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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

! a tail and was intently watching Hun
| gry's operation on the bread. Every
| time Hungry reached for the cheese
! Jim would follow the movement with
his eyes, and his tail would wag faster.
Hungry, noting this look, bit off a
small piece of the cheese and Tipped
it in Jim's direction. Jim deftly caught
it in his mouth and then the fun be-
gan. Our mascot hated cheese. 1t was
fun to see him spit it out and sneeze.
| key Honey reached over, took the
candle, and started searching in his
pack, amidst a chorus of growls from
us at his rudeness in thus depriving us
of light. | was watching him closely
and suspected what was coming. Sure
enough, out came that harmonica and
l knew it was up to me to start the
ball of conversation rolling before he
began playing, because, after he had
once started, nothing short of a Ger
man "five-nine" shellburst would stop
him. So | slyly kicked Sailor Bill, who
Immediately got wise, and then
broke the ice with;
"Sailor, 1 heard you say this after
noon, while we were building that
traverse, that it was your opinion that
darn few medals were really won; that
it was more or less an accident. Now,
just because your d. c. NJ. came I'D
with the rations, and, as you say, il
was wished on you, there is no reason
in my mind to class every winner of
a medal as being accidentally lucky"
This medal business was q sore point
with Sailor Bill, and he came right
back at me with:
swell, if any Of you lubbcrs can tell
me where a ID. C. NJ. truly came aboard
in a shipshape manner-that is, ND
the after gangplank-then 7 will strike
my colors and lay up on a lee shore for
drydock."
key Honey had just taken a long.
indrawn breath, and his cheeks were
pulled out like a balloon. preparatory
to blowing it into the harmonica, which
he had at his lips, but paused, and, re-
moving the musical instrument of tor
ture. he exploded:
"Blime me, ] know Of a bloke who
won a ID. G. NJ, and it wasn't acct
dental or lucky. either. I was right
out in front with him. Bllme me. I
sure had the wind up, but with French
it was business as usual He just
carried on"
We all chirped in. Come on. key,
let's have the story"
Il will if you'n just let me play this
one tune first" answered key.
He started in and was accompanied
by a dismal. meaning howl from Jim.
key had been playing about a minute,
when the orderly sergeant pekad his
head in the door Of the biiiet, saying:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

His Expedient.

The army examiner was getting
somewhat out of patience with the
dull candidate before him. But he
controlled his temper, and gave him
a last chance to distinguish himself.
"Let it be supposed, sir" he said.
ironically, that you were captain in
command of infantry; that in your
rear was an impossible abyss; that on
both sides of you there rose perpen-
dicular rocks of tremendous height;
that in front of you lay the enemy
outnumbering you ten to one. What,
sir, in such an emergency would you
do?"
"What would 1 do?" responded the
applicant 81 should resign!"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

Cross nurse, with tear-dimmed eyes,
was holding his hand. Occasionally
she would look across at Huston in the
next bed; he would slowly nod his
head at each questioning glance of
hers, while the red blood of shame
mounted to his temples.
"Then Ginger came to. He saw a
beautiful vision. Thought he was
dreaming. Sitting by his bed, dressed
in Red Cross nurses uniform, was
Betty, Illusions Betty, holding his
hand. Betty with tears in her eyes,
but this time tears of JOY. The sweat
came out on his forehead-it couldn't
be true. He gasped out the one word,
Betty
'Stooping over, the vision kissed him
on the lips and murmured, My Ginger,
you have come back to Betty
"Then he slept. Next morning the
colonel of the hospital came to Ginger's
bedside and congratulated him, telling
him that he had been recommended for
the V. c. Ginger refused the V. c..
from the government; said he had not
earned it, would not give the reasons
but persisted in his refusal. They can't
force you to take V. G.
give months later Ginger and Bet
ty were married. She cuts his meat
for him now; says that all his faults
We're contained in his left arm. He
lost that. SO, you see, Ginger was
somewhat of a man, after all, wasn't
he, mates?"
We agreed that he was. l asked
Happy how he came to know these de-
tails. lie answered:
"Well, Yank Betty happens to be my
sister. Gimme a flag, some one. am
about talked out, and, anyway, we've
only got few minutes before stand
to-"
Just then the voice of our sergeant.
sounded from the mouth of the dug
out: Equipment on Stand to!
So it was a case of turn out and
mount our gun on the parapet. 1t was
just getting dark. We would dismount
it at "Stand down" in the morning.
Tommy is like an owl, sleeps in the
day and watches at night. 1t was
miserable night, rainy and chilly. The
mud in the trenches in some places
was up to our knees. We knew we
were in for it and wished we were back
in BIiluty, where one can at least
change his clothes when they get wet,
instead of waiting for a sunny day to
dry thoms At times we have been wet
for a fortnight.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

