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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
He Didn't Know Weeds From Flowers.


ly nice young man, bu: how we did
puzzle him. He didn', understand US
ut all.
He would try to guess what the
different things were, and he would
usually guess quite wrong. He didn't
even know weeds from flowers. so
when he started TO weed the flower
beds he had to be told which were the
little weeds coming up quite unlimited.
and which We're the flowers colling up
by invitation and help
But the funniest Of ali-that is--it
was the funniest to us, was that he
didn't know us at all
He didn't know YOU" exclaimed
the beans.
NO" grinne6 the peas, in their
vegetable way. "he didn't know wheth-
er we were flowers or vegetables. He
looked at us from little distance
away and he said:
Are those flowers or vegetables?'"
Think of that" exclaimed The
beans.
Yes, he didn't know peas" said the
peas.
well" said the beans, we've heard
of creatures who didn't know beans.
but we've never heard of creatures
who didn't know peas.
There Is a saying about not know
ing beans, you know" continued the
beans. land a wise and sensible saying
il is.
ut means that folks who don't know
beans don't know much of anything.
They're very stupid, indeed. Surely
you have heard people in the summer
speaking of some ignorant creatures
and saying, They don't know beans
You see people think that If they don't
know beans they don't know much.
For, after all, we're not things TO be
known so well. We're not intelligent
and wise. We're vegetables, growing
up and then-alI ready TO be eaten
$50. when a poor creature doesn't
even know beans it is very sad, but
when he doesn't know peas-well.
we've never heard of anything TO equal
shat
1T is dreadful, perfectly dreadful TO
think of such ignorance"
YES" said the peas, at was igno-
rance, but at the same time it was tun-
ny, eh!"
1T was funny" said the beans
laughing. .'He didn't know peas-he
didn't know peas. 4 new saying will
have to be started about creatures not
knowing peas" E
We're going to be cooked now"
said the beans.
''Good-by." said the peas.
"Oh, look :" said The peas after a
moment, 81 see the young man In the
dining room who didn't know PEAS.
We've Come down TO the city. in our
cans. we have. And we're to be eaten
by the city man.
well, that is funny" said the beans.
but guess he'll know US by the taste
even If he doesn't know peas when
they're a-growing in the summer time"
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper unioni
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
Today's Anniversaries.

tSl5-Jean Louis Meissonicr, the great
French artist, born at Lyons.
Died in Paris, Jan 81, 1891.
lS63-Kansas legislature located the
state university at Lawrence.
1S69-Gov. Brownlow of Tennessee
called out the militia to suppress
the Kuklux Khan societies. $
ls73-Queen Victoria visited Empress
Eugene at Chislehurst.
ls7S-Cardinal Pecei elected Pope with
name of Leo XIII. 1890
lS91-Dervishes defeated and Tokar
occupied by the British.
1915-Allied fleets bombarded Turkish
forts in the Dardanelles
t9l6-French automobile gun crew des-
troyed "a German Zeppelin near
Reyigny.
1917-U. S. senate granted President
extensive powers to4enforce neu-
tralitv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

1estidday after suppir pop was shovel
ing the snow off of the pavement and
was standing there watching him, saying,
Is it hard to get it off, pop?
Its darn neer impossible, sed pop, wy
the dickens don't they have somebody
shovel it off in the day time vile its still
soft insted OF waiting till mite and tx
pecting me to do it after about million
people have wawked on 10 all day.
And he kepp on trying TO scrape it off
with the shovel and saying things to him
self on account of proberly not wunting
to say them out loud, and sed, 1t would
take a million people more than a day,
wouldent it, pop?
Even if | knew wat you were tawking
about | proberly wouldent be intristed.
sed pop. And he kepp on shovcling mad,
and after a vile | sed, Snow is ony fro
zen moisture, did you know that, pop?
Not this snow, this is frozen iron, sed
pop.
And / looked at him shoveling it a vile
longer, saying, 1t wouldent be neer SC
mulch work if it was soft, would it, pop
You're brite lad, sumtimes / wonder
how you do it, sed pop Meening il
wouldent, and / sed, Well, do you want
me to get another shovel and take some
soft snow out of the street and put it or
the pavement for you?
Do you want the naybors to heer YOU
cries of pane sed pop, and l sed. No sir
and pop sed, Then you better take your
self for 'wawk rite away.
And he kepp on shoveling and / started
TO say sumthing elts and changed my
mind and went erround to see If Pud
Simkins was allowed out, witch he wasent
so | went GROUND to see if Leroy Shoes
ter was, witch he was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The alienation of the thirst Of the
Inhabitants of Norfolk, Va, has been
held up by the seizure of $4,000 worth
f liquor from steamship just ready
0 leave Boston for that city. 1t is
aid that the liquor would have sold
Norfolk for sl2 n quart. Some of
he Norfolkians must have 10 choose
between drink and a beefsteak rs
It that price they couldn I afford 70
have them both
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
The Greatest
Poultry Year
PREPARE FOR II

