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THK BUATTLEBOKO KKFOKMKK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1911
Zt aJrattlcbow Reformer
PblUkr4 r, frldi, fwnioB bf
TBI VERMONT PBINTINO COMPAKT
(IneoryoMMii)
IIOWABD 0. BICE, Editor
E. H. CBANE, Humu
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Editorial Kuoiu, nd Printing Ofllft.
utxcrliiUon Ht t0 jtr !
oath 74 null; four montlit, 60 nnli! par
MPT, 6 nt. All tubieriptloiii r rrtl
la iiwttxr; 8nipl eopltt will b miiUd fro
ta WflOMt.
On tnd iflrr Flnir, 1, lo, ll tub
Mrtptlon will 1 diicontlnufd it aipirttioa
nUit rwed and paid for In adranca.
AdrarUiInf Ratal Wantrd, Far 8l, To
Rani. ale. claiiitied. on flrat pat. 10 canta
Sw Una (7 worda) for tha flrat inaartlnn, and
aanla prr Una fur aarh auliaanuant Inaartlnn.
ABBOunrxnirnla at ht-ail of local eolumn, lama
rata. hVaolutiona, oliiluarf ioMrjr, ate., 6
aw la par lina. Tarda of thanki, (10 ranla.
Dlapla, adrtlilnir rata on application. Caah
ami arrtmpaiiy ill orders from partial not
aaini an account with til.
luw Imi bvliinil it continually the m-ntimiiit
of the mnjority of tlju townspeople. What
would be (lie probable rnult of county op
tion! The aiimll tuuna wouM Ui given tin'
ciintrol, mill Ilitttt lebnro'a vole on the
iUmI ion would iiiiiount to imlliiiuf, The
law for Hi-iitllcWo wouhl lie laid ilown
liy oulnideni, nnd tln iv would mum be en
llendeivd a Npiiit of rewnt merit aiiuihir to
that which ltil to the overthrow of statu
lirohiliitinn. ii (heir teal to destroy the
demon mm people are likely to forget t lutt
il annihilation cannot 1h liroiiKht uhout
I iy iiianliiade alatulea. l.awa uie of no
value tinleHH they enn lie enforced, and law
enforcement ia Hnmihlii only when puhlie
wlilmiciit puts it ahoiililcr lo the wheel.
(Mhentixe the liipior problem woidd he ex
tremely simple.
Having depleted the forest of wune
1(,INM deer, ItlHI iniinae, several seiiiv of
Ileum and innumrrahle oilier lieaila und
birds, the ImiitiiiK mmsoii in New Enil.ind
and the eastern I anadian provinces ea
to a elowi at midnight Friday, villi the
For the Women to Think About
Written Especially f' The Reformer
Clotheslines may le washed by winding
them on ft long hoard, then seruliliing them
with u hiusli. This prevelila them from
taiis'ling und make them easy to wind,
mice I hey are dry.
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A piaetieal housewife want to give her
fellow worker a secret well worth know
ing. She liu diseovereil that by soaking
iiecaii lints in eold water over night h
nf the ilillicully n removing the meat is
eliminated. I Venn nut meal Hit' very de
licate und sweet, but are often spuiliM liy
the tinv hits ol inner hrown shell, winch i
bitter und unpleasant.
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Pop corn fritters, may lie mude by press
ing the coin mid tin cans, wen iiiuiemi.
and it will lie deliiale pink when dis
tributed over the com.
a
(urlalida made entirely of holly and led
bow make ut tractive decoration. I have
seen some that had the bow only four or
live inehei apart, and the result was very
effective.
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For your traveling act of luig for various
toilet articles, slides, iiiI.Im-im, and ao on,
have you ever thought to make a mumr
case? A bag lined with quilled nutin which
lit tightly will protect the glass Is-tter
than wrapping it in midc rclothc or some
siicli thing.
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The fad for Wearing the bag hung from
tlie shoulder i a thing of the past. J he
Knlsrrd ai iccond claai Biattcr, January, 4. ,i nf ;i mmn l..,.. sacriliu'd to the
107, at tha ntiaioffira at Hrattlalsiro, M.,. . . . ...
andar tba Act ot Congreai of March 3. 179. lure of the chase. Iteyond this loss of lib
BRATTLEBOKO, TRIDAY. DEO. 22, 1011.
Patronizo yotir home merchants.
Do you know the more money you
spend away from home the poorer
your town will be?
Do you know the more you pur
chase from mail-order houses the
more you retard the growth and
prosperity of yourself and neigh
bors? Do you know you are merely en
riching outside corporations at the
expense of your home town?
