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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
A Situation Well in Hand.

The shortage in coal and wood is thor
oughly understood in this community
and with a faculty quite unusual the
general public has grasped the situation
and realizes that il is no camoutiage,
this rigid warming
The case, by all concerned, the con
sumner the dealer, the fuel committee,
has been handled remarkably well thus
far. Without any undue alarm, the
committee advised the community Of the
exact conditions as they exist. only after
a thorough and intelligent investigation
and inquiry The public got hep" right
away and launched plans which would
be most effective in the elimination of
waste and the curtailing of needless fires
Places not necessary willingly cut down
their fires and retrenched in the proper
spirit. that the homes and most essen
tial places would not be cut off altogeth-
cr.
Swantons coal dealers are worthy of
commenda tion in the way they are hand
ling matters If it is a possible thing
they will see to il that no one suffers
They are striving and most effectively,
too, against attempts at boarding, that
we are sorry to confess, are way too
numerous. They are going to maintain
a policy of equal distribution and if
the consumer will keep his head and
handle his end of the game as squarely
and as honestly as the dealer is handling
the selling end, it will 90 a long way to-
ward solving the fuel proposition for us
ALL
Anyone who has coal or wood enough
on hand for his entire winters needs is
entitled to ii and indeed is a fortunate
man But under no circumstances should
anyone consersant with existent conditions
store up pound beyond his needs for
his present winter. Every bit of Goa
IN the town of Swanton to-day should |
be used to keep the people warm this
winter Next year will be handled when !
he present emergency is over.
And il looks most decidedly a. ii the |
iealer and the fuel committee will rather /
insist on the burning Of this seasons I
supply this season. We'd almost gamble |
IN it.-Swanton Courier
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
Athens the Seat of Learning.

1t may be said unhesitatingly that
the country which has produced the
greatest men in literature and philoso-
ply. art and architecture is Greece.
In the little state of Attica-not much
larger than Greater New York-true
civilization and all that goes along
with it were born. All that has been
done since the "age Of Pericles" has
been simply the carrying out of the
ideas, principles and methods laid
down by the men who won Marathon
and Salamis, Plataea and Mycale. Gal
ton, high authority, does not hesitate
10 say that Athens and the little state
of which 1t was the capital produced
more first class intellects than have
since been produced by all the world
put together.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
Dixie's Land.

The term "Dixie's Land" originated
in New York in the early part of the
past century. 1t is said to have come
into general use when Texas Joined
the Union, and the negroes sang of it
as Dixie"
In the popular mythology of New
York city Dixie was the negro's para
disc on earth in times when slavery
and the slave trade were fiourishing in
that quarter. Dixie owned a tract Of
land on Mania N Island, and also a
large number OF slaves. and his slaves
increased faster than his land, an emf
grafton ansued and naturally negroes
who left it for distant parts looked to
1t as a place OF unalloyed happiness,
and it was the "old Virginny" of the
negroes of that day; hence Dixie be-
came synonymous with an ideal local
ity combining ineffable happiness and
every imaginable requisite Of earthly
beatitude. Philadelphia Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
EAST CALAIS

