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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

You know we each have our own
porcelain drinking trough and place
for food. And our beds are of smooth
cork, and not like the ordinary floar of
q barn.
1--WE have beautifully painted build
ings, and wonderful woodwork, and we
have our rooms thoroughly cleaned
by hose each day.
'We are rich and aristocratic cows,
we are very fine and healthy and we
even have our hay cared for in spe-
cial barn so it will be in good condi-
ton when it is given to US"
"There really would be no excuse for
US if we weren't healthy" said Miss
Jersey, eff we are treated in this man.
ner, and your description of the way
we have everything done for US Is
quite. quite true"
do you wonder I feel snobbish and
superior sometimes?" asked Mrs. Jer.
sey.
"Well, / must say, / wouldn't feel
that way If We're you. All these rich
es were just handed to you and you're
| not responsible for being a fine COW
it's because of the care and money
which have been spent on you. And
how often / wish that knew what IL
! was like in the world where there are
really poor farmers who milk US them
, selves, and who do what they can fol
| their COWS.
SIN short" continued Miss Jersey a'
think it's often very tiresome to be ricf
and fine. wish were dirty and poor
| once in awhile and had to hunt little
for my food, instead of having the bes
Of 1t around me all the time"
"Dear me-" said Mrs. Jersey, "yoI
most certainly arc not snob, and real
ly | admire you, for it's very hard t,
keep such ideas when you live in tn,
richest cow stable in the country!'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

was wawking home frum skool
this AFTERNOON wisseling song with
out eng toon to it, and | saw a little kit
ten setting alongside of house look
ing sad. being black kitten with der
ty wife feet on account of nobody
proberly having tawt it to wash it
self yet, and / thawt, G, kindniss to
DUNN animals. And | went and picked
it up and put it inside of my coat and
kepp on going home, and nobody was
ent back in the kitchin and l went
back and held the GREEN pitcher up
to its face, and it drank some and got
some on its wiskers and licked it off
agen.
G. I thawt, if people Good lick their
faces that easy nobody woodent need
eny napkins.
And | held the GREEN pitcher up to
its face agen, and it acted as if it
thawt it didn't wunt eny more, so
took it up in my room and put it in my
bed and went out to play with the fell
! lows, and after a vile ma called me
for suppir, and / went in, not remem-
bering about the kittin till / saw pop
starting to pour GREEN in his kawffee
, out of the GREEN pitcher.
G, wonder if I better tell him wat
happened out of that, thawt Ony /
dident, and pop keep on pouring GREEN
into his kawffee with jest as happy
a Impression as if he thawt it was the
same as eny other GREEN, witch he did,
and jest then there was a funny sound
frrm upstairs, and pop stopped eating
: to lissen. saying. Hello, there's strange
cat in the house snmware, Fluffy never
made a noise like that Benny, do you
happen to know enything about a
strange cat in tae house9
No SIR, / sed And | kepp on making
a noise. and pritty soon / sed, / know
sGmthing about Strange kittin.
All hah. the kittins out of the bag
so to speak, sed pop.
Its up in my bed | sed
i Good heavens, sed ma And she quicl
went up and came down carrying tn,
kittin, saying, o, Willyum, its too cut,
for enything, maybe it wood be goot
ideer TO keep it.
You cen take yonr choice between
me and that mongril cat, sed pop.
Well maybe Id better put it out, ser
ma. and pop sed. Then III stay. And m:
gave it some milk and put it out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
MONDAY, JULY l, 1918.
TRACTOR HELPS ENGLAND.

