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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
CHAPTER ELEVEN

We predict that the time will come
when the question that is raised this
year in the eleventh chapter of the
Warning for the annual Town Meeting
in Middlebury will he of so little NOM
ent that it will be dismissed with an
overwhelming voice vote as one of the
But the time has not yet come The
question whether Mddebury shall
grant a license for the sale of ntoxicat-
ing liquors is the most important item
still in the warning for the coming
meeting, on the 9TH of March.
This year probably marks the last
year in which this question will be a
close issue, for with the women in line
with the ballot the question should
get the most decisive negative answer
that it has had in the towns history.
As fortunate as it is to have the CO.
operation of the women, they would be
mistaken to take unto themselves
much pride in the achievement of
big mo vote. The men, not only in
Middlebury, but most of the country
over, whether they be men who drink
moderately themselves or not, have
in the last few years come around to
the point, where they, regardless of the
womens vote, would give the question
the same decisive answer
Whether it is due to the war, or to
generally enlightened public opinion,
even the drinking man realizes full well
how great a curse, by and large, liquor
is to the national well-being. Some
who could not see it in the individual
light have come to take the broad
minded view, and there is doubtless
to-day many man who would put
his cross i'll the mo" box of the ballot
with firmer conviction that Carrie
Nation or the most ardeut anti-saloon
league leader, He might not put it
there because he felt that every man
who takes liquor Immediately took a
toboggan slide to perdition but would
do so in full consciousness that it
might carry him to the same depth
that it has many good man and that
he would like to contribute his pencil
strokes to the protection of any weaker
fellow being, and at any rate stand for
what he knows to be for the good of
his country.
We have lately read in New York
papers the argument of a drinking
man, who, taking the example of the
distinguished Joseph Choate, one of the
greatest men the country has known, as
text,h ironically told us that Mr..
Choate might have become a really
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
Middlebury's New Enterprise

William F. Bentley and N S. Foote
have purchased through Guy De
Wolfe, representative of Bracket,
Shaw and Lunt a new Morrison, Lane,
No. saw mill with complete equip
ment and 40 horse power Westing-
house Electric Motor which will be
connected direct to the drive shaft of
the mill, thus eliminating all belts 1t
is expected that the equipment will be
here ready to run in about four weeks.
Mr.. Bentley and Mr.. Foote now have
about 100000 #. of logs in the yard
and more coming every day.
Custom work will be done for those
desiring logs sawed This will probably
be one of the finest mills in this sec
ton.
Mr.. Bentley will have complete
charge of the running of the mill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
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Unpaid bill for books SIG l3
Mary w. H. Mellen,

Mary W. II. Mellen,
Treasurer
III The principal discussion at the
meeting was as to the Founders Fund.
This fund is greatly in need of more
general support for the maintenance
and improvement of the library, and
it is urged that new members join
The meeting decided that the or
iginal plan of the Fund should stand,
and at the request of the Association
The Register reprints its object and
rules as follows
First The object OF the Fund shall
be to establish an active membership
Association
Second twenty-five dollars CS2jl
shall endow membership, and the
person contributing that amount to the
Fund may name the person to hold
such membership.
Third 1t shall be the duty of such
member to attend the annual meeting
of the Association and to interest her
self in the affairs of the library.
Fourth-Falure to attend the an
naal meeting for three successive years,
or removal from town, shall be inter
preted as resignation OF membership,
and the Board shall fill the vacancy
by the appointment of a new mem
Der.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
Very truly yours,
Raymond Mcfarland
DEAN HILLS SPEAKS HERE
Interesting Address at N. E. M. P "A.
Meeting

