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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Yestidday before suppir the door
bell rang and II was a man with Il
packidge for pop. saying. Watts the
name, Potts! and pop sed, Potts, and
the man sed, , dollers and 80 sents. and
pop sed, | haven't enything smaller
than 20 doller bill, can you change
it9
If l had change for 90 doller bill
Id set up all mite and watch it, sed the
man. Being man with green cap
needing a shave, and pop sed to me,
Benny, take this bill and run and get
it changed and be quick and careful.
Yes sir, / sed. And | ran GROUND
the corner, and there was a coal man
Ground there watching coal sliding
down a celler out of his coal Vaughn,
being a short man with so mutch coal
rubbed off on his face that enybOdy
could of told he was coal man even
if he hadent of bin enywares neer a
coal Vaughn, and | went up to him, say
ing, Can you change 20 doller bill2
| can not and never could, thank you
Jest the same. sed the coal man. And
he kepp on helping the coal to slide
down, and little ways down the
street there was man chopping ice on
| the back of a ice Vaughn and another
man setting on the drivers sect on ac
count of him proberly being the driv
er, and l went up to the man choppinl
ice, saying, Would you mind changing
20 doller bill?
You fatter me, sed the man. And III
yelled up to the driver, Hay Bill. wa
would you do if you had change for ;
90 dollers?
I'd drop frum serprize, sed the othe:
man. And l kepp on going till i cam,
to a man pushing a pushcart half full
of potatoes as if it had bin all full
once, me saying, Can you please chang
q 20. doller bill?
Who, meg sed the potato man. Be
ing a fat man with suspenders, and
sed, Yes sir, and he sed, Let me Sc
it. WITCH 1 took it out of my pocki
and showed it to him, and he sed, lie
me feel it. And l held it out and h
felt it, saying, Thanks, I always wunt
ed to feel of one of them things.
And he kepp on pushing his push
cart, and / thawt of the ideer of get
ting it changed at the drug store. Wiel
/ did, and wen / got back the man wit
the green cap was setting on the frun
steps asleep and pop had to wake hin
up to give him the 2 dollers and 81
sents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
fatneSS Kills
$1,000 Yearly

Fat is fatal to health and personality. 1t,
is estimated that over 81, 900 persons have
died each year in the past decade long be-
fore their allotted span of life, through ths
man or woman is carrying unhealthy adj
posty that is pressing against and injuring
vital organs of the body. The heart that
delicate human apparatus, becomes
gested In numerous cases there are dan
gerous gatherings Of packed in fat around the
throat, stomach, liver and other delicate
parts.
Through overstoutness the afflicted per
son while apparently well is liable to nerv-
collapse and other disorders. i' for obesity is
irritating. Cases Of heart failure, apoplexy.
sunstroke, etc, are frequent causes Of pre-
mature death. Fat persons are particularly
victims of accidents and are more liable
than healthy. slender persons to death from
influenza, pneumonia and other severe
ailments.
II you are oyerstout you should know II is truly
q case OF slow suicide for you TO kill yourself a
good many years before natural Old age simply be-
cause you do not emancipate yourself from the
burden Of unhealthy. unsighty fat Moreover your
encieney should be improved by becoming slender;
more Gtrdetire There is delightfully."- successful
method Of weight reduction known korein sys
TEN. IL consists Of some simple directions with the
use Of oil OF korein This method is pleasant
because II contains thyroid other such drastic
indeed. you may eat all you need The korea
system is guaranteed it is perfectly harmless
mended by physicians. A reliable self-trcatment
BY reducing now you may expect greater
cOntentment, happiness, increased mental
and physical efficiency. better health and
longer life Be fair to yourself and those
with your renewed vigor, vivacity and sur
passngly superior personality. Get oil OF
EOreiH (the easy korein system is in each
pkg) at the drug store without delay; or
IL more convenient, send $1OO cash, stamps
or money order TO Koretn Co., NM-69,
Station +. New York, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
Today's Anniversaries.

