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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Rev. Schaffer Given Degree.

F. P. Schaffer, pastor of the Meth
odist church at Anamosa, was given
the degree of Doctor of Divinity a.
Upper Iowa University on the same
day that his son, Lloyd, a member of
the graduating class, was granted
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 1t
is remarkable that this double honor
should come to the family on the
formers birthday.-Iowa Methodist
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
The Wisconsin Business
University of La Crosse,
Wisconsin

The great business training school
of the Northwest, invites you to-
send for beautiful free catalogue. It
containing the photos of an army of
young men and women it has edu-
Gated and sent to positions. Estab-
lshed for twenty-five years. Rec
commended by leading men to those
who want a strong, clean, reliable
school. Special care given young
ladies attending. Large number of
skilled, experienced teachers who
give personal instruction. Students
now employed in many parts Of the
world. A card will bring the cata-
logue. Your questions will receive
personal attention. Why not write
today. Address "W. B. IT," La
Crosse, Wisconsin. 30-3w
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
A Breezy Sneeze.

There was young lady named Aster,
Whose skirt fit her just like plaster,
But she happened to sneeze,
Then she felt cold breeze,
And knew she had met with disaster.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
When Hot Weather Oppresses.

When you feel oppressed, dull and
stupid, are inert and languid-do
not blame it all on the weather. Heat
will not affect you so much if the
bowels are regular. Foley Cathartic
Tablets are ideal for indigestion and
constipation. They relieve stout per-
sons Of that bloated, heavy feeling.
-Engbertson' Pharmacy. July
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28

A business failure has little signi
ficance to woman in comparison
with a mistake in buying a new hat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28

Be sure you're right-then act
just as courteously as if there were
a possibility of your being mistaken.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28

The parcel post can't carry the
treasury deficit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

house an attack of heart failure Many
father who is shaving on the third floor
when this occurs hurries down in two
jumps to explain that it never could have
happened If he bad been present.
Some people arc not fortunate enough to
have any babies, and are unable to under
stand why some neighbor who never gives
anything to the Church should be profusc-
~ decorated with twins Many times
these people adopt babies which have no
home, and find that the investment pays
bigger dividends than stock in a shrapnel
factory. The baby is so constituted that
it can get along without milk, but not
without love. and when it has both there
is something in the house more beautiful
to look at than a Circassian walnut bed
room suite. Ii there were a little less
money given to free public libraries and
stadiums and swimming pools and more to
give the babies of the tenement districts a
fighting chance, this would be better
world to live in
| There is no stiffness in the world like
the stiffness III the home out of which the
| baby has gone No diversion, no distrac-
ton can tighten it or ever unhinge memory
| from the tenderest of its treasures. But
| it is worth the sorrow to have had them
| for Il time, and losing them, to know they
are not lost, but absent for a while
ms Newspaper service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
PLAN BIG POWER PLANT.
Water Over a Wide Area in Vermont
to Be Utilized.

