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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

We got a ixtension to our telefone in
case enybody wunts to telefone from
down stairs without going up stairs to do
it. and this AFTERNOON our cook Nora made
cinnamin buns and l smelt her doing it
and went back and looked in the kitchin
saying, Give me one vile they're hot.
Nora?
If l do it viii be rite in your eye. sed
Nora. Being a heck of a anser to a polite
question. and~jcSt then | had a CRATE
ideer. thinking, G. III tell her somebody
wunts to tawk TO her on the fone and then
i'll run up and tawk TO her on the up
stairs fone and tell her somebody wunts
to tawk to her erround the corner and
then wen she goes Ground III run down
and get hot cinnamin bun.
And | went out in the hall and took the
reseever off the hook and yelled All rite
Ill call her. wait minnit. And / called
back, Hay Nora, somebody wunts you on
the fone.
] dident heer the fone ring. sed Nora.
1t hardly dident. / Sed. And | quick
ran-up stairs and took the other reseever
off the hook and listened and pritty soon
Nora said in the down stairs phone. Is this
joak or wat. hello hello.
Me diskizing my voice like lady and
saying, Hello, hello. is this you Nora this
is Mrs. Soony, I'm jest GROUND the corner
at the drug store. can you run erround a
minnit and Ill tell you all about it,
Who. wat? Wat the diyvils this? sed
Nora, and | sed, Hello. this is Mrs.
Spoony, don't you remember me?
No | don't. faith. and nobody elts does.
wait n miHnit, sed Nora. Me thingin.
Gosh | wonder if she Suspects enything
WITCH jest then / herd her coming up the
steps heavy trying to>cOme up lite, andsI
quick hung up the fone and hid i'm the
closit. and Nora opened the closit door
showing her Suspicious nature and / quick
ran out under her arm and down stairs
with her aftir me daring me to stop.
WITCH l dident till l was all the way
out in the street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
FRIDAY. JUNE II, 1921.
ARISES OF DEMOCRACY.

In his annual baccalaureate sermon,
President Faunce of Boston university
made some wise and timely comments on
the value and uses of human freedom.
AT this crisis in human history" he
said, I'VE must not turn back from de-
mocracy because of its abuses We see
how easily the mob becomes excited, and
we begin to ask if counting heads instead
of weighing them is the final test of
truth. Every possible argument may be
! brought against democracy except one
/ that something else has been proved to
work better.
The price of democracy is constant
trouble, the give and take of open discus
sion. the ebb and flow of public opinion,
the danger of reversals and experiments.
We accept these things as better than
all the fancied securities of Louis XIV
or Kaiser Wilhelm"
Many nations, he pointed out, are I'M
dergoing the process of disillusion. They
have expected impossibilities from the
magic formula DIFFERENTIATION" With
disillusion comes intolerance. In America
as elsewhere. there is a tendency toward
more stringent regulation of the individ-
critics can be safeguarded by filling the
statute books with laws and penalties.
That is the destruction of liberty
The big war, broadly considered, was
really fought for human freedom, as
Americans believed at the time, and as
all who have not lost the light still be-
ieve. Though its results were not 50
| conclusive as had been hoped, and the
subsequent adjustments of peace have
been far from satisfactory, the fact re
mains that the victory did bring great
harvest of human freedom.
1t brought freedom first to nations
But the self-determination of nations
means nothing unless it carries with it
! the self-determinatiOn of individuals. A
country is not really free unless its men
and women are free. Tyranny within a
nation may be as bad as tyranny from
without. The big problem of the present
and the immediate future is to safeguard
the new freedom. won by applying it lib
orally to all the individuals who make
up human society, instead of permitting
any class of citizens to enforce their will
on any other class.
Freedom means tolerance. There is
always danger in it, but that danger is
best guarded against not by severely re-
stFictive laws but by such education and
example as will teach people not to
abuse their freedom. THE cure for the
evils of democracy is more democracy"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

the establishment of definite connection
at East Mortified between the Central
Vermont train which leaves here at 4.05
D. m and the afternoon train north over
the Ashuelot division. As. things now are,
the Il. & VI. train is scheduled to leave
East Mortified just two minutes before
the C. V train is due to arrive from Brat
tleboro. and while passengers who take
the chance are able to make the cOnnec-
ton nine times out of ten there is just
enough uncertainty about the PROPOSE
ton to rob it of most of it's value. Fur
thermore, the ten-Ininute hiatus spoils
what would otherwise make a good mail
connection, and prevents mail that does
not reach the local pOstoffice before 245
p. m. from reaching Hinsdale the same
evening This matter, as well as that of
4 ferry. might well be taken up by local
trade interests with n view of bringing
about a connection between the two
trains mentioned when the summer sched-
ule goes into effect June 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
REASONS FOR REyOLvERs.

