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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Racails Wasted lin.

81 happened to be-iate at a meeting
the other day and somebody asked who
Ann Brown was and | didn'tl say q
word and I happened to think just
then that somebody is always late to
everything and that Somebody is al
ways early to everything. If give a
formal dinner party somebody always
comes early when Im.' in the dining
room giving my final orders TO the but
Ter, and then again after everything
Is all ready | have to wait 10 min
utes for tardy guest rand get
real fussy but must not show it. I'll
bet" says Ann. that I've wasted thou
sands of hours of my young life be
ing on time for engagements Of ali
kinds. "-ESchange
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

cents pound, each hen would be
worth S120. This would add to the
credit balance So. and would there
fore show a profit on the hens on Sep
TENDER Is of $24.69. It will be noted
that the egg production for the nine
months involved was very good, $50
eggs hen, and it should be stated I'M
this connection that the man of fhe
house is a butcher, and was frequent
~ able to bring home scraps of IAetlt
which were fed to the hens, and which
undoubtedly contributed greatly toahe
favorable egg production. II
1t will be noted that this city flock
was kept under adverse conditions. IN
so far as shelter was conceraets
Backyard flocks should be properly
housed, and where possible, should be
provided with a covered run for suso
when the weather is rough. The small
house with run attached, shown in the
Illustration above, is suggested as fill
ing the needs for a few hens kept un-
der town or city conditions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Secs Move 10000 IONS.

The honey crop of the United States
for 1918 having been estimated by the
department of agriculture at about.
25o0oa,o90 pounds, the American 30.
tanist estimates that as the neetar
of flowers does not become honey m
Ill worked over and partly eyaporated.
the bees must move as much as 150.-
600 tons Of material TO produce this
crop, exclusive Of the honey eaten by
themselves. OF this product. about
one-lfalf is from the nectar of white
clover, wifi two other ieguminous
plantsZalfalfa and sweet cloyer-as
The next important Sources.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Non Ovr,cARRMneB BUNDLE
Spirit Shown by New York MAN May
Explain Why He Has Becnine
a Millionaire.

The following story, which suggests
that some millionaires are no more
"stuck up" than the rest Of us, is
printed in Forbes Magazine: A Broad
way New York city, street car con-
ductor was about to forbid a man ear
rying a huge roll of carpet to enter his
car-the bundle was so huge that the
conductor feared it would block the
aisle. The bearer of the burden. how
ever, smiled nt4hHr sosan1fa bly, and de.
| poster his long parcel promptly at the
Ffarsc6rner of.fhe platform that the ceh9
elfact6r hadfn't tile heart tor reniohs
stratd. This q was at Thfrty-thifd
street, opposite a department store.
fAt Forty seeondvstreet the passenger
shouldered his bundle and walked OH
He carried Ito one of New YorEs
| aeWest slaSserapers and immediately
! proceeded 10 Eiys ft upon THE floor Of
/ one Of the reception rooms there
| lie was the owner of the skyscrap-
or! He was Irving It. Bush. million
+ aife creator of the famous Bush ter
minal a verftable city within the city
| Of Brooklyn, owner of large shipyard
and Of other projects.
t. friends who chaffed him. Mr..
Bush explained that the rug caught
his fancy While in the store. and be
particularly wished to have it laid
down before a reception that was TO
be held at the Buyers club lin the
Bush buiIdingl that day. But as the
store could not make immaiates delfy.
cry, why, the only and the natural
thing for him to do was to shoulder 1t
himself. The spectacle Of d million
aire Juggling along such "a burden in ia
street car and in the street did not
strike this particular millionaire. as in
any way funny.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Cheaper Than Beef.

In many parts of the country, espe-
eially on farms, chicken IS probably
much cheaper than Beef, as e6nIy''tfe
cost of production needs to be CON
sidered. When chickens, and. fol-. fhdt
matter any poultry, can be raised
with little labor and can find most OF
their food, or use up otherwise use
less table refuse, skim milk. etc, they
ought TO be very economical AMI
agreeable substitute for pork and beef
and should be used literally.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
! Kind of Fowls TO Keep.

