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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

west end Of the iron bridge at the end
OF Elliot street to the six tenement
house on Birge street, about 400 feet
II length, was covered by another reso-
luton offered hy Mr. Holden authoriZ-
ing the building Of the walk at an ex
pcnaa net to exceed $50. The resolu-
ton vas adopted Is moved.
Tic next article. to see whether the
10 years the National Automatic Ma
chine Co. caused considerable discus
sion. f. ". Gibson introduced a mo-
ton that such exemption be granted.
Mr.. Lynch wanted to know Is that
meant on the property now occupied
~ the concern, and Mr.. Gibson replied
than II referred to the personal proper
t. in the form of machinery.
John I. haine said that he believed
the concern should guarantee the en-
Iiovm2nt of q certain number OF men
during the period of exemption. lie
remembered that the White River
Chair company had guaranteed the en-
plovmcnt Of 20 men and had more than
complied with the guarantee.
MIR. Gibson said that the company
came to Brattleboro IN 1914 and it was
generally understood that it was to be
exempted from taxation, but the bust
ness had gone along to the present day
without the matter being officially
;ctcd upon. The payroll is about $500
:; week and about 60 hands are en-
Frloyld. Other towns are trying to get
the Plant to move.
/ Mr.. Lynch wanted to know if the
eomran5 had ever paid tax AID Col
lector w. A. SUBWAY replied that it
had until last year. Fred A. Better
ley, lister, when Intercepted said
t4tt when he went there last year he
Nas informed that the company was
exempt and reported that to the board.
] Mr.. Kainc believed still that there
should be some guarantee of the number
of men to be employed.
Q. B. Hughes spoke at length declar-
I ing that the company had located here
III good faith with the understanding
that it would be exempted from taxa
ton and that the town should play fair
with the concern and afford the same
privileges to the National Automatic
Machine company that it had to other
concerns under similar circumstances.
1t was then voted to exempt the com
pany from taxation on its personal
property upon the guarantee that at
least % hands shall be employed dur
ing the period of exemption.
John T. KANE moved to dismiss ar
ticle 10 calling for an appropriation OF
81, goo for replacing and repairing the
drop curtain and scenery of the Audi
torium. Mr.. Holden objected. The
moderator declared that the motion hat
been lost, on close voice vote, and OF
Mr.. Holden s motion to appropriate the
sum asked it went through with 6
whoop, only a few scattered voices be
ing raised against it.
Under the last article, to transact any
other business, Mr.. Stafford moved thai
the town buy an automobile truck, but
the chair ruled that the motion was moi
in order.
Mr.. Holden moved that next year the
town should not use the Australian bal
lot. L. W. Gibson said that two year:
ago he made the motion to adopt it bu
was now willing to move that the tow
rescind the vote.
The chairman explained that unde
the statutes the Australian ballot wa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
HEARD ON THE STREET
Junction Mans Views on Topics of the
Day

(From the White River Junction Land
mark
That no complaint is made about
short measure when we have 4 peek
OF trouble.
That when YOU patronize your home
merchant You help your own town and
indirectly help yourself
That what some men know about
automobiles would fill q book, and
what they don I know fills hospitals
That it is q mighty big thing to
have the courage to wear Your old
clothes until you can pay for new ones.
That the noisiest political Granger
has the smallest woodpile in his door
yard and the fewest potatoes in his
cellar.
That the popular idea of public i'm
provcment is for the town to spend
lot of money in front of your own
house.
That owing to the fact that there will
be no baseball strike it hardly seems
necessary to have an extra session of
congress.
That some people claim that women
are not fit to be lawyers. but that
would not be because Of their inability
10 tax TO the jury.
That Cheney says the most heauti-
full sight the village gardener can pro-
duce in our back yard this summer,
will be a little plot cf ilourishing Pc
tatocs and cabbages.
That those congressman who arc pro
posing TO raise the tax on newspapers
didn [ talk that way when the were
begging 10 free publicity before the
last election.
That appealing to national honor
is not sure TO bring results, but wait
until people are thrown out of work
by interference of submarine warfare
with shipments Of goods.
That if the immigration department
solves the servant problem, as is hoped,
our wives will no longer be compelled
go shamefully TO neglect their whist
parties and club duties.
That the farmers who have not been
moved by the tales of children going
hungry for lack of potatoes, are deep
| ~ stirred by the possibility that their
potatoes may rot in the cellar
That there is general complaint that
| the chorus girls and movie stars don I
wear enough clothes OF course, if
| their faces were attractive they
wouldn t have to resort to scanty dress
ing
4 That you can't arouse much patri
/ otic enthusiasm nowadays on the suf
4 fcrings Of the forcfathers. but You may
be allie to stir up some hy reminding
our citizens Of the size Of the Ameri
can pay envelope.
( That the paper trust may think that
newspapers are published for the sole
purpose Of making the paper makers
millionaircs, but the American peopl,
had other purposes in mind when they
established free press.
THAT when two drunken roughs puncl
each other gently in the street, it j!
n disgraceful FIST fight; but when tw,
professional bruisers nearly kill eacl
other on the stage, it is the gentleman
ly sport of boxing.
That with chickens selling for 81
cents pound and eggs five cent
apiece the poultry industry is an i'm
portant factor today and will bea
much study, whether conducted as
side line or as an exclusive occupation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Tie Farm Tractor.

