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HERALD AND NEWS MARCH 25, 19U9.
Professional and Business Cards Terms, Advertising Rates, Etc.
L 0. ELANCHARD, D. D. S.
DuBois & Gay's Block
RaalolpS, Vermont
R. M. CHASE, M. 0, D. 0. S..
DENTISTRY A SPECIALTY.
N. E.. Bet be 1 and People' 'PIiodm.
Bethel, Vernani
Office, 1-210-People' 'Phone House, 9-10
G R DAVIS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offloe Bank Block, Rea. Harrington Plaoe,
BETHEL, VT.
Office hoars, anttl . a. m.: 1 to , and 7 to I p. to.
Hunilay, lulti. m.
GEO. W. SCOn, H. D.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
Office, Bcott'i Block, Ma.n 8t.
Offloe Houra until 8 A. at., to 1 and
7 to 9 ps M. Residence, corner School and
Summer Sts. Telephone connections.
HERALD AUD SEWS, Randolph, Vt,
L. B. Johnsoh, Publisher
THE BETHEL COURIER,
ROCHESTER HERALD
Bethel, VI.,
Gov Wilsom, Publisher.
Rochester, Vt.,
B. st. riavar. Publisher.
WHITE RIVER HERALD. South Royallon. Vt..
at. J. BAaeBNT, Publisher.
THE CHELSEA HERALD. Chelsea, Vt.,
li kkskkt o. Bixbt, Publisher.
Actual averaa-e combined circulation for the year
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discontinued wben time expires unless renewed.
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JOHN P. GIFFORD, A.B..M.D,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office : DuBois & Cay's Block.
Hour: 9 to 10 A. M., 2 to 4 ami 7
to 8 P. M. Sunday, 9 to 10 A. M.
DR. A. C. BAILEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER
Office, Cor. Pleasant Bt. and Randolph Av.
Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Above rates cover only display advertising
running three months or long-fr, every week.
Rates for shorter term adrs. and e o. w. adva.
glren on application
Minimum rharire for display advertising la 50c
Twenir-nve per cent additional lor special
position in all cxnea.
Copy for display advertising required not
later than Tuesday morning.
Beading notices double rates.
IEOAL AND LOCAL ADVERTISING.
Liberation, posting and eatray notices SI for
weeks; estate notices, at; special letrai notices.
10c. per line for three weeks; obituaries, ordinary
length, 1 and M copies furnishes!; resolutions.
Me.; csrdsof thanks. Sc. , unsolicited poetry, to.
per line; notices in "Want" column or at head of
any town correspondence, 10c. per line of six"
wonts Brst Insertion when live lines or less are
used; when more than five, additional lines st sc.
esch: snlinennent insertions. SC. Per line If two
lines or more are taken; II -not, uo. per nnw per
week for three weeks, sfter that sc. per line.
Lt. B. JOHNSON, Proprietor,
Randolph. Vermont
DR. C. L. STEWART,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Stewart Block, Main SU,
RANDOLPH, VERMONT.
DR. F. A. EATON,
Osteopath.
Office at Keaidence, Central St,
RANDOLPH, VERMONT.
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RANDOLPH VETERINARY HOSPITAL,
E. H. Stearns, V. IY1. D.
Veterinary Physician, Surgeon and Dentist
Randolph Avenue, Randolph.
At Bo. Hoy al ton Thursdays 11 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Telephone) Connections.
WALLACE BATCHELDER
LAWYER.
MOODY BLOCK, BETHEL, VERMONT.
TxLzrHON-M New EnKlaorl, Bethel, People'.
JOHN C. SHERBURNE,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office i Eilson Block, Randolph, VL
A. F. LAMB,
Manufactarer ol
I'ul'i and Granite Monuments,
Tablets and Headstones,
Randolsh, Vermont
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Taft's Brst lure sage was short and
sweet. It differed from Its immediate
predecessors in being different.
The esteemed Essex County Herald
credits to this paper something about Mr.
Fish of Vergennes that we never said,
nor even saw before.
JOHN H. DUBOIS,
INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS.
Office Hours: 8 to 12 A. m:, 1 to 4 P.M.
Ooatl n Spocinlty,
RANDOLPH, VERMONT.
H. W. McINTYRE,
CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER,
Prop. Electro Plating Works.
Office ir.d Works, MJntyre Block.
RaBisJal, Vt.
F. H. CLEVELAND,
INSURANCE AGENT.
Of flea KrA to Toss Clerk's 0!fl:8,
Randolph, num.
