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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

light of the hall persons felt indeed they
We're in the land OF the fairies and the
witches Refreshments of popcorn and
cookies We're served and Halloween games
were nlaye1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
AMERICAN WOUNDED.
Name of G.. Gauvain, Fitchburg, in the
Canadian Casualty List.

names on last night s casualty list was
G. Gauvain, Fitchburg, Mass, wounded
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
drive AWAY HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and TEMPLES

A headache remedy without the dam
gers of headache medicine" Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And it acts at once
Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Better than a
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Used only externally, and in no way can
it affect stomach and heart, as some in
ternal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con.
gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago
ali pains and aches of the back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains
frosted feet, colds of the chest lit often
prevents pneumonia).
3Oc and COO lars. hospital size $3.50
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
WILLIAMSVILLE.
JeftS Pierce.

a wedding took place Saturday evening
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. +. J. Pierce,
where their youngest daughter, Lottle,
was married to Ray Jefts of Wardsboro,
Rev, A. s. Charlton performing the cere-
mony. They were unattended. The
brides gown was blue satin taffeta. The
only guests at the wedding, outside the
brides immediate family, were Mr.. and
Mrs, Roy Gaines of Wardsboro Mr. and
Mrs. Jefts will hive in Wardsboro. Mrs,
Jefts has always lived here and she has
many friends who extend to her best
wishes and congratulations.
Lock Hale will finish making cider on
Friday, Nov g.
c. H. Dickinson was business visitor
in Springfield Tuesday.
Mrs H. f. johnson is visiting her sis
tiers in Millers Falls, Mass.
Mrs. Fannie DeWoh of Haverhill is
visiting her mother, Mrs c. c. Cooley.
Peter Smart has moved his family t.
Ashuelot, where he has been working sew
eral weeks
h Edgar Timson. who spent the pas
month at A. w. Timson's, returned Mon
day to Boston
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Spaulding of Lud
low were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs
Z. III. Richardson.
c. ID. Lazelle, Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Rich
ardson and Miss Ruth Brown went Sat
urday to Peterboro, n. H
Mrs. Henry Bowker came Saturday fror
Syracuse, n. Y, to help care for he
lmother, Mrs. \. B. Perry.
Miss Virginia Temple accompanied he
uncle, Moses Aldrich, to Putnam, Conn
for visit of several weeks.
Richard Ingram of Brattleboro spen
several days with his cousin, Webste
lThayer, returning to Brattleboro Sunda,
Mrs. Rachael Prouty and daughte
Irene, of Winhal, have returned to the
home after a visit with her daughte
Mrs A, s. Charlton
Mrs. Rena Morse, who had been CUES
lof Mrs G.. B.. Williams several week
went Tuesday to Elmira, n Y, to tax
a course in the Gleason health resort
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Aldrich, Miss Pa,
sy Snyder and Miss Mildred Hoover can
Friday from Putnam, Conn, and visite
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Mr.. and Mrs. Z. X. Bridgeo attend
ed the funeral of Mr.. Getty in South
Londonderry Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shafto and Donald of
New York were at W. 4. Farr' 5 from
Saturday until Monday.
Mrs. Isadore Z. Smith was at the
home h on ts Of her $50. SON. Fra4k W sait4h 5sa
Miss Lillian Fales Of Boston has
been spending few days in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.. T.
Fales.
Mr.. and Mrs W. J. Park of Middle
Granville, \. Y, have been spending
a few days at John Shaw's Mr.. Park
and Mr.. Shaw were boyhood friends
and schoolmates.
Miss Mildred Jones was home from
the Brattleboro high school for few
days last week, school not being i'll
session as the teachers were attending
the teachers meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

Boston should not worry-the bean
crop is far from a failure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

The earliest that women were allowed
to act in women's parts on the stage was
in 1862, when Charles ii licensed them to
do so. Up to that time women's parts
had been taken by men and boys
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
DANGERS OF A COLD
Bedding People Will Do Well to Heed
Them

