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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
Vermont's Langushing Sheep industry
{ Elm Tree Monthly

elm Tree Monthy)
An interesting explanation of the
depressed condition Of the sheep industry
i'm Vermont, and all New England, which
puts most of the responsibility on the
New England farmer himself, Is new and
quite as convincing as the general otfhand
condemnation OF the dog The worthless
dog Is troublesome OF course, but he
isn't responsible for the loss Of hundreds
OF thousands of sheep which once grazed
ON the hills of Vermont Oratorv and
dog bills, therefore, such as take up a
great deal of the time Of the Vermont
legislature, viii not bring them back
This friend of the dog-though we don't
know as he even likes dogs-is Sylvester
p. Robertson, and he writes about the
sheep industry in the New England
Homestead To the question, why is it
languishing, he says:
The reason is not the dogs; it Is not
lack of fences; it is not run-out and brush
covered pastures: it is not there is no
Iproht in it. Back of all these repeatedly
heard excuses hes the true reason. 1t is
/ this, the Iamentable fact that the average
New England farmer cannot respond
quickly to an economic opportunity He
Will ItSIlNlu III tune, hul ne IS SLOW Ills
/ rate of speed in adjusting himself to new
| conditions and taking up a new BRAT n
/ OF work is that of an OK team compared
with an automobile. He Will get there in
time, but it is provokingly slow"
! The sheep industry Is coming back to
| New England, but it is going to be intro,
duced by other than the present farmer
! Western men, il is said are already look
ing at the cheap pasture lands here, and
1 it will probably be only matter Of a
/ few years before these euterprising ont
siders get in on the ground floor of what
will doubtless he profitable for years to
come.
One reads of the old-time focks OF
Vermont almost with incredulity In
1870 for instance Windsor county had
23+,S26 sheep, Rutland county 27l ~
and Addison 26lo0o There were ovel
one hundred thousand in each of the
counties OF Bennington, Caledonia, Chit
,enden, Orange, Washington and Wind
ham, and the total number of sheep il
the state was l 1861 SIS
According to the last census there wer,
/ 1882 sheep in Vermont in 1909
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
They Settled Down for a Good Meal.

the cold water in the winter when most
folks and animals want all the warmth
they can get
IF they could feel the cold where
we are-those people and animals who
love the warmth so much-they would
more than likely freeze to DEATH said
one of the others.
ayes said Father Polar, they prob
ably would. They would SILVER and
shiver, while we have our great white
fur coats to keep us warm
"We never let ourselves get deli
cate and tender said another bear.
"That's exactly it. said Father
Polar. Just suppose we didn't swim
where there was ice--well we would
miss all the fun. Besides it's not wise
to let many of the nice seals escape
one
"For Father Polar and his friends
knew little of the warmth in the sum-
mer In far off lands. They could not
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

There are thousands of flags now dis
played from homes and business houses
which show the effects of constant ex-
posure to all Kinds of weather With
respect to the national emblem these
flags should be replaced with new ones,
which should have better care than
those which have been allowed to with
stand the beating of wind and rain both
day and night
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
Just a Little Mixed.

Everything was in readiness. The
groom, best man and the minister were
gathered in the vestry. The organist
began to play and the minister started
for the door.
Wait one moment, DOCTOR called
the nervous groom. els it the right or
left hand the ring goes on?"
. The left, = hurriedly replied the
minister.
"And, doctor, isis it Missionary to
icuss the bride?'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
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 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
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

merely material compensation can pro-
vide for the devastation of her terri
tory and the sufferings of her people :
\ definite reply to these questions would
be worth a whole column of pious p1ati-
tudes. y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
Test Of Character.

The great test Of individual charac-
ter is not struggle but attainment;
not failure, but success; not adversely.
but prosperity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
Member Of the Associated press.

Tho Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication OF all
news credited to 1t and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local
news published herein. a...
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-03
Edward :. banners

Of 294 Washington ST., Boston, Mass.
P. S. Edward E. banners himself
VIII positively be here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22

No matter what ails your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts,
half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally-look, Mother! see if
tongue is coated. This is a sure sign
that the little stomach. liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad or has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold,
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours
all the constipated poison, undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out
of the little bowels without gripping,
and you have a well, playful child
again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" be-
cause it never fails to cleanse the little
ones liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach and they dearly love it's
pleasant taste. Full directions for
babies, children of all ages and for
grown-ups printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit ng syrups
Ask your druggist for a 5O-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" then
see that it is made by the California
Fig Syrup Company"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
AGRICULTURISTS
BY HUNDREDS TO
ATTEND BIG SHOW
Exhibit to Be Opened Tomor-
row Morning in Emerson
Brantingham Bldg.
HOLD MANY ! CONTESTS
Various Allied Associations
Will Hold Annual Meetings
During the Week
HOLD MANY J CONTESTS


