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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28

Mrs. John O'Couuor and daughter.
Mrs. Frank Weeks. visited Tuesday in
Bellows Falls Mrs Weeks, vino hau
been with her parents week. RETURN
ad yesterday TO her home in Spring
.ield. Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Cattle Made to Swim.

\ communication by telephone from
Putney this noon SAYS that II. W. TarboN
and family and Burton TarboN, who live
on the J. Y. Shaw place on the East Put
ncy meadows. were taken from the cham
Der window in boats this forenoon. This
house, which has passed through some
troublous times in years past and more
than once has been anchored to Il big tree
in the yard, is in low part OF the mca-
dow The cattle in the barn were taken
TO a higher floor and from there were
made 10 swim to d nearly hill.
The railroad track on the Cor-cr flat
south Of the Putncy railroad station is
three feet under water.
The street railroad in Springfield, this
state, has been out of commission since
yesterday afternoon, on account OF high
water.
There is no washout on the railroad
track between here and Putncy, but about
a mile below the Putney station, on the
curve nearly opposite the Gliddeu farm
the track Is overfowed to a depth of three
feet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Bellows Falls Report.

Bellows Falls reported at Is O'Clock
this morning that the first of the logs
which broke loose last evening at
White River Junction. when the
bridge was carried away, had reached
thc railroad bridge there and some
were iammed under II. Three of the
logs had been tossed up on to the
bridge. but had been pushed off. There
was no way bv which those iammed
uudcr the bridge could be loosened
and sent or their way. Great fear was
. EXPRESSED there for the safety of the
bridge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Many Early Visitors.

Many early visitors gathered at the
bridge this morning soon after day
light. all anxiouslv iuquiring as to the
whereabouts of the logs which were cx-
ueeted to arrive during the night or
early morning hours. Among them was
Seleetman 4. E. Merrill, who specu-
lated on whether the 20 inches or 80
clearance under the bridge would be
sufficient to permit the logs going un-
der without causing jam. He was
not particularly sanguine of the out
come
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
M. ]. Moran to the Rescue.

NJ j. Moran, one of the owners Of Is
land park and OF the buildings on the Is
land, after telephone communication with
points to the north decided that he did
not care to be considered in any way re-
sponsible for the lives of persons occupy
ing his property and made preparations to
get them to land dry shod.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Water There Nearly Up TO
the Railroad Bridge
Tunnel Banked
FLOOD REACHED
CREST ABOUT 8 A. NJ.
River at that Time Was a Few Inches
Below Mark Established During the
Freshet of 1s95-Ceuars Under Wat
er on Canal Street.
fBy telephone to The RefomcrD

BELLOWS FALLS, March Is THE
water I'm the Connecticut river here drop
ped SIX inches I'm the hour previous tn IH
o'clock this morning At its high point
it registered lS.9 feet compared tn o maTs
+ 1874 feet during the fgeshct O.. lSal.
a force of Boston * Maine employee
are guarding the railroad bridge which Is
only AN inch on two above the -virliug
Hood. Scattering logs. the advance IF the
broken boom from Sharon. now and then
strike the bridge and quick work Us ueees-
sarv to prevent their doing damage.
The last train from the south on thn
Connecticut river division reached here ai
, O'Clock this morning. bringing "a large
number of strangers who are obliged To
make this town their headquarters tempo
rariiy There is a. big wasHaat N South
GhaTItstowu, y. H. "a few miles north uf
here. and train service in that direction
s out OF the question The New y ara
trains run hv the way ot keeuc-
The international Paper company plant
here Is shut down and the water stands
more than six feet deep on ting floor of
the machine shop Cellars uf tHe houses
m Canal street arc flooded
The Boston 4 Maine tunnel hsS hnan
banked 90 pregcnt further mmaation-
in North NalpDie there asa- uiHe ieef
of water iu the uHacrIa-s that aeeama.
dates traffic beneath tine railroad.
4 cottage owned EF the late !. T. ErH.
nahan was swept from Is foundation t.r-
morning aud is now oH rs way down
stream.
Reports from north 0f here are to ts.
elgea. that "a large number 1T logs vra
passing N nlsor at abort 939 d ODD
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Conditions in Westminster.

