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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
THE LOST GRANDFATHER.

At last grandfather has got his Al
the rest of the family. grandmother in
cluded. have come up for their share OF
criticism for speed and extravaganza. but
somehow grandpa was overlooked He
It seems, is one Of the lostest persons in
a lost world. y minister has found him
out.
Grandfather is no longer a long
bearded. collarlesS old man sitting on
the back porch reading his Bible" says
the minister No, If he is mp to date
he must wear nicely creased. tailored
English tweeds. silken hosiery. a close
cropped Van Dyke beard and pointed i'm
perial moustache. He must smoke cigar
cites and like jazz It's not funny. its
tragic"
It's not tragic. its expensive. Think
how grandfather like that adds to the
high cost of living. Probably he was at
the bottom of it all the time. Think
what his laundry bills must be, with no
square yard of whiskers TO protect and
I. III. I, his shirt front and a clean collar
every day besides Think of the Bill
for neckties, and what he must pay the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
In the DAVIS News.

James \. Farrell. who will preside over
the National Foreign Trade convention
opening i'll Cleveland today. has been prqSi-
dent Of the United States Steel cornora-
ton for 10 years. Like SO many otbcr
leaders Of American industry and com
merce he Is a self-made man. At the age
OF is years the loss Of his father. a New
England sea captain, made it urgently
necessary for the youth to make his own
way ia the world. The best post he could
discover was that of mill boy in a wire
factory Ut New Haven. For nine wears
he did the ordinary drudgery of a mill
hand, but meanwhile he was improving his
time in ana hitting himself for higher things.
AT - he went to Pittsburgh. entering the
wire mills there as a IabOrer. But here
the results Of his energy and long appren
tlceshp began to bear fruit. I'm six
years he Was advanced from the ranks IN
Il place of command. BY 1903 he was in
charge OF the exports business of the
United States Steel corporation and in
ton 4'0' -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Little
Note Book
Inventions.
BY LEE PAPE.


There are meny new inventions nova
days that people used to miss without
. knowing they was missing This Is
one of the lucky things about living in
the 10Th century inSted of the LIST or
md. Another lucky thing about living,
now lnSted Of formerly is that you are
still alive
One of the most important Inventions
is the telefone. wich rings envy hour OF
the day or mite SO you can tawk to some
body that maybe you never even saw
and maybe you wouldent even wunt 10
see. You can also tawk to your trends
Jest as easy. Wen enybOdy in the olden
days had Il long peece of wire they jest
used 1t to fix things GROUND the house
lnStcd OF wasting time thinking about
trying to tawk throO it. vile now all
you half to do to tawk thrOO the teIe-
f0ne wire * jest call up and if You get
the rite number you know ixactly who
you're tawlling to. and if you get the
rong number you don't.
Another important invention is the
clecEtic lite. wich saves us the trubbIc
and Expense of terning on the gas every
time we wunt Il lite and also makes the
matches last longer. Ever since the in
10 do to make dark room disappear Is
jest push q button.
Another Important invention is the
camera. witch takes your pickture and
shows You iXactly how YOU looked that
minnit no matter how mulch YOU change
later. Thus wen you are all grown up
you can loOl; at a pickture of how you
used to look wen. You was a baby and
realize how mulch you have improved.
other important inventions are the
locomotive. wich does all the werk in Il
trane of cars. and the fonograff, wich
gives Us the privilege of tcrning off the
music weneycr we don't feel like heering
it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

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and wisdom of The .IananeIa state~n,en to
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Today's Anniversaries.

I'96-William II. Prescott, the ceIe-
brated historian. born at Salem.
Mass. Died in Boston. Jan. y.
1SI2-John " Stavo,e,r, ,,,,.,n,....
Kentucky and United States soma
tor. born at Richmond. Va. Died
49,, at Covington. Ky. Aug. 10. 1886,
Iof--IWo thousand houses DESTROYED in
..o q great fire in Hamburg.
lS4"-C Convention met at Iowa City to
frame 4 state constitution for
Iowa.
lSG4-GeneraI Sherman made his first
.,-- advance in the Atlanta camnaien
1851 oloenl Offers flying column nj.
tackled Poundmaker's Indians in
Manitoba
ISSG-ColoniaI and Indian exhibition
opened in London by Queen Veto
lN9ti-General strike of street railway
employees in milwaukee,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Today S Events

