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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-03

cupying B. S. Miller's cottage at Sun
set lake.
Mrs. II. II. Thurber, who spent two
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. S. Johnson of Fishers Island, n. "
returned yesterday.
Rev. and Mrs. L. S. Harrison and
three children of Avon, Mass, are
spending their vacation with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Davenport.
A negative report has been received
from the last cultures taken from Isa-
belle, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w II.
Gay. The child has been i'll with diph-
liberia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-03
WEST BRATTLEBOR0

+ c. S Rider and family and Mrs. f..
G. Taylor were at Lake Sunapee Sun
day.
Miss Bertha Hawley of Amherst,
Mass. is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. II.
Martin.
Miss Bertha Rider is visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rider, in
Bellows Falls.
L. p. Copeland and family and Mis-;
Mildred Copeland went by automobile
to Nottingham and Wilmington Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harris ant
friends of Millers Falls, Mass, are Oc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-03
Diplomatic.

81 have always succeeded in having
a quiet Fourth of July" said Mr..
Growsher.
. How do you manage it?'
81 buy firecrackers for all the BOYS
in the neighborhood and present them
strictly on condition that they 90 some
where else to set them off. Washing
ton Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-03

Company f, 1st Vermont Infantry,
started yesterday morning on its an
nual tour of duty at Fort Ethan Allen
The company, commanded by Captain
II. II. Cady, consisted of three com
missioned officers and 10 men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-03

Your argument may be strongest,
but that means nothing if your oppo-
nent s voice is loudest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-03
WARDSBORO.
Church Premises Improved.

Much credit should be given to Rev.
Mr.. Ashford and the friends who SO
kindly assisted him In getting the
grass moved and making new walk
in front of the Methodist church. Espe-
cially are thanks due Clarence St.
Mary, James Gleason, Wales, Ward and
Ray Plimpton, Arthur Fletcher and
Elmer Wilder, memlters of the Boy
Scouts, who so aided in the work; also
Mrs Derby, Mr.. Coleman and MIR.
Smith for donating and having the
gravel drawn, Mrs. Whitney for fur
nishing the refreshments, and the ven
cradle and esteemed citizen, Luther
Whiteomb, for overseeing the work.
1t is great Improvement to the vii
lage.
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. Milton Dexter and
guest, Mrs Hanscom, of Philadelphia
and South Ncwfane, called on friends
here Friday afternoon.
The new "Billy Sunday, hvms
books arc being very much enjoyed al
the Sunday evening church services
There is a marked increase in attend
ance.
The entertainment to be given in con
nection with the A. 4. fair Wedncsda,
night, Aug. 4, promises to bring fortI
much amusement. 1t will consist O.
vocal and instrumental music. read
ings, etc. Prof. Curroway jones' o.
| Philadelphia will introduce the famou,
Brown family of Wardsboro, VIII,
will delight the audience with man,
new and up-to-date selections The cit
Eizens of the village are all cordially in
vited to be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-03
Professional CARDS

W. II. LANE, M. D.. lit Main ST. over
Perry's store. Hours, L to and to 8 p
m. Sundays by appointment. Phone, 789-W
Residence, Belmont Ave. Phone. 7S9-R.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
Indoor Fun For the Riddles

During the holiday school vacation
it is difficult to keep the youngsters
out Of mischief and yet keep them
amused. This is especially true in the
evening, when they cannot play out
of doors. A suggested solution Of the
problem may be found in the follow
ing games:
Give each child bowl of popcorn
and needle and thread. At a signal
all begin stringing the corn. The one
stringing the most in a given length
Of time is awarded prize.
Give children pencils and paper and
then read a paragraph from a book
backward. Read each word slowly
and have the children write them
down as you read them. When you
have finished have the children begin
at the last word they have taken down
and write the paragraph forward. The
youngster whose paragraph shows the
Fluctuations placed nearest to the way
they are printed in the book gets the
book as a prize.
Place a row Of plates on the floor
along one side Of the room. Have a
plate for each child and let each plate
hold an orange, an apple and twenty
pieces Of candy. An equal number of
empty plates should be placed on the
opposite side of the room Arm each
Of the youngsters with teaspoon and
at given signal let them transfer the
contents of the filed plates to the
empty plates. Only one object can be
carried at time, and if it is dropped
the carrier must return it to the plate
and start over again. A prize may be
given to the contestant who fills his
plate first.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
Different Sorts of Christmas.

