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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13
PERSONAL.

Miss Katherine Booth of Putney is
spending the day in town.
Attorney General Herbert g. Bar
her is i'll with severe cold
Mrs. Hadley Of Chester is q guest Of
her daughter, Mrs. f. w. Gibson.
Miss Amy Hines spent the weekend
in Mortified, Mass, guest of Mrs.
John Phelps.
John L. Howard went to Boston to-
day to stay the rest of the week to in
vestigate the new methods of teaching
penmanship.
G.. L. Durham, O. ID. Stowell and Y
II. Winchester went to Boston ycster-
day on business for the Durham Broth
ers company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13
BELLOWS FALLS.
PASTOR GOING TO NoRTHFIELD.
Rev. G.. w. Burke Resigns Passionate OF
Methodist Church.

Methodist Church.
Rev. George W. Burke, pastor of the
Methodist church, has resigned, to take
effect the last Sunday in this month.
His resignation has been accepted and
ne will go to Mortified, where he will
succeed Rev. DR.. j. R. Gates, who will
go as a missionary to Africa.
Rev Mr.. Burke was born in Ireland
and was graduated from McGill uni
eersity, Montreal. He entered the Yer
mont conference in 1896 and preached
in North Hero. In 1897 and 1898 he
was in Isle LaMotte and from 1899 to
1903 in West Enosburg. From 1908 to
1909 he was in Fairfax and Westford,
and in 1910 succeeded Rev. w. R. Day
export in Orleans.
In the annual conference in April,
1918, he was appointed to the Bellows
Falls passionate and again succeeded
Rev. w. R. Davenport, who Went &c
Springfield, this state
Rev Mr.. Burke is Mason, is mar
ried and has two sons, Hugh and Ken
meth, both of whom are in the higl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, Dec. II, by Carl : Hop
kins, Esq, Claude Arthur Butler OF Chico
pee Falls, Mass. and Miss Bessie LenoIa
Davis of Springfield, Mass
In Brattleboro, Dec. IL, by Carl = Hop
kins, ESQ, Fred p Martin and Miss Helen
r. Porter. both of Easthampton. Mass
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13

FOR SALE or EXCHANGE-Ba
Plymouth Rock and r. /. Red cockerels.
Dressed chickens and hen fertilizer for
sale. Louis \. Whitney, 10 High ST.
239-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13

school. During his pastorate Rev. Mr..
Burke has accomplished much good
work and is especially well liked by
the labor unions, before whom he has
spoken several times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13
DEATHS.

In BrattIeboro (Memorial hospital),
Dec. y, John Henry Stebbins, Is, of
Jamaica.
In Brattleboro, Dee II, Mrs Melissa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13

English people use an average o.
eight matches each person day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13

GWinchester) Hanna Sargent, 81.
widow Of Chester :. Sargent
In Brattleboro, Dec. u, Mrs. Caroline
(Pettis) Cook. "a.
In Montclair, y J., Dee 3. Mrs. Lois
Lomira Chafer, formerly Of Mortified.
Mass, widow OF Rev. Thomas Chafer
In Wahpeton, \, D., Dec 10, John
Crawford, formerly Of Putney
In Longmeadow, Mass, Dec. u, Mrs.
Ellen E. Bruce, 60, native of Brattle-
boro, widow Of George ". Bruce.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13
TOWN SHEND.
Wares Leave for the Winter.

j H. Ware his disposed of his large
amount OF stock, except a few head of
cattle, and will go within a few days TO
New York city. where Mrs Ware and
their daughter, Miss Ella Ware, who went
Saturday for a short visit in Westminster,
Will join him. The family expect to re-
main away for the entire winter and prob
ably will go later to Florida or California
in order to try change of climate Tor the
benefit of Mr.. Wares health. Carl Wood
ard will have charge of the place and stock
during their absence.
Miss Cola Martin of the Oak Grove
school in Brattleboro came Friday for a
short visit with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Martin, returning Saturday.
Two excellent addresses were given in
the Baptist church Sunday by Rev Mr.
Mason of the kun Hattin Home MIR
Mason's pleasing delivery and thoughtful
and impressive sentences held the close at
tention of the congregations
Twelve members were present at the
regular meeting of Orchard NNoman's Re
lief corps in the Congregational vestry Sat
urday The following officers were chosen
for the coming year Pres, Lizzie Grey
S v p, Mrs Edith Cutler; j. " p, Mrs
John Grout treas, Mrs Carpenter; chap
lain, Mrs Nellie Miles; c. Mrs Margaret
Nichols; G., Mrs Eva Marsh. The other
offices are filled by appointment. An in
stallation will be held in Newfanc Satur-
| day, Jan s.
| One drop of petrol will kill wasp in.
stantly, but if applied to a bee or fly, il
| will be quite Ineffective.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
The Naval Centenary