Mrs, Victor Smith returned to her du
ties in Tennessee Friday. Mr. Smitl
went as far as Burlington with her. III,
is to return home TO await call from
the navy.
Miss Elizabeth Smith of Bakersfield
and Miss Erla Simpson of Sheffield are
guests at ID. b. Dwnell's.
Mrs. Elmer Benjamin was taken to
Heat6n hospital Saturday for an opera.
ton for appendicitis.
Mrs. Lucina Nevers of Claremont, n.
H.. is recovering from her recent illness.
Mrs. Nevers is spending the winter with
her niece. Mrs. r. c. Goodall
Mrs. Myrtle brennan and son, Philip,
are visiting Mrs. Drennan's sister, Mrs,
Herbert Sawyer of Sunapee, n. II.
Elmer Benjamin of Wells River was
called Friday to Merne Hawkins by the
illness of Mrs. Elmer Benjamin.
Wallace Guernsey of North Montpelier
called on relatives in town Friday.
The following officers were elected at
the meeting of the grange last Thursday
evening: Master, A. A. Cove; overseer,
+. Fl. Gray; lecturer Ethel Gray; chap
lain, Lila Lamb; steward, Frank War
rem; assistant steward, John X. w. Ban
croft; lady assistant steward, Lila Teb
betts secretary, Mrs. r. c. Goodall;
treasurer r. c. Goodall; Pomona, Ola
Gray; Ceres, Leila Young; Flora, Mary
Warren; gatekeeper, Lee White.
Marion Leonard is quite sick.
The campfire girls assisted in the
Christmas Red Cross membership drive
Those to receive special campfire honors
for securing members were Misses Alyce |
Persons, Celia Wilbur, Julia Wheelocll,
Margaret Sanders and Alyce Holt The |
girls did good work during the campaign |
and deserve much credit.
The Red Cross membership Christmas
was a success. The Calais and |
North Montpelier branch secured $50 new
members. For every member secured the
)ranch now receives 40 cents, instead of
Is cents per member, as they have re-
lived before.
There viii be a farmers meeting to
consider the matter of the County Farm
rs exchange at the Union church at
Cast Calais village on Tuesday evening,
AN. |. County Agent Abbott and Ex-
hange Manager Dodge will be present
o explain about the exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
Parrots and Water.

There is a curious superstition ex-
istent among parrot keepers" says l..
s. Crandall in Pets, ITO the effect that
these birds not only require no wa
ter, but are better Off without It. The
foundation for this absurd belief is not
hard to find When parrots. particu-
larry young birds, are being brought
from the tropics they are customarily
fed on boiled corn or bread and milk.
What moisture they require is obtain
ed from the food If such birds are
suddenly given access TO unlimited wa
ter the effect on the digestive organ is
dangerous and may result in the death
Of the bird On the other hand. if the
parrot be given drink daily and then
the water be removed for a short pc.
Rod the bird will gradually become ac-
customed to it Once this is accom-
plished there is nothing to fear from
clean water"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
What the Death Mask Shows.

The value Of plaster cast as por-
trait of the dead or living face cannot
for moment be questioned. 1t must
of necessity be absolutely true to ma
ture. 1t cannst fatter: it cannot Carl
cature. 1t shows the subject as he
was or is. not only as others saw him
in the actual flesh, but as he saw him
self And in the case Of the death
mask particularly it shows the subject
often as he permitted no one but him.
self to see himself. He does not pose:
he does not TRY to look pleasant" In
his mask he is seen, as it were with
his mask off.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
The Good Old Mustard plaster.

There was a day when no well regu-
lated home in TIE state was without
a mustard plaster or the markings" of
one. IL had its own place in the house.
just as the smoking tobacco or the
green coffee had.
For years Kansas kept house and
broke the prairieS. subdued the Indians
and wasted the buffalo on quinine and
mustard plasters Many times the
mustard plaster stopped the lager
when quinine wouldn't phase IL.
In those good old days. when every
ache in the back anywhere between
the neck and the hips was called "lum-
bago" and every other pain was called
the .'old fashioned collie. mustard plas-
ter served as the family physician. IL
was applied 70 the earache Ia children
and 20 the rheumatism in fathers arm.
Coed old mustard plaster. - Kansas
City Times
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
TUNBRIDGE
Frank Folsom Sees Boys from Home
often, Is Feeling Fine.

| OIten, is feeling FINE.
Frank A. Folsom writes thus to the
folks at home:
Dec. 4, 1917
! Dear Folks at Home: ] received your
letter tonight and how glad | was TO
hear from you, Well, | am feeling fine
now; have not seen a sick day since !
left home.
| have taken out an insurance with the
government to the amount of $4,000, SO
if | do not come back, it will help you
people little. But | must come back,
you know, to keep my promise. am
thinking of taking. out another $1,000
later.
George Chase was over to see us Sun
day. He is all o. X.
We have not been paid for two months,
but expect it this week. Some coming
my way, about 800 francs. 1t is all
francs and centimes here.
We have had but two days of freezing
weather as yet. 1t has showed a little,
nothing much as what we have in old
Vermont
Well, who got deer this year? |
have not driven any as yet, but am
working in the stables. Clarence Hal
vorsen, James Dick and | are all in the
same room
| wish / had one of the Red Cross
sweaters and some gloves. The sweater
| have is pretty large
We had a regular Thanksgiving dinner
this year over here. 1t was holiday, |
but ] had to work part of the day, as /
was on stable detail.
cannot send many Christmas gifts
this year. so they will get there on time,
but will try and send one to Sis as soon
as | can get to the city
| will close now, hoping you are all
we'll. Frank l.. Folsom.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
WILLI4USTOWN

