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The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-03
WAR BREAD IN AUSTRIA

Vienna, April 3.-The order con- polling the use of war bread becomes effective tomorrow throughout Aus tria- Hungary. The scarcity of bread has been growing daily and the con- fectionary stores have been closed down as the use of eggs and milk has been prohibited.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-03
INTERCOLLIATE FENCE

New York, April 3.-The Yale fen cers will have tryout at the Hotel Astor today for the intercollegiate championship. They will be matched with Harvard.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-03

"A floating rainbow from Holland" describes in round numbers the ap- pearance of Dutch craft recently ar rived in New York. Her neutrality" was designed to be visible at "a hun dred miles, "-Charleston Evening Post.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-03

Washington Star.
 The country may not be better off when Congress is not in session but it escapes such frequent reminders of its troubles.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-03
Tho Prescott Daily News
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 am5sr Ents1sr At 4th, 1905, at the p0st0iliee ste, es NNenlOei Ark. unaer the act of |ss s,.arsss, ,, March 3, 1879'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Belvidere, Bankrupt.
(Rutland Herald.

most significant sidelight on the
absurdity of maintaining separate
government in small, poor towns was
shed by the prayers of Belvidere for
relief at the hands of the legislature
on account of the burning of a school
house.
This town has a population of 429
and an area of 1883 acres Its
grand list is about $4,000, and it owes
over $500 To pay its expenses of
government a tax of $3.50 was levied
last year. Its vote for governor in
1914 was 60.
The original schoolhouse was erect
ed by means of state aid to the ex-
tent of 81 900, and in order to replace
the burned building according to spe-
clfications of the state board of health,
| it is estimated that $4,000 is now re.
quired. To aid in constructing this
building the state appropriated $500.
Belvidere is no better and no worse
than dozens of other towns that stag
ger under a heavy debt, a small grand
list and impoverished population, a
! heavy annual tax levy, and which
come biennially to the legislature for
relief. 1t was not included in the Her.
aid s list of rotten borroughs, for the
reason that its vote is over so and the
character of its representation in the
Legislature is generally good
But Belvidere, according to any
business standard, is bankrupt, broke
busted or anything else that mean.
that Belvidere cannot pay its debt,
land comfortably maintain a town gov
lernment. The Herald believes the tim,
is coming when some kind of a state
tribunal shall wind up the affairs 0.
la hopelessly bankrupt town and al
minister its government on some agreed
plan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01

ing on railroad tracks. AS a result, 50,025
trespassers on the track were killed in
this country between 1901 and 1910,
and 53,427 injured, many of them
manned for life. The railroads were
in no way responsible for these TRACE
dies, and suffered only through the
Jared nerves of engineers and other
members of the train crews. With all
its obligations the New Haven road is
to be credited with an earnest endeav-
or to cut down this needless loss of
life. Safety first is a slogan that has
a real meaning under the new regime
of the New Haven system. Statistics
show that in the past three years 442
persons have been killed and 394 in
jured while trespassing on the tracks of
the New Haven system. Relatively
few of these victims were tramps. The
larger part of them were factory ope-
ratives and farm hands, taking short
cuts to and from work-persons whose
lives could i'll be spared to their com
munities If President Elliott has his
way these gruesome figures will be i'm.
proved on in the next three years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01

Through the 1915 edition Of its Sum
mer Homes booklet the Central Yer
mont railway sends an attractive mes
sage to tourists to plan their vacations
early and to plan them in Vermont.
The booklet is issued for distribution
among persons who live outside the
limits of the Green Mountain state and
are not familiar with the vast stretches
Of unspoiled summer country which it
offers vacation seekers. 1t is well ar
ranged and profusely illustrated with
typical bits of Vermont scenery. Among
its special features is a description of
the Long Trail of the Green Mountains
to which four approaches are offered
by way of the West River valley.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Constructive Legislation.
Boston Transcript

