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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
Total acreage "a 1-2 acres

The grand total of land under cul-
tivation at all the institutions under
the control of the director of state
institutions as given above Is 351 IL
acres This is approximately an in
crease of 1870 over the land under
cultivation at the institutions last
year when there was more land I'M
der cultivation than ever before.
At the farm of the state prison the
erection of a new barn was com
menced May II. A number of the men
are there employed besides extra men
being employed building state road.
The older men who are unable to
work anywhere else are given the care
of the gardens near the institution.
During May the average number Of
inmates employed in various occupa-
lions at the prison was as follows:
shirt shop, II; worhoom, Z; engine
room, 3; laundry, Q; state shop, 8;
corridors, 8; miscellaneous, Z; farm
and outside, 80.
At the house of correction the larg-
est items Of receipts for the month
were from the manufacturing depart
ment $96S,S0, and from the sale Of
uauatoblo rIonte eQ101Q
1t the industrial school at Vergen-
mes the production in the farm de-
partment during May was as follows:
milk, 26,6S7 IL pounds; butter, 1888
pounds; eggs, 773; beef slaughtered,
1885 pounds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
FORESTRY.

There were 100000 trees planted
on state land and 100000 on private
land under the direction of the fores'
ter in May There were 100000 seed
lings transplanted in the state forest
nursery in Burlington and $50 seed
beds prepared, Examinations were
made of tracts of land which might
make desirable additions to the state
forests In the work of forest fire pre-
vention 32 fires were discovered and
extinguished at a total cost of S476.G2
to the towns involved.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

There were reported to the board o.
health 1855 cases of communicable
diseases the most numerous being
German measles, AL; whoopins
cough, ga measles, 161; humps, 1877;
chicken pox, 6S; and lesser numbers
of gonorrhea, scarlet fever, tubercu-
losis, syphglis, typhoid fever, pneu-
monia, diphtheria, smallpox and cry
sipelas.
Visits in the worA of the board were
made by the sanitary engineer to
Bennington and by the sanitary in
spector to Fairfax, Windsor, Bethel
Cabot, Bellows Falls and Rutland.
At the laboratory Of hygiene there
were made in May $3.50 examinations
the larger numbers being for tuberou-
losis, 1872; liquor examinations, 165;
diphtheria examinations, 1856; milk
examinations, 70.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER.

$4,000 brook trout fry have been de-
llyered TO private waters in the hands
Of residents OF Vermont $4,000 have
been delivered from our hatcherles 10
applicants and planted In the public
streams Of the state Convictions have
resulted from prosecutions made by
wardens In Addison Franklin and
Wndham counties, the fines imposed
amounting TO $3.50, costs SSO,Gj These
fines have been imposed for fishing
without license and taking brook trout
less than six inches In length,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
THE STATES WORK
Summaries of May Reports
of State Departments to
Board of Control

was awarded during the month for
the sum Of S24,S25 half to be paid
for by the town Of sutton, +, O. and
half by the state of Vermont. The
sum necessary to pay Vermonts share
in excess of the appropriation OF $780,
600 was made available by the citizens
OF Richford and vicinity
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
FINANCIAL SUMMARY,
hnlnnce. Anrll 3O. l9l8

Cash balance, April 80, 1918
' 1887 ,6O7 20
Receipts for May 3O5,752,6S
sl293,35
Auditors orders paid in May
1897 ,666.42
cash balance, June /, 1918 995,SO4SO
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
'A' No NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS

Section 5267 of the General Laws OF Vermont re-
oures all Savings Banks and Trust Companies in the
State to call in their pass books once in tive years tor
verfcation The Bank Commissioner has designated
the month of July of this year for that purpose Depos
itors in the BURLINGTON SAVINGS BANK are
requested present their pass books either in person
or bv mail as eary in the month as convenient for such
verifcation Books sent by mail will be returned
promptly.
E. S. ISHAM, Treasurer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.