kan0as City is a sort of centre of
gravity OF the farming country. A
week or SO ago it held an automobile
show, which in size WIS by no means
inferior 20 the shows in New York.
Farmers poured in from all over; the
city swarmed with them; the; crowd
cd the automobile show; they came to
buy. But the most interesting and as
tonishiug exhibit o. all, from the point
Of view OF o banker who has just re-
turned to New York, was the exhibit
cf farm tractors. These were not shown
with the automobiles. There was not
room. No available building was large
enough. In order 30 do them justice, il
was necessary for the exhibition man
ayers to secure an immense circus tent
In this were placed gaso,enc farm
tractors OF all shapes and sizes, which
suggested nothing so much as distorted
animals, giraffes, elephants, kangaroos
and angleworms. The tent was packed
with farmers. They were interested
There is shortage of help on the
farms. There is even shortage OF
horses Farmers are desperate for some
thing to pull their ploughs. And farm
crs bought
II may be that we do not vet know
the extent q the industry, for no re
liable statistics on output, inveJ ed
capital, ard so forth, have set beef
completed The industry is in the en-
bryonic stage of evolution. These man
gled, uncanny, animal-like forms, thes'
machines--some with two immens,
wheels in front and a pitifully littl
one in back, some viee-versa, SOM
with q giant wheel on one side ant
miniature wheel on the othcr-al
this depicted stage of evolution sue
as automobiles we're in almost eener
alton ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
NO INDIGESTION, GAS,
OR STOMACH MISERY
IN FIVE MINUTES
'Pape's Diapepsin" for sour, acid
stomach, heartburn,
dyspepsia

Time il, In FIVE minutes your sour.
acid stomach feels fine. No indigestion,
heartburn, or belching of gas, or cruc-
tations Of undigested food, no dizziness,
bloating, foul breath or headache.
Papc's Dinpepsin IS noted for its
speed in sweetening upset stomachs. 1t
Is the surcst, quickest and most certain
stomach anti.acid in the whole world,
and besides, il is harmless
Millions Of men and women now eat
their fayortc foods without feay--they
know papc's Diapepsin will save them
from such misery.
Please, for your sake get large
Fifty.cent case OF papes Diapepsin
from any drug store and put vour stom.
ach right Don't keep on being miscr
ahle-life is too short YOU are not her,
long. 80 make your stay agreeable. Eat
what you like aud enjoy it, withou;
dread Of acid fermentation in the stom
aeh.
pape's Diapepsin belongs in YOU
home anyway. should one OF the famil,
eat something which don Z agree Will
them, or In ease OF an attack of indiges
ton, dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach dc
rangcment due to fermentation anC
aeidity, az daytime or during the night
IL IL hhhdy 20 give the quickest, sures
relief known.--Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

loss at about $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
-ance; d. L. Rock, barber, whose loss is
$500, with no insurance; NJ. G. Bachel-
der, plumber, who estimates his loss at
about $4,000, with insurance of $4,000:
Michael Towle, poolroom, whose loss is
81 200, with no insurance, and b. C.
Newell and Ira Brooks, tenants, each
of whom lost household effects. The
buildings were owned by Jay Brown of
Rutland, and the loss on them is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The fire started in the barber shop,
when the proprietor was filling tank
with gasoline. A bottle of the fluid fell
from his hands and broke. igniting and
setting the whole place ablaze.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

