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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
A PIANO FOR $247.

Not a cheap piano but a fine, large
size, upright, double veneered mohog-
any, ivory keys and made all through of
the finest materials. Its a McKannon
Bros. new style and this make of piano
al be found in nearly every town in
Vermont. There are more of these pi-
amos in public places such as lodges,
halls and schools where they get the
most severe test and yet never a com
plant. The regular price of this piano
is $350-for December only $247. Send
for catalogue to George d. Jarvis &
Son, Burlington, VT. Terms only $40
down and So per month. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
TWO GREAT VERMONTERS.
Springfield Reporter.

President Thomas of Middlebury
college recently gave a chapel talk on
Sunday afternoon in appreciation of
two distinguished graduates of Middle
bury, ex-Gov. John w. Stewart and
the Rev. DR.. George Dana Boardman.
DIR. Boardman was for many years a
Professor of literature at Middlebury
where he exercised a commanding in
luence over the student body, later the
pastor of a great Presbyterian church
in Binghamton, N. Y, but his greatest
work was a professor of systematic
theology in the Chicago theological
seminary. According to President
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
NO SALOONS PREDICTED.
Springfield Reporter.

The Bellows Falls Times, in its
editorial columns, assume the roll of
a prophet, and declares that there will
be no saloons in Vermont after the first
day of next May. Editor Belknap has
previously proved himself a shrewd
reader of the signs of the times and the
liquor sellers of the State had better
take to cover, as they are likely to need
it after they read the result of the vote
in March.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of
ROsina DesjaO on, Late
of ShOi cham

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Ad-
Olson. commissioners. to receive. examine. and
adjust the claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Rosina Desjadon, late of
Shoreham. in said District, deceased. and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto. hereby give
no ice that we will meet for the purpose afore-
said. at the Hotel Bissell in the Town of Shore
ham in said District. on the 18th day of December
and 18th day OF May, next. from 2 O'Clock p. m.
until o'clock p. M, on each of said days and that
six months from the 18th day of November, A. d..
1915, is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to us for examin-
alton and allowance.
Dated at Shoreham. this Goth day of Novem-
Der. A. D.. 1915.
HI Church. commissioners
Charles L. Stay. administrators
Brandon, Vermont. IS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
STATIONS.
Elm Tree Monthly.

"a disgrace to the State" says the
Enosburg Standard in commenting on
some of the railway stations in Vermont.
At White River Junction, Manchester,
Mdidlebury, Vergennes, Winooski, and at
Essex Junction, "are stations that are
relics of by-gone days" The subject is
always timely, and allowing that gen.
eral criticism of the Woodworking rail
roads is often o%verdone, strong language
is justified in speaking of the wretched
stations provided for the public. Poverty
is not the reason of their continued ex-
istence, for most of the roads are fairly
we'll fixed, and have even been lavish
enough in expenditures in certain direc-
tons not particularly beneficial to their
patrons. Fire sometimes helps matters,
but it cannot always be counted upon to
better conditions. At White River
Junction an old, inadequate and I'M
wholesome building was burned several
years ago, and the present clutter of
sheds took it's place. AS the contem-
porary suggests, the explanation of the
inaction of the railroads may lie in the
fact that the outside corporations own
ing the roads operating in Vermont have
no interest here. And the local mana
gers. though perhaps bursting with
civic pride, are helpless in the matter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
Estate of
william H. Ellis
late of Salisbury
GTATE OF

STATE OF VERMONT
\ DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SIS
The Honorable Probate Court for the Distri
of Addison:
To all persons Interested II in the estate of WI
liam X. Ellis. late of Salisbury. in said distd
deceased. GREETING
Whereas. said court has assigned the 9th day
December. next, at nine o'clock a. m, for exaI
ming and allowing the account of the executor !
the estate of said deceased and for a decree of !
residue of said estate to the lawful claimants1
the same. and ordered that public notice ther(
be given to all persons interested in said estate ,
publishing this order three weeks successful
previous to the day assigned, in the Middleb
Register. a newspaper published at Middlebr
in said district.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appeal
the Probate Office in Middlebury. in said distr
on the day assigned. then and there to contest
allowance of said account if you see cause, ant
establish your right as heirs. legatees and law |
claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand. this 18th day of Novel
ber' 1915
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
shall leave a pleasant memory. The
idea is not particularly new, but it is
difficult to beat.
H POTATO CROP.
Randolph Herald and News.

