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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
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WHY THE WALNUT GUNSTOCK.
Wood Does Not Splinter When Hit With
Projectile and Turns Well.

Not few uniformed persons have
wondered why the military authorities
should so to such pains to get black wal
nut for gun stocks, even having the
President appeal to the Boy Scouts to
hunt for walnut trees the country over.
At first blush one would suppose that
oak. cedar, chestnut, birch, or any of
the moderately firm hard woods would
do as well as walnut, but experience has
proved that they will not. There is no
wood of equal weight that will stand as
heavy impact without breaking, and gun
butts are not infrequently useful in
fighting. Besides, the grain of black
walnut lends itself perfectly to turning
lathe work, and the wood takes and
holds a high polish. But most important
of all, it does not splinter easily. 4
bullet or scrap of shrapnel may hit 8
walnut gun stock and tear out a piec,
of it or pass through without making
a single splinter, where such damage t.
a piece of oak or almost any other woot
would send shower of splinters int
the man holding the gun, endangerin,
his eyes and face.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Six young people from Arlington
dined at Dew Drop inn Sunday.
James Dexter, is, assisting at the vii
lage store in taking the inventory.
Miss Carrie Roberts, was i'll with pto-
maine poisoning the first. of the week.
Miss Grace Payne ~is at home be-
cause of the closing of her school in
South, Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs Burton Brown and chill
dren of Greenfield, Mass, were in town
over Sunday
Miss Gussie Pierson, who. spent the
summer here, returned to her home in
New York Saturday.
Bernard Newell and Jack. Allen are
doing repair work on the buildings at
Rev II. NJ. Hopkinson's.
Mrs. Hugh Adams of Brookline Wis
tied at the home of her aunt, Mrs. f..
o.. Robinson, several days recently.
Mrs. Almon Robinson and children
/ visited her sister, Mrs. Ralph Pike,
in West Dover from Friday to Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. n. H. Robinson, who
visited their daughter, Mrs. Ray, in
Wilmington last. week, returned home
Sunday.
Harry Hopkinson of Boston is ex
pected this week at the home of hi.
parents TO remain while his school Il
closed because of the epidemic.
Mrs. Mary La Marehe, who was op
Grated upon for appendicitis in tn,
Memorial hospital recently, returned
10 her home Monday, accompanied b,
her husband, Joseph La Marche.
Mrs n. l., Sage and Mrs Juli
Johnson went to Newfane Friday I
visit at H. A. Carpenters. Mrs Sag
returned home Sunday, leaving Mr.;
Johnson for a visit with her siste,
Mrs. Carpenter.
News has been received of the deaf
of little Richard Knowlton Duffy i
San Francisco, Cal, recently from
| spinal trouble. He was grandson 0
Mr.. and Mfg Newton Curtis of. Sa
Francisco and great grandson of Mr.
$. NJ: Estabrook Of this place.
Two auctions are scheduled in tn
place for the near future that {
Frank Lowe on the Sheldon farm DC
4 16, and at George Wetherbee = Oct
Mr.. Lowe has bought farm in Ea
Dummerston to witch he will move h
family, and Mr.. Wetherbee intends
move to Bennington, where he vi
work in q factory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
-@sJY IIeERTY soNDsM
SOUTH NEWFANE.

William Fisher of Revere, Mass,
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
NJ. Ingram this week.
The church services schools, and all
public gatherings are closed until
further orders from the state. board of
health.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles B. Fisher of
Hartford, Cohn., were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira NJ. Ingram and
left Monday for Wilmington, making
the trip by automobile.
Mrs. Samuel G.. (Beulah Kendall)
/ Reed and daughters, Marion, Ruth, and
Jean, who spent the summer at their
home in Nehalem, Oregon, have re
turned TO Beaumont, Texas, where Mr.
Reed is manager of large shipbuild
ing plant.
Miss Lucy G.. Swift of Brattleboro
accompanied by Miss Washington, wa
in the village Wednesday afternoon il
the interests of the home economic
department of the Farm Bureau. Sh
twill hold a demonstration meeting a
early as possible, when public gather
lngs are permissible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin is Sunburned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion
beautifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra,
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freekles, sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and white
the skin becomes. Yes! 1t is harm
ess.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

