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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01
Unitarian and UniyersaIist Churches
Sunday, March 3.

Services in the Unitarian church:
1870 a. m.-Divinc worship with sermon
hy Rev D. f. Trout Subject, How
View the Loneliness OF Jesus and
Ot Man.
~ M sunday school union session
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01
PATRIOTIC TOWN MEETINGS.
Business to Be Suspended Half Hour
to Explain War Problems.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. March |

-hC-N / ELLEN, NIdIcn /.
The presiding officer of all March
meetings to be held in Vermont on
Tuesday, March ;, has ben request
ed by Governor Horace +. Graham
to suspend business for 80 minutes
during the meeting at II O'Clock in
the forenoon, if possible, in order
that there will be throughout the
state one great patriotic meeting at
which will be considered and ex-
planned the problems that confront
the people and due credit given to
those who have taken up arms in
our defense
y program has been prepared by
the committee of public safety with
the assistance of Charles A. Plum
ley for use in all such meetings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01

AN ATLANTIC PORT, March l.
The British steamship Manhattan, of
S,400 tons gross, was torpedoed and
sunk while in convoy of warships and
within hailing distance of an American
merchantmen, it was learned today on
the arrival here of an American oil
tanker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01
In Odd Fellows Temple

Bowling game. scheduled: March !,
teams \ and T..
Friday, March /, 7.45 p. m.-Rehears,
al of initiatory degree.
wednesday. March G.-Rebelah drill.
\oto change OF date
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01
CONDITION SERIOUS.
George Won L. Meyer Suffering from
Tumor Of the Liver.

BOSTON, March l.--George Won l..
Meyer, formerly secretary of the navy,
who has been seriously i'll at his home
here three weeks, is suffering from
tumor Of the liver aud his condition to-
day was regarded as serious
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01

When woman loses her pocketbook
it isn't the loss she minds so much as
it is having to go home and tell her
husband that there was 80 cents of his
hard-earned money in it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01

WASHINGTON, March l.-The com
mittce on public information announces
official adyiees from its representative
in Pctrograd to the effect that Ambas,
eador Francis and his staff, the Ameri-
can consulate, the military mission and
the Red Cross representatives all left
Petrograd for Nologda by railroad on
the night of Feb. -.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01
UNDER THE KNIFE.
John Redmond, Irish Leader, Submitted
70 Surgical Operation Today.

LONDON, March JOAN Redmond,
the Irish leader. wa9 operated upon in
London today. His condition is salts
factory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01

LONDON, March 1.-The British and
French embassies have left Petrograd,
according to telegram from the Rus
sian official news agency in Petrograd,
which bears no date. The removal Of
elements of the population valueless in
the defense of the capital is being con
tinued, however. Gold and other val
uables continues to be shipped away
from the city, the statement adds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01
Masonic Temple

The women Of the Eastern Star will
hold "A regular sewing meeting in their
rooms Friday evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-01
Brattleboros bonds and the dates upon
which they fall due are as follows:

No bonds fall due in the years, 1926.
1881, 1882, or 1894.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
Liqhtest Known Wood.

A consular report from Port Llmon,
Costa Rica, gives interesting details
concerning the trade of that region
In balsa or corkwood (Ochroma), said
to be the lightest of all known woods.
1t has long been used in tropical
America for making canoes and a spe-
Clal type of raft, also known as balsa.
1t is very porous and a good insulator
against heat and cold, and the report
above mentioned states that it would
be valuable for airplane construction,
The young trees are soft and very sen.
sitlve to injury from vines. The trees
are dlOeciouS, the male tree being
known as burillo and the female as
balsa real. The shipment Of balsa
wood has apparently not assumed
large proportions, owing to the diff.
Guilty Of transporting it from its native
forests to the MISUNDERSTANDING
American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
WEST CORNWALL

