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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

According to statistics the maple
sugar season is due to begin in about
IL days. A Dummerston sugar maker
who has kept a record since 1865 says
the average date of first tapping is
March II. The earliest season since
1865 was in 1880 when trees were
tapped for the first time March 4,
while in 1869 there was nothing doing
until April 2.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
THE LICENSE VOTE.

windham county passed creditably
its annual test on the license question
As a result of Tuesdays vote there is
only one town in the county where
liquor will be sold legally during the
coming year. Vernon, which tried the
license experiment for the first time
last year and had little trouble in max
ing that method work satisfactorily
voted yes again by a slightly increased
majority. Somerset also voted H.
cense but the chances of anyone ap'
plying for license in that town are
rs remote as tariff revision by the
present congress. The total vote on
the license question in this county
this year was 1923 as against 3,Si2
last year, gain of ST. The gain in
the yes vote over last year was 9, the
gain in the no vote ~, the net gain for
no license SO, the county majority for
no.license this year being 945. In
considering the gain in the no vote,
however, Rockingham no-license ma
jority of 200 must be taken into con.
sideration. Without this radical change
the total vote would not have appear
ed so encouraging
The outcome of the Rockingham Ii
cense fight was the feature of the vote
in this county. From yes.majority
of 16 last year the town switched over
to drouth by 200 votes as stated above
This change in sentiment should GER
tainly prove balm to the believers in
prohibition although the ointment
contains the proverbial fly in the form
of statement that the change was
due in large measure to the activity OF
North Walpole liquor interests. Gull
ford found no-license to its liking last
year and again voted no as did also
Putney.
In Brattleboro the majority for no.
license was reduced from 1853 to us
but this reduction means simply that
bit of quiet work was done by few
yes advocates while the no element
was asleep at the switch. 1t may be
that this was all for the best because
Tuesdays outcome proves concluslvely
that no still hunt can effect a change
from the present satisfactory arrange
ment.
The state vote shows a slight de-
crease in the number of towns voting
for license and ought to dispel any
doubt as to the folly of returning to
state prohibition. With the exception
of Burlington, where spite brought
about a no vote last year, every large
town in the state which went against
license year ago continued that pol
icy Tuesday, while Barre and st. AL
bans were new recruits to the ranks
of dry cities. The best feature of this
condition is that every town or city
has decided the question for itself and
the law is therefore backed by that
most powerful enforcement lever, pub
lie sentiment. This element of strength
was lacking in the days of state prohi-
bition.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

20 make IhFes si.asehrs in NeE Hampshire
Ia pursuit II eight delegates Why be.l.st
alaSssg Neun0nl 90 M4iaes Mhs Organs.
ia Massaehnssllss Above ALL ahl M1 49,
Mas.seh ,,.atts tarsanaily ihTue Times With
Ia as nianY aeeks'
I. il I.,s.ible that the TAFT mahAsefs
ha,e t.r,o indalsing Ia over stairmrhis ~
eT,leF a. imI,Sess the sEpillo1sf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
The Root of the Trouble.


Brattleboro and st. Johnsbury recently
tried to settle the state" basketball
championship. The way they went about
it was that each town searched high and
low for the best professional players tc
be had. regardless OF price. Most of them
came from New York and Massachusetts,
There wasn't a single local man on either
team. we understand. When the clash
came, each side had put in big money and
was determined to win. st. Johnsbury
took the first game, % to %, with some
question raised by Brattleboro, and plen.
ty of bad blood in evidence. At the next
meeting, two players engaged in scrap
at the outset. The referee ordered one
of them off the floor and another struck
the referee, whereupon the game and So
res ended, which was lucky for the peace
and dignity of these two highly cultured
towns, the one lilly white" the other
the mecca of greatness. Now wouldn't it
have been Just as well to have really
found out. in pleasant and friendly con
test, which place had the better set of
basketball players? 1t is this desire to
win, to win at any price, for self-satisfac-
ton and humiliation of the rival, that is
the bane of true sport.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

