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IndiSCriiminatp Violation
Of 8-HOuF Law Alleged

v NSIIINiTuN. f'h. l-.--iudiS'rIni-
irti... yi,.iail,n "f tho SiNl".n-h"nr law.
,.@p",.IalIs sine. III" government TOOK
.uynr ,h.. rnnd#. wnS charged - lhr rIil-
road Inannr"ul"utS to-day hr Timothy
shea. a.f!rG pr"Sii"nl If III" .l'r"iH"r-
hruI II l.r.uul"ii,. r'irrii'1i E.uEt:"-
anon Hltd ilnS;!' -. ~ ri"l':luE :" 'h''
E:iilrNnu WnI" trnnllSSi"n work nG
conditions; whr,,h II" snid nr"Nr tn" nN"n
'nrl other .wrirN lm"ui-
IF ih,. i-ni'.G States go "rnri'-ll d"cS
NOT remedy rhr~'' .pr"lil"nS. irc :S'"ri-
I'D 49, will not maxi = SG''""s'S -; ran
road "p"rnilon C"r =" Tniir"ad 'hn sur
vlvr al such fashion.
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CINCINNATI SAVED
FROM GREAT FLOOD
By the Breaking Up Of the
Great Ice Gorge Below
the City.

: Sp.cial Dispatch 10 ThH tcIliGcncrr.
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. r..
Spectacular scenes marked the
breaking up of the ice gorges at
Finn Bank. O., and Sugar Greek,
ind, late this afternoon, releasing
the flood waters that have men,
aced Cincinnati for several weeks.
The river had reached a stage
Of slightly more than 81 feet when
the gorees. broke and the water
beuan to fall rapidly.
By dawn tomorrow the river Will
be back within its banks. Te'e-
graph and telephone poles were
washed away as the gorges broke,
but little damage to floating prop
chty so far has been reported.
One man was drowned while
taking doctor to d narooned
family. The doctor was saved.
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ROOST WAR SAVINGS STAMP MOVEMENT
Homage to Lincoln By Soldiers
And the Legislature of Virginia

which were held in the Y. N. q
A. auditorium. Confederate vet
Grams, wearing their gray un
forms were on hand. Upon tho
very. ground where the meeting
was held these veterans fought
against the boys in blue during
the siege of Petersburg IN the
Civil War.
The boys Of the 314th Field Ar
tillery only spent half day drill
ing on the range. Now that they
have shown proficiency in work
ing out the firing problems they
are practicing the art Of camou-
faen. .ConcealinG the guns from
the eyes Of the enemy is as essen
tial, according to the French in
structors, as gun seen by the
Boches is gun destroyed
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River Conference Of Al!
Mayors and Steamboat
Owners Will Be Called

Spr"iai Dispatch /" Th" int"liiE'nr"r'
rIE,'INNATl. -. Feb i:-MaE"r
I,u,,s Calvin -roday announced lhni ne
,,.uld soon ,.alI - conference" her" Of
,h. u;avnrS f all chm" river rit;"s and
.,Il. river steamboat ,,wr"rS ~ max"
rl:,ue :" rn"cl ihr requirements ~; th>
'nitrI States ::"N"rntt''mt l"''hr" the
:, 400. uru tihl" river appropriation !"
made. Mayor calvin stated that II" was
ar,i,Ig ~. th,. rrsul; -: first class unnf-
,i-ial information lhrl liberal ONO
-r."r ;mrr"v"in"nr appropriation would
hr includ"d ~ rh' RIVER and harH"rs bil!
u2nm .on,!'tInu thH; rl''r municipalities
AMI river interests evidenced ability N
really rnk" advanjaG' Of Il n!n"-fo"t
river Sia." and show good faiih.
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~ oocr To- help m~ct N" mn loss "nl"r-
Gr-,t nc.dS 81: The third %'H.". III" I'M
ru-d;r,. ,,ic' rt cr'a' t'dl>S "t r"iu-
s.cS i. thr first shelters pr"vid''l tor
t!.rn. Mud. ~ :, Ms. though $urh piles
aS yr: through. such c:tui""n* rs ""Hi'i
~, "is,n'I. at lt"H". hi"tEi;i
,i..n"n Nurngln: such h"ir"rs nS could
-. Ssri: .n.; "r mustered lnd'Vii'ihIly
ar II, rn,nruIt;.,.. aS in ti..u":t and Milan
and NOR. especially through rlpld nd
y:tti"".; OF In"u'yS /" ""nSul% ana ll'ic
dri.gat..$ ana Italian 1c"nrI"S. "h" liio
1h,ir hands "u ;hr-'@s /" h" d"n" locally
.,aS III thu rA:tu:i'i'. "It'h IN l%EhoFnl
rh,. Rcd Cross played spirited II
scattered part from til" first
This ha. afforded acQuantanceshlp
and momentum in organizing its more
systematic work now in progress. ol
the need Of tha, work every days mail:
every report from field delegates and
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[loyd GeorQe and EnQlands King Declare War Must C0nnu
BRITISH RULERS IN AGREEMENT
WITH PRESIDENT WILSON IN AIMS
Better Proof Than the Speeches Of Won Hertlng and
Czernin Must Be Had Before the Germanic Allies Can
Be Treated With As Desirous of a Just Peace.

