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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
The Legislative Record.
(Randolph Herald and News

Herald ana News.
The near-verdict on the Vermont legis-
lature just adjourned is distinctly favor
able To begin with, it got down to bust
ness early, kept steadily on its job, accom-
plished its task without waste of time and
quit seasonably. Eighty-eight days is not
an overriding session. 1t is % days shorter
than the last preceding one The state
saves $35.0 thereby. As to the legisla-
tive record, it looks good from this short
distance. Practically all that it was com
missioned to do by direct mandate of the
people has been done. The only platform
plank repudiated out-and-out was the lump
sum proposal for pay of legislators, and if
everybody would keep to its task as well
the need of such an incentive would van
ish. A pure direct primary without the
suggestion of joker emerged and will go
into effect before next election if the vot-
ers approve of it next March State pro-
| hibition will be restored under like condi-
tons, if the people viii it So The tax
legislation, though IN effect a compromise
Of conflicting views, promises relief from
existing conditions to a certain extent A
workmans compensation act by no means
drastic, but calculated to give the system
a practical test, has been passed Provi
sion for much-needed addition to the
/
though not according to the proposition de
| feated last year. A new school law de
signed especially to equalize opportunities
and tax burdens will go on trial. the VIC
lent overturn proposed by the educational
commission having been sidetracked. 4
very progressive step was taken in at
tempting the check Of venereal disease. 4
budget was established for the more svs
tematic handling of state finances The
direct state tax is but five cents Some
important bills failed, but none that can
not well wait, The legislative body was
| conscientious and in the final summing NJ
wise and discreet. No one man led it
but several took leading though not
driving hand. The calm influence of Gov
ernor Gates, never obtrusive but exerteC
when there was real demand, counted fol
much The membership of the general as
sembly of 1915 has reason to be proud o
its connection with that body
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
Apple Juice VS.. Pear Juice.
(Windsor Journal.)

Among the caricatures of the day
Gust after Perry 5 victory on Lake
Erie, 1879 was one representing
John Bull, in the person of the king,
seated with his hand pressed upon his
stomach indicating pain, which the
fresh juice of the pear, called perry,
viii produce. This caricature
is entitled Queen Charlotte and John
ny Bull got their dose of Perry. =
LOSING War of 1912.
We agree with our esteemed con
temporary, The Springfield Reporter,
that possibly the movement for a
referendum on the subject of state
wide prohibition for Vermont is en-
titled to the name of "Perryism > in
honor of its introducer, Representa-
tive Perry, of Brattleboro. But if pro-
hibition results from the referendum,
the condition of Vermont will probably
be not so much one of "Perryism" as
- ciderism' and derned hard "cider-
ism at that.
Perry has never been popular
beverage in New England
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

Vermont now has a workmen s com
pensation law. It is the duty of all
classes, employers and employees alike,
to study the text Of the measure, SO as
to become conversant with its provi-
sions. That there is justice in such is
apparent from even casual observa-
ton. The experience in every state in
which an investigation has preceded
the passage of a compensation law has
been that under the old conditions but
minor fraction of the men injured
received any compensation at all, and
of those who did finally get an award
through the courts more than half of
the money decreed to them found its
way not into the pockets of the in
jured workman or his family, but in
to the capacious NAV of the damage
ease lawyer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

terday and is again confined to the
house.
Mrs Elijah Prouty, who has been
i'll some time, and is under the care
of her physician, is a little better.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney II. Davis have
returned to their home in Greenfield,
after visiting in town a few days with
relatives.
Miss Laura Smith, who is i'll with
pneumonia in the Melrose hospital, is
q little better. She is sister Of Mrs.
H. E. Harris.
Miss Clara Warren has returned to
Mrs. .. w. Harris s, after staying in
the home of Mrs Francis G. Taylor
during Mr.. Harris s illness.
Rev. and Mrs. L. NJ. keneston of Pres
ton City, Conn, were visitors in town
yesterday with friends. Rev Mr. Kenes-
ten formerly was pastor Of the Congrega-
tional church in this village
Walter Patch and Lowell Patch, IT.,
of Putney visited Wednesday in town
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Patch Mr..
Patch, who is eonvaleseing from an OPP
GRAFTON, walks out a little each day.
Rev. and Mrs Henry Lamb and son,
Halsey, are expected to return today
from Bridport, where Mrs. Lamb and
son have been four weeks at her home.
Mr.. Lamb went there the first of the
week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
Connecticut shelved the