mans ailments. Mrs. L. ZIMMERMAN,
SOIL N. Hutchings ST., Kansas City,
Kansas '
Women who suffer from headaches,
nervousness, backache, the blues and
othersymptoms of functional derange-
ment should give this famous root and
herb remedy triel.
For forty years it has been overcom.
inG such ailments of women after other
medicines have failed.
If you want special suggestions in
regard to your condition, write Lydia e.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Macs.
The result of long experience is at your
service, and your letter will be held in
strict confidence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
STOP THESE CASUALTIES.
The men and money of America will

The men and money of America will
help do it..
Buy LIBERTY BONDS! Buy them
NOW-Buy often. Buy to the limit
Of your means,-and MORE. Hasten
the victory that will bring our boys
home
Don't think about the money-that
will all come back to you with inter
est. Think about the brave young
Americans who are fighting and suf-
fering and dying "over there" for Lib
erty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
-Ns BUY LIBERIY BONDS ~
WEST NORTHFIELD, MASS

A number of children have whooPing
cough.
Bat Redding and son, Matthew, who
are i'll with grip, are about the same.
Miss Maud Railway, who has been i'll
with pneumonia, is more comfortable
Her mother is with her.
Miss Mary Mack of Springfield is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Ida Aldrich of Gil
bertville, who is guest at ID. III. Mack's
-sN BUY LIBERTY BONDS
A pessimist develops the one unfavor
able chance in a prospect that is 80 pei
cent favorable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
Automobile overturns.

AS Jack Allen was riding with John
Coleman from Wardsboro to Jamaica
one morning last, week the ear skidded
around "a curve on. the hill road and
completely overturned with its occu-
pants underneath. No one was in
iured, however, and the car was not
impaired, and after being righted with
the aid of men and horses it went on
its way. 4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
WEST WARDSBoRo.
Wild Ride in Automobile.

Rev. f. w. Johnson and Gordon Rob-
erts had o wild ride last Saturday aft
ernoon down one of Dover's steepest
halls beyond the William Trevarrow
place to Brookside,. when the universal
joint of the automobile broke and both
brakes refused to work. Cool heads and
good luck brought the car safely to
Brookside, where it was left for re.
pairs and the occupants were brought
home by a ear from East Dover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Aver, Mass, and sentenced to 10 years |
confinement in New York prison. He |
was conscientious objector" when he 1
arrived at Camp Devens and got into
trouble right away when he refused to
obey lieutenant's order to shoulder a
gun and go on guard duty.
With contracts already signed to fur
nish chocolate for the United States gov
eminent, the Belgian government and
the Belgian relief commission, and a
large contract with the French govern
ment pending, the Vermont Milk Choeo
late company of Burlington is assured of
work for many months to come, follow
ing its official starting of the new plant,
which probably will occur next Monday.
i The resignation of j. Milo jeffrey as
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church
| in Stowe leaves three churches without
| settled pastor for the first time, it is be-
| lived, in the history of the churches, the
vacancy in another church of which the
pastor resigned two years ago never
having been filled. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Jeffrey has enlisted and will 60 next
week to the officers training camp at
Fort Lee, Virginia.
| The lady conductor on the Bellows
Falls street railway, Mrs. Adam Koloses,
who eloped Sept. 81 with Motorman
John r. Ryan, returned to her home
there yesterday. She telephoned recent
ly from Holyoke, Mass, that she would
like to come home and her husband went
there for her. Ryan wrote for his wife
who was left here, that he would like to
see her again and she has gone to Mid
dletown, Conn.
Autopsies authorized by Attorney Gen
eral Fl. G. Barber of Brattleboro were
performed Wednesday night in Castletor
on the bodies of two pneumonia victims
who were employees of the Staso Milling
. company of this town. 1t was though
by the health authorities that the dus
arising from the grinding of large guam
titles of slate stone, which is used il
making paper roofing, might have weak
ened the physical condition of the work
men before they contracted the disease
: There will be no announcement of thei
5 findings until an official report is made.
I News was received at the adjutant
i generals office Wednesday of the deaf
: of II. NJ. Ladd of st. Johnsbury, who's
death occurred in Troy, n. Y, where h
was in the hospital He left here shor
time ago to enter the training at SYRIA
: cuse, n. Y, for special service at ports c
d embarkation and was taken i'll Will
e there. He was regimental quartermastt
/ sergeant of the home guards and was
d lieutenant in Company ID of the lst We
: mont rpUImant whom fn ~
n Mexican border. He leaves a mothe
He was in charge of the state arsen
before going to Syracuse. n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Dy a luDcIlOnal ue-
rangement. | was
nervous and had
headaches most Of
the time. So many
people recom :
m ended Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to
me, ! tried it and
after taking six bot
ties j am well. / dc
not think the Vege-
table Compound can
ha haatan for uyo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
: Stole Hen But Paid UP.