A Catholio priest at Montpelier waa
fined In court laat week for paniahing a
disorderly choir boy. Or perhaps the
priest may have been disorderly. Judge
Stanton imposed the One, and it is fair to
assume that it was Justified.
The esteemed Bennington Banner rath
er expecta a deficit at the end ot the pres
ent biennial term, bnt sees no need ot
providing for it in advance by the assess
ment of a state tax. Well enough to let
the next legislature take care of the situ
ation, in case it arises, says the Banner.
Suppose the treasury runs dry along in
the spring or summer of 1910, how can
state expenses be met, the penal and oth
er institutions maintained, the courts sus
tained and the other necessary business of
the atate kept going? Has any state offi
cial authority to borrow on the state's
credit?
A feature of the new tariff bill ia the
propoaition.for a direct inheritance tax,
graduated upward. New York and other
states have recently adopted aucb a tax,
which proves a valuable source of rev
enue. If the federal government levies a
similar tax, there may be either double
taxation of estates or a clash of'autbority.
The atatea will make a hard fight before
they will give up one ot the few promis
ing sources ot indirect revenue that re
mains to be drswn upon. Such a tax in
Vermont, for instance, with the rapidly
growing expenses of government, would
be a very easy nay to avoid a direct state
tax.
Judge Henry C Ide, formerly of St.
Johnsbury, ia slated as United States
minister to Spain. Judge Ide served
with President Taft in the Philippines
and was ot the near official family of the
then governor of those islands. Evi
dently the proposition to send Ide to
Spain met with a readier welcome by
the present White House occupant than
did a similar mission, undertaken some
two years ago by the Vermont senators in
He's behalf, at tbe hands of the then ex
ecutive, though it could hardly have been
a "warmer" greeting. That unpleasant
incident ia not quite remote enough yet
to be more than hinted at.
I
over itself and take from tbe speaker
.1 .1 Ii.l.tlnll that!
has no proper lodgment in that otflciaL
While the inanrgent movement has not
accomplished ita full purpose and prob
ably that purpose had too wide a scope
there will in due season follow soch a re
vision ot tbe House rules as will achieve
the end sought by tbe moderate reform
ers, among whom we trust Messrs. Fos
ter and PI urn ley may be then found.
WORKING FOR NOTHING AN"D
BOAROING ONE'S SELF.
It the state constitution is to be revised
and amended in any particular, as con
templated ty a Joint resolution adopted
at the recent session, it appears tbat it
will hava to be done at tbe cost of tbe
private parses of the five members consti
tuting; the commission therein estab
lished, and whom Governor Prouty has
alreadv named. Tbe assembly struck a
wave of economy here tbat seemingly de
serted it altogether when it cams to deal
with its own salaries and the mileage
debentures ct its several vacation trips
home.
The resolution No. 419 in the Poblic
Acts and Besolves Just issued provides
tbat "said commission shall receive no
compensation for their services or ex
penses." It is not an uncommon thing
to ask of such commissions tbst they
serve without pay, but when it comes to
making them dig down in their Jeans to
pay their railroad fares, hotel bills and
other incidental expenses of a task bound
to require many Joint meetings and con
siderable outlay, and whoae benefit is a
matter ot state concern altogether, it ia
carrying tbe thing pretty far. We aay
"making" them because we are pretty
certain that some of the members on tbe
commission did not know when they ac
cepted that they would be required not
only to serve free, but to pay even tbe
necessary expenses of the- commission,
nor are they financially able to do so
without feeling it materially. Having
accepted, they will doubtleea continue,
and it ia to be hoped tbat tbe next gener
al assembly will reimburse tbem tor their
cash outlay,
1908 VS. 1908.
PIANO TUNING.
MR. E. THURSTON DAMON
Of R..l..n will ii.i.r. c r.-iril tr ri-ils to R in li.ljih.
Or.!, - ii, iv t- I. -I! ;.t J.U'n' Jen-Wry tit'.r.-.
ItKr-F"! st r. . Ml Barber slid members tt th
Opera li 'U.e On iielr-..
W. W. MORTON,
Choice Groceries, Floor, Seeds.
"Good Things to Eat." Rando'pn.VL
J. F. LAM SON,
Choice Groceries 5? Provisions.
Teas and Coffees. RANDOLPH, VT.
R. H. SLACK,
HARNESS MAKER AND REPAIRER.
. Agent for He' Mttck I ! Bi d RemtMtf s.
Blankets, Whips, Etc. Randolph, Vt
C. J. ROCKWELL,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
GARMENTS MADE OR ORDERED.
DuBois & Clay's Block, Randolph, Vt.
RANDOLPH INN,
C. W. Hayward, Proprietor.
Kates, f2 a day and up. Special terms for
summer board.
