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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
CORN ON THE COB

Corn on the cob is one Of the few
forms of dessert which do not have to
be eaten with a knife or a particular
kind of fork. Nothing is more embar-
RAISING to a man of naturally timid
nature than to pick up the wrong fork
at a $50 dinner and iab carelessly at
a devil s food cake until arrested by
ferocious look from his wife. Many
man has inserted a hook-nosed spoon
intended for the pineapple sherbet into
his coffee cup, only to discover his error
later and surreptitiouslv withdraw the
same with a guilty look.
Corn on the cob. however, can he
eaten with just as much success by the
common people as by the Upper Ten,
and one will make Just as much noise
as the other while doing so. This is
accomplished by Selling an ear of corn
with both hands ana fitting it carefully
to the face, running up and down its
surface with the agility of a mouth-or-
gan expert rendering variations on
- Home, Sweet Home. - This occasions
a rapt look to spread 0 'er the face of
the eater, especially if he has happened
to secure an ear which is heated to
5Sf degrees Fahrenheit
California is fine state to winter in
and grows one Of the best climates ever
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Vermont Hay and Alfalfa

The indications are that the Vermont
hay crop this year will be at least one
third above the average of several
years. Last year the crop in this state
was estimated to be worth 500, 30j. 600,
and the probability is that the price
viii not be lower than that of last
year. As hay is Nermont's principal
crop and the yield last year was est
mated at 100000 tons. it will be seen
that the bumper crop will add mate
rally to the wealth of the state Alfal-
fla is now raised successfully in every
county of the state. although not vet
on large scale. In 1909 the census
report showed that there were 252 acres
Of alfalfa in Vermont. A conservative
estimate indicates that there are now
500 acres of alfalfa in the state, 900
acres being in Addison county. This
year the county agricultural agents are
conducting 100 alfalfa demonstrations
in the state. 1t is difficult to estimate
the value of q general introduction of
alfalfa growing in Vermont, but it
would be a great boon to the farmers
of this commonwealth. This year a
considerable area of SOY beans has been
planted in the state, the area in Chit
tenden county having increased from
five acres last year to 800 acres this
wear,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

Since passage Of the sO-called drunk
en- drivers law by the last legislature
in Massachusetts automobile accidents
have not grown less common, but the
number Of cases prosecuted under the
new law indicates that some of the
danger Of accident is being removed.
Revocation instead of mere suspension
of the operator s license is now the
rule of the highway commission, and,
besides, a number of transgressors have
been sentenced to heavy fines and to
terms Of Imprisonment. Of seven re-
cent eases in which licenses were re-
voked, two of the defendants were sen
fenced to the house of correction for
two months, and the others were fined
800 each. A judge laying on the full
weight of the highway law, may know
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
EVENING
TALE s.
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
NiGHTINGALE'S FRIEND.

81 heard a Story the other day."
said Daddy, "a quite true Story"
DO tell it to us. Daddy" said Nancy.
whats 1t about?" asked Nick.
"Just a moment" Daddy went on,
sand I'll tell you. Mr.. Nightingale had
built too large a Nest. 1t was very
fine and beautiful and comfortable. but
still Mr.. Nightingale wished for some
thing more coy. He thought his
new Home he had made was more
like a Hotel where lot of Birds might
spend their time-and he didn't want
a lot of Birds-not unless he gave a
Party. He just wanted Companions
ship.
after a while he thought of a Wis
itOr he would like to have all the time
and off he started on his travels. His
Nest was on a Tree which hung over
Window of a House. In the House
lived a dear old Lady whom the Night
ingale always called Grandma White
Cap because she wore lovely, soft
White Caps which the Nightingale
thought very beautiful. He really
cared quite a good deal how People
looked, but he seemed to have grown
tired of not having any real Compan-
ion.
CAS- he went along. flying as fast as
he could, he kept thinking to himself
how very lonely he had been of late.
The more he thought of his loneliness
the more he thought of Companion.
and flew faster and faster all the time.
"At last he reached the spot he had
chosen for resting. 1t was in Black
Birds Bay. Not another Bird could
be seen-just hundreds and hundreds
of Black Birds. There were many low
Bushes and Shrubs and Berry Trees in
this bay, and in the marshy water were
quantities of Pond Lilies.
"Mr. Nightingale waited for someone
to speak to him. He didn't want to
be too forward, you know.
"Soon a very fine bird-Black as
Black could be and very shiny Just as
If he'd polished his wings with shoe
blacking-perched on a Bush beside
the one where Mr.. Nightingale was
resting.
Ibid you come to hear US sing or
| talk or screams? asked the Black Bird.
1 know we must sound very shriek-y
to you, Mr.. Nightingale. But what
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

