma days of January, a d 18S.?no"tuet and 3rd lutney town records Vni ' and recorded In andpfaylng fcnl, ,'o niP-ge8 397 and SM' the same agreeably to llu Tltke. eonveyance of upon It Is ordered that the Adm?'r?!ct' Where- fusion of said TOurt to u-M -heard at the Oflice in Bellows FaUs f,ld ,at. h8 Probate A. D. lUttr, when and wh,l day of May, In the premises, If youa&e" m'y ff beari1 Z'NA II. ALLBF.K Register. The Phoenix and Mirror & Farmer $1.90. IrVBVillllWfl