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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
Little Benney's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

My cuzzin Attic came -cround las t
mite, and / sed, Lets play bludhounds,
lets play we can get ON the track and
find things by their smell.
Wich We started TO do. me going out
to the ice box, and wat was there but
some limberger cheese all raped up in
| unrapped ii and raped a hunk of
newspaper Ground il and me and Artie
started to take terms hiding it in the
setting room so the bludhomd Good get
on its track by the smell and after q
vile ma and pop came in and sat down
Jest wen | was starting TO be the hlud-
hound, pop saying, Pew, pew, CRATE
Scezer, pew.
Blud, blud, bow bow, bIud. l scd. And
| kcpp on going GROUND on my hands
lard necz smelling the floor trying to
get on the track, and pop sed to ma,
lawleen, do YOU smell that? Crate
greet, pew.
| don't smell enything so very drcdfll,
scd ma.
Nuthing can be more drcdfill than
the smell of limherger cheese, and if
II hadont Expressly forbidden Won to
have it in the house, I'd be sure that's
wat | smell. o, pew, sed pop.
Bow, wow, hlud, I'm on the track,
sed. And I smelled the floor all the
way to the bookcase and sure enuff il
was under the bookcase, and pop sed
Benny, wat in the werld are YOU doing
wat II the name of all that stinks have
you got there?
Ne and Arties playing bludhounds
on the track. and this little hunk of
| limbcrger cheese is the track, | sed.
Ware did YOU get it scd pop.
| In the icebox, | sed and ma sed. Now
1 Willyun, YOU know how | like it, its
Jest little l got to eat late at mite
for my luntch.
All hah, sed pop. And he quick ran
| down stairs and threw all the limbcrger
cheese over the back tents, witch me and
Artie saw him do il frum the back set
! ting room window, and ma sed, Artic,
You 90 home immceditly, and Benny
| YOU 90 strate to bed
Wich did. Proving if YOU make il
to easy for the bludhound, sumbodv eIts
mite smell It. tQs !
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

During the last few weeks most of
the newspapers of the country have
had articles on the negro emigration
from the South. Dr. William Jay
Schicifcliu Of New York, who has been
interested in the acgro question thirty
years, explains i'm the New York Times
magazine the cause of this undue OK.
odu' from the South. Negroes who can
not mako more than - a day are of.
tcrcd by northern agents So and "a q
day But they don't figure out that it
costs more 10 live in the North and
that his income win amount to not
more, perhaps, than 80 cents a dav ex.
ira In maay sections of the south the
situation is almost critical. Southern
farmers are facing the problem of
where to obtain help to gather crops.
This tremendous exodus is going ia
prove great blessing to the white
people as well as the black for it will
make the whites treat the negroes much
better bring about better living condi.
tions and better schools for the black
man. Schools such as Fisk and Atlanta
/ University are now receiving the an.
prevail Of the Southern white man which
hitherto was accorded only to Tuskegec
and Hampton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
WEST TOWNSHEND.
,ol viii close Friday.

School viii close Friday.
Children S day exercises were post
poned one week on account of measles
Miss Edith Wilder of Wardshoro wa,
a guest of Miss Edith Clarke Thursday
Paul Circuit of Greenfield, Mass, is
with his parents for a few days.
Miss Beryl Lawrence of Boston is
with her grandparents for season.
George w Houghton and family OF
Brattleboro were weekend visitors a.
Fred Houghton s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G.. Rollins of Phil
adelphia were guests at c. o. Kimball :
Thursday. Mr. Rollins had not beer
here before in 30 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hadlock OF
Bclchertown, Mass, Miss Hazel Had
lock Of Brattleboro and. Mrs. c. w
Hatherway of New York were visitors
at 4. E. Hadlock s.
A number from here attended the
funeral of Lyman Jennison in South
Windham Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.. Brooks. Mrs. w
A. Nichols and son and Harry Ell
bridge of Antrim, n. H., are visitors at
c. o. Kimball s for a few days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

