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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
To Be Let Alone.
(BOStnn Herald \

Boston Herald.)
The local option system, as we have
II IN Massachusetts, may not be per-
feet. Few mundane things are. But
1t IS working so well, on the whole.
that the Legislature may we'll hest
tate about making any radical change
in it.
1t Is good thing to have the aues
tlon of License or No-license come
automatically before the voters every
year. This gives an opportunity to
test the one system or the other, and.
II mistake is made, to rectify It.
Conditions vary in different commun-
mites Not only SO, but they vary in
the same community at different
times. No general principle covers the
matter. For one city or town, License
may be the better policy; for another.
No-Heense. If, at any given c1ry or
town election the vote does not ex
press the real convictions OF meet tn
real needs of the community, the next
election gives a chance to make a
change, and the knowledge chat there
Will be this chance is reassuring to
voters who care more for practical re-
suits than for the triumph of any
theory
1t seems suitable, also, that the vote
on this question should be taken in
connection with the city and town
elections. 1t is urged that If it were
taken instead at the state elections
there would be larger vote. and the
result would therefore be more repre-
sentative of the popular Judgment
But, taking one year with another. il
Is doubtful whether the vote cast at a
state election is larger than the appre.
gate vote cast at the city and town
elections. However that NAV be
license IS q local question, and it i.
well that 1t should be settled in con
nection with other local issues, and
especially at the same time with the
election of local officers To compli
cate it with state issues and party
politics would be confusing.
A bill is before the Legislature
which proposes to change the ex st
ing system in both these particulars
In place of the automatic annual vote
upon the question, it proposes that q
vote shall be taken only when a Ger
tam number of voters petition for it
In place of vote at the city and towr
elections, it proposes that the oues
ton shall be submitted, if at ali. II
connection with the state elections.
1t should take a strong array of con
vincing arguments to induce tn.
Legislature to sanction either change
The presumption is in favor of leay
ing things as they are.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
Apples at s2.5o-others at SIS.
(Rutland News.)

An apple story comes from Dorset
which illustrates a great truth, as
showing what might be the condition
everywhere throughout the state. An
apple buyer from the city went into
that town to buy quantity or frui
and was directed to Ernest Ii. West as
man who knew the apple situation.
Mr.. West accompanied the man to Vari-
Gus farms where there We're apples for
sale and the fruit was bough, all the
way from $1.75 to $3.50 a barrel. It
was the average grade of apples put
out by the average Vermont farmer
and the price paid was the average
price paid.
Concluding his negotiations, the APP
pie buyer asked Mr.. West himself If
he did not have some apples. He was
told that he had, but that the buy
er would not want them. Insisting, the
buyer was shown Mr.. West apples,
and he asked the owner what he would
take for them. He was informed Give
dollars barrel.' "I1l take them;
they are just what l have been looking
for, was the quick reply.
Mr.. West had raised his apples un-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
WEST BRATTLEB0RO

The Needleeraft will meet with
Mrs. c. X. Prentiss Friday afternoon
a few days visit here with her sister,
Mrs. Frank II. Martin.
Miss Alice Hawley of Amherst.
Mass, has returned to her home, after
Mrs. Wallace Harris and daughter,
Pauline, are confined to the bed with
grip
Mrs. Thomas Betterley went to
Northfield, Mass, yesterday to spend a
few days with her sister
There viii be a regular meeting OF
Western Engine company, No. !, in
Engine hall Monday evening, March 6.
Fred Miner has recovered from an
illness and returned to his work at the
organ factory of the Carpenter com
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mofitt have
hired the upstairs tenement in II. c.
Squires 8 house and viii move there
in April
Isabelle jerks, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. L. jerks OF Dummerston road
who had been i'll in the Melrose hos.
pital with pneumonia, was discharged
from there yesterday.
Mrs. W. II. Thomas Of Chesterfield
road is making an excellent re, overy
from a serious operation in the Mel
rose hospital and is expected to bt
able to 90 70 her home this week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01


