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VTRE StraLINGTOW TREE' PRESS AND TIMES :v THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917. I ! WEBKLT OTtRB PRESS. Urn erti ttr copy, SO cents for six month!, $1.00 pr ear, postage paid. ... , Advertisements and subscriptions rejm'fm t the office, lit Colleir street. Full ao vertlefnir rate sent on application. Accounts cannot be opened for subs erip. tlons. Subscribers will plense remit wltn rder. Name are not entered until pay ment la received, and alt papers are stopped t the end of the time paid for. Remittance at the risk of the subscriber mless made by registered letter or by eheclt orposta! order payable to the publishers. The date when the subscription eplres Is on the addtess'label of each paper, the I'hanre of which to a subseouent date b omes a receipt for remittance. No other receipt Is sent unless requested. The re. relpt of the paper Is a sufficient receipt for the first subscription. . when a change of address Is desired, bom the old and new addresses should be given. - , TERMS Sl.flo year In advance. DAILY by mail (4.00 a year In advance. RATE IN CANADA I nATT.T , ...M.00 a year In adrnnce. WEEKLY ft.no a year In advance. FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Publishers, Darlington. Vt. BURLINGTON, OCTOBER 25, 1917. WANTED. Wston yon want anything, advertise In the new special column of this paper. Some bargains aro offered there this 'week which It will pay you to read about. See page two. This pspor has more than 55.000 readers every week and one cent a word will reach 'hem all. With John D. Rockefeller taking 15,000, 000 In Liberty Bonds and the Standard Oil company subscribing: for J15.000.000, It must be admitted the Rockefeller family are well represented In this great financial rally for the American cause. If It is true that Germany la preparing a great aerial navy to act on the offen sive in, an effort to forestall America's actual entrance into the war on a gen eral scale, then It behooves us to do the thing nearest to our hand to counteract German activity. We can beat Jcrmany with our dollars. Let's win in the way surely open to us! CONGRESSMAN DAUB AT TOTS FRONT. Going where duty calls Is one of the spirited signs of our times. Some of us find our duty In various lines of production, while others engage In co operative war activities for the sup port of the boys who are fighting for us our battles in France or elsewhere. Congressman Dale has been moved to go to France with other members of Congress. In a letter to the editor ho makes this statement: "As the special session of Congress has approached adjournment, I have been Impressed by the importance of the legislation enacted, but more than that by the thought of the most vital questions that will call for decision dur ing the coming session. I feel that the first thought of one entrusted with responsibility at that time should be the war conditions, onthe conduct of .which depends the future of the na tion and the welfare of its soldiers; that my sole duty Is In that course; and that I should do what I believe would best fit me to meet It. It seems "perfectly clearto me that I should go where we voted to Bend our boys and, as far as possible, study the necos- sltles and obtain information as to the requirements. If I measure correctly the character or my constituents, that Is what they would want me to do. There fore, I am leaving with a party of ten members of the House for this pur pose. While it is not an official com mission. It Is certified by the Secretary of State and the Speaker of the House as one that goes in the Interest of our country and the relations between Its government and the governments of the allied nations. "If our plans are not Interrupted, I think my observations and conclusions Will be of interest to the people at home, the loyal spirit of whom I know Js centered so devotedly In the great struggle over seas. "Cheered by the belief that the ap proval of the home people goes with me, and In anticipation of meeting the boys under the flag they are following on the highest mission ever undertaken by our country, I feel that my course Is clear. "My office in Washington will be open and .the Interests of my consti tuents will receive the careful con sideration of Charles, S. Groenwood, for many years secretary of the late Representative Hill. "Very truly yours, "PORTER II. DALE." This Is certainly a laudable move. Congressman Dale will carry with him to France the well wishes of all Ver- monters, and we may be sure that 'when he returns, he will bear with him generous sheaves of honor for him self and his constituents, won In patriotic service. VERMONT AND TOE WAR HORSE. John G. Saxe long ago sang the fleet nets of Vermont horses. The Vermont Morgan helped to establish this fame and to make the Green Mountain State noted in equine circles long after fteetness ceased to be. a prime necessity In all horseflesh kind. Some years ago the Morgan's adaptability to military ser rice directed attention anew to our State, although lack of loftiness of the family as a whole militated against it with some people. Other breeds of horses, which became conspicuous during the existence of the Vermont Horsebreeders' exhibi tion met the demand for height. In any vent we can breed horses profitably In this as In