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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
ADDY,SEQENING|
HEKIR TALEp'
BULL FROGS SPEECH.
w-MAR GRAHAM BONNER

L am very Interesting Creature"
said Mr.. Bull Frog.
mo one says you aren't" replied
Grandpa Frog.
We'll then" said Mr.. Bull Frog, IF
you agree that no one could say | was
Uninteresting, why don't you go a step
further, be more Polite, and say that
| am Interestingly"
Very well" said Granpa Frog. 81
will say you are Interesting. / would
like to know though why it makes such
a great deal of difference"
1T makes some difference to YOU.
doesn't it, asked Mr.. Bull Frog, ''if
People say you are Wiser"
'"They can't help themselves" said
Grandpa Frog. "They know I am
WISE
That's because you've taught them
to think SO for such a great number
Of years. You have told them of Frog
Family History, and how Interesting
it is, and how Wise and Knowing you
are. Now I intend to have them think
me not only larger than an ordinary
Frog, but much more Interesting
shall leave out saying a word about
you, and just talk about myself!"
"Goog "a room goog a room," said
Grandpa Frog. You are pretty fond
OF yourself it seems to me. And pray
tell me, what are you going to say?"
i shall tell them all that at first
L am Tadpole. That is Interesting
You see | won't mention word about
YOU"
L see you WON'T" said Grandpa
Frog, who was much amused at this
Conversation.
Then l shall tell them that l next
belong to the Pollywog Family. And
next comes u most Interesting Chapter
in my Life
What do you mean by Chapter Of
your Life?" asked Grandpa Frog. cit
makes my eyes water to hear you talk
in such fine manner. 1 am not used
to it,
Cheer up" said Mr.. Bull Frog. "You
will soon grow used to it. I shall talk
that way all the time.''
"Oh dear, oh DEAR" said Grandpa
Frog. Il do hope you will not talk
that way with US. We all know about
YOU
mo, l will not talk that way before
my Family or Relations. Family and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

Relations won't appreciate me-foI
they'll all be just alike. But you see
by praising up myself I will be prais.
ing them up too!''
'Yes, that's true" said Grandpa
Frog. But you haven't yet told me
what you mean by Chapter of youI
Life"
"A Chapter in my Life,' corrected
Mr.. Bull Frog. "A Chapter in a Boob
is a part of the Book-and a Chapter
in Life is part of the Life. Seei
Perfectly simple, isn't it,"
Eyes. of course" said Grandpa Frog
when you explain it."
"And the Chapter in my Life which
is so extremely Interesting" continued
Mr.. Bull Frog, is when l change from
a Pollywog into Frog"
i suppose said Grandpa Frog.
blinking his large eyes, that you want
TO tell me so you will know how to
Speak in Public. You will Practice
on me, in Short
"Yes," said Mr.. Bull Frog. you are
you, and see how my Speech sounds,
for | am to give one down in the Creek
this morning. / am going to Stand on
the old Stump and tell them all who
gather around me of the Interesting
Life of 81 Bull Frog.
Il shall say" he continued just as
though he We're making a Speech to a
large Audience, and waving a Leg in
the Air, when I change from a Polly
wOg into a Bull Frog first of all lose
two Legs. Then 1 shall pause, and
wait and hear them applaud"
Grandpa Frog gave wide grin, and
Mr.. Bull Frog went on talking.
Il shall say next that / lose my
Tail after this Interesting event and
then my Hind Legs, and that then
then-then, / became Bull Frog. And
this last I shall say" roared Mr.. Bull
Frog, ''in a very loud Voice, and 1 shall
give a little Hop and Jump on the
Stump to let them all know that that
is the final ending to my splendid
Speech!"
"How do you know anyone will lis.
ten to your" asked Grandpa Frog.
Because l have sold Tickets" said
Mr.. Bull Frog.
"How?" inquired Grandpa Frog.
Admission to Lecture-two Bugs
and plenty of Water to drink, l have
offered them," said Mr.. Bull Frog,
"and | have scld every Ticket" he
ended proudly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
SEARCH OF YEARS REWARDED.
Veteran Finds Daughter Lost to Him
Since Civil War.

