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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-09-06
PORTRAITS AND PROTESTS
BY Sarah N. Cleghorn. Henry Holt
4 Go.

4 Go.
Although Miss Cleghorn is pre-
eminently poet and although she has
published several novels, this IL her
first book Of verse. We hope II may
not be the last. Two personalities
move through these verses as clearly
defined as opposite friends. The finest
poems of the book are found among
the Portraits. They remind one OF
those delieately cut canoes left to us
by our ancestors; brocade and lace,
lavender and pennyroyal weave them
selves into vision of sunlit, peaceful
days when there was time to think and
dream, time for neighborly visiting
and conversation, days and customs
passed with our ancestors, alas! Miss
Cleghorn's art transhgures the conf
monest things, puts new spirit into
them and makes them live in greater
beauty:
"F'ields Of fireflies
Wheel all night like stars above the
wheat"
and
'Low along the mountains, lake blue
shadows,
Sea blue shadows, in the snow
drifts sleep"
n. 49, l:no. fra,. UEr,tl;au
'Tn the bend of Silver Waters Arm
Where the deer come trooping
down at even,
Drink the cowsilp pool, and fear no
harm"
VIM. Stanley Braithwaite said OF
this poem. Emilia, is one of the
lovliest poems produced in this coun-
try during the last score of years"
like especially "The Oldenbarys OF
Sunderland" 1.-THE Sigourney Circle"
"The Parsons Daughters" and THE
Puritan Lady's Garden" Were there
ever lovlier pictures Of sweeter sisters
than the Parsons Daughters--verily
Portraits. And that brave soul
turning to her bit of English garden,
as the ship sails away, whispering
faint promptngs to her aching heart
that where these friends are, there Is
home, larkspur, columbine and CHINA
mon roses. Here is high imagining
and subtle rhythm and an idealizing OF
real things that should make every
Vermonter proud of this sweet singer.
rebel at "Contented at Forty" that
period of slippered ease, If indeed II
exists nowadays, has been moved
along twenty years or more: IL ones
heart is young and sings as the heart
of this poet is singing there is no state
called "middle age"
/ Mr.. Braithwaite also said Of Miss
Cleghorn: "Strong as her feeling is
for nature, she has warmer feeling
for humanity"
Our points Of view may differ Soc
tally and politically, but the poems
under Protests give us serious
thought: yes we have always had our
Belgiums; but they have lacked that
note of high salf sacrifice which raises
to an almost spiritual plain the Bel
gium for which the heart Of the world
is wrung today In this poet there
are combined the high souled reformer
and the singer whose idealism and
sensitiveness transfigures the harsh
homely things to fair sweet ones:
"There was moon, there was .
star,
There was a path, wood,
A silent voice, speechless word
>. Well heard and understood"
: She carries the spark to light any
torch she will: we have waited long
for these poems to be collected into a
) book and now we receive it with de-
light and await another.
HALEY Phillips Gilchrist.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-09-06
yERMoNrs NAVY ENLlSTMENTs
Out of 325 In State Ten Are, From
Bennington County

Since the United States has been at
war and recruiting has been carried
out with great activities, 35l men have
been enlisten through the Navy re-
cruiting station in the Vermont dis
trict which comprises the State OF
Vermont and the counties of Clinton,
Essex and Franklin in New York
State.
Below is table giving the towns
which have supplied recruits for
Uncle Sans Navy and how many each
town supplied.
A great many towns are not repre-
sented. Every town ought to be rep
resented. "All hands" are called 70
the aid of the Navy recruiting force
and the business men of each town
should do all in their power TO have .
in tho Navy
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-09-06
Harry Albert Wilkinson, Benning-

