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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01
Member Of the Associated press.

the kefortner 10 on sale every evening
by the following news dealers;
Bratteboro, BrattlebOro News Co,
G. w Cleav Gland. u, r. Cutler & Co
lEsteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy
Vest Grattleboro. J. l.. Stockweil.
East pummerston, NJ f.. Brown.
Putney, NJ. c. Williams
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w Cutler
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
jamaica Il J Daggett.
South Londonderry F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, f. r. BuTum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W.
StTeCter
Hlnsdale, NJ. H.. w. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VI, Depot Restaurant
Be~tolinn 81 Bertolino. +. G. Winnewisser.
Windsor, VT, windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

Springfield has continued to grow rap
idly. Bennington and Brattleboro have
made notable progress, and Rutland is
assured of great industrial growth in
the near future. What the state needs,
however, is more people back on the
farms-the right kind of people who
will specialize in crops or stock and
make real success of their work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01
R. H. BALDWIN AWARDED s2,5oo
Sued DR.. J. H Gaines Who Treated
His Broken Leg.

NEWPORT, Dee. L. A verdict
awarded the plaintiff, r. II. Baldwin,
$500 in his suit against DIR. J. H.
Gaines was returned by an Orleans
county court jury. Mr. Baldwin
brought suit TO recover damages for
alleged neglect in the care of his leg
which was broken nearly two years ago.
The case will be carried to the supreme
court.
The plaintiff was represented by At
torneys Frank D. Thompson Of Barton
and Rolfe Searles of ST .IohnSbury At
torneys A. H. Grout and John w Red
mond of Newport appeared for the de-
fcndant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01
FRIDAY, DECEMBER l. 1916.
TEN PAGES

Jake r-llery of Brattleboro should
make application to Join the Republi-
can ranks Of Vermont This being
turned down by South Carolina is not
the pleasantest thing that ever hap
Pcncd.-Waterburv Record.
Jake already counts himself as 4
Republican and h. can give more good
reasons why the Democratic party Will
not continue in power than any other
man H. Vermont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

The census bureau in Washington es-
Inmates the population of Vermont at
the present time at 364 ,322, a gain of
1896 since 1910. All of the commun-
ity centers which had over 5000 popu-
lation i'll 1910, and some with smaller
figures, have made very substantial
progress. Windsor in the past three
years has been boom town and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

The late Moses II. Lester of Yonkers,
y. Y, was the husband of three sisters.
AT the close Of the Civil war he mar
ried Miss Sophie Hunter. Upon her
death he wed Mrs. Margaret Hunter
Gardner, and when she died he took as
his bride the third sister, Mrs. Harriet
Hunter Pyle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01
TO ADVERTISERS,
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, 1916-12-01

The earth Is blessed with the ono,
sim pie. painless. 9eyeT-iai Hing rom
eeE tE@t MAKES aiIiiGns 81 corn nas-
tarec people happy, ana SHIFTS e FITS
TT Apply il II , seconds l. dries
Some people jab and dig at their
corns with knives and razors-wrap
their toes n packages, with ban
daECs or sticky tapa ma he them red
anG raw with salves. Nothing like
this with "GsTS-IT." Your corn
Ioosens-vou 1fft II off There's
nothing to press on the corn or hurt
Angels couldn't 3 SIX for more. Try it
tonight on any corn. calIus or wart
GFTSTT" IS sold and recon-
mcnded by druggists everywhere CSC
a bottle. or sent on receipt of price
by e. Lawrence & Co. Chicago. III.
Sold in Brattleporo ana recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy b
RRATTI. EBO1,O DRUG Co, and c. +
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

Possibly the opportunity for saving
in BrattleboTo is not so large as it was
in Norwood. On the other hand, it
may be fully as large. Certainly there
would seem to be sufficient opportunity
to warrant giving the town manager
idea trial. Under it we would at
least have the satisfaction of knowing
on whom to place the blame for mu-
nicipal shortcomings and to whom to
give credit for Improvement il public
service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

