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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
Ver7nont's Berry Crop.
bennington Banner.)


One Of the natural blessings that has ex-
sted right at the doors of the people OF
Nermont during the present year and
which has not been fully appreciated is
the bountiful crop of wild berries. Begin
ming with the strawberries and followed by
the red and black raspberries and later
by the blackberries wild fruit has been
more abundant and of better quality than
for number of seasons More wild berries
have undoubtedly been picked this year
than in previous seasons because of the
increasing cost Of all kinds of food and
because of the necessity for the conserva-
ton of every resource growing out OF our
entry into the European war but at the
same time thousands of bushels that in
the shape Of preserves would have helped
to reduce living expenses next winter have
gone to waste This condition, of course,
has always existed and is unavoidable
| Should the war continue for another twelve
months the people of America will be
forced to give greater consideration to foods
that grow naturally and which are IL
excess of the crops that require cultlva
ton To the berries might be added the
wild mushrooms and wild nuts although
there are few of the latter in Vernon
other than butternuts that are worth.
of consideration in an estimation of tn
available food supply. But then, butter
nuts probably possess as much nutrlmen
as pecans, English wanuts and almond
and it takes 50 long to pick the meat
from the shells that they cannot be cate
too rapidly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
pa DADN'SV[N|NQ'
IL [A|RY TALE
.g( 81 hAM GRAAAM. BONNER
RACCOONS' CORN FEAST.

Daddy Raccoon was teaching the
children their lessons
whenever you are near water" he
said, you must be sure to wash your
food. That makes it so much cleaner"
For the raccoon is very clean and cares
great deal about his food being nice
and clean and fresh.
You can eat great many things"
said Daddy Raccoon. You are allowed
eggs of all kinds, fish, frogs, turtles
and all sorts of fruit and nuts"
THE best of all you haven't men
toned" said the Raccoon children.
"Ah. am keeping it as surprise"
said Daddy Raccoon.
when are we going?" asked the
children.
Going where?" asked Daddy Rae
coon, as if he didn't know OF all what
the children were talking about.
Dear me-" sighed Mother Raccoon,
"the children get to know SO much
these days. Yes, it was different in my
time l didn't know about corn until |
was told about it."
At that all the Raccoon children
laughed shrilly. ''Oh. mother" they
said, nov you have let the cat out OF
the bag We didn't say we knew II
was corn
Let what cat out of what bag?
asked Mother Raccoon. II haven't 6
cat nor a bag. What absurd nonsense
you children talk"
oh" said one of the .Raccoon chill
dren, that is just an expression"
"Still | don't understand" said Moth
er Raccoon. II suppose I am not up
, to-date."
: An expression is a saying" said tn
! Raccoon child. 1T is something peopl
say-lots and lots Of people. And It
supposed to be WISE"
! What does it mean?" asked Mothe
!. Raccoon, who was much puzzled.
e ut means that someone has let til
e secret out-or the thing that was SUI
e posed to be kept in
! "Why did they use the cat and ba
G for example,"
: "Oh, / don't know" said the littl
: raccoon, unless it was started
: someone cruel and foolish-but it
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
And what is more, we have a sur
prise for YOU"

And what is more, we have sur
prise for YOU"
What" exclaimed their parents.
"Yes," said the children. 1.-The rea
son we know about corn is because we
have found cornfeld. where the corn
is just ripe. We somehow went to it
as if it were our natures to do So"
The raccoon parents laughed ana
said, "Well, somehow it is"
and now we're going to show you
the field"
rs it in a dangerous place" asked
Mother Raccoon, who had had so many
terrible adventures stealing corn that
she was little nervous.
NO" said the children. ut is 8
particularly nice cornfield. There
seem to be no rude creatures around
| to drive US off. Wen have a corr
| feast"
And indeed they did! Mother ant
Daddy Raccoon and all the Raccool
| children, and the children certainl.
acted as though they had Away
| known and loved the taste Of summe
corn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
VERMONT NEWS.

