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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

changed every month, there are fewer
fatalities than at the average football
game. Then the church supper is a
wholesome form of social relaxation,
enabling families to get together and
converse affably, while mingling freely
with table Il 'hote dinner for Is cents.
1t also enables some critical sister to
comment audibly upon the mediocre
quality of the pumpkin pie.
The church supper serves to empha-
size the fact that if it were not for the
women most of our churches wouldn t
have enough funds to pay the quar-
tet. 1t is the church supper which pro-
vides the music and the hot-air furnace
and the Administer rug in the pastor s
study and the pipe organ with an I'M
pediment in its speech If it were not
for the church supper some churches
would have to issue bonds ON the per
sonal property of the trustees and pay
the pastor in love and cordwood. There
is only one institution in the church
which works as hard and takes as
much criticism without turning sour
and that is the music committee with
| three soprano soloists to contend with
| People who sneer at the church sup
per viii usually be found at the first
table, before there is any shrinkage il
| the supply of fried chicken.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

This is tuberculosis week and the
national association hopes to have tu-
berculosis the theme in $4,000
churches next Sunday. tuberculosis is
not the terrible dread it was in the old
days. Education and agitation have
shown that relief is possible if people
will live properly, eat properly and
sleep with windows open, not closed.
Still there are always found sufferers
from the disease who have no idea Of
the real significance of their affection
until it has reached a stage where cure
is very difficult. tuberculosis is cura-
BILE if taken in time. So much has been
absolutely proven. The element of
heredity in it is very slight, but the
disease is readily transmitted from one
person to another through carelessness
The crusade must still go everlastingiy
on.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

The declaration of the imperial chan
cellor in the reiehstag yesterday shows
conclusively that Germany is not ready
for peace. His attitude was one
of defiance. Germany stiIl has the
sinews of war. Peace proposals must
be compatible with German dignity and
safety. England and France are not
ready for peace proposals. Belgium and
Serbia-pillaged and devastated and
overrun by the invaders-might think
of peace, but they cannot help them
selves. In the popular phrase, they have
been "the goats OF the great con
flict. England and France have suf-
fered enormously in the loss of lives,
but with the exception of a small Sec
ton of northern France, their cities
and all they contain are intact, but
Belgium and Serbia are mass OF
ruins, and in the latter country most
of the inhabitants have fed to adioin-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

The Saturday Evening Post cartoon,
depicting the G. O. p. elephant afloat
on the briny deep, over the caption
eve want-we must have--a good,
strong man perfectly pictures the
situation of the Republican party. Root
is rated as the ablest statesman of his
generation, but is getting old and is
vulnerable. Roosevelt cannot reconcile
the differences which split the party.
To nominate Taft would be suicidal.
Hughes might be Moses, but he has
1t is difficult to find big, strong lead
er in the Republican ranks today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Miss Florence Marsh is confined to
Mrs. Charles Warren of Fairlee, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. T. NJ. AlIbee,
and mother, Mrs. Eliza Morse.
Mrs. John Peck of Greenfield, Mass,
spent yesterday here with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Squires.
The school house in District No. 10
is being repaired and the school has
been closed this week on that account.
Mrs T. NJ Allbee spent the day
Wednesday in Northampton, Mass.
with her daughter, Mrs. Martin, return
| ing on the evening train.
Henry Smead, who was employed in
the Melrose hospital last winter, will
begin work there again Monday tt
work through the winter.
Reginald Williams, who has been il
the Melrose hospital a few weeks fo
treatment, is expected to be able t,
leave the hospital Sunday and return
to his home in Wilmington.
First Congregational church Sunda,
morning and Sunday evening service
in the tabernacle; Sunday school az -.
80 in the church; $50 services at TIL
tabernacle for all young people
The Coy Corner club gave Mrs. c
G. Convey, one of the members of tn
club, a surprise party yesterday. Din
ner was carried by the guests whic
was served at l O'Clock The afternoo
was spent socially.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

The st. Johnsbury Caledonian has
shown greater Improvement in the past
two years than any other newspaper
in Vermont. 1t leads all the weeklies
in special features, and in the strength
and intelligence of its editorial columns
IS close second to Randolph Herald
Its merchants Christmas edition this
week-20 pages including a colored
supplement-wa a highly ereditable
piece of work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; Is
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
a line first insertion with 80 per cent
discount for each subsequent Insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with 80 per cent discount
for each subsequent Insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

ford Mass, and who was for many
years skipper of one Of the whaling
vessels hailing from that port OF the
guests who were present on that happy
occasion but two now survive and both
are sisters of the bride, namely. Mrs.
r. W. Churchill OF Brooklyn, \. Y,
and Mrs. James Perry Of Freeport. y.
S. Besides Rev. Mr. Turner one other
son was born to the couple, Mendell
q. of Dorchester. Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
REPAIRS AT VERNON DAM.
Gate Was Badly Broken in Spring
Freshet.-Big Float in Use.