put on the market, but California has
no corn on the cob except the base imi-
tatlon which starts west III a refrlgera-
tor car and reaches the table in the
form of a shrunken disappointment.
Many Californian would give all that
he possesses, including his wife S moth
er, il he could step out into the garden
and round up a couple of pecks of
green corn for Sunday dinner, but in
stead he has to put up with succotash
and the lowly but inspiriting prune.
This teaches us that Iowa people who
90 to California expecting to find
heaven will not he satisfied unless they
have lost their teeth and memory.
The best thing about corn on the
cob is that a thoughtless or near-sight-
ed cook cannot injure it. How many
times are we called upon to eat custard
pie which lacks reinforcing materials
AMI has to be scooped up in a laborious.
painstaking manner with spoon
How often have you, dear reader, bro
ken into a promising boiled potato, only
to find ruin and desolatio1 lurking in
its depths Corn on the cob, however.
is easier to prepare and cook properly
than the Battle Creek brea kfast food
and can be eaten with greater safety
than a bride 5 first bread.
Is Newspaper Servicel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
Member of the Associated Press.

Ths RefOrmer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
STATE FAIR PREPARATIONS.
Secretary Davis and Assistants Ener-
getically Engaged i'll the Work.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Aug. 10.
Despite the excessively warm wealth
er Secretary Davis aud his assistants
are putting in full days in preparation
for the Vermont State fair to be held
here on the state grounds Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
Sept -, -, II and Is.
Investigation with contractors shows
II would be impractical to provide the
large grandstamd with reserved seats
this season, as this would mean an en-
tire remodeling of the stand. but sever
al aisles will be made with steps added.
so that the convenience in reaching
seats will be greatly increased.
Turnstiles are to be placed at the
stands and an extra ticket office added
at the further end of the large grand
stand. The reduction made in the price
for automobiles to 30 cents is meeting
with the approval of the automobile
driving public.
One of the features of the advertising
is a specially designed hanger which is
being widely distributed. Railroad sta
ton lean-tos are also new advertis-
ing feature this season.
1t will be Of interest to the horsemen
to announce that the track is in excel
lent condition. Several horses are be
ing worked - out at the present time
and the drivers state that fast time
will be made on the track this season
The services of Chester Pike, the popu-
lar starter, have been engaged to give
the word ego III all the races.
The executive committee of the State
fair commission cautions shippers of
10 tn ri,
railroad rates at their shipping point
and to be sure to take advantage OF
the free return rate on the stock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

L. j. Allen, August > for a week s
vacation.
Mrs. c. L. Allen of South London
derry was at G. II. Gleason S Tuesday.
Miss lola Gleason and Miss Florence
Allen were il South Windham Satur-
day.
G. E. Gleason returned to his home
in Athol, Mass, Saturday, after visit
ing relatives here.
Rev. S. L. Vincent is moving his
family from Windham into Leon
CIRCUIT s tenement.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Robinson ald
daughter, Doris, attended the ball game
IN Williamsville Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Howe and son,
Ray, of Brattleboro were guests at A.
II. Gleason S and Arson Herbert s Sun
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
HURRAH FOR TOM PERRINE!
Real Old Frontiersman Won't Let En-
Raid Again.

The old-tiashioned American from
tlersman has appeared on the Mexican
border at last, the Buffalo Express
shouts in acclaim. His name is Tom
Perrine, and he owns a ranch 81 miles
from Ell Paso On Friday night gang
OF MeXlcans raided his ranch and drove
Oft some of his horses. Perrine and two
of his employees rode in pursuit, headed
off the Mexicans in narrow pass and
fought and whipped the whole 40 of
them. Perrine says they killed IA. 1t
will be sometime before any small band
of Mexicans attempts to raid Tom Per
rine S ranch again.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
EAST JAMAICA.

