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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
A Fine Showing.
Mortified News. J

The New England Division Bulletin
,ssued by the Red Cross shows that
Vermont's labor in war work through
the Red Cross was 1,466,63S surgical
dressings, 125,757 hospital garments
md supplies, 69,4os refugee garments,
1865 articles for soldiers and sail
1rs. The money value of these is es-
timated at 1901 ,209.l0. This is fine
showing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
JAMAICA.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Banks of Plain
field, n. J.. called at their cousin s,
Mrs. A. L. Taynton S, last week. .
Rev. w. R. Wood. D. D.. pastor of the
Penny Memorial of which Gov. Mill
ken is a member, and family We're
guests over the week lend of his old
friend Rev. L. H. Sprague with whom
he was associated in New York. DIR
Wood is on an. automobile trip to his
old home in Steuben county, New York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

From a Vermont Phoenix of 1896:
Butter is selling at from 25 to 81
cents per pound at Columbia, Pa. The
Spy says it is some Is cents more than
the article is worth and affords clear
profit of at least 100 per cent. The edi
tor blesses his stars that bread and mo
lasses agree wonderfully with his stom
aeh -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
What of the Purchaser?
Barre Times.)

Is the case of the Pawlet farmer who
is alleged to have admitted taking the
high records which he claimed for his
cows prior to sales of animals to be
allowed to rest with the mere admis
sion of wrong-doing when confronted
by the officials of the Holstein- FriesiaI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

SaLiC
of knocking off the keepers hat. That
wasn't game which had much exer-
cising in it, but ii was q lovely game
just the same.
They would play that, first one
monkey and then the other. The keep
er would stand by the cage with the
door open and one of the monkeys
would jump down from his swing and
would push off the keepers hat.
Then the people standing around
and the children would all shrek with
delight and laugh for all they We're
worth
The keeper, of course, entered into
the fun. or he wouldn't have sug-
gested the game in the first place,
and he did suggest it and stay around
to play it again and again.
| Then the children watched the
monkeys as they did all sorts of tricks
on their bars and they watched the
keeper as he took out his pet monkey.
| the one who had been in the zoo the
longest, and held him on his shoulder.
The monkey put his head down and
looked at the keeper out of his sharp
little eyes as though to say,
.'Oh, keeper dear, love YOU"
| And the keeper stroked the monkey
and said,
| Il wouldn't exchange you, my little
| monkey for any of these boys and
! girls around here"
That made all the boys and girls
| laugh hard for they thought they
were far nicer than even the incest
| monkey and they We're sure their
mothers and fathers thought so too
even though there were times when
they weren't quite so devoted as at
other times.
i But the keeper hadn't any little
boys and girls and he did have his pet
monkey. k
/, "Ah, monkey, we must think Of
some good games. some new games.
you and l." and the monkey Jumped
back in the cage and did fine trick.
| in monkey talk what he thought of
that
Fine, fine" said the keeper, "but
B. must think Of something for you two
e monkeys here, you and your little pal
You both need to play game which
has more exercise in il.
"Ah, now l have the very thing.
have something in my Office" SO he
put ball and bat into their cage
One monkey was black and gray Will
white ears and eyebrows and eye
lashes and the other was without the
touches of white.
, They were both very devoted
monkeys and used to sit with theii
A tails entwined or one tail around tn,
/. others waist.
How delighted they were when tht
9 keeper handed them the bat and tn,
r ball. They got off their swing wher'
they had been sitting and said.
t. Just what we need-eXercise."
s. And if you think that boys and girl.
J. are the only ones who know how t,
play ball you should have seen those
II two monkeys playing ball.
e. One held the bat and the othe
y threw the ball. They hit 1t back ant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
Angels Make Much Dust.

Clouds were scurrying across the
sky one morning when four year-old
Elizabeth, observing them. exclaimed:
awful lot Of dust when they sweepw
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
TO ADVERTISERS.

