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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05
FARMER S LOSS $4,000.
J. R. Barry of Fairfield Loses About
All of His Farm Buildings.

ST. ALBANS, Nov. 5.-Nearly all the
buildings on the farm of j. r. Barry
I'M Fairfield were destroyed by fire Mon
day night, the loss being $4,000, which
is partially covered by insurance. The
cause OF the fire is not known.
II was about o clock when one Of
the men employed on the farm saw
flames pouring out of the peak Of the
cow stable. The alarm was given and
efforts to save that barn appearing of
40 use they drove out the 80 cows which
were in the barn and then 80 fat hogs
which We're III the hog barn nearby.
Tie danes spread to this latter build
ing and it was soon doomed. Then, in
turn, the fire went to the silo, the dwell
ing. tile ice house. the drilling machine
which was being used for an artesian
we'll and finally to some small portable
pen houses.
Nearly all the furnishings Of the
house were destroyed and with the
barns went 200 tons Of hay and 800
bushels of unthreshed oats. Help from
neighboring farms arrived too late to
save much property.
Mr.. Barry had spent the greater part
Of his life in building up his farm, Sc
the loss will be felt the more keenly
He had just finished laying hardwood
| floors in the house He is at a loss tc
understand the cause Of the fire. He
says that neither he himself nor hi>
men smoke, so that the fire could not
have been started in that way More
over, he is quite sure that the flame:
Were not started by spontaneous com
| bustion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05

Articles to the value of nearly 81
100000 are pawned i'll London every
week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05

W VIC hdul0S VI DlHShdIH OHdpCeT,
o. E. S.-Grand Master Weston Will
Be Present.
Russell w. Blood Of Townshend, dis
trict deputy grand master, has arrang
ed for the annual communication of
the eighth Masonic district, to be held
ut the Masonic temple in Brattleboro
the afternoon and evening of Tuesday.
Nov. IL. At 800 a lodge of Master
Masons will be opened by Columbian
lodge, No. 80, A. l.. Billings w. NJ.
The first section Of the Master Mason
degree will be conferred by King Solo
mons Temple lodge of Bellows Falls,
of this degree will be given by West
River lodge No 81, A. B. Waite, W.
NJ. The grand lecturer, r.. l.. Wells,
will review the work and lectures.
At the ladies of Bingham chapter,
o. f.. s., will serve banquet. At
7.lJ the lodge will be called from re-
freshment to labor on the third degree,
and the officers of the grand lodge of
Vermont will be received. King Solo
mons Temple lodge will confer the
second section of the Master Mason
degree. Remarks viii be given 10y
Eugene $. Weston, grand master of the
grand lodge, and by other grand lodge
officers and distinguished visitors
Henry II. Ross, grand secretary, is
expected to deliver an address. Music
will be furnished by a male quartet
with T. G. Adams as soloist. All Mas
ter Masons in good standing are cor
daily invited to be present.
The lodges of the district and their
worshipful masters arc as follows:
Blazing Star. No. %, Townshcud, f.
l.. Hastings w. NJ; Golden Rule, No
-, Putncy. /. H. Bugbec, w. NJ; Co
lumbar, No. SO, Brattleboro. \. L.
Billings, w. NJ; Social, No. -, Will
mingtou, T. w. Crosicr, w. NJ; King
Solomou's Temple, No. 10, Bellows
Falls, John T.. Paddock. w. NJ; Mount
Lebanon. No. t6, Jamaiea, A. w. But
Ter, W. NJ; West River, No. 81, Lon
donderrv. A. 49, Waite, w. NJ; Unity
No. 50, Jacksonville, i. II. Gillett, w
NJ; Anchor. No 80. South London
derry. J. b. johnson, w. NJ; Brattle
boro, No. 102, Bratteboro, w. l.. Hunt
W. NJ.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05
TO ATTEND CLINICAL
CONGRESS NEXT WEEK
DR.. Anderson Will Be Present at Big
Meeting in Chicago and Study
With Mayo Bros.

Dr George Il Anderson Viii leave I'M
day night OF early saturday morning for
Chicago where he viii attend the clinical
congress of the surgeons OF North Amer
lea next week and will then go to Roch
ester. Mimi, TO attend clinic of the
Mayo Brothers. two Of the most famous
surgeons in the country. lie Will be gone
about 10 days
The congress at Chicago IS to be the
fourth annual session and the attendance
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05
HOOKER A WINNER
AT SCHENECTADY
Former Brattleboro Man Elected
Comptroller, Receiving 1927
Votes Yesterday
Especial to The Reforner.)