By the way, why doesn It the govern
or appoint a commissioner of Vermont
fairs to book all the exhibitions of the
state and provide against conflicting
dates Montpelier Journal.
Because the state has too many com
missions and commissioners already.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
Good for Everybody,

Mr.. Norman R. Coulter, a prominent
architect, in the Delbert building, San
Francisco, says: 81 fully endorse all that
has been said of Electric Bitters as a
tonic medicine. 1t is good for everybody
1t coTects stomach, liver and kidney dis
orders in prompt and efficient manner
and builds up the system" Electric Bit.
tiers Is the best spring medicine ever sold
over a druggists counter; as a blood
purifier it is unequaled. SOC at F. H.
Holden & Co.'S drug store.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

Secretary Taft has written the st.
Johnsbury board of trade declining its
invitation to speak in that town. The
genial secretary of peace feared no
doubt that the st. Johnsbury people
would think he passed through Brattle-
boro on his way north.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
A Few Ifs,
(Monadnock Breeze

If Taft is a sure winner. If nothing
can stop the triumphal progress of his
band wagon. If the people want him and
are calling for him throughout the length
of the land, why is it that his managers
are so anxious to gain the support of the
little eastern delegations?
Why was it necessary for the candidate
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

Is it any worse for President Roose
welt to say ''Me and my people" than
for any of us to sing my Country,
IT'S of Thee?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
The MeddIer
IN m, eoaf IN, yos, sHi IL on.

Al a recent meeting Of the Cheshire
Cauptv Rar association Attorney "'h
eaI Fitis told the members that ~
The matter of a simplifed yet effective
form Of procedure Vermont had n.een
10 learn from the courts OF N'N
Ilnmpshire. 4 recent example ~ New
Ilsmnsbife's criminal procedure is Ger
iaiplv simpli6cd although there y
Ami, A. Ia whether Us effectiveness
would prevail In ali eases. \ man WIS
arrested in Cheshire county and sen
fenced 10 Jail for Illegal liquor selling
n. told the sheriff be- had no objection
n the incarceration provided be could
ga home first aud arang" his hous,
hold affair, satisfactorily, The shetl'l
being willing the prisoner went
home with the understanding that ne
was 10 show up at Keene the hrsi OF
,be next week. 4 day or two later
the officer telephoned the prisoner ana
wanted TO know show things Were
coming 4" The prisoner replied thai
he would be- over the following morn
inc. and sure enough he appeared
The feature Of Tuesdays uneventful
town meeting was the sudden disinte'
Grafton of the Barber boom for select
man II became known Monday after
noon that an effort was on foot TO re
rlace the present trio Of town fathers
hy n new ticket headed by II. g. Bar
her. and the friends of Uncle william
and his associates at once became m
dustrious. They didn't have 10 pro
duec any arguments why the present
hoard should be retained; they simply
gavo publicitv 20 the fact that some
thing was doing. The voters did the
rest. Oscar r. Ware, the Barber cam
paipn manager. was on hand Tuesday
morning with shoe,box full Of PRINT
cd ballots At the close Of the meeting
most of the ballots were stlll IN the
box; another political bubble had been
pricked. However. n good thing about
The contest--if il can really be honored
with that name--is that ii did not STIR
M any fractional feeling and was for
gotten SO quickly that it in no way in
terfered with an impartial discussion
of the various public matters in the
town meeting warrant. In fact, II was
advantageous in that it brought out
more people than would probably have
attended town meeting otherwise
The assertion that Mr.. BARRIERS APP
pearance in the glare Of town politics
was for the purpose of launching him
in the senatorship race is not taken Sc
riously
Indirectly. if not directly, Brattle'
boro gains by the train law which
went into effect Wednesday morning
at 1901. The Central Vermont freight
train crews who have been passing
through" Brattleboro on their long
runs from New London TO White River
Junction and return will be obliged to
do so no longer. Brattleboro will be
the terminus for the crews that start
from New London and some of them
will have to stay here every night be
fore starting on the return trip. This
means more people to feed and shelter
and consequently more money spent in
town. Every little bit added to what
you We got makes just little more.
The Meddler.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

