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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

The reactionary Is a person who
throws in the reverse lever and thinks
he is in high gear.
Whenever the chariot OF civilization
has tried TO progress a few feet, it has
always found the road blocked up by
the reactionary with his chest thrown
out and his mind revolving slowly in
the opposite direction. When Fulton
discovered the steamboat, the reaction
aries of his day stood on the shore and
said it was lucky the current was SO
strong. When Morse invented the tele
graph the reactionaries III congress said
he had compound lunacv of the cere-
bellum and should be put III padded
cell until his reason could SIT straight
up. When Mergenthaler invented the
linotype, the reactionaries OF union la
Dor fought its introduction until they
found that il resulted in shorter hours,
higher wages and the gradual but pleas
ing abolition of the thoroughly saturat-
ed tramp printer.
One of the worst rcaetionaries which
modern civilization has to put up with
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
Verinont'S Food Problem.
{ Rutland Herald

Food supply plans are taking shape
under the direction of the committee
of public safety OF the state. This is
4 move III the right direction. 1t goes
without saying that there are large
tracts of land III this state rs in all
others that are lying idle and unpro
ductive. The acreage of harvesting
could be almost indefinitely multiplied
if there was sufficient interest III the
matter engendered.
Ii the truth can be driven home to
our people that in the event of an
armed conflict we must not only feed
ourselves but must send food to the al
lies. that ought to be sufficient induce
mcnt for every family to put under
cultivation every rod of soil it can get
hold of. One reason why Germany has
not come to the end Of its resources
long before this is that every able-bod-
led person, man, woman and child has
been employed in cultivating the soil
and raising foodstutfs ever since the
war started. Self-prcservation has dc
manded that no seed should he al
, lowed to remain idle in the granarv.
but must be set 10 work 10 reproduce
itself 10 the greatest possible extent
This country has vast stretches of
highly profitable land living unused and
undeveloped. The children should bc
instructed and encouraged to 90 into
/ the business Of raising vegetables this
summer; every housewife should plan
/ to spend more time III the kitchen gar
! den than in the flower garden this year
/ feed the family from the vegetables il
7 the back yard rather than out OF tn,
tins of the grocery store, and can tn,
surplus product to the very limit Il
every family who can get possession OF
a rod of land will make that lane
grow something to eat, and in tn,
harvest time fill the shelves of tn,
pantry or cellar with the food thus pro
vided, the cost of living will be CORE
spondingly reduced and we shall hav
to give to those less fortunate thai
ourselves.
And this is the time to begin to pIa
for that very thing. The seed tim
- will soon be here. Lay in a stock o
seeds carly, get them into the groun
at the first opportunity. cultivate ear,
: fullv,and the garden will work Will
| YOU sleep.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

No strikes or disputes of any kind
during the war is the program of the
labor committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defense 5 advisory commission,
headed by Samuel Gompers, president
Of the American Federation of Labor.
Whenever emergencies arise requiring a
change of standards, such changes will
he made only after investigation and
approval by the National Council of
Defense. Since the labor committee
membership includes both leaders Of
organized labor and representatives OF
influential employers interests, its ac-
tion is interpreted as giving the United
States promise of complete freedom
from industrial disputes such as ham
pered England early in the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

you see. They became bald because
they once went to see the Equator and
they stayed so long that the Sun be-
came mad and burnt off their hair. He
was cross that day and in no mood for
callers. But he felt 50 badly about it
that he has been good and kind ever
sincc-Eiuder than ever before. The
ones of tue Bald Bogey Group don't
mind, though. They think it's quite
nice and interesting.
And those others who are turning
the somersaults call themselves the
what Bogey Group
"What?n asked Billie Brownie in sur
prise.
Yes, just that-'What. They said
everyone would always ask what their
names were aud they would always be
able to answer, What They just love
to joke and laugh like that" And as
the Bogey family entered into every
thing with such glee they all decided
they were glad the Gnomes haG per-
suaded their cousins to join the fun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
At the Library
New Books

