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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

The Washington Post insists that
some means should be found of ascer-
tanning the amount of revenue received
by the post office department from par
eel post business, so that it can be de-
termined whether the government is
making or losing money ON that branch
of its postal traffic It should be re-
membered that the original parcel post
law as enacted required the use of dis
tinctive parcel post stamps for the very
purpose of affording information as to
the amount of parcel post revenue, but
a Democratic postmaster general, hay
ing had no practical experience in the
postal service or any other large bust
ness enterprise, could see no need of
business-like accounting and discon-
tinued that feature without waiting
long enough to get information so much
needed regarding parcel post income
The government therefore, without any
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
F 90 TB 4 L L

on penmanship. This programme is varied
by mistaking the ribs of the opposing team
for the ball and staving them in with great
freedom. 1t Is also necessary, under the
rules, to sit down heavily on the face of
some player who iss trying to make run
around the end and cause him to lose inter
est in the score. While some people may
consider that this borders on roughness, a
split ear won in a crucial football game Is
viewed by the possessor as a greater honor
! than the Iron Cross.
| Football is generally undertaken in the
| fall of the year, when it can be enjoyed to
/ good advantage in Il inches of clay mud,
making it easier to suffocate a few of the
visiting team. 1t is seldom played by any
body but those who can show a pair OF
biceps patterned after the hollow-tile silo
1t requires great courage, endurance and
wind pressure, and few doses viii pre-
vent any boy from becoming a mollycoddle
Some people object to football, because
they say it reminds them of a free clinic
but it has one advantage. 1t brings that
good American red blood to the surface
where one can see the spirit of '16 sticking
out through the leg guards.
ms Newspaper Service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

Football is a substitute for education
which has become more popular than the
Latin pony and makes it easier to secure
the degree of ALB. After a conscientious,
wide-hipped quarterback has won the de-
Gliding game for his college at the expense
of a splintered kneecap, he is allowed to
graduate without being asked long, mtri-
cate questions in Latin, Greek and plane
geometry.
Football was brought to this country
great many years ago from England, where
it was played without ear-laps or a chest
protector 1t was discovered by the man
who invented the London prize-ring rules,
but has been considerably improved upon
since On being brought over here 1t was
given a new constitution and bylaws, and
the dues were increased to 50 for a ring
side seat 1t was also robbed of much OF
its terror by having the players encased in
armor that would make a full-length por-
| trait of the Black Prince look like the win
ner in a Greek wrestling match.
/ Football is played with a small, lemon
shaped ball filled with air, which is kicked
with high degree of enthusiasm by stout
young men who are long on beef and short
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Settling Ones Own Affairs.
Barre Times.)


'The Massachusetts campaign can
not be wholly fought on state issues,
comments the Greenfield Gazette and
Courier, and the contemporary adds the
reason by asserting that "the whole
country is looking to us for some
indication of party drift. - Which is
a pity 1t is pity in any state that
it has to sacrifice the important local
issues just to point the drift of nation
al political sentiment. Massachusetts
is to elect men to administer its own
affairs and it is to pass Judgment on
issues which very closely affect its own
welfare. That its attention should be
diverted from the candidates for those
offices, and from the important princi-
pies involved in the election is extreme
" unfortunate. Massachusetts, as well
as every other state, should be permit
ted to conduct its election with the
least possible influence from sources
which are only remotely associated
with it. For that reason, it is to bs
regretted that in purely state elections
spellbinders from various parts of the
nation are imported to tell the voters
they should vote so and so through
! loyalty to a national party. The PEG
| pie of a state should be permitted t,
settle their own affairs without inter
! ference and without hindrance. Whel
| enough to listen to outside spellbinder
1 if there are not local men capable o
presenting tho issues.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

1t is hard to reconcile many of the
1915 annual railroad reports, which
have recently made their appearance,
with the earning statements of the
same railroads for the last few months.
The annual reports have had no stimu-
lating effects on the market for rail
road stocks. New York Central, New
Haven, Pennsylvania, Southern Pacific,
and others all showed enormous de
ereases in earnings for the fiscal year
ended June so, but have made enviable
records since July 1. It is probable
that some of the railroads would glad
ly overlook their duty this year and
not publish annual reports. Some of
the roads, it is noticeable, are Offering
a minimum Of excuses for the poor
showings and are incorporating optimis
tic statements for next years reports
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
TRY THIS IF HAIR
STARTS FALLING
Some Good Advice For Those
Threatened With Badness