Spend your money at home. This
means more money for schools and
civic improvements.
Advance Brattleboro by support
ing your local merchants.
Though freak feathers are fewer now.
there is hi ill a wonderful variety ol
lieaiiliful plumage worn in spite of all
the ell'orls of the buniaiiitarians. The
faVorite variety is the full, swi-eping Ama
zon, but one rarely sees now the sharply
p"i-cd Lancer plume, though the knotted
i.l ti.. i iili u-orti. Vcrv oflcn a weco-
day. The number of fatalities was nearly mount ,. black tipped .or col
li score or more suMered scrimi injuries,
in some ease resulting in the loss of an
arm, a leg, toes or fingers, or receiving
scars to carry Ihioiigh the rct of their
- . . III l'..M ....I U'l siiiiiihh-i ia a iiiihk til ill,- I'lini.. in-
after H is prepared ,,s for ball. 1 " ' ' ! ,,ms are very much shorter, and if the bag
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the fritters with u very siiarp Mine.
A NEWSPAPER SITUATION.
Much has been said in the state news
papersparticularly those favorable to Mr.
DeUoer because the Montpelier Journal
has not come out actively in support of
the candidate from that city. And yet why
should the Journal be obliged to whoop it
up for a Montpelier man simply because
he is a Moutpelier man!1 The Capital city
hasn't a monopoly of enuont virtue even
if there are some of its citizens who think
it nearer hcaveu than any other place in
political partv in the sense of lessening its
i u lit v to detv the wishes ot tlie people is
by no means a calamity. Itrattlcnoro lo'
fornier. As The Reformer is staunch in its de
mocracy, the consistency of ils position is
at once recognized. Anything with a "pro
gressive"' tail hitched, to it livens the
lioies of the opposition 'party. Newport
(X. II.) Champion.
The Reformer shed the democratic label
something over eight years ago. In politic.
the state. Furthermore, the Capital city s aa n everything else, it is absolutely inde
iiuble that of la-t year, although falling
under the record of the two previous years.
Maine, with its two and a half months of
open season, leads as usual ill the niimlicr
of victims, 1-1 men and bos and one girl
having been killed in that state during the
limiting period. .Massachusetts comes next.
with seven deaths; New Hampshire had
throe, Vermont and Connecticut two each,
and the on season on birds in Khode
Island resulted in one death. Four fatali
ties were reported from the province of
New lliuiiswiik. Five were killed by be
ing mistaken for deer, 12 were killed by
their own guns, 14 were killed by the acci
dental discharge of guns in the hands of
companion, or by stray bullets, while two
were drowned and one died of exposure.
The progressive administration in Xew
Hamshiie is anything but popular in cer
tain ipiarters. Witness this wail from the
Newport (S. II. I Champion : "Reform, as
it is practiced in Xew Hampshire, is about
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us iii-iieiii nil in i"iiimm "ii.y ",L1. , f i n i
l,.-i,i,iil inolli is to the foli.iee or the half a cup of corn and stir all the t me.
grasshopper to the hay crop." Harm to a
,,i'..,i iimi siiiuicii ic.-nncr Kis-s roiiiiu in
hat. with n huge, tall panache at the side,
and many of the mount are absurdly high.
Short full head or puffy balls of feathers
are worn on the smaller hat with much
effect. Curled paradise and curly ostrich
poiills are soft and giaivlul. ulid the cuiIihI
vulture is a new aigrette variety which
IH-rliap the sentimental may not find so
offensive as the plumage of gentler birds
as
Simple Jsip corn in itself is n valuable
food, and nobody will refuse it. A peck
of warm, fragrant coin ready to serve for
supier wild milk make a good family gift.
Fill the glasses with fre-h milk and set a
huge dish of com in the middle of the
table. Fill the glass,. n full as they will
hold of the warm corn, slightly sweeten
and eat. Hags of fiesli pop corn are also
itli.ntii,wl In- little children who are not
allowed to eat the buttered or salted ar
ticle.
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11, ,tl.. v.. ,1 ,,,iii will keen loimcr than plain
com and tuav be prepared two days lieforc
Christ mas. Take one tahlcspiMinful of but
ter and put, with a teaspoonful ot sail. Ill a
hot iron kettle over a slow lire. Put in
is ulliiwi-d to swing nt all, it is from the
wrist. More frequently it i curried in Un
hand which i easier now, for the newest
tcign ale considerably smaller in sie.
