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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-04
CLARK KILLED ON
AN OUTPOST DUTY

Capt. Jesse Matlack of the headquar-
tiers company, 18th division, at Nieder
Dreisig, Germany, has Just written the
relatives of Corp Merton H. Clark,
son of Joseph Clark Of Middlebury de-
tails concerning the death of Corp.
Clark
Capt Matlack states that Clark was
killed in the late evening OF August
), last, during an attack of the Desle
river. The 3rd battalion of the j6th
infantry which included Co. L, in
which Clark was serving made an at
tack shortly after o'clock and gained
the high ground overlooking the river
"Here we held the position during the
night says the letter preparatory to
renewing the attack in the morning
Upon hating strong outposts were put
out in advance of our position. Clark
was selected in company with Lieut..
Kenneth Rich and two Others.
During the execution of the hazar
dous mission Clark was killed. He had
dug himself in what the soldiers call
a fox hole but with all this precaution
he was instantly killed by fragment OF
a German Il millmeter shell which
penetrated his head He was buried in
the American cemetery at Cherry Cha
teau on the road leading from St.
Chibaut in grave 6l The place is
about midway between Rheims and
Scissors"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-04
Death of Marion LeBoeuf

Miss Marion LeBoeuf, only daughter
of John H. LeBoeuf of Vergennes, died
last Thursday night after an illness
Of three months with complications,
following a severe attack of influenza
suffered last winter. She was taken i'll
while visiting relatives in Worcester,
Mass, and returned to her home four
weeks ago.
Miss LeBoeuf was born in Vergennes,
June 3, 1900 where she lived until nine
years ago when her parents moved to
Worcester. Shortly after the death of
her mother in 1916 they returned to
Vergennes.
Besides her father she is survived by
three brothers, Howard LeBoeuf Of
Claremont, N. H., Donald and Charles
LeBoeuf OF Vergennes.
The funeral was held at St. Peters
church Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Requiem Mass was sung Monday morn
ing at 1880, Rev L. A. Vezina officiating
at both services. The bearers were
Anthony Plankey of Springfield, Mass,
Wilfred Little, Louis Milo, Walter
Young, Albert and Fred Charbonneau
of Vergennes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-04
BRANDON NEWS

Miss Margaret Ketcham has gone to
Castleton to attend a summer school.
Miss Anna Collins has gone to Wey-
mouth. Mass, where she has a posi-
ton in an office.
Miss Ida Pierce, who has been visit
ing her brother, E. E. Pierce, in New
York City, has returned.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Pitts has returned from
Troy, n Y, where she has been for
some time with her sister, Mrs. l. W
Copeland
Mrs. Nellie Wilde was taken Monday
to the Mary Fletcher hospital in Bur
lington for treatment and a surgical
operation.
Miss Elsie Lockwood of New York
City, who is visiting at the home of
Mrs. Lemira Manchester, is confined
to the bed by illness
DR.. and Mrs Herman Philipsen are
in Burlington where their son, Viii
liam, will undergo a surgical operation
at the Mary Fletcher hospital
E d. Blackwell and daughter, Miss
Katherine who spent last winter in
Florida, have returned here and have
opened their home on Conant square.
Telephones have been installed in
cottages at Lake Dunmore as follows:
Rev F B. Seeley, 1l7-23; w. H. Tar
BILE, 1871; David H. Stafford, ll7-7.
Mrs. c. J. Braley was elected cores
ponding secretary of the Vermont
branch of the Kings Daughters at the
annual meeting held in Woodstock last
week.
Arthur Pond and Thomas Powers,
who recently bought A. A. Ponds
meat and grocery business on Union
street, opened their store for business
Monday.
DR.. E. L. Averill and family, who
have been spending several days here
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-04
SHOREHAM NEWS
(Mrs. F. E. Plat, Correspondent

(Mrs. r. +. Platt, Correspondent
Mrs. L. H. Nottingham is in Rutland
with her sister, Mrs Anna Pierce.
Miss Nora Root of Hubbardton
visited Miss Margaret Bordeau over
the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs Roman and daughter
Ann, of Newark, N. j., are at Mrs.
Maria Smiths.
Miss Isabelle Blair of the telephone
exchange is at her home in Cornwall
for a vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs Bernard Pierson, Mrs.
Leslie Reed and daughter, have return
ed to Fair Haven
Russell Easton of Newport News
passed Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. c. Easton.
Mr.. and Mrs, c. K. Slavery of West
Haven, Conn, are visiting Mrs. Susan
Parker and sisters Mrs. NJ P. Cook
and Mrs F. P Bisseu
Bernard Caswell has been discharged
from the army and has joined his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Q. Casweu,
at Mrs. Elizabeth Smiths.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-04