Miss Anne Peek of St. Johnsbury,
professional nurse, has arrived safely
in France, according to a cablegram re-
ceived by relatives here. Miss Peek
sailed with a New York base hospital.
Judge Charles II. Robb of Bellows
Falls and Washington, d. c., who is
summering at Falmouth, Mass, has
been in the limelight during the past
week because of having granted the
petition for bail made by the suffra-
gettes who were arrested in Washing
ton for pieketing the White House and
annoying the president by insulting ban
ners. Judge Robb presides over the
district court of appeals, but has a
| long summer vacation extending each
year from May until October.
! About Oct | the superintendent s of
fee of the American Express company
in Bellows Falls will be moved from its
1present quarters at the depot to the sec
ond floor of the Gray block in the
square. A claim department for the
districts of Vermont, New Hampshire
and Quebec will be added and the pres
ent office force of seven men will be
doubled. Other claims officers will be
located at Bangor for the Maine dis
trict and Boston for the Massachusetts
division. The Boston office now serves
all the company's New England Quebec
territory.
The Bellows Falls school board elect
cd William c. McGinnis to succeed B
L. Merriam as superintendent of schools
! for the town of Rockingham. Mr. Mer
,riam has a leave of absence for a yea
to engage in army Y. NJ. C. A. work il
France. Mr.. McGinnis is a native o
Hyde Park and graduated from IT, V
NJ, 1907. He was superintendent o
the Kurn Hattin home in Westminste
in 1910 and for the last seven year
! has been superintendent of the Mort
: Troy division of Orleans county. H
is secretary treasurer of the Associatio
of Vermont Superintendent aud fror
y 1912 to 1915 was member of the stat
e board of education.
0 The ST. Adams exemption board
. holding daily sessions to finish it's worl
!, OF the 273 men called for examination
"a have been certified to the distri,
y board as liable to military service an
&c 159 have been exempted or discharge
t This leaves about go to be passed upo
OF the last lot declared exempted, Ere
erick A. Walker was exempted on tt
ground that he is a municipal office
n He is alderman from Ward 6 and the
se is an exemption clause which SAYS TIL
!. man who holds municipal or sta
office that cannot be filled by appoin
= ment may be exempted if exemption
e. desired. The board of aldermen NEE
a. but once month. The man is unma
at .ried.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

The Reforiuer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro Brattleboro News Co.
c. w. Cleaveland. d. r. Cutler Co.
(FsteyVille4, Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
Nest Brattleboro, j. l. Stocl1well.
East Dummerston. NJ. e. Brown.
Putney, NJ G. Williams
Newfane, N NJ Batchelder.
Townshend. G. W. Cutler.
West Townshend. C. H. Grout.
jamaica, r. j. Daggett.
South Londonderry, +. III. Tyler.
South Vernon, =. 3. Bufum.
West Chesterfield, ~. H., Mrs. w.
Hlnsdale. N. H., w II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT. Depot Restaurant.
Windsor, VI, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
CHINESE TROOPS FOR EUROPE.
$4,000 Picked Men Ready for Immediate
Departure.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. T. = The
Twenty fourth Chinese army corps, com
posed of $4,000 picked troops from the
northern provinces is being modified
in a Chinese city for immediate depart
ure to Europe, according TO a cablegram
received here by the Chinese Daily
World, from its correspondent in Shang-
hal.
The despatch, censored and deleted,
indicated that the troops would be taken
through Siberia to the eastern front
The message limited that gaps in the
Russian armies also would be filled by
japanese.
| The Twenty-fourth corps was said te
include several companies of engineers
commanded by Chinese graduates from
American institutions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

When we hear anyone knocking Yer
mont schools. Vermont soldiers, or any
thing pertaining to Vermont we shall
do our best to show him in the wrong
Essex County Herald.
Rghto, friend, do your best every
time. But be sure you don t 20 to the
extent Of prevaricating in your zeal to
uphold the state IS honor. There is a
difference between plain knocking and
intelligent criticism. The latter is very
good medicine sometimes and should be
taken manfully even if oftentimes bit
ter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

Brattleboro along with many other
places in New England has been hear
ing the rumor that garments and knit
ted articles contributed to the Red Cross
have been sold. There has been so much
of this talk that James Jackson, man
ager Of the New England division, has
seen fit to issue denial, which is in
part as follows:
"Several reports have come to us
from various chapters, stating that peo-
pie in their community claim that the
soldiers were having to pay money in
order to get Red Cross sweaters, etc,
also that the Supply Service was SELL
ing to various department stores the
furnished articles. If these rumors come
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
DOING Without.

One of the arts of life is to learn
how to do without. Few Of US have
anything we consider desirable and if
we grun5le over every little depriva-
ton we make ourselves miserable and
our associates uncomfortable. TIC
learn to do without and yet be CHEEKY
and happy. gees far toward making
life a success.-Girrs Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
GRAFTON.