Extensive repairs are beng made by
gates in the big dam at Vernon. One of
the gates was badly broken last spring
at the time eff the freshet, when three
trees became jammed in it. After they
were cleared away it was necessary to
block up the opening of that gate as
the gate had to be taken out to repair
it. This and other work is now being
done there.
The big float which was used by the
Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins corporation
IN their work for the railroad has been
bought by the power company and
towed to the dam, where it viii be used
bv the workmen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
That Boundary Dispute.
Newport, n. H., Champion

Newport, n. H., Champion.)
The boundary dispute between Yer
mont and New Hampshire has reached
the supreme court of the United States,
where it will no doubt enjoy peaceful
repose for while. This question has
qualified for a companion controversy
70 the mysterious age of woman BY
the name of Ann, and the identity of
the person who assaulted William Pat,
terSOn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

ing countries. Ford and others may
talk peace, but there is no peace even
remotely in sight. The terrible war
will go on until one side or the other
is completely exhausted and helpless.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
Advertised Letters.

Men-James Baker, Henry Baldinger
L. W. Bowen, Edwin Doyle, William
Turner, Albert Venott, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. +. Vibherts, George L. Wise.
Women-Mrs. d. A. Bishop, Mrs. E.
W. Dodge, Mrs A. R. Fisk ?, Miss Mol
Mellen, Miss Elizabeth Moran, Mrs.
Adeline Tetreau, Miss Chick Thomas,
Mrs c. Verden, Mrs. Avis Waite.
Firms-Lowry Mfg, Go.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim of the management
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and It solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, In per-
son. by 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, 1915-12-10
Member OF the Associated Press.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 10, 1915.

So Capts. Boyd and Won Papen
were the "kaiser's own men, That
may help them in Berlin, but not in
Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
GOLDEN WEDDING TO-DAY.
Parents of Rev c. w. Turner of North
Bennington Observing Anniversary.
Especial to The Reformer.)

YARMOUTH, n. s., Dec 10.
The parents of Rev. c. w. Turner OF
North Bennington, Vt, are today eele-
brating the 50th anniversary of their
wedding at their beautiful home on
Prospect street in this town. The happy
couple were married Dec. 10, 1865, IN
Freeport, Nova Scotia, the officiating
clergyman being Rev. Mr.. Richardson
of the Baptist church in that village.
Mrs. Turner was Miss Sarah Z. Croc ker,
daughter of the late Joseph a. Croker,
sr., who had formerly lived in New Bed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

The selectmen--or somebody else =
haven't improved matters by putting
up the warning "railroad crossing 800
feet just below that ambiguous sign
er who reads it may take his choice of
meanings, and expect to pick up a
railroad either on Canal street or Yer
non street or Bridge street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
The MeddLer
If the coatft you. put It on"

Railroad men cannot be blamed for
fearing that the new station overpass
with its 1s-foot clearance will be re-
sponsible for numerous accidents. The
mishap which occurred Wednesday
night, while not serious, indicates what
is likely to happen unless freight brake
men and conductors exercise extreme
caution. Just now, however, the over
pass probably is more dangerous than
it viii be when protected with tell
tales and lights, and it is also true that
when the station and yard improve
ments are completed there will be less
switching back and forth beneath Inc |
overpass than is now the case. As to |
the Bridge street grade crossing it will
probably be used much less frequently |
| when both passenger and freight sta
tons are on the west side of the tracks,
but for those who do use it the element
of danger is likely to be increased on
account of the obstructed view of the
tracks. Likewise, traffic over it will
experience more delay because of the
fact that practically all passenger trains
will stop upon it. Thus it will be seen
that our new station plan is not with
out its faults although the building it
self bids fair to be one of the finest
of its size to be found anywhere.
Very likely there is hardly person
in Brattleboro who doesn 4 believe that
the Memorial hospital is one of the
chief of the community s numerous ed
vantages. In fact, there is absolutely
no doubt about the great benefit that
has come to the town through the es-
, tablishment of this institution. One
cannot read over the annual financial
statement, however, without being i'm
pressed by the extent to which the hos
lpital is dependent upon the Thompson
fund for existence. During the past
year the Thompson fund contributed
$4,000 toward the expenses of the in
stitution, while the receipts on hospita
account amounted to something over
/, 10000. 1t is interesting TO compare
e these figures with those of 1905, wher
t the Thompson fund s contribution wa:
: $4,000 and the receipts on hospital nc
2 count, $5,s8S; and of 1909, when the
Y Thompson fund contributed $4,000 aut
0 the hospital receipts were $9,427. Thu
5 reports show that the average humble
! of patients in 1905 was 10; in 1909, IS
and in 1915. between 10 and 90.
? Sometime between now and town
i meeting time, it seems to The Meddler
a it would be good plan TO inaugural
a movement looking toward the in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