DECATUR, H., Oct. 81. - When
Archibald G. Bottoms returned to
Bowling Green, Mo-, at the close of
the Civil war he found his wife had
died and the baby daughter he had left
behind in 1861 absent, he knew not
where.
Fifty-one years after the war ended
Mrs. NJ. II. Roberts of Decatur got
track of her father through the pen
sion bureau in Washington, and has
Just returned to Decatur after visiting
him. He is 81 years old.
~ was placed with a family after
my mother died, and they soon moved
from Bowling Green to Illinois, - said
Mrs. Roberts. "They never told me of
my parentage until many years after
ward, and l never did know in what
town | was born. Not long ago l asked
j. c. Walsh, Decatur man, to write
to Washington and thus / found out
where my father lived. -
Bottoms spent years searching for
his child after the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro. Brattleboro News Co,
Park Drug Store, c. w. Cleaveland, d.
K. Cutler a Co. (Esteyvillel. Brooks
House Pharmacy
West Brattleboro, ]. l.. Stockwell
East Dummerston, NJ +. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, +. Fl. Tyler.
South Vernon, e. B. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w.
Streeter.
HInsdale, NJ. H., w. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant,
Bertolino & Bertolino, F. c. Winnewisser.
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

Howard d. Hadley, trained news
paperman, who has Travelled 10000
miles in 36 states in the past four
months investigating political condi-
lions, is of the opinion that the coming
election will be the closest the nation
has known in % years. He believes
hat Hughes will win, but in several of
the states the result is in doubt There
never was time when conditions were
so generally mixed. There are several
big bodies of men who will east their
votes almost wholly regardless of par
" lines
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

belt than 1t is to make pereolator cof-
fee when everything is perking right.
The belt is strung carelessly about the
waist of the patient and one end is
attached to an electric meter. which
keeps careful record of the current
consumed and turns it into the head
office at the end of the month. As soon
as the meter begins to turn over and
discharge kilowatts at the patient, a
warm, restful feeling appears which in
creases in intensity until the patient
glances at the meter.
When an electric belt is properly an-
Piled sick person can turn over on
has face and go to sleep without fear
OF having his backbone reduced to
ashes. This cannot be said Of the mus
tard plaster, which never knows when
to stop its triumphant progress and is
hable to cremate a sleepy patient right
III the presence of his wife and chill
dren. The electric belt can be set so
that it will operate at one mile per
hour ON high, but by providential ar
rangement the speed of the meter is
not affected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II 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.
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
To The Point.
(Morrisville Messenger.)

(M0frlsVlIIe Messenger.)
Neither Charles A. Dana, nor any of
his brillians successors ON the Sun, ever
did better job of condensation, on a
good story, than this school boy who
wrote the following terse narrative
about Elijah:
There was man named Elijah. He
had some bears and lived in a cave.
Some boys tOrmented him. He said: If
you keep on throwing stones at me,
II turn the bears on you and they II
eat you up. And they did, and he did,
and the bears did. 4"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

''Give the devil his DUE is an old
saving, but why should we do that?
What can be legitimately due to the
devil, anyway?
A London railroad station has been
equipped with penny-in- the-slot ma
chimes to sell tickets to persons who
wish to accompany friends to trains.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

down that | could
not work. | was
thin, pale and weak,
W G h e d but 109
pounds and was in
b e d m t of the
time. l began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams V e ge t a Bile
Compound and five
m o n tn S la ter I
weighed 1873 pounds.
I do all the house,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1916.

