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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20
Sporting Nerps
MASONIC BOWLERS
WON FROM KEENE
Margin of Victory More Than Offset
Defeat in Keene Recently-Honors
Went to March.

The team of Keene bowlers who two
weeks ago at Keene defeated a Ma
sonic team from Brattleboro 1901 to
1870 returned the visit last evening
and met defeat on the local Masonic
alleys by score OF 1927 to 1884.
Dawes, whose sensational bowling at
Keene, whore he had single of 135
and a total of 800, carried his team to
victory, was not in evidence last night
for he fell to 253 while the others of
his team maintained about the same
pace as at Keene. The local team was
in better form than in the first game
and won every string March had the
individual honors with single of 1O3
and total of 283. The team totals for
the two matches were Brattfleboro
2,606 and Keene 2,535, giving Brattle-
boro lead in the total pinfall of Il
The scores:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20
VERNON.

There will be dance and supper In
Grange hall Friday evening, May 81.
George Kaye and Mrs Eva Hill of Brat
tleboro were guests Sunday at B. A.
Streeter's.
Mrs. E. H. Akley attended the Sunday
school convention in West Brattleboro
last Friday.
B. FL. Newton went Tuesday to Mont
peiler to act as juror of the United
State court.
Guy c. Sawyer has a new Dodge Bros
touring car and P. W. Burrows has a
Buick runabout.
Mrs. Warner Burrows went Wednesday
to the Melrose hospital to undergo an
operation on her throat
w. Atherton Hale of Brattleboro spent
the weekend in the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs W. NJ. Hale
There win be meeting of the 10-cent
birthday club Wednesday afternoon, May
&c. All are invited to bring their work.
Mrs. w NJ Hale went Tuesday tc
Leominster, Mass, to visit her daughters
Mrs George Turner and Mrs. Guy John
son.
Mrs. Sarah A Barry of Boston is &
guest of Mrs. f. Stebbins, jr. She will at
tend the grand assembly of Rebekahs il
Brattleboro
The annual memorial service will b,
held IN Union church Sunday, May 80 a
p. m. Rev. f. H. Leavitt will give til,
address. All are invited The dinner fol
the G. A. r., Relief corps, Sons of yeter
ans and auxiliary viii be served at p. m
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20
College Baseball Results.

At Cambridge, Harvard 2, Holy
Cross l 90 innings).
At New Haven, Brown 8, Yale I.
At Princeton, Princeton 5, Dartmouth
l.
At Annapolis, Navy 5, Catholic uni
versity 4.
At Lewiston, Bates 5, Colby III
innings, darkness).
At Brunswick, Maine Q, Bowdoin 3
At Ithaca, Michigan 2, Cornell 2.
At West Point, Army 4, St. John S
10.
At New Haven, Springfield Seconds
i, Yale freshmen O.
At Exeter, Exeter II, Holy Cross
freshmen 4.
At Andover, Andover 6, Harvard
| freshmen 4.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20
National League.

National League Games Today.
Chicago at Boston.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at New York.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20

BOSTON, May 20.-The New Eng
ial.d international tennis championship
in doubles went to Williams college BY
the decisive victory Of c. F.. Cutler of
Nortmield. Mass, and r. f. MAYNARD
ct Brooklyn, y. Y. over d. Z. Wood
bgQ.8e sot 16eGmantagn, Pa, and J. S.
stewart OF SWampscott. Mass. repre-
seHting the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology The Williams pair took
the match IN straight sets, winning ev-
cry service game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20
College Games Tomorrow.

Dartmouth Wesleyan at Hanover;
Holy Cross-Bates at Worcester; Ag-
gies- Norwich at Norwich; Trinity Seton
Hall at Orange; Michigan Swarthmore
at Swarthmore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.

American League Games Today.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at St Louis.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20

Teacher-Have you ever seen ba-
nanas growing2
Archibald-No, ma am: never had
time to stand and watch them.-Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26
Beware of Olntments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

as mercury VIII surely destroy the sense
OF smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering II through
the mucous surfaces Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will do is ten fold TO the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by i. j.
Cheney & CO.. Toledo. o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Caturrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
Inc, 1t Is taken internally and made in
Toledo Ohio by +. j. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timoniafs free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26
Loss or APPETITE
Most Successfully Treated by. Taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla.

Loss Of appetite is accompanied
by loss Of vitality, which is serious.
1t is common in the spring be-
cause at this time the blood is i'm
pure and impoverished and fails to
give the digestive organs what is
absolutely necessary for the proper
performance of their functions.
Hoods Sarsaparilla. the old reli-
able all-the-year-round medicine, is
especially useful in the spring. Get
it from your druggist. BY purify
ing and enriching the blood and Civ
ing vitality, vigor and tone, it is
wonderfully successful in the treat
ment Of loss of appetite and the
other ailments that are so prevalent
at this time. II is not simply
spring medicine-it is much more
than that-but it is the best spring
medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
rich red blood that the stomach and
other digestive organs need. Get
it today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26
A SIMPLE TESTING METHOD.