The Meddler
"It iht coal itt you. put it on. '
Superstitious person who l-liev that
one alarm of tiro beget two other within
a few week have no doubt breathed 4-aiticr
since the eull the department received early
hist Friday morning, that being the third
within 11 day. Ill thia ciuinei tion it i not
out of place to comment favorably on the
prompt response made by the firemen to
the ulann of n week ago. Within five
minute of tho tirst stroke of the gong the
chemical wagon was at the scene of the
blare, and no time was lost in getting into
action. Although the automatic sprinklers
with which the Hidden & Martin shop is
eiiiipi4'd kept the fire under coiitiul It i
none the less assuring to know mat uie ie
iiiii tiiii nf was found readv for work on inch
short notice. Flveryone familiar with the
I, u, Mi, ,n nf the different u mill boxes I in
cline, I to he anxious w hen he hears a round
from Ikix .TV a it is located 111 the center
of u Dcctiuii tilled wilh large wooden build
ings whose content are highly eomhustilile.
I hese building, however, are well pro
tected, being 4suipied not only with aiilo
mulie surinklci but with siN'cial tire gongs
Wall pa r which has Isi-ouie blai kencd ! ununited therewith. And it is well that
this is so, for no one want to see another
conflauratioii like the one which destroyed
the S. A. Smith factory in February, 1 S'.
from lamp smoke or gas can ! made to
look very inte li cleaner by rubbing t he plai-e
briskly with a still, dry uigc. The stiller
and hauler the sponge, the rlcuncr will Ik'
the wall paper.
Almost any pic is good made with lower
crust only, the tup covered with pastry
strips, and when nearly baked, a soft
c list a id 1'i'Ulcd over. Apricots stewed mid
swiftened, make a delicious pie so treated.
Cietuiiiie -covered circles of cardboaid.
iii.i,!,' in pairs to tit the ilinerent sites ol
When work on the electric road exten
sion Wa begun three week ago Tuesday a
good many people were only too glad to
advance the opinion that it wa utter fool-i-hness
to sl ut so late in the season on a
puce of wolk that was not of immediate
iuiMii1iince. It is just as well, though,
that (iciieial Procrastination w as not al
lowed to take charge of the matter, for
u-illi tlin i'Vi-i'lit imi r,f a flav or two the
l.uln and centerpiece and caught together i ,( ra. tor could not nsk for better weather
support of the Journal an excellent pajier,
by the w-ay, in spite of its handicaps has
been such as to warrant it in giving slight
consideration to local pride in deciding
who is the best man for governor. Frank
E. Howe, editor of the Bennington Banner,
has been a newspaper man in Montpelier
and knows something of the frigidity of its
commercial utinosplierc. Therefore, what
he has to say about Montpelier and the
Journal is well worth reading :
Montpelier has treated the Journal very
shabbily. The Journal has devoted hun
dreds of columns of space to booming Mont
pelier, helping and upholding every public
purpose, sustaining every effort for public
good in short, working harder for the town
than all the private citizens combined. We
have noted in the Journal earnest support
of the Montpelier board of trade, but we
have never noticed any report of the Mont
pelier board of trade making an effort in
behalf of the Journal, though it was evi
dent to anybody that the Journal was hav
ing a hard struggle. 'The ollicera of the
big life insurance company of which Mr.
Delloer is the head and of the three other
big insurance companies located in Mont
pelier arc all republicans, the officials of
the wealthy Montpelier nanus ami uimi
pendent and considers the welfare of any
party important only in proportion to the
actual good it accomplishes.
In answer (? to The Reformer's query :
"Can Mr. Delloer be a candidate for gov
ernor without making a political machine
of the National Life," the Barre Times
ay: 'The mere fact that the candidate
is president of the company for which they
work should not be allowed to alienate the
support of such agent as honestly believe
Mr. Delloer to be tlie best man for the
office of governor." The mere fact that the
candidate is president of the company for
which they work will settle the matter for
practically all the agents of the National
Life has settled it, in fact. Our question
is already answered. Mr. Delloer cannot
be a candidate for governor without mak
ing a political machine of his insurance
company, and apparently he is perfectly
willing to have the assistance of such a
political machine.
t's. .i I.ii-l'o snoon in an o d lid with a Hole
in it or else hold the cover down with one
hand, as the corn pops liencly. Sack it in
dean paper bags or tie up in pretty crepe
paper, and it is ready to give away.
.
Sugared corn is made by preparing a
rich, thick taffy of granulated sugar and a
little water, and threading it hot over the
jsipped corn, having one or two assistant
to turn it nil the time. This is harder to
manage than the buttered com. A drop or
two of fruit coloring may be put in the tatty
OBITUARY.
