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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

There is no chance for the housewife
TO relax IN regard to food conservation.
just as the wheat situation begins TO
look brighter she has now to turn her
attention to more intensive SMEAR
saving program Last years tenn
porary shortage served to point the way.
Means were discovered of cutting down
on sugar and using other sweetening.
That was mere apprenticeship, how
ever, compared with the conservation
campaign which now becomes neces-
sary. For the burden of maintaining
the allied sugar supplies falls on us.
There is not enough sugar available
for us all to live in accordance with
our peace time habits. We must share
with them. Our great war program
has reduced our sugar carrying fleet;
the sugar requirements of our over
seas army are very large; our do
nestle crop is less than we expected;
we have diverted $4,000 tons of sugar
shipping in order that Belgium should
have food; Germans have destroyed
sugar beet fields and factories in north
ern France and Italy; more than $4,000
pounds of sugar was sent to the bot
tom of the ocean off our shores re-
Gently. If by our own selfish use of
sugar we should force the allies to send
to Java for 100000 tons to piece out
their meager sugar ration for next year.
it would take eleven extra ships. These
eleven ships could transport and keep
100000 to 100000 soldiers in France
This loss in shipping space can be
averted by reducing our own normal
consumption. To reduce this by al
most one-half, as is now being asked
of us, seems a sudden sacrifice, but it
can be done and without any loss of
nutrition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

The Reformer hastens to approve the
decision of DIR. f. R. Lynch not TO
be candidate for town representa-
tive this year, not only because il
minimizes the probability of any Sc
,rious opposition to the reelection of
George l.. Durham but because it EN-.
phasizes DIR. Lynch's appreciation of
the responsibilities of medical men in
these strenuous times Three Brat
tleboro physicians have already
joined the colors, fourth is await
ing call and still others are likely to
90. Under these circumstances tr
would be disquieting, to say the least,
to think there was a chance that Dr.
Lynch, with his wide practice, would
be tied up in Montpelier a portion OF
the winter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
Selling a Cow in Vermont.
(By Daniel I. Cadyl

by Daniel l.. Cady)
Whoa! Whitley; Morning, Neighbor Bell,
heerd you had COW to SELL
You heerd it crossways, Neighbor Gale,
| hain't no special cow for sale
Il heerd from Virgins, up above,
You had COW you guessed you'd shove .
IN slap a price ON any COW;
What's that to Virgins, anyhow
Z want COW for Monday night,
But yourn, | guess, is ruther light
4 amt your clothespin, Neighbor Gale;
No hight cows right round here for sale .
I want a COW for Tuesdays cart.
And Hart has got one-one armed Hart +"
He tossed the cows two head last year;
There amt no Hart stock shopping here "
"Of course, 'tain't none of my concern
II you haln't got no COW to turn
I've got a COW that's beef, alright,
But L amt here to say she's light"
L guess, By Gosh. I know a COW,
Her mother stops with Daddy Dow
Yes, Sir; she chews native cud:
She amt no pop-eye Jersey Blood
Il had a COW last week from Wright
For twenty-nlne, but yourn is light !"
No cows round here for twenty-nine.
Leastways, no cows that run with mine. =
If she was all the COW on earth
| pose that's bout what she'd be worth >
Il m done with giving cows away,
There's stanchion room and she can stay
You see | butcher Monday night;
Id like the cow-too bad she's light
Too % bad there amt no trade in you;
She'll peddle out for thirtytwo
You've got 'er too tarnation high;
| want COW a man can buy"
Shes dried tight off and punkin plump:
She amt all brisket, bones and rump.''
/ amt a-butchering Jest to see
How big lnnkhead / can be-
We'll; | shan't call it no disgrace
10 beef that erltter on the place.
You squeeze my wallet mighty thin,
But Monday morning drive 'er in "
And so we boys mp at FIVE
And snaked 'er in-she wouldn't drive.
Now, note all We of thoughtful build.
That COW was bought and sold and killed
Yet on her head no price was set,
No offer ever made or met;
But through some psychometric skill.
Or gumption, call it what you will;
Them dickerers knew where each would
break,
What one would give and 'tother'd take
Twas thus Vermonters used to trade.
And when were better bargains made!
Hats off to these real tradin men
They're passing not to come again
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What Heap of Happiness it Would
Bring to Brattleboro Homes.


