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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18
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news. More expensive food and we
cost more to eat All, pigs are coming
into their rights now. No more are
we thought of as dirty pig-pen dwellers.
But we are luxury, q treat, and we
are growing more costly all the time. !"
$50 if the men did grumble that we
cost so much to eat, they We're paying
us a great compliment, weren't they?''
asked Pinky.
Indeed they We're" said Porky. "Ah,
at last pigs are thought of as they
should be thought of-choice, expen-
siye pigs"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18
"They Said That
Ham and Bacon
Were Luxuries."

means people, the dear pig" said
Pinkys mother In loving tone.
There is no of course about it."
said Grandfather Porky. you spoil
that pig, you do, Mrs. Pinky. It's
shame"
I'm sure don't mean to-" said Mrs.
Pinky sadly. But he is such fine,
dear pig. You will admit that?' And
she looked at Grandfather Perky while
her eyes watered with tears.
"All right" said Grandfather Porky.
| II agree he's a nice pig but that is be-
cause he is my grandson"
oh squealed Mrs. Pinky, won't
you give me any credit for bringing
him up well?"
Now YOU know yourself, Mrs.
Pinky," said Grandfather Perky, that
you have never brought that pig up at
all. He has grown up TO suit himself
and you have always been around to
spoil him and pet him and tell him
how sweet and cunning he was"
and so he was, the little precious"
squealed Mrs. Pinky.
''No doubt, no doubt" said Perky.
'but then that was not bringing him
up. He would have become very
naughty If had not given him grand
fatherly word of advice" And Porky
grunted proudly.
Cant the dear make his speech? p
asked Mrs. Pinky. "He was about to
say something so interesting and now
we have been talking about other
things"
There you go again." said Porky
.'Now, how do you know that he was
going to say something interesting
? You DON'T 4
But | do" squealed Mrs. Pinky. III,
is very interesting to me at any rate
5 she said haughtily, waving her little
I crooked tail as much as she could.
! Il will admit" said Grandfathe
Porky, that he was going to say some
thing-but l will not admit that it wa
L bound to be interesting However,
will judge of that. Pinky, go on an,
tell US what you We're about to say. w
7 stopped you to understand just wha
J you meant by saying they"
e 'The people," began Pinky, "say tina
s we are becoming very expensive.
J. heard some men talking about it-an
men are people, aren't they?
"Of course, of course" agreed Pork,
IF you had said men in the first plac
/ would not have stopped your speech
: "They We're saying that no longe
II was pig meat cheap food. They sal
T. that bacon and ham were luxuries. An
IS in the way they said that word lux,
IS ries' l knew they meant somethin
II marvellous and fine. They talked abol
er the way bacon was growing more e.
pensive every day and they said it ws
e getting to be a bad state of affair
when pig meat was becoming so e,
pensive."
"Now isn't that interesting, Porky
: asked Pinky's mother.
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Member OF the Associated Press.

The RA'c-Tner Ii on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
6rattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.,
G. W. Cleaveland, ID. r. Cutler & Co
(Esteyvile). Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Brattleboro, j. l.. StockwelI
East Dummerston, NJ. e. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G.. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. Fl. Grout.
amaIca, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, f. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, L. Il. Bufrum
West Chesterfield, NJ. H., Mrs. w
Streetcr.
Hlnsdae, NJ. H., W. III. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT. Windsor Restaurant
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TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service IN the delivery
OF tho 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.
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

very happy, and
Pinky continued.
"They also said
that we were hav-
ing better things
fed to uS-that we
W e r e b e i n &
thought more of.
And so as we cost
more TO feed we
We're more eXpen-
sive when used to
feed Others"
"You're a good
pig" said Porky.
THAT is glorious
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

| remember that about the third morn
ing after l located in my especial Yer
mont village, the town awoke to learn
that during the night somebody had
blown the post office safe and made away
with whole mess of money and stamps.
skinned around there to have look at
the wreck and found an awed group of
natives contemplating the scene of ruin
and loss The postmaster and the vii
lage constable and deputy sheriff were
trying to make out the meaning Of a
yellow, Shiny substance that was
smeared all over the floor and the
counter opposite the wrecked safe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18
TO THE COMMENTATOR.
A Comparison of Vermont and Connec-
ticut in War Time, with Windham
County Up for Particular Considera-
ton.