ALONZO H. HINES.
Willi ribbon, are a dainty and acccpUbl
Christinas gift for a bride, or indeed any
housekeeper who like to Keep tier em
broidered linen ill tH'rfcct order. These
keep the doilies peifectly flat und crease
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I wonder if an v of mv reader know lew
to i.n ii.iie cainiihor water at home as an
eve wash, or the rose water so much liked
for use after bathing? If so, the reciiie for
either or both would be very greatly ap
preciated. a
The shortest variety of dressing sai'iue
is usually cut in two pieces, say the "Dry
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center-hack anil butterfly sleeve cut in
one with the garment. Kuibroidered scal
lop fullow the outer edge, finished off with
narrow Val lace and timum-d with small
rosettes of knotted riblmn. Tlie longer
varieties continue to favor the Knipiic ef-
feels, with the pleated skirt section. Some
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oi me maim, i-s nil- tiuuu- 111 p,i,-iii- b, t ,, i . . . .
with a dinned ticliu over the elongated yoke ; "f machinery has to lie put in place.
and the f.i-leiung effected well over to the It !'' '' l,at comparatively tew
, f. .i iM'iinle in Iiihti have any idea what a vast
' '" amount of floor space the mill contains or
Distinctly new and very smart are the a, buge task it i to erect the
tortoise and amber shell circular coiffure 1 "'' "f '"ncate machine, required
ornament which are plated at either side ' ,0 . . .
ufthche.nl. Xew Vol k stores are showing .... ..
t litin ! lucre is pnio.ioiy no lown in i iiioiiaiu
' county that dis s not contain at least a few
j p-''l" who will note with a sense of per
, , . .,.,., .tonal regret the passing of " 'Lon'' Hines.
tleboro for a long drive into the West ! Kor more lhan r, Vciilll fliM niFiri Y,enTf.
River country with the thermometer j ha(J j-n a familar one at countir dance,
rcgisterm:: A" degree below mo. I (, hmillvr of ,,.,., w, U1V,.
.nr. nines .is unt- ui u,r iiiyoi. v l,...l , .,,, ,.,. , tl, ,, . funh.
than they have had: in fact, the chance
are that the roadbed will lie jut a him a
if it were laid in the spring. And beyond
all this, it is a source of sal isf act ion to
know that the road i practically complete
and reaily to accommodate the people who
are expected to lieconic resident ot llraltle
boro in the course of a month or two. First
impression are always iinimrtant, and the
newcomer will get a much better idea of
the town than il the extension had been
put off until next spring
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Right here it may be of interest to local
people to know- that the first carload of
cotton for use of the Fort Dummer Mills
arrived in Brattleboro this week from
Yazoo City, Miss. It will of course be, some
little time In-fore this raw material is
turned into cloth at the local plant, but
folks who arc inclined to chafe at the time
it take to get the mill into running order
should make a visit to the establishment
und sit- fur themselves what an enormous
!:S..:":y" "V. . dances pn,bably reae. far
Veteran Musician Died at His Green in,, he numberless .inconveniences w-hie,, ,! 'ThAST a
Street Home Monday Morning.
Aloiio Hiram Hines,
n- - f.ti ,.i itvn,n,'ni nt inn rn cumi me nines
in tins i.nrr or t no ennnrrv irorn L' ) io .-. .i - . . . .
72. for over'-,,, years ago. That his old organ (,, to which so many folks have finind dclig it
hilf a century a musician nt dance in seen use may I oted from the con- j m irp.ii.ig u e ng.a .i.o..ic, .u w.
v nuii, nun 11 iH-i'ii s-ii-k 1 , ' ...
the KPVS in tilt'1 )"tv 10 ' ma itwMiwiriiriH
will remrmtor mm at one wno never mmou
It was not to ho expected that a way
nnmit'iTiii'a it ml Hie londiiiff merchants of the i would not be tounit to evade the law nnpos-
itv likewise, and one would think they
would be interested in keening up as line
and upright a rcpuiuican newspaper us inu , , , f i, .i ,(l,,. ii,. o
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ing on dealers in Christmas trees a license
of 25 cents per sapling. The statute, passed
Journal.
vertising they have given the Journal would
indicate that they wanted to drive the paper
out of town. The National Life runs a five
line reading notice and the other three in
surance companies regularly not a line.
