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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL,, THURSDAY, AUGUSr 5, 1909. See the Big Show Saturday FREE! FREE! You can feed the elephant, buy pink lenxonade and see the big shoTrV Saturday for nothing by taking advantage of our CLOSING OUT P1ECE-GOODS SALE. Everything that is sold by the yard from One-fourth to One-half the usual price, and that means something to every family. Doesn't take long to save the ex pense of going to the circus when you can buy yard goods at 20 to 80 per cent. Discount. More important still, you can't take your pick from a fine stock every day at such price concessions. A few minutes before the parade and a few minutes after the par ade, just before the big show and just after you can make a dol lar that will do you a whole lot more good than chasing the Bun co INlan at the Side Show. First we mention a few specials from the Ready-made Departnient. 100 WASH SKIRTS from day at 98c 144 51.50 SHIRT WAISTS. Saturday, each 98c 50 $1.50 WHITE PETTICOATS, i6-in Hamburg flounce Saturday 98c A Few Bargains in Our Piece-Goods SaJe. 50c to 75c Dress Good- , 5S1.25 and $1.38 Dress Goods. $1.50 to $2.50 Dress Goods... 60c Silks. . , 75c and 85c Silks $1 00 and $1.50 Silks 15c GiDghams 150 Wash Goods All Dress Trimmings About One-half Price. Why Pay the Regular Price ? The Perley E. Pope Co Every boy that ha.-. got a pair of the Red Leather Bass HiPh Gut Shoes has dry feet. No rubbers. Best shoe for boys to wear to school ever made. Every pair wananted. For sale oilly at B. M. SHEPARD CO. 21 STATE-ST. GROTON. Mrs. George Tlce, o St. Johns ibury, ls vlsltlng ber gvandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Morrlson. Mrs. A. S. Clark and Crlstlna Anderson are vislting Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Plllsbury, in Bellows Falls. Mlss Nelllo Knox ba3 returned from ber vacation and is at work ln Special 15 dozen Boys Plain and Knickerbocker Pants that sold at 50c and 75c. To close while thev last, a pair, 39c If you want a good Shirt buy one of our Negligees that arenow selling for 45c All patterns attached or detached collars and cuffs. King Quality, Snow and Keith and Pratt Oxfords that sold at $4.00 now $2.95, that sold at $3.50 now $2.75 that sold at $3.00 now $2.45. High Shoes at Cut Prices. THE Peoples'ClothingStore E, L SEGEL & G0 22 Main St,, Montpelier, Vt, our $1.25 and St.50 stock, speciallv ...39c 25c Ginghanis ...89c Apion Ginghams S1.29 4J-'n Cotton ...49c ioc Outing ...69c 80 Outing ...79c 15c Silkaleen .9 1-2c 25c and 35c Wash 912c 50c and 75c Wash the telephone central offlce agaln. The Methodist Sunday school will hold thelr annual plcnic today in I. N. Hall's sugar place. Clyde Coffrin has returned to Burlington after spending hls two weeks vacation wlth hls parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Coffrin. E. D. and H. M. Rlcker have gone to Boston on an automoblle trlp. Mrs. Susle Newton vislted at S. B. Morrlson's Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Clark spent Saturday and Sunday in thelr cot tage at the pond. The new slate rooflng on the Methodist church is completed. Freeman Kelley ls vlsltlng hls sister, Mrs. Lena Heath. Four young people were baptlz ed at the Methodist churcu last Sunday. PAOE SEES l'RESIDEINT. Vcrniont Senator Conducts Xegotia tlons Between Taft and the Leath er Trade. Boston, Aug. 3. A tempest ln a teapot, a wave of hysteria, an out burst of fanatlclsm whatever it may be called, swept through the Senate yesterday mornlng, and for a tlme threatened tho fate of the Payne tariff blll, says a Washing ton dispatch to the Transcrlpt. The rumpus was caused by