The bullets and pieces of shrapneI
We're cracking and 'swishlng' all
around He had gohe about fifty yards
when piece Of slell hit his left arm
just below the Shoulder. Down he
went, huston wiz him, but was soon
up, his left arm d cling and swinging
at his side. Turning to Huston, who
was lying on his 6ack, ne said: Tn
hard hit-it's your life or mine. We're
only ten yards from our trench; try to
make it on your own. You ought to
be able to crawl in.
But Huston answered: Burton,
don't leave me- I'm bleeding to death.
For the love of God get me. in! You
can i We Betty, money, anything
have, it is all yOu"s-jUst save my life.
Answer me, man, answer"
"'You want my answer, do you?
Well, take It and damn you! With
that Ginger slapped the officer in the
face; then, grabbing him by the collar
with his right arm, the blood soaking
his tunic from the shell wound in his
left, Ginger slowly dragged Huston to
the trench and tainted A mighty
cheer went up from our lines. Stretch
er bearers took them both to an sad-
vanced first-aid post, and their journey
to Blighty and Betty was started.
On the trip over Ginger never re-
gained Consciousness. They landed in
hospital in England and were put
in beds next to each other. Ginger
was taken up into the pictures (oper-
ating theater), where his arm was am
putated at the shoulder. Huston's
wound was slight; bullet through the
calf of leg.
"WhiIe Ginger was coming out of
ether he told all he knew. A Red
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08
Copyright, 1917, by The Mcclure Newspaper
SYndicatel

Our guns crew, as was its wont, was
sitting on the straw in the corner of
our billet, far from the rest of the sec
ton. The previous night we had been
relieved from the fire trench, and were
resting" in rest billets, Our days
rest had been occupied in digging a
bombing trench, this trench to be used
for the purpose Of breaking in would
be bOmbers.
Hungry FoXcroft was slicing away
ut huge loaf of bread, while on his
knee he was balancing a piece of Els
sue" cheese. His jaCk-knife was pretty
duh and the bread was hard, so every
now and then he would pause in his
cutting operation to take a large bite
from the cheese.
Curly Wallace whispered to me:
"Three bob to a tanner, Yank, that he
eats the cheese before he finishes slic-
ing that 'rooty.'"
l whispered back:
Nothing doing, Curly, you are
Scotch, and did you ever see a Scots
man bet on anything unless it was a
sure winner"
He answered in an undertone:
"Well, let's make it a pack of Tags.
How about it, Yank?"
1 acquiesced. (Curly won the fags)
Sailor Bill was sitting next to Curly,
and had our mascot, Jim--a sOrry-lOOk-
ing mut-between his knees, and was
picking hard pieces Of mud from it's
paws. Jim was wagging his stump Of
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08
STOWE

