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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

(By White River Junction Landmark
MANI
That " you don't want the United
States to get the double cross. give up
literally 10 the Red Cross.
That although paint-up week is an
excellent idea, the girls don't need TO
observe II all the year round.
That after planting II is wise to wait
at least AZ hours before digging up the
seeds to see II they are sprouting.
That so far none Of the organizations
OF boys have protested to the govern
ment against the advance in price of
soap.
That eggs cost rs cents apiece in Pet
rograd; but then, the Russians have the
blessings Of socialism 80 they are
happy.
That the automobile salesman's theory
Of how to keep a car out Of the repair
shop is for you to buy new car every
year.
That Germany is very anxious for
peace while she drills her 18o, OOO, 900
Russian slaves to jump on us at "a hours
notice.
That after thanking the Almighty for
his help, Kaiser Bill goes out and pro-
ceeds to steal few more thousand miles
Of territory.
That among the families that COM
plain Of the high cost Of clothing are
those that keep dogs that kill sheep and
deplete the wool supply.
That with warm weather coming on
It's about time for the girls who have
been wearing low-necked waists all win
ter to get out their furs.
That feeling that the American peo-
pie should have a better athletic develop
ment. the motorists keep the pedestrians
constantly jumping.
That some Of the people who kick the
worst about the lack Of implements Of
war don't seem to realize that they
have An excellent hoe out in their tool
shed.
That the Germans propose to down the
United States because IL Is a country Of
dollar worshppers, and incidentally be-
cause its competition hurts German
trade.
That the more money a town spends on
public street cleaning. the more litter
some people will sweep in to the street
to be cleaned at the public expense
That this same Germany that jails It's
hungry people for stealing . loaf of
bread is the same Germany that stole
all Belgium, Serbia and a good share of
Russia.
That present indications are that the
Ananias club. which too long has been
inactive. is going TO initiate a large class
Of new members connected with the air
craft business.
Astronomy students don't seem to be
much interested in the eclipse of the
sun June Sth. 1t takes a dark night
and the right company to make astron-
omy interesting.
That II we are going to put 5000, 0oo
soldiers on the French front a lot OF
men have got to do some work more
productive than tending peanut stands
and selling chewing gum.
That some OF these people who de.
nounce the German spies are passing
around the story whose origin anyone
should be able to guess, that the health
Of the American people will be injured
by eating 30 much corn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
A YEAR TO REPLACE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY
President Walker Believes Il
Will Take That Time to Put
Plant in Observation-Disclosures
ties in Getting Labor, Mater.
ials, Machinery the Reasons

ut will be a hurricane Job If we can get
the plant in operation within year." said
John Walker president Of the Vermont
Milk Chocolate company. Monday on
being asked when the factory would be
in operation. lie and +. II. Roberts Of
Boston were in consultation with local
people in the forenoon and were at the
scene of the ruins looking over matters
during the day. AS vat. nothing definitely
Is known by the chocolate people rs to
just what will be done The plans are
made for n new factory. but whether It
will no feasible or even possible, to re-
build at this time Is problematical.
The ruins are being cleared of debris as
fast az possible and this part of the work
In expected TO be accomplished in about
SIX weeks The work is progressing rapidly
but II will not be known until the ruins
are completely cleared what the condition
of the old walls IL. The same Ia true Of the
machinery and everything else connected
with tho plant. The salvage is a matter
for speculation only.
There are 40 mny factors entering into
tho situation that the men at the head Of
tho business are in the dark. First there
comes the proposition of obtaining the
materials. Although tho factory makes
quantities. the policy Of the government
at present is to encourage the use of an
many old buildings as possible. Then while
orders for goods are procured from ono
department, the permit to obtain ma
terials comes from another department
and these departments might not neces-
sari1y agree on all points. This is even
true OF obtaining such goods as sugar
and other ingredients entering into the
manufacture Of milk chocolate.
The big proposition. however. which
looms over all else is the securing OF labor
with which to build. Although the
original factory was erected in six
months, II is doubtful II a new one could
he built In double the time. Another thing
is that the cost of materials and labor has
advanced 70 that one dollar at the time the
first factory was built did the work of two
or three ut present and the cost now may
ne prohibitive. The question Of procuring
new machinery may be insurmountable.
Taking everything into consideration,
there are some pretty discouraging fea-
lures connected with rebuilding, but this
does not necessarily mean that there will
he no chocolate factory. It simply means
that the rebuilding will be accompanied
by some pretty stiff obstacles.
The plans for the new building were
drawn by the same engineers who drew
plans for the original building. Instead
Of being four stories in height the factory
will cover a wider acreage and will he
divided into at least two buildings of two
stories each. The Office will perhaps he
separated from the rest and he nearer
the car line.
IN constructing twO-story building,
the materials could he obtained much
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
CLEANING OUT THE SULLER IN
VERMONT
(By Daniel l.. Cady)