SCHENECTADY, y. Y. Nov. ;.
In one of the hottest campaigns the
city has ever known the entire Citi-
zcns ticket was elected yesterday.
including Schoocraft for mayor and
James Fisk Hooker, formerly Of Brat
tleboro, for comptroller. Mr.. Hooker
received S321 votes, against GS5l for
Never, Socialist, and 1854 for Timer
holm, Progressive
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05
To Remove PAPER.

\ good way to remove OH wall
paper is to use the following solution:
4 thick pasty solution should he
made by adding -four and ii fcu
ounces of acetic acid. This pasty so
luton should be applied with a brusI
to the old wall paper in quantities
After few minutes the old paper can
be removed IN great strips very easily
and with very little dust or dirt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05
Floor Filler.

r. make . good floor filler put one
pint Of broken glue III an old tin sbucl-
ct and cover with one gallon of boiling
water. Put the bucket into q second
vessel of water and the glue will dis
solve without burning. When it boils
add enough sifted sawdust to make a
good putty. Fill the floor cracks with
this, smooth with a steel wood scraper
or thin bladed case knife.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05
MASONS WILL
MEET NOV. |
Communication of Eighth Dis
trict Will Be Held in
BrattleborO
DEGREE WORK BY
BELLOWS FALLS LODGE

Banquet Will Be Served at O'Clock
by the Ladies of Bingham Chapter,
o. E. Strand Master Weston Will
Be Present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-05

saw Jinks Just now, and he seem
ed much put out. - q He is; his land
lord is just after dispossessing him.
Judge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
MlCROBE THAT EATS METAL.
English Student Discovers Bacillus
That Has Specific Action on
Iron and Steel.

Although science knows a hundred
heterogeneous that devour the hu
man tissues and cause all sorts OF NAL.
adies and also many that eat plants,
roots, dirt, wood and clothing, 1t has
never been imagined that there was
one capable of eating up bits of steel
and iron. Yet the discovery just made
by E. NJ. Mumford, an English stu
dent, shows that this is the case.
bacillus that has a specific action
upon solutions of iron and steel was
obtained by Mr. Mumford from the
Brdgewater canal tunnels at Wors.
ley, Lancashire.
This new species of bacillus varies
in its digestive action upon iron and
steel compounds according to whether
it acts in the presence or absence of
air. When oxygen is present the iron
is precipitated by the germs as iron
bog ore, while in the absence of oXy.
gen no iron salts are formed
This iron-eating germ is short mi
crobe about one-thousandth of an inch
long. 1t grows readily on potatoes and
then looks greenish- brown in color. Ii
also colonies in milk, gelatine and
agar.
1t also forms an iron digestive juice
or enzym, which acts upon iron just
as the germ itself does.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
RURAL SECTIONS LAG BEHIND
Writer Makes Statement That Condl.
tlons In Cities Are Better Than
In the Country.

Forty years ago the American city
tenements, dirty alleys, haunts OF vice
and cesspools OF disease were accepted
as inevitable results OF dense popula.
tions. Epidemics were expected and
when they came and killed their thou.
sands they were looked upon as nee
essary evils. But science found the
microbes and the civic conscience
found the Joy in public service.
Thus in third OF century mir
acle was wrought and today the city
shows up better in the health and In.
sanity and defective statistics than the
country. The pressing problems OF
better living are found In the rural sec.
tions. There is much to do in the way
water and more sunshine. There is a
noble gain to be made in giving more
variety and interest to country life
The lonesomeness can be changed and
the change means wonderful uplift
in the average OF the new generation.
or course, the cities are far from
perfection-but they are also far from
their conditions Of 40 years ago, and
city people have seen and learned.
Soon they will be scattered through
out the rural regions. Why not take
with them a purpose to use their
knowledge wisely Led
ger.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04

