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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Last mite the frunt bell rang and
went, and it was some man and lady,
the lady saying Tell your mama and
papa Mr. and Mrs. Jaryiss are heer.
WITCH | did, going up III the setting
room ware pop and ma was. saying,
Some lady and man to see you.
Who? Who did they say they We're
sed ma, and ] sed, The lady sed they
was Mr. and Mrs. Jaryiss and the man
dident say who they was.
Nv GOODNESS wat was that about the
Jarvisses, Nillyumz sed ma, wasent their
dawter very sick or something and pop
sed / thawt she was Engaged TO be mar
ried. | know something happened TO her,
and ma sed, Well for meTsey sakes, its
very important and we don't know
weather to congratulate them or simpa-
thize with them. III jest use my branes
. and ask them a simple question, and
we IL soon find out, the ferst thing to
do is 90 down to them. sed pop. Nich
they did. and Mr.. and Mrs. Jarviss was
setting down in the parler. Mr.. Jarviss
/ being a little man with Il big stummick
and Mrs. Jarviss being a big lady with
| little one, pop saying, Well, well how
do YOU do, this Is an unexpected plez-
zure.
Yes indeed, sed ma Ard they all sat
down, pop saying, Well how's your
dawterf
She's as well as can be Expected.
thanks. sed Mrs. Jaryiss, and pop looked
ut ma, saying, 1t was too bad, wasent
it. it certeny was unfortunate.
Mr.. Potts and / We're sorry to heer
the news, sed ma, and pop sed, O well,
We all have our trials and trubbles.
Wen of all things. the ideer, sed Mrs.
Jarviss. and Mr.. Jaryiss sed. Its too
bad a mans dawter cant have little
son without having it regarded like
some kind OF a calamity.
Not at all. quite the contrary. you
misunderstood indeed SnI non
and ma both trying to ixplane at the
same time without doing it. and pritty
soon Mr., and Mrs Jarvis went home
agen looking as if they wouldent of
cared if they hadent of come in the ferst
place.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
4 Call for Barber.


4
Now that discussion of state expenses
is brought to a point by the prospect of a
dollar tax where it is getting under the
surface and touching mans most sensitive
spot. his pOcketbOgk. there is ground for
hope that the people of Vermont may in
siSt upon making their voices heard IN an
after-meeting or an ante-meeting or i'm
some other way in connection with town
meeting in a positive and effective demand
for real retrenchment.
The trouble with us as a rule is that
we wait until the legislature meets before
we say anything about issues. Then we
wait until the harm has been done. and
about the time the lawmakers adjourn we
kick them all over a 10-acre lot-in our
minds. Then we calmly forget all about
the matter until the close of the following
session, and repeat the process without
end.
representative Barber of Brattleboro
has touched the root of the trouble. in our
humble estimation. Too many commits
SiOns and bureaus no real executive
budget, and the passage of special apprO-
priations for all sorts of things before the
appropriations are made for necessary de-
partments by the new legislature, seem
to sum up much of the trouble.
We do not know whether Representa-
tive Barber seeks a reelection OF not 1t
has occurred to us. however, that he i
saying what most of the people would like
to have said by the legislature, and that
one way to help secure retrenchment in
these directions would be to persuade
BrattlebOrO to return Representative Bar
Der on the platform outlined and elect him
speaker Of the next house on that plat
form. The way for the people of Vermont
to get what they want in the shame of \
legislature and from such legislature is
to so after it in earnest
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
In the DAYS News.

James B. Forgan, who is retiring from
the Craftsmanship of the Chicago Clear
ing House association after p years OF
service, is dean of the banking fraternity
in Chicago and tnancier of international
reputation. Mr. Forgan was born in
Scotland, seventy years ago, and received
his education at the famous university
in St Andrews, his native town. His
first practical experience in banking and
finance was gained during several years
in the service of the Roval Bank Of
Scotland. With the advantage of this
experience he came to Canada and found
employment with the Bank of British
North America, filling positions in Mon
treal, New York, and Halifax. In the
early SOS he located in Minneapolis as
agent for the Bank of Nova Scotia.
From that city he went to Chicago in
1892 to become ee-president of the
First National Bank, and eight years
later he was chosen to succeed Lyman
J. Gage as president of that institution.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
Copyright by George Matthew Adams

tween Winchendon and Palmer. Mass ::
'Kecne will some day be favored with a
light motor and from frequent and eff
cient service from here to Brattleboro.
via Dole junction. and to Elmwood. The
Ashuclot branch and Fitchburg division
would give Brattleboro shorter line
than it now has" Efforts to secure
train service from Brattleboro to Bos-
ton by this route have been made in the
past without success. but if these new
motor-driven cars work out the way
railroad officials expect them to they will
put a much more hopeful light on the
situation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
Today S Events