Some of-the banks and some of the mer
chants do a little, but others not a cent'B
worth to help along the institution that
does the most for the town. The Banner
lias no inside information on the Journal
affairs but it is evident to any newspaper
publisher that the Journal owners must
have had to put in large amounts of money
to keep the paper going, yet the Journal
has whooped it up for Montpelier with
every issue. The incident is, in the opinion
of many of the newspaper fraternity, one of
the rankest cases of injustice and ingrati
tude ever recorded. It will be urged in
extenuation that Montpelier didn't want
to support a paper whose owner was not
known, yet Montpelier accepted and has
profited by the efforts of this same paper.
Whatever its ownership it. appears to have
been loyal to the capital. The Banner holds
no brief on either side of the case, but is
merely trying to state a few facts, not as
bearing in any way on the governorship
contest but on a newspaper situation from
a newspaper man's viewpoint. If the Jour
nal should actually oppose Mr. DeBoer,
Montpelier would have no right to com
plain. BUTTER 'N' EGGS.
Fresh eggs commanded from 50 to CO
cents a dozen in Schenectady, N. Y., Wed
nesday, and were extremely scarce even at
those figures. In Brattleboro on the same
day strictly fresh eggs could be bought at
any of the local stores for 40 cents.
First quality butter brings from 42 to 40
cents in Schenectady, while in Brattleboro
the price for the creamery product ranges
from 38 to 40 cents, and for dairy from 33
to 45 cents.
Thus we see that the cost of living in
Brattleboro, so far as these foodstuffs are
concerned, does not suffer in comparison
with the "city that lights and hauls the
world."
property owners to cut trees on their own
lands without paying a license. Hence,
wliolesalcrs are ostensibly buying land cov
ered with young spruces and balsams with
the tacit understanding that they nriiy deed
it buck to the real owners after the holi
days. Frank C. Archibald of Manchester has
announced his candidacy for the republican
nomination for attorney-general. With
this announcement is the statement that
he will have the solid support of Benning
ton county, and the chances are that most
of the lawyers of Windham county will
favor him. Mr. Archibald is a capable at
torney, but bis record as a member of the
state senate of 1010 will not commend him
to people of progressive principles.
Windham county and the adjoining
counties of Xew Hampshire nud Mas
sachusetts, died early Monday morning
ut his home ou Crecii street of valvular
heart trouble complicated with pneu
monia. He suffered mi attack of heart
trouble Aug. 21, while nt work tnsin
his lawn, and though he recovered mil
ficiontlv to be about his home and to
come down town during the summer
and fall his health failed perceptibly
until lie was stricken with pneumonia
last week, after which his condition be
,..ii,,n critical and hi decline was rapid.
Ho lind not played at u dunce since
early in July, though he had made a
number of engagements when ho was
stricken in August.
Mr. Hines was born in Brattleboro,
Jan. )1, 1S'!9, the son of Isaac and
Hannah (Jov) Hines. Isaac Hines lived
in the house on Green street now known
as the Samuel S. Hunt house nnd later
built, the house in which his son bad
lived the greater part of his life
lition of the
tire v worn uwav on
Mr. Hi in- never interested himself to keep an engagement or compiaincci
in politics or held public ollice although about the inconveniences with which he
he was :i member of yuonektiicut tribe was frequently obliged to put up. To bun
of lied Men and Pocahontas council, dreds of other bis name will call to mind
1). of P.. and took a lively interest in j memories of many happy hours,
the welfare of the order. Ho was or-, .
gunist of the old Baptist church for a f the local board of trade is able to bring
number of years and for a short time in , t ,t,alI,1KI,lllellt ,)f ,he train S(.1P.
he present church, l or u "'' '.''J" ,l,,le so that it is possible to connect at
he p laved the organ in the I niversalist ,. .. , , ,,' x- . v . .,
,.l, s:;....., l, ,1(1, Mu Ii:,in I'leeiiueiu nun me i win
his home had been kept bv Miss Annie
Kirwnii who had lived with Mr. and
Mrs. Hines since a girl. Mr. Hincs's
nearest living relative nre cousins,
(ieoree A. Hines and Mrs. Albert K.
Thurbcr of Brattleboro und Charles
Barrett of Springfield. Mass.
Funeral services were heljl nt the
homo Wednesday al'ternoou at two
o'clock. Rev. K. 0. 8. Osgood, pastor
of the Unitarian church, officiated. Se
lections were snug bv L. 11. Miller.
was the carpenter who built most ot jgiionektneiit trine ot lied .Men ntrenneii
.it t in icesT. ellil oi iircciiiii n uwi. ,, r, i-.,- ... .... ....
County option is advocated by C. F.