Hard to do homework with an ach.
ing back. -
Brings you hours of misery at lei
sure or at work.
~ women only knew the cause-that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
Iwouid save much needless woe.
Doan S Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys,
head what Brattleboro citizen saws:
Mrs. A. G. Yeaw, Highland St,
says: Doar's Kidney Pills have been
a household remedy in our family for
years and I am always glad to speak
IN their favor. | have been troubled
from time to time with kidney disor-
ders and my kidneys have actedsirreg-
ularly. | have also had attacks Of
backache and the pains have become
quite sharp when l have stopped over
to do any sweeping or other house
work. | have only had to take a box
of Doan's Kidney Pills at these times
have soon left -
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don Il
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan s Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Yeaw had. Foster Milbura Co.
Mfgrs,, Buffalo, n. ADV,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
LoNG-LIvED HORSES.
A New Yorker Made the Record Dy-
ing at A.

Ruben, farmer Of small town in New
Hampshire, tells Of new KIND of con
servation. In his neighborhood are four
horses in active service, though all over
20 years of age. He has one himself hard
upon' "a years A farmer ne; roy has an
other which is close to 80 Two others
III the vicinity are around the quarter
century mark. As he says, it is only in
rural community. where they cherish
the horse almost like a mer-'ar Of the
family. where one could expect RI find
such a record. Even there this demon.
stration OF longevity is stril =
Nevertheless, the oldest h re that the
omad ever saw was in the service of
the New York City surfaen railway svs-
TEN. This horse was, at the time when the
Nomad was acquainted with him. actual
" ~ years old. and he lived two years
longer He had heen street-car her ie
on New York pavaments, and then was
used as a chill horse.'' or fv.ra puller.
On stones. and then. when he became
about 20 years old wa retired on a nen-
sion. spending most OF his time in digni-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
John harvard,s History Traced.

Until modern times, says the Lon
don Graphic, John Harvard was stne
Melchizedek of New England" He
was without father, without mother,
without descent" So profound was
the ignorance concerning the, founder
|of Americas first and greatest uni
v lily, that an offer of princely re-
ward for five lines of definite infor-
nation" about him went unclaimed.
Gradually. however, the labors of va
rfous Industrious investigators bore
fruit. until today John Harvard is a
real figure of American history, whose
footprints on English soil are clearly
legible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

Once in while we are inclined to
think that the state board of health
IS an oflieious institution but no great
amount of serious reflection is necessary
to convince us of its usefulness. As
4 result of its efforts the typhoid
epidemic in Winooski has been traced
to one person employed on particular
milk route. Naturally, with the source
of the disease located there will be no
great difficulty in preventing its spread.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

fed ease in boxstall; and he lived on
IN this way, apparently without a pain
or an ache, until he was A. All this can
be proved and authenticated from the doc
uments
The Nomad's own old saddle horse Brown
lie lived TO be thirty -odd-no one knew ex-
actly how many more years there were
than thirty-but thirty were anthentieat-
ed, and he was grown horse when the
count began. Brownie looked round and
smooth even after 80, but his legs were
like sticks, and his interest in life. beyond
grass, was slight. Nomad in Boston
Transcript
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

1t may be, as a good many people
are convinced, that Vermonters are
overwhelmingly in favor of prohibition
by federal amendment, but in discus
sion of the subject it should not be
forgotten that there is room for honest
difference of opinion. Nothing can do
more harm to the cause of temperance
than the attitude which finds its ex
preston in the intolerant idea that
everyone who opposes national prohibi,
ton is on side of the liquor interests.
So eminent a Vermonter as Bishop A.
c. A. Hall does not hesitate to come out
squarely against the Sheppard amend
ment, not as he says, on academic :
grounds that the constitution is no
place for such regulations but because
he believes: (1) that it would be
possible for minority of people-aet
ing by states-to impose this law on a
majority without their consent: (2)
that it would be impossible to repeal
the amendment no matter how badly
it worked 90 because of the difficulty
there would be in enforcing the rcgula-
tions in portions of the country where
it is not backed by public opinion
Without attempting to argue for or
against Bishop Halls contention it may
be fairly said that when men of his
high standing come out openly against
national prohibition the claim that
there is but one side to the proposition
falls rather fat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
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person, by telephone or postal card. thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

1t is easy enough to say that the
success of the Fourth Liberty loan in
Vermont is assured, but the actual
fact is that efficient organization and
strenuous work will be necessary to
achieve the desired result. 1t is hoped
that those in charge of the apportion-
ment have been made TO see the neces-
sity of revising the quotas of the va
rious towns for the purpose of putting
them on an equitable basis. Otherwise
the requirements from certain COM
munities are likely to be greater than
they can meet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
Smelled Awful Solemn.