No one could have guessed that the
exceedingly fresh and pretty little wo-
man across the table from Rodney
Grey next morning had not closed her
eyes the night before.
ut hasn't been all pleasure, by any
means he was telling her in his old
impulsive way. AT first it was ex-
citing to make money but that palled
after little, for | didn't know what
to do with it, and I've never loved
money just for the mere possession
I've travelled some, but that gets
mighty tiresOme after while. A spell
back, | thought If | could get here to
the old place I'd be satisfied, but
don't know-it seems different than |
thought, someway. ! don't know that
! shall stay long, after all"
But he reckoned without the rotten
his unaccustomed weight, twisting his
knee under him painfully. Jane heard
his call and summoned help. Jane
sent for the doctor and ordered
nurse from the city--a nice, cheerful
young man, she bargained for, who
will be a companion for him and cheer
him up"
In spite of all this. Rodney was not
cheerful. In fact, he looked quite
melancholy the afternoon Jane went
over to sit with him while the nurse
went to the city for half-holiday
"Ill wheel you out on the west porch,
she said cheeriully. 81 want you to
see how fine the old dahlia bed is
looking. Isn't it fortunate, II you had
to be i'll. that 1t could be here in your
old home?"
1T hasn't made any difference,
Jane" he blurted out, as If glad to un
burden himself. THAT has troubled
me--I ought to enjoy being here, but
| do not. What is the matter with
me, anyway"
"Oh, you have rowing disposition
| suppose" answered Jane, pleasantly
unfolding a bit of sewing from the lit
tie basket beside her. There goes jay
BroWnell,' she continued. He is cir
culating a paper to have the postoil!ce
name changed to Paterson, seeing
there are no Greys here, any more"
Then her sewing seemed to absort
her attention, and there was silence
save for the buzzing Of bees along the
late flower border. Tie quiet, flower.
filled garden, the porch with its silent
worker and its coZy tea table spoke
suddenly of peace, a peace that flood
ed the heart of Rodney Grey.
Jane" he said eagerly, leaning to.
ward her, II know now what it Is I've
been missing all along-it's you, Jane
I've wanted the garden like this, and
you with your sewing telling me the
neighborhood happenings, and-some
one to eat supper with me-" He laugh
ed out happily, like boy. "Do you
understand, Jane? I've been fool
for didn't know"
There was another nice, comfortin
silence on the little porch. Then ROD
ney smiled at the top OF James hcGa
where ii rested against his shoulder
Il guess they'll not need to change thu
name of the postollice." he said, witt
deep satisfaction.
Copyright, 1873 by the Mcclure News
paper SyndiCate)
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
advertising
Oalks
USE SUGGESTION
TO SELL GOODS
Salesman Who Suggests to Gus
toner Instead of Asking Is
Most Valuable.

Did you ever notice In store,
after making purchase, that the
clerk usually says:
"Is there something else I can show
your
This is against every principle OF
good salesmanship.
What the clerk should do is to sug.
gest something and make the sug'
gestion form a desire to see the arti.
Gle.
A salesman should always appeal to
the buyer, and merely asking pa.
tron II there Is something else Is ask.
ing the customer to do what Is the
natural duty Of the salesman.
A retail salesman, or any salesman
for that matter, should remember that
on the average people are too lazy
or haven't the time to think; the
salesman must think for them in the
way of suggestion and until the sug'
gestion appeals to their selhshness,
and then the patron will do his own
thinking.
If a clerk has sold one thing to
customer and desires to sell him
something else, he must develop the
ability to match up that individual
with some other item In stock, some.
thing that will be suited to him.
This faculty almost amounts to pic
turing him in the possession Of that
article
1np Of fu nf
matching up individuals with goods
comes first with a detailed knowledge
OF the stock in store or a depart.
ment, which should include a knowl'
edge OF the purpose Of each item,
how It Is made-the selling reasons,
In other words. and to gain this natur'
ally will require study; for if a young
man, say, enters the profession OF
medicine or Of the law, he would
have to do a lot of study by reading.
Now. selling Is a profession, just as
useful, respectable and important as
the law or medicine, and young man
entering the profession Of selling
must expect to do some studying
not out of books, perhaps, but by OBJ
servation and inquiry.
When a customer has made one pur.
chase it Is easy to Judge him for a
suggestion to another by his first In
ouiry and selection. II a woman
comes into, say, a hardware store
and buys one laborsaving household
device, 1t would be good selling judg-
ment to show her another household
laborsaving device.
All people express their nature,
character and trend of thought In
what they buy just as In where they
live and what they wear, and after
one sale 1t requires but little expert
ence to Judge them for another.
However 1t IS never we'll to go so
far with suggestions as to become Of
fenslve; for we all know the barber
who, after we have had a haircut,
shampoo and shave, insists on run
ming up the check by suggesting
hair tonic that looks like red lemon.
ade and smells like horse medicine.
While a customer who has bought
one thing may not buy another thing
at the same time, yet his coming In
store should be taken as an opportu-
nifty to give knowledge of something
he might buy in the future; for on
the average no selling effort Is ever
lost
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
[IE1jNuI Town.
R[i][2[J[RS%
@~AA6
oU|~DS
CITIES LAID OUT BY EXPERTS
CITIES LAID OUT BY EXPERTS
Plans Made for the Future as Well
as the Present, by Men Whose
Life Work II Is.