(By Daniel l.. Cady)
The time to clean the suller out
Ia May or June. or later
July or August-anytime
1t pleases MRS. Slater"
You'd better do It when her soul
Reflects a rosy color.
For It's a family affair,
This cleaning out the suller.
1t amt so much the weary work
AS tits the strain and tension;
Each time you drop a jelly Jar
You feel an apprehension:
Each time the piccalilly spills
You turn a different color
Oh! It's too much for flesh and blood.
Almost, to clean a suller.
You're glad the man that built the
Failed UP without a dollar;
He run the euller dreen uphill
Instead of towards the boiler;
OF all the dull-head sons Of men
No head was ever duller-
You've got to bail and mop as we'll
AS sweep and dust your suller.
Your broom against the walls and
Rips out the frost-killed mortar;
The dry-rot dust comes down so fast
Your breath gets short and shorter;
II loads your eyelids till you look
AS sad as Maudie Muller
Alas! that error-hounded man
Should have to clean a suller.
Oh. how you hate to touch that bin
OF withered old potaters:
Your views on sprouting amt the
same,
At all. as Mrs. Slater's:'
You'd like TO havs It understood
You're not a murphy huller;
She thinks you'd better sprout them
spuds.
Before you leave the suller.
There's beet and turnip dirt enough
To fill bushel basket;
And everywhere a barrel stood ,
You find a dusty gasket;
The brine drops on the corn beef tub
Are all you see of color
It's sure an unpoetic Job
A-cleaning out the suller.
But when you've done and finished
up
The crooks and firkins mated,
The benches washed. the Windows
sloshed.
The rat trap set and baited.
II smells so sweet you 90 up stairs
And cat a fresh-fr cruller.
And say. Now. mother. let's b
friends.
It's pretty clean down suiler."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
A FARM MENACE

In tho spring Of this year. when the
people Of this country became really
awake to the fact that food shortage
was among the possibilities of the COM
ing year. the call went out from official
Washington for a record production of
food and feed crops The answer to that
call was prompt and decisive. We are
informed that the output of the farms
greater than since this call was issued.
This Is gratifying and shows the read
mess with which our people rise to an
emergency. But there Ia a danger that
may grow out Of the situation that must
be guarded against.
Production Of the food crops is de-
structive to soil fertility. Over a great
part Of our country our farmers. in order
to maintain the strength Of their soils,
have had to resort to crop rotation. and
that frequently when they could have
realized a greater immediate profit to
have stuck to certain straight crops
Especially are the four great staples
wheat, corn, oats and potatoes-extreme-
ly hard on our soils.
Now the probabilities are that The
prices Of all these crops will continue
high for some time ia come and their
production will he great temptation to
our people. To reasonable extent this
Will be necessary. but 1t should not he
carried to an extreme. Soil once depict
81 Is hard to restore ms any experienced
farmer can testify
As an evidence Of the result Of adher-
Ing to the staple food crops. we have
hit to point to certain sections Of the
great belt OF northern Illinois and In.
diana Since the advent of high prices
many farmers have virtually surrender
81 their farms to the production OF
wheat. corn and oats. The old establish
ed rotation has been abandoned. with
the result that the land is being depleted
at really alarming rate.
We must preserve soil fertility. We
must not be guilty of killing the koose
that lays the golden egg.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
SAVING THE POTATO SITUATION