When farmers could raise potatoes and
make money by selling them for 25 cents
a bushel, what a harvest it must be when
thay car sell them for $1.20 a bushel.
Windsor Journal.
Farmers cannot make money raising
potatoes at rs cents a bushel. What
makes potatoes so high this year? The
crop is short. What profiteth the
farmer to have potatoes 81. 20 a bushel
when he has none to sell? Or 30 few
that ever at the high price he cannot
realize enough to pay him reasonably for
his investment and labor in raising
them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
THE KINDLY DEEDS SOCIETY.
By James NJ Hubbar,

by dlit VI ~
The little Belgian girl came back
from school alone, as the Kindly Deeds
Society of which she was the guest was
holding a meeting. So she asked Molly's
mother if she might go off for a walk.
On consent being given she wandered
off, happy and contented through the
pasture into the woods. But evidently
it was not the song of the birds alone
that made the call of the woods to her
so strong, for when she came back her
hands were full of wild flowers. Spread
ing them on the kitchen table she took
them up one by one and asked Molly and
her mother, who were standing by,
what their names were. But more than
half were entirely new to them and
Molly proposed that they should take
them to the teacher, for she was sup
posed to know everything. When the
teacher came into the schoolroom the
next morning she found on her desk a
bowl full of wild flowers. Molly came
up and told her that Madelaine had picked
them and wanted to know what their
names were. mother and | didn't
know what half of them were and so we
thought we'd ask you" When school
was over the teacher examined the
flowers carefully and, though a good
botanist, was surprised to find quite a
number that were new to her.
These she took out and put carefully in
a little blank book so that she might
study them at home. The names of
those she did know she wrote on a large
sheet of paper and pinned each flower
against its name. This she gave to
Madelaine the next morning and also
showed her the book in which she
had pressed the unknown flowers. 81
will try and find out their names,
Madelaine, and please bring me all you
can find, for | would like to know all
our dear wild flowers" The little girl
with a sweet smile on her face thanked
her and said, TRY will to find more
and too will | get a leettle book to keep
my pretty flowers in" THAT would
be nice Madelaine, and here is a book
that | don't want" handing her a little
blank book that was in her desk. Nearly
all the out-of-school time for the next
week or two was spent by our little
friend in the search for flowers. The
children often begged her to play with
them, but this new world in which she
found herself vas so beautiful and so
attractive, that she felt she must go to
the woods as soon as school was over.
So when they asked her she always said,
"Must get dear teacher flowers. .
Nearly every morning the teacher found
a bunch on her desk and the unknown
ones in her book constantly increased.
Madelaine spent part of every evening
in adding to her collection every new
flower which she found. One morning
she took it to the teacher who was
amazed to find in it more than a hundred
different varieties. At the close of the
opening exercises she showed the book
to the scholars and told them how use
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN

ever receive the proper balance of food
to sufficiently nourish both body and
brain during the growing period when
mature life. This is shown in 80 many
pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds,
and lack of ambition.
For all such children we say with
unmistakable earnestness: They need
Scott's Emulsion, and need it now. 1t
possesses in concentrated form the very
food elements to enrich their blood. 1t
changes weakness to strength; it makes
them sturdy and strong. No alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
HELEN KELLER AND HAPPINESS
Brattleboro Reformer.

When Helen Keller appears before an
audience that she cannot see, and in
speech that she cannot hear but has ac-
quired by painstaking study, delivers
an address on Happiness, it makes some
of the rest of US wonder what we've
got to complain about. anyhow. The
keynote of happiness, she said, is the
resolution to do each day some act that
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
FEELING u HENS.
st. Johnsbury Caledonian.

An article in the Manchester Journal
says that New England does not
produce enough grain to feed it's poul-
try. We wonder if that statement is
true. 1t does not seem possible and the
facts should be made public in this
matter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
VERMONT COLLEGE FOOT BALL
Randolph Herald and News.