he was the publisher of the Engineer
ing News, the Mining Journal, the
Coal Age and other trade publications.
A quarter of a century ago, or a bit
more, he was engineer of freight
train in the Colorado mountains. One
day, while the train waited on a sid
ing, both he and his fireman leaned
from the cab and gazed dreamily at
the distant mountain tops. The fireman
spoke first. What are you dreaming
about, John7' he asked. II was
dreaming that L IN going to have a
million dollars some day. answered
the engineer. " What were YOU dream
ing about?'' ''Oh, l was dreaming
that II write q book some day, an
swered the fireman. The story is true
The fireman told it. His name was CIV
Warman, and he published his book
several of them in fact and reached
the hearts of millions by his songs.
Thus the dreams of these Young
dreamers came true. The young work
ers who have followed them have the
same dreams and others And do not
laugh at them; most of the things
worth while in history have been ac-
complshed b. dreamers. /" For the
dreamer lives forever; but the toiler
died III a day. and "of all this brok-
en- world; what else endures, save only
dreams?'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

soon passed away. ! look much better
now than / did before, and / recommend
the Compound every time for female
troubles, as it did for me all it is claimed
to do. You have my permission to pub
lish this letter." Mrs. J. MAY, 354s s.
Lincoln St, Chicago, III.
If you have any of the symptoms men
toned in Mrs. Mays letter, remember
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for her, and try it your
self. 1t is a good old-fashioned medi-
cine, made from roots and herbs, and it
has helped countless numbers of women
Ifyou need special advice, write
to Lydia f.. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read
and answered by a woman, end
held in strict confidence
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

ment of corporation forests because
of the large acreage of unused land
IN nearly every town in the state on
which trees might be set out and from
which large income could be derived
IN reasonable number of years The
towns would find it to their distinct
advantage to lay out the comparative
" small amount of money necessary
to set out the young foress and then
let the trees, under compel, MT care,
grow to sufficient maturity to cut in
to timber. When the trees come TO be
large enough for use, there should be
systematic cutting along lines laid
down by the state forestry department.
We do not doubt that the department
IS ready, and anxious, to furnish all
the information along this line whit h
IS necessary for successful operation
OF municipal forest. Let the various
Vermont corporations take serious
thought along this line of endeavor.
satisfactorily carried out, it would
materially tighten the burden of loca.
taxation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

1t is true, as advocates of the Perry
bill claim, that the cost of admin
istering criminal law in Windham
county has increased since local option
went into effect, but it ism t true that
local option has caused this increase.
compilation of statistics on this sub
ject would show the fallacy of this
claim. Circumstances wholly unrelated
to the liquor question have raised the
cost of criminal law enforcement.
among them the establishment of
municipal courts in Brattleboro and
Bellows Falls. And as to the number
of commitments, they have varied in
proportion to varying industrial con
ditions. When the railroad line was
being built from Brattleboro to Hins-
dale, n. H., there was a big floating
population here, and the number of
commitments for that no-license
period was no doubt several times as
large as during either of the years
when this town voted license. Further
more, the cost of administering crimi-
nal law depends more on the nature
of the cases that arise than on their
number, so that figures form no fair
basis of comparison unless they are
accompanied by facts concerning the
kind Of eases considered AS to the
number of arrests for violation of the
liquor law, it is only to be expected
that they were less under prohibition
than under local option. The obviou;
reason is that officers winked at viola
tions of the prohibitory law.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
Member of the Associated Press.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH l, 1916.
ON THE FOURTH YEAR.

