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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Frank Clark; formerly of Lebanon, \.
IL Is visiting in the home of his nephew,
y. F. Clark,
Miss May Thayer. teacher in the high
school at Johnstown, y. Y, returned
there Monday after visiting here two
weeks at her home.
The younger members of the Christian
Endeavor society of the Congregational
church, served covered dish supper in
the chapel Friday evening, which was
given especially in honor of those home
for the holidays from college.
The Week of Prayer will be observed
with two union meetings the first to be
he'd in the Congregational chapel this
evening at 40. On Friday evening at
730 there viii be a union service i'll the
Baptist vestry.
Miss Hazel Chase, student at Middle
bury college, Miss Clara Thurber, student
at the North Adams normal school, Leon
and IIarland Taylor, students in the state
agricultural college at Randolph, who
snent the vacation at their homes here
have returned to resume their studies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
Albanian Humor.

An Albanian barber shop, were
there any, would have periodical va
cations. For the hair must not be cut
during the new moon, lest it turn
white. One Albanian explained to a
traveller that his mustache was white
because he had clipped it thoughtless-
~ at new moon. Fortunately he had
waited until the moon was on the
wane to trim his hair.
The things that people laugh at
might readily be considered an index
To their development. A specimen of
Albanian humor is furnished by Wis
itor who relates how a villager would
rulninate and then laugh uproarious-
ly. This visitor took pains to find
the cause of his merriment A typical
reply was this: Suppose a cow fell
from the cliff opposite. Every man
would run to pick up bit for supper,
Then suppose, just as they got there
all the bits joined into the COW again
and ran away" He burst again into
peals of laughter at his fancy.-Na
tional Geographic Society Bulletin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
MELENDX TELEPHONE co.
Continued from Page ID .

chester To South Londonderry, but this
existed only a few months, as the ser
vice did not prove satisfactory. The
first of the Melendy lines was run into
Bondville. The business has been eN-
tended line by line aud phone by phone
until the company now has nearly GOO
subscribers distributed in, the towns of
Londonderry. Jamaica, Wardsb0ro, parts
of Dover and Simonsville, also to Man
chester and to TOwnshead, where it con
meets with the New ENGLAND Telephone
and Telegraph Co.'S lines.
I'm making the announcement Mr.. Mel
cudy stated that il was with regret that
he retired from the telephone business
hut that owing To other interests II
seemed best for all concerned. and that
he fct fortunate in being able 10 place
1t in such good hands.
Mr. Melandy Will devote his time Ia
his banking. which IS a branch of the
Brattleboro Trust Co., and undertaking
business and other interests.
Mr.. Gleason is Il son of John +. Glea
son of WardsboTo and was born in that
town Get. p. 1894. He came with hi,
parents TO Rrattloboro and attended
school here. later going to Vermont
academy in SaNtOns River. lie also wa
: Il student i'm Norwich university il
\orthhcld three years. He returned Il
| Ward~horo IN 1914 aud took up farming
| During tie World war he served az frs
| lieutenant I'm tompany, l0lSt Nmmuni
! tion train, and saw active service over
| seas. lie was elected representative
| from WardsborO for the last session o
| the legislature and served on the lihrar
committee and the committee on militar,
! affairs. He has a wife and one child.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
WEST CHESTERFIELD n. II.

CLYDE Barnes started Monday morn
inc for Watertown, y. y, for week ;
stay.
CLYDE Barnes started Monday morning
for Watertown, y. v, for a week 5
stay,
Merle Cobleieh went to Reddmg,
Conn, recently on insurance business.
Mrs. Nettie Snow came home from
Brattleboro IMMORTAL hospital Saturday.
manf of the engagement of Miss Lois
Rachael Pierce to Cless George Davis.
West Chesterfield and St. Michael 5
Cadets of Brattleboro played an exciting
game of basketball Fridc.y night. The
score was 81 to a in favor of West
Chesterfield There viii be another game
next week Monday night, after which
refreshme~ts of coffee and doughnuts
will be served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
Test of Cleanliness.

To many persons there is an almost
infallible test of tine house. that passes
the essential test of cleanliness, and
that is in the odor of the house when
first entering it from outdoors. Tie
least suspicion of sewer or coal gas
is apparent at once. -unwholesome
and unventilated cellar clogs the clear
ness Of the atmosphere Of the whole
house. and there is no doubt about
the fact that kitchen where imnacu-
late cleanliness is no. the rule send,
forth n rancid, unsavory scent 10 even
the most spotlesS of drawing rooms.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
REGULATES LUMBERNIEN.
Attorney General Says They Cannot Fix
Prices Or Divide Territory.