MAY Keep Liquor In the House.
Perhaps we MAY, but who CANT
The sun., 1919-07-20
Daniel Carson Goodman.

the thing. We don't believe that
Marcy's husband shot Leonard. Twas
Daniel Carson Goodman done the
deed with his own little inkwell.
The Taker is not, Oh the whole, un
like Mr.. Goodman's much talked of
HGcar Revelly. Here, as there, he will
be said to have produced the very
color of existence, which is, of course,
black. 1t dOesn t make much differ
ence what you write about so long as
It is ugly enough to be called realistic.
The Taker is more essentially study
in personality than HGgar ReveLIy,
and is better sprinkled with suicides
and shootings. We believe that it is a
more readable book. And now to
digress.
Leopards cannot change their spots,
wherein they are inferior to book re-
porters. Even as the human body
sloughs off its wrappings every seven
years, so does the diligent reviewer in
less time and as surely slough off the
cd style and slough on the new His
detestations may be the safe. He
may even retain some of as ideals,
but his verbiage must keep neck and
neck with the times. There are no
rules for this sort of thing, and we
would not have space to dwell upon
them if there were. Who knows why
gold teeth have gone out. of fashionf
The words stressfnl, meticuto,ts, a,t-
thentic and iatriguing, like dates in
history, will bring back food Of
The sun., 1919-07-20

lived first in Elyria and then in Hast
ings, and there were not enough.
AS we have said, the women loved
him doggedly until the end-and
nearly all the ends were the same. IN
deed, poison plays such a prominent
part in the story as to justify Yer
mons decision that "killing oneself
is probably the only real accomplish
ment in life" From Jennie to Marcy
life was a constant disappointment.
Marcy, who was the last to enter the
death chamber, was a product of the
glass factory, which, strangely enough,
had remained in LeOnard's possession
when Jennie made her unwilling de-
parture from his home. This is an
example of how the characters in this
book don't really do what they are
supposed to do. Wives have an i'll
natured way of folding up their for
tunes when they steal away, and Jen-
ME would have done it if she hadn't
been forced to do otherwise. Illustra-
tive of this same point is the way Mr..
Goodman lets Marcy's husband goad
her into an affair with Leonard and
suddenly, because there is a lull in
the story, decides that the husband
will have to become blind with jeal-
ousy.
Strangely for the first time great
jealousy was building itself in him
." the author remarks In pass
ing, and outs with a revolver.
All, but we won't be used this way!
There must be some conviction about
The sun., 1919-07-20
A Bluebeard Is Misplaced
Fate Sets Him Down in Ohio, and Mr. D. c. Goodman
Tries on Hardy's Roomy Coat and Writes His Story

