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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

put forth The business of q single
concern is expected to reach the $115,-
100000 mark. That the goods are sold
at a big per cent profit is shown by
the statement that the company refer
red to in addition to paying dividends
on its preferred stock, will be able to
declare 16 to 90 per cent in dividends
on its common stock, although its capt
talization has been increased 100000
600 within the year.-Brattleboro Re
former.
Newspaper preaching does little
good unless it is followed by intelli-
gent, aggressive work on the part of
local merchants. The competition of
mail order houses cannot be met by
mere words. 1t needs brains, concerted
study and advertising.
Rutland merchants are doing a not
able work in connection with local
newspapers in using large space, sur
rounded by their business announce
ments, to sound the buying at home
slogan. 1t is certain to have its effect,
but it should be followed by serious
| individual effort, and this mail order
competition ought also to be a sort of
perpetual subject for discussion in all
| its phases before boards of trade and
merchants associations.
Buying from mail order catalogue
| is a sort of craze. People "get the
habit" They pore over the announce
ments and pictures of goods apparent
! ly priced away below what their
home merchants are charging and
presently they embark upon what has
all the aspects of an adventure
| VIII the goods be as represented ?
/ VIII they be worth the money? Will
/ ha 10
in local stores? Will they get here in
/ time for this occasion? What fine
subject for neighborly comparison and
1 gossip!
The elements of excitement, of I'M
certainty, of a certain gambling
chance, of a desire for novelty, of pos
sibly getting something for nothing
all enter into the situation. The most
remote factor in the "trade" is
shrewd, sound business sense, and the
latter indicates the direction of all prop
uganda to keep these thousands OF
sentaway dollars at home.
| Appeals to community loyalty dc
not go very far with the man or wo
man-more frequently the latter
who thinks she is saving money by
buying from the mail order catalogue
She sees only the $l.99 price and nev
er stops to figure IN the freight, thu
stamps, the money order, the cheal
quality and the cost per year of tn,
article purchased.
Educational work to be done b,
local merchants and newspaper:
should not be spasmodic or occasional
It should be continuous, and, above all
it should be intelligent.
Human nature delights in the uncer
tain and hazardous. 1t should be tn
aim of all preachers against mail or
= der competition to meet that competi
ton on its own ground and show tn
certain results of trading with non
resident houses with their well know
S unstandardized goods.
Facts and figures, if cited ofte
enough, win finally prevail, but i
! takes a long while to divorce a woma
and some men-from the balefuI il
I luence Of that $1.99 mail order price
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

lists are not able to eat anything for
several days. This dastardly imitation
of one of natures noblest masterpieces
can be detected at once by holding
q match under the syrup and watching
the crude ell go up in smoke.
Prior to the advent of the pure food
law, most of the maple syrup used
was made at home before breakfast
with cane sugar and dark brown col
oring extract. This connection was
also sold at the stores in a rich vari-
ETY. of labels, all of which bore a pie
ture of sugar camp and a certificate
Of purity signed by some immediate
relative of the shipper. People used
this ingenious beverage for years un-
til restrained by the mandate of the
law, which has placed its impious
hand upon everything from the uncov,
cred soda-eracker to the soft pine nut
meg.
The best way to secure maple syrup
that has not been tempered with is to
! buy it in maple sugar form from some
member Of the church who goes &c
Vermont every spring aud brings il
| back with him in suitcase. If there
! is anything else in the suitcase be
| sides the sugar. ask to see the bill OF
| lading.
ms NpwSDaDcr Spryice1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