The United States battleship fleet left
Callao, Peru, Saturday for Magdalena bay
in lower California where it expects to ar
rive March IA. This is the longest lap
of the long voyage, the distance being 3lO2
nautical miles and as there are no wireless
stations along the South American coast
no further news will probably be had from
the fleet until it appears off Magdalena
bay.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

Judge Andrew Hamilton, who came
into prominence at the time of the Arm
strong investigation of the big life insur-
ance companies as dispenser of the So
called yellow dog fund, was found dead
in his home in Albany, n Y, Saturday
morning. Death was due to heart dis
ease.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

The entire extreme northeastern section
of Tampa, Fla, was destroyed by fire be-
tween a. m. and l p. m. Sunday. The
area burned covered 45 acres and 30S
buildings were destroyed, entailing loss
estimated at 100000. The burned section
included four large and one small cigar
factories and numerous restaurants, sa-
looms, boarding houses and over 200 dwell
ings occupied by cigarmakers.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

Formal demand for the removal OF vii.
liam Travers jerome from the office OF
district attorney for New York county
was made last week upon Governor
Hughes by committee OF stockholders
of the Metropolitan Street Railway com
pdny twenty-five formal charges Of neg
iect Of duty are set forth. Governor
Hughes has forwarded a copy OF the
charges to Mr.. jerome who will be gwen
specified time to answer them. spe,
cial commissioner will then be appointed
to take testimony on the matter and re-
port to the governor.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

Two fires that brought out all the fire
apparatus in the upper section OF New
\ ork city and ragged from midnight until
dawn Sunday destroyed the car barns Of
the New York City Railway company in
Harlem and the paint factory OF George
". Grote 4 Co. only few blocks distant
Seven hundred and forty surface cars were
burned and the loss to the company Is
estimated at 100000 The loss on the
paint factory is given at $4,000. 1t was
the railway company's second serious fire
within year. the former having destroyed
the Madison avenue car barns.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

Ex.Gov. William o. Bradley, republi-
can, was elected United States senator
from Kentucky Friday, defeating the lead
ing democratic candidate who had the en-
dorsement from the state primaries. Four
democratic members of the legislature
broke the deadlock by voting for Brad
spoke before the Kentucky legislature in
behalf of Ex-Governor Beckham, the demo
cratic candidate
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

Henry Loomis Nelson. %, professor OF
political science in Williams college, died
suddenly OF heart disease in New York
city Saturday. Professor Nelson was a
lawyer who early showed an aptitude Tot
newspaper work and had accomplished
much in that profession. He was Wash,
ington correspondent for several years and
did special work for many prominent pa
pers. For time he was editor OF llar'
per's Weekly and for year or two fol
lowing 1876 was editor of weekly paper
I'm Greenfield, Mass Professor Nelson was
the author OF a number OF books on tariff
reform and other economic topics and was
considered an authority on the subject OF
civil reform.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

The senate of the New York legislature
last week refused for the second time to
ratify the recommendation of Governor
Hughes that Otto Kelsey, state supern-
tendent of insurance, be removed. The
governor first made this recommendation
about year ago but the senate refused
to uphold him. Since that time the state
insurance department has been subjected
to the scrutiny of special investigator
and the findings in his report were what
brought about the governors second
recommendation.
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,oo- Al the post otiee at Braillebore. W,
under The aci % Congress q March ., 1879,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-07
BIG ICE CARGoES ARRIVE.
Natural Product Needed to Supple
ment Manufactured Supply.

