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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
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I'LL GA|RY Tale
LA G MACY GRAAAM BONNER
SNAKES SPRING SUITS.

THE Snake family" said Daddy,
had been having fine sleep all win
ter
81 think ii is warm enough for us
to get up said Mrs Wiggle Snake.
at seems to me it is too said Mr..
Wiggle Snake, in low kissing voice.
He really thought it was a most
pleasant voice and of course as all
the Snakes speak the same way their
voices do not sound to them as they
do TO US.
Its good to have the spring again.
said some of the little Snakes as they
wiggled and stretched and yawned.
"'Ah yes said Mrs. Wiggle Snake,
I need my new spring dress
- need my new suit said Mr. Wig
gle Snake.
"'And we all need new Clothes
said the little Snakes.
That's so, my dears,' said Mrs.
new outfit
1--WE shall have it. said Mr.. Wiggle.
"'Of course we SHALL agreed Mrs.
| Wiggle. That is one thing extremely
nice about the Snake family, we don't
always wear the same clothes. How
| often we see the same Creatures in
| the same old clothes all the time. Now
we have a new suit apiece every sin
| gle spring
I'VE have to put up with hardships
/ in order to get it, though said Mr..
! Wiggle Snake 1t doesn't all come 50
easily. Perhaps other Creatures don't
care so much for something new as
we do For we show how much we
care about it when we go to such a
lot of bother
You see every spring, when the
Snake families awaken from their win
ter maps, they all change their skins
while they are waiting for the new
skin to be grown upon them-fOr they
have to wait for their new suits JUS
as Folks who go to TailorS have t.
wait for their suits-they are quite
quite blind
After they have shed their old skin:
they become blind and for two week:
while their new skins are becoming
perfect they cannot see at all.
They feel their way about will
their forked tongues which are es
pecially sharp and excellent at jus
this time.
Their new skins have been grow
ing under the old ones, but when the.
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Signed Articles.
{ Rutland News. }

Every newspaper man has an admi-
ration for the man who writes a com
munication and signs his name to it.
Many men have good ideas on subjects
of community, state and national in
terest. If they would only express these
opinions as personal statements they
would have an influence for good. -
Brattleboro Reformer.
The impression is growing that all
contributors to the newspapers should
sign their names to their cOmmunica-
tions. All opinions of the newspaper
are identified, and there is no logical
reason why q newspaper should admit
unidentified opinions to its columns
Furthermore, it is a psychological fact
that an opinion expressed by an indi
vidual attracts more attention than the
same opinion expressed by the news
paper. This is difficult to explain, but
is probably due to the fact that the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
4 Need My New Spring Dress"

have dropped their old ones. the new
skins have TO have a chance to be-
come just right in every detail.
You can imagine that Snake is
almost as fussy to have a suit fit, as
is a Grown-Up. Therefore they are
willing TO wait two weeks every
spring. And they are willing to be
blind for that time.
"'How do you think you will like
your new suit? asked Mrs. Wiggle
Snake.
q can't see how I will like it.
said Mr.. Wiggle, but it feels as if it
were going to be all right.
~ am sure l will like mine said
Mrs. Wiggle Snake. Somehow l al
ways do. l love a new skin So
land we shall love our new skins
too said the little Snakes.
"'Do you hear the precious dears"
Kissed Mrs. Wiggle in her husbands
ear.
YES said Mr.. Wiggle, they all
know they will love their new skins.
These are the first new suits they have
had. They weren't here last spring
They are very young. but even so,
they must have new suits too, mustn't
they, Mrs. Wiggle?'
Indeed they must said Mrs. Wig
gle.
"'And we must have q good meal
soon, said Mr.. Wiggle. 1t is just
three months since we have had our
breakfast
For the Snakes eat every three
i months, and after each meal they take
q nap, for they eat so much at that
time they feel very lazy. OF course
they do not usually sleep fer a long,
| long time such as they do in the win
| ter.
I'm feeling rather hungry myself
said Mrs. Wiggle. When we're all
fixed up in our new suits, let's have a
family dinner party
1.-The very thing said Mr.. Wiggle.
"And as the Snakes went crawling
around feeling with their forked
tongues, they Missed delightedly about
their new skins which were growing
| so well, and the fine meal they had
had only three months ago, with an
other to come so soon y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
The Mayfower
Howard

