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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
RICE FIELDS OF JAPAN.
Mostly Tiny Gardens, but They Feed
5O.OOO,OOO People.

Almost one half of the land capable of
cultivation in Japan is planted in rice
Handkerchief gardens would perhaps best
describe the little rice fields many of
which are 20 larger than tennis court,
arc equally flat and are surrounded by
rims Of earth to hold the water when the
fields are flooded The average rice field
in Japan is about one acre and Il hall IN
size but. large or small, each field must
be lcvcled, and each must have its rim or
dixie Then there must be a system of
canals to bring water to the fields and
another system of bitches to take it
away evhen it is no longer needed
ii the land were fairly level the prepare
ton of the ground. which is all done by
hand. would not be so hard nor would it
require such vast amounts Of human labor,
but Japan IS a mountainous country. Ter
races must be cut from steep hillsides
and so leveled that they will hold the
water at uniform depth over the small
fields
1t is said that there are $1,000 square
miles of rice land in Japan, the greater
part of which have been prepared with an
almost infinite amount of labor That
area of land cultivated in rice virtually
feeds a nation of 50,000,000 people.
The little fields are usually permanent
and frequently farmer owns three or
four scattered fields. That further in
creases the work of caring for his crops
In recent years, however, the govern
inent has tried to consolidate the hold
ings of farmers by process of land
exchange.-Youth' S Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

While the German captains of indus
try are planning for the commercial
conquest of the world after the war.
German military captains are dong
such things as the destruction of shrines
of religious devotion The cathedral of
st. Quentin is the last to be wiped out
by their wanton hands This is entirely
in line with the mode OF conduct rec
commended by the most rabid Pan Ger
manist, Count Won Reventlow, who has
Just declared that the obligations of the
moral law are not for Germans outside
of Germany. Beyond the boundaries of
their country, Germans are not under
the sanctions of any moral law, but
ought to do as they please. Commercial
intercourse with France is not likely to
flourish after the war, unless the French
people have shorter memories than they
have been credited with possessing.
The devastated fields of that fair land
its ruined churches, and its desecrated
shrines will cry out against having
anything to do with the Huns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE


Ne and Mary Watkins was setting on
her irunt door steps tawking to each luther,
Mary Watkins saying. Are you going to be
a soldier and fife the Germins wen You
grow up, Benny?
Id rather be a doctor and tite the germs,
| sed
Wat germs? sed Mary Watkins, and
sed, just the bad germs, there's good germs
and bad germs The bad germs make you
sick and the good germs keep YOU well.
Germs Is so little you cant see them and
maybe they cant even see themselves, and
evrybodys got millions and billions OF
germs inside of them
Benny Potts, | think you're PERFECTLY
horrid scd Mary Watkins.
WY am ], it amt my fawlt, is it? | sed
| don't bleeve il, don't bleeve they're
inside OF everybody at all, sed Mary
Watkins.
Wen they are, l sed, they're even in
side of my father and mother
Well they're not inside of my father anc
and mother, she sed.
Yes they are, they're even inside of you
sed Wieh she quick jumped up, saying
Benny Potts. they are not, I'm going rite in
Which she started to do, and | quick sed
Ony the good germs, ony the good ones
are inside Of you, maybe
No, not even good ones, there's non,
inside OF me at all, or elts I'm going rite in
! she sed, and | sed, Well, meybe ther'
amt, then, maybe you're the ony ont
there amt envy IN.
| Which maybe she is, being the pref
test gerl in the nayborhood and maybe il
the sity And she sat down agen, and W
changed the subjeck.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
FL OUR

