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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

ever, we must give, first consideration
to local conditions for they are the
ones which affect us most directly. So
far as Windham county is concerned
change from local option to statewide
prohibition would not mean less liquor
drinking, or less liquor selling, but it
would mean less active public interest
in the enforcement of the liquor laws,
with the inevitable result. Windham
county people should hesitate before
taking the risk of hurting things at
home for the uncertain chance of help
ing them somewhere else.
All of us are inclined at times to
feel disconnected with the town IN
which we live, and for that reason it
will do US all good to read the follow
ing verses from the pen of some un-
known enthusiast:
If you d like to live in the kind of a
town
Like the kind of a town you like,
You needn t put your clothes in grip
And start on a long, long hike.
You IL only find what you left behind
For there S nothing that s really new
You re knocking yourself when you
| knock your town,
Don t blame your town-it 5 YOU
Real towns are not made by men afrait
Lest somebody else gets ahead.
When everyone works and nobody
shirks,
You can raise town from the dead
And if, while you make your persona
stake
Your neighbor can make one too,
Your town will be what you want it t
be,
Your town is all rights YOU.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

More than 20 business men of North
Adams, headed by Mayor Gale, are in
Boston today to make a determined eff
fort to secure the permanent protection
of the Mohawk trail, one of the finest
scenic automobile highways in America
A bill for the acquisition by the state
of certain specified area on each side
of the state from North Adams to Char
lemont failed of passage in the legis-
lature last year, but the state forest
commission was authorized to make a
survey and report on the practicability
and expense of the project. The com
mission unequivocally recommends the
purchase of one section. out the other
sections, which are farm and pasture
lands, cannot be considered as forest re-
serves, although they might be taken
as park lands. The expense involved
is estimated at $125,000, which is a
small matter for state which does
things on big scale like Massachu-
sets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
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THE A NTI- TIPPIN l. A W
Howard LRdnn

The anti-tipping law is an insidious
attempt on the part of tight members
of the legislature to reduce the Pull
man porter to abject perjury. 1t makes
it penitentiary offense to slip a
quarter to duh mahogany porter who
draws $25 month from highly
watered corporation which sells upper
berths for $1.25 and carves more mel
ons than the entire output of the
State of Georgia.
This nefarious law was enacted at
he request of parsimonious passengers
who travel from New York to Califor-
MIA on one filing of apple pie and
cream cheese. 1t is a melancholy fact
that a niggardly occupant of q tourist
sleeper viii demand all of the APP
pointments of private car service, in
Guiding the morning paper, free shoe
shining and a fresh pillow-sham, and
at the end of the trip reward an OBJ
sequious, brunette porter with the cold
vacant look of defunct carp. Is it
any wonder that the Pullman porter
is a ruthless cynic, and that he al
ines refuses to massage the massive
shoes of tourists who are saving their
| money for plug tobacco and egg sand
wichesg
With the customary prodigality OF
| Protected by The ADJ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
Green Cut Bone and Meat Cannot be
Beat as an Egg Producer.

Any Poultry Food that will increase
egg production more than 500 per cent
in the middle of winter when eggs are
high and scarce is certainly something
to be sought after by Poultrymen. l..
NJ. Boulds of Island Pond, VT, writes
to c. S. Page of Hyde Park, as follows:
90 Your Green Cut Bone for Poultry can
not be beat. 1t brought my eggs up
from one or two a day to IL so far. We
would not be without it. Enclose find
check for one more barrel.
Green Cut Bone and Meat like that
sold to Mr. Boulds win be sent by Mr..
Page, during freezing weather, freight
paid to almost any Station, for the
small sum of $500 for a 200-pound bar
rel. Send money by registered letter,
check, postal or express money order
and the goods will be promptly for
warded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
DRINK WATER To
AVOID SICKNESS
SAYS AUTHORITY
Glass Of hot water before breakfast
daily keeps the doc
tor away.

Sanitary science has Of late made
rapid strides with results that are of
untold blessing to humanity. The
latest application OF its untiring re-
search is the recommendation that
it is as necessary to attend to internal
sanitation of the drainage system of
the human body as it is to the drains
of the house.
Those of US who are accustomed to
feel duh and heavy when we arise,
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom-
aeh, can instead, feel as fresh as
daisy by opening the sluices of the
system each morning and flushing out
the whole of the internal poisonous
stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning before
breakfast, drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate IN it to wash from the
stomach, liver and bowels the pre-
vious days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
The action of hot water and lime
stone phosphate on an empty stomach
is wonderfully invigorating. 1t cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast While
you are enjoying your breakfast the
phosphated hot water is quietly ex
tracing a large volume of water from
the blood and getting ready for 6
thorough flushing of all the inside or
gans.
The millions of people who ar,
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble, rheumatic
stiffness; others who have sallow skins
blood disorders and sickly complexion
are urged to get quarter pound .ot
limestone phosphate from the drus
store. This viii cost very little, bu
is sufficient to make anyone a pro
nounced crank on the subject of in
ternal sanitation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

