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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31
The Meddler
If The coat fits g0u. put II ON"

If the vote at tomorrow evening 5
special village meeting comes out any
thing like people talk, it viii be over
whelmingly in favor of selling the
South Main street hose house property
to A. B. Clapp at a price he considers
reasonable without regard for the offer
of $4,000 which the commissioners have
had for the property. The sentiment
in favor of disposing of this property
to Mr.. Clapp is based on the public s
realization that he has accomplished
something very much worth while in
putting through a deal that will keep
the headquarters of the Holstein Erie
sian association in Brattleboro. If the
proper location and construction of the
building which is to be built for the
association require the land now occu-
pied by the hose house-and nobody is
inclined to doubt Mr.. Clapp's statement
that they do-then it is decidedly good
business Judgment on the part of the
village to dispose of it for that purpose
Any other course would be so short
sighted as to resemble the vision of thu
man who could see the fly on the barr
| door but eouldn t see the door.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31

1t seems to be the general opinion
that II. G. Barber exhibited himself in
decidedly unfavorable light when he
aired his negotiations with the Holstein-
Friesian association. No one will
blame him for being anxious to secure
the association as a tenant for the
new block which he has been plannine
to build at the corner of Main and
Flat streets, but as long as the deal
fell through it would have looked bet
ter if he had refrained from partici-
patton in any discussion regarding the
value of the land which Mr.. Clapp
seeks to buy from the village. The
stand Mr.. Barber has taken not only
casts suspicion on the offer for the
land which has been made through
him. to the commissioners. In spite
/ of all that may be said there are a
good many people who hold the opin-
ion that Mr. Barber is in some way
connected with this offer, and the nat
ura1 inference is that the amount is
not based so much on the land IS ac-
tual value to the offerer as upon its
imagined value to Mr.. Clapp. Fur
thermore, it is rather difficult to recon
Gle Mr.. Barber S apparent zeal to pro
tect the interests of the village Col
which he is not resident) with h:
attitude toward the town in the re
cent negotiations which resulted IL
the requirement of land at the corner
of Main and Flat streets. Ga the
whole, it may be said without fear q
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31

When serving rabbit for dinner, bt
sure to supply each guest with a sidt
dish for bullets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31
MAKING OF cRoouETTES.

Croquettes will never lose their hold
upon US, for they are most delightful
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31

When you give up your seat to lady
in street car tip your hat as if you
had done something.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31

Even the man who is tired of this world
is seldom in hurry to move on to the
next.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31

A good way to shorten the stay of the
unwelcome visitor is to put einders in
the bed in the guest room.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31
EXPOSURE IS GETTING
GREATER AND GREATER.

Pneumonia among chorus girls is in
creasing every year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31

Act right in company, SO you will
know how to act at home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-31

Still they occur. Real estate deals
and real estate deals, with more in
process of formation every day. The
Meddler only hopes that some Of them
will bring into Brattleboro a real in
dustry or two. The actual fact of the
matter is that until the industrial end
of the town is developed somewhat
there is no great demand for more
store or Office buildings.
This is the sixth consecutive morn
ing which has failed to conform to the
weather bureaus prediction. since
Sunday the snow has disappeared in
\ manner almost magical, and if pres
ent conditions prevail for another
week the likelihood of unusual food:
will be remote Little if any frost
seems to be left in the ground, and
gardeners already are making plans
for putting their plots in condition
for the reception of early vegetable
seeds. A gentle spring rain would be
welcome for cleansing purposes, but
the amount of precipitation during the
early part of the month makes the
continuation of fair weather seem like
/ reasonable prospect
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
Ladies Went Hunting

A merry party composed OF la
dies as well as gentlemen enjoyed
a camp-hunt in the Willow Pens
section from Friday till Sunday
evening. The party included
Mesdames H. G.. Goldstein, Wal
lace Mobley, M. Nv. Sturdy, Sadie
and Misses McCask;ll
and Grace Laubach; also, the fol-
lowing gentlemen: G. M. Carrier,
Wallace Mobley, H. G. Goldstein,
M. W, Sturdy, Harry Robbins;
George Dewey and G. A. Todd.
They went out in automobiles
and were fully equipped for
slaughter and pleasure. All re-
port having had a delightful time,
though the only game they got
was birds, 131 of them.
Wallace Mobley won the blue
ribbon for being the best shot, be-
cause on shooting a bird, he would
catch it on the fly before it hit the
ground.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
Mexico's Racial Divisions.