Nat Slayton, who has been i'll for sew
eral weeks from complications following
influenza, is much improved.
GA meeting of Mystic Lodge, No. SO. r.
and A. M, will be held Tuesday evening
with work on the Master Mason degree.
Seaman Gale II. shaw, who had been
detained at his home by illness, is re-
covering and able TO be about the house
little.
George S. Harris, who has been de.
ttlned at his home by illness, left last
Thursday to resume his school work at
Montolair, N. j.
First Lieut.. T. Alden Straw, in COM
mani OF the 677th Aero Battalion at
Camp Morrison, Va, is at A. r. Straw.
on 10 days cave.
Mrs Ralph E. Clark of East Charlotte
is here on account of the illness of her
mother, Mrs. W. W. Ayers. Mrs. Clark,s
daughter, Rachel, is with her.
Edmund W. McGibbon, chief electri-
clan on the U. s. S., Maumee, left Friday
on his return TO his vessel at New York
after short leave of absence passed in
Stowe.
G, e. Burt has gone to MONTPELIER TO
take up Legislative duties. He's in pretty
good hands, as he boards with County
Clerk Moody. Lew will keep an eve on
him, so Stowe people needn't worry.
The united service soliciting committee
will meet at the Akeley Memorial build.
ing at two O'Clock SATURDAY. afternoon.
when territory will be assigned and other
details of the drive will be discussed.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Eddy of Hyde Park,
but until recently of Stowe, are in Bur-
lington this week. Mr.. Eddy is at the
Mary Fletcher hospital for treatment for
catarhCts. Thefu operation for removal
canuot be made for some months.
Hermon j. Foster is gaining slowly
after an attack of pneumonia following
Influenza, at the home of Major and Mrs.
w. w. Houston in Washington, D. C.
Miss Heleu~ Houston and Others of the
family, who have been ill from the in
fuenzt, are recovering.
The Il mbers of Fl. Fl. Smith Women's
Relief Corps will serve the annual oyster
dinner to tue members of the post at the
Akeley Memorial building at noon Sat-
urday. The officers for the ensuing year
for both societies will be installed in the
afternoon. The members of the corps
are asked to bring in the blocks for the
bed quilts they have been making.
At the annual meeting of Unity church
held Thursday evening, Lucius L. Harris
was reelected president; Herbert E.
Straw secretary; L, l. Harris treasurer;
NJ. G. Lovejoy, II. W. Barrows, and e.
g. Scribner trustees. The members of
the parish committee are Miss Rose
Straw. Miss Martha Currier, Mrs. Mary
Smith, Miss Ida Harris, Leo FL. Straw;
musical committee, Mrs. Lillian Barrows,
Mrs, Bertha Douglass, Miss Ruth Mona
hon, Mrs. Annie Harris; membership
committee, l.. L. Harris, E. c. Scribner;
literary committee. bliss Clara BarrOws;
social committee, Mrs. Angie Gale, Mrs.
Grace Scribner; ushers, L. II. Straw and
Z. c. SGribner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08
curinu Spice.

In the Spice islands the cloves are
sometimes cured by being smoked
over a wood fire until they assume a
deep brown color, when the further
drying is accomplished by the sun.
Occasionally the buds are scalded be-
fore being dried. If bright sunny days
prevail artificial heat may be dispensed
with and the buds sun-dried from first
TO last. The crop loses about GO per
cent in drying.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

but won't. I'll carry you back TO
Betty. But always remember it was
the man you robbed who saved your
worthless life. you despicable skunk ?
illusion murmured: Forgive me,
Burton, but for Gods sake get me out
of this. I'll be killed-fOr Gods sake,
man, hurry, hurryr
"Thats IT, is it? Whine, damn you,
whine! It's music to my ears. Lieu
tenant Huston begging "bally bound
err for his life, and the bOunder giving
SC to him. / would to God that Betty
could see and hear you now
''With that Ginger stopped and, by
main strength, lifted Huston onto his
back and staggered toward our lines.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08
.Iananese TO Ely in Siberia.

Yukiteru Ozaki, son of Yuli Oza-
XII. former minister of justice Of
Japan, intends to Join the Semenov
troops with his aircraft. He will GO
with Senowo, who recently brought
the crown prince pair of Russian
eagles from General SemenOv. Ozah
will take to Siberia another machine
besides his own biplane.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

Domestic sizes of anthracite are ex-
tremely short because of the cut in
production caused by the influenza
endemic. There is, however, plenty
OF buckwheat size anthracite. Every
householder should use p per cent.
huckwheat. which costs him less than
stove sizes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

Accidents will happen. but the best
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas Ec-
lectic Oil for such emergencies. Two
sizes, Doc and Coo. at al stOres.-ady.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

Harsh physics react. weaken the bowels,
will lead TO chronic constipation. Doan's
Regulets operate easily, 30c box at all
stOres.-adv.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08
Optimistic Thought.

No evangelical precept jostles out Of
that of a law self-preservatiOn.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

Scot spells your draft and makes for
wasted coal Keep your fiues clean
and save anthracite.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-08

Somewhat Modified, he started:
Corporal French is the same bloke
who just returned from Blighty and
Joined the Third section yesterday"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
RED CROSS SERVING DISCHARGED
eoLDIERs IN MANY WAYS.