Every time | look at the tables of
figures showing the enlistments in the
military establishment of the nation
am impressed with the reports from
Vermont. Less than one young man a
day, on an average, has offered his
services to the government since the
beginning of the war, up in that neck
of the woods. There ISM state in
the Union. no matter how remote, how
scantily populated, how lacking IN ira
ditiOn, that has not exceeded Yer,
mont 5 contribution many times over,
whether considered on basis of total
enlistments or by a per capita rating.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper.
so cents an inch for first insertion; 3
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.
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As the generations have passed, much
the same spirit has prevailed. The Yer
montcr ism I a fighter any more, save IN
that he loves still TO scrap viii his neigh
bors in the courts, but he is as complete
an individualist as his ancestor was. He s
got the edge on everybody else in the
matter of looking after himself and ex-
pecting everybody else to do the same.
In other words he 3 a good deal more of
a cave man than he has any right to be
in this country. And naturally, he s as
suspicious as the devil.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

live there now. | should be glad of
that in any event, but | am especially
thankful that | don t have to confess
citizenship in state which has made
for itself the rotten record that that
state has established in this matter of
recruiting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

rudeiy.
"What do you
mean by beginning
to speak in such a
way 2 i n k " /
haven't the slight
est idea whether
you mean people,
pigs or parrots
W h e n y GU say,
they T e ii u S
what you mean"
II mean peo-
pie" said Pinky.
"He means peO-
pie, grunt, grunt."
said Miss Ham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

There are one or two things about
the matter that are well worth think
ing over, too. In the first place, Yer
mont is an essentially American =
state so far as the genealogical tree
of its average inhabitant is concerned.
/ don t know whether there ever was
German in the state or not. | never
heard of one, and inasmuch as it was a
dry commonwealth for half a cen
fury, and the only beer to be had was
the skunky bottled kind that people
sneak into such states in sugar bar
rels, / shouldn t be surprised if there
never was one. There was one Irish
man in the town ! lived in-and peo-
pie used to regard him somewhat as
they might a tame bear or a pet gi
raffe. Mostly Vermonters have been
there for a considerable row of genera
tons So there is nothing in the way
of European sympathies at work W
| there to account for the indifference OF
the people toward the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

Yes" he agreed, "go on Pinky."
Mrs. Pinky looked highly pleased and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18
DADDNSEy[N|Nl'
FAIRY TALE
EXPENSIVE PIGS.
81 Macy GRAAA!M,, BONNER

"They say" said Pinky Pig. But
Grandfather Porky interrupted him
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

Standing few feet away in the cor
ner were couple of regular ones-the
typical Old Homestead kind; and heard
one of them say to the other, in pig S
whisper, Who S that there cuss!'
\" Dunno; never seed him before.
/" Well, he knows altogether too damn
much about that sort of work, if You
ask me, said No. |, 'and if Ed don I
lock him up we d better see about it. =
And I had to be mighty well vouched
for, believe me, to keep from getting
pinched for that job.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

Once upon time, as my older read
ers may have gathered, ] lived for a
while in Vermont. l am glad l don t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18
FLYERS IN THE MARKET

as a rule don t make money, but make
the money f.. Endowment insurance
saves, protects and keeps men sticking
to their own business. 6Sth year. Ma
tional Life ms Co., of Vt. (Mutual)
ALBERT G. LAIRD, Special Agent,
Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

But there is something else about the
Nermonters that may possibly ac-
count for it. The fundamental creed
of the Vermonter is, Every man for
himself and the devil take the hinder.
most. | don suppose there S
spot on God s green earth that would
not be a better place to be busted in
than the said well known Green Noun
tain state. Not that the people are in
herently unkind-but from the very
beginning of its settlement Vermont
has never been a community in the bet.
ter sense of the word. 1t was started
BY self reliant individuals who be-
lieved themselves to be all sufficient
unto themselves and who tackled the
wilderness ON that basis. They fought
catamounts and Indians and their
eight mile-away neighbors with equal
enthusiasm ann diligence and asked
no odds and gave no quarter. Every
fellow looked after himself and ex
pccted every other fellow, including
| the catamounts and the Indians, to dc
| the same ii he could.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18
| told them il was soap; ordinary, vel.
low laundry soap.

"Soap!'' jeered one of them.
"What n blazes would they be doing
with soap?' And | had to explain how
yeggs used soap to seal up the crevice
around safedoor and make a dam for
the nitro that they eased into the chinks,
and the whole proceeding, which every
police reporter knows about.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

Yes, I'm glad | dom live in Yer
mont any more. | don't want to be
long to state that can muster, for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

Vermont has Dragged of her Civil
war record and no one has ever denied
her claim. But 1917 is a surer test of
patriotism than 1861. Then there was
the urge of sectional hatred. Now
there is no appeal to hatred at all but
sheerlv to the cause of humanity and
right. If Vermont turns deaf ear to
this appeal then we shall be forced to
the conclusion that it MT patriot
ism at all, but bigotry and animosity,
that sent her sons to the crushing of
the south. Because more than almost
ANY other state in the Union the blood
of Vermont in the day of the world
war is the same as the blood of Yer
mont in the day of the Rebellion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18
SUMMER ADVERTISING.