The number of acres under cultiva-
ton at the agricultural schools is as
follows:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
u,293,8607S
STATE INSTITUTIONS.

Reports of the land under cultlya'
ton at the state institutions and the
acreage devoted TO the various crops
have been received by the board as
follows,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28

Telephone 112
Opposite the Railroad station little
Farther Away, But it Pays to Walk y
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28

A Business Notice ION page 81 may
simplify the task of home-hunting, f.
fording you clues to the location of that
fright place"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
SAW MILL FOR SALE

Two houses on Chapman Hill and
the saw mill located in the village of
Middlebury and known as the Upper
mill will be sold by me as administra-
tor to close the estate.
This mill has good water power,
could be bought at very re 'sonable
price, and presents good opening for
the development of good mill bust
ness. r
NJ, j. Sanford, Admr.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
Total acreage "a acres

School for Feeble minded
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
WAR LOSSES.

No one could imagine war being conducted without casualty lists or that casualty lists would not con- tain large numbers Of dead on the field of battle and deaths from wounds and from disease. It could not have been anticipated that the war which has just ended In Europe could have been carried on without an ap- palling loss of life, yet it is Q question whether Germany estimated that there would be any such toll of humanity taken when it gave the word to so ahead. Germany of course didn't care It was determined to win at any cost. By being prepared it presumed that it could drive forward into the enemy s territory and by quick dash accom- plish it's objects and bring the foe to submission before it was able to or ganize. sufficient defense. Certainly Germany did not figure on removing so much of the young manhood of the world, though it can hardly be con- ceded that it would have hesitated ii it thought that by so doing it could have reached a victorious conclusion,
 Various estimates have been made as to the losses which have been ex- rerienced by the various participants in the var, and now what are said tc be official figures are being put forti and for six of the nations involved !
 shows q total death toll of just unde1 six million. Thus far Russia appear! to be the largest loser, its less D! l death being fixed at 1,70AQ00, witt Germany 100000 less and France 5s0,
 o00 less than that. Great Britain ha
 over 100000 dead and the United Statei
 about 62.0oO There are several coun
 tries which are thus not included, ant
 the nained and sick are not involved but even without them the total is S l large that every nation ought to b
 anxious to avoid anything like war il | the future.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Some of the war brides are care- fully studying their husbands photo graph and hoping they will be able to recognize him when he lands in the home town.-Meriden Journal.
 Department of agriculture has just issued a bulletin urging the necessity of intensive planting of black walnut trees The timber is one of the most valuable of woodland trees, the bulle- tin states, and is rapidly becoming scarce on account of the drain made on the supply in this country by the war. The demand for the use of the wood in caBinet making and for cas- kets and musical instruments, not to speak of army rifles. has led to the increased interest of the department in the matter.-Hartford Times.
 To have Bolshevism in a country, therefore, the following evolution is apparently necessary; Long continued denial of the right of free expression. Mass conviction that it is oppressed. IgnoranNe. Poverty. Hunger Misery A weak government. Disorganization Of government and general disorder Where does Uncle Sam come in? That is question that, it is vain to deny. many overly fearful Americans are asking themselves. And we say Uncle Sam doesn't come in at all. We haven't
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
FINLAND.

