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The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18
Peexed Him a rrlfie

A well-known musical-comedy star
was in the Claridge grill the other
evening telling some "crickets" Of the
drama about a, character at his little
village on Long Island. The charactee
Is an old-time ne'er-do-well who has
a passion for marching In every pa
rade.
One day recently his wife, human
drudge. had to get up at daylight in
order to finish the days washing by
nightfall. At noon she had to step
down to the grocery for more soap.
Coming out of the store, parade was
passing Soon her husband came along
stepping high to the tune of the band.
The tired woman gave him one look
and. reaching over. picked up brick
and hurled it.
1t struck her husband In the back
of the head and he went down in a
heap. He got up rubbing his head and
shouted: whats the idea, Liza,
knocking me down and getting me all
out of step?"-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18

After thirty washings with hard
soap, soda, sodium silicate and per-
borate, respectively, linen and cotton
textiles showed higher strength values
with hard water than with soft water.
With soft water sodium silicate show
ed a distinct injurious action on cot
ton and perborate was still more harm
full. Goods washed with soap improve
In luster and show a brilliant white
color by reflected light; goods wash
ed In soda show a strong yellow In
transmitted light with slight shade
Of pink; by reflected light they appear
slightly gray. After washing with sill
icate the goods are white but quite
without luster. being dull and chalky.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18
Torpedo pIas Own Tunnel.

Added to the list of interesting but
tardy war inventions is so-called
"earth torpedo" Of Canadian origin,
described by Popular Mechanics Mag
azine. 1t bores its subterranean way
undetected toward the enemy lines
and then explodes with great force
The burrowing operation is hydraulic
The nose of the torpedo is equipped
with an ingenious boring nozzle, and
takes with 1t a length Of hose, which
a pump in the trench supplies with
water at 300 pounds pressure. This
part Of the performance is silent. In
a test the device burrowed for 200 feet
and then blasted out an excavation
20 feet across.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18

In the past nine years the cost OF
living in Mexico has shown an average
increase of 212 per cent, according to
figures recently made public by the
department Of industry. labor and
commerce, an Associated Press dis
patch from Mexico City says. Several
staples have greatly increased. Lard
has advanced 525 per cent in price
sugar, 233 per cent. and eggs, 266 per
cent.
Wooden fabrics now cost All per cent
more than in 1910; cotton goods BOO
per cent more and shoes 1G5 per cent
more. House rents have increased lac
per cent, trolley fares 66 per cent and
railroad fares 20 per cent. Natives
shoes cost $3.50 a pair in 1910. Today
they are $l2 a pair.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18
ch,vaIreus Private.

The wife of a wounded soldier was
given a permit to France, to see him
before he died. says the London (Eng-
land) Morning Post. The funeral was
on a wet, cold day. At the graveside
the chaplain whispered to the woman
"Now am going to offer up prayer.
"Then / must kneel," she said. mo
never mind kneeling: Just stand" he
whispered again. But a Tommy un-
derstood her distress, slipped off his
coat, rolled 1t pillow-fashion, and laid
it for her on the sodden ground, so she
knelt and was conforted.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18

Visitor-Rastus Johnson is very
shiftless, isn't he?
Sambo-No. sub. Dat man am de
most ambitious niggah what is.
Visitor-Ambitious?
Sambo-Yes, sub. He says he won't
be satisfied until his wife am doin' all
de washings in town.-Life.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18
Need American Machinery.

There is large demand in Greece
for marine engines of from so to y :
horsepower. In the past much of tia
inter-island trade was carried on Nv
small sailing vessels which were D, {
equipped with auxiliary motors
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18
Wild Animals in Banff.

