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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

Gilmour Dobie has been re-engaged as
football coach at Annapolis.
Eddie Fitzsimmons of Newport and
Eddie Shannon of California boxed Il
rouids To a draw at Newport last night,
Pres. Branch Hickey Of the st. Louis
Nationals has abandoned hope OF secur-
ing Jack Hendricks to manage the team
next year.
Johnny Donovan, Boston lightweight,
feels certain that he will defeat Harry
Carlson OF Brockton when they meet to-
night in Boston.
Westmore Wilcox, the Harvard quarter
miller and football player. is now naval
aviator instructor at Newport News, Va.
He is an ensign.
President William p Baker OF the
Philadelphia Nationals declares that
Grover G. Alexander viii get no part OF
the purchase money from the recent deal
with Chicago.
The proceeds from the sale of James G.
Brady's 20 show horses which will be by
auction Dee 81 Will be turned over TO
the Red Cross An investment OF $4,000
is represented.
DIZZY lstNldll, veteran NlHlche'PSl, Id7
been engaged to hold the stakes for the
Iussane-Zbyszko match, which will be
the big number Of the Christmas night
wrestling carnival in Boston.
Farmer Burns, who coached Frank
Gotch in his early wrestling career says:
"Gotch had more speed, science and
strength than any man | ever met. He
was che worlds greatest wrestler"
Official American league pitching aver
ages given ont in Chicago yesterday show
that Eddie Cicottc of the Worlds Cham
pion White Sox led the boxmen. He
took part in 40 games. pitching 3i6 innings
and but l3 earned runs were scored of
| him per game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
PERSONAL.

5. w Edgett will go Monday to
Boston to spend Christmas with his
sister.
Mrs. Robert f. Higley has returned
from Vernon, where she had been
several weeks caring for Mrs. Ran
court.
Claire Gallup went this morning to
Springfield, Mass, where he expects
to have employment.
Miss Irene Long will return tomor
row from Washington, D. c., where
she has been two weeks.
Malcolm McNall of Maiden, Mass,
came today to spend Christmas with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stone of Myrtle
street.
Denhison Cowles and Paul Chase,
both of Amherst college, are at their
homes in town for the Christmas re-
cess
Miss Ruth Boom is expected tomor-
row from Vineyard Haven, Mass, 10
spend the holidays at her home in
town.
st. Michael's college. Winooski, 10
ISL dl MS HOnlc on Odh StItcl ONcI
Christmas.
Miss Marion Robinson, who is en-
ploved in Spring field, Mass, will spend
the holidays with her mother on Fair
view street.
Miss Jessie Hawley will be guest
of Mrs Elmer Smith in Auburn, Me-
| over Christmas. Miss Hawley will 90
Monday to Auburn.
Mr.. and Mrs L. W. Hawlev will &c
| Monday to Holden Mass. to visit their
son, Charles T. Hawley, and family
during the holidays.
Mrs. Nellie Harwood is breaking up
housekeeping on Forest street and will
| live at the Retreat where she is en-
ployed as seamstress.
Mrs. Edgar D. Sanders is as comfort
| able as could be expected following an
| operation performed Tuesday in the
Brattleboro Memorial hospital.
| Miss EVELYN Emerson. who teaches
| IN Woonsocket, r. L., will come tonight
to spend Christmas with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l. Emerson Of
Putney road.
Mrs. Albert Biddell of Putney is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Johnson on
| Fairview street. on her way from Prov
idence, R. l., where she had been visit
ing some time.
Frank Allen of North Hatfield,
Mass, who had been in Guilford on
account of the illness and death of his
mother, Mrs. Maria Alleh, returned To-
day to his home.
Miss Evelyn Staples, who teaches
school i'll Lowell, Mass, will come t.
her home tonight to spend Christmas
Harold Staples is expected tomorrow
from Providence, r. !.
Benjamin f. Bingham is here from
| Spartanburg, S. c., TO remain over
| Christmas with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. F. Bingham. Mr.. Bingham Is
with the headquarters troop, 9th di
vision, United States army.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
VERNON.