"Say, Sam, did you ever get that
Liberty bond you paid for?"
mo"
Neither did I. I wonder when Uncle
II coming through with it."
This conversation, or one. like It, Is
taking place these days between hun.
dreds Of pals" in the service, or just
discharged from it. Various Difficult
ties have been experienced by soldiers
In getting the bonds for which. they
have paid.
To overcome this condition the
American Red Cross has come to the
rescue. All any soldier who wants his
bond needs to do henceforth is to in.
form a representative Of the Red
Cross. Practically any contingency
causing delay has been guarded
against. The soldier must give the
representative all the information he
can and leave the rest to the associa-
ton, which will take up the matter
and see that prompt delivery is made
through registered mail.
The method is this, in brief: The
soldier assigns the delivery of his
bond to the Red Cross representative,
who obtains 1t from the bond section
OF the zone finance office and delivers
It to the owner. ~
This Is one OF the many services Of
this great organization which is soon
to conduct third roll call to gain
money and members to keep up its
work permanently.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
CRIPPLED SCHOOL CHILD SAVED
BY@RED CROSS SECRETARY.

A strange lady stopped group OF
children who were on their way to the
country school. She had noticed them
dragging young boy along the rough
road.
you mustn't do that" she told
them. why don't you let your little
playmate walk?"
One Of the boys bright-eyed little
captors spoke up:
Jaw, lady. can't va see Willie's 4
cripple? He cant walk"
The lady did see. now. And she ac-
complained the children home. It was
Z home Of poverty, Of wretched squalor.
Tho mother Of the crippled boy in.
formed the visitor she had no money
to buy crutches for her son. who was
= victim Of infantile paralysis.
That was three weeks ago. To-Day
the boy Is walking again, feebly and
uncertainty, but successfully. The
strange lady was Red Cross Home
Service secretary, and she sent the boy
from the town In Mississippi, where
she found him. to the Crippled Chill.
dren's Hospital in Memphis, where q
successful operation was performed.
The Peace program OF the Red
Cross provides for the continuation Of
such activities a. this. The local Red
Cross organization win conduct 4
drive, November to II, for the pur.
pose of extending Red Cross service IN
thfs community.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
NOTICE TO BIDDERS AND
CONTRACTORS.


Notice is hereby given that seal
ed bids will be received by the
undersigned clerk Of the board Of
supervisors Of Rankin cpuntys
Miss, up until IL o'clock noon on
the first Monday in December,
1919, for the following, the board
reserving the right to reject any
or all bids:
For supplies for the county
home.
For feed stuffs and supplies for
the various road districts Of the
county.
TO repair cable bridge acrsss
Richland creek on Brandon and
Shiloh public road.
For the sale Of 5000 road
bonds Of the Pslahatchie Preci1st
Road district.
For bridge to Be built near J. P.
Harper's place ia Beat No. i.
For iron bridge ACROSS Pearl
river St Meel<'s Ferry.
For iron bridge or wood bridge
across Richland creek On gravel
road ii Beat No. /.
For Bridge On rosd that loads
from Brandon and Shiloh road =
49, {pSz -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
COAST GUARD PART OF NAVY.

The navy wants the coast guard
to be incorporated with itself and
the coast guard personnel are in
favor of being thus incorporated. A
vote taken last MarckAe meeting
of the commissioned and warrant
officers Of the coast guard showed
fifty-nine in favor of amalgamation
with the navy and two against. A
vote of the entire service gave 339 in
favor and four against amalgama-
ton. The navy needs the experienced
and well-trained officers and men Of
the coast guard service to assist in
carrying on the heavy duties which
have been thrown on the navy by
new conditions. Performance of the
important coast guard duties affords
a school Of training in coastal navi-
cation and steamship practice that
can be had in no other way.-cian-
tifc American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
PLAN RURAL WELFARE
Red Gross Specialist Studying
Southern Rural Districts.