At Frank FAIRS in Westminster mru
worked until / O'Clock tHl. morning -..
tiag i. head af cattle tu place at >rat.-
The water on the railroad traeH halrg tar
FaTr piate IS lo iaat deep The ira-a
across the brook aft that point was washed
away bv the torrent lu the upper -trc.
IN Westminster the water Ha~. H. iua.-
in oue hour covering lhe territory frau tla
watering truUghs al the fsaf ol tha court.
house hiIi To- the sand iF5 road wi..n
Is badly washed and pronounced unsafe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
The Real Trouble.

and showing no disposition to break
faith with the builders.
The Real Trouble.
The real trouble. aside from the high
water, that affected every place along
the Connecticut valley. was started by
the breaking Of q big boom that held
I'm leash some 100000 feet Of logs
owned by the Champlain Realty com
pauv at Sharon on the White River,
northwest Of White River Junction.
This huge mass of logs started on its
mad career down the river and
brought up against the covered bridge
at White River Junction. That bridge
vithstood the tremendous strain until
30 O'Clock last night, when it went
ont. One end hung to the shore and
the other banged constantly against
the railroad bridge of the Passumpsic
division and for hours it was feared
that that structure would follow the
lead of its wooden mate and 90 down
stream.
The railroad officials realized that
this particular section was one of
those most subject to trouble in the
present high water and some OF the
high officials of the railroads We're on
duty there doing what they could de
wise means to save railroad property
and keep traffic open.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Grant Moves Valuable Materials.

For two days the Charles H. Grant
Granite company had been preparing for
the flood. The concern had undergone cN-
perIencc~ of this nature before and was
not TO be caught mapping, Some of the
more valuable Of their finished product
they began moving two days ago and had
taken most of it to place of safety before
the water crept INTO their wcgkrooms and
forced them to abandon that part Of then
work. Near the east end OF the Brattic
boro bridge were two carriages and "A sleigh
or two that We're fishcd out from storag.
in barn, hate in the day and dragged t,
the high spot for temporary safety.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
CONNECTICUT RIVER BREAKS
ALL OF ITS PAST RECORDS
FLOODING A WIDE AREA

Vernon Power Station, Out of Commission Reported More
Than Twelve Feet of Water Going Over Dam O'Clock
This -Brattleboro Isolated With Slight Prospect
of Immediate Resumption of Regular Train Service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
INCIDENTS ABOUT
THE RIVERS RISE
Complete Story of Last Night s
I. Happenings Told by One Who
Followed Them.

All day yesterday the river continued
to rise, steadily. surely and relentlessy
There were times when it appeared to
have reached its crest. as indicated by the
various marks by which people were
gauging the rise of the water But late in
the afternoon there was no mistakiug the
fact that the water was still rising BY ,
o clock it was plain that it was rising even
more rapidly than at any previous stage
in the flood period. From 40 to 6
o'clock the water showed a rise of nine
inches on the gauge near the pumping sta
ton back of the TailToad station. This
gauge was placed there at the time the
| Turner'S Falls dam was being constructed
and from the depth of water as indicated
by that gauge the builders of the Turner's
Falls dam were able to Judge the condi-
| tions they must meet
Ticket Agent David :. Carey read the
/ gauge for them regularly and sent the
/ figures at a stated hour. He said Yesterday
afternoon to "a Reformer reporter that he
/ never had seen the time before when il
was higher than - feet. At 40 O'Clock
/ the reporter waded through the mud of
the freight yard and read the gauge Ii
registered 45 feet and five inches. He re-
peated the operation at five minutes be
for 6 clock and the water was touching
the mark at 4G feet and two inches. a rise
of nine inches in an hour and half
The island Suffers
About this time, with the water ranidI1
closing up the distance to the bottom O
the bridge leading to the island, it bccam,
evident that the road across the islanC
which was raised two years ago after
freshet. was not of sufficient elevation t,
prevent this food from again washing i
: out. The water then surrounded the thre,
houses occupied by families while tn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
AIarooned on Hunt Meadows.

A telephone message was received
by Police Chief George Wilson last
evening from the freight house TO the
effect that man was marooned on
the railroad tracks on the Hunt mead
ows and needed "a boat to rescue him.
The chief secured n boat. a team and
% crew of volunteers and started on
his rescuiug trip. They learned before
they started that the man had q Ian
tern with him and had been left by
the section boss TO flag the north
bound train while the other went
north to flag the south bound train.
Later it was feared that he could not
get back to terra firma and the hurry
call for aid was sent i'm.
When the reseuing fleet reached the
scene they searched the territory for
a glimpse Of anything that resembleu
81 light. hur saw none and after a
search returned satisfied that the sup
posed victim OF the food had managed
10 get bacE TO safety.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Conditions at Big Dam.

The unprecedented head of water
flowing over the Vernon dam OF the
Connecticut River Power company.
some - feet at midnight last night.
caused that water to back up in the
tail races so that the plant scarcely
was able to generate any power at
all In the afternoon it was announced
from the power station to The Re
former that they were making only
about p per cent OF their normal power.
Last night they were out Of business
entirely. Too much water was as bad
as too little.
The company announced that sutli-
cient power would be furnished the
Twin State company to care for Brat
| tleboro but that the Fort Dummer
| Mills would be unable to run today
rs the company would be unable to
| furnish power for the plant. Other
concerns and towns along the line
that are normally provided with pow
or from this plant viii get what
| power they have today and possibly
| tomorrow, certainly until the volume
of water is reduced, from the Shel
burne Falls station and others farther
| down.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Water Pipe 3ursts.

