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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
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.ARY TALL Ell
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER
Mr.. MULES DEVOTION.

Mrs. Mule was very ILL.," said Dad
dy. "She had eaten something which
had not agreed with her, and though
as rule mules have very strong d.
gestions this time poor Mrs. Mule had
been much upset.
"Mr. Mule was just as upset as Mrs.
Mule was. He went around the farm
feeling perfectly miserable.
IF he had been able to talk he
would have said. oh, my dear Mrs.
Mule, will you get well? oh, please
get well, Mrs. Mule. I will never be
able to live without you 1 will not
feel like work, l will not feel like play.
| will not feel like anything without
my dear Mrs. Mule
"Mrs. Mule continued to be very i'll.
Mr.. Mule saw her taken from the stall
next to his and led away.
He could not understand what they
were going TO do. He was so worried.
And he cried poor mule tears, which
are just as sad and bitter as anyone's
tears when a poor mule has such a
sorrow.
II do not mind heavy loads the
mule said to himself. They are mere
ly heavy for my back; but when Mrs.
Mule is i'll it is a load for my heart
and my heart cannot stand what my
back cam
NOW the master seemed to under
stand his mules. He had treated them
kindly. They had always worked, and
he had always worked. And he had
never overworked them nor underfed
them. He was kind to them and cared
for them. and they knew it.
"They appreciated it, too, and they
did not cause him any trouble.
"When they had first come to him
they had been quite stubborn and bad
at times. People had said, You can't
do anything with mules. They are
just as stubborn as can be-
But the master had said, 4 fear
these animals have been badly treated
When they know what good treatment
is they will be different
1.-THE people had laughed at him and
said he would soon see that you
couldn't do the same with mules as
with other animals.
But the master said, 4 know I am
right. My mules and I will be good
friends before long,
And though there were times when
1t did seem as though the mules didn't
care how bad they were, the master
was very, very patient, for he said to
himself: They have been badly treat
ed and they cannot understand that
there is such thing in the world as
Kindness
And after awhile the mules were as
good as could be. They loved their
master and he loved them, and he said
to the people, See! What fine mules
have
"Then poor Mrs. Mule became i'll
Now the master knew Mr.. Mule was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, %, 1918.
WHY WE MUST WIN.

man saw boy digging out a wood
chuck and asked him whether he was
going to get him. The boy looked at
the questioner pityingly and said Am
going to get him7 | We got to get him;
the minister's coming TO dinner and
we We no neat 1t was a case of must
for the boy; failure was inconceivable.
II is a case of must for the allies to-
day in their sledgehammer blows
against the Huns; the possibility of
failure is now ignored, and all are deter
mined to fight until he is beaten to
his knees and crying for mercy. Then,
and not till then, will the central pow
crs consent to set aside their colossal
schemes of aggrandizement at the ex-
pense of other peoples and listen to
righteousness and reason in the light
Of the historical evolution of the race.
Because the Hun has made a record
for himself that shows that no shred of
honesty, honor or humanity is left in
him, the only possible course that re-
mains is for the allies to dictate the
terms upon which they will suspend the
process of determination and make
reaee The judge does not argue the
fundamental righteousness of the law
under which the criminal, caught with
he goods, is sentenced. The allies can
rot pay much heed to the views or the
| protests of a criminal nation the deeds
Of which cry aloud to heaven for retri.
ution. Hence, and of necessity, a die
ated peace.
Two antagonistie forces can be dis.
crncd in the development of the race
constructive and a destructive force
The slave power in America, distinc.
tive force, flung itself against what is
now known to be the rock of right
cousness. Where is it now? Buried In
ooks and memorials and in the mem.
cries of the few fast dwindling actor,
n and observers of the great conflict
4 reunited nation emerged; great prog
TOSS has since been made; many condi
Tons affecting the mass of our people
have been 'ameliorated and the stag,
was set for still finer achievement.
when the kaiser concluded that it wa.
time for him to "rear up on his HIND
| legs and assert himself.
new destructive force, almost com
parable with the tidal waves and earth
quakes of Mother Nature, was turned
loose to carry desolation, death ant
Leartbreaks uncodnted to everything an
innate and inanimate that lay in it
path. But the rock still exists; the al
les are the defenders of the rock. anC
he Hun cannot shatter it. 1t stand
fer the maintenance of all that is higl
sud noble in the destiny of the race
for the salvation of civilization, for al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

ordered progress against the sweeping
of everything of worth over precipice
with a fall so stupendoes that salvage
is not worth talking about
1t is to hold up the hands of the al
lies in the terrible conflict now raging
that our government has launched the
drive for the Fighting Fourth F" Liber-
ty loan. The appeal is to all; to the
widow with her mite, to Dives
in his limousine, to the captain of in
dustry at his desk and to all sorts and
conditions of people. All feel the bur
den laid upon their hearts and con-
sciences, and we are sure that there
will be few slackers when the money is
cast into the treasury to save humanity
against the boundless rapacity of the
Hun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
When "Flu" Strikes You.
North Adams Herald.l

