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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18

between free verse and blank verse is
that the former is about thirty five de-
grees blanker than the latter and can
be written by the linear mile without
mental struggle
1t must be admitted, however, that
free verse is great improvement over
much of the original poetry which ever
and anon lifts sad eyes above the hori-
zon. 1t is painful to note the frantic
efforts of the original poet to find two
words which will lie down in the same
stall, but the free verse writer is not
obliged to consult anything but a spell
ing book and the fortitude of the pub
lie. Free verse is not measured by
meters or feet, but can be sawed off al
any point with jackknife without be
ing lowered in the esteem of the author
Several of the early English poets
used free verse quite extensively, some
being more free than others, but as
they struck an occasional rhyme pos
terity has forgiven them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18

I do Mr.. Weasel almost seemed An
CRY.
please said Peter Gnome. don't
be Cross. | dCn't in the least object
if your Tail is as long as your Body.
It's just Queer-that'S all. OF course,
| wouldn't like to have Tail that
long. I'd want one as short as pos
sible. And I'm pretty glad, as a mat
ter of fact, that / haven't any Tail at
ALL
"That's because you don't know
what you're talking about said the
Weasel. There's such Joy in having
long Tail. Yes. such joy!'
"Peter Gnome didn't quite under
Joy of having such a long Tail. But
he did not think he had better talk
any more or he wouldn't hear about
the Weasel's ways and habits.
Talk to me, Mr.. Weasel said
Peter Gnome politely.
''Mr. Weasel looked up with his sharp,
pointed face, and seeing that Peter
Gnome was really Interested he began
his Story.
81 live he said, sin an old Barn.
My Food is principally made up of
Rats and Nice
ugh" shivered Peter Gneme.
"'Oh, 1 know said the Weasel,
that we would never like the same
things
"T don't believe we would said
Peter Gnome.
"'And I can go through Holesl' said
the Weasel proudly. That's why my
Body is so thin. 1t can slip through
any Hole at all! Oh, it's very fine to
be like l ann
81 suppose it is agreed Peter
Gnome, if you like Rats and Mice for
Food. Do you go into the Holes after
them?'
"'To be sure I do said the Weasel.
And l can get through Cracks in Stone
Walls. That's why | am sometimes
called a Ferret-because I can get
through tiny places
sob, is that what Ferret means?'
said Peter Gnome I am very glad to
know
CT can tell you more about myself,
| said the Weasel.
"Do,' said Peter Gnome.
81 have different Suits for different
| Seasons. In fact for a Creature who
| goes through Holes I am very Fashion
able and like to change my Suit quite
often
"'How often?' asked Peter Gnome
as the Weasel didn't look so very Fash.
| ionable.
"'In the Summer said the Weasel
Z wear a fine brown and white Suit
| In the Autumn I wear a black Suit
| That's what I'm wearing now. Simple
but good, eh?'
"'Very NICE said Peter Gnome. He
really didn't think it was so especially
nice.
"'And in the Winter continued the
Weasel, wear my white Suit. That's
my really handsome Suit. I match
the Snow. 1t is the correct thing to dc
l think. The Snow is so beautiful
like to pay 1t high compliment
I'm sure the Snow is flattered,
said Peter Gnome with a smile
81 think so,' said the Weasel as Il
he really thought there could be nc
doubt about it. And I'm Hungry.
must go for my Luncheon and he dis
appeared into Hole. 'Good-by,' came
a squeal from the direction of the
Hole"
----
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18
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it is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18

Earle S. Kinsley, Vermont member
of the Republican national cimmittee,
rather severely arraigns National
Chairman Wilcox for the way in which
the campaign was conducted, but we
notice that he says nothing about Will
son running thousands of votes ahead
of other Democratic candidates in Yer
mont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18
Greene as Floor Leader.
{ Rutland Herald)

II JIM Mann should be elected speak
er next year, would that bring Frank
Greene forward as floor leader7 It is an
open secret that he could have been
minority whip" at this session if he
had desired, but that was in a minority
house. Looks as though the next
wouldn' t be overwhelmingly anything
else.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18
The Way of Martha and the Wav of
Mary, Stephen Graham.

