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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

The curtailment by the Boston &
Maine railroad of its passenger service
to the extent of 20 per cent when the
summer schedule goes into effect will
not be received with wild acclaim by
the general public. If the road s con
tention that such change is neces-
sary in order to make available suffi-
Gent motive power to properly handle
its freight business is well founded the
public should, as a matter Of patriotic
duty, patiently submit to the inconveni-
ence occasioned by this retrenchment in
travelling accommodations. People gen
orally have not yet got the swing of
war conditions but when they do it will
be forclbly impressed upon them that
little Inconvenience here and there is
a small part of the price of war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
Not Satisfied.

The lady had heard stranger in a
railway carriage say that if any man
could see himself intoxicated he would
never be intoxicated again, and. having
a husband addicted to alcoholism. and
also plenty Of money, she thought of
experimenting. The kincmatocraph on
orator whom she engaged was not kent
waiting long for an opportunity Of
Mining the errant husband, and in the
presence of relations the subject was
privileged to behold himself on the
screen. lie was very quiet throughout.
and gravely left the room. which the
others thought a good sign. Finding he
had also left the house, his brother set
out to find HIM, running him to earth
eventually in the club, busy-as an at
tendant stated-with his fifteenth cock
tail.
!" Look here, =" said his brother. 81
didn t think ia find you back at this
game
"Didn t you2" innocentlv asked the
subject. ''Well. the fact Of the matter
is, IN not satisfied with that filml',-
Manchester Guardian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Course in Applied Physiology, Hygiene
and First Aid.

a course in applied physiology, by
giene and first aid will be given in the
University of Vermont summer school
by DIR. II. G. Tinkham, dean of the col
lege of medicine, assisted by other mem
bers of the medical faculty. The course
.is not intended to take up a detailed
study OF physiology. 1t will include
just enough discussion Of the structure
Of the body and the functions Of the
various organs to make it possible to
point out clearly the application of
tins subject to the principles of hygiene
and sanitation. The subject Of first aid
will be treated, following somewhat the
course as outlined by the Red Cross.
This course is offered to meet n need
which existed long before the war, but
its need has been brought to public at
tentIon more prominently 10y war con
ditiOnS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
"lt's Shame" Said the Pencil.
There should have

your pencil box. There should have
been six Othersr
""Thats right said julius. There
should have been six others. And l
don't know why | traded them for
candy and cake | need the pencils
far more. The candy made me feel a
little sick, anyway
That's what you say now said the
pencil. Now after you have eaten the
cake and candy and the orange. You
should have said all this before you
traded your pencil. You complain about
me because you'd like TO change to
another point. But the other pencils
wouldn't help you. You don't know
your lesson because you didn't pay at
tention. You thought you were so
smart you didn't have to listen to what
the teacher was saying. But you can
expect pencil to do all your work.
"'You're not doing all his work. said
the rubber. I'm doing good deal of
it myself. He is using me as much
as he is using you. But | won't stand
for it! It's all very well for pencil
to be used all the time-until all the
lead has been used up. But that's not
the way to treat me. I must only be
used now and again. If l am used any
oftener I will object
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
Arrested on Charge of Burglary

p, NJ. McKenna, soldier of G. troop
.of the Second cavalry, was arrested
latter several shots had been fired at
hmm near the camp ground of the First
Vermont Infantry IT Fort Ethan Allen.
lie Is now in jail awaiting trial on a
charge of burgla.izing the railroad sta
tiOn in Winooski.
Mekenna, according to the state
ments of the Winooski police. was dis
covered in a drunken condition. An
officer endeavored to arouse him. The
man was too far gone to be awakened.
however, and the officer went for as.
siStance
While the policeman had gone, Ne.
kenna had evidently come to and when
the police returned there was no sign
OF him excepting his cap. There were
other signs in the way of about l0o
railroad tickets which lay strewn about
! the ground.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
Your Bit.

What can you do if you can be a
fighter?
What can you do as "vour bit?''
Well, ON your food YOU can 90 a bit
lighter
Starve yourself? No, not whit;
Stop buying stuff that YOU chuck after
tasting.
stop making garbage men CAV,
10 not stop eating, but only stop vast.
ing,
stop making garbage men gay.
What can you do for the sake of the
nation?
Tend to your garden of truck
Or II you re seeking a new occupation
Go be farmland, for luck;
Fay your war taxes and smile as Won
do it,
Buy war bond if you can,
II you are anxious to help, why, &c
to it,
You needn't ponder and plan.
What can you do in this struggle ii
tanic?
wen, you can stuck to your place.
Keep both your head and your heart
free of panic
Drive ont the gloom from your face
Olve all you can where the need is OF
giving
Keep yourself decently fit
30 that wherever you re working OF
living
You viii be doing your bit,
-Berton Braley.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
DADDSEVEN[N(
ARY TALL n1
lI MARY GRAHAM. BONNER
PENCIL TEACHES LESSON.

