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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-08
BRIDPORT

Schools in town opened Monday
Mrs Frank Goyette is visiting rela
tives in Shoreham and orwell
d. L Myrick returned Saturday from
business trip to New Yerk City
Mrs. J. G.. Petty returned from the
Mary Fletcher hospital Thursday.
Henry Nichols who is stationed al
Camp Devens is home for iurlough
Mrs. Maria Frost spent several day:
with Mrs Rocelia Sunderland recently
Mrs. r. 5. Benedict has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs II, h Wright
Mr.. and Mrs, Thomas Cooke have
moved to the Stokes farm in Shoreham
Mrs. julius Norton and son Harold
are guests at the home of {, a, Norton
q. d. Payne received practically all
the votes cast for Representative Tues
day.
Library Night" will be observed at
the grange meeting next Tuesday even
ing
Mrs Samuel Bowles and two sons
of Mddlebury visited her sisters Satur-
day
Ira Sollace of the e. 5. S Raleigh is
enjoying a furlough with relatives in
town
Several relatives from here attended
the funeral of NJ. f Moulton Of YER
gennes.
O. D. Towner is seriously ill. His
daughter, Mrs J. S Swinton is caring
for him.
Miss Katherine ORourke of Shore
ham spent Saturday with Miss Merce-
des Nisun
Dr.. and Mrs. E. G. Blaisdell were
business visitors at Burlington last
Saturday,
H. NJ. Peck recently visited his
daughter, Mrs H. L. Frost in Ticon-
deroga, n. Y.
H. X. Williams is on the sick list
and f R Harris is taking his place on
Rural Route no. l.
Harold Nadeau OF Haddam, Conn,
is at the home of his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. R. A. Nadeau.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wissell of Wor-
cester, Mass, are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. David Wissell
W d. Carpenter and family have
moved to South Ticonderoga, ~ Y,
where he has purchased farm.
Mr. and Mrs J. S. Wing and sister
Miss Abbie Wing of Cornwall were
guests of relatives here Wednesday,
The local correspondent cordially in
vites readers of the Register to report
items of interest to her for publication
Mr. and Mrs Roy Dayton and Mr.
and Mrs E Z. Myrick visited relatives
in Plainfeld Wednesday, returning
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs c. J. Barbour and Mrs
+, X. Harris spent Sunday with Mrs
Barbour's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Z. T
Cooke in Wallingford
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Pratt and Mrs.
Nellie Woodward were guests of Mr.
and Mrs J. Lee Palmer of Middlebury
Saturday and Sunday
Miss Lucy Grosvenor, a student at
Northtield Seminary, Northheld, Mass,
came Saturday to visit her aunt, Mrs
Alice Hough for a few days.
Preparations are being made for the
United Welfare War Work drive next
week. 1t is expected that Brdport
will again be able to ego over the top.
Harry Grosvenor is making farewell
calls on his friends. He expects to start
for California Saturday. His sister
Flora will go with him, also c. L. Ben
son of Addison
Mrs Mary Brown attended the flu
neral Of an uncle in Fair Haven last
week. Her place at the telephone ex-
change was occupied during her alb
sence by Miss Katherine Baldwin.
Miss Pauline Fletcher, who has been
attending the Martha Washington Col
lege at Abingdon Virginia, is at home
for the remainder of the semester, the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-08

college being closed on account Of in
iluenza and typhoid fever,
Mr. and Mrs NJ, T Wolcott motor
ed to Pawlet Saturday where they re-
NAMED over night at the home of their
uncle, Fred Powers. They were accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs, Ella Bal
dwin, Miss Katherine Baldwin, Miss
Vonda Wolcott, and also by his moth
err, Mrs Emma Wolcott, who remain
ed Tor q longer visit
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-08
BRANDON