The growing tendency toward con-
structive legislation in New England
is notably observable in Vermont.
which has taken advantage with com
mendable promptness of the first op-
portunity offered since the amendment
of the state constitution to place an
effective workingmen S compensation
act upon the statute books. Vermont
being largely an agricultural state,
conditions there demanded a less elab-
crate law than prevails in most of the
other states which have taken this
step. The act is elective, but practi-
cally compulsory, through a provision
under which an employer, if he does
not elect to come under it, loses his
common law defences in ease of dam
age suit brought by an employee. Gov
ernor Gates has already appointed as
| chairman of the industrial accident
| board, created by the act, State Sena-
| tor Robert w Simonds of st. Johns
| bury, chairman of the senate judiciary
| committee, and the completion of the
| board by the addition of the two 9th
| er members will give Vermont the ma
| chinery for the enforcement of the law,
| Vermont has also taken an advanced
| position by the adoption of the budget
plan, which will systemic the finan-
ces of the state and check the tenden
cies which lead to rash and extrava
/ giant appropriations, and prevent the
| recurrence in the future of the existing
deficit, which will have to be taken
care of this year by a state tax of five
/ cents. A new primary law which vii
be passed upon by the voters mex
March contains a number of feature'
] which go a long way toward giving
/, Vermont a corrupt practices act b.
limiting abuses in the primaries, il
which, owing to the fact that one part.
is practically dominant, they have beel
i more serious than in the elections
| Vermont has reason to feel that sh
3 has made distinct progress toward tn
goal of better government.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
The Shortage of Farm Help.
(Athol Transcript

1t is found that the average rate of
farm wages per month, board included,
in Massachusetts is $3.50, in New
Hampshire $24.70, in Vermont 5000,
and in Connecticut $3.50. Without
board it runs from $42 in Massachu-
sets to $50 in Maine. These wages
run pretty well up to those obtained
by common workmen in town, though
the hours of labor are probably con-
siderably longer on the farm. But in
the matter of living conditions it is
probable that the farm worker is more
fortunate, for he gets better board, as
rule, than the cheap boarding houses
offer, and his open air labor, if hard,
is conducive to good health and hab-
it's And yet there is constant report
of a shortage of help on the farms
with the cities Overlooking with the
unemployed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
A Personal Matter.
bennington Banner.)

The licensed sale of intoxicating
liquor will be resumed in Bennington
Saturday morning. From the earh-
est days in the history of the world
the use of intoxicants by human be-
ings has been common but it cannot
be too strongly stated that the use of
alcohol as a beverage never did any
body any good. A few people drink
a little and apparently suffer no seri-
GUS harm, but once the habit is ac-
ouired. It is the hardest thing in the
world to break. Rum is the toughest
master on record. It takes wages,
health, happiness and honor. 1t
ruins homes, starves women and chill
dren, takes away character and repu-
tation and leads to disgrace, the poor
house, the prison and the pauper S
grave. 1t kills more people than
| all wars. and is the chief cause of in
sanity and crime No brief article in
newspaper can tell all the evil and
mischief that comes from making
habit of the use of Intoxicating
liquor The Banner is not an alarm
| ist on this or any other topic. The
world is growing better and the PEG
pie of today are better than those of
any past age or period, but it is a
good thing for you and for me to look
| the facts in the face occasionally and
be on guard. Every man must live
his own life and, within the limits OF
his strength and understanding every
imam is the master of his destiny. We
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01

In all the pride and strength OF
young manhood James Duffy of Hamil-
ton, Ontario, won the Boston Marathon
race a little over a year ago from
over 100 picked athletes from all
parts of the United States and Can
ada. Yesterday the dispatches an.
nounced that as a volunteer fighting
with the allied forces in northern
France he had been killed by German
bullet. He simply counts as one among
the dead, but his fate is a striking IL
Illustration of the uncertainty of life.
When he was crowned and fcted as
champion no one would have dreamed
of predicting that a tragic end faced
him so early in the future.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01