Two hundred and ninety-seven years
ago the good ship Mayfower landed its
precious cargo of Pilgrim fathers and
mothers on Plymouth Rock and also
discharged large quantity of iron
bound, rock-ballasted conscience which
was not allowed to play outside the
yard at home.
II has always been 4 mystery why
the Mayfower landed at Plymouth, IN
stead of picking out some place where
there was a good hotel with modern
conveniences. like Palm Beach or San
Diego. 1t must have been a cherries
sight which greeted the eyes of the Pr
grim Father as he left the Naytower
and saw nothing spread out before him
but large three-conered rock totally
lacking in vegetation of any kind ex-
| cept the simple, untutored red man and
| his feet 1t was an uninviting spot.
| Good table board was scarce, the steam
laundry had not shown up and the first
| open saloon had yet to protrude its shy
| head into the landscape.
Despite these drawbacks, which would
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
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The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
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Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. III. Tyler.
South Vernon, r. B. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W.
Streeter.
Hlnsdale, NJ. H., W. II. Lyman.
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Windsor, VT. Windsor Restaurant
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SATURDAY. APRIL u, 1917.
ILL ADVISED ECONOMY.

Warning to the nation against real
danger in hvsterical aud i'll advised
and interference with normal
pursuits of the people, is given by How
ard f.. Coffin of the advisory committee
of the council of national defense, the
drst enterprise of the government $
new committee ON public information.
just returned from a trip through sew
cral middle western states, Mr.. Coffin
dcplogcs the fact that conditions OF UNI
employment and closed factories should
arise as a result of indiscriminate eff
forts. p0TlIc and Tfivdre, -rtword war
time economies.
After nearly three years of refusal
TO take the European war and its les
SON seriously" Mr.. Colin says, 1--WE
suddenly launched forth in most fc-
vcri,h activity to save the country
over night. Patriotic organizations, al
most without number, are milling around
noisiIy and. while intentions are good,
the results are often far from praeti-
cal.
because of am impending and pos
.ihle sbertaon of foodstuffs we have
f,..t,rira1 demands for economy in
.,,r,. limo Of human cpdeayor. Waste
r.. had hyt ipdiscriminatino economy is
.,....
Sope state. and MUNICIPALITIES are
.tonripo road buiIdipo and other public
work. General business is being slowed
down because of the emotional rcspons,
lac tho tradinr prbIic. f. those mis-
Guided camuaipns for economy; saving.
,,. t..;,,, withdrawn fram fine hanks
rc,o,4. show that some peorle have he
,,np ~ hoard food supplies and thou
7,,,dg ~ ,,o,.l,,r. .ro ho;ng throw,
rao,rlosyr,. o,, of ,.o,lovnapt An tbi
l. ,ropo
\ ..T-nourIov,prut and closed fa,torie
hr,,,,,tt ahout tbroucb ftfuI and III
la5,iscd carnations for nublic and pri
yat. oeopon,v will nroye = veritabl
foundation of opieksand for the seriou
,.ort. ,,e bo.o NJ hind
srt j. truc that tbe rr,sident ba
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