What will you do II we have an.
others epidemic OF. flu?"
This is the question that is being an
swared daily by DR.. e. L. Morgan. ma
ftional director Of the Red Cross Blu.
reau Of Organisation. in the Gulf Di.
vision. From community to commu-
nifty, Dr. Morgan is visiting and study
Ing in Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama. His latest address was before
the Home Service Institute at Vicks-
burg. Mississippi, where he said that
the question of preparation for cpl
denies is Of paramount Importance.
IF q district is found unhealthy and
u typhoid is raging because Of impure
water" said DR.. Morgan, treat the
case as though you were acting for q
family. Consult the public health Off
ctals, and the sanitary and legal forces,
and get the community back Of you to
carry out the necessary reforms"
DR.. Morgan's tour is principally in
the interests of the rural community
the community which is getting such
p large share Of attention in the Red
Cross Peace Time Program. The
Home Service sections of the Red
Cross are to have great part in this
work and it is expected that public
health will be improved to great ex-
tent through their cooperation with
Red Cross public health nurses.
Look around your own town." Dr..
Morgan told the Red Cross workers,
"and see if it is orderly and clean, or
II It is dirty and unsanitary. II the
death rate is too high, there is a rea-
son-and you must find out that rea-
son. All OF the people are stockhold-
ers In the community, and their stock
Improves or depreciates according to
the. condition in which their property
Is kept, and the property improves in
proportion with the person who owns
It.
The Red Cross has two-fold job In
this respect" DR.. Morgan continued.
I'VE must carry on the work the indi-
vidual chapter has decided upon, such
as employing public health nurses, get.
ting better schools, and supplying the
needs of the community; secondly, we
must carry on campaign of educa-
ton to give the people the knowledge
that will make them desire the greater
things of life.'
I'VE are going to do for the country
what is being done for the city. Liv.
Ing conditions in the two places must
be made equally pleasant and health.
full"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
LEICESTER AGAIN a CITY.

The mayor Of Leicester has re-
ceived a letter from the home secre-
tary announcing that 'this majesty
has been pleased to approve the res
toration Of your ancient town to the
status Of q city" The announce
ment, following so quickly upon the
royal visit to Leicester, has given
great satisfaction to all classes.
Leicester, Ledecestre, or Leyeces-
tria, was called q city in Domesday.
On the subdivision of the Mercian
See III 679 the district was formed
into separate bishopric, having its
See at Leicester, the first bishop be-
ing Cuthwine. The last Bishop Of
Leicester was Leofwine, who died in
874, and in 107s the See was united
with that Of Lincoln, at which date
the dignity Of being city was lost.
London Telegraph.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
Eyrich & Co,
THEORY PROVED ALL WRONG
New Idea Of Brain Development, start
- At English College, Was
Quickly Dropped. :

! Doctor Abingdon, head master Of
Elton, gave an address ct q meeting
Of the Windsor branch Of the Work.
erS Educational union in the library
ct Eton college few days ago.
Touching on the development Of
the brain, Doctor Abingdon said that
an eminent scientist discovered that
BY using the right hand they devel-
oped the left side Of the brain. It
was thought that BY using the left
hand the right hand side Of the brain
could be developed, and It was do
cided at Eton to start the boys writ
ing with the left hand. However,
another eminent scientist later
found that if they developed both
sides Of the brain at once they be-
came idiots, and the experiment was
hurriedly discontinued.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
BLIND PEOPLE NOT PARIAHs
Average Person Seems e Lack sons
When Brought Int Contact With
the Afflicted.

1T is easy enough to rs-educate
the blind, but much harder to edu-
cate the public" writes Eugene
Brieux, the noted French author, in
the current issue Of the American
Journal Of Care for Cripples.
People who can see know moth
ing of the Life Of the man who has
lost his sight, and on meeting q
blind man are often 20 deeply moved
that their judgment is completely
upset. It often occurs, for instance,
that in q railway carriage. on seeing
q blind man with . guide, : traveller
addresses himself to the latter with
the question: Has he been blind
for a long time?' As If the blind
man were pieceA luggage and un-
able to answer for himself.
"Many seeing persons are soAaf-
fected by the thought Of Blindness
that they confuse it with death. A
lady made me the following avowsl,
awful in its naive egotism: I should
like to help the blind, but I cannot
do it personally. I cannot look at
them; it is too dreadful, and 4 am 80
sensitive She sent . gift to 4
charitable society and considered
that she had done her duty toward
the blind"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27
WILL De UNIQUE MAP.

Every square inch Of the surfacl
Of the United States will be photo
graphed from airplanes in the prep.
aration Of Typographical map Of
the country, which is being planned,
according to an announcement in
Popular Mechanics Magazine. The
photographs will be pieced together
and the mosaic will show every de-
tail. This sort Of map is consid-
cred necessary by aviators before full
use Of the airplane will be possible.
No map in existence takes mall that
the proposed Photographic map
would show.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-27

If your digestion is bad, your
bowels constipated and you don't
eat or sleep well, you need Prick
" Ash Bitters, the remedy that
men use for cleansing the system.
It purifiers and inyigorates the
vital organs, restores appetite,
energy and cheerful spirits.
Price slips per bottle, "A. G.
Thornton, Special Agent.