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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Hopping Freights.
(Barre Times.)

The dangerous practice of youths in
beating their way on freight trains for
the deviltry of it came to serious end
for one young man of Bellows Falls,
the youth falling beneath the wheels
and being crushed to death. The situa-
tion is much to be regretted, of course
but it is merely q result which might
have been expected when young men,
and even young girls, persist in chop
ping freight trains, riding ON the
brake-beams, coupling Joints or the SAT
er haven of the caboose. The story is
told in southern Vermont how two high
school girls recently participated in the
'tsport" of beating the railroad and
did it successfully despite the dangers
and the likelihood of insult. However
the fatality for one Of the young MGR
of Bellows Falls is likely to decrease
the number of those who participate
in the practice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
MANY POINTS ABOUT CIGAR
Not Alone Must "sReed" Have Proper
Flavor, But Other Things Have TO
Be Given Consideration.

A cigar should have four cardinal
virtues. The first and most important
is a good burn-that is, the burn must
be even, the cigar must hold its fire,
the ash should be coherent and not
fiaky, and there must be no charring
in advance of the burn.
The second point relates to the
flavor. This is important to the smok-
er-the cigar must tickle his palate.
The third essential point has to do
with the aroma, which is the pleasure
giving quality Of the smoke, not only
to the smoker, but to the bystander.
Even though cigar has q rich,
smooth, mellow flavor, it should be
classed as a poor one if it gives of
a bouquet which is offensive to all
within range Of it's fumes.
Finally, cigar should have good
appearance. Really, it is surprising
how important this is. No matter how
fine the burn, or how pleasing the
flavor or aroma. a cigar must look the
part in order to be good. Given two
cigars of equal quality, the one which
looks the best will actually taste the
best.-Cigarology OF Henry Reist
Kraybill of the University Of Chicago
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Cheaper Electric Power.
Huntington Free Press. }

The Free Press has long advocated
the adoption of measures for the con
servation of Vermont s supply Of white
coal for the benefit of the people
of this commonwealth instead of for the
profit of a few individuals who would
exploit our states natural resources
for their own exclusive gain. When
we have emphasized the dangers of al
lowing water power of the state as a
whole to fall into the clutches of in
terests outside of Vermont, that would
have no pride in developing this state
as has former Gov. E. Curtis Smith, for
example, in developing the Central Yer
mont railroad, some of our contem-
poraries have been inclined to charge
the discovery of mare S nest and
GHOSTS and all that sort of thing.
We are glad, therefore, to have thor
oughly disinterested visitors from 9th
er states contrast conditions existing
here with the situation elsewhere, and
we are particularly pleased that The
Brattleboro Reformer, which has seemed
to take personal umbrage whenever we
touched upon the subject of the power
combination in Vermont, has become
aroused to the seriousness of the situa-
\ ton. The Reformer says:
"Two successful business men OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

TIE king the wholesale affairs like
that of the Eastland with the retail
tragedies, the boatloads and the single
individuals, the Atlantic City groups,
who are drowned, day by day, and the
casualty list Of this country, made up
of those who lose their life in the pur-
suit of pleasure on the water during any
summer, would compare reasonably
we'll with that of nation at war q
few decades ago. The majority Of the
of the losses are the direct result of in
ability to swim. There is one way in
which they can be reduced and that
is by making swimming part of tht
training Of every child. Until Ameri
cans become a nation of swimmers
there will continue to be wholesale anc
retail tragedies without end, to blight
the joys of the seashore and the lakes
And most Of them absolutely unneces
sary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
NO SHELTER FOR MURDERERS
Oliver Cromwell First to Put Limit on
Protection Afforded by House of
an Ambassador.

1t was the grim old Oliver Crom-
well who first showed that the house
of an ambassador was not an inviola-
BILE sanctuary for all classes of Of
tenders and that at least the line of
protection could not hold against
murderer. In November, 1862, Don
Pantaleon Sa, brother of an ambassa-
dor from Portugal to England, walk
ing in the New Exchange, London, en-
gagged in a quarrel with a young Eng
lish gentleman named Gerard. They
were separated, leaving Gerard
slightly wounded in the shoulder. The
next day Don Pantaleon came to the
exchange with fifty well-armed fol-
lowers, for revenge. Four English
men were slightly wounded and a Mr..
Greenway, while walking with his sis
ter and a lady to whom he was en-
gagged, being mistaken for Gerard,
was killed by pistol shot through
the head. A great and enraged crowd
collected. The Portuguese took ref
uge In their house Of embassy. Crom-
well, the lord protector, sent mes
senger to the embassy, stating that II
civil authorities the soldiers guarding
the embassy would be withdrawn and
the mob left to do as it pleased. Don
Pantaleon, three Portuguese and IAN
English boy were given up and COM
mitted to Newgate. Their trial was
delayed A mixed jury of Englishmen
| and foreigners brought in a verdict
| Of guilty and the five were sentenced
| to be hanged The three Portuguese
were pardoned, the English boy
was hanged and Don Pantaleon, at the
request of his brother, the ambassa-
dor, was spared from hanging and
was beheaded on July 10, 1853. This
case impressed foreign nations with
sense OF Cromwell's power, and
has ever since been considered
as precedent in questions respecting
the privilege of ambassadors and the
| persons of their household.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
The GuIiibie Cow,