Each stage in our progress from the
cradle to the grave has its different
Christmas. Old age forgetS itself, tia
ghosts which haunt it's memories, and
enters into the young creatures hap
piness with relish second only to tAa
childs. The grandmother no lsnse
wishes sleds or hoops or gingerhreaA
monkeys for herself, but she looks
with love and wonder upon the uttas
beings who respond SO radiantiy to
these objects Of domestic manufacture
Between these generations stand the
parents, with their own lives of bust1s
and responsibility and desire, their
own games and gewgaws to pursue,
but yet with beginning Of the change
from living for themselves to living In
their young.-Norman Hapgood IN Col
lferS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
Dixie's Noisy Christmas,

In lower ATTITUDES, where the wealth
er bureau makes even no pretense at
supplying snow, says the New York
Sun, the celebration of Christmas takes
on different manifestation. South of
Washington Christmas has always been
the day Of great noise, the day set
apart for the clangor of bells, the
shrilling of trumpets, above all else the
firecracker.
In the social conditions Of the south
before the revolution the day of noise
and crash of gunpowder was the 5tt
of November, on which day all Loyal
subjects were adjured to remember
remember the gunpowder treason an6
plot" The celebration Of this noisy
execration of Guy Fawkes by the loya
cavalier families Of the south estab
nshed a winter holiday of which noise
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
Plays ON Christmas Eve

A Christmas custom Of ours and the
one possessing the greatest antiquity
is that Of presenting plays the evening
Of the Oath Of December. This was
first noticed in the west of England.
For several hundred years est. George
and the Dragon" was the most popular.
The actors, always children, were fan
tastically dressed and decorated with
ribbons, brightly colored paper and
wooden swords. The theme was war
and love. There were debate, battle,
death and mimicry and a physician
ever ready to restore the dead to life
This custom sprang from the ancient
crusaders, consequently the feats Of
chivalry and the romantic extrava-
gance Of knight errantry that are pre-
served to this day In a modified de-
gree.
Masking, which Is practiced to some
extent among Scotchmen, is derived
from the Roman SaturnaIia, when peo-
pie disguised themselves and practiced
tricks upon their neighbors. This is
now but scantily INDUCED in, but such
Of it as exists has been preserved
since the fifth or sixth century. The
Survey OF London mentions q splen-
did "mummerie' which was performed
by the citizens in honor Of Prince
Richard, son Of the Black Prince, in
the year 1877.
We do not hear very much nowadays
about the lord Of misrule or the waits,
but both are remembered. The former
had license to do everything he could
think of to keep up the Jollity during
the twelve days." and the latter re-
ferred to wandering MINISTRIES, who
serenaded houses and waited until
food and wine or, more acceptable,
money was bestowed upon them.
. Our games on Christmas night of
cards, billiards, Switchboard, musi-
clans, dancing and the tales that are
told Of knights, ladies, lovers, queens,
kings, giants, dwarfs, witches, fairies,
COLLINS and the rest were played and
INDUCED In so long ago that the re-
hottest historian has been unable to
ascertain the correct date of their be-
ginning.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
Some Jolly Games For
The Merry YuIe Party