Householders usually desire not only
eggs for the table and for cooking, but
also an occasional chicken to eat. For
this reason one Of the general-purpose
breeds, sht1f as. the Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, or Or.
pington. Is preferable to the smaller
egg breeds. such as the Leghorns. Not
only do the mature fowls of these
breeds, because of their larger size,
make better table fowls than the Leg,
horns, but. the young chickens for the
same reason make better .friers .,and
roasters, whereas. chickens of the egg
breeds are only suitable Tor the sinai
Ter broilers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
TABLE SCRAPS MAKE EGGS

There is n certain amount Of
table scraps and kitcheLs waste
which has feeding value but
which, if not fed, finds IFS way
into the garbage pail, in every
household. no matter how eco.
nomical the housewife.
Poultry IS the only class of
domestic animals which is suit
able for converting this waste
materis1, right where it is pre-
duced in the city, into whole
some and nutritious food in the
form Of eggs. and poultry meat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Actual Results in Fiaures.

The original cost of the hens was
$3.50. Added TO this is the cost of
feed, SOL making total cost for
acquiring and maintaining the flock,
of S12,s1. The returns from eggs fig
ured on the basis of 40 cents a dozen,
which is very conservative, amounted
to $3.50: THE two hens eaten were
the largest Of the flock and averaged
at least five poun9s- in Weight. AT 30
cents a pound the value of these hens
amounted therefore TO s.. Thus tise
total income from the flock was s31. 80.
while the total expenses were S12.s1.
leaving q return over cost Of fowls
and cost of feeding of S1s.69 This
figure, however. does not take. into 4
count the value of the five hens on
hand. These would average al .lea,.t
four pounds in weight sos That, ct SO
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Forest Hospitality.

ono morning our. company was drill
Ing. when Boche plane flew over. We
usually 80 into the woods when they
ore first sighted. but THIS time the
captain said: "EveryhoaEs. @dawnp
~a4.el- lla hea-s.ha added lao
use making a break for the. woods.
Hell sec ,tEhere-,we go and nrobahfy
sbonib us tonight
|. Al acting private In the rear rank
repAed: We'll, sir. let's run into
somebody else's woods Ontario
Post.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Poultry More PoktisrzI

The rapid increase il The amoiint
Of poultry raised for the table in this
country is strong proof that it is be-
coming more and more popular, and
although it may not deserve IFS popu-
larity on the grounds Of strict econ
afay, IT certainly does earn it, by. IFS
attractive flavor easy digestibillty,
and the pleasant variety it gives to cur
meat list.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
- Culfine~tf4e.EIoeiS;

Gull out and prepare for. market all
fowls, bid or young. which appear
weak, slow or dull3sF fowls With drpop-
ing tails, rough. plmaage / or crow
shaped heads. al scrubs, except these
which have laying points; all hens
which mott early: and all males Ak
cept those strong, vigorous and:Eos h
pure type desired for breeding. y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Flock of Seven in Washington,
D. c., Supplied Large Fam
lily With Eggs.
PRODUCED At LITTLE COST
Table Scraps and Kitchen Waste
Which Would Otherwise Be
Thrown Away Were Utilized
There Was No Cost of
Equipment.

