Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-16

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While the second Liberty Loan did
not quite reach the five billion mark
it was near enough to show that
American dollars are behind the
government to win this war. Amer
lea is just waking up.
The open season this year has
been the most unfavorable for hunt
ers for many seasons. The snow and
frozen leaves makes the deer easily
detect the hunter, hence the fire.
quent report mo game" 1t is
good for the deer nature thus pro-
tects them.
Judge Stanley C. Wilson, the new
member of the superior court, does
some original thinging and will keep
Vermont jurists active. He has re-
GETTY made decision that standing
timber is personal property and not
real estate. Now let's note if the
wise ones hold the same view.
80, Vermont went over the top" on
the Food Pledge campaign with
63,261 pledge cards and more to fol-
low. The National Food Admins
tration telcgraphed, Vermont is
doing a fine job" With Vermont
the first state to report and doing
a fine job what will Golfers say
now.
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20 Remember the Red Triangle and
what the Y. M. G. A. means to your
boy across the water, and help boost
the war fund of the Y. M. C. A. over
the $35 900, 900 mark. We want the
boys to keep fit" and their leisure
i hours made helpful. The Red Tri-
angle is doing this and in helping it
to do this good work you are bring
ing the greatest benefit and comfort
to the boys on the battle front.
The St. Johnsbury Republican says,
why not have a smokeless day."
Yes why not? If there should be a
'smokeless day as fully observed
as the wheatless and meatless days,
there would be a. surprisingly large
sum saved that now goes up in
smoke and is wholly luxury. We
have not come to where it is an
absolute necessity to do this but it
would be self-denial helpful to the
country and good for mankind.
"a Burlington man has discovered
a new way of cutting loose from life.
de drank shoe polish and made his
exit from this old world. II is not
stated whether he drank the shoe
polish with d meditated purpose of
ending his life, or from force of
habit some people have sampling
everything in liquid form. How
3ver the dose was effective ard shoe
polish road, from now on, may be
he popular way into the next world
~ those who cannot wait for Time
to carry them over.
"Appelman Quits University" an
nCunces the headline in Tuesdays
papers. How much better it would
nave been for Appelman to have
quit" months ago. Appelman was
an alien enemy sent here by the I'M
perial government Of Germany in
the interests of his government and
returned after the United States
was at war with his country because
his government thought he might
be of better serviceto the Fatherland
by teaching and ecturing than by
lighting in Germany" We Amer
leans are far too lenient and have
allowed too many Appelmans to
teach and lecture" pro-German
sentiment. Appelman should not be
permitted to leave America but in.
termed as an alien enemy. The Her.
aid is glad the University of Yer.
mont is cut loose from this fostering
sore of German innoculation. 1t L
100 bad the lancet of justice did moi
clip it before, for there has grown s
sentiment somewhat antagonistic tt
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