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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY ). 1921.
STEADY BUSINESS.

Judge Gary. head of the Steel Trust.
says: 1T is now up to business people
to maintain steady business at fair pro-
fits"
What he really means, presumably,
is restore and maintain since bust
ness just now is not exactly steady"
With that understanding. his remark
gives the gist of the present business
situation.
Business is dull simply because the
prices were unnecessarily and extortion-
ately high, and resolved to buy only from
a hand-to-mouth basis until they came
down to reasonable levels. The holi-
days furnished a sort of moratorium for
this buyers strike, but no sooner had
Christmas passed than there was a Wis
ible tendency to hold back again from
any but the most necessary purchasing.
Fortunately business men in nearly all
lines are now doing their part toward
the requisite price-revisions. First-of-
the-year prices are for the most part
as low as the public can reasonably ex-
pect. In great numbers of instances
! these prices represent a serious loss to
merchants, because they bought the
goods at the high wholesale levels of
the past year. In some cases prices to-
day are actually lower than they have
! any economic right to be, and are bound
to rise somewhat when normal condi-
tions are restored.
All that can be expected of merchants
and manufacturers is to play fair by
reducing the price of the exceptional
lines that still remain high to a point
| that will give merely the fair profit
Judge Gary suggests. That will bring
| such goods into harmony with sthe new
relief they need and the assurance of
fair play that they await. When this
is done, and properly set forth for the
information of the public. the public may
be expected to do its part.
| In word. let business men who have
not yet cut prices to the new level do it
now. Then let there be a national
chorus of Buy Now" and the thing
will be done. The reconstruction will
be accomplished, the slump will be over
and there will be a long period of sound
satisfactory business ahead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
4 Strange Case.
(St. Adams Messenger.l

It seems strange that the board of con
troll should at this late hour give instruc-
tons to the department of agriculture,
with It's several bureaus including forestry
ana live stock. to move from its quarters
IN the state house to others somewhere
IN the business section of Montnelier
In a state like Vermont. with agricul-
ture. live stock and forestry 50 important
TO the material well being of its people,
It would seem that the proper place for
tins department would be under the
dome OF the state house where the per-
sonnet and their information would be
quickly available to the members of the
General assembly. who gather this week
Tor an important session
II the change was reu.lired for pur-
poses of obtaining snace. whv did not the
board show a little foresight and have
the transfer made that the denartment
might he well established by session time?
Or, what is more TO the MONT. why did IT,
not send away from the captol itself
some other denartment or Departments
not so closely identified with the life of
thn state?
Doctor DeFoSsett who is at the head
of the live stock department and who has
inst called upon the federal government
for 100000 to carry on his work, protests
against being sent into inadequate quar-
tors and a snecial to The Free Press m
dicates that he is going to sit tight for
a while. The farmers >of Vermont w;!t
appreciate his attitude while they viii
wonder ~ this strange order of the board
of control.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
THE CONSULAR SERVICE.

There is a movement, strongly backed
in business as well as governmental cir
Giles, to put the consular service of the
is hoped that legislation to this end will
be enacted soon.
Consular offices in the past, especially
in the newer countries opening to such
relations. have been awarded in many in
stances as political favors. Too little
attention has been paid to the fact that
the country concerned was rich in trade
possibilities, or to the personal fitness of
the American representative to advance
his country's interests. Because Amer
leans have large measure of adapta-
bility and an instinct for business. Amer
lean interests have suffered less under
this system than might have been ex-
pected. This, however, is no reason for
neglecting improvements.
Under the new plan salaries will be
high enough to attract men of ability to
consular posts, wherever they may be
located. High qualifications and train
ing will be expected of all applicants for
the position, and their selection will be
determined under a merit system.
In spite of protests about American
isolation. the foreign interests of the
United States are constantly spreading
If this nation is to enjoy the fullest de
velopment of trade and treaty opportun-
tiles with other nations, men schooled
in languages, in diplomacy and in bust
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoaking and thinking and
ma was crowshaying her crowshayine and
my sister Gladdis was setting there lissen
ing to her rist watch not going, and sed
Hay pop, hay ma, hay Gladdis.
Hay yourself and make it unanimous.
sed pop.
=, W no wunts to contribute to buy a New
\ GERS dinnir for poor bows? 7 sed
Well well, at last he's thinking of some
podys stummick besides his own. sed pop,
ACCEPT my congratulations.
es sir, how mulch do Won wupt To
contribute. pop? | sed.
Put me down for a doler. sed DOB.
VINO all are working for this charitv9
Me and Puds Simkins and LEROY Shoes
ter and Skinny Martin and Sid Hunt and
I'd Nernick, | sed
Well 1t does you all CRATE credit. Ill
contribute 80 cents, sed ma.
Ill cheertilly donate a quarter To the
cause sed Gladdis, and Don sed. Who are
70 be the recipients of this New Yeer
dnnlr, II | may make So bold as to in
quire%
SIR, I sed, and pop scd, Who are these
Do YOU mecn You wunt to know their
names: | scd and pop sed, | wunt to
know IN Il genrel way who they are. well,
who are they?
Me and Puds Simkins and LEROY Shoes
ter and Skinny Martin and Sid Hunt
and Ed Wernick | s1I
Well I'll he shot to peeccs. sed non. and
ma sed, Wen who eyer herd of sutch n
thing. watts the matter. don't you ixpcct
to get eny dmnir ON New Yeers?
Yes but we wunted to try a Experiment.
sed, we wunted to try to not eat eny-
thing hut candy all dav New Yenrs.
cancel my slhScriptiOn. sed pom. and
ma sed. And mine too, and Gladdis sed,
Avid mine.
Wich ] did.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
THE WOODS
BY DOUGLAS MAILOCH
MEMORIES,

