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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

Robert W. Simonds, who was one of
the strong men in the state senate. is
a candidate for town representative
from st. Johnsbury. The Caledonian
says he promises to unite the former
Progressive and Republican vote of the
town and is anxious to be in the house
to work for the further perfection of
the workmcn S compensation act, on
which he did so much work as a member
OF the last senate. Senator Simonds is
qualified to give the state splendid ser.
wee as legislator, but it will be un-
fortunate to have him drop his position
as chairman Of the state industrial ac-
cident board, one of the state commits
sions which is doing a notably helpful
work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

with 1t, but one tires of it faster than
he does of oatmeal or self-raising pan
cakes. The reason why so many feel
poorly during the summer and have to
90 away for a rest at some trout stream
is no doubt due to being fed continu-
ously on new-mown currant ielly and
the leather faced watermelon pickle.
There was a time when there was some
excuse for the canning season, as il
was cheaper to can than to buy, but it
IS not So today. Here and there, all over
the land, have sprung up canning facto-
rles backed by hopeful stock companies,
which furnish canned corn for almost
nothing and throw in a large part OF
the ear. Then why should woman litter
up the kitchen and deprive her husband
OF the sustenance promised him under
meath the wedding bell by trying to pre-
serve for generations yet unborn a col
lection of canned articles that when
opened win as like as not be found
covered with mould as far down as the
knees?
Men would have more respect for the
canning season if their wives would
observe it along about the middle of
January, instead of picking out some
month that runs mostly to prickly heat
ms Newspaper Service7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

tress. They are Inflicted by the failure
of the interstate commerce commission
TO allow traffic revenue sufficient to run
long established railroad at a profit.
This at least in part. No doubt the
violent severance of the road from its
natural ally, the New Haven, in com
pllance with certain artificial public
elamor, has done its part in the wreck
age. How great that part may be ex-
perts will presently determine. But we
Know, at any rate, that so long as the
Interstate commerce commission CON
tlnues to serve short sighted agitato4s
instead of justice and permanent adj
vantage, we may expect to see the rail
road construction business shrink and
the railroad receivership business grow.
no matter how good the times may be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
"A Rich Affidavit. -
Rutland Herald.)

Rutland county and the field of the
Herald s circulation learned something
new when its readers perused Senator
Page s advertisement, especially in the
matter under the foregoing headline.
The wicked affidavit, which Governor
Fletcher is said to have procured, had
not reached this territory, so for once
at least, a political advertisement ex-
hibited a genuine news quality. The
allegation is circumstantial
AS a sample of the campaign methods
by which Governor Fletcher hopes tC
reach the United States senate, it mag
be stated that there is now being slyly
circulated through the state an affidavit
made by one Arthur NJ. Rich-a dis
charged clerk of Senator Page-to the
effect that when this young man was il
Senator Page s official employ in Wash
ingtOn the senator took from him a por
ton of his salary, and put it in his own
pocket.
Thus the voters of this vicinity
learn, from Senator Pages own utter
ance, of damaging document which
makes sworn charge against him of 3
serious imposition, if not of direct mis-
of government funds
Naturally, the readers of the Herald
must wonder what the actual language
of the affidavit may be; whether the
charges are reasonable; whether they
are supported by collateral evidence
whether all the facts sworn to are in
cluded in the Senator s denial.
The charges in various newspaper.
brought out the Williams charges. but
the Senator himself seems to have
brought out the Rich affidavit, whatever
it may be. The only difference is that
Senator Page 5 own publicity depart
ment is giving the latter the widest sort
of publicity, accompanied by a genera
denial, in advance Of any general know
ledge of its character.
This anxiety to discount the effect o.
something that has never been pub
lished seems little unusual, and tht
Herald is bound to admit that its news
paper curiosity is intenslv excited
Where can one of these affidavits be-
found? There must be news-story il
it. whatever the fervor of the Senator !
denial may be.
BY the way, a denial in advance, fol
lowing close upon the Senator s compre
hensive denial of the Williams charges
claimed by many readers to be a practi
cal admission, seems slightly apochry
phal.
The Rich affidavit seems likely to b,
something of n public issue if the fer
vOr of the advance notices is any critic
rion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
THE CANNING SEA SON
Howard Liam


The canning season is a melancholy
period in the life of married men, which
opens up on June LIST and ends when
the last string bean has been laid to rest
III Mason jar. 1t is one of the most
trying tests Of coniugal affection, as the
husband is not only obliged to furnish
sugar at ten cents pound, but in some
cases is forced to don a long, crinklv
apron and huh cherries in one red
burial blent
There ought to be some way of tell
ing before the marriage takes place
whether the bride is an enthusiastic.
long-dlStance Gamer or prefers to buy
canned raspberries at the grocery store.
The time will no doubt come when the
prospective bridegroom will lead his
heart S choice up to a justice of the
peace and require her to choose between
the canned gooseberry AMI himself. The
ease might arise where a bride-elect
would prefer the gooseberry, but that
would prove at once that she was not
fit to be a wife and mother.
During the canning season the home
/ Is filled with plaintive odors and there
is nothing in the house to eat except
=. fresh currant jelly. Currant jelly is all
right when there is something to 90
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
FOIL KIDNAP PLOT.
Plan Was to Hold Son of E. H. Har-
riman for 100000.