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inch for first insertion. Is cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy. Minimum charge, 20 cents Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line hrst
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy
Reading notices are published at foot of local
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

The popularity of a Holyoke mer-
chant who ordered away the people who
had gathered under his awning to es-
cape a sudden shower Tuesday, must
be increasing by leaps and bounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

because it is such
a change of air
for u.s."
And often"
said another, I'VE
don't get enough
exercise. We need
r u n n n g and
climbing and all
that"
Now the keep
er knew that the
monkeys needed
exercise. He used
TO plan different
things for them
to play, and he
would play with
them.
There was the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

A Connecticut man lost a wallet con-
tanning 1856 while picking blueberries
last week Such q bank roll as that
suggests that he must have been the
owner of the berry pasture.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

The city of Boston bought $1,000
worth of surplus army canned goods
Tuesday to relieve the food shortage
there. No doubt it made big dent in
the supply of baked beans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

The six months in prison and 1000
fine for one sale of whiskey, imposed by
a federal judge of New York, should
have salutary effect upon some of the
violators of the prohibition laws.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
Today's Birthdays.

Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton, president of
Wellesley college, born at Westerley, R.
L.. 55 years ago today.
Billie Burke, popular actress of the
American stage, born in Washington, ID
c., 81 years ago today.
Charles r. Crane, American member Of
the Inter-Allied commission to investigate
conditions in Syria, born in Chicago, O.
years ago today.
Mai. Gen. Evander McIver Law, one o
the last surviving general officers of the
Confederate States army, born at Darling
ton, S. c., SO years ago today.
. Rear Admiral Spencer s. Wood, Z. S
n, recently assigned to command divi
sion No. ! of the Pacific feet, born il
Brooklyn, n. Y, SO years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
COttOnSeed
Meal
Information important to the farm
ers who are producing milk:

1nforLlation Important TO the farm-
ers who are producing milk:
AS you of course know, the cotton
seed meal market during the past few
weeks has advanced to new high lev
els, which was brought about by heavy
buying on the part of both the domes-
tic and export trade, resulting in prac-
teal exhaustion of stocks. 1t is now al
most impossible to buy cotton seed meal
of any grade at any price. An occa-
sional small lot of Sc per cent meal
comes on the market at prices ranging
from $1,000 to $1,000 f. o. b. shipping
point and these lots without exception
are eagerly snapped UP regardless OF
price. We doubt that there will be any
cotton seed meal left in the hands OF
the producers by the first of August.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
Paradise Located.
(Morrisville Messenger.

(Morrisville Messenger.)
That New York woman who said:
Paradise is located up the Hudson,
was only 300 miles out of the way.
1t s located in Lamoille county, Eden
for instance not an Eveless Eden
either.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
Vermont Crops.
Rntland Herald. ,

If there is anything the matter with
1919 crops in Vermont, we haven t yet
heard of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Mai Gen Graves named to command
u. S. Siberian contingent
Gen. March announced United States
planned to raise army of 100000.
Lloyd George, in house of commons
said $50 German submarines had been
sunk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07
DADDY,5 EV[NNG
lFAIRY TALE e
HIMAQY DAHAM R0NNEl
THE MONKEYS.
'nARY @Al1An ! BONN '!!!
90 10 AuTHoN

"Often," said one of the monkeys.
"the zoo doesn't agree with us so we'll
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

The Persians have a different name
for every day in the month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-07

I9l7-The Republic of Liberia declared
war on Germany.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
LARGE FAMILIES on RECORD
Grand Total Of Sixty-Two, Borne by
Ono Wife, Would Seem to
Be the Limit.

The nation which could scheme out
the intensive cultivation of "man
power" would win all the wars of the
future and dominate the globe, but
though this sort Of thing can be done
with vegetables and, to some extent,
with poultry, it seems a far cry for
the human race, and perhaps it is all
for the best, for if six at birth be-
came common marriage might become
uncommon.
The papers contained the informa-
ton lately that woman of Palermo
had presented her husband with five
boys, all well formed, and, according
to the doctor, seating well and crying
WE'LL" but this case Is neither unique
nor record.
The largest grand total Of children
borne by one wife seems to be g.
as many as most wives could want
certainly! Strangely enough, this num-
Der has been twice recorded. One is
set to the credit Of the wife of poor
weaver in Scotland who bore her
chubby" 46 boys and four girls who
grew to manhood and wOmanhood,. and
dozen others who died ere reaching
their prime.
Sir John Bowers of Newcastle. we
are told, adopted ten Of the sons-rath-
er large order; three other landed
gentry took ten each, and the remain
der we're brought up by their parents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
SAW Merit IN TRANSACTIONS
How They Come to Serve Very
Definite Purpose.

