The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-02
NEWFANE.
Soldiers Given Send Off.

| the three boys who left Ncwfane Tues
| day morning to join other men from
Nlndham county who were leaving Brat
! tleboro for Camp Devens, Aver, Mass.
Members of Newfane lodge of Odd Eel
lows, OF which all the boys are mem
oers, about 30 school children, court Off
clals and jurors numbering 30, members
OF the Red Cross and many of the towns
people gathered on the common and
marched to the station, the Odd Fellows
and school children carrying flags. All
joined III singing patriotic choruses and
the boys were presented purse of mon
ey. The three boys leaving were Glenn
Grape, Raymond Pratt and George Reed.
Mrs Alice Micott spent Sunday with
her son, Merton Mcott, in Brattleboro
Miss Lucy Whitaker is spending a
| few weeks with her sister Mrs. H. NJ.
Hescock
Miss Alice Chaplin of Chicopee Falls is
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
II. A. Carpenter.
Charlie Lowe, son of Frank Lowe.
spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs F. NJ.
Wiswall, returning Monday to Athol.
Mrs. Austin Grape accompanied her
son. Glyn Grape, and Noble Pratt, his son,
Raymond Pratt, as far as Brattleboro
tuesday on their way to Camp Deyens,
both young men with George Reed having
been called into the United States service.
Newfane has passed the quota of ST.
600 over $4,000 already having been sub
scribed, Newfane district, which com
prises all of Newfane and all of Brook
line, the east part of Townshend and half
| OF Dover bordering on Newfane, have
| exceeded their quota. which was S23, 500
| by several thousand dollars
The following program will be pre-
sented IN the next Grange meeting, May
Is: Series of questions on federal land
bank; discussion, Is it better for the
farmer to make a speciality of some par
ticular crop or make farming his sole
business? Tableaux on Jean lngelow' 5
poem, Songs OF Seven, stereopticon views,
Prof. Cherrie.
| A forest fire broke out about noon
| Monday near the home of L. NJ Randall,
caused by spark from the engine on the
regular morning mixed train upward
bound. Several responded TO the call for
! help and the fire was extnguished before
much damage was done, although the fire
spread over considerable land in the open.
| At the close of the automobile case
on Monday afternoon the juror from
| Nottingham, Frank Hancock, was grant
| ed excuse from further service as his
farm duties demanded immediate atten-
| ton and without delay after the verdict
was given he engaged Arthur Farnum to
take him by automobile to Jacksonville
at p. m. so that he might be ready
| for work Tuesday morning
| The Farmers club Of union district met
in the schoolhouse. Saturday evening,
/ with 10 in attendance The program
consisted of songs. readings, discussions,
and a brief talk by Prof Cherrie. The
questions discussed were as follows:
/ Which Is the more profitable for farmers
to raise. beans or potatoes? and When
! Is the better time for cows to freshen in
the spring or in the autumn? Prof. Cher
I RE spoke of one of the great ranches of
/ Matte Crosse, a state in southern Brazil
/ This ranch was as large as the state of
New Jersey and hundreds of thousands
! OF wild cattle roamed over it. He de-
scrlbed the manner in which they were
rounded up" for slaughter, the DISPOSE
ton of the meat, the making of cheese.
etc The talk was very interesting and
instructive. Can it be that there were
some to envy the farmers of Matte
/ Crosse as it was revealed that they milk
their cows but once a day and do not
j bother to strain the milk
The W c. t. L. met with Mrs F. NJ.
| Nlswal Friday afternoon and after a
devotional service and the transaction Of
necessary business the program for the
day on medical temperance was led by
! Mrs. Wiswall the superintendent of this
department. Interesting readings were
given by the different members, among
which may be mentioned the statements
made by prominent physicians, showing
that alcohol as medicine no longer
holds the place that it once did. but is
now ranked as poison, having a special
affinity for the nerve centers of the
brain. DR.. Kelly of Johns Hopkins uni
vcrsity classes alcohol in the list of
dangerous drugs along with morphine.
cocaine and choral. DR.. Gregory of
Bellevue hospital considers the harm done
by alcohol infinitely greater than that
Icaused by all the infectious diseases put
together" Special encouragement for
the work in this department are the
three great medical temperance victories
of the last two years, namely: The
dropping of whiskcy and brandy from the
list of medicines in the United States
pharmacopoeia; the resolution against
alcohol passed by the American Medical
association; and the promise of the au-
thors of Red Cross first aid books not
to include alcoholic liquors as remedies
in future editions Of their books A let
ter from the national ". c. t. L. presi-
dent was read, suggesting that members
of local unions either individually or in
lclubs should buy Liberty bonds and the
sentiment of those present were in favor
Of individual effort in this direction. The
next meeting Will be held at the call OF
The president,