The value of small flock of laying
hens on a town or village lot or in
a city back yard should not be under
estimated. Even as few as six or eight
hens should produce eggs enough,
where used economically, for family
of four or five persons throughout the
entire year, except during the melting
period of the fall and early winter.
The product of such a flock, both in
the form of eggs and fowls for the
table, may be produced at a relatively
low cost, because of the possibility of
utilizing table scraps and kitchen
waste which would otherwise be
thrown away.
So many records of backyard fioczs
have shown profit that There can be
no question but what backyard poul-
try keeping is profitable under the
proper conditions. The. record of a.
small flock kept in Washington dur
ing the past year throws some light
on what can be accomplished under
conditions that prevailed during that
time. The flock consisted of seven
hens which were bought December IS,
1917, for $3.50. This flock was car
ried through the ensuing year. Two
were killed and eaten; the other five
We're carried the rest OF the summer
and continued to lay until September
Is, the day on which the last-egg was
produced.
Contrbutory Causes to Success.
Two things should be kept in mind
in connection with this flock; first,
that the number of hens was small !;
and second, that the family in, the
household concerned was much larger
than the average, with the result that
a considerably greater amount of table
scraps was available for feeding the
hens than would be the case in the
average family or with larger flock.
The hens started laying in January,
the egg. production by months being
as follows: January, II; February,
IA; March, 1872; April, 100; May, 40;
June III; July, 10T; August. los;
September, %. This gives a total egg
production of S57, or II 5-12 dozens.
The feed which was purchased anf
fed to these hens during this period
and in fact which was sufficient Il
carry the hens until December /, 1913
cost $701.
There was no cost of equipment il
caring for the hens. During the win
ter the flock was confined to a corner
of the cellar. which was partitionet
| off by means of old screens and screeI
doors. A board was placed by i win
dow which allowed the hens to &c
outdoors during the bright days. On
the rest of the winter days they wer'
confined to the cellar During tn,
spring and summer the hens were al
lowed to run in the small back yard
and roasted in an ordinary ary-good
box which was placed under the bacl
porch. Small boxes were used 70
nests.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Phi,osophicaf.

The philosophical proprietor Of a
seaside hotel sliddd HIS Rules Bulletin
for men thus. '..RemefHher. Pine and
title wait fnrssae man For ladies'
rules. see sther ulietin.""-Judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-In !" Brick House" Cen
trail ST., 6 rooms, bath, garden, Stable
if desired. A d. Wyatt, p Putney
Road. 268- If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-To a small, quiet, family
a pleasant, sunny, convenient tenement.
Inquire Mrs. l.. A. Cox, 152 South
Main ST. 212-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

This illness of mine tsseaused by q
HseFasla. the doctor said" = -
81 "NhatNlld. aAe call ffis''
7 really can'ffeli you. / LcaugatssEfs
disease hst not tire name"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-Transient rooms Heated
and electric lights. II Elliot st. Tel.
773-W. 27S-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-Low-priced, modern
apartments Tel. l46-M. Leslie Smith.
287-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT--Four room apartment
with bath at The Abbott, Canal st.
Inquire c. A. Boyden. 296 ii
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-Pleasant' downstairs ten
ement. Inquire 3 Locust st. G. n. Bond.
1877
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

ment. Inquire 3 Locust ST. G. \. Bond.
1S7-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-First floor tenement on
Thomas street, 4 rooms Inquire, IA
Prospect street, Tel 649-M. 29l-tf
TO RENT Upstairs tenement at 50
Pearl street Of 5. pleasant rooms for
small family. c. L. Cobb, q Pearl st.
22S-ff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-Six -room tenement, cor
ner Central and Highland st. Edgett &
Co 2S2-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

TO RENT-Nice Groom tenement on
Birge ST. Holden e. Martin. 296-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-Lyman's Auto Service,
between Mortified, Bernardston and
Greenfield, IIinsdale and Brattleboro,
with all equipment consisting Of one
ten passenger Studebaker car, model
1916, and new two ton Steamer chas-
sis, suitable for large bus body which
the route will need this coming season
The route is paying one as my books
which are. open to the inspection of
prospective buyers, will show. Lyman s
Auto Service, Mortified, Mass. Phone
ll4-3s 294- 299
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17

Many receive advice, only tie wise
profit by it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
TO RENT

TO RENT-Tenement. Apply at 5
Maple street.. corner Canal. 21S-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
A Bird i'm the Hand
PROOF THAT BACKYARD POULTRY KEEPING PAYS

Especial Service Department Agricuure
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SHAMPOOING and Manicuring. Miss
Mary A. Griffin, 139 Main St 299-tf
CHIROPODY and Shampoo parlors.
Hair goods made up to order. Mrs E.
p. Bailey, III Main st. Phone. 157-tf
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
DANCING HIS WAY OVER THE
EARTH

