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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
The MeddLer
IF the coat fits yOH. pRf it on.

Deputy Sheriff c. I. Knapp strolled
into the Grange store Saturday after
noon with his eye peeled for malefae
tors great and small. His nimrOdian
instinct led him to the rear of the es-
adjustment where, Peeping from one
corner of a box full of refuse, he dis
covered the head of rat. The sheriff
forthwith announced his discovery in
a stage whisper, and the store force
ceased their activities. Then followed
a scene that reminded one of Bwana
Jumbo stalking big game on the Afri-
can plains. Chauncey tiptoed across the
floor, picked up a broom-handle, work
ed his way back noislessly to within
striking distance, and then dealt the
unsuspecting rodent a mighty blow on
the Uranium. Immediately a litter went
from clerk to clerk, and upon inquiry
the mighty hunter learned to his cha
grin that the rat had been killed in {
/ trap about an hour before and tossed
/ into the box to await interment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

Datus l.. Hays, 81, whose death IS
reported from Essex Junction, was the
father of l.. d. Hays, now an advertis-
ing agent in Burlington and formerly
publisher of Essex Junction syndicate
of papers. The elder Hays was a print
er by trade and published papers many
years in Ausable Forks and Moores
Forks, n. Y.
Charles II. Ormsbee, 80, a farmer in
East Montpelier who represented that
town in the legislature of 1910, died
Saturday from blood poisoning. He
scratched his thumb two weeks before
while saving wood, but paid no atten-
tion to the slight injury until several
| days later, when he called a physician
| The poisoning had then progressed 50
| far that his life could not be saved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
Useful Service of Austin w. Roel.
Rutland News.


Greetings to Austin w. Roel! For
80 years he has been manager of the
Brattleboro Retreat farm. That this
veteran agriculturist has rendered most
useful service the very toll of years
tells. The products of his farm have
been annually a feature of the Brat
tleboro fair His life has been prac-
ticalIy dedicated to the great, the vi
tai cause of New England at large,
for it is authoratively stated that Mr.
Roel has produced pumpkins weighing
from 800 to 400 pounds. The pie belt
should erect a lasting monument to
his memory, when he is gone. But
long live the man who has made life
brighter, with his Brobdingnagian Gu
curbita pepo magnissima-and has in
cidentally boosted the crust and pare
goric trade.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

It is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
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. 1t
is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

Comment on the local municipal
judgeship at this late date viii proba-
bly, have little effect on the situation,
yet The Meddler cannot refrain from
saying that in his opinion the reappoint-
ment of William R. Daley would give
more general satisfaction than any 9th
er move Governor Fletcher could make
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
Ullery Wants Emery's Job.
(St. Johnsbury Republican,

Jacob G. UHery of Brattleboro as
pires to be Col C. S. Emery successor
as collector of customs at Newport UNI
der the Wilson administration. Mr..
Ullery has been prominently identified
with Vermont newspaperdom for many
years, is the Windham county member
of the Democratic state committee and
a man whose democracy or ability is
not questioned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
STATE HEALTH BOARD.
DR.. c. S. Caverly of Rutland Is Again
President.

The Vermont state board of health
has organized by re-electing DIR. C. s.
Caverly of Rutland president and DR..
+. Y. Kidder, recently appointed by
Gov. Fletcher, treasurer. DR.. G. T. Dali
ton is secretary of the board and DR..
H. D. Holton of Brattleboro the other
member. The board has decided to
send the tuberculosis exhibit to Ben
nington county for tour the last two
weeks of this month at the invitation
of the Bennington County Improve
ment association.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

Miss Helen Prentiss came Saturday
from Derby for two weeks visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. r..
Prentiss.
D. J. Smith of West Rutland is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
Smith.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
JUNIOR SPEAKING CONTEST.
Paul S. Baldwin Wins Silver Cup at
Vermont Academy.