the dlscov ery that the reductlon to ten per cent of the boot and shoe dutlc-3 applles only to such boots and shoes as are made from tho hldes of cat tle, whlch aro made free in tho blll. Thls alleged"Joker"has glven the Sen ate its most nervous day since.some weeks ago it was learned that thero were vote3 enough to pass the 5u como tax. Tho polnt of the alleged "joker," as lt was explalned by its dlscoverers, was that "the people" and the Senate had understood that tho duty on all boots and shoes was to be reduced to ten per cent; and the rango sonators, headed by War ren, were very angry as they e.c plalned to thelr colloagues tho In lqulty of tho trlck that had been worked upon Congres3 and the peo ple by the sh'oe manufacturers of Now England. Tho excltoment was due to a pop ular mlsundorstaudlng, partly real and nartly manufactured, of the In tent of tho reductlons made in the shoo and leather schedulo. Senator Carroll S. Pago, of Vermont, who H ln the buslness, conducted tho no- priced for the 17 1-2c, 5c 7 1-2c 7 1-2c 6c 10c Goods 17 1-2 Goods 35c III J STATE HREMEN AT MORRISVILLE A l'arade and Athletic Sports Held Today 'cxt Mecling May Be at Ludlow. Morrisville, Aug. 4. Today's proceedlngs of the twentleth an nual conventloa of the Vermont State Firemen's Associatlon begun at 10.30 o'clock thls forenoon wlth a parade, the Randolph, Stowe and Johnson companles apearlng in uni form. The state ofllcers and Mayor .Jatnes E. Burke, of Burlington, rode in carriages. Whlle the attend ance ls not qulte as large as usual there are about 200 flremen present. The report of the treasurer shows a balance of $259.0S on hand. .. Thls afternoon teams from Stowe, Randolph, Johnson and Fort Ed ward, N. Y., are entered for a hose race. The sum of $300 is otfered !ti prizes for this and other sports. The conventlon opened wlth a buslnes3 sesslon at the town hall last nlght. Ofllcers were olected as follows: Presldent, D. G. Bry- ant.of Ludlow; vlce presldents, Chtef Gladding, of Barre, Chief C. A Nil03, of Burlington, D. H. Morln, George T. Kldder, of Middlebury and H H. Hodgen, of Barre; secretary, J E. D. Moore, of Bennington; treas- ' urer, L. C. Grant, of Burlington; I executive commlttee, Frank R. Stone, of Middlebury, J. M. Beach, : of Ludlow, C. O. Averill, of fJarre, ! C. A. Nlles, ot Burlington and W l H. Towne, of Morrisville; aud!tor3, Eugene Prlndle, of Barre, W. P, Powers, of Burlington, and A. A. Whltcomb, of Montpelier; statistl clan, F. E. Perklns, of Burlington, The place of the next meetlng ls left wlth the executive commlttee but probably It wlll be held at Lud low. gotiations between the Presldent and the leather trade. Tho Presl dent made lt plaln to Senator Page that he dld not lntend the lowe3t rates to apply to shoes or leather made from other than hldes of cat tle. Senator Aldrlch, who person- ally wrote the shoe and leather paragraphs, naa exactly the samo understandlng wlth the Presldent and ln hls intorvlew yesterday mornlng wlth Senator Crane Presl dent Taft conflrmed hls posltlon Not only thls, but ln thelr argu- ments before the commlttee on ways and means the New England shoo manufacturers stated repeatedly that tho removal of tho hide dutv would benoflt chlefly the woarers of hoavy men's shoe3 and would not affect the other grades at all, as they are made from calf and other sklns whlch were not dutlable undor the Dlngloy law. No mlsunderstandln on thls polnt would be posslblo to anyone famlllar wlth the subject. Hverybody'a frlend Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlc 011. Curos toothache.ear- acho, soro throafl. Hoals cuta brulsea scaulds. Stops any paln. PARDUN FOR ALEXANDER GARETTO Darrc