RANDOLPH, - - VERMONT.
aaaWsJaWs saaaVai a asla. 1 asaVsssVaawasVai sataV.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE.
L H. STEARNS, Attendant Veterinary.
OLD DYER STAND, RANDOLPH, VT.
We IrUssafactsB All Kiasas aw
Farm Wagon. eUlUULO
Furnish then tired, banded and bond, whh Con
cord axles wsided and set.
Write for particulars. Prompt ShlpaienW.
A. E. STEVENS A CO, Portland. Ma.
The laat legi lature autl.orirej the sale
to slaughter house of cattle condemned
for tuberculoma under regulations for
mulated Ly tbe rattle commissioner, prc
viditiK that surb carcasses are inspected
by an agent of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry of tbe United States Deportment
ot Agriculture, according to tbe regula
tions of that bureau. It is well known
tbat the lederal government passes as
pure food tbe meat of tuberculous cattle
only slightly affected, and this act com-1
mits Vermont to the same policy. It was !
for doing Just this thing thst certain Ver-1
moot cattle commissioners were indicted
and fined, with great to-do, a few year,
since. On the face of it, It would appear
tbat a beef creature condemned as unfit to
live should also be considered unfit tor
consumption as food by human beings,
and its carcass pnt out of the range of
mercenary temptation. We don't need a
repetition of tbe rotten beet scandal of
1906.
The two Vermont Congressmen,
Messrs. Foster and Plumley, stood with
the regular Republicans and "Joe" Can
non in the recent House controversy over
tbe'election ot speaker and revision of
rules. We do not imagine they were
whole-hearted in this position, and we
trust they made dear what ia believed to
be their individual views.' Confronted
with the necessity of choice between a
regular organization movement not
wholly to their liking and an open rebel
lion even less to their teste, they accepted
tbe alternative that would probably com
mend their Judgment, in the long run.
But we think that both of tbe Vermont
members, were the matter submitted to
the Republicans of the House for deter
mination, would be found in support of
such a revision ot tbe rules as would
, tend to give that body more authority
Recently, the Bennington Banner pre
sented an alleged comparison of tbe work
done at tbe legislative sessions ot 1906
and 1908, whereby it was made to appear
that tbe latter session was a very indus
trious and efficient body, and that it real
ly accomplished enough more than ita Im
mediate predecessor to Justify tbe addi
tional expense to-the state. If time per
mitted and we thought public Interest in
the question warranted, we would like to
go into this matter with the Banner. For
personal reasons, probably neither of as
is quite a disinterested witness, and such
a discussion might prove altogether pro
fitless to both. However, here are a few
tacts bearing on tbe question:
From the printed volumes ot acts and
resolves ot both sessions, it appears that
the general assembly of 1909 paased 457
public and private acts and 59 Joint reso
lutions: a total of 516. Tbe assembly of
190S passed 392 publij and private acts
and 48 Joint resolutions; a total of 440.
The complete work ot tbe session of 1906
required 779 printed pages, of which 260
were of public acts; that of the session ot
1908 requires 584 pages, ot which 200 are
ol publio acta. In quantity of work
turned out, tbe aession of 1906 exceeded
tbat of 1908 by fully 25 per cent,
Tbe only argument remaining is that
the quality and importance of tbe acts ot
1936 were very much inferior to those of
tbe last session, and of tbis neither the
Banner nor this paper is competent to
Judge. When we consider tbst the as
sembly of 1906 was in session but 72
dsys, while thst ot 190S lasted 08 days,
and tbat ths latter session cost the state
5(1,798.80 more than tbat of 1906, we are
quite ready to let the comparative merits
of the two bodies go to tbe people for
their Judgment.
PRESS NOTES.
A Veteran Town Clerk.
The town of Hartford continues to de
cide tbe question ot whst to do with one
ex-governor ot Vermont by electing
Samuel E. Pingree town clerk year after
year. Ex-Oovernor Pingree has now
served nearly half a century ia that ca
pacity, aud inasmuch aa be ia only 77
years old and in rather good health, he
may b3 expected to continue to administer
tbe duties of tbe office for some time to
come. Barre Times.
STATE OF VERMONT.
It Newa Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.
Rev. M. H. Sharpies, pastor of the
Methodist chnrcb in Swanton tor several
years, has . resigned and will not be re
turned by tbe conference, which meets in
April.
Harrv La n rev in of Burlington made
two attempts to commit auicide Sunday,
March 14, by taking carbolic acid. He
waa prevented by his wife. Jealousy, it
is said, la thought to be the cause of bis
act.