Randolph Herald and News.
Norwich bowed to Middlebury's foot
ball prowess this year, but the re-
juvenated team from Vermont, kicked
and buffeted about all the season, rose
to the occasion and held the west-siders
to a tie on their W grounds. So the
Vermont championship remains I'M
settled this year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
VERMONT OPINION
VISITORS TO CAMEL'S HUMP.

Barre Times.
Nearly a thousand people visited the
crest of Cancels Hump during the season
tens of thousands if the grandeur of the
panorama there unfolded had been more
widely known.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-03
Mother Grsy's Sweet Powders for
Children.

For Feverishness. Bad Stomach. Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and are a
pleasant remedy Tor Worms. Used by Mothers
for 26 years. They never fail. At all druggists,
Csc. Sample FREE. Address, Aliens. olsmsted.
Leroy, N. Y. 46t4
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
SPORTIvE CAREER NEAR END
Mr.. PipwiIiow Was In Position to
Prophecy With Confidence as
to kitty's Future.

Mr.. Pipwillow looked at his gar
den. shook his fist ut his neighbor's
eat. then. hnmming hymn OF feline
hate, made his way to the nearest
drug store.
Ten minutes later he was tempting
the offender to his garden once more
with saucer OF milk and something
which came from d bottle bearing n
red label.
"Halloa," came his neiGhbors voice.
bIithely, over the fence. My cat been
troubling you again, ch? It's a play
full little way o. cats to make n rae
ing track O nextiOnr's cabbage
patch"
81 suppose It is" said Pipwillow.
gently, as tabby was purring over the
saucer. Perhaps yours has nearly
finished his training gallops.
wouldn't be surprised If he's doing his
last lap now!"
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
DISTINCTLY A "WAR BABY
Kittens String Of Names Left No
Doubt as to the Sympathies Of
u.. Its Small Owner.

A certain little Philadelphia girl is
distinguished chiefly by her fondness
for cats and kittens, which she much
prefers to dolls.
Several days ago she was sitting on
the sunny steps of the front porch,
tenderly nursing on her lap a coal
black kitten; very small as yet, but
sturdy and full OF promise.
What u pretty kitten" remarked n
neighbor in passing What do you
call him, my dear?"
II call him Allies" was the reply.
ALLIES! think you must mean
Alice. do you not?" suggested the lady
with smile.
"Oh, no, not Alice. His name Is ~
lies," corrected the child. His ritht
name." proudly, "is George Albert
Nicholas Peter Victor EmmanueR Jof-
FIRE; but father says that is ~ henvy
load for such a little fellow 10 carry.
SO call him Allies for short
AS the lady proceeded up the
street she heard childish voice say
tenderly: Come, Allies, we must go
In. 1t is time for you to have your
rations."
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
REFORMS
BY KIN HUBBARD.

Next t tn letter that we long fer
ther haint nothin' that comes as slow
as reforms. .a rf..E =tAS e
After many anxious years O. wait.
in two thirds o tn states O. tn Union
have passed laws fxin' tn weight O. a
bushel o. cowpeas at fifty-six pounds.
1t has been a tedious process but tn
people won In the end. Fer years tn
prune hogshead stood uncovered near
tn grocery door while tn tub oysters
reclined agin tn hitch1n' rack an
tn mackerel barrel wuz tn prize fly
catcher o tn period. It's a wonder
those who went t. hear Jenny Lind er
Henry Clay ever lived t tell tn tale
when you think O. tn ole-time grocery.
Folks used t. wait patiently fer
Saturday t. come T. take bath er
depended on musk. IT took years an
years t. break up tn ole musk prac-
tice. TIL business men used t take
ten minutes t. worry down heavy
dinner an indigestion reaped a rich
harvest. T'day tn humblest banker
takes three hours. He's thinkin' while
he eats, but he's away from tn din
o. TIL addin' machines an tn odOr O.
musty bills. A feller's personal ap-
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

