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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Today's Anniversaries.

lS07-Pasquale dc Paoli, famous Cor
siean general and patriot, died
near London. Born in 1726.
lS31-A Russian army of 10000 men
invaded Poland.
l862-Prince of Wales edward yII)
took his seat in the house of
lords for the first time.
I869-State of Pennsylvania granted
charter to Ursinus college.
valiant, the French anarchist,
condemned to death and guillo
tined
l904-Japan severed diplomatic rela-
tions with Russia.
l915-Cairo official report stated that
Turkish force of 10000 men were
defeated by British at Suez
l916-Germany in memorandum to
United States on Lusitania sink
ing refused to admit illegality OF
action, though coneeding all
other American demands
1917-Germany detained Ambassador
Gerard in Berlin while waiting
for assurance of Bernstorff :.
safety.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
I oday's Events

Mexico keeps a national holiday to-
day in celebration of the anniversary
of the constitution.
Today is the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the birth of Robert Carter, a
noted New York editor and one of the
founders of the Republican party.
Simeon E. Baldwin, former governor
of Connecticut and at one time eonsid-
cred Democratic presidential posi-
bility, enters upon his S0th year today.
New York City is to be the meeting
place today of the first in series of
conferences to be held in the larger
cities to stimulate public opinion in
support of establishing a league of ma
lions at the peace conference.
Governors of many states, heads of
commercial bodies and specialists on
transportation from every section OF
the United States are to assemble in
Hashngton today for the fourteenth
annual meeting of the National Rivers
and Harbors congress.
Under the auspices of the Dutcf
Women S Suffrage association notable
| celebration is to be held in Holland to
day in honor of the twenty-ffth ami
versary of the organization of the frs
suffrage association at Amsterdam.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
In the Days News.

A. Lawrence Lowell, who, with Viii
liam II. Taft will head the list of speak
ers at the series of League of Nations
Congresses, the first of which is to
open today in New York city, is the
head of Harvard university, at Cam
bridge, Mass. He came to that Office
ten years ago, following the long pres
idency of Charles w Elliot. A gradu-
ate of Harvard in the class of 1877, he
became a lawyer and continued in the
legal profession until 1897. In 1900 he
joined the faculty of Harvard and
taught the science of government in q
way to make him one of the most pop.
ular of the teachers. Since becoming
president of the university he has been
compelled to forego much authorship
but he still finds time to give addresses
and to write periodical articles dealing
with contemporary issues. He has been
a prominent promoter of the league tc
enforce peace and led in the effort tc
align the colleges with the prepared
ness movement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919.
OUR STATE INSTITUTIONS.

The reappointment of Hon John
Weeks as director of state institutions
viii give general satisfaction and prom
'ses continuation of the careful and
practical management that has char
ncterized his work of the past two
wears. It will be remembered that in
his inaugural message Gov. Clement
said:
We should try to make state insti-
buttons self supporting as far as prac-
ticable We have LOO acres of land
IN connection with these institutions
md $1,000 acres of woodland This
land should produce large part of the
food and provender and part of the
fuel used in such institutions"
Everyone will acknowledge the
soundness of this recommendation but
few realize the extent to which this
policy has been carried out in the past
biennial period The State Industrial
School at Vergennes in the past two
wears has produced approximately
$4,000 in addition to its food produc-
ton; the State School for Feeble Mind.
cd at Brandon, $1,000; the House OF
Correction at Rutland $31 ,000 and the
State Prison at Windsor, $4,000.
It must be admitted the above is 9
very good showing and that the max
ing of our state institutions productiv,
as possible has been the policy of pas
administrations To improve his owl
record will he large task for Directol
Weeks but people are confident he vii
utilize his experience and ability ac
nuired in the past two years to the ad
vantage of the inmates of the institu
tions and of the state in general. Il
other words we may confidently expec
"good business administration s.
far as our state institutions are con
cerned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
The Ice Laughed.