A. E. Gleason was in Brattleboro
Saturday.
Clarence Peirce is working on the
West ToWnshend section.
Mrs. Horace Howard s uncle and
aunt of Boston are visiting her.
Alpha Allen of South Vernon joined
his family in the home of his father,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

The expected has happened. Parts of
the congressional record containing SEN
ator Page S speech on vocational edu-
cation are now flooding the mails to his
Vermont constituents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim OF the management
secure efficient service in the deliver
OF the paper each night, and ii solicit
the cooperation 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
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, 1916-08-10

1t is a rather sorry a1d lamentable
showing on our ability to control dis
ease by present methods to know that
thirty-seven members of the Massa-
chusetts General hospital in Boston
are i'll with diphtheria.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Run OF paper
so cents an inch for first insertion; rs
cents an inch for each subsequent inser
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
line first insertion with 30 per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discoun
for each subsequent insertion without
change Of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

that he has firm public support back of
him. 1t is growing Improbable to
drive a ear after drinking. The day of
the joy ride is nearing its end. If you
are foolish enough to take JOY ride
let a sober, competent chauffeur run
the ear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
HAIR HINTS
Worthy the Attention of Everyone Who
Would Avoid Dandruff, Itching
Scalp, Gray Hairs and Badness.

"What will stop my hair coming
out?" Reply: Partisan Sage is the best
remedy for hair and scalp trouble; said
to prevent badness, grayness and
dandruff.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
Identified.

Brown-The boss says chat when he
was boy on the farm they had a
mule that was just like one of the
family.
Jones-1cs, and | know which one
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
SHOOTS HIMSELF AT 70.
Henry Vancor Puts Bullet Through His
Head at Barre City Farm

BARRE, August 10.-Henry Vancor,
aged 10, of Montpelier, committed sui
eide at the home of his brother, c. W.
Vancor, at the Barre city farm here
yesterday afternoon by putting a bullet
through his head
Mrs. c. W. Vancor, the farm matron,
discovered the body when she went to
the barn to feed the chickens, Fancor
was a veteran of the Civil war. The
deed is ascribcd to failing health.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

The great war has not interfered
with the sales of Partisan Sage 49, one
of the most helpful and invigorating
hair treatments known-as it is made
in this country from the original for
mula.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

"Before going to bed I always rub
little Partisan Sage into my scalp,
says woman whose luxurious, soft
and fluffy hair is greatly admired This
stops itching scalp, keeps the hair
from falling out aId makes it easy to
dress attractively.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
Sensational!

The government wheat
report has caused almost
a panic throughout the
Northwest. We advise
purchasing your winter
stock of Flour immedi-
ately. Delay means pay
ing $500 or $500 a
barrel more.
Telephone your grocer
at once.
E. Crosby & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

Many man who attempts to blow his
own horn comes out at the little end
of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

Beautiful soft, glossy, healthy hair
for those who use Partisan Sage You
can get bottle of this inexpensive
French hair dressing from Wilfred F.
Root and druggists everywhere, with
guarantee of satisfaction, or money re-
funded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
A Permanent Cure.

OVER FIVE YEARS LATER, Mr.
Holland said: Kidney trouble has
never returned to me and l give
Deans Kidney Pills the credit for my
permanent cure"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don t
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Holland has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Brattleboro Household Will
Find Them So.

10 have the pains and aches Of
bad back removed-to be entirely free
from annoying, dangerous urinary dis
orders, is enough to make any kidney
sufferer grateful. The following ad-
vice of one who has suffered will
prove comforting words to hundreds
of Brattleboro readers.
Harry n. Holland, Sc Canal ST.,
Brattleboro, says: "For some time
my kidneys were disordered and when
ever / caught cold, my back began to
ache. The trouble became so bad that
[ could not rest we'll Learning of
Doan S Kidney Pills. procured sup
ply at the Brattleboro Drug Co. Three
boxes removed every symptom of the
trouble'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
Bring Your
Here

If you want them filled with the pures,
and freshest drugs, and with the great
est care and accuracy-'illed precisely
as your physician orders them filed,
to produce the exact effects he desires.
We are proud of the record we have
made in our prescription department
And yet we fill prescriptions at very
reasonable prices, and fill them quickly
too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10
HELP ENFORCE THE LAWS.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-10

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
BABE REMEMBERS
WAY TO GROUNDS
Youthful Pachyderm of ITO Hits the
Trail From Train to Tent With
out any Guidance.
not HER FIRST VISIT TO CITY
Barnum s Bailey's Show, Bigger, Bet
ter and More Gorgeous Than Ever,
Is In Reck Island.