One of the many tangles which re- main to be unraveled as the result of the war and the revolution in Rus sia is the future of Finland. Through it's regent it has asked for recogni- ton from the allied nations as an in dependent country and it seems not unlikely that it will receive attention.
 Finland occupies a peculiar posi- tion. It was at the opening of the war a Russian province, subject In every way to Russian control and guidance, Had the Russian empire remained intact it would have little reason today to expect that the allied nations would be in Q mood to enter tain such a proposition as it has now made. As the result of the revoIu- tion. however. Finland saw and took advantage Of it's opportunity to shake off the Russian shackles and one Of it's most unfortunate moves in that action was the manner in which 1t became connected with German in- fiuence. Although it was not a unanimous move Finland for a time put itself into the hands of the leader of the central powers. As far as its freedom was concerned it did not bet ter itself. Its great difficulty lay in the fact that it was not able to resist the determination of Germany to use it for it's own purposes, and in think ing that it was helping itself it fel into the clutches of a nation which cared nothing for Finland except fol what could be gotten tberefrom.
 From all indications Finland hes seen the error of it's way. After be ing battered about 1t now appears tC De trying to stand on it's own feet af ter having turned down the plan O calling German prince to it's throne If it can convince the allied nations | that it has cleared itself of all Ger man entanglements, the present situa tion in Russia makes the outlool 1 promising that it will gain the recog milton for which it is so eagerly striv
 ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says: Bis cretion isn't of any value as an after thought
 Greater satisfaction would prevail if the casualty lists could have been ended long ago.
 The holsheviki have got a good deal to explain when they talk about con- quering the world with love.
 According to the plans being made it doesn't look as if any of the avia- tors would be lacking for a job.
 It doesn't look very much as if there was going to be any wild clamor for LaFollette as a presidential candidate.
 The safety of the former czar of Russia is not being increased in the least by the announcement that he is alive
 The returning sailors and soldiers gre making 1t evident that landing on American soil is one of the greatest Of joys.
 Possibly the increased volume of water in the Rhine is meant for a rising welcome to the new watch on it's banks.
 It is good news that 1,1o0, 900 Amer | ican soldiers are listed for discha rgt and they cannot be taken from that 1 list any too soon.
 When those German Zeppelins come to this country as cargo carriers, they will probably look for a grand recep. ton at New London.
 It is always well to remember tha it isn't so much the making of goot resolutions as it is the keeping Q those which are made.
 From the food commissioners whicl it named Germany must be of tn, opinion that the friends of Belgium were neutralized by the armistice
 There can be no surprise manifest cd over the fact that the former Ger man colonies in Africa arc strongI. opposed to going back to German rule 1 Ono cannot help wondering thes days, now that the war in Europe i really over. just what Panche Will thinks of General Pershing and tn United States soldiers.
 President Wilson finds no funda mental differences as the result of hi conferences with the heads of foreig governments. It is a good sign fo Il the coming conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
ALL HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE

More and more are the possibilities as well as the necessities of raising more sheep in the states where such an industry is now practically unde- yeloped becoming recognized, and steps taken to see that encourage rnent is lent to such business for the good of the country, the common wealth and the individual. It is in such states that some of the best chances exist today for q profitable enterprise if they will only be given the proper attention.
 It Is not the western states alone where sheep raising should be extended for there is no reason why every state along the Atlantic seaboard should not be doing it's part in the production of wool and mutton. Pro- lessor Clark of the Georgia state col iege says that many practical sheep nen who. like myself, have investi- gated Georgia from a purely sheep breeders standpoint .firm that this state offers tremendous advantages for sheep raising and there never was q doubt in my mind but that where we no" nave one sheep we should have Q hundred, or even considerably more than that number"
 What is true of Georgia is true of this state and all the states in be- tween, and the one great drawback in each instance appears to be the lack of adequate protection for this industry from the dogs. the worthless 2 animals which rove about the coun- try. seeking what they can devour Until, however. it is realized that sheep are of more value than preda- tory dogs and legislation which vii deal with this problem as it should be dealt with enacted, and then up. held, sheep raising in these parts vii be inclined to go backward instead O ahead. No state should be willing t, contribute to the down hill move, mont.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
GOVERNMENT AND SHIPS.