The military activity on the
western front is daily increasing
in volume. The patrol encounters
are being carried out by larger
parties than has been the case
since the hard winter set in. and
more zest is being added to the
fighting.
The British near Epchy and Ia
Bassee have conducted further IN:
cursions into the enemy positions.
in the latter region. lnflctns
numerous casualties on their an
taeonists and also taking prison
ers and machine guns. Likewise,
north Of the Ailette and in the
WoeVre sector the French have
made successful attacks which re-
suited in the capture Of nearly 500
prisoners A somewhat ambitious
attack by the Germans in the Ver-
dun sector was put down by the
French with severe casualties.
Between the Americans and the
Germans there is a constant eH-
change of artillery fire, and the
Americans continue to carry out
patroIIing maneuvers toward the
enemy trenches. The Germans evil
IDENTITY are anxious to gauge the'po-
sition occupied by the Americans
and also to ascertain the number
Of men they are employing. for
daily their aircraft are lowering
over the lines. taking photog raPhs
and making observations. Anti
aircraft guns several times have
driven. off the enemy.
Although the increase in the &C
tivity along the entire front in
France and Belgium is noticeable.
there is no indication as yet woen
the Germans will begin their much
heralded general offensive. A Ger
man captured by the British says
that at least one big attack is due
to begin some time in March.
Meanwhile large concentrations Of
fresh troops daily are arriving be-
hind the German line and carrying
out practice r1aneuVers.
On the Italian front the Aus
trians again have endeavored to
test the strength of the Italians IN
the Settle Communi plateau sector.
The German war office asserts
that the Austrians carried out a
most successful attack here. but
the Italian official communication
declares that the Austrian columns
were torn to pieces by the italian
artillery as they tried to get in the
southern slopes Of Monte Sasso
Rosso and other positions. and the
offensive completely repulsed-
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r,ciaI To The Intc!l!Gcnc"r.