dismay the stoutest heart. in these days,
the colonistS who camo over on the
Mayfowcr did not falter After sitting
around on Plymouth Book for few
days, in order to remove the seasicknes
from their legs, they went brisklv to
work and built a meeting house. whore
they could assemble on SUNDAY aud lis
ten to 10000 feet of sermon Earnest
efforts We're made to convert the red
man and induce him to wear something
besides scalp lock. but not much prog
ress was made in this direction, owing
to the tendency of the red man to fill
his visitor fun of arrow heads before
the subject was properly introduced
The Maytlower was a small boat. es-
timated at about ~ per cent water
tight, and when caught in the trough
Of the sea refused to sit upright. II
| took several weeks for the Puritans tc
reach Plymouth, and at times they
were out OF sight Of land. We would
like 10 ask how many people today
| think enough of the consciences tc
undertake a trip like that, if they were
liable to locate II in the first plaee7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

quite possibly he wouldn t have recog-
nized that the session was executive.
Charley might have thought that the
ate always acted that way, but
Judge Taylor has served in the Yer
mont senate. 1t is very possible that
he talked there for three-quarters of an
hour without recognizing that the SEES
sion was behind closed doors. Judge
TAYLOR WASH t blind and deaf the last
time we heard. Much as we sustain
Judge Powers's reputation for vera
city we should have hard work to swal-
low any claim that Former Senator
TAYLOR of Hardwick is i'll such mental
or physical condition that he cannot
tell an executive session from an open
session of the senate -
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TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service IN the delivery
OF the paper each night and 1t solcits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
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promptly and accurately discovered and
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n 'Is onlv nv tfis method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

William j. Bryan said that with the
country at war million men would
spring to arms over night. \ large
number sprang to the arms above
skirts, thinking thereby to escape mil
itarv duty, but the government has
wisely decided that this peculiar type
tef slackers has not escaped military
service by matrimonial enlistment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
At the Library
New Books

The Book of Forestry, F. f. Moon.
This book is written especially for
the Boy Scouts in the hope that Young
America will realize that q KNOWLEDGE
OF forestry is essential for the comfort
health, aud prosperity not only of his
generation but also for the coming gen
erations. Part tells the story Of the
forest, how it grows, and what it does
Tor rs, the life Of the forester and then
gives the methods and conditions as
found III the United States TODAY
Part II takes up the technical side
of the subject-the Identification az
trees and woods, the uses Of the prin-
clPal American species, definitions Of
terms used in forestry and logging.
and the Doyle log rule. A list of ref
erence books on forestry is provided
for further reading and study.
The Efficient Secretary. Ellen Lane
! spencer
A live little book helpful TO ste.
nographers and others wishing to be.
come secretaries. 1t gives Suggestions
on taking dictation, transcribing an1
tipping, filing and listing, writing GOOD
business letters, economy, and "impor
tant trihes. " The author emphasize;
1.-THE Importance of proper food ant
dress and speaks of the personal hab
its and qualities which make the sec
rotary invaluable to his employer
It's All in Day Work, Henr,
Churchill King.
discussion of man 5 life and worl
based on these five passages from tn
Scripture have learned. in what
soever state ! am, therein to be con
} tent; Take thy part ia sufferin
hardship as a good soldier Of Jesu
Christi; 81 therefore so run. as no
! uncertainty; - Not to think of hin
? self more highly than he ought t
think, but so to think as to think 81
! berlv, according, as God hath dealt t
} each man a measure of faith;'' For
getting the things which are benin,
= and stretching forward to the thing
: which are before I press oa toward til
, goal
0 The Monroe Doctrine; an Interpr
y tation, Albert Bushnell Hart.
!, The Monroe Doctrine has been quote
o and discussed, stated and restated. r
e viscd and rc-issued for nearly eel
tury and it still holds its place rs IL
most important public policy of Il
United States. Prof. Hart holds til;
: the Monroe Doctrine is not theol
| but a fact; that it is founded on Il
| state of things in the Western Hci
ispReFg, and. liAf lnae4 5Aeqb that siss Ar
4 agreeable TO the people OF the Unite
I States. but which must be faced /
| cause it exists. Meanwhile, the co
| ditions of the problem change, al
any Doctrine which is to endure mu
| change TO meet these changing 60
/ ditions The first half of the book co
\ tains a condensed history Of the Mo
] roe Doctrine with illustrated ten
4 and comments. Sections ~ and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

