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The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
STATE LANDS AND STATE ROADS

The Committee on State Lands and State
Roads will give public hearing in its room
at the Stale House in Augusta, Tuesday,
February ?, 1909 on No. 81, AN act to
amend sections one, two, three. four, FIVE,
six, seven, eight, nine.> twelve and thirteen of
chapter liz, ?. L. 1907, relating to high.
ways
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28

In friendship we See only those faults
which may be prejudicial to our
friends. In love we see no faults but
those by which we suffer ourselves
De Ia Bruyere.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

The Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds will give a Public hearing in Repre-
resentative Hall, at the State House in Au-
gusta, on Wednesday, February 10. 1909, at
two o'clock in the afternoon, on the "Resolve
in favor of the enlargement Of the State
House, or the erection of suitable state
office building adjacent thereto"
LEWIS a. BURLEIGH, Secretay.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
Lots of Reasons.

RobbinS--I don't see why any actor
should ever be out of a job Bobbin7--
Why? Notwithstanding to the adj
vertisements. every good play Is full Of
good situations.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28

to N. G., Belle Williams; L. s: to n.
G., Sue Preble; r. S. to V. g.,
Florence Owens; L. S. to V. G., May
B. Baker; Chaplain, Sadie Andrews.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
Il The News of Somerset's Busy Towns II

B. HIATT, officiating. The remains
were taken OH the afternoon train to
Alexander, Washington county, for
interment
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
MARRIAGES.

Salmon Falls. y. H.--January p by the
Rev. William Sandbrook, Or. T.. {. Andrews
of North Arson and Miss Lucy ii. Parker OF
SomeryIlle Mass.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
Horses for Sale

\ General Withers mare, sound. kind an
fear less of all objects. Weighs 1000 pounds
One Sterling colt, four years old, clever an
kind in harness: also two younger sterlin
colts. Prices reasonable.
JOSEPH WHITTEMORf
Farmers Phone 20-4l0, 2w}
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
Hire mileage book of R. T. Patter

If we could see ourselves as others
see US, 1t would just about put the
looking glass people out of business
The lion at the zoo thinks he is the
name thing.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28

Orders for engraved work of any
description, wedding announcements,
calling cards, ETC., taken at the RE-
PORTER Office.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28

National Fire Insurance Co.
of Hartford.
Real Estate S447,s66.4 Al
Mortgage Loans, 7o4,7e c. 90
Collateral Loans, 90
Stocks and Bonds. o,o77,279.oo
cash in Office and Bank. 37I.825 So
Agents Balances, 7o5,s7o "a
ills Receivable 100
Interest and Rents, 90
Gross Assets $9,as7,35o.4I
Admitted Assets, S8,757,3so.4I
LIABILITIES DEC. 81, 1908.
Net Unpaid Losses. 5 4os,39o. Iq
Unearried Premiums, 4,4Q5.4o2.s8
All other Liabilities, $4,000 90
l ash t,apital 100000 90
Surplus over all Liabilities, 2,t75,%sS.c4
Total Liabilities and Surplus, $s,as7.3so.4r
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
,Japan and Our Country.

These are the principles upon when
the people of the United States shoulu
act as regards the question of the I'M
migration of the japanese INTO inns
country. The japanese are hlgniiy
civilized people of extraordinary MN
tarv. artistic. and industrial develop
ment; they are proud, war like, and SEN
sitiye. | believe that our people nave,
what | personally certainly have, pro
found. hearty admiration for them; an
admiration for their great deeds ana
oualities an ungrudging respect TOT
their national character. But this ad-
miration and respect is accompanied Dy
the firm conviction that it is not for the
advantage of either people that emil
Grants from either country should settle
in mass in the other country. The under
standing between the two countries on
This noint should be on basis of entire
mutually, and therefore on BASS
which will preserve unimpaired the sell
respect of each country, ana perm, eas ii
To continue to feel friendly good VIII
for the other. Japan would certainly on
iect TO the incoming of masses OF Amer
lean farmers. laborers, and small ttau
ers; indeed. the japanese would opleet
TO this at least as strongly as the men
of tbe Pacific coast and Rocky noun
tain states object to the incoming IN
mass of japanese wOrkmen, agrleultuI ~ ~
laborers. and men engaged IN smaii
trades. :.
The Japanese certainly object to
Americans acquiring land IN Japan AZ
least as much as the Americans OF the
far Western states object to the Jap
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
MIR. ALDERMAN MAKES ANSWER
Says His Hotel is in Principal village
and Bears Good Reputation.