The following letter has been received
by Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Wilfore of VIII
Jamestown from their son. Floyd, who is
with the American expeditionary forces,
somewhere in France
Dec. ,, 1917.
My dear Mother: 1t is Sunday morn.
ing and haven't anything to do, SO will
write you a letter Well, Thanksgiv
day has come and gone again. This
makes twice in succession that | have
been away from home on Thanksgiving
day ! hope that l will be with you next
year. We had very good dinner here
We had roast turkey, with dressing
cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, bread
and butter and apple sauce. The dinner
was good and we all enjoyed it very
much, but believe me, fellow thinks of
home at time like that
suppose that old Vermont is buried
in snow now Was there snow enough
for sleighing ON Thanksgiving day We
haven't seen any snow yet and | don't
think that we will see much of it ii we
stay in this part of the country. We
are having weather here just like we
have at home in April and May The
sun is shining and it is nice and hot here
to-day.
| didn't know what you meant in your
letter when you wrote that Mamie and
her boy We're getting along fine. II
thought YOU meant Gerald until read
the clipping from the paper. Mamie Ger
tainly has got quite a family of boys.
Win close now and will write another |
letter soon Hoping to hear from you
all soon. with love to all of you
FLOYD
p. S. have sent Stella a silk handker- !
chief for a souvenir Let me know il |
she gets il for Christmas.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31

When St Paul addressed "epieu-
reans and stoics' (Acts xvii, 49, at
Athens the philosophy of life was prac-
tically reduced to the teaching of these
two antagonistic schools.
Pleasure and not absolute truth was
the end at which Epicurus aimed. His
system degenerated into mere mate
rialism and in this form epicureanism
was the popular philosophy at the be-
ginning OF the Christian era
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
They CAVE
THIS RUNDOWN
MAN vINOL
And He Got Back His
Strength and Energy

Sheboygan, Wis., was all tagged
out. run down. no appetite, nervous,
sleepless nights and drowsy during the
day. and was not 1T to work A friend
told me to take Ninol. ! did 50, and can
now eat three square meals a day
sleep we'll am alert. active. strong and
well and have gained eleven pounds
A. W Higby. Sheboygsn. Wis.
This il because Ninol contains the ele-
ments needed to create 4 healthy appe-
tite and restore strength The complete
formula j. printed on every package.
This Is your protection.
Red Cross Pharmacy. Floyd O. Russell.
Prop. and AZ the best drug store in ev-
cry town and city in the country ADJ.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
BROOKFNELD.

The Brookfield high school honor roll
for the fall term is as follows: Second
year. Van Huggard Roy Jones, Gladys
faylor, Richard Trask, Lillian Wills;
first year. Myrtle Austin. Agnes Bjorn.
Zita Ellis. Elizabeth Clifford This means
that the above received no mark below
r. in any subject Laura j. Parker wa
principal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
pistinuuishino Marks.

MY dinner coat needs button, Ju-
ia. Please attend to 1t tonight"
But ! can't tell your dinner coat
from your breakfast jacket. dear"
why. the breakfast jacket has eggs
on il and the dinner coat gravy
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
NORTHFIELD.