WASH NGTON, Jan. 4.-Illegal ac-
tiyities of trade associations under the re
cent decision of the supreme court in the
Hardwood Lumber association case were
defined yesterdaE by Attorney General
Daughcrty.
There are three things. he said, these
associations cannot do: Fix prices, divide
ten ritorv or limit production by contract.
Nj. Daugherty said he would confer
i'm :, day or two with Secretary Hoover
on the question of publication by the
[ mmcrce department of trade statistics
gathered by the various associations.
Many of these associations are anxious
to know lust how they may proceed in
the gathering of information and the at
torney-general declared that procuring
IinfCrnation was not in violation of the
law. the only question being whether the
associations use the trade information
when collected for Illegal purposes. such
a. fixing prices, dividing territory or linn
iting production.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
WORK NEVER WELL RECEIVED
Biography of Man by His Wife, or
the Reverse, Fails to Satisfy
the Public.

Nowhere in English is there, think,
a good biography Of a. man by his
wife. On the whole, husbands have
perhaps done rather better than their
wives. At once comes to mind Car
lyle on Jane Welsh; but even here at
tention finally rests not upon the wife,
but upon the husband in his gloom
after her death, writes Wilbur Cross
in the Yale Review.
/ remember quite well. too, the i'm
IRRESPONSIBLE portrait which Profess
sor Palmer drew of his wife, Alice
Freeman. He called it "a personal
estimate, an evolutional study" But
. here. again. there was eventually too
much of the husband and his sabbath
raj years when he and his wife ira
versed Europe.
What Professor Palmer and others
have attempted cannot be done. Wives
and husbands cannot be 0utSpoken OF
one another in print.
Sometime. no doubt, the existing re
straint will be removed from their
pens. and then we shall have some en-
pertaining Biographies. In the mean
time, any one who desires may read in
a privately published volume Lady
Iyttons highly spiced comment on
her husband, the novelist. or what
Pepys put down in cipher after quar-
Gels with his wife-whOse nose he
Iweaked on two occasions and who in
turn threatened to pinch his with red
hot tougs This is what we shall get
if the Inuffler is ever cut out.
Nor can d son or daughter write
freely of a father or mother. Censure
would be regarded as impiety; and
praise, though perfectly just, would
De viewed with suspicion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
S0APMAklNG IN DAYS OF OLD
Hogs and Ashes Utilized to Good Ad-
vantage During the Youth of
Our Grandmothers.

In the days of our grandmOthers,
when manufactured soap was an eX-
r.ensive luxury and hard To obtain,
every. country housewife made her
own soft soap. says the Kansas city
Star Enough was made at one time
la last the whole year. The light OF
the moon in March was considered
the proper time for the soapmaEing
:tld Il sassafras stick must be used
for stirring.
When the hogs were burchered for
the yearly supply of meat the house
wife carefully cleaned and washed the
entrails and salted them down until
Soapmaking time. Also all scraps of
ueat and rinds were saved to he used.
When the ashes were removed from
the fireplace during the winter months
they were placed in large hopper
built for that purpose and kept care
fully covered Until about Il week be-
fore the time for making soap. Then
the children would carry water each
day and pour over the ashes and start
the hopper to running" To make the
I've for the soap.
When enough I've had run 10 make
the soap it was placed in large ket-
tie over an outdoor fire and boiled un-
til it became strong enough To cut a
feather" Then the soap grease was
put in and the mixture kept at the
boiling point and stirred continuously
until the I've had eaten all the grease
and the mixture had become Il thick
soft mass of soap.
The soap was placed in barrels ant
used for laundry purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
AGREES TO SUBMARINE BAN.
France FayOFs Prohibition of Attacks on
Merchant Ships.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The Amer
lean proposal to prohibit use of submar-
ines against merchant vessels, now the
predominant issue of the arms negotia-
lions. has been accepted in principle by
France. but her delegates have reserved
final approval pending a discussion ct
the precise language of the declaration.
British acceptance had been given pre-
vicusIy. and. although neither the ltal-
ians nor the japanese had received final
instructions last night. there were indica-
tions that neither Rome nor Toxic would
intcrpose serious objection. if the proposal
received Frances full approval.
The exact nature of the French re>cr'
walton was not revealed. but the impress
sion was gathered in some quarters thai
ii might concern such a definition of the
terms of the declaration a. would make
it clear Just what conduct would he eX
Eacted from merchantmen in view of then
| immunity from submarine attack.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
Reactions of Turtles to Color.

Marine turtles lay their eggs on dry
land. and as soon as the youngsters
are Matched they make straight for
the sea. Carnegie institute men in the
Dry Tortugas sought TO find the infiu-
ence that guided them to the water.
When a sheet of red or yellow paper
was placed between the baby turtle
and the sea, 1t would turn and go in
another direction; but a blue sheet
drew him toward it no matter where
it was placed. 1t would seem, then,
to he color, rather than instinct or
smell, that attracts the youngsters to
the water.-Scientific American. .,s-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
Many Bees Nests In Tree.

