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IHE VERMONT PHCENIX
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BRATTLEBORO, FRTDAY, JANUARY ii, 1002.
NO. 1.
KT PHQ5NIX. '
il Umttloboro, Vt., by
ENCH.
ycar ln advance; lf
rttleboro
matter.)
T1IE VI5KMO
l'Ubliholcei
0. U. F
TUKMSi J1.60 1'C
Ilntcs oi "S'Yi,, i-a'l ond marriages
pUcntlon. U'r.ll,o'btuary Notlces, Cnrds
publ shcd free. Hntg per inoh of 12
01 liuiu' ' 1
Hnes or less. .J.ttieboro Post Omco
(Entere.i ni - .Xmatter.)
as sccond class mnj
UlSUK
C. R. ALDRICH, f
Union mui.
Offlce hours untll
nnd 7 to 9 p. tn.
Offlce m urosu)
5 (lavds.
D.
Brattleboro.
a. m., 1 to 3 p.
m.
NP SUUOEON.
K. uours i 10 i a.
ilence, 3 Walnut UL
r
C. S. PBATT, M P, I
orsTbowen uckerS
Offlce hours ot lc
nard block, 7.30 tof
em ln 8 Ii. il
Resldence, Illgh
Offlce and restdenk S8 Maln SU Surgery
ir'elo 8.cpto..e, BrooUs Hou.e.
A. I. MILLER, W
1-HYS1C1AN
Hooker block: S
to ii p. I"'
II offlce ln Lconard
k I biock. KResidence.
' laniH St. Oilii'o
iboun: UU 8.30 a. tu..
SURQEON.
T
DR. H. L. WATtfiMAN,
hours, 12.30 to -"
C. G
20
9 to
uiuccl FR.
OSTEOPATlli
iod saaEoN.
.b.o.
OSTEOPAT111C fHlSjUIAJM.
No. Maln St., Brltlebonapfflce houra
to 12 nnd 1.30 to 4M'edDNilB and Sat-
urdny eAc-eH''l.
GEO. H. GORHAIvT N. D, P(
Whltnev block. Hiln Et, ABrattlcboro.
Practlco llmlted to iSsw! QQ Eye. Ear,
Nose nnd Throat. Hoan, 9JH a. ra. to
12 m.; 2 to 4 p. m., 7tesJi?3nd Fridayi
only. At Bellows FUsrHttfl weck.
FREMONT HAMI
Olllce and resldencf
Btreet. Hours untll
early evenlng to 7
3 p. m.
UrON,M.lD.,
XaMlNorth Maln
a. eHlUo 2.30 and
Fi: sundays, l to
m
DR. C. S. CLARK,
D E N
Whltney Bloc
eleplione.
DR.
AUVIN KNAP
D E N
Hooker Blocli
B.ittlcboro.
,1
IST.l
Brattltbcro.
BACON & HOOKEr..
ATTORNE53 AT UAW,
Ullery Bulldlnc, 'irattleboro, Vt
H. G. BARBER,
ATTOHNBr AT IAW. .
Crosl BlocK.' BrattieDoro.
8TEAM CARPET CLEANING
Works, 8 Flat St. p. H. THOMAS, Prop
F. BARBER,
D E
FTIS
Unlon Block.
JOHN E. GALE,
... 6TTORN1
uumoru, vi. s
matters connectt!
court.
V ATII.AW.
'diienuon lo an
wlta! the probate
1
J. S. DUTTON,
VETEniNAlY SURQEON.
Kesiaence, ra jvian
W. F. GODDARD
B O O K -
RettlnB Block. Hlrf
CLINT M. DUGA
VIOLI.V
lACIIER,
LeonardUlocfc Brattleboro.
P. P. WHITE M. 1
Physlclan and S
Vt. Offlce hours 11
6 to 7 p. m. Telei
HASKINS & SCH1ENK
ATTORNEYS AN
And Sollcltors of PJcnti
GEO. P. MILLER,
AUCTIONEI'
Streat. Telephono.