Connecticut shelved the proposed consti-
tutional amendment giving women the
right to vote by the comparatively close
vote of 124 to 106. Massachusetts through
the action of two legislatures will submit
the question of woman's suffrage to a vote
OF the people next fall. Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut
failed this year to take favorable action
on the important question, but in all the
states an increased sentiment in favor of
equal franchise rights for both sexes is
apparent. Outside of New England wo-
mans suffrage has made greater advances
this year than ever before in the history
of the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

Possibly, says the New York Mail, it
does not impress one that statisticians Of
the government announce that the popuia-
ton of the United States has passed the
hundred million mark. But this means
that there are just twice as many inhabi-
tants in this country as in 1880, more
than three times as many as at the out
break of the Civil war and five times as
many as when the discovery of gold in
California began the development of our
far west
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

The Legislature of 1915 is entitled to
credit for refusing to allow the passage
of a last-minute. resolution boosting
the wages of state house employees
The result is shown by comparison OF
the expense of this work at the session
just closed with that of 1912. This
year it was $7,451; at the previous
session it was $15,361-a saving to the
state of over $1,000. The newspapers
of the state, among them The Reform
er, helped to effect this economy by
calling attention to the extravagant
wages disbursed in 1912.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

The government is out with sharp stick
after those who attempt to defraud it in
connection with the oleomargarine bust
ness. There is a heavy tax on the colored
product, and two Rhode Island men for
conspiring to defraud the government of
this tax to the amount of 100000 have
been sentenced to one year in prison and
to pay fines of $1,000 each Oleomargarine
is a healthful food product, but the trou-
bic comes in selling it as butter. A few
more sentences like those imposed in
Rhode Island win put an end to traffic in
cleo under false colors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

With the Prinz Eitel Friedrich tight
ly interned Newport News will lose
much of the interest it has held in the
public mind for many weeks. While
the fair presumption is that the Eitel s
commander did not at any time seri-
ously consider an attempt to break
through the Gordon of British and
French warships outside the harbor,
he has the satisfaction of knowing
that he kept things stirred up pretty
well by his bluff.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

boro south pond. 1t is inconsistent to
protect bass and trout in the same waters,
and as Marlboro south pond is far better
adapted to trout and landloclled salmon
the removal of the protection on bass
should eventually improve the quality Of
the fishing there. Formal notice Of Com
missioner Titcombs action in this case
will be published shortly, but this advance
information about it will no doubt be of
interest to those who are planning to visit
the pond in the early days of the open
season.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
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
ing following the omission, in person
by telephone or postal card, thus enabl-
ing 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 publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
CLEAR, BRILLIANT CRYSTALS

found in rocks and caves are not the
work of a minute or day. Life in
surance is more valuable the longer
you have 1t, and brings more satisfac-
ton the longer you have it. National
Life ms. Co. of Vt (Mutual.) =
EARLE S. KINSLEY, General Agent,
Rutland, VT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
Member of the Associated Press.
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1915.

The man who observed that the odds
were even on the betting now rises to
remark that the United States is bound
to maintain its neutrality even if it
has to fight for it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
TO ADVERTISERS.