The Reformer had stated that the
incident of Judge Taylor and the Yer
mont senate was closed, but such per
tineut comment is made by the Ben
nington Banner, edited by Frank T..
Howe, who, as lieutenant governor pre-
sided over the senate, that we cannot
refrain from passing it along to our
readers
Z" Now it Charley Ok of Bridgewater
-Four Corners, had been called before
an executive session of the senate
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

We are pleased to note that Repre-
sentative Frank l.. Greene of the First
Vermont district, who is a member OF
the house committee on military af-
fairs. Is strongly in favor of support
ING President Wilson s selective con
scription plan.
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change OF copy.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

1t may not be, very spectacular work,
but our National guardsmen are per
forming a real duty in guarding our
railroad bridges and other valuable
property.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
Durham Brothers Co.

PEAS Plant 3 varieties
at same time to give success
sion of crops, early, medium
and late. Aliens LaXton, Six
Weeks, and Main Crop, give
you green peas for about 4
weeks.
Our Beets, Sweet Corn,
Beans, Cucumbers, and 9TH
ers, can be planted the same.
SWEET PEAS-Ours a~o
the kind that give early and
continue late, large flowers,
long stem. Spencer type.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
Some Difference.

What is the difference between a
soldier and a fashionable girl? The
one faces the powder and the other
powders the face. "a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

newspaper expression is regarded as
paper is glad to receive signed cUmmun-
ications on any subjects of current in
terest and has no use for contributions
from writer's who are unwilling to own
them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
First Outlay for
Poultry Raising
is Very Simple

III from want OF space you can
only keep a few fowls, do not let
that hinder you or keep you from
{ctting started A cock or two
and a dozen of hens will not eat
very much, and the eggs together
with two or three broods of chick
ems from them during the year
will help a whole lot on the house
hold bills, besides giving you con.
siderable amusement in looking
after them.
Your equipment should consist
Of an clubhouse fixed up with
pcrches, nests, etc Be sure the
flooring, roofing and ventilation
Is in good order Also have
wire runway or yard, as exercise
20 profitable fowls is absolutely
essential. 1t is a fatal error to
"cramp' chickens; and also re-
member IL is far better TO have
a small, healthy family Of poultry
than a large sickly one. Call on
this dealer and have him tell you
more about
CROSBY'S POULTRY FEEDS
and the road to sure success.
FOR SALE BY
{. CROSBY & CO.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

Take heed and take out a fishing Ii
ccnSe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21

Pendulum clocks were first used
about 1850.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-22
WHY EAT POTATOES NOwt

Premier Lloyd George announces that
the retail price Of potatoes is limited to
SIX cents pound, $500 bushel. until
March 81. and $500 n bushcl until June
80. In Germany there is possibly two
fifths or crop. Prices here are rising
from W a bushel causing danger that
cupidity may market even seed potatoes
ana thus prolong the shortage.
AZ such prices the potato is not a good
iood' IL is not at any price one of the
best. civilized humanity existed without
Tor centuries, rising to It's zenith in
potatoless Old World. Habit and con-
Venlence IN storage have led TO overuse.
The potato is three-fourths water and
not quite one-ffth starch, which Is It's
chief FOOD substance. an excellent one
Tor the outdoor workers in severe eli
mates 1t Is less valuable for sedentary
workers indoors
Only about one-five- hundredth part of
the potato Is fat three per cert. nitrogen,
two per cent sugar These more valuable
substances are 30 slight that during the
famine OF 1ST Irish cotters formed the
habit or cooking potatoes with a bone
in the middle"-that is, Of undercoolSing
them so that they might delay digestion
and stave off hunger.
The housekceper can help save seed
potatoes for the next crop and reduce the
price for those who need them by ceasing
to buy. There are substitutes Of which
rice nearly approaches the potato In val
ues and defects The correct instinct o!
rice-eaters has mended the latter by the
invention OF pilaf. in which Is supplement.
cd by chopped meats or gravies. Why
eat potatoes now?-New York World.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-22
THE FARM TRACTOR.

