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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06
WISCONSIN BOXING
BOARD HAS NERVE.
And It r. as Benefited Sport by Maxine
Fighters Behave.

The Wisconsin boxing commission
take themselves ana their office yers
seriously. When packey Mcfarland
recently pulled off one Of his get the
money easily stunts in that state the
commission promptly sat up ana took
notice. They We're not frightened by
the fact that Packcy was the light
weight champion Of the chicago stock
yards ana looked oil him as merely an
ordinary boxer Who like every other
boxer should lie made anienable to the
laws and regulations of the sport. \
meeting of the commission was called
and Packey was suspended.
Mcfarland and Il lot of his admirers
nerve Of the Wisconsin commission in
dealing the Chicago lad such Il stiff
jolt, but the commission did not waVer
any and just went on waiting for the
next offender, showing that they We're
trying to be on the level and treat all
takers alike. whether they We're cham
pions of IL slockyard or only prelimi-
nary fighters.
Now they have given Al Wolgast Il
warning that is likely TO make the Ca
dillac boxer think seriously. He has
been warned by the Wisconsin boxing
authorities that he must cut out the
rough ana tumble tactics or he will be
barred from boxing in that state.
Those who have seen Wolgast are we'll
aware Of his pretlilection for foul work
In fact. he has always been inclined
that way whenever he could get away
with it. lie practically threw away
the lightweight championship through
fouling Willie Richie. He has foulcl
boxers in many cities, but the referees
permitted him Ia 80 as he pleased 1t
must please the friends of boxing cv
crXWherc To find that the Netherlands
aud WolgastS arc not to he permitted
I" run things rs they feel like, and til"
notion of the Wisconsin commission is
bound tn be followed in other places.
aud the result is sure t. hc the inaucu
ration of cleaner and better sport
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06
Sporting Notes.

The international challenge matches
for the Davis lawn tennis cup will hr
PLAYED Aug Is. II and u.
It IS once more proposed to have the
Harvard baseball team take q Innket
10 tie Hawaiian islands this summer.
pop An~on as successor Of. g. w
Murphy at the head Of the Cubs Is 20
IN. from tho Immediate past to . &c
m"i" age.
harvard football uctted only &Sl,oob
last wear. That helps pay the dehclts
Of the minor sports, such as rowing.
tennis. golf, swimming.
There is ,ait 81 Hartman. Who man.
aged the Grecnlcld club at the close Of
the Twin state season being made
manager OF the Bridgeport team of the
Eastern association.
Credit is being showcrcd on Capt.
Nunau OF tho Columbia basketball
team for playing with = broken arm.
Th"r" arc some vho WoHid sat he de
eer,e,l something else tnan credit.
he list 81 candidates for tbc INA
hrrst baseball team 'rclGaes two naue-
familiar in Tvsip state circles Thcrc
Goodridgc, who is 70 again hold doll Il
.ir,t. ans Sw"sey. once more IN center.
Princeton football ought to 81
CREST this coming season Milde.
Graves Pen6eid, an Oxford student has
been granted a half year : leave o.
absence to come 10 America to coach
the Tigers
President Gilmore Of the Federal
/ league declares that il the major
| leagues do not stop trying to get some
Of his, players there will be war. How
the shoe does pinch when it is on the
other foot
The membership of the Chi Fed team
as announced BY Manager ice Tinker
totals nine pitchers, five catchers. four
i first basemcn. three second sackcrs. two
fer thrd, one short,top l.loe, bun.
sclf), aud fep- oo'licilcie
j II Il rn=t sftao 10 tram ll.I, az
or. lnin u, 600 81 fa2r i ro"iialI
rla7 er 5000 I'm a lal sttall PLAYER
$500 tof tract ln4n and 500 for :
hockey PLAYER That Is the eost a
training til" mind Of any ono af them
by defeating Williams 1T basketball
! ~ Aft3lI-fa~n cdr To- mkt G-es
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06
POLO PLANS MADE.
American Cup Defenders to Begin
Play on April /.

