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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

The central thought in all the work
of the county agent is not necessarily to
increase or decrease production, to
promote any special crop or crops, or to
favor any class above another, but to
guide the agricultural development of
his county into more economic channels
so as to increase its general prosperity.
In his work with the individual farmer
his sole aim is to help him increase his
net income by the end of the year, with
due regard for keeping up the future
production of his farm. No farmer can
afford to be without the accumulated
experience of others. Farmers III all
branches are gradually turning from
the old learn by-your own experience
idea of the past to the profit-by-others
experience idea of the twentieth cen,
fury. Financial success is, after all, al
the bottom of our social and moral de
velopment II is, therefore, the duty
of EVERYONE of us to cooperate Will
every agency which aims to build up {
better and happier country life upon
the foundation of better material pros
perity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
ALEXA NDER HA MILTON

boiler plate. In this manner Hamilton
secured the friendship Of the weekly
papers Ill his district and they elected
him to congress, where he distributed
postotlces and pensions with a lavish
hand. Later he was made secretary of
the treasury, and arranged matters so
that one American dollar was as good
as another when it was made of gold.
Alexander Hamilton 5 greatest ser
vice to his country was i'll removing the
kinks from the original constitution and
reducing it to size convenient for
reading out loud on the Fourth of July.
He also put something back of the Con
tinental shinplaster besides a circua-
ton of fresh air. For these two acts he
will ever be held in memory by a CRATE
full, pork-ridden republic
When Aaron Burr ran for governor
OF New York Hamilton opposed him
with great violence and a stub pen
charging him with belonging to the
Republican party and also with being
SO crooked that his clothes had to be
fitted over a gimlet. Burr resented
these remarks by challenging Hamilton
to a duel, the latter being fatally per
forated while in an erect attitude
The lesson to he drawn from the life
of this great American is that if Hamil
ton had killed Burr, instead of vice
versa, the duel would be more popular
| than it is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

On July II, one hundred and twelve
years ago, occurred the abrupt and I'M
premeditated death of Alexander Ham
ilton, American stateman and patriot.
Hamilton was only II years of age at
the time and was in good health, but
was called hence with extreme sudden
ness as result of running into Seal
ibre bullet fired by Aaron Burr, who was
one of the lowest men in the state of
New York.
Alexander Hamilton was born on an
island in the British West Indies which
was entirely surrounded by water, but
when Il young man he escaped to the
United States and entered Columbia
College, where he tied the existing rec
prd for skipping chapel. When the
Revolutionary war broke out on the
body polite Hamilton joined the ar
tillery and soon became able to shoot n
.annon in any given direction. While
thus engaged he contracted the puzzled
squint which is SO noticeable in his
earlier photographs.
Hamilton put i'll several years of hard
work during the war, and when it
closed he began to look around for some
soft pursuit which would pay we'll and
not entail too much thought, SO he
opened law office. About this time he
lid a good deal of writing for the news
papers, which were glad to publish his
remarks, owing to the high price of
TDro+on+ad nv Tho a,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
STATE NEWS NOTES.

y. J. Gauthier of Barre, for careless
and negligent driving, has had his au
tomobilc license suspended.
The annual field day of the New
England Ayrshire club was held recent
j. in Brandon at the home of c. NJ.
Winslow, who is secretary and treasur-
err of the National Ayrshire Breeders
association. Breeders from several
states were entered by Mr.. and Mrs.
Winslow and the program included the
presentation of interesting papers. y
Vermont Ayrshire club was formed
with Mr. Winslow as president and
Clyde \. Smith secretary.
J. l.. Brouillct, IS, who was burned
in the fire in the Grimm factory in
Rutland Thursday night, died Saturday,
Brouillet was in the office alone at the
time the fire was discovered by a per
son passing the building. He tried to
secure a fire eXtinguisher, but was en-
trapped by the flames, and came out
with his clothing on fire. His face
and back were blistered and his hands
and arms were so badly burned that
pieces of the flesh dropped off. He
leaves a wife ana two children. His
father is critically i'll in Montreal and
among other relatives he has brother
who is to be ordained to the priest
hood next month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