The local Christmas saving club has
accumulated over $41 900 for use dur
ing the coming holiday season. This is
a handsome showing and the result win
bring a large amount of personal sat
isfaction and comfort, together with
. healthy stimulation of the Christmas
trade. Another good feature in connee-
ton with the plan is the encourage
ment which it gives to the savings hab-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

l am more powerful than the com
bined armies of the world. I have de-
stroyed more men than all the wars of
the world. I am more deadly than bull
lets and / have wrecked more homes
than the mightiest of siege guns. I
steal in the United States alone more
than $300,00O,OO each year l spare no
one and l find my victims among rich
and poor alike The young and old, the
strong and weak, widows and orphans
know me. l loom up to such proper
tions that | cast my shadows over ev-
cry field of labor from the turning of
the grindstone to the moving of everv
railroad train. I massacre thousands
on thousands of wage earners in a wear.
| Turk in unseen places and do most of
my work silently. You are warned
against me but you heed me not. | am
relentless. 1 am everywhere, in the
| home, on the streets, in the factory, at
| railroad crossings, on the seas. | bring
sickness, degradation and death and vet
few seek to avoid me, I destroy. crush
or MAIN. | give nothing but take all
| am your worst enemy. l AM CARE
lLESSNESS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
National Holiness Convention.

The National Holiness Association
has secured the use of the Peoples
Evangelical church on Mortified street,
Montpelier, for 10-days Holiness con
vention, opening Friday, Dec. 10, and
closing Sunday, Dec. 10, with services
daily at 10 a. m, ? and p. M, the
first service Friday, Dee. 10, at P
m. Rev. VIII Huff of Sioux City, Iowa
Rev. G.. j. Fowler, d. D., president of
the National Holiness association, and
Rev. E. Hilton Post of Everett, Mass.
are engaged as workers. The public is
invited to attend this interdenomina
tional convention.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Groton Child Terribly Burned.

Irene, 4, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Weleh, of Groton, was shock
ingly burned recently. During the alb
senee of her parents, who were out
hunting, the little girl and her younger
brother were attempting to light a
lantern to go to the cellar for apples
when the girl S clothing caught fire
The aged grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Libeus Welch, were with the children
and finally succeeded in extinguishing
the flames, but not until the child was
so terribly burned that her recovery is
not expected
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; %
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
CLASSIFIED advertisements - Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change Of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

added beauty and the cool fruit will be
most grateful.
Grape Juice-To prepare-pick the
stems from the fruit and cover with
enough water to be seen between the
grapes. Cook until the seeds are free
and the skins look pink or have lost
their color, then strain. Return the
juice to the fire and boil 20 minutes;
then to each quart add cupful Of
sugar; cook ten minutes longer and
bottle IN alright bottles, dipping the
corks in melted paraffin.
Grape Juice Ice Cream.-To cupful
of grape Juice add pint Of thin cream
and sugar to sweetesl, a tablespoonful
of lemon juice, mix and freeze. 1t
will be a beautiful watermelon pink
Grape Jann.-Remove the skin from
the pulp of wellwashed grapes and
put them in separate utensils; heat
the pulp with a cupfu1 of water and
press through a sieve to remove the
seeds; add the skins to the pulp and
weigh. To each pound of fruit add
three-fcurths of a pound of sugar ant
just enough water to prevent burning
Cook slowly fer 40 minutes.
Grape Sherbet.-Take three pound:
| of Concord grapes, three lemons, three
| pints of water ard three cupfuls o
sugar Wash the grapes and put then
| in granite pan, mash and squeeze
out ali the juice; measure and add al
equal amount of water, the lemon
| juice and sugar The sugar and water
| if boiled to a strip, will make
smoother sherbet. The amount of wa
ter should be allowed when measuI
| ing. Freeze as usual.
A pretty novelty is crystalline
grapes. Select firm, large grapes il
| perfect lunches; wash carefully an
dip in white of egg, then in pulverize
sugar Arrange on platter on be
of grape leaves.
For grape jelly the grapes should b
underripe. Prepare them as for grape
juice, then add the sugar to the juic
and cock until it thickens in col
!. dish, when teaspoonful is tried.
| NAAt No. were
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim of the management
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and 1t 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, 1915-12-08

to you every time you eat at The AL
bany. Our foods appeal to your sense
of taste and our prices to your common
sense. Somewhere there may be a bet
ter restaurant than The Albany, but
none of our many patrons have ever
found it, and the first meal you eat
here will convince you that your search
for the best eating place in town is at
an end.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
Member of the Associated Press.
WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER s, 1915.

