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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
HAD FUN WITH CONDUCTOR
Were Others With a Keen
Sense of Humor.

On an outbound trip the other af-
ternoon the ''whistling motorman" of
the east Washington line had lulled
his passengers into a pleasant semi
consciousness with the drowsy mo-
notony of his Siberian waltz. He
trilled a pretty flourish, died gently
into silence and glanced back at his
sour-faced compatriot on the rear
platform. @-s E.-= .....st
Ornamental! Ornamental sang
the conductor. The passengers awoke
with a start, craned their necks for
bearings and then giggled in unison
as the car stopped at Oriental street
to allow nicely-dressed and indig-
nant young man to alight. Immedi-
ately a fluffy young thing rang for a
stop at Arsenal avenue.
arsenic! Arsenic!" sang the con-
ductor.
And again the passengers Uttered.
The motorman here cut in with a
lively strain from "Lohengrin" that
held all engaged until a sweltering
fat man in the front of the car called
back to the rear:
"Say, conductor, will you let me off
at Whatsoever"
"Whetstone? Whetstone?" was the
puzzled response. There is no street
by that name on this line"
"Well, they told me it was near
Arsenic" and the fat man rang for
stop.
The conductor glanced out Of the
window and growled: a
Keystone avenue! Keystone ave-
nue"
And again the passengers Uttered
as the fat man climbed from the car
Indianapolis News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
Indian Social Festivities.

The Indians of Northwest and CEN
trail British Columbia are now in the
throes of the height of the social sea-
son. One potlatch scarcely ends be-
fore another starts. The Indians
gathered at Morricetown a short time
ago in large numbers and gave away
to each other all their personal be-
longings. No one suffered, as each
had a suit of clothes to give and
take. Now, the potlatch at Hagwllget,
in the HazeltOn district, is on. The
Indians have foregathered again. An
other gathering will be held later in
the north. Considerable business is
done at these functions by the white
traders. They meet the trapper=I In
dams and buy the spring fur catches
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
Scientific Advance.

Prohibition has developed an appa-
ratus known as the ebulliOscope,
which shows accurately the boiling
point of liquids and which brewers
find useful for making off-handi de-
examinations of the alcoholic strength
Of the brew while the product is~still
in the plant. Another instrument
known as the cryoscope, which works
on exactly the opposite principle,
showing the varying densities of liq-
uids at the freezing point, is used for
ascertaining the quality Of milk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.

HAIR GOODS-E. p. Bailey, POS Bar
Der Bldg. 1S2-tf
ROPODY-EIizabeth P. Bailey.
POS Barber Bldg. . to 12-2 to :.
Phone 606-W. 1S2-tf
CLEANING, pressing and sewing for
ladies and gentlemen. Mrs. Perrotte. 80
Main St, room u. 253-254*
BARGAINS IN NIAGAZINES-NTo
favorable terms on single subscriptions or
on reduced club rates. Send for booklet.
Brattleboro News Co. 1S2-tf
THE HERO'S PRAYER" a beauti-
full song of the war; wonderfully told.
Send dime for copy. Anthony Ketroy,
1918 n. 18th St, Springfield, III. 2J2-257%
DON'T let anyone fool you. Sell
your junk to the right dealer-get full
price and the right scale. Telephone
connection. NJ. Gissen, 104 Williams
st. 51-tf
MARKED. DOWN SALE-AH Wool
Knitting Yarn, direct from manufacturer,
S120, $40 and 81 % pound. Postage
paid on 50 orders. Write for samples II.
A Bartlett, Harmony, Maine. 252-2 S7
MAGAZINES AT LOWEST PRICES
Write me about what magazines Won
want for the coming year. / can get them
for you at money saving prices. Mrs. @.
NJ. Love, Magazine Specialist, South New
fame. Vt 1S2-tf
POSITION as butler waiter, valet.
charge d'affaires. or in law office Knows
hotel. club and family service First
class New York City and Boston creden-
tials f. r. DeLOng. Maitre d'HOteI.
American Bldg. Phone 370-S740. 254-257*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
WORE COAT. BUT NO DRESS.
Absent Minded Pittsburgh Shopper Dis.
closes Fact In Denartment Stnre