RUTLAND, Oct. 70. - Details of the
Silver lake power development, ad-
mitted by experts to be the greatest
proposition of its kind in New Eng
land, which is being backed by the mil
lions of Boston and New York fnan-
ciers, have been announced by l. NJ.
Frost, vicepresident and general man
ager of the Hortonia Power company,
who has had charge of the surveys and
the preliminary work for the promot-
ers. The plan is tremendous in its
possibilities, and Mr.. Frost said it
would allow the using of waters of ap-
proximately IS square miles drainage
area under a static head of go to 29l
feet, and the waters of % square
miles drainage area under a static
head of 675 to 700 feet Assuming the
yield to be 70,000,00O cubic feet per
square mile and allowing 80 per cent
loss in efficiencies, the supply delivered
to the switchboards would be 25,O00.-
600 k. w. h.
The plans include the diversion of
two brooks, the building of a series Of
reservoirs to assist in the natural
storage by Silver lake, the tunncling
| of Fern mountain, and the construc-
tion of a 9,000-horse power power
house on the shores of Lake Dunmore,
one of the noted Vermont summer re-
| sorts.
The scheme, which includes opera
tons in the towns Of Leicester, Goshen
and Salisbury in Addison counties and
short distance southeast of the vii
lage of Middlebury, win mean the use
of the waters of Silver lake, Sue ker
and Dutton brooks, so called.
The general scheme as outlined is 10
construct a powerhouse on the shore Of
Little bay, also known as Higert s
bay, on Lake Dunmore; to install 5000.
horsepower turbines of the Francis
type, being supplied from three sepa-
rate tubes, each 1920 feet in length.
the supply being taken from an open
concrete forebay on the westerly side
of Fern mountain, west of Silver lake
| The forebay will be connected with q
350-foot tunnel to the west shore OF
Silver lake, where headgates, racks
etc, will be installed, which will al
low lowering the present elevation OF
the lake, where headgates, RACKS, ett
are now located also to construct a
dam across the narrow gorge at tie
outlet of Silver lake, which viii raise
the elevation Is feet The lake viii be
supplied by two sources.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Rutland County Produces a BTobding-
nagian Apple.

Rutland County Produces q BTobding-
nagian Apple.
G. w. Luce of Boston, who has a
farm at Belfort, Me, recently sent
in an improved Wolf River apple to a
Boston paper weighing Is ounces,
standing 5 Is inches in height, with
a circumference of Is II inches. This
apple was considered as topping all
other species and was heraldcd as a
mammoth of its kind. Rutland county,
however, can out-do this apple and still
have something as hold-over. r. h.
MacBae, the orchardist, of Castlet0n
brought a specimen OF his Wolf River
apples to The Herald Office yesterday,
u great, fat, deep red beauty, weighing
% ounces. The apple is il IL inches
in circumference and is > II inches in
height.
'''This is only one of many of the
same size,p remarked Mr.. MacRae
pridefully. "The Wolf apple is a
baker. but the average man doesn t
care for more than half a dozen at
sitting
The MacRae orchard at Castleton
has countrywide fame as the pro
Queer of fine apples. There are 12,00C
trees iii all and many of them bear the
Brobdingnagian Wolf apparently with
out any effect and in the most modest
way Imaginable. - Rutland Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
b A BE

Babies are chubby-fstcd shafts of sun
shine which are sent down to earth for the
purpose of giving the father and mother
something to think about aside from the
weekly pay roll and the suffragette pa
rade. The man who has baby to come
home to, after ten hours of real labor, is
not going to be greatly surprised when he
wakes up on the sunny side of the eternal
hills.
Babies are composed of various ingredi-
cnts, including tears, chuckles, spunk,
sweetness and Group. The first SIX months
OF a baby's life are usually given over to
entertaining the Group in its most malig-
nant and sleep-defying form This merci-
less ailment never attacks the baby until
> a. m, when everybody is sunk several
feet in slumber. It does not take the baby
long to determine that the Group has ar
rived, and when it is fully advised in the
premises it proceeds to inform the remain
der of the family in tones of passionate
protest which make Ella Wheeler Wilcox
read like the annual report of fire insur-
ance company.
When the baby is four months old it is
allowed to sit upon the parlor rug and try
to swallow a Q Il rubber rattle Becom-
ing tired of this, it will tip forward heavily
ON its nose and give everybody in the
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

One of the disagrceable sides of the
life of a physician and surgeon is the
blame which is heaped upon his head
by persons who think he made a mis-
take in the handling of certain cases
in which they had a personal interest.
We often hear criticism of this kind
in conversation and occasionally the
feeling prompts suits for malpractice.
In the very great majority of cases the
practitioner is not at fault, and has
used his professional experience and
knowledge to the best of his Judgment.
A Fair Haven doctor had to defend
himself in Rutland county court re-
Gently, large damages being asked on
the grounds that by reason of unskillcd
work in setting a fractured leg the pa
tient was left with a deformity. The
doctor testified that the bone was
properly set, but when the patient suf-
fered his wife relieved him by moving
the bandages and splints. Other. wit
nesses claimed that the plaintiff was
about on his leg before the bone had
a chance to knit properly. There might
naturally be some prejudice on the part
of jurors in such case, but it is pleas
ing to note that in this instance the
doctor was acquitted by unanimous
verdict.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
MOTHERS OF THIS COUNTRY