Something over year ago the town
OF Norwood, Mass, which is not very
much larger than Brattleboro, adopted
the manager idea. 1t hired an expert
enced man at a salary OF $4,000 a year
and placed Oh his shoulders the rcspon-
sibility of handling all departments His
hrst annual report shows 4 saving to the
town Of $3.50 during the first nine
months he was in office. This report is
extremely interesting in its hearing
upon the manager S methods IN the
matter Of highways, for example, he
shows the exact cost per square ward
of every piece of road work, and gives
data to prove saving Of $500 on
the single item of crushing stone. 9th
or departments are given the same svs-
tcmatic attention, and practically All
of them show the beneficial results Of
methodical handling.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

Passiae 5 a. J., three oldest vot-
crs ages total }s3 years, or an average
of 81. They are Henry H. Thompson,
90; Benjamin II. Fell, 100, and Daniel
Smith, 81.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01
look Pa, Now
aaets-it' Works ! -
Lifts Your Corn Right OF.
Never Fails.

Ever in your life sec a corn come
out like tat? Look al the true skin
underneath-smoct as the palm of
WOLFE hn-lCt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

This assertion is made with no inten
ton of casting doubt ON the honesty of
the present town and village officials.
They are handling matters as well as
anyone could do under the circum-
stances, but their authority is so limited
and their responsibilities so divided
that real efficiency is impossible. What
brattlcboro needs is an executive who
will give to the administration Of its af-
falrS the same sort of service that 2
private business gcts-someonc whose
exclusive job Is to make every dollar
OF public funds accomplish its maximum
amount of work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01
TheMeddLer
If the coat fits you, put Il on"

Whenever The Meddler is at loss for
something timely to talk about he feels
safe i'll falling back upon the topic of
town management for that is something
about which there is always plenty to
be said. Every little while the news
papers come out with a story about
some city or town that has adopted the
manager plan, and whenever such a
story Is brought to the attention of
Brattleboro people nine out of ten of
them viii say THAT S what we ought
to do here, and then apparently dis
miss the subject from their minds. 1t
IS what we ought to do here The Med
der is more firmly Convinced of it every
day of his life, and lie believes that the
change could be brought about without
great difficulty provided leadership of
the proper kind could be secured. Ii
the town and village governments
could be combined and supervision of
all the work connected with them be
placed IN the hands Of one competent
person there is hardly shadow of a
doubt that he could save the taxpaverS
thousands of dollars a year over and
above his salary and at the same time
give Brattleboro more in the way of
public bettcrments than it has ever had.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01
Bring Your
Hero

IL YOU want them L'lcd with the pures,
and freshesj drugs, and with the great
est care ord accGrHcy-filled precisely
as your physician orders them fill.
to produce the e-act effects he desires.
We are proud Of the record we have
made in cur prescription department
And wee ~" fll prescriptions at very
reasonable prices, and fl them quickly
too
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-01

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seemed. The flowers and tree branches
with which the cars had been deco
rated were still in evidence. but they
were hanging faded and forlorn on
this returning train OF sorrow n SUI
fering.
However. thanks to Gaspard-con-
tinuing his habit OF bringing merri-
mcnt and gayety along with him wher-
ever he went--thanks also to two Pa
risians VINO were in the same car, one
n street cleaner from the Butte-auN-
Cables, the other Il delivery wagon
driver from the Rue des Haudriettes.
this convoy Of wounded vas n II the
most curious and most interesting
when had gone through France since
the beginning OF the war.
God knows there have been ma " Of
these trains, all just AS long and Just
AS slow. Hut the trip OF this particu-
lar train seemed TO have no end at all;
IL was too long for any Of the stations
along the road and it took no less than
five days-all OF the first week OF Sep
tember. A week Of retreat ana anguish
to travel from Lorraine. covered with
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other, swelling with pride, "WhN. my
uncle was in the alcoholic ward for
three years
We'll, they are taking them away
now"
"Why?"
"I" save them from the hoches. II
they SHOULD gct there and
some OF them have escaped"
"Wh"rc?" asked Gaspard eagerly.
Somewhere around here. . .
Just listen, The guards are
look ny for them"
The soldiers burst out laughing.
"We'n 20 looking for them. too" they
said, Don't forget 10 blow your
whistle, pal Don't get away without
U.S.
And ON they went through the fields
in the moonlight,
Gaspard, who was limpine. Was hold
ing the street cleaners shoulder. while
the delivery man, walking like a duck,
came along in tho rear shouting:
"Wait f1r me, Let's have
some fun together"
About 100 yards from the track q
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By Rene Benjamin--A Soldier of France

