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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

from dirty COWS contain an average Of
81 ,6Il bacteria per cubic centimeter,
while milk drawn from clean cows whose
udders We're washed Immediately pre-
vious to milking had content of only
A. 47 germs per cubic centimeter. These
tests were made Immediately after milk
ing. Naturally, on standing, the milk
with the greatest number of bacteria
would deteriorate most rapidly, due to
the multiplication of the germs. Ac-
cordingly its value as a human food
would be greatly reduced, while its in
PRODUCTION in the city market would be
carefully scrutinized and, in some cases,
punished by the health authorities.
Pride should cause every dairyman to
maintain his cows in an attractive,
eleanly, and sanitary condition every day
in the year In a way the appearance
of the COW is an accurate measure of the
owner In the same degree that neglect
ed fences. oyerrun fence rows, tumble
down buildings, and unhoused machinery
typify the shiftless, meier dowell farm
err. dairy cows which are dirty indicate
the milk farmer who does not safeguard
consumers against contaminated milk
New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Miss Bernice L. Gibbs returned to her
work i'll Brattleboro Dec IL.
Master Stewart Burbec is home from
Springfield, Mass, on a visit.
Miss katherine Howe is assisting Mrs
Alva Harris with her homework.
Rev. B. Ii. Curtis and Harry L. Hall at
tended a conference in Brattleboro Mon
day.
Preparations are being made for the
observance of Christmas by the Sunday
school
The school children will have their
Christmas tree at the school house Friday
afternoon.
Miss Ella N. Howe, who was called
home week ago by the illness of her
mother, returned to her work i'll Brattle-
boro Monday.
The members of the South Windham
Baptist church have voted to serve a com
munity dinner Christmas day. Eyeryon,
is invited to attend and contribute to
ward the dinner.
I The many friends of Misses Constance
and Grace Upham We're sorry to have
them leave town, but what is Soutl
/ Windham's loss will be the gain of an
| other community
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
WEST DuMMERSToN-

Schools in districts Nos and will
close Friday, Dee. 10, for two weeks ,
vacation.
There will be Christmas exercises
and tree at the Baptist church next
Wednesday, Dee. "a
James Phillips went to Monson,
Mass, Monday on business for the
Flynt Granite company
Mrs. Aida May, who has spent the
past two months with her son. Arthur
May, and family of Springfield, Mass.
returned to S. L. Washers Saturday
Miss Blodgett went Monday to visit
relatives in Massachusetts. Mr.. But.
terfeld, who has worked for her fol-
some years, has gone to make his home
with his daughter III Charleston.
WV. Durham is moving his fam
lily into the house that he recently pur
| chased of Miss Emma Blodgett, Mis-
Blodgett having moved her household
goods to the home of her niece, Mrs
Arthur Tate of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
cow LIKES TO BE CLEAN.
Gives More and Better Milk When
Brushed and Curried Daily.

The dairy COW is naturally clean
and tidy beast. Unfortunately man has
been obliged to confine her closely in
stables during certain parts of the year,
with the consequence that unless he
daily brushes and grooms her, she soon
loses the gloss and luster of her coat.
For the same reason that it pays to
groom horses-greater efficiency from
clean coats-it also proves invaluable to
treat the dairy COW daily to vigorous
application of brush and curry comb.
Cow comfort, that ineXplainable eondi-
ton of well-b being which means animal
satisfaction and the economical produc-
ton of the maximum flow of milk, is
fostered by careful and persistent
grooming during the season when the
cows need such extra attention. as ordi-
narily during the pasture period the ami
mails of their own accord keep themselves
clean.
From sanitary standpoint the dirty
cow is one of the main sources OF con.
tamination in milk. for unless the dirt
is removed previous to milking. 1t Is
likely to fall into the milk pail anc
carry undesirable bacteria with it
Hence. grooming cows is a fundamental
safeguard against inferior, germ ladei
milk Where cows are groomed dali!
an attendant requires only about two O
three minutes per COW.
Extensive experiments conducted q
the government farm, Beltsvllle. Nd.
show that milk drawn into sterile pal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Plans are being perfected for the
complimentary dinner to the boys Of
the championship football team to be
served in the Brooks House at 100
O'Clock tomorrow and an active can
vass for the sale of tickets to business
men of the town is being carried on
today. If any who can attend have
not been called upon they may secure
tickets at the Office of the board of
trade. The high school orchestra will
play at the banquet and Harry Hill
man. physical director and track coach
Of Dartmouth college, will speak
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
RAID BY sINN FEINERs.
Held Up Railway Employees at the Cork
Terminus.

