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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11
JEwELER

BUY YOUR WIFE or best girl their
Christmas jewelry. watches, dia-
monds, rings of Parker the Jeweler.
3 p. O. Arcade.
r ~ all.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11
INSTRUCTION

E. RILEY GARRISON, pianist and ac-
companist, thoroughly practical
course of piano instruction. Studio
I At Taylor Building, 46 Cannon s..
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11
AUTOMOBILES

REAL BARGAINS in used cars.
Paige 1916 seven passenger; Paige
1915 Touring; Chalmers master six,
Pullman's Sedan. 1878 Fairfield
= Ave.
T 20 ala
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11
ASHES REMOVED

GENERAL CARTZNG, o-:l== sd
rubbish removed, etc, at short no
tce. Also auto trucking, etc. Good
service. right prices. Slattery Bros.
739 Wood Ave- Telephone 1905.
Il 29 all"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

DIR. MANSFIELD, FOOT SPECIAL
lST, HOT Main ~treet. over billions,
cures bunions, callouses pared, 50
cents. I still practice tho famous
Mansfield Method which cures. Open
afternona s and Sundays DIS cSe
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

A three-story cottage on Randalls
Island. occupied by Assistant superin-
tendent Louis Crody, was partially
destroyed by fire. at q loss of 81 10000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11
Clothes Washer

FAMILY houses in East Side and
West End, $500 cash, balance easy
terms. Schnee & Schnee. 500 Sc
curity bldg.
T12 asp
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

the last Assembly and q veteran of
both the army and navy in the. Civil
War. was found dead in his home at
SEYMOUR
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

Four men. of the party of Mexican
bandits who attempted to cross to the
American side near Zapata. Texas,
have been captured by New Hamp-
shire State guardsmen.4
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

CELLOS, Bones, Mando-
Inns, Orpheum Banjo mandolins.
Ckuleles. Everything for musicians
at Gilman's Music Studio. 80 Gold
en- Hill Corner lain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

John w. Staley, vice president of
the First & Old 4 Detroit National
Bank, was elected a director and Sc
nior vice president of the Peoples
State Bank of, Detroit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

10 ROOM, double house. excellent lo-
cation for rocning house. $4.600s
$500 cash. room, 3 family HOUSE,
$4,000: $500 cash. 8 room. 2 FAM
lily house, $4,000; $500 cash. l.
Weiss. 142s Main st.. Tel ses.l
Harnum- Il
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

r. l.. FORBES, Sign and picture
painting, gold signs reburnished
and made like new. 1876 Colorado
Ave-, Phone Barnum 6700.
T Is all"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

Dr. Ben L. Reitman Of New York,
manager for Emma Goldman. anar-.
chist, failed to appear in police court
in Cleveland, to answer a chrage OF
circulating birth control literature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11
Furniture
Merchants EXCHANGE

RUBBER 6EAMPD made BY M are
reliable. we carry a complete line
Of stamps. supplies. ink pads. dat
ers. rubber type, etc. The Schwerd.
tie stamD Co.. II Cannon St
q IS a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

WANTED-Apartme Three to Five
Rooms, Heated and Lighted. Fur
nished or unfurnished, with or with.
out board. Reply II. L. s.. Care
Farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11

All stocks of alcohol above .2,642
Tallons have been requisitioned
throughout France by the govern
ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-11
EOr' sale.

FURNITURE in four rooms for sale
cheap to quick buyer. Party leaV-
ing, town reason for selling. Ad-
dress Furniture, Care of Farmer.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
MONDAY, OCTOBER %, 1917.
CURB THE AUToCRAT.

