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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

food in the soil and III the air that
is available for them and upon tenn
pcTature, light and moisture. The Ineen.
obviously does not affect the charac-
ter of the soil in any way, neither
does it affect the composition of the
atmosphere. The only remaining way
in which it could influence plant
growth, therefore, is bv its light Re
cent experiments, however, show that
fun day light is about 100000 times
brighter than full moonlight, yet when
a plan gets 1-l00th part Of normal day.
light it thrives little better than in
absolute darkness If 1-I00th part of
normal daylight is thus too little to
stimulate a plant, it seems quite Ger
tain that 4 600000th part can not have
any affect at all. 1t is therefore a
mere waste of time to think about the
moon in connection with the planting
of crops. The moon, say the scientists,
has nothing more TO do with this than
| it has to do with the building of fences.
the time for killing hogs, or any other
of the innumerable things over which
lit was once supposed to exert a strong
! influence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
Attractive Home For Sale

Finest outlook in Bratteboro, with Wan
tostiquct in the east, river and large part
Of the village to the north, and the beauti-
ful hills to the west. Quiet neighborhood
with all surroundings pleasant. Lot is II
by rods in size. Buildings include two
story house and ell, barn and henhouse,
all in good condition. Ten large rooms,
two bathrooms, ample closets and store
rooms, electric lights, large steam and
smaller auxiliary heater. House so ar
ranged as to be well adapted to one family
or two families. Fine garden with variety
of young fruit trees and grapes. MRS.
EDITH w SMITH, Administrative, a
Prospect St., Brattleboro, Vt. $500
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. Z. 9. s. Os-
good, pastor. Service Sunday n6rhing
at 1890 Subject of sermon, IL Unita-
anism Spent Force? Sunday school at
l1.45. All are welcome at both ser
vices.
First Church of Christ, Scientist. En-
erson building, Elliot street. Sunday
service at 1915 a. m, subject, Adam
and Fallen Man. Wednesday evening
testimonial meeting at clock Read
ing room open daily, except Sundays
and legal holidays, from to )
o'clock. All are welcome.
Advent Christian church. Rev. f. S
Hewitt pastor. Morning worship at
l045. Subject, Mother; Sunday school
at - o'clock; JUNIOR Loyal Workers,
p. M; prayer and praise service, s;
evening sermon, Z. Subject, The Return
of the King. Cottage prayer meeting
Tuesday evening in the home of Mrs
Cushman, Thomas street.
Universalist church, Rev. d. E. Trout
minister Divine worship 1890 a. m.
with sermon appropriate to Mothers
day. Subject. Our Debt to Mother; Bi
BILE school 11.45 q. M; preaching ser
vice BY pastor in Guilford Center 3 p
III. The Mission circle win meet il
the church parlors Wednesday, Nay II
| at D. m. for devotional and business
| sessions; there viii be the annual MAY
supper for members and invited
/ friends.
Methodist church, Rev Thomas "
Owens pastor. Sunday services: 1880
/ divine worship with sermon by tn,
pastor Mothers day will be observed
Session of Sunday school at ll.45-
/ there S class for all; 6 .. M, meet
ing of the Epworth league. Subject, 4
/ Prophet Who Wrote Nothing but Di,
All Kinds of Things. ] Kings 1920
/ %; 1S:17-19, 40; 20:1S-20; . King
2:9-11. Leader, Miss Clara Tarbox
/ Regular Sunday evening church service
| at O'Clock in the vestry. Churel
prayer meeting Friday evening at 7.30
H St. Michael's Episcopal church. Ro
/ cation Sunday: Holy communion $50
morning prayer 1880; Sunday schoo
|I12;- evensong $50; holy communion il
4 Guilford 9. Rogation Monday Hol.
/ communion 80; evensong 4.30. Roga
\ tion Tuesday: Holy communion $50
1 evensong 430 Rogation Wednesday
! Holy communion 30; evensong 7.3C
/ Holy Thursday or Ascension day, hol,
day of obligation: Holy communion
7.3O and 1890; morning prayer 10
evensong 4.30. Friday: Holy com
munion 7.30; evensong 7.30. Saturday
4 Holy communion 7.3O.
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SCHOOLS AND EPIDEMIcs.
DIR. Curtis Says Children Are Safer in
School Than Out.

