St. Albans Daily Messenger from Saint Albans, Vermont • 3

ST. 'ALBANS MESSENGER, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 1919: 3 Constipation To relleve it. and to stimulate the torpid liver and other digestive orsang, take the prompt pleasant Hood's Pills Easy to take, easy Made by C. L. Hood Lowell, Mass, NEWS OF THE STATE What Is Going On In and About Old Vermont BARRE RAILROAD YARD WORK, Central Vermont Officials Plan for Im-N.

A. Norton, Urged as. Caledonia Probate Judge Three hundred and eighty-six students are enrolled in Middlebury College this fall, 99 men and 187 women. The Rutland free library will receive more than $100 from a play recently given for its benefit by the Players Club. Three divorces were in 45 minutes in Rutland county granted, Saturday, all the testimony in the three cases also being given within the time.

Monday, market day in Middlebury, eggs brought 70 cents per dozen and butter brought from 66 to 70 cents per pound. The sensational divorce case which Has been on trial in Orleans county who sought a from Dr. Merrill court. was won by Mrs. Ada Prime, I F.

of She was granted salvorce separation on the ground of adultery. Henry A. Bryant, a St. Johnsbury real estate agent, had a Ford car stolen late Sunday night from in front of the fire station. The car was a 1916 five- pasenger Ford, Vermont number 10,998.

The Tauber Lipton Co. is considering the establishment of a branch factory, in Springfield, which will employ a hundred girls. Arrangements have been partially completed and have been presented to the company for action. The Rev. George Benjamin Roberts, pastor of the Congregational church in Ashburnham, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Union church in Proctor, and will begin his duties there the first Sunday in December.

To show their appreciation of John Higgins, proprietor of the Addison house in Middlebury for many years, but who has lately given up the management of that house, a group of his friends met at his home one evening last week and presented him a purse of $200 in gold. Edwin and William Wheeler caught a 240-pound bear in a trap in WhitIngham, and Lyman Davidson killed one in his back yard in Stratton. The bear was eating apples under a tree and Mr. Davidson had only to go to the door and fire a shot, killing the animal instantly. The Rutland Red Cross branch, through its standing committee on nursing activities, has engaged as public health nurse for Rutland Miss Mary Devlin, of Whittinsville, who is to arrive in Rutland Thursday and begin Saturday, November 1.

Investigation shows that there are now 512 subscribers to the Brandon telephone exchange. Over 30 per cent of these are calling by name instead of by number, thus slowing up the service. such calls are to be referred in the future to an tion desk. The recent sale of the Monteith farm in McIndoes for $40,000 has been followed by the sale of other land in vicinity a 165-acre tract of land that Martin E. Turner on the belonging to border between Barnet and Mcindoes purchased by Mr.

Wardell, of being Boston, for $15,000. The name of N. A. Norton is being urged by. the people of Caledonia county for the appointment of judge probate to fill the vacancy caused of by the recent death of Judge Smith, while it is understood that the county bar in that county is approving appointment of a Democrat named Wellsey.

The season of Champlain Transportation Co. this year will be shorter than usual, as it will end on the 15th of November. The heavy wind Tuesday did considerable damage to the telephone service in Montpelier. The fire alarm system was out of working order Tuesday evening. The plate glass linery store was by the gale.

window in Mrs. Frances, Morse's mil- At the Vergennes Parent-Teachers' meeting it was voted to establish a kindergarten at the school and such week school in. is to be November. started It was the precond engage Miss Marion Mosier, of Burlington, to do the work, the association paying one-half the expense. Donald, little son of Mr.

and Mrs. E. S. Ransom, of Jericho Center, met with a terrible accident while playing with his brother in the shoot to the silo. He fell from the ladder a distance of 15 feet, and was unconscious for hours.

He still in a serious condition. George Ballard, of Ludlow, accidentally shot himself. Pulling some clothing out of a drawer, a revolver fell to the floor and discharged. Supposing it to be all discharged he picked it up, when it went off again, the bullet hitting him in one side. It is expected he will recover.

The secretary of state has suspended the automobile operator's licenses of three persons as a result of reports made to his office. These include the license of Richard F. Luce. of Waterbury, for the accident of last Friday night; A. E.

Lincoln, of Castleton, for careless driving, running into a telephone pole and, breaking it off; G. C. Lee, of Irasburg, for racing. He was trying to pass a car and was on the left hand side of the road when he ran into an automobile which had the right of way and was approaching his machine. The state weight and measures department is investigating a complaint made by a resident of Montpelier about short weight in coal.

The coal bin has been measured and as far as the investigation has been conducted it looks as though the resident's claim of short weight was correct. Recently a complaint was made about short measures in the delivery of apples. The person selling the apples made good the measure upon the statement to him from the department relative to the matter. However, a complaint has been made to the Montpelier city grand juror about the matter. The farm-for-sale book, which the last session of eh legislature authorized the commissioner of agriculture to print and distribute, has been completed and is being distributed.