Superior Judge E. L Waterman has is
sued an order for Sheriff H. L. Stevena to
take Mrs. Peter Sbatney, the woman
who recently shot Daniel Baker in Eden,
to Weterbury tor examination aa to her
aanity.
Tbomaa Peck ot Hyde Park waa badly
injured tbe other day by being struck in
the back, bv a runawae team. He was in
his sleigh and was thrown twenty feet
Heveral ribs were broken and. being 82
years old, bis condition is very serious.
Frank Pilonof Hioesburg,wbo attempt
ed auicide Sundav. March 14, by drink
ing a bottle of carbolic acid, was taken to
tbe Fanny Allen hospital at Burlington
tbe next day and it is probsble he will
recover unless unlocked for complications
develop.
The prompt action of Mrs. Arthur O.
Baker of Wsllingford in administering an
emetic to her young daughter, Mildred,
after she had (riven tbe child to table
spoon fuls of an acid In mistake for salts,
was probably all tbat ssved tbe little
one's life.
A Sbelburne farmer is reported to bsve
received an order from London, England,
tor 30 barrels of fancy eating apples, each
apple to be wrapped separately. The
price to be paid per barrel is f 18, a total
of 510 for tbe shipment, which is proba
bly tbe record price.
Prank J. Martin of Barre waa Friday
appointed by Governor Prouty probate j p-""
Judge for Washington county to nil toe
vacancy caused by the death of Judge Hi
ram Carleton. Judge Martin received his
commission last Thursday and assumed
tbe duties of tbe office immediately there
after. Gardner Manuel, an employee of tbe
Deerfleld River Lumber Co., was killed at
Somerset Friday, March 12, by a falling
tree. It ia supposed that the unfortunate
man met bis death while chopping in tbe
woods. He bad been in the employ ot
the company less than two mcutbs. -He
waa 29, years old.
Tbe barn belonging to George D. Kelly
ot Hinesburg wss burned to tbe ground
Friday during ths absence of the fsmily.
The cbwi perished. The neighbors
formed a bucket brigade and by bard
work saved tbe buildings of James Bird,
which were closely adjacent. Tbe origin
of tbe fire is unknown.
Louis, tbe nine-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Potter of Pownal, while climb
ing upon a load of wood March 13, be
came entangled in one ot the rapidiy
turning wheels ot tbe wagon and was
carried around, his right arm ner the
shoulder and hia left leg between tbe hip
and knee being badly fractured.
George Fay of Readsboro was arrested
The
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How Railroads Fight Verdlcta.
A Jury in Rutland oounty court Satur
day returned a verdict of f 11,050 in the
case of the administrstrix of the estate of
Silas H. Davis against the Rutland rail
road. It is the largest award ever made
in Rutland ccunty court for the death of
a man. Tbe case was tried at tbe March
term of county court when the plaintiff
was awarded 5200. It was taken to the
supreme court on exceptions and remand
ed on an error in tbe charge. Tbe rail
road company's attorneys have filed num
erous exceptions and if they cannot suc
ceed in having the verdict set aside on
the ground that it was excessive they pro
pose taking the case to tbe supreme court
again. It ia the same old game of wear
ing out a claimant for damages by see
sawing a case back and forth between tbe
county and the supreme courts and much
of tbe acrimony attached to corporations
In this country is due to this practice and
the success attained in it. In the case at
issue a runaway car collided with a loco
motive and killed the engineer. Tbe
dead man rceitainly could not have been
at fault and two juries have returned ver
dicts convicting tbe company of negl
gence. Why should tbe corporation be
given further opportunity to dodge ita re
sponsibility? Bennington Banner.
Cures baby's croup, Willie's daily cots
ana bruises, mama's sore throat, grand-
ma's lameness Dr. Thomas' Eclectrio Oil
the great household remedy.
st North Adams, Mass., last week
Wednesday on a warrant charging bi'D
with having forged the name of George
H. Bishop ot Keadsboro. In court a
charge of forgery was preferred against
bim and he entered a plea of not guilty.
Tbe alleged forgery took place in October
in North Adams.
Leo Ross Grey, an eight-year-old Rut
land boy, waa playing with two school
mates in tbe yards ot tbe Columbian Mar
ble Co. tbe other day, attempting to set a
marble alab weighing 400 pounds on end.
The lada had raised it a short distance,
when tbe atone tell, pinning the Grey
boy to the ground. Both bones of his
left leg were broken.