Third Assistant Postmaster General
Dockery has started something new in
American legal procedure. He cited
the New York Call to show cause why
it should not be denied the privilege of
second class mail. and refused to in
form the Call what offense il had com
luittcd or was alleged to have com
mittcd. The Call was required to pre-
sent its ease At Washington at Ger
tain hour of certain day-250 miles
from its place of publication-and was
informed that at that time it would be
presented with the charges against it
How many Of US would remain out of
Jail if our enemies could hail us into
court and require US to prove our in
uocenec OF charges, the nature of which
we could not know until we appeared
in court.
If Congress does its duty, there vii
be an ovcrhauling of procedure in thu
rostotlicc department. The very cy
Istenee OF newspaper depends upCl
it's right to the second class privilege
Abuse of that privilege should be prop
erly punished. Entire denial of tn,
privilege may be proper punishment il
some instances, but too severe in 9th
/ ers. BY the mere stroke of a pen, tn
i department can destroy a business
which a man has taken a. life-ti t
build up. We predict that the Ameri
can people will not stand for the be
stowal of any such power as that upoi
any individual in a country where tria
4 by jury is one of the Fundamental
principles of our guarantee of life, lii
erty and the pursuit of happiness. LIE
the wrong doer be adequately pun
ished, but give him a fair trial first.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Us fellows was setting on my frunt
steps this AFTERNOON tawking about
things we had found, Pubs Simkins say
ing, Wunts l found ladys poekitbook
next to the fire plug GROUND by the
churtch, and it had 9 scnts and pos
tidge stamps in it.
G, that's nuthing, sed Sid Hunt, wunts
| found a hankerchiff with 3 dimes tied
in the corner, and it had the initial s
on it for Sid wat da you know about
that?
You never use a hankerchiff no mat
ter watts on it, | sed.
| used that one till nobody Good of
washed it, all rite, sed Sid, and | sed,
anyways; that wasent cnything, wunts
found hole dog collier, and if Id ony
Of had dog | Good of put it rite on
him.
Lets have a hunting contest, sed Lee
roy Shooster, lets all wawk GROUND
! looking for things on the pavement til
sumbody finds sumthing.
Wich we started to do all wawking
with our beds bent away over looking
on the pavemint, and we passed some
man selling brooms, and he sed, WatS
! the matter, kids, all got broken necks
WITCH we kepp on wawking and look
ing for about ) blocks without envy
body finding enything exsept things
that dident count sutch as empty mattel
boxes and tickets with Advertisement!
printed on them, and Pubs Simkins sed
Aw, my neck herts, let's wawk bacl
on the other side and try that side.
Wich we did, not finding enything OF
that side either, and wen we got bacl
ma was standing at the, door, saying
Ware on erth have you boys bin, tn
waffle man jest passed and l came on
to get you each waffle, but you ha,
all SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED.
Aw, &, heck. we all sed.
| Proving You have jest as mutc'
chance if YOU stay III one spot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

Importance to the people of Addison
county. We Will sell print
er S ink, but we do not carry white
wash. -
1t is a creed worthy of any reput-
able newspaper, and we are glad that
The Register expressed it so clearly.
incidentally, let us express our opinion
that The Register, under its new direc-
tor, is constantly charging its pres
tige among the newspaper fraternity
of the state and it is even now regard
ed as one of the best weekly news
papers in Vermont. The people of Mid
dlebury and Addison county cannot be
blind to the increasing value of the
paper and we believe that the loss OF
the five dollars a year will be made
lup MANIFOLD by the increased support
accorded the paper because of its hon
est policy in this case.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Good for the Register.
Barre Times

We admire the good sense and the
pluck of the new editor of the Middle
bury Register in printing the legiti
mate news of his section whether that
news may reflect on persons of high
estate or low estate. Because it pub
llshed the information about the arrest
Of Middlebury lawyer, another law
yer IN the town withdrew his fve-dol-
lar-a-year advertising card from the
columns of the paper. In righteous
indignation, not over the loss of five
dollars but because of the presumption
of the second lawyer. The Register
remarks:
- 1t would be pitiful state OF af-
FAIRS were newspaper purporting to
represent the community to bargain
with any man or set of men to shield
them from the consequences of their
acts. The Register never will be so
low. 1t will mercilessly expose any
man or clique of men who would bv
the leverage Of their patronage of our
advertising columns seek to threaten,
lntimidate or influence us into any
thing but a straightforward policy of
recording facts deemed of interest or
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
CAMERA MEN, ATTENTION.
Uncle Sam Wants All Lenses Suitable
for Air Photography

Frank r. Fraprie, editor of American
Photography, writes as follows concern
ing the government 5 need of lenses
The aviation service is the eve of
the modern army. 1t must record what
1t sees. 1t must have lenses. Lenses
are made of optical glass. Optical glass
is not yet produced in the United States
IN sufficient quantities to make all the
lenses that are now needed.
The United States army needs every
lens in the United States which is suit
ed for aviation cameras 1t especially
and most urgently needs Tessars and
Heliars, f:3.4 or f:4.5, of focal lengths
from II to 20 inches II needs these
lenses at once and it needs all of them.
If they are not furnished voluntarily
they will be taken at fixed price, as
has been done in England.
Therefore let every photographer
who owns lenses of this type immedi-
ately notify the Photographic division
of the Signal Corps, [. 5. A., Mills
Building Annex, Washington, D. c., of
the price at which he will sell to thj
United States army every lens he has
of this description.
The army also needs L. and 14-:ncn
condensers. Every camera club which
has these in its charging apparatus
should let the government have them
| Notify the same address.
| Sell your lenses to the government
at less than you paid for them, as lit
tie as you can afford to take, and when
you get the money buy a Liberty bond
| with it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Hunka Tin.