WEDNESDAY, JULY IS, 1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

such cause as this, only 81 men IN W
days.-The Commentator in New Lon
don Comm Day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

You don't get far on that sort of
creed. That's why Vermont has never
gotten very far in anything. That S
why with wonderful natural advan-
tages, she is forgotten, behind the
times reservation of unprogressiveness
in an era of progress; that s why her
best sons and daughters find it neces
TO get chance to really live human
lives; that s why, when the nation is
in danger and the call to arms comes
Vermont hangs shamefully far in the
rear of the long procession of sister
states and wraps herself in her indi
vidualism and shuts her ears to the de
mand for sacrifco-because she has
never in all her history learned thu
meaning of the word.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-18

Paramount individualism and suspicion
don t go exactly hand in hand with com
munity spirit or any other kind of
spirit that makes for enlistment for
war. I know. as well as if / were there
right now, that lot of the boys |
knew would be enlisting if they weren t
afraid that some other chap was going
to get out of it. And no Vermonter
will take the slightest chance of having
the other fellow beat him, whether it is
in a matter of dollars or of personal
safety. He's going to look out for him
self What s mine is mine that 5 the
gospel-my farm, my potatoes, my mon
ey, my life.
, 1917-10-04
COLORADO COAL AT s2.75@s TON.
Retailers May Add Not More than 80
Per Cent to Loss Margin of 1915.

Washington.-Fu Fuel Administrator
Garfield announced regulations effec-
tive for the limitation of the retail
prices of bituminous and anthracite
coal throughout the country.
The new prices for run-of-the-mine
coal in some districts follow:
Pierce and King counties, Washing
ton, 1925; Lafayette, Ray, Clay, Platte
and Lynn counties, Missouri, $3.15;
Appanoose, Wayne, Boone and Web
ster counties, Iowa, 1915.
Bituminous domestic coal in Wal
senburg. Canon City, Routt. Garfield.
Gunnison, Durango, Mesa, Pitkin,
Montezume, Delta, Montrose and Rio
Blanca districts, Colorado, So.
Bituminous steam coal in Trinidad
district, Colorado, $2.75.
Ignite coal in the northern field
and FL Paso districts, Colorado, s2.4e.
Usage county. Kansas, s2.55; state
of Wyoming, $3.50.
In the decree on retail prices the re-
tail dealer will be allowed to sell coal
to a consumer at a price representing
an advance of not more than 80 per
cent over the retail gross margin of
1915. In no case, however, is the
gross margin from now on to exceed
the gross margin Of July, 1917.
, 1917-10-04
w. N. u, DENVER, NO. 4o-1s17.


There is no state religion in France.
but the adherenas of any church or
creed can hold their religious belief
and observe their religious practices.
Under the law promulgated on Deem
Der 8, 1905, the church were sepa-
rated from the state, the adherents
of all creeds were authorized to form
associations for public workship, and
the state, the departments and the
the state, the Departments and the
communes,. were relieved from pay
ment of salaries to clergymen. For
clergymen of forty-five years of age.
pensions were provided. Buildings
used for public worship were made
over to associations for public wor-
ship. The association law of July 1,
791O1, requires religious communities
to be authorized by the state, and no
monastic association can be authorized
without a special law in each particu-
lar case. Before the passing Of that
law there were $40 recognized associ-
ations, and 1853 not recognized. After
the passing of the law, of the 1853 not
recognized, SO5 dissolved themselves,
and 44S asked for authorization which
was refused by the chambers, or par
Lament, to the majority of them.
, 1917-10-04
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of a corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
will apply on the corn a few drops Of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one can get a small bot
tie of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid ones feet Of every
corn IT callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and dries the moment it is applied and
does not infiame or even irritate the
surrounding skin. Just thinkl You
can lift off your corns and calluses
now without a bit of pain or n
If your druggist hasn't %freezone he can
easily get a small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house.-adv.
, 1917-10-04

change. I later took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and soon
felt a change for the better. l took it
until l was in good healthy condition.
I recommend the Pinkham remedies to
all women as I have used them with such
good results. Mrs. MILFORD T. Cum
MINGs, 322 Harmony St., Penn's Grove,
N. ].
Such testimony should be accepted by
all women as convincing evidence of
the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound as a remedy for
the distressing ills of women such al
d~isplacements, Inflammation, liberation,
backache, painful periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments.
, 1917-10-04
ELEVEN DEAD IN LONDON RAID.
Italy Captures Vital Position In Isonzo
Drive and Germans Lose Heavily
In verdun Sector.

London, Oct. ELEVEN persons
were killed and e~ighty-two injured in
Sunday nights air raid, 1t is an
nounced officially.
Heavy German attacks in the Ypres
sector are reported In Field Marshal
Haig's statement from headquarters
in France. All of the attacks were
repulsed.
Rome reports that in another power
full drive the Italians have captured
the high ground to the south of Pod
loca and southeast OF Madoni, in the
Isonzo sector. The official announce
ment reports also the capture of 1,409
prisoners.
A heavy artillery action has been
in progress on both sides OF the
Mouse, Verdun sector, according to
Paris reports. while on the Aisne
front the German infantry attacked
the French trenches, but were re-
pulsed with considerable losses.
The official communication issued
by the var office also reports air raids
, 1917-10-04
Rat Deadly Disease Carrier.

