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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-16
A Use for Everything.

A friend Of Mr.. Lincoln's directed
to his attention that a certain mem
Der Of his cabinet was seeking to be
nominated for President. although
Lincoln himself was a candidate for
denomination. The President SEEM
ed to be rather amused at The an
nOuncement and told this story:
MY brother and I were once plow-
ing corn on a Kentucky farm. I driv-
ing the horse and he holding the
plOw. The horse vas lazy, but on one
occasion rushed across the field SC
that |, with my long legs, could hard
ly keep pace with him. On reaching
the end Of the furroW I found al
enormous chin-fy fastened upon him
and I knocked it off. My brother
asked me what I did that for. I tol6
him that | didn't want the old horse
bitten in hat way.
Why said my brother, that's al
that made him CO.
eff Mr.. - has a presidential chin
fly biting him I'm not going to knocl
it off, if it will only make his depart
ment co.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Our Girls basket bail team won o
rlliiant victory last Saturday after
|pon 'n O match game with the RIOS
n High School team Our boys play
h the Roscoe boys also and while
De scores were against them In the
|0tcome their playing aud conduct
De such as to bring homer to the
Ihool, 4 number Of our people wit
|essed both games.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12
CAMP SPRINGS

Miss Elm Davidson, who it at
tending school at Fluyanna visited
homefolks last Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Hun preached here Saturday
night and SUNDAY
People have begun 20 turn the soil
tor another crop,
Rev Elliott has been called 90
serve The Baptist church here.
Vivian Davidson has been quite
alct but is reported better
Mu. G.. A. stephens visited SIR.
G-cc1v1y'f.
The Gin man announced that no
would only rum three days out oi
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12


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"'N'.
' POO lhe FARMERS N'r p'1"ns
I.. .N'nu ls 100 nnt 'lap.
3d. ' Fenion b Nili' S'Fl is 'e'A
N'N
John lolts little F'H BE- on Che
1901. ... '"'' "'eN.
We nad singing al hr. Op''nS on
sunday night
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Sunday
Mrs williams vaa called fo arH
county Friday ON account of sickness
of her n.aer She returned Monday
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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Jrs Jim Refer Is Visiting her
ioihor IN Lipscomh. THIS wcok.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

D. r. Biggs family visited Mr. Fen
toms sunday who has very sick
child.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

The Priscilla Club met with Mrs.
Bradley, on last Thursday afternoon.
Durlns the business session the ladies'
decided TO meet twice month, also
10 entertain their husbands with a
supper at an early date. A lovely two
course luncheon was served just be-
fore the departure. Club Reporter
REPORTER
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Mics Ethel Kay OF IRA was vlsit'ni
relatives In Dunn Saturday aud sun
day.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Earl Richardson va, visiting his
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

/. Mf Ditto killed O. wolf yesterday
aud is keeping its petit a very pretty
TEN color
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Miss Howard OF Wastella, was here
Wednesday IN the interest OF a class
IN expression
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

... '. O.. wright entertained t1e
school ...a iast Friday night
Win musical.
U p Hhn-iay and ron Jimmy
5000 Loo Colorado Saturday
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Miss Blanche wemien vas in shy
Ter Monday
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

MI Hart is building az addition
% enc room to hia house.
unpQuTEp
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Bliss Alma Thompson, OF snyder
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Nr Elv's Jones haa been 20 Iea
fh's ue.t
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

$40 u hay.n- lor of Ish west
Winds
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-02-12

Rev. Hun preached here Saturday
night and SUNDAY
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20
SETTING THE C0UNTRY'S TIME
But, After All, What's the Ussf-lt
Doesn't Really Exist In scheme
Of Mature.

Twenty-Five years ago western rail-
road centers often had % many a.
seven standards Of time. besides the
local mean solar time. Now. every
day. Just before noon, the tick of the
clock at the United States naval oh.
servatory at Washington comes over
every Western Union wire throughout
the land-click! click-till at ten sec
onds before meridian there falls .
hush which Is broken by the tick that
marks noon-not noon for all the land
at once, but noon in . strip fifteen dc.
grees wide. In the next strip west.
central time. 1t is eleven o'clock. and
30 on till at San Francisco. Pacific
time, II 10 nine o'clock. while In New
York the clock hands close together
at the xenith Of the dial.
II We could fash around the watery
globe to that imaginary line whore
the day takes up its course We should
reach the place In the Pacific where
Sundays midnight leaves OF and Tues
days morn begins. A paradox? Yer.
lily, and more than paradox. Nature
here traps us in the lie We told her
that We might win her treasures from
her. She knows 1t is lie. and proves
It to Us that there Is no such thing a.
time. It's but word; 1t has no real
entity, no existence save In the
thought Of man.-Munsey's
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20