' A suit for damages in tbe sum of f 15,
000 has been brought by John H. Howard
of Guilford against tbe Central Vermont
Railway Co., which operates the West
River road between Brattleboro and
South Londonderry, for injuries alleged
to hare been suffered by him while acting
aa brakeraan, through the tipping over ot
a car April 9, 190S, due, as claimed, to a
faulty roadbed.
Wendall Boardman, aged about ten
years, residing five miles out ot North
field village, wss bunting rabbita in tbe
woods Msrch 11 when be put one band
up in front of tbe mufczle of hia gun to
remove a twig and tbe gun, which waa
corked, exploded. Two fingers on tbe
left band were badly mangled by tbe shot
and were amputated when he waa taken
to Heaton hospital, Montpelier.
A business boom has caught Benning
ton. Manufacturers have had to refuse
orders and tbe manufactories are working
nights. The pay rolls are the largest on
record. A foreman for one ot tbe knit
ting mills stated that be was working his
help just as many hours over time as he
thought they could stand and the unfin
ished goods were stacking up in front of
tbe finishers in a discouraging manner.
W. A. Shepard ot St. Albans, finding
hia way blocked by two drunken men aa
he was coming out ot his tenement, or
dered them away and waa badly beaten.
He waa badly cut about tbe bead in sev
eral places and generally pretty well bat
tered. A doctor was called to attend tbe
injured man and was obliged to take sev
eral stitches in Shepard's bead and face to
close nia wounds. The mep were ar
rested. Tbe origin of a fire which destroyed a
large bay barn in Winooski Monday,
March 15, owned by F. E. Thompson, is
ascribed to fishermen who wore seen in
the neighborhood ol tbe building and
traced by Mr. Thompson after tbe fire.
It la thought that after cutting a hole
through tbe ice to catch minnows, the
men were smoking in tbe barn. The
building and contents were valued at
f 300 and were well insured. Ten tons of
bay were burned.
The White River Junction Board ot
Trade held a well attended meeting
Thursday night to bear the report of the
committee which went to Swanton to in
vestigate tbe proposition of the A; t wood
Suspender Co., which is desirous of locat
ing in White River Junction. It was
found tbst roost if not all of tbe require
ments of the company could be easily
filled and it was tbe consensus of opinion
that all reasonable inducements should
be offered tbe company.
The Brattleboro Board ot Trade beat
tbe Women's club in a big spelling
match the other night, and the individu
al credit goes to John E. Gale of Guil
ford, who tor a long time was obliged to
spell five times as many words as those
competing against him. Mrs. Howard
C. Rice misspelled "galleried" and Mr.
Gale spelled it correctly, thereby winning
the nrinclml prize "of 110 in gold.
object of tbe match, for the civic
nmvament of rjrattieooro, nueu
bouse.
A r.ew MtnnlDV Of the Vermont Na
tional Guard was organized at Woodstock
last Thursday s-ith 62 members, in.
company will be Co. G, 1st Vermont in
fantry. The mustering in omcerw wi
CoL J. Gray Estey ot Brattleboro ana
Capt, W. W. Russell of White River
Junction, bis adjutant, ine oraoera vi
the new company, which takea the place
of the one disbanded at Bradford, are:
Captain, E. A. Spear; first lieutenant, J. 8.
Brownell; second lieutenant, Karl A.
Pem be r.
Charles L. Galusba, aged 24, who was
sentenced Mav 9. 1907. to not more than
16 years and not leas than 15 years in tbe
atate prison at Windsor for two bur
glaries at Burt Bros. clothing store, Ben
nington, baa been paroled by Governor
Prouty. Tbe governor baa also paroled
Joseph Mears of Sandgate, who waa sen
tenced in 1902 to not less than 12 years in
state prison at Windsor for attempting
to poison Philander Moffitt ot Sandgate.
Mrs. Moffitt wss indicted as an accessory
but waa acquitted.
The bouse ot Sloat Baker at Benning
ton was burned March 11, tbe fire start
ing from an overheated stove. The high
wind spread the flames so rapidly that
tbe occupants were ablt to save only a
basket of clothes and none of their
household goods. The bouse was a
good sized one story and a bait structure
and had been built only a lew years. He
sides the house a shed aud out houses
were burned. Mr. Baker carried 800 in
surance on tbe house and furnishings
which fully covers the loss.
Eli Rivers, aged 45, an unmarried
farmer on the Danville road about two
mi lea from St. Johnsbury, was fatally in
jured last week Wednesday while moving
his sugar bouse. He hsd removed tbe
sides of the building and was standing
under the root when tbe posts gave way,
him ander tbe wreckage and
crushing his abdomen. He remained In
tbat position from noon till after 8
o'clock at night, when he waa found and
extricated. Mr. Rivera was taken on a
band sled to the bouse, where be died tbe
next morning.