CORK, Dec. 1.-Two hundred Sim
Fciners raided the Cork railway term
mus at midnight masked men holding
mp the employees at the points of re-
volvers. The clerks were driven from
their offices and the engineers and fire
men from their locomotives. The sig
nal men were forced to quit their shell
ters and all the railway men rounded
up were kept prisoners in warehouse
for an hour.
The terminus is only 200 yards from
the principal police station, but the
laid passed unnoticed by the police Off
cials. # is believed that the raiders
were seeking a consignment of ammuni-
ton intended for the coast forts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
WEST TOWNSHEND.
Wesley B. Howard.

Wesley B. Howard. who had been con
fined to his house for several weeks, |
passed away at 1890 p. IN, Dec. a.
lie was son Of Butler and Ruth How
ard and was born in Jamaica, Feb 10, |
1888. He was the last of a family OF
nine children Martha, Eugene, ANGELA,
Harrison, Stella, Hardin. 0lesta and Fay-
cite. He was married to Miss Angelina
Ellis OF Jamaica 60 wears ago next
March. Mr. and Mrs. Howard moved
from Jamaica to West Townshend 30
years ago.
They had three children. George, who
lives III Westminster, and two daughters
both OF whom are dead also three grand
children, Lee r. Benson of West Somer-
vile, Mass. the son of Fannie and Rex
Benson, and Leon and Lila Howard. chill
dren OF George Howard OF Westminster.
! Mr.. Howard was hard working man
of sterling quality and a respected citi-
Zen, always having a pleasant word for
everyone. The sympathy of the COM
munity goes out to Mrs Howard in her
loneliness
Funeral services were held at the
house Tuesday afternoon. Rev William
F. Bissell officiating Mr. and Mrs. c. O.
kimball sang two selections Burial was
III the family lot in Round Top cemetery
Those from out of town at the funeral
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Lee r. Benson of Som
erville. Mass, Leon Howard or Westmin-
k.er. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Howard and
Frank Blood of Townshend
i Miss Mildred Dompier returned to her
work in Brattleboro Monday.
Miss Eta Mundell visited her sister,
Mrs. L. j. Harris, over the week end.
Joseph Prouty of East Dover visited
Saturday and Sunday at +. W Holdens.
Will Magoon. who was here last week,
went to his sisters in Jamaica Friday
night
Miss Edith Harris Of the Mutual Aid
of Brattlehoro has been at Lucius Har-
ris's a few days.
Mrs. George Gale, who has been with
/ friends in Brattleboro for a week, has
returned to her home
The Ladies' Aid held sale and supper
al the church vestry Friday night. The
] net proceeds were $32.
The village school closes this week fol
! two weeks vacation. They are planning
for a Christmas tree at the schoolhouse
Friday afternoon.
The deepest well in the world is a
Czuehow, in the coal field of Upper 81
lesia. 1t has reached depth of Over
! seven thousand three hundred feet be
] low the surface.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro. Dec. l3, daughter,
Myra Fairfield to Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie c.
Wyman
In East Mortified. Mass. Dee l6. a
son, Francis Wayland. jr., to Rev. and
Mrs. Francis Maryland Pattison, grand
son of Col. and Mrs. Dowd of Orange, \.
j., and Mrs. Pattison.
III Rowe, Mass. Dee. -, daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Pease, formerly
of Halifax, granddaughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Pease and Mr. and Mrs.
d. ID. Pratt of Halifax
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
STRATTON.