a great part of the increase in food
production in the United Kingdom shown
by official reports is said to have been
made possible by the importation of
American motor tractors since the begin
ming of the food campaign in November,
1915. According to unofficial figures,
says Consul General Robert p. Skinner
of London, about S,l00 motor tractors
have been imported up to the present
There are outstanding orders for about
$500 more tractors which are coming
forward from time TO time The use of
these tractors is said to have completely
revolutionized farming methods, and it
is thought highly unlikely that the old
fashioned horse pillow will ever again
come into use in Great Britain.
1t is predicted, also unofficially, assum-
ing that crops reach a fair average by
next year, that Great Britain should
then be independent in the matter OF
breadstuifs, whereas at the beginning OF
the war not more than one-third of the
domestic requirements were covered by
domestic crops. The increase in acreage
planted in wheat, for instance, since 1917
is 80 per cent, or a total of 2,665,00C
acres. The total acreage in the United
Kingdom under wheat, barley, and oats
in 1918 will be the highest ever recorded
in the history of British agriculture
The acreage under potatoes will be tn
crops are not yet available. ReckoneC
in tonnage, the net saving in shippin,
resulting from the increased production
of grain and potatoes in England an,
Wales alone should amount in the com
ing year to about 100000 tons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
f3| ADCY'SEy[N|NG
WI FAIRY TALL
lg 81 hAN @AAANl BONNER
RICH COWS.

"It's hard not to be snob," said Mrs.
Jersey Cow.
whats q snob?" asked Miss Jersey
Cow.
"Ah, snob my DEAR" said Mrs. Jer-
sey, chewing her cud slowly, and look
ing at Miss Jersey out of big brown
eyes, sis a person or creature who
thinks she is better than her neighbor
in fact almost better than anyone
else.'
Dear me-" said Miss Jersey, as she
moved herself little on her bed of
cork which she thought was very COM
Portable, land so you think you are bet
ter than ann"
"Not a bit of it," said Mrs. Jersey,
chewing little faster.
But you said So" persisted Miss
Jersey. I'm neighbor of yours
'Oh, that doesn't mean us-it means
sometimes creature thinks she is bet
ter than her neighbor. A snob is some
one who thinks she is very superior
and grand. And she won't bother to
speak to those she thinks are beneath
her.
'Such as worms, for example," said
/ Miss Jersey.
you are very exact, Miss Jersey,
but l really think it's too much trou-
BILE for me to tell you any more about
being a snob and what it means, fol
it takes my time away from chewing
so much, and also 1t makes me think
little. / hate to think"
$50 do l." said Miss Jersey, 'but yor
must tell me if you think you are Su
perior to me-or to someone else"
Il will do that" said Mrs. Jersey
sand then you will understand what ;
snob is"
Continue" said Miss Jersey.
"You see," said Mrs. Jersey, and Mis-
Jersey interrupted her.
II see all right-but I don't bottle
TO think much about what / see. D.
I have to think what you are going Z
show me?"
"No," said Mrs. Jersey, in a lazy
drawing voice, 81 simply said, 'Yo
see,' as one who says, You know"
ooh, great relief" said Miss Jel
sey.
'You know" commenced Mrs. Jersey
shat other cows aren't treated as w
, are. They have happy, country homes
: but we belong to very rich man an
: he is doing most amazing things to hi
: cows. He is making US live in luxury
not mud or grass or in ordinar
: barns"
Just the way we're living" sal
Miss Jersey. ''It's delightful. Blu
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
Compliments to Senator Page.
Hyde Park News and Citizen.


We take from the Kansas City MOI
Periscope of June l3 the following relative
to Senator Page and the vocational educa-
tional bill:
1T is to the credit Of Senator Carroll
5. Page of Vermont that the government
has at hand the machinery for starting
the re-edueation of crippled soldiers who
return from France Ever since he has
been a member of the senate Mr. Page has
made special study of the federal board
for vocational education was organized
and is now doing valuable work along that
line. When the relief bill for the wound
ed soldiers finally becomes law, as it prob
ably will in the near future, the activities il
contemplates viii have been anticipated by
the bureau now in existence. and the de
lays that always attend the formation Of
a new organization will be avoided. Re
publicans and Democrats alike acknowledge
that to Senator Page belongs the credit
for having put Federal vocational educa
ton on a sound basis, and created sys
tenn available for prompt use in the pres
ent emergency"
The views expressed above are general,
understood in Washington to represen
the facts touching Senator Pages labor
in behalf of vocational education.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
Same Dartmouth Spirit.
Manchester, N. H., Union.)