because l am sheltered. / am -eally
warmer this way than if I wers not
covered by you, Mr.. Ice"
"Ha, ha," said the ice. THAT is
joke. You're warm, covered by the
ice, when everyone is saying that the
ice and the snow and the wind and
everything else seem colder than ever
this year."
"Wfll you tell me all the newsY'
asked the river.
''What news?" asked the ice.
about the skating and ice-boating
and the sieighrides on the lake? They
go sleigh-riding on the frozen lake
when it's as cold as this. won't be
able TO see it this year, as I'm covered
up"
"I'll most certainly tell you all the
news" said the ice.
So it told the river of the ice boats,
which seemd to fly over the ice. 1t
told of sleighs, with big horses pulling.
and of children in the sleighs, wearing
red caps and sweaters. and coats. 1t
told of the bells which jingled on the
sleighs, and of the skating parties
And the river gurgled with glee and
said:
I've given the people a change this
year. Instead of water they see ice -
And the ice chuckled and laughed!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Me and Sid Hunt was wawlling along,
Sid Hunt taking out his new silver watch
Every wunts in a vile to see if it was
,roak yet or enything, and me jest wawk-
NJ along natural and we saw Mary Wat
lins setting on her frunt steps. Sid say
ng, Do me a favor, Benny, will you?
Maybe, wat? j sed, and he sed, Ask me
vat time it is vile we're tawking to Mary
Watkins so l can take out my new watch
without looking as if | was showing off.
sill you?
| will if you do me favor Afterwards,
will you? | sed
Wat? sed Sid, and / sed, Ask me to re-
cite the Charge of the Lite Brigade so
I'll have good Excuse to recite It, viii
you?
Sure, sed Sid And we came up TO Ma
ry Watkinses steps and started to tawL
TO her, tawking about diffrent things with
out saying mulch, and after vile Sid
looked at me funny and l sed. Wat time
is it Sid, enyhow?
l don't know but III soon find out, sed
Sid. And he took out his new watch
| Mary Watkins saying, o, wat perfectly
bewtifill watch. And she looked at it IL
her hands vile, Sid standing there look
| ing as if he thawt he was sumbody CRATE
and then she gave it back and we kepl
On tawking about different things agen
and pritty soon / looked at Sid funnl
and he looked rite back at me as if b.
dident even know l was looking at hin
funny, and after a vile / sed, Do yol
ike recitations, Sid?
Not mulch, sed Sid. And pritty sool
I sed, Don't you like eny recitations a
all. espeshil, Sid
No, sed Sid And | looked at him fun
ny some more without enything happen
ing, and all of suddin l said, All rite
then don't, you big stiff And / wawke,
away mad, herring Mary Watkins say
ng, WY, the ideer, did he meen you o
me?
You / CESS, sed Sid
Proving wen > people is rivals il don
matter if they are trends or not
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Recognition of Soldiers.
Barre Press.l

Barre is doing well in small way
TO give official recognition TO the
men who have served in the pres
emf war through the proposed dis
tribution of handsome service med
ais, but that distribution is only
small part Of that which Barre ought
to do in permanent recognition of the
7ervices OF men past and present who
have worn the uniform of the country,
Therefore, it is hoped that the entire
community will rally back of the
movement started by the citv counci
TO raise fund for the erection of a
fitting soldiers and sailors memorial
which shall take the form of stately
monument cut in Barre granite. The
preliminary meeting to be held on the
evening of Feb. 10 ought to be fully
attended by the representatives of the
various organizations which are es
pecially invited to be present on that
occasion. Later, as the plan unfolds
it is expected that all organizations in
the city win be enlisted in the work
of supporting the movement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

area 40 per cent of those who took up
poultry farming failed and returned to
the city, while the other 90 per cent
remained and were successful after
few years experience.
The book farmer must not expect
too much, though Poultrymen who
had been in business one or two years
made an annual labor income of 1862.
Men who stuck at the job for ten years
averaged 1854 year, labor income.
One fourth of all the men who had less
than six years experience lost money.
Experienced men run to larger fiocks,
and the larger the flock, in the hands of
a wise poultryman, the lower is the
labor cost for each bird.
What size farm2 Those inspected
| by the inquirers ranged from one acre
to $50 acres, with eleven acres as the
| average. Something between FIVE and
twenty acres will do the man whose
| capital is small. One man with two
acres made labor income of ST ,056
He kept 250 birds ON each acre The
average area for 100 birds on the 15C
farms was 10 acres, and the area for
kcrops was three times as great. OF
! NoOAoC AHS IVY dNlC IdIIutI hau lllllt
room for growing grain.
How much capital9 Aye, there IS the
ruh, The average value of the farms
including human habitations, was
S5,572, and the money put into fowl:
and equipment brought the total in
vestment up to an average of $7,243
Acreage seems to have little effect or
the capital needed. Twenty-six farms
with an average area of SO acres haC
an average capitalization of $7,203
while eighteen farms with an average
area of 32.5 acres required each al
average capital of 81 ,293; and the labol
income from the second group was les
than that from the first group-was il
fact only 1874, or about 10 per cent OF
the investment Of course, the enthu
siast will say the poultryman had hi
house free. Yes, and maybe and cd,
egg or rooster. But, considering onl,
the business end of the life, an average
hen-there were 737 in each averag
dock-nets her owner 81 year for hi
labor by laying for him eight and /;
half dozen eggs.
But every back to the lander know
that he is not an average man and tina
his hens will scorn the small product o
the average hen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Make the Last Best