Centenary of the birth of Gen. Thomas
L. Kane, founder of Kane, Pa.
One hundred years ago today Greece
formally proclaimed her independence.
The exiled ex-Kaiser will pass his
63rd birthday today chopping wood at
his home in Holland
Vice President Coolidge is scheduled
to speak tonight at the annual banquet
of the Indiana Republican Editorial as
ISOLATION in Indianapolis.
Important transportation problems
are scheduled for discussion at a special
meeting of the National Industrial Traf
tic League to be held in Washington to
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
Tolar's Anniversaries.

l7S5-The University of Georgia was the
first state university TO receive q
charter
ls22-The independence of Greece was
proclaimed.
fs47-By proclamation of the governor
of New York. eighteen persons con.
fined for ''anti-rent offenses were
released from prison.
lS77-Ihe Academy of Music In Indian
apolis was destroyed by FIRE.
lSse-The incaudescent lamp was pat
euted BY Thomas 4. Edison
lS93-James G. Blaine. famous states.
man. died in Washington. D. c
Born at West Brownsville, Pa
Jan 81. 1880
l9Ol--Memorial services for Queen Vic
toria were held throughout the
British empire
l920-The Wyoming legislature ratified
the federal suffrage amendment
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

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the following news dealers:
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Gleaveland, s. l. Purinton [Esteyvills)
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

The Bennington Banner advocates a
tax of two cents a gallon on gasoline
to be used in building permanent roads.
There are mighty few autoists or truck
divers and owners. who would not
money was all used on the trunk roads
they have to use.-Morrisville Messen-
GER
Yet Secretary Greene's report Of the
QUESTIONABLE sent out by him to the
members Of the Automobile Club of
Vert3ont says that this group, at least,
is opposed to any gasoline tax.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
The Green Mountain Cow Kicks.
burlington Free Press

Huntington Free Press
The Boston milk war seems to be
reaching a point where the dealers want
to make the dairymen bear their losses
resulting from the cutting of prices to
nine cents quart in some cases Yer
mont dairymen can hardly be blamed for
objecting to the Hubs effort to make
the Green Mountain COW the goat"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
T0dly's BIRTHDAYS.

Former German Emperor William II
now an exile in Holland, born at Pots
dam. IS years ago todav
Samuel Gompers, president of the
american Federation of Labor, born in
London. y years ago today.
Bishop Thomas Nicholson, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, born at
Woodburn, Ont, 60 years ago today.
Prof. John Walter Gregory of the Uni,
versity of Glasgow, who declares the
earth to be exactly S.0O0,00OO00 years
old, born IS years ago today
The metric system is now i'm use all over
Europe with the exception of Russia and
Great Britain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
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person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abllng 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 secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
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Space rates on application.
Classified advertisemcnts-Fivs cents a line
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ReadiQesnesse1a are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
POTTER'S FIELD.


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with uche these dead From
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render In
Potter Field grades sleep
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

ProAibitidn Director Collins Graves
bestows distinction upon Rutland county
by pronouncing it the wettest county in
the state, that is says Mr.. Graves,
there is more liquor consumed in that
county than in any other. There are
other places in Vermont where much
more liquor passes through than in that
section. but for home consumption of
booze Rutland beats them all"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Out of G,0O0 samples of moonshine
liquor tested by Professor Lewis b. Al
lyn at his Westield laboratories during
the year. only 10 were found to be
safely drinkable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
For Law and Order.
IRntland Herald-l

NINuIIdHU IttTdIU.I -
BELLOWS Falls has demonstrated pretty
conclusiveiy that the experience of Cor
NTH, \. Y, will not be repeated in the
former village. The strikers ticket for
village offices was defeated by a large
in record vote Law and or
der prevail in Vermont as i. a general
thing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

\ Holyoke Transcript news item
says: Governor Hastens of Vermont
has gotten well enough TO resume his
official duties Can you name cor
rectly all the present New England gov
crnors?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

In the midst of the prevailing uncer-
tainty about the next postmaster gen
cral, there is some satisfaction in know
ing for a fact that his name will not be
Burleson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

In China the department of dancers is
regulated by corps of young men with
wands. When couple appear TO mis-
take a dance for a honeymoon, tn
censor taps them gently on the shoulders
to recall them to a SENSE of proprictv.
If they have to be thus reminded more
than three times they are removed from
the ballroom under escort.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Doubtless President Harding fully APP
preciatcs the honor conferred upon him
by the Merchant Tailors' association
which pronounces him the best dressed
of all the recent executives of tile United
States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
We're Battery
NJ. DIS.