Two little girls walking through a
field were afraid of COW. Said one
of them, Lets go right on and act
as if we were not afraid at ALL
"But wouldn't that be deceiving the
cow" the other little girl expostulated
We smile at this bit Of conscientious
ness, but we love the little girl for it
She would be uneasy in regard to Da
vid's reception of the Philistines, and
most of US wish that, like Moses, he
had gone down into the Sinai country
rather than place himself in a position
where he had to act a lie.-Christian
Herald
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Miss Grace Fales Of Troy, n. Y, is a
guest of Miss Laura Powers
l., F. Taylor has bought an Oldsmobie
car OF Charles Miner. He will use it on
his Grand Union tea route.
The quarantine for diphtheria at w. Fl.
Gays was lifted yesterday and the house
fumigated by DR.. Tudker
5. ID. Bates, state road commissioner,
was IN town yesterday d. T. Perry, coun-
ty commissioning, accompanied him through
Townshend and several other towns in
that locality zaa
Baptist church, Rev. I. NJ. Compton pas
tor. Morning worship at 1870 o'clock
with sermon by the pastor Text, John
- 10. Subject, Friends of Jesus Sun
day school at II O'Clock. Evening service
lat { O'Clock Midweek prayer meeting,
Wednesday evening at 80.
Frank Crosier, after visiting his mother.
Mrs. Mary Crosier, has gone to Buck Hill
Falls, Cresco, Pa, a summer resort in the
| Pocomo mountains, where he will be super.
visor of recreation. Mrs. Crosier and
daughter will spend the month of August
with her mother in Oak Bluffs, Mass
! First Congregational church, Rev. Henry
| Lamb minister The weekly prayer meet
ing will be held Friday evening at 30
O'Clock. The topic suggested is Some
| HYMNS by Isaac Watts. Psalm 96 lib
Services for Sunday: Divine worship Al
1890 O'Clock with sermon by the pastor
Sunday school at II A o'clock. Christian
Endeavor meeting at Z o'clock Topic
How We Can Promote the Temperate,
Reform. Eph. 3:14-21. Leader, c. r
Prentiss This is the night for the month
y business meeting
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

Nebraska, who are making an autOmo-
bile tour of eastern states, talked in
terestingly of their Impressions of af-
fairs in Vermont and New England
when interviewed by a reporter of the
Rutland News. They expressed them
selves as astonished at the prices
charged in this state for electricity for
light and power, and stated that in
Lincoln, where the price of anthracite
coal is twice as high as in New Eng
land, electricity for the ordinary house
holder is only about a third of the av-
erage price in Vermont. This state
ment ought to be investigated. Yer
mont, with numerous streams to provide
electricity by water, certainly should
furnish electricity for a lower cost than
states which depend upon steam plants
for the production.
We heartily and even enthusiastically
endorse everything the esteemed Re
former says in this connection Yer
mont has a host of opportunities te
create artificial lakes to serve as reser.
voirs for power plants for the operation
of local railways and the prosecution
of industries, as well as to afford the
most delightful shores for summer re
sorts We have numerous opportuni
ties to create power plants like that al
Bolton Falls and use the power de
veloped for the generation and trans
mission of electric current, not for out
side interests, but for the upbuilding o.
Vermont.
We gladly welcome capital to GU
state that is ready to reciprocate tn,
chance to make a fair investment b,
utilizing its plants to help develop Yer
mont industries and thus add impetu
to the growth of this commonwealth
When, however; outside interests tr.
to monopolize our power plants an
form combination either to charge ex
orbitant prices or to take our suppl
of white coal outside of Vermont t
our permanent loss, it is high time 70
the people of this state to becom
aroused to the situation, and The Re
former has done a splendid service i
speaking out in clarion tones on thi
subject.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
The States Finances.
bennington Banner.)