While working in the woods one day
last week. f. b. Hutchins, who recently
bought the Frank Chase farm. was
struck by a large limb Of the tree which
he was chopping, pinning him 10 the
ground and injuring both legs. one arm
and his back Although no bones were
broken. VI .rHutchins viii be laid up
for several weeks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
You Cannot Afford

to experiment with the future comfort II
your widow by neglecting life Insurance.
Your obligation is just a. great 10 her AZ
Il j. 10 your wife. Buy today and be
sure. National Life lns. Co. 81 Vt
lMutusL ;. :. Ballard, general agent,
Rialto block, Montpelier, VI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31

Jesse Moody was given pleasant sur
prise party Friday evening at his board
ing place, Miss Mae Savage's, and was
presented pair of gloves.
Dist. Supt f. w. Sharp of Brattleboro
held services yesterday at Bethel Lynn
pus in the forenoon, Gaysville in the
afternoon and the Methodist church here
in the evening.
Henry Persons, jr., is home from Bos-
ton, where he has been taking medical
treatment and attending school
Miss May Williamson is in Royalton
for few days with her aunt.
Miss Laura Manning is at her home in
Cuttingsville for the holiday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
BETHEL
Mrs. Jane G. Hunt, Aged SO, Died Sunday
Morning.

Mrs. Jane G. Hunt, aged So years, died
yesterday morning at the home of her
son, o. |. Morse, in Royalton. She was
an old resident OF this town, her home
of late being near the old church She
was spending part of the winter with
her son. She also is survived by a
Mrs. Clarence s. bearing of
Royalton The funeral will be held at
her sons home Wednesday noon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
The Flesh Was Weak.

Dear Old Lady Ito Cavalry officer
] suppose your men must become very
attached to their horses.
Cavalry Ofiicer-Well, some of them
only wish they could. London Opinion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
Her Line of Reserves.

Mary Has your sweetheart been or
dered back to camp.
iane-Nes now ] must fall back on
my reserves Irish World
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
Brief Statement By Private Atkins.

~Wot wos You before You joined the
army
Apply sketch.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

$1,000, 900 900 Of quick and valid mon
ey to our fluid circulation OF which
all of us win feel the helpful effect
without delay.
The big businesses which through
their national advertising, catalogues
and great sales agencies throughout
the country are In constant competi-
ton with the small and localized
home firms have seen it and are out
to get it in the greatest possible vol
ume. What is more, they will get it
and leave the smaller merchant to eat
what is left on the table If he doesn't
wake up, use his common sense,
brighten his eyesight and consult his
common, everyday intelligence. 1t
doesn't make any difference how
much business there may be in the
offering. it only comes to those who
go after it.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12
- - -
EAT CORN BREAD.

The report of the Department OF
Agriculture ON the outlook for the
winter wheat crop shows a very poor
yield In prospect, and that the entire
wheat crop in the United States this
year may be little more than the
amount ordinarily consumed in this
country, plus the number Of bushels
that must be saved for seed purposes.
This, coming at time when there is
tremendous demand on the United
States for grain to feed our allies in
Europe, is a grave matter and calls
for individual action.
II is suggested-and the suggestion
is a good one--that the people of this
country substitute in considerable
measure the use of corn for wheat.
The people of Europe have never
been accustomed to using corn meal
in place of wheat, but we Of the
United States-and especially we OF
the south-will only be going back to
first principles" when we substitute
corn meal for wheat flour. Corn is
an American product, wheat an i'm
ported one Our forbears In the CO.
lonial days consumed more corn than
wheat. II was corn that saved the
Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock colony
from starvation in the lean days OF
the early settlement of New England
In the south the delight of corn
pone and cracking bread have not
been forgotten by those of us whose
memories bark back quarter of q
century. Then there is that delightful
breakfast substitute for wheaton bis
cults, corn mael muifins. Down In
New England they have golden-col
ored cake they call johnny bread. '
II doesn't hit off very favorably with
the southern palate. Your southerner
prefers his corn bread without sweet
ening, most of us without eggs
some will say the best is made with
pinch of salt and some water or
sour milk in the meal-and those whc
like their corn bread made in that
simple manner regard the New Eag
land substitute as barbarism.
But the point is the more corn meal
we use the more wheat flour we will
be able to supply to our friends in
Europe who are offering their lives
for the cause of democracy.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