Mrs. Lydia Wilson, who has been Ill
and under the care Of a physician, is
somewhat improved.
Mrs. NJ. l. Reed spent the week end
in the home Of her daughter. Mrs. f..
/. Swift. in Brattleboro.
Mrs Hattie Nesbitt of Windsor was
At the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. u. =. Prescott, Saturday.
Mrs Hattie Baker is away to visit
her son, Walter, in Worcester, Mass,
ana her sister, Mrs. Martin. in Provi-
dence. Il. |.
c. F. Sawyer, C. A. Harmon and
Thomas Ownes, who are employed at
the pulp mill in Hmsdale. spent the
week -end at their homes here.
The annual Christmas exercises and
tree will be held at the vestry Monday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion Picture Attractions.

Harold Lockwood in Paradise Garden.
n Metro production i'm seven acts, is
the main attraction az the Empire to-
day. Tomorrow Nance o Neil will be
seen in Greed third number of The Scv-
en- Deadly Sins. Love. Luck and Loot,
n comedy, and Jolly Tars, a comedy,
also are on the program.
Today is the last time to see Billie
Burke in the special Paramount fca-
ture, Arms and the Gid, at the Prin-
cess theater. Tomorrow Mildred Man
ming and Mare MaCDcrmott will he seen
in Mary Jane s Pa, also a new Mack
Scnnctt comedy, Are Mattresses Safe?
with Louise Fcscuda, Ben Turpin and
Slim SummcrtiIlC.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

evening, Dec. q. Santa Claus will be
present and all will be welcome.
K. ". Fairman of New London, Ct.
spent the weekend at his home here.
Mrs. 2. ". Burrows has so far re-
covered from her recent severe illness
with typhoid fever as to be able to 20
to the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. J. Weatherhead, Saturday.
II. L. Clark, who recently moved
from Guilford to the home of his
daughter, Mrs. R. A Jones. has bought
the Stockwell place. Mr.. Clark is EN-
ployed by the Connecticut River Pow
er company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
WEST GUILFORD.

Some Of Cyrus MerrifeldS children
have been IN with tonsiitis.
Miss Alice Akley Of Walpolc, y. H..
is with her parents, Mr.. ana Mrs. Cliff
ford Aklcy.
Lorenzo Colmau has been III this
week, coming hong from school Mon
day. br. Hunter attended him.
The annual church aud society meet
ing viii be held i'm the church vestrv
saturday, Dec. %, at / =. m. All
members 81 the society are urged to be
present as there is important business.
Melvin palrvmplr bought the great
cr part Of the cattle at the Butlum
auction last week Wednesday aud took
them go his farm where he moved
with bis family from Brattlcboro re-
gently.
Roads were blocked in this part of
the town last week. Friday and Satur-
day rs the heavy suows'orm of -
inches. the wind that followed piling
the snow IN drifts, some six feet deep
in plascs.
Mrs. Clifford Aklcr has boon in four
woglN aud under the doctor care.
SHE Is a little better at this writing.
iIcg daughter. Mis-, Ruth Akley OF
Walpolc, y. H., was with her parents
two weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

There will be dance in the town
hall Friday evening.
Dana J. Bugbee of Boston has been
guest this week of his brother, DIR.
L. H. Bugbee.
Miss Sylvia Derry is spending her
vacation at her home, but will return
to Middlebury college Wednesday, Dee
90.
Some sugar was received by the
and in a short time had been distrib-
uted among the patrons of the stores
Miss Jennie L. Pierce of Scituate is
expected Friday night to spend her
vacation. She plans to fit up the tene-
ment in her house, made vacant by the
death of Mrs Waite.
The next council of Putney troop Of
Boy Scouts will be held Monday eve,
ming, Jan. Z. A notice will be sent to
each Scout in due time. All dues should
be paid at this meeting.
Miss Charlotte Eaton is expected
from New York Saturday to spend the
holidays with her mother, Mrs. H. G
Everleth, after which she will return
to finish her secretarial course in Mis-
COnklin s school
The Putney fuel committee will holC
a public meeting in the town hall fol
the purpose of finding out the coal sit
uation of this town, Saturday evening
Dec. %, at 7.30. George T.. Aplin, II
G. Everleth, A. NJ. Corser, fuel com
mittee.
! Every Boy Scout is urged by Tx
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