five minutes on tn leading drayman,
an then tn most poplar bill poster
has t wait on tn most prominent mer.
chant. who attempts t resign in favor
O. well-known attorney. 1t will take
some time t. break up this practice
but sure some more sanitary means
should be devised whereby cold slaw
an beans kin be taken int tn stom
ach.
Girls use t. shake with fear an trem
blin' as they were led t tn altar
Now they beat you t 1t. Folks use
t wear thick, soggy flannel under
wear an dance till daylight in close
stuffy halls without excitin' comment
T'day they'd be put out o. TIL buildin'.
Right now there is little under
current O. objection T. our present day
method O. handlin' soup. Tn feelin'
II grow as time goes on an finally
crystalline itself int general revolt
an become allied with our world
wide crusade agin useless noises. It's
bound t come. TIL feller that eats
soup like walrus is doomed.
Why, it wuz as late as tn eighties
before we begun t. question tn ad-
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
Kin Hubbard Essays
THE OUACK SPECIALIST
BY KIN HUBBARD.

Noboddy w ever so brave that he
couldn' be scared by q quack special
list. A feller kin distinguish himself
on tn field O. battle er show his cour.
age in a thousan' different ways an yit
emerge from short, crisp consulta.
tion with fat. glossy quack special.
ist tremblin' like dimes worth O.
liver. That's tn quack specialists
business. lie don't care how strong
and brave you are. All he asks Ia a
little heart { heart. er liver t liver.
talk with you.
After quack specialist gifts you in
his studio he first sets about t git
line OIL your financial condition an he
expects you to be list as frank an hon
est with him on this subject as you are
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

when you try t. describe tn sharp.
dartin' pain which departs ever morn
in at twenty minutes after tn hour
from tn base o. your skull an runs
thro' without change t. your right
heel. He has several ingenious little
preliminary questions bearin' Indirect
ly on your case which he asks. an
which. II answered truthfully. gives
him fair workin' clew on your in
come. No quack specialist in his right
mind will disturb tumor unless TIERS
farm behind it, an. while TIERS been
great progress made In tn profession
o surgery, it's impossible t. remove
tumor without disturbin' tn farm.
However, no feller wuz ever SO poor
that quack specialist couldn't at
least remove eight dollars from him
fer bottle O. brown water. An jist
t make tn operation seem more diff
cult he'll advise you t. give up ter.
hacker.
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
AMERICAS GREATEST FOES.

Had saloons never been discovered
and were 1t then in my power to por
tray the effects of such a discovery. all
men. without exception, would declare
it impossible to conceive of any more
diabolical plan for the degradation and
destruction OF the human race. Our
greatest foes are the manufacturers
and distributors OF alcohol. The
stories OF injuries done by drink are so
written in the sad life history OF many
of our greatest men; are so evident
throughout our land in squalor. pov.
erty, misery and crime. and replete in
prisons, warehouses; and asylums, as
well as in domestic infelicity, that it
is inconceivable that any intelligent,
rational man can deny the necessity
for strong. united action to rid the
land Of both manufacturer and dis.
tributor."-Dr. A. Kelley of Johns Hop
kins Hospital. Baltimore.
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

lids when you try t'watch a ten.thirty
film? "a
Do you awaken with start when a
neighborin' pianner strikes up after
hours?
Do you feel a wanin' inclination t
fly kite as tn years go by?
Are you ever seized with indecisior
when you have your choice O. two
kinds o. soup?
Do you ever notice low, mufiled
gurgle in tn region o tn pipes that
carry tn air back t tn lobes o. tn
lungs while plowin'?
So what could Upton Bud do? !
wuz up Z him { either linger along fer
another week er begin treatment at
once. He didn' know nothin' bout til
connection O. tn anastomosis O. tn
capillary extremities o tn vena cova
with those o. tn portal vein an he wuz
in no mood t. take dances.
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
Didn't Need the Bail.

Two neighboring football clubs had
been drawn together. Local rivalry
ran riot with the feelings OF the play
ers. and hard knocks were the order
of the day. At the end of the first
half each side had scored a goal, and
several men had been wounded and
winded in the fray.
Neither side h$ing able to add to
the score. the game resolved itself
into a free fight. At last the hall col
lapsed. and someone volunteered to
go for new one.
player from behind bundle OF ban
dages: lets go on with the game."
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
STOP ALL DRINKING.