other directions, and help care for the war horse. In view of the fact that we have been talking about the necessity of saving almost everything under the siin to en-, able ui to win this war, Including gaso line, It may be surprising to some of our readers to know that the American Red Utar 'animal relief organization 1b seri usly asking the question, "Will the horse win the war?" As the soldiers' war wants aro cared for fry a number of agencies, chiefly the Red Cross, so the animals, too, have a help ing organization working along Red Cross lines, but known as the Red Star. The mission of the two is much the same one benefits humans, the other benefits fcntmals. What tho Red Cross does for SOME OP WAR'S WHOLESOME r It would be impossible for any person at one sitting to enumerate in a comprehensive way all the helpful and Whole some influences growing out of our preparation for the great struggle now in progress. These count for finer living as well as broader Christianity. They permeate our entire list of ed ucational fields. They embrace as many lines of influence as there are channels of activity in trade and manufacture. They reach every economic interest in this broad land. They reach every household, and take hold of our health and sanitation as well as our intellectual and spiritual life. One of the most far-reaching influences of our prepara tion for the performance of our part in this great war is the increased attention given to the health and physical well-being of our soldiers and sailors. We nave already seen wide spread evidences of this increased solicitude on the part of Uncle Sam for his men in connection with the temperance and recreation measures instituted at Fort Ethan Allen and all other military training camps throughout the United States. We have noted the infrequency of arrests for intoxication and the high morale of our troops as a result of temperance and other physical discipline. Some of us have not stopped to think, however, of the marked contrast between conditions directly involving the health of our troops at present, and the widespread prevalence of disease no longer ago than during the Spanish-American war. A host of the readers of the Free Press can recall the sad spectacle of the return of the Vermont troops from the camp at Chickamauga, with part of their number borne on stretchers as a result of typhoid fever while others never re turned. You will Und a marked absence of typhoid and other al lied diseases in our military training camps throughout the country to-day. Turning to the navy we find similar excellent conditions. Surgeon-General Braisted in his report to Secre tary Daniels says : "The health of the navy is excellent and the training of the personnel is not being interfered with by the presence of communicable diseases. Practically the only communicable diseases which have given much concern during the present war have been those of the respiratory type, which are spread mainly by nose and throat secretions, principally mumps and measles, which are associated with a low mortality rate or no mortality at all. "This is in marked contrast to the experience of 1898, during the Spanish-American War, when the communicable intestinal diseases caused widespread damage and carried with them a high mortality rate. The application of recent medical science has practically eliminated such diseases from the for ces afloat and ashore. Such modern methods for the preven tion of intestinal, diseases include preventive inoculations, the proper disposal of garbage and sewage, protection of food and water supplies from contamination, and: the extermination of flies and their breeding places." These lessons which are enforced so thoroughly at this time by war, cannot fail to have far-reaching effects upon our civil population, both now and after the return of peace. Man power has become so valuable, that we are even giving our men as much care as our humane societies have long insisted we should give dumb animals. We may yet be as careful of our men and women and children all the time as we are of our race horses and our fancy dogs. One of the most helpful results of the necessity of work ing the entire civil population in our preparedness for effective war is the proper use of food by the individual as well as the housewife. Physicians will tell you that more trouble comes to our population as a whole from wrong eating than from wrong drinking. We are finding for ourselves that doing without certain things at times and avoiding excess in eating are resulting in a marked improvement in the health of our people as a whole. A man who discovers this fact now will not forget it after the war ends. On the other hand, many a woman will tell you that Hoover is all right but she is saving all she can save already out of considerations of economy. Yet statistics show the amount of garbage collected throughout the country has dim inished to a marked degree since food began to be regarded as one of the most powerful weapons of this war. You might be surprised to know how many portions of bread, cake, meat and other materials go into the garbage can, without the knowledge of the housewife in some cases, and in other cases through her own acts. You have heard cooks boast of how many eggs they used in cake-making. Now they are boast ink of cakes without eggs. We