The greatest agricultural show that
has ever been staged in Pennsylvania
will be opened tomorrow morning at
o'clock at the Emerson Branting-
ham building at Tenth and Market
streets, and will continue all day on
Wednesday and Thursday.
The Pennsylvania Corn, Fruit, Dairy
Products and Wool Show is the result
of tie joint efforts of the Pennsylvania
Breeders and Dairymens Association,
the State Horticultural Association of
Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Vege-
table Growers Association and the
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul-
ture.
The exhibits will include about s.
600 ears of the finest corn grown in
different sections of Pennsylvania,
several carloads of the choicest apples
from all parts of the State, butter
made by, famous butter makers and
milk that is supposed to be of the
highest standard. An exhibit of wool
will also be one of the features. The
show is open to the public from 8 a.
m. until 10 p. m. In addition to tie
exhibits there are A commercial ex-
hibitors, the second floor being given
over to all kinds of dairy, orchard,
and fruit growing implements and
materials while the first floor has been
termed Machinery Hail." Here all
kinds of heavier machinery will be
shown including a number of differ
ent makes of farm tractors which are
taking the notice of the farmers at
the present time.
Contest to Be Feature
Features of the show will be dem
onstrations in butter making, seed
corn testing and poultry caponizing
by a number of boys who have been
prominent in Boys Club work
throughout the State under the super
vision of the officials of State College.
Forty boys of the Rural Community
Vocational Schools will take part in a
corn judging contest on Wednesday
morning. These boys come from all
sections of the State. The judges for
the milk and butter started work on
Saturday and it is expected to place
the milk and butter on display to-
morrow showing the respective num-
Der of points awarded to each exhibit.
During the week the various agri-
cultural associations of the State will
hold annual meetings in the city and
the indications are that there will be
several thousand of the leading farm
ers of the State here to discuss topics
which are of most importance to
agriculture at the present time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
RESOLUTION TO
BE READ TONIGHT
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committees will be announced in the
House tonight, the general impress
sion being that they will not be given
out until tomorrow. The Senate
committees will be announced to-mor-
row. The slate committees. which are
filling the positions in the Senate and
House, announced to-day that they
would not complete their work until
tomorrow morning.
Members of the Legislature from
counties producing anthracite coal will
meet late to-day to discuss legislation
to prevent mine caves" James Scar
let, counsel for the Scranton Protec-
tive Association, which is active in the
movement together with Scranton and
Lackawanna county officials, will ad-
dress the meeting.
Governor BrumDaugh did not reach
the city until late in the day and it
could not be learned whether he would
send the nomination of d. Edward
Long, of Franklin county, to be super
intendent of public printing and bind
ing, to the Senate tonight or not.
Penrosc Sarcastic
Senator Penrose met with leaders of
his wing of the party to-day in Phila-
delphia to map out the final plans and
there was also a Ware council of war.
Attorney General Brown will be here
tonight to take charge of the admin
istration's end of the battle.
When it was announced that Mr..
Brown had suggested Il. Lowry Humes
as counsel for the probers, Mr.. Pen
rose said: We need all the help we
can get" Mr.. Humes says he has not
been asked to be counsel but like a
good Democrat seeking to fish up
something from troubled waters he
would give all the assistance possible.
Some Changes Proposed
1t was learned to-day that there are
numerous bills being drawn up by
members to make changes in depart
ments of the State government which
have been criticised. One set will re-
duce the power of the Attorney Cen
eral and the Public Service Commits
sion will likely be a target
one story was that there would be
some changes asked in the Depart
ment of Agriculture. including aboli-
ton of the dairy and food bureau, CIV
ing part of it's duties to the Depart
ment of Health and part to the State
Livestock Sanitary Board.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22

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niture were made by many individuals,
churches and business firms in answer
to an appeal sent out last week by
committee of ladies.
The clubhouse will be open every
evening and Saturday afternoons and
will be in charge of the committee of
which Mrs. Herman P. Miller is chair
man. For the present volunteer work
ers will instruct the children in their
reading, games and various forms of
heaithful exercise, but later on it is
hoped that financial assistance from
the public at large. will enable the
club officers to engage an experienced
social worker This woman will be
placed in charge of all the children's $
activities. The existence and growth
of the club depends solely on the sup
port of the public and the officers
appeal to the generosity of every citi-
zen. To this end the men and women
who are interested in the Greater Har-
risburg of the future are invited by
the committee to attend the evening
sessions which have been planned and
acquaint themselves with this work.
To Organize Girls
Tomorrow evening at I o'clock the
girls class VIII be organized with Miss
Rachel Staples. of the Associated Aid
Societies, as instructress. The girls
sessions this week will be held on Tues
day, Thursday and Friday and the fol-
loving weeks will be held on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday evenings.
The girls will be given simple lessons
in sewing and cooking as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be made.
John Yates will have charge of tho
boys during the first two weeks and
will form his class on Wednesday
evening. The boys class will meet
after this week on Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings and Saturday afternoons.
\ feature of the boys work will be
drills in gymnastics.
All of the children of the foreign
section are welcome, irrespective of
their religion. The club VIII be run
on strictly nonsectarian lines To-
morrow night at o'clock both bows
and girls are invited TO the clubrooms.
The officers want to make the chill
dren feel that the club is really their
club and with this in view have made
a membership fee of cents month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
ASK IF AMERICANS
ARE AMONG PRISONERS
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is regarded as prima facie that not
final evidence of their peaceful status.
The status of sailors captured on an
armed ship after purely defensive re-
sistance is very undecided AS there
is no similar case great care must be
shown in the handling of the diff
Guilty. Officials therefore expect to
move slowly and to await facts from
every angle before making a final
decision.
Nevertheless the seriousness of the
armed ship issue is such that some
closer understanding is felt essential
here.
The first dispatch to the State De-
partment from Ambassador Gerard
at Berlin about the German raider and
prisoners brought in on the prize
1arrowdale was received to-day. II
merely quotes from Berlin evening
papers that the Yarrowdale had nut
into port with four hundred and siXtv-
nine prisoners of whom one hundred
and three were neutrals 1t was
merely a newspaper summary with
out any official confirmation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
British Intention to Lease
Greek Ships Causes Stir