A handbook recently issued by the
German government for the use of
field surgeons sounds a note of warn
ing against John Barleycorn. The
article is by Prof. Max Gruber of the
Royal Hygicnic institute OF Munich
We quote:
This is no time for the use of alco-
hol. Not only Is the guzzling OF all
alcoholic drinks to be stopped but
the use OF even small amounts is, as
rule, an evil.
1T is scientifically established that
even small amounts OF alcohol weaken
and paralyze our powers of observa-
tion, memory and judgment. the com
mand of our intellect, our Wills and
our reason, our impulses, our brains.
our body; cut down the gains from
exercise. the endurance OF hardships.
the ability to resist external injuries.
Ones strength and mental power
may be enough to Withstand the mod
crate use. but efficiency cannot be i'm
proved by 1t. And those Of us who
are small and deficient in mental and
physical power act recklessly when
we dissipate the little that we have,
especially when we are under obliga.
tions to accomplish the most that we
can
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

pearance never used t occur t him
till TIL church bells rung er circus
come t. town, an 1t often took tn
funeral O. someone nea. an dear t
make feller put on a Prince Albert.
A feller used t think that II he had
better clothes At home he wuz all
set. T'day tn advantages O. bein'
dressed up kin hardly be ovnresti-
mated if you're sellin' somethin'.
Theirs little reform wave t'day that
is gatherin' force from many quar-.
ters regardin' tn free lunch fork. TIL
free lunc;. fork used t make tn whole
world kin, but we're wakin' up. Fer
years we've all been usin' TIL same
fork in friendly rivalry. Sometimes
tn prominent merchant has t wait
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

visibility O. sideburns. 1t took heroic
work. but t'day you won't even en-.
counter a set in tn felt boot districts.
Trousers used t. be lined as late as
seventy years after tn Declaration
O. American Independence, an many
o. us. even t'day. turn purple with
rage when we remember how our big
toes used t get caught in tn linin'.
All these reforms took time.
1t Is needless t. call attention t tn
women's clothes o. t'day. Fer years
women stuck t. tn same ole waist
line. T'day it fluctuates like an
Adams apple an adds variety an ex-
citement an robs tn passin' show o.
it's ole monotony an sameness.
protected by Adams Newspaper Service,
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

A quack specialist with frock-coat
an four column beard stopped for two
days at tn New Palace huttel last
week an here's some o tn questions
he asked Upton Eud, who went L con-
suit him:
Do you own any real estate?
Are your muscles sore after diggin'
q cellar?
Are you hungry before breakfast?
Does eatin' Kiefcr pear give you
a warped view OF life?
Durin' tn heated summer months
do you hesitate when confronted with
some arduOus task?
Are you sullen an melancholy after
you've paid fer one-rib roast?
Do you notice heaviness o. tn eye
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
BEER WORSE THAN WHISKY.

This is what the Home Life 1nsur-
ance company of New York has to say
about beer:
"Of all intoxicating drinks, it Is the
most animalizing. 1t dulls the intel
lectual and moral and feeds the SEN
sual and beastly nature. Beyond all
other drinks, it qualities for deliberate
and unprovoked crime. In this re-
spect 1t is much worse than distilled
liquors. A whisky drinker will COM
NIT murder only under the direct ex-
citement of liquor, beer drinker is
capable Of doing it in cold blood. Long
observation has assured us that
large proportion of murders deliberate
ly planned and executed, without pas
sion or malice, with no other motive
than the acquisition Of property or
money, often of trifling value, are per-
petrated by beer drinkers
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cutIcura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap. dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing Instantly. clear away pimples.
blackheads. redness and roughness. re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation.
heal red, rough and soEe hands u
well as most baby skin. troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
In WiiIie's Dream.

s Wasn't that funny dream had
last night?" said little Willie to his
mother.
why. what did you dream. dear?"
she asked him.
s why, you know; you went with me
everywhere was his reply.