Mary, Stephen Graham
Mr.. Graham interprets POLITICALLY
dramatically the religious life of the
East and contrasts it with the religious
ife of the West The way of Mary is
hat of the East, the way of religious
emotion, mysticism, the denial of the
world, the pouring of the ointment on
the feet of Christ instead of selling il
and giving the proceeds to the poor
The Way of Martha is that of the West
filled with service, the finding of Christ
n the suffering human being in the
world, IN the realization of inasmuch
as we did it unto the least of these, va
did it unto me-.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18
Bring Your
Prescriptions
Here
Here

If you want them filed with the pures&
and freshest drugs, and with the great
EST care and accuraey-Elled precisely
as your physician orders them fLaa.
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, 1916-11-18

Hughes s lead in Minnesota is so
small that it reminds one of the old
schoolmaster s remark about the little
end of nothing whitfield down sharp.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18
Central Vermont Ry.
Corrected to October l, 1916.

Trains leave Brattleboro
600 a. N. Except Sunday. For New
London.
700 a. m. Except Sunday. For South
Londonderry.
go a. m. Except Sunday. For New
York via Springfield.
$50 a. m. Except Sunday. For South
Londonderry.
1925 a. m. Except Sunday. For Millers
Falls.
40 p, m. Except Sunday. For Keene,
New London and New York
via New London.
600 P. N. Except Sunday. Local for
South Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18

1t seems the Prohibition leaders, and
they are a very strong group, have a
card up their sleeve, by means of which
they expect to be able to force through
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18

When you begin to grumble about
the cold weather remember that it has
stamped out the infantile paralysis
epidemic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18
At the Library
New Books
Great Russia, Charles Sarolea.

Great Russia, Charles Sarolea.
An optimistic, unrefecting series OF
sketches grouped under these headings
The Geographical Foundations OF
Russian Politics, What the World Owes
Russia, The Great Russian Triumvirate
Russian Problems. The author truth
fully states that in the narrow compass
of two hundred pages, he has touched
only the fringes of hugh subject; the
best thing about the book is its title.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18
international Finance, Hartley Wither,

international Finance, Hartley Withers
International finance has been neg
lected subject III the United States;
but now that Americans have become
great international money lenders, it is
interesting to read how money lending
among nations is carried on by the in.
vestors and financiers of the old world.
This volume is by recognized and dis
tinguished authority on finance and was
especially prepared by the author for
readers in the United States. Some of
the chapter headings are as follows
How Foreign Loans are Floated, The
Connecting of Finance with Foreign
Trade, Diplomacy and War, The Good
influence and the Bad Which Interna
tlonal Finance Exercises, The Relation
OF Finance to Nationalism.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18

Inc IRISH Orators, with a Foreword bv
Cardinal Gibbons, Claude G. Bow
ars.
The stirring story of Ireland IS fight
for political, religious and racial free
dom from 1850 to the present time, en-
phasizing the struggles, the PERSONAL
ties and the wonderful genius for ora
tory possessed by Flood, Grattan, Cur
ran, Plunkett, Emmett, o Cornell.
Meagher, Butt, Parnell. We quote this
from the Foreword; ''The reader will
find this valuable contribution to the
story of 1reland's greatness impartial,
instructive and interesting and of such
appeal that he will not be satisfied un-
til he reads to the end. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-18

1t makes little difference to the av-
efage man what church he attends, pro
Niaea there are cushions on the seats.
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-18

meet an important engagement; the
place of appointment was only five
miles distant from his home. but the
country roads were full of snow;
drifts from wall to wall or fence to
fence; then long distances of bare
ground; he took big black horse and
high two-wheeled gig; what a time
we had! The big black horse would
stride into a deep drift, stop, pant,
then stamp, wriggle, plunge ahead
and work himself out; in many places
the drifts were too deep to try them
then we pushed down the worm-rail
fence. would bounce over the pros
trate rails, rush across the fields, and
in one case did not know of a brook
beneath the snow. the horse stunt led
through it, and we bounced over, al
most being thrown out; stone walls
were pushed down and we rode over
| them roughly; but we got there, and
that young fellow doubted if any other
one in town ever celebrated his com
ing of age" in that manner.
The native place of the Eastmans of
Boise is Littleton. New Hampshire,
just west OF the White Mountains Of
that state; once in the SOS l found
myself there snowed-in and anxious
to get to Franconia. over a mountain
ridge, ten miles distant; because of my
errand the landlord of the hotel was
anxious to help me on my way, and
gave me an old horse who knew New
t1ampshire's SHOWS, and careful
driver; his only charge was, "pick out
the best path, don't urge the old mare,
and if she gets stalled let her work
herself OUT; and the methods and
success of that fat old mare was
wonder; and | made my destination;
and that following evening was one
to remember; at the old Lafayette
house found only its owners, the
three Richardson brothers. all ex-
tage drivers of days before the rail-
road; and each one was character;
two were tall, six-footers; one big
and stout, the other slim and spare;
the third big, round, sawed of. sort
OF man; as soon as my letter of in
PRODUCTION was read | was made most
heartily welcome; at times the three
reminded me of snarling dogs, as they
criticized each other, did not spare
each others pecularities, but under all
showed the strongest attachment;
such dinner as they provided Then
such an evening before big fire, with
stories. of early days, rough roads,
stage driving, all sorts of experiences
with all sorts of passengers. The
next morning one of them took me in
cutter down through the Franconia
Notch, where We saw Hawthorne's
Old Stone Face" on the mountain
side, The Old Man of the Noun
tain formed by the irregularities of
three rocky ridges, which give against
the sky most remarkable resembl-
arnce to an Indians face. Near by are
chasms which resemble our narrow
rock canyons; one, the most remark
able, called THE Flume," 20 to rs feet
deep and much of it only a few feet
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-18