This book contains a list of the farms, which the owners want to sell, with a somewhat brief statement setting forth the best advantages of the farms. Considerable objection was raised to the book during the process of legislation on the grounds that there would not be sufficient return from it to warrant the expense of publication, so that the critics of the book are watching the outcome with considerable interest. Possibilities of establishing In Vermont a standard rate of interest for all banking institutions were discussed at a special meeting of the Vermont State Bankers' Association, held in the roof of the Hotel Vermont, Burlington. L. H.

Bixby, of Montpelier, president of the association, presided. There were bankers present from all parts of the state. A number of banks in Vermont, which have long been established, are now paying per cent interest. The banks of more recent development, however, are not able to pay more than four per cent, on savings accounts. The matter of standardizing the interest rate was thoroughly discussed, but no action was taken.

Aged Gravel Pit Worker Hurt. Frank J. Bocash, of Hardwick, a man about 70 years of age, was quite badly hurt while working for C. A. Stanford in the Hardwick village gravel pit near Granite Junction.

Mr. Bocash is quite active for a man of his years and though warned not to attempt any work that a younger man should do, he climbed to the top of the pit and was working there when the bank gave way, or a portion NOW RAISES 600 CHICKENS After Being Relieved of Or. ganic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Oregon, took Lydia E.

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for an organic trouble which pulled me down until I could not put my foot to the floor and could scarcely do my work, and 88 I live on a small farm and raise six hundred chickens every year it made it very hard for me. "I saw the Compound advertised in our paper, and tried it. It has restored my health so I can do all my work and I am so grateful that I am recommending it to my friends. Mrs. D.

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Druggists also sell larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid. of it, and he was thrown down into the pit into some gravel and then went end over. end further down, striking his head on some large rocks. Several gashes were cut in his head and he was hurried home in an auto and 3 doctor called to dross the wounds and make him Six Months For Hitting Officer.

A sentence of not less than six months and not more than one year was imposed on Bernard Fassett, of Fair Haven, in Rutland city court after he had admitted to Judge George M. Goddard that he was guilty of breach of the peace by way of striking Police Officer Martin Kennedy. Grand Juror John S. Dorsey, who appeared for the state, made the announcement to the court that Fassett wag evidently a trouble maker, that he had previously been convicted in county court -for assaulting a man in Castleton with intent to rob and that he was on probation when he went into the United States army two years ago, We 1 Barre Complains of Poor Streets. The members of the Barre Quarry Association "are complaining of the poor condition of the roads leading from the quarries to Barre city.

It is claimed what were once good macadam roads, worn down to where they needed repairs, have been made: worse within the past week by road officials turning the mud of the gutters into the roads, making them a mess of slush and -hard to navigate. After the quarrymen had expressed themselves pretty vigorously at the present condition of the roads and the officials who have made them so, it was voted to ask a conference of the town road commissioner. the selectmen, and the state highway It takes just about an "instant" to make a delightful cup of Postum -a teaspoonful in the cup with hot water added, sugar and cream to taste. INSTANT POSTUM is a snappy drink, healthful and economical. Good for every member of the family.

There's a Reason" Made by the 'POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY Battle Creek. Michigans officials to see if it is possible to have thything done that will make the roads passable. Eleven Deer Killed By Nine Men. Nine deer hunters with 11 deer blew into Brattleboro in three touring cars and put up at the Brooks House, and attracted much attention as they were garbed in hunting costumes with conspicuous red caps to make them easily distinguishable in the woods and lessen the danger of accidenta: shooting. The deer were strapped to the running boards of the automobiles, and a large crowd gathered around to examine the trophies.

The hunting party resumed its trip, headed for Pennsylvania, where the homes of the hunters are located, in various parts of the state. The men, some of whom were making their first hunting trip, had just come from the Rangeley lakes in Maine, where they Chad been several days. To Make Barre Railroad Yard Safe. Superintendent J. W.

Maun of the Central Vermont railroad were in Barre Monday, together with Assistant Superintendent G. W. Groom and a committee of three, appointed as safety first: sub-committee to improve the conditions in the Barre and Montpelier railway yards. The committee consists of Civil Engineer J. M.

Morrison, W. H. Hale, a locomotive engineer, and W. H. Center.

a train conductor, all of whom are from St. Albans. These men have been ordered visit each granite manufacturing concern to ask their sincere codion and to improve the' conditions about their premises wherever there an obstruction or means of such to a brakeman or workman running along the track at any time during the year. If there is a steam pipe which in winter causes ice to form hear the track and thereby obstruct the passage of a brakeman in running beside the cars, this will be eliminated. And the same applies in the granite district, where large stone chips are to slide down to the track siding.