Interesting Address at N. E. M. P "A.
Meeting
The Annual meeting of the Addison
County Branch of the New England
Milk Producing Association was held
in Middlebury Grange Hall yesterday
afternoon with an attendance of about
thirty members. At the business meet
ing Carl o. Church of Whiting was re-
elected president, d. f. McCauley of
Shoreham, vice president; Gordon Nc
Quivey of Middlebury, secretary and
treasurer.
1t had been planned to have Com
missioner Brigham of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture speak, but he was
unable to be here on account of i'll
ness. State president of N E. M. P. A.,
f. w. Clark of Williston, was also I'M
able to be present, having been called
to attend an important conference in
Boston. However, Prof. J. l. Hills,
Dean of the college of Agriculture at
the University of Vermont came as a
substitute, and delivered a remarkable
address in analysis of many of the
farmers problems
lie took up the matter OF the dairy,
the cost of feed, and the labor prob
lem. He advised the farmers to con-
tinue for the present to buy feed from
hand to mouth, but he hoped soon,
upon return from visit to Washington
to be able to advise them definitely as
to the future outlook. He urged upon
every dairyman the necessity of close
study of the constituent parts Of feed
they buy and not to rely on mere brand
names.
In speaking of the labor situation
and the claim of the farmer on account
of food production, he said that the
Government at Washington was being
deluged with similar requests for ex-
emption from a large number of in
despensable industries. 1t was a time
when the farmer should not so much |
consider his rights as his great obi
cations.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
KEEP THIS LIST
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Techerkov, House With the Messanine
Van Setback, Top Floor-1dyl
Wells, Soul of a Bishop
Literature
Andreer, Plays
Benerente, Plays
Bryant'S tr. Had
Byron, Child Harold, dup
Chapman, Out Where the West Begins
Christian, Rhymes of the Rockies
Eliot, Poems
Elliot, Essays
Holman In the Day of Battle
Ostrovsky, Plays
Slovenian, Country Child
Stepmak, New Convert
Woodbridge, (pseud) Days Out
Miscellany
"Carey, Olive Branch
#Chapin, Missionary Gazateer
Goltz, My Adventures as a German
Secret Agent
Hankey, Church and the Man
Mercier, Pastorals, Letters, Allocutions
l9l4-'l7
allison, History of Europe, 17S9-1S15
vols.
Hume, 6 vols History of England
Coolidge, Origins of the Triple Alliance
Army
Falls, Army and Navy Information
Commerce
Freeman, Worlds Commercial Prod
uctS
Our War
Alderich, On the Edge of the War Zone
Empey, Over the Top, 2 copies
Gibson, Journal from Our Legation in
Belgium
Hay, (pseud) All In 1t
Huard, My Home in the Field of
Honour
Huard, My Home in the Field of
Mercy
Peat, Private Peat
My War Diary
:. Biography go. &C.. ......
BreshkkOrsky, Life and Letters
Davis, Adventures and Letters
Gerard, My -Four Years in Germany
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev. Roy E. Whittemore, Pastor.
Morning worship at l0:4j. Sermon
by the pastor.
Bible school at noon.
Gas Union young peoples service at
this church, leader, Miss Lucy Stearns
7:30 p, m Union evening worship
at this church conducted by the Rev.
II. c, Newell.
Thursday 7;30 Union prayer meeting
at the Methodist church, followed by
Teachers Institute, address by Prof.
Nc arland.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
NOW is THE TIME TO BE CARE
Full

The widespread blizzard is causing
such a demand for cough medicines
that almost any sort of mixture is find
ing sale Avoid unknown connections
that might contain harmful drugs.
When you buy Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound you are certain of getting
a family cough medicine of high
standard and genuine merit. 1t CON
tains no opiateS.
Frost's Pharmacy, IS Main Street,
Middlebny.
+. J, Whitney, Salisbury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH
Rev. Ebert B. Holmes, Rector.

For next Sunday:
Holy Communion at 7:30 a, m, and
- NJ.
Morning Prayer and sermon, l0:4j a.
III. The sermon topic will be "The
necessary modification OF current no.
tons of Christianity to make it a
more effective instrument OF Socia
Progress.
Sunday school at p. m,
Nesper service at $3.50 p. m.
Week day services:
Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p. m,
with other services daily as announced
i'll the Lenten program.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15

A million checks a month will soon
be going forward from the bureau Of
war-risk insurance to safeguard Amer
ica's fighting forces and their fam
lilies. Applications from soldiers and
sailors for insurance are near $4,000
600 900.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
CHURCH NOTES
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. G. M. Moody, Pastor.

lO:4j. Morning Worship with SER
mon by the pastor.
~ m Sunday School. Supt. Willis
Cady. Prof. Sanford's class of college
students from - to l2:40.
Gas p, IN. Union young people
meeting at the Baptist church.
7;3O p. m. Union peoples service at
the Baptist church i'll charge of Rev.
II. c. Newell
Thursday 100 p m Union Prayer
meeting at the Methodist church.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
The Need of The Hour
February IA, 1918.