Archaeology and the Bible, G. +. Barton.
The author has gathered into this
one volume all available information
IN regard to the results of excavation
and exploration i'll Bible lands, and has
put wealth of material at the serv-
ice of pastors and Sunday school work
crs. The author has confined his book
to those phases of archaeology upon
which new light has becu thrown by
exploration and has freshly translated
the texts quoted, with the exception
of the Egyptian texts and tNv Greek
papyri which were not accessible in
the original. The book was prepared
| by Prof. Barton of Bryn ALawr Col
| lege Cat one time Director Of the Amer
| lean School Of Oriental Research in
! Jcrusalem) at the request of the
Board of Managers of the American
Sunday School Union, for publication
under the J. c. Green fund founded
e. for the purpose Of securing a Sunday
School literature Of the highest order
of merit
Beethoven and his Forerunners, DAME
G.. Mason.
The author opens with chapters OIL
the Periods of Musical History, Plin
ciplcs OF Pure Music and the Moderl
Spirit, then he passes to 4 discussion
Of Palestrina and the music of Mys
ticism and closes with studies Of Hay
den, Mozart, AMI Beethoven as me-
and as master-musicians.
The Blue China Book, Ada Wake
Camchl
a Early American scene and histor
$ pictured i'll the pottery Of the tim
with supplementary chapter descril
/ ing the celebrated collection Of pre-,
i dental china in the White House ;
r Washington, D. C., and complies
: checking list of known examples
: Anglo American pottery The autht
Q confines her subject to partieul;
ware known TO collectors as Staffor
: shire historical pottery, a ware whic
!. gives q valuable record Of the Amer
/ can country and cite. as they appear(
= a century ago and at the same tin
) gives a nearly complete history of Il
a first three centuries Of American II
, tional life. IN > supplementary cha
. ter the willow pattern, the Doctor 81
: tax designs, and the Wilkes series a
described The fortunate possessor
q willow pattern may test the 2cnuin
= ness of his treasure by the charmii
/ old rhyme
. So she tells me q legend centuries Q
$ OF Mandarin rich in land and gold
II OF Koong shee fair ana Chang t
81 good ---- !.
: Who loved each other a. lovers shou'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
Bottle Dry State.
Springfield Union.

There are now four different kinds
OF prohibition in operation in the vari-
Gus states, bone-dry, dry, nearby and
bottle-dry. The bottle-d dry state is Yer
mont, in which law has been enacted
by the legislature and signed by the
governor forbidding the sale of liquor
in bottles, although no restraint is
placed on the sale of liquor by the
glass in the Vermont cities that have
voted FOR license. Under this law a
Nermonter will not be able to have IL
quor in his house, but must 90 to a
saloon whenever he wants q drink.
He can buy and drink liquor by the
glass until he is intoxicated, but he
cannot take home a bottle o fliquor to
be consumed i'll moderation. What the
gain for temperance will be remains
to be seen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

THE naming place. exclaimed Bill
lie Brownie where is that?"
That's where all our grandfathers
and great-grandfathers picked out our
names. Its place far. far off in Fairy
land. or course the place belongs 70
the Fairies and they chose the very
first name of all-FairieS-and when
they found they had such lovely
name they decided they must live up
TO it. And they have ever since. But
the Bogey family were late. They We're
very, very late and almost the only
name that was left for them 10 choose
was Bogey. They liked it, though, and
they are such good-natured, jolly crea-
lures that we all will learn to like ii
better all the time
But such interesting tricks We're be-
ing performed that the little Elf who
had been telling about the naming
place and the Bogcy family stopped
talking. and Billie Brownie stopped
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
The ReactiOnary

y the member of the legislature who
wants good roads without paving any
thing for them. Nature has done a
great many wonderful things, such as
producing the two-headed calf and the
odorless onion. but she never made a
dirt road that could be travelled at
all times Of the year without pair Of
stills. No state in the Union ever
built a hardsurfaced road two miles
long without having to ride over the
PROSTATE forms Of a few reactionaries
who wanted to economic in everything
except salaries and per diem.
There are reactionaries in the church
too. and they usually think that the
pastor can pay 50 cents a peck for po-
tatoes and lay up money on the sal
airy he drew i'll 1910 The lodge reac,
tionarY is one who doesn t want any
more members outside of his own fam
lily. In short, the reactionary is 3
milestone around the left leg of pro.
eress, but sometimes it is necessary L
have him in order TO keep a working
balance in the treasury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

How terrible have been the losses
suffered by neutral nations through the
sinking Of their ships by German sub
marines is shown i'll the statement is
ued by the state department. Up TO
April ; total OF csc neutral vessels
had been destroyed and - others which
were attacked escaped. OF those sunk,
To were Norwegian, III Swedish, 81
Dutch, 80 Greek, 80 Spanish, 10 Ameri-
can, ! Peruvian and ! Argentine. Neu-
tral nations could hardly have Jared
worse if they had been at war with
Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
GUILFORD CENTER.