have through all ages past and will
through all years to come take care
of the ordinary simple ailments incl
dent to every family with their own ia
vorite remedy.
In almost every home in the land
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the recognized standard house
hold remedy for female ills; thousands
of American women owe their good
health to it. Made from the roots and
herbs of the field, it is simple rem
edy in which suffering women may
place perfect confidence. 1t contains
no narcotics or harmful drugs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
Two Vermonts.
est. Adams Messenger.)

est. Adams Messenger
Those who have toured the Green
Mountain state during the summer
months and who have followed up
that trip by another in the fall, after
the first heavy frost has touched the
foliage and turned the hills from
green into a riot of flaming colors,
realize that there are in reality two
Vermonts so far as the tourist is con
cerned. 1t is said of the Grand Can
yon that it changes before one S very
eyes and that from the same point
there is always a different view. The
same claim can be made for Vermont
as between the two seasons. The auto
party which comes to the state during
the summer makes a great mistake if
it thinks it has seen all the
wonderful sights the state can offer.
Only by returning in the crisp fall
weather can the full beauty of Yer
mont be enjoyed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
Member of the Associated Press.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1915.
RENEWED PEACE TALK.

The blacklist week Great Britain has
faced since the beginning of the war is
causing the circulation of rumors in
Berlin that tentative peace proposals
are under consideration. These reports
are denied in London, where a belief
IS expressed III high financial circles
that Germany soon viii be suing for
tary collapse.
Though it is impossible to say what
basis there may be for the renewed
peace. talk, nevertheless the entrance of
Bulgaria into the war and the opening
of the Teuton s Balkan campaign are
unquestionably factors which may well
shorten the war. A profound and fun
damental change has been caused by
the Balkan developments in Great
Britain s relationship toward the war
and toward her allies. AS long as the
neutrality of the Balkan states pre-
vented u German advance into Tur-
key, Great Britain's imperial posses
sions were secure, and the British gov
ernment could adopt an unalterable at
titude toward peace desires that might
arise in Paris, Petrograd or Rome
Not infrequently it has been assert
ed in England that even though the
other members of the quadruplc entente
withdrew from the conflict, Great
Britain would continue to fight alone
until the Teutonic powers had surren
dered Internationally. While the
British feet prevented Germany from
dispatehing an over sea expedition tc
strike at the British empire, and while
the Balkans barrier blocked an over
land blow at Egypt, Mesopotamia
Southern Persia and India, Great Brit
ain might well consider herself able t
fight alone. Under these conditions til,
British empire could continue the wa
more economically by itself than il
company.
But, no longer is the British empir,
outside the area of possible Teutoni
aggression. If Great Britain alon,
among the allies were left in the wan
the Austro-Germans could concentrat
all their strength for a drive through
the Balkans into Turkey. Thereafte
q vital blow might be struck at tn
British empire by land. For this rea
son Great Britain henceforth must re
ly on her allies far more than pre-
| viousIy. This fact will tend to equa
| ize the influence of each member Of tn
| quadruple entente when the questio
| of peace comes up for discussion
J Whenever France, Russia and Ital
= want peace it would be very dangerou
now for the British empire to hold on
alone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
Not a Pro-German Paper.
Bloomington Banner.)