Mexico is not populated, as so
many suppose, by mixed Spanish
Indian race, in which the lberian
element predominatcs, There are
about a couple of million people OF
mixed descent, another million OF
pure European descent, but the re-
mainder, some thirteen millions, are
practically pure blooded Indians,
There are 1873 tribes of Indians in
Mexico, recognized as quite distinct
and divided by ethnologists into six
teen language groups, though actu-
ally ffty-three separate languages,
or widely differing dialects, are
spoken in the republic. Some OF
the Mexican Indians remain in al
most the same primitive condition
as their forefathers at the time OF
the Spanish conquest. London
Chronicle.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
Sophomore Notes

Mr.. McCully is still i'll, but we
hope to see him at school in few
days.
Miss Blanche Glenn especially
favored her class by letting them
make marshmallow pudding for
their Thanksgiving dinner.
Sophomore basket ball practice
is progressing nicely and it is ex-
pected that there will be experts
as a result.
Miss Alta Everton departed at
six o'clock Thursday morning, to
Sarasota, to see her brother, Mr..
Tom Everton. She did not return
until Saturday, and it is wonder
ed if Mr.. Thomas Turner and Mr..
Henry Dotson had any fights
when they saw her.
Miss Myrtice McCaskill has
been making discoveries lately.
She found "Jona" and Miss Ivy
Wilhelm holding hands over an
innocent little insignificant bar
low knife.
Friday, Mr.. Charlie Buckley, a
former teacher of this school, WIS.,
tied us and every one was exceed
ingly glad to see him. For exam
pie, Miss Nina Mas Stephens, in
her eagerness to shake hands with
him, fell part of the way down the
stairsteps and hurt her knee. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Buckley
promised to whip Miss Ivy Will
helm and had her so scared and
stiff that she fairly wobbled in
stead of walking straight. Miss
lnez Rowland was dressed for the
occasion, but got visibly embaras-
sed when he heard her Latin les
son, He will be pleased, howev"
err, to know that she and Mr.
Claude Willis invented a way to
crack nuts.
Miss Elizabeth COram and Mr.
Lloyd Mauck must be engaged by
now, for, on the boat the other
day, we heard her tell him to ask
her Daddy.
Miss Bertha Hagan left Wed
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

tainable. No one expects to get a
good healthy calf from a sick
scrub COW; the same is generally
true of any progeny, plants in
cluded because the principle of
inheritance works alike thru0ut
the entire living world.
In the case of Irish potato seed,
to obtain the best of seed is OF
special Importance because success
of the crop depends first of all on
the kind and the health of the
seed. Potato growers must pick
out an established variety that
yields and otherwise does best un-
der the conditions of culture, and
that is by its qualities most accept
able on the market.
Then the grower should see that
the seed are free from diseases be
cause they may and often do carry
with them certain diseases, some
of which under conditions favor
able for their development are
able to ruin the crop entirely,
while all of them almost invari-
ably reduce the profit of the grow
er materially.
Most potato diseases are due
to certain parasitic fungi and bac-
terra which in a number of cases
are introduced into the field as
was previously mentioned, with
the seed. If disease free seed are
used, therefore, the losses from
these diseases may be either great
ly reduced or prevented entirely.
Of the potato disease occurring
in Florida and which are carried
with the seed, the following are
mentioned: Mosaic, blackleg and
rot, black scurf, common scab, dry
rot and wilt, late blight and rot.
With the exception of late blight
and rot none of these diseases can
be controlled by any spraying.
The late blight, because the fun
gus that causes it develops first
on the tops where it produces a
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
Clear Bad Skin From Within