the American legislator, the anti-tip-
ping law has been extended so as to
include the humble head waitress, the
futtering bell hop and the hotel bar
ber In states where this law is in full
force and effect, it is more dangerous
to tip the little lady who checks your
hat than it is to run an ammunition
ship through the war zone. This teach
es us that we should exercise more
care in picking out men to make our
laws for us, instead of sending to the
legislature tightfsted bucolic citizens
who wouldn't know the Good
Samaritan from a block of channel ice.
The anti-tipping law is one of sew
eral thousand laws which have been
put on the statute books of this coun-
try in order to prevent the human race
from spending its own money with
out securing the consent of a member
of the uniformed police. 1t is modelled
after the old blue laws of Massaehu-
sets, which were called blue because
that was the color of the people who
tried to enforce them. It is generally
| conceded that we would ali live hap
| pier and longer if the constitution
prevented the legislature from meeting
| oftener than once in ninety-nine year,
and then adjourning sine die.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
IllerS

We have purchased so cars DIS
TILLERS' GRAINS, on account of
their being offered much below their
feeding value, on account of the war
corn is being used in making alcohol,
therefore, the increased offerings Of
Distillers Grains You can draw from
our elevator or retail store.
The value Of Distillers Dried Grains
from corn is familiar to many feeders.
Professor Henry states that Distillers
Dried Grains from corn lis one of the
best high protein concentrates for
dairy cows-two to four pounds per
head daily being usually fed. Distillers
Dried Grains may also be used with
good results as part of the ration for
fattcniug steers and sheep.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
HOW TO KEEP SANE.

Insanity is still looked upon too
much as an inevitable and incurable
affection The error of prevalent
views is shown clearly by Homer Folks,
distinguished New York authority on
the problems of the insane.
''Forty per cent of all insanity is
entirely preventable," he declares.
''Taken in time, large percentage IS
durable Public institutions get most
of their patients only when they are in
advanced stages of mental disease, and
yet one-fourth of all those admitted to
New York state institutions recover.
New York pays $S,0O0,0OO a year,
one-sixth of its expenditures, on insane
surdity of a system which spends all
those millions for the care of the insane
and practically nothing for the proven
ton of insanity. Such prevention, he
explains, can be accomplished every
where by teaching the people simple
facts about the causes of insanity.
Insanity, he maintains, Is seldom in
herited. 1t is seldom mysterious
misfortune. - 1t may become suddenly
apparent, but even when it does it has
nearly always developed gradually
The causes, in most instances. are per
feetly well known.
One common cause is a virulent form
of blood disease which leads to paresis
That type of insanity is incurable, but
the cause can be avoided or eliminated
Other causes, easily avoidable, are al
cohol, opium, cocaine, and other drugs
when used habitually. Many seriou,
physical diseases such as typhoid fevel
or diphtheria lead to mental break
downs by leaving poisons in the bod,
and interfering with important func
tions. Good hospital care for bodil,
ailments is the best preventative o
subsequent mental troubles.
Bad mental habits are responsible 70
much insanity Mr.. Folks lays stres
on "the healthy state of mind. y b
which he means "a feeling of satisfac
ton with life Overwork doesn t driv
people crazy, he says, but worry doe,
There should be no brooding over disaI
pointments, injuries, Sights or mil
fortunes. Over-sensitiveness is to b
avoided. Frankness is to be cultivate,
A man who honestly faces his pc
sonal difficulties, who does not hankt
after the impossible, who gets satisfa
ton out of the normal events of If
and who lives decently and temporal
ly, is well nigh insanity proof.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