At this season of the year many peo-
pie find their hair coming out at an
alarming rate and often fear badness.
This may very easily be the ultimate
result if proper scalp treatment is not
taken at once. All excessive loss of
hair can be almost Immediately stop
ped by the use twice daily of little
Partisan Sage which invigorates and
nourishes the slowly dying hair roots in
to renewal of healthy normal action,
New hair quickly grows on the thin
spots, old hair stops falling and the diff
ference is apparent in few days by
the very look of the hair itself taking
on new life, lustre and beauty Pa
risian Sage can be obtained from Will
fred T. Root or any good druggist
1t is not expensive
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
(Springfield Republican.

springfield Republican,
The Brattieboro Reforlner reminds
Massachusetts people in general, and
those of this end Of the commonwealth
in particular, OF one of their causes for
Thanksgiving this year-and the tribute
which ii pays will be warmly indorsed
Says the Vermont paper
believers in modern farming
throu2hout the Connecticut valley will
be glad to know that President KENYON
L. Butterfield has decided not to leave
the Massachusetts agricultural college
for q position at the head OF Michigan 5
school Of agriculture. The good that
President Buttertield has accomplished
at Amherst is not bounded by the con-
| fines OF Massachusetts. All New Eng
| land Is the beneficiary.
Those who are most familiar with the
history of our state agricultural college
will best appreciate how it has risen
under President Butterfeld to reeoa.
| nize its opportunity and to discharge
its duty along modern lines We have
a very live institution at Amherst
which is cooperating in Il practical way
with all who desire to forward the
farming interests of this part of New
| England.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

In spite of the war, expectations
from London to the United States 90
merrily on. During the nine months
ending September, 1915, goods to the
value of $1O4,O00,0O0 left London for
this country, compared with $9S,000,-
900 for the corresponding period, 1914,
These are export values. To these val
ues may be added the Incidental and
overhead charges, and the duties paid
in this country, the whole being the
amount of displacement of American
goods of a similar kind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Mayor Cured;
Skin Cleared
By d. D. D.

Mayor Chapman of Ellis. Kansas.
courteously says ne will answer any
letters written him relative 10 his truly
marvellous care of skin trouble with
the d. d. d. Prescription.
Mayor Chapman writes: II think
how l suffered last winter, how / could
do no work. I was covered with ter
rible blotches. sometimes weeping wa
ter, sometimes worse, blotches some
times o inches in diameter. FEARFUL
ITCHING. 1t was only accidentally
that l learned Of the famous specific
u. u. D. | write this in all gratitude
for what d. d. d. has done for me-
Results from the use of D. D. D.
are immediate. The first, soft, cool
touch and the itch is gone!
Pimples, rashes, dandruff, disappear
over night Hard crusts and scales,
raw -scorching sores. salt rheum, letter,
no form of skin disease resists.
All druggists have this famous
specific on hand.
IF you viii come to us we will sell
you the first bottle on the guarantee
that it will reach your case or your
money refunded. You alone to judge
Ask also about d. D. D. Skin Soap, best
for tender skin.
BROOKS HOUSE PHARMACY
c. E. GRAHAM, 12O Main Street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Vermonters Killed by Mexicans.
est. Adams Messenger

VI
The death of two Vermont boys,
that of Rufus E. Percy, of Highgate,
killed in action at Vera Cruz when the
American blue jackets were occupying
the city some months ago, and of
Martin F. Joyce, of Westminster, the
soldier who was recently killed by
raiding Mexicans on the American
border, present conclusive proof of the
contention that peace between this
country and Mexico has not been dis
turbed during the present administra
ton. In order to avoid argument il
will be admitted that both Percy anG
Joyce are just exactly as dead as il
they had been killed in a frankly adj
mitted state OF war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