Pimply, muddy compilations are due to
impurities in the blood. Clear up the skin
by taking DR.. Kings New life pills
Their mild laxative qualities remove the
poisons from the system and brighten the
eye A full, free, non gripping bowel
movement IN the morning is the reward
OF a dose OF Dr. Kings New Life Pills the
hlght oetore. At your Druggists Csc.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
BATTLE OF TIE PLANTS.
Preparedness In Their Never Ending
Strlgg'a For Existence.

Preparedness In Their Never Ending
Stra19'a For Existence.
Every sort Of plant that grows
is putting up Il never ending battle
to keep its place in the vorld. 1t
fights frost. 1t fights drought. 1t
grows thorns to bayonct the crca-
lures that try to eat it up, or with
nuts or fruits or berries it tcmpts
them to carry its seeds to some UNI
occupied spot whore it may dig it.
self in and stay. 1t even mounts
its seeds on acropl&ncs and distrib-
utes them on the wings of the wind.
One would think that, when once
any plant did manage to get its
seeds into good ground, the first
thing for it to do would be to have
every single one of them, as quick
ly as possible, spring up, become
plants and themselves bear more
seeds. Yet it does not. Instead,
some of the seeds hold off and do
not sprout at all the first season.
Then, if anything happens to the
plants of the first crop-if they are
cut or eaten down to the ground, if
the year is bad and the seed does
not ripen, if the farmer roots them
up entirely to make room for an
other crop-thcre is ammunition
in reserve. The seeds that held
over try again next year and the
next.
Instances are known of seeds,
once sown, continuing to come up,
a few at a time, for ten summers.
Each year the plants persisted be-
fore they blossomed. But still they
kept springing up from old seeds.
Nature seldom puts all her eggs into
one basket.
This seems especially true of the
useless plants which we call weeds.
Once have them get a fair start,
ripen a crop of seeds and get them
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

great mass of its spores which are
disseminated, chiefly by wind,
then probably also by rain and in
sects to other plants and into the
soil, can be successfully controlled
by spraying with bordeaux mix
ture when the latter is properly
made and thoroly applied at the
right time and with a good spray
er.
It should be remembered here
that, only in extreme cases could
the presence of these diseases be
detected on the seed even by an
expert. Therefore, the only sure
way to obtain the seed free from
the disease is to get them from
fields that are not infected. This
fact should either be guaranteed
by the seed dealer or certified by
some dependable agent who per-
sonally inspected the fields at the
right time.
Seed can hardly be guaranteed
free from some diseases, namely
scab and black scurf, because they
are too common almost any where
in the country, tho in some places
they develop only slightly. AS
the parasites causing these two
diseases are carried on the very
surface Of the seed tubers, the lat
ter can easily be disinfected
(treated) against them with cor
rosive sublimate Il part to 1000
parts of water) solution by dip
ping the seed in it for one and
half hours. After treatment the
seed should be either Immediately
planted or allowed to dry. Seed
may be treated for two hours with
formalin, l pint to 80 gallons of
water to free them of scab, but
formalin is not quite so good a.
gainst the black Scurf.
The corrosive sublimate treat
ment has often been injurious to
the seed when used during warm
weather, therefore one should
keep in mind that it is not safe
to employ this treatment when the
temperature is above IS degrees F.
or thereabout.
In view of the foregoing infor-
nation the following suggestions
are offered:
Require your seed dealer to sup
ply you with seed guaranteed free
from disease. If he cannot do so
then buy your guaranteed seed di-
rectly from northern seed produc-
ers. If you don t know from whom
such seed may be bought, then
make inquiry of the local potato
growers association, Experiment
Station, agents of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, U. s. Department
of Agriculture, all of whom would
be glad to help you.
Request also that the seed be
treated with corrosive sublimate
or do that yourself. See that ev
cry tuber is perfectly smooth and
free from any discoloration and
true to the variety name.
By using the best and treated
seed, the potato grower can save
himself a grea deal of trouble and
money. He need not be troubled
with wost of the previously men,
toned diseases because they can
be readily prevented if proper at
tention is given to the seed.-C. d.
Sherbakoff, Fla. Experiment Sta
ton.
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nesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Jim
Heusted. She will return Mon
day.-Ula McGehee, Chairman.