Mr.. Phelps went TO Brattleboro Fri
day for few days.
Melvin Robinson is confined to his
bed with rheumatism. Dr.. Thomas of
jamaica attends him.
Lenland Newell of West Wardsboro
began working for Jack Allen Tuesday
on the Eddy Co. S lumber job, He
will board ut the boarding house.
Last Saturday was as warm as a
summer day with thunder shower in
the morning and a rainbow in the
north. The rain carried off what little
snow there was.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
JUST BoLSHEvIK LIE.
British Garrison in Persia Has Not Been
Massacred.

LONDON, Dee. IL Official denial of
the report circulated by the Russian
Bol>heviki that hostile Persians had
massacred the British garrison of 1900
men at Meshed, Persia. was made by the
war Office today. The announcement
stated that this report had been repeat
ed to the war office without comment by
the officer commanding at Meshed three
days after the alleged destruction of
himself and his command" It is de
clared hy officials here that the report
was Bolshevil; propaganda intended to
stir up trouble in the East.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
GREEN RIVER.

Miss Ruth Page is with her mother,
Mrs. $. NJ. Golf, in West Brattleboro this
week
There will be Christmas entertain
ment at the schoolhouse Wednesday eve
ming, Dec. "a.
Miss Leila Gallup, teacher, is i'll with
tonsilitis. Her mother, Mrs a g. Gal
lup, is acting as substitute this week for
her in the school
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
NOTICE

Owing to misunderstanding about
the Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lucies
wish to announce that the first dancing
class will begin Saturday, Dec. 20, at
clock in K of c. Hall. The follow
ing lessons will be en- Fridays as adj
vertised.
General Dancing from to II. Good
music The public is invited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

Locusts are today eaten III Arabia
pretty much rs they were in the time
OF John the Baptist. Foreigners as
we'll as natives declare that they are
really an excellent article of diet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
More Captures Claimed.

LONDON, Dee. 1.-THE capture of
kiev and the occupation of kupiansk
southeast of Kharkov are claimed in a
Bolshevik statement received from Mos
COW by wireless today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

If anyone began to count the corpuscles
in the body of man Of average size,
counting at the rate of 100 minute, day
and night, it would take 2s5,000 years to
complete the task
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

Johnny Dundee. the Scotch Wop, is
booked to box Willie Jackson at Detroit
Dee. - and johnny Lustig at New Ha
ven Dec. -. Dundee must have over
looked signing for bouts Tor Dec. D and
81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

In the Bahama Islands, which were
settled more than two hundred years ago
hy Londoners, the Cockney dialect IS said
to be as strong as it is in Cheapside-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
SEVENTY MILLION FOR AUSTRIA.
Supreme Council Decides 1t Needs That
Much Relief.

PARIS, Dec. l7.-After further con-
Sideration today of Austria i require.
ments for the relief of her distressing
food conditions the supreme council de-
cided that it would be necessary 70
furnish relief to the amount of $70000,-
600 at the least, the relief to 60 for
ward ut the rate of $9,500000 monthly
Belief was expressed by the Austrian
delegation that the total sum necessary
would reach SluO.O000DO, which is the
amount Chancellor Renner yesterday
asked the council TO loan to Austria
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

In Norway since 1897 women have sat
together with men on the ordinary civil
cases as jurors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

Mrs. Emerson Stone, who has been i'll,
is improving.
Mrs Emma Smith and daughter, Miss
Pearlie Fuller, of Chester, were in town
recently TO move away their goods
+. l.. Stowell was in Woodstock last
week on business connected with Wind.
sor county court.
Mrs. Lydia Harrington will occupy
the Kendall house this winter There
are now five houses in the village unoccu-
pied.
Harold Eddy and II. L. Chapman are
building a cupola on the schoolhouse to
hold the bell which Freeman Ingalls, pre-.
sented to the school
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
WINDHAM.
Grange Wins Prize.