what in the world do you like wash-day
and ironing-day for?
81 don't care for wash-day or iron
ing-day, to tell you the truth said
Snow.
81 thought not said Coal.
but in a way l do care for them,
said Snow quickly.
"'OhT said Coal, surprised and puz.
zled once more.
They are necessary said the cat
proudly.
~ suppose they are said the dog
But what difference does that make
TO your
"'Ah, now I shall tell you
cid like to hear said Coal. He
turned around three times and then
settled himself on a cushion which was
on the kitchen floor. Snow sat VI
quite straight and purred all the time
"'You see said Snow, they have to
wash and iron in order to have clean
Clothes
II suppose they do said Coal. But
WHAT w you care lUI CIedu CLOTHES
You don't wear them. You can wash
yourself and comb your hair by your
self
but | like to lie in clean clothes
Nothing gives me the joy that the has
ket of clean clothes doesi At Least
it is one of the joys of my life As fol-
the linen closet-well, when they leave
the door open | am happy. | love t.
lie among the white napkins and pill
low covers and Sheets
""That's the queerest thing I've
ever heard said the dog.
sits quite true, though said thu
cat. The mistress knows that. Tvt
often heard her say that she couldn'
leave the clean clothes in the baske
a moment as I'd lie among them RICH
away. And she never dared leave tn,
linen closet door open. Of course the,
don't know how fond 1 am of such
bed added Snow, or they would enjo,
having a bed made for me of clear
clothes all the time
'BOw-wow-wow,' laughed the dog
You are q creature to love everythin;
that is finez How about soiled clothes
Wouldn't they feel the same?
You insult me- said the cat. s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

only lie in clean clothes. Soft cush.
ions, good food, especially cream and
still more especially nice food from the
table-all these things l like
I'm glad to hear it. said the dog
1 knew you loved all comforts but this
one of clean clothes l never heard OF
before
That's why l am never talking tc
you when | see the clothes basket OF
clean clothes going upstairs sale
Snow. I am busy them
Well" said Nancy, cts news tc
me-just as it was to the dog, that 6
cat will lie in clean clothes"
And this said Daddy, as a true
story. For cat named Snow who wa.
very friendly with a dog, would Away.
lie in the clean clothes if she got the
chance, but never, never would she &C
near the basket of soiled clothes -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
Alasl He Is no Business Mani

Such opposition to the appointment
of Herbert G. Hoover as food controller
as has developed in the United States
senate IS base on the plea that he is
not n business man. which, alas, is
true. BY profession he is mining en-
glnccr, and he knows so little about
business that. being in Europe when the
desperate condition of Belgium was re.
vcalcd, he abandoned his profession and
voluntarily organized the greatest and
the most efficient relief work ever
known in human history.
Mr.. Hoover disburScd tens of mil
lions of dollars, fed millions of peoplc,
allayed the suspicious of conqueror and
conquered. and was so successful in all
respects that when Germany. the SUPER
efficient, was compelled to put the en-
plre on ratlOns, it went to him for adj
vice and instruction. If. like most mem
berS of the senate, he had only been 4
politician, or a lawyer. there is no tell
| ing what prodlgies of merchandising
and distribution he might have ac-
complished.
Coming with no better record than
this before experienced captains Of in
dustrv who dominate the senate. what
can such man expect. He has no
backing but his record, no standing
ANYWHERE except as he is acclaimed bv
humanity, and Of course, no business
credentials that would get him past the
doorkeeper of caucus or convention.
knowledge of all this at the right time
might have made the starving popula-
ton of Belgium and Northern France
choose death in preference to relief at
the hands of one SO poorly equipped for
business, as the senate understands
business
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
THURSDAY, JUNE :, 1917.
WORTH OF LIBERTY BOND.