WHEAT is it most that the soul re-
Wv members
In the long years that come after
whites?
What are the thoughts of the long De-
cembers
When white and empty lie snowy
miles?
What is the picture that grows and
smiles
Deep in the heart of the glowing en-
bers?
We dream no dream of the passing
pleasures
That held us thralls In an idle hour,
We count no riches in heaping meas
Nor pulse again with a futile
Nay, verdant tree or crimson
flower
Is the jewel then that the memory
treasures.
Oh, these are the visions that come
long after
When face to face with our own
sad soul;
We see tree in the smoky rafter,
Behold a rose in the glowing coal;
The months of wintertime backward
roll
And the room Is filled with the ghost
of laughter.
For here is the tree that we knew to-
gether
When the ending year was spring
time young;
The northman's pine and the Scots
mans heather,
The Briton's oak where the chill
dren swung
Oh, these are the things by the night
wind sung 5t.
Above the roar>of the wintry weather.
For all the year is a time of clover
While Memory sits by the ingleside,
And Home goes forth with the world
wide rover
To ev'ry country DER ev'ry tide;
And when the autumn has dropped
and died
We live our summers, our summers
over.
Life has its seasons and life it's sor-
rows,
When the soul sits dreaming dream
like this, f-
When the hungry heart from the pale
past borrows
A silenced voice or an endless kiss
Yea. in our sorrow We find our
bliss,
And weave of Yesterdays our Tomor-
(Copyright.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
LastNight's Dreanls
What They Mean
DID YOU DREAM OF MOUNTAINS?

TF IN your dreams you see a noun
l. tain it indicates that great possibif-
tiles in life lie before you. The high
err the mountain the greater are the
heights to which you have it In you
TO rise. 1t is lucky TO dream of a
mountain, and if it is wooded noun
tain the luck is still greater. To
dream that you ascend a mountain
indicates that you will rise to wealth
and greatness and that your children,
if you have children, will also be per-
sons of position. If the mountain is
rough and craggy and you have diff
Guilty in ascending it, and yet do so,
it indicates that you will have many
difficulties, perhaps, in accomplishing
your designs, but if you persevere on
toward the summit success awaits you
in whatever you undertake, however
difficult your undertaking may be- Not
only wealth but public office is indi-
Gated for one who in his dreams sue
cesSfully negotiates a rugged noun
tain. If the dreamer be q maid. it in
dicates that she wall marry man who
W III dNlitCNC an SuCNCSSSS, anu IL
a married woman the success will ap-
pertain to her husband. To dream
simply of seeing craggy mountains
without ascending them only an
nounceS that there will be many diff
fCulties for you to overcome in arriv-
ing at the state of wealth or great
ness which ii is yours to attain if
you perSevere. To dream that In
ascending a mountain you come
across chaSms or precipices which
compel you TO turn back, you may ex-
pect troubles and reverses; but by
frmness and determination the future
will be made bright to you again.
Many dream experts are of the ,Opin,
ion also that seeing a mountain indi-
Gates Il journey to foreign country.
(Copyright)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
CLIPPINGS
With Now q Comment and Then
Only n Caption.