whole black pepper, cupful Of salt,
one small onion chopped, and a tea
spoonful of ground cloves. Simmer
all together until the mixture is like
marmalade, then bottle and seal while
hot.
Cucumber Oil Pickles. - These are
especially well liked by lovers of olive
oil. Slice very thin a hundred me-
dunn size cucumbers without peeling,
add two large onions also sliced;
cover with a cupful of salt and let
stand twelve hours. Drain and pour
over a pint of olive oil, a fourth Of a
pound of white mustard seed, the
same of black mustard, two table
spoonfuls of celery seed and vinegar
enough to cover the cucumbers. Put
| in cans and seal.
Watermelon Marnaalade.-Cut the
| seeded fruit into pieces and to every
| pound allow a pound of sugar and the
| grated rind and juice of half a lem
| on. Boil and then simmer slowly, stir
/ ring to keep from scorching. This
marmalade should be put up in
| glasses. Dainty desserts may be made
| by serving a glass of the marmalade;
| surrounded with whipped cream.
Green Tomato Mincemeat. = ChoT
together twelve green tomatoes and
| twelve sour apples, add three cupfuls
of suet, one cupful of strip, one cupfu
of vinegar and one pound of raisins
| three tablespconfuls of flour, one ia
blespoonful each Of cinnamon, nut
meg, salt and a tcaspoonful of cloves
Cook twenty minutes and seal.
SPiced Plums.-To seven pounds o
blue plums allow a pint of vinegar
four pounds of brown sugar, two table
spoonfuls of cinnamon bark in pieces
a tablespoonful of cloves, and thu
same quantity of pieces of nutmeg. al
tied in bag. Cook the spice, suga
and vinegar together, then add plum
and cook until tender.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

There will be no scarcity of candi-
dates for the lieutenant governorship
next year, Judging from a letter which
Martin S. Villas has written to the
Burlington Free Press. He mentions
four men of the Queen City alone who
are considered fit to make the run. OF
course the list would not be complete
without Max L. Powell, and in addi-
ton pleasant words are spoken for c.
W. Brownell, Robert Roberts and Sen
ator Shaw. Burlington evidently needs
get-together campaign.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
Member of the Associated Press.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1915.

Leaving loaded guns where children
can reach them is one of the follies OF
the hunting season that has cost two
lives recently, a boy of seven in Col
rain, Mass, killing his mother, and a
lad of the same tender years in East
Barre discharging the weapon which
killed his little sister. 1t is criminal
to leave the opportunity
open for the occurrence of such TRACE
dies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

The name of Edith Caven will be
spoken with love as long as Englishmen
remember the great war. Already Mrs.
Humphrey Ward suggests that Queen
Mary head a national committee to
place a memorial tablet in Westminster
Abbey or st. Paul S Cathedral. Sir
George Frampton offers to make, as a
work of love, statue of Miss Cavell
and the Daily Mail proposes that hei
memory be. perpetuated in memoria
institution for trained nurses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
A WOMAN DOCTOR

says Eugenics is a necessary factor
in the future of the race. The average
American girl is unfit for motherhood. .
This may be true, but if weak and all
ing girls passing from girlhood to
womanhood would only rely, as
thousands do, upon Lydia E. Pinkham Is
Vegetable Compound-that simple rem
edy made from roots and herbs-to re
store the system to a normal healthy
condition, it would cause many ills
from which they suffer to disappear
so that motherhood might become the
Joy of their lives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

OLD OCTOBER

Old October s purt nigh gone
And the frosts is CCmin on
Little heavier every day
Like our hearts Is thataway!
Leaves is changin overhead
Back from green, to grey and rcd,
Brown and yclIer, with their stems
Loosenin on the oaks and ms;
And the balance OF the trees
Gittin bladder every breeze
Like the heads we re scratchin On.
Old October s purt nigh gone.
I love old October so,
/ can I bear to see her go
Seems to me like losin some
Old-home relative, er chum-
Pears like sorto' scttin by
Some old friend sigh by sigh
Was a-passing out o sight
Into everlasting night!
Hickernuts a Teller hears
Rattlin down is more like tears
Drappin' on the leaves below
l love Old October so!
Can t tell what it IS about
Ola October knocks me QUIT
! sleep well enough at night
And the biamedst appetite
Ever mortal man possessed
Last thing ct, it tastes the best
Warnuts, buttcrnuts, pawpaws,
lies and Gmbers up my jaws
| Fer raal service. sich as new
Pork, sparerihs, and sausages, too
| Yit, fer all, they's somepin bout
/ Old October knocks me cut!
james Whitcomb Rile
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; Is
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 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, 1915-10-26
$290,922.
A Terrible Thought.

81 see when a man runs for office
he has to put himself in the hands
of his friends
Yes, my dear
eff a woman ran would she have
to put herself in the hands of her wo-
men friends?'
81 suppose 500
Well, I don t imagine many women
will run. Think of taking such
ehances!' '-LouisvilI Courier-Journal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it soicits
the corporation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given OF
each failure to receive the paper 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, 1915-10-26

accurate knowledge of whether its bus
mess is paying or not, is competing
with express companies which find it
necessary to conduct business on bust
ness principles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

of fruit and vegetables
if we are well supplied
for our winters needs.
Green Tomato Catchup.
Boil unpeeled green to-
matoes until soft, then
put them through a col
ander. To six quarts OF
tomatoes add a pound of
sugar, one pint of vine
gar, one tablespoonful OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

The latest estimate of automobiles in
Ithe United States places the number at
], 735, 900.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

Lead prices averaged ) cents per
pound i'll 1850, cents in 1864, 3 cents
in 1896, 81 cents in 1906, SO cents
1914. The price is now about So cents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

The newest third rail patent is alive
only at the point of contact with the
shoe. Accidents are thereby pre-
vented.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
DISTRIBUTION OF
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS
Total of $3.50, 922 Apportioned Among
Various Towns = Brattlebor
Share Is S1,O1S.