AT the last meeting of the town
council, a committee was appoint
ed and directed to make a thor
ough sanitary inspection of the
town. This committee is COM
posed of the regular sanitary COM
mittee of the council and the town
health officer, the marshal and the
town attorney. Citizens are urg-
ed to cooperate with the COM
mittee in placing the town in first
class sanitary condition.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
Forecast For the Week Beginning
Sunday, December 3, 1915.

South Atlantic and East Gulf
States-Generally fair except that
local rains Wednesday or proba-
bly, Thursday. Temperatures will
remain moderate until Friday or
Saturday when colder will over
spread these districts-.E. II.
BOWIE, Forecaster.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Mrs. j. A. Williams returned
from Bowling Green, Friday. She
was accompanied by her daughter
in-lcw, Mrs. Earnest Williams, nee
Miss Helen Shaw, who is spend
ing the week with relatives here.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

A varied assortment of Heinz
products-pickles, olive-oil, chill
sauce, chow-chow, India relish,
Spaghetti-at the Bakery.-f9-
-(adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Another bazaar is to be given
in the Welch block by the Ladies
Aid Society of the Baptist church.
1t will be on the 14th, 18th, and
10th. Every bodyshould pat
ronize the ladies.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Miss Nellie Brown of Arcadia,
was the guest here of Mrs. p. X.
Seward from Thanksgiving until
Saturday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Glenn G. Bovay, principal of the
Bermont public school, spent
Thanksgiving here and remained
till Sunday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
Irish Potato Seed

No money is better invested on
the farm nor time better spent
than in procuring the best seed OBJ
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
BRIEF MENTION
Of People Who Come and Go, and
of Minor Events in this
Vicinity

The afternoon train going north
from here now arrives from Fort
Myers at 3 so.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Hon. John Hagan of Charlotte
Harbor, spent Saturday and Sun
day with friends in Tampa.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

High grade candies, a fine as
sortment at A. p. Hatch 8 Cor
ner Grocery. If. fadv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Prof. c. E. Buckley, principal of
the school at Sebring, enjoyed
Thanksgiving and next day "a
mongst his friends here.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

well into the ground, and the man
who lets them get by him will spend
a good many years before he sees
the last of his troubles. - E. L.
Brewster in st. Nicholas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-12-02
MOST PROSPEROUS
BUSINESS YEAR
Dun's Review Says Con-
servativeness Apparent in
Industrial Channels

New York, December l.--Dun's review
tomorrow will say,
Business enters on the final stage of
its most prosperous year with activity
undated and the rise in prices continu-
ing, yet with clear evidence of commend
able judgment, and prudence in many
quarters. Wholesome conservatism is in
creasingly apparent in industrial cham
nels as in banking circles. and the
doubts as to the economic changes that
must ultimately be experienced are re-
fected in the disposition to provide
against possible contingencies in the fu-
ture. 1t still is a noteworthy and reas-
surfing feature that producers in many
instances endeavor to discourage demand
rather than to stimulate it, and some
interests have virtually withdrawn from
the markets in an effort to check the in
flux of orders which they cannot handle
or are disinclined to accept under present
conditions. Buyers, however, are i'm
PEELED to cover far-forward needs because
OF apprehensions that the paucity of sup
plies now witnessed in some lines may
later become more general, though signs
multiply of the restricting influence Of
the extreme living costs on consumption.
the weekly bank clearings were A,756,-
| 73s, 220.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-12-02