Although Banff, Alberta, Is hustlinc
village during the summer and j.
thronged with tourists, wild deer from
the mountains are to be seen daily on
the streets and at night stately elk
leap from the roads In the bushes to
escape approaching automobiles. II
Banff cottager expects to eat his own
garden truck" he builds deer-proof
fence around his patch. The grounds
of Brett hospital are open from the
street and the other night half-dOzen
mule deer made raid upon the flower
garden. Banff is the capital of Rocky
Mountain park, and shooting game
within the park limits is forbidden by
law. The deer. being unmolested,
have become very tame, and even a
bear now and then pays friendly
visit to the village. Not long ago a
bicyclist, speeding down one Of the
side streets at night, hit dark object
and turned somersault or two before
he hit the macadam. Sitting up, he
looked around and discovered a bear
hitting the trail for home as fast as
four legs could carry him. Although
tame and somewhat obtrusive, the
deer, elk and bear do not relish too
close an acquaintance with man, and
have proved themselves to be not only
picturesque but perfectly safe neigh.
bors.
! Propaganda.
A doughboy who had just returned
from Coblenz was talking to a very
estimable elderly woman-a straight.
l laced church member.
"How did you like 1t up In Germany
( she asked.
"Oh, we got along very well with the
! Germans" and, with a big, broad smile
he added. "and had all the good Ger
man beer that we wanted to drink"
''More German propaganda" ex
claimed the elderly woman.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
REPAIR WORK ON THE FARM
A knowledge Of How TO do Certain
Repair Work at Home Great VAL
ue TO the Farmer.

During the short course in agricul-
ture offered by the State University
from December Both to February i4th,
a special course in farm repairs, wood
working, forging, etc. will offer an op-
portunity for instruction in iron and
steel shaping, upsetting, drawing, and
welding. This course should help a
student TO grasp the underlying prin-
ciples in such way as to enable him
TO understand and apply the methods
to be employed in general forge work.
The knowledge and experience so gain
ed are invaluable especially 10 those on
farms who have or may have forge
outfit Of their own, thereby saving
both time and money.
All the more important branches Of
agriculture are given consideration
during the seven weeks course. Tui-
ton Is free. Address the Vermont
State College Of Agriculture, Buriing
ton. Vermont
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
COUNTY IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
Members Urged TO be Present at
Meetings TO be Held in Bennington
Thursday Afternoon.

President Guy B. Johnson and Act
ing Secretary William II. Wills are
sending out circular letters urging the
members Of the Bennington County
Improvement Association to be pres
ent at the annual meeting which Will
be held at the association headquar-
ters in the Hawks block, Bennington,
Thursday afternoon, December 18th,
at 2 o'clock.
In view Of the unsettled conditions
that have prevailed throughout the
country during the past year the
association has endeavored TO continue
its welfare work in the county at a
minimum expense.
The maintaining OF the Office is be-
lieved to have been of material assist
ance to the Bennington County Farm
Bureau and to the county chapter OF
the American Red Cross and the
association is convinced that it has
been a valuable factor although it has
not insisted upon any special recogni-
ton.
Members, who attend the meeting,
are requested to offer any suggestions
deemed wise in furthering the work OF
the association. Membership blanks
have been inclosed with the circular
letters and it is hoped that they will
be filed out and returned.
Directors are to be elected at the
coming meeting The board at pres
ent consists of A. b. Clark, +. O..
A. j. Holden, P. I. II. Pier
son and P. H. Thompson.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
RETIREMENT BOARD SETS
RATE OF ASSESSMENT

Barre, Dec. 13--M. B. Hillegas this
morning issued the following state
ment relative to the teacher retire
ment fund and the management of it:
At the recent meeting of the teach
ers' retirment board the rate of
assessment to be contributed by the
teachers was fixed at per cent of the
annual salary.
The board, in accordance with the
law, fixed the rate of interest to be
allowed for the present year at 4 per
cent compounded semi-annually.
1t was decided to make collections
in five equal instalments, the first to
be due as Of Dec. / and the following
to be assessed on Feb. /, April l, May
and June /, in each case 30 days
will be allowed for the payment of the
assessments. All assessments that
are paid on or before the first day of
the month will draw interest from the
beginning of the month. The deposits
made after these dates will draw in
terest from the beginning Of the fol-
lowing month.
The board approved the applications
of nearly 300 teachers.
Proper forms are being prepared for
the collection Of the assessments.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
THIRD TRIAL BRINGS VERDICT
$1,000 Awarded Mrs. LeBoeuf For
Death Of Husband