I .V D E R,
Strept. Brattleboro.
eoii Wllllamsvllle,
mJto 1 p. m., and
ne.
COfUNSEl.LORS.
Brattleboro.
Guilford. Vt.
r
Gold Ifledal
Fl((i
r
WASrBURN-CROSBY CO
awaped first premium at
panAmerican exposition.
The commers of this country use 25,000
barrels pjday of this Company's famous
flours. iat is the reason for this enor
mous delnd? It is simply because no
other flolhas ever reached their perfection
of qualitlnd bread-makers appreciate it.
Said ttjjhead of a large Worcester family
recentlyjJVe havetried many other brands
during tflpast 20 yeats but have never
found aiwiing so satisfactory. The bread
is alwaj'Jvhite, flaky and has a peculiar
deUciouJvor that noother flour produces
Wo neui experiment riow with other
brandV'l
E. CROBY & C0 Eastern Agts.
1
iiepyodr boy&nd giri,
To sccuro BUcressful stirtfjn lifo by glvlntf
thcmucoseof pructUiJinstructlou at tlio
5- i f
SOA
Flve hurf
by lts rrj
penses rr
tlme. F
& HOlTj
WD&TtEGfiAPffY.
posltlons itcured annually
es. Valutl( lecturei. Ex-
Ite. Studenu admltted any
alogue addnsa CARNELIi
T. N. Y.
Rev. EDGAR E. DAKIDSON, Evangelist,
4 p. m. - - Methodist Episcopal Church.
7.30 p. m. - Congregational Church.
Every day except Saturday.
This Invites You. - - - COlVIE.
It All Depends Upon
WhatViewYouTake.
Isn't it lietti-r to buy tlic Ix't, even if
lt does rnst 11 little morc. and lmvo tlu
sntlsfaction tlmt I'omcs wltli knowltiK
tlicro ia nono Ixjttcr. W'c kninv It, mnl
thluk you
To closc out Ladies' and Mcn's $5
Enamel Shocs, madc by GRAY
BROS., and HEYWOOD, we shall
sell them during this month for only
$4.00.
Thcy luno licavy nclti'd oti,niiiu
coles. aiidiuvtlu' plnimcli.Mif purfi'cUon.
""Tukc a view of tlicni ln our nortli
wiiulow.
J. E. HAYNES,
Brattleboro, Vt. ,
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axti:i). wihmIcIiiiiiiht. w.i'.v.i,Ki:it.
mn.'it(m, vt. .vi-tf
A.NTKn Hfwiiiiriodo at limiic. MHS.
(1. A. t'OI.I,lN, IIoIiIciiIkiuk'. I'ominoii.
I .-, tf
nrANTiui
ln a small raniily. MHS. 1'.
A jrlrl to do tfcuoral 1iimimwiii k
' WnlliiilSt., Ilnittk'lioii). Vt. 1 !'
7"ANTi:it- A yimiitf jrlrl to imIi 111 k'h
t T Iioii'cwoiii lu a miiisII lamily. Ad
divx. It.iv (!," Ilnittlolmi'o, Vt. 1 w
"XirASTIIIt ( lioiv iiian; l'imI inilkvr. Matc
ave and wairiw l'ikvu'c1. I'ltllU ,1.
JDIINMtN, Ni-wlano. Vt.
1 tf
"'l'ANTi:i) Sott wooil IiiiiiIm.'I' of all kinN
Kitlior stanilink' tlmln'r or clcliM-ril at
liiill. 11(11, l)i:.N .V MAItTl.N. IlnittU'boro, Vt.
llitf
7"ANTi:i) (iliN wltli or withotit cxkti
t T eiue lcir liand triiiiialnif 011 tacn's loj i.
atal chudic'irs stniw Imt-. Work pai'l tor by
tlu- picio. Twn Mtfk-' iHianl i-'iiaiaiini'd wlnlo
lcarnlnu. TJIi; ni., Ainhurt, .Ma.