A hen stolen from Henry Payne in
broad daylight Sunday afternoon
proved to be a valuable one, as the
young people who seized it were pur-
sued to the Grout job by Sheriff +. NJ.
Fits and settled the bill without pro
test.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Gov. H. F. Graham has appointed
Alex. A. Milne of Barre as delegate to
attend the New England tuberculosis
! conference in Providence, r. l., Oct. %
and 26.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
GUILFORD.
Eagle Proves Good Omen.

east part of the town last week proved
good omen as the town has over-sub-
scribed its quota of Liberty bonds to the
amount of about $1,000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
VERMONT NEWS.

Governor Graham appointed Romo A.
Norton of Huntington yesterday as as
sistant Judge in Chittenden in place of
William Adsit, deceased.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
Democratic Caucus Tomorrow.

The Democratic caucus for the nomina
ton of candidates for representative and
justices of the peace and the election of
a town committee will be held in the
town hall Saturday evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

An appeal was sent from st, Adams
Wednesday morning to the bakery of c.
H. Cross & Co. of Montpelier for bread.
Three bakeshops in st. Adams are
closed because of sickness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

A rare reptile known as the tiger sala-
mander was captured by the Gale boys a
few DAYS ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

the integrity of beans was maintained.
But the defending restaurant company
quibDled. Grant that the stone ought
not to have been there, it was not ad-
mitted that its presence was the fault of
the restaurateur. He bought it for a
bean, he served it in good faith as
bean. They must go back of him for
the responsibility. 1t was on this con-
tention that. the case came up to the
supreme court.
But the lady is viBdicated. That is,
six out of the seven of the judges said, she
should have justice, and that, there be-
ing no. other responsible party in sight,
she should have it out of the restaurant.
1t is regrettable that the seventh did not
concede this point, but it must be as
sumed as granted that he recognized
the important truth that beans must be
beans in Boston. So is the integrity of
the bean upheld and a sacred institution
is safe.-Hartford Times
+x1b Buy LIBERTY aoNDsE+
Lay Figure.
Does your wife knit socks for the
soldiers?"
"She does" replied Mr.. Meekton.
"And am doing my bit also"
Il don't see you doing any wonderful
footwork, in either the work, or fight
line" ~ y etaoie b
''Footwork is, my speciality. Henrietta
makes me stay home and try on the
81 socks" ii
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
PAINS in BACK
and SIDE
Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Kansas City, Kansas. suffered
from pains in my back and side caused
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