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

The average length of life, it is
stated, rose from q IA years in the
sixteenth century to 40 IL years in
the nineteenth century.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

Mrs. E. T. Mather is i'll and a nurse
is in attendance.
Mrs. Edward Martin, who had been
confined to her bed with grip, is about
the house again.
Victor Nichols, chef at the Albany
cafe, was admitted to the Melrose hos
pital yesterday morning.
Henry knight, who had been i'll with
grip now has pneumonia. He is a lit
tie more comfortable today.
George Harris, who had been i'll with
grip several days and had returned to
his work, was taken worse again yes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO
Piano Fund Social Melted SIC.

The box social given in Academy hall
last evening was a success both financially
and socially. Sixteen dollars was cleared
for the piano funds for both churches, the
boxes which were sold by auction bringing
high prices, one selling for 81 %. David
T. Perry was the auctioneer. Frank H.
Brasor, who was one of the soloists at the
Old Time Tunes concert, was present and
sang two selections, at the close of which
he was presented large bouquet of carna-
tions by members of the chorus. During
the evening all present, both old and
young, marched around the hall several
times to music on the piano. causing much
merriment. The party broke up at late
hour, after an enjoyable evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-09

Under the law which gives him author
ity to exterminate Objectionable fish State
Commissioner Titcomb intends to remove
the protection from black bass in Marl-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02
STATE OF COLORADO
County of Otero, {
Citv of Rocky Ford
Make terminating Tests

This month there should be germi-
mating tests of field and garden seeds
made in every farm home. In this
way you will be able TO make pretty
safe estimate OF the percentage OF
your seed that will germinate and
you will know how much to plant to
the acre in order to make allowances
for that which will note grow, and be
assured of good stand. The blottcr
and sand tests are very simple. re-
quiring but little time and patience,
and can be made by the young peo-
pie on the farm.
In this connection | would suggest
that the children in the district
how to make these tests for their
parents.
For the blottcr test use pieces OF
blotting paper. 5x75 inches. and fold
these lengthwise. Law the seeds on
out so that they are not hcaped upon
one another. Fold the blotter to-
gether and turn half-inch fold at
the ends to keep the blotter closed.
Lay the folded blotter, with the seeds
on an ordinary dinner plate.
Pour on clean water until the blot
ter is wet entirely through, but leave
no water standing on the plate. Cover
| it with an inverted pie plate Put
| it in a warm place (about 20 degrees
Fahrenheit) and examine it every "a
hours, removing, counting and max
| ing a careful record each day OF the
seeds that have sprouted. From day
to day add enough water to keep the
blotter well moistcncd but not sat
urated.
1t is a rule in testing lcguminous
seeds, such as seeds of alfalfa, sweet
clover, peas and beans, to count as
possessing vitality one-third of the
hard seeds remaining at the end of
the test and add this calculated num-
Der to the total number that have
actually germinated in the blotter.
For the sand test, shallow boxes,
about two inches deep, containing
fresh, clean sand should be used. The
sand should be wet through and all
surplus water allowed to drain off.
Count out and plant in dows in the
sand the number of seeds required
for the terminating test in the par
ticular case.
From time to time add enough wat
er to keep the sand well moistened,
but not saturated. In each case the
sand tests are to be continued two
days longer than the time required
for blottcr tests of the same seeds.
At the end OF the test count the
sprouts that have appeared above
the ground.
In making the test. plant to the
same depth you would in the gar
den. Exclude all weed seeds. Take
100 seeds OF the larger grains, 100
of the grasses. 20g OF alfalfa.
The time required for blotter ger
mination tests of various seeds is as
follows: Alfalfa, sweet clover, Glow
ers, six days; cereals. 10 days; pea,
bean, radish. cabbage, mustard, tur-
nip, 10 days. celery, parsnip, II days;
timothy. English rye grass, Is days;
grasses in general 2l days; Kentucky
blue grass and Bermuda onions, %
days Western Farm Life.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02
FOR ALDERMAN, WARD TWO
1.-Two Years.