The answer Of George +. Alderman OF
South Vernon, against whom a WITH Oh
mo warranto was issued by Judge Row
eli July 3 to show that Mr.. Alderman
was legally holding a license to sell
liouor in the South Vernon House, has
been filed and the work of taking dep9-
sitions in the ease was begun at South
Vernon Yesterday by r. c. Bacon repre-
senting Mr.. Alderman and W. h. Daley
representing l.. w. Brown, the complain
ant. In his answer Mr.. Alderman AYERS
that for ten years past he has been a
citizen of Vernon and that he rs d
wears of ace, He says that he has
never had a license revoked for any
cause and that he has never been con-
victed of violation of chapter 2l9 OF
the statutes of Vermont, which relates
to the traffic in intoxicating llquor. ne
AYERS that he is not keeping nor has ne
ever kept a house of i'll fame or gam
bling resort and that for ten years past
he has operated the South Vernon House
as bona fide hotel, and that the hos
telry is equipped for the care and con
venience of man and beasts and that
no license for the sale of liquor has
been granted and revoked for any cause
within one year and that his hotel IS not
located within the prescribed distance
from church or public school;
Mr.. Alderman claims that South YER
non is the principal village IN the town
of Vernon and that he should nor pc
denied license upon the claim that ne
is not located in the principal village or
his town. A counter answer Will be
fled in rebuttal after the dispositions
have been taken. 1t will probably take
all day today and possibly tomorrow TO
complete the taking of the testimony at
South Vernon.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
FARMERS SHOULD KEEP MILK.
Selling 1t Away From Farms Means an
Enormous Waste

Producers of milk. who insist on selling
milk away from the farms, should under
stand the enormous wastage implied IN
the easy" business of marketing whole
milk at the prevailing market prices, says
an exchange. Farmers in some cases do
understand this wastage, and some of
them are churning their milk, selling their
butter for more than the current market
prices of the whole milk and feeding
back their skimmik or buttermilk to
livestock on their farms. with a twofold
benefit. the increase of their incomes, and
the increase in the fertility of their soil
What is the wastage in selling milk
away from the farms! The West Virginia
experiment station reports an interesting
and convincing demonstration of the value
of skimmilk in a series of feeding tests
with LAYING hens The first test covered
I'D DAYS The - hens fed on skimmilk
laid 1914 eggs. compared with 996 laid by
- hens fed on a mash wet with water
In another test 90 hens fed on skimmllk
laid s62 eggs IN 81 days, compared with
632 eggs laid by similar lot fed with no
milk Other tests gave similar results.
The conductors of these experiments es-
innate that. under prevailing conditions
with eggs selling at 20 to - cents dozen,
the skimmik had a feeding value OF III to
, cents a quart.
Figure on that basis. The June price
of whole milk in New York city was sl.2l
gross per 40-quart can. The producers
Melted 90 cents a can in the 23-cent zone.
90 cents a can in the Decent zone, 81
cents a can in the 39-cent zone, and 81
cents a can in the 32-cent zone. Ayerag
ing the yield of the cows per head, and
calculating the high feed and labor costs
of production, it Is safe to say that the
milk cost. at the lowest estimation,
cents a quart. or Sl.2O per 40quart can.
These figures are furnished by a large
producer. whose COWS range from big
Weld to small Weld and average something
over the so-called average yield.
This producer is in the Decent zone
For June milk he melted 81 cents a can,
and he Acknowledges a loss of 43 cents a
can on it. He Is up against ser1ous
condition. What can be do to better ms
situation financially Figure on IT. lbs
milk averages { per cent OF butterfat-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
GermIess Jamaica.