Excellent box devices for testing
seed corn may be bought on the mar
ket or made ut home. These give re
suits that are entirely satisfactory.
gives just as satisfactory results and Is
least expensive is the rag doll test
err. This is made by taking one or
more strips OF cotton flannel cloth Tor
Dther white cloth Of good body that
will carry pencil mark about twelve
inches wide and from twenty-four to
thirty inches long. First draw pencil
mark through the center OF fhis strip
lengthwise. Next make cross lines
about three inches apart and number
the spaces thus made in regular order,
beginning at one end. Next number
the ears from which kernels are TO be
tested by fastening 4 label to the butt
of each ear by slipping an eight or ten
penny nail through numbered label.
Six kernels should then be taken from
each ear. so that opposite sides ana
the tip. middle and butt of the ear will
be represented. The kernels from ear
No. / should he placed on the space
No. /, aud so on. Before the Kernels are
placed on the cloth it should be mois
tened. This win prevent their slipping
around. Also space Of five or six
inches should be left ut both ends Of
the strip for convenience in rolling up
and unrolllng. When the kernels are
all in place take small wisp OF fine
hay and roll ID in Mt the end having
the larger numbers, so that it will
serve as core When the coil Is com
plcted it is well to fasten n rubber
band or string about each end and i'll
the middle. termination will be has
tened II the rag doll Is soaked in tepid
water for about twenty-four hours.
After that it should be kept under an
inverted dish or pan where the Their
momcter will be between 60 and 10
degrees Il. aud moistened at intervals.
At the end OF five or six days the
test should be in condition to read.
Unroll carefully to see If the vigorous
kernels show good root and stem
sprouts. If so it may he entirely I'M
rolled. If the termination has not adj
yanced far enough it should be allowed
to develop for day or two more.
when ready unrol, taking care that
no Kernels get out OF their respective
squares. 1t is best to use for seed only
those ears showing six kernels with
vigorous terminating power. How
ever. II the supply Is short it may be
well to reserve those ears showing five
vigorous kernels. All ears showing
poorer than this should be discarded.
and this holds whether the kernels
merely show weak terminating power
or are entirely dead. In selecting the
seed ears evenness and uniformity of
kernels. maturity and tirmness of ear
and suitability of the type of corn for
the latitude IN which II Is 10 grow
are all matters that should be taken
into account When il is such an easy
matter TO test seed corn there Is really
no excuse for any farmer 10 run the
risk OF using poor seed and cuti7ating
half stand during the season ana
husking half crop next fall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26
PRESERVING EGGS.

April and May are considered the
best months in the year in which 10
put down eggs. This is due to the
weather being cooler and also TO the
fact that there are not so many hens
sitting TO start the process OF incuba
ton. The water glass solution is the
best method for preserving, and
enough can be got for 10 cents to
pickle thirty-six dozens. The eggs
used should be perfectly fresh and
should be free from dirt of any kind.
A large stone jar of size suited to
the number of eggs to be put down
should be used, being thoroughly
scaided before the solution is put into
it. The water used should be boiled
end mixed with the water glass at the
late Of nine parts of water to one OF
the chemical. The eggs will keep the
longer il the jar in which they are
stored is kept where it is cool, dark
and well ventilated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26

subsoiling everything he plants
Subsoiling means simply the stirring
| of the soil down to a depth of twelve
or fourteen inches in each hill and
rendering the soil as light and por
Gus as it can be.
Don't try to raise spinach unless
you can plant ii about as soon as the
ground thaws out. When the wealth
er gets warm spinach goes to seed al
| most over night and many times
without forming decent crop OF
| leaves.
The best of all cabbages are the
Savoy of two or three varieties
These are curly leayed cabbages and
much more tender and delicate than
the harder heading kinds. They
will not keep long, however, and
should be grown only for summer
and fall use. For early cabbage
Winningstadt is by Ear the best,
while for winter use any of the Drum
heads are desirable. Cabbage plants
should never stop growing. Trans
plant as soon as there is no danger
of crowding and do not fertilize I'M
der the hill with strong manure be-
cause it endangers the disease
known as clubfoot.
To get specially early tomatoes,
stunt a few plants, Ths. is. place
Ia thrifty plant in moderately small
pot or box where the roots will be-
come crowded and the growth of the
plant nearly stopped Nature tries to
make every plant reproduce and in
this condition the potbound tomato
plant will blossom and stnrt tomatoes.
1t should then be tenderly thaken out
of the pot and transplanted into the
garden not earlier. however, than
June first and it will there produce
two or three weeks earlier than a
plant that has been allowed to grow
freely from its infancy.
9
Next winter there will be nothing
more choice than sweet pickles made
from the big fat yellow cucumbers
that one seems in some gardens in Au
gust and September, Nearly all GU
cambers turn yellow when they get
ripe blu There is one kind superior to
all others for sweet pickles and this
Is the Long Green. For the big yell
low pickles plant no other variety.
For slicing in summer various
strains of White Spine are perhaps
best though the Long Green, is all
right for this service The small
varieties. Early Cluster. Early Rus
SIAN etc, have no virtue except their
extreme earliness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26

