The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-28

sight until / aPpeary',. and tackled up
beside the door. The rope referred to
ran up to the top of the steep hill be-
hind the house and was fastened to a /
tin can full of stones which hung in |
tree. It was the rostoffiee Bell.
Behind the ridge was garden, per
haps an eighth of an acre in size, and |
jotted with stones. stulnps and out- /
cropping ledge In the clear spaces of
earth vegetables of many kinds were
thriving. On the outskirts were berry
bushes.
Here S the answer" he said with
Ian explanatory wave of the arm. On
Ithis one bit of land | can get ana do
Iget practically ali my food I cannot
lraise wheat, of course, i cohld raise
lchickens and a pig if I wanted to. but
/ never cat meat. would no more
think sof doing SO. thap II would
drink liquor. | don mind bit of
chicken now and then, but | don't crave
| it. If ] get hungry for fish they can
be caught in the peerfeld river, but
such food is not necessary and ! do
not care for it.
] 81 can the berries. and the vege-
tables. As for bread have the stage
driver bring what I need but I prefer
| crackers and usually eat them. |
drink cocoa or chocolate, but no tea
or coffee. | press the juice of rasp-
berries and wild grapes and bottle
them after the juice is boiled until
fully sterilized. so that it cannot fer
mcnt. A couple of crackers and a
: snail glass of pure unfermented fruit
: juice, is sufficient for a meal. So you
can see that | don t have to buy much
AS to frewood That floats down
the river in larger quantities than ! can
use, or can cut wood beside my door
s So the fuel question doesn't bother
+ me.
Mr. Bartlett used to go on long
tramps over the state collecting fund:
for prohibition propaganda Once he
started out to collect funds fer what
4 he called the Home Institute,
s place where men could be built VI
Il mentally and physically away from til,
V city He was gone four months. bu
got little money When he came back
III and tired. he found that his hom
; had been broken into, and everythin,
c smashed or carried away, but he wa
i rot discouraged.
y ~ had so worn myself out bv travel
o ing that | was i'll for a long time an
a couldn t buy any food, he said. -
also had to borrow SO on this hous
It and the land I couldn't pay it hac
l. and my homo was taken from me. bu
is eventually my health returned and tn
n Lord has given all back 10 me-
i Mr.. Bartlett 5 little paper is not pub
(, lished for profit and it has only a sma
e. circulation, being as he says tintensiv
y rather than extensive As for the son
r. writing. many of the songs have bee
ID published with money collected b
y friends of prohibition or by intereste
as tourists
&c II haven t done much, you ma
z say he said with note of pride
4 his voice Perhaps not; but tax
this little town Of Searshurg with il
le IA or IS voters. Originally I was I'll
N only prohibitionist voter. | have see
N the vote doubled and instead of OF
n there are now two voters for the caus
" = don need help, but | wish
could get help for the prohibition cans
for today is the time when prohibitio
IN IS on trial. IF we prohibtionists "a
PC asleep, thinking the work is all don
he we viii awaken to find it undone w
MT have .captured the fort, now let |
in spike the enemies guns
- IF / could get hold of a secon(
: hand printing press to replace Il
broken one | have now. he broke 0
half wistfully, ga lot coull yet
accomplished
Are YOU happy2' asked the writ
, turning to go. The old man straighte,
| cd up.
"Of course, / have all | nccd-a 70,
over my head to cover me. hon
| built myself, and God i on my sid
What more can man ask2'