SAXTONS RIVER, March 10. = In
the chapel of Vermont Academy Sat
urday evening the annual prize deela-
nation contest was held. Each year
there is awarded to that member of the
junior class who excels in the delivery
of an grafton silver cup.
First place was awarded to Paul s.
Baldwin of Rangoon. Honorable men
ton was made of Edwin a. Spauldine
of Saxtons River.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

The Meddler hopes that people here
abouts gave heed to the warning about
the browntail moth pest which appeared
in Fridays and Saturday Reform
er in the form of an advertisement
signed by the state commissioner of
agriculture. 1t is important to remem-
Der that the most effectual method of
stopping the spread of these insects is
to destroy their webs before the cater
pillars leave them, which is as soon as
the buds on the trees begin to open
This means that the work of destruc
ton should begin Immediately.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper,
SO cents an inch for first insertion; 25
cents an inch for each subsequent in
sertion. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents a line first
insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without
change Of copy.
Position, 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

the infant joural fairly easy. The
Times hopes as much for the enter
prising men back of the venture.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
Bright and Attractive.
Woodstock Ace. March s.

The Brattleboro Daily Reformer APP
peared this week, and it is presenting
the news of the state and of the
world in bright and attractive form.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

California s 1913 mining output, it
is predicted, will exceed $100,000,000
in value.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
s Simonds -
A Suggestion

Ibis IS the very time tor you to
begin the delightful study Of the
Fashion needs Of yourself and your
family for the spring and summer
season.
All Women Welcome Expert Help
IN this connection.
You can solve the important prob
lens Of dress satisfactorily, COM
fortably and most economically by
referring at leisure, IN the quiet Of
your own home, to the charming
pages Of the new and beautiful
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
We Advertise

Il We had nothing We would say moth
ing.
We have all the latest improved special
machines for laundering shirts and col
lars which not only prolongs the life of
your linen, but gives ease and comfort
10 the wearer. Our New Prosperity Col
lar Moulder is giving great satisfaction
and our customers are beginning to tell
their friends about it.
and see what it does, as no one can af-
ford to have their collars Numbered in
any other way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

There are, however, a great many
rats in Brattleboro that have not been
killed even once. And the foregoing
anecdote leads The Meddler to make
a brief preaehment on the enormous
amount of waste that this pest causes
each year. Few people realize the an
noyonce that rats are to local store
store keepers, and the problem is how
to get rid of them in a way that will
not bring about more annoyance than
the rats themselves are. If some modern
Pied Piper would only visit Brattleboro
it is safe to say that he would not be
treated so shabbily in the matter of re
ward as was the hero of Browning 5
poem.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
A Chance for a Poor
Man to Own a Home

Amy man wishing to build a single
or two-tenement house will be inter
ested to know that we viii provide
the land and build for him, provided
ne 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, 1913-03-10

What The Neddler said about the
likelihood of the first state armory 60
ing to Bellows Falls proved only too
true as a news item in today's paper
tells. But there is no occasion for
Brattleboro people to feel s0re because
their upriver neighbors have come out
victorious in this friendly contest. The
local military company is now moving
into such ample quarters that it ought
not to be difficult to put the organiza-
ton on a stronger footing than it has
enjoyed for a number of years, and
when this is accomplished the argument
for new armory here viii be even
more convincing than it is at the pres
ent time.
Evening star., 1913-11-20

woman. Il guess we're going to be rea
we'll acquainted after all. You must
come to see your sister and me, Sara
janet. And Danny shall take you tc
ride behind his black colt
The finest colt in the country" Danny
said. eagerly. You won't be sorry
.I'll come Sarajanet promised. oh
III come. l shan't forget l couldn't
OH
Mother. they're calling our train" said
DANNY Goodbye. Miss Holly. Now.
please remember
Good bye. Sarajanet." said Mrs.
French. III leave that to sweeten up
your life a little"
They We're gone twirled into the midst
OF the crowd hurrying gateward.
Sarajanet, having lost them. looked
down at the box of candy in her hands.
Her eyes were swimming. She had
never been so touched in her life. She
opened the box slowly. then took out a
bonbon and put it in her mouth. 1t was
very sweet. But yet not so sweet as this
sudden promise of a, happy future thrust
into her starved workaday life. For even
Sara janet, with all her experience of
hard things. was not so old or jaded or
thrll-less that she did not know when
she mad looked into the right mans eyes,
also when he had looked into hers.
(THE END
Evening star., 1913-11-20