Smith, master of the Vermont state grange,
as a remedy for the evils that exist under
the present liquor law. We fear that Mr.
Smith would find the alleged cure worse
than the disease. One does not have to
ignore the difficulties that attend the con
trol of the liquor traffic under local option
to favor that method over one which makes
the county instead of the town the unit of
control. It has often been said that the
liquor question is one that every town
should settle for itself, and the truth of the
saying is not lost by reiteration. The lack
of trouble which Brattleboro experiences in
handling the liquor problem is due to the
fact that its citizens have the opportunity
L. II. Bailey of South Haven, Mich., in
renewing his Reformer subscription, says :
"I think this will be the last one you will
receive from me. I am 5)2 and am on the
down grade." ' But Mr. Bailey is not so far
down the grade that he does not take an
interest in national politics, for he adds
concisely: "The next fight will be be
tween Taft and Wilson. Wilson will beat
him bad."
Bennington failed in its commendable ef
fort to reorganize Company K, Vermont
Xational Guard, and the charter is once
more a-begging. But Bennington should
not feel downhearted; it is not to be ex
pected that the state can have a full regi
ment of militia until it makes adequate
provision for its care and training.
What is the matter with Barre? Two
of its ministers have left and a third an
nounced Sunday that he was going too. Is
the granite metropolis so good that the
preachers feel they eannot earn their mon
ey or is it a hopeless field?
gun, A. .1. l u gun, wniiiiin u i'onoginie
and Sewall Morse, members of the or
chestra with which Mr. Hines was Inst
associated. Many floral offerings testi
fied to the wide circle of friends which
Mr. Hines had made during; a lifetime
spent in his native town. The burial
was in tho family lot in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
T , , . , t- , i II Dllltlicuuiu Ulims us J10 Iilusi uiiiillllMIl
Brattleboro against Frank O. ! tpr8 belipve it wi tlCrc wil soon
n!,i0Tw.tafl. of anoU,pr modeTn tnietnre for
nnd 1!)10 was finished Tuesday nmI ,H0 .r,. TWn i.
TOWN WON AGAINST CARPENTER,
But Defendant in Tax Suit Has Taken
an Appeal to County Court.
Another chapter in the ease of the
town of
Carpente
ot 1 !H III
afternoon after ocentivinir the attention
of Justice T. K. O'Brien and a iury of
six men for two days. A verdict was
returned lor the plaintiff to recover $S7
and costs. An appeal was taken and the
case will go to the county court. After
extended discussion between counsel,
runninc over several days, it was nt'reed
that the case could not be tried before
a local iusticf of the pence or before
Judge W. R. Daley in municipal court,
as these officials are taxpayers and
therefore disqualified. Attorney Thomas
K. O'Brien of Bellows Falls was settled
upon as agTeenble to both sides, and the
Any man who will make a morning
paper pay good dividends in Montpelier is
capable of tackling any financial problem.
Bellows Falls Times.
Isn't the word "good" superfluous in the
foregoing sentence?
It is now too late to do your Christmas
shopping early, although early enough to
do it now.
Congratulations, sheriff.
John Bigelow. 94, the venerable diplomat
and author, died at his home in New York
Tuesday. He was well known in public life
and in letters, having been minister to
France, editor of The New York Evening
Post, inspector of Sing Sing prison and sec
retary of the state of New York. Mr.
T1 i rrj-il mir nrn a 4-iA nlif linr t nionit V i ccf rtr-i nri 1
each year to decide for themselves what biographical, sociological, and economic
policy they will pursue. In this way the I works.
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ut,..,..4 ,,,! in tlm neiirhy neighborhood
Alonzo Hines attended the public
schools of Brattleboro and went to Le
land & Cray seminary in Townshend
from which institution he was gradu
ated. Upon finishiiiir his studies he en
tered the employ of his father and
learned the trade or a carpenter which
he followed for a number of years until
be decided to devote his entire time to
orchestral work. His early instruction
on the piano was received from trot.
C. F. Schuster, his lessons with this fa
mous musician extending over several
years. Mr. Hines wns married Dee. N.
ISfill, to Abigail Chamberlain of Town
shend who died suddenly in Sent. 1S!I!I,
while on a visit in Somerville, Mass.
Mr. Hines 's career as a piano nud
organ player at dances extended over
a. period of 52 years. For many years
he was associated with Samuel Higgins
of New-fane and Martin Burnett and
Henry Norrross of West, Diimmerston.