According to Prof. E. f. Ladd, state
chemist of North Dakota, we are now
buying wheat in some of our prepared
breakfast foods and paving for it at
the rate Of S27 bushcI, SO far as the
wheat is concerned, the extra being for
the processes through which the wheat
il, put to prepare it for the table in at
tractive form. Our grandparents, who
ground their own wheat and prepared
it for the breakfast table, thus secured
the same food values that some of us
have today at about one-twenty- seventh
of the cost. This is only one little link
in the long chain which explains the
high cost Of living.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

friendship for them depended largely
on his hope that he might be able to
"use them But to the average man
it looks as though the writer of Sena
tor Pages form letters had made what
one of our printers used to call the
wrong mistake Senator Page knows
that there is no surer way to get rid of
friend than to persistently fuse"
him. One might as well say ''What S
the use of having money, if you don t
spend it?r To be sure, there is no use
in having it unless you spend it, and
after you spend it, you won't have it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

There are 21,oo0,o0O able-bodicd men
i'm the United States between the ages
of Is aud 10 years, runs a special report
made by the census bureau. This num-
Der represents what is called the total
available unorganizcd strength of this
country. Military experts reckon 80 to
- per cent of a nation 5 availables as
its electives. This would give the
United States a total war strength of
between 1O,500,ooo and l5,6O0,O0O men
in a great extremity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

Most of us think of our sugar sup
ply as coming from sugar cane, but as
a matter of fact two-thirds of the
worlds supply of this necessary com
modify is produced from bcets. 1t is
good news to know that if the area
planted in this country this year makes
the customary yield the production will
be more than two billion pounds of
beet sugar, of value of more than
sloo,ooo,0o0. Only Germany, Russia
and Austria have raised larger beet
sugar crops, and if the war continues
another year it is probable that the
United States will lead the world in
beet sugar production.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

Ilc lltld AWAY
had and no one ever thought of call
ing him anything but Old Draper
Dragon.
He had q very big cave for his
home, and it was covered with hang
ing moss and ferns. On the very top
of the cave he had his garden. There
were several little bushes, one tree
which he was extremely proud of,
| and some little wild flowers that came
out very bravely-for it was high up
In the air-On top of this cave.
Many Lizards and Nevis (they are
Cousins of the Lizards) and Snails
| and Spiders lived in Old Draper
| Dragons cave. He said that it really
was just like a large hotel, but he
! liked having so many guests and he
made them feel right at home.
"And, when the Fancy Dress Party
was to be given in his cave he in
vited all his little Friends to come
Sure enough they accepted with glee
''The Party was given principally
for the Brownies though, and they
were all supposed to wear Fancy
Dress and Masks.
'They all came in a coach drawn
by old Mr. Moon, for he was invited
to the party too. You see the cave
where Old Draper Dragon lived was
at the top of the mountain where Mr..
Moon was spending his evenings for a
week or so. And when he heard the
| rtu RI hn
he didn't seem to mind at all. The
Dragons told him he needn't bother
to come in Fancy Dress for it was an
honor to have him any way. But he
did arrive in Fancy Dress as he drew
the coach for the Brownies.
Instead of being round and fat and
grinning Mr.. Moon was in the shape
of a crescent-all beautifully shaped
and curved.
: I'm pretty fine, eh?' said Mr.
Moon. 1t was time | changed my
shape-and what could have been a
; better time to choose than the night
of the Dragons Fancy Dress Party?
1.-THE Dragons were delighted and
the Brownies thought it was q very
nice compliment for Mr.. Moon to pay
the Dragons who get so much abuse
anyway by being thought so cross and
hOrrid
THE Brownies wore costumes tC
make them look like Policemen, Fire
men and Postmen. Those who were
dressed like Policemen carried sticks
made of the old roots of trees. Those
who We're supposed to be Firemer
| dragged behind them q hose and lad
der just as if they were at a fire
Those who were dressed as PostmeI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
Clam Was Drowned.