To the average man the investment
of money with safety at more than five
per cent, is, if not an impossibility at
least most difficult performance re-
qairing painstaking investigation, the
possession Of $500 or more, and a will
liugncss to accept a certain measure of
risk says the New York Sun. Savings
banks pay three to four per cent. Few
railroad bonds pay over four per cent,
in gilt edged and arc subject to taxa
tion of every sort at that. Stocks,
however conservative in character in
lvariahly imply some risk.
j The Liberty bonds are a mortgage on
the United States. The security is over
Iwhclming. Their safety is absolute.
They can he bought in denominations
OF 500 each, or with an initial pay
mcnt of $40 on the instalment plan
/ through many responsible agencies.
4 Their rate Of interest is three and one
half per cent. They are exempt from
Iall taxation except the inheritance tax.
4 Though In no sense speculative they
offer some chance for a profit. Should
la new loan become necessary at a high.
/ err rate these bonds will be exchange
/ able for it. The holder will then have
a four per cent, or possibly a four and
! onc-half per cent. government securitg
bought at par, which at the end of the
war must increase in price,
| 1t is a patriotic duty to buy these
bonds and buy them quickly But the
buyer will also be discharging a duty
to his family and making a wise pro
vision for himself if he buys as MANY
as he possibly can pay for. Easy to
raise money upon, easy to sell, non.tax.
Fable and with cxceHcpt chances of en-
Ihaneemont in price, the Liberty bonds
offer the best possible investment for
the savings Of the man of moderate
means.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

Many people are reading the New
York Tribune these days tor the sole
reason that they may be able to get
hold of Frank Simonds's remarkable
war contributions. Simonds gets at the
heart Of the war as no other writer
has done. 1t is interesting, therefore
to have the Pulitzer prize of $500 fol
the best editorial article written dur
ing 1916 60 to Mr.. Smonds for The
superb article concentrating the frs
anniversary Of the sinking of the Lusi
tania.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
"a DADD7'SEy[N|NQ
I'll FAIRY TALE
I'll 81 MACY GRAAAM BONNER
PUSSY CAT.

"a white cat named Snow" said Dad
dy. land black dog named Coal, We're
the greatest of friends
a am so glad today is wash day.
said Snow. L saw the soiled clothes
being scrubbed so hard and hung out
on the line to dry. Tomorrow they will
iron the clothes and then put them
back in the basket all nicely folded.
Later they will 90 in the linen room
All, such joy And Snow purred hap
PLY.
"'Now what in the world do you
talk about wash-day and ironing-day
for?' asked Coal. L can understand
it when you talk about mice because
have never known any creature so fond
of them
"'Have you known so many catsY
asked Snow.
"'Not so very many to be friendly
with as l am with YOU answered Coal.
"'Then | am not surprised when you
say that you have never known anyone
as fond of mice as l am. But if you
had known more cats you would under
stand that it just runs in the family
to like mice. We all do
$50, I've heard said the dog But
l can believe it when | see you, though
it seems hard to think that there are
other cats Just as fond of mice
Don't bother to think said Snow.
Just remember that what l say is so.
| All cats are as fond of mice as l am
"I'n remember said Coal. But
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

The most remarkable thing about
registration Tuesday was the absence
of disorders. The authorities in many
of the large cities were fearful of out
breaks and it was expected that oppo
sition to registration would develop
among the mountaineers of Southern
states and in western localities where
there is large percentage of foreign
population. Nothing of a serious nature
occurred however, and there were com.
parativelv few arrests.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

Every newspaper is ready to help
worthy causes, but we doubt whether
the public at large has any conception
of the volume Of requests for publica
tion of articles from particular inter
ests which hope TO be benefited
through free publicity. The Reforme1
literally receives daily yards 9f.copy
which Of necessity is consigned to the
wastc basket.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
It Is Not
Too Late Yet!