At thu last meeting OF Glebe Mountain
Grange two candidates received the third
and fourth degrees. 1t was announced
that the Grange had won the third prize
of $500 offered by the state Grange
for general good work during the past
year. No meetings have been omitted
during the year The Grange now has a
membership Of 40. having taken in 10
new members in 1919.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17

Snakes killed no fewer than 22,600 per-
sons in India last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-17
WOMEN'S
BOUDOIR SLIPPERS

in pink and blue sat
in, also black kid, with
leather sole; low heel,
Prices $3.50 and S2.75
Newark post., 1919-01-22

waste. It was found that larno
Quantity of potash of a high grade
could be obtained from the waste
water and syrup left after the
Juice OF the sugar beet and all pos-
spole sugar content had been ex-
tracted. Thereupon the comnanv
ordered the construction off LARGE
reservoirs to hold the waste water
at -FOUR of it's factories, and during
1ne coming year will begin extern
'slvely to extract the potash. Res
ervolrs costing hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have been built
at Fort Collins, Loveland, Long
mont, Colo, and Scottsbluff, Neb..
Wlli be followed by others to be
QUILT in the coming year at other
plants.
The process of extracting potash
from the waste water is quite COM
pllcated and is task for the
spring and summer months. It will
not be undertaken until the job of
making sugar is out of the way.
The, enormous volume of waste
water is stored during the sugar.
making campaign and the re-
sources of the plant turned later
to its utilization.
The waste water which is COL
lected in these reservoirs is evap-
Grated to a heavy syrup at the
close of the sugar making cam
paign, and for this purpose the
regular factory equipment is large
ly used. The evaporation process
takes considerable time. The next
step is that of incarceration to pro-
duce the ash. For this work it
was found necessary to construct
special plants, consisting of fur
naces, cooling and storage build
ings. After the syrup has been run
through the incinerators, the pot
ash is put into large tanks, where
it is cooled. Large humps of potash
are the result, and special grind
ing and sacking machinery is then
used to put the product out in com.
merical form.
Hundreds of tons have already
been produced although the util
ization has just begun. In time il
is expected that the annual pro
duction will run into thousands o1
tons.
Newark post., 1919-01-22
DO WE CALL
HIM DOUCHBOY?
No Two Stories Agree at to
Origin of Name

Opinions vary as to the origin
OF "doughboy" as applied TO the
American fighting man in the In
fantry branch of the U. S. Army.
IN facetious mood the lads them
selves explain that they are known
as "doughboys" because the Sec
retary of War lis Baker. Each
nation has its pet name for the
fighting man
England called him Tommy At
klns"; Kipling did that. To
Mother France he was the Poilu,
for Papa Joffre loved the name.
And in Russia when he swung past
with his great numbering strides,
he was "Ivan." All these lands
had their pet name for him, so
when we went to war name we
had to have too. Some correspon-
dent pinned Sammy" on our boys
and they groaned. Then they tried
"Yanks," but "Looka here, sub, I'd
like tuh state that" SO the army
dropped "Yanks." And then, quite
naturally, they took unto them
selves name; and the name is
"doughboy."
To be entirely precise, dough
boys" are infantrymen. Artillery
is artillery and an engineer is an
engineer, but there's really only
one picturesque term for our fight
ing Neutrality-suspicious." And the
name "doughboy," where does it
come from? An old non-com with
fifteen years. service put away in
the regulars declares that dough
boy" comes from the old days,
when for parade the infantry used
to whiten the stripes of their blue
trousers with flour. A hoary sup
ply sergeant AYERS that the infan-
try got the name beacuse of the
mud they churned up marching on
soggy roads, likening it to the
kneading of dough. Yet another
regular scornfully asserts that
"doughboy" came because ON pay
day the infantry alway had plenty
of money, whereas the artillery
docked for breakages to their cost.
ly material, would be "busted.
But "doughboy" it is. And the
doughboy will go down in history
as the best fighting man in Europe
Newark post., 1919-01-22

encouraged because of the neces-
4lty for knowledge of the ele-
ments of nursing which was PROV
cd during the recent epidemic.
Courses of education suggested
would be ON current events, in
'cluding how peace is made, what
IAN ar1nistice means, terms of this
armlstice and President Wilson's
1ourteen terms OF peace, the peace
|conference, who goes TO it and
what they do; on laws that women
workers want, study of the eight
hour day, minimum wage. child
labor. prohibition of night work,
standards for lifting weights and
such topics, on occupations that
war times have brought to wo-,
men and one on French women
including study of them and,
their conditions before the war,
their part in the war and their
future in the. business world.
Women have acquired a sense
Eof social responsibility through
Newark post., 1919-01-22