A Philadelphia physician. lately return
ed from a trip to Jamaica, was greatly I'M
,,anv linds of germs on the island. In
lection is so rare as to be almost I'M
known. and it is not necessary for sur
geons to take the precautions against 1t
which are indispensable here: Il was
amazed when / saw them dressing wounds
in a Kingston hospital" said the physi-
clan. They used no antisepties OF any any
kind. and did not even go to the trouble,
of sterilizing instruments. | questioned
the surgeons in charge. and they said 1t
was not necessary; that there, were so
few infectious germs on the island that
healing was almost never interrupted oy
of our Philadelphia hospitals as they, do
II we should be overwhelmed with blood
poisoning and other cases Of that kind.
They will not always have this freedom
from germs. however. Intercourse with
the United States and Europe Will. IN
time. load them up with germs, unless
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
The Knocker.

live to run my chickens upon my
neighbours lawn: ! live, to raise the dick
ems from sunset until dawn; to spend my
time in whining, and grunting and repln-
mo and when the sun is shining, to
s swear the sunlight's gone. | live to loaf
AND ianguish while others strive and toll;
to kick up lots of anguish, and trouble (,
and turmoil; | live to md and and handlf an a.,
: vandaI and should be boiled in oil |
live to scott at virtue; I live to make a
f f,nI of all the things that hurt you and
put you to the bad. live to prove the
thesis that hopes as dead as Greece y,
wofld's gone mad. ! live to, fuss and
clamor. while Others smile and sing; to
mack around hammer and knock on
everything; to make my tongue a saoer
and slash at useful labor; to criticize my
neiohbor-and thus | have my fling
Walt Mason, in the Spokane Spokesman
Review.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16

can of it weighs SO pounds and contains
2 "a nounds of butterfat; equivalent to four
nounds of butter. The market wholesale
nuotation of good butter in june was
about % cents pound. III he had churn'
cd his milk, he could have got $l.0i for
the butter in can OF it, while he Melted
only 81 cents for the whole contents OF his
40-quart can.
after selling his butter, about so pounds
of skimmilk and buttermilk left Had he
led the leftover milk to hens. it would
have produced eggs to SELL and in the
eggs the refuse milk would have netted
him ~ to 9 cents a quart, or go to 80
cents Der 4O.quart can. Thus the market
value of his 40quart can OF 4-per-cent fat
milk in June really was the combined
value of the butter and the refuse milk or
81 .O4 plus 60 to so cents, or Sl.64 to >! "a,
lie took 81 cents for the 40-quart can!
Would it pay him to churn? Yes, if
he wishes to make money and is willing co
do the needed work. No, if he prefers the
"easier'' work implied in selling milk
away from his farm, and is willing to net
81 less per can in order to enjoy the
..easier" method of disposing OF his milk
This computation explains why dairy
farming has become profitless as busl-
ness, While the milk middlemen pile up
l
contains 60 to 80 cents OF teed value draws
ali that value out of the soil. The soil is
noorcr for every can of milk sold away
There is no escaping this most lamentabe
and ominous truth. There is no possible
w un to Keep up the soil that produces
nil, 70 sell away from the soil, so long
as the net returns to the farmer are lower
than the cost of production. With sutfi-
GENTLY large net returns Tor milk the
farmer could restore enough fertility to
tbe soil to balance that taken out by the
milk, As the milk business now stands,
This is absolutely impossible, and utter
soil soil exhaustion faces the dairy farmers.
What can the dairy farmers do to
change the evil situation to a good stua-
t t;"n5 They can organize and cooperate
to 81 regulate the liquid milk trade so that
no surplus may smash prices to the pro
ducers. They can cooperate to make but
ter cheese casein. mlk-sugar and con-
densed milk, and thus get out OF their
NIL, the wealth that is now got out OF 1t
hv the middlemen and manufacturers.
Thev can run their milk, not in an I'M.
returning current to the wasteful liquid
market, but from their sou through i've
stocl, back to their soil. In brief, they
can conduct their business on business
ike principles. which they are not now
DANG and have not been doing for years.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
Kipling's Warning to John Bull.