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DISCOUNTSALE.
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The first loss is the best loss.
That 's the principle I work on.
If I carried my heavy-weight suits and overcoats
over to llext Fall I d probably have to sell them at a
loss then. Much better to take the loss now to get
the money out of the goods and invest it in new goods.
I believe I'm on the right track.
So Here We Go !
For the next two weeks I will offer ONE-FOURTH
OFF on all Men's and Boys' Winter Suits and Over
coats. This means a $16 Suit or Ovtoat for $12.
This means a $12 Suit or Overcoat for $9.
This means a $10 Suit or Overcoat for $7.50.
This means an $8 Suit or Overcoat for $6.
My clothing is made by Miner & Beal and J. M.
Mertins & Co.all Union-made.
Remember the date
When the trouble begins
and be on hand. Leave one-fourth of what you ex
pected to pay at home. The balance will pay for 'the
goods. This is no Jew trick or sale first mark the
goods up and then mark them down again but a gen
uine sacrifice and clearance sale.
I always do as I advcrtisc,
and my customers know it.
AMBROSE KNAPP.
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TEN PAGES.
BRATTLEBORO,
FIUDA.Y, JANUAHY 3, 1902.
Kopresentatlvo Babcock of Wlscon
Hln will cndeavor to net hls blll to re
move tlio dutlcs on artlcloa controlled
by trtists bcfore a c.iucus of the Be
bubllr.in mcmbcrs of the Hotise.
Anothcr trust haft roiio where the
woodblne twineth, to nse Jim Flsk's
expri'sslvo phrase. It is cstlmated
that l'hiladelphla flnanclors dropped
$20,000,000 In the collnpsed asphalt
trtist.
Gi'ii. Chaffee dcnlos tlmt frlction ox
itts between the clvil and mllltary
nuthnritorieH In the Phillppines. Ho
says that absoltito harmony prevalls
butwcen thutn. nnil adils that the pros
pert of subduins; the ln.surrectlon In all
placos Is pronilsiiiK.
A New York m.in who was paid ?1.G5
per day for hls work livod in luxury,
hls imlulKenees inclutlliiK fast horpos
and a yneht. He is in jail now and hls
employes are trying to flRiire their
losses as a result of his systeinatie
stealliiK of precious metals.
Senator Mason of Illinois will
throw the strensth of hls posltlon as
chlrman of the conimittee on i)ost
olllets and post roads in favor of n
Kovern.ment postal toleRraph. It is nn-
dersto&d that he will introduce a bill
which will provide for the Issuance of
bonds by the Kovernment bearing.2 or
2U por cent for 2o yenrs to pay for the
property of the existing companles,
and the servico to be extcnded to all
of the postoillces gradually wlth a re
dnctlon of rates. The Bopublican
leaders of the Senate are opposed to
the projoct.
iOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WAXTHD-Aii a-oclatc in a nlri-.'ipiict,
Kife. liR'ratiu local otla u boliu. uu.
plicant iiuiit Ih! a l'l-oti-tant ClnNtlaii tiian. f
Mnst Iki alilo to iitM't SWHil in tlio lnniinJ
and ptiHiuio (?ood it,foienci,. Salarv nji.oi
moiitlilj. Aililruv,lltiail)i:XT Wliri'AKKH.
OtlicoSlt, ; Huntington Ae., Ilo-'ton, Mas.
Granite Block
Brattleboro.
"IOIt SAI.n.- Dry oul. i'iirs nnd 'liott
V V. F. WAI.KKK, ltuiiiinoiton, Vt. Vl-il
TToit sai.i: iny f.too wood. w. ii. am:I
? AM)i:i(. 4!l '
FOIt SAI,r. Ili'aler for waruiiinr wnter fir
cattlo. niH). M. THOMAS, llr.ittlt boiO,
Vt., ono tnilo south of I'luaint'ry. Sl tt
Olt SAI.H-KMey Orirun, colid oak cn
PIMops. Htt-clas- eonclitloii. W III ov
solil at a baruaiu.
l.ock bov Ilrattlelxni.
fll tl
For Sale.