Harry Albert wilkinson behhihg
ton.
Henry Manfred Carpenter, Ben
nington.
Elmer Dickerson Mitchell, Benning-
ton.
Everett s. Lille, Bennington.
William Henry Thompson, Sunder-
land.
James Ashley LaFlamme, Benning-
ton.
Lauriston A. Wilcox, North Pownnl.
Willard Hamilton Stewart, North
Bennington.
Henry Gilbert, Scarsburg.
Thomas T.. Smith, Manchester.
Earl Harrington, Bennington.
Jackson c. Ostrander, Pownal.
Giles Jewett, Bennington.
Cecil Edward Stalker, Bennington.
Wallace Harrington, South Shafts
bury.
Clyde Henry Bryant, East Dorset.
Berniss w. Powers, North Benning-
ton.
George Linihan, East Arlington.
Julius Leroy, Stamford.
Frank Bushee, Manchester Depot.
John Joseph Dunn, Stamford.
Arthur Franklin Amadon, Benning-
ton.
Samuel Shaw, North Pownal.
John Lloyd Priest, Readsboro.
Walter Edward Geary, Readsboro.
Clarence Moss Blackmer, Dorset.
Walfred H. Wahlquist, Bennington
Verne Henry Stone, Manchester
Center.
Merritt F. Burgess, Bennington.
Giovanni Maddolin, Manchester De-
pot.
Clarence Harvey Wilson, Hoosick
N. Y.
CLYDE A. Elwell, South SALISBURY
RAYMOND Peter Gavius, Readsboro
Walter S. Cook, Bennington.
Arthur Keough, Arlington.
Lagera Louie, Manchester.
Earl Baker, Bennington.
Glenn Elwin Martin, South Shafts
bury.
John Goodall Hutton, Bennington.
Edward Louie Bent, Bennington.
Francis Edward Mclaughlin, Eas
Dorset.
| Guy Charles Bartlett, Readsboro.
Robert Henry Walsh, East Airing
ton.
Drien Longtin, Manchester Depot.
Paul Eugene White, Dorset.
Frederick Christian Horst, Benning
ton.
Joseph NJ, Daley, North Benning
ton.
Dennis Fozand, Bennington.
Samuel Stuart Thompson, Sundel
land
Fred Wills, North Pownal.
| George Adolf Paro, Sunderland.
Ellis Edison Maxon, Pownal.
Octave Zeb Godette, Jr., Mancheste
Depot.
Robert Nelson Wildwood, Manches
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19
OPEN FORUM
A LOYALTY

To the Editor: In the Sunday Ore
gonian of July 18th, on page 8 and I'M
der caption of "Our state educational
institutions will meet needs of war;" I
find this paragraph: ''The college I'M
der the leadership of Pres. W. J. Kerr
organized and has conducted the food
preparedness campaign by means of
which it is estimated (?) that the pro-
duction in Oregon this year will be go
per cent greater than usuel.' The
fact is that today the crops through
out the state are much nearer 60 per
cent short of our usual crop and reports
from all sections of Oregon fully es-
tablish such condition. The loyalty of
Mr.. herr may be admitted but this eff
fort to magnify and emphasize the i'm
portance and disinterestedness of in
fluence and direct benefits of o. A. G..
to the state utterly fails. AS a central
~ization Of graft influences admittedly
it is a success.
Read further: "'Pres. Kerr gave O..
A. G. extension division over etc, etc. ;"
Now this extension department is a
faks-a political graft pure and sim
pie. Why it puts out upon the state
with munificent salaries some so ex-
tension workers. Are they graduates of
an agricultural college? Oh, no, not at
all; only the tools of corrupt politi-
clans. Graduates2 Why, a sample of
these extension educators of my coun-
ty reared alongside of me to the best
of my knowledge never planted or cul-
tivated a garden. Never attended a col
lege agricultural or otherwise, and sig
nally failed to pass examinations for
an Sth grade certificate; and yet pol
i%ticians put him upon o. A. G, extern
sion force at 1920 per month and ex-
penses. Is not thai loyal service and
efficiency? And does this represent
quality and calibre of this horde of
high salaried extension professors7
Well let S see how it s done. V. Mae
ken Mccoy, postmaster, was an active
republican politician of weight and he,
G. L.. Kelly and D. L. Keyt, republican
warehouses;, fought Mr.. Hawley's nomi-
nation and election. Well "the Acker-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

