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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
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PARROTS GET FOOLED.
(Copyright.)

'1t's really very strange" said one
of the parrots in the birdhouse of the
zoo.
whats very stranger asked an
other.
I've been sitting In the top Of this
queer tree which they have given me in
my cage-home, and it never seems to
grow the least bit damp. l am used
TO the trees being damp at the top
where l can drink from the leaves.
Rain water and dew are such delicious
drinks"
"Well, as long as there is no water
up there, l would come down." said
| the other parrot.
81 suppose I must" said the first
parrot, whose name was Bluey, be-
| cause of some blue feathers he had
which were of q lovely shade. The
second parrot was named Reddy. be,
cause he had many red feathers.
/ There is water down here" said
Reddy. THE keeper always puts il
here for US. We really can depend or
him much more than we can on the
rain. The trouble is that the rair
does what it likes, whereas the keeper
does as we like
THAT'S So" said Bluey. "But I hav,
a special fondness for rain water"
al must admit that have too" salt
Reddy.
Bluey came down from his perez
high up in the tree and he took a lon
drink from the little white cup in hi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
CHURCH NOTICES.

St Michael's Roman Catholic church.
Sunday. Sept , Masses at !, $50 and
1870. Benediction at the close Of the
last mass. There Will be no service
Sunday evening.
Universalist church, f ,v.D. L. Trout,
minister Divine worship 1880 a. m,
with sermon by the pastor. Bible school
.11.45 a. m. Preaching service Guilford
Center 2.45 p. m.
Unitarian church. Rev. E. Q. S. Os-
good, pastor Service next Sunday at
1890, with preaching by the pastor.
Sunday school at 11.45. All are wei
come at both services.
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Emerson building, Elliot street, Sunday
service at 1915 a. m. Subject, Christ
Jesus. Wednesday evening, testimonial
meeting at 7.45. Reading room open
daily except Sundays and legal holi-
days, from to clock. MI are wei
come.
ST Michael's Episcopal church, Rev.
! r. Fredrik Virgin, rector. 18th Sunday
after Trinity: s a. m, holy communion;
1890 a. m, holy communion and ser
mon, special service. Tuesday, $50
a. M, and Thursday, go Il. M, holy
communion. Friday, $50 p. m, even
ing prayer and intercession.
Methodist church, Rev. Douglas Cor
don Guest minister. Services for Sun
dav: 1890 a. m, sermon by the pas
tor. Topic. When Jesus Failed; 11.4s
a. m, session of Sunday school; CSC
D. m, meeting of Epwo' i league. Topic
Has Summer Play = Brought Leannes'
to Your Soul? Ps2. l06:l2-l5. Leader
F. A. Shaw; 7.30 p. m, sermon by pas
tor Topic, The Good Way. Church
iprayer meeting Friday evening at 7.30
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
A Soldiers Protest.
(St. Alhans Messenger.


Capt +. w Gibson, commander of
Brattleboro S company in the First Yer
mont, writing beyond doubt with the
approval of Colonel Thomas, takes The
BrattlebOro Reformer to task for its in
ference that the men who were not
taken for service III the Goth division
were in some way inferior to those who
were selected. The captain points out
that such observations make the remain
ing men feel that an injustice is being
done them and declares that sit is the
wish of Colonel Thomas that such state
mcnts be met with with prompt and I'M
equivocal refutation.'' Captain Glib
son S concluding paragraph should make
an end to the unkind, although we'll
meant, comparisons which have been
! thoughtlesslv made in some papers He
closes as follows: 1t is the opinion
of the commanding officer, backed by
| that of General Tillotson, that there
are 676 more men in this regiment Just
as fit, just as well qualified, just as good
soldiers, filled with just as much de-
sire to do their part and who have just
as much of the spirit of their state
as those transferred to the Goth divi-
sion. Because they have been left with
their own regiment Of Nermonters should
not be taken against them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
Providence and Fools.
Rutland News

Just why Providence should take care
of fools who get drunk while automo
billing is not clear, but it certainly does
once in a while. 1t did in the case of
five motorists from Springfield who,
while loaded with drink, went over a
bank near Bellows Falls Wednesday
night and permitted them to come out
of it alive. The Bellows Falls municipal
judge was also very lenient with them,
filming each only a paltry So. They
should have been sent to jail for at least
NINETY davs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
cooperation of subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person,
by telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
HOSPITAL CORPS FROM FORT.
Train Carrying $50 Men Went Through
This Morning.