OwIiik to tlio rondition of my lii'alth nttbo
tuosont tlmo I would Hko to dNpOkO of my ,a'
lialt intciest lu tlio olirar i-hop and saloorat
taclicd. fituatLMlon Maln St., ln Hinlalo. Ml.,
tonnurly known as thu old 1'. 1'. Woodlury
btainl. A irooil invest nient for tlio rltfht per.
sou. THOMAS ItAI.r.UiH. HHiMlalo, XII.
2lcnt.
ROOMSTO ltHXT.
4s tr
p. w. i:iioirn'ArC).
UKX'P l'i.,tnt ..ot.... l. 'rl,tiiin,s
block. Iiapiiioof Kinkoad. 3 tf
rV, .1,t,l:".5","1 teiicincnt. Ilit lloor
A- JA.MI.hAl STIX, :m South M.iluSt VJ i'f
rr" ItlM llve.room tiMictuout 1(1 Klliot
.."-'V'1 "vor -Mrs. stairoi-dV store. riiis is
Jiist tlic locutiou for u diovMnakei Voi tallor
Miop belniLr noar Miilu pti-ivt uml tiuiits w.
tlon. b. W . i;TT A- CO. itf
IN ALL COUNTRIES
WRITE FOR INFORMAriON
CHAPIN & CO.
EST. 1676 SPRINGFIELDlMASS
Death of Rufus Houghton In Merlden,
Conn.
Uufus A. Hbughton, C7, foimerly of
Brattleboro, dled at his homo In Merlden,
Conn., loio Frlday evenlng of wnilo gan
ercno and cerebral menlncltls Funeral
servlces wero held at 3 o'clock Monday, In
Menaen, Rev. W. S. Perkins.offlclatlntr.
The body wns broucht to Ttrattlnborf,
Tucsday mornlng and was taken to West
Brattleboro, where tho burlal took place,
Rey. E. Q. S, Osgood olllciatlng. Mr.
Houghton was a natlvo of Marlboro 'and
was a son of Bradley and I.ucy (Adnms)
Houghton. He was best known In Brat
tleboro as a nurse. Somo Hvo years ago
he wjnt to Boston, where ho was em
p)oyei In a restaurant, but nfter a ycar
or mcUM he moved to Merlden, Slnce thtn
he h been employed In the packltlg
roomjlJn the Charles Parker companss
pian.tool department, Hq experlencld
O. J. PRAT1
We wfsh to call your attention
to the fact that we have begun
A Spedal Mark-Down Sale
of all winter Goods
in Every Department of our
Large and Comprehensive Stock.
We have recently bought, and added to our large stock o g'arments, a
line of Manufacturer's samples at a big reduction from first-of-season
prices, and these, in connection with our already large stock which will be
marked down to correspond with them in price, make an assortment of
genuine Bargains, which you should not fail to see, if you have not already
purchased your winter garment.
Misses' and children's Garments, ladies', misses' and children's
Furs, Flannellette Night Robes, Kimonas and Wrappers, woolen and cot
ton Underwear, Hosiery and Gloves, all go in at this sale, with a big cut
from regular prices.
We shall cndeavor to make prices a great temptation in all other lines
during the sale.
If you have any
House
Furnishing
to do between now and spring
it will pay you to give us a call in the
House-furnishing or Carpet department.
O. J. PRATT.
conslderablo trouble wlth gangreno ln hls
right leg, but kept at work untll Thanks
glvlng week. Ampufatlon was contem
plated, but the patlcnt did not recover
sufflclent strength to warrant the opera
tlon. Mr. Houghton Is survlved by a
wldow, who was Mlss Sarah Wlnchester
of Marlboro, a brother, Bradley Hough
ton of Marlboro, a half slster, Mlss Susan
Houghton of Brattleboro, and flve daugh
tcrs, Mrs. S. II. Holcomb and Mrs. F, T.