is considered good showing, taking
the unfavorablc weather into account.
All the hunters agree that deer are
numerous hereaboutS, but very little
hunting was done the second week OF
the season. which closed last Saturday.
Mrs. ". G.. Todd spent Thursday in
Kcene
Miss Cora b. Dexter spent the week
end in Springfield.
". r. Robertson was in New York
the first of the week.
Mrs. Mary Smith has returned home
from visit in Peterboro.
Miss Helena Pickett was ut her home
in Winchester over Sunday.
Miss Bertha Thomas has gone to
Wakefield, where she has work.
\ telephone, 1872, has been installed
in the home of Robert Brockway.
Waldo Rouillard has gone to Boston
to spend the winter with relatives.
Msa Elizabeth Ryan has gone 20
Ludlow, Vt, for visit at her home.
Mrs. Emma Joselvn of Barre, VT, is
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Tilden.
j..
G. ;. Howe S store during the holidays.
" O. Maynard was called to Boston
by the illness of his mother last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Robertson were
in New York from Sunday to Wednes-
day.
Charles Bailey of Hyde Park. Mass,
was at home for a short visit last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs f. G.. Robertson were
in Springfield, Mass, one day last
week
Miss Mary O Brien of Greenfield,
Mass, has been visiting Mrs. A. l..
Taylor.
Cornelius Weeks of Tufts dental
school is at home for a two-weeks va
cation.
Floyd Sprague attended meeting
of the state Grange in Concord last
week
Fishing through the ice has begun,
but no catch of Importance has been re-
ported.
The Congregational Sunday school
| will have a Christmas tree Monday
evening.
The dance held last week Thursday
evening was largely attended and very
enjoyable.
Miss Mildred Hanrshan of Brattle
boro is spending a few days at mel
home here
lee on all the local ponds has reached
a thickness Of IL to II inches and cut
lting has begun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
HINSDALE, N. II.
Unusual Depth of Early Snow.

Even the oldest inhabitant admits
that he has never before seen so much
snow on the ground at this time Of
wear, although he won t admit but
what We have had as cold weather III
years gone by. Last Friday morning 5
storm put about 70 inches on top Of
the Is already fallen and the wind
piled this up in huge drifts in many
places. The travel is still difficult on
nearly all roads and the embargo on
automobiles is complete
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
WHITINGHAM.
Church Fair Big Success.

The church fair held in this village
Dec. II under the auspices of the
Ladies Benevolent society was very
successful affair. There was sale Of
fancy and useful articles, also candies
and maple sweets in the afternoon in
Green Mountain hall. Supper was
served in the church veStry from 6 to
8 clock
At $50 there was an entertainment
by Ryder Pond, Gillett and the village
schools and their teachers. The pro
gram consisted Of songs, recitations,
drills, dialogues and rantomimes. Each
number was well rendered Special
mention should be given the Ryder
Pond school for their large share Of the
entertainment and the worthy manner
in which il was given. Every pupil OF
this school was present and took part.
Arthur harrington brought the school
children, about 40 in all, in one big
| load.
In the culinary department the prize
of 81 for the best cake was awarded
to Mrs. Ernest Murdoch and the same
amount for the best pie was given to
| Mrs. Flora Anderson. 1t is understood
that both dollars were turned over Il
the society.
At the close of the entertainment
the pastor, Rev. c. n. Bartlett, made q
few pleasing remarks. Then followed
the auction sale OF the remaining fancy
articles. r. II. Wood of keene, y. H.
acting as auctioneer
Eighty or more home made holders
were sold at five cents each and tie
person getting the lucky number Of
ais holder drew 4 bed puff. made AM
given by Mrs. Proctor Busby Henr,
Reed was the lucky young man. An
other fair of this type will be helt
Feb. -, and the proceeds will be givel
to the Red Cross
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
PUTNEY.
Work Sent by the Red Cross.

Red Cross meetings have been held
for work Tuesdays and Fridays of each
week The Red Cross has sent to head
was sent Sept. 10. the following: n
comfort bags with fittings, "a sewing
kits with fittings, II blanket bathrobes,
6 dozen paiamas, dozen surgical
shirts, 2R dozen nightingales, dozen
hospital leggings, 4 dozen eye bandages,
one-half dozen substitute handker-
chiefs, one dozen napkins, one dozen
trav cloths, > three-vard bandages, Is
bath mits. The first yarn was given
ont IN August and of knitted wooden
articles the branch has furnished IS
sweaters, % mufflcrs, 101 pairs or
wristlets, 10 helmets, 4 caps, pairs
of hospital bed socks, IS pairs Of
stoc kings, | knitted afghan.
The branch appreciates the willing
ness of the workers to have the gar
mcnts done according to the directions
and is satisfied that every article goes
out properly finished. Thirty Christ
mas bags were filled and sent Dec 8
containing good things for the boys.
There will not be a meeting for work
on Christmas day.
Among the workers are Mrs. Nor
man Whitney and daughter, who are
not able to come to the rooms to help
with the sewing but who have knitted
| sweaters, several pairs of wristlets
besides cotton bandages, etc. The chill
dren arc good workers, too. The girls
and boys in Miss Page s school al
SaxtonS River have been furnished
yarn by the local branch and have
knitted several dozen pairs of wrist
| lets and some sweaters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