A train of nine coaches carrying $50
men Of the hospital corps of the regu-
lar army went through Brattleboro
about O'Clock this morning. Part of
the men are on their way to the canton
ment at Aver, Mass, and the remainder
will go to stations in Connecticut, New
York and Maryland. The train re-
manned in the local station ABOUT 10
minutes. 1t attracted considerable
crowd of people who thought the boys in
khaki were a part of the First Vermont
infantry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co
G. w. Cleayeland. ID. X. Cutler & Co
tEsteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy.
Aliens Depot Newsstand
West 8rattleboro, J. L. Stockwel
East Dummerston, NJ. r. Brown.
Putney, NJ G.. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder
Townshend, c.. w. Cutler
West Townshend. c.. II. Grout
jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, r. IT. Tyler.
South Vernon, II. Il. Buffum
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs w
Streeter.
HInsdaIe. N. H.. w. II Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor. VT. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

The Connecticut valley, in general,
and the city of Springfield, in particu-
lar, seem to be suffering from unusually
heavy transforms this year. On Thurs
day Springfield experienced a cloud
burst in which the total rainfall ex-
ceeded that of the terrific storm of
July 81 although property damage for
tunately was much less.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

Local railroad men and many others
viii be well wishers Of George c. Jones
who leaves st. Adams to become assist
ant to the newly chosen president of the
Grand Trunk Pacific systems with head
quarters at Toronto
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

Of course, the government price of
1920 a bushel for wheat was compro-
mise. Labor men on the committee
first voted for $l.S4 and the farmers
for 500. Thereafter it was Just a
case of finding middle ground on
which both factions could agree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

High prices are certainly productive
of many changes these days. On ac-
count of the present cost of cast iron
the water department of Athol, Mass,
has decided to put in 1000 feet of wood
en- pipe and figures that in SO doing it
is saving 81 900.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

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cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
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count for each subsequent insertion,
without change Of copy
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change OF copy
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER /, 1917.

The British casualty list for the past
month is SOLDERING evidence of the price
of military success even though they
were less than in July.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

The senate is going to take final
vote on the war tax bill Sept 10. Mean
while, rs we have said before, why
worry about its provisions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
White Satin:
:: ::|::::..:::. Flour s:
-. .. 80.
We .SHatl MAINTAIN THE QQautY.
- 49,. $500.
The 'Bui5,ii,i Question


Costs, labor materials,
service, everything is going
up. Unless prices or quality
change, profits will shrink
and losses follow.
Shall old prices be main
tanned with quality lowered
or shall quality remain the
same and prices be raised?
Leaders everywhere are
following one course-main-
tanning the quality and rails
ing the price,-the common
sense American business
way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

1t is reassuring to know that the mil
itary authorities at Washington have
found way to grant the reasonable
popular demand that medical students
be exempted from army service until
after they have completed their studies
and become far more useful to their
country, potentially, than they would
be as soldiers in the ranks. Medical
students and hospital internes of more
than years study are to enlist in the
reserve corps and then be discharged
to continue study or practice as civil
ians for the time being. The limiting
of this special exemption to men who
have already studied medicine for a
year seems entirely proper as it shuts
the doors of the medical school ana the
hospital to those who might otherwise
enter them solely to avoid military
duty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01

Now that the trout fishing season for
1917 is over it is suggested that some of
the enthusiastic fishermen might devote
little attention to the matter of re-
stocking waters which they have done
much to deplcte. Altogether too many
fishermen are there whose energies are
devoted exclusively to taking out fish
The true sportsman is the one that does
something each season toward the work
of restoration. 1t is clear that if the
fishing resources of Vermont are to be
conserved and improved fish must be
planted.-Rutland News.
IN this county the work of restocking
is being efficiently handled by the Wind
ham County Fish and Game club, to
which most of the fishermen in this To-
cality belong. However, the habit of
doing something each year to help i'm
prove the fishing is one that every in
diyidual sportsman ought to acquire.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all
news credited to II and not otherwise
credited I'm this paper and also the local
news published herein.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
FROM THE PRESIDENTS MES
SAGE,

Let there be no misunderstood
ing. Our present and immediate
task is to win the war, and nothing
shall turn us aside from it until it
is accomplished. Every power and
resource we possess, whether of men,
of money, or of material, is being
developed and will continue to be
devoted to that purpose until it is
achieved. =
1--WE shall regard the war as won
only when the German people say
to us, through properly accredited
Representatives, that they are ready
to agree to settlement based upon
justice and reparatiOn of the wrongs
their rulers have done.
When this intolerable thing, this
German power, is, indeed, defeated
and the time come that we can dis
cuss peace-when the German peo-
pie have spoken whose words we
can believe and when those spokes-
men are ready in the name of their
people to accept the common judg-
ment Of the nations as to what shall
hencefOrth be the basis of law and
of covenant for the life of the world
we shall be willing and glad to
pay the full price for peace and pay
it ngrudgingly. We know what
that price will be- 1t will be full,
impartial justice-justice done at
every point and to every nation that
the final settlement must affect our
enemines as well as our friends"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
Sea Offers.