The victorious advance of the ''fiu" rep
resents the most successful drive that
my epidemic has made in this war. II
bids fair to sweep around the world
,ausing vast devastation before it runs
nut.
1t is not deadly" disease, but it
has dangerous personalities 1t may kill
! person who happens to be much below
normal health when it hits him. 1t may
weaken well person so that more peril
Gus ailments find him an easy prey
1t spreads from person to person in
much the same way as common cold
Doctors give the following advice:
Avoid exposing yourself knowingly
Keep well nourished and comfortably
clothed and try not to let yourself get
rver tired. Under any circumstances. if
the flu" strikes you go to bed and call
physician and then stay in bed until
lie fever has subsidized.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

What shall be done with the pri-
mary! 1t would be a lively issue in
Vermont and something for the next
legislature to wrestle with if war and
war measures did not overshadow
everything else. There are a few
things about the primary that are as
plain as a mans nose on his face. One
is that the Vermont law sounds the
knell of party organization When
members of any party who can 60 into
a primary election and east enough
votes for candidates of some other par
ty to decide nominations, party lines
are obliteratcd and party organization
demoralized. If government in Ameri-
ca IS government by party, and we
have been told for more than a hundred
years that it is and told how important
and necessary political parties are. and if
can be maintained only through party
organization, then Vermont's primary
law is thug. 1t is a constant men.
ace to government and should be dealt
with accordingly. 1t should be amend
ed IN important respects or handed the
observation-disclosures Falls Times.
Ever since the outcome of the re.
cent primary showed Bellows Falls left
out of the senatorial running for the
second time, we have been expecting an
attack on the law from that quarter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

Moretown, VT, has heard the follow
ing picturesque yarn: "Mrs. j. j.
s. of Los Angeles, Cal, and her
daughter called on an acquaintance one
day and found the lady in tears. Her
son who had been drafted and sent to
American Lake cantonment had been
inoculated with poisonous serum along
with several others, and her son had
died. The sequel was that four doc
tors We're court -martialled and shot. :
No such incident occurred. No soldiers
were inoculated with poisonous serum
and no doctors were court -martialled or
shot This is one of the rumors about
epidemics in camp that were most
fashionable last winter. Since that
time, the army death rate from disease
has been reduced as low as three men
per thousand per annum. The best rec
ord hitherto has been the japanese
record in the Russian japanese war,
where the japanese death rate from
disease was 90 men per thousand per
annum. Our death rate from disease
among men of military age in civil life
is 81 per thousand per annum, so that
our men in uniform have twice as
good chance of escaping death by
disease as the same sort of men outside
of the army.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

The town of Aver, in which Camp
Devens is located, has become so divid-
ed in sentiment on the problems brought
about by its rapid expansion that a
considerable portion of its population
has petitioned the war department to
assume control. The petition is said to
have been preeipitated by the action of
the present town authorities in estab-
fishing quarantine regulations against
Camp Devens soldiers, but is really the
elimination of controversy that has
been raging among Aver civilians ever
since the camp was established.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

The Reformer is sale every evening by
the following news dealers;
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., C. W.
cleveland, s. L. Purinton (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News.sta
George j. Bower, Riverview Street (Fort
Dummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, ~ NJ. Batchelder
Townshend, c. w. Cutler
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, X. j. Daggett
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, f. B. Buffum
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Windsor, c. ]. Ephlin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
Little Bcnny's
Note Book
The Park Ave. News.
By LEE PAPE


Weather Various.
Spoarts. Benny Pottses cuzzin Artie
Alexander was GROUND at his house last
Sundey AFTERNOON and they had wissel-
ing contest to see witch one could keep up
the longest without stopping, not having
to wissel enything speshil as long as il
was w1ssellng, and if Benny Pottses father
hadent of bin trying to take nap in the
next room, the contest wolldent of end
ed so suddin
Sisslety. Mr. Leroy Shooster got cawt
On the rain last Sattiday with his new
feen and wlte cap on. and now the cap
IS all green, Mr.. Shoostcr wunting to say
he likes 1t even better that way.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN.
Everybody Noticed II
! saw a CRATE big elefunt
Wawking in circus perade,
AND 1t scraped its feet along the street
And you awt to see the dust it made.
lntr sting Facls About Intristng Pee
NE Sid Hunts big brother Fred is start.
ng to raise little mushtash, and Sid
Hunt is going GROUND all stuck up about
Big Dog Almost Run Over. Sam Crosses
'Tnress Vaughn almost ran over big dog
st Annday ony the dog was so big that
t noc<ed the Express Vaughn rite over.
Il - I
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management 10 secure
eihcient service in the delivery of the paper
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edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de.
| sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