Manchester, N. H., UHlon.J
Tt is altogether gratifying, yet not at
all surprising, to learn that Dartmouth
alumni have subscribed to date $4,000
toward meeting the 100000 deficit
which the college faces for the year
ending July l. No one who is acquaint-
ed with the Dartmouth spirit will en-
terrain a doubt that, in the five days
remaining between now and the close of
the collegiate fiscal year, the other
$4,000 win be fully forthcoming. Ger
tainly Dartmouth S record in this great
war entities her to the strongest sup
port in recouping the financial losses
she has suffered by reason of that rec
ord. In the fall of 19l6-the year be-
fore the war-the student enrolment
in the college at Hanover was 1901. In
the fall of 1917-our country having
declared the existence of a state of war
in the preceding April-tiie Dartmouth
student enrolment had dropped to 1,0l6;
and by the close of the college year,
only 500 students were left The rec
ord as of May 81, l91s-less than a
month ago-showed 20 Dartmouth UNI
dergraduates and recent graduates
| killed in the service; two prisoners of
war; ID decorated for distinguished war
service; Is of the college officers under
military orders, and 10 in the civilian
service; LOIS alumni in the military or
naval service, and 600 undergraduates
actually under arms.
i Thus Enthusiastically has the Dart
mouth spirit risen to the war situation
per sc. 1t is worthy of the best ira
ditions of the venerable college in the
lhills-and it has cost Dartmouth dearly,
both in blood and treasure. Quite apart
from the twenty or more names of fine
young Dartmouth men which have been
added to the nations roll Of honored
dead, the reduction in student enroll
ment has meant a loss in buttons of
nearly $4,000, and loss in returns
; from dormitories of close to $4,000:
or gross deficit for the year of approx
imatelv 100000. Various economies
have reduced this to a probable net
, deficit of 100000. Recognizing the
fact that a progressively accommodating
deficit implies a seriously impaired in
, stitution, and the additional fact that
restriction of operation and personnel
to terms of reduced income implies dis
organization Of staff, with loss of eff.
feetiveness and consequent loss of stand
ing-eonditions which Dartmouth mel
never would contemplate with tolerane,
the alumni of the college Nave under
, taken to meet the deficit.
: And meet it they will The sam,
: Dartmouth spirit which has responded
+ so nobly to the country's call to arm
is responding to the call of Alma Mate
for encouragement in continuing tn,
! record. Five-sixths of the year S def
: lett is already subscribed. The res
D viii come.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
Whiskers a Menace.
bennington Banner. J

In some respects we are sending
peculiar army into the field. Safety ra-
zors, soap, towels, hair brushes and tooth
brushes are now considered a necessary
part of the equipment We are making
clean fighters in every sense of the word
and the commanders say that they fight
better for having the mean; % keeping
clean. Whiskers ARE not as popular as
they were in the days of the Civil War
and a clean shave may prove life saver
in many of the head wounds. Bradford
Opinion
A clean shave is a life saver for another
reason, also. 1t allows the gas mask to
fit close to the face, thus preventing the
deadly gas from creeping in and doing
its nefarions work If whiskcrs held it
away a sixteenth of an inch, then
goodbye
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

tell me about the other life," she added.
Il was born in these rich surround
ings."
1--WE have here, as you know, a sta
BILE made of marble It's very grand.
We have ventilators TO give US good
air and to take out bad air. We have
fine heat when it's cold in the winter,
and this stable Is cooled in the sum-
mer and we have very fine grass. espe-
cially grown for US. We have nice clo-
yer. too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
FEEL LIKE GIVING uP7
Many Brattleboro People On the Verge
of COLLAPSE.