are reminded in this connection that Mr. Hoover's food department plans for the saving of no less than $50,000, 000 worth of eggs in the United States alone every year. Mil lions of eggs are allowed to get old before shipping. Later candling of eggs bought by the case shows a large per cent, are bad. The shipper or dealer must throw these eggs away and a higher price must be charged for the good stock left, so that the loss is passed along to the consumer. Chilling eggs to six ty degrees Fahrenheit, or below, as soon as possible after pur chase and the removal of all cracked and second grade eggs are advocated. These are only a few of many ways in which the ordinary housewife can aid in saving food in this war, in addi tion to going without certain things under favorable condi ions. Turning to the general conservation of food Mr. Hoover cites eight great causes for the waste of food. These are lack of terminal markets, duplication of marketing activities, ex pensive cartage, high retail delivery costs, unnecessaray cred its, extravagance in service and in display, failure to buy home packed goods of equal quality, failure of retailers to use proper merchandizing methods. A single illustration will suffice in this connection. Ver mont produces the finest sweet corn in the world. We pack a considerable quantity of it in our own State. You will search in vain on most grocers shelves for Vermont canned corn, how ever. You will probably never asked your grocer for Vermont corn. You buy "Maine" corn possibly, and pay for shipping it out of Vermont and back again. You have read in the columns of the Free Press the an nouncement that the United States is now making dyes not only to meet its own needs, but also for export to other coun tries. When the war began we were entirely dependent upon Germany for dye materials, and for some time after the strug gle began we talked of a possible dye famine as a result. Ger many had told us what we could do as to dyes and we toed the mark like little men. All that is past. We were also dependent upon other countries for the very nitrates for our gunpowder for our army and navy, as well as fertilization. The secretary of war has just announced that President Wilson has approved of the location at Sheffield, Ala., of the initial ammonia and nitric acid plants authorized by Congress. This will be constructed with a portion of the $20,000,000 appropriated for nitrate supply by the national de fense act. This location is on the Tennessee river just below the Muscle Shoals and near the phosphate beds of Tennessee. This and other plants will produce material for the manufac ture of ammunition during the war and when peace returns their products above ammunition requirements may be sold for use as fertilizer. In fact we shall do our acts of charity and Christian liv ing as well as .our manufacturing and our transportation and our financing and our every-day business in a far more effi cient and thorough manner for the lessons gained during our preparation for our part in this great conflict. We have enu merated only a few. You can think of many others yourself as you read by way of suggestion. the soldier, the Red Star does for the war-horso. The Red Star movement came into ex istence at nn International convention in Genovu in 1914, Its object being to bring about International co-operation in be half of sick or wounded war animals and to secure tho neutralization of those en gaged In such work by international agreement. Tho American Red Star came Into ex istence In 1916 when, acknowledging that "all countries In time of war must de AND HELPFUL EFFECTS. pend to a large degree on the voluntary assistance of Its citizens," Secretary of War Baker wroto to Dr. W. O. Stlllman, president of the American Humane asso ciation, a letter in which he said: "It Is believed that plans similar li tenor to those of the Red Cross could be very advantageously adopted by your society for rendering organized aid to In jured animals In time of war. If your .society will undertako this work the war department will bo very glad to co-operate with you," This Is tho organization, which, having asked whether tho horse will win this war, proceeds to answer the question. In splto of automobiles the horse will holp win the war in various ways: First, by hauling tho food and supplies to tho soldier. Tho fighting man cannot fight without these. Without food and supplies he is a dend factor. Second, by bringing up tho artillery lo pursue a fleeing foo. England, with plenty of horses has lost scarcely a cannon for months. Germany, whoso horso supply Is running low, and cannot drag her guns from tho field, has lost heavily In the field artillery. Cnpt. Ral Parr, at Baltimore, Md., made this Interesting statement: "There Is a decided shortage of the best type of cavalry remount. . Th Brit ish and French have been capturing great, quantities of guns partly becauso Ger many Is short of horses to handle her artillery. . . . More horses nre being used in this world war than In any other conflict In history. A French officer in Washington a few days ago voiced tho opinion that tho horso will be the deter mining factor In this war." The ned Star says: "If American people Anew what the horse means In this war, if they realized, as the fighting soldiers realize, that mil Hons of lives depend