1743-James Blair, chief founder and
first president of William and
Mary college, died at Williams
burg, Va. Born in Scotland in
1856
1S0S-Jonathan Edwards. jr., the re
markable soE of the great the
ologian, died at Schenectady, n
Y. Born at Northampton, Mass.
May 20, 1745.
1s19-Opening of the congress Of
Carlsbad, the purpose of which
was to suppress the liberty OF
the press.
1S74-The one thousandth anniversary
of the colonization of Iceland
was celebrated at Reikiavik.
1SS7-Gen. Simon B. Buckner wa:
chosen governor of Kentucky.
1S94-Japan made declaration, O.
war against China.
19l4-Ger!nanv formally declared wa
on Russia and ordered her troop
modified
1915-Russian Duma assembled to con
slider munition and other wa
problems.
1916-On the Somme the Allies pre-
pared with artillery for thei
next great drive.
1917-British launched great offensiv
against Germans on Flander
front
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
The MeddLer
III The coat fits you, put it on

The Meddler s suggestion that the Sc
lectmen authorize Road Commissioner
Wallace to ascertain the approximate
cost of paving Main street, with the
idea. of submitting the proposition to
the action of a special town meeting,
seems to have met with pretty general
approval if one is to judge by the COM
ments that have been heard on the
street during the past week OF course,
there are those who say that this is
not the time for the outlay of such a
large sum of money as would be re-
qnired for such an improvement. But
~ these same people ever since the be-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

The Reformer is sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co. c. W.
cleveland, s. L. Purinton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand. Gilbert Pollica. 2I South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston. NJ. f. Brown.
Putney, M. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend. c. II. Grout.
Jamaica, R. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F H. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter
HinsdaIe, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

Rev. George B. Gilbert, whose birth
place was Randolph, but who is now To-
Gated in Middletown, Conn, is said to
have started an innovation in church
circles by substituting rocking chairs
for pews, his argument being that re
ligion should be made attractive There
seems to be an attraction about a Sun
day baseball game that fills the hare
uncomfortable seats of the bleacher'
without any calls for rocking chairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
Uniformity Needed.
(St. Adams Messen ger. ]

Picking up the paper one dav YOU
cad that the sale of 2.75 beer is lille
raj. Picking it up the next day you
cad that it is legal. This confusing
state of affairs is due to the difference
n the decisions handed down by vary
ng judges in the United States
courts What the courts say can be
old in one part of the country is de-
Jared outlawed in another Thus do
earned legal minds differ on this
question. 1t will be gratifying when
he day comes when Americans will
all live under one law and man will
not be deemed a lawbreaker for doing
n one part of the country what he is
protected by the courts in doing in an
other section.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

lesson of East Otis to heart, whatever
may have been the cause of this
tragic event, and that if there were at
least laxity AS hours ago there is none
now. and will be none for the remainder
of the season. The boy is building up
sound health and good habits, don t
permit a spasm of perfectly natural fear
deprive him of a day of the fine life he
is living. He is much safer in one of
these camps than he would be anywhere
else-all the more so because of the
very thing that has shocked US all
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation Of
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
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, 1919-08-01
FRIDAY, AUGUST /, 1919.
COOPERATION AMONG FARMERS.

The idea of cooperation among farm
ers takes on new interest in the adj
dress of w. F. Schilling, president of
the Cooperative Milk Producers as
ISOLATION of st. Paul, before the dairy
men of Massachusetts at Amherst ag-
ricultural college last Wednesday. Mr..
Schilling's remarks of course are au-
thoritative because of his position He
mentioned the following features of the
Minnesota organization.
Only milk producers are allowed
membership in the organization If a
member ceases to produce milk his
membership terminates. The associa-
ton employs manager at 81 1000 a year
and a large office force, it appoints its
own milk testers and all profits of the
organization goes to the farmers, they
receiving a check each month. They
are able to dictate terms to purchasers
because they control the supply of milk
The business of the organization is
made public by the publication of a
monthly bulletin distributed among al
the members.
One interesting statement is that the
price of milk to consumers is much less
than in the East. This doubtless is
possible through the savings affected
by the organization, it having saved in
one month 500 on the drip from emp
ty cans and $417 on the milk testing.
Other things aiding in reducing the
cost of production are buying its sup
plies at reduced prices and allowing
any member to buy at cost through the
association. They have learned
how to work together in build.
ing grain elevators, operating cream
cries and in making cheese. He said
the farmers of Minnesota are prosper.
Gus because their business pays them
well.
1t would seem as though the farm
ers of Vermont have something to learr
the Vermont farmers sell their mill
collectively through the New England
Milk Producers association, but they
do not seem to have given equal atten
tion to the economical production o
milk. SO far as known, they are no
practicing the saving of the drip mill
in empty cans or in testing their prod
uct. Nor are they generally enjoyin.
u the advantages of cooperative buyin.
While they have greatly improves
4 their condition and are receiving tn
highest prices for their milk, it woul
seem further improvement is possible
1t might be to their advantage t
learn more fully the details of thi
Minnesota organization and patter
after it. The contentment and prof
of these Minnesota farms would be
desirable acquisition for Vermonters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