The Episcopal convention in session
in st. Louis, has decided not to change
people would attempt to obey a 18th
if one were written to
this effect: Thou shalt not be found
out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion: 2
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
a 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 discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

The Meddler hopes that the village
commissioners will consider with due
thoughtfulness the petition asking for
the retention of a day police officer ON
the streets during the winter months.
True, he will have little to do in the
way OF handling automobile traffic but
there are numerous other directions in
which he can devote his energies. Fur
thermore, the present officer has proved
himself so well adapted to the job that
IL would almost seem worth while TO
keep him on duty through the winter
at cost of approximately $300-rath-
er than run the risk of not being able
to secure his services another spring,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

While The Meddler has never heard
1t lntimated that Captain Gibson pre-
ferred to remain at the mobilization
camp at Burlington when his company
was IN the federal service on the Mex
lean border, his recently published let
ter no doubt gave many people bet
ter idea than they had ever had before
of the perplexities and annoyanees Of
official red tape. The letter paid fine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
WIFE TOO I'LL
TO WORK
IN BED MOST OF TIME.
Her Health Restored byLydia
E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound.

indianapolis, Indiana. = "My health
was so poor and my constitution so run
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

tribute to the loyalty of the recruits
who failed to see service on the border.
but the writer of it modestly omitted
amy commendation of Captain Gibson
himself, whose disappointment at be-
ing unable to be in command of the
boys for whose welfare he felt person
ally responsible must have been con
tiAuous and extremely keen.
With fine new building in process
of erection at the corner Of Main and
Flat streets and Main street to be
widened II feet at its narrowest point
and regarded for a considerable dis
lance the improvement of this partic-
ular portion of Brattleboro's business
section will be notable one. But when
the street is torn up why can't ar
rangements be made for putting under
ground the numerous wires that deface
the iandseapef They will have to be
moved anyway.
Brattleboro S Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution are to be commended
for their initiation of a movement to
change the laws of the state with ref
erence to the care of public burying
grounds. At present such care be
comes the duty of town officials only
when they receive a written request
signed by three taxpayers What the
d. A. K. members hope to bring about
is the enactment of a law making it
obligatory upon town officials to see
that all cemeteries are given the care
to which common decency entities
them
The use of peashooters and bean
blowers should be discouraged this year
If for no other reason than the high
cost of ammunition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

YOUR TO RENTS
IN THE DAILY REFORMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27
The Birthday of 1907

Hair Beautifier and Tonic
and Dandruff Exterminator
And the only Hair Grower that pro-
duees Natural Color" is past. Never
bottle returned. Remember, it is
guaranteed. S1.o0 A BOTTLE.
Oh MAIN street Brattleboro
Others cost less but cannot do what
1907 has done.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

The use of pea shooters and bean
blowers should be discouraged this year
If for no other reason than the high
cost of ammunition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-27

Protected by The Adams Newspaner service1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
DEALERS SEE NO CHANCE
FOR FALL IN GASOLINE
Heavy Decrease in Supply, Big Increase in
Automobiles and European War Are Given
as Causes for Present Situation

Prominent gasoline dealers in this city
seem virtually united In the belief that
the present high prices of gasoline Will
remain where 1t is. with such change In
the retail price as may come about being
upon the side of Increase rather than de-
crease.
1t was pointed out, by one retailer, that
the logical law of supply and demand was
the basis for the present price OF 2 cents
a gallon. Never before. he said, had the
demand for gasoline been so great, with
so large and steady an increase con-
stantly rising all over the world. In the
course of ordinary business procedure this
alone would have rising effect upon the
price of any widely used article. Much
Of the present high price was due to the
extraordinarily enhanced demand through
the multiplication OF automobiles and all
other types of gasoline consuming en-
gines throughout the United States, as
well as the great number of automo-
biles in use by the warning countries or
Europe.
In addition to these priee-increasing
factors. there is at the present time
diminished supply. 1t is known that the
oil wells in Texas and Oklahoma are sup
plying not more than S5 per cent. OF what
they were a year ago, and II was pointed
ou that In one important Oklahoma field
the production has decreased from 60 per
cent to 20 per cent. within the last 10
months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12