Doubt as to the wisdom of closing
schools in epidemics of contagious dis
ease is expressed by DR., Francis George
Curtis of Newton, Mass, in 4 bulletin
on The Health of School Children, just
issued by the bureau of education. He
says: . If the schools are closed when
an outbreak occurs, the children are
turned loose from supervision;. they
mingle freely with one another in the
streets, on Fairgrounds, and in each
other s houses. They are having an
extra vacation and enjoying themselves
| thoroughly and are unwilling to admit
that they feel i'll, lest they be kept at
home and prevented from having al
good time. For this reason they will
not say they feel ill>untiI the disease
| is well advanced, and they may be ae-
tive sources of infection for some time
before it is discovered that they are
ill
IF the schools are kept open and
the children continue in the class
rooms as usual, they are under strict
observation and examined daily by the
school physician, suspicious and infect
i. ed cases being sent home for observa-
| tion or treatment.
/ I'm this way many children are sent
home before they have had an oppor-
tunity to infect others, thus reducing
the probability of spreading Infection.
Further than this, the attention of the
parents is called to the fact that the
child is feeling Ill and he is brought
under treatment earlier.
cit seems, therefore, that keeping
the schools open offers the best chance
of safety for the pupils, both collective
" and indiyidually
''Instead of closing the schools and
allowing the children to be scattered
and removed from. supervision, when
an outbreak appears the schools should
: be kept open as usual and the children
J urged to attend The school physician
and nurse should be detailed to the
school where the outbreak has appear
ed and instructed to examine every
: child daily, excluding such as appear
4 i'll or suspicious This can be done
) with very little disturbance of the
! school work A note must be sent tC
the parent stating that the child seems
or is, i'll and must be seen by the fam
lily physician Suspicious cases mus
! lie ordered to remain at home unit
further notice, and. if necessary, mus
he visited in order to settle the dag
nosis. Absentees must be rounded NJ
and examined in order to find out why
they have been kept at home. If they
, are i'll, they must be isolated, and, i
: we'll urged to return to school. :
! This, of course, applies to schools il
/ cities or towns in which school phys
J. icians or nurses, or both are employed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
TEACHERS MEETING CLOSED.
Bellows Falls Convention Ends with
Automobile Trip.

The sixth annual conference Of the
Southern Vermont teachers association
closed yesterday afternoon in Bellows
Falls with the annual business meet
ing and election of officers. Follow
ing the adjournment many of the teach
.ers were taken to the Kurn Hattin
Homes in Westminster in automobiles
as guests of the residents of Bellows
Falls and the Bellows Falls chamber of
commerce.
The following officers were elected:
President, P. Fl. Blake of Chester;
vice president, II. ID. Casey of Spring
field; secretary treasurer, Frank l.
Bugbee of Ludlow.
The program in the morning includ-
ed an address by Superintendent of
Education Mason S. Stone, talk ON
primary writing by A. W. Clark of
Boston, a talk ON the humanizing of
geography by Prof. Robert NJ. Brown
of the Rhode Island normal school, and
a talk on boys and girls club work
by State Agent E. L. ingalls, of the
University of Vermont.
In the afternoon Mr.. Brown spoke on
European geography and the European
war, Superintendent c. E. Meleney OF
New York city on the modern high
school and Miss Jessie 1. Judd of the
faculty of the Bellows Falls high
school told of the work of the Vermont
Woman S Teacheds' club.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