MANY bad cases of kidney trouble
result from cold or chill. Congested
kidneys fall behind in filtering the poi
son-laden blood and backache, head
ache. dizziness and disordered kidney
follow. Don't neglect a cold. Use
Doan's Kidney Pills at the first sign
of kidney trouble. Follow this Bedding
residents example:
M. II. Barlow, 514 S. Pleasant ST.,
saws: "For some time / had noticed
that my kidneys acted irregularly and
the kidney secretions contained sedi-
ment. There were pains across the
small Of my back and colds always
settled in my kidneys. Seeing Doan's
Kidney Pills advertised got some at
Connell's Drug Store, and they cured
me. Since then / haven't had any kid
ney tro1ble."
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doanis Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr.. Barlow had Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
Agricultural Department

leakage Of air. through the walls and
about windows and doors we have ar
bitrarily assumed that If the air is
changed in the stable ut such . rate
that at all times contains no more
than 3.3 per cent Of air once breath
ed fairly good ventilation would be
provided.
The simplest way Of taking air into
the stable, providing the same is of
stone or cement, is by fiues, which
can be easily constructed from five
or six-inch stove pipe with an elbow,
or the pipe may be made from ordin-
five-inch drain tile, built in such a
manner as to supply plenty Of fresh
air at all times, but which will not
cause direct draught for the ami
mails to stand in. The fiue should en-
ter the stable near the ceiling and be
so placed by the aid of the elbows in
the pipes, so that the air current will
enter the stable vertically and not
directly. A fue at each end of the
stable, both of which are construct
ed the same, should be supplied. This
arrangement will provide plenty Of
pure air at all times and will not
be detrimental to the health of the
animals in the stable.
The movement OF air currents into
and from a ventilated stable is caused
"a by the wind pressure against the
building tending to force air into the
stable.
(2) By wind suction on the leeward
side of the stable tending to draw air
out.
CD By aspiration across the top Of
the ventilator.
(4) By the difference in tempera-
ture between the air in the stable and
that outside.
When the wind is blowing against
a building there is on increase of
pressure above that inside which
forces air into the stable through
any available opening and then out
again on the opposite side or up the
flue At the same time
there is low pressure on the lee side
which tends to draw the air through
any openings on that side.
The difference of temperature
causes a difference of pressure be-
cause of the expansion making the
air in the stable relatively lighter
than that outside.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
Ventilation Of Farm Buildings
Continued From Last Week.

The most helpful rule which man
can adopt for himself or for his do
nestle animals is, to avoid whatever
tends to weaken the system and to
take advantage Of whatever tends to
greater vigor.
1t should be clearly recognized
that the germs Of diphtheria, of tub
erculosis, hog cholera and other con-
tagious diseases are liable to be met
with almost any day and in any place
and that wherever q proper breeding
place may be found the disease is IL
able to start and from it spread by
force of greater numbers of germs.
While therefore the micro-organ-
isms usually found in greatest num-
bers in dusty houses and stables poor
ly ventilated and cared for are not in
themselves source of danger, the
rundown, weakened condition which
poor ventilation is sure to engender
will certainly tend to start case of
contagious disease and then, with
greater numbers of germs in the air
to be introduced into the system, ami
mails of greater vigor must succumb
to these available foes because of
their vast numbers.
Ample ventilation then should al
ways be secured, first, as an indis-
pensible condition for maintaining
the power to resist disease, and Sec
ond, in case of disease, to both clear
the air and to give the animals an op-
portunity to defend themselves
against this type of foe.
The amount of air ordinarily taken
into and put out of the lungs by man
with each respiration averages about
80 cubic inches.
A 1000-pound COW requires daily
the equivalent of about 80 pounds of
hay and grain and 20 pounds of wa
ter, or in round numbers, 100 pounds
per head and per day of solid and
LIQUID food. The COW requires and
should be supplied with twice the
weight Of pure air that she does of
food and water combined.
We are yet without sufficiently ex-
act data to permit this problem to be
concisely stated for stables used for
domestic animals. In absence of exact
data and in view of the unavoidable
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