SAVING THE POTATO SITUATION
That particular efforts must be made to
speed up potato production in Vermont
this season on account of unsatisfactory
results growing out Of the wet weather
and lower prices this spring and conse-
auent loss by growers holding for an adj
vance. was recently emphasized in these
columns. Maine is a famous potato-grow.
state is also experiencing a reaction as a
result of unsatisfactory sales and profits
last season.
The Maine potato growers are said 70
have lost from $500 to $s.0oo each last year.
and the natural effect WAS to discourage
producers Of tubers so there would be a
marked decrease in the acreage in 1918.
Moreover, the additional expense Of ferti,-
izer. the scarcity and high cost Of labor.
and the large stock on hand, this spring
combined to discourage the Maine potato
men still further.
AS a result Maine farmers are now said
TO be planting about one-third Of the
acreage Of last year.
The acreage might he even less. but
for the help Of the patriotic boy helpers
from high schools. whose services will
solve in large measure the increasingly
dinlcult labor problem.
Tho following statement regarding the
cost to the farmer for the work of the
boy helper will be read with interest by
the many agriculturists in this section.
1.-THE matter OF pay this season has not
been definitely settled. but the plan at
present is to pay a minimum wage Of 81
a day and as much more as the captain
Of the unit and the employer are able to
agree upon, according to the value of the
service Of the individual members. The
boys enlisting are between the ages of II
and q years."
Under these circumstances il is not
strange that Maine farmers are inclined
to regard the boys of the Working Re-
serve. the Junior Volunteers. as the
saviors Of the potato situation in the Pine
Tree State.
The fact that the great potato region in
Maine is planting only about one-third of
its usual acreage should encourage the
farmers of Vermont to look for better
prices this year than last. for obvious
reasons. The United States authorities
are already calling for the use of more
substitutes for wheat in order that the
American and other troops lighting our
battles abroad may have food to sustain
them in this great struggle.
Land on which alfalfa or other crops
have been winter-killed by the unusually
severe cold can we'll be devoted to the
production Of potatoes. Tubers may yet
help win this war. as a staple substitute
for wheat in the United States. Every
little garden even should have its potato
patch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
VERMONT NOTES
BRISTOL NEGRO WANTED

Ted Prince Of Bristol is being sought
by officers after an alleged check
forging Episode. The colored man
left town by auto Thursday night The
past few weeks he had been workin
for George H. Russell on his farm in
New Haven. Thursday he got hold of
Russelrs check book and issued HIM
self q check for s32.75. signing Russell's
name to II. Between 10 and II o'clock
he called Weston Trudo out Of the
Colonial theatre. where he was attend
ing the Red Cross meeting to cash the
check. which ne did Prince then engag-
ed Trudo's auto and was taken to Mid
dlebury to catch the train south. He
arrived there too late and proceeded
by auto to Rutland. He claimed to be
on his way to report at a military sta
ton in Worcester, Mass. His mother
lives in New York city.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

Mass. y. NJ. degree, took postgraduate
studies abroad author Of books on sex
hyeienc' dled In Boston March IT, aged a.
EDWARD ~. Martin of Middebury, \. -"
amherst. Fellow A. NJ. \" died at tho
Mary Fletcher hospital. Burlington, DC
ccmbcr 80.
Harry = 'haifcc Of Rochester. VT. died
at his home Of pulmonary tuberculosis
January 1, aged ~.
Adrian j. kirghis of 81. cloud, Mimi.
Fellow OF the A. NJ. A.. served with the
armies of France for year and retired
only after impairment of health, died at
his home May Al. aged ~.
Bert i. Richardson of Gorhsm. ~ H..
former Fellow A. NJ. A.. member New
Hampshire Medical society. died at his
home OF lobar pneumonia. May 4, 1917.
Lieut. John Charles Murphy. u. =. A.,
died at Fort Ethan Allen Of purpura hem
orrhagica, July n, aged 35
James A. Jones, former Fellow, a. NJ.
A.. member of Massachusetts Medical
society, for ten years assistant city ply
stefan Of Lynn. died at his home from
heart disease. July g.
Theron Dyke Jenkins Of Winthrop. ~
Y. shot and instantly killed while making
q professional call In Stockholm, n. y,
June q, aged 26
Jeremiah f.. McSweeney Of Hartford.
Conn. died in n Hartford hospital. April
Is. 1918. aged II. following an operation for
absccss.
Licut.-Col. John McCrae. died in the
service of pneumonia at Bou'oEnc.
France. aged 4s years. Was professor OF
In the College of Medicine 1907
1911. Obtained A. h. and NJ. u. degrees
from the University of Toronto in 1894
and 1928. He served with distinction in
the Bocr war. collaborated with Adami in
tho production of his Textbook Of Path
ology. and was the author of the much
quoted In Flanders Fields and other
poems.
c. NJ FERRIN.
p. X. JACKSON.
]. II. BLODGETT,
Obituary committee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
TO BE VERIFIED