The coming year premises to be
the greatest Poultry year on rec
ord, and it is very logical. The
past year has seen very high
prices for Poultry and Eggs.
Poultry has been selling at rec
ord prices, and was slaughtered in
immense quantities. Now, the
Poultry business must be rebuilt,
and, Of course, must start with
the small chicks. Poultry manu-
facturers are preparing for an
immense demand, which will in
clude fine chick cracked corn, me
dunn cracked corn, scratch feed,
developing feed, chick feed with
buttermilk, ground bone, bone
meal, and in order to provide, al
ready we are receiving car load
orders for our chick cracked corn,
ghich is declared by experts to
be the finest manufactured. We
will send a small sample free by
post to anyone who is interested.
Our mill is grinding daily, and
all Of our goods are fresh, which
r. very essential for young chicks.
{. CROSBY & CO.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The Reformer is on sale every evening b,
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.. c. w
Cleveland, S. l.. Purinton (Esteyville), Brook
House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News stand
George J., Bower, Riyerview Street Cor
Drummer district).
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East Dummerston, M. r. Brown.
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Newfane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
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Hinsdale, N. r., W II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

ers in the late war. born SIS years ago
today.
Herbert S. Hadley, former governor
of Missouri, born ut Olathc, Kas., A.
years ago today.
Earl Beauehamp, noted British
statesman and colonial administrators
born AZ years ago today.s
Most Rev. Timothy Casey, Catholic
archbishop of Vancouver, born in Char
lotte county, n. B., 81 years ago today
Mary Garden, the famous soprano OF
the Metropolitan Opera company, borI
mt Aberdeen. Scotland, ~ years ag,
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
TO The SUBSCRIBERS.

II 10 the aim Of the management TO secur,
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers TO that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the papeI
on the morning following the omission, If
erson, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error TO be prompt,
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by thi,
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

pr A. NJ. Riggs has resigned as post
master at La Toilette, Tenn, because
The post office department. required him
% devote his entire time to the Office
For the sum of two dollars per day. slIe
IS right. Any man who has TO handle
mail addressed 10 town with that
name ought to get at least ten thou
sand dollars year
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The suggestion has been made that
he soldiers and the laboring men unite
elect Congress that win nullify
he prohibition amendment by failing
70 enact suitable laws to enforce it. The
.bicction TO this plan is that fortunate
~ there are still among soldiers and
'al.orcrs those who think more highly OF
The constitution than they do Of selling
booze.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

Fully one-third of Germany 5 iron
ore deposits have been taken from her
by the restoration of Lorraine; for it
was from the Briey basin that Krupps
got most of their material for guns and
ammunition. Some of the big potash
beds were also in the rctonquered prov
inees.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

Now that food regulations are all Off,
It turns out that some of the ''suhsti-
tutes so persistently promoted by
their makers, have exactly as much nu-
tritivc value as the sawdust the farm
ar fed his chickens as corn meal until
the biddies "up and died. and spoiled
he experiment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

About 1000 soldiers are returning on
the ship with President Wilson. Cross
ing the Atlantic with Wilson may con-
vey as great distinction to their de-
seendants as the claim of those whose
ancestors crossed The Delaware with
Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

One reason we are glad the war is
over is because we no longer have to
read the magazine ads that told Us The
only way to make the world safe for
democracy was to wear a certain
brand of ready made clothes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

\ picture m recent issue of G
well-known periodical bears this cap
ton 1.-The Literary Digest Potatoes.
Others may eat them at their own risk
presumably
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

lature which requires putting some
chemical or mother of vinegar into
cider when tits thirty days old is
passed, we predict that it is going to
be up to mother to see that father
remembers when the thirty days are up.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

Accept California Syrup of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physie for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste Full
directions for child's dose ON each bot.
tie. Give it without fear.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

\ constitutional amendment won t
prevent drunkenness and league of
nations won't prevent war but indulg
ence in war and drunkenness is likely
to be more difficult in the future than
il has been in the past.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

1t is now possible to enter sleep
ing-ear in Cairo any evening at dinner
time and reach Jerusalem Mt four
o'clock the next afternoon. Before the
building of the railroad the same trip
took three weeks at least, and was not
only highly expensive, but also rather
dangerous.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