The report on the condition of the
national banks of Vermont at the close
of business Dec. 81 showed that As in
situations had loans and discounts ag-
gregating $4,000, 507, demand deposits
of $12,027 1896 and time deposits of
81, 44S,342. These figures are not so
important, however, as the announce
ment that the per cent of total reserve
in the Vermont banks was 30.66, far
ahead of nearby states, the percentage
in New Hampshire being 1851, Maine
1859, Massachusetts, exclusive of Bos-
ton, 20.59, Rhode Island 1888.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

was an adopted daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry GoOdnow and a lifelong
resident of this town. Mr. and Mrs
Goodnow taking her from a home in
Boston when she was an infant. She
leaves her husband and three daugh-
tiers and number of grandchildren.
Her only son died III infancy. There
is also one brother by adoption, c. s.
Goodnow. All these live in this town.
the daughters are Grace l., wife of
Porter Carrier, Gertrude L., wife OF
Archie Morse, and Eta l., who lived
at home and cared for her mother
through her declining years. The
funeral was held at the house Tuesday
at p. M, Rev. I. w. Rafter of Will
mington officiating. Mrs. Arthur Far
rington sang several selections. The
burial took place in the Sadawga
cemetery.
H. A. Sprague returned Monday
| from his trip to Florida.
George Cross has been i'll with grip
several days this week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. J. l.. Stockwell, who has been
confined to the house with grip, is a
little improved.
Mrs. Hannah Martin of Canton, \.
Y, is visiting in the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. E. E. Mather.
Mrs. Joseph Dunlevy, who gave birth
to a l5-pound son in the Melrose hos
pital Feb. ), is very comfortable and
is making good recovery.
Marshall Fisher is making a good
recovery from an illness with pneu-
monia. Although not yet able to be
out he is dressed and about the house
Miss Charlotte Knight is unable to
attend school, on account of a sprained
wrist which she received while coasting
down South street hill Tuesday even
ing.
The Woman's association will meet
Thursday, Feb. Il, at , p. m. with
Mrs. l. H. Stellman to sew for the
kurn Hattin Home. There is plenty
of work for all.
Joseph Manning, son of the late
Mrs. Nora Manning of Elliot street
underwent an operation in the MelrosC
hospital Thursday morning for the re
moval of tonsiis and adenoids.
Mrs Henry Blood of DummerstoI
was guest here yesterday of he
cousin, Mrs. F. G. Taylor, and son
Lawrence Blood, who is convaleseinj
in the Melrose hospital, after an opera
ton.
The Near and Farther Lights societ,
held a valentine social in the chapel O
the Baptist church last evening. Abou
/ -.
for the valentine season were played
chorus music was rendered and a pleas
ant evening was spent. Refreshment
We're served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

Hundreds of men throughout Vermont
will learn with sorrow that Judson E..
Cushman, for II years state tax com
missioner, is at the point of death in
the Mary Fletcher hospital in Burling-
ton. He has been unconscious since
Monday, when he was stricken with
hemorrhage of the brain. Mr. Cush-
man has been man of exceptional ahil-
ity, capable of filing any office that
the state might have entrusted to him
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

The late Jesse \. Viles was one of
the men who could see opportunities at
home. He was travelling man who
saved his money so that when the OPP
portunity came he was able to buy the
Pavilion hotel in Montpelier. He en-
larged and greatly improved that we'll
known hostelry. He next branehed out
by developing an electric light plant at
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

Middlesex with a capacity of 1900
horse power, supplying electricity for
industries in Montpelier and Barre.
Through this development and judicious
investments he became one of the
wealthiest men in the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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, 1916-02-11

Score another point for Vermont,
please, with the record of lowest death
rate from typhoid fever of any state
in the union. The result comes un-
doubtedly from pure water supplies in
almost every town in the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Ru of paper
so cents an inch for first insertion; %
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 so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with 80 per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

Willis N. Cady of Middlebury, master
of the Vermont State Grange, will make
an efficient man in the office of county
road commissioner
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
Against It.

Jinks-She s decidedly against vivi-
section.
Jenks-I found it out the minute !
tried to open my heart 10 her.-Club
Fellow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

Hats off to the King $ Daughters of
Swanton. Here is a do something"
organization. Erecting a library for
the town at cost of $4,000 is a real
achievement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

These are questions which the voters
Of Windham county may well consider
between now and the time to vote on
the Perry bill. The subject is not one
on which there is any fundamental diff
ference of opinion. Both sides realize
that man s fondness for strong drink
is the basis of a nationwide problem ;
they disagree only on the method of
solution. In choosing method, how
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
WHITINGHAM.
Mrs. f. j. Newell.

