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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
GUILFORD.

Mrs. Kate Heaphy. of northampton.
Mass, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. J. Low
~.
Mrs. \. J. Belden returned home Mon,
day from a tive-weeks' soiourn at the sea
shore
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Hutchinson Of
Greenfield, Mass, are visiting their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ernest Starkey.
Mr.. and Mrs George Whittemore of
Nesttield, Mass, are visiting Mr. White
mores sister, Mrs. Rose Hamilton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hewlett and son. PhiIe,
tus, OF Townshend are guests at f. NJ.
Npencers's. Little Miss Hazel Banding
Ihas received a present of piano from
her grandfather, +. VI. Spencer.
News has been received Of the death
Of Miss Sarah \, Arms at the age OF 90.
Miss Arms was born in this town, a
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs William Arms.
After the death OF her parents Miss
Arms at the age OF 10 went to Connect
cut to live with an aunt, but was a ire
quent visitor to this place to see her life
long friend, Miss Emcretta Weatherhead
Of late years she had been a resident of
lertyvllIe, Conn, where the funeral was
held. The burial took place in Hartford.
tonn. Her pare.ts are buried in Christ
church cemetery in that town
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

Samuel o. Dunn in the journal of
Political Economy gives an exhaustive
review of government ownership in
Canada. He says the government owned
railroads in that country are a hopeless
financial failure. They have cost the
Canadians $26S 100000 more than their
present value, or $154,&7S per mile more
than they are worth One of the govern
mcnt roads is the Intercolonial Railway
and the railroads of the United States
with a capitalization less than the con
struction cost of the IntercoloniaI han
die five per cent more passenger traffic
and - per cent more freight traffic per
mile with only two and six-tenths per
cent greater operating expense. The
Canadians have S26S,000,O00 to pay in
taxes for which they win not receive a
cent IS value. This actual example should
make the people of the United States
cautious about venturing into $780,
ooo,ooo government ship-owning scheme
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
Best Hay Crop in Years.
Barre Times

Barre Times.)
The esteemed Boston Transcript
speaks of "the threatened failure of
the New England hay crop, due to the
excessive moisture of a backward sea
son and the difficulty, not to say i'm
possibility, of obtaining harvesters as
the result of the labor shortage and
1t goes on to advise farmers of Vermont.
as well as of the other states, to raise
alfalfa instead of hay. The advice to
raise alfalfa may be good enough, but
the contemporary is somewhat miSled
as to conditions of the hay crop in Yer
mont, if not i'll other states of New Eng
land. The hay crop of Vermont is one
of the best III years both as to quality
and quantity; and the barns are being
filled as they have not been filed for
many year. Moreover, the crop is
being harvested without unusual diff
ficulty although the labor market for
farms is not so plentiful as the average
farmer might hope for. There is no
Encouragement whatever among Yer
mont farmers over the 1916 hay crop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
THE BOARD OF IRA DE

The board of trade is place where
men put down money and guess how
far No. l wheat will jump inside of
thirty days. If the jump fails to shat
ter any of the existing records several
embltterei operators drop off the board
and apply arnica handages to their
wounds
1t costs great deal Of money to get
on the board Of trade, and sometimes
it costs several times as much to get
OIL Every year some new, brash mem
her from the fars west is admitted t.
membership by paying $4,000 and re-
peating one of Jesse James favorite
passages of Scripture, and few
months later retires by the back door
with a vast amount of helpful expert
ence and a check book shot as full of
holes as a. coffee strainer. Nobody
ever joined the board of trade with
the pious idea of showing up the old
members without breaking down in
the middle of the third verse ald back
ing of the stage with wan. pinched
look.
Bucking the board of trade continues
to be the favorite pastime Of sanguine
citizens who have access TO other peo-
pie : money and who always know that
mess pork is due for a phenomenal as
censlon by September /. Many trust
ed Sunday school treasurer has dumped
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

The White River Junction Landmark
uses half a column of space to explain
that Senator Page is not an aged man,
while in his 74th year, and it points to
Senator GaLlingcr of New Hampshire
at ~ with five more years to serve,
Representative Cannon of Illinois young
at 81, and then rings the changes on
such old boys as Won Moltke, Gladstone
and Benjamin Franklin. This talk is all
well enough as far as it goes, but the
point is that Senator Page has had eight
years of service and there is nothing
exceptional in his record. All of the
men referred to had "made good" be-
fore they were -. Page ism t likely to
do so after reaching that mark.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
GUILFORD CENTER.