A Chicago man has been advertising re-
Gently in various newspapers around the
country: Il will pay $1,000 to anyone
who will give one good reason why the
revolver manufacturing industry should
be allowed to exist in America and en-
joy the facilities of the mails" So far
nobody seems to have claimed the 81 200.
That advertisement is surely calculated
to make people think, and that is why the
Chicago man is paying his money to adj
vertise it. His attack on the revolver
industry" is rather extreme. 1t has been
a legitimate industry in the past. 1t
doubtless has its legitimate uses even in
the present. But there is widespread
feeling that the activities of those who
make and distribute dangerous weapons
should be restricted
The situation with regard to firearms
has changed. In pioneer days it was nee
essary for many people to carry reSol-
vers, and have them in their homes. To-
day it is hardly ever necessary for any
but officers of the law.
The argument that private citizens
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
SAFETY AT GRADE CROSSINGS.

A new type of grade crossing signal
has been installed at Is points on the
Boston & Maine railroad in the state of
as soon as a train is within 1000 feet of
the crossing and other safety devices in
clude a swinging arm, pivoted perpeh-
dicularly like a pendulum and carrying
a large red danger" disc or wig=wag sig
nal that can hardly fail to be quickly
seen when in motion and which is
screened when not in use.
Six electrically illuminated daylight
signal-lenses are arranged in a row across
signal box over the highway and just
beyond the field of the wigwag signal.
being so made that each lens in the row,
from left to right. is illuminated and ex-
tinguished, alternately causing row of
these bright red lights to cross and re
cross the ssignal box as long as a train
remains on the 1000 feet of track in
question.
1t would seem almost impossible that
traveller of the highway nearing one of
these could fail of being warned either
by eye or ear with all these contrivances.
Yet" as the Hartford Courant says,
there will be accidents at grade cross
ings until some invention can be per
fected that will drop a wall which can
not be sealed nor broken down, across
the highway when a train approaches.
An that a man hath will he give for his
life, but he will not sacrifice 80 seconds
of his time for it when he approaches a
grade crossing"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
Making Athletes.
barre Tines

If any high school athletes of Vermont
wonder why BrattleborO high school de-
velOps so many championship field and
track teams they need only be told that
the Brattleboro high school boys get the
training through years of experience dur
ing their younger school days To Illus
trate, a track meet was held at Brattie-
boro recently in which the boys Of the
various grade schools participated,% and
participated 50 well that they broke a
dozen records established by the grade
athletes of former years. To be sure the
records were not extraordinary but they
indicated that tthe youngsters were ath-
leteS in the making and that by the time
they enter Brattleboro high school they
will be in shape to continue the fine rec
ord of that school in field and track ath-
leties. That. then, is the secret of Brat
tleboro high schools succeSS-persistent
organized training of the boys before they
enter high school The championships
won by the school are not a matter of
chance good fortune. but the result of
systematic development from the short
pants age.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

Every time | go out on a run now, /
feel thankful to Tanlac for I'm convinced
it kept me on the job said William W.
Mason, 1924 Mcclellan street, Philadel-
phia, for the past nine years a naotorman
for the Rapid Transit Co.
I had stomach trouble in a bad form
for three years and l was going down hill
fast Nothing ] ate agreed with me and
after every meal l was sure to have
heartburn. dizziness and sometimes awful
cramps | got in such a nervous C0ndi-
ton my hand shook like a man with the
palsy and at nights my sleep was broken
and restless. In the mornings | felt so
miserable l used to dread the time to
come for me to take out my car, and it
took every ounce of grit | could muster to
stick until quitting time. Finally [ got
so weak and was SO discouraged / was
ready to give up
This was my condition when | started
taking Tanlac and l owe all my present
good health to this wonderful medicine
for me was to whet my appetite and l soon
found | could eat anything without fear of
bad after-effects. Its a fact, four bottles
made a new man out of me. My nerves
are quiet. | sleep like a log and wake up
in the morning feeling fine. Then ! eat n
big breakfast and go to work whistling
like l used to long ago. If people knew
Tanlac like | do the clerks in the drug
stores couldn't wrap it up fast enough to
supply the demand. It's great"
Tanlac is sold in BrattlebOrO by the
BrattlebOrO Drug CO.-Adyertisement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

1t looks as if anyone leaving a crippled
car by the roadside to wait for a town
would have to leave an armed guard with
it even though it couldn't be made to run.
A Ferrisburg man whose car had n
broken axle, left the machine by the side
of the road for few hours, but when he
returned for it every thhng removable had
been taken-the four tires and rims were
gone, the radiator with its shell, the
windshield, all small tools. tubes, and
both number plates. A sorry looking skel-
etOn remained.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