themselves with any kind of grit or
its substitutes and are liable to be-
come sick, due to Indigestion. There
are many more cases of Indigestion
due to lack of grit than many people
think. The commercial grit is the
best for poultry and it is so cheap
that there is no excuse for not keep
ing them well supplied with it.
The Importance for poultry cannot
be overestimated 1t is very seldom
that fowl that has all the charcoal
it will eat ever gets sick. Charcoal Is
a great blood purifier and tones up
the entire system of the fowl and aid
in preventing indigestion and the
forming of noxious gases in the crop.
If charcoal is given to young chicks,
it will insure a rapid, healthy growth;
Charcoal will prevent sour crop and
will sweeten fermented food in the
crop. If the poultry have plenty Of
charcoal their droppings will be heal
thy and normal in appearance: Pow
dered charcoal should be used for lit
tie chicks. Charcoal can be bought
in both the powdered and graduated
form. Oyster shells and grit can be
bought in various sizes of pieces, ac-
cording to the size of the stock to
which it is to be fed.
After one learns the value of oys-
ter shells, grit and charcoal, he will
never be without them. They are so
cheap that anyone can afford them
and they will save the farmer or
poultryman much more than they
cost by keeping the poultry in good
health, and in saving the feed. They
orc +ha orraafeSt arixiliarieg in the
successful feeding of poultry.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
F A r M A N d
@ Il G H A X D


The remedy for this condition
might be expected to lie in the use OF
wood substitutes, but the original cost
of these is so high that many cannot
afford either their purchase or manu-
facture. There are, however, many
cheap woods growing throughout the
state admirably adapted for use Il
they are previously treated to ward
of decay. Among such woods are
poplar, willow and Eastwood. The
common preserving material is coal
tar creosote. The method Of using Is
to place the posts in the heated liquid
from from two to four hours. The
posts are then set in the air. The
effect Of the air cooling and contract
ing within the post is to draw the
creosote farther into the wood, leav-
ing coating over the cell walls.
Posts like polar and willow, which
last naturally only from two to three
years, can by this simple treatment
be made to last over fifteen years.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

grains and dry mash, containing meat
scraps, also green feed, shell and grit:
The hens consumed an average Of
174h pounds Of grain and mash dur
ing the three years, from November
"a, 1912, to October 6, 1915, which
during that period cost 1927 per hen.
The hens laid an average Of 361 eggs
each, or lit eggs per hen each year,
and yielded total profit Of $4.18 per
hen. The feed cost Of the eggs was
TX cents . dozen. At the end of
three years there were IL Of the hens
still alive. the mortality having been
20 per cent.
II we triple the feed cost per hen
to approximate present feed prices,
and make the average price Of eggs
35 cents : dozen, hens Of same aver.
age quality would return an annual
profit above feed cost Of better than
81 each for three laying years. On the
same basis, 1000 hens would return
to the poultryman . fair living above
expense Of investment, depreciation,
etc.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
When Business Was Really Good

When Business Was Really Good
have friend who is a Manufac-
turer. And / met him on a Certain
Day, and said, How doth it fare
with thee in thy Business?
And he answered and said, have
more Business than can do. Men
Stand in Line to give me orders, and
ask No Questions about Price.
And / said, Thou oughtest to be an
Happy Man, but thou wearest Look
of Care.
And he said, This thing of getting
orders Too Easily is not What it is
Cracked Up to be. Desire again the
Good Old Days when Business was
Business.
And | said, Tell me more about it.
And he said, There be many things
about it that / like not. One thing is
this, that it hath Disorganized NV
Selling Force so that not in Ten Years
shall l have it back in its old time
Efficiency. There was a time when
my Travelling men Covered the Land
from Dan to Beersheba and from Bos-
ton to Denver, and they were known
in every Wholesale House in the
Land. They laughed at Fatigue, and
at Competition did they Mock. They
taught reluctant buyers to Eat out
Of Our Hand, and they Practiced the
Painless Extraction of Orders from
Merchants till their Salesmanship be-
came a Fine Art. Now do those
same Travelling Men sit in mine Of
flee with their feet on their desks
and treat Insolently the same Mer,
chants who come in to Plead with
them for Goods. It is not Good for a
Salesman nor for Business that II
should be on this wise. Therefore do
! desire the good old days when Bust
ness was Business, when we knew we
had the Goods and Had to Get Rid
Of them, and our Salesman had to GET
Up and Dust or Get off the PAYROLL.
And I meditated much of these things
And said.
/ am well persuaded that the Good
God knew that it was not well for
men to Achieve Success Too Easily.
Therefore will the more Patientiv
Perform my Part in the STRUGGLE -
Life. For God hath put us in q world
where he who achieveth Success must
Go Out on the Road and Do Business.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
LEWIS N. BARROW
WRITES LETTER TO AUNT

