Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-31
.*BY THE WAYS

INDY ! TIE WAY ~
What remarkable fellows the log
men are, in point of endurance, health
and strength They hesitate at moth
ing! No matter how big or how thick
1t is, they tackle it with an inborr
spirit that makes an opening and moves
the pile along, just as II 1t were moth
ing worth fussing about. Their menu
card Is curiosity. They eat pretty
nearly all the time-when they are not
pushing logs down stream. In the
morning, for the beginning of the day,
they indulge in huge slices of rare
beefsteak, Just turned over and full OF
Juice. That is along about a. m.
when the rest of us are dreaming. The
matter of knives and forks is not re-
garded. It's sort Of catch as
catch can, and the breakfast disap-
pears before the blessing has been said.
For the rest of the day the logmen eat
and eat whenever they get chance.
They are ravenously hungry all the
time. They get enough exercise to
warrant first class appetite, and the
cook who goes along with them says he
never saw anything so astonishing. 1t
is guaranteed that they will consume
what is put in front of them, no mat
ter how much. Like Mark Twain g
white Elephant" they take what
you have, "from sewing machines to
missionaries, and look for more.
But before the log men get away
from here somebody ought to discover
their very clever method of cooking
baked beans. That is one of the sta
pies with them and they can eat a ton
any evening after a hard days work,
washing it all down with red hot cof-
fee, which dries their stockings with
out the formality of hanging them up.
This baked bean game of theirs is a
wonder to the uninitiated, and how it is
done is problem. They dig big
hole in the earth, put in some sticks,
get everything ALLOWING, then set the
pot of beans on top of the Goals. In
a minute the whole thing is covered
with hot stones and coating of earth
a foot thick. Set like this, at dinner
time, the steaming dish is ready for
supper and you never smelled any
thing more appetizing in your life, As
Blackmore says, in his famous "Lor-
ma Doone.' speaking of the gravy,
at was enough to make man thank
God for the room there was in him.
Some of the local cooks ought to catch
hold of this baked bean receipt before
it reaches Holyoke on a raft.
Doubtless it will surprise many to
know that 1.-The devil turks in the soda
and that iced tea is simply
suicide We've been guzzling those
two good things for so long time that
the information seems almost incred-
ible. Yet we get the news straight,
with authority, from DR.. Wiley, who
is the chemist for the United States
of agriculture. He has
just concluded the first mind you! y of
his tests relative to food preservatives
and their effect on the human system.
What he has concluded would fill
page in fine type, but he has con-
demned soda water and iced tea in no
uncertain terms. Now, if the good
doctor will only denounce pumpkin
pie, baked beans and apple sauce we
will all be free of care, and so will he
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We shall expect to see the local fire
department elect Miss Turner to honor
ary membership 1t doesn't often hap
pen that a woman shows so much nerve
1t critical moment as Miss Turner
exhibited last Saturday morning at
o'clock. Awakened by the reflection
If blaze, she lost no time in DOMINIC
he first thing in reach, ran across the
.oad, smashed the glass front of the
\ al IN kov how ri th bar hand apd !
Jung in the alarm. Then the depart
nent responded quickly and what
night have proved sweep of the
lanes, was checked in nick o'time.
Chief Sanders ought to reward her
With silver key.
just as soon as good brisk wind I
ONES swirling over Wantastiquet you'll
zee some Of the swinging signs on Main
treet on a skyrocket incline, and in
heir descent they are very much heav-
er than the regulation stick For in
lance: There's a swaying boot, gilded
nd quite taut at present, which one
+ these fine days will get away from
is fastenings, hit some unfortunate in
he head, and make an item. 1t will
e unpleasant news But if these things
re not anchored through some device
ne owners will come up against heavy
amages when the bough breaks.
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Is there any law hereabouts relat-
ng to low awnings on store fronts?
lot the reasonable sort but the low,
epressing, lodging canopies, which
weep your hat into the gutter, make
gu drop your bundles, break your UNI )
rella tip, aud in general disturb the
srenity of 5ft. TO-
euAppau00Trps ATrrNTY0N, .