Plans for the practice which will
start the POLO season in view OF The in
ternItiOnal match are completed The
men IN charge Of the defense of the
WcStcheSter cup realize That every Of
fort must be made 10 prevent the re
turn of the trophy To England In a
general way the same methods that
obtained last year will he followed
II las been determined to start pre-
limiuary practice ut Lakewood y H..
an "Wednesday. April / aud all the
available players will h" gathered to
take part IN the matches. The sclcc
zion of the team VIII depcnl entirely
IN IN" quality Of the work done by the
players in these skrnisilcs The sea
son ut Lakewood viii last for three
weeks or month. and after that pc
riod Il move will he made to Long Is
land. with the Meadow Brook grounds
the leading place for. preparation.
Nearly all tie men invited to the
practice are wen known the only ex.
ception being II. X. Castle of the
Hawaiian Polo club, who is now in the
east Castle is rated at five goals by
the Polo association committee and is
likely to improve when he has the OPP
portunity of crossing mallets with the
experts of this district.
The other men asked to play III the
preliminaries are Lawrence Water
bury, L. ~ Waterbury. Dovcrcux Mil
burn, Harry raync Whitney itnXhal1
L l>ceuc Ken" IN Montagnr + =
Ayr iz lbs hua IRAN" Malcolm sic
eenenn 8 { Fun er rh,rps =
: Th!rrs. Louis = stoddard. Ferrg
Beadleston and F. s. Won s;tade
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06

The forests of Florida contain rs
lln1s ~ GOOD
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06
WILLIAMSVILLE.

d, soolev Il III "i'h q atta.E -
sr,r
Tbs Cleaners rill meet 1,th MIS-. !.
f. willard next Thursday afternoon,
March T. :.
Mr.. Cummings of South Londonderry
was in town Wednesday on business
for the ttel@alv Ielerhtre oman
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06
BOWLING TOURNEY PLANS.
Cordes Expects to Break Even on Ex-
pense This Year.

The National Rowling association
will hold its eighth annual tournament
for the American championship from
April 5 until April 30 at Atlantic City.
y. j.
William CordeS. treasurer of the as
ISOLATION, who viii have charge OF the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06

finances, expects to spend $1,000 for
new alleys. pins. balls. accommoda-
tionS, etc. lie believes that this Will
he the first tournament ever ruin with
out cntafling Il heavy financial loss.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06

" IL. Sixteen sat down TO dinner.
The birthday cake was made by Mrs.
Martin. Among the many presents
was a beautiful bouquet of carnations
from her nephew and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. {. S. Hopkins of Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Thwing are
visiting in Bellows Falls.
Miss F'reeda Pember Of Bellows
Falls was a guest this week of her
many friends in town.
Miss Annie johnson of Brattleboro
was "a recent guest Of Mrs. Mary Wash
burn.
Wilson y. Cusbman continues to i'm
prove from his recent attack of pneu-
monia.
Miss Lizzie Houghton returned Sat
urday from Il several days visit in
Brattleboro.
Miss Hazel Dawson of Bellows Falls
was at her aunt :, Mrs. A. NJ. Corser :,
over Sunday.
Miss Emily King, who was operated
on for appendicitis at the Memorial
hospital, is making a good recovery.
Carlton Perry is at home from
Portland, Maine, to visit his mother,
Mrs. Jennie Perry, two weeks.
Miss Abby Washburn returned Tues
day from visit in Boston with her
sister, Mrs Sarah Ashenden.
Rev and Mrs \. f. Trice returned
Friday fro,, proyidnnrc wbcro tbcy
we,c allied IN. tho dcatb of .Lc;r
grandehild.
" i''"r 'n''ih2' iofheIiE HlS9
| '''a''I iio"'' - -'cN port =. Il. 4
oenc Hove
Ne -" =. 'aNr"l"it WIS ~ hl't
,l''"to M"h"'F 10 ht'F h'r son I'm
goa ia port move from 'h"feh iiate
!" hirGt street.
Mrs. ". +. Pierce of Bellows Falls
wa, Ia town Friday to attend the meet
ln2 OF the tortnightiy club, OF which
she Is member.
:, Miss Minnie Hoyin ana hrothar
! \louzo Rovia were in Rra+tlchoro Non.
! dav to yisit their sister Miss Eettic
/ Eoyia ~ rho Memorial ho.n,tat u,.ro
! She was operated on for arnendicitis
! last week.
Ehona Patterson If BrottIeboro was
I
| Parents Mr.. ana Nr>. +. +. Patterson.
/ Her mother. Mrs. Ada Patterson i III
| at her home in Brattieboro ami under
/ tho care Ut 4 nurse.
NJ - r
! MI ~ s.'',i.1 s''' -
/ 49, ~ l'l'', i"ooh - rs
! Tits va the anraaI musical ami Mrs.
| Cee and Mrs. Lawrence oav, :, very
/
served aal social hour was enjoved.
n, ~ r.. pa;,, ,,.......-;,,.
- i''ilSN u ~ lile
. - ="
| -, -
~ -, 2,1'S iai' III 10 mem IN tA'
| Vile Mr. and Mrs. Bailey were guests
! over Sunday OF their cousin. Sidney
Bailey.
Iu:.l.. NJ n Mt
/ ha. ,,.,..,.al -, -, =,
/ Dr An5ar, -, pga.+1al, !
hnr ,,t,.s;.;:, ~ ~ n
iii, tao -. ,.,;,r,l -, - M
Ehy l,r.,. INT - ,,''I f.li;,',t -,
it aud it has given Mrs. Martin more
or less trouble ever since
= - c"H'e from BOSTON
nu' Su"N auH Wa guest OF h'I
''"N .'ui' NI- anu PITS -.
~ - rs joined her tr.uat
| "n" my iei'"lnc9 over ouhdaH. Inc!
- oeeh Settieu ABOUT lhfee weeks
III the'r ne" mousse AT Neilesiey Hills
mnlth 'i''E nave peeh building TINS
winter.
MUCH sympathy Is expressed for -ir
'"' HrS. iafle ana family IN their re
r ,,.,,. aii'lctlon III me death OF their son
NiiIlahi i'alk', VINO died at a hospital
W BOSTON. he Young man was com
!'afatiNeiN httie known here as he has
peeh AWAY at college most of the time
| since tuc family came here to live 3
snort time ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-06
pUTNEI.
xxteen at Birthday Anniversary.