The Government has fixed the mini
mum price TO be paid the Western Farm
ers for the 1913 crop of Wheat at $500
per bushel. The price for the 1917
Wheat crop (Wheat Winter and Spring.
has not been fixed. It seems difficult to
satisfy the Western Farmer and East
ern Consumer; however, it is evident
that the Western Farmer will demand
for the 1917 crop high prices, or at
least comparatively high prices, on &C
count Of the smallness of the crop;
therefore, we think the Consumer is per
fectly safe in purchasing flour at pres
ent prices especially -four manufactured
from Winter Wheat which we believe
is at the low point of the crop year
Winter Wheat fours make good bread
and of course fancy pastry; they will
not produce rs much bread as a Spring
Wheat Qike WHITE SATIN, but they
will produce a wholesome, white loaf.
The difference existing at the present
time. probably because new Spring
Wheat is not yet available, is about 50
per barrel at retail. Any of the follow
ing brands are guaranteed pure, and
can be furnished by any grocer in New
England:
ADRIAN, a Michigan Patent, manu-
featured from Michigan White Wheat.
CRoSBY'S SPECIAL, a Kansas Pat
emit, manufactured from hard Winter
Wheat
QUAKER CITY PATENT, manufac.
tured from Soft Red.
WHITE SWAN, a Michigan Straight
For pastry hours we recommend
SUNSHINE and GLORIA.
The merchants have special price fol-
these fours ground from new Wheat
and barrel or two extra with this bread
-four. we believe, will prove very bene
fetal within a year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
FL DADCN'Sg[N|NG'
k,l FAIRY TALE
III 81 MACY GRAAA!M.. BONNER
THE DEER.

Far away" said Daddy, "some men
went hunting"
"'We hope to get a couple Of deer
they said. And of course we'd like
it better if we could get more
They thought they were going out
for great deal of fun and they
planned what they should take to eat
and what a glorious grown-up picnic
they would have.
They went hunting on the first day
OF their trip, and there, sure enough,
was deer. Oh, such lovely deer,
His eyes were soft brown in color and
very large and beautiful.
HE had left his mate to GO hunt
| Ing for food and here he was caught
| by the men. He could not run. He
| just stood there for one awful moment,
his great eyes looking at the men.
"'Oh men, he was trying to say.
| oh great, big men with guns, don't
| shoot me down. ! do no harm. I am
| gentle. l have mate. l don't want
to be shot. Oh men, you men with
| guns! You are so powerful, SO strong.
| What can l do? But have pity on
me. Think of me killed and enjoyed
by you as food, and my poor mate cry
ing away by herself in the woods
Sometimes said one of the men,
1 cannot bear to shoot one of these
lovely creatures. They look so sad
And this one is struck still with fear
"'Oh, nonsense said one of the
other men, you always get this way on
the first day of our hunting trip
Think what good veniSon we will have.
For venison is the meat of the deer.
And the mans kindness fled from
him and q loud bang-bang ended the
beautiful deer's life-the deer with The
big brown eyes which begged anC
pleaded for kindness-not for gunshot
THE next day the men were of
shooting again. They had what they
called great deal of luck. In trutf
1t means that they killed some of tn,
woodland animals and could feed OF
some of the meat.
They saw deer in great number
but none of the family of the poor dee
they had killed on the first day.
ION the fifth day of their trip the,
saw the doe who was the mate of TIL
deer. She, too, had beautiful sof
brown eyes and with her was her love
ly fawn child.
"'Oh look said the men. there /
n doe. And fawn with her.
There is a fine against us if W
kill mother deer said one.
"'Who will known asked another
"Now the man who had shown
little bit of kindness on the first da
by feeling badly to kill the deer wa
the one who spoke next. To be sure
! he had not felt badly enough to hay
prevented the killing of the deer, nc
; had he gone home and given up hun
ing. But he was like those people VIII
t | haven't the courage to say they don
want to do thing when they kno
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

her how much she was still loved by
her child.
Eyes said the mother deer, am
all alone without my mate, but have
you safe with me-
But for days and days the mother
had great trouble in keeping her child
safe from harm. For it was the time
when the men were around with the
big guns and the look in their eyes to
kill the creatures of the woods and
forests.
J, "And when the men from the hunting
trip have told you about went home,
one man vowed he would never join
them again. And he kept his word.
Neither did he eat any of the venison,
for he could not get from his mind the
thought of those great brown eyes beg
ging for pity from the strong men with
the guns. And something deep within
him must have told him of the lonely
mate left in the woods, for never again
did he go hunting"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
DESERVE EXEMPTION.