Not little attention is bound to be attracted by the statement which has been made by Bainbridge Colby, the acting chairman of the shipping hoard, when he expresses himself as personally opposed to the operation of ship lines by the government. It is his belief that there should be pri- vate operation in the main. that there should be a continuance of govern meht building in order to give sta bility to the American shipbuilding in dustry, and that there should be . limited degree of government opera ton, chiefly in pioneering in trades where private capital might not care to venture at first. and in establish ing certain regular lines of steam ships.
 MT. Colby doesn't believe that the government should enter into com petition with private capital which would be the case if 1t attempted to operate the steamship lines, but it must be recognized that there is 8 large opportunity for government ser vice in connection with the establish rhent of steamship lines on routes which should be existing today but where capital has hesitated to go ahead. In such an endeaver it is to be realized that the government has an excellent opportunity to aid in the development of foreign trade, and this is particularly true of South America with which our trade has shown an increase of 1sO per cent. since the beginning of the war.
 One of the great reasons for the failure to do more business with South America before the war was because of the lack of transportation facilities and the fact that other countries through the establishment of such lines and closer business relations thereby had gotten a grip upon the trade. Government effort through adequate steamship lines should prove great help in this direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31

to pay more respect to. the importance of needing the first symptoms and thereby bettering their condition as we'll as giving material assistance to the medical profession.
 But the fact that there is lowered mortality both from influenza and pneumonia does not warrant the over- looking of all precautions for the pre- vention of the infection. Nowhere as yet have the drastic measures which were found necessary during the pres vious epidemic been resorted to. It has not been considered that the situation calls for it, regardless of the fact that there is division of opinion upon the advisability of such action, but if the watchfulness of the people will serve as preventive. no need of calling att tention to such action ought to be required. The chance of protecting ones self as well as ones nefghbor ought not to be neglected.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Mrann Trae


 MT. Editor: In Saturdays Bulletin MT. Montgomery, as usual is barking up the wrong tree" The hickory is erronecusly called walnut in some parts Of New England. The wood is used for axe handles. spokes and rims of light wheels. etc.. and is not a high priced lumber.
 Walnut. the logs quoted by The Country Gentleman, is not hickory but black walnut. iuglans nigra. used for furniture, veneers. gun stocks. etc.. and has been in great demand at high prices for the latter use l have not seen single tree Of this kind grow ing wild in this state.
 Will MT. II. name the two experts who made the logs measure nearly double what the buyer did? Only one guess.
 TRAVELLER JeWett City. Dec. 3A l91B
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
A BLOCK OF FOUR

The girl attired in the rose pink negligee, was neditatively hopping her eyes with g perfectly good lace Handkerchief and signing tumultuous- ly when her friend in the new shade of reddish brown with kolinsky furs waited into the room.
 ell" said the visitor. staring Lovely pose for the third act when the. heroine knows that all is discov- ered-but what's the real .trouble?"
 The vision in rose pink turned re- to a chair. T was just thinking" she qtlaveFed, land the more I think the more awful it gets. How far away is something real secluded-such as New Zealand or Patagonia? I'd like, to go there on a quick train with no stops, Now that the wars over all the sol diers will be coming back presently. won't they?"
 'But why sob over it?" demanded the visitor.
 If I didn't have such sympathetic nature,' gulped the girl in rose pink and such generous heart! Why, remember just as though it were today when Dick Woollen started to war ii the very first days. I thought nothing so perfectly dreadful and heroic hat ever happened, and, tell you, it help cd make up my mind
 Dick is So good looking and hat been so devoted and I reproached my self for the way I had kept hirn hang ing on with practically no encourage ] ment just because I hadn't an, strength of oharaeter-and if yol could have seen him in his uniform when he came to say good by!
 cried spots all over the beautiful iron of it and wondered how I could hav l hesitated for an instant and Dick sai' he was the happiest man on earth nov he eeuld go away feeling that I wa back home here waiting for him"
 Well, you certainly have kept tn secret" broke in the interested visitor
 It's just as we'll" her harasse hostess assured her. q bought such handsome silver frame for Dicks pie ture, and then, Of course, I had to ge 1 another when Arthur Day gave ma hi 1 photograph because he had seen ho1 Dicks was framed. I had never la the remotest idea that Arthur care for me except as friend, and he sai he hadn't. either uBtil the time cam to part, but that, unless I wanted 1 send him away perfectly wretche
 man, not caring what happened,
 would give him some hope.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
KEEPING DOWN INFLUENZA.