On Saturday, Feb. IS, the children
of Mrs W. G. Wright met with her
in honor of her birthday anniversary,
as is their annual custom. There
were present Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Ed
wards and Bert Wright and son, Err
nest, of Newfane; Mrs. Charles Adj
ans. Mrs. Herbert Barrett, Mrs. John
Martin and son, Kenneth, Mrs. Will
liam Nido and daughter. Charlotte,
and Mrs Carl Adams of Brattleboro,
and Mrs. Victor Cutting OF Newport,
y H. Sixteen sat down to dinner.
The birthday cake was made by Mrs.
Martin. Among the many presents
was a beautiful bouquet of carnations
from her nephew and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. s. Hopkins of Brattleboro.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-14
JOHNNY WRITES

new york-When a yung Teller that
Is all full of potry and sentament pro-
poses to one of these here up-to-date
gerls that's lookin more for a meal
tickit than what she is for mush, he
is liable to get his feelings hurt
know a poor boob that tride it
the uther mite
and he certenly did get an awful
bang in the crock
he met this skirt about a week ago,
and it was love at first site with him,
her having it all over lillyen russell
for looks, and her pa being president
of coal company
so after he had called on her
cuppel of times, he decided to git
busy with a swell romeo ackt that
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-14

would put the skids under her right
then and Their
the next time he went to see her
he dident only wait for her to get set
down on the sofy in the parler, and
then he plunked hisself down on his
knees in front of her
and he clasped his hands and rolled
his eyes and his buzzem heaved, and
he moaned out
darling, do you know, can you not
see, that i love you
well, mr.. peters, she ansers, would
hate to think that was just your nat
ural way of ackting in cumpany, git
up and brush off your pants +
gee, talk about your shattered
dreems and busted romances, there
was one for fair, beleave me.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-14
Why SO MUCH TO FEW, SO LIT

leading mail volume business
$9584OOO Is cleared
$40O00O00
after taking the its OO0OO of preferred stock
dollar handled, a Almost
nate a Henry
institution
bulk of the prosperity remains at the
stakeholder charityand
fairly
distributed
receiving the least and closer goods sold
comfortable
fluctuations
rather than
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12
BABY COOS AS MOTHER DIES.
Engaged in ironing, Woman, 27, Stag
gers and CoIIapses on Red-Hot
Fireplace.

Atlantic City, N. Mrs. Hattie
burned to death while her siXtee1
months old baby lay in it's coach and
gurgled with glee at the flames wher
a fit caused the woman to fall pros
trate upon a.red-hot stove.
The tragedy occurred in one OF
three rooms occupied by the Balchers
in the basement of dwelling at IL;
North Florida avenue. The mother
had cleared away the dinner dishes
and resumed her ironing, when she
staggered and coll apsed, striking the
stove and sending shower of red
hot Goals upon herself. Neighbors
who saw the smoke pouring from the
basement windows, saved the laGgh
ing infant and summoned the french
who had to fight their way into The
room where the charred body of She
mother lay in a huddle on the floor
Policemen picked her up tenderly
but the last spark of life fled as she
was placed in a pafrol wagon for {
thrilling dash to the city Hospital.
Neighbors said IGrs. I}alcher hac
not been in good health for some
time. She was devoted to the infant
which laughed while she died.
Balcher, who is coal cart driver
reached his stricken home after the
police had left for the hospital. Hi
whipped up his horses and drovei a
the best speed he could muster to the
institution, only to be told that his
wife was dead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12
CBy w. r. GILBERT.)