"A pencil, said Daddy, was doing a
great deal of work. That is the pen
ell was doing the work with the help
of the wrist and the hand and the arm
of little boy named julius.
"Now. julius was trying to DO his
arithmetic lesson and it was very, very
hard. The reason it seemed SO hard
was because he had not paid any at
tention TO the teacher in school when
she had explained the next days les
son. He had been writing notes and
reading book with many pictures
under his desk when she wasn't look.
ing.
$50 when it came time for him tC
work his sums all out on paper h
could not do them at all. And he had
stayed out playing too long. He knew
quite well he should have come in.
doors far sooner-but he had wanted
to stay out and so he had stayed
"As long as julius wanted to do q
thing he did ii, and never cared at al
about two little words called right
and wrong.
"The sums would not come out
right. He tried to prove them anC
they wouldn't prove. oh dear he said
what a hard lesson this is
THE pencil Went on working as hard
as it could Whatever Julius directed
it to put down on the paper, it did. AND
then as soon rs it had written few
tigures-just as Julius had told it Il
didn't he 20 and rub them all out
Its a shame said the pencil.
"'What'S a shameT asked Julius.
"'You make me do the work anC
then You always use the rubber at the
end of the pencil. It's paying too mucl
attention to the rubber. l am the i'm
portant thing The rubber should
only be used in case of an accidcn
or a mistake which is excusablo. Youl
mistakes are quite inexcusable-
gutter
"What a horrid pencil you are,
said julius. If only / had another
| would be glad But / traded all my
other pencils for
"NeS, | know said the pencil
"'What do you know asked julius
very much surprised.
:" 1 know that You traded your othe
pencils for pieces of candy, a piece o
cake and an orange"
How do you know all thatT asked
Julius
because | am the only one left il
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

sive, who are eligible to CONSUMPTION
under the first call, was a surprisingly
small showing for Brattleboco. The
figures are accounted for largely in the
fact that this town contains a prepon-
derance Of feminine population The
overall factory, the Holstein- Friesian
Association o. America, various shops,
offices and institutions employ hun
dreds Of young women, 50 that popu-
lation considered the number Of men
of the age called for at registration is
relatively small. Claremont, 4 neigh
Dor to the north, which is not in the
same class with Brattlcboro in mer-
camille, banking or postoflice business,
registered over 900 men GreenGeld,
our neighhor to the south, far exceed
ed all expectations IT was estimated,
from the state census taken two wears
ago, that Greenfield would have 1888
men of the required age, but the total
as finally compiled was over 1900. The
blanks ran out at Greenfield Tuesday
ana the names Of 265 men who applied
for rcelsfpatita t&Gft taken down for
Ia second appearance whom additional
papers could he secured for them.
You remember Ullery, the versatile
ana yolublc? Was the original Demo
crat III Vermont and was a candidate
for various things which he didn
land. Jake dropped out Of Brattleboro
some time ago and has been devoting
his energies to rehabilitating the
Manchester, n. H., Mirror, paper
which III the past has devoted more at
tention TO politics than to anything
else, Well. Jake S excellent iudg-
ment of things geographically is al
ready showing in the New Hampshire
paper, which has improved 30 per cent
in looks since he abolished atrocious
heads and crude display for something
clean and artistic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Refc=,ner Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
Q. w. Cleavelaud, .. r. Cutler e. Co
(Esteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West 5rattleboro, j. l.. StockwelL
East Dummerston, NJ L. Brown.
Putney, NJ G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. W. Cutler.
West ToWnshend, G. Fl. Grout.
jamaica, Il. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, r. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, Il. Il. BufTum.
west Chesterfield, ". H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H., W. II, Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor. W.. Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
Little Benney's
Note Book
BY LEE pAPE
Herrayi
\ PLAY.
BY LEE PAPE