Are You A New Year Resoluter?
There's a long and fine havana, with the
fragrance of rose,
That would bring happy smile to any
scout
1t would give you satisfaction from your
skull down to your toes
But you cant have it
You've sworn off
Stick 'er out!
There's a plug that's rich and juicy,
with a lovely golden hue.
That would help you make decisions
For th wRsn In Rea doubt Of conso,ationcon-
centration-when you chew
But you can't have it
You've sworn off
Stick 'er out.
There's a little drink of -, salvaged
from the great typhoon
That swept the country like a water
spout; f ~ '..s-
1t would make you shimmie gaily like a
prairie flower in June
But you can't have It f..
You've sworn off ~
Stick er out!
There's a well-knOwn poker table, with
the boys all gathered round
Where a stack Of chips fortune great
may sprout
(Though it seems that heretofore YOU
seed has lit on barren ground)-
But you can't join EN-
You've sworn off
Stick 'er out!
There's a racy bit of gossip that would
make an awful stir
In the town and all the country round
about,
Should you give it out what Rumol
says concerning him and her
But you can't tell it
You've sworn off
Stick 'er out
G. ii. Wadsworth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
THE Country Correspondent.
(Rutland Hnraldl


The Ludlow Tribune voices a very
proper sentiment when it declares the
country newspaper depends for it's sue
cess in very large degree on its coun-
try correspondents. Editorial work, the
press reports, general news, special fea-
lures, etc, all have their place and i'm
portance, but what sells the newspaper
mostly is news and the local news is
never of secondary importance.
The Tribune says:
he country correspondent-the man or
woman who watches the course of events
IN the home town and makes due note OF
the personal, business and society hap
penlngs IN the community for use in the
local paper, is entitled to a full share of
glory tor whatever success the local paper
achieves, for the measure of that success
depends IN no small degree upon the
regular contributions of the interested
loyal correspondent, who while helping
to make readable paper, does the home
town a signal service by revealing It's
activities, its enterprises, its ambitions
and It's general wakefulness to the people
OF other towns not only in socalled local
territory but throughout the state In
thus taking care of the news of his or her
immediate section, the correspondent de-
serves. and should have. the cordial CO.
operation of every member of the com
munity.
All this is true-and more. The cor
respondent who keeps in close and sym
pathetic touch with his community, who
shares in its JOYS and sorrows, its pro-
gress and its setbacks: who knows every
man and woman by first name and ulti
matelY every child and soiourner; who
chronicles the births, marriages and
Deaths who notes the goings and com
ings; who faithfully records the business
social, religious. athletic and general
community activities: who is first for the
town aud then for his own personal in.
terests-that man, we say, is not only
m asset to the newspaper but of great
value to his own community.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Bratteboro News Co, c. w.
cleveland, s. L. Purinton lEsteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand. Gilbert ]. Pollica, 2I South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, M. z. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n NJ Batcheldcr.
West Townshend, {. H. Grout.
South Iondonerry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernun, E. B. Buffum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H, w. H. Lyman
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"COOTIE."

DROBABLY r1ore new words
L entered the English Ian
guage since August l. 1914.
than i'm any similar time in his
tory. "Boche" and "camou-
nage," big Bertha" "Archie"
and "bIighty" are only a few
of the terms which. though OK
listing prior TO the outbreak OF
hOstilities, were comparatively
unknown on this side of the At
lantic. But few of the war
words caught the popular fancy
and at the same time aroused
public interest like "cootie."
Some of the English troops.
when asked as to the origin of
the name. declared that the
parasites were so called because
the soldiers. in derision. referred
to them as "cuties." To arrive
at the real genesis of the term.
however. one must go back q
good deal further than the men,
DRY of any living man. In at
least three places in the British
isles the word has been used for
many years with varying mean
ings. When. for example,
Scotehman spoke of a "cootie"
he referred either to a porridge-
bowl or TO a fowl with feathers
on its legs. In Shropshire the
word means "snug" or comfort
able" while the natives of
Worcestershire used il to refer to
something that wriggled or
squiTmed. 1t was very evidently
the latter definition, coupled
with the fact that q large COO
tie might be said to resemble a
weird kind of bird, that gave
rise to the nickname-though it
is an interesting fact that kuti
is the Sanskrit word for body
and khuti, in Urudu, means
"SCab."
tCopyright)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

The shipment of millions of eggs from
China to this country leads the Hol-
yoke Transcript to voice a thought which
had also occurred to us when it asks
why they were not kept at home to help
feed the millions of Chinese reported to
be starving.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
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
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, 1921-01-05

The outcome of the bill presented to
congress Monday to prevent the doctor
ing or adulteration of liquor for me-
dicinal purposes and ruling that such
liquor shall not be made or sold con-
tanning less than 10 per cent of alcO-
hol, is going to interest a good many
who have been in a semi-invalid condi-
ton for the past year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
No. Not a Durn One.

viii the person seen picking up n
$50 bill in the c. II. X. X. station Fri
day a. IN. please forward to Argus of
fice?-Montpelier Argus.
If you find another please send to
RefOrmer Office.-BrattlcborO Rcformer.
Any responses yet ?-Boston Globe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