Besides camphor there are found in
the forests of BOrneO. guttapercha,
india rubber, maIacca for canes and
becswax. These 1unge products are
shipped out of the forests and find
their way all over the world. If
someone was interested in getting out
the honey. millions of pounds of wild
honey could be had at the cost Of
gathering ii. AS many as 100 bees
nests in a single Ineugalis tree have
been counted. These trees are about
or s feet in diameter and tower
high above their neighbOrs. The ma
tives have an odd method of climb
ing the trees and gathering the honey.
They cut saplings, and peg them into
the trunk of the tree they wish to
climb. They place these saplings one
above the other until they reach the
branches Then they set going fire
of weeds whose smoke stupefies- the
bees.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
VERMONT BAR ASKED
TO DISBAR Fl. f. GRAHAM.
Especial to The Ref0rmer.) y
MONTPELIER. Jan.


MONTPELIER. Jan. 4.
In its report TO the Vermont Bar
association at its annual meeting yes
terdayt the committee on profess
siona conduct said il has by vote
of three to two adopted resolution
favOring the disbarment of Horace
+. Graham, convicted Of larceny and
embezzlement and the committee
requests the attorney general insti-
tute proceedings 10 that end and such
action of the committee has been laid
before the attorney general"
In the matter of the complaint
against Attorney Matthew G. Leary
and Melvin q. Morse. former tax
commissioner, for alleged altering of
records in the tex commissioners
Office which had a bearing on the
Ready Brothers insurance ease III
Chittenden county, Il report of five
typewriter pages says in conclusion:
Finally this committee finds that thu
whole charge against MIR. Leary and
MIR. Morse both and each is wholly
without any foundation i'm fact"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
KURN HATTIN- HOME
UNDER QUARANTINE
Five Gases of Scarlet Fever Among Boys.
but Health Officer Leach Says
They Are of Mild Form.

There are tive cases of scarlet fever
among the boys at kurn Hattin' Home
at Westminster and the entire Home Is
under quarantine. DR. G. s. Leach
health officer, wa. at the Home yester-
dan He re erts that the eases are Of
md form. u @s4-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
FOUR FIREMEN INJURED.
a $4,000 Blaze In Lawrence Grocery
Warehouse.

LAWRENCE. Mass. Jan. 4-Four
iremen were severely burned today in a
fire that caused damage estimated at
Sl0,0O0 in a wholesale grocery warehouse
here. The cause of the fire has not been
determined.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
New Yerk,s water supply.

The Ashokan reservoir, from which
water is brought To New York by a
great aqueduct. lies among the Cats
kin mountains So miles from the city.
The reservoir has a water surface of
nearly 13 square miles and capacity
Of 49, ,000O00.0O0 gallons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
VISITS SCENE OF CRIME.
Inspec. Place Where PatroIman Preston
Was Shot

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jan. 1.-The
jury which will try Clarence w Loud.
charged with the murder of Patrolman
James A. Preston at Wakefield last
April, spent most of today in the vicin
ity. of the pIac whr the officer was killed.
Their view of the ground was made
without the presence Of ~ defndant
who waived his right To accompany the
Jury
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
DEMAND is LEssENED.
Federal Reserve Board Reports On Bills
of Acceptance.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Lessened de-
mand generally for bills of acceptance
but a somewhat broader activity was re-
ported by the federal reserve board to-
day in a year-end survey of conditions
serve districts. Activity prevailing in
til bill markt in. November did not con,
tinue in December. Boston reported, and
sales during one week were described as
the lowest for the gear
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04

thought it wise to forestall his com
plants By making. one or two herself,
~ And the kitchen, Mr., Holt she said,
s.is in terrible condition.
- Yes. ma am. it is, - agreed Alr. Holt
and YOU d look the same way if YOU
hadn t had any paint on Won for six
years Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
Miraoe confused Eiahters.

A battle between the British and the
Turks in Mesopotamia, in April, 1917,
had to be suspended on account Of the
confusing effects of desert mirage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
TO JAIL r.fQuoR CARRIERS.
Enforcement Officer will Stop Use OF
Drink in Boston Hotels.

BOSTON. Jan. 4.-TIarold ID. Wilson.
nrohibition enforcement officer. announced
Yesterday that he was going to begin
campaign TO arrest and send to jail men
and women who make Il practice OF TAX
ing liquor into hotel and cafe dining
rooms and drinking it there. He said 1t
would not be necessary Tor him 10 pro
cure warrants because hotels and cafes
were public places and he and his agents
were permitted to frequent them. In the
past he has dealt merely with the proprlc-
tors of these establishments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
\ Rude Comparison.

