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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
He Was Elected.

AT an election meeting recently one
of the candidates who was standing for
the polls got up to give his speech.
He had just concluded his address
and was about to sit down again when
one of his opponents admirers stood
up and shouted: Get out, You're not
fit to stand for u.s.
Without moments hesitation the
candidate retorted, "All the more rea-
son. gentlemen. should have the seat"
With confident smile on his face he
sat down, for he knew by the cheering
which followed he had made a great
hit-LOndOn Telegraph.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

After paying tribute to Col c. S.
Emery 5 administration of affairs as col
leetor of the port of Memphremagog
the Barton Monitor mentions two can
didates for the post, J. G. Unery of
Brattleboro and H. B. Howe of St.
Johnsbury, and expresses the belief that
both are capable of presiding over the
port with the same efficiency that has
been characteristic of the district since
its creation by the late Senator Proc
tor. We, too, are obliged to acknowl-
edge that both aspirants are capable
men, but our sympathies naturally are
with the one who halls from the town
which boasts the newest if not the best
daily in the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

The Reformer acknowledges with
thanks the many complimentary notices
that have appeared in the editorial
columns of its contemporaries about the
new daily. If we can only turn ont as
good a newspaper as our neighbors saw
We are doing the satisfaction will be
worth the effort. It is not, however.
without considerable struggle on the
part of both staff and management that
the exigencies of the situation are be-
ing met. The work is new and the eff
hciency that comes from experience is
yet to be attained. But the courage of
all IS still high and every day seems
to show, to us at least, little some
thing gained in the way of organiza-
ton. One source of continuous encour-
agement is the appreciation with which
our efforts are being met. There is
not man connected with The Reform
er who does not firmly believe that
Brattleboro is the very best town in
the state, and it is the wish of every
one to do his full share in MAKING \
daily paper that shall be worthy of be-
ing rated among Brattleboro s best
products.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
Uses of Olive Oil

Not every one realizes the medicinal
properties Of olive oil. 1t is quite true
that the machinery of the body needs
olIing occasionally, like any mechanical
machine which Is constantly in use
and olive oil taken internally will be
exceedingly beneficial 4 tablespoonful
VIII aid the digestion and ease liver
trouble. This oil should be served fire.
quently as dressing and is not only
pleasant on vegetables. but serves as
an appetizer as well. Taken internally.
either with salads or alone. it is benefi-
'Iai for catarrh either of the stomach
or throat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
VERMONT ACADEMY NOTES

Baseball practice is BEING held REQ
ularly in the gymnasium each After
noon. A large number are ont for tba
team.
n. W, Chapman, a graduate of the
agricultural school of the University
OF vermont IN the class of 1905, has be-
farms.
On Saturday evening the annual
prlze defamation contest between
members OF the junior class will take
place. Seven of that class nave en-
tered.
Miss Martha G. Blodgett, Boston
University '02, has accepted the posi-
ton of secretary in the academy Office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
Instruction.

by hard experience We learn,
Whatever our position,
And pay. whichever way we turn,
Right dearly for tuition.
Before We walk we have to Green.
We rise with many tumble.
Before we learn life's road to keep
How often must we stumble.
Ere We can learn to think we grope
Through much fantastic folly.
Our smiles of friendship and of hone
Are earned through melancholy.
And so ii is with every man
And so with many a nation.
1t is part of natures plan
Compulsory education.
Washington Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
What He Could Get

Two men. father and son, entered a
fashionable restaurant in Boston. The
old gentleman proceeded to tuck his
napkin under his chin as soon as he
was fairly seated.
The waiter approached their table.
and the old fellow looked up with a
genial smile and said:
Can we get lunch here?'
The dignified waiter surveyed him
critically.
Yes" he replied, but not a sham
poo. New York American.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
sTEREoPTICoN ROAD LECTURE

Government Expert viii Show Views
at Meeting of County Commissioners.
4 representative from the office Of
PubIlc roads, Washington, d. c., will at
tend the annual meeting of the Wind
ham county road commissioners and Sc
leetmen in BrattIeboro Tuesday March
IS, and with a stereopticon win illus
trate his interesting comments on yari-
Gus road problems Of the day. MANY
Vermont views viii be shown by the
lantern.
The highway laws have been
changed, and it is highly important that
al commissioners and selectmen attend
this meeting to become familiar with
the changes and their own duties as
affected by such changes. The present
great demand for highway improve
ment can be met in no way so well as
by cooperation. The state stands
ready to aid IN every possible way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
LARGE BLOCK OF PRE-
FERRED STOCK SOLD
viii Provide for Increase of 80 Per
Cent in Capacity of New England
Power Company Stations
Now in Operation.