wide; formerly grea. boulder was
lodged, hanging between the walls at
the narrowest point, and bright girl
remarked, eff you had been little
bo(u)l der, you would have come
through" and during big storm
some years afterwards the. waters
forced it off and away. and it was car
ried so far away that it was never
found. Pent up waters are powerful.
Coming west over the Union Pacific
line after leaving Green River one
sees in midsummer away to the south
long snow banks on the north side of
the Unitah mountains; l have been on
that peak in August and slid on these
snow banks hundred feet at slide,
and within few feet of the snow have
picked some of the largest and fairest
white Columbians ever saw. And
near the summit of that peak is an
Alpine valley of perhaps an acre in
which my company picked 80 distinct
floral varieties; and at its head is a
mass of ice, some years quite a
glacier; the remains of what was once
a big one, and below are some of the
most perfect moraines, both lateral
and terminal, l have ever seen. And
the small lakes that lie down deep
among the Unitah mountains are most
beautiful.
OBSERVER.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-18
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Mrs. w. J. Ross and daughter left
Wednesday evening. fol-. Pueblo, Col,
where they will make their home.
John E. Kyle left Wednesday even
ing for Iowa where he was called by
, the serious sickness of his mother.
The Van Buren, Parent Teachers
association will meet February 2lst at
$3.50 o'clock. Please come out and
hear the new victrola.
L. E. Buckner is having a number OF
improveme made at his residence
on Cleveland boulevard. He will put
in basement, install heating plant
and put in number of other improve
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. B. Church en-
tertalned at a VALENTINE dinner Mon
day evening. The guests were Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Norton. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Gipson and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A..
Dement,, Jr.
w. A. MCGEE returned Monday
night from southern California, where
ne has been for the past six weeks.
Mr.. MCGEE visited the expositions and
afterwards relatives in California. He
had a most enjoyable trip.
J. c. Lynch formerly of this place,
who has been in the employ Of the
railway company at Baker, Oregon,
for the past 18 months. left Friday
the 18th for North Yakima, Wash,
where he has a position as ticket clerk
with the 0. w. R. & R. Co., Mrs.
Lynch and Helen will join him aftet
visiting in Baker for a week or ten
days.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-18
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Council Chamber, City of Caldwell
Idaho, February 7, 1916.
Council met in regular session with
Mayor Fred c. Boyes presiding: pres
ent, Councilmen Ackley, Dement,
Harrington, Hayman. Forbes and San,
berg; S. Ben Dunlap, Clerk, when the
following business was transacted.
Mr.. H. A. Griffiths, being present.
called attention to the duty of the city
and the Pioneer Irrigation District to
clean their joint bitches in the Golden
Gate Addition. He also called atten,
ton to the need of manholes in the
tile drain from the pump house to Sin
street. He also stated that in his
opinion the city should adopt some
system to regularly check CaldwelTs
tax account with the county tax col
lector. He stated that if the accounts
for the years 1907 and 1908 were
checked it might develop that money
mad been collected, which the city hao
not received.
The matter of the bitches and man
holes was referred to the water com
mittee and the matter of checking the
tax collections was referred TO the
finance committee.
ANoi with
complaint that the sewer in the north
part of the city was in an unsanitary
condition. He stated that the trunk
line was broken in number of places
and that by reason of the condition or
the, said sewer his property and also
other property had been flooded by
water from the sewer. He asked the
council to take whatever action wa,
necessary to relieve this condition,
The matter was referred to the water
committee for investigation and re-
port.
Mr.. w. M. Woodward, representing
the Warren Construction COMPANY
and Mr.. S. M. Barlow of the Tarvia
Company each spoke relative to the
merits of their respective ravements,
The application of Mr.. George w.
Williams for permission to make al
terations in the Big 2 Paint Shop
building was read Mr.. Williams also
submitted plans showing the con-
templated improvements. 1t was voted
upon motion of Dement, that the per-
mission be granted.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-18
The OBSERVATORY
"SNOWBOUND"