One great trouble with the volunteer
system in raising armies in Great Brit
ain arose from the fact that skilled
men in the trades and those who filled
important positions in civic life came
quickly to the colors, animated by a
patriotic spirit These men were needed
in domestic affairs. They ought to have
been retained at home while the able
bodied citizens without any particular
training in arts, science, trades or pub
lie life should have been sent to the
front under the CONSUMPTION system.
1t is with an idea of avoiding England s
mistakes that Charles +. Hughes, act
ing for the district boards of New
York city and state has recommended
to President Wilson the exemption from
military service of medical and dental
students, internes in the hospitals and
policemen and fremen.
There can be no doubt that such ex-
emptions, if granted, will be in conso.
nance with the best intent of the law
for the sclectivc draft. For it was the
direct purpose of that measure, the
drawing of which was prompted by the
reading of the lessons of European ex-
periences in the current struggle, to
provide against the snatching away
for service in the trenches of men al
ready engaged in dutipS Of nublic ron.
Germ.
Policeman and fremen are in effect en-
klistctt MGR. They are soldiers against
crime and disorder and for attac king
flames. They are men picked and
trained. Their courage and loyalty arc
of the highest value right where they
have 50 often been proved.
As for the students of medicine anC
surgery, the arguments for their ex
emption are unanswerable. They arr
doctors in the making. They constitute
| the sole source Of reinforcement !,
! the bodies of skilled men needed no
alone for the military hospitals but 70
4 vigilant attention TO the unceasing need
of civilian life-of the life right her
az home. To interrupt their terms O
/ preparation and send them out witt
rifles when presently they will be ~
gently needed with the equipments o
saving and healing would he to pla,
a sPcndthrift policy with men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
STATE NEWS NOTES.
F.E. Foote Suffers $1,000 Fire Loss.

The horse. COW and sheep barns on
the farm of Frank f. FOote in West
Cornwall were struck by lightning Mon
day night and burned to the ground.
Mr.. Foote and his sons succeeded in get
ting out the horses and several calves
and pigs but the buildings, with 40
tons of alfalfa, 40 tons of hay, a sleigh
and surrey were destroyed. The house,
which is situated but a short distance
away, was thought to be doomed, but
with the assistance of neighbors and
a lucky shift of the wind it was saved.
Part of the contents of the lower floor
were removed. The loss will be about
$1,000, partly covered by insurance.
Mr.. Foote will not rebuild this fall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

andtfeel it is cruel andAwrong. They
justigo on doing it to besthought fine
and imanly. Often boys and girls are
just'the same way aboutl other things.
"Eut to continue with the story. The
man spoke and this timh he meant
what|he said.
eel cannot bear seeing that mother
doe and her lovely fawn. She\is run
ming from; us, and I, for oneA won't
try to getsher.'
"The mother doe and fawn had van
1shed andIwere safe back in the woods.
oh, how her heart was beating. TT
was those. men who killed my mate,
she was saying to her fawn child.
"And the fawn nestled close to her
mother and licked her head to. tell
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper
% cents an inch for first insertion: q
ucn. Limited space on first page at
,uhle rates.
Space rates on application.
CLASSIFIED advertisements Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent Insertion.
without change of copy
Reading Notices - Ten cents per line.
hrst insertion with so per cent discount
change OF COPY
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
Financial Note.

The two workingmen had exhausted
the subject of the war, and were dis
cussing a big company failure an
.nounced in the morning papers
Said the younger Il say, Bill, what
are these ere joint stock companies?'
We'll, I'll explain it to yer,'' was
the repy. "You and Jim and 'arf ;
dozen more of our mates puts up {
penny each and buys two ounces o
'bacca and a clay Then I calls myself
the managing director, and l sits dowr
and smokes that pipe and that 'bacca
Dye see?"
Yes said the other. s'But where
do we come in?''
"Oh, you're the shareholders. Yot
looks on and spits. Tit Bits.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
Large Timber Property Sold.