Itnllnu AVns Xcars' Scntcnco at ScrTlmr Windsor Toi for Kllllng 11 Cortt. Announcement was made 011 Wed nesday that Gov. Qeorge Prouty had slgncd a pardon for Alexander Garetto, the Barre Itallan, conflned ln state's prlson at Windsor for tho murder ot hls countryman, Ell Cortl,, ar Barre, ln October, 190.".. Frlends ot tho prlsoner have boen worklng for hls releasb over slnce hls commltraent and the pardon 13. j to them, a most satisractory cui- mlnatlon of tholr efforts ln hls be half. Hearlngs have been held ln the case by Governors Proctor and Prouty. It appears that Garetto, at the tlme of the shootln, flred wild ly, not lntendlng to shoot Cortt agalnst whom he had no grudge. Garetto has been a model prlson er at Windsor and thls, coupled wlth the more important fact that hls wlfe and small chlldren needed hls support hadly, holped to secure hls release at thls tlme. Mrs Garetto had wlth great dlfflculty stipported the family ahd had taken in wash lngs and other work but found it al most imposslble to make both ends meet. Garetto was commltted ln 1903 on a ten years sentence and attempts have been made prevlously to secure hls pardon, but unsuc cessfully untll thls year. MARSHFIELD. Alonzo J. Snow, of Chlcago. ls vlsltlng hls sister, Mrs. George Hol Hster. Mr. Snow has' not been' ln Vermont for twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hersey and Hermon Hersey, of Hopedale, Mass., vislted at Wllllam Hall's home lust week. They were formerly from Calais. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Swerdfeger vislted ln Barre over Sunday. Capt. L. L. Coburn vislted at George Hollisters last week. He was captain of Company C, 13th Vermont Volunteers. It Is reported that the Villagc Improvement Soclety have bought a piece of land near the vlllage, ot Ira Bemls for a baseball ground. J. Burton Plke ls serlously 111 wlth blood polsonlng ln one hand. Mrs. Nancy Slmpson, of Barton, vislted her brother, Benjamin Nown's, last week. A. E. Batcelder of Barre, was ln town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George Annerble, of Lynn, Mass., are vlsltlng at Leon ard Folsom's home. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Bemls, of Emeryvllle, Tenn., are vlsltlng frlends ln town. Mr. Bemls ls a son of the late Nelson Bemls. He was born In the town and llved here dur- ing hls youth. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark, ot 1 Whltman, Mass., are ln town vlslt lng Mrs. Clark's sisters. Mrs. Mark Mears and Mrs. Davld Lucas and her brother Sllas Packer. They are on thelr way to Callfornia to llve. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whltcomb and J. Ward Carver, of Barre, were at Dr. H. S. Carver's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Spencer and daughter Carrie, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Dudley and daughter, Ethel Lamberton and Arcle Cole, are at Groton Pond, thls week. There was an accldent at May'a Mllls, at Peacham Pond last week. A car of lumber was nelng run out on 'the track and It broke down. Two or three escaped wlth sllght In jurles but one man, a Portuguese, was caught under the car and suf fered a broken leg. T. B. Spencer, Howe Boardus, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cady, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cady have returned to thelr homes in Sprlngfield, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Hooper have returned to Worcester, Mass. Mlss Mollie Enrlght,' a school teacher, in Burlington, was the guest of Mrs. L. D. Nute last week. Mrs. E. G. West and her daugh ter Ethel, went to Barre last Friday to vlhlt her brother, W. C. Good wln, before returnlng to thelr home In Rockvllle, Conn. Mr. nnd Mrs. John Shlne return ed to thelr homo In Amherst, Mass., last Saturday, after stopping at tho Marshfield Houso for two weeks. Mrs. Ella Ituscoe, of St. Paul, Mlnn, is vislting at O. H. Smlth's. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs. Horaco Batcheliler, July 2". Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tanner, of Montpelier, are In town. Fred Tanner and Albert Iugerson were ln Burlington Sunday to vlslt Mrs. Ingorson, who ls in the hospltal. The Stars played ball Saturday wlth a picked nine from North Montpelier, East Montpelier, Plain field and Barre. Tho scoro wa3 18 10 in favor of tho Stars. At tho ond of the third Innlug, scoro stood 10 to 1 In favor ot tho vlsltors. ADVERTISE IN TIIE WATCICMAN ITO USE $7,000 FOR GOOD ROADS Statc Hlfrhway Coinmlssloiicr lMnns For rormancnt Work Between Barre nnd Waterbury. Barre, Aug. 4. State Hlghway Commlssioner C. W. Gates was ln the clty today and wlth County Su porvlsor Currler 'went to Northfield to lnspectt some work. Mr. Gates sald it was planned to construct a permanont hlghway from Barre to Waterbury, whlch ho consldered one ot the most import- ant sectlons of road ln the state. $7,000 ttq exnects to exnend about ln that work the present year. j From the automoblle fund of $2,500 collected ln thls county by taxatlon, about $200 wlll be put into the work. SOUTH WOODBURY. Mrs. .1. D. Balley Is spending a few days in East Calais. Lela Hall went to St. Johnsbury on Tuesday, for a two weeks' stay, and then returns to her home in Boscawen, N. H. Mr. and Mrs. Dlck Batchelder, and Mr. and Mrs Henry McKlnstry, are occupylng the Plainfield cot tagc. Clarence Bllls has moved from Hardwick to the Ell Goodell place. Glenn McKlnstry and hls sister Grace, are vlsltlng in Hardwick. Mrs. Della- Town Goodrlch, of Worcester, Mass., and Mrs. Mattie Dow Baldwln wero the guests ot Mrs. Emma Banks and Mrs. Flor ence Wheeler last week. Mrs. Spurr's sister from Germany has arrlved at the Banks cottage. E.. G. Wells, of Barre, called on frlends here last Saturday. Mrs. Wells goes thls week to Somervllle, Mass., to vlslt her motlier, Mrs. Flsk. Sfl YEARS OLD. Allicrt 0. Cummins OliscrTed Annl Tcrsary llauy Frlends Called or Scnt Greetings. Tho home of Albert O. Cummlus, at 104 College street, was the scene of a most festal occaslon Tuesday ln honor of the SOth blrthday annl versary of Its owner. Mr. and Mrs. Cummins, wlth those of thelr chlld ren and grandchlldren who were able to be wlth them, observed the event by keeplng open house between the hours of 3 o'clock in the afternoon and 10 o'clock in tho evenlng ln order that thelr many frlends, nelghbors and old acqualntances mlght call and express thelr well wishes. The house is in gala trim and the guests, as they dropped In by and threes, were refreshed twos Wlth. llght daintles. Desplte a sllght laineness, caused by rheumatism, Mr. Cummln3 was able to be everywhere about the house, seelng to the comfort of hls guests and he carrles hls age wlth vlgor and sprightness. In fact, one would not flx 80 years upon Ws shoulders as far as appearances go. Mr. Cummins was born ln Mont pelier, August 3, 1829, the son oe Oren and Betsey Wheeler Cum mins. His grandfather, Isaac Cum mins came to Amerlca in 1630 and his family were noted for longev lty, hls father attalnlng the ripo age of 83 years before hls death, hls grandfather reachlng 92 and hls great grandfather llved to see his 97th blrthday. Mr. Cummins was educated in the dlstrlct school and Montpelier acad oray and worked the long summer taonths away on hls father's farm. At IS years, he began teachlng dts penslng knowledge to the younger generation for many