New Workers demonstrated in greet
ing the old 18th Regiment (now tn.
3G9thl their appreciation of the fac.
that the eolored troops Tough.
rohly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The United States is TO pay Great
Britain the "bare cost of transport
ing our soldiers to France Here 5 hop
ing they won t figure their overhead by
the same method the Chicago packers
uSp
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

Sweden has refused Gen Ludcndorf
renewal of his permit TO remain in
that country. Speeding the unweleomo
guest is getting to be popular peace
pastime.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

II President Wilson should come on
With m official approval of the Sermon
or the Mount, Senator Borah woulC
make a speech in opposition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

There will be no sympathy for those
aliens who, having claimed exemption
from military service because they had
taken out only first naturalization
papers, are now denied the privilege of
becoming American citizens. Let them
wait awhile or go where there is more
appreciation of that kind of citizenship
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
One Year Ago Today in the War.

German troops advanced into Russia
on wide front.
British forces in Palestine APP
preached Jerico.
British. admiralty reported Is mer-
chantmen as submarine toll for the
week
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

General Sherman denied that he ever
said WAR is hell and now General
Pershing denies that he said Lafay
ette, we are here" or French words to
that effect. Still the facts remain
War is hell, and we certainly were
'Fthere" with both feet. whoever said
-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The Germans seem stunned by the
allies terms The Hun is fast learn
ing that the most expensive part of {
w;r is failure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The President is taking an enforced
rest on the voyage home. Enforced
rests are often ono of the prineipa
features of sea voyages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

During the war nearly $4,000 900
publications, representing monetary
value of something like $l,5000O0.
were sent by the British public to the
troops.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The North Adams Herald says yo
m eht as well take the opener off You
key ring after July /.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

The exkaiser is growing a beard
That s about all he needs to make hin
q first class Bolshevist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for publication of ali new,
dispatches credited to il and not otherwis,
credited in this paper and slso the local new,
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

May we not expect the noseless Col
House to say something during the
next tiree weeks?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
Today's Birthdays.

General Sir Henry Seymour Rawlin-
son, one of the chief British command
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

If the bin before the New York legis-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-02
NEW SCHOOL FOR CHINA.
Y. w. c. A. Secures New Site for Girls
Physical Training School.

A new home has been found for the
Physical Training School which the
Young Womcn's Christian Association
has opened for native girls in Shang
hal, China.
The school, while in the country. t.
not far distant from the National
Headquarters OF the Y. W. {. A. IN
shanghai nor far from the local Y. W.
9. A. The grounds cover eighteen
now" which means approximately
six acres, and are divided by II private
road. A foreign residence already on
the grounds will be used by the Amer
can teachers, while native buildings on
the other side will furnish living quar-.
ters and classrooms for the 30 stu.
dents.
The grounds boast a garden, tennis
courts and an athletic field.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-02
ENGLISH IS COMMON TONGUE.
Chinese Girls Learn II to TAX to One
Another.

Chinese women students ia the Tunx
Flu College, Picking. China. are obliged
20 learn English In order to talk with
one another because OF the different
dialects used by the student body.
Girls from the extreme western
provinces u China, who attend the
school. must remain IN Peking during
all Of the eight years required for
their high school and college train
ing. because 10 return each summer
would require six weeks for the trip
one way and would cost more thar q
trip To America and return.
Girls from each OF the western
provinces speak a different language
and they cannot understand one an
other any more than they can the girls
from northern, southern. eastern or
central provinces. Hence, they have
adopted English "a a common tongue.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-02

of the S4OO,000,00O la money and
supplies. contributed 10 the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council wal In existence.
S263.00o.000 was allotted To national
headquarters. while s1S7. 00o,O 900 went
TO the chapters 10 finance their &c
tivities. Expenditures In the twenty
months totalled t2f3yO0O.O0O. divided
a. follows: BY national heAdquartep
10 France. x57,00o.0O0; elsewhere ova.
seas, e64,0 .0O0 In the United Sta tea.
Sl8,000.0OO; By chapters IN ths United
States. $43,000,00o; cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed In
France. $25. 0,O0O, elsewhere over.
seas, 100000; In the United States.
$28.000,OO0, making total expenditures
in France. $S2, 100000. elsewhere over
seas, s72.000.O0O In the United States.
sl1e,O00.0O0
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-02
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How Millions
Contributed BY Public We're
Used For Relief.
BIG TASK is DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months sf54, 100000 Was
spen. Overseas and e,ooo.o 600
In the United States