Rev Arthur Allen of Vergennes
preached at the Baptist church Sunday.
H. J. Griswold has purchased the
Tyler Howard farm south of the vii
lage.
Miss Marion Ketcham has returned
to Bellows Falls where she teaches
school.
Mrs. c. H Hanson of Egypt has
leased the Dr. f. J. Cray place on
Pearl street.
Charles Dundon has enlisted in the
aviation corps and is stationed at
Mneola, L. l.
Charles Tennian, jr, has returned
from his vacation and has resumed his
duties at the post-oiiice
NJ. A. Sturtevant and family have
returned from Portland, Me, whe;e
they have been for some time.
Charles E, Ray, who has been i'll
several days, was taken Monday to the
Rutland hospital for treatment.
w. F. Flemming has moved from
the Page place on Franklin street to
W. F SCOTS house on Park street
Miss Marcelette Johnson has return
ed from Hydeville, where she has been
visiting friends for several weeks
Mrs. Walter Thorpe is in Holyoke,
Mass, visiting relatives. Mr.. Thorpe
returned from there last Saturday
Mr. and Mrs R. B. WEIGH, who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. F Mich
OILS, have returned to New Haven, Conn,
Mrs. Eliza Knowton, who has been
spending several weeks at E, A. Nal
lory's Lake Hortonia, has returned
home.
Mrs. Randall Hammond has gone to
Melrose Highlands Mass, being called
there by the illness of her sister, Mrs.
George SWEET
Miss Hazen Hack, who teaches school
in Springfield Mass, has returned to
that place after visiting her parents
here for several weeks
M, A. Sturtevant, school supervisor,
has leased the Dr. E, J Cray place on
Pearl street, instead of Mrs c. H. .
Hampton, as was announced.
A change in the time of the mail
carriers on the several r. f. d. routes
leaving the postofiice was made No |
vember l. They now leave at 1890
a m, instead of 1890 p. IN,
Frank NJ Hatch received word last
Saturday morning of the death of his
brother, Cornelius Hatch of Northield,
after a short illness with pneumonia,
following the influenza. Mr. Hatch was
a former resident of this town and at |
the time was employed in Z. n Mil
ler's furniture store.
Robert O'Brien, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry O'Brien, who enlisted in the
Canadian army two or three years ago |
and went overseas, arrived home Tues .
day afternoon. He was wounded twice
and gassed while in the service. He
was met at the depot by large num-
Der Of his friends and given hearty /
welcome home.
Mrs. A A. Durgey was given a pleas
ant surprise party Monday evening at
her home on Rosster street by the
Brandon Circle of the Kings Daughter,
the occasion being her 18th birthday
She was presented with a purse of gold.
Refreshments were served Mrs Dur
gey has been a member of Brandon
Circle OF the Kings Daughters for many
years, and has acted as chairman of the
relief committee a number of years.
Alien ensny property is learning the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-08
Card of Thanks

We wish to extend our sincere thanks
to the neighbors and friends for their
generous assistance and for the many
expressions of sympathy during the
illness and death of our beloved wife
and mother
Thomas Reed
Mrs. Frank Stone
Cloyoe Reed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-08
AUCTION!
| will sell at Public Auction on the
premises known as the James M.
Ketcham Farm
In Sudbury, w., on the
18th day of November
1918
At II O'clock A. NJ
At I O'Clock p. M.
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY I:
At II O'clock A. M.
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY:

One Work Team. sound, kind and ex-
ira good workers. weight 26O0 pair
Bays, weight 240O, sound and kind; %
head of cattle; Holsteins to freshen
this winter, Holsteins and Z Jersey
Cows, coming 3 and years old, to
freshen later on, 6 Holsten Heifers,
coming year old; 2 Shote, Geese,
Turkeys and Hens.
Two sets double Harness, | single
heavy Harness, heavy Farm Wagon,
Buggy, set heavy Seds (good ones),
Cutter, 2 Moving Machines, l Wheel
Harrow, l Spring tooth Harrow, l
Pillow, l Gang Pow, Canadian pattern.
All my Household Goods, Furniture,
etc. Terms; Cash or bankabe paper,
not over three months.
RENT Grafton
M. K. MOORE, Auctioneer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-08

II you hdVe around the house some unused
article of furniture, it is possible that you can
dispose Of i at fair price to sol somebody who
Business Notice. Most everybody reads them
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-08

Alien enemy property is learning the
meaning of benevolent assimilation"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07
NO. 46

liz fail Ia resent the repetition Of wild
that falsely represent the multitude
because of the weakness Of the few:
that put IN unmcritCd smirch upon >an
unSullicd flag: that dishrartcr leaders
who are doing their utmost to dis
charge vast moral trust: that SOW
| the seeds OF careless bitterness In the
breasts of million splendid lads who
are tempted To believe themselves
measured 10y the sin OF the fellow who
is the exception To the rule and who.
feeling themselves falsely accused. may
| find an excuse 10 make themselves
! merit the accusation.
My word 10 the parents OF America
is a word OF great cheer. That which
is good now is becoming rapidly better.
The agencies in the field cooperating
with the government in its programme
of moral construction are daily broad
cning their spheres OF influence and in
crcasing their efficiency: and all OF US
who serve the common cause in other
capacities will continue to feel an un-
cscapablc responsibility for supplying
every assistance within our power.
There has been much discussion Of
the proposition. The soldier must l."
kept III TO return" as We continue this
discussion OF vast importance. let us
not neglect the other proposition.
which Is equally vital. America must
hr fit for the American soldier To re-
turn to-"
Paris. France.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07
NEW WORDS
The Armies Are Adding to the Eng
Iish Language.