Special 10 The Intc!l!Gcnc"r.
CAMP LEE. Va. Feb. l.
Homage was paid to The memory
of Abraham Lincoln here this al
trrnoon by the soldiers Of the
Eighteenth division. Fn7 the
frs, time since the civil war have
southern soldiers ever held an!
celebration in honor Of Lincoln.
rhr dcmonStrarinn held this after
noon being under The auspices OF
;hr 1G9th lnfanlr% Brigade. com
posed exclusively Of NEginians'.
The mrmberS of ihr Virginia leg
islaturr attended tho meeting. an
adjournment being taken so that
they could parricipatr in the Ger
nmonies. All III" soldiers in camp
participated in The exercises
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King George and David Lloyd
George. the British prime minis
ter in addresses TO the British
parliament - the former before
a Joint session Of the house OF
lords and the house Of commons
have declared again that in the
recent utterances Of the spokes-
men o. the Teutonic allies there
can be found 70 basis for a peace
which will fulfill the demands OF
the democratic governments The
addresses OF both the monarch
and his prime minister were at
one with President Wilson's
speech to congress Monday. King
George declared that until there
was recognition Of the basic pr'n-
ciples upon which an honorable
peace could be concluded It was
the duty Of the British to prose-
cute the war with all the Vioor
they possess.
MIR. LLOYD George asserted that
President Wilson's jtimate OF the
recen. speeches of Count Won
Aertlinq. the imperial German
chancellor. and Count Czernin,
the Austro-A Hungarian foreign min
lister. was correct one. He add
ed that the British government
had not receded an iota from its
announced war aims.
Until some better proof than
had been provided by the speeches
Of the leaders Of the Central
bowers that those countries were
prepared to consider the aims and
ideals for which the allies and the
United States were fighting. Mr..
Lloyd George said it would be
Great Britain's reorettable duty
to 90 on and make preparations
necessary to establish interna-
tionaI right.
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DEFENDED By BALDWIN.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l2-Heary eA-
rcndiiurr:; ut government money IN thc
,.nust ructirn oi tho Hog Island shIpyara.
rrar l'hi!ad el1hra. were defended pe-
fore tn. senate iuvr*tiEatinS committee
tn-day ~ C;"n7G" J. Baldwin chairman
of The board -; ti" American lnterna-
,;nnnI Shipbuidu.> corporation, on thc
ground that tho corporation WAS con-
trcni.d "iihr- with delaying ship con-
~rruciI"u nr paying high costs in build:
ing the plant
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HEAVY RAINFALL NOW A MENACE; \
| PENN7N|TT UNABLE To FORECAST
BROWNSVILLE GORGE
STILL HOLDS FASI
Government Engineers Use.
Dynamite But Fail to
Break the Jam. i

Spccial Dispatch to The 1ntentGencnr.
PITTSBURGH, Pa7 Feb. "a
With rain falling heavily here and
over the watersheds Of the A.
Iegheny and Mononsahela rivers
tonight, Local Foreesster Henry
Pennyvitt stated he was unable
at this time to predict to what e1-
tent the rainfall would affect the
Upper Ohio river.
Ice gorges at Brownsville, in the
MonongaheIa river, and Freeport
in the Allegheny river were still
holding tonight, keeping back
great volumes Of water, but It 10
expected the rain and the warm
weather will send these out with
in a short time. y
Using 500 pounds Of: dynamite
and working all day; United
States engineers succeeded in
moving about 80 feet Of the 25-
foot high gorge at Brownsville.
The gorge is nearly nine miles
long and rivermen believe it is al
most hopeless task to try remoy-
ing it with explosives.
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\ SCOTClI SEAPORT. Monday.
Feb. H. thy Th" NSs"cIa'"d
pr"Ssl -Th" American dead a
4 result Of IN" SINKING nf ih'
steamer Tu-canih apparently =
~ l"aSI 1r9
Thus far IA. hudif> hav" been
buried alun" IN" Sroicn coast anu
II additional bodies wrrc rccor-
cred today. Funeral services over
IN" latter viii b" held tomorrow.
The bodies Of i majority of thn
Americans wrr" identified by
means al metal discs which the
men wore. and in III" raSr "t
CONTINUED on Page Ton)
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'S NANE:
FLAMING TORCH
Of PATRIOTISM
Birthday Of the Martyred
President Observed Cen
eraIly Over Country.

SFKIN'fFIF:LD. H.. F'"h. l2.-Th"m'7"
Power O'Cnnror. Irish Nationalist h"r"-
.r in parliament. speaking a. - ldu,"ln
DAY ,..3.brniinn her" t"-u!Ght. Saii TN
name .! the ,n;lrtyr"d President whose
last r,S.inc pIlc.. was N Springfield had
b.conl" Il Flaming torch" tHal h""s' TN
patriotism Of every American. whether
At home o. 'ac;ue death ." Eu"op'S
bat tlctields.
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For n Further Emergency.