The New England Power company
has sold to a syndicate headed by Bak-
er, Aging & company of Boston, 81
100000 per cent cumulative preferred
stock. The proceeds viii be used to
complete construction of the company :
so-called "No. 50 station, above Hoos-
ac Tunnel, Mass, and will, it is official
~ stated, provide for an increase of
about 50 per cent in capacity of its sta
lions now in operation.
This issue will round out some five
years OF financing, through these bank
ing interests, of allied hydro-electric
developments ON the Connecticut and
Deerfield rivers. Although its scope is
not yet generally appreciated, the OPP
enlng OF these properties, which has
been accomplished chiefly with Boston
and New England money, now consti-
tutes them the largest hydro-electric
system in the county east of Niagara
rails. The public participations thus
TAR Ill bringing about this development
through the New England Power com
pany, the Connecticut River Power com
pany and the Bellows Falls Power com
pany may be summed up a. follows:
Total stock and bonds, $40. 900. 900: en-
er.
OF the common stock issues which
accompanied the sales of the bonds. 81
10000 Connecticut River Power com
mon stock begins to receive > per cent
guaranteed dividends this year, three
per cent in 1914, and not less than +
per cent thereafter.
incidental to a correlation of the
plants of these several companies is a
spanning of Massachusetts and central
New England with "a network OF ap-
proNlmately 200 miles Of high-voltagc
transmission lines.
The power lines traverse private
right of way 100 feet wide and form y
loop to reach from southern New
Hampshire and Vermont into the Rerk-
shIres on the west and throughout
central Massachusetts to Rhode Island
on the south. Electric power for rail
road, railway, commercial and munich
pal purposes is furnished this territory.
comprising one of the most diversified
manufacturing districts in the United
States, ut rate computed to be equiva-
/ lent to steam power made with $3.50
coal The hydro-electrie energy which.
it is figured, viii next year be furnish
ed from the stations of the New Ena-
land and Connecticut river power com
panies will, it is calculated. displuce
no less than 225, 900 tons of coal.
As coordination of but three Of the
New England Power companv's plants
has so far been effected. and that with
IN the past month, il is impossible to
formulate any combined income az
| count Based on an initial three wears p
experience of the Connecticut River
Power company, however, it is officially
estimated, that, operating to the extent
provided for by the stock and bond is
sues outlined above. earnings OF the
plants represented by this financing will
aggregate not less than the following.
Power receipts. $1,313.923
Operating expenses and
taxes, 305.515
Net earnings, l,06S.4O~
Charges, on S7,25O,O0O
bonds. 3G2 .2o4
Balance after bond in
terest, I06I14
Dividends on stock issues. 21g.1OO
Balance after dividends. 427.O14
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

THE HAT IHAT MAKES A BACkGROUND.
Dame Fashion has set the seal of her
approval upon the small Easter hat.
but there are types of beauty to whom
the diminutive shape is anathema. 50
the hat that makes a background will
be included among the seasons models
Such a chapeau is pictured that out
lines a charming profile with cameo
like precision against the dropping
brim. The hat is of black chip. edged
with plated tulle and caught up at
one side with deep yellow OK eyed
daisies
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
a New Fad

The newest fad in interior decorating
is painting the wainscoting anG the
baSehoards in the various rooms a deep
glossy black
The floors are finished in dark brown.
and the walls of rooms so finished look
best in buff. gray or dull blue. which
preserves the neutral tone of the room.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
Taught by Experience.

me world IS my oyster" 1 said long ago:
But. now that my tresses are CRAVING,
no longer fancy I'm all of the show:
/ see what a small part I'm playing
L trust not appearance, though pleasant
1t be-
Nor let self complacency blind me.
When a girl is apparently smiling at me
look to gee who is behind me-
-Lippincott's Magazine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
Helping Him Out.

Caller--YOu know, there was some
thing | wanted to ask you. but it has
quite gone out of mind. / can't remem-
Der what it was.
Maiden (hopefully)-It wasn't good
night, was it?-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night, and it solicits the
cooperation of subscribers to that end,
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the
proper remedy Immediately applied It
IS only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

Burlington is to have another year
with the irrepressible Burke in the
mayors chair, which means plenty of
copy for the reporters who cover city
hall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

Now that Brattleboro has a real bust
ness man in the Office of road commits
sloner it is to be hoped that affairs in
that particular department of town
government will be conducted on a
more business-HEes basis. The Med
dler firmly believes, and has so stated
good many times, that BrattIeboro
will never get value received on the
money it spends on highways until it
approaches the problem in much the
same way as it tackled the sidewalk
proposition last year. After a year :
experience Mr.. Brown will doubtless
have some valuable suggestions to make
in this regard
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