I1lHdu IOT S1UU,UUU.
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho, Aug. %. -
Plans to kidnap Roland Hartman, son
OF Mrs. +. II. Hartman, hold him for 4
ransom of 100000, and in ease this
ransom was not paid, to blind the boy
and otherwise disfgurc him for life.
have been frustrated by the arrest here
of the parties to the plot Three men,
Marion a. Lufkin, David McClov, and
Ralph Zufelt, alias Ralph Majors, are
now in Jail charged with conspiracy
TO go to Island Park, where young
Hartman is spending his vacation, kid
nap him, and hold him for ransom. Two
OF the trio have made confessions to
the officers. Lufllin was arrested at
Island Park, where he had secured a
position rs a ranch hand, by Deputy
Sheriff Hudson on suspicion of being
implicated in a burglary here. When
taken to Jail and given the third de-
gree, he denied the burglary, but con
fessed that he went to the ranch for the
purpose of kidnapping young Hartman,
and implicated the two other men,
giving all details of the plot. The 9th
er two men who were located in the
northern part of the country in the re-
gion of kilgore, Were arrested, brought
here, and placed III Jail, when McClov
also confessed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
Peter Gnone Made a Low Bow.

your Ears or the Fairy Queens Ears.
That's a good one, isn't it? And Billy
Brownie looked very wise and proud
of himself.
"Well, said Peter Gnome, thought
fully, i would like to know how you
can say that. just as if all Ears were
like yours, and mine, and the Fairy
Queens. I'm sure my Ears are not
like DOnkey's, or a horse's-and
think of the different kinds of Ears
Dogs have? So why can't we say Ears
of Corn and mean quite different Ears
altogether?
True, true, Peter Gnome,' said
Billy Brownie. How very wise you
are-without even having to think.
And oh dear me, | was trying so hard
to be wise, and l thought I'd found out
something very wonderful. Now you
lieye | can do anything besides rolling
and turning somersaults.'
: Well, why try to be wise, when
yeu were meant to be jolly and round
and good fun? If you think so much
you will grow thin-and imagine how
dreadful it would be to be a thin
Brownie. Let's ask the Fairy Queen
about it. Here she comesi'
Just then the Fairy Queen came
along in chariot made out of the
husks of corn and drawn by four Black
Crows. What's the trouble?' she
asked
Peter Gnome told her all about it,
and Billy Brownie said:
1--WE quite a headache from think
ing so hard
Well, turn somersault and get
rid of it-then We'll have the Corn
Roast And sure enough, as soon as
Billy Brownie turned somersault his
headache went away, and he was quite
happy again.
Cav Cav went the Crows
for they had drawn the Fairy Queen
to the Corn Roast because they had
been promised four big Ears of Corn
apiece and they wanted their reward.
"'Ah, here's the Corn for my four
hiie Sio"S. IHey edcHf LOOK an Ear
at a time and then came back until
with another 'Caw-Caw' of thanks they
were off again.
"'Well, now said Peter Gnome, we
are ready to begin
And the Brownies danced around
the bonfire Peter Gnome had made
with Billy Brownie leading the fun
And to have seen him eat the Corn you
would never, never have thought he
had worried as to its name!'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
Despite Good Times.
New York SUM-

For a railroad of the character Of
the Boston & Maine to 90 into re-
ownership in times like these. after
weathering the hard period of the pres.
ent administration which preceded the
war, is indication of the wrono beino
done the railroads through government
tai neglect. Saved by strenuous effort
from dying in the deserts of 1914, the
victim has been brought into land of
plenty only to die of thirst while con
templating the streams it is restrained
from tasting.
The expenses of receivership, the
suffering of the owners and creditors
of the railroad, the scaling down of ex-
penses, the injury to traffic in the 1900
miles of territory served are entailed by
no general condition of national dis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