on the I'D there was poiSsd-s dov,
with outstretched wings.
You asked me to bring your letters
with me-" he said. quietly placing the
vase in her hand. "They are in that
little vase"
Il do not understand" faltered
Helena, all her anger and jealousy
suddely dissolved in . great terror
Of losing him forever. She lifted the
lid Of the vase and saw within q pile
Of grayish-black ashes. Il do not un-
derstand." she repeated.
Jack Henshaw turned his eyes away
from the delicate beauty Of her face.
Your letters to me since we have
been engaged-in fact every word you
have written to me-were too prec-
ious to leave carelessly around, but
wanted to keep them In some form
and DO I burned them. The ashes Of
your letters to me are In that little
vase. They are as dead as the ashes
Of your love seem to be-"
| Before Helena could utter q word
Nora returned with the package,
somewhat breathless. but her honest
face wearing triumphant express
sion. In her hand she held a square
package wrapped in pink tissue paper.
| Give the package to Mr.. Henshaw,"
said Helena. And as Jack took 1t he
weighed 1t in his hand with a smile.
Rather light reading" he COM
mented wryly. Il suppose you have
nhfaNtfnn 20 INV
the fire now"
Helena nodded assent and he tore
OF the pink paper. disclosing a white
pasteboard box. In a trice the lid
was of and there, ripping over his
fingers was an alluring mass Of au.
burn puffs and curls that exactly
matched Helena's lovely hair.
i For an instant they both started
horrified at the frivolous curls that
had adorned Helena's head the winter
before.
Nora has brought the wrong pack.
age-I forgot this one was wrapped
in pink paper ALSO" faltered Helena
and then her violet eyes met Jacks
doubling brown Snes and saw q
CLEAN Of mirth in them.
ITS the funniest thing that evel
happened" laughed Helena.
How about the original pink pack
age-that is yet unharmed?" asked
Jack practically.
II shall keep that after ALL" sait
Helena, "because-oh, Jack, l am 81
wicked and jealous and everything
just to punish me you must never tel
me about where you went and wha
you did last evening""
She was safe in the shelter Of hi
arms now. "Ill have to tell you
can't get out of it. thought toda!
was your birthday. never mind hov
figured 1t out-and so last night
went down to Dogwood kennels Will
Ned Speedle to bring home to 70,
that prizewinning French bulldoI
who hasn't curly hair on his body
but whose name is" He pause,
for effect.
Not Curlyr" cried Helena, d.
llghtedly.
THAT same-but he's not wrappe
J In pink paper" grinned Jack a. b
opened the door to admit Helena
delayed birthday present.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20
Extraordinary Bird,

The capture Of specimen Of the
"takahe," or ilightless rail. Of New
Zealand, has ever been accounted an
event In ornithology. SO far as is
known, only four specimens Of this
bird has been obtained.
The takahe (Notornis hocnstetterD
is about equal in size to q goose. but
its wings are very small, and, unlike
all of his relatives In other lands, II
cannot 6y. Its breast Is Of rich
blue color, and Its powerful beak ID
described as . large eQuilateral tri-
angle of hard pink horn, apparently an
excellent weapon.
The first specimen Of this bird was
caught In 1s4s. the second in 1851. the
third in 1879 and the fourth in 1900.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20
Pure Bred Arab Horse.

In Cairo a society has been formed
for preserving the pure bred Arab
horse. II is said that recent changes
in the lives and habits Of the Bedouins
have resulted in the deterioration Of
these horses. A practical horseman
OF vide experience says that a. rule
the Arab horse Is now no better treat
cd than our own horses, whatever may
cave been true Of the old days when
,Ich noems as The Arab to His
:teei VIC: written.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20

An extensive deposit of asphalt of
superior quality has been discovered
in the Philippines.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20
Hadn't apofied TIE Pro-.

Everything seems to b gptns
wrong sighsA the poet 4 asksd the
maid at my iedsinss this morning
what had become OF ths paper thAt
I'd LETT Tying On my desk
"Oh. dr. she said. I thought n vas
waste paper and l threw Il IN sAs
wastspAosr basket
NO I aid. It want vss4s pepsr.
I hadn't written anything O. Il ~
Youths Companioa-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20

Experiments have proved that
sugar beets can be successfully
grown in Ireland.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20

A trade school is soon to be es
tablished at Athens, Greece.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20
' n }! g!9E19t, Feb. d
Greatest Opportunity to HomeSeekers and Invest

tAucona
Region
CtrusCo o
into
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20
Lake Alfred is Fifteen Miles East of

dat Junction Free
TnpaTr wei,vte
DNNE 9 t.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