who have any trouble of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me- NELLIE B.
BIRMINGHAM, coo Calverton Rd., Balti-
more, Nd.
1t is only natural for any woman to
dread the thought of an operation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that it
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying it be-
/ aore submitting to such trying ordeal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

The senate has dashed all hopes of a
repeal of the soda fountain tax before
the end of summer and the small boy
must continue to dig after the extra
penny.
Accounts of automobile accidents in
our Capital city would seem to indi-
cate that there was zone somewhere
in that locality that wasn't quite dry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
I oday's Events

Today is the centennial anniversary
of the birth of Herman Melville, who
won fame by his stirring tales of South
sea life.
Five years ago today the world con
'fiict had its real beginning in Ger
many's declaration of war on Russia
and her invasion of France and Lux
emburg.
h Governor Shoup has requested a gen
eral observance today of Colorado Day,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

The superintendent of the fruit de-
partment of the coming exposition at
Springfield, Mass, says: "Most of the
dealers are coming to the show this
year with the idea of impressing the
public that they put as many good APP
pies at the bottom as at the top. They
know that the only way to get bust
ness and keep it this year is to prove
that they do this. The acquiring of
this knowledge however, has taken a
long time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

field, Mass, in September. The exhib-
itors will attempt to demonstrate to
the public that maple sugar is as good
to use one time of the year as another
1t is good the year round. but real
Vermonter knows that there is sort
of a seasonable hankering for it along
the last of March
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

Strikes, large and small, dot the
news of the day and one of the latest
is that of the grave-diggers of Long
Island City. Before strikes of fremen
and hospital nurses become general we
hope that settlements by arbitration
will be in vogue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
COttOnSeGd
Meal
Information important to the farm

Information important to the farm
ers who are producing milk:
AS you of course know, the cotton
seed meal market during the past few
weeks has advanced to new high lev
els, which was brought about by heavy
buying on the part of both the domes-
tic and export trade, resulting in prac-
tical exhaustion of stocks. It is now al
most impossible to buy cotton seed meal
of any grade at any price. An occa-
sional small lot of SO per cent meal
comes on the market at prices ranging
from $1,000 to $1,000 f. o. b. shipping
point and these lots without exception
are eagerly snapped up regardless OF
price. We doubt that there will be any
cotton seed meal left in the hands OF
the producers by the first of August.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

Trying to honor everybody by nam
ing a street in a French town Wiljo
clemperfoch Avenue, has resulted in 6
name that looks as though it wa:
meant for street in the "pi" belt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
One Year Ago Today in the War.

French reported taking 33,4OO pris-
oners in two weeks.
Allies drove Germans from edge of
Forest of Nesle and before Sergy.
British Chancellor of Exchequer
asked parliament for war credit of
s.. 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
a inch for first insertion, Is cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy. Minimum charge, 20 cents. Cash with
order
Reading Notces-Twenty cents per line FIRST
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy
Reading notices are published at foot of loca
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

the 43d anniversary of Colorado's adj
mission to statehood.
A spirited campaign involving nom-
inations for the state, county and 9TH
er offices to be filled at the November
election will come to a close in Ken
lucky today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

FOCSneSS anu ucdu-
aches and e very
month would have to
stay in bed most of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for a time but
my doctor was al
ways urging me to
have an operation.
My sister asked me
ito try Lydia E. Pink
h a ms Vegetable
Compound b e f or g
consenting to an
/ took
FIVE bottles of it and
it has completely
cured me and my
III IL r.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-.
titled to the use for publication of all news
despatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
nuhlished herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01