You may talk about your voitures
When you re sitting round the quarters,
But when it comes to getting blesses
in.
Take little tip from me,
Let those heavy motors be,
Pin your fairth to Henry F's old
Hunka Tin.
Give her essence and eau,
Crank her up and let her go,
You back firm. spark plug foulin ;
Hunka Tin.
The paint is not so good.
And no doubt you II find the hood
Will rattle like a boiler shop en-
route;
The cooler s sure to boil,
And perhaps she s lea1in' oil,
Then oftentimes the horn declines to
foot.
But when the night is black,
And there S blesses to take back.
And they hardly give you time to
take a smoke.
1t s mighty good to feel,
| When you re sitting at the wheel,
She II be running when the bigger
ears are broke.
After all the wars are past,
And we re taken home at last
To our reward of which the preacher
sings,
! When these ukulele sharps
VIII be stunning golden harps,
And the aviatorS all have reg Ian
wings,
! When the Kaiser is in hell.
With the furnace drawing well,
Paying for his million different kind,
| of sin,
II they re running short of coal,
Show me how to reach the hole.
And I'll cast few loads down will
Hunka Tin.
Yes, Tin, Tin, Tin,
You exasperating puzzle, Hunka Tin
We abused you and I've fayed you
But, by Henry Ford who made YOU
You are better than a Packard, Hunk;
| Tin.
From the American Field Service
Bulletin, Paris.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
Making Teachers.
(Rutland Herald.)


The state board of education and
Commissioner Milo B. Hillegas have
apparently fully realized the pivotal
Importance of better teachers in the
plans for better schools in Vermont.
Out of total of LIS teachers. GER
titled for schools since July | 900 are
qualified to teach five years and q for
life. In addition, 426 probationers, or
teachers who have been working under
temporary permits, have had their Ger
titcates renewed and 722 have been
gwen probationary certificates for the
first time.
These figures are significant of the
new order of things. They mean that
! teachers are no longer changing on =
| to their positions by virtue of former
records, but they are being rated for
position and pay according to their
teaching ability. Furthermore, there
| IS no possible way for teacher to get
into a rut of inetficiency, as the svs-
tenn Of supervision districts keeps ev-
cry school directly under the eve of a
supervisor every week if not every
few days
The quality of the teaching and the
value of the schools has gone UP ac.
cordingly. SO also have the attrac.
tIveness of the profession and the sal
aries. We have no more starving
teachers in Vermont. Every ouali
fled teacher is receiving enough com
lpensation to live on and lay BY a lit
tie for troublous times-not enough
OF course, but more than the former
leverage, with every chance that still
further improvements in compensation
viii be forthcoming in the future.
The problems at the state norma
schools IN johnson and Castleton ar,
StHI great, but progress is being made
therein and the various teacher-train
ing classes throughout the state al,
doing good work. Some of the latte
, are costing too much per teache
trained, so are the normal schools, bu
apparently the policy of the education
al board and the commissioner is I,
utilize to the fullest the resources an,
5 instruments of training the sta,e ha
to hand.
AT all events, we are getting NOR
teachers and better teachers than "
had before, with many indications that
I as the merit system goes on, the i'm
| provement will be still more marked
! Particularly gratifying to practica
men are the efforts in many schoo
r. districts and in most of the JUNO
t high schools to develop the qualitie
in boys and girls which will point GU
the work in life for which thev ar
best fitted. There is less wire-draw
education in Vermont than ever befor
and the teachers seem to have Undue
the notion that, while it NAV not b
a the duty Of the schools to train farm
r ers, carpenters, metal workers, cook.
seamstresses or accountants, industriou
J. and intelligent effort is being made t
: direct the efforts of pupils into line
= of work that will tend to develol
1t their bent and lead them into ust
Il tul and practical lines of study.
n Solving of school problems for
! whole state is not a task for a yea
: or even two years, but it is good {
know that we seem to be workin
> along the right lines and that interes
e ing progress may be reported from tim
=. to time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
THE SMALL FLOCK.