Lord of Light and King of Glory,
Sitting on Thy throne on high;
Viewing all our varied actions
From Thy watch-tower of the sky;
Weighing all our past endeavor;
Both the unblest and the blest
Hear my ferventest petition;
Let my last days be my best"
Loving and Almighty Father.
Stay me if my feet should slip;
Let my soul be ever conscious
OF Thy true companionship;
In my heart as in my dwelling
Be an eyer-welcome guest
So discerning, so sojouining,
Let my last days be my best,
Morning came, and brought me visions
Noon has taken them away;
Now the shadows lengthen somewhat
And the hours do not delay
And beyond the fading Present
Lies a Future all inquest;
Still the prayer OF youth | utter
Let my last days be the best"
Tho the charm of youth has faded,
Far as East is from the West
Let me still its fond reflection
Bear within my living breast,
Spare me still the inspiration
That of old my lips expresst;
Till the days shall come no longer
Let my last days be the hest"
ARTHUR GOODENOUGH
West Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
MWYSEVlNik'
GARY TALL
THE RIVERS CHANGE.
81 kArH @AIAl1BOyFR

''They don't think" said the river
TO the Ice which had formed over it.
that river can do things different
ly at different times. And then il n
river has done the same thing for
years and years and years they get
the idea it can't change its ways"
DO you mean people?" asked the
ice.
Il do" said the river. Il feel so nice
aud warm under here" II added. Il
like this for a change"
"well, if people fell through me
and reached you they wouldn't think
you were so nice and warm" And the
ice laughed 1t made very queer
sounds, and if IL hadn't been so very
thick and strong. people would have
said the ice was dangerous" at that
part.
They're going TO have fine winter
sports" said the river. They're go
ing to go ice-boating and skating. and
all sorts of things. That is, they're
going TO do that up on the lake. You
know I start from the lake, and go
on and on and on.
Where do you go on TOT" asked
the ice.
81 90 on and on, through valleys and
meadows and under bridges ard past
towns, and at last / pass through a
! city-not right in the center of the
city, but by one side of the city
| and then ! 90 on a little farther; yes,
! little farther. until ! reach the great
ocean"
what a wonderful thing it must be
/ to be a river" said the ice. You
start In a lake and you end off in the
| ocean. You know what it is 30 have
/ a beautiful and quiet lake for friend.
i and you also know what 1t is to have
the big ocean for friend. The ocean
is so tremendous"
'Yes," said the river. ITS a good
size, all right enough, and the other
side of it cannot be seen. Not even
with the big glasses which people look
through. Now the lake can be seen
so well, all around it and from the
head to the foot"
1.-THE lake hasn't head or foot, "
said the ice.
1T has one end and another end, y
said the river, $50 speak of il as the
head and the foot
Il see," said the ice.
"This is what they call my source
rise in the lake. and for the first time
in my history I've frozen over"
) "Indeedf" said the ice. well. I'm
honored."
Il thought you had such nice end
cooling ways" said the river. .'Usu
ally folks like creatures and things
who have nice ana affectionate. friend
ly ways, but like good. cold GOV
ering of ice for n change"
: "And you say that this is the frs
time that you have become frozen?
2 repeated the ice.
5 1.-THE very first" said the rive
l again.
Its a cold winter" said the ice
ITS going 10 keep on being cold. In
told. Take yesterday. for example
4 it was as cold as 4 day could be. anC
{ now today il is just as cold"
ITS glorious change for me-" eaiC
!. the river. I'm warm and nice though
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

In the criticism of the proposed
league of nations and hysterical talk
of the peril to the Monroe Doctrine one
cannot help recalling the great DOGGY
it has always been when enlarged inter
national undertakings were under con
sideration. After the close of the
Spanish American war when a Philip
pine policy was being formed the late
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts spoke
eloquently and powerfully of its uncon-
stitutionality and the dangers to this
same Monroe Doctrine of control of
new territory in the Far East. The
speeches of some of the senators of to-
day would be improved if they more
closely approached the ability and
strength of the speeches of the late
Senator Hoar But despite the warnings
and prohibitions of Senator Hoar, the
country went on and assumed the duties
of the day, and it must be admitted
TO the credit of the nation. We suspect
that after long period of debate and
warning America again will rise to its
proper position in the solution of the
international problems now facing the
world. The world moves and America
must move with it or drop out of the
world procession.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

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Trout in Fletcher.
Bennington Banner

The usual bill to reduce the length
of legal brook trout from six to five
inches has appeared in the legislature
Such measure has been introduced
in the house by Representative Tink-
er of Fletcher There are few towns
in the state in which the brook trout
are so small and few as III Fletcher
Many years ago, before we owned our
first razor, we fshed every brook in
Fletcher and we know from experience
and observation that there was not at
that time one good mess of trout in
the entire township. There aren t any
fishermen in Fletcher for there are nc
fish and it is difficult to understand
why this attempt to change the law
should come from Fletcher's represen,
tative.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
BAD COLD? HEADACHY
AND NOSE STUFFED
"Pape's Cold Compound ends colds
and grippe in a few
hours.