See that you make a good Presi-
dent. James A. Reed, Republican.
Only for the Bull Moose party Won
would not have got here. &c. n. Kel-
ley, Progressive.
! am glad YOU were elected. y.
f. Walker, Democratic.
just the man to manage my vast
business, "A. M. TT. Reed. Democrat
Dummerston, March Z.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
We Advertise

because we have the goods to advertise.
II we had nothing We would say moth
ing.
We have all the latest improved special
machines tor laundering shirts and COL
lars which not only prolongs the life of
your linen. but gives ease and comfort
TO the Wearer. Our New Prosperity Col
lar Moulder is giving great satisfaction
and our customers are beginning to tell
their friends about it,
Do not wait to be told but try it out
and see what it does, as no one can ar
ford to have their collars laundered in
any other way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
Member of the Associated Press.
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1918.

- About this time as the almanac
says, look out for municipal judge ap-
pointments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
WHAT IS UNCLE SAM SAYING. g,
More Captions Suggested for the Pic
ture in Tuesdays Reformer

Greeting in four words:
Opportunity, responsibility, fidelity,
success
Greeting in three words:
Remember your promises.
Greeting in two words:
Courage, manhood. -
Greeting in one word:
q America''
Greeting in a longer sentence:
" A president will be Judged bv the
character of his cabinet.''
Please take your choice, but the first
is my favorite. Josenh Mexican
Townshend March 6.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

Truth may be stranger than fic-
ton, but the latter commands a higher
price in the magazine field.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

Absence of the long green has caused
many a man to feel blue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07

1t is evident that several towns in
the state besides Brattleboro are To
make bid for the honor of securing
the first armory under the new law.
Bellows Falls has taken active steps in
the matter by appropriating a sum not
to exceed $4,000 and appointing a
special committee, one of whom is the
hustling Senator Rabbit, to confer
with the state armory board in regard
to the matter. 1t is understood that
Governor Fletcher, Acknowledgement
TllIotson and Col. Dyer, who compose
this board, will meet the committee in
Bellows Falls within few DAYS for the
purpose of going over the proposition.
In Brattleboro an armory appropria-
ton made two years ago is stin avail
able, and those interested in the local
military company are anxious to have
the first armory built here 1t is evi-
dent, however, that some hustIing must
be done if we are to get ahead of our
neighbor up the river.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
A Chance for a Poor
Man to Own a Home

Any man wishing to build a single
or two-tenement house will be inter
ested to know that we will provide
the land and build for him, provided
he can pay down 20 per cent of the
cost, and the balance on very easy
terms. Come and see us.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
The MeddLer
IT the c0af fits you. paf il on.

The cold wave that put in its ap-
pearance last night could help business
immensely by hanging on long enough
to allow Iumbermen little Shedding.
The wood working industries of Brat
tleboro are badly in need OF stock in
the form of logs, and even a week of
snow would make considerable differ
ence with them. Reports from the
northern part of the county Indicate
that the people of that locality have
been making the most of the snow that
fell early in the week.
Most of the trout fishermen around
Brattleboro are glad that legislature
did not change the size limit on the
particular variety of fish which they
like to pursue. Of course it is argued
that a great many trout Just under the
legal length are injured when thew are
returned to their native elemnt - if
they are returned-and consequently
die, but if the size limit was I'VE inches
or even four the situation would be inst
the same. If fishermen would abandon
the use Of small hooks they would be
bothered less with small fish; in fact.
some sportsmen argue that it would be
a good plan to forbid the sale of hooks
below a certain size. The amount of
trout that can legally be taken here
after is five pounds in one day, and the
time OF day when it is legal to 90
trout fishing is also prescribed. In the
opinion of The MeddIer this particular
portion of the law could be improved
II the limit was set by number instead
OF weight, for if good luck happened
to be the fisherman 5 portion he would
take pains to keep only the largest
fish that came his way, and thus the av-
erage size of the trout left would be in
creased.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-07
BrattIeboro
Steam Laundry
w. X. SPARKS
Proprietor
PERFECT
PRESCRIPTIONS

Every medicine that is COM
pounded in our Prescription De
partment is backed by our per
sonal guarantee as to its potency
and efficiency, When you have
sickness at home give those who
are near and dear to you the adj
vantage of this careful service.
There is no additional expense.
You will be pleased with our per-
feet prescription work, and your
doctor will be delighted.
C. F. Thomas, Phi. C.
APOTHECARY
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-08-01
ATTENTION.