The state of New Hampshire has
passed teachers pension law, which
gives half pay to male and female
teachers. The law provides in the case
of women of So years of age who
shall make formal application to the
state superintendent of public instruc-
tion to be certified by him to the gov
ernor and council, after completing 80
years service in any state, Is years
of which, including the ten years pre-
ceding their ceasing to teach, shall
have been in the schools of New Hamps
shire, that pension shall be paid
them at the rate of so per cent of the
last five years of service. Male teacn,
ers shall receive pensions upon the
same terms except that they must be
so years of age and must have taught
80 years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Teachers Salaries.
Burlington Free Press. J

It seems to- be generally admitted
that teachers wages in Vermont are
not what they should be. We repeat
eddy pointed out this fact long ago and
the Carnegie Foundation emphasized 1t
anew. Now the public is thinking for
itself along the same line. When you
want a house erected you do not hire
an apprentice, but when we are build
ing character in our children and pre-
pairing them for their life work, we
often act on the principle that the
teacher, who stands next to the parents
in this work, and often first is negli-
gible employee. We can not reasonably
expect efficient schools without efficient
teachers, and we can not look fo- good
teachers at prices less than some of
our good housewives pay their maids
of all work 1t is about time to APP
ply common sense to the matter of
teachers salaries in Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Forest Fire Danger.
(St. Adams Messenger J


Reports from all parts of the state
show, owing to the lack of rain and
the unreasonable warm weather of the
last few days, that there is great dan
ger of disastrous forest fires brea king
out. In all sections the forest floor
is as dry as finder and the careless
throwing aside of match, a cigar, or
a cigarette might easily result in the
destruction of millions of feet of val
liable timber. Autoists are being
blamed in some sections for their
carelessness,it being claimed that the
throwing of matches out of fast NOV
ing ears has started fires which, for
tunately, have been put out before
they have done much damage. In
other places fishermen are accused of
lack of caution. The imperative need
of care should be felt by everyone, for
until rains come the hazard is extreme
~ great. Fire wardens should be con
stantly on the alert and should receive
hearty cooperation that the state may
be spared fires which will aggregate
a stupendous loss.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
WEST BRATTLEB0R0

Miss Eva Keet went to her home IN
Deertield, Mass, yesterday afternoon
to spend Sunday.
Miss Geneva Gleason OF Cheshire, n.
H., came yesterday to visit her cousin,
Mrs. Ernest Aldrich
Rev. Clifford H. Smith of Burlington
has been guest of his sister, Mrs.
Rodney Wheeler, this week.
Mrs. Peter Charon of Woodstock,
who underwent a serious operation in
the Melrose hospital recently, is doing
WELL
Mrs. Jane Reed has not been as well
as usual the past few days, because of
a severe cold, but she is now inprov-
ing.
Miss Helen Lewis, teacher in dis
trict No. II, who is Ill with blood
poisoning in her eyes, has gone to
Townshend.
L. H. Trotter has returned to his
home in Philadelphia, after having
spent a month at his farm on tne
Marlboro road.
Mrs. H. F. Weatherhead is having 6
bathroom with hot and cold water pu-
into the house which she rents OF
Western avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gibson are hav
ing their new home on Meadowbrool
road repaired and papered and painted
preparatory to moving there early thi
month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
A Fast Workman May Appear to be
Working Slowly.

In the May American Magazine Ida
NJ. Tarbell, writing another article in
her business series entitled, The
Golden Rule in Business. shows how.
under scientific management. workmen
are taught to work efficiently This
does not necessarily mean that they are
speeded up. In the following extract
taken from her article Miss TarbelI
shows how speed is not necessarily an
indication of efficiency:
That the study of the speed of
man and machine is an element is of
course true, but right speed, like the
right motion, the right height of a
chair or frame, the right order of ope-
ratlons, the right tool is decided
scientifically and often that speed is
slower, not faster. than the one to
which the workingman or woman has
been accustomed to.
''Mr. James Duncan, president of
the Granite Cutters association. told
the federal industrial commission re-
GENTLY, in discussing scientific mana ge-
ment, that in his trade a man with a
slow blow is considered a more Elf
cient workman that the man who
| strikes fast IT is the eommonest of
experiences for those who experiment
with themselves to find that the slower
pace is more productive than the fast.
Walkers, mountain climbers, soon dis
cover this. Scientific management has
proved it again and again Moreover.
it fixes no speed until repeated expert
ment proves it is consistent with the
continuous fresh energy of worl1men as
well as other results. This cannot be
done in day, a week. and often not
in year; for the sound reason that
the right speed is interviewer with
many factors, all of which must be
studied =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01