The property formerly owned by the
Willoughby Wood and Timber company
las been sold to the United States Bob
hin and shuttle company of Phovi-
dence, R. /. The real estate consists
of 5000 acres of land, much of it heav-
lily wooded, a lumber mill, boarding
houses and other buildings. The land
is situated III the towns of Sutton
Westmore and Barton. with the build
ings in the village of Sutton.
Edward Mcclellan of Boston, the last
owner Of the property, made the trans
fer. The new owners will operate the
mill and put big force of men at
work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

The Rsfc-;ner ID on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.,
G. w. Cleaveland, ID. r. Cutler & Co
(Esteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Brattleboro, j. l.. Stockwsl
East Dummerston, NJ. Z. Brown
Putney. NJ G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout
jamaica, K. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, E B. Buffum.
West Chesterfield. N. H.. Mrs. w
Streeter.
Hlnsdaie. NJ. H., W. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant.
Windsor. VI. Windsor Restarrer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

Massachusetts,, with annual election,
must now 90 through a hot political cam
paign while all Of the New England states
are concentrating their energies on war
time activities The system in Massa-
chusetts means almost perpetual turmoil
Where any benefit is secured by electing
state officials and members of the legis
lature once in every y months is not
apparent to outsiders.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
Commission for Montpelier Bow.

Richard H. Ballard, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. s. Ballard of Montpelier, re-
ceived Monday his commissin as second
lieutenant in the regular army, dated
Aug. s. Mr.. Ballard was an honor grad
uate from the University of Vermont
and volunteered last April through the
war department direct
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
Bennington County Soldiers.
bennington Banner.)

Bennington county has a wider dis
tributed interest in the Vermont regi-
ment than other sections of the state
for the reason that our boys are scat
tered all through the regiment. This
county has - men in Company | OF
Brattleboro; in Company A of 'Rut
land, Is in Company X Of Springfield
II in Company f of Bellows Falls,
in Company L of Newport, one in
Company f of Mortified, and one
in Company G of Winooski There
are II companies in the regiment and
this county has men in seven.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service IN the delivery
OF tho paper each night, and II sohcits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission. In per-
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause OF the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
1t Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

We hope there will be few deer left
in Windham county for the hunters in
the open season in November. OF course
there are more deer in this section than
in any other part of Vermont, but the
deer here are evidently hungrier, judg-
ing from the frequent reports of animals
slain while eating crops.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

On the farm of G.. \. Baldwin of
Hneshmg Friday herd of % cows. all
young mich COWS, were gathered about
one tree which was struck by bolt of
lightning. When the farmer went to
the pasture every one was lying dead
where it had evidently sought shelter
from the rain the night before.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for republication of all news
credited 10 it and not otherwise credited in
this paper and also the local news publ shed
herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

No whiskey is to be made in the
United States after Sept 8, and this is
supposed to apply to dry state drug stores
as well as distilleries
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
The First Cashier Epaphroditus Seymour


Major
Connecticut 1888 education
Henry
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Banking Series No. 49,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22
Used To It.

'The minister can 60 away for the sum
mer, but Satan never takes a vacation.
True; but Satan can stand the. heat a
great deal better than the minister"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

Things Worth Most.
Things that are worth the most, wear
no price tag.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-22