subsoiling everything he plants
Subsoiling means simply the stirring
of the soil down to a depth of twelve
or fourteen inches in each hill and
rendering the soil as light and por-
Gus as ii can be.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-26

Except in a light sandy soil it pays
to stir the sub-soil in a garden. In
the stiff clay loan that prevails so
generally in this section, gardener
can add from one-fourth to ofie-tliird
to his crop and can practically pro-
vide insurance against drouth by
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-06

the old lady. "He was my first hus-
bands son.
you've been married twice,
them" inquired Paddy.
Three times" sal dthe old lady.
"But, as 1 was saying, 1 can't ask
you to stay, because Michaels jeal-
GUS man, and"
"And," she added wistfully, as the
Car drove off, half an. hour later, with
a happy couple upon one seat and a
joyous old man on the other, 81 think
I'll be off to Father Flynn and ask
him if it's a mortal sin to have taken
three husbands when never had one,
and fine young man like that-ne
that never bore any childher."
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-06

Gen. De Maud'huy of the French
army, recently wounded in action in
Flanders. He has the distinction of
never having lost a trench since he
took command of the right wing of
Gen. Foch's army.
A sneaking suspicion is growing
that that Panama canal is mighty
sight greater accommodation for
banana ships than for battleships.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-06
HIRIEJIA C6nrRRsLEER

Dean Virginia c. GiIdersIeeVe of
Barnard College, who declares that
that are fewer divorces among COL
Iege women, because the invariably
seIf-reIiant college graduate marries
for love, not for a home.
OF COURSE, THEY WILL WEAR
COTTON, SAYS BETTY BROWN
The patriotic June bride-the bride
who believes the best things are the
things made in America, is going to
wear a cotton gown on her wedding
day-and most of her trousseau will
be made of cotton.
But don't conjure up visions of a
dowdy bride, or a bride in sensible
white gown" Cotton is no longer
plain, and it's no longer sensible"
as far as price is concerned. You
can pay as pretty price for cotton
as you can for satin this season. The.
cotton voiles are. lovely, and cotton
net trimmed with fine lace makes an
attractive and a far from inexpensive
gown.
More WatchfuI waiting for Wood
rC- me stoTk is most ready to
aight on the McAdoo chimney.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-01-30
Republicans Would Cancel Debt

The financial condition of the Re-
publican party in Maryland still con-
tinues to give its leaders trouble.
Some months ago a conference of
said leaders was held in Baltimore
and it was decided to wipe out the
party's debt amounting at that time
to 1$4, 668.75. A Committee, of which
Gen. Bladen Lowndes is chairman,
was appointed to prosecute the mat
ter. Their efforts resulted in securing
$10,535.2S, the contributors number
ing $50. This leaves balance to be
paid off of $32,850.13. This week the
committee decided to extend the scope
of it's work and to add to it's members.
A committee will be formed in each
Congressional district and the ground
carefully covered for contributions.
The necessity of caring for this heavy
Indebtedness is peculiarly felt at this
time, as the State election will be held
this year and it will be hard on the
party to go out into a campaign bur-
dened by such a debt.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-01-30
Harford's Share Of Race Track SpoiIs

Hartford county's share of receipts
for public road purposes from the
three race meetings at Havre de Grace
this year amounts to $7,762.53. Ac-
cording to an equal division of this
sum each of the five districts will re-
ceive 81, 552.53 for road improvements.
The tabulated statement filed with the
County Commissioners, Wednesday,
shows the total receipts for license
from the three racing meets to be
$3.50. The total gate receipts for Is
days last spring amounted to $43, O50.-
90; for the nine days Farmers meet
held in September, $23,471. 80; and for
the fifteen days meet which closed
last Monday, $34,42S.5O. The 5 per
cent commission on the total gate re-
celpts from all three meets, to which
Hartford county is entitled, amounts
to $5,O47.53, which, together with the
license receipts of $3.50 makes a
grand total of S8,S57.53. From this
amount is deducted the expenses of
the members of the Racing Commits
sion for the year, leaving the countv's
share of the proceeds $7,762.53. This
is about $500 more than was received
by the county last year.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-01-30
4 WAY TO REFORM IT.