obligatory IN towns and cities of over
5000. Mr.. Gibson said he thought the
last census was the basis upon which the
population was estimated, and that
showed 900. 1t was then voted to do
away with the Australian ballot.
Mr. Kainc introduced a resolution
that the selectmen have printed in
pamphlet form for distribution to voters
and taxpayers of the town list of all
taxable real estate in town with its APP
praised valuation at the quadriennial
appraisals of 1910 and 1914.
G. a. Boyden wanted to know why
Mr.. Kaine replied that many large
towns did it aud he displayed pamph-
let issued by the town Of ST. Johnsburv.
S. \. Richmond asked TO amend SO
that the list would show the location,
ownership and valuation and the amend
mcnt was adopted
Mr.. Gibson said that at a previous
town meeting the sum of $4,000 had
been appropriated for q site for an
armorr, l;;.t That &c agent had been APP
pointed to select and buy such
a site. lie said that the legislature had
recently passed a bill providing for an
annual appropriation of 5000 for an
armory to be built in the state each
year. He moved that Col. j. G. Estey
be constituted and appointed such
agent, and the adoption OF this motion
constituted the last business other than
the voting on such questions as are de
cided by ballot, such as the license ques
ton and the election of officers
With the elimination of the business
ma I1+A ,,xr
dwindled to almost nothing. There were
no contests for town officers and no cam
paign had been made looking toward
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
HERBERT w. BRACKET.
Wilmington Resident Dies in Melrose
Hospital in West Brattleboro.

Herbert William Brackett. 45. Of
Wilmington, died this morning in the
Melrose hospital in West Brattleboro
of heart and kidney trouble. He had
been in i'll health two years and had
been in the hospital several weeks.
Mr.. Bracket was born in GuilforG
June II, 1871, son OF George +. and
Martha 3. (Robinson) Bracket He
had made his home in Wilmington and
never married. lie leaves one brother,
AlOnzo J. Bracket of Frost street.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at 3 o clock at 35 Frost
street, Rev. Delmar t. Trout, pastor
Of the Universalist church, officiating.
Members of Wantastiquct lodge, /. O.
O. r.. Of which he was member. will
DC bearers. The body will be placed
III the tomb in Prospect Hill cemetery
for burial later in Guilford.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
TOWN WILL HIRE ENGINEER.
Continued from Page ~

by said town amounting to 900 car
ried over from 1916 on account Of eN-
pcnse incurred by the payment Of land
damages on the strengthening Of Main
street at Flat street corner.
'.Said bonds shall be in dehomina-
ton of $500 each, bearing interest at
fosr per cent per annum, payable semi
annually The principal OF the bonds
shall be registered or payable TO bear
cr as the purchaser may elect, and the
interest shall be payable by way Of cou-
pons attached TO the bonds, interest
payable January | and July ! Of each
wear at the office OF the treasurer of
the town OF Brattleboro. The bonds to
he serial III number and the principal
thereof payable in order of their mum
her, 1000 in 1927. $4,000 iii 1928,
II 600 in 1929 and $4,000 in 1890.
THE treasurer Of the town shall keep
record Of all bonds issued and when
and where payable.
All bonds shall be signed by the
tselectmen of the town, or majority
thereof, and countersigned by the treas
urer Of the town, and the treasurer IS
hereby authorized to sell the same at
not less than par and accrued interest
1 The matter or 4 sidewalk on Vernon
street from the southerly end OF the
/ present walk 20 the plant of the White
| River Chair Co was introduced under
article - bv Mr.. Holden, who offered
= resolution that the town raise four
Icr eent on the grand list to build 3
four foot wide cement sidewalk to the
plant Of the chair company and re-
tanning wall near the property 81 the
4 PurcLred Live Stock S@les company.
He said that from figures he had OBJ
tanned $1,000 would build the Sidewalk
without curbing, 500 would build the
retaining wall and the balance of about
$4,000 which would be raised by the
tax Of four per cent should be speat
fer cobblc ditch for drainage.
Fred G. Brown amended 10 strike out
the words without curbing' main
tanning that il might be advisable III
places to put in eurbing. j. Edgar
Meilen agreed with Mr.. Brown
Mr. Holden said that curbing would
cost so cents q yard additional OF
about $500 Cor the curbing.
Mr.. Durham asked if the appropria
ton suggested would be sufficient and
Chairman w. T. Stellman of the Sc
lcctmen replied that it would not be
large enough.
Mr.. Brown maintained that his
amendment did not make it obligatory
thot the curbing should be built.
Mr. Stafford wanted enough money
appropriated to make it possible to Dc
the work propcrly' and the resolution
was amended by Mr.. Holden to reat
four and half per cent on the ia,
with the words ''without curling
: stricken ont. 1t was adopted.
Then came the article calling for thu
building OF a permanent highway from
Bridge street to the plant of the White
River Chair company. Patrick H
and argument was passed by promp
Lynch moved that the article be dis
!, MISSED and another chance for orator.
, compliance with. Mr.. Lynch s motion.
Article II, to see if the town woult
( instruct the road commissioner to con
struct a cement sidewalk FROM tn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
SOUTHERN RIVERS RAMPANT.
Flood Stage Already Reached in Ten
nessee, Alabama and ether States.