Here S another of those self-explana-
tory letters
Dear Mr. Meddler:-
Doubling your ability to comment at
first hand on matters pertaining to the
tabernacle meetings now in progress,
ask space to express this mild criticism.
The speakers frequently refer to Brat
tleboro as F'your city or this city,
when, as nearly everybody knows, we
are not a city and have no desire to
become one. Somebody once referred
New England, and in my opinion the
appellation is still applicable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

stallation of q modern illumination sys-
tenn to take the place of the arches of
incandescent lights across Main street
1t is generally agreed that these arches
have outlived their usefulness; as The
Meddler has said so many times before,
they were never intended for anything
but temporary use What Main street
should have is series of ornamental
metal posts with underground wire
connections, and they should be in.
stalled before Main street is equipped
with surface of brick paving Hence
the desirability of action before town
meeting time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

Sometime between now and town
time, it seems to The Meddler,
it would be a good plan TO inaugurate
a movement looking toward the in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-29
When Carefulness Saves Life.

r2vorv day the newspapers of Georgia ana
.,,rouobont the country print accounts OF persons
toiny Killed by passenger trains striking automo-
a.Io. ca MANY of these accidents have occurred III
bi state recently that bill has been introduced III
a. LEGISLATURE now in session, to abolish graoe
crossings -
PIag1ect of engineers and motormen may De- 10
ooroo axtent contributOry to these casualties, but
:, is scarcely believable that the fault is theirs IN
all cases Generally speaking, it is not to be dis
nrtaa that engineers exercise reasonable care IN
+b onaration of their trains, and often there is
b,o and cry raised against them when the fault is
o1o11 that of the motorist Long familiarity at the
staarng wheel brings a certain contempt for dan
,ar and breeds carelessness. For proof notice the
baginner as he weaves his way slowly along in his
rAvlv purchased auto sounding his warning whls-
flo vociferously every few feet; then gaze upon him
q month later as he skds around corner and
misses pedestrian by the millionth part of an
inch With the same fearsome abandon he speeds
across dangerous grade crossing, trusting in d.
vine Providence to safeguard him in the risk.
If drivers of automobiles would only learn the
valuable lesson of doing what the we-knoWn cross
arm Injunction asks of them-Stop, Look, Lis
ten-there would be immeasuraby fewer distress
ing tragedies of this kind. Life is very precious
thing to be ruthlessly wasted when minimum OF
forethought is all that is necessary to save it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-29
Working Hours on the Farm
From the Christian Science Monitor.

Information collected by the United States de-
partment of agriculture with reference to the time
given daily to toll the farms of the different
states is likely to change popular belief this sub
ject. Perhaps nothing has contributed more to-
ward retarding urban overflow toward the soil
than the widespread impression that farmers work
is never done. The idea that the agricultural Ia
borer puts in on actual labor anywhere from four
teen to eighteen hours a day is prevalent. 1t is
common belief that the farmer, his family and his
employees go to bed at shutdown and rise by can
delight that farm labor is more exacting, be-
cause more continuous, than that of any of the
ordinary trades, and that farm chores are never
ending.
Investigating reveals that the average length of
time per diem required of farm labor in the United
States during the spring season is nine hours and
ifty-four minutes during the summer season, ten
hours and ffty-fOur minutes; during the fall sea-
son nine hours and ffty-two minutes, and during
the winter season nine hours and forty-eight min
utes The details of this inquiry given in the Mon
itors news columns interesting and instructive,
but it will be best, we believe, to confne ourselves
here to the single point OF length OF time, and to
take the average-nine hours and ffty-four min
utes-for the country as whole
Eight-hour laws affect only a fraction of the
general workers of the United States, and only in
fraction of the affected do eight hours cover
the actual time devoted to calling. The farm and
its tools and its work are, as rule, within imme-
date reach of the worker They are at his hand.
His going to returning flom his work is a small
matter, costing no considerable time, effort ex-
pense on the other hand, the average eght-hour
hour before and after his regular days work,
the way to and from it, in order to give his en-
ployer eight hours clear There are no statistics
on the subject but is not unreasonable to assume
that the average eight-hour worker in industrial
centers and large cities must give between nine
and twelve hours day indirectly and directly to
his work. Where the workers do not come under
the eght-hour rule find that labor, in business
or profession, takes anywhere from ten to fourteen
hours out of the day. If the department of agri-
culture figures accurate then it may be said
that countless workers, men and women in gen.
eral occupations, put in longer hours than the
farmer.
The farmer, it might as well be said quickly
puts in hours enough. Nobody possessed of a sense
of the fitness of things would add to his burden
But the point is that the prevalent belief in the
exceptional hardshfps imposed upon him are not
well founded. When averages are struck it will
be found, we are convinced that the farm worker
may claim as his own many more hours and days
and weeks of comparative ease through the year
than are vouchsafed the average Industrial mercan-
tile or professional city worker.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-29
Mule Sense.
From Golfers Weekly.