I.oy of Sprlngfleld, Mass., Mrs. Sloane of
Merlden and Mlss Mary Houghton and
Mlss Hannah Houghton of Boston. Mrs.
Houghton, Mrs, Holcomb, Mrs. Sloane
and Mlss Mary Houghton came to Brat
tleboro wlth the body, Mr. Houghton
lcaves many frlends In Brattleboro, Merl
den and Marlboro,
Walton's Vermont Reglster for 1002 Is
promptly at hand and, apparcntly, has
never been so complcU as now as a busl
ness nnd professlonal dlrectory of the
state, wlth full lnformation aboutyall
state olflces, assoclations ai(d organlza
tlons. It Is sold by all local dealers, or
wIU be scnt by mall by thq publlshers,
Walton Reglster coropany,A Burlington,
Vt on recelpt of 25 canta.'
Influential assaclltlsetts newspa
pers are advocatinB tho overthrow of
a preredent by RivitiK W. Murray
CratK' of Dalton a fourth term as
governor. Mr. Crane possosses none of
the arts of a politieian, but he posseses
the (itiaiyeH of honesty. sincerity, con
sclentlousness and sound coinmon
sense and huslness Judgment. He has
grown steadlly ln the estimation of the
people of Massaehtisftts. who have
had a nire faeulty for plcking good
men for chief executlve's offlce.
Th" late departed 1001 was a ycar of
wonderfnl prosperity, as shown not
only by trade statistics, but by tho
flnancial roport of the Rovernment.
The Kovernment revenuos exceeded
tho ordlnnry expenditures by $100,000,
000. About three-fourths of this great
surplus was tised to reduce the public
delit. Bonds to the par value of nearly
$r.9,000,000 were liought at a cost of
$72,22fi,Si.r. Thtis.the cash on hand is
about $30,000,000 in excess of the bal
ance on hand at tho close of 1900.
The treasury holils nearly $300,000,000
in cash; dedticting $150,000,000 for a
gold reserve, the availablo eash
ainounts to $140,000,000. There is
more money ln the hands of tho people
than ever before. On the first of De
cember,' 1901, the ainount of money
outslde of the Treasury was $2,250,
200,230, and the amotint per capita
$2S.7
This Is a gain of $5.59 per
capita over the amount in circulntlon
ln 1S97. The amount of gold coin
and gold certiflcates has nearly
doublcd in ten years.
Tho best pieco of work of its kind
which has ever -been done by a Ver
mont newspaper was seen in the is
sue of tho St. Albans Messenger of
Dec. 31. This was a compiote chron
ologlcal summary of the news of Ver
mont for 1901, givlng tho dates of all
the important events which transpired
in the state during tho twelvemonth,
inchuling miscellaneous happenings
of a public nature, a clnssified record
of accidents, fires, crimes, a record of
tleaths, and other similar matter,
comprising, in hrief, a complete re
view of tho life and actlvities of Ver
mont in 1901. It is nn issue well
worth orderlng, and presorving.
Y. M. C. A. Notes.
Seatlngs nro selllng rapldly for the en
tertftlnment to be glven Jan 23d by Mnro,
tho maglcian.
Tho rcgulnr Sunday nftornoon servlces
will be held ln connection wlth tho nftcr
noon sorvlco of tho churches, of which
nnnouncement is mado elscwhere,
Tho regular monthly buslness meeting
of tho Y. M. C. A. nnd board of dircc
tors wIU be held In the parlors Monday
evenlng at 9 o'clock, at tho close of tho
unlon servlce ln tho Congregational
church.
In place of tho nnnual roll call tho
Woinan's Auxlllary of tho Y, M. C. A.
will hold a public servico In tho Metho
dist church, Tuesday nfternoon, Jan. 7, at
4 o'clock. Subject, "Pralse and Promlse."