me armies are AIDING TO the Eng.
Iish Language.
These men are put together with no
discrimination as to race or language
so that they have become almost en-
tirely dependent upon English for
their daily intercourse. says Scribner.
That they must know, or learn to
know it, in order to talk with their
fellows. for 1t is the only universal,
and Is the official language Of the
army. They must know 1t to under
stand or give orders; they must know
II we'll to obtain advancement. The
broad divisions Of the country are
maintained in that southerners are
generally organized in units by them
selves. westerners by themselves, ETC.:
but in all the foreign element is in
discriminatory mingled with the ma
tive.
There is n manifold significance in
all this. The effect upon English is
already slightly felt; but the future
effects are certain to be great, how
great none can now say. 1t will be
ten years. score OF years, perhaps
a generation. before a toll can be
taken of the resulting changes in the
English vocabulary, meanings, and
pronunciation. The most obvious and
immediate changes are the new words
which are being taken bodily into
English as a result Of military usage
and necessity. In this class are the
many aeroplane words, such as en-
pennage (the stabilizing planes Of an
aeroplane), aileron "a lateral balanc-
ing plane or surface Of an aeroplane).
avion (an aeroplane), esccdrille (an
aeroplane unit in the army. ailette "a
part OF the wing surface), hangar "a
shed for aeroplanes) etc; the words
descriptive Of military tactics or
science, as barrage or tir de barrage Ca
form of defensive gun-hre). liaison
(co-operation between the forces).
camoufiage (diseuising, as by colora-
tion). etc, terms Of description, such
as piolu "a French private). Boche "a
Germany. ace (the French name for
an aviator who has brought down i've
enemy aeroplanes within his own
lines) etc :
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

drafted men. There is every reason to
believe that a great number Of those
who are to go into service within the
next few months will be sent to Camp
SEWER for training instead of Camp
jackson. The new division is not re-
cruited to full war strength as yet and
probably will not he for several weeks.
Drafted men from this section will.
judging by the policy Of the past, be
sent to recruit those organizations in
their immediate vicinity and therefore
many will come to Sewer. The York
countians among the recent arrivals
with whom have talked. say they are
about as well pleased with conditions
ut Greenville as they were at Colum-
hia, and that Camp Sewer has one
great advantage In their eyes in that
il Is closer to home than was Camp
Jackson.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

One in the army soon forgets the
pangs Of inconsistencies and the longing
for home that he might cherish: but OF
course he never forgets entirely or
even the exact number Of COWS and
pigs and chickens there were on the
place when he went away. And visits
back home. even II for only a day, are
looked forward to with as much in
trrest and zeal as the visits OF Santa
Claus in the long ago.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

one thing want. Howard. old man"
Yes. my dear boy-ycS. Hampton.
Put my namc--back on the mess
list" whispered Hampton.
Through his tears Mark WAS con-
scioUs that IN" inevitable fumblins
utSi,Ic the cave had ceased. As
Hampton fell bach there came the sud-
den crack OF Il revolver shot.
trance as they raised their heads.
Mark placed his hands across Flea
nor's eyes and drew her away.
(To BE Concludcd.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

Children Gardeners in England
Apart from the school gardens, which
are increasing in number and size and
excellence every year. great deal OF
work in the direction OF food produc-
tion is being done by children. both in
the gardens attached to their homes or
elsewhere. In a number OF towns the
children have been organized for the
cultivation of back gardens. Accord
ing to a report sent to the food pro-
duction department, Leyton. Essex.
has IN excellent record in this matter.
and II Is claimed locally that no other
town can equal its record.-London
Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