terms, teach lng both ln thls sectlon and ln MIl 'bury, Mass. In 1867, tho charms of Vermont drew hlm hack to thls locallty and he has slnce resided here, purchas ing the spaclous home ln whlch he now llves on Collego street. His business career, locally, has been connected wlth prosperou3 en torprises, the most Important of whlch was the tannery business conducted ln company wlth Nelson A.. and R. K. Peck under the flrm narae of Peck and Cummins. On the North branch locatlon, was carrled on for many years a most thrlvlng business and from 15 to 30 men were employed. When the business was organlzed, thero were nearly a dozen small tanneries located wlth lu a radlus of a few mlles of them. When they closod shop, there were but two other companles. One of hls most Important tasks has been tho compllatlon of the Cummins family treo, a work whlcn h has tolled over for more than flvo year3 and whlch Is now com pleted, tracing hls family from the present day back to the founder of the 'branch ln Amerlca. Mr. Cummins' huslnesa Ilfe has not hlndored tho performance of hls duty hy the town and ho has sarved as balliff, Itster, and member on St. Johnsbury Academy Sixty-Seventii Year Opens Tuesday, September 7, at 9,30 A. M. The Trustees aanouoce wlth pleasare' the accession cf PRINCIPAL Martin G, Benedict, Pli, receotly Suporintendent of publio schoolH ln the Clty of Utica, N. Y. Dr. Benedict has for many years held iofluential positlons ln Pennsylvania, Con necticut and Ne l'ork, and has won dia tioctlon as an educator and admintstrator His wide and varled experieoce And ex cepttonal success Indicate a skllled, efflci eot and progressive management of the affalts of thls iostllutioa. Tlie certiflcates of thU Academy are accepte) i or ailmlulon by Collegea and Bclentloc Schoola th.it iwl mlt upon certlOcate. ComiuercUl Uepartment tnilns In Book-keeploK, lnatruction In Art oml Voc.il Muilo. Charlotte Kilrbiaks Cottage olleri atl tbe comforta of thelr own homta to girls. Soutli Hatl wlth Steam Heat, Electrlc Llglitn, Kur. nUhe'l itootna anl wlae mpervlalou, ;a a guo-1 plnco for boya. Thevarybeat of opportunltlea for an e lucatiin at the leaat poaalble coat. For 1 nformatlon or Catalogues address the Pilncipal of St. Johnsbury Academy. Business Locals. ESTATE OF SUL'nAKL 11. FAIU. STATE OP VEHJIONT. DI9TIIICT OP WA9IIINOTOK, S9. In I'robate Courc beld In Montpelier, ln and for salil Dlatrlct on tho illit day ofJuly. A. L). lXJ'J. tidlth I.. Italrd, Admlnlnralrl-c of tho ratate of SIIUItARL H, KAlIi. late of CaUK ln sald Ulatrlct deceased, makea appllcttlon to salil Court. wlth the conent and aonroljatlon ln wrltlnc ot tlie wldow and Ilielr of ald deceased, roaldinE ln tlie Staio of Vermont, for Hcciihc to sell all of tho real eatate or eala iieceascd. sltuated In (jalals, In sald Dlatrlct. representlng that tlie sale thereof would be benenclal tolMii. wldow and helr of Bald deccaaed. and tbose Interested ln hereatateln order to couvert tald real estate lnto money. Wliereupon, ltla ordered by sald Oourt that sald appllcatlon be referred to a seaslon thereof, to be held at the I'robate Offlce. ln tald Montpelier, on thei27th day of Augast, A. O. 1903, for uearlnx and deefalon thereon; and lt U rurlher ordered, that all peraona Intereated bc notifled bereof, by publlca tlon ot notlee of eald appllcatlon and order thereon three weeka auccesalvely ln the Vermont Watchman and State Journal, a newapaper pub Ilabed at Montpelier, ln thls State, and whlch tlrcnlatesln the nelghhorhood of those lntercatel, before sald tlrne or hearlng. that they may appar at sald tlme and place, and lt tbey see cauae, object thercto. By the Tourt Atteit, 31-11 FUANK J. M