For sowing SPRING
WHEAT. The sowing Of
SPRING WHEAT in Can
ada is not yet completed; the
season is much the same as
in New England.
We have received another
car Of CHOICE MINNIE
APOLIS SPRING WHEAT,
especially selected for SEED
which we offer at 1913
per bu. f. 0. b. Brattleboro.
Should suggest forwarding
by express.
This same grade #
SPRING WHEAT is selling
freely in the Northwest,
through seed houses, at
$500 per bu.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim OF the management to
OF the paper each night, and II solicfts
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, 1917-06-07
TAKE 1T IN TIME,
just as Scores of Brattleboro People

just as Scores of Brattleboro PeopIc
Have.
Waiting doesn t pay.
If you neglect kidney backache,
Other troubles often follow.
Doan S Kidney Pills are for kidney
backache, and for other kidney ills.
Brattleboro citizens endorse them.
Mrs. c. F. Wilcox, AZ Clark St., Brat
tleboro, says: Il have no hesitation in
recommending Doan s Kidney Pills. 1
used them three or four years ago, when
| was subject to kidney disorder. L
noticed my kidneys were weak and
their action irregular and annoying.
This continued but short time when
l used Doan S Kidney Pills and a box
of this medicine did me a great deal
of good.'
Price soc, at all dealers. Don t simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan s
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Will
cox had. Foster-M ilburn Co., Prop,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper
so cents an inch for first insertion;
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page al
double rates.
Space rates on application
Classified advertisements - Five cents
2 mo irst Insertion with 80 per cent
discount for each subsequent Insertion
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices - Ten cents per line
first Insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
Congressman Dale's Busy Day.

(Northfeld Ncws.)
The News is giving this week Hon.
Porter l.. Dale 5 address in part to the
veterans Memorial day. 1t was a stir
ring appeal for patriotism, full OF his
tory, he paving a splendid tribute to
the old soldiers when he said in the
course Of his remarks, = call upon
the veterans to inspire this generation
with the spirit of their old time valor,
that this country may meet its duty
rs YOU met yours. - Congressman Dale 5
address should be read by those who
did not hear it. and it will do us al
good to read it after hearing it. lie
certainly rose to the occasion, as all
said who heard him. 1t was strenu-
ans day for the congressman. coming
from Washington the day before, trav-
cling 10y automobile 1913 miles Memorial
day, and delivering three addresses. one
Mt Brookficld, at Northfeld and in the
evening at Chester. going back to Wash.
ington the same night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

was, and is, a gentle soul, filled with
with the spirit Of kindness and peace.
And his last rule shows him humani-
tarlan, man of virtuous discrimina-
ton =" Never rob a poor man. There
Is g touch Of the old romantic glamour
that attached to the tradition of Rob-
IN Hood, But, he has been sadly i'm
practical, this crring New Jersey
brother IN this one respect, at least,
his romantic disposition must have him
dered his Providence Jour-
nal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
You Can't Reform Children by Repri-
handing Them

In the June Woman 5 Home Compan-
ION Miriam Finn Scott says:
Too frequently the attitude of the
unthlnking father is to reprimand or
suppress the child, without giving a
thought to the possible cause of the
child S irritating fault, or a thought to
its possible cure. One dav at a beach
hotel, small hoy began to boast that
he was not afraid 20 walk into the cold
water up to his neck. keep quiet,
you know you are a coward. Don t say
that again,' said his father sharply.
To be sure, this boy was a coward.
and the father was perhaps Justly dis
pleased; but by squelching the boy he
certainly did very little to help his son
conquer his cowardice. In the first
Iplace, the father did not realize that
perhaps the boy was not born a coward
but probably made one through need
less suppression, through meaningless
don Is. What he needed now was a
stimulus which would encourage him TO
meet physically that which he only
dared face in his imagination; what
he needed was sympathy and kindness,
and not rcbuffs.
Immortality
Fooled by our fclowmen, depressed,
outWorn,
We leave the brutal world to take
its way,
And Patience in another life,',
we say
The world shall be thrust down, and
we upbornc.
And will not, then, the immortal ar
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

measure, the value of which is be
yend discussion. Medicine has reached
a period when alcohol is rarely en-
ploycd rs . drug, being displaced by
better remedies. Alcohol S only placc
now is in the arts and science. Nation
al prohibition would be welcomed by
the medical profession.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

DR. Charles II. Mayo, the noted sur.
gcon of Rochester, Mimi, sounded the
right note at New York when he was
installed as president of the American
Medical association, and said: "We
must aid in all that viii elevate the
general standard of, and conserve. the
American citizen. Prohibition is a war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
Breaking lt Gently.