Wellington Smith has severed con
nection with The Advance, the Pro
gressive organ published at Burlington.
Newspapermen will wonder why. Mr..
Smith is a man with an ambition, as
he announces that he will start a
- state wide" weekly, whatever that
means.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

C. A. G. Jackson, for many years a
newspaperman in Montpelier and now
connected with the Boston Sunday
Herald is announced as one of the
members of the Ford peace party. Jack
son will certainly add dignity to the
.assemblage of paeifcists in the CAPT
tails of the neutral nations of Europe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
FOUND DEAD IN GRAND ISLE.
Harry Sidwen, of Burlington, MAY
Have Fallen from Bridge.

BURLINGTON, Dec. s. = The BODY
of Harry Sidwell, so, bridge builder
of this city, was brought here yester.
day from Grand Isle where it was
found in the morning. 1t is believed
that Sidwell fell from a bridge OF
died of heart failure. He left Burling
ton Friday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

D1SlSQ Win JuGlF
own leaves. Grapes
if placed over
night on ice, then
served with a leaf
or two on a plate
will have a frosty
appearance which
will give them an
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

Wellington Smith, who has been the
business manager of the Advance for
several months, has sent cards to his
friends and business acquaintance say
ing that Gin the course of human
events it becomes necessary for him
to sever his relations with the company
publishing the paper and that he is nc
longer associated with it in any capac
ity. Mr.. Smith says further that he in
tends to publish Hnew statewide
weekly newspaper
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
Competing With Mail order Houses
(Rutland Herald.)

The mail order houses continue to
flourish despite all the trade-at home
arguments which the newspapers have
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

In Grafton, Nov IS, a son, Everett
Frank, to Mr.. and Mrs. F. Y. Wilbur.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
GOOD THINGS FROM GRAPES.

Grapes are at their best when eaten
ripe and fresh from the vines gar
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
IZAg
I2aEESg7ABENET

Life is made of little Ifs"
Good and bad together.
It's Just the Ifs" that all through life
Bring sun or stormy weather.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

Eclipse, the famous race horse, was
unbeaten in any of its Is races.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08

J, Protected by The Adams Newspaper servicel
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
CORNER LoAFERs.

For many weeks and months past. several of the corners onN Main street, between Wall and State streets, after nightfaII, have been infested by crowds of we'll dressed Ioafers, who herd in squads on the pavement, splitting. swearing, talking obscenely, and commenting loudly not only on female but male passersby as we'll.
 They have pursued this sort of amusement night after night unmo- tested. In fact, there have been no police officers on duty to check it. So great 8 nuisance had it at length become, that on Friday several of the storekeepers and merchants most an- noyed drew up a petition for relief and on Saturday presented it to Mayor Ciapp, who, with considerable promptitude, placed officers on duty who succeeded in dispersing the knots of human vermin congregated at the several corners.
 This hanging around" business is disgracefu1 and contemptib1e for full grown men and is 8 nuisance that needs summary abatement. The busi- ness of many stores after dark, Moth in Wall and Main streets, has been cut to a very small figure, solely through this annoyance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
oARRoLb,s THREE WILLS.