CIUstS I dUI III OtpdIIuItHV oIUEF'
Stories of absent-minded professors are
legion. but that told of a Pittsburgh ma
trOn deals with unique incident Of for
getfulness. On the day before Christmas
a well-dressed woman entered one Of the
large department stores, apparently fully
dressed in the height of fashion. She
wore a nobby fur turban, an expensive
fur coat and carried a handbag. E
A short time in the store convinced her
that her fur garments were causing her
discomfort. so she threw open her coat.
She had forgotten to put on a dress.
There she stood. coat open, attired in silk
boomers. 4 clerk called her attention to
the fact.
Several women rushed to her side and
in a moment the unconscious woman was
under the care of physician in the First
Aid hospital. In a few minutes she was
sent home in a taxicab.-NeW York
Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
FRED c. LEITSINGER
a PLANO TUNING -e.
eel. 327-M F<+-~s-- 1O7 High st
X-RAYS TO FIND FLAWS.
Now Used with Success in inspection of
Airplanes.
1O7 High st
Tel. 327-AT

Now Used with Success in Inspection of
Airplanes.
& An up-to-the-minute application of
%-rays is used in airplane construction to
show up defective materials, workmanship
and weak metal castings which would
otherwise escape the observation of an in
spector, according to John S. Shearer Of
Cornell in speaking on Recent Advances
in the Production and Application of
X-rays.
Grains of wood in airplane parts are
brought out remarkably" he said, land
it is easily discernible where two different
woods have been joined together, point
of construction prohibited in airplane
work Knots in the wood are also shown
up. as is unsatisfactory gluing together of
parts.
Electric heater coils are inspected by
N-ray and the plates show the manufac-
turer where air has caused the insulation
of the coil to disintegrate, and where the
wire will eventually break"
The rapid growth Of the nail Is an I'M
rF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
The Particular One.

''NIa. tell me, if Cornelia called her
children her jewels. and when she
whipped one of her boys, he burst into
tears"
"WeH, child%
'rWas that a sun burstP'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

W. Trefford Teachout of Montpelier
has been anDointed the county agent of
the Bennington County Farm bureau and
has accepted the appointment He is a
graduate in the class of 1919 of the Uni
versity of Vermont and is d World war
veteran.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

Reports from the Office of the secretary
of state say that 1900 cars have been
registered for 1921 and more are being reg
istered each day, although there is not
the rush that occurred at this time last
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

Miss Marjorie Howe, a student of the
Rutland high school, is suffering with
broken leg above the knee, caused by an
accident which happened Saturday while
coasting. Miss Howe was spending her
vacation at the home Other 1fother in
Westminster.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

49, A&AA4
REFRESHMENTS
cents line each subsequent insertion.
imum Charge, 20 cents.
FOR SALE,
FOR sALE-Dry hard wood. Brooks
House Stable. Tel. S3M. 200-255*
FOR SALE-Furniture and ranges,
new and secondhand, at J. B. Dunton s.
FOR SALE-Second hand Leader evap-
orator in first-class shape. A. IL. Lynde.
253-tf
FOR SALE-Best quality maple syrup,
soft sugar upon order. II. L. Millington.
Tel. 5S3-R. .- 23O-tf
FOR SALE-Extra fine Green Noun
tain potatoes free from rot. d. II. Cray.
Tel. 1921, 2SI-tt
FOR SALE-Thirty-f laying r. /.
Red pullets, also live and dressed poultry
at reasonable prices. Tel. 324-15.
FOR SALE-Especially good dining
table and one-half dozen chairs to match,
in light oak. II Tyler st. Tel. 47S-J.
254tf
GREEN WOOD FOR SALE-Four fit.
OF 10 in. also a few gallons of maple
syrup. G. J. Perkins 4 Son, Tel 922.
245-tf
FOR SALE-Wood. All hard or
mixed. Prices very reasonable. Just drop
a card to Geo. J. Bower, 353 SO. Main St,
or phone 913-M. 251-259*
FOR SALE-GIenwood coal stove,
nearly new. also organ and rocking chair.
Owner expects to leave town Tuesday.
Roy CLARK 50 Elliot st. 2J4-257*
FOR SALE-NIain street business
property at a reasonable price, based on
income. For particulars address Bust
ness Property, care Reformer Office. 206-tf
FOR SALE-White Leghorn and Blue
Andalusian cockerels. Perfect birds from
prize pens Write or telephone F. r.
Shedd, 103 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls.
Vt. 253- 25S*
FOR SALE-Buick touring car, 1918
model. 7-pasSenger. in fine condition. all
cord tires, new battery, two spare tires.
bumper in front Shea Garage. Inc, Flat
St, or E. II. Crane, Vermont Printing
Co, American Building 216-tf
FOR SALE-NLusical Instruments,
tools, guns. gas range, fur coats, army
suits, counter scales, SnOwshoes, clocks.
Nictrola and records. beds, dining tables.
crib, lamps Toll or gas), baby carriages.
stroller, desks, etc, etc. Second hand
goods bought sold and exchanged. G. W.
Cushman, 81 Main st. Phone 239.
254-263*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
VERMONT NEWS.