memories to future generations Of
critics.
Fifteen years ago a reviewer would
have said that Daniel Carson Good
man was reminiscent of Turgeniev.
Five years later the same reviewer
would have said that he had the favor
Of Turgeniev or Thomas Hardy, as
the fancy seized him. Another fiys
years and that same reviewer, prov;d-
ing that he had still lived, which is
unlikely, would have said that Tur-
geniev's mantle had fallen on Good
man. But in the year of reality 1919
the up to date critic says one of two
things. Either that Goodman is wear 3
irg the literary garments of Turge-
niev or that he is carrying the gar
ments Of Hardy. We, being a book
reporter by birth and training and
not critic at all, will say that it is
hard to imagine an ant in the overcoat
of mastodon, and equally hard, per-
haps, to imagine the ant carrying the
overcoat. If, however, Mr.. Goodman
las anything to do with the clothes Of
these excellent gentlemen we are in
elined to think that he is carrying
them, and dragging them rather badly
in so doing. When you have put
away the thought that The Taker is
something that it isn't you will be
able to enjoy this loosely constructed
biography of man who should have
been sultan and was small business
American.
Constantly we are reminded of the
passing of the bar. Will heroes no
longer toss off champagne as does the
wicked Leonard, and will the heroine's
father no. more divide his time be-
tween the saloon and the gutterf Per-
haps authors may resort to dating.
back their stories, thus extinguishing.
our own time in literature. Again per-
haps there will be law prohibiting
the use of alcohol in fiction In the
meantime Mr.. Goodman takes a fling
and lets the bowl flow undammed.
The story ends on a minor note with.
the hero In a deplOrable condition,
though not from drink. He must have
bought his poison at the wrong drug
store or something. At any rate it
didn't kill him, and he lived to fall a
victim to his first and only surviving
wife Let us gaze for moment at the
reunited pair as they make their way
out Of the story. Leonard decides to.
buy cigar, and as he asks for Book
Panetela notices that the young
woman back of the counter has- Ger
tain shyness about her that is attrac-
tive.
GAS she talked she had a way Of
leaning across the glass case in man
ner that displayed two beautifully
formed forearms. Also Leonard OBJ
served that her skin was soft and of
very fine texture"
Leonard, you have gotten so
quiet-all of a sudden, mourns his
wife. What the trouble, deari'
g Il have got a little headache. he
said, allowing his eyes '1nelanchol-
eally' to search each passing face.
I'll be all right in a few Minutes.
THE TAKER BIT DANTE CAassa GoD-
The sun., 1919-07-20

i men!" cried Marcy, her pent
up feelings betraying themselves.
''Men are devils"
CHOW, Marcy" said Leonard. 81
suppose I've spoiled you OF course
men are all alike. You had just as
well know that. It's only their
methods that are different. Why
shouldn't we look things squarely in
the facet Now kiss me, Marcy, I've
got TO 60"
This is not a model from HelpfL
Hints for breakfast Conversation, but
a typical scene from Daniel Carson
Goodman S new novel, The Tdker, in
which three heroines struggle with one
hero. The book starts out with the
serious intention of being a study IN
selfishncss. Justifying the argument
that he who gives gets more than he
rclinauishes and he who takes relin-
ouishes more than he gets, Leonard
Vernon, who took everything from
life, got nothing. 1t also shows signs
of going over to the dual personality
type Of novel The sinister spirit Of
Leonard's dead father is so marked
in him during the early chapters that
his mother, who never did care for her
husband, claws at her son 5 face in
wild attempt to destroy what she
doesn t like to see.
1t is not surprising that Leonard
decides forthwith that home is no
place for him.
Either of these beginnings would
have suited us nicely if they had been
followed up, but as matter of fact
they have almost nothing to do with
the story. Leonard was an unhappy
man, we find on further acquaintance,
not because he took from life without
giving, nor yet because there were in
him the misfit spirits of i'll mated
parents. He was unhappy because he
CHANGED to be born in Elyria, O., or
in the United States if you prefer, in
stead of in a harem. 1t is probable
that Mr.. Goodman intended to make
more of Leonard's initial intrigucs,
but forgot to.
II.
From the time that Leonard left
home he conducted a wife training
establishment, beginning wisely with
Jennie Clemens. the daughter of the
man who owned the glass factory in
which he worked, and as the years
rolled on he became something of a
Bluebeard, finding, as BluebeardS
will, that there is little IN the world
that is really new; that each love
affair is only a repetition of the last,
and that sooner or later all women
talk baby talk to the man they love.
STILL we insist that he would have
been all right if he had lived in the
Far East. Leonard never palled on
the women, and if there had been
n-k -
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03
INSECTS MAY BE CONTROLLED
By CROP ROTATION
Rotating Crop Removes The Neees-
sary Food From thc insect
Which Then Dies of
Starvation.