A fashionable lady. who 10 save ex-
Iehse' collected her own rents, found
one of her tenants i'm bad bunor she
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04

ADVERTISE YOITR TO RENTS
IN THE REFORAIERl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
DEATHS.

In Londonderry. Dec, 81. Mrs. Charles
Sutton.
In Wilmington. Dec 30, Herbert f.
kidder. 81.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE REFORMER
The Topeka state journal., 1922-08-24
LITTLE PLANE AS TRAILER
Officers Ask Permission to>Tow the
"Ant" to Detroit.S

Houston, Aug. 24.-The aerial ANT,
diminutive- airplane perfected by
Lieut.. Melvin B. Asp and Capt. Aubery
L. Engle, Ellington field flyers, which
has been entered in the Pulitzer
trophy race in New York this fall,
may be "towed' thru the clouds to
Detroit. it was announced Tuesday by
its inventors.
The officers have applied to Wash
ington for permission to use the little
plane as a trailer in tow of a stand
ard de Haviland on a flight to De-
troit, near where the first pursuit
group formerly of Ellington field is
stationed. h4sa a~r -rE
The top wing of the aerial Ant"
hasa spread of only IS feet, while
the bottom wing is but 16 feet, six
inches from tip TO tip. The plane is
driven by a three-cylinder SO horse
power Lawrence Sperry motor. In test
flights here il has risen 1000 feet
from the ground in 80 seconds and has
attained a speed of more than 200
miles an hour.
The second plane of the "Ant" type
is to receive its cloud baptism next
week at the Dayton, o., government
testing field, according to the two Of
ficers- The ANT that is now at Ell
lington recently won a race with a
high powered automobile as an added
attraction at the races on the South
ern speedway here.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-08-24
TAGGING THE BASES

Old friends met again when the st. Louis
Browug crossed trails with first place.
thanks to a to 3 beating they handed
Ferguson and the Red Sox.
The Cubs lost TO the Dodgers again, 6 to
0. as result of the laudable pitching of
Sherrod Smith.
Dazzled by good pitching, the Yanks were
beaten by the Indians, to l, and slid into
second place.
Tillie Walkers thirtieth homer helped
the Athletics to beat the Tigers, to 3,
Rommel scoring his thirteenth victory of
the season
Wilbur Cooper, not content with left
handing the Phils dizzy, smaeked a homer,
the Pirates winning, II to 3.
Led by Bottomly, the recruit first base
man, who drove in three runs with triple
and a single, the Cards won easily from
the Boston Braves, to B.
Lemotte's homer with three was the
feature OF the Senator's IL to victory over
the fading White Sox.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-08-24

ley and General Motter might agree
on 4he selection of Colonel DoIley eor
state chairman. according to some of
the reports, in event General Motter
could not have his first wish satisfied
in the selection of Duff.
Dolley managed the Stubs cam
paign. For a considerable time Cen
erai Motter considered aiding in the
marshalling of Stubbs troops and de-
serting the administration in its sup
port of Morgan. He was never re-
garded Nas one of the chieftains who
worked under a high emotional strain
in his support of Morgan's candidacy.
Now he seems to have opened the
trouble bag just when every one was
hoping that there might at least be a
short armistice
The Motter move surely adds inter-
est in next Tuesdays possible pro-
ceedings- And not only Duff, but Col
onel Dolley, have places in the new
Republican party council picture.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-08-24
SOLDIERS STILL NEED HELP
Former Service Men eat an Economic
Loss" ID. III. ATacIvor Reports.

Loss" ID HI. MacIVOr Reports.
A survey being conducted among
the former service men of Kansas on
the need for compensation" is bring
ing out many 'illuminatingsh facts, ac-
coNding to Donald H. MacIvor, execu-
tive head of the Kansas compensation
committee of the American Legion.
I'VE find from partial returns" Mr..
MacIvor said today, that practically
every man who saw service with the
cblorS in 1917-1S was and still is at
an economic loss. In most cases the
men are still in debt.
From what we are able to learn
the amount of Indebtedness of the
average Kansas soldier is between
three or four hundred dollars now
This amount is, in most cases, clearly
traceable to money he lost while in
the service OF his country at a much
reduced income"
for each soldier under the proposed
Kansas compensation law, viii amount
to "a little more than $500 per man,
on an average, it is safe to assume
that this money would be used to good
and thrifty ends" Mr.. MacIvor con-
tinued. 1T will Help make UP a large
part of the fighters financial loss"
Surveys conducted in states where
adjusted compensation has been paid
during the last two years." he said,
disclose the fact that a large part of
the money the veterans received was
used for the payment of debts, and
that millions of dollars have gone into
bank savings accounts. A large part
of those funds was used in first pay
ments on homes
I'VE think the voter should know
these facts when he votes on the ad-
justed compensation proposition on
November IT, MacIvor concluded.