The Woman s Guild of the Episcopal
church will hold a canned and cooked
food safe, also light refreshments, at
their new parish house on Main street
on the afternoon of Dec. 22.-Adv.
246-25l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
Sporting NeWs
SEASONS HIGHEST SINGLE.
Marks Rolls 125-Masonic Team D De
feats Team A.

Team d took three out of four points
from team A in the Masonic bowling
league last night. Marks rolled 125
for one string, which was the highest
single this season. He also led the
three-string totals with 800. The total
pinfalls were 1877 and 1920. The
scores:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

The third in the series of Odd Eel
lows dances will be held Friday night
The program has been arranged TO
please the members and their friends
ADV 250-251
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

Eat wisely and keep the wolf from the
door OF the world s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

Mrs. /. II. Sawyer went to North
Adams Wednesday and her daughter,
Nesta, returned from Northampton
with her.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
Towns Record of Deer Killed.

Fcrley Harvey killed a deer last
week Wednesday, which brings the to-
tai killed in this town up to Il. This
is considered good showing, taking
the unfavorablc weather into account.
All the hunters agree that deer are
numerous hereabouts, but very little
hunting was done the second week OF
the season. which closed last Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

$. w. Edgett will go Monday to
Boston to spend Christmas with his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
4l3 455 449-1,317
Sporting Notes.

AZ 40 394-1,29
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Our Eirst Thaatar.

ln 1752 the first theater in the Unit. cd States was opened in the colouy of Virginia at old Williamsburg. The originator was an English actor, Will liam Hallam, Sr., who brought his own company from overseas and presented "The Merchant of Venice" as the in- itlal performance. The idea spread rapidly, and soorhNew York, Philadel- phia and the otEer leading communi- ties of colonial America each had its theater. While the Virginia playhouse was the first in the United States, &C., tors had played in the colonies before this date. The first Is said to have been the English strolling player An thony Aston, who was known as Mat Medley. The actor and his art of that day were generally despised by the Puritanical colonlsts. The Massachu- sets legislature passed law shortly after amateurs had given '"The Or phans" at the Coffee House in Boston in 1749 which forbade such perform ances, prescribing penalty for ac- tors and spectators alike of $25 each. Exchange.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
salariss With Silver LIninnn,

The highest salaried man in Japan does not receive enough money in that form to pay for the gasoline used by his automobile, for salaries of the man. agers of business corporations are in- significantly small, says the Japan Times. Salaries, however, are not the total income of business men. Under the Japanese custom there is liberal bonus system, and the bonus amounts to 800 or 400 times the monthly sal ary in some cases.
 The Mitsui company is regarded as the biggest corporation in Japan, and Its directors are noted for their large incomes. Each director is said to re- ceiye in the form of a bonus about $10O,O0O a year, although his salary may be only $250 a month.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Plkss Peaks cyelopsan Eye

4 writer in the Technical World Magazine, describing the immense light on Pikes peak, says:
 "The venerable head of that most fa- nous of mountains, Pikes peak, has been given an enormous eye. In Dem yer, seyenty-hve- miles away, this eye can be seen flashing to and fro on clear nights, and in Colorado Springs, fifteen, miles, away, the company on the front porch Is likely to be shown up in a bright light at any moment by the cog railways searchltght.
 "The giant light is 14,1T2 feet above sea level and is capable of flashing signals over most of central Colorado. It has been placed on platform twen- ty-Aye feet above the summit house. Current is supplied by the turbines that convert the power of, the peak streams into electricity. The search light is attached to a semaphore that the operator moves at vii, searching out the dark beauty spots throughout the region or.touching upon sections of Colorado Springs and'even Denver and Pueblo when the great banks of cloud do not blanket the cities far below"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Honesty Extraordinary.