The Reformer is on 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 J. Pollica, 297 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, ]. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, II. L. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Eewfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, +. B. Buffum.
Northfeld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N H. Mrs. w. Streeter.
HinsdaIe, N. H, W. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

should be armed for "self-defense" is
specious. The only reason their lives
are in danger nowadays is that criminals
are able easily to obtain deadly weapons.
The logical thing to do is to keep wea-
pons out of the hands of the criminal and
irresponsible. That can hardly be done
except by severely limiting the operations
of the firearms industry, so as to make
the purchase of a revolver by any I'M
authorized person very difficult matter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
Today Events

One hundred and forty-sixth anniver-
sary of the battle of Bunker Hill.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, wife of
the former secretary of state, is 60 years
old today.
The annual convention of the Catholic
Educational association will meet at
Cincinnati today for a session of four
days.
Poland today will observe the 22Jth
anniversary of the death of John Sobieski
the last of her independent kings, and who
is famous in history for having saved cen
trail Europe from Turkish invasion near
the end of the 18th century.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
TOday's Birthdays.

Adolphus Frederick former Grand
Duke of AIecklenburg -Strelitz, born 80
years ago today.
Edward ]. Berwind one of the foremost
of American financiers, born in Philadel-
phia, % years ago today.
Hon Thomas A. Crerar. leading fig
ure in Canadian politics. born at NIoles-
worth, Ont. 10 years ago today.
Tommy Burns, former champion heavy
weight pugiliSt now residing IN England.
born in Canada, 40 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
The Reformer Telephone Number is
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TO ADVERTISERS
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management TO secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each Bight, and it solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
on the morning following the omission. in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
aiding 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, 1921-06-17

William NJ. Collier. who is reported to
be under consideration by the President
for appointment to one Of the South
American embassies, is a noted lawyer
who has had long and varied experience
in the public service. He is considered
exceptionally well fitted to serve as the
United States diplomatic representative
in any one of the Latin-American coun-
tries by reason of his four years expert
ence as minister to Spain. Mr. Collier is
a native of Lodi, \. Y. and 81 years old
He graduated from Hamilton college in
1889 and then attended the Columbia
College Law school. After being admitted
to the bar in 1892 he speedily attained
high rank in his profession. Governor
Roosevelt made him i member of the New
York State Civil Service commission in
1889 and as President appointed him So
licitOr of the department of commerce and
labor. From 1905 to 1909 Mr. Collier
served as United States minister in Mad
rid. Since 1918 he has filled the presi-
dency of George Washington university
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

OF nurses schools ana nurses eNamina-
tions at Columbia university.
Eight men employed on the paving
job in Bennington went ON strike on
Tuesday forenoon for an increase of 10
cents an hour in pay. The contractor
refused to grant tue demand and the
men quit the Job. 4 gang that had been
at work on sewer excavation was trans
terred to the paving and the work went
on without interruption.
A kitten in Hydeville, that has caught
and brought in about everything from
a mouse to rabbit, accomplished
another stunt Tuesday when it came
running home with a young wOodchuck
closely followed by the mother wood
chuck. The owner of the kitten saw the
race, shot the mother and. the kitten
disposed OF the young woodchuck.
One of the most unique ways OF vel
coming alumni of an institution back
TO their alma mater viii be used by the
University of Vermont this year
Promptly at S4j on Saturday evening
the peak of Mt. Mansfield viii burst in
to a mass of red fire, a welcome from
the highest part of the University
Campus" to its graduates.
During the time the federal court has
been in session in Montpelier Judge II.
b. Howe imposed a penalty of $50 and
costs on J. Zalukas of Brockton, Mass
The man claimed that he had been en-
ployed in Canada and that the IL quarts
of whiskey that he was bringing out
when the customs officers stopped him
were for an extra supply for himself,
knowing that this country was claimed
to be dry. He pleaded guilty to viola
tion of the Nolstead act
The House of Peers and the govern
ment of Japan have each contributed
forty thousand yen for the erection of
a memorial to the late Henry w. Den
ison, at Guildhall, Vermont. where he
was born in 1916. DenisOn. who died in
1914, was largely instrumental in estab
fishing the foreign office of modern ia
pan and served as legal adviser of the
foreign office from 1880 until his death.
The form of the memorial has not yet
been decided.
A successful sale Of the Vermont
Guernsey Cattle club was held at Hart
land Tuesday. The large crowd which
attended the sale were mostly cattle
men from all parts Of Vermont and
New Hampshire and some from Mas
sachusetts, who sent the prices of p
head of cattle soaring into good figures
before allowing them to take the final
count. OF the - head of cattle. six were
l0-month-old calves. which sold at an
average of $3.50 each. one alone selling
for 1905. The sale Is an annual event,
and plans are already formulating for
the 1922 sale. ID. 4, Perry of Barre was
auctioneer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
A Group of CO-OrdinatOrs.
(Rutland Herald. }