An application for a liquor license at
tbe hotel in South Vernon will be op
posed on the ground that South Vernon
is not the principal village in the town.
Tbe new law providea tbat no license
shall be granted for tbe sale of intoxicat
ing liquor as a beverage at a point nearer
tbe state line than tbe chief village of tbe
town where it is to be exercised. What
is commonly called South Vernon lies
principally over tbe line in Massachu
setts, and it will be coutended that tbat
fact will preclude tbe hotel from having a
license. So far as is known nobody in
sny other part of the town wauts a li
i cense.
I Fourteen freight cars were derailed,
seven of them dropping
. emtankmcot, cn the Psssumpsic division
, of the Boston A Maine railroad near tbe
: electric light station in
five hours hut n t injuriug a single mem- :
her of tbe freight crew. The cars were i
all loaded, and thoe that went to the!
fcot of tbe embankment were ao badly
Barnet was entered by burglars March 17,
and Jewelry to tbe value of 40 waa stol
en. Entrance was gained through a
window on tbe lower floor. John Cook
and George Menoah were arrested and
lodged in Caledonia county Jail to await a
bearing to be beld within a few weeks.
State's Attorney Simonds desires to se
cure more evidence before tbe hearing ia
beld. Tbe men arrested are between 20
and 25 year old. Cook claims to live in
North Troy, while Menoah divide bis
time between North Troy and Asblaod,
N. H. Tbe men were arrested at the
home of Cook's sister, Mrs. John Vance,
ia West Barnet. Cook waa working for
Vance and Menosb bad been staying
there looking for work. Menosb has
served a term in the bouse ot correction,
being sentenced for connection with a liq
uor case. Two years ago tne atore was
broken into, 1700 to 800 in money and
valuable papers being stolen. There waa
no .clew found to the identity of tbe
thieves. The place waa broken into
again a year ago, but tbe authorities were
unable to trace the goilty persons.
The principal of tbe high school at
Woodstock, Arthur D. Wiggins, resigned
March 13 because ot a disagreement with
the school board over a lad expelled for
insubordination. For several days there
waa no school. Tbe old board of direc
tor sustained the principal in bia action,
but since March meeting a change in tbe
personnel ot tbe board took place. Tbe
result was that the boy, who was to have
been permitted to return to school after
tbe Easter vacation, waa to be allowed to
return last week. Mr. Wiggins prompt
ly resigned and his friends upheld bim
in bis action. Last week Wedenaday, a
meeting ot citizena was called and a com
mittee waa appointed to confer with the
school board, with tbe result tbat tbe di
rectors reconsidered their action. Princi
pal Wiggins waa requested to withdraw
hia resignation, thus ending temporarily,
at least, the troublea tbat threatened tbe
educatonal interest there. L. H. Mor
gan, a new member ot the board, stated
thst be did not before understand tbat
tbe old board bad once unanimously
sgreed to support Principal Wiggin in
tbe case of tbe Ransome boy, otherwise be
would not hsve cast bis vote that precipi
tated the trouble. The Ransoms boy will
be reinstated next term.
Deputy Sheriffs' Fees.
To tbe Editor ot the Free Press: My
attention has been called to a news item
in your issue of the 15tb inst., from Brat
tleboro, "Deputy sheriffs may go on
strike." j
So fsr as tbe auditing ot tbe state ac- '
counts ia concerned, the six cents reading I
fee ia tbe only change in tees allowed tor
tbe service of criminal process. As sub
poena, are usually served by copy, this
only affects the tee for reading and arrest,
making it 50 cents instead of 58 cents.
As to tbe 10-cent folio fee. Section
No, 62G2 allows cHcers and persons
1 ' 'i ' K ..u j.,.- i
down a 100-loot ! "u- " " lu "7U "'"S" r
; Kit. tvjiiCT, WITH ITIHB Jjer 1UUO. OCC-
i tion No. 1373, P. 8., allows court report-
Lvniioutille rrl-i,: .,, a u . . . .
day, March 12, tying up the division for i " Y"' , ' , "'.",,1":
copy. In 182, 17 cents was allowed for
"each" copy. In 1839 this became seven
cents per ft lio. Tbe revision of 18S0 in
creased this to 10 cents per folio. Dur
ing all this time the fee allowed officers
snd persons ' fur recording and giving
copies remained at seven cents per folio.
Why should a reporter furnish a copy
for five cents, a sheriff or constable 10
cents and a town clerk or county clerk
seven cents per folio? Tbat 10 cents is
too much or five cents per folio not
opinion, but cer
tainly tbe tee for like service should be
uniform.