Thirty-ffth anniversary of the Hay
market riot in Chicago, in which seven
policemen We're killed by bomb thrown
by anarchists.
One hundred and twenty fifth anniver-
sary of the birth of Horace Mann. the
great pioneer Of modern educational meth
DDS in America
One hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Gordon Mckay. whose machine invon-
tons have given America supremacy IN
shoe making industry.
The Observance Of the centenary of tine
death of Napoleon | viii be opened in
Paris TODAY with an imposing religious
service in Notre Dame cathedral
The present difficulties confronting
American foreign trade will be discussed
at length at the eighth national conven-
ton of the National Foreign Trade Conn
ell, which is to begin its session today in
Cleveland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
.hev hear. a cross section Of dc Isl being

they bear. a cross section of the list being
as follows -
Arenaria verna. var. prOpinqua. Fer
maid: northern comandra. Comandra
livida. Rich Lapland diapensia. Diapen-
STA lapponica. l.; hoary or twisted whit
low grass. Draba incana. l.; black crow
berry. Emporium nigrum. l.: northern
gentian. Gentiana amarella var3 acuta {;
hcdySarum. HedySarium boreale. Mutt :;
buttcrW0rt. pinguicula vulgaris. l.: Al
pine mountain ash. PyTus cambucifolia &
< =; three toothed ciuquifoil. pstentilla
.tridcntata. Ait; mountain shadbush.
Amelanchier bartramiana. Reemer,
Niolators of this act may" be fined not
more than so and we suppose. would
be brought before a justice of the peace
We wonder what would happen if the ac-
cused demanded that the grand juror who
was prosecutinghim be made 10 prove that
exhibit \. alleged to be a gamopcta!ous
dicotyledon of the heath family. was act
ually DiapenSia lapponica as charged in
the complaint II strikes Us that the new
law imposes a heavy burden upon the
trial justices of Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
4 Vermont Spring smudge.

! like no other garden smell
I 80 well a. smoke, and never shall;
\ Smudge inside the garden fence
Is my idea of frankincense;
| like to see the black smoke curl,
The SpeckS descend. the ashes whirl:
Id rather smell my neighbor's Smudge
Than eat his favOrite daughters fudge.
That pungent, bittcry, hartshorn smell
It 'grees with You about as well;
Your wife comes a-snorting "Whewi'
But. Sakcs Alive she likes-it too:
II stands for slicling-up with her,
A-cleaning house outdoors, as 'twerc.
\ thing that follows Winters snow
As ne does ut" in Cicero.
There's any quantity To tell
About that smoky Springtime smell
How much it prophesieS and means
I'm terms of corn and peas and beans!
Each Whit that hits you with the wind
Extracts IA curse for things that's timed
Each time the slender tlame-tongues flash
You get 4 taste of suckertash
There amt no like or parallel.
| say again. to that there smell:
It's fun to feed the garden fire;
The leaves that banked your house YOU
poke
Along. in hopes they'll smell and smoke.
With last years corn and cabbage roots
And vines and tops and stumps and
Fl shoots.
There amt no other garden smell
Wherein all kinds of perfume dwell;
The savory's summered scent it holds.
The onions three-fold breath enfolds:
The soil itself. | blieve. delights
To raise a Smudge that kinder bites.
So. Hush Ny Garden, never fear,
have match behind my ear.
Daniel l.. Cady.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
4 Vermont Statute.
lHartfnrd Conrant- }

Vermont holds to the good custom of
printing the public acts of each session of
its legislature in the newspapers of the
state and 50 it is that the work of the
session of 1921 is already before the peo-
pie of the commonwealth. There are $50
Of the acts. but what especially strikes a
reader in this part of New England Is IAN
act to protect rare plants and to prevent
these plants from being sold for CONNER
cial purposes"
\ Connecticut resident will look ihevain
if he expects to find trailing arbutus in
the list under any one of its three names
but he will find at least six ferns and.
shades of all hay fever victims. two types
of golden rod. There are other things duly
listed under the botanical names which
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
STREETS OF BEATTY.

In rebuilding French towns and cities
i'm the wal, zone two sets Of opinion have
come into conflict. There are the very
modern engineers who wish to defer 10
the demands of motor traffic by making
streets wide and straight at the expense
of quaintnesS and charm. Then there
are those who appreciate the beauty of
the old towns and who seek to make the
streets Of the necessary width and suit
able for increasing automobile use. ana at
the same time to preserve the grace of
tn" winding road. In some places this
is done by leaving one side of a street.
however irregular it may be, exactly as
it was. then widening it TO meet modern
needs. by cutting back the other side. fol-
lowing the same line of irregularities.
This struggle in French reconstruction
work has lesson for road-builders in
this country. 1t emphasizes the fact that
a road need not be ugly in order to meet
traffic requirements. and that a beautiful
bend in a road need not be dangerous or
a handicap to travel and commerce. The
benefits in effective transportation and
inter-city communication which the au-
tomobile and motor truck have intro
duced would be productive of almost as
great evil as good if they were allowed to
deprive the public of all beauty and
charm in its highways
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
IodaY'S Rirthdars