1t was church wedding. and the
church was handsomely decorated
with flowers, the air being laden with
their fragrance. Just as the ceremony
was about to begin small Vivian ex.
claimed in an audible whisper: "Oh,
mamma, doesn't it smell awful solemn
In here"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
Subscription Receipts

The Reformer has discontinued
the practice Of acknowledging re-
mittances by postcard receipts,
and asks its mail subscribers to
depend upon the labels on their
papers for this information. If
the date on the label on your pa
per is not changed on the second
issue after your remittance is made
kindly notify this Office of its
amount and the date 1t was sent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

If you see q man using his auto
mobile on Sunday in defiance of the
request of the fuel administration you
can make up your mind that he has a
barrel of sugar stored away in his cup
board and doesn't know what a thrift
stamp looks like.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

A writer in Popular Mechanics for
August Interestingly reviews the ex-
perience of the one hundred million
people whose personal habits were rad
eally changed by the enactment of the
daylight-saying law. He contends that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

1t will be interesting to see how
many people take automobile pleasure
trips Sunday under the plea that their
ears are Gin necessary use in rural
communities where other transporta-
ton is not available
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
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dispatches credited to il and not otherwise
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published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
TO ADVERTISERS.

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an inch for first insertion, rs cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
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Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Fivc cents line
first insertion with SO per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy.
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insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
THURSDAY, AUGUST, %, 1918.

Got your livery team engaged for
Sunday?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
Substitutes

While there are prospects that the
Government will change the amount of
substitutes required, 1t is the opinion of
those best informed that a certain
amount will be required, for Mr.. Hoover
states that in the year, starting Septem-
Der l, the civil population abroad that
depends on us must be furnished with
500,000,000 bushels of cereals, 4,O0O-
100000 pounds of fat, 100000 pounds of
beef and 100000 tons of sugar.
In the last few days we have placed
large order Of Cream of Maize with
the Government, which indicates it's
purity, for the Government is buying no
substitutes that are not absolutely per-
feet. We, therefore, believe the civil
population should willingly use substi-
tutes, and among the best they can Sc
lect is
CREAM OF MAIZE
{. CROSBY & CO.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29
Bring Your
Prescriptions
Here

u you want them filed with the purest
and freshest drugs, and with the great
est care and accuracy filed precisely
as your physician orders them filed,
TO produce the exact effects he desires.
We are proud of tho record we have
made In our prescription department.
And yet We I'LL prescriptions at very
reasonable prices. and I'LL them quickly,
so0
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-24
QUICK REPULSE
FOR FOE ATTACK
NEAR STRAzEELE
Germans Surge Toward British
Positions in Early Morning,
But Retreat Under With
ering Fire.

With the British Army in France,
June 25. FAN attempt to capture some
British positions or the high ground
east of Strazeele this morning met
with a complete reverse for the enc
my. The attack was local one and
was preceded by a heavy lombard
ment that began about o'clock and
was maintained with great intensity
for a considerable time.
At the conclusion of the artillery
preparation the German infantry
along a narrow sector suged forward
for the assault, but as they pushed
up the incline which led from their
own trenches to the more elevated
British, /. defenses, they encountered
such tornado OF machine gun and
rifle fire that, after struggling ahead
a little, they were forced to retire.
During the night the British con-
Quoted a raid near Bucquoy with
tanks, which never before had been
used for raidng. The big engines
went over the top shortly before mid
night, followed by infantry.
Held Up by Machine Guns.
The rifle men met with strong op-
position and were held up by heavy
machine gun fire, but the tanks pro-
ceeded on their business and for two
hours trunded about the enemy ter
ritory, leaving the mark Of their guns
wherever they went The tanks did
good execution and prisoners were
brought back.
Two successful raids also were
made into German positions near
Morlancourt, during the night.
On the Belgian front, King Albert's
troops carried out a raid northwest
of St. Julian that resulted in a hot
fight at strong concrete blockhouse.
The Bclgians stormed this position
and cleared it out, capturing eight
Germans who appeared to be all the
men left alive in the fort.
Night Attack Near Rheims.
Paris, June 23.-German forces last
night attacked the entente allied po-
sitions at Bligny, about eight miles
southwest OF Rheims, and succeeded
temporarily in gaining foothold, the
war office announced today. A vlg-
orous counter attack, instituted by
Italian troops, quickly elected the
enemy and reestablished the line in
its entirety.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-24
GERMANY WAR
WORN, SULLEN
AND HUNGRY
Grand Rapids Woman and Mil.
Waukee Voyagers Report
Troops Mutinous and Pop
uIation Concerned Only
in Food.