Rov E. E. Davldson will glve nn addrcss
upon "Woman's Work for Chrlst," A
cordlal invltatlon Is extended to the mcm
bcrs of the W. C. T. U. and all who 'are
Interested. Come wlth n promlse.
Henry O. Pcnse, a well-known farmer,
00, trled to klll hlmself with an nx Wed
ncsday nt his home at Whatcly, Mass.
He wns somewhat cut about tho head, but
fallcd In the attempt.
The indlcatlons are tho entlro Palma
tlcket will be elected and that Thomas
EstraQa Palma, tho natlonallst candldate
for tho presldency of Cuba, will recelve
tho tinanimous vote of tho electoral col-lege.
Stop Itl
Deflance of the law has gono far
enough at tho Amorlcan Houso. There
has been enough of the pastlmc of
chaslng the devll around a stump wlth
that pleco of real estate. It is tlmo
to stop the boys play of prosecuting
and fining a successlon of lessees, real
or alleged, and to strlke at tho root
of tho wholc buslness. Here is the
law that applles, as enacted by the
leglslature of 1898:
"Tho owncr of, nnd all persons Interost
od In tho btiilding of prcmlscs ln which
Kuch common nulsance has been kept and
mnlntnlnod. nn well as thc kc-eper thereof,
mny bo mado partins to tho proceedlngs
under scrtlons 4.122 to 4529 incluslve ot tho
Vermont statutos, nnd lf It Is flnally nd
Jtidgcd that suoh common nulsance has
bpr.n kept nnd mnlntninptl, the dcfend
unts. their servants. ni;ents, lessees, ten
ants. nnd nsslKns shall be perpetually en
,'olned from from keeplng nnd malntaln
Ing such common nulsance or suffering it
to be mnintained in surh liulldlng or
premlfes or In any part thereof."
The seetions of the Vermont Statutcs
referrcd to. 4522 tn 4529. relate to the
rourse of proetdure for the nbatement of
eominon nuisancis where IntoxicatinK
liiiior are unlnwfully sold or glven
n way.l
Whatever mny have been sald or
thought about this matter up to that
time, it was well understood after the
declsive action taken by Judge Staf
ford at the September term of court
that it was the intention of thb court
to have the sale of Hquor stopped hoth
at the Amorlcan House and tho Brat
tleboro House. The owners of those
houses the owners of the real es
tate we mean clearly understood
this. Everybody then or slnce con
nected with the houses clearly under
stood lt. All persons ln the communi
ty understood it. That the sale of
liquor has again been allowed to begin
at the Amorlcan House, as the raid of
Tuesday night proved, is thereford dls
tlnctly and peculiarly a ilagrant and
hrazen deflance of the law, which of
fends the moral sense of the whole
community.
The responsibillty must now be lald
where it rightfully belongs with the
proprietorship of the house. There
is no other way. We volce the over
whelming sentiment of the Brattle
boro community when we say that
State's Attorney Weston should per
form at once the plaln duty which the
law requires of him, and place the
matter promptly in the hands of Judge
Stafford. If there is evidence to show
that the same course ought to be pur
sucd toward the Brattleboro House lct
this be done. In this demand we make
no reservation or distinction in behalf
of any place or any person. It is sim
ply time that deflance of law was
stopped.
There is in this no question of pro
hihltion or of high llcense, or of tho
right or the wrong of elther way of
coutrolling the liquor trafflc. The
same spirit of deflance, and of sneak
ing cunning, which has been proved
upon the American House, would over-
ride a llcense law just as qulckly, and
as surely and as flagrantly, as It now
attempts to override the prohibitory
law.
Stop it! Let us talk, and act, the
same way about the Brattleboro side
of the river that we do about the Hlns
dalo slde!
LIGHTNING STRUCK
Prohibition Kind Hit the Ameri
can House Tuesday.
CHURCH AND FRATERNITY.
Methodist church, Rev. R. F. Lowg.
pastor. Sunday service Jan. 5. Love
feast nnd prayer at 10; communlon 10.30;
Sunday school 11.45, address by Rev, Mr.