d. Lyon went to Jamaica last week
to visit.
Miss Lillian and AIpheus Ingraham
Of Connecticut visited their uncle, Raw
lngraham, this week.
Miss Nora Jaquith of Brattleboro
visited from Saturday to Monday at
+. f. Thayer 5.
Mrs. George Proutv and daughter,
Mrs. kahl visited Mrs. Prouty's broth
er, Worthy Worden, Sunday.
Mrs. Jason Baker is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. George Thomas, in Brattle-
boro and attending the Chautauqua.
G. Kenneth Farnun went to Bernard
ston Sunday to work for his brother-in-
law. His family win remain here for
the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nard and son and Mrs.
Nard 5 sister, Miss Mccarthy. ana Mrs.
Flora Snyder, sister of the Misses Hill.
all of / ooklyn, are spending ten DAYS
with the Misses Hill.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

greeting. How are you? Fine day
were having
"'Good day replied Mr.. Peacock. 1T
seems to me you don't say anything
very remarkable for q creature that
puts on such airs. Any Animal can
talk as wisely as you do. It's just or
binary, everyday conversation
81 never heard you We're so wise
either said Mr.. Rooster very rudely.
81 don't have to be wise said the
Peacock. For / am beautiful. There
is no other tail in all the land that is
so famous for its beauty as the tail Of
the Peacock. And the cOlOrs of my
feathers are wonderful. You know
yourself, Mr. Rooster, that when L
spread my tail even the Animals can't
help admiring me-and as for the Poo
ple-well, they think they never saw
anything like me in all their lives
GAS you can imagine Mr.. Rooster
and Mr.. Peacock had a fine old argu-
ment-which was almost quarrel
for they are both so vain and proud
VI lIlttI StlNil iititi iitti u WI
trying to say more often than the 9th
er:
"I'm finer Animal, I'm a finer
Animal for they got so excited they
said the same thing as often and as
fast as ever they could.
"Soon came along Grandfather Pig
who was feeling quite happy and
cheerful in the nice morning Sunshine,
"'You two mustn't quarrel he said.
It's so extremely stupid. You don't
feel happy when you argue like that.
And it's no fun to stand around--or
strut around and keep praising your
self up every minute. Why don't you
play or get your breakfast-Or do
something sensible-each of you?'
Both the Peacock and the Rooster
looked a little ashamed when Grand
father Pig talked to them, and they
went away with their heads hanging
down when he said, Peacock, for all
your beauty, you've hideous feet and
Rooster, no one likes to hear you
'cock-a-doodle-do" but yourself ="
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

the proceeds Of the mite-box into the
wheat pit, while the other brethren
were learning the Golden Text. only to
have the market slump downward with
Il hollow groan and leave him stripped
Of both religion aId collateral Ever
once in a while some rural merchant I'M
blbeS the idea that he can invest a
$40 bill IN the board of trade and have
1t come back in the form of an eight
cylinder touring car, and after keeping
this up for a reasonable length Of time
he decides that it is cheaper and more
exciting to play draw poker with total
Strangers who carry & stripped deck
The number of people who make any
real money by playing the board Of
trade with a shoestring is about as
numerous as those who locate the little
pea at the circus. The real wise men
of any community are those who play
the savings department OF a solvent
bank every Saturday night. Four per
cent interest may look small to the
man who wants to double his money
between supper and brea kfast. but it
Is better than having to protect the
original Investment with lien on the
household furniture. The man who
gets this solemn fact hammered into his
system while young viii never have to
be cared for by the county when he is
old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

Matt L. Divoll of Rockingham, who
made a highly creditable record in the
last session of the legislature as sena-
tor and as representative in 1908, is a
candidate for reelection. His state
ment to The Reformer is well worth
reading. There will be few to dissent
with him in his desire to shorten the
legislative session. There are now four
avowed candidates in Windham county
Mr.. Divoll, Hermon E. Eddy of Brat
tleboro, Frank \. Dewitt of Newfane
and John II. Ware of Townshend. All
OF these men have had legislative ex-
perieuce.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
VERNON.

George Streeter is visiting his grand
mother, Mrs. George Moseley, in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bingham and
daughter, Mildred of Brattleboro spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ownes.
Mrs. Arthur Miller is entertaining her
father, +. X. Maynard of Darlington,
\. H., and sister, Miss Ruth Maynard OF
Boston.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
ownes tell from the upper window of the
barn Monday and narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injury.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller and family
attended the Maynard family reunion in
Ashburnham, Mass. Tuesday. They were
accompanied by Dwight Miller and family
OF Dummcrston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
Member of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brastleboro, Brattleboro News Co
Park Drug Store, c. w. Cleaveland, d
L. Cutler & Co (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy
West 5rattleboro, ]. L. Stockwen.
East Dummerstcn, NJ. E. Brown.
PLtney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ Batcheldsr,
ToWnshend, G. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, C. H. Grout.
jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, F. b. Buffum.
Streeter.
HlnsdaIe, N. H., w. H Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant.
BertuIuo & Bertoiuo, F. G. Winnewisser.
Windsor, VI, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
WEST NORTHFIELD, MASS