MONTPELIER, Oct. 26.-Mason S.
Stone, commissioner of education. filed
yesterday with State Treasurer W. f.
Scott papers containing the apportion-
ment Of school money which Will be
made to the towns for 1915. The
amount to be distributed is 1920, 1922 IL.
and the treasurer S Office is now pre-
pairing to send out the checks.
Washington county received tae
largest sum and the city of Barre the
largest amount to 90 to any town or
city. St. Johnsbury which has held
first place in the past falls into the
discard and receives a paltry 1918.
The city of Barre will get $19,32923.
The city of Burlington receives ST.
O99.96 st. Adams $4,SS9.79, Randolph
81 ,696.l2, Rutland $3,7S943, Montpel-
Ter 81, 159.39 and Brattleboro 81 .O1S. %.
The apportionment is the last to be
made under the old school act. The
money is received from these sources;
per cent state tax. .$194, 525.37
Income permanent school
fund 50,5lS.S7
Annual appropriation ...... 100000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1926, OIL "a
Less sum in accordance with
No. 1928 and 328 act of
1915 Observation-Disclosures. 4,122. Is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26

Last June Canada had 29,304 miles of
steam railroads and ,357 miles Of cleo
trio railways.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
THINGS FOR FRUIT CLOSET.

Pickles, eatchups, pI eseryes and jel-
lies must be made during the season
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
4EHEEEKII XII
T66A lI}I[NNEIS I

He fails who climbs to power and place
Up the pathway of disgrace.
He fails not who makes truth his
cause
Nor bends to win the crowds APP
plause.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-10

CITY IS ,CHUCKLING.

Minneapolis, MIMI, March 10
People here are chuckling about the
little differences between Billy Sun
day and Walter G. Edgar, editor of
the highbrow Minneapolis publica-
ton The Bellman. The story is told
that while Edgar was in Sundays
Philadelphia audience Billy said,
there is a man among us tonight,
one of Gods chosen who has been
elected to relieve the famine in
Bleeding Belgium. His name is
Edgar, Minneapolis is his home. I
want to shake that man by the hand"
The peculiar part of, the thing was
that just week before Edgar pub
lished the following: "a very cur
ious study in modern civilization as
found in America is Mr.. B. Sunday,
late baseball player, and revivalist
of a sort. A vulgar bustling, roaring
inconclastic, ranting, canting,- re-
ligious Quack whose antics outrage
religious decency and who makes a
fine living at his trade"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-10
WINTER CARE OF ASPARAGUS

Tops Should Be Removed and Stable
Manure Applied to the Ground.
The first step III the winter care of
asparagus. says Professor Montgomery
of the Ohio College of Agriculture. is
the removal and burning of the tops at
the close of the season. This serves a
twofold purpose. First, it destroys
many of the spores which are RESPONSE
bic for the prevalence of asparagus
rust, and, second. it eliminates to a
large degree the alternating places for
the asparagus beetle during the winter
season. He says that at the university
gardens the cutting of the tops is de-
layed until after heavy frost. A sharp
hoe or scythe is used to cut the tops,
which are gathered into large heaps
and when reasonably dry are burned.
The tops are extremely difficult to work
into the soil in the fall Of the year. and
the necessary organic matter may be
more easily added as barnyard manure.
The next step is. to apply stable
manure to the ground during the win
ter after the ground has frozen to some
extent. Apply the manure at the rate
of from twenty to thirty tons per acre.
and spread evenly, over the surface.
The manure should remain ON the
ground until spring, when the coarser
portion may be removed to allow a
thorough disking of the ground before
the edible stalks approach the surface.
Such treatment largely increases the
organic matter in the soil. adds some
fertility. protects the plants from ex.
cessive freezing and, provided the
mulch is removed in early spring. nd
vances the growing season. If the
mulch is not removed early III the
spring it only serves to retain frost in
the ground and so delays growth.