No other stock require more care, in
winter than in-lamb ewes. Too many
roots, frosty grass, hustled about by
dogs through muddy gateways, etc,
are all apt to bring disaster when
lambing time comes. .
A few roots, a good run on dry pas
ture or down, and plenty Of good sound
hay in racks nights and mor0ing, are
what is required for breeding ewes.
Too many roots are certain to bring
many dead lambs into the lambing
yards. Very serious losses have been
traced to this cause, but few roots
given: with discretion every. day will
greatly benefit the ewes. .a
The ewes should be kept in a regular
steady thriving state; on no account
keep ewes short one day and stuff the
next They must not be turned out on
frosty morning until they have had
little hay in racks. =
Rock salt should always be kept
handy, being one of the chief items
of ewes diet. Bad management with
in-lamb ewes is the root of most of the
trouble and losses at lambing time, 4
The Landing yards should be made
on a level piece of old ley, if possible,
and sheltered from north or northeast
and in an open dry position near hay
and straw ricks. Two square yards
should be made with hurdles adjoining
each other, with each pen made: of
-four hurdles matched at top The
humber OF pens and size of the yards
must be according to, number of ewes
to lamb. - To use the same yard year
by year is the way to cause disaster.
's When the ewes begin. to drop their
lambs, the shepherd must be constant
~ with them, keeping an eye on any
eve likely to lamb, and not losing
sight of her until she is oyer her, tFou-
BILE, and lamb and mother seen safely
into pen. If neglected some of twins
very often stray off and be found dead
amongst the other ewes.
1t is much safer to let ewes lamb
(when fine) out in the open by day,
where she has made up her mind to
lamb, then drive her back to lambing
yards. After all is we'll the lamb
should be carried back to lambing pens.
when the mother will follow quite con-
tentedly.
On no account should eve be in
terfered with if it is possible for her
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12
GENERAL CAMPAIGN
ON HOG CHOLERA
State and Federal Governments
Must Have Hearty Co-0pera-
ton of All Farmers.

Hog cholera has existed in the Unit.
ed States for 70 years and It is safe
to say that in each OF the last 20 years
the farmers Of this country have lost
millions of hogs from this disease
The United States department of
agriculture believes that success /. in
any attempt to, eradicate hog, cholera
will depend upon the establishment of
efficient organizations by the state
and federal governments which will
work together. They must, however.
have the full cooperation and support
of the I. farmers. With the, Crganiza-
tons perfected the idea is that when
hog cholera breaks out on the farm
it will be, the duty of those organiza-
tons then and there to restrict the
disease to the one. farm where it al
ready exists by instituting suitable
measures of quarantine and also by
the administration of the protective
serum to the droves on adjoining
farms. As is already known, the de-
partment is now testing out in a few
sections this method of combating hog
cholera. In the meantime, while the
necessary information preliminary to
a general campaign against hog chol-
era is being secured, farmers may do
much to protect themselves and help
to restrict the disease by careful OBJ
servance of a few simple rules, such
as the following:
O) Do not locate hog lots near a
public highway, a railroad or a
stream. The germ of hog cholera may
be carried along any one of these
avenues.
(2) Do not allow strangers or neigh
bors to enter your hog lots and do
not go into your neighbors' lots. The
germ Of hog cholera may be readily
carried in small amount of dirt on
your shoes.
<~-(3) Do. not put new stock, either
hogs or cattle, in lots with the herd
already on the farm. Newly pur-
chased hogs should be put in separate
Enclosures well separated from the
'>herd on the farm, and kept under OBJ
J seryation for three weeks, because
practically all stock cars, unloading
=: chutes. and pens are infected with hog
cholera. and hogs shipped by rail are
therefore apt to contract hog cholera
(4) Hogs sept to fairs should be
quarantined for at least three weeks
after they return to the farm. ~
If after the observance of all
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12
$4,000 FOR STAMP ALBUMS
Late Earl of Crawford's British Col
lection Sold in London Includes
Rarest of Specimens.