In my opinion, sheriffs and constables
are included in tbe word "officers" in
section No. 6262 and when they are re
quired to give a copy in tbe service of a
process tbey bave a right to tax tbe folio
fee or charge provided for in tbat section.
I see from the article that "75 cents ba
been the usual charge for tbe copy ot a
justice writ and fl for the copy of a
county court writ," In my travels about
tbe state I find that these charges are not
uniform. If anyone will count up the
average justice or county court writ, he
will find that it is not in compliance with
section No. 6210, P. S. It is a matter of
custom varying io the different counties.
Having in mind section No. 6262, I
doubt it any lawyer will object on tbe
taxation of costs, to the allowance ot 75
cents for copies of justice writs and fl tor
copies of county court writs.
Horace F. Graham,
Auditor of Accounts.
Montpelier, March 17, 1909.
When to Use
Dr. WUliams
PINK PILLS
These pills were originally
a prescription used in
doctor's private practice md
their benefit to mankind ha,
been increased many thousand"
fold by their being placed on
general sale with the doctor',
own directions for use. They
are entirely safe and contain no
opiates or other habit-forming
drugs.
Dr. Waiiams Pink Rfc
are the remedy to use when
the blood is thin as in anaemia;
or impure, as b rheumatism;
or when the nerves are weak,
as in neuralgia ; 01 lifeless, u
in partial paralysis ; or when
the body as a whole is ill
nourished, as in general debil
ity They build up the blood,
strengthen the nerves and have
cured troubles of women and
growing girls and many forms
of weakness. That hundreds
of people have tried the treat
ment with good. results k
shown by the increasing num
ber of cures reported. -
Dr. WUliams' Pink Ptlis ar sV.4 bri3
drucxlsta or will be sent pjtttail, cs
receipt ol price Vl cents (r Mi Hi
boxes. tl hO br tne In- VtT.'i'.ami M.-lcji
Company Schenectady, N Y.
shattered thst tbey cannot be repaired.
Ol the seven cars tbst went to tbe bot
tom three were loaded with wheat, one
with flour, two with pulp wood and one
with rags. These contents were gathered
up and hauled up the bank by team.
In consequence ot tbe destruction by
firs of tbe forma, type and other material
use a in me publication ol Walton's ver- i enough, is a matter of
mom rtegister, ine management an
oonuces tbat this annual book for 1909
will not be issued this spring. It is
proposed, however, to publish the Reg
ister next fall for 1910, and to issue it
annually thereafter early in November.
The old style and form will be adopted
In future numbers as it baa been found
that the people who nse the Register
prefer tbe familiar arrangement of
grouping all local facts and information
under the name of a town or city, aa in
former years.
Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons, the famous
Chicago philanthropist and capitalist,
staa stricken with heart failure at Pasa
dena, Cel., last Thursday, while prepar
ing to attend a Vermont dinner. The
report ot hia death tbat resulted waa un
founded and it is thought be will
survive. Doctor Pearsons was born in
Bradford, in thia state, April 14, 1820.
He made a fortune in Chicago real estate
and railroads. In 1S96 he offered to give
Montpelier seminary f 50,000 it f 150,000
waa raised by the school. Tbe time for
raising the money had been extended to
July 6, 190i, and Principal E. A. Bishop
waa given to understand that another ex
tension of time would be given, if it wss
needed. Doctor Pearsons bad given over
f 2,500,000 to colleges and charities.
Emedio Mancini, proprietor of'a ahoe
maker's shop a Brattleboro, was shot at
by Mrs. Peter rHcbairi of West Dummers
ton Friday, Mtfcb 12, but although tbe
bullet was fired, at short range, it did not
take effect. The woman disappeared,
but later waa found at her home. She
was not arrested, aa it ia believed she was
mentally unbalanced. Mrs. Slrhairi
went to Mr. Mancini'a home three times
to inquire for her husband. Mr. Man
cini directed her to the man'a boarding
place but on ber returning for tbe third
time he told the woman he would go
with ber. They had gone but a short
distance hen tbe woman pulled a re
volver and fired. Mr. Mancini was
scared and fell on tbe ice in tbe street.
Blood began flowing from a wound in
his left cheek and he thought he was
shot, but a pbysclan who waa called said
tbe wound waa made by the fall on the
ice.
The last bucketful of concrete forming
a part ot the big dam across the Connecti
cut river six miles south of Brattlebero
baa been laid and the big electric power
house, which will supply electrical ener
gy for many factories within a radius of
60 miles ot Brattleboro, ia nearly fin
ished. The dam is 650 feet long, not in
cluding the foundation of the power
bouse, which is 250 feet long and ia built
in the river and is really a part of tbe
dam. About 40,000 cubic yards of con
crete were nsed in the dam foundation.