Lewis M. barrow, who is in the
aviation corps, has been transferred
to Long Island from Texas. He will,
no doubt, be crossing to France soon.
He is . nephew Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
barrow OF Belding to whom he wrote
the following letter:
18th Aero Squadron,
Garden City, Long Island, NY.
Dear Uncle and Aunt:
Received your letter some time
I'VE left Texas three weeks ago last
Sunday, coming east by a southern
route and arriving at Long Island the
next Saturday. Our camp is about
twenty-five miles out Of New York
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
POULTRY
Shells, Grit and Charcoal


Too many people who raise poultry
% not realize the Importance of sup
Ming their flock with an abundance
says a writer. In order for them to
keep in the best of health and pro-
duce the best results poultry must
be well supplied with them. l feed a
large amount of each of the above
auxiliaries and find that it is money
well spent in buying them and would
not be without them.
Oyster shells and grit are two diff
ferent things and serve entirely diff
ferent purposes. / have found farm
ers who did not know this. They
supplied their poultry with oyster
shells and thought that they had done
all that was necessary along that line
of feeding. While the shells will help
some in grinding up fowls food,
yet that is not the purpose for which
they are used. The various grains
eaten by the fowl do not supply it
with enough ash to meet its require
ments. Oyster shells will aid in doing
this and If hens have all they need,
they will seldom become egg-eaters.
Grit is also necessary to aid the
fowl is grinding up its feed. 1t per-
forms the same functions for poultry
as do the teeth for human beings. If
man is deprived of his teeth and is
compelled to eat his regular food, in
digestion and sickness viii result.
The same thing will happen if fowl
is not supplied with grit. In some
sections of the country considerable
amount of grit can be found by poul-
try on the range. If left to themsel-
YES, poultry will make a great effort
to supply themselves with these
grinders, but often the material
which they find and use is not the
proper kind TO bring the best results.
when fowls are closely yarded, or
during cold weather when the ground
is frozen or covered with snow, they
have little opportunity to supply
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

Christmas Problems
(By Mrs. l.. r. Weed)
Christmas is coming! Oh joy! and oh
woe!
What presents to give simply don't
II just cannot take time at all now to
sew.
! wish l had old Santy's Gift Box.
1t takes time and cash.
And they go like q flash!
First comes s,1 s.1 my hubby; oh, bless the
I've given him socks, ties and pins
year by year.
He'll get divorce If don't change,
! fear.
So why not . Franco Gift Box?
He loves al those things,
What . comfort that brings.
And then comes the children; 4
haven't . thought!
There isn't toy nor book but I've
bought,
have sought:
I'll get them . Franco Gift Box.
Soap, perfume, sachet,
TOR Iuelr oWu use each Gay.
There's grandfather, darling! But he
can't enjoy
The Christmas as he did when he was
boy.
But he must be pleased as he was
with toy,
So he gets a Franco Gift Box.
Now l cannot but please
u.xx. x.,sfb mod III
And then there's my sister-society
She'd much rather die than not to be
swell
She loves tint and powders and skin
foods, so-well,
I'll send her Franco Gift Box.
She'd rather have that
Than new sealskin hat.
Dear Parson Brooks is a friend kind
and true;
What to give him that is useful and
new!
Ladies' bazaars make him slippers of
blue,
I'll give him a Franco Gift Box.
Of things that are pure
He's a real connoisseur.
The first of December, and shopping
all done:
Cheaper and better and not on the
run.
And knowing each friend will be /
pleased-everyone-
Cause / sent them Franco Gift Box.
I'll ask Sanity c.
To leave one for me.
Advertisement.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
Here's a Board Bill

These days, knowing the hens ex-
act board bill is next in Importance to
knowing her exact production of eggs
in given length of time. Some test
ing work carried on by the Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station with flock of "a
Leghorn hens for three years has fur
nished valuable data on the amount of
feed consumed by a flock of layers
when kept until three years old, and
no less important is the number of
eggs these hens laid during the three
years of their lives.
This flock of Leghorns was fed
fairly well-balanced ration of mixed
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
Advise Substitution OF Cheap
Woods for Cedar in Fencing