THERE seems to be pretty general
agreement amongst the people in this
community that the reputation which
has come to Elkton as a matrimonial
factory is not desirable reputation
and there is much comment to the
effect that something ought to be
done about it." But there is the rub.
Nothing can be done about it, except
that which is done by the force of
public opinion or by the individual
conduct of the preachers themselves.
The law, under which this thing is
proceeding and by which it is pro-
bated, is a State law. 1t cannot be
altered so as to apply to this county
alone. 1t can only be altered by the
consent of the entire State and we
found, in broaching the matter to
members of the State Legislature last
winter, that they did not in the least
understand, appreciate or resent the
condition which we are facing daily
in this community. Hence, the diff
Guilty, if not the impossibility, of &C
complishing anything in legislative
way. The only hope, in our judgment
of better condition of things, lies in
the community itself.
When we first expressed our dis
gust, in these columns, with the con-
duct of some of our Elkton ministers
as to the marrying business" one
of these ministers called upon US in
our office for general discussion of
the subject. There was no mincing
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-01-30
Foods By The Post

ii" expectation that there would be
an immediate delivery OF foods from
farms to city families direct, through
the medium OF the parcels post, has not
oeen realized. The parcel post is doing
business all over the country, but thus
far it seems to be, in the main, the sort
OF business that was previously done by
the express companies
1t is already demonstrated that under
The existing rates the new system can
not be used so as to cheaper" the cost
OF foods to the city consumer and at
the same time increase the profits of the
farm producer. When the service be-
gan on the first of January q young
Maryland farmer living in the second
Baltimore zone did some investigating,
with the purpose in view of mailing eggs
dlrect TO Baltimore customers. He
found that a dozen eggs in the package.
would weigh three pounds. The postage
would cost him II cents, the shipping
package | cent. He was getting 2S
cents per dozen from the buyer at the
railroad station who shipped by freight
at cost of | cent per dozen. He added
the 10 cents to the rs cents and found
that he must ask the city consumer 43
cents to let him out even The prospect
of doing mail delivery business did not
seem to him alluring.
Other farm food producers have prob
ably done some similar figuring. And
yet those who produce something of ex-
ira quality might, by a little care and
patience, build up a profitable direct
trade. There are many city consumers
able and willing to pay an extra price if
they feel certain that what they are pay
ing for is of extra quality.-Ex.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-01-30

of words in our discussion. Each man
spoke his mind quite freely and our
preacher friend finally wanted to
know "what are you going to do about
it." To which we answered: "Noth-
ing, but what we have and are doing
direct public sentiment against such
conduct as has characterized some of
you preachers. There is nothing else
we can do. The law permits you to
marry these people indiscriminately
and / am frank to say that see little
hope of securing any change in the
law, in the near future, at any rate.
But the law does not require you to
marry these people, and neither the
law nor anything else justifies you in
soliciting the business of marrying
them. On the other hand, you are
acting within the limits of the civil
law and no one can by law estop you.
The only thing that can stop you, is
your own sense of self-respect, of re-
spect for your ministerial position,
and of regard for the influence of
your church and ministry. / am frank
to say to you that, in my judgment,
those of you preachers who are known
to be engaged in this scramble for the
marrying business" are doing ire
parable harm to yourselves as minis
tiers and to the churches with which
you are connected. If your recogni-
ton of this fact does not bring you to
reform your conduct, then l know of
nothing that can. In other words, it
resolves itself into a question of in
dividual conduct"
We quote this reply of ours to our
ministerial caller because it states the
case exactly as we see it.
There can be no question that the
people of this community are disgust
ed with the whole business (barring
one here and there who is financially
influenced in his judgment). There
can be no question that there is no
legal remedy for the matter. What
then remains but an appeal to the
preachers themselves? And that APP
peal ought not to be in vain. No
preacher, it would seem, should be will
ling to outrage and defy the moral
sense of a whole community in which
he lives and laborS.
If the preachers, who are or have
been. engaged in this indiscriminate
marrying business, are disposed to
resent our utterances, We give them
fair warning that what we have said
in these columns is not cimcum-
stance to what we have refrained
from saying. We could go into de-
tails that we believe would revolt the
soul of every right thinking man and
woman in this Tor any community.
We don't want to do so. But we give
fair warning that we are going to do
so, unless there is a change here very
soon. The people of this community
are back of US in demand that some
of the practices of some of our preach
ers shall stop-and stop at once.