interested naval experts and had
offered the results of his work to
the navy without restriction. When
they were accepted after some
demonstration at Hayattsville, Of
ficials say, he was with difficulty
persuaded to accept even remun-
Grafton for actual time given to
cooperation with the government.
One of the first steps taken was
the request of the Navy Depart
ment, under war legislation, that
his application for patents be ex-
pedited. This was done.
In war a great advantage is that
submarines receive messages while
submerged by means OF wires trail
ing in the water. The cost of con-
struction is negligible and there is
a reduction of static interference.
Newark post., 1919-01-22
Airplane Engines May be
Used for Motor Cars

Thousands of high grade air.
plane engines have outlived their
usefulness for flying and been re-
tired. Thousands more will like
wise be discarded when their war
use is over.
The principal of a Y. M. c. A.
school for airplane mechanics sug-
gests that the government may be-
come an important dealer in en-
gines for motor cars. The life of
an airplane engine is commonly
stated to be 100 hours. This does
not mean, however, that it is ut
terly useless after 100 hours of
operation. What is meant is that
i'm that period an airplane engine
gives the "cream" of it's service
and becomes from 20 to 80 per cent
less efficient than when new. 1t is
therefore unsuited for further fly
ing.
But on being rejuvenated by
overhauling it is capable of use for
an indefinite period. 1t is not sur
prising therefore that the proposal
should be made that Americas dis
Newark post., 1919-01-22
WAR BRIDES SPECIAL
Patriotic Service Outlined 70,
Women by Y. W. c. A.

War Brides Special is the name
for the course which the industrial
department OF the Young Women's
Christian Association has outlined
for women and girls in answer to
the inquiries which have been
pouring into National Headquar-
tiers in New York as to what pat
riotic service women can render
now that war is over.
A study of how to run, a home
on 4 small income, how to furnish
an apartment on little money
cooking, plan sewing and how liz
make over" clothes are the topics
Included in the War Brides
Special.
For the woman who has beer
doing Red Cross work the com.
mittee advises that she make hos
pitall garments for the gassed ant
severely wounded men who are tt
be found in the Government hos
pitfalls everywhere and that she ai'e
in supplying necessary extras al
these hospitals. Home nursing
courses of the Red Cross are als<
Newark post., 1919-01-22
POTASH A BY-PRODUCT
OF SUGAR MAKING
HIGH GRADE FERTILIZER FROM WASTE WATER
INDUSTRY NOT FULLY DEVELOPED SHOWS GREAT
POSSIBILITIES

When the war started in 1914,
csrmany supplied the world with
oo+ssh. She thought that the world
ppould suffer so greatly for the lack
~ notash that the demand for
VI uaore would be universal. Her
ppolculations on this point as we'll
On many others of a military
nature were all wrong.
Necessity, mother of invention,
compelled the United States TO
sosk some other source of this
necessary commodity.
Vast lakes, filled with the high
o.+ Grade of commercial potash,
u.ara Wv discovered in Nebraska and
Colorado, and no time was lost
IN installing equipment at these
n1aces and obtaining a maximum
production.
Later it was learned that good
notash could be obtained from
balm a sea weed which grows in
GREAT abundance on the Pacific
coast. Further supplies of this
fertilizer now come from by
nroducts of coke ovens and cement
factories. And last, but not the
least, substantial quantities of
commercial potash of an unusually
bigh grade are being obtained
from the waste water ot the sugar
beet factories of the Great West
srn Sugar company in Colorado
and Nebraska.
Price of Potash Scars During War
All of the late processes of pot
ash production are the result OF
the demand for this fertilizer and
the high prices paid for it. Prior
to the war good potash could be
obtained for $50 to $40 a ton. AS
the war continued the price OF
potash went up steadily, and it sole
as high as $500 and S400 a ton
The discovery of various resources
in this country resulted in The
price gradually falling and there
is small likelihood that potash will
ever again reach pre-war prices
The big demand for potash anc
the high prices prevailing at thu
time caused the Great Western
Sugar company to make certain ex
priments at it's big factory at For
Collins, and as a result it will soo1
be making potash on large scal'
as a by-product from a forme'