February ~, l9lS
Mr. Editor:
viii you please allow space for a
most important matter;
Our Government is making an I'M
usual effort to provide ships for trans
porting our troops and their supplies
and equipment to France. We need
millions of tons of shipping at once
We have the yards, the material and
provision is being made for the hous-
ing of workmen. We need workmen,
especially blacksmiths, carpenters, ma
chnists, painters and plumbers Just
now a drive is on to secure Shipbuild-
ing Volunteers for the Public Service
Reserve. All workmen are ured to be-
come members of the Public Service
Reserve; it costs nothing to enroll as
a member and persons who enroll do
not have to accept Government posi-
tons when offered to them, that is OPP
tional on their part entirely The Gov
eminent wishes to have i'll their of
iiCe list of all workmen available,
then when there is a demand for a
certain class Of workmen notice is sent
to the members of the Public Service
Reserve stating where they will be
assigned to work and the nature of
the work, together with the wages The.
workman then can decide whether or
not he wishes to accept the Govern
ment's offer
Mr. A, J. Blackmer, of Middlebury,
may be consulted both in regard to the
nature of the Shpbuilding Volunteers
Movement and the details of enrolling
in the Public Service Reserve. The
Government expects 1885 workmen
from Vermont in this drive Let us
hope that our workmen will not be
Very truly yours,
Raymond Mcfarland.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15

A great many people will miss Mr..
Peck, who died so suddenly this week
Through blizzard and sunshine he has
for years been on hand at the station
always willing to accommodate every
demand and there is scarcely anyone
who has come and gone from Middle
bury in many years that has not rid
den with him. Though he had been
aging, he kept up his interest in affairs
and in a wholly volunteer capacity had
served The Register most faithfully in
keeping the local weather record, 1t is
probably the first time in years this
week that these records are missed
from the Register owing to his death,
but another week some arrangement
will be made for this work
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
NEW BOOKS ADDED
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
CONTINUED from page one)

in 1914. The number of books added
was about as usual, 1927, the past year,
as compared with 1871 the year before,
"As in previous years" says Miss Ar
bald's report, the teachers OF all the
public schools in town have been al
lowe dto take as many books as de-
sired for their use,
"The library collected 500 pounds OF
books and magazines and sent them TO
soldiers. The interest in the war has
been stimulated by display OF maps,
battlefeds and reports OF important
events, and during the last nine
months the department OF history has
led in the circulation OF non-hction'
Help was given in the publicity
movement for the Conservation OF
Food, by displaying posters in the
library and in the store windows ana
by distributing the literature, recipes
etc, provided by the State Agricultur'
al Extension Course and by the Fede-
raj Government,
"The needs of the library remain UNI
changed but some of the problems
arising from these needs will be solved
by library building"
The report OF the treasurer, Mrs, p,
Il. Mellen, is as follows
Total receipts SIGH 90 .-
Total expenses SlGOi97
Feb T. lgIS 6GS
SIGH 65 SIGH G5
Receipts
Balance on hand Feb, !, 1917 S2l2 OO
Received from town Of Mid
dlebury ol' VI
Interest on investment be-
Association 39l O2
Membership dues 10 80
Fines lO3 w
Money for books lost 10 ID
SIGH 6j
Expenses
Rent % 90
Fuel SlOO %
Lighting 81 &C
Salaries Librarian, 5000
Janitor So 60 OO
Books 3i4 So
Magazines IS 81
Equipment 10
Rebuilding and repair ma
teral lj7 IS
Postage and stationary l3 90
Express %
Insurance ~ 50
Miscellaneous 10 jS
Repair on furnace in old
Bank 50 50
SlI0i 81
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION
Reu T Leonard Pastor

Two Masses every Sunday-Chil-
drens Mass at $50 followed by in
structions in Christian Doctrine.
High Mass at 1890 a. m.
Rosary and Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament at 7;30 p m.
On week days the regular hour for
the morning Mass is $50.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. Henry c. Newell, Pastor.