We notice in State Treasurer Scott s
report Just issued that there was in
the treasury on June 30, 1915, q little
less than $10S,00O, and that on the 9th
er hand there was a temporary loan
outstanding of $12j,00O. If this ism t
a deficit, what is it?-Vergennes En-
terprise.
The fact that there is deficit on
June 80 doesn t mean that the finances
of the state are not in excellent shape
for they are. There is always a deficit
at the end of the fiscal year following
q session of the legislature. Appropria-
lions are always divided between the
two years of a biennial term but the
actual expenses of the session itself all
come in one fiscal year. Then, too, the
state has to do Just the same as most
towns and borrow money in anticipa-
tion of taxes and other income. For in
stance, on July ! State Treasurer Scott
had to borrow 100000 to meet bills
coming due chiefly in July. This loan
will be met by the regular income OF
the state coming into the treasury in
September and October. The financial
condition of Vermont is probably bet
ter than that Of almost any other state
in the union in spite of the many large
appropriations of the past few years
Most of these appropriations were good
and highly creditable to the state
though a few, of course, were undesira
bic. In drawing conclusions it is not
safe to merely consider deficit that
may exist at any given date and any
comparison made should be, not will
last year, but with two years and fou-
years ago. In fact the safer way is t.
consider the question by comparison
of biennial terms rather than by singl,
years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
In Search of Chance.

Fortunately we are all impression
able and readily influenced by what
ever surroundings we put ourselves
into. Go to lecture on geology, as
tronomy, political economy or what
ever else you know nothing about and
in which you have not the slightest
interest. That very fact is your sal
walton. You will get out of yourself
completely, which you cannot do if
you attend exclusively those functions
il line with your own tastes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Rev. B. w. Mcmahon.
Rutland News.)

There viii be sincere regret at the
removal from Rutland of Rev. Bernard
W. Mcmahon, particularly among the
younger element affiliated with st. Pet
er S parish. Father Mcmahon has en-
deared himself to an unusual extent
during his comparatively brief period
of service with the local church. An
interchangeable worker, possessed OF
most kindly and sympathetic nature, he
has done very much to enlist the in
terest of the young people in various
departments of church activity. The
kindliest wishes of his Pensioners ac
company him to his new field Of work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
WHY so WEAK?
Kidney Troubles May be Sapping
Your Life Away. Brattleboro
People Have Learned This Fact.

When healthy man or woman be-
gins to run down without apparent
cause, becomes weak, lanquid, depres-
sed, suffers backache, headache, dizzy
spells and urinary disorders, weak kid
neys may be the cause. The slightest
symptom OF kidney trouble is too
serious to neglect. Doan s Kidney
Pills have earned their fame by their
effectiveness in strengthening the kid
neys and keeping them we'll Can Brat
tleboro readers demand further proof
of their merit than the following state
ment?
Mrs. w \. Sadd, r. F. D. No. l,
Marlboro, VT, says: - suffered for
three or four years from kidney trou-
BILE and l tried number of medicines
without getting relief. The kidney
secretions caused much annoyance.
Sometimes my feet were swollen, my
back was terribly weak and if l did
any sweeping or exerted myself in any
way, | felt all tired out. L got
Doan s Kidney Pills and three boxes
strengthened by kidneys and back and
toned up my SYSTEM
Price soc, at all dealers. Don t
simply ask Tor kidney remedy-get
Doan S Kidney Pills - the same that
Mrs. Sadd had Foster Milburn Co,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

surplus so that it does not make the
coating too thick. The fat should be
smoking hot and then tested with a
small cube of bread; if it browns in
40 seconds it is hot enough for all
uncooked mixtures, a 60-second test
of the same will be right for all
cooked mixtures. When fat bubbles
and boils, too much moisture is in the
mixture and few less should be add
ed to the fat. Five or six croquettes
or cakes are sufficient to cook at one
time. After removing from the hot
fat the food should be drained on pa
per. When fat needs clarifying, add
few slices of raw potato and cook I'M
til brown, then strain the fat through
double cheese cloth to remove all set
things.
Cheese croquettes.-To three table
spoonfuls of melted butter add third
of cupful of flour and stir until well
blended. then pour gradually one cup
full of milk. Bring to the boiling point
and add the yolks of two eggs, slight
ly beaten and diluted with two table
spoonfuls of cream and two cupfuls
VI llAilh SACCSC, Gut III 1dDCS- AoCdSOh
with three-fourths of teaspoonful of
salt and a few dashes of pepper.
Spread on a plate to cool. Shape. dip
in crumbs. eggs, and fry in deep fat.
Raisin Creme Fritters.-Scald two
| cupfuls of milk in a double boiler with
| an inch stick of cinnamon. Mix thor
| oughly one-fourth of a cupfui of corn
starch, three tablespoonfuls of flour
| and dilute with fourth of cupful of
| cold milk Beat the yolks of three
eggs slightly, add a half cupful of
sugar and a half teaspoonful of salt
Combine the dry and egg mixtures and
| pour, the milk on; cook 10 minutes;
add a tablespoonful of butter, one
third of a cupful of raisins, steamed
until plump. Turn into a pan having
the mixture three-fourths of an inch
thick. Dip in crumbs after cutting in
oblongs and fry as usual
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Expensive Trout.
Barre Times

1t was rather sharp lesson for a
Massachusetts fisherman who came into
Vermont without a fishing license and
was caught with Is short trout in his
possession, because he paid $25 for the
former offense and $50 for the latter,
to say nothing of 1915 charged against
him for the costs. If there is one thing
in Vermont that comes high, it is short
trout, especially when in possession Of
person without license to fish. Let
the incident be a warning to others
who may be inclined to fall into the
same error as did the North Adams
man.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Fate and Character Alike.