For about 30 venrs Mr. Hines had used
a quaint specimen of tho folding or
gan of 50 venrs ago which he had car
ried thousands of milos on his trips
through the country. The instrument
stands on four slender legs on which are
pointed nails to keep it from slipping
about. A reminder of this old instru
ment is to be found on the platform of
tlm lmll nt Jacksonville where the
floor is punctured in perhaps a hundred icase began in the olfiep of County Clerk
places. This is not to be wondered at iF. D. E. Stowo Monday. During the
when one is told mar. Mr. nines pi.-ivcu aay motions ana counter-motions were
at the Thanksgiving eve bull in Jack-1 made by the counsel in the case and to
sonville for 30 consecutive years, his .gum tip the day's proceedings, which
last engagement as organist and promp- : amounted to absolutely nothing but cost
ter at the J nniiKsgiving nan in inai. i someone a ticiv sum, counsel ror air
(Jarncnter moved tor a trial hv iury.
As such a -jury would have to be
drawn outside of Brattloboro and bv
a disinterested officer. Deputy Sheriff
Adin Miller of Diimmerston was select
ed to find the six good men and true,
which he did sometime Monday evening,
and brought them to Brattleboro Tues
day morninc. The jury was composed
of the following men. all from Dum-
merston: Henry If. Miller, John Knight,
0. N. Crosby, Uenrge Annand. Leon F.
Crosby and A. W. Lawton. A. P. Car
penter appeared for the town, and W. D.
Smith and E. W. Gibson represented Mr.
Carnenter.
The suit was brought by W. A. Shnm
wav. tax collector, to recover $15
claimed to be due from Mr. Carpenter
on his 11)09 tax bill and $73 on the JUKI
bill. The defendant offered to show
that he had been taxed upon 268 acres
of land in the town of Brattleboro when
he owned only 120 acres in this town.
In assessing Sir. Carpenter his counsel
claimed the listers had put into his
errand list land lying in the town of
Diimmerston. John L. Barney and H.
B. Chamberlain, listers, Mr. Shumway,
tax collector, and Judge W. R. Dnlev
were witnesses. Judge Daley testified
that the defendant had made a tender of
$59 to Tax Collector Shumwav for the
1910 bill of $73. The two listers testi
fied to making Mr. Carpenter's list. Thp
defendant testified that he did not own
the amount of land taxed against h'm
in this towm. Attorney Oihson raised
the onestion that the listers had not
properly subscribed to their oath in
J909. and such nomt will tie hrougnt to
which leaves there soon after 8 a. m., it will
be possible for Brattleboro people to spend
something like live hours in the metropo
lis without remaining away from home
over night. The Connecticut River Special
arrives in New York soon after noon, leav
ing on its return trip at 5.02. It is hoped
that the leaving time of the 7.25 a. m.
train out of Brattleboro can be so changed
that connection can be made at South Ver
non with the curly train south from Keene
to Greenfield, and that the hitter's schedule
can be made to conform to that of the New
York train. Such an arrangement would
be appreciated bv N'orthtield people as well
as those in Brattleboro, and it is probable
that the hoard of trade in the former town
will lie asked to cooperate in the move
ment. a a
The sale of the Judge building on Main
street to Herbert O. Barber increases the
probability of a new block on the site of the
Judge proiierty ana the adjoining lot to the
south. While if is understood that Mr.
Barber has no definite plans for the im
provement of this location he no doubt
had such an idea in mind when he became
the purchaser of the Judge building, nnd
if Brattleboro grows as its most optimistic
village beiilfT in 1910.
Tho older generation of dancers re
member tho predecessor to the Philhar
monic orchestra of this town. It wns
callod tho Burnett and Higgins band
and was organized in 1870 with Mr.
Burnett violinist, Mr. Higgins cornetist,
Mr. Norcross clarinetist, and Mr. Hines
nrirnn ist and nroniiiter. Mr. Norcross is
the only one left now of the band that.
for 25 vears furnished all the music ror
dances in the towns of Vernon, Whit
ingham, Dover, Wilmington, Readsboro,
Wardsboro, Jamaica, Londonderry, Wnl
nole. Westmoreland. Chesterfield. Hins
dale and Winchester. Countless stories
are told of perilous trips made bv
those hardv musicians, among which
is ono Mr. Hines used to relate of a drive
to South Londonderry in.LSfif) to play
for a dance. The West river had gone
on a rampage and every bridge between
Brattleboro nnd the destination of the
musicians had been swept away. Tho
route followed bv Mr. Hines and his
companions was 40 miles but the or
chestra arrived on' time. In the days
before the advent of the telephone there
was no way to cancel a dance date a few
hours before the scheduled time and
dance managers never attempted to do
so on aecount of weather. If an or
chestra had been hired to play on a
certain evening the musicians were ex
pected to be there regardless of the
weather or any other conditions. Mr.