Some of the habits Of the sea otter
are very interesting. For example, an
otter always swimS on his back, his
tail serving as a rudder and his head
slightly raised so that by looking over
his shoulder he can shape his course.
When about to dive, however, he turns
on his stomach, remaining in that posi-
ton while under water, but changing
again on coming to the top, writes Ed
ward E. Martin, in st. Nicholas. Swim
ming a few feet below the surface, an
otter very much resembles q sailor in
his oilskins. An amusing story is told
of tourist fisherman who, seeing one
of these animals swimming in this
manner, hurried ashore and related q
wonderful tale about having seen q
sailor man, apparently drowned, yet
swimming with all the vigor of life six
or seven feet under water; and who,
when he, thinking the man might be
alive, rowed to his assistance, went
down and stayed down. The fisherman
would not believe it when told that it
was probably sea otter, and he re-
turned Immediately to his Eastern
home convinced he had received SUI
pernatural warning of some dire ca
lamity about to happen.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
Are You a Superior Person?

A professor of psychology announced
to his class somewhat humorOusly one
day that he should PROFOUND a prob
lem by means Of which each member
could prove to his own satisfaction
whether or not he was a superior per-
son. The average person, he explained.
never works it cut; only the person of
superior practical ability succeeds.
Here is the problem, as prOpounded by
the Youths Companion:
A man has two pals, one of which
holds exactly five quarts and the other
exactly three quarts. He is sent to the
river to bring back exactly seven
quarts of water, no more, no less. With
only the five-quart pail and the three
quart pail how can he measure exactly
seven quarts? Can you solve it?
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
HAVE A CHEEKY DINING ROOM
Gloomy Surroundings Prompt Hasty
Eating and May Be Responsible
for Many Cases of Dyspepsia.

Few home-builders realize the impOr-
lance of the dining room. Too fire.
quently it is placed in some convent
ent corner. light and outlook being
sacrificed for the benefit of other
rooms. 1t is true that in a small cot
tage q dining room may be omitted.
This may be necessary in order to give
added space to the living room. 1t is
better to have either an alcoye off the
kitchen or make n combined Lying and
dining room than to provide both with
out proper size or ventilation. But a
house of large or medium size should
have separate dining\ room, writes
Dorothy Verrill Yates, in Peoples
Home journal.
The first requisite for a dining room
is sunlight. Many a case of dyspepsia
probably comes from dining in gloomy
surroundings which create hasty eat
ing. Ones meals should be served in
a pleasant room with 4 pleasant at
mosphere. This is as necessary to
health as the proper observance of
rules of diet.
The ideal dining-room exposure is
southeast, and it should have all the
windows possible. and as charming an
outlook as can be arranged. The day
is much better started in sunshine
than in shadow. and with a view of a
rOSe-cOvered trelliS or g Towering
hedge, instead of an ugly fence or
yard"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
sELF-INJURY FROM LYING
Vicious Habit Makes II Difficult for
the Prevaricator to Succeed In an
Honest Undertaking.

Lying comes not of aggressive
shrewdness, but of cowardice and of a
shallow cunning that is often treach-
erous and tricks the lie into transpar-
ency.
1t is not the danger of being found
out by others that is most to be
dreaded; far more dreadful is it that
the liar must know himself to be a
liar, the Christian Herald says.
Ills self-respect suffers-the leaven
in him loses strength and leaves him
dead dough.
The cunning that leads to lying is
a rot that must permeate the whole
character and make man uncertain
of himself 1t distorts his perspective,
obScureS his vision, and warps his
comprehension. The habit of miSrep-
reSentatiOn leads to miScOnceptiOn, the
judgment becomes as erratic as the
tongue. and there results the man
who couldn't tell the truth if he want
ed to-
Nothing so shakes the confidence of
one ) 1rleIuS as kuOWu ~ iuS uOSo /,
nothing so skaters ones own self-con-
fidence as does lying, whether known
to others or not.
The cowardice that fathers lying in
creases with the lie. Fear of detec-
ton joins with self-contempt in MAX
ing the liar greater coward than be-
fore. One lie calls for another in its
defense.
Soon q tangled web spun Of false
hood makes it all the harder for the
liar to succeed in even an honest I'M
dertaking. His lies are chain and
ball upon his foot. They are beam in
his eye and weight on his heart He
founders along. most of his energy be-
ing required to overcome the impedi-
ment, while the truthful man easily
outstrips him.
The lying cheat in the "Nicar of
Wakefield" who was always Swindling
everybody, died in Jail for debt, while
his honest neighbor. who was swindled
a thousand times, steadily prospered
and died rich and respected. Fiction.
eh? Well, it is immortal as fiction, be-
cause it is fact the world over
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
PREDICTS ELECTION OF BOUR
BON MAN AS SPEAKER.