John }. Blaine, governor of Wisconsin
porn at Granville. Wis, Is Years ago TO-
wait Mason. celebrated Kansas hunor-
Isl and poet. born at Columbus. Ont. 80
years ago today. ''''
SIR Louis II. Davies. chief Justice of
1 anada. born in Prince Edward Island
as years ago today. '''''
Harold Bell Wright. author Of pnmar-
3 ,o popular novels, born at Rome. \. y.
a. Mitchell Palmer, late attornev-sen-
i EIdI OF the mted States. born at Moose
mead IA, 40 years ago today.
William F. Corey. former president Of
.te r. nIted States Steel corporation. born
"' I'faudock. Pa, - years ago TO-DAY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
State Fair On The Defensive.


The dates have been fixed for the Yer.
mont state fair and other arrangements
made for the 1921 exhibition. which
may be taken 10 be an indication that
the state fair commission viii not re
sign despite the rumor> following ,ue
failure of Gov. Fairness to sign the bill
at the state fair grounds. The results
Of the 1921 exhibition will go far toward
determining the future of the atatn fair.
1t has become evident OF late thar a
more or less concerted effort h under
way to abolish the state fair or Ia com
bine il with some fair already in exist
ence. One of the chief reasons for this
effort * the alleged uDfavorable lGc;t-
ton at White River Junction. However,
it is yet To be demonstrated SatlStacror-
lily that White River Junction is an UNI
favorable location. That village has as
good railroad connections a. any place
in the state. is located ou several trunk
lines of highways. Is 80 near New
Hampshire and Massachusetts as 10
command considerable support from the
people of those states. * as easily
reached from most points of Vermont
as any section in the state. * located
of the state and has a field that lends
itself quite readily To the needs OF a
great exhibition. These are some of the
fea sons why the state fair seems To be
well located, with a minimum of draw
backs Having those advantages. it
should be in a position to make good,
providing. of course. that the manage
mcnt * favored with decent weather dur
ing the week of exhibition. Public sell
timent is still with the state fair cX-
cept. perhaps. i'm certain localities: and
1t remains for the fair management to
put ON a good exhibition in order TO
win further support from the public.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
BrattIeboro, Brattleboro News Co.. c. w
Cleaveland, s. L. Purinton (Esteyville)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert !. Pollica. 297 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Bratt1eboro, J. I. Stockvells
East Dummerstou, M. f. Brown.
Putney, 81. c.. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. II. GTout.
South Londonderry, +. II. Tyler.
south Vernon, E. d. Buffuru.
Rorthhcld, Mass, Thompson B:os.>
west Chesterfield, N. +, Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H, W. II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. &. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

When a Rhode Island man refused to
sell eggs or chickens last Sunday to a
l3-year-old boy. the boy drew revolver
and fired. seriously wounding the chicken
farmer. The boy told the authorities that
he was unusually fond of wild west NOV
les with plenty of shooting. One thing he
failed TO absorb from the screen was that
they do not use real bullets in moving
pictures
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
TO TIE 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
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
On the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or 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 this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

Students of Tufts college recently en-
joyed dancing to music transmitted by ra-
do telephone from wireless telephone
300 yards distant. If this is possible it
will probably not be long before one or
chestra viii be able to furnish music for
several dances at the same time, provided
they are within a certain zone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Wholesale BURGLAR Raids.
Barre Times.

The second Wholesale. burglar raid in
central Vermont within few days
suggests the advsability of village au-
thorities or merchants i'm other villages
engaging a Waterman or Xatchmen TO
guard property during the hours of the
night. While such precaution might not
prevent raids entirely. it surely would
have a tendency TO reduce the number
of breaks. 1t seems that we are in for
more depredations of the sort commit
ted at MiddleseN and Richmond.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
4 Pleasant SkOwhqean Custom

The annual curling party of Skow-
hogan high seniors. a custom of many
years standing, tock~place this year at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p
WhiUemore. their daughter Beatrice ba-
ing a member Of the class. The boys Of
the class had their long pompadours
curled by the girls-Skowhcgan. Ne.
item
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
IcouocIastic.

il. G.. Wells hasn't very romantic
vision of 1.-THE glory that was Greece. :.
He says in his Outlines of History
that If We could be pumped down in the
Athens of Pericles we should find it
rather tawdry. music-hall sort of Il
place Perhaps II. &. is right. Person
ally we have always discounted those
stories Of ancient grandeur and great
ness. and we venture to assert, by way
# example. that if the topless towers
OF Hum" could be set down among our
modern skyScrapers. they would make
a mighty ridiculous showing.
-B0Ston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

4 prominent English physician. after
long observation of the married lives Of
his patients. declares that in his 0pin-
ion brown-eyed girls usually make the
trueSt and enIast reliableJ wives. Women
with gray or blue eyes, he says, are
more often extravagant and pleasure-loy-
ing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
CLIPPINGS
With Now a Comment and Then
Only a Caption
Another IItimafum.