Scene GROUND tree.
Red hedded kid G, look that ug
gly cattcrpiller! If | was as ugly as
that LIT be pritty darn ugely
Icllo hedded kid. Well, you're not
las uggly as that, but you're pritty darn
.uggly enyhow.
The eatterpiller G, nobody loves 9
cattcrpiller. Q well, m glad | aint
got looking glass ! think III take {
wawk up the tree and maybe III see
sumbody uggHcr than l am.
(Wich he does, but he dont.)
The catterpiller. Aw, watts the use
Iof being catterpiller? / think III tern
into a cocoon.
(Which re does
The cocoon. Wen, | m a cocoon
now.
Red hedded kid. q, that's a pritty
good looking cocoon, amt it
Iello hedded kid. Its better look
ing that wat YOU are.
Red hedded kid. &, look at the but
Itirfly coming out of it. If | was as
bewtifill as that Id be pritty darn
bewtifiI
The buttirfly. Hcrray,
Giles on the red hedded kids he'd
thinking its a sunflower, and flies oil
Iagen, knowing il amt by the taist)
The end.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

The American navy is already doing
an important part i'll the war. Our de-
stroyers are aiding the British in patrol
work IN the submarine danger zone, our
warohips are cooperating with the al
lies of the coast Of South America. 9th
or warshiPs are known to have touched
~ French ports, and ships conveyed
across the Atlantic by fighting craft
have carried to France wheat and 9th
or supplies which viii be available when
the first contingent of our army is ready
to march forward to do its duty some
where in France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

Congress is about to impose a tax
upon automobiles ranging from $3.50 to
S25, according to the value and vintage
Of the machine. with a fiat rate of So 80
on motorcycles. The local property tax,
the state registration and the proposed
federal tax, plus the increased cost of
gasoline and other materials used about
IA motor vehicle, promise to forcibly
impress upon the minds of many owners
that it is easier to mortgage a home to
buy an automobile than it it to mort.
gage an automobile to buy a home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
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 1915
per bu. f. 0. b. BrattlebOro.
Should suggest forwarding
by express.
This same grade Of
SPRING WHEAT is selling
freely in the Northwest,
through seed houses, at
$500 per bu.
e Cr0SE1v r. Co
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

Almost every day finds the movement
for equal suffrage taking some step for
ward. Miss Rankin s resolution in the
house for a special committee in that
body on woman suffrage was favorably
reported. There seems to be a degree
.of rivalry among Republicans and Demo
Gratis 10 see which shall get the greater
honor i'm pushing suffrage in congress.
The last move is credited to the Re
nuhlicans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

The New York health department,
working with the Rockefeller institute,
has come TO the conclusion that the
spread of infantile paralysis is due to
personal contact, and does not come
through contaminated milk or food sup
ply, and is not carried by insects or the
lower animals. This is worth something
las an opinion but does not explain how
"a child living on an isolated Vermont
farm several miles from a village who
had not been away from home in many
weeks contracted the disease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

"Still julius tried to do his sums.
How tired he was! lie didn't want TO
fail in his lessons. There was no JOY
in that. A boy who knew nothing
wasn't thought much of. In fact such
a boy wasn't liked any better than q
boy who simply knew all his lessons,
and would never join In u good game
and play at recess.
"'Oh, what shall | do? asked julius
almost crying. I know I'm wrong, and
that | made a mistake in not paying
attention and al that
"'Well' said The pencil. He will
do better in the future, for he has
learned what the little word wrong
meant-so now he will do right
"'Yes, l hope So said the rubber
I've been sadly abused this evening.
And the next day at school julius told
the teacher he had been quite, quite
wrong, and that in his sleep when he
had been trying TO study the pencil and
rubber taught him the lesson of right
and wrong, so that another time he
would know his lesson! !"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; 2
cents an Inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double 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,
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, 1917-06-08
Altering the Map Without War.

In world where nations grow and
decay, where forces change and popu-
lations become cramped, it is not pos
.sible or desirable to maintain tn sta
tus quo forever. If peace is to be pre-
served, nations must learn to accept
unfavofable alterations of the map
without feeling that they must first be
defeated in war or that. in yielding they
incur humiliation.-Be Russell
in Atlantic Monthly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

Senator Carroll S. Page Of Vermont
had his little day Of fame at Washing
ton this week, when he and Senator
Warren of Wyoming, as the ranking Re
publican members OF the senate commit.
tee on agriculture, were called to ac-
company little coterie of leading Dem
ocrats to the White House in conference
with the President ON the food lcgisla.
tion which the latter wishes pushed
through congress immediately nr
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
WANTS GRAIN CONTROL.
-Friesian Association Fears for
Dairy Industry.

WORCESTER, Mass, June s.-Reso-
muons asking that immediate steps be
taken by President Wilson to regulate
m some manner the gram prices OF
the country, were telegraphcd to Wash
.mgton yesterday by the officers ana III.
rectors of the Holstein- Fricsian Asso-
cation in annual convention here.
me association represents a mem
bershiP Of more than 10000 dairvm-n
throughout the country The resolution
voiced the opinion that the dairy bust
ness faces a very serious situation
which may mean great deletion Of
the herds through slaughter for beet
purposes.
Authorities in attendance at the con
vention predict a price Of from u to
Is cents "A quart for milk before fail
unless relief is secured
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
- the paper each night, and 1t solicits
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
IL Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
FRIDAY, JUNE :, 1917.