1t took the world many generations
TO recognize and to accept the simple
truth that fate and character were
the same. Even now, though it is ad-
vocated virtually by all creeds and
by all persons who think about the
matter, it is rather an idealistic the
ory than a practical reality. To
take it into the mind and the heart,
to care fer it sufficiently to put it IN
control of the feelings, to give it, In
ether words, loving recognition, is to
turn from hayward and contradictory
theories and to make a right start in
living.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

When the Chittenden County Farm
ers' association chooses its agent there
viii be 10 of these agricultural exports
at work in Vermont. If they all are
as successful as the one in Windham
county the amount of good they can
accomplish is prodigious.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Ns4Aa No. wee
Pride In Their Country.

In Germany there is national asso-
citation called the Heimatsschutz Bund
which was formed for protecting and
preserving the natural beauty of the
German fatherland, together with its
historic and artistic buildings, cities,
monuments, ETC.: also to unite the eff
forts being made by various local and
state organizations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

With a Dummerston man president
of the Vermont Holstein-Friesian club
and Putney man host of the Guern-
sey breeders of the state it would seem
as if Windham county We're well repre-
scented in the cattle raising industry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

Barre is to be congratulated on its
new $4,000 city hospital which was
dedicated with fitting exercises yester-
day. The fact that much of the money
for its construction was raised by pub
lie subscription should give Barre peo-
pie deep personal interest in the con
duet of the institution.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
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 insertio
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
| first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent Insertion without
/ change of copy.
! Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Arc Lamps.

The intense light given out by the
flaming arc lamps is caused by giving
the carbons soft core of some metal
lie salt, which is vaporized by the heat,
the vapor, passing through the electric
ere, Illuminating the space between the
carbons
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
That Held Him,

"Your airs getting thin, sir. Let
me sell YOU
That's all right. 1 put something
On it every morning"
May I ask what you put on it, sir?"
my hatr' Operation finished in
silence).-London Opinion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

At the risk of being considered over
conservative we refrain from any show
of enthusiasm over the prospect of a
new passenger station for Brattleboro.
Maybe it's actually going to be built
this time; we can tell better later.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

Harry Thaw Is now on an automobile
trip to the Pacific coast. Probably he
enjoys it more than the wild ride he
once took across northern New Hamp
shire and Vermont into Canada.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

1t may be, as the Windsor Journal says,
that in the good old days of Adam and
Eve the cost of living was no problem,
but there must have been some things
that raised Cain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
TO sIJBScRIEERs.

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 naper on the
morning following the omission, In per-
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error TO be
promptly and accurately discovered and
| the proper remedy Immediately applied.
! 1t is only by this method that the pub
/ Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Not Quite Yet.
Montpelier Argus. J

(M0ntpenef Argus.
Brattleboro inaugurates the Vermont
branch of the National Defence organ
ization and is now trying to knock the
chip off the Kaiser 5 shoulder.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Preserving Conscience.

"They tell me you have signed the
pledge?"
Yes replied Uncle Billy Bottle
top. And I'm goin' to keep on
signin' it. Whatever happens, no one
amt goin' TO be able to say my in
tentions wasn't good"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
Member of the Associates Press.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915.

There is no law against mercilessly
slaughtering the individual who asks if
You think it is going to rain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
RarIeycorns-

The inch was formerly subdivided
INTO three "barleycorns,' these divi.
ions being originally the length of O
well dried grain of barley.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
lZAg


oh late-remembercd, much-forgotten,
braggart duty, seldom paid in any 9th
er coin than punishment and wrath,
when will mankind begin to know
thee?-Dickens.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
(Rutland News.)
vermont's Cider Barrels.

On excellent authority we learn
that former Lieutenant Governor
Frank E. Howe, who is to deliver the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

Greece sent $40, 900 worth of chrome
ore to the United States in 1914.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

well-made, are most de-
licious. The important
things to remember af-
ter the croquettes are
made is to give them a
good coating of sifted
crumbs, then dip in egg
and another coating of
crumbs. shaking of any
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

The wheel that turns gathers no rust
Old Saying.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05
cRooUETTEs AND FRlTTERs.

Croquettes and fritters never go out
of style, and when well-seasoned and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-05

FOR THE REFoRMER.