Miss Nora Jaquith was home over
sunday
Miss Eva Clark of Brattleboro spent
the week end at her home.
Mrs. Ralph Boyd and daughter have
returned from a visit OF several weeks
with relatives in New York.
Mrs. d. Lyons and little grand
daughter, Frances Beals, went to Bel
lows Falls last week for a few days
rest and to have the child's throal
treated at the hospital there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

The Bar Association wins, -- Mont
pelier Argus.
Yes, wins in the first round, but not
in the final count. The trouble IS that
we still have too many rcactionaries in
Vermont, despite the warning sounded
hv the Progressive movement Lieut..
GOV. IIulburd, Senators Fairchild, Peek,
Villas and some others failed to read
the hand writing on the wall. There
viii bc another fight two years from
now Court reform will come, and the
men who have stood as barriers against
It will bc remembered by the people.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
BrattIeboro BrattlebOro News Co.
G. ". Cleaveland. j. L. Cutler n Co
tEsteyyille), Brooks House Pharmacy
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West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w.
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Windsor, W.. Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim OF the management TO
secure efficient service In the delivery
OF the paper each night and 1t sohcits
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 70 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, 1917-04-14
Railroad Managers Loyal.
st. Johnsbury Caledoaian.)

The railroads of the country are Ger
tainly showing their purpose to serve
the country. In the dispute with the
four brotherhoods before the supreme
court decision on the Adamson law the
railroads yielded to the men because
the country was facing a crisis. Now
they have named = board to direct the
operation of al the American railways
throughout the war for the purpose of
giving the government the best pos
sible service in transporting troops,
military supplies and every necessary
commodity. No one can be more loyal
than the railroad managers have shown
themselves to be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

It j, the spirit that counts, and that
is why we should all have Il high re
gard for National Guard boys who re
>pondcd promptly aud who were willing
and anxious to enter the service, but
could not meet the requirements Of the
physical examination.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

The German U-boats have killed 80
American citizens since its government
proclaimed the establishment of a war
zone ON the high seas, and yet there
were 80 members Of congress and q
few senator's who could see nothing
about this which called for action by
the United States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

This planting of gardens on golf
courses aud on front lawns of beauti-
ful estates, is 4 splendid example Of pa
triotism, but there is SO much other
land available in this carelcssly culti-
waited country of ours that it hardly
seems necessary at the present time to
pillow up pleasure grounds or grass plots.
The time may come, of course-but it 5
a little absurd Just now.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
Sing Sing Humor.

If there were a Nobel prize for the
best example of American humor, this
one from The Star of Hope, published
in Sing Sing prison, might win the 1916
award: - thought | had some small
literary ability, but | fear have not
have been working for fifteen years
on single sentence, and it ism com
pleted vet. Providence Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

be very glad II
you all come"
This he said as he
went about from
one place TO an
other inviting the
Brownies, Elves,
Fairies, old Mr..
G j a II t, Witty
Witch and the
b o gey family.
gave a fine enter
lalDlleDt. i ncV
acted like chill
dren, they acted
like animals, and
t h g Y performed
tricks such as are
only seen in q cir
Gus.
A nrO q Sci0T
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

asking questions.
1t was not long be-
fore he began
again.
Have they any
other names, like
Billie anG Johnny
and Bennic?" he
asked.
They are divid-
ed into little
groups" said the
Elf. cone group
calls itself the
Bald Boyle Group
because all the
ones in that
group have The
funny bol,I baasIS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

Friday. the 18th, was certainly siren
ucus day in the local field covered by
The Reformcr. with fire and two Sc
tious accidents and an assault case.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
SATURDAY, APRIL Il, 1917.

sister Sue is sowing seeds for sol
dicr," is the latest amendment TO a
catchy phrase.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14
DADDY SEV[NlN(
[AR TALL d1
~ MARY GRAHAM. BONNER
BOGEY FAMILY.

"We're going to have an entertain
ment," said Peter Gnome, land We'll
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

We shall have our people to feed and
be called upon TO supply good deal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

OF all the saws I ever saw | never
saw saw saw like this saw saws.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

Protected by The Adams Newspaper Servi.el
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-14

Who loved each other a lovers shoul
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-27
Ripping Rhymes
SAVE GASOLINE.
(sy WALL MASON.)

GAVE OHoOIiNE.
Be sparing with the gasoline, if you
approve good craftsmanship, joy ride
nine miles or seventeen, but shun the
long and useless trip. Our Uncle
Sam would hate like sin to shut off all
our joyride juice, but tricks Of that sort
he'll begin, if from rank waste we don't
cut loose. He's warned us all in
tones of brass (and may the warning
be not vain), ~Therell be suficiency of
gas, if every one is safe and sane. But
If the visible supply should shrink too
much, you'll have a jar, for in the
twinkling of an eye, I'll tie a can to
every car" So let us motor here and
there. as much as thoughtful people
want, and give the folks some evening
air, and take little Sunday JounI. we
still may jog around the town and
down the pike and DER the leas, and
journey, when the sun goes down, to
rob some farmers apple trees. So
mark the hogs of gasoline, wlo heed
no warning, kowe-er kind, who sill! go
scorching DER the scene, and leave a
cloud of smoke behind. They still pur-
sue the wasteful game, and will while
they possess the price, and they're the
ones who'll bear the blame when I'll
our cars are placed on ice.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-27
Thursday Morning, September q, 1911
PRESIDENTS FOR THE Y. w. WORK.