The power house, which rises 60 feet
above tbe level ot the dam, ia a atevl
frame inclosed with brick and the walls
are now practically completed. Wires
are being strung on a line of ateel towers
in Fitchburg, Mass., which will be one of
tbe chief distributing centers and a line
of poles haa been built to Brattleboro,
To provide against damage from light
ning a lightning-arrester is being built
on top of tbe power bouse. The building
ot the plant has involved an expenditure
of more than f 1,000,000.
For the third time within two years
the store ot Leslie T. Thornton at West
Ladies' hair work. Mrs. H. H. Bean,
564 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
COPPERFIELD
John Jodkins haa moved into the
James Cooke tenement.
Peter Haley was at home a few days re
cently from Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Judd Cutler died early on the
morning of March 11. Funeral services
were beld at the home. The remains
were taken to Waterbury for burial. She
left a huahand and two little boys, aged
ten and eight, to mourn her loss.
AFTER THE GRIPPE
Vinol Restored Thia Man's
Strength"
"Seneml years ago I was attacked by
-eve case oi grippe, which left me
with a hacking cough, aorenesa In my
ohest, and bronchitis. I took nearly
every kind of cough syrup Bold on the
market, besides medicine given me by
physicians.
I received no permanent relief until
my druggist asked me o try VlnoL
and alter taking three bottles I was
entirely cured.
I believe Vinol to be the greatest
blessing ever offered to the jmblic, aa
it does what is claimed for it." H.ER.
Hicks, Maplesvllle, Ala.
The reason Vinol cures chronie
coughs, colds and pulmonary troubles
Is because it contains tonio Iron and
all the healing and body building ele
ments of cod liver oil but no OIL
u.V?oX.1 lBO nnlled as a strength,
builder for old people, delicate children,
weak and run-down persona, and after
sickness.
TOT?
PAGE'S
PERFECTED'
POULTRY
FOOD
iTO MAKE YOUR
HENS LAY
This food may be obtained rf
M. A. Moody, Bethel. Vt
Geo. A. Laird, Royalton, Vt
A. N. King A Son, Tunbridge, Vt
C. A. Wlnht No. Tunbridge. Vt
F. H. Morrill, Pittafield, Vt
E. W. Tewksbury dt Co., Randolpfc
G. A. Tilden, Roxbury, Vt
H. C. Hubbard, Granville, Vt
J. H. Hewitt, South Royaltos.
. W. C. Scott, Rochester.
H. G. Church, Vorahire.
L, M. Smith, East Braintree.
J. A. R. Corwln dV Son, Chelsea.
F. I. Palmer, Wilder.
Spragu ot Sprague, East Random
P. B. Hadley d. Son. Barnard.
G. B. Fish, Stockbridge.
E. J. Prince, South Randolph.
L. J. Harrington, Randolph Ce"W
C. H. BigelowdVSon, E. Brookf'
J. W. Parmenter, Brookfield, Vt
We want agents in every village
our Poultry Food ia not sold, if it "
on aale in your village we ill ,end f!J
freight prepaid, 125-pound aok for f
or a 60-pound sack for f J.00.
CARROLL S. rAGE.
HYDE PARK VErVNT.
n earth
Never Falls to Restore
Gray Hair to lis Natural
Color and Beauty.
No matter bow long it has been P"?
or faded. Promoteaaluiuriantgro"1
of healthy hair. Stopa ita fallinpjl
and positively removes l"
draff. Keeps hair soft and glossy- r
fuse all substitutes. 2i times am'-'-B
in S100 as 50c. size. Is Not a D
Stand 50c. bottles. at dmOB
Send c for free book Tne C.re of l Hr
Philo Hay Spec Co., Nerk, J-
Hay's Hart In a Soap re Pen
red. twurh and chapped bands, and "''
Bases. Keeps skin fine and soft ix. '-'"f;"..
Send 2c lor Ire Don "The Cars ol' hk
-the following drag-
Vinol is sold by
gists:
H. A. Leonard, Randolph.
O. M. Miller, BetheL
- D. O. Goodno, Rochester.
A. R. Hood A Son, Chelsoe.
M. J. Sargent, 4 Bon, South Royalton.
DON'T WORRY
THIS YEAR.
Send Your Butter, Cheese and
E. F. Peering & Co.
22 & 24 Quincy Market, Boston.
Returns Hade Every Week.
Reference Faneull Hall Bank.
Send Invoice with joods.