fire and blood. TO Anjou. where very.
thing was peaceful amid the beautiful
vineyards.
Gaspard said:
Every circus travels at this slow
pace. II Ia good business when you
are travelling With freaks to stop In
every village along the way" d.
They were going through the
Argonne. still intact and beautifully
green. Gaspard called out with a
smile:
"Good-by! Good.by! It's not here
that I'll buy my chateau for rabbit
hunting"
They went through Rheims. where
the cathedral was living lie last days
rs a place Of worship. and none OF
these men CAV II the look which u
deserved. The train went around Paris
without stopping. which fact brought
forth an outburst Of anger from the
delivery wagon man. He told the
others that "he wouldn't have stopped
more than a week. which couldn't have
delayed them much" Finally they
travelled through beautiful Tourainc.
where the chateaux Of France seemed
to have lined up 10 receive these firs;
victims OF a Even the street
cleaner was moved At their sight.
They sure knew how Ia build houses
in the old days he said.
Most tragic OF al. was the fac, that
they were visiting by one the very
provinces for which these first battles
had been fought. II seemed that tho
train was creeping along for the
definite purpose Of giving the soldiers
an opportunity OF admiriug their
wonderful country aud permitting the
most simple minded to he proud Of T..
Gaspard was grumbling again.
lust my luck. This IL tie
first time I get a chance Of a free az.
cursion and my back is torn all %
pieces
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He had failed to md room for him.
self In the cattle cars. but had been
abe to place himself In . small third
class compartment. whore he had
stretched himself out In the overhead
net used for luggage, He was still
erumbling that he Mas disguised with
the republic and that they we're try
ing to kill him. He was lying On his
stomach and the pains In his back were
increasing. Despite ali this whenever
the train stopped Gaspard would roll
out Of his improvised bed and falling
on the shoulders of his comrades would
Jump out Of the a onto the tracks.
The street cleaner generally saw
him and followed. at once. and 80 did
the delivery man. Then came the
others. The scene vas both tragic and
comical as al! these men, mutilated BY
war. stepped out. When a man Is
hungry or thirsty. o r when he suffers
he becomes almost childish. No n
can hold him; he slips between your
hands. II would no necessary TO have
eyes all around your head u conduct,
inspect and watch Q train Of wounded
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Hey. pal. stick your head out Of
the window"
Why"
Go on! Stick your head OUT"
And then what?"
What do sou sce?"
Nothing"
AN right: thanks. YOU poor fool"
In reply To the other mans grum-
bling he said:
why. don't you know that I'm ex-
pecting a special sleeping car? I'rcsi-
dent poincarc has promised TO send me
his special train
They did meet a train. but 1t wasn't
the n Gaspard meant.
On the third day toward midnight.
WIN n beautiful fun moon. as the train
passed I,ambouillet. II came up to an
other train which seemed to no lost
and from which strange cries could I've
heard. Gaspard inquired:
What IL It" 4 circus?" And once
again he jumped out.
lie wandered along the tracks and
others followed his example. The as
sistant called out: "F:h. YOU.
get back into the train" To which
the delivery man replied;
II lost my wedding rire."
The other man turned to Gaspard:
and how about YOU"
We'll I did the same"
The officer turned away.
Gaspard. the delivery man and the
street cleaner went M to the locomo-
tive III the other train. The fireman
said in reply to their inquiry:
Its a train of bugs"
DO YOU mean IT,"
Yes. Bugs. evacuated from Vile
Evrard."
"Ville-Evrard." exclaimed the street
cleaner.
n you know IT," said the fireman.
We'll. should think So replied the
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you're right. said the delivery
man. II think we're AL right now"
His arm and leg were riddled with
shrapnel. lie was lying on his back
looking at the sky and saying:
'Old women like to tell you there
is "A paradise and I'd rather believe
them than sec IL myself. when I got
hit ! said to ms self ii was lucky that
1t was only In the arm and leg and
noi ia ia. dining uuin.
He stretched himself out ON the
grass with a satisfied sigh as il he
were In some luxurious feather bed.
Suddenly the whistle Of the train
was heard, followed by a storm of
oaths from the men as they began to
hoist themselves back into the cars.
The men were not altogether dissatis-
fled after resuming their journey, how
ever, Tor while the train looked dull
and u%ninviting the fact remained that
1t vas carrying them toward real hcds.
Real beds What a dream, Gas
pard from his lofty perch called out
to q comrade seated IN a corner Of
the compartment:
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"In ,ou hear them calling m the
dogs They'll chew up your stock
ings.'
Her thin gray hair was hanging
all over her face. She gathered il in
both hands and after a long look at
G'aspard said:
My God, he's us'y' I'll like to
bite him"
Gaspard was holding her 10y the o.
bows. saying Come on. come on"
The street cleaner warned him:
I'D let her go II | were you. She's
liable to eat YOU up"
shes a fine old beast said the
delivery man.
And you too; ! know YOU" howled
the old as she began to cry.
You are the bad boys Of the choir
who bought drinks with the money
instead of giving IT to tho priest, and
then I I didn't get my mass
for my poor husband, and when I
die my poor husband will say to
me Why didnt YOU order that mass
for ms7'"
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The delivery man could hardly hold
himself for laughing.
"she's a card, I think she's calling
But Gaspard. with his good natured
disposition. was sorry for the woman.
lie was no longer laughing and said:
"Just take her back to the