Two Kansas farmers met at the county
seat shortly after a cyclone had visited
that neighborhood well, sir" said one
of them. 'she shook up things out my
way. to be sure. BY the way, Henry he
added, did that new barn Of yours set
hurt any" II can't say" replied the sec
ond farmer, 81 haven't found it yet
Everybody's Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

New far the War Savings drive, This
10 a lean te Uncle fam at a fairly large
rate of interest ia help him finance the
IN France faE liberty and humanity, He is
peer indeed ~hs eaHnat lean at least sss
year to Uncle Sam, ana others should
lean by the hundreds and by the theu-
sands.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
HOW SHE BANIsHED nACKACHE

Mrs Efie +. Klepp, Averill, Mimi.
writes: II was at sanitarium three
weeks at one time. two weeks another
time. for rheumatism and kidney trouble
and got no relief on my return began
using Foley Kidney Pills; found imme-
date relief; half bottle completed the
cure. Always use when ! feel pain in
my back j. W, OSullivan. 80 Church
et.-Adv.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

According te the Rrattlebere Refermer
early In the seeend year of the war aoeo
vermenters win be in the service, in addi-
tiaR ia the large number of yeuns men
freH this state wha Freinntiy enlisted in
the units of ether States where they hap
pened to he employed when the call came,
Extra pay fran the state treasury ia ge-
iRg te 4,6fo men #ha enlisted Voluntarily
fraR, cities and tewRs in the State, Dur
ins tho Civil War Vermont furnished first
ta last nearly a4,eo0 volunteers aleRe,
Manifestiy We do not yet knew in this
generation in Vermont \, rat war really H..
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
LIEUTENANT BULL DEAD

Considerable Of a mystery surrounds
the death of Lieut. Eben Bull, who mar
ried Margaret Walker OF Fair Haven, one
week before he left for Franco on May
Z. Mrs. Bull had received tho customary
postcard stating that the ship on which
her husband sailed had reached its
destination. Last Saturday came a tele-
gram informing her that her husband was
dead and that his body was at Hoboken.
N J.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

Arc you member of Uncle Same
wheatiess clubs MIR, Hoover. who rep-
Fesents yeur uncle in this connection. has
sumption ef wheat to twenty per cent.
until August Id, when the new crop will
beeetne available, Church, fraternal and
other organizations are asked to holp
nledge members to abstain fran wheat
until the now crop II issued, and thus
help win the war. IT yeu have not tried
oatmeal mufiins and ethor aubatitutes.
YOU viii wonder how You evor thought
wheat bread vas an Indispensable neces-
atty.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
4 HURRY CALL

II was so i'll, sir that I could not come
to work to save my life," explained Pat.
How was it, then, that I saw you
pass the factory on your bicycle during
the morning." asked the foreman.
Sure sir. that must have been when
l was going for the Observation-Disclosures.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

st. Jehnshury ia ia have vocational edu.
eaten with a seheei established for the
purpose of taking advantage Of the
smith- Hughes act, sprinsAeid In this
State has similar seheai. and there are
ethers in Fitehburs, Mass, New York
etty and Cincinnati,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LAwToN

A memorial service was conducted in
Oak HUI cemetery at Bellows Falls Thurs
day near n Cross bearing the name Of Paul
r.. Lawton, a former member OF Company
e, v. n. G.. who died in Franco May y.
by Camp No. 81. Sons OF Veterans, Of Sax
tons, Of which camp Lieutenant IRwton
was n member. Remarks werc made by
Principal A. r. Tuttie. In the Catholic
Cemetery exercises were held in honor Of
William Pierce. another member Of Com
pany +, who was killed In action April n
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
A CONNOISSETR