One Day At A Time.-l'ile three
hundred and sixty-five panes Of trans,
parent glass one upon the other and
try to look through them. Nothing
but inky blackness. Take from the
pile one pane. look through it. and all
Is clear. Thus, as we face a new
year. with its days piled one upon the
other, all Is darkness. Each morning
If we take of from the pile Of days
that one which comes first. we are
enabled to see our duties clearly and
live out our responsibilities faithfully
We cannot live the second day before
the first or more than one day at
time.
Boy Scout Shot BY Germans.-Lieu-
tenant General Robert Baden-Powell
addressing a meeting OF Boy Scouts al
Guildhall. told of work done by French
Boy Scouts near the fighting line. A
heroic deed by one French Boy Scout
was described in a letter found on
dead German. Sir Robert read the
letter. which follows:
a traitor has just been shot-a
little French lad belonging to one Of
those gymnastic societies which veal
the tricolor button. The poor little fel'
low in his infatuation wished to be
hero.
"A German column was passing 6
wooded defile and the boy was caugh
and asked whether the French wer'
about He refused to give informa'
ton. Fifty yards further on fire wa
opened from the cover Of the wood.
The prisoner was asked In Frencf
IL he had known that the enemy wa
in the forest and he did not deny 1t
He went with firm step to telegraph
post and stood against It, with greer
vineyard behind him. and received th'
yolley Of the firing party with prone
smile on his face
). Infatuated boy; It was q pity TO se'
such wasted courage."-London ds
patch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

Every man who went away with the
Thirtieth division was subjected to
strict physical examination regarding
his fitness for overseas service before
ne went away. There is no time over
there, the doctors and soldiers who
have been and come back say. to treat
ordinary ailment and chronic COM
plants. Those Of the last division to
go who were considered unfit for for
cign service were left at Sewer and
have been organized into what Is call
ed casual battalion. There are sew.
cral hundred Of these. probably 500.
being men from the various organiza-
tions of the division who on their final
examination proved to be possessed of
a weak heart, bad feet, defective vision
or other physical shortcomings. They
will be assigned to light duties that
they can perform, probably some light
farm work. hauling and just enough
drill and military training to keep
item constantly reminded Of the fact
that they nre ''in the army now" Nat
urally the great majority Of these
"sickers, lanes and lazies." as they are
jccularly termed by soldiers. are very
much disappointed over their inability
to see ii through. Yet they are glad
and proud to know that they are not
to be discharged from the service but
NAV still wear the khaki and that the
bit they do Is just as important and
necessary as Is the plugging of Fritz
with a 30-S0. Given plenty Of good ex-
ercise and careful medical attention at
all times. there Is every possibility
that the physical conditions Of many Of
these men will so improve that they
will be found At for military service
at some time In the future. Hope and
the future are ever great assets In a
soldiers life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

Marine insurance rates were increas-
ed Monday from SO cents to $40 a
thousand following the report that u
boats were operating on this side OF
the Atlantic. Some agents refused to
accept risks at any price.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07
GENERAL FORREST
A Brilliant Soldier and His Style o'
Conversation.


No one, not even Napoleon. ever put
the military art more completely than
did General Nathan Bedford Forrest,
when, In answer to 4. woman who
asked him the secret of his success
he replied, "Maam, got there first
with the most men," General Maurice
now quotes this trenchant epigram,
on which, though Napoleon did not ut
ter 1t, he always acted. 1t pains us
to find the New York Tribune rcbuk-
ing Gen. Maurice for misquotation and
alleged that what General Forrest said
WAS, Il got there fastest with the
most men,"
We are aware that this impossible
form is the one in which Forests 8
great cpigram il generally quoted.
the explanation accompanying it be-
ing the one the Tribune now gives,
that Forrest was an uneducated man.
No uneducatcd man would think OF
such an intricate and complicated
phrase. Nor Is 1t Southern dialect. IL
is not dialect, but baby talk" The
truth Is that somebody who was try
ing to make Forrest talk what ne
imagined TO be southern dialect evolv-
I'd TINT incredible phraseology, and has
been, followed lavishly ever since.
What Forrest said undoubtedly was.
"Aaam, | got thar fust with the
most men,"
Forrest was a genius whom the
Confederacy discovered too late. After
the war Joseph f. Johnson pronounced
him "the greatest soldier the Civil war
produced. Gen. Beauregard said that
I:.sHt1afa capacity for war seemed to
- beS-6(lly tsllliese I
for'its display" Gen. Sherman called
him "the most remarkable man our
Civil war produced on either side
At FORESTS funeral, Governor Porter
of Tennessee, remarked to Jefferson
Davis that history had named him as
one of the half dozen greatest soldiers
of the country" to which Mr.. Davis
replied:
Il agree with you. The trouble was
that the generals commanding In the
southwest never appreciated Forrest
until 1t was too late. Their judgment
was that he was bold and enterpris-
ing partisan raider and rider. was
mislcd by them. and / never knew
how to measure him until read his
reports Of his campaign across the
Tennessee river in 1864. This induced
n study of his earlier reports. and
after that | was prepared to adopt
what you are pleased to name as the
judgment of history"
II the Tribune wishes to know
how General Forrest really talked, here
is sample quoted by his friend Gen.
Oates, in his "War Between the Union
and the Confederacy." Forrest is de-
scribing a hand-to- hand fight at the
hattie Of Fort Donelson:
Il thought that l could kill n man
by strikin' him over the head with
my sabre. but found that !" !
could knock him Off his horse, he
would jump up and run away. | then
tried the pint on one, and when h''
fell he lay thar. looked up and down
the line, and saw that the boys wcr,'
mixing with them. tried to think OF
the command Right thrust" to give
them. but could not. and instead yelled
aloud, Punch them. boys, damn them.
punch 'em!'" They understood and
obeyed the command.-New York
Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