That Hon. Claude NJ Thomas, OF
Paris, will be elected Speaker of the
lower house at the next General AS
sembly of Kentucky when it con-
venes in Frankfort in January, is
the prediction being freely made by
politicians.
Mr.. Thomas has been making a
very active campaign among the
Representatives in the State, and it
is said he has positive assurances
that he will be the choice of that
body. While in the Senate Mr..
Thomas was staunch supporter of
the county unit bill, and he will
have behind him the solid support
of the local option and prohibition
forces of the State.
Among the latest adherentS of
Mr.. Thomas is Representatives.
John w. Swope, of Clark county,
who has announced his support of
Mr.. Thomas against his opponent,
Mr. Robt. l.. Grove, of Lagrange.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
- - - = -
GLOVES FOR SWIMMERS.

A native of the Hawaiian Islands
has invented a webbed glove for use
in swimming which is said to in
crease the speed and ease of the
swimmer enormously. The glove is
webbed like ducks foot between
the fingers, so that a great increase
of bearing surface against the water
is secured on every stroke. If the
stroke used is the over-arm, the re-
covery is of course through the air,
but even if an underwater recoy-
cry is used, the glove is so arranged
that the web collapses and there is
little additional back-pressure on
the recovery.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
Home For Sale Privately

On account Of Mr.. Napier's passen.
ger run being changed from Paris 70
Lexington and Cincinnati necessitat.
ing a removal to Lexington, desire
to dispose Of my residence at the cor
ner Of Main and Second streets. In
Paris, at private sale
This is a substantial brick house.
two-stories. has six large rooms:
sleeping porch; two concrete porches:
large garden and poultry yard: side
and front yard. 1t IL a n-st-class
home and will be bargain for ths
purchaser. 1t is In -i-st-class shape.
An inspection of the house and prem
ises is invited.
MRS. JESSE 8. NAPIER,
(4-tf) 12S Main Street.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
PAPER CLOTHES.

extensively with paper clothes, fol
lowing an old practice of the Japa-
nese in applying the paper to this
use, but without much success
Latest reports have it that while pa
per is impractical for, the chief gar
ments of the Teutons they are finding
it satisfactory in certain minor ca
pacities, notably in the manufacture
of belts and suspenders. In the
belts it serves as a substitute for
leather, which is even scarcer than
cloth. The paper for this purpose
is braided into fine strands, and
these are combined into a fiat plait
for the finished article. The belts
are said to be very strong.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
PACKING FISH.

A new machine has been intro
duced into the salmon canneries of
the Northwest, which does the work
of fifty men. All the processes of
cleaning, splitting and removing the
fins of the fish are performed by the
machine automatically, and it can
handle sixty fish a minute. 1t is ad-
Unstable TO fish of almost any size.
At the instance of the United States
Bureau of Fisheries, the salmon can
ners are planning to pack greyfish
in the slack periods between salmon
runs, and it is expected that the
new machine will prove successful in
handling the greyfish as we'll as the
salmon
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
ADVERTISING RATES

Display Advertisements, $1.00 per
Inch for first time; so cents per inch
each subsequent insertion.
Reading Notices, 10 cents per line
each issue; reading notices in black
type, 20 cents per line, each issue.
Cards of thanks, calls on candi-
dates, obituaries and resolutions, and
similar matter, 10 cents per line.
Special rates for large advertise.
ments and yearly contracts.
The right of publisher is reserved
70 decline any advertisement or other
matter for publication.
Announcements for political Offices
must invariably be accompanied by
the cash.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-25
CHRISTMAS GOODS THAT WERE
BOUGHT RIGHT.

Christmas shoppers this year are
trying to save money Those who
are wise will take advantage of the
following information: Jas. E. Cra-
ven has just returned from Cincin-
natl, where he bought a car load of
good things for his holiday trade.
Mr.. Craven has told us that has
bought more than ever before, con-
sequently bought his goods right.
And by being on the ground got the
best, picked it out and sent it home.
If you want the best Oranges, Ba-
nanas, Grape Fruit, Figs, Nuts,
Dates, Candies, both in the bulk or
box, see him. Buy from Craven and
get the best at the cheapest price.
(x) JAS. E. CRAVEN.