He who has the facilities to keep a
small flock of hens will not only render
distinctive service to the very nee
cssary endeavor to keep the food sup
plies Of this country abundant, but
experts are pointing out at the present
time that he stands to bring a profit
TO himself very attractive in proportion
TO the investment and labor involved
Reports from various sources indi.
cate that the cold storage warehouses
of the country are at the present time
filled to capacity with poultry products;
that invoices received in the future will
bring lower prices than in the past
This element, coupled with the fact
that the drain upon the poultry business
of the country makes it certain that fol
some time to come fresh eggs and fresl
poultry will demand prices much abov,
the normal, makes the outlook for the
owner of the small flock bright.
With the product selling at a higl
rate. it pointed out that the ownet
of the small flock can afford to pa,
the present grain prices and still NOR
than make good. The small flock ais
will utilize the few remaining scrap
from the dining table. Don't kill of
your poultry. Husband it. 1t will ear
you dollars for the purchase of Libert.
bonds, to which we shall be called upol
to subscribe again in a few months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
TO BE WORN SHORTER.
But Abbreviation of a Woman Skirt
Is a Small Matter

Skirts are to be shorter and Scanter.
Such is the prophecy of that mysteri
GUS arbitress Fashion, whose DEGREES,
like those of Fate, none may resist
The question has already been raised
urally know nothing of the matter,
how restricting process can 60 on
with due regard to that modestv which,
as the Gaelic proverb has it, is the
beauty Of women. The obvious answer
| is that modesty is hard to define. It
lresides rather in the wearer than in
| the gown. The standard of one age is
| not the standard of another. Have
not those who made the loudest outcrv
against the short skirt already learned
| to appreciate its fitness? If abbrevia-
ton is to be carried still further, wom-
an may be trusted to make il alike
pleasing to the eve and satisfying to
the moral sense. Seneca had the no.
tion that the law Will permit things
modesty does not sanction. But that
is plain man-made law. Fashion is
another matter Whatever is. is
right in this ease. Let not ignorant
man imagine a vain thing
There is a complaint too, as Il
trouserettes, which the wartime la
b0rs of women have done so much t
make popular. This is clearly an out
come of mere prejudice. The new gar
ments are more becoming than thos,
pantalettes which our grandmother,
wore in their youth. They have tn,
virtue of fitness for their purpose. /
not that one test of proprietv? Is i
not the supreme test} To wear bath
ing suit in the street, a ball gown il
the morning, this suggests a lack o
that nice discrimination which is TIL
basis of modesty. cit depends on tn
way it s DONE was the refrain of
one popular song.
A working philosophy Of life i
summed up in these simple words Shor
skirts or long, trouserettes or overalls
Lovely Woman will look her best an,
subdue the heart. Nor does she Nee
to be, as the Puritan Milton said
richly gay in gems and wantoI
dress to do it. Whatever she wear
must be becoming. -Philadelphia Ledg
er.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

Burlington has an opportunity to
make a contract for the purchase of
hydro-electric power which will enable
the city to reduce materially the cost
of operating its municipal lighting
plant. Even in ordinary times there
would seem to be no doubt about the
wisdom of making this saving. Now
adays when coal is 50 precious there
can be no excuse for not making it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
"CASCARETS" FOR A
COLD, BAD BREATH
OR SICK HEADACHE
Best for liver and bowels for billions.
ness, sour stomach and
constipation.
Get a 10-cent box now.

Get a 10-cent box now.
Furred Tongue, Bad Colds, Indiges
ton, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from a torpid liver and
elogged bowels, which cause your stom
ach to become filled with undigested
food, which sours and ferments like
garbage in a swill barrel. That s the
hrst step to untold misery-indigestio
foul gases, bad breath, yellow skin,
mental fears, everything that is hor-
rlble and nauseating. A Cascaret to-
night will give your constipated bowels
a thorough cleansing and straighten
you out by morning. They work while
you sleep-a 10cent box from your
druggist will keep you feeling good for
months. Millions of men, and women
take Cascaret now and then to keep
their stomach, liver and bowels regu-
lated, and never know a miserable mo-
ment. Don t forget the children-their
little insides need good, gentle cleans
ing, too.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

line of household economy. These are
the very women who ought to sign be-
cause what they are doing entities them
army. 1t is hoped they will realize
that the signing of card will place
no further requirements upon them, and
will put their names down before the
end of the week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

forks. Now can
YOU ina CINE us
doing that? We
ouldn' t rain
pitchforks for any
thing. They'd hurt
people and chill
dren and animals.
and while we do
love TO splash and
have our jokes,
still we W o u ! d
never do anything
mean such as rain
pitchforks."
"Of course you
wouldn't" said the
King of t h e
Clouds. "They say
that in just the
same waV as thew
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night, and it solicits the
cooperation of subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission. in person,
by telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29

Vermont has raised only about half
its share of the million dollar fund for
the purchase of books for American
soldiers and sailors. Does the state
really fail to appreciate the Importance
of supplying our boys with good read
ing matter, or was the campaign poorly
organized? The latter is more likely