~. Crr any reason iher" should he
further. .,.c.iirrmrui---ior example. to ths
lin. If lh.. \L.rc'-....I'ral large towns.
,nrlu,llr. Verona. N,r"rZa, padua ana
l;ovl..,. ,vuui b.. ;,f'"r'rj. We are In
formed that ,,.nnitc orders have been :
i~~r.L I.:,irs. m" evacuation OF this
urw :.r,l.urv. even n case "f invasion.
II. :I.hab:tarit% hnv" been officially ad-
vis..,l to remain wn"r" they arc. chiefly,
no doubt ivr IN" reason that with the
present; limited supply "f food 1t would
b. iIUpuSSi bic tn ear. :0r 80 great an
influx "' u"pCiati"n. - The remaining
part Of the country. ami also because
property world be sacrificed which
miEhi ha preserved b. the owners II
they remained TO look after it
Continued ON PnGA ELIZA
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ENDORSED
BY REPUBLICANS

ST. LOUIS, MO-, Feb. l2,-The
Republican national committee, az
ter postpouing until tomorrow the
selection of chairman, todRy
adopted resolution endorsing the
vote OF Republican congressman for
the Susan B. Anthony suffrage
amendment.
Tonight opposing forces were
claiming Victory for their rcspec-
tive candidates, John T. Adams Of
iowa and VIII II. Hays, chairman
Of the state central committee Of
Indiana. Most reliable figures avail
able, however, indicated 23 votes
pledged 10 Adams. 20 to Hays and
nvC non -cHmnittal.
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Lewis Praises Wilson.

WASHG$GTnN. Fob. lc.-..!;'-manH' -
war lords were Sca'hirglT i'n"un""'!
and Americans urged /" til;h' i"r 'h''
"d"nocracy implanted rE Lincoln nn"
advance, hr Wilson" N Hn nl1r':-s'
IN" birthday n"niv"r
sary "f President T.inr"ln d..i:N"r'i to-
day u, senator Lewis ~ lii,n"ii. III
German peace Offers W"r. Declared :"
h. only 4 rus" :" r'ur'!"r.
Struggles "f IL" W"ri'! H. n'"'r''r.'. .
10 retain their liberty w'r'. r"""Iiu'-"i
by Senator lewis. quoting IN" ';'r'}"iu
noe Goethe that "thnsr who have ii!'-
(Continued on PaSe Ten.)
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The Prernier's Speech.

i.pN0rN. t'"h. l2.--Addr"sSinE the
h"rlS.. Il ."c1r;nns to-day Premier Lloyd
George said a. A-t. rr,H via cS-,eouod
disappointment IL" replies given to
Er, sid"ut Wilson and 10 -" Geclara-
IONS .c the British government by
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SPEINGFTELn. Ill. Feb. '%-~A1h&"r
vance Of II" birthday of abraham Ian
coin. horn lnH years nC". took - NOR"
popular tur7I than i"r mLmr years m
SprlnEflold IN. last resting pI''" u;
the ntI-1 yr..h pr'.%!d"rit.
Instead oI III" ,XrcIti".' ,iranruo' "f
former occaSiuii$. two in;IS% meetings
were arranged for thlS Afternoon and
tonight IL TIA" stat" arS'-lil..
Canada and ireland united To honor
tho Amcricau hrro.
JuStirr, William T'nwIck ItIdd"ll. OF
the supreme ,u!-; rf puinrI" and
Thomas I'nwcr p'Ennnnr. Trash NHtrC1Ial-
ist leader in parliament w"r" speakers
ut tnuiEhrs meeting.
This afternoon AddtSor Il. Proctor "t
st Joseph Mich. said I" 10 Iil. cnl:'
living dclrt;;Itr - the WiGwatn ""nN"n-
tiC.t which nominated Lincoln for pres
idcnt in 1860 told of IN" historic gath
rring. At th" :,f'"ruN"n gathering
sr-1t churuS ct school children will %rnE
patriotic airs.
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PAGE ON TARIFF BOARD.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-Thonlas
W. Page Of Virginia. was nominated
today hv President Wilson 10 be-
member OF the United States ttarlH
board.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. l2.-.thraham
Linrolu's birthday anniversary W;ts, "h-
snrvcd IN both hoiS". "f rrziGr"Ss. ,N"n-
at,r Lewis uC ilEG";$. delivered an
cnIrc$ and i'll tir" h"HS" representative
johnson "f Kentucky in who's" district
Lincoln wirS born. waS chilled t" m
chaIr 70 preside Will" R"pr"$r-ltatiN"
Russell OF Missouri road the LicHE burg
nddrc&&.
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LONDON. Feb. l@.-"A hostile raid
inc PARTY attacked one Of our posts
last night. cas- Of Ephey. but was
driven off by our fire the. war office
reports. "Tcsi"rday evening Man
chester troops successfully raided the
German trenches west Of lAahach".
MANY casualties were inflicted on the
enemy N slight cost 20 ourselves, and
sevnu prisoners and a machine gun
were captured.
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THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l2.-Foreoas:
West Virginia. Western Pennsylvania
and OMo--GcneraIy fair and slightly
colder Wednesday; Thursday fair.
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ROME. Feb. l2.-The .tuSfrians voS.
'rrriav renewed their attacks on the
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Generally fair and slightly eoht
Wednesday; Thursday fair.
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-22
AND NOW THEY ARE COOKING
TOBACCO TO MAKE 1T BETTER