The Reformer today is marked
Volume ", which means that this
paper made its bow as a daily three
years ago today.
fBrattleboro would seem mighty
dead today without its daily paper, =
one of the most enterprising and sue
cessful business men of the town re
marked within few days, and we are
sure that he is right
The Evening Reformer was estab-
lished as an experiment, although its
founders had full faith that there was
a demand for it. Long ago it was es-
tablished on an assured basis, and its
permanency is now unquestioned. We
believe that it is one of the institu-
tons of the town, and that it is and
viii continue to be a factor for adj
vancing and upbuilding the town, in
addition to giving the people the news
of the home community, the state and
the world at large while IT is still
news. We wish to note, by the way,
that there are not half a dozen towns
in New England of the size of Brat
tleboro that receive each day such q
complete news service over the wires
as that sent to The Reformer In this
particular our readers get exactly the
same service which comes to the lead
ing papers Of important cities of %,
GOO to 10000 population.
Z
| With the growth of business which
we anticipate the paper is sure to give
larger and more improved service IN
the future. We are grateful for the
cordial support and the goodwill which
has been shown by the people of Brat
tleboro and surrounding towns the
past three years. We face the future
with confidence and courage, with the
determination to do our part in max.
ing Brattleboro the best and busiest
town in Vermont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
Vermont's Low Browed Thugs.
bennington Banner.N

loA Dahhci-J
Advocates of local option have
been classified by DR.. Clarence True
Wilson, prohibition lecturer, as fol-
lows; Wherever there is low
proved thug, a politician so stupid
that, like Thompson s colt, he wades
INTO the river to get out of the rain,
so low that he has to jump up L
touch bottom, so crooked that you
would have to dig his grave with an
augur you will find him arguing home
rule That s strange doctrine TO be
preaching in Vermont where the unit
OF government is the town, not the
county, as Doctor Wilson repeatedly
insisted. But after all, such villifea-
ton never did help a cause, no mat
ter how worthy it might be, in and
OF itself. st. Adams Messenger.
This is a fair sample of the kindly
and charitable way in which our
friends the prohibitionist orators
speak Of those who support local OPP
ton. Bishop Hall, former Supreme
Court Judge James NJ. Tyler, the Hon
Alexander Dunnett, the Hon. o. NJ
Barber, the Hon. Pereival W. Glenn
ent, and other low browed thugs
might as well realize first as last
where they are at.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

der the same conditions that other far
mers had; the fruit were of the same
varieties. BE had simply sprayed his
trees, had taken care of them. had
graded his fruit and they were top
notch quality, just as the fruit of al
of the rest of them would be under the
same treatment.
The proposition before the Vermont
orchard-owner is a plain one 1t is sim
ply as 10 whether he wants to get
double the price for his apples. 1t is
up to every one of them TO decide the
question for himself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

the Perry bill is light yellow and the
referendum ballot on the primary is
BLUSH green. To vote for the primary
put a cross in the Eyes square on the
green ballot. To vote no on the Perry
bill put a cross in the 'no' square
on the yellow ballot. To vote against
the primary put cross in the emo -
square on the green ballot. To vote in
favor of the Perry bill put a cross in
the yes square on the yellow ballot
These two bills are the most important
matters up at the town election and
voters should be sure and not make
mistakes. 1t is a vote of the entire
state on these questions and every vote
counts. The regular dry and wet ;
ballot of the several towns is on white
paper and is familiar to practically all
voters. Don't get this white ballot
mixed up with the referendum ballots
on the primary and the Perry bill.
Read the printed matter on the ballot
carefully to make sure
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
T HE C. OIL ID BA TIL

The cold bath is recipe for inn
parting a gloss finish and goose
pimples to the human hide While
looked upon by the thoughtless as
fad of society, it is in reality a great
public boon, as it encourages the free
and unrestricted use of soap and
water in quarters which heretofore
have been able to wiggle along on one
weekly application.
The cold bath was invented by a
Vermont man of rash and impetuous
nature, who was the victim Of hay
fever with all-weather tread He had
tried bathing and liked it first rate,
but had never used it as a beverage
Upon the advice of his family ply
stefan, who had run out of pills and
was afraid to operate, he originated
the present pastime of leaping cut of
bed into a tin tub choked with ice,
which caused him to forget his hay
fever entirely. He became an enthusi-
astie advocate of the cold bath and
lived TO ripe old age, surrounded BE-
| admiring relatives and mute relays of
/ Turkish towels.
The purpose of the cold bath is to
harden the skin so that wnen germ
strikes it a slanting blow it will
| skate off and fall harmlessly to the
jsf Tprhfacfed- nv The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