On the other hand, and despite an ad-
mitted shortage, It is said that any mate
rial change in the price is question OF
speculation, since at any time. in a hun
dred places or more. new oil production
may be developed. Constant drilling for
new fields is proceeding at all times, and
the precedent exists for assuming that
new wells may be discovered before any
shortage of supply over demand may be-
come serious enough to cause a marked
advance In the retail gallon price.
1t is the opinion of gasoline dealers
also that there is always a possibility that
crude oil will result in giving a greater
yield OF gasoline per gallon of crude
Experiments are being constantly made
in this direction. and while very little, il
anything, is at present known OF the prac-
teal value OF these experiments, il is
predicted several OF them have some
foundation Many efforts have and are
constantly being made to produce salts
factory substitutes for gasoline bus as
yet without any results of commercial
Value> While engines have been run with
some OF these substitutes, little faith is as
yet TO be placed in their capacity TO take
the place of gasoline. Were complete
substitute found, il would necessitate a
rebuilding of certain parts In gasoline
motors, which would preclude the sub
stitute's general use By owners OF auto
mobiles for an indefinite time, since the
expense OF making the required changes
would offset the question of gallon price,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
PHILADELPHIA HUB FOR
RADIATING THE HIGHWAYS
Eight Alluring Roads In
vite Auto Owners to Take
Short Trips-They Lead
to All Points

Philadelphia, with / eight great ra-
dating highways and it's historic and
beautiful envrons, is the best situated
city in the country for short. interesting
auto trips.
The roads, which spread out froIA Phla-
delphia and from Camden like the radiat-
ing threads of a spiders web, lead to
all points OF the compass, TO towns and
cities within days easy striking dis
tance; towns and cities well worth visit
ing either because of attractions they
themselves offer o. because of the beauty
or historic associations of the sections
through which the automobilist must
guide his machine.
No ther city can compare with it. au-
tor lists declare, When a city like
e 30, for example, matches the Quaker
IN the number of its radiating auto
e roads. other elements enter into
question to make Philadelphia still
RENE. The automobile roads leaving
nicago are punched in u sector swing
ing anti-clockwise from almost due north
to southeast, leaving bare and roadless
that vast sector formed by the juttins
of Lake Michigan from the north and
east. Des MOines, Iowa, with its seven
roads, and Atlanta, with six, lie In re
glons comparatively barren of interest.
New York is eramped when compared
with this city in the matter OF automo-
bile roads.
The trip TO New York, popular one
with motorists, some OF whom use the
automobile In preference to train, can be
made easily in 5ls Aours by way OF the
Bensalem pike.
Another short trip. consuming about
four hours. is 10 Easton, via the quaint
section Of which Quakertown Is the cen
tire. and on through Bethlehem. Another
route is through Doylestown, almost due
north, the latter part OF the trip being
over the famous Delaware River road.
past Paxinosa Rock. EastOn is hgura-
lively only a stones throw from the far
famed Delaware Water Gap.
Harrisburg. with its capitol and its in
tervening stretches OF pretty country. IS
within hve hours by automobile. The
Southern route is by way Of Lancaster
Many prefer the longer journey, through
NoFrist0wn, Reading ana Lebanon. for IL
Affords opportunity for those delightful
little side sneaksr 20 places like valley
eea1Eaped on Fass nfeasx. eight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
AUTOS HAVE MADE RURAL
LIFE EASY AND PLEASANT
Farmers Find Car Really Cheaper
Than Horses

Automobiles have changed the entire
mode OF living for the average farmer.
Life was humdrum existence even
under the most favorable conditions until
the arrival of the mOtorcar. Not only his
business, but his social activities have in
creased since he became an automobile
owner.
More than half the Overland cars pro-
duced each year are sold to persons in the
rural districts, and this is one of the indi-
cations Of farmers appreciation OF
motoring.
1t has been figured out that the cost
of an ordinary automobile Is really no
more than the price of a wagon. a good
pair OF horses and he harness. Then. too.
horses must be whether working or
not. while a mach entails expense only
when in actual ust
Horses, Furthermore, are subjected to
many ills, which make them Unreliable
while any man who can handle tools can
keep his car dependable by a little atten-
tion along normal lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
PhiladeIpFlias Fifteenth Automobile Shou