The agitation started by Congress-
man Gardner OF Massachusetts for an
investigation as to the preparedness Of
this country for a defensive war has
received general public support. Al
though official investigation was de
MED, the facts have been so evident
that even an investigation was hardly
necessary. In the face of events in Eu-
rope it must be conceded that the Unit
ed States, in its present condition,
would be practically helpless in the
face of an attack from any frst-class
power or combination of powers. One
result of the agitation for preparedness
has been the appearance III newspapers
and magazines of numerous articles re-
garding q suppositous invasion of this
country by foreign foe. Mcclure s
magazine for juno has the beginning
of such an article under the title of
The Conquest of America. 1t is a we'll
written article with details carefully
worked out While the ideas are of
course based entirely on supposition, it
does not require very much magma
tion under present conditions, and in q
country which is probably as defence
less as Belgium, to give them the color
of truth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04
WEST BRATTLEB0R0

Mrs. Mary w Wood and daughter, Mrs.
J. f. Edgerly, of Lincoln, Mass, are
guests of Mrs Jennie NJ. Cheney.
A large crowd from here plans to go to
Mortified Saturday evening to attend the
pre-commencement exercises and concert.
Mrs. w. H. Bigelow and Mrs Alice
Kendall came Wednesday night from Tar
pom Springs, Fla, where they spent the
winter.
Mrs. Dora NIeuller, who visited Mrs. l..
H. Stelman a month, has returned to the
home of her brother, A. F. Rohde of Or
gan street.
The Misses Johnston of Washington, D.
G., and guests came yesterday to spend
some time at the Johnston summer home
on Ames hill,
Miss Minnie Stoekwell returned We'd
nesday night from a visit in Springfield,
| Mass, and in Thompsonville, Conn, with
her aunt, Mrs Nelson Cole.
| Perry Davis has been in town several
days this week getting ready to have his
house built on the land which he bought
of Harry Hamilton. Mr.. Davis already
has some lumber drawn to the lot.
| Cecil H. Morse of Hinsdale, \. H., was
operated upon Wednesday night at mid
night at the MeIrose hospital for appen
dicitis by DR.. Lynch, DR.. Hamilton assist
ling Mrs Louis Herrick of Chesterfield
was discharged yesterday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04
Member of the Associated Press.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1915.
WHAT VERMONT NEEDS.

The call of the larger industrial
towns and cities of Vermont on the
small communities of the state is going
on all the time, as we note from the
following two items from South Wind
ham in The Brattleboro Reformer:
"Walter Rand and Clarence Jen-
ison went to Springfield (Nt.) Tues
day with John Ingalls, goods.
"John ingalls, has moved to
Springfield (Vt), where he will
work in a machine shop.
1t continues to be hard work to keep
up the small country districts with such
decrease in population going on; but
there is one reassuring feature i'll that
fewer people are leaving the state en-
tirely. for they are finding employ
ment in the industrial centers that are
progressing like Springfield. As long as
Vermonters can be kept in Vermont
the state has some hopes of making
progress.-Barre Times.
A whole volume on industrial con
ditions and economic possibilities
might be written with the above brief
statement as n text Vermont needs
to work for Industrial development in
manufacturing and quarrving, but at
the same time everything re possible
should re done to extend a agricultural
operations. The building of power
plants is going forward steadily, ano
with cheap power more manufacturing
establishments are sure to find home
in the state. We have in Vermont
possibilities Of almost ideal conditions,
if we can maintain the proper balance
between cultivation Of the soil and
raising of domestic animals on the one
| hand and diversified manufacturing on
the other With fertile fields and rich
verdure on the hills we ought to raise
/ foodstuffs of a value to correspond with
all that is required for the maintenance
| Of the people of the state. Vermont
/ can be not only one of the most pros
porous sections of the whole country
but the most independent anywhere il
our development is properly proportion
ed between agriculture and manufact
uring. At the present time more atten-
! The larger centers can take care OF
themselves and they ought to do every
thing possible to aid in the growth OF
the districts which are tributary tc
them in trade. When the big town.
gain in population at the expense OF
the smaller communities we are grow
ing one-sided and are not getting the
! development which makes for our
greatest prosperity and independence
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04
Ginger Ale for Wine Sauces.
Newport, n. H., Champion !

N-NN"POitI ~ L.: Chd1il J1Ou.
Mrs. Harriet A. Tucker of Brattle-
boro, VT, a delegate to the annual
convention of the Windham County
w. c. T. U. held in Bellows Falls, made
the women of her homo town sit up and
take notice, by a statement to the eff
feet that while the men are cutting out
the booze, the women are taking it up.
- especially in Brattleboro. Mrs.
Tucker asserted that in gay Brattle-
boro it is no uncommon thing for ex-
hilarating refreshments to be served
at bridge parties, and on one occasion
lemonade with a 'stick'' in it, was
dished out at church sociable. The
limitations of the "Estick'' are such
that it can never become popular as an
entertaining feature of church socia-
bles 1t has not the enduring quail
ties of the proverbial church sociable
oysters, which, according to general
understanding, are made to serve as
the basic element of the provision for
several different occasions. That such
impious conditions should have been
unearthed in Brattleboro, almost stag
gers comprehension. Brattleboro in ex
ternal appearance is as innocent and
childlike as Newport, Claremont OF
Springfield, VT, where the women even
in the preparation of wine sauces
never use anything stronger than gin,
ger ale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04
NOTICE