Ifraetious tie.
DeIla was 8 good servant, and [ knew
would do all that was necessary for his
comfort. Yet l should not want him to
leave me with a servant. [ argned TO
myself; uneonsciously hurt by his care
less tone.
AT breakfast he asked me again wbo+
| was going to do; and when mother
round out that he had an engagement
the evening she so insisted On INV
remaining with her for the day that at
4ast l consented, and watched Bob drive
away alone. For the first time we were
70 De separated a whole twenty-four
hours. e
After he ha6 gone mother and I took
our sewing out under the trees. Mother
was so happy to have ME with her that
1 was glad l had remained. But as the
DAY Wore away a feeling of restlessness
came e me. l should have gone with
Bob. L wouldn't like it if he left me.
and he probably felt the same, and was
too unselfish to say so. Yes, / decided.
as l considered, he wanted me. hut
Rated to have me stay home ali the
evening.
About half past five I told mother t
was going back home. She was too as
tonished to question me, but there was
no need. 1 told her:
You know Bob and 1 never have
been separated. He win come in about
ten O'Clock to a deserted apartment,
and he'll be as blue as can be. 1 know
just how he will feel; because 1 know
how l would under the same eireum-
stances"
"He may he later than you Think,
mother argued.
"oh, no he won't! It's just a little
business engagement with a LAWYER
friend of his who is trying TO throw
some business Bob way"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19
The Daily Novelette,
STANLEY.
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ooh, Stanleyln cried Marjoram
Bristles, catching at his arm excitedly.
"Isn't he the most peri 'ly fascinating
thing you simply ever saw7"
"Who?" said Stanley Dinstraps.
"Why, that sailor boy of course. Ism Il
he just to perf'ly stunning? Oh, Stanley,
do you suppose he has his sea legs on?''
"Errugh," grunted Dinstraps.
Clocks as if it might rain if the
weather changes, doesn't it?"
"Eeeeehi' she screamed suddenly.
"Did you see him, Stanley-that peri 'ly
adorable little marine9 Wouldn' It you
just love to kiss himF-I mean, would
MT I though!
"I had a postal from Adenoid Ad-
olson from Atlantic City today" OBJ
served Stanley, grinding his teeth.
"Staaaaaniy!" she exclaimed. "Oh,
what an absolutely, peri 'ly divine Off
Ger mani Look how straigt, Stanley,
look how tall"
Dinstraps stopped suddenly and
caught hold of a mailbox SO e~motionalIy
that his finger nails bit into the iron.
"Lookit here, Marjoram," he gulped,
"Once and for all, are you out with
or are you out with the United
States army?"
"Oh, Stanley" she cooed. "Didnt I
just get through telling you that your
necktie was peri ly beautiful? oh,
Stanley, look!-an artillery man, I can
tell by the thing on his hat! Where's
his cannons and things, S~tanley?"
Query: Was Stanley a uniformed
or a civilian2 No awards will be
made for correct answers this week.
Ed the Morning Glory,D
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

man state school trust'' who put Haw-
ley III for the office pulled him
through and while the Monmouth nor
nal had asked an appropriation of
$4,000. Mr.. Hawley promptly offered
a bill for $4,000.
Now before the campaign of 1910
was on and through a corrupt ward po-
litical deal. Macken supported
the candidacy of Hawley, Keyt was
neutral, Kelly had left the county. Dur
ing Mr.. Hawley' s connection with the
legislature the salaries of state school
professors scared and President Kerr's
salary was raised to $1,000 annually.
AT the last session a bill was introduce
ed to reduce Mr.. Kerr's salary and
Hawley vigorously crossed it. Again
during the session of the legislature, I
caused to be published the fact that
Mr.. Hawley was ineligible to member
ship in the legislative assembly and
cited Art. 2, See. 10 OF the state con-
stitution. Mr.. Hawley was drawing a
salary of 5000 per year from state
funds. Now mark it, just as soon as
this exposure was published Mr.. Haw-
ley quietly resigned the office and
salary of $500. Well, Immediately fol
IONl my duJCuI liz VI II ICS1Sidtulp
| read in the Oregon journal that
President Kerr $4,000 salary and
either 5 or 6 regents doubtless select
ed by Kerr met at the Imperial hotel
and reelected Mr.. Hawley to this $500
salary and today he fattens on it. And
too, the governor is now petitioned to
call an extra session of the legislature
and in which case I suppose the SEN
ate would tolerate Hawley's resigna-
ton again, and at adjournment Pres
herr would again assemble Use 5 or
6 regents. But Hawley was not and is
not now a member of the legislature.
The constitution inhibits it. And yet
Pres. Kerr is swift to reciprocate fav-
ors. And such Mr.. Editor, are the in
fluences that faisted Mr.. Hawley upon
the public. Why, [ make bold to say
that Mr.. Hawley has never carried his
party vote in his home precinct. When
the school graft had not drawn off the
opposing candidate and in this ward
political field and thereb~ increase of
his salary President Kerr is a graIly-
ing success.
Again this political 7oal. Mr.. Haw-
ley's loyalty to the school trust gave
him a place on Polk county's nepotic
school board and this now O.. A. c.. X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19
Margaret CARROTS
mc Husband m
TRIPLES LIGHT AS AIR
JANE PHELPS