ground. Medical science has never
found a way to ward on a germ
which attacks man head on, which
teaches us that on seeing a germ ap-
preaching we should turn the ether
cheek. Thousands of people who have
been laid low by the grip germ would
have escaped entirely if they had been
attacked in the cheek. The cold bath
will harden the cheek to a certain ex-
tent, but in most instances it is a
superfiuous remedy.
The cold bath should be taken
every morning before breakfast and
followed Immediately afterward By
the last will and testament. The water
should be allowed TO stand in some
exposed spot until it has grown two
inches of ice, which viii not interfere
with the bath or the card of thanks.
This is the only kind of cold bath
that will impart to the bather glaze
like the surface of sIde-saddle.
Some people use substitute in the
form of an ablution performed III
front of red-hot stove with wash
cloth, but this is a base imitation
which cannot be too highly condemned
There would be fewer people let
ting themselves into the cold bath
with disappointed look if every doc
tor had to take his own medicine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
Agriculture in New England.

Chamber of Commerce Bulletin.)
Why should the Boston Chamber of
Commerce have an interest in agricul-
ture?
Because-Agriculture is a great New
England industry, representing in the
SIX states more than 1867 100000 of in
vested capital, employing more than
2ou,OOO workers, and with an annual
output of $30O,0OO,000.
Because-This annual production,
furnishing food products necessary to
great population, enters into the
commerce of this city and section, en-
ploylng transportation interests in its
distribution, employing numerous
wholesale and retail establishments in
its marketing, furnishing raw material
for the canning and packing industries,
and SO directly employing thousands of
New England agencies and thousands
Of New England workers in addition
to those engaged in the initial opera
tons ON the farm
Because-Prosperity in the city is
indissolubly bound up with prosperity
in the country. The farmers constitute
an important market for products
manufactured in the city, Just as the
city furnishes the chief market for the
products of the farm. Bad conditions
in the country inevitably and directly
react upon the city, curtailing its pro.
duction and lessening its business
Closer acquaintance between city and
| country, resulting in better mutual nm
Outstanding between the farmer. the
city dealer, and the ultimate consumer
fuller recognition of the problems OF
one another and closer cooperation tc
solve these problems, should result il
better business conditions in both city
and country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
PAIN GONE! RUB
SORE, RHEUMATIC
ACHING JOINTS
Rub pain away with small trial bot
tie of old, penetrating
''St. Jacobs OIL
Stop CLOSING, Rheumatism.

It's pain only; not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub sooth-
ing, penetrating est. Jacobs Oil'' right
on the "tender spot, = and by the time
you say jack Robinson-out comes the
rheumatic pain and distress. est.
Jacobs Oil' is a harmless rheumatism
liniment which never disappoints and
doesn't burn the skin. It takes pain,
soreness and stiffness from aching
joints, muscles and bones; stops sciati-
ca, lumbago, backache and neuralgia.
Timber up! Get small trial bottle
of old-time, honest est. Jacobs Oil
from any drug store, and in a moment,
you IL be free from pains, aches and
stiffness Don t suffer! Rub rheumatism
away.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

President Hibben of Princeton ad-
vises every college man to spend FIVE
weeks of his summer vacation in mil
itary training. ''That would be- he
says, "a manifestation that would be
more patriotic than any words or
songs or banner waving At least the
program is definite, which is more than
can be said of most preparedness pro-
grams.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