G. j. Brown of Montpelier has been APP
pointed member of the advisory board
on the committee of resources and con-
version by the New England regional di-
rector of the war industries board. This
appointment is made by L. W. Webb of
Boston and Mr.. Browns committee will
have to do with the retaining Of indus
tries in New England during the war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

action" is unofficially credited with hav-
ing brought down 20 enemy planes.
In thunder shower Sunday morning
| lightning struck a barn on John Benson's
| farm in Shoreham- His entire crop of
| wheat, with oats and some hay were
| burned, together with his herd of six
cows.
| Stockholders of the Central Vermont
railway, at their annual meeting yester-
day at ST. Adams, were expected to take
action relative to the agreement with the
federal government for the taking over
of the eompany's property.
Principal A f. Tuttle of the Bellows
Falls high school and A H. Shaughnessy
of the federal labor bureau have been
recommended for the Bellows Falls fuel
commission to succeed W. c. Belknap AMI
III. j. Fenton, who are to resign.
News was received in Bennington
"Wednesday of the death in Troy of Mrs.
+. NJ. GARDINER. wife of a prominent
Bennington physician. The cause of
death was reported to be pneumonia
with which both the deceased and her
husband had been afflicted.
The nurse situation in Rutland has be-
come so acute because of the many cases
of influenza and the fact that number
are helping out in the smaller towns that
central bureau is to be established
where all calls for nurses and for physi
clans, if families are unable to get medi
} cal help, may be left.
The fall term of the United States dis
, trict court, which has been continued
until Oct - in Rutland, will again b
continued until Oct. % because of the in
;, huenza situation. This was announce,
today at the office of the United Stat
marshal after Judge Howe had bee
communicated with.
D DR.. Dean S. Drake. for eight wears
: resident practicing physician in Whit
River junction. has been made a frs
a lieutenant in the medical reserve corp
n and ordered to report at Fort Oglethorp,
# Georgia. The appointment makes I'll
18th Hartford town resident to recei,
an army or naval commission.
The great number OF deaths In Mon
!. pelier city and Barre during the pa
a two weeks in connection with a simil;
condition throughout New England {
:, account of the epidemic has made it diff
- !, cult to obtain flowers there. In Boste
. roses have become so scarce that tn,
= are shipped to that city from New Yor
If Lewis c. Moody clerk, announces TIL
is owing to the continuance of the preva
I'd ing epidemic in Montpelier and its $
e robustness, the opening of the Octob
term of supreme court, for business, "
y be further postponed until Oct D tt
"a notice is given that all persons interest
IL may know of such postponement and a
.. accordingly.
d. G. j. Brown of Montpelier has been a
pointed member OF the advisory boa
on the committee of resources and &C
-, version by the New England regional
40 rector of the war industries board TT
~ appointment is made by l.. W Webb
os Boston and Mr.. Browns committee W
ne have to do with the retaining of indl
as tries in New England during the war
Private Joseph Quinn of Lyndon /
been courtmartialed at Camp Deye
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
TODAY'S CASUALTIES.
Official Summary Released for Publ
cation This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE COM
handing general of the American ex-
peditionary. force released for publ
cation casualties aggregating in num-
Der S22, of which 397 are released
for the afternoon papers. Following
10 tho afternoon summary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Lewis C. Moody. clerk, announces that
owing to the continuance of the prevail.
ing epidemic in Montpelier and its Sc
robustness, the opening of the October
term of supreme court, for business. will
be further postponed until Oct. %. This
notice is given that all persons interested
may know of such postponement and act
accordingly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Private Joseph Quinn of Lyndon has
been courtmartialed at Camp Deyens
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Lieut.. Lloyd Hamilton, an aviator, son
of Rev. John A. Hamilton of Burlington,
and who has been reported missing in
action" is unofficially credited with hav-
ing brought down 20 enemy planes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
20 DAILY REFoRMER. FRIDAY OCTOBER II, 1918.