I
 After a weeks rest the lawyers in l the Carroll will case resumed the bat | tie today. The contestants have of
 fered all the evidence they have on
 the question, and the counsel for the
 estate are now endeayoring to prove that their claims are unwarranted. l Attorney Lynch, who is one of MT. i GilPs lawyers and who drew and is the executor of the will, was the final witness today. MT. Lynch said that Andrew Carroll told him he had real estate but nobody else had told him so. This information was given At 1 torney Lynch by the deceased Sep tember 2S.
 In answer to the question as to
 whether the deceased told the wit ness that the Caseys of Ann Arbor, Mich, were relatives of his wife or his fathers wife, witness said that he could not recall
 Witness said he drew the first will on the evening of Sept. 2S. The wit nesses to this will were Attorney Lynch, James T. Rourke, theu nder- taEer, and 8 Mrs. Bradley. Witness said that he called upon Andrew Car roll on the evening of Oct. for the purpose of drawing up the second will He had been sent for by An drew, Dr. O'Hara bearing the mes sage. When he met Andrew, the lat ter said that he wanted to change his first will so that he could leave $500 to Father Richard J. Carroll of St. Mary's church for masses for the soul of himself and his wife. Two men, named Utz and Lyons, were wit nesses to this will. Witness declared that he then, in the presence of An drew Carroll and tie witnesses, destroyed the first will.
 The next time witness met Andrew Carroll was on Oct. 8. The day pre- wiz had failed to place a seal upon the will and he made up his mind to see An drew the next day. and draw another will. Attorney Lynch then said that he drew the third will with Miss Liz zie Gill and A.. H. Mccarthy, a local insurance man. as witness.
 At 3!2O Judge Ta1lmadge decided to admit the will to probate. Attorney Beecher1 gave notice of appeal. The attorneys for the will will also take an appeal on the ground that Judge TaIlmadge agrees to the question of relationship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
FOR POLICE sIGNAI, SYSTEM

At the meeting of the Board. of Po- lice Commissioners last evening it was decided to recommend that the sAm of $6.5o0 be appropriated to establish a police signal sustem here. The com nittee who have had the matter in hand comprised Near, Baldwin, Bur ton and Skidmore. The system will include 30 stations and when a ne- cessity exists for increased stations it will be comparatively easy matter to add the required number.
 The statement that in event of the adoption of such a plan the Second precinct station would be discontinued should not be considered seriously Even if the police board favored such move, it is not probable that they would be able to carry it into effect, for the precinct has come to be an indispensable institution in East Bridgeport, and any attempt to do away with it would meet with the de- terrnined and united opposition of the East Side residents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
INTERNATIONAL EGG
 LAYING CONTEST

The nerformance of the birds in the laying contest at Storrs seems to he nrin,a. facie evidence that the pull let's are bettea.Ibred and better groom a for the race than ever before. The total nroduetion for the third week amounted to 134e eggs which is 21o more than the production last week and 3o1 eggs more than for the cor responding week last year.
 For the third successive week a Long Island pen of Barred Rocks oIv3ed bv Jules F, Francais of West Hampton Beach has enjoyed the dis tinction of outstripping all other pens in the contest; their record for the third week was AZ eggs-| Will Bar ron's pen of White Leghorns from Bartle, England, was second for the week with yield of Al and A. B. Halls pen of the same breed from Wallingford was third with a yield of 40 eggs. During the week there were three additional pens in which every one of the ten birds were work ing and all three of these were Leg horn pens, namely, Toza Barron's s from Catforth. England, Will Bar ron's from Bartle, England and Bon nie Brook Poultry Farms from Sara toga, N. Y.
 The feeding formulas used in the laying contest since it's inception four years ago have given very satisfactory results. These formulas, however, have been subject to at least one ad- verse criticism; they contained four teen different ingredients which is of course too large number for the convenience of the average poultry man. The management of the con- test has sinp1ified the formulas by re- ducing the numb Der of different feeds by about one-half, endeavoring at the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
DARING DIAMOND ROBBERY.

=- l One of the most c1everly conceived and neatly executed daylight robber- ies ever perpetrated was accomplish 1 ed in this city today The scene of the operation was the jeweIry store of G. S. Stevenson & Son at 457 Main Estreet. Between 8 and g this morn | ing an Irishman, smooth face and
 fairly well dressed entered the store kto purchase a scarf pin. He said that he had lost a valuable scarf pin and
 wanted to purchase one of a like de- sign.
 c. F. Stevenson son of G. F. Steven Eson. then showed the prospective buyer a. tray of scarf pins. The 'tcus- tomer' then selected a large stone pin He said. however, that before buying it he wanted to have his wife see it and would send her to the store in the afternoon. MT. Stevenson thought no more. of the man except that he believed that he would never see him again.
 MT. Stevenson went out about II and returned at 11:45. His father thereupon Informed him that tile dia- mond seeker had been in and said he would call again. MT. Stevenson had been busy. with customers at the time and paid little attention to%the man His son, quickly discovered, however, that the big stone was missing and further search revealed the loss of two pairs of diamond earrings. He at once notified Superint endent Birrnine- ham, who lost no time in .ecoverf1lg,'l the depot and outgoing trains. But the thief, with his agreeable courtesy had goDe, presumably to New York
 The diamonds taken are valued. at S45O. Detectives Arnold and Cronan at once went to work on the case.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
sT. AUGUsrINE.s CHURCH.