Reports of war savings stamps sales
to Sept. | show that Vermont stands
fifth in per capita sales for August.
being tied with Oregon at $159. Total
sales in this state for that month
amounted to $5Ss,lOO31. On total
sales since the first of the year Yer
mont is in 18th place with per capita
of $S.9s and a total of $3,307 ,7S0.5S.
She leads all the other New England
states IN per capita sales, New Hamp.
shire standing at $3.50, Connecticut at
1892, Maine at 5000, Rhode Island at
1919 and Massachusetts at $413.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

1t is all very well to send a delega-
ton of expert dairymen to Europe to
see that the American military hospi-
tails are supplied with fresh milk but
what about the eows2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
TO ADVERTISERS

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
viii Make Good Governor.
Fair Haven Era.

(F'alr Haven Era
Vermont s newspapermen appeared
pretty well satisfied with the result of
last week S primary And why
shouldn t they be when it nominated
one of Vermont s foremost citizens for
governor?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

Imagine unheated houses, schools
and offices in this sort of pneumonia
breeding weather.-Rutland Herald.
Imagine EN-, Good Lord, we have
been experiencing em all the past
week
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
Damage Enough.

Germany. according to the imperial
vice chancellor, has decided that she will
not ask for indemnities. She is in the
position of the lrishman who had been in
iured in an accident, and who was asked
if he intended to sue for damages He
replied: Sure | have damages enough :"
Toronto Mail and Empire
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

Liberty bonds are liberty insurance;
we get the premiums now, out of our
savings, and get the capital sum with
interest, after liberty is assured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
Subscriptions Must Be
Paid in Advance

The War Industries Board, in its efforts
to conserve the paper supply, has ruled that
newspapers must stop all subscriptions
IMMEDIATELY UPON EXPIRATION.
This means that subscribers must keep
their subscriptions PAID IN ADVANCE
in order to be certain of getting The Re-
former regularly. Notice of expiration Of
subscription is always sent in advance; do
not neglect ii and then blame the publisher
for what is your own fault.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
CLIPPINGS
With Now a Comment and Then
Only Caption.

In a letter to the Boston Herald sever
al rules are given for the prevention of
Spanish influenza. One of them is as
follows:-
Do not eat or drink away from home
unless you know the dishes have Just
been scalded.'
We wish the writer had given us some
hint of the etiquette to be observed on
such occasions. If invited to dine at the
home of a friend, shall we inquire of the
maid at the door as to the state of the
dishes, or shall we wait and ask the
hostess herself? If she should reply in
the negative, shall we assume a shocked
expression, much as if we had discovered
sugar hoarder, and withdraw sorrowful-
ly knowing that it will be our last bid
Smiles.
wOndrous maid is Nancy Giles,
Possessed of magic art;
For when her face breaks into smiles.
1t doesn't fall apart
Springfield Union.
All women have their little wiles,
And this is no stage Joke:
When wiley cracks her sweetest smiles.
| know it means shes broke.
Portland Express.
When Nancy Giles breaks into smiles
It's foolish but | fear it..
Her face may not fall quite apart. y
But it comes dawgonned near it,
Lewiston Journal.
The wondrous maid called Nancy Giles.
fear she is no more
For when her face broke into smiles.
Her eyes fell to the floor
And | have heard it said by those
Who knew her welI-Alack.
She had her fathers Roman nose,
And had to give it back.
B. \. Adams of Shrewsbury is dam
ming a brook on his farm in Shrewsbury
in order to have two-acre trout pond
Rutland News.
He may dam the pond later when h,
fails to land that big trout he goes after
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
Member Of me Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-.
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwi Sc
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

Just Short Note from The Stork.
Born Wednesday, Sept 4, a daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. NJ r. Billadoo.
Jericho item in Burlington Clipper
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

Probably One of Those Ford Accessories.
IOST-Will the party who picked up
the watch side of automobile on North
Main st. at ll.30 Monday morning re-
turn same to 5471a Main St.-Springfield
Union.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
The Wind She Blow On Lake Champlain