An Atlantic Port, June 23.-Ger-
many, war weary and i'll fed, is in a
state of unrest so acute that talk of
revolt is common among both the
military and civil population, accord
ing to Americans who arrived here
tonight on a Norwegian liner from
Germany or adjacent neutral coun-
tries.
Officers and men, the voyagcrs said,
had told them of a sullenness which
is widespread in the German army,
predicting that it would reach the
point where the troops would refuse
10 fight. You sec that ! wear the
coat of the kaiser. I only wish that
you could know the feeling that lies
beneath, because we are not going to
stand it forever" German ma jor told
Miss Olga Wursberg of Grand Rap
ids, according to her story on COM
ing ashore.
The conversation, she, said, took
place in hospital at Godesberg. Ger
many. The officer talked freely, not
suspecting that she was an American.
She quoted private soldier as saying
to her..
Some day we are all going to put
down our arms. Why should we
fight? Our officers now, instead of
leading us, 60 behind us with their
guns at our backs"
Soldiers Convalesce Slowly.
Miss Wurzberg is the daughter of
Frederick Wurzberg, a naturalized
American. She has lived six years in
Germany with her family. She said
soldiers in the hospitals convalesce
slowly because Of the poor food they
receive.
Carl E. Olivarius, Milwaukee law
yer, who returned from trip
through Norway, Sweden and Den
mark, said food is SO scarce in those
countries that little can be spared
Germany. Reporting conversations
with travellers from the Teuton en-
pire, he said:
No one i'll Germany speaks Of vic
tory. They always talk Of food. The
war, in the minds of the civilian popu-
lation, has become secondary to ef-
forts to get enough to eat"
Leo Rains of Milwaukee, who has
resided the last five years in Dresden,
declared that Saxony is i'll supplied
with food. but conditions in Berlin
and other large cities are terrible"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-24
Americans Break Up
Hun Flame Throwing
Attempt With Gas

With the American Army in
France, June 23.-Inactivity continues
in the Woevre and in Lorraine with
the exception of a rather heavy she'll
ing. Indications are that the inter-
mittent fire of the German batteries
in the last few days was intended to
mask troop movements. A new Ger
man division has been identified on
the front northwest of Toul.
The American gas attack and ar
tillery action Thursday broke up
German attempt to attack with fame
throwers, one of which was captured.
A considerable number of others were
destroyed, the met. in charge Of t...ese
being caught between the rife and
machine gun fire.
Washington, June 23-There was
virtually no activity yesterday at the
points held by the American troops,
General Pershing reported in COM
munique made public tonight at the
War department.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-24
AUTHORITY IS
GIVEN TO BOOST
PRICE OF WHEAT
Increased Freight Rates and
Deadlock Over Fixing $3.50
Minimum in Congress Re-
garded as Reasons.

Washington, June 23.--Blanket
authority to increase the price of
wheat at primary and other markets
with the approval OF Food Admins
stfatcr Hoover above the $40 .
bushel minimum price guaranteed by
presidential proclamation last Febru-
ary, is given the food administration
grain corporation in New York by an
executive order of the president. The
order, issued under the authority OF
the food control law, was made pub
lie today by Mr.. Hoover.
The corporation is authorized to in
crease its capital stock from $4,000
600 to $lS0000,000 in shares of par
value of 500 each. All the stock
will be owned by the government and
will be purchased by the food ad-
ministration as the necessity arises
to maintain the present $2.20 price,
and any increases authorized.
While no explanation of the order
was given either at the food admin
stration or the white house, two con-
siderations were believed to have in
fuenced the presidents decision to
permit the grain corporation to pay
higher prices for wheat. The first
was the increased freight rates which
will become effective Tuesday.
Growers must bear this increase and
without an advance in the price OF
wheat their profits would be mate
rally reduced.
The second was believed to be the
situation resulting from the deadlock
in congress over the senate's amend
ment to the annual agricultural ap-
preparation bill increaing the mini
mum guaranteed price for wheat to
$3.50 bushel.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-24
Dealers Forbidden to Add
To Price of Coal on Hand

Washington, June 23.-Dealers and
distributors are prohibited in fuel
administration order today from add
ing to the price of coal they now
have on hand the freight rate in
creases on this commodity which be-
come effective next Tuesday. The
advanced freight tariffs may be in
cluded in the price only when deal
ers actually have paid them or be-
come obligated to pay.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-24
Allies Increase Their
Entertainments Where
Hun Push Is Expected

Paris, June 23.-Thc Mathis CORE
spondent at the front, after referring
in his dispatch today to the renewal
of the enemy aerial activity since the
cessation of operations between Sois-
sons and Rheims, says:
1T is certainly against this point
that the German push will be direct
ed. All precautions have been taken
to counter the German plans. Moth
ing is more reassuring than the meas
ures of defense which have been car
ried out on the front, as well as
behind the lines.
The Belgians, Portuguese and
British, with the assistance here and
there of American engineers. have
increased their entertainments three
or four times over and have trans
formed each sector into an uninter-
rupted line of citadels."