Sunday:
9;4j a m, Junior Department, Bible
school.
1915 a. IN, Morning Worship, with
sermon by the pastorL
intermediate and Senior Department,
Gas p, IN, Union young peoples
meeting at the Baptist church
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
SERVICE FLAGS

Service flags are selling at 70 cents
each at the Register ofjce-Size x3ft
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
FR0WNED ON ALL LUXURIES
At Many Times in Different Periods
an Effort Has Been Made to En-
force Simplicity.

Luxury taxation is by no means
Few idea. In Rome, more than p
600 years ago, the Orphan law enact
ed that ''no woman should possess
more than half an ounce of gold, or
wear dress of different colors, or
ride in q carriage in the city or with
in a mile Of it except on occasions
Of public religious ceremonies" In
1877 B. c. 4 law was passed to limit the
number of guests at entertainments.
A limit was set on the cost of fiji
neralS and of funeral monuments. And
there would certainly lie some cutlery
In this country against the methods
Of Julius Caesar. who had officers sta
toned in the market place to seize
provisions forbidden by law, and sent
soldiers to feaSts to remove Illegal
eatables!
In our own country, the fourteenth
century found extravaganza in dress
rampant, and during the reign Of Ed
ward III laws were made To restrain
it. Food, also, has been regulated by
old English laws. In the reign of Ed
ward III proclamation was issued
against extravagant catering in the
castles of great men.'-London Tit
Bits t5e
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
LOST SCULPTURE OF .RElMs
Works CT Art OF Unfortunate City That
Rivaled Those of the
Greek School.

Four years ago the sculpture of
Reims was one OF the three great. orig
inal groups in France, the others be-
ing Charities and Amiens. How they
escaped, heaven knows, but they did.
Saint Denis, Senlis and Laon, equal in
beauty and in quality, fell easy prey
TO one set of sodden savages or an
other until only few precious frag-
ments are left, mutilated almost he
yond recognition. Paris has been
further degraded by barbarous restora-.
ton, and therefore Chartres remains
as the exempiar of the high hieratic
school of the twelfth century, Anliens
of the supreme fulfiIlment of the thir-
teenth; for the great gray cliffs of
Eeims, with their matchIeSs Towering
of incOnceivablc, incredible statues.
have been blasted by shell and calcined
by fire, and the exquisite sculpture of
ul the craftsmen of France has
cracked, crumbled and fallen into in
distinguishable dust.
| think it was the greatest sculpture
of the middle ages; greater than Char
tres, for this was merely triumphant
detail of architecture; greater than
AnienS, since it was less cleverly nat
uralistic, more Greek in its proportion
and line, and more vital and varied i'll
its vivid characterization, writes Ralph
Adams Cram in the Yale Review. Me-
dieval sculpture is often dealt with as
inferiority, patronizingly commended
as all very well, considering the time.
/ regard it as school of sculpture
that stands on the same level With
that of Greece. Here at Reins were
many schools, many masters and each
following had its own personal quail
ties. In all, however, we find truly
Greek quality Of line and composition,
Il sense Of dignity and power that is
unique, vivid and convincing charac-
teriZation, and an indwelling devotion
and religious passion that find their
match neither before nor since.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Everything Was All Right.

One of the policemen who took part
in the bandit fight on Montgall avenue
the other day called his home imme
diately after hostilities ceased, to as
sure his wife that he was not injured.
His wife was in the apartment up
stairs, but his motfier-in-law was there
and answered the telephone. She took
the message and then went upstairs
to reassure her daughter "Now. don't
get excited she said, "f0r there's
nothing serious. Now, everything will
be all right, but you know the police
have had big fight with some train
robbers out by tile Belt line, and your
husband" -----~~--e
The wife slowly, softly. slipped from
her chair in a dead faint. Ten min
utes later she was revived; Then she
said: well, go Ola, tell me the rest"
And he called up TO say he WAS
all right, and will tell you about 1t at
supper time. KANSAS City Star.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Why Prices Rise.

lunhus. A woman who had occasion
to use common drug In making a
home preparation, bought pound of
1t at. drug store. She had often
bought it for seven cents pound, but
this time was charged % cents.
How Is that?' she asked the pro-
prietor. II never paid more than seven
cents pound for that anywhere be-
fore.''
But" expostulated the druggist,
prices have gone way up. Why, / have
to pay seven cents pound for that
myself columbus Dispatch.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
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Human in Spite. of Stars.