In 1914 and almost exactly a CEN
tury ago there was launched in New
York city the first steam-propelled
warship ever built, and the event
marked the beginning of the steam
navy of the United States and of the
use of steam in the warfare of the
world at sea. In 1907 Robert Fulton
had sent, the Clermont on her epochaI
oyage up the Hudson, and in the next
seven years there were four passenger
steamboats, plying regularly between
New York and Albany. When the
war of 1912 came the need of steam
ships for fighting purposes was real
lied, and congress authorized the
building of one or more floating bat
teries" in March, 1914. The first
built was designed and constructed
by Fulton, and, although his name
for her was the Demologos, 1.-The
Voice of the People" the citizens
themselves would not have the name,
and she was christened Fulton the
First" Before her first trial trip the
inventor had died and the war was
over, On her final trial, with twenty
six guns on board, she averaged a
speed of five and half miles an
hour, which was better than Fulton
had pledged to congress. Her en-
gines were never used again, and the
vessel ended her rather prosaic career
in disaster as her powder magazine
exploded when at the moorings in the
Brooklyn navy yard in 1929 and
twenty-four men were killed. The
Fulton was built with two bulls and
the paddle wheels between them, and
her gun platform provided for thirty
guns of thirty-two pounds each, firing
projectiles of 100 pounds weight.
She was a rude vessel compared with
the superdreadnoughts of today, but
her description when printed in Eng
land created both amazement and ex-
element, and she was the actual pio-
neer of the application of steam to
war upon the ocean.-Boston Herald.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
Eureka Items

John Gruinbecker and Mr.. Lubbers
butchered hogs Monday.
Miss Celia Gruenbecker was in Lib
eral Tuesday.
Mesdames King, G. II. Morehouse,
and Ireland were at Charley New
mans Wednesday.
Mr.. Fleming visited at the Gruin-
becker home Sunday.
Our school teacher, Miss Bertha
Lowder gave program and togather
with the Sunday School had a tree.
A large crowd attended.
Mrs. Walter Elliott ir very sick this
week.
Violet and Marguerite Morehouse
spent Wednesday with their aunt,
Lovica MorehOuse.
Lou Lawder came home from Lib.
eral to spend the vacation with home
folks.
Grandma Booth died suddenly
while at Towner's. The funeral SER
vices we're conducted by Rev. Craft,
and the body was laid to rest in the
Tyrone cemetery. The sympathy of
the neighbols and friends goes out to
the children who have laid their
mother to rest.
G.. II. Morehouse and wife were in
Liberal Thursday.
Mrs. G. A. Kali reports a inch
snow in Nebraska.
There was good attendance at
Sunday School Sunday.
G. E. Morehouse hauled wheat to
Tyrone Saturday.
Rev. Dungeon preached at Eureka
Sunday morning,
Tie surprise on our mail carrier,
Guy Hickman, on December "a,
amounted to, 10 pounds Of butter, !
chicken and turkey
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
About Buying Tax Titles

Tax title buyers are making money
in many sections of Kansas. The re-
ports show that the new law makes
it easy for them to ply their business.
The plan has been worked strong in
Cherokee county, and in Crawford
county the treasurer was unable to
block their transactions. People who
do not keep up the taxes nowadays
are likely to find that the title of
it has passed to someone else with
out notice or warning.
Several Cherokee county people
have had this not specially pleasant
experience in recent months. The
first intimation they would have that
they had lost the ownership of their
property would be when stranger
would show up with a tax title and
offer to sell it back for several times
the amount paid in taxes to obtain
the title.
The same group of men have been
doing the same stunt in Crawford
county, but there County Treasurer
Judd tried to block the transaction,
only to find that the title buyers were
well within their rights and that
nothing could be done to stop them.
County Treasurer j. O. Judd OF
Crawford county was in rebellion
three days against the new require
ments of this law regarding the re-
demption of property on which taxes
have not been paid for three years.
He refused, as long as he could, to
give deeds for property to a firm
acquiring it by paying the taxes
Heretofore the owner only could
come to the county seat and redeem
his property at any time before it
was put up at formal sale. Now
anyone may redeem it, without CIV
ing the owner notice. Men from OF
tawa offered Treasurer Judd money
in payment of taxes on thirteen
pieces of property. He refused to
accept it and give tax deeds, feeling
it was unfair to the owners until he
found there was nothing else to do
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
lmong eight Christian nations