As an organized art, city planning
is a new thing. 1t had It's birth In
the last generation, when mills, fac
tories, and workshops threatened with
extinction the life, health, and beauty
of the towns, writes Frederick G.
Howe in Harper's Magazine. Like the
city itself, 1t is a product Of the In
dustrial revolution. 1t Is a by-product
Of machine industry and steam trans.
portation. Individual rulers planned
capital cities In ancient Babylon,
Greece, and Rome, as did the mer.
chant princes of the medieval Italian
and Hanseatic towns. Paris was
planned in commanding way by'
Louis XIV, who laid Its present
foundations. The first and third Ma
poleons projected great boulevards
and avenues, beautifed the banks Of
the Seine with embankments and
bridges, erected monuments. arches,
and open spaces and made Paris the
capital OF the modern world. The
kings Of Bavaria and Saxony laid out
Munich and Dresden in the same big
V1Sloned way.
These cities were the individual
creations OF ambitious rulers. eager
to give expression to their power.
Modern city planning is democratic
movement, although II found It's first
organized expression In monarchical
Germany, in which country. in few
years time, 1t has attained the rank
Of a profession. Today there Is
scarcely a large town in Germany that
is not ebing built according to an
official plan, worked out by experts
trained to the profession and often
after competition. They plan the city
from center to circumference, and for
future generations rather than for to-
day.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
IMPROVING VILLAGE Life.

A writer In the Survey discovers the
average village to be fruitful field
for investigation leading to improve
ment In administration, health. santa
ton, social conditions, physical condi-
tions and so on. After summing up
the various lacks in village life he
makes a suggestion for betterment
that offers some possible measure OF
relief Cannot the state organize Its
villages" he inquiries, "stir them into
active life, make them keep awake,
clean and efficient? Cannot each com
monwealth standardize village i'm
provement in all particulars-create
village reference bureau II need be? In
asmuch as the village Is the recruiting
station for the city, the earlier the
state teaches its citizens the modern
lessons of efficient and enlightened
self-government and progressive social
action, the easier will be the task when
the larger units of government are
concerned. And the gain will be that
Of all the citizens of the state, even
those of the entire nation"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
Not Like Father.

An old lrishman who had good
deal of money, but who wasn't very
particular about his habits or con-
duct, lived in Chicago. His custom
was to 60 down town about once
month on a spree, and then come back
and beat his family and break the
furniture His aged wife who had
stood him for many years, was blind.
Finally he died, and his children
gave him a fine funeral They had
plenty of money now that the old man
was dead, and so they spread them
selves. At the church there was
elaborate ceremony. The blind widow
was dissolved in woe. She cried and
cried all through the service, paying
scant heed to what was going on un.
til the eulogy was pronounced She
listened The parson referred to the
dead man in glowing terms. After
about ten minutes of this the aged
widow nudged her son and whispered
Danny, do they be havin' two fun
erals here today?"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
CHINA'S TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
Famous Building In Which the EN-
peror Formerly Made Annual Re-
port of His Realm.