Mrs. Marie Goodnow Newell, 50,
wife of F. j. Newell, died in her home
Early Sunday morning. Mrs. Newell
had been very feeble number of
years, but was confined to her bed in
aer last illness only about week. She
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
A MERRY PARTY

enjoying the delights of our good cook
ing, is often seen at our restaurant.
People say our service and cooking is
so good they like to bring their friends.
We strive always to please our custom
ers, and our food the best the market
affords, which combined with our quick
and courteous service, makes our res
taurant the most popular one in town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

There are five persons to each house
on an average in Ireland
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

This is one of several reasons why
The Meddler does not believe in Per
ryism. He fears that conditions in the
232 towns and cities that are now in
the no-license column would deteriorate
enough under a state wide prohibition
policy to more than offset the improve
ment that would result in the places
where license is now in effect Further
more, there is room for doubt about the
improvement that prohibition would
bring about in the latter class of com
munities. When the majority of citi-
zens in a town vote to license the sale
of intoxicating liquor it is only rea-
sonable to suppose that they want it
sold, and the likelihood is that these
people wouldn t go out of their way
to help enforce a state policy contrary
TO their views.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1916

Member Of the Associated press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
The MeddIer
If h coatJfts you. put i on"

1t always has seemed to The Meddler
that advocates of the Perry bill were
mista ken in their belief that conditions
in Vermont would be greatly changed
if the measure We're adopted. The fact
of the matter is that the Perry bill is
practically the present liquor law with
the local option feature removed.
Hence, If the bill should be ratified at
the coming town meetings there can be
no reasonable expectation that it would
improve conditions in no-license terri
tory, which at the present time in
cludes 232 out of the 246 towns and
cities in the state. On the other hand,
1t would take from these towns the
very weapon which in many eases
keeps the temperance forces on the
liquor question. For the past ten
years, for example, Brattleboro has
voted for no-license, but it ism t the
/ people who now advocate the Perry
bill who have brought about this result
This town S consistent no-hcense ma
jority - and doubtless that of many
another town in Vermont-is due t.
the votes of believers in the local op
tion principle who assume the response
bility which that principle places upol
them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11
PARENTS
Who Is to Blame?

Before you find fault with
your children for low marks
at school, make sure that
you yourself are not to
blame. No child can be ex-
pected to study well with
weak, tired eyes. The only
safe way is to have your
children's eyes tested at
regular intervals. We have
made a speciality of caring
for children's eyesight, and
you will find our prices mod
crate and our work depend
able. Begin the New Year
right by making sure that
your children's eyes are in
shape to stand the strain of
study next term.
JORDAN & SON
0PT0METRISTS- OPTICIANS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-11

1t is too much to expect that this
same feeling of personal responsibility
viii exist if the control of the liquor
evil is taken from the towns and placed
in the hands of the state. To do away
with the annual vote on the license
question is, in the opinion of The Med
der, to do away with feature which
has been more potent than any other
in bringing about the improvement OF
conditions that has taken place in the
/ past decade. All laws depend fol
their enforcement upon the public senti
ment which is behind them, and that
sentiment may be said to be most ac
tive when it is given frequent and reg
ular opportunity to express itself
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-21
MAINE COLLEGES IN
FOOTBALL SATURDAY
University of Maine vs. Bates at Lew.
iston.
Colby VS.. Bowdoin at Brunswick.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks

New York, Oct 2o.-Trading in to-
days broad, strong and active market
was completely overshadowed by the
prominence Of United States Steel, that
stock contributing over 25 per cent. to
the total turnover, which appropriated
1,350.O00 shares.
Steel extreme advance of points to
119 3-s places the stock within l Ia
points of its record quotation made the
latter part Of September and repre-
sents gain Of more than II points for
the week. having fallen to los last Sat-
urday.
Other active. though less strong, fea-
lures included Republic and Cruciable
Steels, Anaconda and INSPIRATION Cop
pers, American Smelling, such equip
ment as American and Baldwin Locomo-
tives. General Electric and Westing-
house. Central Leather and numerous
low priced rails. Foremost among the
latter We're Wabash issues, Rock ISL
and, Missouri Pacific Preferred, Chicago
Great Western Preferred and Minneap-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-21

oils ana st. Louis, the last named Do.
ing distinguished for its advance Of al
most seven points. Interest IN these
shares has grown apprsciabiy By rsa-
son Of the better earnings submitted
from month to month.
Motors were also restored to spocu-
lative favor. Studebaksr ana Maxwell
recording substantial gains with some
subsidiaries. and sugars were In renew.
ed demand with new records for Cuban
Arerican and Cuban cane.
Dealings embraced the fertiisers,
Harvester issues. United States Indus-
trial Alcohol American Wooden, Leath.
ers and Petroleums. all at varied ad-
vances Paper issues reacted to 8
points from top levels on rsalising
sales.
Investment rails were under moderats
pressure. but regAined their losses In
the general improvement Of the last
half hour.
Bonds Of minor railroads were re-
sponsive to the advance in shares but
international issues suffered from fur
Their offerings. Totalsales (par value)
aggregated $7.2s0,ooo. United States
bonds were unchanged on call.