a girls position there She had started
ia i store. Five years Of that time she
had spent behind this counter. And she
knew she could stay set another 1--WE
years did she choose. for her efficiency
was recognized In the meantime, she
had got her three younger brothers in
way providing for themselves and was
urging her younger sister toward the
goal Of a normal teachers certificate.
She had even a full S1Oo toward sickness
and accident Home for Sarajanet was a
small room up three flights She had
been used TO small spaces all her life and
managed gallantly where the unsophisti-
Gated would have suffocated.
She had her dreams. of course, and
they helped her through the things that
Were most undreamlike. Sarajanet dream
ed of a little house IN the country. the
real country. not some hurried suburb
which masquerated such. She dream
cd. TOO. Of having somebody in that
more intimate. tender WAY than she had
ever known, whom, in turn. she should
love as she knew she could love- and who
would be glad to help her to rest and
leisure and an acquaintance with her
own soul. He would he dark and mas
terful. Vet very kind and strong, TOO. His
hand should op6n for her .ife which
should compensate for all the hard. dark
ugly things which she had had to fight
and ignore and tolerate in the past. In
reality Sarajanet did not expect To have
Evening star., 1913-11-20

that little house in Tire real country un-
less she earned it herself. Neither did
she expect to find its other occupant un-
der a panama hat, buying bonbons for
some other girl. She was very sensible.
was Sarajanet, even if she did dream
foolish dreams
Sarajanet was slender and worn. but
her gray eyes were clear and direct. As
she stood in the generous sunbeam her
thick. fair hair took on a golden bright
necs. her pale cheeks lit up, her eyes
grew luminous. 1t glorified Sarajanet
even to her perfectly clean but carefully
me3ded shirt waist.
\ girl whose hat had cost more than
all Saraianet' s clothes had cost that sum-
Evening star., 1913-11-20


mer bought. a dollars worth of a famous
brand of chocolates and passed A
man bought another box for girl in
blue. whose cheeks were as pink as one
of Sarajanet's carnations and who car
ried a freshly bathed Pomeranian on her
arm. Three other men bought something
an0 gave Sarajanet glance with their
money-correct men in panamas- But
Sarajanet saw only the girl in blue-the
girl who had travelled in Pullmans and
lain ON siken luxury all her life. She
sighed as she registered her cash.
There was the sudden footing of horns,
and into the station from the street.
Haunting pennons, laughing and calling,
came a jostling. hurrying, tumultuous
crush of girls on their way to a society
outing. They swept toward the gates
and were gone. And everything began
again. Sarajanet's gaze rested on the
objects nearest her, a young man with
the veriest WiSp of an old woman tucked
under his capable arm-an old woman
who expressed herself as mother in every
fold of her rather old-fashioned coat
suit, every wrinkle, every gray hair. So
also the young man expressed himself as
son, and as very good and dutiful son
His face was brown. and all the browner
because his eyes were so blue. his teeth
so white. His straw hat had been care
fully cleaned. and his suit was not new.
Somehow the instant she saw him Sara
janet was glad that he did not wear a
panama.
Il want IL box of candy. he said. II
want the very incest box of candy you've
got for my best girl here
The old lady giggled. Don't you
humor him. my dear," she cried. Don't
let him pay more than 20 cents
Sarajanet selected a dainty box tied
with wistaria ribbon. These are very
good she said
You've tried them yoursef?" ques-
toned the old lady, One did not need
10 be told that the buying of a box of
Evening star., 1913-11-20
FREE TOLLS CONTROVERSY
DISCUSSED IN HASKIN BOOK
Question of Advisability of Subsidy
for Coastwise Vessels of
u S. Dealt With.