T. H. STRATTON
Postoffice Address,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Place of Residence,
206 North 18th Street,
Rocky Ford. Colorado.
Place of Business,
2O5 North Main Street,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02
IA LIST OF NOMINATIONS

voted election the City of Rocky
ceri
the City Clerk of the Rocky Ford Colorado by Independent
residence
O o each candidat
person, right
OF
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02

FOR ALDERMAN, WARD ONE
-CFour Years)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02

C. E. KEENAN,
Postoffice Address,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Place of Residence,
30 Swink Avenue,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Place of Business,
966 Front Street,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
J. H. PRICE
Postoffice Address,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Place of Residence,
5O3 North Sth Street,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Place of Business,
300 North Main Street,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-02
FOR ALDERMAN, WARD TWO
-(FOur Years)

l. F. DEWEESE
Postoffice Address,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Place of Residence,
2O4 North 18th Street,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Place of Business,
2Ol North 18th Street,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-23

York is a city Of tired, unsmiling faces.
The smile is a sign of fluid spirit. The
spirit of the metropolis is rigid. Nowhere
in the wSrld will you see such cold eyes
as in New York.
In other cities Of the United States and
Of Europe a stranger is not necessarily
regarded as an enemy. In New York he
is looked upon not only as an enemy but
as an object of police surveillance
In every other city there is a flatter-
Ing interest in the denizen OF another
city.
The typical citizen of the metropolis is
Indifferent to every town save his. I'VE
do not need to travel"
Everybody and everything comes to
New York" is his SNUG conclusion. He
is as inhospitable to ideas as to persons.
Why is New York the rudest aggrega-
ton of men and women in the world?
For two reasons. People lead the most
hurried lives here. The foreign element
is enormous.
When an evil is emphasized remedy
should be offered The cure in the case
OF New Yorks grossly bad manners is
twofold. One may be found wherever
from train or ferry, you step into an out
lying town. There folk are less hurried.
They have time to think of others, Tina
to smile. time to turn on the pleasant
glow of human interest When out OF
the crowded island of Manhattan citizens
move to more leisure communities. leav-
ing the island to be clearing house of
business. and of ideas. there will be an
Improvement in the street manners. For
the manner reflects the life OF the man
The whip should be the municipal sign
OF New York. for everyone Is under the
whip lash of hurr!; There is so much
to do, so little time in which to do it.
Rush, crowd, trample. is the municipal
rule OF conduct. The man who has left
off the shelf life Of the New York apart
ment and sleeps eight hours a night in
a room with a yard-he doesn't call II
lawn-with a tree and a few blades of
grass In Il will feel an unwonted relaxa-
ton Of the muscles OF his face. He will
remember 10 speak to the elevator man
and he will have kinder thoughts OF his
office boy.
There is no hope for the newly arrived
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-23

So many men converse with cigars be-
tween their teeth that there is a new dia-
lect which l have named cigarese.
Here 1t il a commonplace for men to
push past women. while crowding into a
car. II they did not do so the women
would be surprised. II was such an ex-
ceptionai standing back and raising OF
a hat that caused a woman onlooker to
say to a friend. What a queer, old
fashioned mani In the friend kindled a
transient spirit while she answered:
Everything that is kindly or considerable
New York calls queer and old-fash-
ioned." More than one corroborates this
statement. For instance a young man
led an old woman across a street crossing
and one OF the leading newspapers made
a story OF It,
Ask someone for directions as to house
or street and he viii either walk on with
out answering or will look upon you with
suspicious eye while he makes curt
reply.
Dare to ask a street car conductor a
question and you will either be barked at
OF will be the butt OF his heavy wit.
New York Is the city OF impassive faces.
The impassive face Is the trademark OF
rudeness, II our countenances are SO
very weary that they are unable 10 show
a response to the persons who give their
time to conversation with us we should
seclude them and ourselves until they are
rested Responsiveness is courtesy. I'm
responsiveness Is boorishness.
met young girl from California who
had come to seek that fortune" that the
few find and the many miss. I asked
about her mood and her progress. She
burst out; II am miserably homesick
] think l shall take the next train home.
l am not getting on at all. How can any
one get on In a city where everyone
wears a mask? / want 10 go back to
California, where facial muscles can still
relax. want 90 live in a town where
people smile"
The girl. though angry. was right. New
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-23
By Oouverneur Morris
and
Charles w. Goddard
synopsis of Pevious ChApters.