Washington. fspeeiaL)-Through n
complete export Of the work of the
American Red Cross in the war By
Chairman Henry Z. Dawson. on be-
half of the wa council. the o~rganiza-
ton on the eve Of 1T annual enroll
ment of members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Call. November : Il
IL, has rendered an accounting Of the
many millions given II by the Amerl-
can people 10 help our lighting men
and our allies. TIE statement Is. IN
part. as follows:
The war council Of the American
Red Cross Is now prepared Ia make a
complete accounting TO the American
people Of money contributed and eX-
pended. "a well as The work done by
the American Red Cross during The
period in which The a council was
in control Of its affairs. The war
council WAS appointed May ~. 1919.
and went out Of existence February
2S, 1910.
II vas the practice Of the war
'bhhiAth - HtNN tNAtiiltEAF NAtbtAiAAA ~
its policies and finances. but II Is only
now that a picture Of the war period
al a whole can he presented. Il Is
the feeling OF the war council thai =
report In this summarized form should
be made directly 10 the public which
provided The money and gave the ef-
fort which made the American Red
Cross a
"A statement OF the American Red
Cross effort and aaancss since the
wsr council rsifngushsd it's cpntrol
VIII be fnade 10 the public threue.,
thu executive oemmittee. and II IL lm.
nortant therefore,. that the fact ria
this report Govern the period only until
March 1. should be carefully noted.
Following are certain round ngnre~
covering American Red Gross partiei
patton In h war. ~ revealed by the
war councils report
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01
OLD NAMES RETURN TO FAVOR
Nomenclature In England Shows e.
feet Of Wars End on Minds
Of Parents.

Parents are giving their "Peace
Year" babies much prettier names
than those who were born during the
war period.
Investigation OF the registers at Som
erset house shows some OF the most
popular names for boys and girls now
are Ronald. Edward, George, Gordon,
Jean, Kathleen. Irene, Marguerite.
Lillian Is another popular name for
girls today, and among Welsh people
"Megan" is n great favorlte.
Names of flowers are more in vogue
now, and politics and loyalty are not
without their influence upon the regis
ter's books. Oddly enough the early
Victorian names are cropping up again
-Susannah and Letltla are occurring
much more frequently than they have
for many years, but except in remote
rural districts Biblical names have not
held sway for some decades.-London
Chronicle.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01
HAD ONE BoLsHEvIK TRAIT
Police Captain Was Right In Thinking
That Mr.. Smith Had Not Acted
Naturally.

Police Captain Mckinney said in
New York:
"The bolsheviks tell us we should
not love u own country better
than any other country, but should
love all countries alike. That seems
unnatural to me.
Eyes, not to prefer your own
country seems as unnatural as the
conduct OF Mr.. Smith.
"Mr. Smith was informed by Will
liam, his Office boy, that a lady
wished to see him.
"'Is she g%ood-looking, William Mr..
Smith asked.
Eyes, sir, very said William.
""rhen show her In, my boy
"The lady made her visit, and af-
ter she was gone Mr.. Smith growled
TO William dlsgustedly.
"a fine Judge of beauty you are, I
must say
"'Well you see. sir said william.
I didn't know but what the lady might
he your Wife
$50 she is my wife, growled Mr..
Smith,"
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01
EnaY 70 Tell.

June-Is that her dad or her hus-
band with herr
Bess-Her dad, Of curse. She's ask
ing his opinion OF somethlng.-Boston
Globe.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01

Maybe the "war lord" wore n steel
helmet TO protect his head from the
shafts Of common intelligence.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01

Naturally, when the fisheries fail,
the marketeers will have to raise the
price OF vegetable oysters.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01

II you would move up stream pad
die your own canoe.
Evening journal., 1919-05-28
SALVATION ARMY
FRIENDS NEEDED
Delaware is Now NJ o r c
Than $I00, Zoo Short
of Quota
CAMPAIGN ENDS
TOMORROW NIGHT

AZ the MONDAY luncheon Of The sal
walton Army Home Service Fund work
crs at the Hotel dupont today, 10 was
announced That ho campaign would
positively close tomorrow night at
midnight. The total amount subscr bed
10 date is between $4,000 and s5OOn
and thc workers hope Delaware viii
reach ils goal of $4,000 by the close
OF The campaign.
The following subscriptions were an
nouneed today by the following teams
40. 20. sS9is; 40. "a, Ss2b; No -
s62.5o: NO. 23, S37 %; no. si and 80
-. no report; No. 9. siii50; Mrs. j.
Monlcltlh Jackson FOR The Womeus
team. SiOOis. 4 total OF Sis6Oi for
today was reported
The usual MONDAY luncheon will be
held tomorrow ai The Hotel dupont
This will be- the ~.1l luncheon of thc
campaign. An team, are urged 10 re-
port tomorrow 40 noon.