Windsor, Dec. l3--At 1880 o'clock
yesterday morning, after a delibera-
tion of nearly % hours, the jury in the
$4,000 negligence case Of Florence
LeBoeuf, administrative, of Worces-
ter. Mass. against the town Of Clar-
endon, returned TO the court room with
a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding
her $1,000 damages. OF this sum,
$1,000 was for the destruction Of the
LeBoeuf automobile and 5000 for the
death Of Mrs. LeBcouf's husband
Leonard LeBoeuf.
The jury which finally rendered a
vcrdic; in this case was the third jury
10 hear the evidence, the two former
panels having reached disagreement
The case was first tried in U. $. Dis
trict Court in October in Rutland and
later in the December term Of the
same court held at Windsor. After
the failure Of the second jury to reach
a verdict, Judge Harland B. Howe
ordered the trial TO be repeated at
once.
The case was nm outcome Of an
automobile wreck last summer in the
town Of Clarendon. The late Leonard
LcBeouf was instantly killed ut Cold
River bridge when the automobile
driven by him struck the edge Of the 1
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18

bridge and dropped down 10 the river
bed The plaintiff claimed that the
cause Of the accident was the failure
on the part of the town Of Clarendon
To provide a guard rail and warning
signs in the vicinity Of the bridge.
Al the time Of the accident, both
Charles and Carleton LeBoeuf, rela-
tiyes Of the deceased, were seriously
Injured and both Of these men have
suits for damages pending. Attorneys
Jones and Jones of Rutland, counsel
for the plaintiff in the case which was
decided yesterday, have asked Judge
Harland b. Howe for the immediate
trial Of these two cases and II is pos
sible that they will come up at the
coming term Of court in Brattleboro.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
Contract Marriages.

Contract marriage Is now the com
monty accepted doctrine that marriage
Is civil contract requiring only the
free and Intelligent consent Of parties
capable Of contracting A contract OF
this sort, drawn up and signed, is
marriage in the eyes Of the law In all
tho states.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
GAME PRESERVE PLANNED
IN SEARSBuRG- SOMERSET
Commercial Scheme 10 Provide Hunt
ing and Fishing for Visiting Sports.

] nNts
Bfattleboro, Dec. ii--Witlin |
short time there will be placed in t.,
hans Ct the owners Of tract Of ap
proximately 10000 acres Of cut-ovel
timberiand IN TIE Deerfeld River Val
ley q report made by Fred Cressy oi
Brattleborc, and Edwin S. Meigs Of
Montpelier Of tl,eir explorations Of the
land, made for tie purpose Of determ-
ining it's possibilities for fish and
game preserve on a .srge scale. The
report is now In the hands Of the law
Fl m Of Hcrvcy, Maurice, Whitney &
Fits Of this place, who had the sur
vey made for the Deerfeld Pulp Co
and the New England Power Co.
which companies have large real es-
tate holdings in Wilmington, Somer-
set and other towns.
Much Of the tract in question has
been cut over in the past several
years, but there Is growing timber
upon it and by making it vast fish
and game preserve it would be serving
q useful purpose durirg the period re-
quired for reforesting and while the
timber is growing to marketable size.
In order to ascertain the exact con-
ditions Of the tract with respect to
fish, game, ponds, streams, bogs, pos
sibilities for pond sites for the propa-
CATION and culture Of fish, as well as
the possibilities Of the country for
maintaining wild life, Mr.. Cressy and
Mr.. Meigs Began about month ago
the task Of visiting and inspecting the
various lots, keeping careful record
Of their wrok, and this record has just
been filed, with their report, with the
law firm above mentioned.
The explorers found large number
Of signs Of game, including bears,
deer, wildcats, etc., besides quantity
Of fish, but the brooks need TO be re-
stocked.
Whether anything will come Of the
project, which in extent is beyond any
thing in the line Of fish and game
preserve now existing in the eastern
part Of the United States, cannot be
stated until the owners of the proper
ty have examined the report and had
time to consider the matter in its
various phases in the light of the in
formation that the report contains.
II the plan which the owners have
in mind seems feasible and desirable
it is expected that the preserve win
be enclosed in substantial way and
doubtless fish and game club organ
lied, and in this connection the prox-
unity Of the tract to Boston and New
York makes its possibilities seem al
most limitless.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
FOURTEENTH DECENNIAL
CENSUS OF THE u. s.
By the President Of the United States
ot America, A Proclamation