Henry Thomas was a Sunday visit
or at S. l. Spauldings
Miss S, E. Griswold is at her old
home for the present.
Clayton Jones of Sudbury was a
business visitor in town, recently,
Miss Annis Young of Brandon visit
ed her sister, Kate Young, last Sunday.
The Paulsa's are moving to their new
home recently purchased of Mrs. Mat
tie Field Crane
Mr.. and Mrs. l., c. Droette were
guests of Dr.. and Mrs. StearnS of Mid
dlebury, last Sunday.
Mrs. F. H. Eldridge of Bridport,
spent several days last week with her
sister, Mrs H. E. Taylor,
A % gallon cask of cider was taken
from the back veranda of H A.
Moody's house one night last week.
Arthur Wimmett has purchased
Peter Bessettes place, however Mr..
Bessette will not leave until spring
Mrs. NJ. o. Field has been in Shore
ham several days caring for her son,
Kendall who has been quite ill at the
home of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. B. Kendall
Miss Margaret Burrows who has been
spending few weeks with her friend,
Mrs. H. A. Moody, returns this week
to her home in Cleveland, o. She will
visit relatives in Huntington, Can on
her way home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob DeLeeuw of
Bridport and Mr.. and Mrs John De-
Witt and son, Reginald of Shoreham
were guests at L. DeWitts last Tuesday
it being Mr.. DeWitt's birthday. A fine
dinner was served.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
When Airmen Fiuht.

One imagines picturesque duels to
the death between A (the great French
or English ace) and X (his German
cOmpetitor) multitude of strain
ing, upturned eyes, the distant rattle
of shots, the flaming spin of the loser.
AS matter Of fact a duel between
two mOnOplanes, handled by pilots Of
anything like equal skill, who are
aware of each others presence, is not
unlikely to end without bloOdshed.
Bear in mind that they can shoot only
forward, that the gun must be aimed
by aiming the whole machine Ito
which it is fixed immOvably) and that
twisting, climbing, banking airplane,
travelling at over a hundred miles per
hour, is no joke to hit in it's small vi
tails, and you can see that this must
be so.-Charles B. NOrdhOff, in Allan
tic,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
NO NEED TO WORRY
Despite Croakers, Human Race
Is Not DeterIoratIng.
Facts Brought Out by the War Show
That Men Today Are as Strong
Physically and Morally as
Ever In History

The big average height Of the men
drafted into the United States army Is
being widely commented upon In the
press, and II appears that the facts
Justify the favorable remarks being
made, observes the Montreal Gazette,
Records Of the quurtermaster's office
show that the Americans who are
DOMINIC the army uniform today are
bigger than the men who fought In
former wars, The size most In demand
for the standard army shoe In the past
was 7E, while the average size Of the
marching shoe today Is SO ID, and that
Of the field or trench shoe 90, Two
styles are Issued, for II has been found
by experiment that soldiers require
larger shoe for the trenches, II being
necessary to wear two pairs Of socks
at a time In cold and wet weather,
Similarly, the present'day American
soldier has to be provided with size
larger than his predecessor, In coOts,
shirts and breeches. He Is bigger
man all round, which Is decidedly sat
Isfactory from the national point OF
view.
Events In other belllgerent lands
since the war began have served to
prove that men generally are as strong
physically and morally AZ ever they
were In history. The long campaign
In the trenches In Europe has put the
soldiers to greater test than the fight
Ing men OF the past were submitted
to In the worst of the numerous old
wars. They have stood that test, and
the hundreds Of thousands who survive
the lannon's blast and the rifles bullet
will emerge physically fine specimens
OF manhood.
1t Is not necessary to look to the
United States or over to Europe to
see that the human race has not de-
Perforated. Canada Is n small nation
compared with Its tremendous neigh.
Dor and with other allies. It had a pop
ulation at the census In 1911 Of 1900.
900, about half Of whom were males.
Out of the young man part Of this total
100000 men have measured up to the
severe medical test Of the army and
some tens Of thousands OF others
have been examined and rejected for
minor defects that do not interfere
with their life as civilians and do not
threaten to shorten their days appre.
Gladly, The men who were taken to
the field of war have lived in the open,
through the heat Of summer and the
cold and snow and wet of winter, and
the thunder Of the guns has been con.
stantly in their ears.
The stress Of the deadlest warfare
has not broken their spirit and they
stand ready today to face attack from
a powerful eLemy and to deliver it in
return. In view of these facts, the
little bodies Of gloomy and narrow
minded persons who meet periodically
and resolve that the race Is degenerate.
ing physically and morally should rest
from their croaking for the time be.
ing. Actual conditions are confound.
ing their slanderous assertions. The
race is stronger today than ever.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
His EXCUSE.