London, Jan. GA dispatch to the
Times from Athens says:
THE British governments intention
to lease Greek shipping has caused a
great stir. 1t is understood England
will pay 80 shillings per ton per month
for the ships, which they will insure
at from 80 to 40 pounds per ton. The
ships are to be chartered for the
duration of the war and the subse-
quent six months. The owners must
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22

deposit about one-fourth of their ships
value in London as surety for the
execution of the charter. If they are
unwilling to do this. the ships will be
commandeered at the rate of Z. shill-
ings per ton"
The Daily News says it understands
about 100000 tons of Greek shipping
now being held up in British and other
allied ports will be affected The
newspapers add that in the event of
war between the entente allies and
Greece the ships will continue to be
employed, but under the flag of the
Greek provisional government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
TWO DIsHEs-ONE MEAL

Lyons. France, Jan. 22.-Edouard
Herriot. minister of national subsist-
ence, announced at a meeting of the
city council that regulation would
he issued shortly by which restaurants
will be obliged to serve only two dishes
to customer at each meal The
dishes will he exclusive of hors
d 'oeuvres and dessert.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
OPERATIONS ARE
AT STANDSTILL
[Continued From First Pagel

now well established on the line of
the Sereth with the left of their posi-
ton apparently none too secure ow-
ing to the Teutonic occupation of the
Dobrudja bank of the Danube, op-
posite Braila and GalatZ.
To-days German official report on
conditions along the Rumanian front
mentions only outpost operations, in
cluding the repulse of an attack by
the Russians on q Teutonic advanced
position in the Jutna valley.
On the Franco Belgian front there
have been one or two developm ents
of interest. including a German often
sive movement in tie Verdun region
and a British attack near Lens. In
the flrmer the advance was made
against the French trenches north
west of Caurieres wood. 1t was PRESS
ed on two different occasions last eve-
ming, but in each case according to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
MILK
VERY IMPORTANT
Tri-State Commission on Milk
Conditions Make Important
Report 10 Governor

The fact that
Central Pennsyl-
vania un t i e $,
notably those in
the Cumberland,
Lebanon and Juni-
alta valleys are be-
ing depended upon
more and more for
the milk supply of
Philadelphia is in
dicated by the re-
port of the Tri-
State commission
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22

little comment was made by President
Judge Kunkel. Faust at January ses-
sion of criminal court pleaded guilty
to twenty eight charges of felonious
assault felonious entry and larceny
and burglary. on one charge of
burglary he was sentenced to pay a
fine of SO and costs, and to serve not
less than nine years and six months
and not more than ten years in the
penitentiary. On all other charges the
sentence was not less than two and
not more than five years.
His accomplice, Mrs. Hirnisey, was
sentenced to not less than two nor
more than three years on on indict-
ment of receiving stolen goods, and on
all other charges. not less than one
nor more than three years.
Robbed Scores of Places
With the ending of the cases against
Faust and the Hirnisey woman in
court this morning, the police of tie
city have finally succeeded in bring
ing to justice the people they claim
We're responsible for one of the worst
outbreaks of burglary ever known in
this city.
For months houses were broken into
at will, and many articles stolen. After
the arrest of Faust, much of this
property was identified.
Only one other sentence was given
this morning. Oliver Harvey Adams,
convicted on a charge of felonious
entry and larceny was ordered to pay
a fine of IS and costs and to serve
ten months in the Dauphin county
i1i1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
FAUST GETS IS YEARS;
WOMAN TO SERVE SIX

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Judge George Kunkcl.
Mrs. Mae II. Hirnisey, pleading
guilty to twenty-five indictments of
receiving stolen goods was given an
aggregate sentence of not less than
three. and not more than six years in
the Eastern Penitentiary
The sentences were doled out this
morning in Dauphin county court, and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
PENN COMMUNITY CLUB
OPENS ITS DOORS

CONTINUED From First Pagel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22

Paris. was captured by artillery and
machine gun fire, the French lines
being held intact. Berlin reports the
Lens operation as of a minor nature
and easily repulsed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22

CONTINUED From First Pagel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22
"sEND KAISER TO ST. HELENA"

helm should be sent to st. Helena, and
the United States should unite with
Great Britain, France and their allies
to send him there, in the opinion of
George Haven Putnam, president of
the American Rights League. who
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-22

internationalism before the congrega-
ton of the Mount Morris Baptist
Church.
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