Interesting letters are being re-
ceived from Archie G.. Cook by Mrs
w. Fl. Newell and other relatives at
Baraboo, the Cook families east Of
town being among them. He is now
in Cuba with Madam Pavola, the world
renowned Russian dancer. Mr.. Cook
travels under the name of Leon Barto
and dances solos with the company,
besides his other performances. While
in Texas he decided to trys the stage
and in New York joined the Pavlova
company. After going south to Pan
anna, down the west coast of South
America, across the Andes mountains
to the Atlantic, and up the Atlantic to
Cuba, the circle was made again. He
writes many of the playhouses of
South America are far superior to
those in New York. Long engagements
were filled in some Of them during the
past months, many Of the seats selling
at ave dollars, the houses being crowd
ed night after night. The company
expects to go to London and other Eu-
ropean cities soon. Mr.. Cook is expe
riencing much, dancing his way into
many populous centers of the earth
He resided here for many years during
his early youth.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
MONUMENT TO WRIGHT

The Aero Club of Fraace is erecting
at Lemans q monument to Wilbur
Wright, pioneer American aviator.
The monument will mark the place
from which Wright made his first air
plane flight in France, Aug. s, 1908.
Speaking at the ceremonies in con-
Aeetion with the laying of the monu-
ment's cornerstone, u. S. Ambassador
Sharp deploTed the fact that the Ger
mans whose sole purpose seems to
have been to kill and destroy" had per
verted aviation to such wicked uses
IN the war. He expressed the opinion
that ''the very horrors of it's abuses
will compel the. civilized nations here
after to abandon forever the employ
wassat of aircraft for the casting of
bombs
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
THE CHILD IN THE HOME

The chief end of a man and a wom-
an when they have little children is
to encourage them in all right doings,
and provide for them the environment
and the rhythmic living which makes
'ghL doing easy. In peace or in war
the greatest thing that any man or
woman can do for the world is to do
the best by the little children that
are placed in their care. And it is also
the greatest thing they can do for
their own future happiness and salts
faction and for that of their child. No
work in all the world can approach in
Importance this work of making right
conditions for the child's divinity to
express itself. We hear about chow
sharper than serpent's tooth it is
to have thankless child" but it is
not SO often called to our attention
that the thankless child is the franken,
stein nurtured by the man and woman
who do not know that the cultivation
OF the spirit Of encOuragem in
themselves toward their children IS
the secret of successful child training,
and the most important thing in the
whole world for those who have little
children in their caHe.-The Nautilus.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
LONG HEADS AND ROUND

Did the round heads or round heads
cause the war? w. S. Sadler has writ
ten a book ON 'Long Heads and Round
Heads in which he represents an at
tempt to explain the Germans infa-
xnOus and ruthless conduct of the war.
DR.. Sadler thinks that anthropOlogy
saives the correct answer. The Ro-
man empire and its successor, the
Holy Roman empire, consisted, &C
cording to the author. of a ruling Nor
siic e1ass-the long heads-with vast
substance in the army and popula-
lion consisting Of Mediterraneans and
.Alpines, or round heads. Today, he
says, the German empire is built on
exactly the same social lines, the rul-
ing and military classes being more
or less purely Teutonic, and the great
rank and file Of the army and civil
population either purely Alpine or of
Alpine, TeutCnic type.
DR.. Sadler discusses the Germans
harbaric warfare. He concludes that
it is simply a form of Prussian mill
tary insanity, the product OF long
wears Of nursing.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
lust $3.50

The only religious scruple Bara-
boo man has is against carrying the
ashes out on Sunday morning.
There is one word that has come
into such common use it should be set
in lower case--bolsheTiki.
We opine Medicine Hat will be
heard from several times before the
frogs venture to croak.
One place where man does not fit
is with a pan Of dough, and one place
where a woman does not fit is on a
lunch counter stool.
1t is predicted there will be a storm
in Ireland before long-the storm sig
mails are flying.
It is the humble opinion Of the aver
age Sank county voter that the county
Judge never bucked a sitter heads-l-
win-tails-you-lose struggle than the
one in which he is now engaged.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
Girl. MISPLACES HER
LODGINGS