The neople of Great Britain have come
n love Rudyard Kipling almost as much
a. they Glove an English lord. lhls tact
NAV be explained by his marked fearless
ness in telling the English the truth about
themselves and particularly. about tnel I
military and naval establishments anu
their national TENDENCIES:
Be this as it may kipling has Just cen
tered the attention of all England upon
himself again by contributing to the Lon
don Post a long poem in which he prophe-
sizes national disaster on account OF the
nresent-dav tendencies of the English gov
eminent. .;,,,.
Describing the citizens OF an imaginary
state, THE City of Brass, he tells now
they started ito decree new earth "a at a
birth without labor or sorrow. Ihelr
administrative IDEAS are thus described:
They said: Who has hate in the soul
Who has envied his neighbor!
r Of him arise and control both that man
and his labor
They said: Who is eaten by sloth!
Whose unthrift has destroyed him?
He shall levy a tribute from all because
none has employed him.
They said: Who has toiled? Who hath
striven and gathered possession: ;,
Let him be spoiled he hath gwen fuil
proof of transgresson.
They razed tnelr ramparts to convert
them into pleasure grounds, encouraged
rebellion in their colonies. flung. away the
imperial possessions their forefatherI,
gained. secuted faith and endeavor and
derided the idea of restraint. Nemesis
comes when they are stepped in self sat
isfaction in the form of a hostile host
and the poem concludes:
The eaters of other mems bread, the eN
empted from hardship,
The excusers of impotence fled, abdicat
ing their wardship
For the hate they had taught through the
state brought the state no defender,
And it passed from the roll OF the nations
in headlong surrender.
One discovers touch of history as
well as of prophecy in these lines and oui
English cousins should so much the more
take heed to the warning. klphng. ha'
not become poet laureate by word of the
ruler of Great Britain but he has the sat
isfaction of being able to sing Btlton
hopes and fears as they have not beer
sung since Tennyson's voice was hushec
in eternal quietude.-Burlington FREE
Press
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16

arithmetic up to that point from which
questions could be asked to test the
knowledge of the scholar without, dipping
so deep. Another question in fractions
was SO badly "set up" by the printer a.
to absolutely confuse most OF the apph'
cants. ,.S.,,
Here are two questions in history:
"What can you state in regard to the
development of the railway system IN
the United States?" That would be suit
able question for Mr.. Hartman or some
of the Vanderbilts. "What was the sig
nifcance of and about how many years
ago arose the cry: 'Fiftyfour Forty or
Fight?''. That is certainly an obscure
question. No reference is made TO tnat
phrase in Barnes's school history ana rev
neople would remember anything about
+ at all were it not for novel recently
published with that title, a> a.
Here are two ON civics: Name the
president and vice-president and three
members of the presidents cabinet.
most adroit question. OF course every, APP
plicant would answer the first part OF ~,
but how could they know the names Oh
fine cabinet members, and so about every
annlicant lost the value of that question
Name the members in the United States
Senate from Vermont. Name those IN
the House of Representatives; ms Is u
question for newspaper readers or poll
ticians, and not for school children. !,
4 few in geography Draw a map o. OF
s sne town ro %, Ml bubble buildings. rivers
se,. aa ol Losu and mountains. if any How
ponds at thes anu scholars do Won think ever
l many su Wl a man Who could draw ity
doubt IL lht ~ ,p foilow;ng for a good full
sized question: I'm going by water from
Liverpool TO i ltna;ts N woS,d W Won pass at
lhlousn o mm". cities would YOU call;
,,.hat Ippnmld Won probably take on as "a
what Woulu 70" - nd one more
cargo az t .aa aentt;yons If the earth and
,t DescI ,,hat ' zach ''' prodnces,"
:. PERHAPS 'f fer scbnlars Who are taught
lali e4 tb;ems outs;da Of their school books
nnd who are fortunate enough to be able
ana VINO ar 1t io onaaad s,hools in the large
to attend me graueo s, Zoo strenu
towns, o'i my + rai and noorly edu.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
Guilford Centre. Ju
Examination a Shut-Out.
,ditor RerO1nler:

Editor RerOrmer:
The recent examinations given the town
nrnils who wished to enter the Brattle-
boro high school are considered by all
interested to be very unfair and unreason-
able. Most of the questions were wholly
new to the pupils. One OF the questions
class Of the high school short time. be
fore graduation. A few were, taken from
the daily papers which children T,,,, do not not
usually read and memorizc. What we
believe in is to give our boys and girls
fair chance, not to discourage them so
thew viii not try. Not one of the 80 who
took the examinations, passed them, but t
this does not prove that our boys and i
oirls are ounces. Give them chance and
fhey will make good We can do without
state. county and district. school superin-
tendents if these examinations are. a
sample of what they are going to give,
as it means a complete. shut-out, OF every
,nn;l who is irving to get an education.
+. A. johnson.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
QUESTIONS WE'RE TOO DIFFICULT.
Every Applicant Failed in Examination
at West Brattleboro.