would have public library
abundant in translations Of the best
books In all languages, for, though no
work Of genius can be adequately
translated . yet some acqualnt-
ance with ancient and foreign litera-
lures has the liberalizing effect Of for
eign travel. He who travels by trans
lation travels more hastily and SUI
perf1cially, but brings home something
that is worth having, nevertheless.
Looked at from any but the
esthetic point Of view, TRANSACTIONS re-
tain whatever property was in their
originals to enlarge, liberalize, and re-
fine. At the same time I would also
have the originals Of these translated
books as temptation to the study OF
languages, which has special use and
importance Of its own in teaching us
to understand the nlceties of our
mother tongue. The practice of trans
lation, by making US deliberate in the
choice Of the best equivalent Of the
foreign word In our own language. has
likewise the advantage Of continually
schooling us in one Of the main ele-
ments Of good style-precision; and
precision Of thought Is not only exem-
plifled by precision Of language, but
II largely dependent ON the habit Of
it.-Lowell.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
Three reasons why you'll like
the new u S""WalruS
zCan be kcnednn instantly
2 Slips right very rlaothers
3FYeece-ined- manddry

MO more dirty, mud-clogged
III overshoes! Here's some
~ thing new-an overshoe
that you can clean instantly. Dash
a pail of water over tor hold i
right under a faucet every
trace of dirt washes quickly off its
smooth rubber surface.
For dozens of odd jobs around
the place, you want an overshoe
that you can slip on and of in a
hurry. Here it is-buckle it on in
a second-unbuckle it and push it
off with your toe when you're
through.
Ever work on job ali day long
with wet, cold feet? Then you'll
be glad of the soft, feecy lining
in this new overshoe that keeps
your feet always warm and COM
Portable. Dry, too-;t's absolutely
Watertight.
Think of having an overshoe as
warm and convenient as an arctic
AS watertight and easily cleaned
as a rubber boot! That's the new
u. S. Walrus - don't forget that
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
REFUSED TO BE CHILDISH
Chief Reason Why Elderly Lady Was
Pronounced by All to Be
Grand Success.

She is the dearest little old lady OF
seventy-three any one ever saw. She Is
very happy and always Immensely
busy. She knitted great many sweat
ers and pairs Of socks for the soldier
boys. And now. when we're no longer
needing socks for our boys she is en-
broidering an exquisite dress for the
tiny baby Of the girl who used to be
her maid.
"Why are you so very happy?" she
was asked one day.
I'm happy because I'm not child
ish," she said very emphatically.
snow, I'm not, am II Did you ever
hear any one say that was childish?
"And am seventy-three years DID,"
she boosted. "Now, the woman next
door is only sixty and she is very,
very childish. Why. have to comfort
and pet her often when I'm longing
to laugh at her. She isn't wise enough
to keep from being childish.
"When I was young used to watch
the people in my family get childish"
she continued. 1T amused me at first.
and then when 1 saw how people out
side Of our family regarded them as
nuisances I determined then that I
never would be childish and a-nuis-
ance. watched and watched and
then I discovered the secret. If you
don't want to get the least bit childish
Won don't ever dare pity yourself. You
have to think, think, think Of other
people and ways in which you can
help them. The worst thing people
can do is to think Of themselves"
Outside the visitor met the grocer
boy. do you hear herr" he asked.
isn't she dear and not bit child
ish, either"
"She's a grand success" she re-
turned.
"You bet !" he agreed.-Indianapol
News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
FAR FROM VICTORIAN AGE
Present Period Would Be One Of Be-
WiIderment to Man Who Lived
in That Era.