Davldson; mass meeting for young peo
plo at 4; union meeting at Congregational
church at 7.
First Haptlst church, F. E. Marble, mln
Ister. Mornlng worshlp 10.3) a. m., with
nddress by the pastor, the receptlon of
new mcmbers and the celebratlon of tho
I-ord's supper. Blble school at noon.
Evening unlon servlce In the Congrega
tional church at 7,
St. Michael's Episcopal church, Rev.
E. T. Mnthlson, rector. Holy communlon
and scrmon 10.30. The evenlng servico
wIU be merged'wltb tho unlon servlce and
therefore omltted. Hereafter the hour
of tho early servlce will Untll further
notlce be changed to 9.30.
I'nltarlan church, Rev. E. Q. S. Osgood,
pastor. Servlces next Sunday morning at
tho nsiial hour. Mr. Osgood will takp
"Convcrslon" as hls theme. The rlte of
communlon will be observed dlrcctly nf
ter the servlce, tnklng the place of the
regular Sunday school excrcises.
Centrc Congregational church, Rev, H,
R, Mlles pastor. Morning servico at 10.30,
prenching by tho pastor. followed by nd
mlnlstration of the. Iord's supper. Sun
day sehool nt 11.45. Tho Chrlstian En
deavor soeiety Joln In the union young
people's meeting at 4 p, m, Unlon gos
pel servico nt 7 o'clock, conducted by Rev,
13. E. Davldson.
Unlversallst church, Relcnold K. Mnr-
vin, pastor. Morning worshlp nt 10.30 .
o'clock, subject of the sermon "God ,
Knoweth." Sunday school nt 11.45 a. m.; i
senlor unlon at C.45 p. m. Tho conflrma- j
tlon clnss will mcet at 7.30 p. m. wlth a
talk by tho pastor on "Evldences for the .
Exlstenco of God." This class is open to
all and wIU be conducted ln nn Informal
manner. All nro welcome to all servlces. ;
A regular meeting of tho Knlghts and
I.ndles of Honor will be held ln Red
Men's hnll Mondny evenlng.
The next meeting of the Channing
Qulld will be held nt the home of Mrs.
C. M. C. Rlchardson, Oak srreet, Sunday
evenlng nt 7 o'clock. Subject for the
evenlng, "Clenr Thlnklng nn Ald to Hlgh
I.lvlng," the servico belng ln charge ot
Mr. Osgood.
Tho annual meeting of the ladies' r-w-Ing
soclety of Protectlve Grange will be
held next Thursday afternoon, Jnn, 9, at
Orange hnll, The attendanco of every
member ls deslred, as offlcers for the en
sulng year will be elected. The buslness
sesslon wtll be follewed by a box supper.
Each lady Is requestcd to brlng a box
contalntng supper for two. The sale of
boxes will take place at 6.30 p. m. The
supper wtll be followed by a soclal and
entertalnment, All Grangers wlth their
famllies are cordlally Invlted.
Bottles Behlnd the Bar Dropped Into
the Cellar Through a Secret Trap,
but Officers Found Two Bottles of
Whlskey.
Prohibitory lightnlng struck the
American House again Tuesday night,
and although sovcral bottles werc
shattered some remained intact and
fell into tho hands of the mlnlons of
the law. Armcd with a search and
seizure warrant issued by State's At
torney Weston of Bellows Falls, Chief-of-Pollce
Hall and Pollceman B. B.
Thayer, Ellis G. Worden and Jeromo
Amidon raided the hotel about C:15
o'clock. Chief Hall and Polldceman
Thayer went dlrcctly to tho kitchen
and Pollceman Worden and Amidon
headed for the bar roonu The bar
I room door was locked, but Mr. Wor
den placcd his foot agalnst lt wlth the
result there could bo only one that
it yielded to the pressure. As tho
door opened the jlngllng of broken or
hreaking glass was heard, but no traco
of any accident was seen about the
room. The lnnocent (?) faco of the
bar tender, Michael Bowker, met the
offlcers glance with the silent assur
ance that there was nothing there
that thoy wanted.