Editor RefO1mef. ,.,,
I would like to give your readers little
insight into the examinations recently
held in West Brattleboro, for entrance
into the high school. -.
There were over 30 applicants, all of
whom came from the rural schools in
the "back' districts. They We're fine
set of bright young folks, their age aver
aging over ID years, and all eager to go
on with their education. They telt that
they were on the very threshold of the
HIGH school. where they would receive
their first systematic training, such as
they never had before, where each sub
iect is taken up by competent and eX-
ner;enced teachers before the entire class
,or a whole hour and the lesson gone
over carefully and completely and re-
viewed until every willing and receptive
scholar gets a thorough knowledge OF
that lesson. And yet what was the re-
snit Hone and enthusiasm alike were
chilled They were met by set OF dlf-
6cnlt. obscure. and confusing questions,
md not one of them succeeded IN passing
the examination.
There must be a reason for such com
nlete failure. and somebody Is TO ne
blamed for such an unsatisfactory re-
suIt. The reason lies partly IN the TACT
that some of the towns only give y weeks
of schooling per year and IN many IN
stances the teachers are only paid sou
nor week. Under such circumstances
much mast not be expected of the Ssehol-
ars-that is. if they are ever to graduate.
Rut if we look over the examination
naners we will find obscure questions the
answers to which cannot be found IN the
text books in use in these schools, and
tbe examiners who framed these, ques-
lions are directly responsible Tor the as
'.,,,,aging result. On the arithmetic. pa
,,or tour out of the 10 questions involved
= knowledge OF geometry. Now, mas
much as geometry Is not taken up IN the
bigb school until the second year, why
,.ss II necessary TO ask these questions
E1rtbermore. it has always been here
.ofore tacitlv understood that no question
bevond square root would be asked, ana
I think there are sufficient branches %
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16

anese acquiring land on our soil. me
Americans who 90 to Japan and the
Japanese who come to America should
he of the same general class-that IS,
they should be travellers, students,
teachers scientific Investigators, men
engaged in international business, men
sofourning in the land for pleasure or
study. Wherever there is settlement IN
mass-that is, wherever there Is iarge
Enumeration of urban or agricultural
Iahorers. or of people engaged in small
local business of any kind-there is sure
TO be Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt IN
the Ontlook
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
River N otes.

James II. Allen has bought w. NJ. Eos,
ter's motor canoe and added it to the local
squadron. Mr.. Allen finds his new craft
operates the easiest when the throttle to
the engine is open.
F. w. Crosby of New Orleans, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Crosby of this town,
is chairman of the regatta committee OF
the South Yacht club OF New Orleans, and
in that capacity has done much to stimn-
late INCORPORATING in southern waters. Tie
recently acted as Judge and timer of a
remarkably successful l6-mie Marathon
in which six speed boats contested. and
was one of the Judges at the regatta OF
the Southern Gull Coast Yachting associa-
ton at Mobile. Ala, July 10.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
Bolivia and Persia Have Troubles.

Hostilities are on the point of breaking
ont between Bolivia and Peru. In their
boundary dispute, which was arbltrated
by the president Of Argentina, the deer
the Bolivians offered indignities to Senior
Fonseca. the Argentine minister at La
Paz- who has been forced to quit his
post. All three countries are making war
Chill promises to remain
neutral. The constitutional movement
in Persia has reached stage. that has
given the possession of most of the ,eapl-
tai CITY. Teheren, to its forces. Fighting
has been in progress Tor months, but the
rs,-olntionists seem to have gained the as
eendancy. The demand Is for modern
Constitution and the movement IS much
like that which has recently taken place
in Turkey.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16

great precautions are taken. 1t is a pity
that such must be the case, Just as the IN
PRODUCTION of tuberculosis germs INTO
America by the white man was great
pity. The Indians never had tuberculosis
until the Europeans came, and then they
were decimated by the disease Many OF
the South Sea Islands are totally tree rom
malaria lust because they do not have
malarial germs nor the mosquitoes which
transmit them. To me country tnaV
had no germs would seem a paradise -
Philadelphia Record. aass
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16

Everyone would be benefited by taking
Folev's Orino Laxative for stomach and
liver trouble and habitual constipation.
1t sweetens the stomach and breath, gen
tly stimulates the liver and regulates the
bowels and Is much superior to pills ana
ordinary laxatives. why not try Foleys
Orino Laxative today? Sold by All Drug
gists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16

Our Our chef says Gold Medal Flour ONLY.
VERONICA