In the great copper mines at Butte the miners,
two Thousand feet below the surface, showed the
ore cars from the working pits to the hoist which
carried the ore to the surface. That wasn't many
years ago. Then mules were brought. They were
'hog-tied" and lowered in the cages that carried
the men, Sometimes they allowed to come to
the surface vacations. Their joy on these Occa-
siONS was anbOunded. They galloped kicked up
them heels and rolled over and over again. When
the time came to return to their subterrauean
homaS some of them pleaded with all the eIo-
quenGe OF their expressive eyes for roll,
and usually they got it. Most of the hundreds of
mules-those that have not gone to their reward
are now turnSd out in sun-lighted pastures above
their FORMER stamping grounds; electricity is the
new motive power. But many of the mules had
become affectionate pets of the miners.
Paddy the Ghost, big white mule, lived high
for mine mule. He lunch moocher and de-
lighted in cleaning up the scraps. He had pref
erence for bacon and chicken bones. Charlie
learned IUW to chew tobacco and became inVeter-
ate tobacco fend, begging from every miner that
passed. But he learned to spit, and his sys-
tenn became poisoned with nicotine He swore off
and wouldn't touch tobacco for months. Like most
sinners, his days of repentance didn't last He be-
gan nibbling again at the miners pockets for his
quid ratiOns and to his last day never lost OPP
pOrtunity To bum a chew. Whenever Babe saw
one Of the miners enjoying his MONDAY pipe she
stood where the smoke thickest, inhaling the
cloud with mute satisfaction. Sharkey was Just a
common thief and liar. He knew where the mems
dinner buckets were kept, and many a time he
sneaKed Off from his work and nOsed among the
pals. Sometimes he succeeded in nosing the top
off one more but always he shook his head in
insistent denial when he got his beating his
'cussing
1t is question whether the world will not lose
something OF dumb philosophy when the genius
of man has finally driven horse and mule above
ground.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-29
Oleomargarine Moonshiners
Have Beat the Government Out of More Revenu.
Than Have Illegal Distillers of Whiskey-
From the Savannah News.

Discoveries that oleomargarine manufacturers
have cheated the government out of $4,000 COO
since 1902 make the losses it has sustained through
the making of whiskey by moOnshiners seem small
indeed, and it is very gratifying that at last it is
after the oleomargarine moonshiners determin-
eddy as it trails the mountaineers who raise little
patch of corn and then unlawfully make whskev
out of it. The big manufacturer who cheats the
government is, if there is any moral difference be-
tween them, more reprehensible than the man in
the mountain glen who supplies himself and few
neighbors with mountain dew" without the gov
ernment's consent, for presumably he is more en-
lightened and there is not shadow of doubt in his
mind that he is doing wrong, and then the amount
he withholds of what is lawfully due the govern
ment is far greater than the little sum the mount
aineer withholds. Since many of the frauds oc-
CURED dozen years ago it seems that the revenue
officers who never let up the mountaineer might
have spent their time and energy more proftably
by camping on the trail of the oleOmargarine men
TWenty-seven million dollars would almost pay for
two superdreadnoughts The government ought to
be- and apparently is now, constantly on the look
out for efforts to cheat it for it needs all the money
that is due it, 1t knows that 1t must proceed on
the theory that nobody is to be trusted and it is
remarkable, that account and because it's rev.
enue officers are shreWd, wide-awake men, that
it was cheated out of such a huge sum in little
more than twelve years by men in line Of bust
ness and that line not by any means the principal
one from which it gets its funds.