among eight Christian nations of
Europe.
2. Such a war must naturally
check any spectacular celebration at
this time of the 100 years of peace.
3. The progress of Christianity
itself is threatened unless the church
makes clear that Christianity has not
tailed. In reality, it has never been
lived in all these 10 centuries: true
Christianity between nations has not
yet been tried.
"A. Militarism, with all its I'M
Christian policies of force and fear,
has utterly failed to maintain peace;
while, without forts, soldiers or bat
tleships along our $500 miles of
northern boundary, treaty has kept
peace between the United States and
Canada for 100 years.
Suggested action:
20. Let the church declare that the
celebration of Christmas, and the 100
years of peace kept in accordance
with Christian principles, be observed
together.
sc. AS a part of that celebration,
the committee asks that in your
Christmas Sunday service a large
place be given to show the duty of
all members of the church to work
for peace through justice, founded
on Christian principles, among ma
tons as well as individuals, using
the concrete example of our great
boundary line as lesson for peace
"A lnnu oil hn,,nInr ri 10 Ill
tons.
Y. Confessing anew your allegi-
ance to the Prince of Peace and his
methods of life, let your church ap-
point peace committee by action of
its governing body; (a) to work
through the organizations of the
churches for permanent peace; OBJ
to assist in planning a great church
peace celebration for the appointed
Sunday, February IA, 1914, which
commentaries the ratification by the
Senate of the treaty of Client.
"S. Let your peace committee and
the reason of its appointment be an
nounced at your Christmas service
"Will you not send the name of
your church. its minister and chair
man of its peace committee, before
January Ia, 1915, to Rev Ernest
Lynn Waldorf, chairman, 443 Porter
avenue, Buffalo, New York;"
Nothing could be more appropriate
than such a combined expression on
christmas eve of Christianity's fun
damental law of peace on earth. The
Canadian border is the greatest eX-
ample in the world of the peaceful
fruits of permanent policy of non
preparation for war. Europe's rag
ing conflagration at this time is an
equally impressive example of the
complete breakdown of militarism on
its own ground, that it is the only
method of maintaining peace. To
peka Capital.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01

about. it.
The Ottawa firm, Mr.. Judd said
Tuesday, after acquiring property in
Cherokee for SIS of back, taxes, noti-
fled the owners that they could have
quit claim deed to 1t for $3.50
or expect to pay rent for the three
years that they did not pay taxes.
Mr.. Kellar expressed a doubt, though,
whether a suit to collect rent for that
time would hold in law. The men
who bought the property in this man
ner are going about to various county
seats picking up property at bargain
prices.
Under the old law, at the end of
the three years, the property had to
be disposed of, but the owner, and
no one else, could redeem it before
the day of the sale. The amendment
of last year permits anyone to re-
deem 1t: i. e., one can become the
owner by payment of the back taxes
without waiting till the date of sale.
So the property is apt, as in the
cases last week, to slip away from
the owner before he is aware of it.
The owners at Cherokee were much
wrought up over the loss of theIY
property. The purpose of the law, it
is said, is to get the county's money
out of the property with less diff
Guilty for the county.-Topeka Cap
ital.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01

Has the tower of Babel been dis
covered? Able Henri de Genouillac,
who has just returned to England
from the excavations at Babylon, be-
lieves he found the original of the
biblical tower. The able was sent
on a mission of research. This took
him to Ell Ahymer, about 80 miles
south of Bagdad, and short distance
from the Euphrates he discovered the
remains of a primeval city. The able
believes this is the ancient city of
Kiss, one of the earliest capitals of
Babylonia. 1t is thought to be far
older than Babylon itself A large
palace was uncovered. In the great
courtyard were found the ruins of a
high tower. This tower was named
the Temple of the Foundation to
Heaven and Earth" 1t was sacred to
the national god, BANANA 1t is the
tower that the able believes is the
original tower of Babel. Other ruins
and stdtuary found near the tower
show the tower must have been built
before the reign of Ham Murabi.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
Democracy and Dress

We live in a country that is dedi-
Gated to the proposition that all men
and all women are created equal.
That is a priceless privilege, but it
has its disadvantages. Among them
is the fact that even when we are
not really equal to someone else, we
try to appear so, and the further
from equality we are, the harder we
struggle. In nothing Is the struggle
more manifest than in the matter of
dress. With men that is not of much
Importance, but with women 1t is
more serious.
In other times and other countries
every one had a station in life, and
dressed to fit 1t. The courtier's wife
had her garb, the merchants hers,
the country matron hers; and the
peasant girl was known as such by
her costume, often more piquant and
charming than the great ladys, but
quite unlike it.
Here in America the wife of the
millionaire and the wife of the clerk,
the shop-girl and the maid servant,
all wear the same type of hat, skirt,
cloak and shoes-and the maid
would very much like to be taken for
the woman Of millions. 1t is an ex-
pensive custom, and it daily aug
ments the cost of living for the dis
tracted husband and father.
IL is also an inappropriate custom.
Women who ride everywhere in mo-
tor cars can wear very different garb
from women who must walk the
muddy streets. Women who have
maids to care for their garments
and to adjust them can wear very
different gowns from women who
must look after their own wardrobe,
and have to dress themselves in a
hurry.
Moreover, the custom sometimes
leads to ridiculous incongruity be-
tween woman's appearance at home
and abroad. A woman who looks
like a slattern in her kitchen may
look like princess in the street;
and one who spends money lavishly
for gowns to wear in her neighbours
parlor is likely to think that Is a
reason why she cannot afford to look
neat and tidy at the family breakfast
table.
There is no other remedy for this
than the wisdom that time brings.
Meanwhile let us all, men and wo-
men and boys and girls, remember
that speech and manners, which cost
nothing, go infinitely further than
costliness of dress toward proving
our equality with the best-especially
when dress only serves to emphasize
the inequality of speech and man
ners.-Youth's Companion.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01