"Where are you going?"
q don't know, Margaret. He has
some business he wants to talk over
with me. He has a client who wants to
invest z lot of money and he thought
I might get linn interested in some real
estate.'
"He didn't ask me-"
"No-why should he? Women aren It
usually invited to business conferences
unless they are business women"
This time the impatient note was dis
tinctly present. Yet 1 wanted to know
more about this engagement; and the
emily way was to ask.
"And you haven I any idea where
you are going? It S odd he didn' t tell
you when he invited YOU"
"There S nothing odd about it, Mar
garrett and ] said no mere for the very
good reason that father called Bob to
come and play a game of chess with
him.
Should I stay with mother, or should
I go with Bcb9 I tried to decide, but
when finally father had beaten Bob, I
was no nearer a decision, altho it was
after twelve and we had to get up very
carly to have breakfast before starting.
Mother had insisted that Bob must al
ways have his breakfast at the cottage.
eff he didn't he'd probably get a
cup of coffee at some hot restaurant
she declared. Bob never stopped at the
house. He simply took me home then
buried to the office.
"Well, dear, have you decided what
you want TO 0o2" he asked me as We
dressed.
81 don t kEow what to dol" woman
like, I answered. 81 hate to stay alone
all the evening, and I hate not to be
there with YOU
"Della win look out for me-" he
oarelessly returned as he tugged at a
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19
CHAPTER TX.

"Isn't it odd that Elsie thinks she IS
to know all that sporty stuff to inter
est Tom?' 1 said to Bob after they had
driven away in the moonlight.
"He used 10 be a grear baseball fan;
Ind l suppose he talked it a lot. He's
rather given it up for golf and tennis
lately, yet he still goes to all the big
games-Elsie too"
But it so silly for a woman to
spend her time over such nonsense. Elsie
Is a dear and l love her, but she is a
very poor housekeeper."
81 shouldn' t think she would have
much time to keep house with all those
kids. Three babies take a lot of time.
Tom says she is a slave to them.'
NONSENSE! she is always ready to
go anywhere at any time"
perhaps that is the reason she is
not a thoro hOusekeeper. 1 am sure she
never negleets the babies"
"0f course she doesn't NEGLECT
them," I replied, thinking how literal
Bob was in spite of Elsie s long lee
ture on temperament. don t you know
Bob that Elsie has wonderful maids for
the children2 A graduate babies nurse
beside the maid who takes them out2''
"She needs them l guess. BY the
way, Margaret, why don t you remain
down with your mother for a day or
two. | have an engagement for tomor-
row night, and you could come up on
the train Tuesday if you didn't desire
TO stay longer"
"An engagement9'f
"With whCmsH
"Henry Creedmore,' Bob answered
willingly enough, yet there was an i'm
patient note in his voice which annoy
ed me.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

tension professor, though never a,,end-
ing a college; though failing in Sth
grade examination was made before
election in 1914 county school super
visor for two years; the browning out
rage upon the schools OF Polk county.
But no matter Mr.. Hawley could drive
a political deal being again a candi-
date in 1914. In the language of the
Polk County Observer Governor
Hawley."
JAMES K. SEARS,
Citizen and tax payer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