Twenty thousand pounds of Vermont
maple sugar are to be exhibited at the
Eastern States exposition at Spring
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead / took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md" Nearly four years
| suffered from organic troubles, ner-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-01
ginning of the agitation for better

ginning of the agitation for a better
Main street, and probably would be
made TO serve from now till doomsday
regardless of conditions. The fact of
the matter Is that taxes, material costs,
wages, etc. are high at the present time
but there is no good reason for be-
lieving that they will be very much
lower in the immediate future. And
certainly there is no hope of ever max
ing the improvements that ought to be
made on Main street unless a start on
the project is made. Gathering the
data necessary to determine the APP
proximate cost would fbe comparatively
inexpensive and the data could be sub
mitted o'thc voters with every expec-
tation that the action taken would rep
resent local sentiment.
As for Main street itself it is, if any
thing, getting steadily worse under the
wear and tear of the heavy summer
tourist traffic. 1t has been suggested
that temporary improvement of the
surface be made, but that is just what
has been done for the past ten years.
with the result that thousands of dol
lars have been spent with nothing to
show for them. The Meddler doesn t be-
lieve that any more money should be
wasted in hopeless attempt to pro-
long the life of wholly worn out high
way. Let's either put in new one
now and put it in right, or continue to
bump along over the old one until the
jar loosens our purse strings.
Rumors that one and perhaps two
more garage buildings are to be built
| here within the next few months lead
one to wonder whether enthusiasm for
| the automobile game is not getting the
| better of some folks judgment Brat
| tleboro would seem to be pretty well
provided with places to accommodate
tomobiles-better provided in that
respect than it is in facilities for in
dustrial growth, which in the long run
is far more important. The Meddler
honestly believes that if he had the
land and the money and the inclination
to build he would consider constructing
an industrial building much quicker
than he would garage
There is hardly doubt that a build
ing suited to the needs of manufactur
ing and so arranged that different
floors could be rented separately would
very soon be filled with small industrial
concerns. Not month passes but what
one or more inquiries for manufactur
ing spaces are received here, but tn,
sort of space available in town at pres
ent is not the sort in which up-to- dat,
manufacturers would be greatly inter
ested. Let it be known that space in
:, thoroughly modern structure was to b.
, had at reasonable rental and tn
story would be different Then to-
there is the indirect benefit which sue
a building would bring its owner by in
. creasing the towns population an
prosperity. The number of garages tina
can succeed here or anywhere else
dependent mainly upon the number o
local people who drive ears, while i
the case of an industrial building eae
! additional tenant would be certain t
bring more people to the town.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-01-23
TO ELECT COMMISSIONERS BY
- DISTRICTS.

Senator G. w. Booth, of this county,
has introduced bill in the upper house
providing f the election of county
commissioners by districts, by amend
ing the existing statute covering this
point The proposed amendment is as
follows:
Section /. That Section 1907 of the
Revised Codes of Idaho be amended
to read as follows:
Section 1907. The boards of county
commissioners of the several counties
of the State of Idaho shall, at their
regular meeting in July preceding any
general election, divide their respec-
tive counties into three districts, to
be known as "County Commissioners "
Districts No. l, 2, and 3, respectively,
but in making such districts said dis
tricts shall be made as nearly as prac-
ticable equal in area: Provided that in
making such division into districts no
voting precinct shall be divided and
provided further, that at each succeed
ing general election one person shall be
elected as county commissioner by the
voters of each district. Such person
so elected shall possess the qualifica-
tions prescribed by law, and shall be
an actual resident within the district
from which he is elected. In canvass
ing the vote for county commissioners
the board of canvassers shall count the
votes from each district separately and
shall declare the person receiving The
greatest number of votes in each dis
trict to be elected and provided fur
ther, that should a vacancy occur in
said board, such vacancy shall be filled
from the qualified electors of the dis
trict in which such vacancy occurred,
and provided further, that when new
county shall have been created, or the |
boundary lines of a county shall have
been changed, then the board of COM
missioners of such county may district |
their county at any general or special |
election.