Mrs, Blodgett and Miss Lena Blodgett
Of Cambridge, Mass, are at the Tavern.
Miss Rose Wilson is visiting in Connec-
ticut and Massachusetts, for a short time.
DR.. and Mrs. Woodman Bradbury and
daughter of Cambridge, Mass, are guests
of DIR. and Mrs. Wilson at Green Hollow
Dr. Bradbury is pastor of the Old Cam
bridge Baptist church just outside Har-
ward university yard
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

anyway, God bless 'em. They re
doing their BIT" is the picturesque way
in which the Manchester Union CON
cludes a deserved tribute to travelling
statesmen as class-a tribute inspired
by the action of the White Mountain
Travellers association in cancelling its
annual banquet and asking its members
to send their respective dollars to the
Red Cross instead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

Who do you think is the man in YER
mont who pays tax on an income of
over q million dollars st. Johnsbury
Calcdonian.
Aren t positive but have an idea he
must be a country newspaper publisher.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

Commenting on the increase in rev.
enue from distilled liquors in the face
Of an apparent lessening of intemper-
ancc, the New York Times sagely OBJ
serves: elf we can have more sobrie-
tv and more internal revenue at the
same time why should anybody com
plain7 We certainly need both as never
before.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
Advertised Letters.

Men Manuel Fernando, Michael
Fitzmorris, Sidney b. Ring, ,, Peter
Ward.
Women : Miss Flea Bradley, Miss
Brown, Mrs. Brooks Brown, Mrs. Ma
belle R. Burnham, Miss Maude F. Clapp,
Miss Edna Cloutier, Mrs. Bertha Prouty.
Firms = Dempsey & Son.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery OF
co-operation of subscribers to that end.
prompt reports should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the NON
ing following the omission. IN pet3on,
liz telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be. promptly and
accurately discovered and, the proper
ia this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

to your attention, / wish you would
please emphatieally deny them, as the
American Red Cross has not sold any
of its finished Red Cross articles to
any individual soldier or department
store in this or any other city,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER :, 1917.

The st. Johnsbury Caledonian tells
Of the trial of Mrs. Remission and the
St Johnsbury Republican of the trial
of Mrs. Kenerson. Which is it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper,
cents an inch for first insertion;
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 dis
count for each subsequent insertion,
without change OF copy
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line,
FOR each subsequent insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

They've got real food control over
in England. as the Lincolnshire farmer
can testify who was fined $27 800 for
Selling potatoes above the maximum
price.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
STRATTON.

School opened in Re Hollow Tues
day with Mrs. Ace johnson of Dover
as teacher.
Miss Helen and Violet Bills of New
fame hill visited relatives in this To-
cality few days last week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
Member Of the Associated PRESS.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication, OF All
credited in this paper and also the local
news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
Tuesday, Sept. II
at 10 o'clock a. M,

sharp, rain or shine, 10 Guernsey heif-
ers from one year to two years old. A
lot of high grades. Six high grade Dur
cow due to freshen Jan. /; one H9stein
in milk one Holstein, due in February;
one Holstein, due in January: u two
year old Holstein heifeTs, due to freshen
fall and winter: three yearling bulls; 15
high grade Holstein heifers, one and two
years old. not bred.
This lot of COWS and heifers are all
high grade, selected stock, and must be
sold for the high dollar.
Free lunch at noon. Terms at time OF
sale F. B. HOWARD.
2. G. Dawley, Auctioneer.
Z Rurditt Clerk - -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

Six Petrograd thieves, in an auto raid
on the Russian Senate building, carried
off famous silver statues worth $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
Tuesday, September II
at 1 O'Clock %. m,

at I CIVCK p. III.
One bay horse IS years old: top car
rage. sleigh, Home Comfort steel range,
several parlor stoves. cooking utensils,
beds and bedding, extra good goose
feather bed. old-fashioned furniture, bu-
reaus, tables, stands, chairs, washing ma
chine, wash boiler, dishes of all kinds.
E Fl. MILLER.
A W. J. Wilkins, Auctioneer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
The Meddler
I" the coat fits you. put It on"

Somehow or other The Meddler hash t
price regulation in so far as it affects
the ultimate consumer of coal. Re
cent announcements of what coal may
be sold at by mine operators have no
doubt conjured up many visions of a
big drop in retail prices and it is not
unlikely that some people are putting
off buying their winters supply until
the drop takes place. The Meddler
fears, however, that they win wait in
vain for any such happy development.
The fact is that there is a great big
difference between the price of coal
f. o. b. mine and what might be termed
| f. o. b. cellar. That difference includes
the freight (Which in the case of this
town amounts to something like $3.50
| a ton) and the cost of local delivery
| in addition to the profits of the middle
man and the retailer. Add all of these
items to the government figures and the
| total Is not great deal less than what
coal is selling for today even assuming
that both jobber and retailer are con
tent with extremely moderate margin.
Of profit. Furthermore, unless The Med
der is greatly mistaken, the govern
ment price does not affect coal fo
which contracts already have beer
made, and more than half the coal mine,
and consumed is subject to contract
running from one month to five year
into the future. 1t will simply affec
what is known as the q floating' suppl
THAT comparatively small portion Q
the entire output which might b
grabbed by speeulatofs if the govern
ment didn t forbid. Under the circun
stances, therefore, The Meddler is il
| clined to the opinion that a ton of co;
in the bin-even at present prices
5 | worth two in the ground or anywhel
else not Immediately adjacent to IL
furnace.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
AUCTION SALE
Personal Property