bennington Banner
The Fair Haven Era accuses the Ban
ner OF being Pro-German and the Rut-
land Herald adds half column of
the typical slush it uses when short of
idea. Their combined efforts are re-
printed in another column, not because
1t is of any great value but merely to
show how far great minds can go as
tray The Banner is neither PrO-Ger-
man nor Pro British, but strictly Amer
lean, and labors, according to its abll-
ity and understanding, along that line.
1t does not want to see either Ger
many or Britain dominate the world
Both are trying to and we trust that
both will fail. We consider both about
equally responsible for this war and If
the Banner has seemed to incline to-
ward the German side, it has been
through a tendency to try to present
the side, that in our opinion, does not
seem to get fair treatment in many
American papers. We don't think it
will alter the outcome. Also we have
an old-fashioned and out of date be-
lief that God rules the world and in
his own good time will bring peace
out of chaos and advance the cause OF
right as fast as frail humanity can
follow the footsteps of Christ. We
admit partisanship to the extent OF
loving France and hating Russia-not
the people of Russia, but the barbarian
monster of Russian empire that seems
to us to hang like black cloud over
the world. Finally we dislike to see
the carnival Of greed that seeks tC
capitalize the great war and make i
pay dividends to American million
aires. If the Era and Herald consider
this Pro-Germanism they are welcome
/ to their opinion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
easy WAY TO MAKE
HAIR ATTRACTIVE
Ladies May Add to Their Appear
ance With Little Trouble

Ladies who find trouble in properly
or attractively arranging and dressing
their hair should try using a little
Partisan Sage twice daily for while
and note the remarkable Improvement.
Partisan Sage, which can be obtained
from Wilfred F. Root or any drug
counter, makes the hair soft, lustrous,
fluffy and wavy, takes out the dull,
lifeless appearance, dissolves the dan
druff and stimulates the hair roots in
to healthy normal action. Instead of
merely sprinkling the hair, it should
be rubbed right into the scalp with the
finger tips. Partisan Sage is de-
lightful treatment for both hair and
scalp, cannot possibly injure the hair
and is very inexpensive.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
WEST BRATTlEB0RO

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles johnson of
Northficld, Mass, spent Sunday here
with his mother, Mrs. Louis Johnson.
Mrs. A. G. Walker Of Dummerston is
a guest here for g few days Of Miss
NJ L. Stedman and Mrs. L. H. Bart
lett.
Miss Leona Wright returned ycster-
day from Middlebury, where she was
called on account of the death of her
grandmother.
George Martin resumed work for the
Twin State Gas 6 Electric Co Mon
day, after weeks vacation spent in
Hinsdale, Mass.
Marshall Fisher, who is i'll with
pneumonia, is little improved. Miss
Catherine Van Gumster, professional
nurse, is caring for him
Miss Elsie Morgan Of Boston, who
had been visiting Mrs. Eta Aklev
two weeks, returned home yesterday,
accompanied by Mrs. Akley, who will
visit there.
MIR. and Mrs. D. 7. Perry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Perry and two children
went by automobile to South Decd
| field, Mass, Sunday and spent the dav
with Mr.. and Mrs. Archia Perry. Mrs.
Jane Reed spent the day in Guilford
with her son, G. p. Miller.
John E. Scott of Hinsdale was oper-
ated upon shortly after midnight Sat
urday in the Melrose hospital for an
acute attack of appendicitis. He is
comfortable today. Mr. Scott has p
position as clerk in o Brien 5 store in
HinsdaIe. Mrs. Clarence Thomas and
infant son were discharged from the
hospital today and went to her home
in Guilford.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

1t was a great day Saturday on the
gridiron for the University of Yer
mont. The varsity team went to Han
over and furnished Dartmouth a little
practice while a score of 600 was be-
ing rolled up by the Hanoverians The
sophomores were an easy mark for St.
Michael's college, being beaten CLIO
The freshmen tackled Middlebury high
school and came out at the short end
of q 1876 score. 1t was a good time
for Vermont to move to 'make il
unanimous.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

Amherst college will not be pointed
out as a rich man S inst tuition in view
of the fact that 176 of the students
earned their way, in whole or in part
last year. Snobbishness cannot thrive
where such a large minority are obliged
to work for themselves, and it is prob
able that some of the others are not
in the class which has money to burn.
These 176 students did all sorts
of things honorable in order to earn
the money for their education. This
gives expectation that they will ap-
preciate what they have to work hard
to get. They will prize their education
and make the most of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
Movies In the Churches.
Syracuse Post-Standard.)