As a general rule n given species of
irsect attacks specific kind If plants,
or those of closely allied group.
However, some are general feeders
and feed upon a variety of plants. All
crops such Us corn, potatoes, onions,
etc, are attracted By certain pests and
it may always be expected that few
of these Insects VIII find their way to
any Of the above crops, even IL isolat-
cd. While these pests are not very
plentiful, they will pass practically un-
noticed and Their injury will be slight.
if rot negligible. 1t is n known fact
that insects spend the winter or hiber-
nate near their breeding vicinity, hid
ing in the ground under rubbish or
any weeds at hard, thus forming
nucleus fo- a greater infcstation the
next year should that field be planted
TO the same crop. BY rotating the
crops. the insects lose their hosts and
die rs a result.
Where rotation is followed closely
allied plants should not be used as
many pests attack a-y Of an allied
group instead of single species Of
plant.
Crop rotation not only dimin'shos in
sect injury, but also maintains soil
fertility, thus avoiding a score Of other
difFiculties-C. X. Jones, State Agri.
College. Fort Collins, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03
Agricultural Department

The Arkansas Valley High School
Smith-Hughes Stock Judging Contest
will be held at Rocky Ford Friday
December 5th, Las Animas and La
mar competing. There will be two
other contests at Lamar and Las An
imas. the two other schools competing
both times. The state contest will be
held at TT. Collins January 18th. The
same conditions apply for eligibility
here as in athletics.
The department is planning to or
ganize boys and girls club work in
the grade schools of the Lamar Union
schools.
The stock judging class was favor
ed by a talk Tuesday by County Agri-
culturalist Sweitzer on the various
phases of stock judging. The class
highly appreciates these local helps.
The team will be composed of five OF
the following: Rolla Amrine, George
McIlvaine, Floyd Higbee, Donald Nc
Millin, Willie Homer, Kenneth Sewell
and Ralph Masser.
The juniors are practicing nightly
for the annual junior play which is to
be given December 10. The play, "The
Merchant of Venice" is an excellent
combination of humor and tragedy and
every one should manage to see it.
The prices will probably be 85c and
60c.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03
Select Lamar Representative

The w. F. McCue Mercantile Com
pany kave been selected by the Inter
national Harvester Co. of America to
represent them with their full line in
this vicinity. This speaks well for
the McCue Company's progressiveness
and push in the implement business,
as it is necessary to have a concern
able to handle the large business in
this territory.
These machines include the Mc-Cor-
mick, Deering, International and p.
g. o. lines. All the farmers arc fully
acquainted with these trade rames, as
their fathers and grandfathers have
used these macfines. 1t also means
that from now on you can buy all
these machines from The w. F. McCue
Mercantile Co. right here in this town
without taking tire chances of expert
merits on machines that might be or
pha2ed one or two years after you
buy them. You can always get re-
pairs for any machine or implement
manufactured by tEis company and
you can be assured that they will
never go out of business.
While interviewing these progress
i've dealers, they stated that a full
line would be carried and that they
would have the best equipped farm
msehinory house in this community.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03
OLD THEORY OF BAD
EFFECT OF FARM LIFE
ON MIND REFUTED
Nebraska Man Makes Survey and
Finds City Sends sc People to
Asylum While Country
Sends IL per 1O0,-
900 People.

The oft repeated statement that
farm women are unduly driven to the
hospitals for insane by country life
Gains no support from facts marshall
cd by j. o. Rakin, Of the University
of Nebraska, College Of Agriculture.
From every 100000 of their popula-
ton the rural communities send Ala
persons to asylums while tire cities
cend Sc, or more ~ n twice as many
The larger the city the greater the
tion. 1t ranges from 70.2 in the cities
of $500 to 10000 up to 1923 in the
cities of 100000 and over. The feeble
minded are not included in these fig
ures as they constitute a separate
group.
Nebraska sends a low proportion to
the hospitals for the :lsane-37.3 per
100000 from the cities and 80 from
the rural communities. In both city
and country a larger proportion of
men than women are Sent to institu-
tions for the ins lne. Hence farm wo-
men seem TO be going to these hos
pitals in smaller proportion thsn any
ether class considered. The rates for
city men are 94.3 and city women 77.5,
tho>c for country men only 45.2, while
country women stand lowest of all
with 37.3.
These figures do not lend much sup
port to the view that farm women
are driven to insanity by solitude and
drudgery.- Colorado Agri. College
News Notes. Fort Collins, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03
MASONIC MEETINGS
All Orders oil Masonry Active the Past
Week Meeting Nearly Every
Night.