During last evening, Just after
Chief Wilson had returned from the
attempted rescue of "a marooued mau.
me received telephone call from Mrs.
Joseph Cain or Elliot street 10 the
effect that a water main had burst
and WIS giving that territory more
water than was needed aud she want
rd someone To come and shut off the
water. The chief informed the proper
Individual auH one more of his tr0ub-
'e- was passed.
Highest Point at Vernon Dam.
. AT 3 O'Clock th;s morning it was
reported from the Vernon dam thai
the water had not risen materially for
m hour and that there was over II
feet flowing over the dam. Bellows
Fails reported slight rise during the
previous hour and the fact that the
logs were passing there.
AT $ o'rlocE this morning the Con
accticut River Power company report
od that l2la feet of water was flow
.ug over the dam, slightly more than
there was at any previous record of
tharc The water for the last two
hours at that time had been rising at
the rate of 0ne-tenth of % foot an
hour. That was tine highest point
reached.
At the same time the gauge back of
the railroad station which ar @ clock
last night registered 46 feet and two
inches registered - feet and II
inches.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Lumber Piles Gone.

-Four piles of pine plank owned by HoI-
den & Martin of Brattleboro and stuck up
in the mill yard Of w H. Taft at West
Townshend together with logs and lumber
valued at $50 owned by Mr.. Taft were
taken by the flood last night The homes
of George Worthley and II. B. (apen. whc
live near the mill and railroad station at
West Townshend, were completely sur
rounded with the water, but the occupants
did not leave their homes, /. f. Holder
Of this town when interviewed this morn
ing by a Reformer representative concern
ing the amount of lumber washed away
at West Townshend stated that this was
his first knowledge of the loss. but the
amount was placed by West Town~hend
parties at 10000 feet, which IS valued AT
SD thousand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
Take To The Hills.

The near neiglrbors Of the biz Chit
tendcn dam i'm Rutland county north
of that city lost faith in the ability
of the huge structure to stand the
pressure during the day and every
man, woman and child left their homes
and took to the hills. but at last re-
ports the dam was still holding fast
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
The Story From The North.

Way up at Barnet in Caledonia
county a dam went out about IL
clock Yesterday morning and by
noon there were wild reports of a
wall of water several feet high that
was rushing down the Connecticut riv-
or carving destruction with it. In.
auirv by The Rcformer developed the
information that the dam was not 2
very large one and that it gave way
only I'm part so that there was no
material rush Of water following it,
At St. Johnsbury. still farther north
it was reported that the water was
gradually falling
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
RAILROAD TRACKS ABOVE AND BELOW
THIS TOWN UNDER WATER SINCE LAST NIGH

Bad WashOut West River Line Near the Bradley Farm
Likely to Tie Up Traffic for Several DaysBridges Car
ried Away at White River Junction and Esewhere-Sev-
eral Million Feet of Logs Coming Down From Sharon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28

have been taken away this time as
was the case then. Some of the worst
washouts on the road are north and
south of the Jamaica station.
Many of the large meadows through
out Townshend ere covered with sew
cral feet of water yesterday and the
highways are terribly washed. This
morning it was impossible for teams to
travel from Townshend village either
toward Newfanc or West TOwnshCnd.
The houses on the two farms across
the West River from this village were
surrounded by water yesterday but 1t
did not get into the houses to do any
damage. The Brookline flats were
flooded all day yesterday and the high
ways in Brookline and Newfane were
badly washed. The WardsbOro road
from Newfane was badly washed about
two miles from the village.
?. A. Hogle of Burlington, a travel
ing salesman, is at the Newfane Inn
with no prospect of being able to
continue his trip. Charles Benson, VINO
drives for Earl Davis, was able to get
from Newfane to BrattleborO this
morning by coming by way of the hill
road and Linden Lodge. He was oblig-
ed to wade his horses through two feet
OF water IN the highway just ABOVE
the Retreat The road by the pumping
station is impossible and has been
fenced up. The crest of the flood
reached the power plant of the Twin
State Gas & Electric company at West
DummerstOn about 3 clock last eve
ming when - feet of water was going
| over the dam. The greatest depth of
water experienced at this point since
| the dam was built was about -four
years ago when about 9 feet cleared
| the dam. The flood had so receded at
| this point this morning that it was
| only four feet in depth. The road tc
| the power station is badly damaged
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28

and showing no disposition to break
faith with the builders.
Frhn Pal nlrn,,hln
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28

WANTED-COok at the South Yer
non House, SO. Vernon, Vt. 20-23
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28

WANTED-Boarder and roomers at
Elm House, FEELS Court 2I-2b
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-28
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT
12 subsequent insertion
Wanted

WANTED-Woman for work in
kitchen. Albany Cafe. 19-tf
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
Household and Mental Order.