ATLANTA, Ga. March 6.--Fifteen
rivers In five states Tennessee, Ala
hama, North Carolina. Georgia and
Virginia arc OVERLOOKING rs the result
Of many days of heavy rain. The up.
per Tennessee az Knoxville and Chat
tanooga overlooked and several hundred
persons in those cities and nearby
towns wore driven from their homes.
Relief measures were quickly taken
and the homeless cared for with mini.
mum of suffering. The Little Pigeon
river. further to the east. is out Of its
banks, and. the Cumberland at Nash
vile is almost ut flood stage with an
overflow forecast for tomorrow.
In Alabama, the Coosa and ITALIA
puOsa rivers. which form the Alabama
river. the Cababa, Black Warrior and
TombigbCc are overlooked The prop
crty loss around those rivers will be
heavy.
The Chattohooehee. Oconce and Oc.
mulgec rivers in South Georgia are at
flood stage, while the Ncuse and Ro.
anoke rivers in North Carolina are out
Of hanks. The Catawba, which over
flowed last summer with heavy loss
Of life and property, became rampant
Sunday night carrying away q rail.
road and highway bridge.
In Virginia the james river and
smaller eoutributory streams are rising
rapidly with floods predicted.
II is believed that cold weather
which is predicted, will cause the fresh
cts TO subside.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Individuality Of Pupil.

There is a We'll known Biblical quo
tation, MANY are called, but few arc
chosen "a saying which we have all
OF US heard times without number. II
has, in these days rife with the talk
Of higher education. an application 9th
er than that for which it was origin
allg intended. With all appropriate
ness II may be applied to the pedagog-
zeal profession today. How many OF
those called TO that lifc-to whose care
il entrusted the making and forming
Of the character Of the citizen Of to-
morrow think simply Of the incubation
into the mind of the child Of the three
X $ or i'll the higher institutions,
the propouuding Of the intricate syn
tax of Greek or Latin sentence on
the question Of the innocence or guilt
Of Macbeth! Alas and alaek, toe
often is such the ease.
1t is true that most Of the teachers
in our sch0ols-men and women with
the highest ideals-are college grad
yates. They have studied for .ears
to fit themselves for their life work
many have specialized in order to teaci
one single branch Of study III the most
perfect manner possible.
But how often in this pursuit after
knowledge, is the study which is para
mount, vitality important-th study Ct
human nature-overlooked in the eager
ness to properly treat of logarithms
And this despite the hours spent por
ing over work on psychology. For
when a teacher faces a class she must
needs cope with that class as a whole
but more than that. she must deal witt
each pupil as an individual. Each Nom
Der of that body is endowed with dit
ferent haracteristics-on may be E;
talker, whose tongue serves him as
weapon to cover defects in prepare
tion-another lacking this valuable as
set. q thinker, who is often handi
capped by absence Of this eloqucncc
| This latter type Of pupil may stud,
conscientiously, diligently only to NEE
at the outset Of recitation with
singing remark, a cutting criticism
/ from the teacher, who mistakes hi
| embarrassment as n sign of duliness
! This condition, paradoxical as il seems
much too common in our system of edu
cation where classes arc 50 large AM
time for study so brief
! 4 teacher should above all seek t
become familiar with the persona
traits of the individual pupil and whot
/ he comes to know those he should ex
ercise patience and tact in the dealing
with these individuals. 4 word of Ell
couragement or praise to supplant tn
satirical thrust would work wonders.
The day when the desk Of the teach
er is looked upon as golden thron
and the pedagoeue is considered q t.
rant is past and gone. There shout
be respectful and congcnial eompar
ionship and cooperation between tn
one teaching and those taught. Wer
this the ease, far fewer youths in Rut
land and i'll every other city of til
country would leave school bcfor
their course is completed. A grca
deal more of this cooperation and oil
servation between teacher and pupi
this study of individual characteristic
on the part of instructors would bea
much fruit and furnish to the cit,
state, and country a more intelligeI
and worthy type of citizenry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