For good many years The American
Tobacco Company have been conducting a
series OF experiments having as their
object the improvement OF smoking
tobaecos.
And II 10 interesting to know that one
of the greatest Of their discoveries was one
Of the simplest and that was, that cooking
or toastlng tobacco improved 1t In every
way, just as cooking most foods improves
them.
They took a real Burley tobacco, grown
In this country; toasted II as you would
toast bread; moistened 1t TO replace the
natural moisture driven off by toasting;
made It into cigarettes, called them
LUCKY STRIKE, the toasted cigarette"
and offered them TO the public.
The result has been the greatest demand
ever created for any tobacco product in a
similar length OF time.
The change produced by toasting Is not
only most wholesome, but the flavor Is
greatly improved, justas cooking improves
meat. for example.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-22

Pretty soon the cook pokcd his head
in the door and shouted: "IIcy, Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie -
| protested that ! had wasted half
hour on it already and had used up
my only remaining shirt in the at
tempt. With a look Of disdaln he eX-
claimed: "Blow me, your shirt! Why
in - didn't you use mud?"
Without n word in reply I got busy
with the mud, and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. / used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and go with the quartermaster to
draw coal got 9ck just in time to
issue our third meal, which consisted
of hot tea. | rinsed out my dixie and
returned it to the cookhouse, and went
back to the billet with an eXhlarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
| had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared in the
door of the billet with: "Blime me, you
YankS are lazy. Who in - a-goin to
draw theswater for the mornin' tea
Do you think I'm a-goin' to? Well,
Tn not" and he left. filled the dixie
with water from an old squeaklng well,
and once again lay down in the straw,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-22
CORNWALL

A, C. Sumner, who has been at Ar
thur Stevens for some time, spent the
weekend at his home in Bristol
Joseph Rngey received word that
he failed to pass his examination and
has been transferred ( rom Class to
| Class ,.
Mr.. and Mrs. RAYMOND Orchard are
visiting at Rollin Orchards in Hor-
tonvillc They cYpec; to move to
Shelburnc Mass al out the first OF
April, where Mr. Orchard will carry
on farm.
Christine Atwood came home from
her school in Middlohury last Thurs.
day. She fell about two weeks before
and injured her neck and collarbone
but is now improving ard hopes to re-
turn to school soon,
Mrs Raymond Bnchrd spent the
week end with Miss Roth Egglcston.
Mary Pcel little DAUGHTER of Ed
ward Poet, is having a slight attack Of
bronchitis.
Albert Wilcox Ia, moved his fam
lily from Westield, Mass, to the home
of his brother Elmer Wilcox, where he
expects to remain for some time,
Mr.. and Mrs. " ilcoy and Almon
NCBull attended the funeral Of their
father Seth Bull, in Nergennes last
Thursday.
Sheridan Bull is moving from Yer
gennes to the house recently pur-
chased of Amos Atwood,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Atwood and
daughter have been recent guests at A.
| /. Atwood's.
Thomas Harrington is working at
A. L. Atwood's
There will be a meeting of the
Woman's Missionary society at the
home of Mrs. c. E, Sampson, Thurs
day from II to o'clock
Guy Wooster has moved from Shore
ham Center to the house owned bv
Mrs. Arthur Parkll. He is to carry
on the farm for Mr., Parkhill
Miss Blanche Norton OF Bridport
was an over-Sundav guest OF Mrs. +
H. Harris
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-22