While it was thought that the in- ffuenza epidemic which spread over the country had run its course, after e1acttng a much larger toll than was rolled up by ithe war. there are evil dences frOm certain sections which indicate that while it has materially gubsided it has by no means been aeradicated, and there appears. to bc no telling when it will.
 .4 Up in Massachusetts at the present time, where the epidemic in this country originated, bulletins which are issued by the health authorities tndicate that there are stirl many new .eases, too many in fact for the situa,- ;tion not to receive every possible at- tebtion on the part of the individual as well as the authorities. It is grati fytng, however, that during this recur- renco that the disease appears to be in a milder form, or else there is q disposition on the part of the people
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31

the symptoms badly enough for this Bolsheviki disease to break out on us, and there is little danger of our eyea having them badly enough, Conditions here are not perfect but our people ae far from desperate: they have better weapons than bullets to right those conditions withTbsllots-an they know how to use them and will use them.-Bfidgeport Standard American.
 Our men from the army are not coming back to hold apart ss mili- taty body separate from the rest of the citizenry. They are coming back to mix with us, to live and work with us. The problems that we have to face an industrial, social or po- litieal way are problems that they will face and problems that they will vigorously help to solve, We must expect these men to inject some new ideas into the life around us. Some of the ideas that they bring will give 8 jolt to plodders and it is good that
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31

for human consumption. There was, however, no evidence of intentional adulteretion and the quantity reject ct, though large, is quite insignif- cant in relation to the total amount of tea inported, approximately 311 million pounds, including tea for the manufacture of caffeine.
 Ar astonishing a1ory was told by a soldier Of the htidttass lcgiaen who reached London from Cer,,lany yester- day with 4$S other men. He had been captive for two years, and for six months before the signing of the arm istice he lived free life @hehind the German lines in Belgium by inper- soEating a dead woman.
 He was taken prisoner as long ago as 1915, and in March last was posted to a field labor company ia the ReuIers district, As he had a gnod record with his captors, a strict watch was not kept or hiln and he eseaped.
 For six days he hid in ditehes by day and moved southward by night On the sixth night he was so exhaust ed that he decided to risk capture by asking for feod at a small farmhouse He entered, half expecting to find sol diers billeted in the house.
 The only occupant was an old wurn an who was wailing at tke bedside o1 her daughter, who had died that morn ins. Being able to speak Q little French. he succeeded ill persuading thu | old woman to let him irnnersonate tht daughter, The nothaf's greatest eb. 1 jection was to his suggestioA that h, should bury the body of the daughter
 in the garden, but on his pointing ou
 tqat it could easily be taken up afte, l the war and buried with the prope
 religious observance, she agreed,
 He buried the girl that night, a1t l for six months Wore her clothes ant worked in the fields 4 few of tn
 neighboring cotters were told, but the
 kept the seeret,aThe London Chron | iCle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31
OLD ACE STARTS
 ' WITH YOUR KIDNEYS

Science says that old age begins with weakened kidneys and digestive organs
 This being true, it is easy to believe that by keeping the kidneys and diseg- tive organs cieahsed and in proper work ing order cid age esa be deferred and life prolonged far beyond that enjoyed by tae average person 4ss.,-s"Ass...
 For ovef 2s0 years GOLD MEDAL Hastiera Oil has been reheYiag the weaknesses and disability due to adysnc- ing years. It sH standard otd-tiHe hoae rtmsay and nssAs, 10 introduction. GOLD MEDAL Easriem 0il is inciosed in, odeyieEs, taeteless capsules contain ing about s drops eaeh. Take tkem as yae would pill, with | swallow of wstar. {, The 0il etianlatss theN kidney