dined one evening with a friend.
When the guests were seated, the
host bowed his head and began
speaking in subdued tone. Whats
that?" demanded Milne, who sat next
to him. The host smiled and began
in louder voice. Speak a little
louder don't catch what you say"
Milne persisted. A low ripple Of
laughter went round the table. The
host, his face crimson with embar-
rassment, raised his voice still high
er. Milne did his best to hear, but
failed. What did you say?" he de-
manded irascibly. Hang it, man"
shouted the host angrily, Tim saying
CONGRATULATIONS Inquirer.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
Christian Churches and the
Cause of Peace

A fine suggestion comes from the
Peace and Arbitration Society of Buff
falo and the AZ Christian churches of
that city affiliated with this society
for the celebration on Christmas eve
of the Tooth anniversary--it happens
to come on that day-of the treaty
of Client between the United States
and Great Britain, by which the Dor
derline, $500 miles long, between
this country and Canada, has been
free from any sign of arms for nearly
century.
In a circular sent by the Buffalo
society and churches to other
churches in the United States, the
following suggestions are made for
such celebration in the interest of
a permanent peace movement:
ITO the churches and their min
listers: Suggestive outline of how to
weave in the peace idea with the
Christmas spirit: -
Il. The most dramatic paradox of
history; (a) Preparations we're being
made to celebrate the 100 years of
peace between the United States and
Great Britain on Christmas eve, the
Tooth anniversary of signing the
treaty of peace in the city of Client.
OBJ We are suddenly faced by the
most wicked and disastrous of wars
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
Kismet Items

Christmas is past anu another year
almtst in sight.
Gus Bayha returned home a few
days ago from visiting friends in
Eastern Kansas and attending the
Equity convention at Kansas City.
There will be pie and box supper
at the Kisne school house Friday
night, January Sth. The proceeds go
totheBelgian sufferers. Come, every
body come and helpthis worthy effort.
Mrs. Tom Freshour and children of
Mullinville, visited from Thursday
until Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
George Rose and family.
Mrs. VIM. Couch is very sick at
this writing
Mrs. John Kirk ard children are
visiting relatives in Wichita.
D. r. Snyder, wife and daughter,
Mary ate Christmas dinner with Ed
gar Thompson and wife
Those who enjoyed the sumptuous
Christmas dinner at }. II. Lights
we're, William Wilson and family, w.
Barnes and wife, barry Lepper and G..
family and Alba Light and family.
The children enjoyed Christmas
tree and received many presents.
Carl Hoffman and family spent
Christmas at Bucklin.
Rolin Fellers and family are spend
ing the holidays at Mullinville.
John Kirk made business trip to
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
Episcopal Service

There will be Episcopal service at
the Woman's Club House, at 8 p. m.
Tuesday, January 5, 1915. Sermon by
the Rev. Richard Cox of Kingmsn.
Holy Communion at the same place
Wednesday morning.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01
Liberal Monday.

liberal Monday.
Mrs. George Rose and family and
Mrs. Tom Freshour of Mullinville ate
Christmas dinner with their brother
Tom Kirk and family.
Mrs. Geo. Rutherford spent Christ
mas day with her daughter, Mrs.
Leslie Clawson and family.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01

An Embarrassing Moment
Mr. Milne, who was somewhat deaf,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11
sbatiaden fir 2eioemSe.

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o6er Mnbaufung. Sci es Mearalgia,
&bemmotismus, 2ombago, NeuritiS,
3ahntpeb, @errenfung, 4ueti@ung.
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Yreis 25t. un6 500. $1.00 Glai@e
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@r0Be. - Mn3.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

te, sic man dber 1T Der berrllden
gouort un6 in Der itattliben Al1s-
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Maoels, glei6 6en Miittern, fpaterbin
einen or6entliden 5musbalt gu fub=
rem, imitanbe iein merben.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11
ie Gmmarb=2imie bambelt ieben-

Sic Gmnarb=2inte banoelt jeben=
fails inn ginberitan6niB, bieQeibt
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