Willie with fine scorn)-Say, ia
Their, what do you think? Our teach
er marked me absent from school yes
terday.
Father-Why, how did she come te
do a thing like chat?
/ Willie-Why, er-I guess 1 wasn't
there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

The person who does not look upon
the unfolding beauties Of nature. at
this time with a feeling of awe, rcvcr-
enee ana JOY is fit for treason, strata
gem and Spoils.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

For many years Station Agent Briggs,
located at Hartford, has been digging
up and transplanting from their native
haunts to the station yard specimens
of wild flowers, until the garden is
very extensive and perhaps more
beautiful than AT any other station
along the line of the Central Vermont
railway. y long double row Of hepaticas
and blood roots were IN bloom for two
weeks and in the hepaticas were no
less than II different varieties. The
garden is so well planned that some of
the plants are in bloom from the first
days of spring ultil late in the autumn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Laboratory Changes at Norwich.

The friends of Norwich university, its
alumni and under graduates who may
visit it this fall viii he greatly sur
priSed at the many improvements and
changes in the laboratories The cleo
trieal engineering department is being
entirely cvcr-hauled. new equipment
added, the number of recitation rooms
and laboratories increased. The physics
department has been greatly enlarged.
and provided with improved facilities.
The civil engineering department is
getting increased supplies and appara-
tns long needed. The chemistry depart
ment is being entirely rcftted and
equipped; in fact every department in
the college has ben greatly improved.
All of this improvement is due to the
generosity of Senator Rcdficld Proctor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07

"a white cat named Snow" said Dad
dy. ''and black dog named Coal, wert
the greatest of friends
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-05-05
Other Communities

GAINESVILLE. May 2.-The La
dies Aid Society of the Bedington NJ.
E. church, south, will meet at the
home Of Mrs. Rosa Davis, Friday
Mrs. Thomas Jacobs and daughters
Lena and Marguerite, of Maryland,
are visiting friends in this neighbor.
hood for a few days.
Mrs. Martha Knipe is still in a
very serious condition.
Mr.. Isaac Pearrell was visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Cromwell Greg ory
for a few days last week.
Mr.. Coe Riner, wife and baby were
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William LeFevre Sunday.
Mrs. Crumwell Gregory md son,
William, visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lemaster Tuesday.
Mrs. John Kendig was visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry An
thony for a few days.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-05-05
NEW TRACK WORK
IS Being RUSHED
Western Maryland Contractors Doing
Much Work Near Big Pool and
Other Places.

Contractors are rushing work on
the stretch of double track on the
Western Maryland Railway Company
near Big Pool and other places be.
tween Hagerstown and Cumberland.
Completion of this Improvement will
give increased facilities for moving
traffic on that important part Of the
system. The Western Maryland al
ready has in operation double tracks
between Hagerstown and Security.
If the cost of material, etc, shows
any tendency to reach a lower level
during 1917. it is not unlikely that the
Western Maryland will get under way
additional double track work during
the current year
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-05-05

MT S0MMERS, May S.-Misses
Roxy Nervel and May Bowers were
visiting their aunt. Mrs. George Mil.
Ter, at Tomahawk Sunday.
Mr.. James Nervel was a business
visitor at Cherry Run Saturday.
Mr.. Samuel Downey was visiting
Moses and William Kennedy at 10
Gust Hill Sunday.
Hon. William Sommers, manager
Of the Sommers Orchard Company
WHO has been here overseeing the
planting Of large number of trees,
has returned to his home in Berkeley
Springs.
Mr.. Daniel Smith has gone to De
troit, Mich. where he has accepted a
position with the Ford Motor Com.
pany
Mr.. Rhina Poole is very i'll at this
writing with a bad attack of indi.
gestion.
Mr.. Virgil Files was a caller at the
home of Miss Roxy Nervel Sunday
night.
Miss Gladys Albright, of Rabbits.
burg, is spending a few days with
James Payne and family.