Poplar, willow and Eastwood posts
hitherto scorned in building,
can by proper treatment with preser-
natives be economically substituted
o f the nicbSsn csorI Colleen
say. Experiments have indicated that
nese woods, which without doctor
n" last only two or three years, will
when creosoted give service for fif-
teen years or more.
The fence post situation cannot be
considered optimistically, as far as
white cedar 10 concerned, and none Of
have been produced with more than q
moderate degree Of success. In Michi-
gan localities they are either suscep-
tible to insect attacks, rs in the case
Of the black locust, or they are too
slow-growing to make commercial
production Of them practicable.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
The Christmas Spirit

However it may be, when Christmas
comes it finds us all to a greater or
less degree ready to cry "a merry
Christmas to all" and to the best of
our ability keep it with good cheer.
Deep down in our hearts every one of
us cherishes what may be called the
Christmas sentiment. Even if we go,
as so many have done of past years,
outside Of the walls of our own home
we still observe our Yuletide in a
more or less conventional manner. We
may escape our relatives, save our
selves the bother of home prepara-
tions, pretend that we have cut adrift
from the old fashioned methods, but
it all amounts in reality to the same
thing. We are animated, after all, by
the same spirit, whether we are in 3
country house, fiat, restaurant or
hotel.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

City. 1t is a very pretty place here
especially In the summer time, so ev-
erybody says.
II went home week ago last Fri
day and stayed Saturday and Sum
day. 1t seemed good to be back in
Johnson City and Binghampton once
more. 1t hardly seemed that had
been home | had to leave so soon.
My people were certainly glad to see
me again.
II never knew / had so many
friends until ! left home. When /
was home ] could hardly get along
the street, as nearly everyone l met
stopped me.
Love to all,
Lewis M. barrow"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
Cold Settled
In His Back

"FoIcy Kidney Pills always give me
prompt r.Iief."-Ed velton. Rosers, Nsbr.
rd velton. Of Rogers. Neb.. writes:
..1 havc reed Foley Kidney Pills for
bacRache, me result OF catching asI c cold
tlianev pills always give mo prompt
relief and I can cheerfuliy recon-
THE reason Foley. Kidney Pills act
so satisfactorily f. because ,Ss they neu.
,s.asts matter that remains I'm the
blood because the sera kidneys y DO mot
do their Work Pom the svstem nr,c
acid and other poisons.
Relief usually foiiows IN few
f t6s si eRs s or back, stiff joints, sore
,n,,rcies rheumatism. too frequent
nrtion Of the bladder at night. and
other painful and ar1' ,,oy ailments
,a,n no harmful ingredients. They
s ss,n SAFE nS as well as quick acting.
Wortley 8 French
ConneIl's Drug Store
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

C. A. Drake can probably show the
best record of living within his means
Of any family man in the community.
He keeps daily account Of every
cent Of income from whatever source
and also every cent paid out.
During the past year his income
and outgoes figure up showing that
every day he has been just four cents
to the good. Mr.. Drake says he did
= lot Of work beating rugs and now
ing lawns last summer and has dug
potatoes and cut corn this fall, but
with all his hard work and income it
was impossible for him to keep only
four cents ahead Of the game each
day.
II anyone can beat that record Mr..
Drake says he would like to hear
from him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19
Pere Marquette train time at Beldinp

vember i, Iyl7
To Granville and Big Rapids, $40
p. m.
To Lowell and Grand Rapids, 1887
a. m; 200 p. m, and 1851 p. m.
DAILY.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

Making living is such an easy
task with some men that they find
time to play dominoes.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

1t isn't the clever advertiser who
gets the business; it's the fellow who
talks business in his advertisements
and cuts out the fancy stunts-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

There's no law compelling a mer-
chant to advertise-except the law
of business success.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

You needn't advertise if you have
more business than you want, unless
you need help.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-19

To Ionia and Detroit, 11:42 a. m.
To Greenville and Saginaw, 7:56 a.
m.; *6:50 p. m.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-05
JESS WILLARD OFFERS
sERvICEs TO WILSON

Washington. April 5.---Jess VIII
lard, worlds heavyweight champion.
70 ready 10 leave the ring and enter
the trenches At the presidents call.
He sent q TELEGRAM 10 President VIII.
son today, as follows;
Dear Mr.. President | viii fight
When DO you want me7"