The Inion lron q Metal 90 has
Ing connections TN ,.rv lsrse con-
Germs Is n position 20 % The high.
Is, price Tor Iuuh e al a.ads Ne
send our man altar thi. ami "a,
cash tor iruu rags. toit.es. rubber
brass copper .ead and zinc
" 50 lot too smal for our attenlou
None too large for "nr capacity.
old Wein5erger place lel v Hsr.
rison Phone us and we viii do the
rest Phone 9l5.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-08-01
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He ease 81 3 severe attack
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falls SD by all druggists .-Adv
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-08-01

Tie Ind you want he best there
e see NJ. L Mock. III IL Z.
Okla. Phone i6l.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

Judge Davis nlmsef wan ranked among
the abIest OF the men who have been dis
ltinguished in the American Judiciary. He
lost the nomination for the uaited States
Senate in 1868. having been dfeated by
Roscoe conkiing by two votes. HIs long
career in public life and upon the. bench
OF the Supreme Court Of New York state
and his association with Sanford Z.
Church. VINO was New York's first caadf-
date for the Presidential nomination OF
1858. brought Judge Davis into touch pea
sohally and professionally with many or
the men who were distinguished in public
life between 1850 and 1880.
IF Judge Hunts nomination as an as
sociate justice Of the Supreme Court at
Washington was due to the recommenda-
ton OF Roscoe Conkling. then conkling
performed a great service" continued
Judge Davis II know Judge Hunt init
mately. We were on the bench In the
courts OF New York. State at the same
time. He was a very learned man, yet
he was curiousiy shy. although / have
noticed that that Is sometimes a charac-
teristic OF men of very great intellectual
ability. He was very proud man, and
yet without particle Of self-conscious-
ness or vanity.
Judge Hunts career upon the United
States Supreme Court bench was termi-
mated in one Of the saqdest and most
tragic Incidents associated with the career
OF any OF the great men who have sat
upon that bench, and one Of which few
persons at the time had any knowledge
He went to the bench with high ambition
and he was as industrious a member of
that bench as any who ever sat upon It.
After he had been In service about eight
years he was suddenly stricken with or
ganic disease which almost totally inca
pacitated him. His mind was not affected.
but his physical powers were practically
lost. He lay constantly upon his bed suf-
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

the extent that this country has been
permitted to build it and hold it as a
trust for the benefit of the commerce
of the whole world. This was stated
plainly and was so fully understood at
the time by Britain that there was no
thought in Downing Street to question
our meaning. The free clause was an
afterthought and if the truth must be
admitted it has been a humiliation to
US. II should be eliminated.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
School Houses Belong to the People.

District Commissioner Newmsn's in
dorsement, voiced at the opening OF
the House of Play Friday, of the
proposal that the public schools of the
District may be used by the people OF
the District for their public gatherings
has the commendation OF many of our
citizens.
Even if the project were new, even
if it had not been tried out with Sue
cess in other communities, it would ap-
peal as rational economy in the utili-
zation of public property. A school
house is not what it used TO be, any
more than school is what school used
to be. Despite the tender recollections
that most of us beyond the so-called
educable age like to 'conjure in our
"reminiscences of childhood, a school
house was a place always either too
hot or too cold, where penal servitude
of peculiarly unpleasant kind was en-
dured through most of the hours of
daylight.
Today t E school house has advanced
with schooling. Science, which is
seldom cruel in its ultimate results,
has made education far lighter bur-
den to the child, almost, in some cases,
a pleasure To use trite phrases, a
child is not merely stuffed with so
many-or so few-dry facts, but edu-
Gated in the sense of being guided and
led along the by no means narrow
road of learning. The teaching of the
young idea to shoot, even in the ge-
neric MASS of public school, has got
to be a very sensible joy for all con-
cerned
Likewise, his school house has lost
much of its distastefulness, both of
construction and of association. 1t is
not so much a prison as a workshop
where each pupil mingles with his fel-
lows under their foreman for their
allotted daily task. 1t is a fine work
shop, upon which the builders, gener-
ously supplied, have bestowed much
industry and cunning. 1t is warm in
winter, cool in summer, and in every
season clean, airy and light. 1t forms
one of the most valuable assets of a
modern community. 1t is so fashioned
as to give them places of assembly as
well as of classified effort, and this
fact makes the modern school house
especially useful to the adults as we'll
as 10 the children of a community.
There could hardly be more dignihed
and at the same time so pleasant a
place for the people of a place to meet.
The objection that the opening of
the schools at nights will result in de-
struction or DETACHMENT of their equip
ment and contents is not tenabie.
Where the juvenile enthusiasm of hun
dreds can be restrained, it is not
probable that parties of men and
women-or even of children-gather-
ing in the schools for serious or
friendly purpose would do wanton and
stupid damage.