of Collapse.
A bad back makes you miserable all
the time
Lame every morning; sore all day.
1t hurts to stoop-it hurts to
What with headache, dizzy spells,
urinary weakness,
No wonder people are discouraged,
Who do not know the kidneys may
be the cause of it all.
Give the weakened kidneys needful
help.
Use tested and proven kidney rem
Iedy.
None endorsed like Doan s Kidney
Pills.
Mrs. c. T. Wilcox, AZ Clark ST., Brat
tleboro, says: 81 have no hesitation in
recommending Doan s Kidney Pills. I
used them three or four years ago, when
had kidney trouble. Ny Kidneys
were weak and acted irregularly and
were annoying. This continued but a
short time when used Doan IS Kidney
Pills and box of this medicine did me
a great deal of good''
| Price 60c, at all dealers. Don I simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan s
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Will
cox had. Foster Milburn Co., Mfgrs..
Buffalo, NY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
South America to Fight.
baltimore Sum

South American republics, already sworn
enemies of the central powers, are to send
fighting men to the United States for
training before sending them to France
Brazil is to be the first Latin American to
send force. Ten thousand of its sons
will form the first initial army to 90 over
and fight with the Allies. Little Cuba,
grateful to our country for aid in throw
ing off the yoke of Spanish misrule, ex-
poets to send as many Other countries of
South and Central America have offered
men to Uncle Sam if and when he should
need them. 1t is possible, however, that
our sister nations along the equator and
above and below it can do more good by
continuing to supply the allies with need
ed grain and meat The Argentine is the
cattle-raising country par excellence, Tn
its broad plains millions of steers are fat
tening and wheat is grown. Other raw
materials needed by the armies of freedom
are being shipped as fast as vessels ear
be obtained The economic assistance be
ing rendered by South and Central Amer
leans is probably far greater than any
military aid to be rendered At the same
time it is very good to know that these
republics are offering their men to the
greatest cause Of ALL Most of them have
known what it means to be oppressed
therefore they can appreciate what lib
erty to the whole world means.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

The news from Russia is more tan
gled and confusing than ever. There
are nothing but the widest rumors of
what is happening in the country, and
the bulk of these are coming from Ger
man sources. Any person who knows
anything about the German propaganda
can easily judge himself what all this
most probably means, which is that the
bureau of enemy psychology is busy, as
usual, using the press of the belligerent
and neutral countries to get its sugges-
tions disseminated. The capture of Mos
COW by Gen. Korniloir, who. not long
ago, the same source of information re.
ported killed in action; the disappear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in Americas
Fighting Service.

While a rough sea was swerving and
with strong current to combat, Willard
Frank Station, boatswain's mate, first
class, national naval volunteers, acted up
on the real sailors frat impulse and jumped
overheard to save a shipmate This
man had accidentally fallen overheard
The cry of imam overheard went up
and it was Immediately responded to by
Station. When he reached the man he
was helpless, and would have drowned
except for the boatswain's action. Sta
ton enrolled in the navy at Charleston
S. C., on April 25, 1917. His mother
Mrs. Carrie Station, lives at the New st
James hotel, Jacksonville, Fla.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
TO ADVERTISERS.
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery OF
the paper each night, and 1t solicits the
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
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

The Reformer Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co, c..
w. Cleaveland, 8. l. Purinton (Estey-
ville), Brooks House Pharmacy Aliens
Depot Newsstand. Mrs ID. F. Doyle.
South Main Street
West Brattieboro, j. l.. StockweI
East Dummerston, NJ. e. Brown.
Putney, NJ. q. Williams
Newfane, N. M. Batchelder.
Towrshend, c. w. Cutler.
West ToWnshenc, c. II. Grout.
jamaica, K. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, f. Fl. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. 3. Buffum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W
Streeter
HInsdaIe, NJ. H., w. H Lyman
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant.
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

The suggestion is made that six-cent
pieces be coined to meet the convenience
of paying fares in street cars, and, it
might be added, of buying cigars, as the
five-cent variety has disappeared.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

In the days when Tom Reed of Maine
ruled the house of representatives with
an iron hand the Democrats made a bill
lion dollar congress the big issue of the
presidential campaign. The billion dol
lars was not for single session, but for
the two periods comprising an entire
congressional term. Tom Reeds reply
at that time was to the effect that this
was billion dollar country, and he was
about right. Such changes have come,
to large extent through the war, that
the senate now puts its stamp of APP
proval on the expenditure of twenty bill
lion dollars in four hours and the coun-
try hardly notices the action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