pleasant tasks that devolved upon the
chief.
The department now is equipped with
one of the most modern and effective
pieces of fire-fghting apparatus, a Sea
grave automobile combination hose and
chemical truck, and besides it owns
three steamers, No. B in Estevville. No.
at the steamer house on Elliot street
and No at the hook and ladder house
on Elliot street. 1t also has two pairs
of horses, and six men sleep at head
quarters. The No. 5 steamer former
| " was owned by the Estey Organ com
pany and before the village bought it
| it rendered valuable service at various
| fires. The Estey company maintained a
steamer company and the members
came to the factories whenever an
alarm of fire was given and were in
readiness to assist the village if need
ed
AS in the ease of every fire department
with comparatively little to do, the
local department has made mistakes
but on the whole it has been very eff.
ficient and has been publicly commend
ed several times by property owners
for it's excellent work. Chief Sanders
is a capable fire fighter and has had
experience at number of stubborn
; fires. notable those at the S. A. Smith
factory on Frost street, the j. 7. Hill
dreth carriage factory on Elm street
the stocking factory in the rear Of
Hoadley IS restaurant, Morris & Gregg /
china store on Main street, Howard {
Yearly's livery stable off Elliot street
the Grange building on Elliot stree
and the Mosher carriage house and 9th
/ er wooden buildings on Flat street
When Mr.. Sanders first joined steam
err company No. he was made stew
ard. After four years he resigned TIL
position, but remained in the company
serving as pipeman and later as fore
man. He was foreman at the time 0
the S. A. Smith fire.
Mr.. Sanders was born in Jamaic
March %, 1868, the youngest child o
William A. and Eunice johnson
Sanders. There were 10 children i
his father s family, of which he wa
the youngest, and a peculiar fact
that the initials of each of the childre
were H. w. All were born in Jamaica
Mr. Sanders learned the carpenter
trade and lived IN Jamaica village III
til he was "a years old, when he cam
to Brattleboro After following hi
trade a year he entered the employ q
the Estev Organ Co, in the action q,
partment, where he has been ever sine,
He has been foreman of the action d,
partment the past eight years He
a member Of Wantastiquet lodge {
Odd Fellows, Oasis Encampment, Co
umbian lodge of Masons and the We
mont Wheel club.
He is a brother of Hiland w. SAL
ders, contractor in Westfeld, Mass
Haynes ". Sanders of Townshend,
carpenter; Horace w. Sanders. a ca
r Ipenter in Jamaica; Henrietta w, wit
V of Samuel Wells of Brattleboro, an
o Mrs Harriet w Battey of Brattlebor
l. MIR. Sanders has q wife, who W;
Il Miss Pearl Carney Of Brattlebor
e whom he married April IA of this yea
l. and three children by a former ma
A. fiage, his first wife being Miss Anr
NJ. Gale of Jamaica. The children a
rs Eva, wife of Ralph B. Pettee, Amer
" can express. agent at Windsor; Pearl
r. wife Of Ernest Harris, painter, of til
r. town, and Harvey Sanders of Ath,
e Mass, who is in the garage business
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
HoLYoKE STORE CLOSED.
Sutherland G. Co. Suspend, Pending
Financial Adjustment.

The dry goods firm of Sutherland &
Co., Inc, temporarily suspended bust
ness today, pending Q financial adjust
ment, which is at present under eonsid-
Grafton. The store did not open foI
business today, and it is not known
when its doors viii once more be un-
locked
The business depression has troubled
the firm considerably and no decision
has as yet been reached as to the dis
posal of the business or its continue,
ton. John Sutherland, one of the finn
could say very little concerning the
future of the company this afternoon
The store has only recently been open.
ed and the firm was organized after
the disastrous fire in the Boston store
owned and conducted by practically
the same firm. - Holyoke Transcript
May ).
John Sutherland was formerly III
business in Brattleboro going from
here to Holyoke early last fail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
BOYS POTATO CONTEST.
Legislative Club Decides to Hold One
at State Fair.

at State Fair.
The Farmers Legislative club of
1915 voted at its last meeting to APP
propriate 80 Of the funds remain
ing IN its treasury for prizes to be
awarded to boys Is years of age or IN
der who would exhibit potatoes of
their own raising at the Vermont state
fair The contest was to be conduct
ed according to regulations drawn. Tp
by f. ). Brigham, commissioners OF
agriculture, who hereby announces the
following regulations:
lst Prizes shall be $40, 81, 50 and
So respectively for the best four plates
of collection of five potatoes Of any
white variety exhibited by qualified
contestants at the Vermont state far,
Sept. IA to II, 1915. Each exhibit
must be accompanied by a card show
| ing the name of the variety.
I'd. Contestants shall be boys l6
years of age or under, and each entry
must be accompanied by a letter sign
| ed by the boy parents or guardian
certifying to this fact and stating
that all work of caring for the pota-
toes and selecting them for exhibition
has been done by the boy.
| Sd. Potatoes for exhibition should
| be of uniform size, true to the type OF
the variety, not overgrown, and may be
cleaned by brushing, but not by wash
Ing.
/ 4th No red or pink colored pota
toes, no unnamed exhibits or collee
tions of more or less and FIVE pota
toes viii be considered by the Judges.
5th. All entries should be made K
IF. L. Davis, secretary of Vermont
fstate fair, White River Junction, Vt.
not later than Aug. 81, 1915.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Freak Calf Barred by Quarantine.