Two more farmers of Newport appeared
in municipal court this week and paid
fines OF $50 each for selling watered milk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

=, Over 43 per. cent? of the worlds sail
ing tonnage IS owned by the United
States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

NeISlty OF eImOhC ana is w ORD war
veteran.
Miss Marjorie Howe, a student of the
Rutland high school, is suffering with a
broken leg above the knee, caused by an
accident which happened Saturday while
coasting. Miss Howe was spending her
vacation at the home of her 1Irother in
Westminster.
A 22-cahbre rife bullet went through a
window of the house of William Duffy
in Rutland one day last week hattening
itself against a stove and falling on the
floor. The bullet is supposed to have
come from boys carelessly shooting in the
neighborhood.
The Outing club of Montpelier is com
pletng the construction of one OF the fin
est outdoor skating. aIFs IA .5R -zsNqFtksrn
New England at an initial cost OF over
5000. This is but the beginning of the
provision of facilities for outdoor sport
which the Outing club has undertaken.
Seven persons were in the Washington
county Jail at Montpelier yesterday as
the result. Of arrests in the last two days
on charges OF IntoNlcatIon,g Five al them
pleaded guilty and have had penalties inn
posed -Four of those taken apparently
had been drinking Vino and denatured
alcohol.
W. J. Swan of St Bloomsbury. repre-
senting a Lewiston, Me, power develop
ment concern, left his car standing on
Eastern avenue in that town on Christ
mas Eve and in some unaccountable man
per the car ran a distance of 300 feet
down hill through two posts on the port
leo Of the Scott bakery.
Thieves took between so and SIS from
the Blessed Virgin shrine in the Catholic
church at Barre The theory Is that
someone familiar with the church COM
mitted the act. for few other people
would know OF the sshrines purpose or
money. This is the fourth time in the
past 10 or Is years that such an incident
has occurred
A railroad section hand at Middlcbury. !
whose identity remains anonymous, res
cued from drowning three-year-old Edna
.Comstock. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Or
Wis Comstock of that place. In a spirit
of fun. her small cousin and playmate
pushed her into Otter Greek one day last
week, but the railroad man saw the ac-
cident and was able to rescue her in time. .
She suffered no i'll effects.
U S. Marshal George F. Laclzey went
to st. Adams yesterday to arrest Doug ,
las Dean for whom he has carried a war
rant since the automobile of George Mott
was seized at the Sandbar bridge last
summer when l90-odd quarts of liquor
were taken Mr. Lackev received a tel
ephone message from Deans attorney,
Fred Webster, that Dean would be IN St
Adams today to meet the marshal.
Major William Mcqueen on christmas
day surprised his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mcqueen of Barre, at her home after an
absence of two years and nine months
spent in war and relief work in the bur
dened countries of Europe. Not since
III L. m
home, for it was then that he enlisted at
Pittsburgh. Pa. and soon after sailed for
France. From that time to a week or
10 days ago Major Mcqueen in the uni
form of the American Red Cross was in
France, Italy. Switzerland Serbia. Al
bania. Montenegro Greece, Turkey. South
Russia. Germany. Poland, and West Rus
sia. doing all kinds Of work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

The rapid growth Of the nail Is an IN
dication Of health
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

Thieves took between SO and SIS from
the Blessed Virgin shrine in the Catholic
church at Barre. The theory Is that
someone familiar with the church COM
mitted the act. for few other people
would know of the shrine's purpose or
money. This is the fourth time in the
past 10 or - years that such an incident
has occurred
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

A 22-cahbre rife bullet went through a
window of the house of William Duffy
in Rutland one day last week, hattening
floor The bullet is supposed to have
come from boys carelessly SHOOTING in the
neighborhood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29

W. J. Swan of St. Bloomsbury. repre-
senting a Lewiston. Me, power develop
ment concern, left his car standing or
Eastern avenue in that town on Christ
mas Eve and in some unaccountable man
Rer the car ran a distance of 300 feet
down hill through two posts on the port
leo Of the Scott bakery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-29
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GLORY OF DAWN
BY MARY w. FORD.