Secretary of War Baker told congress
that there was no need of hurrying
about extending the draft age. lie is
working out plans to enlarge the army,
but they will not be announced for three
months. They also serve who only stand
and wait for Baker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

The coal mines of Sweden do not pro
duee enough fuel for that country's needs
and scientists are trying many expert
ments with peat. of which there is
vast supply available.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

ance of the former ear and his eonsort in
varying circumstances; and
the proclamation of two different Rus
sian grand dukes as czar-all these, it is
certain, cannot be true They are the
obvious product of German propaganda,
and their metive is not hard to discover
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
1900 New York Doctors
Fighting Poison Gas.

Do you know that you folks at home
as well as the brave boys lover .here"
are menaced by poison gas''-the
insidious kind that steals away health
and the Joy of living, in the perpetually
recurring disturbances resulting from
gassy. sour stomach.
1900 New York physicians regularly
prescribe JOHNS DIGESTIVE
TABLETS as the most perfect form
of relief known for these stomach dis
orders. The TABLETS are highly
beneficial for gastric and intestinal
indigestion, heartburn, acid or sour
stomach, hatulence and gastric catarrh.
They sure do vanish that poison gas
which is the basis of most stomach
ailments, as well as Danish bad breath
which usually heralds that gas-flied
stomach.
Get the TABLETS at your drug
store. They insure quick, lasting relief
by taking three to six dissolved in a
glass of water or chewed before swall-
owing. Have JOHNS DIGESTIVE
TABLETS handy in the dining room
for chronic cases of gastric or intes-
final indigestion as one or two TAB
LETS should be taken before each
meal.
l.. D. JOHNS CO..
1923 Broadway New Yorx City
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
Member Of the A..oclated Press.

Member OF the Associated Press.
The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication Of all
news dispatches credited to II and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06
Chronic Constination.

Perhaps you have never thought
Of 1t, but this disorder is due to a
lack of moisture in the residual
matter of the food. II you will drink
an abundance of water. eat raw
fruits and take lots of outdoor ex-
ercise, you may be able to eventually
overcome 1t entirely. In the mean
time use the most mild and gentle
laxatives. Strong and harsh cathar-
tics take too much water out of the
system and make bad matter
worse. Chamberlain's Tablets are
easy and pleasant to take, and most
agreeable in effect. Give them q
trial.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06

G. I. Horne and wife, who have
been here from their home at Gray,
looksng after business for 4. J..
Horne, during an absence OF the lat
ter and his wife and son. who Wis
tied in the eastern part OF the state,
returned to Gray the first OF the
week. II. ]. and family returned Sat-
urday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06

Uncle David Miller returned Sun
day from the oil fields of Kansas and
Oklahoma, which he has visited ex-
tensively. He expects to leave soon
for Chicago. where he will spend
sometime with relatives.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06
Wheuever You Need Q General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteiess
chill Tonic is equally valuable az
General Tonic because Il contains the
well known tonic properties Of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria. Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06

Miss Effie Kettell of the Fairview
community. near Gray, was a Bea-
yer visitor this week, guest OF her
niece. Miss Jessie Keith, deupty
court clerk.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06

Doyle Davis. who has been attend
ing o. u, returned home the past
week and will spend the summer at
home, being employed in his fathers
drug store.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06

Taken Up-Gray mule, wgt. 500
pounds. Came to my place about May
goth. No marks or brands. w. r.
Gregg, Beaver. $50 6-27 st
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06

Make a regular habit of eating
slowly, masticate your food thorough
ly. and you may have no further
trouble. II you should, take one Of
Chamberlain's Tablets Immediately
after supper.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06
Lame Rack Relieved.

For a lame back apply Chamber
lain's Liniment twice a day and mas
sage the muscles of the back over
the seat OF pain thoroughly at each
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-06-06

Miss Edith Miles, who has been
attending o. u, returned home Sat-
urday. Miss Edith will remain in
Beaver the coming winter and will
teach in the grade school.