The officials of the American Ice Com
pany report that there are at sea bound
TO this city four large vessels with over
$500 tons of natural. ice from Maine
aboard and they should be here by the
middle of the present month.
Discharging cargoes or at the ice
wharves waiting an opportunity TO dis
charge are vessels containing over 10000
tons of the refrigerating material. so that
IL does not look as if Washington was in
any immediate danger of a shortage In
the ice supply
In addition to this great quantity OF
cooling stuff the local ice company has
under charter the schooners Henry L.
Peckham. which will bring to this city
from Maine about 800 tons: the schoon-
er Hugh Kelly. l 500 tons, and the Frank
B. Stinson. I 800 tons.
BY the time this supply of ice is here
and unloaded the summer will be prac-
tically over so that only a few more YES
sci loads of ice will be necessary to keep
Washington supplied. The vessels now on
their way down the coast TO this city are
the Elisha Atkins. Thomas S. Dennison.
H. A. Smith and Doyle.
The greater part of the manufactured
ice in storage was used up during the re-
cent hot weather. Natural ice is now
used to ice cars and for other purposes
for which the manufactured ice was
used.
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4 XdY|ENkbAD[R5
SEASON IS HERE FOR
POTPOURRI JAR MAKING
Roses Should Be Fresh and Picked in the Morning
When Dew Is on the Leaves.

Now that gardens are filed with bloom
ing wild roses, making a potpourri jar
becomes a delightful and inexpensive
pleasure. for the only cost is in buying
dried spices
A good sweet combination cannot be
made with old roses They must be fresh,
picked preferably in the morning when
the dew is on the leaves. Then the petals
are stripped from the stalks and laid on
a paper until they are dry. When thor
oughly dry all are dropped into a jar "a
preserving jar with screw cover is besD,
and salt is sprinkled over at a depth of
every half inch of the petals. The Origi-
nal quantity of flowers may be added to
every day, as long as the rose season
lasts. but the cover must be kept tightly
, screwed down during the entire time of
preparation. After the last inStallment
the jar should stand for two weeks.
At the end of this period there should
be added to the jar, after mixing, an
ounce each of cloves and allspice, with
two ounces of stick cinnamon. The jar
should then be emptied, except for about
an inch of petals. Over this bottom layer
the spices should be thickly scattered.
Then another layer of petals must be put
in and more spices added repeating until
all the flowers are used. The quantity of
mixed spices required depends upon the
quantity of flowers stored.
Exact Quantities Decided.
1t is impossible to give the precise
quantity of spices needed. but the person
mixing them can tell by shifting the COM
bination after it has stood over night.
Too much spice. of course, would absorb
all the rose odor. while little increases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-07
COOKING APPLES.

With the little red astrakhans. sweet
bending the orchard boughs with wealth
of spicy fruitage. and a host of later va
riet.es fastening on to maturity, it is a
poor housewife who has lie apples at her
disposal and will It that her
family table is Il ed with
the king of fir cooked,
and that liberia at the
same time for ~ays TO
come.
Fer cooking a Ill., ! tart apple
has the preference Sweet apples require
a much longer time tor baking or boiling
and never reach the same stage Of tender
ness. Just now the red aStrakhan is in
perfection, and jelly made from it is ex-
quisite in color and delicious in flavor.
Apple Jelly.
Wash the apples clean, cut out all i'm
perfections but do not peel or core. Put
into an earthen jar. set in a pan of hot
water, or cook in the preserving kettle
with just a little water to keep from
sticking to the pan. until mushy and ten
der. Be careful that you do not let the
apples stick and scorch. Cover CLOSELY to
keep all the steam in. When ready pour
into a jelly bag and let the juice drip
through. To every pint of the juice allow
scant pound of sugar. Put the sugar In
shallow pans in the oven. leaving the
door open so the sugar will not get hot
enough to melt turn yellow, and put
the juice in clean kettle over tie fire.
Cook the juice. just twerty minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-07
Weddinu Anniversaries.