The Austine School is closed to Wis
itors during the month of June because
of examinations.
H. C. THRoCKMoRToN,
Principal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04
FR RECKLESS
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles,
as the prescription othine - double
strength is guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine =
double strength from any druggist
and apply little Of it night and morn
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles' have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have van
ished entirely. 1t is seldom that more
than an ounce is needed to completely
clear the skin and gain a beautiful,
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back if it fails to
remove freclles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

Eternal vigilance on the part of
landowners, fishermen, automobile
tourists and everyone else who has
occasion to go into the woods is the
price of freedom from heavy damage
by forest fires at this time of year.
The comparatively small blaze which
ragged in West Brattleboro yesterday
afternoon showed how susceptible to
sparks the woods are at the present
time The work of forest fire fighting
is not only expensive but oftentimes
Intellectual. The surest way to pre-,
vent damage from this cause is to elm
mate the cause itself Let everyone
who goes into the woods bear this fact
IN mind and use just as much caution
on his neighbours land as if it were
his own.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04
The MeddLer
1890 @=~----s.
IF the coat fits you. put Il ON

1t is fortunate, at least SO far as this
section OF Vermont is concerned, that thu
anglers license law is to 90 in effect July
.of this year, for there IS great need of
the funds which it is expected to provide
Systematic stocking of the streams on
more extensive scale than the state has
ever been able to undertake before is the
only thing that viii prevent trout fishing
hereabouts from becoming an extinct
sport. Local fishermen agree that the
scarcity of trout in the waters of Windham
county Is more pronounced this year than
ever before. There are several causes to
which this condition may be attributed.
The drouth of the past two summers has
been more than ordinarily severe in this
corner of the state, and many streams are
more susceptible to dry weather than for
merly owing to the extensive numbering
operations that have taken from their
headwaters the forests that formerly
served to conserve the moisture. Another
reason for the depletion of the trout sup
ply is the increased number of fishermen
and the greater accessibility of streams on
account of the automobile There isn't a
brook III this county that Brattleboro fish
ermen cannot visit in one day by this
means Of transportation, whereas not SO
many years ago any trip that extended be-
yond the town limits was considered some
jaunt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

world of business, the purifying of
moneymaking, the moralizing of poll
tics-all these are waiting for that an
tecedent cleansing of the church which
may make it an instrument of the great
salvation A simplifed, socialzed and
spiritualized church is but another
name for the Christian life, organized
to serve the modern world
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04
TO ADVERTISERS.
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
ing following the omission, in person,
bv 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
by this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

The Philadelphia Ledger uses fine
language to describe a minor political
event The giving of a job to that g de
serving Democrat, Bryan S son-in-
law, is described as merely a nepotie
act, intended to Intricate the amenities
of an administrative relationship
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

a creel full of fish was considered an IN
satisfactory catch. However, it is not I'M
to believe that State Fish and
Game Commissioner Titcombs idea of us
ing license fees to establish in the various
counties stations where fry hatched by the
state may be reared to the lingering stage
before being planted will bring about
marked Improvement and in order that
this policy may have a fair trial it is I'M
portant that Vermont sportsmen do all
that they can to popularize the anglers
license law. 1t is well to bear in mind
that this law will distribute the cost of
replenishing the streams among those who
derive pleasure therefrom, and this
thought ought to lessen the feeling, occa-
sionally noticeable, that fishermen from
one town have no right to try their luck
in another Furthermore, by requiring the
same fee from non-residents the law not
only will make them share in the general
expense but will give them more of an in
terest in conserving the fish supply.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

the new passenger station viii be an
other Improvement to come along this
summer. The fact that Central Yer,
mont officials looked at the site the
other day is hopeful sign, for it
would seem as if one look would be
enough to convince them of the need
of getting busy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

The Improvement that has been
wrought by the removal of the two old
dams on Milestone brook above and
below Main street bridge is to be
made to include the filing in of the
cellar hole on the old Valley mill site.
This certainly will add a great deal TO
the appearance of the lower end of
the town, and it is to be hoped that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

Few writers on social conditions and
possibilities in America have written
more clearly and more beautifully than
Dir. Francis Peabody. In speaking of
the power of the church and its call to
duty, in volume just published the
distinguished scholar says: - clean
err life in the family, more fraternal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-04

These changes in conditions make it APP
parent that the task of maintaining the
trout supply is much more difficult than
it used to be, and it is not too much to
expect that there viii ever be return
of the palmy days when anything less than