Suppose some placid gentleman Of
the Victorian era, who went calmly
to his eternal sleep certain that the
world had settled at last into final
and accepted form, should be awak-
ened and permitted to gaze upon the
world today.
What would be his reflections?
He woulds see the world wiping a
tear from it's eye because of what it
supposed was the tragic fate of two
young British flyers who had essayed
to fly across the Atlantic-and had
almost achieved the Icarian feat. He
would see the world, in the same mo-
ment, applauding furiously the feats
of Yankee flyers engaged in the same
effort in surer way.
He would see Russia, which he had
pictured as an enduring fabric with
an everlasting car at the top,
chaos Of mad ruins with whskered
proletarians> conducting new and
deadlier tyranny. He would see Ger
many, which he had remembered as
SNUG and promising little empire.
on it's knees supplicating mercy that
is less than justice from an out
ragged world. He would see the Unit
ed States, which he had pictured as
about million miles removed from
the affairs of Europe, towering fig
ure in the great peace conference as
it has been the deciding figure in the
great war. He would see these and
other marvels, and he would hear of
an unbelievably horrible war that had
wrought its deadliness with weapons
strange and terrible like poison gas
and airplanes and submarines.
What whirling, aching head that
Victorian relic would have after he
had looked over this new world OF
ours for half an hour Duluth Her.
aid.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
PUMPKIN PIE ALWAYS GOOD
Therefore Observer Wants to Know
Why It Has Not Been Served in
the SprinQtme.

A mere man asked me the other day,
"Why doesn't the housewife make
pumpkin pies III the spring when fresh
eggs are cheapest?" Why, indeed?
The fact is we are creatures of
habit, and are inclined to follow ira
ditions in our cooking. Our foremoth-
ers made pumpkin pies in the fall be-
cause the pumpkins are ripe at that
time. She continued the pies through
the cold weather as long as she could
keep pumpkins in her cool cellar.
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners
always included pumpkin pie. The
pumpkin supply was exhausted about
this time, and therefore no more pump
kin pies were possible until the next
autumn.
Times have changed. Now we have
the pumpkin in sanitary cans all ready
for the pie, and we can use it at any
time we please. Pumpkin takes the
place Of fruits, which are already
scarce as time goes on.
The springtime is the time for pump
kin pies-eggs and milk are then most
plentiful, and therefore cheap. It Is
the time for custards. Our grandmoth-
ers established that custom, too. Pump
kin pie is after all a custard in which
the pumpkin pulp predominates, there
fore belongs by right in the spring
and summer.
This is just one more instance in
which we should drop the traditions
which are outgrown and adopt Gus
tom suited to our times.
Our family is sure to be surprised
to find the luscious pumpkin pie seN ed
for dessert, and undoubtedly, like
Oliver Twist, it will ask for more
Exchange.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
Business as Usual.

BOb--WhO was the handsome chap
l saw you dancing with just after the
interInisSiOn?
Annc-He is stranger in town.
Enh--DaslIing, isn't he?
Anne-Nerviest fellow I've ever
seen.
Bob-I noticed he had his arm rath-
er tightly about you.
Anne-I didn't mind that so much.
I,O!,--What then?
Annc-Do you know why he had me
rclitcheh that way?
I.ub--Can't imagine.
Anne-Well, would you believe it, he
had me that way so couldn't escape.
AMI III! the time we were dancing he
WIS tr..n to sell me some life insur'
ance.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
Lettuce Grown on Field Scale.

Lettuce is being grown on field
scale in the Imperial and Salt River
valleys Of California, fields of from
30 to 40 acres being not extraordinary.
At the height of the production season
January and February-it Is not un.
common for 26 carloads Of lettuce a
day to be shipped to the middle west
ern and eastern market. This lettuce,
grown under irrigation. Is produced by
hand labor and is of extra fine quality.
The industry was developed on COM
mercial basis about three years ago,
and during the last two years has
been one Of the leading agricultural
occupations of the state. These local
tiles also produce carrots. peas, cauli-
flower and table beans on less ex.
tensive scale.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
Noted.

Sunday morning. The congregation
in its go-to-meeting best filed into the
pews of the village church and sat rig
idly at attention as was the custom
among God-fearing Americans Of that
day. All was serenity and Stiffness
Then the pastor arose. :
LET Us pray" he said.
The government inspector In the
last pew reached hurriedly for his
notebook.
"Ah, hal" he muttered. "Establish-
Ing secret communication with the
Almighty without a federal permit.
BurlesOn shall hear Of this"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18

70 - wrong to sorrow without
ceAsjng.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
Eefore and After.