Aver, Mass, and sentenced to Is years
confinement in New York prison. He
was a conscientious objector" when he
arrived at Camp Devens and got into
trouble right away when he refused to
obey a lieutenant's order to shoulder a
gun and go on guard duty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

The great number of deaths in Mont
pelier city and Barre during the past
two weeks in connection with similar
condition throughout New England on
account of the epidemic has made it diff
cult to obtain flowers there. In Boston
roses have become so scarce that they
are shipped to that city from New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

Three Vermont names are in the
list today, as follows: Killed in ac-
tion, Lieut.. Emmons j. Stockwell of
East Burke; died from wounds in
action Corporal Clarence NJ. Robin
son of Post Mills; died from accident
and other; canses, Private Oliver J.
Garrow of Burlington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

In thunder shower Sunday morning
lightning struck barn on John Benson's
farm i'm Shoreham. His entire crop of
wheat, with oats and some hay were
burned together with his herd of six
cows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11

DIR. Dean S. Drake. for eight years
resident practicing physician in White
River Junction. has been made first
lieutenant in the medical reserve corps
and ordered to report at Fort 0glethorpe,
Georgia. The appointment makes the
18th Hartford town resident to receive
an army or naval commission.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
DEACONS DESIRE
REV. WEAR TO
REMAIN; may GIVE
HIS ANSWER SUNDAY

Last night the deacons of the First
BAPTIST church met in called session
and discussed the call of the pastor
to Georgia. After discussing the mat
ter at length a motion was carried
looking toward the liquidating of the
Indebtedness of the church. When the
New Annex was built $4,000 was bor-
rcwed from the Home Mission Board
o.. Atlanta, Ga; this, together with
some old debt made before the COM
ing Of the present pastor, Rev. Wal.
lace Wear, amounts to $4,000.
A committee, consisting Of A. c.
Wright, ]. J. Haldeman and ]. H.
Cooper, were appointed to bring the
matter to the church with suggest
ed plan for the raising of this money.
The matter will be presented to the
congregation Sunday if the committee
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01

was in the employ of the Atlantic
Coast Line as fiagman, and was popu-
lar among a large circle of friends.
When the selected men went to Camp
Jackson, he was among them, but was
discharged because of his physical
condition. Mr.. Watkins was a mem
Der of Lakeland Lodge Brotherhood
Of Railway Trainmen No. 71S. and
was at one time president of the or
ganization. He was a Mason, being a
member of the Avon Park Lodge.
The funeral services will be con.
Quoted at the Episcopal church to-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock, the
Masons being in charge. Rev. W. B.
Curtis will conduct the religious SER
vices, and interment will be in the
Lakeland cemetery, the following
friends acting as pall-bearers
Messrs. G. M. Clayton, Guy w. Toph,
@. Nj. Eaton, G. w. Dudley, M. c..
1hlgpen and E. J. Barber. In their
hour Of great sorrow the bereaved
family have the deepest sympathy Of
many friends.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
FRED SLOAN, JR- BITTEN BY
DOG FEARED TO BE MAD

Fred Jr, the little three year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sloan was
bitten by dog this afternoon about
l o'clock, and fearing the dog was
mad, Mr.. Sloan left in a car with the
child for Tampa Immediately, where
e specialist will be consulted. The
dog was large gray animal, and
had taken up at the Sloan home about
two weeks ago, since which time Mrs.
Sloan had been fearful he would bite
the baby, but had so far been unable
to have the dog disposed of with
out having him killed. The dog bit
the child above the eye, the wound
being only slight one, but danger
Gus if the dog was mad Mr.. ]. A.
Davis, father of Mrs. Sloan, shot the
dog but did not kill him, and is
now searching for him, and when
killed, the head will be sent to Jack
sonville for examination to see if the
animal was mad, and if SO the child
will be given the Pasteur treatment.
1t is to be hoped that no i'll effects
will develop.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Luke Floods
Condition Is
Unchanged

luke Floods condition remains
about the same as yesterday, the lad
still being in an unconscious condi-
tior as the result of being thrown
from his horse early yesterday morn
ling. His condition is slightly i'm
proved over this morning, as he has
now begun to move his limbs, having
hitherto lain perfectly inert X-ray
pictures of his head were taken this
morning, but he was so restless that
these were not good, and others have
beer taken, which will be available
by tonight. AT that time it may be de-
termlned just what injury has been
done. Whether 1t will be only few
hours or several days before he will
become conscious, is not known, and
in the meantime all that loving ana
skilled hands can do Is being done,
and the entire community trusts that
soon change for the better will
take place.