The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-16
WHO WILL WIN ME- !?
The beginning OF the end.

Nnd what an cndf
\ glorious lni,h 10 the gryatc.i new.
paper conl,st ever begun and carried Ia
completion IN this state The hig field OF
candidates !, working today with double
viloits and from nov until saturday night
their effort, viii h. iriplei uuadruplcd,
manifold IN fact q mndr0liold 10y friends
also al work
.lu,t 10 illustrate Thi, morning a NO.
man stopped one at the Rciormer men on
the street aud handed him one dollar and
a halt In pay Tor wears subscription Va
The RciomoE She ,aid she had already
subscribed lot two Ncars m advance, hut
made Il three straight Ia help candidate
The Rciormer has been q regular visitor
To this family tur Year, and they liked d
30 we'll they say they viii take u IN the
future from generation Ia generation,
II !, this finn hold The Reiormer ha,
uuon the affections OF it, readers that IN
spires It to greater efforts TO he worthy oi
such confidence
The Reiormer'- auto and other prilc-
10 be- given the winners have resulted M
the most stupendous subscription contest
in the history of Vermont At the half
way stage II hSol,e the record m this state.
Now. II surpasses 10y lar any contest aud
the end i not vet.
almost struck. Saturia, night At 10 II will
be ali over. Work ior the night i com
ing. Candidates themselves will determine
the winners by their work. lts a working
contest. The splendid prizes Offered. are
the rewards. but they are the rewards OF
hard work The hardest workers VIII WIN
the auto. ring, and other prizes u any
candidate has fallen short and not worked
A. hard As he should in the past he can
vet win out 10y hard work between now
and Saturday night.
Nobody wants TO he good loser unless
! he find, il impossible 10 be a good winner
/ therefore. don't waste one single minute
thinking what you viii do II YOU lose but
/ take every precautlon TO assure yohlsen
Mace among the winners. We want every,
one to come in Saturday with a plg punch
of subscriptions Those who do are almost
sure TO win the prize OF their choice 90
| II will he all over Saturday nlght AZ "
o'clock but the shouting.
Thai can't come until the last vote !,
counted and recorded, Tor then only de
Irision can he reached and without tha'
what use i there IN shouting
There is no telling who will do the Shonl
INC The contest department doesn know
neither does any one else Rumor' OF Whal
.ucb candidate has in the way OF N0'e'
viii be rife but they should he treated a.
tumors. .u l.,
The name Of the prize winners VIII Dc
printed in the next issue OF Inc he'orliel
4 candidate may know what he has MN
self. but il is very certain tha' hopou'
else can know -,
Some who did not appear To DE III ! =,
Friday last may. before SATURDAY nlg,i
have enough votes to give them Pio"'
nent position. ,l,.,.. arc
,in, nnmber of groundless rmmors rue
and experience teaches one pretty muci =
i;sregord them. But for the beneilt oi lh'
inexneriepced. we may say that the ma
da,, eeems to have the same effect on ru
mors that the first warm day mas ON wv
hndding flowers. they simply burst lh''
IF Won should not hear some, very sur
missing things between now and SATURDAY.
That would be more surprising Inah any
thing Won can possibly hear. Io-horroN,
Won will be laughing at the reports Wlicl
The result has proved untrue; Al
Everybody is holding back ms Nolesi ~
have been waiting for the las' gay ~
now here. all week the contest depaIL.,lier
has been busy issuing votes on s" w. al,
lions which contestants nave '">'
to their reserve fund' l;,c, toda,
While the vote in the standing loaa.
soans large to some of the candluates
I,ore are others who have something "
tho;r sleeve for the last moment: WIZ
noiize that several thousand addltloha
,'otns viii he necessary to secure me au.'
49,, 80 and other prizes Watch Inc h'
f fa,S for the result, and be prepared 10
~, S,'rnrise in the size of the vote requires
10 on. and subscriptions will be receive
IN the contest department uhtii ~ ~ !,
Saturday night, Dee II, but II lli" nan n
horne in mind that there WIN r.; W. MA IA
crowding in, all with the same li aueJ '"I
tbev can be waited upon lhlilieu'a'e'i r;n
Won will wait until evening n9E haro 70 i
in your subscriptions. you WIZ ia"
Tho TT contest manager today sald -
,aatost dangers that can threaten ~
sa,,d;Jate are lack of confidence anu ~
I I',I;tr have lively recollection 81
uu ,,,,r woman in the very last contest ~
y oudins She had set her heart on a cel
co;,''' ,,r;1e and on the last night cal.e !
t IAN oppntest department with plenty ol 81,
tlie t t;nnS to win written IN her Ieegil
, 81 is she waited to turn them ~ h ho
noot dreaded rival began pouring lls'o h le
li,oet hn most exaggerated stories Oh MnI
e eha herself had secured. re these ieu+
nTnnsubstantial tales the. niue laHS sha eli,
/ oredulo,ls ear. Quite DISCOURAGE denar
ned unobserved from the conoe tto none
!. mpent. and determined to fesloi n,bscrintioI
MI Che had collected on supsIi az.
Whlc" ane many friends. Imagine her cn'
3 aion' ,rhen She read the names oil the p hay
gi,m M and saw how far she wou aI;o ia,
Wh.i1iaad her opponent who had mai1c,ou
: distanceu llei he whole story in order