John Amesbury Is killed in railroad
accident. and his wife. one OF America .
most beautiful women. dies from the
shock, leaving S-year-old daughter, who
rs taken by Prof. Suliter. agent of the
interests. far into the Adirondacks, where
she is reared in the seclusion OF a cavern.
fltteen years later Tommy Barclay. MnO
father, MandeIs into the woods and dis
covers the glrl, now known AS Celestial,
IN company with Prof silliter. Tommy
takes the girl TO New York, where she
falls into the clutches OF noted pro-
curesS, but - able to win over the
woman by her peculiar hypnotic power.
Here she attracts Freddie the Ferret,
who becomes attached TO her. Al a blk
clothing factory, where she goes TO WORK.
she exercises ner power over the girls.
ana Is saved nom being burned 70 death
by Tommy, About THIS Time Stlliter,
Barclay anu others who are working to-
gether, decide Il 10 time 10 make use OF
Celestial who has been trained 10 think
OF herself as ulVne and come from
heaven. The fret place they send her is
20 Bitumen, u mining town, where the
coal miners are on a strike. Tommy has
gone there, too, aud Mrs Gunsdorl, vile
The miners leader. fails in love with him
and den5unees him TO the men when he
spurns her Celestia saves Tommy from
being lyncned, and also settles the strike
by winning over kehr, the agent OF the
stose wh S Is sIso Il love Win s ra SSSS-
tells MIN the story OF Celesta. which she
has discovered through her Jealousy.
kehr Is named as candidate for president
on a ticket that has Stilllter's support
and Tommy Barclay Is named on the
ninersN ticket Stilllter processes him
self In love with Celestial and wants TO
get her for himself Tommy urges her
70 marry him Mary Blackstone brides
MN. GunsdOrf 10 try 10 murder Celestial
while the latter 10 on her campaign tour.
travelling on snow white train. Mrs
Gunsdorf IL again hypnotized by Celostia
and the murder averted
Sulliter hynotlzes Celestial and lures her
INTO a deserted woods, where he forces
her 70 undergo mock marriage per-
formed by himself lie notifies the a.
umyirate that Celestial Is not coming
back. Freddy the Ferret has followed
him closely, and Tommy Is not far away,
haNlrg been exploring the cave, hoping
10 find Celestial there
Stilliter fires at Tommy In the cave
and thinks he has killed him He then
| tries 70 force Celestial into a lnock mar
riage. but Freddie interferes and An The
fight that follows Freddie gets Stiliiter :
glasses and leaves him blind Freddie
takes Celestia TO find Tommy and still.
liter builds a fire 10 attract assistance
The fire spreads and he flees before hi
fails into a lake and browns Tommy ms
Celestia return 20 New York, where ties
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-23

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pound and have 9 fine,
strong b ably. - Mrs.
JOHN MITCHELL, Mas
sena, N. Y.
Lydia E. PinkhAm's
Vegetable Compound is a
wonderful medicine for
expectant mothers. -
Mrs. A. NJ. MYERS, Cor
donville, Mo.
"I highly recommend
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound before
ild-birth, 1t has done so
much for me. Mrs. E.
M. DcERR, r. r. /, Con.
shohocken, Pa.
"I took lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound to build up my
system and have the
dearest baby girl In the
world" - Mrs. NOSE
BLAKELEY, Coalport, Pa.
81 praise the Com
pound whenever / have
a chance. 1t did 50 much
for me before my little
girl was born. Mrs.
E. w. SANDERS, Rowles-
burg, w. Va
81 to ok your Com
pound before baby was
=
born and feel / owe my
life TO IT, Mrs. WINNIE
THLIs, Winter Haven,
Florida