The recent outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease among cattle in the
United States has prevented Thomas
Burke, jr., of Castleton, from getting
what would perhaps have been the
highest price every paid for a two
months-old Holstein-Friesian calf in
Vermont
A six-legged calf, in perfect health
in spite of its abnormal development,
was born at Mr.. Burke S farm. A
Snowman from Butte, Mont, saw it
at Rutland and offered the owner $500
for the calf, delivered alive, in the
western state.
Mr. Burke accepted and after get
ting the freak insured prepared to ship
it, only to find that Interstate laws
barred the sale.
The two extra legs spring from one
shoulder.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
Punctilious Trader.

"Didn't Buff Jackson tell you dat
mule he traded to you is a pow full
Kicker
Gle didn' 'zactlv tell me, but he
tried to be honest He tn owed in two
bottles~of liniment an crutch with
out no extra charge. = Washington
Evening Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
Central Vermont Ry.
Corrected to October Is, 1914.
Trains Leave Brattleboro.

Trains Leave Brattleboro.
100 a. m Except Sunday. For South
Londonderry
7.30 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
go a. m. Except Sunday. For New
York.
9.45 a. m. Except Sunday. For South
Londonderry.
1925 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
400 =. N. Except Sunday. For Keene,
New London and New York
via New London.
500 p. m. Except Sunday Local for
South Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
CROPS NOT AFFECTED BY MOON
Old Notion as to Planting Exploded
BY Scientists.

Scientists are now convinced that
the moon has no more influence on
crops than it has upon the temperature
or the amount of rain or the winds or
any other weather element. The growth
Iof plants depends upon the amount of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
There Wac & Reason

'tWhy does the senator keep talk
ing in that rambling way2 l don t
know what he's aiming at; do you?'
etSure, / do He's fllibustering to
keep his daughter from singing -
Puck
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
CASH PAID FOR WOOL

We are always in the market
for Fleece Wool. If you have any
to offer write us for prices before
selling elsewhere.
Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park, VT.
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In the Falkland Islands there are
FIVE men to every woman.
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Harvey w. Sanders Has Been
at Head of Department
Over IA Years
TERM EXCEEDS ALL
PREVIOUS RECORDS
Cecil C. Turner, Whom Mr. Sanders
Succeeded, Served Just IA Years
Growth of Department in Equipment
and Efficiency.

Having completed il years of ser
vice as chief Of the Brattleboro fire de-
partment, Chief Engineer Harvey w.
Sanders has equalled the longest term
Of service ever rendered the. depart
ment by any other chief engineer,
measured in even years, and inasmuch
as he has continued to serve since the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
To Rent

To Rent
10 RENT-Tenement. 2o3 Main St. soft
TO RENT-Tenements Inquire 16 Cedar
ST 49tf
TO RENT-Furnished room with bath.
% Harris place. 48-tf
TO RENT-Five-room tenement, Myr-
tie St j. E. Mann. 43-tf
TO LET-Rooms and offices, steam
heated, in Ullery building. 2o7-tf
TO RENT-Good tenements in cen
ter of village. w. G.. Doolittle. 7-tf
TO RENT-Large furnished room
with bath. The Abbott, suite 6, ID floor.
TO RENT-Furnished front room
with bath, 21S Main street. Telephone
,395-M. 20-tf
TO RENT-New Groom modern house,
May /, or will sell on monthly payments.
c. E. Allen. 35-tf
TO RENT-Six-room tenement at 10
Brennan st. All modern improvements.
H. B. Haus, admr. left
TO RENT-Tenement on car line,
West Brattleboro. Mrs. H. F. Wealth
erhead. Tel. 269-W. 25-tf
TO RENT-Very pleasant suite of
rooms, with bath, furnished or unfur-
nished. Apply at u Linden st. 18-tf
TO RENT-Pasture Of about 40 acres on
Tyler hill, Vernon Ample feed for % or
more head of cattle. ]. o. and j. S Frost,
/ Vernon, VT 37-60*
TO RENT-One ) and one Groom
tenement. Hot and cold water, cleo
trio lights, spring water for drinking.
~. f. Mellen, agent. 59-tf
| TO RENT-For the summer, or longer,
at So a month, furnished apartment of
3 or rooms for housekeeping on farm in
suburbs of Brattleboro Address #, Re
former Office JG-61 ."
TO RENT-Ground floor tenement
for small family. Bath, hot water
furnace, electric lights and gas. Right
up-to-date. Charles T. Akley, 224 Ca
nal st. Tel. 425. 45-tt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

TO RENT-Ground floor tenement
for small family. Bath, hot water,
furnace, electric lights and gas. Right
up-to-date Charles t. Akley, 224 Ca
nal st. Tel. 425. 45-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