Garth Blow has returned to his home
after spending two weeks with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Blow.
Mrs. NJ. L. Young of Portsmouth. Y.
H., and her nephew, Stanley Blow of
Barre, are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Blow.
South Hero News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28
Cream of Maize

w lille temporarily
Cream of Maize" has
bee n removed as a
substitute in the fami-
lies, the same as Rolled
Oats, 1t can be used in
connection with other
substitutes to great adj
vantage; in fact, the
government encourages
it, using 20 per cent
Corn Flour, B arl e Y
Flour, ETC., and as much
Cream Of Maize" as
you desire. 1t makes an
elegant white and sweet
loaf, very economical,
being a great absorbent.
This can be secured of
your grocer.
{. Crosby & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

There seems to be some disadvan.
tages IN too rapid municipal growth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-28

By nature men are nearly alike
by practice they get wide apart
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
GERMAN socHEs
OUR PRISONERS

Citizens who might have happened
to be at the Union depot at 4 o'clock
this morning would have been treat
ed to sight that would have con-
vinced them that not all soldiers of
the kaiser are dead yet, but they are
certainly where they will not do any
harm to the allies of our boys at the
front during the further duration of
the war.
The Sentinel is under obligations
to Victor Strangers for the story of
the passage through the city this
morning of q train load of German
prisoners on their way from the Pa
cific coast to some point in Georgia
for safe keeping. There were two
trains scheduled. the second to fol-
low that which Mr.. Strangers des-
cribes. in an hour. There were sew.
enteen coaches. containing 626 pris-
oners. In the train and II only re-
mained long enough to make the
change OF engines. An armed guard
'Sooe va ehot SttP Vi edCH COdCn anu
there were two in each coach. The
prisoners are not allowed to move
about, and one big fellow, says Mr..
Strangers, became bit unruly, but
the guard poked a big eight.shooter
n his ribs and he subsided. Strang-
crs expressed the wish that he might
have had hold of that gun as there
might have been an accidental"
discharge.
The prisoners are evidently com
Ing across the pond as ballast and
possibly as an insurance policy
against the submarine. At any rate,
II Is cheaper to feed them here than
20 ship provisions over there to cur
tail the supplies of our own men and
run the risk of loss in transit. -
Grand Junction Sentinel.
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
Length Of Lob.ters,

Whatever may be the excellent in
tent of the bill filed in the Massachu-
setts legislature reducing the length of
Holsters that may be legally taken from
8 to inches, the measure might well
be entitled a bill to further the exter-
mination of the lobster. II lobster
is rapidly disappearing. partl., at any
rate, because young and immature
specimens are permitted by law to be
caught. The present 8 inches III this
state is shorter than the Maine law
allows-and that is none too long,
Boston Post.
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
THE FARMER AND
THE WORLD WAR
BY Henry }. Waters

(Mr. Waters. an agricultural authority.
formerly president of the Kansas State
tor of the Kansas S,tv an& Weeklx star Was
In Europe when the World War began.)
, No class of men in this country
should be more interested in the sue
cess Of the war than the farmers.
The spirit of the farmer is and al
ways has been the essence Of democ-
racy, and this war is being fought,
as the President has so fittingly
stated, to make the world safe for.
democracy. No undemocratic civili-
zation has ever given the farmer a
square deal. A world unsafe for
democracy is a world unsafe for the
farmer.
With his interests thus at stake, the
farmer may well invest, to the limit
of his financial ability, in the Lib
erty Bonds which the government is
sues to help insure success in this
great struggle. 1t is true that he is
making his land produce its full meas
ure of crops, as a service to the ma
tion. 1t is true that he has given and,
is giving his sons to fight in the great
cause. But these alone are not
enough. II every man would do his
best, in whatever industry he is en-
gagged in, or even II every man could
enlist for actual combatant service,
there would still be the need for
money. The example Of Russia shows
the hopelessness Of carrying on war
without money. The citizens of the
United States-all tho citizens-must
get back Of the United States with
every financial resource they possess.
Aside from the fact that they rep-
resent patriotic service, Liberty Bonds
are the surest investment in the
world. The credit of the United
States-better and greater than the
credit Of any other enterprise on earth
guarantees the interest on these
bonds and guarantees the payment of
the principal upon maturity. They
are the one investment that drouth.
lack Of labor. financial panic, or any
other contingency can in no wise at.
feet.
The farmers have at all times been
wise investors; they have also been
loyal, whole-hearted patriots. Be.
cause Of these facts the country ia
counting on the farmer. l am conf.
cent 1t is not counting in vain.
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
Cyclones and Tornadoes.

The so-called cyclones of the West
are "tornadOes," which are whirling
storms of great violence, but contract
ed in area. Tornadoes have been
known whose greatest width did not
exceed few rods, and those which
exceed several miles in width are very
unusual. The ordinary storm, where
the wind attains velocity of 40 to go
miles an hour, has nothing in common
with either cyclone or tornado. It
is straight thrush of air and does not
whirl at oil.