good corn and is properly fattened
Pork Salad.-This is as good as
chicken salad if carefully prepared.
Chop roast pork. freed from fat. rather
line; to two cupfuls of meat add two
cupfuls of celery and a half-cupful of
chow chow, three hard-cooked eggs
chopped; season with salt and pepper.
and teaspoonful of grated onion.
Serve with boiled dressing on lettuce
Goulash of Pcrk.-Fry a tablespoon
ful of minced onion in one tablespoon
ful OF fat until a golden brown, then
add two cupfuls of diced cold pork.
salt, pepper and paprika to taste Toss
over the heat until the meat is hot.
then add a cupful of hot stock, -four
and milk to thicken. Cook five min
utes. add minced potato. cover and
cook Is minutes. Then serve
Escalioped Pork.-Put a layer of
cold boiled pork, chopped fine in a
baking dish. season with salt and pep
per and minced onion. then layer of
crumbs: moisten with a little milk;
add another layer of meat. finishing
off with a layer of crumbs. Cover
serving uncover and brown.
Pork Rolis.-Cut cold roast pork in
thin slices. season well with pepper.
salt. minced onion and parsley: roll
up tightly and fasten with a wooden
toothpick. Dredge each in -four and
fry in a little butter To the gravy
in the pan add stock or milk; boil up
once and pour over the rolls.
Pork chops to be juicy and tender
should be laid in the frying pan with
just enough boiling water to cover the
bottom of the pan. Parboil. turning
the chops. and when the water has all
evaporated they will brown being
thoroughly cooked without being dry.
Rechauffe Of Pork-Prepare a sauce
of half-pint of meat or poultry stock.
one tablespoonful of butter and -four.
a tablespoonful of grated onion Heat
slices of pork in this sauce and serve
NAu.& n@z weeQ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
SORES Of -FOUR YEARS.
STANDING Vanish
Has Unusual Story of Cure with
New Herbal Skin Balm.

How many times have you laid awake
wa CHING tor daylight and would be able 70
eaten wink Of sleep, but would wake in
moment or so with skin that was ahre with
Eczema? What would you have not given
a rIa. cool skin, no itching, and refreshing
I LIMA will insure You the blessing CT a
Ihealthy skin free from itching, soreness or
burning Ii is an herbal balm and has not
harmful ingredient in il.
mrs; ReS, who lives at 13l Locust St, To-
leIo. u, says: 4 have used D'EXMA with
.Stcsj results and success for tToablc which
lne doctors pronounced Eczema. / had sores
on ny mead and limbs and have been this way
.oi me pas. four years and tried many ways
10 oDtain relief and found none, but am
i1,appy 10 say that this preparation has entire
~ cured ,i me and ! can ard win indorse it to
We are the only druggists in this town
i-o1a whom D,EXMA, the great herbal balm.
ea;1 'lc occurred. Ak US today.
BROOKS HOUSE PHARMACY
9. e. GRAHAM. 12o Main Street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
Municipal Forests For Vermont,
Barre Times.1

Bellows Falls has started in small
way to copy after European mum opal
corporations which have their MUM
eipal forests, from which they derive
a large annual income, large enough
III some instances to carry on he ad-
minlstration of the towns Bellows
Falls already has realized consldera-
bic income from its treeland and I'M
doubtedly win secure more as the
thing is reduced to system Vermont
municipal or village corporations are
favorably situated for the develop
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

The Bennington Banner gives the
following useful instruction for the
citizens of Vermont to consider be-
tween now and next Tuesday: "Voters
in next week s town meeting should
not forget that there are several bal
lots of the same size and of different
eolors and in order not to make mis-
takes they should examine the sample
ballots and make sure before they go
into the voting booth. The ballot on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
TO SUISSE ERs.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation 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, 1916-03-01

needed in keeping
up the body tenn
perature. Pork is
one of our most
satisfying meats.
and there is none
more delicious if
the a MIN al has
been we'll fed on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

. e &c ia bic Com
pound was recon-
mended and / took
about six bottles.
1t fixed me up all
right The common
symptoms of such 2
condition pain
when walking, irri-
tation, bearingdown
pains and backache,
nervousness and dis
ordered digestion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01

Did March come in like a lion7
There was nothing roaring this morn
ing, but if the comparison is made to
a lamb it was pretty husky creature.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-01
'ZHekIFGEfEN


Yesterday is gone We can't change
ii. But today is here Let's improve
II and put pleasant things in our bank
years.