One Camp Custer rookie claimed he
should have a deferred classification
and to substantiate his allegation re-
ferred to Deuteronomy 24-5:
"When a man hath taken new
wife he shall not go to war, neither
shall he be charged with any business,
but he shall be free at home for one
year and shall cheer up his wife which
he has taken"
well" said one Of the army clerks
after sizing up the bird making the
claim, 81 guess she would need cheer
ing up If she picked off that lemon"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
Years Sugar Crop.

The area Of the Sugar-cane crop Of
1913 in the United States is estimated
by the bureau of crop estimates to be
532,SS0 acres, or II per cent above
the acreage of 1909 as reported by the
census. The estimate is for ribbon
cane only, and hence sorghum is ex-
Guided. Ninety per cent of the total
ribbon-cane area is Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Alabama and Georgia. OF this
total area about 80 per cent is intend.
ed for sugar while the remainder, AZ
Fer cent, is mostly intended for sirup
and for planting part of the next years
crop.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
Canadian Appreciation.

And what names were ever better
earned than those thus rendered to
Uncle Sam? con July 4 last) They
would be strange allies whose hearts
would not be warmed by such loyalty
and sleepless energy as the United
States has shown for the cause Of the
entente from the moment it declared
war on Germany. No friend in need
could make more strenuous and sus-
tanned efforts to hasten to lend hand
than the United States has kept up
from the beginning of It's belligerenCy.
Difficulties that seemed insurmount-
able to anything but American re-
sourcefulness have been overcome, and
from this time forth the United States
will have to be reckoned with as a
heavyweight in the war.-TOronto Mail
and Empire.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
Full of Cold; Had The Grin

This has been such a trying year for
sickness that many will be pleased to
read how Lewis Newman, sos North
rand St, Charleston, W. Va, was re-
stored to health. He writes; 81 was
down sick and nothing would do me
any good l was full of cold. Had the
grip until l got two SOC bottles of Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar, 1t is the best rem
edy for grip and colds l ever used"
Good for grip coughs, Group, whooping
cough and common colds
Frost's Pharmacy, So Main St.,
Middlebury, VT
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
GRANVILLE

Edward Hutchins was in Island Pond
last week
Mr.. and Mrs Flynn Ford visited
her parents in Rochester recently.
Fay Briggs who is working in Spring,
field was in town a few days last week.
Verlon Wood, Edgar Ford, Henry
Jennett and Pearl Eaton were in Mid
dlebury last Tuesday,
Gerald Rice and family have moved
from RoXbury into the house lately
vacated by Thad Markham,
Elvin and Elmer Shirley were sum
moned to appear before the local board
for examination Thursday at Middle
bury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01
New Motor.

An "air motor" that recOmpresses
air in the tank by means of the COM
pressed air on its way to the cylinders
of the motor, thus requiring only one
filling Of the air tank, is an invention
claimed by J. w. Justus and Fred Ru-
dolph, mechanical engineers of At
lanta.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-01

Remember that the season is never
closed for the fellow who would take
your good money hunting some wild
cat scheme
Uncle Philander
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Do SOMETHING WORTH WHILE
Much Benefit viii Come From Deter
mination to Make Each Day
Record of Accomplishment.