Mrs. White is visiting Mrs. Dayton
Park
j.. b. Butfum and Gordon were at Ocean
Beach few days last week.
Eric Lincoln of bingham. Mass, is visit.
ing ms aunt, Mrs. c. |. Holton.
p. II. Martin and father. also his son.
Edgar, are in Nershire on business.
Mrs. Abbie Smith of Sharon. Mass. i
with her daughter, Mrs. Spiller, for the
present.
Miss /. NJ. Thayer. who has been visit.
ing Mrs. Corse, has gone to Springfield
Vt, to visit friends
Little Lewis Stark is much better and
rs with his mother in the home Of her
father, Henry Cushman, in Bernardston
Miss Maude Railway has gone to New
London for two-weeks' vacation. Miss
Grace Corse is taking her place in the
postoffice
Mrs. H. w. Riley and Mrs. Cora Gale
came Wednesday from Worcester to make
a short stay with Mrs. Doolittle on their
way to Nardsboro, where they are to STAY
during August, having rented cottage
They will be joined later by Mr.. and Mrs
VIII johnson of Worcester for two weeks.
Excursion to Ocean Beach, New Lon
don AmnvISt f
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

sloner S office was above criticism and
par excellence in every respect. He
has made a good governor. But in
Washington, c. w. Gates would be out
of his environment. That s all
The Reformer believes the foregoing
paragraph from the Barton Monitor ex-
presses the opinion of hundreds of Gov
ernor Gates S friends in this part of the
state. And they are none the less his
friends for possessing such convictions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
Compliment to Dale.
(St. Johnsbury Republican,

(St. Johnsbury Republican,
Congressman Dale has been selected
by the congressional campaign commit
tee as one of its preferred list of
speakers and will take the stump as
his duties in Washington will permit
Ills engagements will begin in New
Jersey October ,. This is distinct
compliment to the ability of Vermont s
second district congressman. We know
he will make good
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

The primary law has killed the still
hunt candidates.. Some of us can recall
Stants that We're pulled off in county
conventions that would not have a
chance to get by under present eondi-
tions, when the candidates are forced to
come out into the open.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

Governor Gates has made what the
Monitor believes viii prove to be the
greatest mistake of his life i'm allowing
ms name to go before the people as a
candidate for the United States senate.
Governor Gates is man loved, honored
and respected in his state and his ad-
mlnEtration Of the highway commits
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

Now that the national house of repre-
sentatives has passed the honest berry
basket bill it will be interesting to see
what activity Senator Page will display
in behalf Of the horticulturists of his
native state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

Two criticisms of Brattleboro, made
in the course Of an appreciation of the
town S beauties printed in a recent is
sue of The Reformer, are in the opinion
of The Mcddler worthy of serious con
sideration. One had to do with our fail
ure to plant new shade trees to replace
the many that have died and been cut
down. The other referred to the shift
less habit of using Milestone brook as
public dump. Thought for the com
fort and enjoyment of future genera
tions should prompt us to replace our
shade trees as fast as they outlive their
usefulness. Consideration of our own
welfare and health should point out
the advantages of making MILESTONE
brook something more than public
dump and an open sewer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
JACKSONVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Head and
two sons of Washington, d. c., are
visiting at w. W. Head S.
The old home week picnic will be
held Aug. IS on A. A. Kinghbury s
hill farm. Everyone is invited
Mrs. Mamie Helson and daughter
and Mrs. Mary Jackson of South Lon
donderry visited at w. w. Head s re-
Gently.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
TO SUBSCRIBERS,

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF the paper each night, and II 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
tho proper remedy Immediately applied.
It Is only by this method that the pub
fisher can secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
FRIDAY, AUGUST /, 1916.