"patriotie liars" is a new term, ap-
Piled by government officials to thou
sands Of vounf men who enrolled as
81 on Tuesday, hut who are believed to
Dee under that age.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

With recruiting, Liberty bonding and
Red Crossing most OF us have forgot
ten that the commencement season Of
our public schools is at hand. The
graduating exercises this year Will in
eyitably turn toward the incubation Of
lessons at patriotism
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

There is NO sort snap i'm sight for the
boys who have enlisted in the Vermont
ambulance company. They are likely
to bee ON duty close to the trenches in
France before the soldiers of our regu-
lar military establishment cross the seas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
The MeddIer
II the coat fits you. put It on''

As the Meddler strolIed down Main
street last evening and noticed the in
equalities Of elevation on the sidewalk
the nubs and knobs and knobs and
hills-the tiny ponds and the larger
lakes-he wondered where in the dim
past he had seen such picture, and
then the doors Of memory opened wide
and he realized that years, many years
ago, he studied physical geography, and
the so-ealled .elief maps which were
then imprinted on his mind. showing
the contour of the Andes, presented a
striking similarity to the Old home
sidewalks Of the substance called con
crete, but really mixed stone founda-
ton covered with tar preparation.
But just that minute he stumbled and
wet both feet in fakr Titicaca and
his thoughts shifted to other channels
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

We often hear of the road hi9h.
the end seat hog in the open cars and
various other kinds Of human bipeds
who display the poreine instinct when
they have a chance, but little IS ever
said about the sidewalk high hog. This
species is noticeable in those Of ten
der years and most frequently III the
gentler sex. The girls from school will
come down the sidewalks three, four
and five abreast, with arms inter
locked, and it is necessary for old peo-
pie to scurry to the cutters or to the
green sward to escape being bumped
or overturned by the onrushing mob.
The younger children come tearing
down the streets at breakneck speed,
three to 4 dozen being engaged in a
foot race. We all like to see the
children and all want to have them
have a good time, but the street man
ners of the Youngsters from Main
street and Walnut street after school
needs at least the mild corrective of
moral suasion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08

The registration Of little less than
600 men Of the ages Of > to 30 mclu
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
Pops Larges

Pops Largess.
Dad. l wish you would give me q bill
of money"
IAN right, son. I'll go you one bet
ter. Here's two-bits."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-08
MRS. MORRELL HAMLIN ON
"NATIONAL LEGISLATION"

Mrs. Morrell Hamlin of Portland lee
turned Saturday Afternoon at Ais
o'clock in the high school building, TAX
ing for her topic, National Legisla-
ton" There was a good-sized audi
ence present and much interest was
manifested in the subject. The speak
er was introduced by Miss Della Col
Inns Mrs Hamlin first took up the
Federal Reserve Board, explaining
both the board and Federal Reserve
Banks, their use and help to the mer-
chants of the nation. She explained
how n big merchant could get money
to enlarge his business and gave il
Illustrations explaining Flexible Cur
rency." Next she explained the Rural
Credits Act and of the benefit to the
farmer who wanted long term loans
for farm Improvement.
She next touched on the Shipping
Bill and of the causes that led to its
passage She told of the intense inter-
est in regard to the nearly defunct
American Merchant Marine and of it's
new lease of life Lastly she took up
the Adamson S-hour Bill, which goes
to the supreme court this week to test
it's legality. The speaker explained just
what it meant to the Brotherhood and
to the public. At the close of her re-
marks Mrs. Hamlin gave opportunity
for questions and many awaited them
selves of the privilege. Mrs. Hamlin
speaks here again on Jan. 20.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-08
I|!llllll1!j
.CH|LD'S TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
IF C0NSTIPATED
When cross, feverish and sick
give California Syrup of
Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply VIII not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result is,
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half sick, feverish, don't eat
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full Of cold. has sore throat.
stcma ache or diarrhoea. Listen
Mother! See if tongue is coated.
then give teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well, playful child
again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it never
fails to act on the stomach, liver and
bowels.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot
tie Of California Syrup of Figs,
which has full directions for babies
children of all ages and for grown
ups plainly printed on the bottle. Be-
ware of counterfeits sold here. Get
the genuine, made by California Fig
Syrup Company" Refuse any other
kind with contempt.-Adv.