EOR a new and jolly game which
J. costs nothing to get up I'LL a good
sized basket with words cut from
newspaper headlines. Each word
should be cut out In a small square.
Players sit around large table and
each receives square Of pasteboard
or a sheet Of heavy paper. In the
middle Of the board Is placed the bas-
ket filed with words. There should
be couple OF bottles Of paste or muci-
lage besides.
Each player in turn Ia given a hat
pin which he plunges into the basket.
AL words brought up On the hatpin
belong to the person tabbing. When
each player has jabbed SIX times In
turn the pins are laid aside and the
point now becomes 10 see who can
form the cleverest Christmas tele-
grams from the words jabbed up. AL
low fifteen minutes for working out
these phrases. The entertainer or some
one who does not enter into the game
decides which is cleverest. Give a
book Of witty sayings as a prize in
this round.
A lively blindfold contest results
when guests are required to tie bun
dies on a Christmas tree blindfolded.
The Christmas tree may be a very
small one arranged in a bucket on the
table If no trimmed tree is at hand.
OF course the blind men start from a
point as far from the tree as possible.
Each bundle has a small box Of bon
bons or even popcorn ball half tucked
away at it's heart. The bonbons be-
long to the player who Is successful in
tying the package to the tree.
A toy race is always jolly too. This
Is where wheel toys are pushed over a
certain course with umbrellas or where
mechanical toys are wound up and sent
trundling across the room at a given
signal. The person first to push his
wheel or toy over the course is winner,
and the mechanical toy which outdis-
tances its fellows also wins for it's
owner a prize. Any toy which over
turns in the race is barred from hon
ors.
Now, let all gather around the table
and distribute squares of paper or
pasteboard black on one side and white
on another, with pencils and scissors.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15

Ten minutes are allowed in which ali
draw portraits (heads) Of Santa Claus
on the white side Of the paper or board
Allow as much more time as is neces-
sary for each to cut out the portrait
he or she has been drawing.
Each player then signs the silhouette
with his initials, and the various ont.
line portraits thus formed are tackled
up black side out on something white,
such as a square Of muslin or a sheet
Of white paper, where they will show
to best advantage. Some one, who
does not enter the game, is then called
on to say which is the cleverest, and
the guest whose work this judge pre-
fers wins a prize. A candy box rep
resenting the Christmas saint makes q
good choice IN prizes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
SANTA CLAUS HAS BEENp CHUCKLEI
POLLY.

Lucinda wanted little white folks !"
dollie instead Of the cunning black ba-
bies that people gave her.
Polly went to sleep and woke up with
a start She was sure that she had
been wide awake all the time, yet from
the mantelpiece there hung a fat, bulg-
ing stocking.
Santa Claus has been!" chuckled
Polly, and she slipped out Of bed and
battered across the floor.
What lovely, knobby, mysterious
looking thing her stocking was!
Polly felt Of the toe
There was money-real money! And
peeping at her from the top of the
stocking was the sweetest little baby
doll you could imagine.
"Oh, dear, do hope that Santa Claus
has brought Lucinda one just like itv'
sighed Polly. II believe I'll seev'
Barefooted, with her little white
gown trailing on the red carpet, Polly
battered silently along the hall until
she reached the door that led into the
wing where the servants slept.
AAS hAot oOO1 was NxdSS1C 0QO LILO
second door led into the room where
Susan, the cook, slept with her little
girl Lucinda.
From the knob Of this door hung big
white stocking and, like Polly's, it was
bulging with knobby things. But alas!
From the top Of Lucinda's stocking
there popped black baby doll.
It was black-instead Of white. How
poor Lucinda would cry!
Polly's heart beat very fast as she
gently took the black baby out of Lu-
cinda's stocking and tucking it under
her arm, she ran back to the nursery.
She had to climb on a chair to reach
her own white baby doll, but soon she
had taken it out of her stocking and
put the cunning black baby in its place.
II never had a black dolly, and they
are so dear and cunning" Polly told
herself while she Rugged her own prec-
ious baby to her breast.
She Rugged the baby doll all the way
back to Lucinda's door and she kissed
It fondly as she tucked it in the top
Of Lucinda's stocking.
When she passed the door Of her
mothers room she did not see four
eyes watching her.
And the most beautiful surprise Of all
came after breakfast!
Polly's father found two especially
nice presents for Polly and Lucinda,
who was crazy with delight over her
white baby doll.
Santa Claus certainly does do funny
things! On the Christmas tree were
white baby doll for unselfish Polly and
q dear little black one for Lucindai
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
CHRISTMAS DUSK.