Atraveler writing in an Italian mag azine says that the Swiss canton of Ticino is inhabited by the most honest folk 1t is possible to imagine. In most of the Ticinese villages, the writer says, the oldest inhabitants do not re- member any case of thieving, however petty, within a lifetime. Lost objects when found must never be taken away. They must be left where they were dropped or placed in a conspicu- ous position, so that the rightful own CT can find his property more easily. The case is cited of an American wom- an tourist who lost her purse on an excursion in the Val Capriasca. The purse contained gold coin and a jew eled watch. Upon returning from her trip she found the purse with It's con- tents intact on little heap of leaves, so placed that it could not fall to at tract her attention.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Inst SkllI-nf .Anolantn.

From the earliest periods of which we have historical records one of mans greatest problems has been to lift heavy loads rapidly and efficiently. Some of the greatest monuments Of antiquity were built under conditions that involved lifting of heavy pieces of building material to great heights, but how 1t was done we do not know to this day. The manner. tn which the great stones were raised In Egypt has always been Q mystery and probably always will be. It Is certain, however, that the builders of these wonderful monuments were possessed of mechan- teal contrivances that were lost in the dark ages intervening between their time and ours or they possessed pa- tience to a more remarkable degree than Is exhibited in any race of men at the present tlme.-Engineering Mag ,aZine.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
How Water Freezss.

It used to puzzle all thinking people why ponds and rivers do not freeze beyond a certain depth. This depends on a most curiou$ fact-namely, that water is at its heaviest when 1t reach es 40 degrees F.-that is, 8 degrees above freezing point. On a frosty night as each top layer of water falls to 40 degrees 1t sinks to the bottom. Therefore the whole pond has to drop to 40 degrees before any of 1t can freeze. At last 1t is all cooled to this point, and then ice begins to form. But ice is a very bad conductor of heat. Therefore 1t shuts off the freez- ing air from the big body of compara- lively warm water underneath. The thicker it gets the more perfectly does 1t act as a great coat, and that is why even the Arctic ocean never freezes be- yond few feet in thickness.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Curious Baths.

In her book, My Siberian Year." Miss NJ. A. Czaplacka, speaking of the social habits of the Siberiaks, says:
 '@The celebrant of the fortnightly rite of the bath fills the banya with dense cloud of steam by sluicing water into kind of open mouthed oven in the wall of the stove and sits on dais over against this, dabbing himself all over with water he has taken from the cistern and tempered to a just endur- able heat in a tin basin with colder water from a barrel in the corner. Having put himself into state border ing on suffocation and raised his own temperature several degrees above fe- yer point, he pulls open the door, rushes naked into the open air, rolls over and over in the snow, covers himself with it and lies there till the heat of his body has made a pool of water under him. Then be runs back to the banya and flagellateS himself with bunch of twigs as he stands surrounded by & fresh cloud of steam from the oVen."
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
underpaid Postaae.

Insufficient postage on letters Is a serious handicap to American business abroad, reports our acting vice consul at Genoa, Italy. A letter from the United States to Italy bearing a two cent stamp entails upon the recipient a payment of at least 6 cents as penalty. "The poor impression upon Italian firms created by short paid let ters," says the report, becomes, final ly, by repetition, very great. Special care In afixing the proper postage would bring ample returns by remo7' ing a cause of complaint which has ex' erted an unfavorable influence in for eign business"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
LeuaI Wit.

A lawyer was walking into court re- gently with his length of arm taxed to hold pile of law books.
 To him said a friend, pointing to his books:
 "Why, I thought you carried all that stuff in your head"
 "So I do," quickly replied the learned counsel, with knowing wink. '"These are for the judges"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Eorca of Habit,

He was an old merchant who had built up a big business by advertising.
 "John," said his wife, "what do you want on your tombstone"
 "Oh," he answered, 1t isn't very important what the text is so long as 1t gets good space and is well dis played. d."-LOndon Telegraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Fine Luck.

Mrs. Exe-So you've got new gown after all. 1 thought you said you couldn't afford one this season? Mrs. Wye-So I did. But you see my hus- band had streak of luck recently. He broke his leg the next day after taking out m accident policy that pays $50 n week.-BOston Transcript.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
SalH In the Sea.

The volume of the saline matter tn the ocean is a little more than 4,SOO,' 900 cubic miles, or, according to the United States geological survey, de partment of the interior, enough to cover the entire surface of the United States to a depth of $500 feet.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
SYSTEM AND PRINTING

Don't put 1t off, but order your printing now which You will need when you put la your new system The Daily 'Alaskaa 5oD department ts better IeQuippsd than eyer to do your work. Prices right and work prbInptly executed. If.