Kansas City Is a sort of centre Of grav-
ity OF the farming country. week or
SO ago 1t held an automobile show, which
In size was by no means inferior to the
shows in New York. Farmers poured in
from all over; the city swarmed with
them; they crowded the automobile show;
they came to buy. But the most inter-
esting and astonishing exhibit OF all.
from the point of view of banker who
has just returned to New York. was the
exhibit Of farm tractors. These were not
shown with the automobiles. There was
not room. No available building was
large enough In order to do them JUS
tice 1t was necessary for the exhibition
managers to secure an immense circus
tent. In this were placed gasolene farm
tractors Of all shapes and sizes. which
suggested nothing so much as distorted
animals. giraffes elephants. kangarOos.
and anglcworms. The tent was packed
with farmers. They were interested.
There is shortage Of help on the farms.
There Is even shortage OF horses. Farm
ers are desperate for something to pull
their ploughs And farmers bought.
1t may be that we do not yet know the
extent of the industry. for no reliable
statistics on output. invested capital, and
20 forGn. nave yet been compiled. The
industry Is In the embryonic stage of evo-
luton. These mangled. uncanny. animal
like forms. these machncs--some with
two immense wheels in front and a pitt
fully little one In back. some vice-versa,
some with a giant wheel on one side and
4 miniature wheel on the other-aI this
depicted a stage OF evolution such Us au-
tomobiles were In almost u generation
Ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-22
1T WOULD TAKE ABOUT A THOU
SAND YEARS TO sTARvE
UNCLE SAM

"All Of this stress by the public press
directed toward the future danger Of food
shortage" says Farm and Fireside, "is at
present false alarm. The city consumer
realizes only the food in sight. II a num-
Der Of food staples continue in scant sup
ply for season. ne Jumps to the conolu-
sion that the producer has reached the
limit Of his producing power.
''1f the land seeded to wheat. beans. po-
tatoes. and corn last year in this country
and Canada had produced maximum in
stead OF minimum crops, even the unusual
foreign demand would have been taxed
to find an outlet for these staple food
crops. The farmer has advanced beyond
tho point where he is now unwilling to
SOW and reap beyond the needs Of market
requirements merely for the sake of over
| flowing his barns and warehouses. Like
other manufacturers, the farmer now pre-
fers to limit his crop acreage to meet the
probable requirements Of consumption In
his selling zone.
when there is staple demand fol
two blades where one now grows double
production will be Observation-Disclosures
| there is profit in It for the producer. 1,
| Is much too soon to get excited over a
| transient food shortage even though q
combination Of circumstances has pu,
| several food staples in the class Of luxu.
| RES"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-22
COUNTED FROM ONE UP.

DR.. Wiley tells the following story:
Sleepily. after a night off. certain in
terne FASTENED to his hospital ward. The
first patient was q stout old Irishman.
How goes IT." he inquired. Faith, it'sh
me breathin. Doctor. can't get mo
breath at all at all why, your pulse
is normal. Let me examine the lung ac-
tion." replied the doctor. kneeling beside
the cot and laying his head on the ample
chest Now, let's hear you talk" ne con-
tinued closing his eyes and listening.
'whatll OF be sayin'. Doctor" "Oh, say
anything Count one. two. three and up
murmured the inferno. drowsily. WAN
two. three, four. five. Six" began the pa
tient. When the young doctor. with
start. opened his eyes. he was counttns'
huskily. Tin hundred an sixty.nine, tin
hundred an sivinty, tin hundred an s'v-
tnty-wan."