Come, little boy, to mothers knee
The Christmas twilight trembles down
With rose tints for the wondrous tree
And rose glow for the snow clad town,
And all is marvelous-but you
Most marvellous Of all to me, '''-
For may hold you as do,
AS Mary held him on her knee
And he was sweet and he was fair,
AS are all mothers little boys: -
His lips, his smile, his eyes, his hair,
To Mary were her chiefest joys
And she would sing to him as
Sing while the sun dies in the west:
I hear your weary, sleepy sigh
AS Mary heard his on her breast
And in the after years, think,
When he was treading sorrows way
And held the bitter cup to drink
She brooded on the happy day
When he ran singing through the room
And found a hundred things to do
To drive away all chance of gloom
And was a little boy like you.
So drop your toys and let us sing
The songs that heart and home have
blest,
For love is more than anything
And life is work and play and rest.
And Mary'S was the mother heart
A heart of love all fair and fine,
That into tender throbs could start
For just a little boy like mine.
Across the years I reach to her
And touch her white and empty hands
Down all the ages seems to stir
A message that she understands;
The subtle rapture that I keep
Shrined in the very soul Of me,
When may hold you here, asleep,
AS Mary held him on her knee
Wilbur D. Nesbit in Harper's Weekly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
A Disappointment.

y DTSaPPUIhCTn6NT,
= "Ferdy had one great disappofnt-
ment while in Greece"
"What was that?"
He couldn't find anybody who be-
longed to a Greek letter socieky."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15

was the predominant characteristic,
After the southern colonies had joined
equal hands with the northern In the
long war. gunpowder treason was No
longer the theme for celebration. Bun
some celebration there must be "a
provide for the noise which had be-
come a habit in the early winter. In
the earlier times Christmas had been
day of sobriety out Of doors. Of lavish
hospitality within.
What more natural then, than Be
postpone the racket of gunpowder DAY
until the next holiday In course and ts
give Christmas an outdoor element
which it had never possessed?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15

that she had been asleep for hours, yet
the big clock in the lower hall was
only booming eleven times.
Il wonder If Santa Claus will find
Lucinda's stocking?" thought Polly
"Praps by and by I'll go and see If be
has been there"
Polly closed her eyes and thought
about Lucinda Ames, who was cooks
little girl. Lucinda was as black as
night, but she was just Polly's age.
and Polly liked her.
Lucinda told most Of her secrets to
Polly. That was how Polly knew that
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
"Kitchen KumpanvD

To make a success of Kitchen KUN
pany," a jolly Christmas game, the
'kumpany" should consist of eight to
ten girls and boys who are all init
mately acquainted.
Have ready a large bowl of batter
for pancakes. Each boy is provided
with an apron and told to cook a cake
His partner, girl, may stand by and
instruct him, but she must not take q
hand in the cooking at all.
The couple making the best cake re-
ceives a prize. Then there can be can
dy making, such as chocolate or nut
fudge, and when all the cakes are
baked the kitchen table is set and the
guests eat the fruits Of their labor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
A Chinese Gutenhern.

There is pretty good evidence Of a
Chinese Gutenberg, one Pi Ching, who
In 1O41 carved cubes of porcelain paste
with Chinese characters, afterward
baked them and "set'' the porcelain
type by help Of parallel wires on a
plate of iron in cement bed. It is
certain that the art of printing was
known in the Celestial empire for CEN
turtles before it came to light in Eu-
rope.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
By BERTHA NJ. MASTERS
OILY DANE ga

LILY DANE sat up
in bed and blink
ed her 8 l e Ply
eyes. The nurs-
cry was cry
quiet, except for
the swapping Of
the Goals in the
CRATE. The fire
made a soft glow
Of red light on
the ceiling, and
the figures on the
M o t b er Goose
wall paper SEEM
ed alive.
It was Christ
mas eve, and it
seemed TO Polly
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15

It was in New York, or.
rather, New Amsterdam, that
Santa Claus made his first
American appearance in some
thing like the garb and man
ner now familiar to all Of us.
From the Netherlands the
Knickerbockers brought with
them the Christmas Of love
and sympathy in religion. Of
comradeship among neigh
bors and of festivity In the
family.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15

Before the birth of Christ
the ancient Romans INDUCED
at the midwinter season in a
festival from which it is sup
posed that many of the pres
ent day traditions sprung.
Presents were given and re-
ceived. An expression of mu-
tual brotherhood was shown
in the custom of the masters
and their slaves exchanging
places and the former waiting
upon the latter.
, 1915-07-01
VIM. ]. HORN

Cattle branded right hip horses on
ileft shoulder. Range Cedar creek. p.
o. Saratoga, wyoming
, 1915-07-01
NOTICE.