Hines was never known to break an
engagement though his friends tell of
numerous incidents in which harness
and vehicle suffered damage before he
arrived at the hall. On one occasion
Mr. Hines and his associates left Brat- 'the attention of the county court.
mercantile and office purposes. There is
one thing, hovcver, that should he taken
into consideration before any improvements
are begun at the point in question, and
that is the need of straightening and
widening the west Ride of Main street be
tween Elliot and Flat streets. This would
of course reduce the depth of the lots now
owned by Mr. Barber because the straight
ening process would take a diagonal piece
off their front, nnd the town could not ex
pect to do this without paying a just price
for what land would be needed for the im
provement. The Meddler has no doubt
that Mr. Barber, in his own interests,
would consider this matter in connection
with any contemplated construction; and
the idea is mentioned at this time that the
voters of the town may have plenty of time
in which to think it over.
Tha Passing of 1011.
The old year was seeding; Father Time
with his scythe
Cut swath relent lew; of toll, and tithe
While I stood at my Vor, with sigh and
a tear
And fullered. "Father Time, oh! tell me,
what cheer."
O'er Ins shoulder ho railed, be till
forgiil ahead,
"The future in yours; and (iod is not
dead!"
Lawrence, Muss. Helen Aldrirh.
The city of St. Albans last week voted
to bond to the extent of $iK,ls0 to improve
its water supply. It also voted to adopt
tl, meter system and to acquire Silver
lake an annex to its present supply.
Your Peace of
to a trreat extent depends 0II tl.
ty of your principal.
Whether this be lurg;e or siiiull n
first mortRaeje real eBtale loans off,
the best opportunity for invest me
in a conservative security yjcMu ir
Per cent.
The only mortgage company li v,,J
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i ui" 4iuk eniin V-Oinmir-.-ilO!
er to do businesa in Vermont.
Vt. Loan & Trust Company
F. B. Putnam, Gen. Ag1 Brattleboro, Vi
Sweet Remembrance
for Xmas
Our Candy assortment is the largest this year we
have ever shown Liffffitts, Fenway, Apollo, in fancy
packages, all prices. When in doubt, make it candy.
Utility Traveling Cases
made in plaid and fancy silks, art ticking, etc. All
rubber-lined. A most useful gift for a lady. Silks.. $2.00,
$2.25, $3.00. Other Styles, 73c, $1.00, $1.50, $1.75.
Manicure and Toilet Sets
in all the latest styles.
Don't forget our bargain in Writing Paper. Rexall
Writing Cabinet, 48 envelopes, 48 sheets of paper,
25c, and the quality is all right.
BROOKS HOUSE PHARMACY
Santa Glaus Never
neglects our store. He invariably
gees to it that we have a select as
sortment of those articles in our line
most suited to sensible gift-givinp.
He favors useful things such as Toi
let Sets, Manicure Sets and Shaving
Sets. Our splendid stock of fancy
Detachable Handle Umbrellas
also meets with his approval, as do
the myriad of other articles from
which the most critical shopper can
be readily suited.
Patrons should not fail to inspect our
holiday line of
WATCHES & JEWELRY
All grades Best makes
Unprecedented assortment
DIAMONDS
Beauties displayed here in all sizes
RANDALL & CLAPP
127 MAIN STREET
WILLISTON BLOCK
You can find all kinds of
Nice things for Xmas
AT
Darner's Bakery
Anything not in stock made on short notice.
COME IN
ADVERTISE IN THE REFORMER
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mamma a reminder wmTi
During a portion of each, year '
(Hlj? Sitrlutrjtmt ni0t (Sampmtg
eeeks to remind tte goo- people of Vermont tnat It is still serving tneir
interests and providing a safe depository for money. For nearly twenty-
nine years it Las carefully guarded tne interests of its depositors and
is now returning to ttem interest at tne rate of FOUR PER
CENT, and paying all taxes besides strengthening each
year the security for tneir deposits.
An active and conservative policy tnat has been
followed from tne beginning has produced a surplus
of TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS which, with the capital stock.
aggregates a guarantee fund of more than FIFTEEN PER CENT,
of all deposits. The management of this institution invites the closest
scrutiny of its published statements and its methods and seeks the patron
age of the people of Vermont hy warrant of its record as a successful
hank. All inquiries will receive prompt attention.
CITY HALL SQUARE NORTH,
Burlington, Vt.
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