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1917.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Lev. Fac. to me directed,
will be exposed to Public Sale at the
Court House, Southeast Corner of
Eleventh and King streets, City of
Wilmington, New Castle County,
On SATURDAY,
THE 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1911.
At 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
Tie following described Real Estate,
viz:
All that certain lot or piece of land
with the building thereon erected, stu
ate in the City of Wilmington aforesaid,
and known as Number 922 dupont
street, bounded and described as fol-
lows, to wit:
Beginning at point on the easterly
side of DUPONT street, at the distance
of one hundred and twenty-nine feet
three inches more or less southerly from
the southerly side Of Tenth street, at
the centre of an alley two feet six inch
es wide between this and the house ad-
Joining on the north; thence easterly
parallel with Tenth street, one hundl ed
feet to the easterly side of three feet
wide alley; thence southerly parallel
with dupont street, fifteen feet three
inches more or less to point in line
with the middle of the party wall be-
tween this and the house adjoining on
the south; thence westerly, parallel
with Tenth street, passing through the
centre of the said party wall one hun.
dred feet to the aforesaid side OF
dupont street, and thence thereby
northerly fifteen feet three inches more
or less to the place Of beginning, be
the contents thereof what they may.
With the free use and privilege of the
two alleys above mentioned in common
with others enti led thereto forever.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Daniel A. Haley and Mary
t. Haley, his wife mortgagors, and tc
THEUDORE W. FPANCIs, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington, Del
October 6, 1917.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27

SHERIFF'S SALE BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Lev. Fac. to me directed,
will be exposed to Pubic Sale at the
Court House, Southeast Corner of
Eleventh and King streets, City of
Wilmington, New Castle county, Del
aware,
ON SATURDAY,
THE 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1917
At 10 o'clock, a. M,
The following dercribed Real Estate,
viz:
The house, building or structure To-
Gated on a certain lot or piece of land,
situate in the City of Wilmington, New
Castle County and State OF Delaware,
bounded and described as follows to wit:
Beginning on the westerly side of
jefferson street, at the distance OF two
hundred and twelve feet three inches
from the southerly side of Third street.
and at the centre of the party wall be-
tween this and the adjoining dwelling
now or late of Edgar A. Finley on the
north; thence westerly parallel with
Third street through the centre of the
said party wall one hundred feet to the
easterly side of three feet wide alley;
thence southerly along said side Of said
alley and parallel with Jefferson street
fourteen feet and three inches to cor
ner; thence easterly. parallel with Third
street, one hundred feet to the afore-
said westerly side of jefferson street;
and thence thereby northerly fourteen
feet three inches to the place OF begin
ming.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Francesca Ciconte, owner
or reputed owner and Ranfilio Dibarto-
mer, contractor, and to be sold by
THEODORE w. FRANCIS, Sheriff.
Sheriff Office, Wilmington, DEL,
| October 16, 1917.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
sHERlFF's SALE

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Lev. Fac. to me directed,
will be exposed to Public Sale at the
Court House, Southeast Corner OF
Eleventh and King streets, City of
Wilmington, New Castle county.
Delaware,
ON SATURDAY,
THE 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1917.
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
The following described Real Estate
viz:
ALL that certain lot piece or parcel
of land with two story brick dwelling
thereon erected situate in the City OF
Wilmington aforesaid bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning on the Easterly side OF
West street at the distance of one hum
dred and two feet from the northerly
side of Twelfth street; thence easterly
parallel with Twelfth street and passing
through the middle of the party wall
between this and the adjoining house
on the south, one hundred feet two
inches to the westerly side of ten feet
wide alley laid OFT parallel with Wes1
street running from Twelfth to Thlr-
teenth street; thence northerly parable
with West street along said side of said
| alley, twenty-five feet six inches to :
corner; thence westerly parallel witt
Twelfth street one hundred feet two
inches to the aforesaid side of Wes
street and thence thereby southerly
twenty-five feet six inches to the place
of beginning Be the contents thereof
what they may. With the privilege
and use of said alley n common witt
others entitled thereto forever.
| Seized and taken in execution as th'
property of Andrew H. Carey, Admin
istrator of Andrew Carey, late of tn
City of Wilmington, Delaware, de
ceased, Mortgagor and Sarah E. Carey
wife of Andrew Carey, deceased, sur
viving Mortgagor and t. t. s. and to b.
s0!T THEODORE Is W. FRANCIS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington, Del.
October II, 1917.