Froebel, father of child-study," said that inward clearness proceeds from outward order" and there is truth enough in the observation to give food for thought in the careless, untidy mother and father. Froebers saying was connected, no doubt with his in sistence that the child's play and work materials in the Kindergarten should be taken out in perfect order and so returned at the close of the exercises, and Dr. Montessori, the Italian educa- tionist, whose method is working a change in the teaching of children, re- quires the same thing in her Houses of Childhood There must indeed be a potent influence in an orderly pune tual wisely-administered household, and there is no question that children brought up in such an atmosphere do show clearness in their mental pro- cesses Fortunately. this is an infiu- ence which Is independent of riches or poverty and so can be exerted by any mother
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
MINDS IN COMPLETE ACCORD
For Once, at Least, MT. and Mrs. Smith Found Themselves In
 Absolute Harmony.

We are united in this movement" ," said Thomas M. Reed, Denver physi- ologist, apropos of a fight against the drug habit.
 Yes, single thought possesses us, and in that respect we're like MT. and Mrs. Smith.
 At 3 a. m. of bitter cold morning Mrs. Smith in her thin nightgown was pacing the floor with her colic-torment- ed babe in her arms. The babes sQuawks of pain were terrible, yet they were easily drowned by the ear splitting roars of young Smith, Jr., who tossed about his crib with tooth ache.
 Mir Smith shivering in his pajamas, bent over the washstand, trying to prepare cotton filling for his son and mustard plaster for his babe, when his wifes voice, scarcely audible above the uproar, reached him.
 John she said, if seven years ago, l could have looked forward and beheld this scene, do you know what I'd have done?
 Yes, love Smith answered. You'd have done just what wish I'd done
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
VALUE OF FARM CROPS BIG
Total Shows Great Increase Over Pre. vious Years, Government Reports.

Western Newspaper T'nion Ncw~ S"-vico
 Washington, D. C-Wi'h the most valuable crop of corn ever produced and the second most valuable oat crop, the value of the natIo' E 14 principal farm crops this year aggregates the enormous total of ?t.etU, POI GOO, the Department of Agriculture arrounced iu it's final estimates Of acreaGe pro- duction and value. This is an increase of SIPS, 95&,000 over the valua of the same crops last year and of S350. .772,- GOO over those of 1911, based on the prices paid to farmers on Deco Tber |.
 The acreage of these crops iS equiv alent to a farm one seventh the size e continental United states. The ex- act area planted to these It crops, which is mere than a per cent of the total of all crops area was 299 ,433 ,000 acres, an increase of almost 5000 .000 acres over the last years area and more than 100000 over the 1911 area. More than one-third of the total acre age was planted to corn.
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
HOPE TO RAISE LARGE SUM
Millions oe Red Cross Christmas Seals to Be Sold for Anti-Tuhercu-
 losis Work

Few people have any idea of the magnitude of the Red Cross Christmas seal campaign. This year over 10O- 100000 seals have been printed and distributed. If placed end-to-end these seals would extend nearly 400 miles, or practically from New York to Salt Lake City. They have been sent to over 25,000 different agents and will be sold and handled by an army of not less than 100000 yolun- teers, including men, women and chiI- dren. Millions of advertising circu- lars have been scattered throughout the country, and so thoroughly has the advertising campaign been or ganized that it is doubtful if many people in the more populous states of the country will not have heard of the Red Cross seal and it's mission in the prevention of tuberculosis. Ii is hoped that at least 50,000,000 seals may be sold this year The principle upon which the sale of seals is hasea is that every cent except what little is needed to cover the actual cost of printing and handling shall be spent for tuberculosis work in the comm nifty, where the seals are sold.
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
SEEMED LIKE RUBBING IT IN'
Algernon Really Had a Right to Re- sent This Last Action of Un-
 feeling Editor.

Algernon was free-lance" jour- nalist, and at the moment could have done with considerably less freedom and more money. In fact, he was be- ginning to realize that regular sal ary had it's advantages.
 So was Algernon's wife.
 A somewhat gloomy silence was broken by the letter carriers knock, and. restraining any undignified haste, Algernon went to the box. It contained foolscap envelope, which is not the kind that editors drop checks into
 Shades of the poets!" quoth Alger- non This is really more than l can bear!"
 What is 1t, dear?" piped his wife
 What is it? Why, sent this editor two stories and the heartless fellow has returned three!"