The New York Methodist conference
has given its approval to three modern
methods for drawing people to church:
Holding moving picture performances
in the churches or the church build
ings.
Utilizing brass bands or orchestras
to draw the general public.
Conducting gymnasiums in connec-
ton with the churches, to interest
young people.
Sunday is the biggest day of the
week in the movie houses If the Meth
odists employ the first of the proposed
devices for boosting church attendance
steadily they won It need to employ the
other two.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given Of
each failure to receive the paper on the
so som by teIeph h or one postal card III 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
lisher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

The German officers informed at Nor
folk, Va, who have fed from the
country, had given their word Of honor
not to violate their parole. Their ac
ton is not so surprising after all. They
had for example the action of their
own government in calling treaties
supposed to be sacred scraps of paper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

James Tracy, jr., 50, was killed re-
Gently at West Enosburg by u runaway
horse, which dragged him nearly 4
quarter Of a mile. the animal 5 heels
striking him at every step. His head
and body were terribly crushed. Tracy,
who was partly crippled, became en-
tangled in the harness when the animal
started to run. His home was in Fair
lield
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
Following the Fashion.

Mother,' said the sweet young
thing, "have you put away my sum
mer furs2''
Eyes. daughter"
''Then l think l had better 90
shopping today for my winter laces. >
Baltimore American.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

to scald. Beat an egg until light.
pour, drop by drop, into two table
spoonfuls Of -four, well mixed with
one teaspoonful of chopped nuts and
teaspoonful OF salt. Stir with a
fork, and when well mixed roll the
rivels with the hands. Drop the
rivels into the milk, and when boiled
serve at once
Apple Eread.-Mix together a cupful
of cooked dried apple, one cupful Of
raisins, one cupful each of sugar and
Walnuts, one teaspoonful of cinnamon,
one-half teaspoonful of cloves and
half teaspoonful of allspice into a
pint Of bread sponge. Mix and knead
as for bread and let stand until light.
Bake in a slow oven for two hours.
This will keep for weeks if well
wrapped in oiled paper and kept from
the air.
Dutch Cabbage.-Chop a small cab
b3ge with one small onion and when
line. pour over the fat from a small
slice of fat salt pork which has been
cut in cubes and Drowned. add the
pork, and into the frying pan pour
ouAICieHL vinegar 10 mOfSt9n, but not
mako the cabbage wet. Add season
ings of salt and red pepper. Pour
over the vinegar boiling hot and serve
at once. This is a dish that you will
not be allowed to forget, for every
body asks for it again and again. The
secret of the palatability of this salad;
as is true of all salads, is the season
ings. Taste it often to get the right
proportion of salt, pepper and vine
gar. II the vinegar is very acid and
you need quite a little moisture, di-
Lutte the vinegar with water.
Steak With Otives.-Broil the streak
until properly cooked, season well
with salt, butter and pepper and place
in the oven to keep hot. Put a table
spoonful of butter in sauce pan and
when bubbling hot add a half cupful
of finely-chopped olives; when hot pour
over the steak. Serve with baked
potatoes.
Ne,p... ne...so
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

Teacher-In the sentence / have
just read, tongue is a noun. Why??
Observant Pupil-Because it is a
part of speech-Fx.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
Nsass 1nle4w seQ

College statistics show that in the
early days in America fully half the
graduates entered the ministry. Five
per cent is the present proportion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

clOuS Old dishes OF
our grandmothers,
so it is wise to use
them occasionally
so they may not
be entirely forgot
ten.
RiveI Soup-Put
& quart of milk on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
SOME CHERISHED RECIPES.

We are apt to forget the composition
and preparation of many of the deli