1t seems a trife early to be talking
of "harbingers of spring" but that is
what we are told the appearance ,of ice
bergs in the transatlantic steamer
lanes are. Old sailors say, too. that this
indication of an early spring is fairly
dependable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

Now somebody wants to raise a fund
of 100000 to finance a flight over the
North Pole. Why not let the North
Pole rest now that it has been pretty
thoroughly discovered. and entertain a
few more invisible guests"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
ELEGANT EnuIish,

Avoid the use of the word 'megalo-
maniac" said the man who always
wants to give instructions about every
thing.
For what reason?"
Its effect is disproportionate. The
word is entirely too large to fit the
Importance of the person to whom it
can properly be applied"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

enough to see New Hampshire harness
all her water power, and, gathering up
the -reinS. tell the coal crowd to go
chase itself? Manchester Union.
There are some investors in New
Hampshire water power who would like
to live that long, but have about given
up nope of doing so.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

The idea of a new municipal court dis
trict for the convenience of Deerfeld
valley towns very likely appeals to the
residents of that particular locality,
but the trouble is there are too many
municipal courts in the state already.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

The death of Representativc-clcct
Sprague of Randolph cuts down by one
the already small Democratic member
ship in the present house.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
According to Reports.

Mr.. Alfred Pendleton and Miss
Weavely of Aurora went to Galena last
Tuesday and was quietly married and
came back to Mr.. Ben Pendleton's, a
brother of Alfred's, and took their we'd
ding supper and it is reported they had
very pleasant time.-Aurora Adyer-
tiser
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

The foreigner who has learned to
speak English from seed catalogues
could have acquired a much more extern
siye vocabulary if he had taken one
of big mail order house
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
Suggestion for n Dull Sunday at the
Engine House.

Sunday afternoon several members of
the Galva Volunteer Fire Department.
dressed in their uniforms. made u tour
of the city in the new chemical truck
recently purchased by the city council.
-Galva News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
peeViSh Petunia.

Dear Clippings: Pctunia is peeved
because on Christmas eve she called up
the hosiery clerk of local store to ask
if they had any fleSh-colored stockings
and the horrid salesman asked which
she wanted, pink, yellow or black.
y. L. +.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

and then have the Democrats run the
Inauguration.
The Composition Must Have Had Pres
emf. Too.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson We're presented
with many useful gifts, including a
spoon, able spoons. percolator. a pair
spoon. table spoons. perculator. pair
of wooden blankets and twenty dollars
in Observation-Disclosures item.
Finis
Thurman Weir has had his teeth fixed
and got marricd.-Thortonvil news.
Stop Up Your Ears. Friends.
. Otis Happ is helping Clyde Singer
with his hog butchering- Oakland item.
The upper part of Mrs. Matte
smiths hose was damaged by fire
Christmas night. The contents were
badly smoked.-Uniontown item.
What we were going to say was
well, all right, roll your own.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
Operations Unnecessary

DIR. Leonhardt says Hem-Roid should
completely relieve any form of Piles. 1t
gives quick action even in old stubborn
cases. It's an internal treatment that
removes the cause. The Brattleboro
Drug Co. sells and guarantees it.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

Senator Penrose thinks it would be
"a joke if Hoover were appointed to
the cabinet A joke on who. Penrose?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

Miss Fairy CHM is spending the hol-
idays with home folks.-Hoberg item.
Have you a little fairy in your home?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

ness customs at home and abroad must
be sent as her consular and diplomatic
representatives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

Tulip is so interested in Miss Jessie
Brassears of Hollington, Ark. and won
ders if she botherS to cover EN- up?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
Running True to Form.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Feaster took their
Nmas dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Armor
cCullah.-Aurora Advertiser.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
(hanicr i.

Eleanor Merritt is the proud owner
of diamond ring-Athcns correspond
ence in Jewell Republican.
(To be cOntinucd.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

Little question for today: Which is
the down-trodden sex?-Boston Globe.
Ezra says he should say it was about
nip and tuck with Nip a few treads be-
hind
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper. 50 cents
an inch for first insertion. 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified Observation-Disclosures 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 Notices-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 local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
4 Dog Day i'm Kansas.

Mrs. Collie and Don left for Good
land wednesday for a visit with the
Kerr charlottesville. Kan, item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

What. by the way" asks a newspa-
the woman who shampoos the clothes?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05

Aunt Sarah is all het up over news
headline which says. HARNESS Inaug
ural to BE Democratic. She says its
a shame to elect a Republican governor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
The COmpOsitOr Must Have Had Pres
Tao
Finis.
Stop In Your Ears FIR

Thurman Weir has had his teeth fixed
and got married. -Thortonville news.