It is more than probable there will be an extra session
of the legislature called by the governor in the very near
future. This action will be taken to provide for depend
ents of those called by the s~eective draft. W. F. Wood
ward is the cause of it, he having served as one of the ex-
claimed were on account of dependent relatives, and that
in order to secure Oregon's quota fairly, some arrange
ment should be made for taking care Of these dependents.
He called the attention of the members of the council of
the Portland Chamber of commerce to this, which in turn
suggested unanimously to Governor Withycombe that an
extra session was a necessity. With this kind of urging
the governor will most likely convene the solons for the
purposes above mentioned, that is to provide for the
dependents of those who go to the front.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

1t looks very much as though Sweden has but two
courses open. One of these is to play absolutely fair, the
other join her secret ally openly in the war. So far as
this country and the allies are concerned they would be
better off with Sweden an open enemy than as a pretend
is we are even sharing our scant wheat supply with her
while she in turn is selling it to Germany. 1t is apparent,
too that the allies as well as this government realizes she
is preferable as an enemy than as a neutral OF the kind
she is.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

"It's a damn uninteresting piece of news to me" was the
answer the German minister to Mexico gave to a United
Press correspondent recently, when he was told of the
discovery of the t~reachery of the Swedish representative
in sending messages for him to Berlin. No doubt the
German minister told, for once at least, the exact truth.
1t should be so uninteresting he would never want to hear
of it again: but he will.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19
- Editorial Page of The Capital Journal 800

Someone writing the Oregonian questions the truth of
the story concerning the finding Of treasure in Arizona,
because he did not believe a shovel handle would last IS
years exposed to the elements. The doubter judges Ari-
iona elements by those he is familiar with. Down in
Arizona there is a vast difference in weather conditions
from those in Oregon. Here almost any wood or any
thing else would either rot or become moss covered in that
time; but in Arizona it would simply stay dry and would
last as long as though kept in the house here in Oregon.
Things do not rot or decay in the Arizona deserts, they
dry up, or in the case of animals m%ummify.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

The Washington state fair is in full blast this week at
North Yakima and those who know Frank Meredith, and
in this section does, can imagine the depth,
width and rotundity of his smile. He is the secretary
YOU know, and it is, so to speak, his fair.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

Colonel Roosevelt took a fier recently making an
air trip on one of the new ships driven by the new engines.
1t is said the colonel went up about a mile. He is right
for now that he has gone into the editorial business he
will sometimes find himself up in the air much higher
than his flight took him.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19
Ripping Rhymes
by Walt Mason
THE MIRACLE

The prairie states, where corn is grown,
were parched and wilted by the heat; across
the fields hot winds had blown, week after
week, and then repeat. The sky was like a
shield of brass, the sur was sizzling night
and day; | heard the farmers cry, Alas!
This year we'll have no corn or hay" The
crop was given up for keeps, there was no
hope for any yield; the farmer shed his bit
ter weeps, while gazing on his shriveled
field. And then, when things We're at their
worst, some dark blue clouds lined up on
high; they fooled around a while, then
hurst and soaked the cnrnheldS haked and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

dry. ut is too late" the farmers said, while rain was
pelting at the door; though water falls till we are dead,
the corn is gone, for evermore." Rain followed rain, day
after day, it seemed that it would never stop; and now We
hear the farmers say, well have at least half a CROP"
It is a miracle as great as natures laws have e'er allowed;
it is as though some planted skate got up and gamboled in
his shroud. We needed all that we could grow to keep the
struggling world supplied; and so the marvel seems to
show the God of battles on our side.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

w. w. Ward, a dairyman of Eureka, California, is con-
WINGED cows are soothed and pleased by music and the
yield of milk is increased thereby ten per cent. AS a daily
wind up of the bovine patriotic kind the old song might
be paraphrased for the herd: "You never miss the butter
till the COW goes dry"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-19

Compared to the evergreen blackberry the barbed wire
entanglements in front of the European war trenches are
gossamer webs. One healthy and average sized ever
blackberry bush once it got its grip on anyone try
to pass through it would hang on until the ambulance
corps arrived and cut it loose, provided anything in the
shape of a cutting instrument could be devised that would
permit this being done without also capturing the