The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-01
WILLIAM cIEaa I.EAps FIELD,
West Chesterfield Boy Ahead in Tho Rs-
formers story Contest,

Ihass interested a. The EsfaFsRaF shaTi
story contest will lind the iifsl install
ment ~ contributions printed an page
II this Issue and the standing 81 the con.
l~sianis on Isagr d. only small part Of
The stories appear this week. hal the fe,
malnsier will he pnhiishri neat week and
the Nrrk after, AZ for the standing, that
vii appear every week fran nas until
The end At the contest, and at the rate
VOTES arr coming In Al present changes N
leadership viii H. almost continuous, Up
a. yesterday afternoon William tless az
West Chesterfield y. H.. led the field
with sia votes, seoond 10 him being Miss
l.amaille i.angworihy 81 llinslalc, \, H.,
with an, Both 81 thcse Contestants are
Ia district 4, in which unusual activity y
hcins displayed, In district No, Chi'
fond Rate II this town leads with IS,
Ralph johnson bring second with M
Many of the other contestants IN this dis
irict are known 10 have votes which they
are holding. Miss Neiiie johnson Of
Townshend stands At the head Of d'sirie,
> with 2l7 votes, four more than are al
prosent credited 10 Arthur II Fletcher Of
Wanlshor0 In district Miss Pauline
Adams of West Halifax l. Ia first position
with ids votes, A. ". Cheney Of Whining
ton standing second with an even 600
Contestants should bear ia mind that the
margin between the leaders and those be
hind Is in reality very small: in fact, four
new subscriptions srnt IN by any contest,
ant who took advantage of the entrance
coupon would give him lead over all !.
The following letter from G. y Snow al
Townshend viii he Of interest TO those
seeking for votes:
An 1 have heard this week is talk about
the stories 81 the different contestants and
how hard Il has been for them 20 write
and how their stories are not good, etc.
and I have got the fever aud am going 20
write a story myself. ] believe Il Is a
pretty good story. too. and the best thing
about il is Il is true every word OF II.
While il can't get the prize Il may start
someone thinking and have something TO
do about the prize. ] will begin like this;
II was on a sloshy afternoon about the
middle Of March. 1910. when. as ] was
picking my way down the middle Of the
main street Of southern Vermont village,
met young fellow OF my acquaintance
whom I will call Sam because that is not
his name He said 10 me, II am no, hay.
ing good luck with The Reformer Short
Story Contest. I can't bear 10 drum peo.
ple for subscriptions and votes. ] feel rs
though would lose more than ] would
gain. People who like me now might not
have as good an opinion Of me II ] both
cred them about subscriptions, and have
nv own way to make in the world and
need all the friends ! can get.
| told him how mistaken he was, hut
don't believe | convinced him as ] was IN
hurry TO catch train for another wi.
lare. When | reached my destination |
steppcd into Harper's store To see u the
contest circular still hung in plain view,
and Mr.. Harper al once accosted me thus;
SAY, Snow, that Reformer contest IS
darned nuisance" "How is thatf' m
auired. "Why, Ben Haley was in this
morning and hit me for a years subscrip.
ton and don't want the paper more'n, |
want two heads. Always have my daugh,
ter's to read by Saturday" What made
YOU take it them" ! asked. Couldn't
help it. The blame kid stuck right. to me
till I had to fork over. am sorry
that you were annoyed, ] said, but am
dad Ben got your subscription. Mr.
Harper laughed. Guess you needn wor-
nv much about my being annoyed enough
10 hurt me; that is live boy and ] hired
him to begin work for me as soon as school
closes before he got out of the store !
tell Won that a II year-old kid that can
sell old Jim Harper something, he don't
want to buy don't have far to look for
lob. whether ! need man or not
won't write any moral to my story;
Int will lust saw this. Every boy and girl
in the contest has great admiration for
some person who is well known in the
world: it may be person of the past or
one whose name is in peoples mouths at
the present time. 1t may be Roosevelt
or Lincoln or Grant or Napoleon or Car
RE Nation or Susan B. Anthony or Maude
Adams. but whoever it may be Just picture
that person at your age in a contest OF I'M,
kind and you will decide that your, model
would have stood chance of winning,
Winning the prizes in this contest means
more than just so much money received
it means that the sort OF disposition that
YOU manifest in this wor will help you
10 climb to whatever height you have set
for your goal. The man who would ne
come a rich man or a famous man and me
girl who wishes to make a success in NE
will find no better time to start than carry
tomorrow morning. unless they can man
age to see few people tonight after the