AT tine regular communication of La
mar Lodge No. 80, A. h. q A. Nj, last
Thursday night examinations and bal
lodng prepared degree work Tor a
series oil special sessions OF the lodge
for the balance OF the month. On
Monday evening the IIrst was held and
class OF four consisting OF james j.
Johnston, PAU W. Denning, Kenneth
Lowe and Frances Steele was Initiated
INTO the first degree IN the presence
CT u large number OF members. A
second special meeting viii be held ON
Thursday evening To confer the third
degree on a class.
On Tuesday evening Oriental Coun-
ell No. 10, Il. d 5. NJ, met and elect
cd and installed the following officers
Tor the ensuing year: 5. ID. Church,
I. 1. Al; J. N. Doughty, d. M; Geo.
Il. Merrill, L. Z. W; Y. Z. Goodale,
Treas; l.. L. Larls, Seey.; j. 5. Nc
Chung, Z. e.; Z. Z. Huddieston, Z. c.;
Geo. A. Everett, ST.; h. u. Jenkins,
Sent.
On Wednesday evening at the reg
ular convocation OF Orient Chapter No.
81, r. A NJ, officers were elected for
the next year and the 81. M. and T..
NJ. degrees conferred on u class of
four consisting OF J. Il. Rhodes and
h. e. Gee of Granada, Z. l.. McLaugh-
lin and John ID. Paxton OF Lamar. AZ
ter the ceremonies there was a lunch
served at a late hour IN the banquet
room to over fifty members OF the
chapter.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03
ELKS HAVE BIG TINE
Night Confers Degrees and
Holds Social Session.

At the regular session Of Lamar
Lodge No. 1919, b. p. o. F., on Tues
day evening there was a big crowd of
Elks in attendance. The rooms were
crowded to capacity and all present
enjoyed grand evening. A class Of
three consisting Of Denny Mccall,
Tom Dewitt ard Bernard Connolly
was initiated into the mysteries Of the
order. After the lodge work there was
an entertainment given by a number
of the star performcrc of the city and
steps taken to organize an Elks Glee
Club for the purpose of making pos
sible a regular musical program as
feature of the scssions. After the en-
tertainment a fine lunch was served
and the evening spent in general social
intercourse.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03

the time our army was being de-
eventually sold to the French govern
ment at twenty cents on the dollar
Other thousands were sent to Camp
Holabird, Maryland, about fifty miles
their original crates subject to steady
deterioration from the weather. Be-
ginning of this year the Chief of the
Motor Transport Corps sent 470 COM
declaring the cars at Camp Holabird
and other camps to be unserviceable
or surplus, and authorizing tEeir sale,
For many months absolutely no steps
were taken by the Sales Department
to dispose of any of those machines,
and it has only been very recently
that continued squirting from Repub-
lican Congress has succeeded in get
ting action in that direction.
According to Mr.. Reavis, much OF
the delay was due to the fact that rep
resentatives of some of the large auto
mobile companies were employed by
the War Department to attend to the
disposition of the cars. The man in
charge of the sales was formerly man-
ager for the WHY'S Overland Com
pany in New York City. Congress-
man Reavis is Convinced that consid-
Grafton for the business of his own
and other automobile companies had
their effect in holding from the market
the surplus government cars. Mr..
Reavis's remarks so impressed his
colleagues that he secured the passage
of resolution through the House re-
queSting the Secretary of WGr to offer
for immediate sale at public auction
all motor vehicles that may hereafter
be declared surplus.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
Amerieanism the Only Form"

Americanism the Only Form
In making a plea for early ratifi-
cation Of the peace treaty II it is re-
submitted to the Senate Serator Phel-
an of California is telling the people
that "The voting showed eighty of the
ninesy-six senators are for treaty
in come form" Mr.. Phelar Tnd other
administration supporters who have
racde similar statements seem to be
lieve that is an argument for ratifica-
ton of the present treaty. He might
as t.uthfully have said that ninety
six senator's are fer a treaty "in some
form" The whole controversy has
ragged about the form, and the republi-
cans continue firm in their resolve
that whatever form may be adopted
eventually it shall embody the princi-
ples of America,ism set forth. in their
reservations.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-03

Ncwburg IN. " News-Thing for
the Government to do is to proceed to
make arbitration compulsory in basic
Industries, transportation, public util-
tiles and the public service. If the
principle of arbitration will not be ac-
cepted by certain class of workers,
let them be supplantcd by workers
who will accept it, the former taking
employment in lines less important to
the activity and welfare of this coun-
try.