The first wedding anniversary is proper
ly the cotton wedding day. though some
brides Of a year make it rose or flower
wedding and others call it paper we'd
ding The second anniversary is properly
the paper wedding, while the third is the
leather wedding. This is significant of the
fact that the tie is strong enough to last
two years. The next anniversary that
has a special attribute is the fifth or
wooden wedding. Then follows a gap I'M
til the seventh anniversary, which is
celebrated as a wooden wedding.
The tenth anniversary is called d'etain-
the tin wedding. The twelfth. silk and
fine liner The crystal wedding comes
after fifteen years. and the china cele-
brates twenty years of welded happiness.
The twenty fifth. or silver anniversary, is
the most commonly kept of all. Pearls
are the appropriate symbol of the thir-
tieth anniversary. and rubies of the for
tieth. ,
AS the golden wedding The slxtleth
anniversary is often celebrated as the
diamond wedding. though it does not come
really until seventy-five years have been
rounded out.
AS few people live long enough to nave
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the nuneency. When the desired fra
GRANGE is secured the lid of the spice jar
is fastened down tight again ana let
stand for a month. At the end OF that
time the odors are well mingled. ana the
flowers may be used as they are. in jar
or sachet.
A more lasting and odorous potpourri
is made by using this in combination with
dried lavender flowers and an extra
amount of spices. For the lavender-rose
jar a half ounce each of alispice' cloves
and ground mace are mixed with good
sized nutmeg. an ounce of cinnamon, two
ounces of orris root all ground and eight
ounces of dried lavender. All these are
stirred together In a basin. There will
also be required a FEW drops OF Oil or
| neroli. rose. violet. and about third as
many drops of bitter almond Oil.
Use Spiced Rose Leaves.
Then the spiced rose leaves are put in
layers in a jar, alternating with layer
of spiced lavender. Over the latter the
perfumed oils are dropped in very small
quantity. To a quart jar of the mixture
should be added half an ounce of rectif1ed
spirits. After this work, the whole must
be tightly covered for several weeks. At
the end of a month it is ready to put in
the usual potpourri jar.
Women who have no rose gardens may
still have the pleasure of making pot
pourri for they may take four ounces
each of lavender flowers and rose leaves.
two ounces of ground orris root, half an
ounce each of ground cloves, cinnamon
and allSpice and four ounces of salt. and
mix all together Then put away in a
tightly covered jar and let stay for a
month Other perfumes may be added
| If desired.
This is a delicious sache, u keen with
undergarmentS.
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from the time it reaches the boiling point.
add the sugar which should be hot
enough to hiss as it strikes the hot juice
stir until dissolved. remove the spoon.
boil a moment longer. then turn into
glasses that have been rinsed in hot
water.
This jelly will be firm, clear and of a
deep rose pink 1t may be left unfavored
or favored with a little pineapple cooked
geranium. For the latter simply lay a
rose geranium leaf in the bottom of the
glass in which you are to pour the jelly,
and turn the hot jelly over it.
The addition of ounce for every dozen
apples also gives a fine flavor to the
jelly.
Apple Jam.
To every pound tart apples, pared, cored
and chopped. allow three-fourths pound
sugar and the juice of finely cut yellow
rind of a lemon. For each three pounds
apples, add a heaping teaspoonful ginger.
Stew together for an hour stirring fire.
Quently with wooden spoon. turn in
pots or jars, cover carefully and keep in
a cool, dry place.
Apple Jam No. 2.
Peel. core and chop tart apples. For
each pound apples allow a pound of brown
sugar. Make a strip of the sugar with
water to dissolve. add the apples. and for
every two pounds apples the grated rind
of a lemon. being careful not to get in
any of the bitter white pith. Add also a
few pieces of ginger. Cook until the ap-
Piles look clear and yellow and put at once
into steriized jars.