You'd be surprised at
the Improvement a little
care and attention make
in a battery.
A little water, a few
hours of recharging, a few
dollars worth of repair
work done in time may save
you dollars of expense and
inconvenience later on.
We've treated all sorts of bat
terry diseases here at Battery
Headquarters, and nearly all
makes of batteries. It's fixed
principle with US not to recon-
mend the purchase of a new bat
terry unless our experience tells
US it will save you money.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

+ Are some of the horrors of equal suf-
frage predicted by the ants beginning
to crop out? In Richmond Mass. a
woman is running for the offices of town
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
One Year Ago Today.

A large meteor fell near Somerset, Pa.
L, s House passed Agricultural APP
propriation bill, with free-seed provision
rest cred
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
NeighborIy Advice.
(Rutland Herald.A

In all kindness and neighborliness
the Herald advises the Bellows Falls
and Wilder strikers to return to work
before it is too late
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
This Store Is Just What
BrattlebOrO Has Been
Tn Mood of ("

INK ANNNU U
is the remark of many who have looked
over our line OF coverings.
Don't wait for the Spring rush. Send i'm
your work NOW and get prompt serv-
ice.
Get my price on new hair mattress.
We will renOvate your old one. Special
treatment for silk floss.
Call and see us.
Stones Upholstery Shop
Tel 42S-M IL High Street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Certain trees. like human beings. are
said TO be liable TO catch cold if exposed
to draughts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

clerk and town treasurer in opposition
to her husband
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press ia 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, 1922-01-27
The Meddler
of the coat fits you, put it on"

The trouble with any specific legisla-
tive plan for reducing state expenses,
as The Meddler views the situation, IS
that it assumes something that isn't so.
Tn other words, it is based on the theory
that there Is an outside authority that
can compel the legislature TO do this
thing or that thing, whereas in fact re
forms must come about from within that
body Of course. popular sentiment in
telligently welded is an extremely pow
erfuI weapon and can be made to exert
Il great influence on legislation, but it
is true. nevertheless, that the collective
will of the men who make up legisla-
ture is what counts for most That is
why The Meddler believes that the Sc
lection Of the right sort of men to go
to Montpelier next January offers more
hope than any set scheme of legislative
procedure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

1t might be good thing to equip
Ncrmonts political band wagon with
shock absorbers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
VERMONT NEWS.

Mrs. Alice Young of Hyde Park recently
had the X-ray applied to a disabled wrist
and it revealed a broken needle which had
been Embedded there - years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Bagpipes are shown on Roman coin
dating back to 90 A. d. a-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

had the N-ray applied to a disabled wrist
and it revealed a broken needle which had
been Embedded there - years.
Mrs. Marjorie Green. 81. OF winooski
was the victim of Il painful accident early
Tuesday evening when She fell down
stairs and broke the wrists of both hands.
The resignation of Grace +. Moore as
district nurse at Bellows Falls becomes
effective Feb. /. The district nurse works
under the direction Of the Noman's club,
which has not yet secured a successes.
Fire which was discovered around the
chimney Of the furnace in the railroad
station al Cambridge used by the Central
Vermont and St, Johnsbury and Lake
Champlain railroads yesterday morning at
0.lJ o'clock totally destroyed the station.
\ large barn on the farm of Joseph
Supernois in Salisbury was destroyed by
fire about 6 o'clock "Wednesday evening
together with some hay. hens and several
pigs An overturned lantern Is said to
have been the cause of the fire. The loss
is partially covered By insurance.
Roy /. Patrick Of Burlington brought
n suit in Chittenden county court Wednes-
day against Sarah l.. Shipman for 81 900
claiming that ON Jan. Is the defendant
wilfully and maliciously killed a dog
owned by him, valued al 5000. Mrs
Shipman was recently fined So and costs
on the charge of discharging firearms
within the city limits.
Two new problems have been put up to
the weights and measures department of
the state. One is the selling of bananas
at wholesale by the bunch and the other
is selling onions by the bag. Dealers say
rl.v- hvyv-
bananas by the bunch and not 10y the
weight and onions by the bag supposed to-
contain 100 pounds The department is
giving consideration to the question
whether or not wholesale dealers are re
quested to sell by weight in both eases. 1t
is said that shipments received from BoS-
ton are sold and billed by weight. At re-
tail bananas are sold by the dozen and
onions by the pound.
In China the department of dancers is
regulated by a corps of young men with
wauds. When a couple appear TO mis-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Mr. Barber's plan for passing the
budget bill and thus establishing defn-
itely the amount needed for the support
Of regular state departments before any
special appropriation bills are consid-
cred may be good idea, but there is no
power outside the legislature that can
compel the adoption of such a plan. And
for that matter. while the last legisla-
ture made numerous special appropria-
lions before actually taking action on
the budget bill. the members from the
start of the session had estimates from
the budget committee which put them in
possession of sufficiently definite infor-
nation so they should have Known pretty
definitely where they were coming opt.
Possibly it would have been little cas-
Ter for the appropriations committee, of
which Mr.. Barber was chairman. to re-
fuse some of the requests for special ap-
preparations if the budget bill had been
passed first. but there is-no reason for
thinking that such an arrangement
would bring about any legislative mil
lenium.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Mrs Marjorie Green, -, OF Winooski
was the victim of Il painful accident early
Tuesday evening when She fell down
stairs and broke the wrists of both hands
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