Handsome recognition is to be given
by the University Of Vermont to the
honor graduates of each accredited
high school and academy in the state,
in the form of free scholarships valued
at 800. The plan will undoubtedly
encourage some students to 90 to col
lege who would naturally drop their
studies at the completion of the high
school course, and it will bring the
university many keen, bright minds
that without the incentive of a schol-
arship might seek higher training out
side the state. President Guy Potter
Benton, who is enthusiastic about the
scheme, says: sit is hoped that this
step will ultimately lead to the enact
ment of law guaranteeing such free
scholarships to every worthy young
person in Vermont The university
management believes that every young
man and young woman, ready for col
lege, should be given free tuition in
the state university.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Wednesday, May 5
al ! o'oIoek ?. a.. the folIowinq

HOUSEHOLD GOODS: Kitchen table,
four kitchen chairs, two kitchen rock
ers, small sideboard, 112 piece dinner set,
ali good; golden CHARTERED oak dining
set consisting of large sideboard. 4S-inch
siN-foot round extension dining table,
six leather Slip seat dining chairs, as
good as new: four extra good large
golden chartered oak parlor rockers,
round pedestal base golden quartered oak
parlor stand, % inches; 2S-inch square
mahogany stand, glass ball claw feet;
ladys oak desk, velour couch, extra
good; sliding couch, sewing machine and
all attachment Is, =" IN asoodss condition: two
art squares. 1-2 10 I-2, and
10 1-2 also 50 yards carpeting:
paTlor lamp and hanging lamp. as
good as new; chamber set consisting Of
oak bed with National springs and prin-
cess dresser with large mirror; chamber
set consisting OF good brass bed with box
spring and soft top and bottom mattress
and extra good golden quartered oak
dresser and connmode; one large and one
small mirror; six large pictures and
several small ones, large parlor House
hold wood stove. sheet iron parlOr wood
stove. oil heater, child's crib, rocking
horses, high chair baby carriage. two
child's rockers. childs blackboard, child's
desk. seven window screens, large size.
If stormy the sale viii be held the
next pleasant day.
FRED w. BARROwS.
A. w. ]. Wilkins, Auctioneer-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Attempt at Blackmail.
Bennington Banner.)

Breach of promise ought to be done
away with as a cause of action in
court. With it should go alienation of
affections and similar causes. They
may have been all right once, but
nowadays they are in nine cases out of
ten merely attempts at blac kmail
When the women get the vote we hope
they will give the men square deal
in this respect. The natural tendency
of men on jury is to be ehivalrous
to women and in cases Of question TO
give women the benefit of the doubt.
As result of this tendency men-and
particularly men of wealth-are ex-
posed to all kinds of deliberate
schemes and conspiracies to get some
of their money.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Tuesday the 4th Day of May
next, at 8 O'Clock D. III.