China's famous Temple Of Heaven,
In which the new constitution was
drafted was formerly visited once
year by the emperor to give an ac-
count of his empire and its affairs dur
ing the previous twelve months. This
was set forth In writing, and the
manuscripts were then placed in the
furnace and in that way consigned
to the emperor in heaven. The Tenn
pie Of Heaven Is one OF the most
beautiful and interesting sights of pic
turesque Picking. The walls enclosing
the temple, the royal apartments, the
altar, and the grounds are three miles
in circumference, and the white mar
BILE structures with their blue and
green porcelain tiles have to be seen
to be appreciated.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
Habit Of kissing.

kissing Is out Of style. Nobody does
1t now but sweethearts, young chill
dren and teachers. The first blow was.
struck by the medical profession. In
families where pro er respect Is paid
to hygiene childrt = are cautioned
against promiscuous kissing, according
to Health Culture.
In society woman is not kissed
twice In q season. When an OLD
friend is greeted md she advances
with her lips the victim turns her
face, and the carass falls askance.
Possibly the very "oman who is op-
posed to the practice takes the initia-
tive, but her lips never meet lips.
She may kiss within fraction of
your mouth-kiss your chin, your
cheek or your forehead; kiss your eye
lid into repose, or kiss your hair-but
II she has any training, socially, she
will never kiss your mouth.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
Advertisers

A great modern force ls Ad-
vertising-the art of convlnc.
Ing other people Of tho merit
back of what you have for
them. Effective advertising ls
effective truth-te!Ilng.
Advertise.
Advertising not only strength
ems the existing confidence
back Of an article, but It cre-
ates more confidence. The
more advertising you do the
more confidence you create.
And the securing Of confidence
Is the securing of success.
Advertise.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
OF Course Not.

1.-The idea Of doing while was sing
ing"
You were singing lullaby, weren'l
you?"
"Yes."
"Then l couldn't pay your art an,
higher compliment"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
Holiday Gifts!

Srrlil G Silver, Silvcrp atcd and
Sheffield Platrdware, Diamonds,
Watches, Clocks, Jcwelry, Canes,
Umbrellas, Military Sets, Comb,
Brush and Mirror Sets, Cloth
Brushes, Hat Brushes, Sterling
Novelties, &G. :.
You are respectfully invited to inspect
our stock, courteous treatment, quick
service.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
TRESPASS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all persons
not to trespass with dogs, guns, fishing
or cutting down of any timber upon my
mountain land, home place or the Will
hide place, or on any land belonging to
me waerever situated, as the Law will
be strictly enforced against such person
or persons.
MRS. CHARLES SHIPLEY.
july 16 If
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
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Loss by Fire at Rates 25 per cent.
less than Stock Companies charge.
A Home Insurance Company for
Home Insurers.
feb. 18 Tyr.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
FREDERICK RAILROAD
Thurmunt Division

Schedule In Effect November 16, 1913.
All trains Daily unless specifi d
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
NO. 38.

20 uayS on uplanQ game ana ~ Gays
on woodcocks, while Pennsylvania cut
down the woodcock season two weeks.
In Utah 45 days were taken of the
open season on sage hens and In Wy
oming one month on sage grouse and
two months on sage hen and geese.
The United States Is Americanizing
the navy as rapidly as possible by
wedding out all
ATlerlCafllZlng the aliens. Regula-
U. S. Navy. tions have been
In effect In the
department for more than year to
prevent the enlistment in the navy of
any but American citizens. The sue
cess Of this new policy may be shown
by the fact that more than 95 per
cent. of the sailors in the navy are
now Americans.
1t is declared by the navy de-
partment that the policy Of not ac-
cepting any foreigners was adopted
because it was desired not to discrim-
mate against any nationality. Citi-
AcHo VI oonle COuull le5 dlS hlShiy oC-
sirable in the navy, but others are very
Objectionable, 1t was said. The de-
partment found 1t could not accept
some enlstments of foreigners and
turn down others without causing
trouble
The same regulations are not in
force in the army and marine corps,
although there Is talk Of their
adoption there In the near fu-
ture. There has been so much trou-
BILE in filing up the army under exist
ing conditions that the heads of the
war department have hesitated to ex-
clude aliens.
An officer of the navy department
said the other day that the new rule
was put into effect because Of the de-
sire to protect the governments naval
secrets from other nations. With
aliens in the navy department and on
ships there is always danger OF
leaks" he said.
1T is desirable that our yards and
ships be manned by Americans who
have sworn allegiance to the f1ag," he
continued and therefore we are get
ting rid Of foreigners as rapidly as
possible. We have gone about It
gradually, as we are not able to draft
men for the service"