The resignation of Grace +. Moore as
district nurse at Bellows Falls becomes
effective Feb. /. The district nurse works
under the direction Of the Noman's club
which has not yet secured a Successes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
LOWER FREIGHT RATES.

FRIDAY, JANUARY p, 1922.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27

Ii all comes back, in The AIeddler's
opinion, to the question of legislative
personnel. If the next general assem-
bly, can muster a majority of members
whose chief purpose at Montpelier is to
bring about economic reforms and who
will set about that purpose with no
thought save what is best for the state
of cutting expenses. But if its member
ship contains the usual number of ''spe
cial interest representatives (men
whose principal purpose is to get some
thing for their particular towns and
dickerers for political 1breferinent linen
who are looking for some Office for them
selves) then the finest plan in the world
viii get no farther than II pigeon-hole in
some committee room desk.
Outside Of the village Of Bellows Falls
at least. the victory Of the law aud or
der" ticket at Mondays election viii
meet with general satisfaction--ifo 50
much because of what it indicates with
relation to the paper mill strike as be
cause of the proof it offers that the ma
jority of the voters of Bellows Falls are
against government in the interest of
any particular faction.
The Keene Sentinel brings up an in
teresting possibility when it says, rela-
tive to the proposed Inauguration of a
motor car on the Boston & Albany be- !
Evening star., 1922-02-14
BRANCH Library ;
RULING OPPOSED
Board of Trade Not in Favor
OF Use by Both White
and CoIored.

1ndiscriminate use Of branch public
school libraries proposed for the local
public schools by white and colored
schoof children was opposed yester-
day by the executive committee of
the Washington Board of Trade in
resolutions adopted at a meeting in
The Star building.
The executive committee will in
struct the committee on public
schools to endeavor to have the
board of education rescind it's action
IN approving Of the use of the pro-
posed libraries by both white and
celored pupils. The sch, ol committee
Of the board previously had consid-
cred the matter without formulating
any recommendations.
FavOrs Distinct System.
The committee emphatically voted
Tor continuation of the present
practice OF having two distinct
lumbfa, one for white and the other
Tor colored residents. 1t was pointed
out that the move to open the pro-
posed branches to children OF both
ing toward the ultimate indiscrimi-
nate use Of the schools themselves.
The resolution in full follows:
RESOLVED. that we approve of
oTduCn libraries DelnS eStanilSned IN
the District public schools.
That under no conditions do we ap-
prove of white children having access
and use of the libraries in the colored
schools, or of the colored children
having access and use of the libraries
in the white schools; also, that the
public schools should be continued as
two complete units - one for white
children and one for colored children.
THAT the board of education be re-
quested to revoke its resolutions for
mixed libraries in the public schools.
THAT copies of the above resolu-
tion be sent to the board of education
and the trustees of the Public Lii
brary."
The executive committee elected
the following new members: n. Heath
Berry, Paul ]. Dundon. Coleman Jen-
nings, Charles N. Riker and Percy c.
Schnei. E. j. Murphy, vice chairman
presided in the absence of President
Bradley.