wenty-one days on the wheel, that H.
he received twenty-one days field pun
lshment No, /, or "crucI0ylon," at
Tommy terms II,
This consists Of being sproOd'eNged
on the wheel Of n Timber two hours a
day for twcnty-one days, regardless OF
the weather, During this period, your
ratlons consist Of bully beef, biscuits
and water,
A few months later met this sentry
and he conAded to me that since being
"cruclhed," he had never failed to pass
the word down the trench when 80 or
dered. In view of the olfense the
above punishment was vary light, In
that falling to pass the word down n
trench may mean the loss of many
lives, and the spelling Of some lmpor-
tant enterprise In No Mans Land.
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nifty Of making dessert, This Is
trench pudding" II Is made from
broken biscuits, condensed milk, jam
little water added slightly favored
with mud-put into q canteen and
cooked over Il little spirit stove known
as "Tommys cooker"
"a firm In Bllghty widely adyertlses
these cookers Ms necessity for the
men In the trenches. Gulllble people
buy them-shlp them to the TOmmles
who Immediately upon receipt Of same
throw them over the parapet, Some
times Tommy falls for the adj, and
uses the cooker In dugOut to the dis
gust and discomfort of the other oc.
cupants)
This mess Is stirred up IN tin and
allowed 10 simmer over the flames
from the cooker until Tommy decides
that II has reached sufficient (gluellke)
consistency. He takes his bayonet and
by means OF the handle carries the
mess up In the front trench 10 cool
After II has cooled of he tries 10 eat IT,
Generally one or two Tommles In a
section have caS.lron stomachs and
the tin Ia soon emptied, Once tasted
trenGh pudding, but only once,
In addition 10 the regular ration Is
sue Tommy uses another channel 10
enlarge his menu,
In the English papers "Lonely
Soldier" column IL run. This Is for
the soldiers at the front who are sup
posed 10 be without friends or relN-
tlves. They write to the papers and
their names are published, Girls and
women In England answer them, and
send out parcels Of foodstufrs, clga.
rettes, candy, etc. / have known a
"lonely" soldier to receive rs many as
Ave parcels and eleven letters in one
week.
CONTINUED Next Week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-22
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sons, he does not care to have a light
ed cigarette in his mouth
Strctcher bearers carry flags for
wounded TOmmles, When n stretcher
bearer arrives alongside Of n Tommy
who has been hit the following CONVEX
satlon usually takes place; Stretcher
bearer-"Want flag? Where are you
hlt2" Tommy looks up and answers,
ayes, In the leg"
After dismissal from parade we re-
turned to our bllets and | had 10 get
busy Immediately with the dinner Is
sue. Dinner consisted Of stew made
from fresh beef, couple Of spuds,
bully beef Maconochle ratlons and wa
ter-plenty of water. There Is great
competition among the men to spear
with their forks the two lonely pota-
toes.
After dinner / tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and n rag,
and learned another maxim Of the
trenches-"lt can't be done" / slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was Mortified 10
see him throw Into his dixie -four or
five double handfuls Of mud, Then he
poured In some water and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out,
| thought he was taking an awful risk,
Surprising the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour Of unsuc-
ccssful efforts / returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful TO put on
the cover, and returned to the billet.