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90 1880. BY mcclure Newspaper syndicate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11

their expense accounts in order that
they may not be disqualified in Au'
gust primary. These candidates must
file their accounts with the clerk of
the house of representatives and with
the secretary of the senate, respect
lively, not later than ten days before
the approaching primary and not ear
lier than Is days. The primary is to
be held on August 81 and this would
necessitate the filing of the accounts
between August 16 and August 21.-
All candidates for state offices are
required to file their expense ac-
counts with the secretary OF state
before the day of the primary. This
will mean that the candidates Will
have up until the very last minute to
make their statements. The state
itinerary ends at Newberry, august
27 and the senatorial at Charleston
on the same day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
GAINES NOW IN COLUMBIA
Passed Abbeville Friday Afternoon
Without Even Hesitating.

The following item from The
State explains the whereabouts Of
Capt. Gaines, the Anderson aviator
who has been SCHEDULED to land at
Ellis field near this city fol sever
al weeks. Capt. Gaines passed over
Abbeville Friday afternoon en- route
to Columbia.
Capt. E. P. Gaines, Columbia's
wandering pilot made his long pro-
crastinated return late yesterday af-
ternoon, landing at Emerson held
about 6 o'clock, making the distance
from Anderson in one hour and %
minutes.
Capt. Gaines, with Lieut.. B. r.
Stroup, assistant pilot, has for the
I past several weeks been flying
around" in the easter egg with
the men, women and children OF An
derson and Greenville and Georgia
towns and netting a bank roll that
would make a capitalist turn as
green with envy as the emerald back
ed pieces of paper.
After living off the fat of the land
in South Carolina, the local aviators
went to Hartwell, Ga, to advertise
a land sale, and came near bringing
down the wrath of prominent min
lister for extracting his CROWD from
camp meeting near the landing field.
Arbitration was effected by an agree
ment of the pilots not to fly during
services.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11

mean death for him and his family.
He went to the Hall of Justice with
the note and his name will never be
known to anyone but the police.
Police Captain O'Meara, with
Federal officers and representa-
tives of Chinese mission, raided the
place an hour after the letter was
dropped out Of the window. They
battered down and on the fourth
floor found Loi Mui.
The girl is held in the city prison
while Federal officers investigate
her story. She may be deported. She
said she was sold as a slave in China
when she was IL and brought to
this country afterward. Detectives
say she was held by the Hop Sing
Tong, one of the strongest factions
in Chinatown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
GIRL WAS HELD
AS A PRISONER
FOR SIX YEARS

San Francisco, CAL, Aug. T.
Shuflling homeward through the
fog in Chinatown the other night a
Chinese youth noticed a piece of pa
per flytterin a circle of flight from a
street lamp and fall to the pave
ment. He picked it up and read its
message in Chinese characters:
81 am slave girl. I wish to get
away from my, cruel masters.
have been kept a prisoner SIX
years on the fourth floor of Ills
Stockton street. My name is Loi
Mui. was brought here from
China when I was a little girl.
have friend who says if I can send
word to the man who passes in blue
clothes with a star they will help
me. want to 60 back to China
Please help me-"
The young Oriental to whom the
note had fallen happened to be Am
erican born. He knew that it was
dangerous to interfere with the
girls captors and to inform might
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11
CANDIDATES FILE
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
State and Senatorial Aspirants Mus
Comply With Rules, Ednunds
Advises.