AltTIN. JudRC. ESTATE OF l.UCY It. FIFIELD. State of Veumont. Disthict of Wasiiinoton. hs. In Probate Court. held ln Mujtpeller. In and for sal Dlatrlct, on tlie -.'ndday of Augast, A. U., Wot, Henjamln F.FIBeldand James W. llrock. trusteos of a fund crtati'd by the last wlll and testanient of LUCY II. KIF1EI.U, late of Montpelier ln sald Dlatrlct. deceased, present tbelr trtistee account for examlnatlonand allonunccund make apnllc-atlon for adeeree of dlstrlbutlon and purttlloiiortbe estate of sald deceased, Whereupon It 19 ordered by sald (,!ourt that sald account and sald appllcatlon be referred to a se&slon tberi'Of, to be held at the I'robate Offlce In sald Montpelier on the Wtli day of Aupcust, 'A. 1.. 1J09. forhearlnir and cleclslon thereon: And. It U further ordered that notlce hereof be Klven to all persons Intereated, by publlcatlon of the same three weeks successtvely In the Vermont Watchman and statc loumal, a newapaper publWied at Montpelier, ln thls State. prevloui to sald tlme appotnted tor bear lnjr, tlut they may apjK-ar at sald tlme and place, and show cause. lf any they may have, why sald ac count shoultl not beallowed. und such decree made. I)y the Court. Atte'.t. 31-33 FltANK J. MAKTIN. Judpc. estate of alueut uwinisll. state or tehmo.vt. DI8TBICT OF WA8IIINOTON.8H. ln Probate Court, held at Montpelier, ln ai.d for aald Dlstrlct. ou the Ulsl day ot July, A. D. WW: An Instrument purportlnu to be the laat wlll and teatument of ALUEUT DWINELI., late ol Calais, ln sald dlatrlct, deceased. lnx presented to the Court lor I'robate, lt ls ordered by sald Coun that allpersonsconcerm-d tberelu be uotlrled to appear at a sesslon ofsahl Court. to be beld at the I'robate Office In 6ald Montpelier, on.the 21lh day of Aunust. A. D. VJi'.i, and show cause, If any they may have, aualn.t the probate of sald instrument tor whlch purpose It II further ordered, tlut notlrc of thls order be publlshed three weeks succe&ilvely ln the Vermont Walchman and State Journal a newapaper prlnted at Montpelier ln thls State, prevloui to sald tlme appolnted for bearlng. Uy the Court- Attest. 31-33 FltANKJ. MARTIN, Judfie. A GREAT DAY FOR GLOUCESTER Cclebration Attended by 75,000 Peg lle Warsuips lu the llarbor V I'ageant for Thls Erenlni?. Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 4. Though Presldent and, Mrs. Taft were abseut, members of thelr fa mily and 75,000 others attended the celebratiou of the landlng ot the towu's fathers lu 1623. 1 The war shlps Salem, Chester, Olympla, Chlcago, Monltor, TonopaD. and the frlgate Hartford, with hundreds of other craft were ln the hatbor The rlnglng of bells and salutes of warshlps opened the day's celo bratlon, whlch wlll culmtnate In the presentatlon of the "Canterbury PUgrlras" on an open atr stago at Fort Park to ntght before 20,000 people. the water comtnlsslon whlch Install ed the local system. Untll the past year he has been vlce presldent of the First Nattonal Bank, Pierre, S, D., where one of hls sons Is located Mr. Cummins marrled Marla IV Merrlam, in 1S53, her death occur lng ln 1861. He marrled, ln 1863, Mary Frances Ellls. Hls four chlld ren are Mrs. Frank E. Howe, of Bennington: Mrs. Fannlo Pltkin, Montpelier; Harlle (O. lCummlna, Redding, Calif., and Burton A, Pierre, S. D. Mrs. Ellzabeth Town, of thls clty, ls a sister. Mr, Cummins has had a useful life but has never been too busy to make frlends as was evldenced bv the numbors who called personally today or else sent grootlngs In hon or of the occaslon of hls 80th blrth day. Itchlng, torturlng skiu eruptions, dlsfiguro, annoy, drlvo ono wlld. iDoan's Olntmont brlngs quick ro llef and lasting cure3. Flfty conts at any drug $toro.