lie tried gently 4 induce her to
walk.
Come on, grandma come
along this way"
The old woman protested with q
tragic scream.
Help. ... The deacon; the
horrible deacon"
The expression on her face was hor-
rible and she was 90 excited that all
the tassels Of a white shawl h was
wearing were trembling. She was dig
ging her nails 40 deep into Gaspard's
arm that he was compelled to release
her, while she e on:
"The dogs will eat your heart. the
head and everything
POO old fool" said the delivery
man.
She was jumping around in the
field. lea ping TO and fro and waving
her arms,
"Oh. d. The deacon. . .
and wearing red trousers like tho boys
in the choir . . but the beifry
will fail down and the bells will kill
him. All. ... An"
She was swearing nj first. but she
soon began to sob: "My poor hus-
band"
Gaspard went toward her:
%'t;randtna D.. listen here .
IL you'll he good. well, | will take care
OF your husband. . -
The street cleaner burst out laugh
ing.
Hes going to celebrate mass"
Well" said the delivery man, he
surely has got me wondering
Tell me all about your nd
said Gaspard.
When you get married" shouted
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shadow appeared. They stopped and
the shadow came earer.
There you are! One Of the bugs"
said Gaspard.
no. it's a woman" said the street
cleaner.
All three were laughing.
The shadow really was a woman
and al insane one too.
She was a little. old. wrinkled per-
son. for whom they'd been seeking
for a half hour and who had been
hiding behind trees and bushes. out
whiting her %pursuers. But the moon
found her and followed her. the full
moon which seemed to look down
~mockingly and with a mysterious air.
This time the moon certainly had a
remarkable scene tn contemplate: an
old insane nm running and
screaming through the fields. a horde
Of bleeding soldiers pursuing her and
enjoying 1t all az a Joke; human cx-
travagancc playing an act of its hor-
riblc comedy to the accompaniment
of the locomotive whistles: two trains
loaded with misery. suffering and
weeping in the night. victims of both
peace and war; and with all this.
death stealing quietly around among
the poor unfortunatcs suffering on
the straw beds Of the cattle cars.
This way" shouted Gaspard.
cut her of here. rye got
her"
The old woman laughed scornfully.
"oh. but she can pinch
"Oh. ! know you know YOU
You're the deacon. the horrible dea-
con. You're wearing a cap. but I
recognized YOU. I've got good eyes.
All. all. And I'll hold on TO you. my
little man"
Whistles were heard from the loco
motives Of both trains. She was
foaminS AZ the mouth as she said:
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and see that the full quota Of men Is
always there. No me escapes with
greater facility than a solder. You
place him In a car and he'll step out
at once. You put him back and lock
the door and Immediately he sticks his
head NJ through the window. inuuir-
Ing and investigating. MISSIONER have
you turned away than he is half way
out. and as you go along he jumps
onto the track again. When you re-
turn he tells you that he fell out.
The assistant surgeon who was IN
charge of Gaspsrd's train was above
everything else a philosopher: he per-
mitted the men to do as they pleased
and smoked his pipe in silence. Al
most all tho men in ~seuie
stepped u al time or another.
limpirg. jumping. dragging Themselves
along on their hands. their arms IN
slings, their heads thickly bsndarcd.
with broken shoulder blades. twisted
necks and bleeding mouths: all thc
miseries of war helping each other to
get n few minutes OF fresh air.
They remained there fve or ten
minutes while the track was being
cleared. They were so closely piled
up in the compartments that it seemed
~heavcr,:' to rest for a few minutes
n she grass along the road. Gaspard
vas still compelled to lie on his stom-
ach on account Of the wound in his
back. but no was still in fine spirits.
and, stretching himself in tho grass
lle said:
This reminds me of q Sunday spent
~ Mcrdon. All, my boy. that was
iue to spend the day there with a
pretty girl :"
Well" said the street cleaner.
we've rot nothing to kick about now
NC haven't done a thing for two DAYS.
: got hit in the chest. hut then. I'm
n nurse, SO 7 should worry"
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tho II hope your wife gives
birth to a monkey"
This brought. forth a new outburst
or laughter from the delivery man,
Will" the street cleaner said:
That's what ! call talking"
Gaspard, %undaunted, continued In a
gentle voice.
Now, come on, grandma, just be
reasonable
lie again tool; her b. tho elbows and
held her tight.
Let me go, Lei me 60, There
are the dogs"
The whistles were still bio wing. The
street cleaner said:
ASK her about this years onion
crop"
Gaspard said quietly.
Grandma how do YOU come
to know me ! don't know
YOU
MY poor husband will avence me-"
shes beginning to &c, on our
nerves. said the street, cleaner.
Come on, lets go back added The
delivery man-
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the peasants rickcty cart. And Nhen
the station al last is reached where
salvation awaits the unfortunate VIC
tins of war in the shape Of a train
which will carry them swiftly onward.
the surgeon looks quickly over the men
and pointing at a few says: Leave
that one alone he's through"
The train OF wounded in which Gas
pard wa placed a no different from
the one which had brought him so
near to the battlefield in this tragic
country three weeks before. Ills great
cs' regre; inst then Wa that there
were none OF his comrades there with
whom he could exchange remarks con-
corning the train. Ever since tho lattlc
he seemed To have been transferred
into another world. lie could see moth
ing but strange faces. So all he could
do was to say TO himself that he recog-
ni2cd the train. How far away the
enthusiasm Of the first departure now
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&C A S P A r