Take ''Pape s Cold Compound every
two hours until you have taken three
doses, then all grippe misery goes and
your cold viii be broken. 1t promptly
opens your clogged-up nostrils and the
air passages of the head; stops nasty
discharge or nose running; relieves the
headache, dullness, feverishness, sore
throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
Dont stay stuffed-upl Quit blowing
and snuffiing. Ease your throbbing
head-nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as HPape's Cold
Compound which costs only a few
cents at. any drug store. 1t acts with
out assistance, tastes nice, and causes
no Inconvenience Accept no substi.
tute.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Getting Down to Brass Tacks on TIL,
Poultry Business.
New York Sun -,

Next to the eagle, the hen is the
most fascinating of American birds
With the war over, she is more thought
about by commuters than the eagle is
She has been a commercial puzzle. Does
poultry farming pay2 is the inquiry of
a million would-te back to the landers.
The New Jersey Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station set about getting an
answer to this important question, and
it seems to have succeeded; at least its
Bulletin 500 is concise and plain
statement of the results of investiga-
ton into the history and fortune of
$50 poultry farms
Where is the best place to have q
poultry plant2 On this point the bull
letin might he suspected of prejudices,
but it admits that New Jersey, while
an important hen state, is not the
greatest. 1t does not compare with
Missouri. Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. or
even with New York and Pennsylva-
MAJ only per cent of its agricultural
wealth is in poultry. Its Vineland dis
| trict. however, ranks next to Petuluma
| California, as the area where the fast
est and most furious poultry farming
is done. Hen men get along best in
groups, like poets.
May the inexperienced 90 into the
egg and broiler business with any hope
Yes, for the greenhorn does not en-
counter the many problems of general
farming:
"a study of the history of these
poultrymen informs us that most OF
them have entered the industry without
! previous experience. In the Vineland
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

). N, retired, born at Kingston, Pa.
IS years ago today.
Prof. Lafayette B. Mendel of Yale
university, celebrated as an expert OF
nutrition, born at Delhi, n. Y, AZ year,
ago today.
Maxine Elliott, celebrated actress
If the American stage, born at Rock
and, Me-, 40 years ago today.
Simeon E. Baldwin, celebrated jurist
former governor of Connecticut, born i
New Haven, 10 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Today's Birthdays.

Mahlon Pitney, associate justice of
the supreme court of the United States,
born at Morristown, N. j, 81 years ago
today.
Giulio Cattle asazza, director of the
Metropolitan Opera company of New
York, born at Ferrara, Italy, so years
ago today.
Rear Admiral Charles r. Hutchins, U.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Foul Play.

Lady (who has given a tramp a
plate of scraps): you must feel the
humiliation of begging for food"
Tramp: Its not that so much mum.
What hurts me is that I'm depriving
the pore inherent fowls of feed"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

Thomas A. Edison who invented the
photograph ~ years ago, has for the
first time consented to have his own
voice recorded on photograph record.
Mr.. Edison could not be called the sort
of man who loves to hear himself talk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

A class of II girls is making an ex-
haustive study of the automobile in the
Smith college automobile mechanics
school. War activities demonstrated
the fact that women have mechanical
ability and in the automobile world
they will find many ways in which
this ability can be put to use in bust
ness as well as for their own pleasure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Safe, but a Nuisance,

To prevent poison being used in mis-
take for medicine, an inventor has pat
ented a bottle with the neck at one
side and so formed that its contents
cannot be poured out without careful
manipulation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
ASKING Too Much.

Even the friends of whom we are
fondest disappoint US sometimes. But
stop and think how often we disap-
point ourselves. II ne SO often fail
TO measure up to our own standards.
how can we expect that others will al.
ways do it?-Girrs Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

With a thorough understanding of the
reputation which Count Won Bernstorff,
former German ambassador at Wash
ington, has for truth and veraeity, he
will do as well for German delegate
at the peace conference as any other
person of that nationality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05

Nine Rosika Schwimmer, the writer
and pacifst of "Ford peace party =
fame, who was recently appointed
Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland,
has been recalled because she failed to
discharge the duties of the office salts
factorily to the Hungarian government.
Rosika has failed to make good for the
second time,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
Faith In Wilson.
(St Adams Messenger.

The Vermont house Of representa-
tives must have been guided by the
motto, "We don t know where we're
going but were on our way, when it
approved the league of nations propo-
sition. For no one yet sknows swhat
the plan is or how it will effect this
country and the rest of the world.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-05
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Austrian airplanes bombed Venice
and Treviso.
American transport Tuscania torpe-
doed off Irish coast, with loss of over
100 lives.
Bonar Law announced in parliament
that U-boats, since war begun, had
caused death of 14,120 British non com
batants.