One of the popular subjects of debate in
the high schools of the country today is
the question OF whether coastwise ship
ping should be permitted to pass free
through the Panama canal. The ques-
tion lends Itself to the forum of dis
cussion, since the issue is a pressing
one. and since there are so many angles
to 1t out of which arguments can be
drawn, and where no orator needs to
draw the staple of his oratory finer
than the thread of his argument
There are many points about the
whole situation that need clearing up,
one of the most interesting being why
the first British protest practically
conceded the right OF the United States
to exempt coastwise traffic. while the
second' note Of protest denied this
right. Maybe the State Department in
Washington and the foreign office in
London understand this change of
front, but # they do, no inkling of the
why of it has ever reached the public
i'm either country
Evening star., 1913-11-20
THE EVENING STORY.
sHS3AES.
.copsrighl. le1s. hy ". werner.l


Saraianet was arranging her counter
Her movements were light and deft, She
stacked candy boxes with their labels al
IuringIy outward. heaped a tray with
packets of salted peanuts took care that
the milk chocolate and chewing gum
should lie conspicuous and set in the
midst of all bowl of carnations, which
the company provided as an added at
traction. From somewhere came broad
beam of sunlight. drenching the counter
and Sarajanet and pausing with a flare
of brightness upon the glass doors Of the
show shelves behind her. Sarajanet stood
fun in the beam and loved it.
II was S clock of a week day morn
ing III hate summer and the tide of travel
was already strong, Sarajanet faced the
great waiting room. with its cross cur
rents of people hurrying to and from
trains The din of the street and OF in
Vulnerable voices surged in her ears.
She scarcely saw or heard She had been
there so long that il had ceased To al
feet her save as an endless monotony
Sara janet was twenty-efght. She had
always been twenty-eight, as far as good
sense and calm practically We're concern
ed She could not remember a time when
she had not known how to take care OF
herself or found need of doing it. But
the experience had not hardened or harm
I'd her Ii had only given her an attrac-
tive air of seIf-reliance fand an under
standing heart. both of which are valu-
able assets when one sells candy In
railway station. Sarajanet had been born
in a tenement. had known the life OF any
tenement child until she was thirteen,
when her schooling ceased. and she
emerged into the working world. with
some very decided views of her own upon
Evening star., 1913-11-20
BAD WEATHER is PREDICTED
Get Out Your Heavy Clothes and
Rubbers, Rivermen Saw.

Rivermen. those who have been making
study of the weather in the last day or
two, pronounce the beautiful summerlike
weather of Tuesday and yesterday a
weather breeder and are making dire
ful predictions regarding bad weather due
soon. They say that the fine weather
was not that of Indian summer but was
of the kind that often occurs in the fall
and winter. ana which is invariably fol-
lowed by spell of weather as bad as
the previous weather was fine and
pleasant
T'ney smell fou! weather in the air. and
are predicting that before Saturday night
cold. rainy weather viii be on hand. and
there may be snow with il. How cold
it VIII be they ref2se to say, except that
It viii: 6e cold enough to make good
thick clothing particularly desirable and
rubbers Will be found TO be very useful.
The rivermen, while they base much Of
Evening star., 1913-11-20