Babe. a 110-yoaT-old youngster with
Barnum & Bailey's elephants, lumber
ed down the gangway from one of the
elephant cars at the foot OF Twelfth
street this morning upon the arrival
of the circus. with the grace Of a
paper-hanger reaching a rear seat in
a crowded trolley car. Behind her
swayed over a score Of other eIe-
phants. Keepers stood by and watch
cd them.
let's see If Babe knows the way?"
they said.
Observation-Disclosures, trump
eted the Gargantuan creature as she
went stepping it of up the street. Did
Babe know the way? You just bet
your last jitney she did She hit the
trail 10 the show grounds with all the
readiness of a beagle upon the trail
Of q rabbit. Babes precociousness
can be explained by the fact that she
has been here before, and the pachy-
derm that couldn't remember the trail
from the railroad yards to the hay pile
in the menagerie tent would be a
plain, Uumitigated bonehead. But give
Babe credit There was cockatOo in
the circus zoo 116 years old, named
be Gagged and hauled to the grounds.
Ages considered. Babe did pretty well
for a 110-year-oId youngster.
Here. Before Daybreak.
The circus arrived early this morn
ing from la Sale. the first of the four
long trains arriving before daybreak
Detraining commenced Immediately
upon arrival and the route which Babe
took early this morning was an al
most continual line of elephants red
wagons and people from daybreak IN
til long after the average breakfast
hour You hear people say that only
small towns fall for the circus stuff
these days; that city people won't get
up at daybTeak to watch men in their
undershirts drive stakes and stretch
canvas. You hear these things but
you mustn't believe them. Hundreds
awaited the arrival of the circus this
morning and later sCurried around the
show grounds prior 10 the parade
with all the curiosity of a crowd at a
county fair They peered under the
canvas covers Of the red wagons and
lifted up tent flaps where unostentat-
i0us bareback riders were sorting over
their fnery and solemn-loOking clowns
were ironing out their smiles prepar-
ing for the parade. They stuck their
heads into the mess tent-got a Whit
from the cooking ranges and exclaim-
ed: My stars, they've got steak for
breakfast" just as if that was the
most extraordinary thing in the world.
Over 1900 persons breakfasted in the
circus dining tent this morning and
housewives who worry lest the break
fast fiap-jacks are not cooked to suit
the head Of the house should be thank
full they do not have 10 prepare the
circus breakfast with its army of
gargantuan appetites. After the de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
Special Taxation Notice.


Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested that the city council of
Rock Island, Ill, having ordered that
Railroad avenue, from F'Orty-siXth to
Forty-fifth street, Forty-fifth street
from Railroad avenue to Tenth avenue,
and Tenth avenue from Forty-fifth to
Forty-fourth street, be paved with
brick blocks, and the ordinance for
the same being on file in the office of
the city clerk of said city. and said
city having applied 10 the county
court of Rock Island county, Illinois,
for an assessment of the cost of said
Improvement, according 10 the 'front.'
age OF the property assessed along
the line of improvement, said assess
ment being payable in eight install
ments, each bearing interest at the
rate of per cent per annum, and an
assessment therefor having been
made and returned to said court, the
final hearing thereon will be had on
the 21st day OF August, a. ID. 1916, at
the hour OF o'clock a. m, or as soon
thereafter as the business OF the court
will permit.
All persons desiring may file objec-
tions IN said court before said day,
and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
Dated Rock Island, Ill, Aug. ,, 1916.
WILLIAM L. GALLEY.
Officer Appointed to Make the tssess-
ment
John X. Scott, city attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03
BEGIN
NEW WAR ON FLIES

Chicago, Aug. 3.-"Make the fly
fly swell up and burst" is the new
slogan in Evanston, a Chicago suburb.
DR. W. Lee Lewis, city chemist and
a professor at Northwestern univer-
sity has sent housekeepers the fol-
lowing bulletin:
Darker every window in your house
but one. The flies, seeking the light,
will congregate about the undarkened
window. When a suitable convention
has been gathered, get out the vacuum
cleaner and set it going. The machine
will suck up enough air to rarity the
atmosphere and the flies will swell up
and burst To put it scientifically
they will die of apOplexy."
Housekeepers say the plan works.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-03

training and erection of the canvas
city came the parade.
The Parade.
Lives there a man with soul so dead,
who never to the crowd has said:
Here she Goes at last"
Yep; that's the band coming, all
right. Let's squeeze a little farther
forward and take on a few more
cubits and"
"Oh, now don't those men look nice
in those spic and span costumes. Who
do you suppose they are, with banners
and gonfalOns and trumpets and all?
The heralds, to be sure; the heralds.
Now amt that wagon just grand,
Look at all that gold f1lagree work all
over it. My! My! Wonder what's in
there-and in that one behind it? Bet
it's "a"
oh, isn't she just too lovely for
anything! Didn't they pick out nice
looking girl to be the first lady in the
parade?'
A regular polo girl with two horses,
driven tandem, shining and sparkling
And here are more, and more of them,
all gayly alfred Here they are in
gold and scarlet, blue and orange, at