Any hazardous object, whatsoever, will have to be discarded, and it is the duty of these men to see that such is done. They have authority to condemn any practice or unafe condition. When a Child Has Croup. Thousands of mothers say Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is the remedy, they It knew cuts the for thick, croup, choking coughs mucus, clears away the phlegm, opens air passages and. eases hoarseness.

The gasping, strangling fight for breath rives way to quiet breathing and peaceful Sold everywhere. -Adv. ENOSBURG. The golden wedding: of Mr. and Mrs.

James Kidder was celebrated at their home by their famhy and neighbors the afternoon and evening. of October A general invitation was extended to all friends to come some time during the day. The family numbered 26 at' dinner and 40 friends called in the afternoon With a large number in the evening to rejoice with them and offer congratulations. Friends from away were: Mr. and Mrs.

William Phillips, of Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fletcher, of Belvidere, Mr.

and Mrs. Gordon Burt, Mrs. H. J. Preston, Mrs.

H. T. Thomas, Miss Ardele Furlington and Cart P. Stebbins Sheldon, R. M.

Miles, of West Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hendrick, of Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Judon Kingsley, of Cambridge, Mr.

and Mrs. B. A. Fairbanks and family of Sutton, and W. J.

Kidder, of Derby. Mr. and Mrs. Kidder received $90 in money and a black silk, wedding dress for Mrs. Kidder from their son, W.

J. Kidder and family and other gifts from other friends. A telegram received from Hervey D. Nichols, of Orange, was received by his sisters and brother here Informing them that their mother, Mrs. Hattie Nichols, was seriously sick from clot of blood on the brain.

Her son, G. L. Nichols, started Thursday night for California. A despatch received next day reported her condition slightly improved. A Sunday school Halloween social will be held at the home of S.

P. Stev. ens Friday evening, Oct. 31. All friends are welcome, Gordon Longe has moved from the farm of Dr.

W. W. Hutchingson to the house of Clarence Jelbar, at East Enosburg. Mrs. Albert Gilbert and family have moved from Bakersfield to the ment house of IM.

Wright. Mrs. S. P. Stevens and Mr.

and Mrs. Avery Grosa passed the week- -end with Mrs. Stevens' brother, Richare Yates, at St. Albans Hill. Miss Hammond passed the weekend with her friend, Miss Taylor, at the home of Mrs.

R. H. Maynard. ENOSBURG FALLS Mrs. D.

C. Denney and daughter, Mary Charlotte, of Poultney who have been visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.

Stetson, returned home to-day. H. C. Hadd is moving his family this week to Manchester, N. H.

Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Webster and Miss Floy Gibson motored from East Burke Saturday and were guests at the home of.

Miss Gibson's father, 3. A. Gibson, over Sunday. Mr. Webster returned home Sunday.

Mrs. Webster will visit friends in town and Berkshire for a few days. Florence, the 22 months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.

Jud Irish, of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Irish Sunday evening after an illness of only a few hours.

The funeral will be held Friday. Mrs. Irish and four children passed the summer in the East and were about to return home to Salt Lake City in Sentember when a message was received from Mr. Irish saying he was contemplating a change which would mean a move East, They were waitiri; until the arrangements were made for the change. Mr.

Irtsh is expected Thursday evening. At the annual meeting of the Enosburg Falls Poultry and Pet Stock Association the following officers were elected: President, A. Vincent: vice-president, A. L. Gleason; secretary, F.

W. Robie; treasurer; Earl Cassidy. The report of the treasurer showed the society out of debt. It was voted to hold the annual show early in January the exact date to be announced. The condition of W.

H. Perkins, who lives near West Enosburg is somewhat improved from a fall in May. He now sits up a portion of each day but is still unable to walk. Mrs. Perkins is very much improved from an attack of rheumatic fever.

W. E. Tift of this village has sold his farm on the West Berkshire road known as th El Judd farm to Guy Bush, of Sheldon. Consideration $17,000. Miss Laura Towle, who recently sold her place on Orchard st.

to C. C. Stanley, of South Franklin, has taken rooms in the home of her nephew, H. I. Draper.

H. H. King, who has peen shut in with an abscess on one foot, is out on crutches. Airs: F. W.

Robie, who has been il: a few. days, is improving. Miss Ruth Draper left Monday afternoon for New York, where she will continue her hospital work under the United States treasury department, instead of the war department as formerly. She had been at her home here few weeks. A Message For the Middle- -Aged.

Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief from kidney or bladder troubles that have not reached a chronic or bad stage. They stop bladder strengthen the kidneys and tone up the liver. Don't suffer when relief can be had. Get rid of backache, lameness, rheumatic pains and stifl joints. -Sold SHELBURNE.