They We're both suffragists-one very
pretty and young and the other much
ul,';.r The older one voiced her views
very e.l.'otically for the younger
en- benefit. Il think it's very
be, they are thirty-five," she said.
'''hs Young suffragist retorted in
S'.,3s''r Yes, and think It's very i'm
1s'--;lle for them to get married after
1h,-, arc 'hr'y-fiye."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
Oily Customer.

Robert Henri, the eminent New
York painter, was talking about the
men who buy, merely to show off.
doubtful old masters at fabulous
prices. Is
"Their knowledge of art" Mr.. Henri
said, 'is about equal to that of the
Chicago sausage manufacturer who
said to whistler:
"'What would you charge to do me
In Oil?'
"Ten thousand dollars said Whist
Ter promptly.
"'But suppose I furnished the oilT
said the millionaire"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
ns HAD a Reason.

A Terre Haute doctor met a friend
In Main street the other day and was
telling him how busy he was. but l
took of enough time to go to ball
came the other day." he boosted.
3 "Well, did yos enjoy itT asked bis
friend.
Yea returned the d0se0r very en-
khuaaetieaNy indeod. II 0A6e - e
bne C - p11vee1 He bcees - -
~ rUg0 - J
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
Street Car Statistics,

Asc""''in,s to->a preliminary report
i.s: T., l,'irrnn Of the census, de-
r. a@r; # rsa.sr"ce the street and
~ 'nn s;.N@ays Of the United
81; s'-ts,,- IN. year 1917 TRANSPORT.
.-sn ::ss.ti,-a, fare paying pas
1s9..,'es a,.inE an average q
5,ass.s,re fhan 100 tripss To- >aei
10 sF-fisF1 an t6IJ6 3 t. USS01
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18

name! In every way, it's the farm
ers' ideal overshoe.
Ask your dealer today to show
you the new u. S. Wallus. Note
the smooth, all-rubber surface
the heavy reinto-cements at all
points of strain. Aft r you've worn
a pair of y. S. Walrls for day or
two, you'll realize why they're fast
becoming so popula:: with farmers
everywhere.
Other"U.S." raodezs-aN
built for the hardest ,uear
Whether you prefer a boot or
a bootee for the wet season, a
rubber" for general use, or a cloth
top arctic-you can find in u. S.
rubber footwear exactly what you
need. Tough, heavy soles- special
achievements at toe and heel
and always the highest quality
rubber-these points are winning
u. S. rubber footwear thousands
Of new friends every year.
Ask for u. S. Rubber footwear
it means solid wear and long SER
vice f0&Hour money.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-18
SMALL CHURCH HAS HISTORY
Many Reasons Why Little North Dew.
onshire Edifice Appeals to the
Tourist Of Leisure.

It has an odd sound. Brent Tor"
hasn't It? And it is just as odd as it
sounds Brent Tor is little bit OF
a stone church built high on the
frowning cliffs Of the wild North Dew
onshire coast in England. The church
ia SO little that a DevOnshire yekel
with q keen sense Of humor is said
to have inscribed this cryptic warn
ing, which puzzled many a simple
minded Devonshire farmer: If you
get into the second aisle Of Brent
For, you will never get out again."
There b no second aisle in the wee
church 1t all.
BSent Tor was built centuries ago
by . man who was lost among the
steep cliffs and rushing waters Of the
Wild North Devon coast. The fog
mists enveloped him. In his anguish
Is the roar and spray Of the cold At
lantie assailed him he vowed solemnly
that if he ever came safely out Of
the fog without pitching into the
growing ocean he would build q
church where he landed. Brent Tor
was The result.
The good folk round about Devon
shire tell how the devil tried to ham,
per the building of the little church.
At last St. Michael de la Rupe, to
whom it was dedicated, grew weary
of having the devil interfere with the
proceedings and heaved great mass
Of elf at his satanic majesty. There
was no further trouble.
4 peculiarly Of Brent Tor is the
fact that It can be seen from all d.
FectiOns-at Is q ver1table landmark.
Before 4 toss the restless waves Of
the Atlantic ocean and behind H
aope - 1ndulating Devenshire