Work on the massive and beauti- fu1 edtfice in process of construction on Golden Hill, to be known as St. Augustine's 6R. CD church, was sus- pended on Saturday last for the win ter, and the worlSmen paid off We are glad to learn that the society r ave progressed so far with their holy six, and so favorab1y, having incurre. no indebtedness. We wish them contin- ued success and prosperity, and hope their many sacrifices will be fully re- warded when their elegant and endur- ing church shall be completed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Andrew Carnegie celebrated his Soth birthday
 Alfred c. Thompson Of Brockport. N. Y., was reelected president, of the New York Teachers Association at the closing session of the convention at Rochester.
 Ten first line batt1eships of the Uni ted states Navy arrived at New York to allow the men to spend Thanks giving ashore after 1naneuvres off tue Atlantic coast.
 Prince von BeuIow, former German Chancellor, conferred at Zurich, Swift zerland, with the Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne and pr. won Muehlberg Prussian Minister to the Vatican.
 Brand WhitIock, American Minis tnrto Belgium, arrived at New York from Rotterdam on the steamer ERyn- dam. He is home to recover his health, and will return to Belgium shortly
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
Obed G. Knight, CWhite Orping- tons), Bridgeton, R, l., ..
FRENCH ENTHUsTAsTICALLY
SUBSCRIBE NEW WAR LOAl

Paris Nov. 26-s Subscriptions to the French governme ent's ''loan of vic tory are exceeding all expectations It is estimated that yesterdays sub scriptions in Paris alone exceeded five billion dollars.
 The bank of France alone reported it had received subscriptions of S3,- oOO, 100000.
 Despatches from MarseiIIes. Lyons and other provincial centers say that the banks, postoff1ces and tax couec- tors offices were thronged all day yes terday with applicants in answer to the appeal of the government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26

BRIDGEPORT As T WAS
1O0-5O-20- YEARS AGO
(Taken from the Files of The Evening Farner) 

day, in honor of Evacuation Day.
 The Norwich Bulletin says that Governor Buckingham is informed by a note from the War Department in answer to a request that he made some weeks since, that the Eighth and Eleventh regiments, c. ", had been ordered to be mustered out inn mediately. Both regiments are in Virginia, the Eighth under Major Sheffield, and the Eleventh under Lieut.-Col. Warren.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26


 principal breeds are as follows:
 Plymouth Rocks. /. Jules F. Francais (Barred) w. Hampton Beach, L. T., 119 Fairfie1ds Farms, Barred) Short Falls, N. H. 56 Horiston Hill Farm. CWhite) Holliston, Mass, .... AT
 wyandottes. pr. N. w. sanborn, .(BufD HoI- den. Mass, .. ST obed G. Knight. 6White) Bridge ton. R. l.. 60 Tom Barron. (Whitel Catforth, England, ... 57
 Rhode Island Reds. H. w. Sanborn, Attleboro. Mass. 56 Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H., :. 53 A. W. Rumery. Danville, N. H.. AT
 White Leghorns. A. B. Hall. {Wallingford. Conn, :. 1O9 4. F. Robinson, Calverton, N. Y. 100 Will Barron, Bartle, near Pres ton. England, ........ 100
 Miscellaneous. Claude Clinton (Mottled Anco- nas1, Red Hook. N. Y, 5S Oregon Agricultural College (Oregons), Corvallis, Ore. .. 51
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26

same time to maintain the same high efficiency as has prevailed heretofore The plan of feeding has remained the same, that is to say the grain is hand fed and the mash is hopper fed.
 Dry Mash.