The one who starts out in the morn
ing with determination to do some
thing during the day that will amount
to something, that will be distinctive,
that will have individuality, that will
give him satisfaction at night, is
great deal more likely not to waste
his day in frivolous, unproductive work
than the one who starts out with no
plan.
Begin every day, therefore, with a
program and determine that, let what
will come, you will carry it out as
closely as possible. Follow 1t up per-
sistently, day after day, and you will
be surprised at the result.
Make up your mind at the very
outset Of the day that you will accom-
plish something that will amount to
something; that you will not allow
callers to fritter away your time, and
that you will not permit the little an
noyances Of your business to spoil
your days work. Make up your mind
that you will be larger than the trifles
which cripple and cramp mediocre
lives, and that you will rise above petty
annoyances and interruptions and
carry out your plans in large and
commanding way.
Make every day Of your life count
for something; make 1t tell in the
grand results, not merely as an added
day, but as an added day with some
thing worthy achieved.
Differences IN Coast L.s.--
The line of the Atlantic coast Is
largely Of mud and sand, and has very
little elevation. On the other hand,
the Pacific coast line Of Washington,
Oregon and California is almost entire
ly rocky and precipitous. While the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts are dotted
with numerous harbors where ships
may seek safety in time of storm. very
different conditions exist on the Paci-
hc, where there are few harhc;s, and
these at long intervals.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22

ranch. These large blocks Of land are
being dissolved, SO to speak, into farms
Of ordinary size.
"Today," writes this correspondent,
thousands upon thousands of acres Of
land, vast stretches of clean prairie
that have for quarter Of century
known little more than the trample Of
the herds and the swish of the cow
boys lariat, are blossoming out into
golden wheat fields and neatly plotted
farmsteads, and the timeworn romance
Of the cowboy and the corral is giving
way to the modern romance of the
eaper."-Montrea Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
MARBLE STONES ABOVE PETS
Grieving Owners Erect Costly Monu.
ments In Dog Cemetery Near Gen.
ter of London, England.

It may not be known to everybody
that in London there exists an exceed
ingly pretty cemetery devoted princi-
pally to mans best friend-the faithful
dog. Near the Victoria Gate, Hyde
Park West, stands the gatekeeper's
lodge, attached to which there Is a
fair-sized garden, the last resting place
Of many favorite pet.
Several years ago favorlte dog
C'Poor Little Prlnce"), which belonged
to the duke of Cambridge, was run
over In the park, brought to the lodge
and afterward buried in the garden.
A marble stone shows the place where
he lies. After this many who had
heard Of the event requested to have
their dogs laid to rest in the same
plot of ground, and thus 1t came about
that the permission of the duke and
the deputy ranger was obtained to al
low the garden to become a cemetery
for dogs.
II has now been In existence many
years, and there are several hundred
graves, all beautifully kept. Some
people pay certain amount per an
mum to have the little graves properly
attended to; some only pay when the
dog is buried; many call regularly.
The tombstones are pretty nearly all
Of the same size and mostly Of mar
ble.--London Graphic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
TREAT INSANE LIKE BRUTEs
Damascus Authorities Keep Men Of
Deranged Mind In Chains In Full
View Of PassersBy.

"Other sights and sounds, by no
means so agreeable, meet the modern
traveller, and doubtless those who jour.
neyed through Damascus in Paul's
time as WE'LL" writes DR.. Francis E..
Clark, founder of the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor. "Never
have l seen more hldeous objects than
the insane men Of Damascus. Some
Of them, probably those who are par
ticularly violent, are fastened with
heavy chain to a ring in the wall OF
some house or public building. There
they sit upon the sidewalk day and
night, covered, If at all, from the blis-
tering rays of the sun or the dews of
evening, by little awning of burlap,
almost naked, gnashing their teeth, or
perhaps with q stupid, dull indiffer-
ence In their eyes, depending upon the
charity of the passers-by.'
'The last spot we can visit" Doctor
Clark says in concluding the chapter,
"is the ancient wall through whose
windows it is said that Saint Paul es-
capped. Here is his brief account of
this adventure: In Damascus, the
governor, under Aretas the king, put
guards about the city Of the Damascus,
to arrest me, and through a
window, in a basket, was I let down
by the wall and escaped his hands,
"We looked with interest and rever-
ance upon the ancient wall, which very
likely was standing in the apostles
time, and at the window, from which
It is possible, but by no means certain,
hat he was lowered in basket"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Family Of Fighting Men.