The employment of Clarence NJ. Brooks
of Keene, N H., as an assistant to State
Highway Commissioner Dix recalls the
fact that Mr. Brooks was the choice of the
governor for commissioner, but was
turned down" by the senate. We have
now as highway officials ID Governor
Hardness, chairman of the board; %
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

The Londonderry, n. H., spook has re-
sumed his activities, this time in another
house in that section. Crockery has
jumped from the pantry shelves and fur
niture shimmied around the rooms. As
before. he shows a wholesome fear of the
law, maintaining a digniied silence as
soon as any of the town officials appear
to get acquainted with him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
On the Right Track.
(Barre Times. }

The Vermont director of prohibition
law enforcement officers is to conduct a
series of county meetings to instruct Off
GERS of the law in the enforcement proyi-
SionS and to secure cooperation between
federal, state and local authorities. If
ever there was need of such instruction it
is right now.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

a still capable of turning out % to
80 gallons of "hooch' every day has just
been seized at Rutland, the equipment in
Guiding 16 barrels of mash The wonder
is that the noses of the officials hadn't
led them to it before
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
One Wear Ago To-Day.

Turkish peace delegation arrived at
Versailles
American federation Of labor declared
for government ownership of railroads
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
TOday's Anniversaries.

of Bunker Hill. the first
notable engagement of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
Francois GOunod. famous
as the composer of the opera Faust.
born in Paris. Died at st. Cloud,
Oct Is. 1898.
1S2l-The Danish Missionary society was
formed by the priest, Bone Falck
ponne
1SG0-Republican national convention
, nominated Abraham Lincoln for
President.
1S61-An international conference con-
corning coinage and monetary cur
rency opened in Paris.
1SS9-IOhn G.. Gilbert. one of the most
famous comedians of the American
stage died in Boston. Born there.
Feb. ~, 1910.
1S9l-OhiO Republicans nominated VIII
liam Mckinley for governor
1S92-Duke of York tnow King George
W took his seat in the House of
Lords
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

The automobile season may be said to
be fairly under way, a total of go ac-
cidents having been reported to the sec
rotary of state thus far this year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

Speaking of the wonders of Vermont
maple sugar, an advertisement in one Of
the Burlington papers this week reads
thus: Maple sugar made fresh every
day. In 1O-lb. pals, 90 cents a pound.
Order your pail today"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
Member of The Associated Press.

Fhe 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, 1921-06-17

Senator Bryant, member of the board !;
(3) Stoddard g. Bates, member of the
board; "a Mr.. Dix, commissioner; to-
Mr.. Brooks, commissioner. Seems as
though such a staff ought to get COnsid-
cradle work done this summer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

The striking Boston compositors evil
IDENTIFY decided to go back to work while
the going was good.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

Bridgeport. which started TO make a
runaway race of it in the Eastern league.
has dropped back in the line, while Hart
ford New Haven and Worcester have
leaned to the front
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17

Another thiPg which would tend to ia
eilitate trade relations between Brattle-
boro and towns on the Ashuelot branch of
the Boston & Maine railroad would be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
The MeddIer
!.
eff the coat fits you. put ii on"

Fate seems to be against the compile
ton of Il bridge across the Connecticut
opposite Brattleboro. Just as The Med
der was about to grind out a paragraph
about the rapid progress that had been
made on the structure started a few
weeks ago his attention was diverted by
the ripping, tearing noise which heralded
yesterdays catastrophe. and before his
wondering gaze the huge steel framework
plunged with mighty splash into the
river which it spanned How the 20 odd
bridge workers escaped from the wreck
age into which they were hurled is a mys-
terry which no mortal mind will ever he
able to fathom. Suffice it to say that
they did escape. bobbing up like corks
from beneath the mass of floating tim
bers and appearing, from a distance at
least. as unconcerned as if such a hap
pening were an everyday event. Their
miraculous escape is the one fortunate
feature of the eliminating occurrence in
series of misfortune that seems To have
pursued the town since March 2S of last
year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-17
VERMONT NEWS,

Gov. James Hardness has designated
Miss Mary Kane of Montpelier to at
tend the institution for state inspect ION
of nurses schools and nurses eXamina-
tions at Columbia university.