o, EM1aN HEIn RNALL


moved to Mobile and with their two
young daughters, Misses Sara Frances
and Louise, are delightful acquisitions
to the Georgia avenue neighborhood.-
Mobile Register.
Mr. and Mrs. Harding Burke are
spending a few days in Nashville.
Miss Mary Murphy will leave
Wednesday for Birmingham to visit
Mrs. Paul Gorham for two weeks, and
will be the honor guest at several
bright parties.-Atlanta Journal.
Miss Margaret Lowman will return
Wednesday from Birmingham and will
he accompanied home by Miss Mallie
Moughon of that city, and Miss Sara
Evans OF Montgomery.-Atla Jour
nal.
Miss Virginia and Miss Alice Clark
Carr are the guests of relatives in the
city.
Mrs. John Danforth is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lewis Cobbs in Mont
gomery, where she has been called on
account Of the serious illness of her
mother, Mrs. John L. 0obbs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-12-02
JASPER GUEST Of
CORN CLUB BOYS
Walker County Boasts of a
Large Membership-Ban-
quet Given

Jasper, December 1.-(Special) -About
175 of the 1872 members of the Boys Corn
club of Walker county were given a
banquet by the citizens and P. p. Hun
ter and wife of Cincinnati. The occasion
was the gathering of the boys to receive
special prizes offered for the best pro-
duction of corn. This is a peculiar
boys" club in that it has few girl
members, who actually plowed their own
corn, and one of these proud girls re-
ceived first prize, a rubber-tired buggy.
Mr.. Hunter is connected with the
American Vehicle company of Cincin-
matt, and offered some valuable prizes,
including a buggy, a sulky cart, harness
and saddles This was augmented by Of
ferings by merchants and other citizens,
Including bureau, clothing and gifts
OF SIS and $40 gold pieces.
Jack Cranford's large store was cleared
and turkey feast set before several
hundred happy children, ranging in age
from 10 to IS years. The gathering was a
boom for future work among the boys
and girls of the county.
Some Of the boys told of their many
troubles in raising their crops. Several
of them told how, after having made
their crop, the flood washed it away,
and said the final figures were now float-
ing in the Gulf of Mexico, and were be-
You'd reach to compete for prizes. One
feature of the years contest was that
the younger boys carried away most hon.
ors A record of the time put in to make
ali the crops was computed, and the
average struck showed it required so min.
utes' time to produce each bushel OF
corn.
Talks were made by Mrs. G. II.
Mathis, a guest by special invitation,
and by Messrs Hunter, Curtin. Crawford,
Sartain and Scott, county superintendent
of education.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-12-02

some day to go to New York and study
and become great artists"
80 you weren't deferred in your career
by the fact that you hadn't studied
abroad and that you didn't possess one
of those queer, long-sounding names of
Italian or Russian origin?'I asked
mot at ALL" Miss Tracey said enthu-
siastically. 1.-THE claim that it is difficult
for the American artist to gain recogni-
ton in her own country, is a fallacy; 1
don't think there is anything finer than
the respect that Americans have for their
own countrymen and women who have
achieved success Emma Eames, Lillian
Nordca Geraldine Farrar, not to speak
of the lesser lights-all of these have
been given the admiration and adulation
that any foreign artist has ever had. Mr..
DeKoven and Mr.. Herbert, our two most
celebrated American composers, have
been recognized at the Metropolitan opera
the Mecca for all that is best and high
est in music in this country. These two
artists are great friends of mine. l be-
gan my stage career in one of Mr. De-
Koven's operas, The Red Feather with
Grace Van Studdiford. I've sung with
Mr.. Herbert: I've visited at the homes of
each of these composers and 1 believe
they have done more toward putting
American music on the map than any
other composers of the day."
I've never even been abroad" Miss
Tracey said. 81 began my studies in
Kansas City, when L was quite a child;
later I went to New York and studied
with Dessert. believe that any Ameri-