Whenever you have a feeling that you
must write obituary poetry, please send
it To relatives of the deceased instead of
the newspaper.-Jewell Republican.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

Henry Ford has turned miller for the
benefit of his employees. Wheat harvested
from his farm in Dearborn has been
ground into -four and is being sold to en-
ployes from the company's stores. A
barrel of this Ford -four costs them but
80.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
\ Messenger Bows job.


Once it was necessary to be president
big slice of its funds. but the New
York financial institutions are making
it plain that to do this nowadays all
YOU have to be is the messenger boy.
The latest case occurred on Saturday
and the amount of the loot was S125.O00.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

Running true to form, small boy out
in Indiana caught on behind an airplanc
for ride. lie probably figured he would
get larger fall earthward with better
scenery when he fell off an aerial Vehicle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
With Only One Guess.

There was a truck passed the Ritter
home Saturday carrying some blood
hounds Don't know where they had been.
but L guess somebody had been doing
wrOng.-Rogers Democrat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
The Human Interest" Touch.

Main street. Cat~kill. after being
washed all slick as newborn baby by
the street department, took on Il flashing
that made the brick pavement resemble
the river Rhine Wednesday afternoon
Catskill N. y Enterprise.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Earl Rallies Wonderfully.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stallad are the
proud parents of an eight-pound boy
born last night. Mr.. StalIard will BE-
able to resume his business duties by to.
morrow.-Waukesha tWis.) item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

Conditions in the country may not be
of the best. but somebody has been able
10 pay for the 1854, S14,620 worth of
motor vehicles and their accessories
which were sold in 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
For Safety,s Sake

Dear Cod" prayed golden-haired lit
tie Willie, please watch over my mann
ma"
And then !. he added as an. after
thought And | dunno as it would do
any harm to keep an eye on the old
man, too"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

E-IShty-efgEt members Of the /. :
house Of representatives cabled q MESSAGE
TO british premier protesting against i'm
Iil~"hiheht OF persons in Ireland without
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Short Ones Expensive.
montpelier Argus.)


Those fishermen who think it easy to
catch short length trout and get away
with it are finding out their mistake
these days. The practice is an expen-
sive one but some people absolutely will
not learn from the sad experiences of
others!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Don't Miss This.

Remember the fun of the year will be
at the carnival at the Masonic rooms next
Wednesday night There will be a rcgu-
lar honest to God carnival and minstrel
show and if any one misses il they will
miss the treat of their livcS.-Siloam
Springs Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

We may be wrong but it does seem that
the garage mechanics. for $3.50. should
do something besides grease the cushions.
New Haven Register.
You're expecting altogether - mulch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Oyer-suppIied.

Mrs Clum Palmer has had enough
Rheumatism this spring. if fairly distrib-
uted. to supply a township. giving every
body i'm it all he wanted.-Ionia item
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
Member Of The Associated Pres.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and net otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

If the report is true that there is a
shortage of 100000 umbrellas in the
United States, several people have Dor.
rowed and kept more than one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
EOreWaTned.

G. II. Greer of Western SAYS that who
ever it is that has been trying To disor-
ganize his hen roost at night had better
keep an eye out for Tige-Naguolia item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
1 Diversified Prnarnm-

Singing last Sunday night mt :. q.
divers was turned into Wild cat chase
which lasted almost all night.-Conway
Democrat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

One of the strange things i'm this world
Is why every young mother imagines she
will never need another baby buggy after
the first one
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

Il will never desert my people," said
the kaiser, in 1913. Then why doesn't
he chip in on the reparation payment?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

Ezra, says he has just paid $40 for a
dress for his wife and then she had to cut
off so worth of it to make it short
enough to be stylish.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

With all this discussion over zap. let
us learn to pronounce it. 1t rhymes. not
with Jap, but with mop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

The fellows who did most to maintain
the peak of prices seem to feel strangely
cifffrspt about FfpeRk at the bottom.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04

Most Americans don't know much
about zap. but when Japan says they
can't have it, they're sure they want it