At the Rust and Miller place, near the
center town Of DUAiIMERSTON, VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07
SO Head Cows and Heifers
AT AUCTION

I will sell at public auction, so selected
cows and heifers at Leon Fuller's farm
in Putney. Vt on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

An entering class of l07 in the Brat
tleboro high school IS a result of the
elimination of the ninth grade and the
consequent promotion of portion of
the eighth grade students The Meddler
is a thorough believer in this change,
which points the way to the adoption
of the six-and-six plan, but he hopes
that the attendant changes in the work
of the grades this year will be kept as
free as possible from omissions in the
curriculum. AS one Of the innocent
victims of the changes necessitated by
the addition of the ninth grade p
years ago The Meddler is frequently re
minded of what he lost in the shuttle
notably an elementary training in GER
tain periods of American history fol
which no subsequent reading has made
up. 1t should be the special duty OF
teachers to see that the boys and girl
who constitute this year s eighth grade
are given every opportunity to get al
much as possible of the training tina
would have come to them had the nintl
grade been continued.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

What a difference year and two
months have made III the manifestation
of sentiment of those who have loved
ones in their country's service. When
in June, 1916, Brattleboro s guardsmen
left for what seemed to be tour of
duty in Mexico the scenes that accom-
panied their departure were narrowing
in the extreme. Those still serving
Uncle Sam, many of them the same
lads who went south ii months ago,
are as much beloved today as ever, vet
little if any display of emotion on the
part of friends and relatives. marked
| their recent passage through town to-
| ward what for each may prove to be the
Great Adventure. There seems to be
deeper feeling now. Grief at the
| thought of possible bereavement is tenn
pered by the courage of sacrifice, and
hysteria has been displaced by an abid-
ing faith in the righteousness of the
cause to which this country has pledged
its manhood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

The designation by Municipal Judge
Cudworth of magistrate to act in his
absence is move that ought to speed
the administration of justice in the
local tribunal. Judge Cudworth has
kept in close touch with this end of his
district since his appointment by Gov
ernor Graham, but when automobile
communication between Brattleboro and
South Londonderry becomes impossible
there is little doubt that days will
elapse between his goings and comings.
Under these conditions it will be a
| source Of satisfaction to folks intend
| ing to be arrested for intoxication or
disturbance of the peace to know that
they will not have to depend upon the
vagaries of West River railroad trains
for hearing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-07

2. G.. Dawley, Auctioneer.
T. a. Burditt, Clerk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-29

5000 head WI animals have been brought
into that State.
WISCONSIN banker. la conjunction with
the state agricultural college have dl~trib-
.Utcd \ variety nf seed which I'D i- believed
viii increase thr states wheat virld from
an average Df twenty bushels VIII ycrr ~
ihirty-eight and oue-half bushels an acre.
Michigan bankers hope to save the fnrmrr-
ri the -tlt, SOME -l5.DuO GOO which i- Iu-i
annually because of poor seed.
The entire South has engaged upon
>afc-farming campaigns conducted largely
under bankers uu~nirc-. which have saved
million NJ dullar- for ~uuth.dn tlrnrr-
and brought about un agricultural rryulu-
tion IN the land VT cotton.
'Al over the country a better under
standing has been created between hanker-
and farmers. The Wisconsin and Wash
ington Bankers Association conducted
banker-farmer excursions To their state
colleges Of agriculture. The California
Bankers Association visited the state uni
cvr~ity farm " \ body. .A- " result Cali
%fornia banker are now turning their at-
%tcntion Ia the development ~ the livestock
industry in their communitic~.
'Thi- D. the kind ri agricultural work IN
bankers which will bring agricultural pros
perity-the banker- are acting ~ the con
meeting link between tie scientific force
of the colleges and the practical forces OF
the field.
II appeal for support IN thi~ work which
y bringing about Y closer relationship ant
a better understanding between The bank.
er~ and their farmer cu~tomer~-a worl
which has always been economically -ounf
bui which today has become 20 impnrian
q fnctor IN the program for onr national
defense