A thorough search of the kitchen
brtiught no liquor to llght. The four
offlcers then congregated in the bar
room. Underneath the bfir they
found a box which stood over a hole
ln the fioor. Both the cover and tho
bottom of the box were hung on
hinges, and they were connected wlth
a chaln in such a way that when the
cover was open the bottom was ln
place, but when the cover was down
the bottom would tlp down, allowlng
whatever was in tho box to fall
through into the cellar. When tho
cover was raised a spring kept it in
place. but when the spring was re
leased the weight of tho bottom pull
ed the cover down. Mr. Worden al
lowed that the idea was very clever,
but that the offlcers "were not d
fools enou'gh to be caught by any such
contrivance."
The box was removed, and Chief
Hall held a lighted match in the open-
ing. by means of which he could seo
the glisten of glass. The offlcer;
came satisfied that nono o ttjci
entrances to iae cellar would i
the particula. spot they desi
reach, so they began searchin
private entrance. Tho room
rear of the bar room had an oil)
carpet. By removing tho oil cloth" an
entrance was revealed, through which
two of the offlcers went to the pilo of
broken glass. They found two quart
bottles labeled whlskey, unbroken and
full. These they seized and took up
to the bar room. Bowker was ar
rested and Jerome Ward, clerk, also
was taken into custody.
Bowker and Ward were taken be
fore Justice W. S. Newton, who
placed them under bonds in the sum of
$300 each for their appearanco be
fore him at 9 o'clock next Monday
morning, State's Attorney Weston
having stated that he would not be
ablo to hold a hearing before that
time. Ward furnished bail, Lucius
H. Itichardson becoming surety. Bow
ker was not able to secure bail and
was placed in charge of Policeman
A. L. Perhain, who remained wlth
him over night. On Wednesday Mr.
Rlchardson also went bail for Bowker.
Lester S. Wilbur, the reputed pro
prietor of the hotel, was not present
when the raid was made, and the of;
ficers wero told that he was attend
ing a dance in Wardsboro. About
midnight Chief Hall started for Wards
boro with a pair of horses, reaching
there about 3 o'clock. Ho met Wil
bur coming out of the dance hall and
arrestcd him. Toward noon Justice
Newton placed him under bonds in
tho sum of $500,' which ho furnished
late in the afternoon, C. H. Eddy and
Orlin H. Ellis becoming surety, each
for the full amount.
Wilbur's brother, L. F. Wilbur, for
merly proprietor of the American
House, was fined $500 by Judgo Staf
ford in tho county court in October,
for selling liquor. Tho fine was tlie
largest allowable under the law. '
Tho Vermont state boanjof health
has mado a complaint to tho New
Hampshire statei'rsTf.' of health of a
flagrant violatioS of law on the part
of tho authori(?ies of tho orphans'
homo in Franklin, N. H. There had
been cases of s amllpox in that instl
tution and Mri. Georgiauna Smith,
who worked tl are, was ono of the
persons exposed Sho was sent to her
home ln South Wheelock, Vt when
sho was 111, tho eruptlons on her faco
belng noticcablo whllo she was on tho
cars. On arrlving In St. Johnsbury
sho was obligcd to wait an hour and a
half and then went to Lyndon, where
a physlclan who saw her carried hor
to her homo in South Wheelock. Many
persons wero oxposed to tho dlseaso.
Threo murder cases in a month is
tho dark and bloody record from tho
neighboring county of Franklin ln
Massachusetts. Three vlctims aro
dead, four seriously woundcd and
anothcr sjightly injured. Tho charges
of murder aro brought agalnst an
Italian, a negro and a Qerman, so that
thero Is no occasion for proachlng on
tho degenoracy of tho natlvo stock In
tho rural distrlcts. Tho horrlblo re
cord is simply unaccountablo.
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