"Oh, mamma" said Little Bessie, 81
found gweat big clam hull on the
beach,.
and was there a clam In it?" asked
her mother
No." replied Bessie; II dess he
faded out and got dwound."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
Member Of the Assoc ated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.
Park Drug Store, c. w. Cleaveland. ID
T. Cutler 4 co. (Esteyvile), Brooks
House Pharmacy
West Brattleboro, ]. L. Stockweu
East Dummerston, NJ. +. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ. Batcheldsr.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout
jamaica, z. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, f. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, E 3. BufIum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
Hlnsdale, NJ. H., w. H Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Bertoino q BertOlino, + .Winnewisser
Windsor. VI, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

Facing a hot campaign for the United
States scnatorship we wish to offer a
little advice to the newspapers of Yer
mont, without appearing to act in the
role of the venerable father: Keep
cool. Don t make statements unless you
know them to be facts. Try to be fair,
even if you have pronounced convic-
tious in favor Of one particular candi-
date. The contest will soon be over
and most of us expect to live and work
i'm Vermont for many years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF the paper each night, and 1t 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, 1916-07-24

plenty of light, as he stayed just out
side the cave so they could all dance
and play games.
And later on when they had sup
per, Old Draper Dragon told all his
guests Stories of the wild escapes he
had had when q young Dragon, and
how many, many, many times he had
almost been killed and then-juSt
saved by the smallest little chance.
The more dangerous the Stories were
the better the guests liked them, for
so long as Old Draper Dragon was
safe now, it only made him more in
teresting to hear of his past adven-
lures"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

The Springfield Union is right when
it saws that no large measure of Ell
thusiasm will be inspired by Postmaster
General Burlcson S remarks relative to
a prospect for one-cent letter postage.
The average citizen does not feel bur
dened with the present rate. He Is
willing to pay two cents to have let
ter carried to any quarter of the coun
try, and there is always the handy post
card for the conveying of a brief mes
sage at the lower rate. With a large
business concern the case is little diff
fcrent Cutting the postage rate in tive
would mean more to it than to the in
diyidual correspondent. But, much more
than it desires onecent letter postage
the average business house would ap
preciate an Improvement of the mai
service. The loss in having one i'm
portant letter delayed i'll transit may
mean more than would be gained 10y
one-cent postage in an entire year. Il
| Mr.. Burlcson wishes to do genuin,
public service he should devote himself
to improving the present system, whicl
is far from being perfect.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

The captain of the German vessel held
in New York since September, 1911,
has made fair wages for himself and
crew, as the price of his cargo of nj
tratcs, then valued at $4,000, which
is now being unloaded, and estimated
att s 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

at all. They have
fine dispositions
and are really
very jolly. Their
looks are very
fierce and danger
Gus, but they are
as mild as mild
can be.
$50 they had
lots Of fun plan
ming for their
Fancy Dress Par
ty. and it was to
be given in the
finest cave of all
where lived Old
Draper Dragon.
N o on e k II e w
quite why he had
such q name. but
1t was the name
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

Y e 6 e t a b i e Com-
pound | feel like a
new woman. | al
ways had a headache
during the Change
of Life and was also
troubled with other
bad feelings com
mon at that time
dizzy spells, nervous
feelings and h c a t
flashes. Now | am
in batfar health
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
EVENING
E4[RY 4LI % WARY |
go T>y @ 3, :! !! 3 !
OLD DRAPER DRAGONS PARTY.

The Children were waiting for Dad
dy to begin his Story and were talk
ing about Dragons while they waited.
THAT reminds me-" said Daddy,
'of the Dragons Fancy Dress Party
held two nights ago in the most beau
tiful Dragon home.
"Of course, as I've often told you
before, Dragons aren't bad creatures
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

Senator Page is sending out a form
letter beginning whats the use of
having friends if you can t use them?''
This frankncss is refreshing. Some of
the "friends' of Senator Page have
suspected for some time that his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run Of paper
SO cents an inch for first insertion; Is
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 so per cent discoun
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
MONDAY. JULY 81, 1916.