That l, the undersigned, NJ. e
Pickett, am now the duly appointed
County Livestock Inspector, in and
for the County of Carbon, Wyoming.
That as by law now provided, all
persons, firms and corporations, ship
ping any horses, mules or cattle, in
terstate or intrastate, or any persons,
firms OF corporations who shall re-
move or trail the same from their ma
tural home ranges must before ship
ment or trailing the same, hold the
same at some convenient place for
inspection, and then and there notify
the County Livestock Inspector, his
deputy, sheriff or his deputy, stating
the time and place where and when
the same will be ready for inspec'
ton.
If same passes inspection, a certif-
cate of inspection showing owner,
number, brands, ETC., will be issued
which entitle owner or lawful agent
to ship or trail the same.
1t is further the duty of the Coun
ty Livestock Inspector to enforce all
laws of the state relating to and fol
the protection of the livestock indus
try, and also to inspect neat cattle
before being slaughtered at any local
slaughter house in Carbon county
Wyoming.
Any person peddling beef in Car.
bon county, Wyoming. must frs,
procure a peddler's license from the
County Clerk Of Carbon County, Wy
oming; and have hide Of each beel
tagged with a numbered metal tag by
the inspector or deputy, or sheriff Oh
his deputy, before the beef is ped
died or offered for sale.
6'l0.7.1 M. e. Pickett,
County Livestock Inspector.
, 1915-07-01

conceded. "He will call again, later
to verify certain information have
given him"
Being some more of that stuff that's
none of my business, eh?"
your powers of discernment shaw a
decided Improvement, Walter" the
Master Mind said dryly.
Come into the library a minute %
the thief suggested. I've got some
thing for you, you know" Then. when
they were alone together In the room,
Walter took a sheaf of banknotes from
his pocket. and gave them to Andrew.
There's four hundred more l got
from sister Lucene. Say, she's sure
easy. Same old story. Told her / had
to have twas in trouble. And you
see they're marked, like the others.
Wainwright is getting wise, that's a
cinch. Did you notice, he only began
marking the money two weeks ago7
Say. Andrew, what's the lay. anyhow
Put me next"
1T doesn't concern you. Walter" was
the sharp answer.
"Oh, the deyiII'' the thief exclaimed.
In evaporation. you make me sick.
Well, anyhow. hat makes forty-six
hundred I've got from her. and given
to you in the last month
you shall be reimbursed. sir. to-
morrow" Andrew promised. gravely.
"Oh. there's no haste" Walter re.
Joined carelessly.
REALLY. you are improving greatly
the butler said commendingly. "Envi-
ronment has worked wonders In you.
It's rather a pity that you cannot re-
main here to complete your sadly neg.
lected education In the niceties OF
breeding. You go tomorrow"
Tomorrow Walter repeated the
word with an infection of incredulous
dismay.
Eyes. You and the Blounts have
been the guests of the Wainwrights
now for a month. There IL such a
thing as abusing hospitality"
"But-but where am l going?"
wherever you please" Andrew
turned CURLY toward Parker as the
servant entered the room.
Mrs. Wainwright wishes to zee Mr.
Andrew"
Walter interposed excitedfy:
, 1915-07-01
Notice for Publication-Isolated Tract.
Public Land Sale.

Department of the Interior,
U.S.Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.
May 20, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that, as di
rected by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, under provisions
of Sec. 2455, R. s., pursuant TO the
application of George W. Plummer,
Serial No. 09631, we will offer at pub
lie sale, to the highest bidder but at
not less than S2.25 per acre, at IL
o'clock a. M, On the 2lst day of July,
next, at this office, the following tract
Of land: NEl-4N VIA, Sec. II. T. Is
n, K. SO W., 9Th P. NJ.
The sale will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those
present at the hour named have ceas
ed bidding. The person making the
highest bid will be required to i'm
mediately pay to the Receiver the
amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely
the above-described land are advised
to file their claims, or objections, on
on or before the time designated for
sale. W. e. Chaplin, Register.
6l0-7-S.