Nelson A. Miles was the first man
not graduate Of West Point who
ever held the position Of command
er of the United States army since
the earliest days Of the republic. An
ancestor, Rev. John Miles, who emil
grated to this country from Wales in
1868, commanded a company in King
Philips war, and his house was known
us miles garrison"
Daniel, the great-grandfather Of
Nelson A. Miles, and Daniels three
sons, of whom one was Joab, the gen.
erals grandfather. served in the Rev
0lutionary war.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22

Ranches Converted Into Farms.
A correspondent In the West writes
that the most notable change now TAX
Ing place In that country, especially
In the southern parts of Alberta and
ra"set"hawan 10 thu nassino ~ the
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-26
MORE ALFALFA FOR SUSSEX.

At the executive committee meeting
OF the Sussex County Farm Bureau it
was decided that a drive for more al
falfa in Sussex County should be
made, as the high feeding value and
large yielding capacity should inter-
est every owner of live stock in the
forage crop. Practically all OF the
standard feeds such as bran, midd-
/ lings, ETC., have almost disappeared
from the market for one reason or an
other, which together with the con-
I gested railroad traffic make it i'm
I possible to keep any of these feeds on
| hand. Alfalfa, which very nearly
equals bran in feeding value, can be
partly substituted and should be used
much more widely. Alfalfa is also
one of the best soil improvers that we
can use. and can be made to fit into
any rotation. While alfalfa has not
yet become established as well as
many other crops, past experience has
shown that it can be grown on all
soils in this state. The past winter
has shown that it will stand up under
the most severe weather conditions
that we may expect. Alfalfa can best
be handled in rotation with other
EIOUHs lie AnEA EdHEu GOnL VI pie
pairing the soil and seeding alfalfa
will be Offset by the increased yield
of succeeding crops.
soil on which alfalfa is to be
seeded must be well drained Alfalfa
will not live in low spots which may
be covered with water any length OF
time. A good firm seed bed free from
weeds is essential to success in get
ting a good stand. Best results may
be had by following a cultivated crop
like early potatoes.
All soils in this state require lime
for best development of alfalfa. Any
form may be used, and at least one
ton per acre should be applied about
ten days before seeding and worked
we'll into the soil.
incubation is essential for the best
results with alfalfa. This may be ac-
complished by either broadcasting
with soil from a field where alfalfa
has been successfully grown, or by
the use of artificial cultures. If us
ing soil for inoculatiOn 1t should be
Immediately narrowed in so that the
sunlight will not injure the bacterial.
Good seed should be used and should
be free from dOdder and other weed
seeds. Yellowish green color and
plumpness indicate good seed. The
seed should be sown from the tenth |
to the twentieth of August, which al
lows for sufficient growth to insure |
the plants passing through the win
ter. About twenty pounds Of seed |
should be used to the acre Further /
will be furnished by the |
County Agent, Georgetown, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1918-07-26
BURRsv1LLE.

Mrs. Milton Pippin and children OF
Riverside. N. j., are guests of Mrs.
C. n. Fountain.
Mrs. Pettygrew and daughter, OF
New York, are passing the summer
with Mrs. Baldwin.
John H. Stevens, a highly respected
citizen, died at the Easton Hospital
on Saturday, July 18th, 1918. He
had been a sufferer for two years and
went to the hospital hoping to get re-
lief. He was a good neighbor and
friend. The funeral was held at the
Wesley church on Monday. and in
terment was made in the family bur
ial ground.
The drouth has been very depress-
ing to the hopes of the farmers, as
the early planted corn can not now
make half crop under the best of
conditions.
The annual Sunday School picnic of
Wesley NJ. E. Church was held on
the church lawn on Saturday after
noon, July 20th.
(The above items of news were sent
for publication in the Chronicle last
week. but reached this Office too late.
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