The Spanish war developed the fact
that the mosquito was the carrier Of
yellow fever, writes e. w. Nelson in
the National Geographic Magazine.
Another type Of mosquito is known
to be the carrier of malaria. The Eu-
ropean var has brought to almost uni
versal public knowledge the fact that
body lice are carriers of the deadly
typhus and many diseases are known
to be carried by other insects.
Among these deadly carriers of
death and destruction none equals the
house rat in its tremendous drain On
the prosperity of nations by Its de-
struction of food and other property.
while at the SHINE time it is the dead
lest Of all to mankind as a disease
carrier. Within historic times 1t has
caused the death of untold millions
of human beings through its dissent
nation of the bubonic plague.
, 1917-10-04


Little Mary vas being initiated into
the wonders of the Pullman car. She
and her mother left the city early in
The evening, each occupying a big cush-
Toned seat in the car. Mary wished
to now at once where they were to
sleep, and after five minutes explana-
ton by her mother she realized that
they were to sleep in a bed, made over
their two seats, which would be COM
pleted by the porter about nine o'clock.
AT the next stop a man entered the
car and Mary was forced to give up
her individual seat to him. He had
reserved the upper berth, which she
did not know. The giving up of the
seat was for a time enough food for
thought, but she finally burst out with
this question:
Mamma, If we sleep here, and all
those other people sleep where they
are sitting, where is that man going
to sleep?"
"That man." and the rest in the car
laughed. The explanation process be-
gan all over again.
, 1917-10-04
Variety of Time In Honolulu.

On P%apaikou plantation the clock
marks three-quarters of an hour ahead
of standard time for the day. In fact,
there are three ways Of fixing the hour
of the day on the plantation-solar
time, standard time and railway time,
writes A. P. Taylor, Honolulu CORE
spondent. The Hilo Sugar company
has put the time half an hour ahead.
At Pabala the Hawaiian Agricultural
company has advanced all the clocks
40 minutes. Nearly all the other
plantations on the island have gained
from Is minutes to one hour. They
may decide to adopt q uniform time.
, 1917-10-04
ENVOY EXPOUNDS
HANDS OFFPOLICY
vIscoUNT ISHII PRocLAiMs MON
ROE DOCTRINE OF FAR EAST
AS TO CHINA.
COOPERATION PLEDGED
DECLARES NIPPON WILL RE.
sPEcT AND DEFEND NEIGH
BORIS INDEPENDENCE.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-Proclaiming the Mon
o doctrine of the Far East, Viscount
Ishii, head of the Japanese mission to
the United States, warned the nations
of the world that his country will not
tolerate aggressions against the terri
tory or independence of China. At
the same time he pledged Japan not
to attempt similar aggressions on her
part.
Speaking at a formal dinner in
honor of the imperial ENJOYS visit to
New York, the ambassador of EN-
peror Yoshishito outlined publicly for
the first time since he set foot on
American soil the policy of his gov
eminent in relation to China.
Circumstances for which we were
in no sense responsible, gave us GER
tain rights to Chinese territory" Wis.,
count Ishii said, but at no time in
the past and at no time in the future,
do we, or will we, seek to take terri
tory from China, or to despoil China
of her rights"
Then, with dramatic earnestness, he
expounded the "hands-off" policy Of
his government.
mot only will We not seek to assail
the integrity or the sovereignty Of
China but will eventually be prepared
to defend and maintain the same in
tegrity and independence of China
against any aggressor.
, 1917-10-04
NEW LIBERTY BOND ISSUE.
Allotment to Colorado District Totals
5000 Oo, 900.

Washington.-Treasury officials a
nounced the apportionment of the sec
ond Liberty loan issue now being Of
fered among the various federal re-
serve districts. Virtually two-thirds
of the oar is expected to be raised by
the New York, Boston, Cleveland and
Chicago districts.
In the Kansas City reserve district,
which includes Colorado, the amount
given as expected" is 5000, 900, 900,
, 1917-10-04
How's This +?

We offer $4,000 for any case Of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS CA
TARRH MEDICINE. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years
Price TIC. Testimonials free.
+. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
, 1917-10-04
Colorado soldiers at Camp kearney.

San Diego, Cal.-The advance guard
of Colorado guardsmen to be trained
at Camp Kearney. near this city, ar
rived here. the detachment, consist
ing of about 200 men, coming on spe-
cial trains. The men belong to w
companies of the First Colorado in
fantry and a signal corps company.