Included in the S1st. or -Stonewall
Division" as 1t Is unohicially known,
which was recently transferred from
Columbia to GreenviIle. are included
many York county soldiers. all Of them
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07
AMERICANS IN France
The Finest Soldiers World Has
Ever Known.
they ARE WORTHY OF our PRIDE.

The Cream Of American Youth Living
Up to Our Highest ldeals-Diseredit'
able Stories Are True as to Few;
But Not to the Men as Whole.
The following article is by Daniel y.
Polling, associate president of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
in the Christian Endeavor World:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-15
WANTED FIGHT,
NOT A PASS TO REAR
Pnstcbonrda Emitting Them to Visit
Paris Cast Aside When Hun
Shells Begin Falling

PARIS. October 1i.--General Man
gins army was engaged In the most
terrific battle of the war; for three
days no progress could be made
against the desperate resistance of the
RUSSIAN guards and Bavarian shock
troops. In the vicinity of Coucy-le
Chateau and on the edges OF the Saint
Gobain forest the battle ragged. Ger
man counterattacks had driven back
the attacking Franco-American army
at various POINTS
division OF the American army
after three weeks OF stubborn lighting
had just been relieved. and rested in
comparative safety behind the Ailette
River. Two hundred of the American
soldiers proudly exhibited passes en-
titling them to ten days leave in
Paris and othcrwherc TO the rear.
At in the morning the alert" was
sounded. A violent German counter
attack had been launched threatening
the allied positions north OF the Ailette.
The division was to return to the firing
line at once.
AS they mustered out. heavy with
sleep. the officers told the boys that
those In possession Of passes for the
rear might remain behind. They could
take advantage of the brief furlough.
Not one man remained behind.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-15
.LA0N PLATEAU IS WON
BY SPLENDID STRATEGY
Great Achievement Accomplished
Without Loss Frontal Attack
Would Have Meant.
MEANS TOTAL LIBERATION
Fresh Enemy Reverse Will Force
Him Entirely From French Soil.
Capture Ruins Entire Defensive
System Held by Enemy Four Years.
Try Associated Press

PARIS. October 14.-Stili another
victory has been added to the long trail
of --'orv blazed by the allied armies
The Laon plateau at last has been
won browning the Cambrai-St. Ouen.
tin. and Champagne ofrensives.
The maneuvers SO skillfully elabo-
rated by Marshal Foch and SO ably car
ried GU, by Field Marshal Haig and
General ! cts in enabled this grea,
achievement to be accomplished with
out the ios. inseparable from IL direct
attack.
The result is nothing less than the
ruin Of the entire defensive system
built up by the German general staff
since 1914. for the conversions or 1t
was the Laon plateau.
1t was on the Laon plateau that the
German line was pivoted. 1t was to
turn it that the onensives OF 1915 and
1916 were carried out 1t was against
it that the campaign OF 1917 was pre-
maturely broken. IT was from the
plateau that the sixth great drive OF
the Germans toward Paris was started
Its fall is the prologue to tho total
liberation OF France. for the progress
made by the British in the vicinity OF
Douai puts the Germans In such
position that even If they can manage
Tor time to cling between Bohain and
Solesmes. while they. evacuate the
tom. they will be obliged to get back
along the frontier. and it Is moro than
likely that they will not even have
time for that