w s&Ss ~ ssS~sSsss.se~~
Whereas, by the Act Of Congress
approved March 8, 1919. the Four
teenth Decennial Census Of the United
States is to be taken beginning On the
second day Of January, 1920; and
Whereas, a correct enumeration OF
the population every ten years Is re-
quired by the Constitution Of the
United States for the purpose of de-
termin:ng the representation Of the
several States in the House Of Repre-
sentatives; and
Whereas, ii is Of the utmost import
ance to the interests Of all the people
of the United States that this Census
should be complete and accurate ae-
port Of the population and resources
of the Nation;
Now, therefore, /, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States Of
America, do hereby declare and make
known that, under the law aforesaid,
it is the duty Of every person to ans
wer all questions on the census sched-
ules applying to him and the family 70
which he belongs, and to the farm oc.
cupied by him or his family, and that
any person refusing 70 do SO is subject
to penalty.
The sole purpose Of the Census y
to secure general statistical informa-
tion regarding the population and re-
sources of the country and replies are
required from individuals only to per-
NIT the compilation Of such general
statistics. No person can be harmed
in any way by furnishing the inform
ation required. The Census has moth
ing to do with taxation, with military
or jury service, with the compulsion Of
school attendance, with the regulation
of immigration or with the enforce
ment Of any national, state or local
law or ordinance. There need be no
fear that any disclosure will be made
regarding any individual person or his
affairs. For the due protection OF the
rights and interests of the persons
information every en-
ployee of the Census Bureau is pro-
under heavy penalty, from
any information which may
thus come to his knowledge.
| therefore earnestly urge upon all
persons to answer promptly, complete
ly and accurately all inquiries address,l
ed to them by the enumerators or
other employees of the Census Bureau
and thereby to contribute their share
toward making this great and neces-
sary public undertaking a success.
In Witness Whereof, have hereun-
10 set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia
his tenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
and nineteen, and Of the inde-
,endence of the United States the one
hundred and forty-fourth.
(SEAL)
WOODROW WILSON.
BY the President:
William Phillips,
Acting Secretary Of State.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
IMPORTANT FACTS
ABOUT THE CENSUS
One of the Greatest National Efforts
of Each Decade. Enumeration Be-
gins January 2 1920.

VI IoSU DeCduc. LnumcTdtIOH DC
gins January 2, 1920.
The census is required every ten
years by the Constitution of the Unit
ed State and by Act of Congress. The
date named for beginning the 1920
census is January 2, but the Census
Day" is January /.
In cities the population enumeration
will be completed in two weeks.
The enumeration of farms will be
completed within thirty days.
The censuses Of manufactures,
mines and quarries, oil and gas wells,
and forestry and forest products will,
as rule, be taken by special agents
and by correspondence, and not by
enumerators.
The census is the means by which
the Government ascertains the in
crease in the population, the statis-
tics concerning agriculture, and the
Ntkdi illbE uiabiOi touStiulUk AIi1 it~
sources Of the Nation.
Census for Statistical Purposes Only
The census inquiries are defined by
act of Congress.
The information gathered is strictly
confidential, made so by law.
Census information can not under
any circumstances be used as basis
for TAXATION, nor can it be used 10
harm any person or his property.
1t has nothing whatever to do with
detection, arrest, prosecution, or pun
ishment Of any person for any viola
ion of any law.
Important questions Asked Of all
Persons
/. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person ten years Of age
md over will be asked whether he is |
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
WARTIME PROHIBITION
HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
Dests,on Handed Down by the United
STATES Supreme Court Mills Hopes
for Wet" Holidays