A private Of the buck species was
watching a. plane duel in the skies.
"Quite a sight" said voice beside
him, and his head nearly dropped off
when he SAW that it belonged TO the
general commanding the division.
There is a story in that same divf-
sion about the same general, which de-
scribes how he was seen one day re-
Gently walking along and chatting
with top sergeant. This shows that
a use has at last been found for top
sergeants.
That division did its share, and paid
It's price for the doing, when it helped
to drive the Hun back across the
Marne. That night some one softly
opened the generals door, and then as
softly closed it. And the word went
around that he sat with his face
buried i'll his hands. and his frame
quiyering with sobs.-The Stars and
Stripes. - -.. .
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Historic Windsor Castle.

King Edward III assessed every
county of England to send him GER
tain number Of masons, stone work.
eRs and carpenters and thus Windsor
castle was built on the ground on
which, it Is related, King Arthur used
to sit surrounded by his knights. Dur
ing the reign Of George ~. it was inn
proved and restored by the court archf-
tect, Sir jeffrey Wyattville, and Queen
Victoria spent nearly million pounds
in restoring and perfeeting it. Wind
sor is an ideal spot and its castle is
surrounded by more than 1900 acres
OF park and forest.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Sunrerv;Ile Sect;on

62-Corner River street and Marion
avenue.
63-Corner Portland and Caledonia
streets.
64-Harrison avenue.
65--Corner Portland street and Con-
cord avenue.
67-Corner Portland and State
streets.
68-Corner Concord avenue and Lib
erty street.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

L0ST-A pair of children's red nit
tens, with cord attachment. Finder
please bring them to the Caledonian
Office or return them to Mrs. r. c.
Kelsey, IL Perkins street, St. Johns
bury. 100
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
tEt " +
FOR SALE

No. t27-Large farm of $50 acres.
Seventy-fve acres in tillage, balance
in pasture and woodland. One and
one-half story house with nine rooms
Two stock farms with silo. Stable
for AS heed of stock Sugar place of
400 trees, Price $4250. Caledonia
Real Estate Company, st. Johnsbury,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

FOR SALE-Barred Plymouth
Rocks Parks. Bred to Lay Strain, 4
Hens and male yearlings $1,000.
2 Pullets and. cockerel $500, cocker
els, $3.50. No pullets separate for
sale. Harry Daniels. ST. Johnsbury,
Vt. 102-107.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
The Pest.

American soldiers speak Of the
louise as "cootie." The French fight
er calls it a toto" and the British q
"coddler." Among all the armies the
pests are known as trench rabbits
Or ''seam squirrels The significant
thing is that never are they called
lice. The soldier has the same horror
of yermin that he had in civilian life,
and the very name 'louse" carries the
suggestion Of degradation
If hoarse use the American Throat
Tablets. adv.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

FOR SALE-Brown mare and grey
horse. Work we'll together; young,
true and sound. Splendid work team;
weight, 1900 lbs, or one three-year-
old black colt not broken. Weight
1850. Price reasonable. Clement &
Morrill,. Telephone 1916. 105 If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

TO RENT-A pleasant upstairs tene-
ment newly papered and painted.
Electric lights. LOG Portland St.
Tel. 472-J. 80 f
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

FOR ~RENT-One room on second
floor; two rooms on third floor. APP
ply Woman's Club House, Cherry
street, st. Johnsbury. 1913
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Tinted in Control Of Lakes.

The boundary line between the
United States and Canada runs
through the center Of each of the four
border lakes that lie along or between
the two countries, and jurisdiction over
the lakes Is shared. There is per-
manent international waterways COM
mission, consisting Of three Americans
and three Canadians, that has control
Of the use of the waters of the lakes
for power and other purposes.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
West Side Section

West Side Section
21-South End Machine Shop, Fair
banks.
23-Front of Fairbanks Inn.
23-Front of Main Office, Fairbanks
24-Corner Spring and Central
streets.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

TO RENT-Desirable rooms to rent,
every convenience, 26 Central street.
100 If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

TO RENT-The DR.. Billiard office
of five rooms and bath on Eastern
Ave. Inquire of Harland B. Howe.
los f
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

TO RENT-Large upstairs room at
"a Main street. 105