We are afraid Colonel Roosevelt is
wrong in his conclusions No one
doubts his war fever and We believe
that a vast majority OF the people OF
the country would like to see him
leading an army in France. But the
trouble is that there are hundreds OF
men In the country as anxious as he
is TO do this very same thing, and the
war department cannot use them all.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12
sDeafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reachsths
diseased portion of the ear, There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitution.
al remedies. Deafness is caased by an inhamed
condition of the mucous lining OF the Eustaehian
Tube. When this tube is inhamed You have
rumhlng sound or imperfect hearing, and whce
II Is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be takcL ont and
this tube restored TO its normal condition, near.
ing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out OF
ten are caused by Catarrh. which is nothing but
an infiamed condition Of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness (cacsed by catsrrhl that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circn'
q r. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Hars Family Pills for constipation. I
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

In spite OF the German submarine
American exports to Europe for the
month of March increased by $27,.
100000.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

The splendid spirit shown by the
American people in the matter of sub
serlbing TO that $1,000, 000, 900 liberty
loan runs true to form and to tradi.
ton. AS matter of fact. II was to
have been expected.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

Tho newspapers have right TO ex-
pect fair treatment at the hands of
the government. They are willing to
pay their share of the war debt, but
they should not be forced to pay more
than their gust proportion.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

General Joffre was given the most
cordial welcome In New York Thurs.
day that has boon given to any living
man by that great city since the re.
turn OF Dewey from his famous vic.
tory at Manila.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

All honor TO the Brunswick pilots.
They rendered their services to their
country, and that's all any patriots
can do.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

"AIsace Lorraine must be restored
or France will never cease lighting"
SAYS General Jolfre in New York.
More things than that must happen.
Indeed. Germany will have a very
long road TO travel when she serious.
ly talks OF peace
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

Herbert Hooyer-~and he ought to
know what he is talking about says
that flour Will go To $40 per barrel
before January LIST unless legislation
puts stop to the thing We are in
elined to believe that he is right and
the time for congress to act is now,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

The rail lines of the west. follow.
Ing the lead of those OF the southeast,
are also asking for increases in
freight rates The Adamson law af-
fords the reason. and IN fairness to
the railroads ii must be confessed
that they have strong case.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

Congress has finally acted ON the
military draft bill and men are to
be eonscripted between the ages of
81 and 30 years. Thus the views of
both houses have been partly met.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

Twenty-one to thirty is the age
limit for the conscription army. It's
a happy solution and leaves out the
mere boys 1t ought to meet the APP
prevail of the people of the country.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

That Georgia watermelon will soon
be coming along. Let us hope that
IL viii not take its place in the onion
class.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

What a patriotic bunch those Ma.
con attorneys really arei Fully TWEEN
~ per cent of them are in the of.
hcers' training camps.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

Feel down in your jeans and dig
up $33 That's the amount OF the
war revenue tax that every man,
woman and child in the country will
have to pay.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12
|. LOOK!

After several years spent abroad, l
have returned to Brunswick, where
praetioed fifteen years before going
away. treat all kinds of eye troubles.
With all the latest and most i'm
proved test lenses and instruments
for examining eyes. and with patience
and skill second to none, l will make
a careful examination and diagnosis
of all cases OF failing or i'm: aired
vision, and fit glasses to such as re-
quire them. adjusting them TO posi-
ton that will equalize and locale the
rays in harmony with the crystalline.
Eyes so fitted endure greater service
without fatigue, and last much longer
| without change.
All kinds of optical repair work
promptly attended to. New Gold, sill
vent, Aluminium AID Nickel bows, also
springs ana guards ioi ali kinds Of
eye glasses always on nand II you
break your glasses, bring me. ths
pieces and win duplicate lenses.
Free examination.
DIR. w. T. LADD.
- Roberts Pharmacy.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

This is a prescription prepared especially
Tor MALARIA or tstslLLS q FEVER.
Five or ak doses viii break any case, and
Il taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. IL acts or the liver better. thsa
Colonel aud joes not grips or siek.a. sc
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-12

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
Giynn County.
City of Brunswick.
United States Court, Southern Die
trIet Of Georgia, for ten ecuntiea