IN. l could go to bed without anxiety
they. would call me in abundant time"
In those days the advertised time for
the stage to leave with the mail was
600 a. m. In the middle of the nigh,
l heard some commotion of stamping
below stairs and people passing
through the upper corridor; but it wa,
daylight when | finally awoke. by
which | knew the stage was to be late
in starting. Getting down to break
fast Baxter was still reticent; said he
would soon let me know. About ten
O'Clock he called me into the parlor
and introduced me to lady who had
come in on the night stage In reply
to my inquiry as to whether | could
probably get through to Challis she,
said, Il think you can If you are not
IN hurry and will take time enough.
| have been 10 days on the way :" She
had to stop several days at Dickie's
IN the Valley of a Thousand Springs,
and again at Lewis stage station on
the summit of Ketchum mountain. Mr..
Baxter had not wished to say any
thing in hinderance of Lewis Bros.
stage line. thought of the man who
tried suicide by freezing, and finding
IT SO cold decided to take a warmer
night for it! And / turned around
and came down Wood river.
recall a night in Utah when
was on the train going up from Echo
Junction on the Union Pacific to Park
City; hard climb for cars at any
time, and harder this night because of
deep snow and bitter cold; the rail
road "right-of-way" was not fenced
and the cattle would get on the track
to lie down, and we had to stop and
the fireman go ahead and drive them
OFT; just before we got to Park CITY
the. train stopped with sudden Jolt.
and there it remained a long time: at
last weary with waiting | went out.
saw a small crowd ahead of the train
the headlight of the locomotive shin
ing on them. and big-horned and
big-bodied steer fast with his legs in
between the cross ties of the bridge
over the swift running creek; every
sort OF contrivance was used for an
hour to get him out, and at last with
prys and planks. up he came. made a
spring, and as he did so. flourished his
long tail. Alas! our conductor had
beautiful and costly nickel-plated Ian
tern which had been presented him bv
the patrons of the road; and as that
steer f1ourished his tail it struck that
lantern, knocked it out of the conduc-
tors hand. and away it sailed through
the air like a comet. and struck the
muddy, swift running tailings from the
stamp. mills, with a splash and was
out of sight the next summer some
boys found it in meadow
And now with sweep of memory
comes into the vision of the observa-
tory an event long distance off, both
IN space and time 1t was in Connect
icut the spring of 1868; I remember
it we'll for the snow-storm was on the
2lst of March, the spring equinox, and
the next day was the 2lst birthday of
a young fellow who went with me to
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-18

From my observatory | have seer
considerable snow the past two
weeks; and that | should live to see
snow fall steadily for SO hours down
here in the Boise Valley is great; and
then afterwards hours more of fall,
ing snow before it began to settle
and melt! For four days did not go
out of my yard; nor many of my
neighbors. tried to go through the
canyon with runners on the axles of a
wagon, got into the deep snow
smashed shafts, singletree and harness
and some neighbours boys coming
along with a big wagon and team
and rope, pulled me out and dragged
me home; and it was all their team
could do to get my rig up the hill and
into the yard. What a story to tell
some day when the ground is dry
as bone with the thermometer a,
los in the shade!
The poet Whittier's home was only
a few miles from mine. and his des-
cription of New England snowstorm
and breaking the roads" after a snow
blockade is wildly described in
Snow Bound" and during the storm
| got out Whttier's poems and re-
read it. and then | first discovered he
had quoted from Emerson for a chap
ter motto. which fitted us exactly:
Announced by all the trumpets OF the
sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving DER
the fields
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited
air
Hides hills and woods, the river and
the heaven,
And wells the farmhouse at the
gardens end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the
courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the
housemateS sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In tumultuouS privacy of Storm"
That last line fitted many of us
country-men exactly in this recent
storm.
enclosed
In tumultuous privacy of storm"
Whittier recalled my boyhood in
New England; and then | lived over
some experiences in our mountain
states. Wood River region is noted
ioi ueeP sho"S, recalied that one
route was via Ketchum by train and
then by stage over Ketchum noun
tain, down the Big Lost River to the
big valley of Thousand Springs, and
over the next divide to Salmon river.
| got to ketchum all right and went
to Baxter's hotel; Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter
came from town near my eastern
home and always treated me as more
than mere hotel guest. I eagerly IN
quired about the stage line and if |
could get to Challis l noticed that
Landlord Baxter was non-communi
cative. Stage was not yet in. Would
learn about the next trip when it got