Senator Page is undoubtedly think
iug about something besides farming
these days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24

carried huge bags
of mail on their
backs. And they
wore black masks.
1.-THE Dragons
We're in costumes
of Sailors which
made them look
very funny. And
even the little
Lizards and Spid-
ers wore shawls
and capes of moss
over them to look
q little different.
But Mr.. Moons
new shape was
a d m III e d above
everything else
and he gave them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-24
HEAT FLASHES,
DIZZY, NERVOUS
Mrs. Wynn Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her
During Change of Life.

Richmond, Va. after taking
seven bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
The Ely miner., 1916-04-28
MUCH VARIATION IN WOOD
Scientists Have Discovered Reason
Why Some Resist Entrance and
Action of Decay.

The reason why one kind of wood
is more durable than another Is ow-
ing to the fact that it contains the sub
stance known as tylose in more gen.
erous quantities.
Tylose is the material which fills
the pores of the wood and resists the
entrance and action of decay.
For instance, white oak is we'll suit.
ed and much used for barrel slaves,
where barrels are to contain liquid,
while, on the other hand, red oak,
which is apparently of the same struc.
ture, Is not at all suited for the pur.
pose. A close examination of the
white oak reveals the presence of the
tylose which seals all the little pores
Of the wood. Red oak has none of the
tylose. For this reason fence post
OF white oak will last much longer in
service than one of red. Timber en-.
gineers who inject creosote and other
substances into wood to retard decay
long ago made lists of species that
were hard to treat, and others which
were easy. The preservative fluids
penetrate certain woods to consider.
able depth when moderate pressure is
applied; while others are almost i'm.
pervious, no matter how great the
pressure. Those hardest to penetrate
by preservative fluids are those best
supplied with tylose.
The Ely miner., 1916-04-28
STRICT ETIQUETTE IN KOREA
Practices That Seem Absurd In West
srn Eyes Are There Looked Upon
40 the Proper Thing.

A recent Washington dispatch de-
clares that q good many changes have
taken place In Korean manners and
etiquette since the Japanese came into
control.
A Girls High school was established
atsSeoul in 1908, and the girls who
were admitted, "a in number, were the
daughters of noblemen. The teachers
were women at first, but as the needs
Of the school grew and became more
exacting, few male instructors were
appointed. The community in gen.
eral, and the pupils parents In par
ticular, were enraged. alleging that
1t was an objectionable offense for
men to enter the gate of a girls
school. II they were teachers.
The school authorities, therefore,
made q concession that the male
teachers should veil their faces when
they passed the gate Of the school.
It is an absurd evasion. but the stu
dents parents were satisfied with It.
Some Of the girls are attended by two
or three chaperons, or maids, even
when at their studies.-Youths Com
paniou.
The Ely miner., 1916-04-28
DENY EVER KISSING A GIRL
That osculation 10 Morally
Wrong.

The senior statistics, with their
usual tumble of fact, humor and fancy,
have been announced. They show that
Of 230 men, 10 are supporting them
selves wholly and 38 partially.
Vassar is the favorite girls college.
The record breaking total of 43 men
declare they have never kissed a girl.
Their inability to Swing 1t" Is given
as reason by most, but some consider
It "unhygienic." While 160 deny 1t
is morally wrong to kiss a girl, 40
think 1t is. This number contains II
only who have never kissed. Thirty.
fve seniors do not correspond with
girls; the others have various num-
,bers of correspondents. Dancers num-
Der 1874, while 86 consider dancing
morally wrong.
The favorite dramatist Is Shakes
peare. George Bernard Shaw comes
second.
Prof. George B. Mcclellan, once
mayor Of New York city, is favorite
professor. Marguerite Clark Is the fa'
vorite actress. and is followed by Elsie
Ferguson, Martha Hedman, Mary Pick
ford, Mande Adams and Anita Stew
art. John Barrymore and Charlie
Chaplin head the list Of actors, with
Forbes.Robertson and Leo Dietrich
stein following.-Princeto IN. J) Dis
patch Philadelphia North American.
The Ely miner., 1916-04-28
PREFERRED LIFE IN JAIL
Chief of Police Found Himself Unable
to Get Rid of Guests He Did
,s Not Want. ~ -