Here is a strange story from Los
Angeles, that wonde-: city where
Baraboo people delight co tarry. The
item says:
Miss Virginia Armor 18 years OF age
came to Los Angeles from Santa Bar
bara, engaged room, left her suit
case in it, and started 70 see the town.
When she was ready to return to the
hotel she could not locate it.
On appealing to the police she was
given lodging for the night in the ma
irons department of the city Jail, and
was then taken to the Women's Train,
ing home, The next day she went out
with a policewoman to every hotel on
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh
streets, but could not find the right
one. Now she and the police depart
ment are waiting for the hotel proprle-
tor to find her
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
AMERICAN WOMAN SOLDIERS

Deborah Sampson was the first
American woman to win fame as
soldier. She was born in Plymouth,
Mass, 1853 years ago. Fired by patri-
otism, she dressed in mems clothes
and entered the Continental Army
under the name of Roer Shurtleff,
and took part in several battles. She
was a seasoned soldier before Molly
Pitcher gained fame by serving the
gun of her slain husband in the bat
tie OF Monmouth. Deborah served
three years and was wounded sever
al times before her sex was discov-
cred during a campaign in the yicin-
iy of Yorkton. 1t was in the Phila-
delphia hospital that her ruse was
discovered, and upon her discharge
she was summoned before General
Washington. He praised her for her
bravery and gave her an honorable
discharge and presened her with a
purse of money. After the war Con-
gress voted her a grant of land and
a pension. She died in 1927,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
his tayad That
SOLDIER TESTS

The standard zed physiological tests
given to 100000 soldiers disclose
among other things the laborers, min
ers, teamsters and farmers as a rule
at the bottom, scoring As to 40; the
railway engineers, tool makers and
automobile assemblers below 10; the
mechanical engineers at 1O5 to 1O9;
the stenographeYs and typewriters at
MS to 119; the Young Mems Chris
tian association secretaries, medical
E1en, chaplains and engineer officers
at the top, above 100. says an eastern
paper. The suggestion seems reason
able that the nature OF the occupation
rather than the real quality OF the in
select accounts for much OF the abll-
Jty to pass the tests; in Orther words
shat the test doesn't prove much.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
BETTER WORK, BETTER WAGES

Labor is the largest item in the cost
of goods. The American wage scale
is much higher than any in Europe
ployed, or even relatively So Ameri-
can goods must find a market abroad
in competition with European goods
Nobody but a hopeless blockhead
wants unemployment. The practical
question is: How can we pay decid-
eddy more for labor and still sell goods
in free competitive markets? For
unless we do sell goods in such mar
kets we shall finally have idle labor
There Is only one possible answer:
Our labor must be more efficient than
the labor with which its products
compete. 1t can be more efficient
through It's own superior skill and dill
gence. through using better tools
that is, better machinery-through SUI
perior industrial organization and lead
ership.
We can pay decidedly more for a
days work than Europe pays and still
sell the product of our days work as
cheap as Europe can-or cheaper. But
the only possible way Of doing it is
to produce more or better goods in a
day. We cannot pay decidedly more
for labor than our competitors pay I'M
less our labor on the whole is decid-
edly more efficient. Every handicap
to the most efficient application of
American labor lessons its chance of
maintaining this wage scale with full
mployment.-S Evening Post.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
DEPORT THEM

The Thoughtful people of the United
States are, it is announced, to demand
of their representatives IN congress
that the doors of the country shall
hereafter be tightly barred against all
who cannot satisfactorily prove their
right to admission. A pledge OF
absolute loyalty, not only to the nation
politically, but to it's ideals, is to be
demanded as prime requisite. it is
asserted. No longer is the United
States to be made an asylum for polit-
ical disturbers, conspirators, social
outcasts, or criminals, it IS declared.
If such steps are to be taken, and such
precautions are to be observed as ex-
perience has made plainly necessary,
that the nation and its institutions
may be properly safeguarded, then an
essential preliminary would be the de-
portation. bag and baggage, OF all
these informed enemy aliens. without
regard to person or to past occupation.
Christian Science Monitor.