Washington, Dec. ID "af1bl' Pt"-
hibition MAS held constitutional today
BY the Supreme Court in unanimous
decision. Thus vanished the hopes OF
many for "wct" holiday time.
No decision was rendered on the
cases involving the constituiionality Of
the volsiead law, the prohibition en-
forcomcnt act, framed TO carry out the
in,en, Of the prohibition amendment
20 the Constitution.
In passing, however, Associate JUS
tice Brandeis did hold that the prohibi-
ton amendment was binding on the
states as well as the federal govern
ment.
Still In Eject
The court entirely reversed the con-
tention Of the ''wets" that wartime
prohibition was outside the wartime
powers Of Congress and pointed out
that wartime control Of food and rail-
roads still was in effect.
The decision added one Of the final
miiestones TO the long fight to make
the country dry.
The court will render opinions again
next Monday. at which time the beer
cases are expected to be decided, after
which the court will recess unth Janu-
airy S. The prohibition constitutional
amendment will become effective jan
uary l6.
Upon the courts decision on the
prohibition enforcement law will de-
pend whether the federal government
has at hand any legal means for max
ing the amendment effective.
nibition, however, the drys are conf
The constitutionality Of wartime pro-
dent, will keep the country dry until
the amendment is carried into effect
by law Of its own.
Reading Decision
The signing Of the armistice did not
abrogate the war powers of Congress,
Associate Justice Brandeis said in
reading the decision of the court.
Could Export Liquor
Justice Brandes said the govern
ment did not appropriate the liquor by
stopping its domestic sale, as the wy
was left open for exporting it,
War Powers
Justice Brandeis also called atten-
tion TO the continued control Of the
railroads and the reassumption of
powers by the government relative to
coal and sugar under war acts to show
that the government continues to ex-
ercise various war powers despite the
<igning of the armistice.
The constitutional prohibition amend
ment is binding on the federal govern
ment as well as the states and super
sedes state laws, the court declared.
Unanimous
The judgment Of the court in the
Kentucky and New York cases was
unanimous.
No Basis for Contention
Justice Brandeis said there was no
basis for the contention that President
Wilson'S statement in his message
vetoing the prohibition enforcement
act that the war had come to an end,
was proclamation announcing the
termination Of the war
No Action on Beer Cases
In rendering its opinion the court
confined itself entirely to the wartime
prohibition act and took no action on
the so-called beer cases which attacked
the eonstitutionality Of the prohibition
enforcement act
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
Persons

1. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person ten years Of age
and over will be asked whether he is
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-18
THE TREATY OF NEUILLY
BY Frank H. Simonds

The world public has become so ac-
customed to treaties of peace which do
not bring peace that the document just
signed in the little town hall of Neu-
lily, a suburb of Paris familiar to the
A. +. f. because of its great American
hospital, has excited little comment,
Yet all things considered, this treaty
may fairly be reckoned the worst of
the series which began with the
Treaty of Versailles.
The vice underlying this particular
arrangement is the familiar evil dis
coverable in it's predecessors. By
comparison with the number of things
it settles, it unsettles or postpones set
tlement Of far more considerable
bulk The object of the treaty was, in
restoring peace with Bulgaria, to reg
ulate the Balkan conditions; to erect a
solid structure in place Of the several
jerry-built constructions which have
followed one another since the Balkan
States attacked Turkey just six years
ago.
Vital Decisions Postponed
In point of fact, the treaty has set
tied nothing but the size of the wholly
mythical "compensations" Bulgaria is
expected to pay her neighbors and to
trace the new Scrbo- -Bulgar frontiers.
By contrast, it has postponed three
vital decisions: first, as 10 the Greek
rights in Thraee; second, as TO the |
European frontiers in Constantinople |
and the status of that city; third, az to
he ultimate disposition Of the south
srn Dobrudja.
To take these items in order: The
creeks have claim, based upon his
orical grounds going back several
thousands of years and upon racial
grounds valid at this very minute, to
III of the old Turkey in Europe south
# that Bulgarian frontier which ex-
sted at the moment Of the outbreak Of
he World War. This would include
II Of the Egean seacoast left to Bull
aria by the Treaty Of Bucharest in
9i3 and everything in Eastern
'hrace, including Adrianople, right up
o the walls Of Constantinople. In
'oint Of fact, their claim TO CONSTANT