Truman B. Webster died at his home in Shelburne Tuesday morning, Oetober 28. -at 6:25 o'clock -following shock which he suffered late Monday afternoon. Mr. Webster was born in Cheldon, and was 82 years of age last March He always lived in Franklin county until he came to 29 vears ago.

In 1865 he married Helen 0. Smith, of Swanton, who died nearly POISON LIKE UNTO Vemon of Snakes Professor H. Strauss, M. of the Royal Charity Hospital, says, "The cause for an attack of gout, rheumatism, lumbago, is supplied by the increase of uric acid in the blood serum, the result of various causes, the most frequent of which is renal. Before an attack, one suffers sometimes from headache, neural gia, twinges of pain here and there." When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead, when the back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; when you suffer with sick headache, or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach: or you have rheumatic pains or lumbago, gout, sciatica when the weather is bad, do not neglect the warning, but try simple means.

Take six or eight glasses of water during the lay, then obtain at your nearest drug tore 'An-urie' (anti-uric acid). This is the discovery. of Dr. Pierce of he Invalids' Buffalo, N. Y.

"Aniric" is an antidote for this urie acid and dissolves uric acid in the poisoning as hot coffee dissolves sugar. "Anurie" will penetrate into the joints and museles, and dissolve the poisonous accumulations. It will stamp out toxins. Send 10 cents to, Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Totel.

tail narkage. MONEY BACK IF YOU WANT IT BUY DIRECT FROM THE SHOE CENTER OF THE WORLD Two, Smashing Bargains in $8.50 Business Men's Dress Street Shoes at $4.95 takes big business to provide values like these only because we sell direct, are they possible. Remarkable values, both of them, made of high-grade, solid, smooth grain, durable gun metal finished leather, tough oak leather soles. stitching throughout, finished smooth side. The model at the left is our special blucher, with full round toe and broad, sensible heel; 3.

At -right is our smart English comfortable, neat shoe for all wear. model of unusual style and finish, invisible These are values that you cannot duplicate now-a-days, and while we offer a choice or both models to you now, you must act quickly. We haven't any too many. $8.50 Values 4 .95 Only $8.60 SHoes $4.95 Matt: This Coupon Today with Chock or P. 0.

Money 10 Ct. Extra for Postage, Including Insurance. We ship firm the day this arrives. SLATER'S The largest mail order house in New England 365 Washington Dept A. The Whole Building, BONTON, MASS.

Send my pair postpaid. sand here with. Since am buying these on approval. my money back al once if I rant 78.50 Shoes ft. 1.

1 sick nothing. $7.95 0 Names. Address, two years ago. There were born to them five children, all of whom sur-, vive; Milo Webster, of Charlotte, Mrs. F.

O. Jackson, of St. Alba 4. Walter, Elmer, and Mrg. Fanny Hanks, of Shelburne.

The furan will be held at his late residence -turaday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Truman B. Webster was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted at St. Albans August, 1862, in the First Vermont Cavalry, Company was discharged at Parol Camp, Annapolis, June 15, 1865. He was in 21 different engagements, some of them the most important of the war, including Gettysburg.

The bravery of the First Vermont Cavalry in the terrific charge near Round Top has been commemorated by the erection on the of Gettysburg of a monument to Gen. William Wells and the officers and enlisted men of the First Vermont Cavalry. Mr. Webster was captured at Hagerstown July 6, 1863, and was in Libby prison 802 days. He again joined his regiment prisoned in Andersonville and ence, spending about eight months in prison.

He was a member of the G. A. R. The area of the Sahara Desert is almost as great as that of the Uinted States! KEMP'S BALSAM WILLSTOP THAT COUGH GUARANTEED and was captured June, 1864. and imOne could easily bear to be poor; one could even bear to take his wife and children down with him into.

pove erty, so long as he could be with them to help carry the load, and carry the heaviest part himself. But to go off to his eternal rest, and to leave them to go down into poverty and to fight the wolf from the door -what prospect more terrible than this to look forward to? Moral: Insure in the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co: GLENN A. WILKINS, General Agent MORRISVILLE, VT GAYLORD F. RUSHFORD, Special Agin St. Albans, Vt.

WAUGH'S OPERA HOUSE One Night Only, Thursday, Oct. 30 MANUEL, LEDERER'S SMASHING SONG SHOW SUCCESS THE MUSIC AND FUN PRETTY GIRLS LOVE (MUSIC) AND LYRICS, 89 BY (THOMAS HARDIN' MEYERFIELO SINGING NO DANCING SENSATION THE SEASON'S BRIGHTEST MUSICAL COMEDY PRICES: $1.50, $1.00 and 50c, Plus War Tax. Seats on Sale Wednesday-Armstrong's..