The Patrons cooperative fire in.
suranee company, organized u year ago
by a. w. Foote of Cornwall and Other
grangers of Addison county, has made
a wonderful showing. 1t has written
policies to the amount of $4,000, and
VIII end its year with a loss of only
Sloo unless some of the property in
surcd is burned within the next three
days Only farm property and buildings
occupied by the insured are taken for
risks. No property is insured where
the barns are attached to the house
The first premium paid is the same
as most of the other companies and
they pay on losses according to their
insurance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
LEWIS DOUBTS MAINE VICTORY
Senator Returns from Campaign Trip
and Says It's Anybody's Election.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-.James Ham,
ilton Lewis, United States senator
from Illinois, returned from his cam
paign trip to Maine Saturday, and had
a talk with Vance Mccormick, chair
maa OF the Democratic national com
mlttee. Senator Lewis was not over
sangulne of Democratic success in
Maine this year, although he said it
was impossible to judge at this time
Just how either the September or No
Vember elections would result. 1t
seemed likely, he said, that the state
would "split tifty-ffty' on its sena-
tors, each party electing one Gas far
as / am able to determine, and | went
over the situation pretty carefullv.''
sand Mr.. Lewis, "the campaign will
turn on the question of the four p's.
The Republican cry is Potatoes and
Prohibition, and the Democratic.
Peace and Prosperity. Potatoes are
to be the issue. especially in ArOostook
county, where the yield is heavy. be-
cause the Republicans say that the
Democrats let down the tariff wall and
potatoes flooded in from New Bruins
wick, killing the commodity in Maine
almost entirely. Prohibition also is
to be big issue, and the Democrats
are getting the worst end of it. The
Progressives are for prohibition, and.
as the Democrats have left it out of
their platform for the first time since
1868, the Progressives are inclined to
line up with the Republicans From
my observation, Maine is not going to
be barometer state this wear. But
IT Is anybody s election at the presp1t
time -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

Senaor Page seems to have a fond
ness for misleading advertisements. In
one of his recent political broadsides
he makes the statement that the adj
vertisement dealing with Bank Com
missioner Williams's exposure of the
Page banking methods "cost Governor
Fletcher over $4,000" Senator Page
ought to be familiar enough with ad-
vertising rates to know that the ad-
vertisement in question could not have
cost the Fletcher club more than 81 500
provided 1T were used in every paper
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
WHAT is ITCH DIRT +?

1t is the old Anglo Saxon name for
Dandruff and it s a good one. If You
have dandruff you have itch dirt and
the little microbes that are part and
parcel of dandruff are working per
sistently night and day, and sooner OF
later will reach the very life of your
hair and destroy it's vitality.
Then you IL be bald-Bald to stay
for not even the wonderful rejuve-
mating properties of Partisan Sage can
grow hair after the hair bulb or root
rs dead, Partisan Sage cures dandruff
the hair destroyer--Wilfred F. Root
the druggist, sells it, recommends it
and guarantees it; only so cents a
large bottle and your money back if
1t fails to remove every trace of Dan
drum, stop Falling Hair and Itching of
the Scalp.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
Member of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Bratteboro, Brattleboro News Co.
Park Drug Store, c. w. Cleaveland. D
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
TO SUBSc

1t is the aim OF the management t
secure efficient service In the deliver
OF the paper each night, and 1t solicit
the corporation of subscribers to tina
end. Prompt reports should be given o
each failure to receive the paper on tn
morning following the omission, in per
son, by telephone or postal card, thu
enabling the cause OF the error to b
promptly and accurately discovered an
the proper remedy Immediately applied
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
TWO MILTON BARNS BURN.
Property of Rugg Brothers - Fir,
Probably Incendiary.

MILTON, Aug. %. - The two barns
on the Hall place on North street,
owned by the Rugg brothers, were
burned early Sunday morning with their
contents of hay which was owned by
inc Ruggs and by John Jackson.
1t IS thought the fire was incendiary
as both barns, which were some distance
apart, were burning at the same time,
the roofs falling in but a few moments
apart.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
Wheat-FIour

Although wheat has adj
vanced rapidly all over the
United States, and will soon
be up to the export basis,
FL on R has not yet adj
vanced in proportion.
We suggest that the peo-
pie of Brattleboro and vicin-
ity secure their wants and
in selecting flour remember
that WHITE SATIN makes
more loaves per barrel, also
is of the highest analysis.
therefore the most economi-
cal to purchase.
This brand is selected by
many of the most discrim-
mating bakers and state in
stitutions on account of it's
valuable properties.
Aug. %, 1916
{. Crosby & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

Now that j. Gregory Smith has filed
nomination papers for representative
from st. Adams it is a safe bet that
the recently returned Lieutenant Cush-
ing will not be a candidate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
Greatest Evils.

The greatest evils are from within
us. and from ourselves also we must
look for our greatest good.-Jeremy
Taylor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

The special session of the Vermont
legislature cost the state a little less
than $4,000. 1t was worth the price.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

in the state. But then, Senator Page
probably is unable to see anything
wrong about his statement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

Excursion to Ocean Beach, New Lon
don, Sept. 3. See adv on page 5.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertsing-Run OF paper
so cents an inch for first insertion: "a
cents an Inch for each subsequent inser
uon. Limited space on first page al
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 lin
first insertion with so per cent discoun
for each subsequent insertion withou
change Of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

Little things console us, because lit
tie things affiict us.-Pascal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-29

Protected by The Adams Newspaper Servica7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
At the LibrarU
New Books
New Books
Ancient, Curious and Famous Wills
Virgil Harris.