candy was a great event to her oven
when INDUCED in on a holiday trip.
Il never eat candy" answered Sara
janet, gently. But you can depend a
good deal. you know, on the brand
The old lady took the box and inspect
ed it. "Ive got a great hankering after
candy" she confessed. She smiled at
Sarajanet Candy. to my notion, is
one % the best ways to sweeten life But
perhaps your life doesn't need any sweet
enins, my dear
Sarajanets lips and eyebrows twisted.
All a. once she felt very little and young
and alone, for here was sympathy, the
right Kind of sympathy, and she knew it.
= guess there isn't any life in the world
but needs sweetening. she sighed.
Poor child,' breathed the old lady. Il
expect you get very tired of this She
indicated the noisy waiting room and the
elderly ogler, who was buying peanuts
fo. the sake of nearer view of the girl
In the sunbeam.
~ must work said Sarajanet bravey.
Ard then somehow she found she was
telling all about herself. but she was in
terrupted by customer. When. .sne was
free she said: '.I hope you don't think !
tell this to everybody. but somehow l
couldn't help telling YOU
Il didn't mean you should help telling
me- said the Old lady. THE moment 7
saw you ] said TO my son: Danny. there $
than anything else Is your name
Mary"
It's Sarajanet Holly" replied Sara
janet.
+ That's just as good" said the old lady
quietly. only | had a daughter once
named Mary I'm Mrs. French, and
Danny and L live alone in Ayre, and
Ayre'S about forty miles north OF here.
isn't it, Danny? We live in a gray house
with a garden and trees and lots OF hof-
lyhocks. / guess You won't have any
trouble finding it if you ever care to come
out our way
Sara janet's eyes We're shining. "Ayre,
Why, that's where my little sisters go
ing to teach this fall. She's going to
start in on district school, and
Dear me, is that so?'' said the old
Evening star., 1913-11-20

that passes through the canal Those
who answer yes" assert that ii will
make freight rates lower and that this
will be reflected i'll prices to the con-
sumer The opponents want to know.
in rejoinder. what effect it can have
on dozen or oranges when the added
freight would amount to Sl.2O net
register ton, or about so cents cargo
ton. They say that if so cents a ton
be added to or taken from the price
oe oranges the difference Will never
appear In the consumers price. since
that would be only cent for every
forty pounds of oranges
The subject is discussed in The
Panama Canal" by Frederic j. Has
kin. which The Star is now dstrlbut-
ing.
Evening star., 1913-11-20
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
J. H. Washington Charged With
Depreciation on Private Property.

John IL. Washington. colored, was held
for the action of the grand Jury in
$1,000 bonds tooay in the United States
branch of the Police Court by Judge
Fugh a charge of depreciation on
private property.
Washington. who was arrested by
Detective Berman. IS charged with en-
ternS property of Benjamin w. Guy
and stealing plumbing.
Evening star., 1913-11-20
.fYouAreDeaf

Your affiiction can be permanently
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ACQUISITION. We invite the most thor
ough test OF this marvellous hearing
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can hear ordinary tone conversation,
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of this in social conversation, the
value of it in business intercourse.
1t will also enable you to hear music,
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and it will do away with the embar-
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this out now while it is before you.
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Bldg. Washington. ID. c. Home Of
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Evening star., 1913-11-20
ated No AQo S1NMOV4N Il uSS Il " MA
Cons of the Masterpieces Old

These Pictures are faithful
reproductions OF the originals
now on exhibition in the ia
nous art galleries OF Europe
and America, and whose value
runs into millions Of dollars.
Evening star., 1913-11-20

liShed. The program included a piano
solo by Prof. GloctZner and a vocal SOLO
by Miss Helen Wyatt accompanicri hy
Miss Dunlop. The president OF lie
league. Mrs Annie Wilder. received Ito
guests and the program was in charge
of Mrs Lee Chalmers. assisted by Miss
Della Mertz
Evening star., 1913-11-20
Press Club Head Talks to Women

Before members Of the League of
American Penwomen meeting last night
At the Raleigh Hotel. Oswald r Schu-
cite. president OF the National Press
Club. told how big newspaper is pub
Evening star., 1913-11-20
Issue Not International.

But the whole issue as to the exemp-
tion of coastwise traffic is not an in
.ernational one-an important domestic
problem hinges on il. Does the United
States want to give a subsidy of from
$4,000 to $4,000 TO each coastwise ship
Evening star., 1913-11-20

their prediction on the weather breed
ing" days. they say the looks OF the
moon also presages lad weather.
Evening star., 1913-11-20

II PAYS 10 read the want columns oe
The star Hundreds OF situations are
filed through them