to act on the following articles, to wit:
Art. l. To elect a Moderator to pre-
side at the meeting.
Art. 2. To receive and act upon the
report of the Commissioners, Treasurer,
Chief Engineer, Superintendent of Fire
Alarm and Chief of Police.
Art. 8. To elect Village Commits
sioner for a term of three years. a
Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector and
board of Auditors.
Art. 4. To see what salaries shall
be paid the various village officers for
the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the voters of the
Village of Brattleboro will appropriate
money for a series of Concerts to be
given within the village limits during
the ensuing year, by the First Regi-
ment Band of Brattleboro, Vermont
| Art. 6. To see if the village will
vote to arrange for the laying of the
dust upon certain streets and highways
within the limits of the village for the
ensuing year, and what method for
paying for the same will be adopted.
Art. Z. To see if the village will vote
to appropriate money to pay for laying
the dust upon the streets and highways
within the limits of the village for the
ensuing year.
Art. s. To see if the village viii ap-
Ipropriate money for spraying trees dur
ing the ensuing year.
Art. 8. To raise money to defrav the
lexpenses of the coming. year.
Art. 10. To see if the village will
vote to pay not to exceed $4,000 per
year, for a period not to exceed ten
Years, toward the rental of a proposed
lpipe line of the Brattleboro Water
Works Company, extending from the
, present terminal to the factory of the
/ Vermont Last Block Company
Art. II. To transact any other bust
ness that may legally come before the
meeting.
w. H. PERRY.
; Village Clerk.
Brattleboro, Vt, April 10, 1915.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
tCopyright.)

have no patience with the narrow
and bigoted hypocrite who wants to
govern his neighbors and all the
world by his own little rule of three,
but every man should face his own
problems in his own heart and
mind and be forever on guard against
his own shortcomings Be temperate
in all things and do not let rum or
greed or passion or lust or gluttony
or selfishness or pride or covetous
ness or self-esteem become your mas
ter. Eternal vigilance is the only
arm of self protection.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01

a ricer. Add two tablespoonful of
butter, one-third of a cupful of rich
milk, and one-half teaapoonful of salt.
Beat vigorously two minutes and add
one and a half tablespoonfuls of
canned pimento put through a fine
sieve. Beat until well blended Pile
in buttered. shallow dish and make
as many cavities as one has eggs to
serve. Drop an egg in each cavity and
bake in a moderate oven until the eggs
are set. Sprinkle with salt and bits
of butter before serving.
Apple DumpIings.-When a good fla
vored, firm apple is used the follow
ing method of making dumplings is
most satisfactory: Make a rich bak-
ing powder biscuit dough, roll it out
to half an inch thick, cut in squares
large enough to wrap an apple well.
Core and peel the apple and put in
center of the square of dough, pinch
the corners and place the apples in
a steamer to steam or they may be
baked in the oven. Sprinkle with
grated cheese and serve with sugar
and cream.
Delicious little tarts may be made
from leftover strips of pastry Place
chopped raisins and nuts on small
squares, sprinkle with cold water and
lemon juice, pinch the corners togeth-
er and place them in a hot oven to
bake.
Denver cream.-Scald one and a
fourth cupfuls of milk. Beat two egg
yolks slightly and add two tablespoon
! fuls of sugar and a dash of salt Add
the milk mixture gradually to the egg
| mixture and stir constantly until thick,
| then add one and q fourth tablespoon
| fuls of gelatin, soaked in a fourth
| of cupful of cold water ten min
utes. Strain and add the beaten
whites of the eggs. Set the pan con,
tanning the mixture in a pan OF ice wa.
ter, stirring until it begins to thick
/ en-, then add a pint of whipped cream
Three tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar and vanilla to flavor.
G~
IZgEAS-.. Zza,&esNE~.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
Pooling with Fire.
bellows Falls Times.l

When it comes to handling fire
men do some strange things. The Bel
lows Falls Chamber of Commerce re-
Gently held a fire prevention meeting,
and after the. meeting was over the
janitor's comment was, "Well, / sup
pose I will have to spend half an hour
now picking up cigarette and cigar
some still lighted on the floor, under
chairs and on tables. Fire protection
is fine in theory, but the theory is
sometimes forgotten in practice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
CO. operation of subscribers to that end.
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
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
bv this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; 25
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 a 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, 1915-05-01

The fact that the railroads of the
country will expend $50,000,000 this
year in improvements and equipment
doesn t sound like a year of poor bus
mess. Cheer up, the worst is not yet
to come. 1t is past.