The story Of Caspard is the story II a country going into ar: The
mobilization 'an Of August, 1914. come to the little tow OF \ in Nor
mandy With the contingent rom Parts me Gaspard. nail dealer IN the
Rue d. la tiate in the Montpa rnasse quarter" with nose like a look N q
face that would make a fish laugh"
He is the life of the regiment. He believes his onpanE I'M twenty
fourth. to be the best company In the army, his captain. Puche, the greatest
captain In France. his " friends Hurete the journalist IN Morcau the
stag hand. the fnestp pals In the world. The regiment entrainsf for III 'front.'
The men believe themselves straight OF the road to Berlin. h nboches can
not shoot heir shells do no explode. 100000 OF them have faren before Iiege.
they will run at the first Are a revolution has broken on, In GERMANY. Yes.
Gaspard says IL is 80 As hey ncar the iron they have their frs hint Of the
devastating effects Of war; peasants in flight the smoke of burning villages
m hen the dull distant tumble of amor. MsgNinas beset them. Perhaps
he Germans are not running so fast after all On they go the volatile and
ubiquitous Gaspard cheering hem up
Suddenly they find themselves in the midst Of war with all its terrors
They meet n crowd OF wounded soldiers returning ron te front exhausted.
suNerirg pitnuNy. They pass through field filled with the graves OF The
fallen Shells begnn to fail among then. N kills the cook in the act Of
mskin the SOUP. Thcy start to ross territory swept by German fire. Cant.
puche il Killed Himself wounded. iaspard bears his dying pal Rureuc OF
the nd without having wen scn the foe iaspar1s hrst'b battle is over II
II a thrilling picture II modern war.