London.--The late earl of Craw
ford's collection of British stamp
was sold for $4,000. The purchasers
are Edward Healey & Co. of London
The sale of the British stamps froE
this philatelic collection leaves in tho
possession of the Crawford family
only the American stamps collected
by the late earl. All his other stamps
we're sold in 1912. They included
some of the rarest specimens extant
and filled GO volumes. The price paid
for them was not made public.
The late earl Of Crawford, who died
III February last, was elected presi.
dent Of the Philate!ic Society of Eng.
land on the accession to the throne OF
King George, who is an enthusiastic
phiIatehst and was president of the
society for many years. 1t was an
nounced at the time that the earl OF
Crawfords collection was second only
to that Of the king who has been col.
lecting since his boyhood.
Among the rare stamps of this coun'
try in the collection which apparently
has not yet been disposed of are the
provisional issues by postmasters be
tween the years 1916 and 1S47, prior
to the earliest general issues by the
American government. One of the
stamps is the very rare 20-cent st.
Louis specimen, with. picture of two
bears. This stamp is valued at $1,000
Another rarity is the Annapolis five
cent envelope stamp of 1916, the value
of which is estimated also at $1,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12
HIS FIRST YEAR AT FARMING
IN SASKATCHEWAN
Win Premiums and Prizes in
Competition With the
World.

There arc thousands of young men
filling positions in stores and Offices,
and In professional occupations
throughout the United States, who ip
their earlier life, worked on the farm.
The allurements Of city life were at
tractive, until they faced the stern
reality. These people would have
done better had they remained on the
farm. Many of them, convinced OF
this, are now getting black to the
land" and In the experience, no bet
ter place offers nor better opportunity
afforded, than that existing in Western
Canada. Many Of them have taken
advanta GO of it, and there are to be
found today hundreds of such, farm
ing in the Provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta. The con.
ditions that surround farming opera
tions today are SO much superior to
those in existence during their early
farming days, that there is an attrac-
ton about it. Improved machinery.
level and open plains, no rocks to
shun, no trees to cut down, but wide
stretches with mile-long burrows, ele-
vators to handle the grain, railways to
carry 1t to market, and bring almost
to their doors the things necessary to
operate. Splendid grazing areas, ex-
cellent opportunities for raising cattle.
These things are all so different from
what they once were that there is rea-
son to speak of the attractions. II. III.
Crossman Of Kindersley, Saskatche-
wan, the man who won such splendid
prizes at the International Dry Farm
ing Congress held at Tulsa, Oklahoma,
last fall, grew the prize grains during
his first year farming. Up to 1913 he
was an engineer and the only knowl-
edge he had NJ farming was that OBJ
tanned when ne was q boy. That was
very useful; In fat it was valuable
to him. lie h"d not forgotten It.
Thousands with as little experience az
he had can % well by taking up one
Of the 160-aore grants offered by the
Canadian government. - Advertise
ment
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12

and it is usually transported from
place to place in the manner shown.
In use it is drawn by one of the native
cattle or by water-buffalo. The 9TH
er woman holds in her hand hook
of. the kind used for cutting the long,
coarse grass on the uncultivated hill
sides (there is much of this done), and
across her shoulder she has carry
ing pole. The head-dresses of both
women. are quaint and characteristic.
What appears to be a rough crushing
mill is partly shown in o corner of the
photograph. 1t consists merely of q
circular slab of granite resting on an
other larger slab, which has a chan
mel cut round it's outer edge with q
Tipped outlet. A hole in the side OF
the upper slab is apparently intended
for the insertion of bar or hand
spike, by which It could be turned,
while another hole, through it's center,
provides a means of ingress for the IN
ticle to be crushed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12
DIDN'T HAVE TO ADOPT 1T
Old Gentleman Merely Offered Hint to
Clerk of the Meteorological
Department.

He entered the meteorological Of
fee and said in his jerky way:
This 'ere's where you give out
weather predictions, amt it?"
The clerk nodded.
WELL" continued the old man, 81
thought as how l would come up and
give you some useful tips
"Yes?" replied the clerk, politely.
I've watched very carefully, an l
find that we amt always right"
mo; we sometimes make mis-
takes"
Course you do. We all do some
times. Now, was thinkin' as how a
line that used to be on the auction
handbills down in our county might
do fust rate on your weather predic-
tons and save you a lot of explain
in"
What was the line?"
wind an weather permittin'.
He went down without waiting to
say goodby.