To think that Hly-white st. Johnsbury
should ever be disturbed by a Sunday
baseball agitation!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
The MeddLer
If the coat fits you, put It on"

Inc Meddler sincerely hopes that the
new cement road on Western avenue
Will prove to be as durable and as sat
lsfactory as its builders seem TO ex
pect. Surely, the amount Of incon.
Venlcnce its construction has caused
entities the public to something in the
way Of a reward. There is serious
question, however, whether a highway
of this kind is worth what it costs
even when constructed in the most APP
proved fashion. 1t is bound to be
noisy and dusty and certainly will not
be easy to repair when excavations fo1
pipe repairs are necessary. One has
only to compare it with the recently
built gravel road on the flat this side
of Linden lodge to become doubtful as
to the wisdom of using concrete. The
latter road is one of the very best i'll
this part Of the county and although its
cost was but a fraction of that of the
Western avenue stretch careful mp
keep should make it almost as dura
BILE.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

To effect Il quick cure, mix cheer.
fulness with your medicines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

AS to the wisdom of concrete sur
face for Main street The Meddler has
serious doubts in spite of the recently
expressed opinion of the state highway
commissioner. Such surface would
be almost if not quite as noisy as gran
lite paving blocks, and the amount OF
digging that takes place in one season
would be likely to leave it full of de
pressions. Brick paving would be
cleaner less noisy and much easier to
replace
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising Of paper.
80 cents an inch for first insertion; Is
cents an inch for each subsequent inser
zion. Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent
discount Cor each subsequent insertion
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
tirst insertion with so per cent discoun
Tor each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

Excursion to Ocean Beach, New Lon.
don, August q. See Ad. on page 3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04

Protected by The Adams Newsnaper Servicc7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-04


as over-severe Judge BARRIERS sentence
of the young man who figured SO con
spicuously in the automobile accident
at West river bridge July 3. The ease
was an aggravated one from whatever
angle it is viewed and the summary
punishment that has been meted out
should serve as an indication of the at
titude of the local authorities toward
all automobile drivers who are ohliv-
ious to the danger of mixing rum and
gasolene. To claim that the young man
in question should have received a
lighter sentence merely because previ-
Gus offenders escaped punishment is an
argument for perpetual postponement.
Official notification of the primary
election to be held throughout the state
Sept. II brings to mind the fact that
candidates for town representative must
be nominated ON that date. The Med
dler has yet to hear of any Brattleboro
man who has aspirations to be a mem
Der of the next general assembly, but
doubtless some willin' Barkis will ap-
pear before the time for filing petitions
expires. One thing to be borne in mind
in connection with the representative
question is the attitude of all candidates
on the repeal of the Perry bill. The
work of getting this statute off the
books was only partly done in the ref
erendum of last March; to complete it
representatives must be chosen who will
agree to act in accordance with the YER
diet rendered at that time.
County politics seem to be in a luke
warm condition despite the numerous
candidates in the field. The announce
ment of \. L. Divoll s senatorial can
didacy this week brings the number of
aspirants for this office up to four: Mr..
Divoll and j. H. Ware of Townshend
from the northern district and H. E. Ed
dy of this town and f. A. Dewitt of
Newfane from this end of the county
However, the primary law is likely to
prove as much of a stumbling block to
the custom of choosing senators by
probate districts as it is to the mountain
rule in the distribution of state offices,
so there is no likelihood that Messrs.
Ware and Divoll will have a chance to
fight for one toga while Messrs. Eddy
and Dewitt are contending for another.
The two who get the most votes in the
primary will be the ones whose names
will appear on the official ballot without
regard to residence, and this is as it
should be.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-04

always those most vitaly affected by
military service in time of peace or war.
Upon them falls the burden OF the fight
ing in the ranks and they have ever been
expected TO act as shock absorbers for
the evil consequences Of war. They have
been the chief sufferers from evils of
militarism wherever that malicious sys-
tenn has fastened itself upon nation.
Since they have been the victims of the
dangerous policies OF miitarism, they
will be the most interested in safeguard
ing our own national plans from dangers
and from evils OF militarism that have
been disclosed by the experiences Of
other countries.
Preparedness is something very differ
ent from militarism. Both leave an in
delible impression upon the nation, one
for freedom and the other for repres-
sion. Militarism is a perversion of pre-
aredness-instead Of serving the inter
ests OF the people the people are ammu-
milton for these machines. They are de-
structive to freedom and democracy.
An understanding OF human nature and
OF conditions is convincing proof that
every nation must have some means of
sclf-defense. The agencies and policies
for this purpose must be carefully chos-
en-. The pacitists and those who hold
to policies OF non-resistancc have failed
to understand and to evaluate that quail
ity in the human race which make men
willing to risk their all for an ideal.
Men worthy OF the name will fight even
for scrap OF paper when that paper
represents ideals OF human justice and
freedom. The man who would not fight
for such a scrap OF paper is a poor
craven who dares not assert his rights
against the opposition and the demands
OF others.
Provisions for national defense and
preparedness must be in accord with
democratic ideals In other words, mill
tary training and military institutions
must be a part OF the life of the people
rather than of a nature to alternate citi-
zens from the spirit the ideals and the
purposes OF civic life. A great danger
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