Location Hall, Broad and Allegheny
half
floor lumber and inoeum for covering.
av 18th 1880
18TH when double
charged. ,.u
exhibits
in America had 81 exhlbits)
different makes of which
propelled All
ea-no being shown. The lowest priced
highest $6O0O
exhibitors viii nnumerabe
nd varieties of parts.
snydsrs special orchestra Of 40
shows duration with la Bohm
Society Day and instrumental seloists each evening
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
THIS CITY OFFERS
BEST FACILITIES
FOR AUTO CENTRE
Success of Biddle Car Com
pany Opens Way for
Many Others
FIRST SALE AT SHOW
Accessories Plants in and
Around Philadelphia All
Enjoy Prosperity

Philadelphia. which In an industrial
sense is perhaps the most important city
in the United States. offers. through its
proximity to the sea, its unexcelled rail-
road facilities, its geographical position
in relation to me rest of the country,
and the fact that mechanics and work.
men can here obtain the maximum of
home comfort at the minimum of ex-
pense has unusual advantages as a CEN
tre for the automobile industry.
That this fact Is significantly true is
evidenced by the successful establish
ment at Germantown and Allegheny ave-
nues of the plant operated by the Biddle
Motor Car Company the only concern
IN Philadelphia at present manufacturing
a purely passenger automobile.
The Biddle Company has been in exist
ence about 80 months, during IS Of which
it Experimental with the idea OF it's pTesi-
dent, A. NJ. Maris, Philadelphia me-
chanical engineer, who was convinced
that stock car could be built and sold
for $500 that would be equal in quality,
endurance. mechanical construction and
appearance TO that of any foreign or
domestic car sold at double and more
than the price.
BIDDLE CARS SUCCESS.
In June. 1915. after passing the critical
test OF Mr. Marls' professional judgment,
the first Biddle car was placed on the
market. Demonstrating as II did, ali and
more than was claimed for IL. the car
met with instant favor. and since the
first one was sold orders for factory
capacity OF $50 cars year have been
received.
At present orders are booked 10 March /.
1916. and the company Is and has been for
two months past without a demonstrat-
ing car. 50 Keen Is the demand fer their
product The company vas able through
csasla I'd on rzze r.s.s.-z..ss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
SWRDEN LOOKS GOOD FOR
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
hlertsberg Says He Has Many Stars
in Training

,. ahat sweden's prospects for internal
Una athletic championship honors are
sfe than promising may be judged from
= - ia.her confident reports made by King
~s4fs national athletic instructor, Ern-
nlertsberg, who arrived in New York
~ IN Gays ago to spend a brief vacation.
!: zperg, who is well known in America
Il an alhlete and successful trainer, says
49, 49, IN MS opinion. Sander, a 2O-year-old
efn1 al Upsalia University, is pos
z-s.a e,sss. OF powers of endurance and suffi-
Fssa speed as a distance runner to give
,issssnliialnen the Finnish American
Nsaplon, Nsssaplon, a hard race. Sahlin. OF the
esers Athletic Club, is jumper from
fa-r, the national trainer expects fine
tba as he has record of As feet for
~ mop. step and jump. Wide Nuddis,
ss,,s ns Jota Athletic Club, is the fastest
a-. "a =. IN mat country, having a mark of
~ ior the distance.
sish apdlion TO these, Hjertsberg has
IL .ksssls' rs high jumper. who has cleared
b,n.s AZ feet inches, and Aberg, a
No. Jumper, with a record OF 23 feet
.sss e All Of these stars are TO repre-
chs,..nsaen at the 1916 Scandinavian
n Nespohsnlps which are to be held at
r1sy' ~ The former American trainer
e6s,ssssa the opinion that there Is no
Rors.'s lor an Olympic meet until the
thss sssai "a. war is ended, and he believes
Nh an event is fully two years off.