Second Story Worker-"Hullo, Bill l
it cost you?'
Burglar-"Six months I never wears
cheap clothes "'-Mlestones.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

The American "Huskies" are giving a
splendid account af themselves at Can
tiEnr and elsewhere in France, Are wa
doing equally we'll IN performing our duty
1T home?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE

SPEAKING OF MAUD MULLER
Maud Muller, on n summers day.
Raked the meadows sweet with hay;
But how Maud would have been appalled,
BY farnerettes so overalled'
philadelphia Ledger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
PRIVATE PAUL r. LAWTON.

fr'Vate Paul II. Lawton. who died Of
disease IN France, was the son of Mrs.
Marcia Lawton of Bellows Falls. He was
the third member Of former COMPANY u.
V. n. g.. TO die In the service. He and his
younger brother. Fred, ep,isted IN Com
psny e In the spring of 1917. went with
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
AN ERROR IN TERMS.

Judge-"Thc complaint against you is
that you deserted your wife"
Prisoner amt a deserter. Judge; I'm
a refugee. Look at these welts on my
head and this black eye. "--Boston Tran
script.
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WANFEN.

When pau uaat anything, s.a~erttss - the
bargains ara offered there this week. which
4. will pay you to read about, see pAee twa
every week and enc cent a Seid will reach
khsrn all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
HE GOT HIS CHANCE.

corporal James G. r. Lighthall of the
nrst company, l06th Infantry. who was
Killed in action in France recently. and
whose wife and child are living in Brattle-
ooro' wrote shortly before he gave up his
nie expressing a desire to get into close
nghting with the Germans. He said. II
nope ] will soon he placed on the list of
men 10 go over the top, as wish to assist
IN making the world safe for democracy.
~ don't return you will know that
d'ed hghting for America and the Stars
ana stripes, the greatest country and
flag in the world"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
AS USUAL.

How doth the busy hen delight
The garden beds to scatter.
And make the tired suburbanite
AS mad as any halter.
-Boston Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
GETS WHITE HOUSE WOOL

o. F. Benson, State chairman for the
second Red Cross drive. has announced
that the bid Of $125 for the two pounds
of wool sent by President Wilson to
Governor Graham was the best figure
presented and the wool will be awarded
to the Bennington manufacturers who
pooled $2o each to make up the bid. The
manufacturers who contributed the
money are the firms Of H. E. Bradford
E. Co., the Black Cat Textiles company,
Bottum e. Torrance, the r. u. Waist
company and the Bennington Wax Paper
company. The money goes to the ma
tional Red Cross fund and is not counted
in the Bennington quota. Each OF the
firms that contributed to the pool also
subscribed $3.50 or more to the local fund.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

Mrs. Luke Farrar had both arms
broken when an auto which crashed
into a bridge. failed to take = turn
quick enough.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

The May festival given BY the Cathos
lie Women's Service league Of Ben.
nington netted $3.50 for the RED Crosa
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the company to Fort Ethan Allen. went

the company to Fort Ethan Allen. went
July to Camp Devens and last fall went
to France. He was a member Of Company
c. 1o3d Machine Gun battalion. 52nd
brigade. He leaves besides his mother,
a sister, Mrs Irwin futile Of Langdon.
n. H.. three brothers, Flint Lawton Of
Boston. Griffin. living at home. and Fred.
who is in the service. and three uncles,
F.. N. Damon, H. L. Damon and George
F. Lawton, all Of Bellows Falls.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

At the sixth annual meeting Of ne
State Association Of Letter Carriers held
at st. Johnsbury Memorial day Frank
X. Lanctot was elected president.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

Lieut. Benjamin v. Maurice. who dSsd
at Houston, Texas. was former mesn6e1
Of the class Of 1915 at Middlebury Col.
lege.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

The Church Of the Messiah, st. johns.
bury, will observe its 50th anniversary
on Sunday. June Q. and wednesday,
June ~.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06

The Burlington district Epwueth Lee
Institute will meet at Poultney July ID
Governor Graham speaking Tiers on Il
Fourth.