WANTED Second hand canoe, in good
condition. Address H. Reformer Office.
soft
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

TO RENT-One and one Groom
tenement Hot and cold water, cleo
trio lights, spring water for drinking.
y. f. Mellen, agent. 59-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

TO BENT-For the summer, or longer,
at So a month, furnished apartment of
3 or I rooms for housekeeping on farm in
suburbs of Brattleboro. Address IT, Re
former Office. JG-61*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

TO RENT-Very pleasant suite of
rooms, with bath, furnished or unfur-
nished Apply at u Linden St. 18tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08
Wanted

WANTED-Girl for general homework.
Mrs A. L. Dugan, "a Oak Grove Ave 56tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

To RENT-Pasture Of about 40 acres on
Tyler hill, Vernon. Ample feed for % or
more head of cattle. ]. o. and J. 5. Frost,
Vernon, VT. 57-60*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-08

TO RENT-Tenement on car line,
West Brattleboro. Mrs. Fl. F. Wealth
erhead. Tel 269-W. 25-tf
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-26

tain date be burned in the public
square and that the learned Judge be
hanged by the neck until dead, and
may the Lord have mercy on your
.wretched soul.
This is a natural inference, crude
ly stated, of what may be impending
and indeed but faint suggestion of
what nature has in store for us. The
following, however, is a positive af-
firmation: Nature, or call it what you
please, is eliminating the lie from the
conduct of human affairs. The hand
writing is on the wall. The lie and
the liar are going into the dust pile.
Nature is now striking balance.
The world is not coming to an end,
only the things of the dead past have
no place in the living present The
day of rough-neck oficialdom and of
the scribe and Pharisee is ending.
The judgment of Herod, the king and :
of Plate was of the long dead past.
The sin of such judgment now is pro-
protioned to the lapse of nineteen
hundred years.. N. Albright.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-26
MORAL AND LEGAL NEUTRAL

ITY.-On the question of neutrality
l look at it from moral, rather than
from a law, viewpoint. 1t may be
that 1 do this partly because 1 was
raised in a country where they have
not had war for over 100 years.
When Sweden and Norway sep
arated in 1905 these nations did that
without shedding a drop of blood.
The Scandinavian nations were able
to settle an International affair
touching their very existence by ar
bitration. Such results are possible
only when going by good moral laws
rather than allowing oneself to be
limited by laws made by politicians
and lawyers"
When Germans asked us to stop
furnishing war munitions to the Eng
Iish and the English asked US to stop
the Germans summarizing on them
both asked us for favors. But any
one looking through impartial glass
es will easily see that there is a great
difference in these favors.-NeIs E.
Larson. 1888 West End Az.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-26
THE CURSE OF THE LAW.

THE CURSE OF THE lAW.-In
the present breaking down of all the
great governments every one should
see the absolute criminality and con-
Sequent curse of all man-made laws.
That the public conscience is awak-
ening to the curse of the law is now
everywhere manifest. In isolated in
stances it is taking cognizance of its
own evil methods. A few days ago
one of the leading jurists of Great
Britain stated that her courts were
striving more to attain to natural
equity than to conserve the strict let
ter of the law. He perhaps had TAX
en- notice Of court proceedings in
America and seen some judge with
great solicitude guarding tenderly
his collection of legal enactments
and judgments rendered in the re-
mote past. Perhaps he also had heard
the learned Judge express great sor-
row that it was his painful duty to
command that the prisoner at the
bar should on certain date be
hanged by the neck until dead. There
NC 0O111C VI IuO
being guilty as charged in the indict-
ment, still any slight element of
doubt should never be allowed to
initiate against the conservation of
the strict and sacred letter of the law.
The above may not pc a verbatim
statement of the words from the
learned judge, but we have read such
horrible deiverances often enough
to know the sense is correct. If Sc
curing of perfect justice or equity is
the purpose of the law what a mock
cry to talk of numbering a man that
the sacred letter of the law may re-
main inViolate. If the antiquated le-
gal philosophy of an eye for an eye,
a tooth for tooth, is to endure much
longer the public voice is liable to
say that all legal statutes on a GER
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-26

spend as long with their wives and
families as they are on the water,
like mail clerks. This is fair to all ma
lions and all individuals and will aid
materially in preventing future wars
because the boats would be mutually
operated.-AIIen Steven.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

Special for Monday-24 inch Net Top Lace
FlOuncings In white and cream. regular values
up to SI.00, at per yard. soc