George Fitch, the Illinois humorist,
had his own ideas about prison reform
schemes. He expressed his attitude
one day while discussing Thomas Mott
Osborne's humanitarian efforts.
"Osborne's ideas may work out all
right" said Fitch, "but whenever l
hear of warden holding surprise par
ties and rainbow teas in his peniten-
tiary l think Of what happened when
Tim Cullinan was chief of police in
Junction City, Kan.
Tim, in fact, was the whole police
force. He had eleven prisoners on his
hands, and was anxious to get rid Of
them, for they were heavy RESPONSE
bility, Tim having to keep watch over
the actions of all Junction City.
"'When you feed the Critters he
said to the jailer one day, Just acci-
dentally leave the door open and get
out of sight for awhile
But times were hard and picking
up living outside wasn't so easy.
Tim hadn't figured on that, but he
did when he came back that evening
and found the eleven prisoners still
there and seven more who had slipped
In while the jailer wasn't looking.
Living was better and cheaper inside
the Jail than outside"
The Ely miner., 1916-04-28
ENDED PERIOD OF INACTION
Before Verdun Attack Soldiers Had Q
Comparatively Easy Time in
the Trenches.

"The Verdun battle ended very
long period of inaction," said Col. Don
Nicolas y Cereijo, the Spanish military
attache, at a reception.
"The inaction was, in fact, 80
marked that an English officer, talking
to me while over here on brief leave,
said:
"'Oh, yes, we were quite comfy in
our winter quarters - jolly fine
trenches, good bunk holes, quiet Ger
mans. We'd been told that there were
only the caretaker and his wife in the
German trench opposite ours. He fired
the shots while she sent up the flares.
1--WE used to get so fed up with do
ing nothing the English officer con-
tinued, that we'd organize every Fri
day a cleaning fatigue. We'd take
down all our sandbags and give them
q thorough busting, and sections Of
our men, armed with the very latest
and most potent polishes, would go out
and polish up the long lines of wire
entanglements till they shone like vir-
gin silver in the winter sum-
"Of course" ended Colonel Cereijo,
"the Verdun offensive ended all that
kind of joking talk
The Ely miner., 1916-04-28

tomhouse has q troublesome echo.
One of the officers tells Of tho pc
culiarities of resonance In this hall.
When business Is at its height, the
noise of footsteps, slamming OF books
and desks, grinding Of chairs and
voices in different pitch, become a
complicated roar. The most singular
thing is this: When there are few
on the floor can hear everything that
Is said just across the hall; but II
try to speak to an officer, I cannot
make myself understood" There ie
a marble-clad transverse gallery just
north of the rotunda. People In this
gallery may be out Of sight, but their
words travel into the rotunda, and II
things are quiet there, they can be
heard in many parts. In fact, the ro-
tunda is like the belly of bass violin
which sounds play antics. Were one
to attempt to speak to an audience
or to lecture or sing in 1t, the echoes
reverberating from one curved space
to another would inevitably impair the
clearness of utterance in the most
practiced singer or speaker, and re-
duce his audience to despair.
The Ely miner., 1916-04-28
Tho Cost,

War brings the heroic opportunity
to the door of the average man, and
the heroic incentive to the mind OF
the exceptional man. We deplore this
kind of opportunity and this kind Of
incentive. The cost Is fearful, to be
reckoned largely in the price which
others must pay; but men recognize
the opportunity and feel the incentive
1t would be worse than idle for us tc
ignore the quick transition which war
may effect in responsive natures from
the commonplace or the cynical tc
the sacrificial and the sublime. M
one of us can deny, nor can We read
unmoved, the testimony of those who
have passed or are now passing
through this experience.-W. T. Tuck
er in Atlantic.