trying to get a license vote, so that
there was nothing to the meeting after
10 clock except a minimum of
the required officials seated on the
platform, trying to look busy while
an occasional voter, who believed
in exercising his right of franchise,
wandered up to one or the other of the
ballot boxes, and cast an 1S-inch ballot
for town officers and a two-by-three-
inch ballot for or against license.
AS there was no opposition to the
ticket filed with the town clerk recently
nominating the old board of officers
those officers were reelected, as fol
lows: Moderator, Anthony f. Schwenk;
clerk, Carl S. Hopkins; treasurer, Fred
eric c. Adams; selectman, Wilhelm f.
Stellman; lister, \. j. Currier; audi
tors, 0. F. Benson, c. G. Staples and
D. H. Stafford collector of taxes, Will
liam A. Subway; LIST constable, Chaun-
cey l. Knapp; ID constable, Herbert L.
Harris; overseer, Walter NJ. Robbins;
grand jurors, f. D. f. Stowe, Harrie B.
Chase; agent, Arthur 2. Carpenter.
The following grand jurors were
elected at the close of the business
meeting as nominated by the board Of
civil authority: F. r. Thomas, A. i.
Merrill, w. c. Horton, f. II. Davenport,
W. c. Mitchell and W. A. Shumway.
The following were the petit jurors
elected: c. B. Lamson, Walter NJ. Rob
bins. f.. H. Putnam, Charles I'll. Alien,
Frank H. Howard, Walter A. Prouty,
Lucius A. Moore, Joseph o. Johnson,
.ioraesgF. Goodenough, Lysander Lord,
Charles P. Spencer, Edwin w. Boyle,
o. F. Benson, J. f. Hall, ". R. Stuart,
George Hall, J. E. Mellen, J. G.. Stat
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
FACE CHARGE OF
POISON CONSPIRACY
-Four Persons in Alleged Plot Against
Premier Lloyd George Arraigned
at Old Bailey

LONDON, March 6.-The trial of
the four persons charged with conspir-
ing to murder Premier David LLOYD
George and Arthur Henderson, labor
member of the war council, began to-
day at the Old Bailey before Justice
Low. The defendants, who were held
for trial after hearing in Derby last
month as result of the exposure of
poison conspiracy i'll which they were
alleged to be engaged are Mrs. Alice
Wheeldon and her two daughters, Miss
Ann Wheeldon and Mrs. Alfred George
Mason, and Mrs Mason S husband. The
John Green of Brcen Brothers at Fair
latter is a chemist
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
SEPTIC SORE THROAT.
zoo Cases Have Been Reported to St
Adams Health Office.

ST. ALBANS, March 6. - About 200
eases of septic sore throat have been
reported to Health Officer Arthur Nor
TON since the outbreak of the epidemic.
Since March about 20 cases have been
reported, but it is understood that some
Of the physicians do not report such
eases SO it is probable that there are
other cases in the city.
There is report about the streets
of the possibility of the schools being
closed again. Over 10 pupils were alb
sent yesterday from the high school and
three members Of the faculty are also
ill., The attendance at all of the schools
is very low.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
YALE ALUMNI.
Vermont As: ociation Meeting to Be
Addressed by EXPIRES Taft

MONTPELIER. March G.--Thc Yale
Alumni association Of Vermont will
hold the annual meeting in Montpelier
March =, the date bciny selected be-
cause ono OF the uniyersty's most
distinguished graduates, ex.Prcsidcnt
William Howard Taft, VIII he in tho
city TINT day e speak ~ the city hal
Ia behalf OF the League TO EIforc'
PcafC.
Mr. Taft has accepted an invitation
10 ba present either ~ The banquet q.
the aHociation, which il TO be at $50
o clock Boilc. hal, or az tho smoker
to be- held after the lecture ut the city
tal end has yignifed his intention of
speaking 20 the association.
States Attorney Fred +. Gleason j.
member of the executive committee
of the association in charge Of the
plans FOR the annual meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
BIO FIRE IN LUDLOW.
Business Buildings Burned with Total
Loss of $4,000.

LUDLOW, March Cuisines build.
ings on the corner Of Main aud Depot
streets in this village were destroyed by
fire yesterday morning, with an esti-
mated loss Of $4,000.
The buildings were occupied by b.
Chiolino, fruit dealer. who estimates his