Ancient, Curious and Famous Wills.
Virgil Harris
An interesting collection of wills
that reflect not only the character of
the maker, but also throw a strong
light on the customs and manners of
the time in which they were made
Among the ancient wills quoted are
those of Job, Jacob, Telemachus, Plato
GAS B. g., Aristotle (322 b. c., Sen
nacherlb (6Sl B. c., the eccentric will
of Eudamidas, in which he bequeathes
as follows: ITO Arethaeus my mother
TO support, 70 Charixenes my daughter
TO marry; should either die ! beg the
other to undertake both charges, and
the Oldest written will in existence,
that made by Sekhcnren of Egypt 1900
years ago. Among the famous wills
gwen are those of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin,
Aaron Burr, Robert Lee, Mary Baker
Eddy, Dolly Madison, William Shake
speare, Cecil John Rhodes, Matthew
Arnold, Jay Gould and Russell Sage
(Ihe last mentioned made a viii so
clear, so concise and pointed that it is
| model Of its kind.) Among the Gu
rious wills is that of Robert Barber,
Cambridgeshire, England, who left the
income from $50 to be awarded every
year 20 the child under - who could
repeat most perfectly the Catechism
on Christmas day. Another is that OF
Thomas Walker Of St James, Bristol
who bequeathed flO IS. cd. a year to
be given to eight poor housckeepcrs
that are known TO live in the fear of
God and come into church every
Lord s day, a six-penny loaf of bread
every Sabbath day, after morning pray
Ter, unto these eight poor housekeeper:
: forever.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Member OF the Associated Press.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1916.
THE PRESIDENT AS A GUEST

The New York World, one of TIE
ablest newspapers in the country, low
ers the usual level of its brilliant edi-
torials with this curious COMMENT
Chambers of commerce and assoeia-
tions of business men continue to in
vite the President to address them lust
as If he had not ruined the country
and destroyed all industry
There is here the assumption that
the American people have ceased to
respect the high office held at present
by Mr.. Wilson. Whether the business
men doubt or follow Wilson, they all
recognize him as the chief magistrate
of their country and they show their
respect for his Office by asking him to
address them. Besides this, we all
know that no man in the United States
has a finer gift of oratory, not even
Mr.. Wilson s former (and then very
useful) friend, Mr.. Bryan Wilson is
born phrase. maker, and there is
nothing that an intelligent man en-
joys more than real oratory. IT is of
ten insincere and frequently will not
stand tests applied when enthusiasm
has cooled down, but it is a great gift
Mr.. Wilson can say that he is toe
proud to fight with such yigor anf
determination as to make every hear
or regard him as a fighting man from
way back, and look around to make
sure the way is clear for a getaway
He can be welcome as President and a.
orator, and yet not necessarily be trust
ed as a guide.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
Sentence Imposed on John Donah for
Horse Stealing.

MIDDLEBURY, Jan. 1.-THE De
cember term Of Addison county court
has adjourned. The last business trans
acted was the sentencing of John
,Donah,. who on Wednesday pleaded
guilty to stealing two horses in Shore
ham in July last. States Attorney
Sturtevant asked for heavy sentence,
stating that there were other criminal
matters in which Donah was alleged
to be involved. Robert w. McCuen
representing the respondent, suggeste !
that the other cases had nothing to II
with the case under consideration and
he thought that light sentence
would be sufficient The prisoner said
that he had nothing to say for himself
He was sentenced to serve not less
than six nor more than seven wears
in the state S prison.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
Vote on Primary Comes in March.
bellows Falls Tines

Not much is being said about the
primary law which comes before the
voters of Vermont for ratification by
referendum next March This act Of
the last legislature ought to be care
fully studied by every voter. and the
general principal of the Primary
vs.. Convention systems of making
nominations ought to be considered
Here is an excellent subject for de-
bate by lyeeums and Oranges during
ing the next two months. While not
believing that the primary is the
panacea its more ardent champions
think, this paper hopes that the act
of legislature will be ratified and
become a law. The evils of the eau
Gus and convention system are pa
tent, and the primary promises cor
rection sufficient in our opinion, to
warrant its being given a thorough
trial. The voters viii be given an
opportunity in March TO ratify an
act of their legislature. Any subse-
quent legislature, can amend by add
ing to or striking from or may annul.
II the primary in practice doesn I
work satisfactorily, the voters have
the remedy in their own minds.