PREcEDENTs FOR THE Y. w. WORK.
Complimented upon the wonderful efficiency and
consistent fighting powers his the Peninsular
campaigns and at Waterloo the DUKE of Wellington de-
cared that these desirable things due entire
ly to discipline He abolished the time honored custom
of looting he away the camp followers and un-
desrabes fine, the Iron Duke successfully demon
srated the fact that soldiers kept crime loot and
immortality the best fighting
Ever since the Mosems were defeated at Tours more
thousand years because their fighting forces
left the battle their loot and captive women,
victory has gone to the armies that were
freest from camp followers and closest to discipline
Roman discipline the clean living of the old Roman
centurions and DICTIONARIES world Those Romans
who AFTER with their and Injuries. lost all
but a thin strip of land along the Tiber
Cromwelrs Ironsdes were greatest fighting regi
ments of all modern warfare 1t their piety and
living fanatica devotion to what they consid
cred their ideals that made them invincible.
Well the campaign launched by the Y. W. c. A. Of
America elevate the morality of training camps
high ideals in the minds of fighting has
exactly the same general object many famous cap
ains of old in individual with such
striking living well trained regiment
of men WILL in a long campaign, Outright and ouast
wild regiment composed just strong and just
as brave.
This Y W. movement is not silly emotion high
brow play impractical idea is based upon funda
that have been recognized by the greatest
querers in history to assembling driving
a successful machine.
The Y W. plan solves that greatest problem of keep
ing undesrables from the camps and yet still allowing
friends and relatives and both
cess lonesome soldier boys. The Hostess House
is as practical the gun munition
and the airpane. to do with the morale the
army.
In this terrible fight finish morale plays vital
part Old traditions have been and old ideas
placed upon the shelf by modern war
And more important still is this Y. w work in its
effect good upon nation the mmora-
ty follows in wake of like one wave follows
another bring the shores of time. The Y.
w would keep this terrible shores
possible failing that would reduce its power and
its heighth and its breadth for ill.
Three governments are behind this work. and the
brains and common sense of womanhood are behind
it also
These facts should be borne in mind when silly and
irresponsible are circulated about
world war
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-27

Berlin admits British gain of wo-thrds of mile in
the Ypres salient and declares that fierce fighting
tinues This is about the third admission of allied
gain that Berlin has made since the began and is,
therefore, significant of decided Berlin did
not admit withdrawal after the marne and many Ger
actually believed for long time their troops
in Paris Berlin did admit Somme
last year. and when the German lines had been hammer
ed back about fourteen miles and final withdrawal OF
many more miles made behind Peronne and Bau-
paume. Berlin called it strategic withdrawal" The
disaster the loss the Messnes ridge
characterized by Berlin British defeats because the
offensive did succeed in breaking clear through
Berlin is either becoming chastened apprehensve
when she admits actual gain at the point of the bay
onet. She "whdraws" occasionally but is never driven
back That dint in the Fsussian line of Yprss
is becoming dangerously deep. Another success
two of the proportions of the last week and the
yesterday will a German withdrawal German
disaster Lille and Ostend may yet be won before winter
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-27

Berlin reports of aerial combats amusing Thirty
nine planes destroyed; lost two" This
is sample of the daily Prussian report If true these
reports would total losses of ten thousand planes for
the allies and twenty for the Teutons The facts are
the allies have controlled the the past years
Their principal losses have been incurred behind the
German lines from antiair craft guns against
whelming odds Prussia has lost two planes for one
the western front and is outcassed in the air Hence
the ridcue of her bombastic reports air victories
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-27

The British just warming to their work. Last
they fought pretty well till September then they
smashed the German lines TO pieces and would have ad
minstered crushing defeat they had been stopped
by unprecedented early fall rains. This it has
been the They have struck spasmodcally and
of fall have just started to fight Last they
important positions in the face of the desperate
resistance. Yesterday they struck again with terrible
nsstence gaining all their detectives The starts
slow and is slow to stop He is the best long distance
fighter the world has He quits At the
end of hard and bloody campaign is his
best in the fall. The bulldog has the dashund by the
throat Belgium and he will let go until the
butcher spoier is either killed driven from that
land that England guaranteed a hundred years
ago should be a sovereign state