Candidates for congress and those
for the United States senate are be-
ing instructed by II. N. Edmunds,
secretary of the state Democratic ex-
ecutive committee, as to the filing OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-11

Blue glass drives flies away but
white, yellow, or orange colored
glass attracts them, says an English
scientist.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-02-13

the political power under capitalism, is
part and parcel of the capitalist system
The political government is shack
led to the capitalist system with chains Of
gold 1t is the Implement of the systen in
conserving the interests Of the ruling
class.
We will witness the continued blud
geoning of the workers by the profiteers.
Their ability to keep it up is accentuated
by the tremendous concentration of wealth
which is taking place. The old laws
of supply and demand have practically
ceased to exist in the world markets. The
era Of capitalistic world imperialism IS
passed forever. Politicians ana notor;etv
here. The old order of free courpetitim is
hunters may try to make meal for their
mills In attempts to create the conditions
OF by-gone industry, but they VIII fail.
The profiteer is King and 1.-the only
way to stop his rule is to take his king
dom away from him, and placet the work
iug-class in control. This is tIo historic
mission of the workers. This i4wbat the
communist movement Of the void means
- A WORLD CONTROLLED SBY 1HE
WORKERS.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-02-13
Cost Of Living and Workers.
Continued from page /.

Continued from page l.
in prison. If they had been workers and
had stolen pair of shoes for bare
footed kid, they would probably have
spent as many years at hard labor in one
Of our penal institution
In order to secure the welfare of the
workers, we must cease relying. upon any
schemes proposed by the advocates of the
capitalistic system. To believe that pro-
fit-taking should become less than prof.
teering at every opportunity, is to expect
he impossible. The profiteer and the pro-
fit-taker are twin brothers, fathered by
the same sire Profiteers can develop only
under profit system. tt is useless FOR
the workers TO cry out against the prof.
teers and then by their ballots and their
activities as union men, support the system
which creates these leeches. In order to
put down prbfiteering, we must put down
the economic and Industrial system upon
which hit thrives and fattens.
The law making power, even if it were
sincere in its attempts to deal death
blow to profiteering, would be helpless to
do so. do nit be deceived about the pow
ers of laws The law making power -
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-02-13
THE BLACK SHEEP
Continued from page 2.

men if you could. Still you know that
the land had been theirs for ages
when we came and took it"
"But the lndisns never used the
land," Olive urged.
"Neither does your Dad; he rents
it," came back the Editor. "Further-
more, just because you never looked
at your watch, does that justify me
in stealing iti"
Olive looked demure for moment,
she said, Honestly Mr.. Cranston I
am bcwildored. want to see Justice
done in TIE case of this hoy, and that's
pure selfishness. for I clearly see that
universal Justice cannot be done with.
out creating ruin and IL possible still
greater injustice"
"Tt is dog cat dog world and you
can make nothing else Of it," said
the scribe, as Olive left the offics.
She stopped for moment in the
door and looking back at tie editor
she said "There Is no doubt but
what you say is true but it will not
always be true, 1 know that for I
will not permit it,"
''some Molly McGuire," laughed
the scribe, FOR is 1t Joan Of Arc'
Remember little girl that business and
sentiments don't mix and this is a
business worId.'
She disappeared down the street on
ier way to the preachers house.
Continued next weelt. |
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-02-13

Is really lifted, TO prove in practice
Russia 5 ability TO re-enter .he field
of Foreign trade and to begin purshas-
ing on very large scale, on eondi-
tions quite acceptable to all parties
concerned.
Soviet Russia is eager to open her
markets for American products, and
is prepared to buy hundreds of millions
of dollars worth of materials. In order
to facilitate the development of this
trade, the sooner al restrictions Of
mail and telegraphie communications
between Russia and foreign countries,
are abolished, the better. 1t is in the
interes. of this trade, aud we feel
confident that manufacturers and ex-
port merchants will understand that
any restrictions of this character viii
harm them Just as much as they viii
harm Russia.
statement by Mr.. L. Martens, Repre-
sentative of the Russian Socialist
Federal Soviet Republic, Be-
fore the Subcommittee of
the Committee on For
eign Relations of
United States,
Jan, 10, 1920
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-02-13
sQUIBs.

Per-i-shng, yea verify PERISHING
= is the state of American Liberty.
AN IDEA.
The most powerful thing in the
world is an IDEA. If an idea is wrong
1t will stop itself. But If It is right
nothing can or viii stop It, We may
arrest, Jail, kill or even deport men
hut cannot arrest, Jail, kill or deport
ideas. In fact ideas feed, fatten and
multiply on suppression and tortures
VISITED on their possessors. History
II II teaches us anything, proves this
to us. The ideas that govern mankind
today were shot at, hung and cruel
fled In bygone days. Their torment
ors ana prosecutors are dead and for
gotten, but the Ideas which they tried
vainly to suppress and annihilate rule
and govern today. Still othcr ideas