on the services of man's faithful friend, If they understood that it Is the horse that must carry food to the boys in the trenches and ammuni tion to the guns, they would grasp the meaning of the term American Red Star Animal Relief. If they but knew that at blood-red sunset of soma blood-red day not far distant when enemy hordes shall have been converted by hours and days of heavy gunfire and Infantry attaok into a shattered, nerve-racked rabble If they but know that at Homo such moment as this there may come to a huge, efficient cavalry force the oportunlty to strike such a mighty blow as to end this terrible war, there would be no fear that the crit ical moment would find that force lacking either in numbers of horses or In stami na. For the American people would see that, when their soldier boys wedge be tween the boys of Franco and tho boys of Britain, they shall have everything for their needs and the needs of the ani mals which will go with them to battle." SInco Vermont is one of the few States to have families of horses connected with its name, and Inasmuch as most Vermont ers admire a fine piece of horseflesh, our readers will be thoroughly Interested In the work of the Red Star, especially as It has brought out the fact, contrary to general opinion, that the horse is an Im portant factor In this war despite the ab sence of great cavalry movements like those which figured so conspicuously in our Civil War. CANNING LESSONS. From the National Emergency Food Garden Commission, SIO Maryland, Washington, D. C. PUMPKIN. This is the time to can your, pumpkin for the Thanksgiving Day pie, says to day's bulletin of the National Emeregency Food Garden Commission, which Is cam- Pbaignlng for the conservation of Amer ica's food resources. Peel tho pumpkin In whatever way Is easiest, remove tho stringy seed portion and cut into small pieces. Put these with a very little water in a largo kettle or boiler and boll down, stirring occasional ly to prevent burning until as thick as apple butter. Fill he hot Jars at once, put on rubbers and partly seal the tops. Sterilize in boiling water two hours or in water seal outfit one and one-halt hours, or In five to ten pounds' steam pressure ono hour, or in ten to fifteen pounds' steam pressuro for 45 minutes. Finish sealing the tops and storo In a cool placo, dark If possible. Dried Pumpkin. Cut the pumpkin crosswise Into thin, circular strips and take off the skin and the inside fibrous part around the seeds. String theso strips and hang them in a warm room or in the sun, protected from insects, or put them on plates in the oven, leaving the door open. When dry but still leath ery, pack in tin or pasteboard boxes with gun to make the packages air-tight. Squash. The squash is aB serviceable in making "pumpkin" pies as is the pump kin, and. In fact, it is usually richer than pumpkin. It should be canned and dried like pumpkin. Pumpkin Marmalade. Cut eight pounds of yellow pumpkins into small pieces, and. after nine pounds of sugar have been mix ed with them, leave to stand for twelve hours; then peel six oranges and as many lemons and boll tho rind of both for two hours, changing tho water two or three times, cut off as much of the white part of the rind ns possible to prevent the mlx- utre from becoming too bitter: thon chop the remainder of tho rinds, add with the Juice and boil from two to three hours. Seal nnd keep In a dark place. PEARS. canned pears can be served at any time, but they make an especially .de licious breakfast fruit saya the bulletin of tne national emergency food garden commission, co-operating with this paper to save the nation's food supply. In order to retain the light color, the fruit should be dropped in slightly salted water Immediately after being peeled and cored. Blanch in boiling water one and a half minutes, dip into cold water and pack Into Jars. Make a syrup of three cups of sugar nnd two cups of wator nnd pour boiling hot into tho packed Jars. Put on rubber and partially tighten tops and sterilize for 20 minutes in boiling water or for ,12 minutes In a water seal ed outfit, or for eight minutes at flvo pounds' steam pressuro. Tighten tops and wrap In pnper to prevent pears from dis coloring and store In a cool place. Pear Preserves. The winter pears, or very late fall pears will make better pre serves if first cooled In plain wator until tender, then placed in syrup nnd cooked down. In this way they are not strong, have o.del!cate flavor and aro not tough. To make spiced syrup use the water the pears were boiled In nnd add equal measuro of sugar and cloves, root ginger or sliced lemon to taste. I'nck while hot into hot Jars and seal at once. Pear Honey. Reservo the Julco from cooked pears and boll It with cinnamon bark, Before placing It In tho Jar boll one fourth of a teaspooitful of cream of tar tar In each half-gallon of Juice. This Is a rich syrup to serve with breakfast cakes. Gingered Pears. The fruit chosen should be a trlflo under rlpo. After peeling nnd coring, cut the pears Into thin slices. Use six pounds of sugar, one cup of water and the Julco of four lemons for eight pounds of pears. For flavoring use the lemon rinds, cut into narrow strips. One eighth pound of ginger root, cut Into ploocH. should be added. Let I he mixture simmer until It H tho thlckncps of mar malade. Pack while hot In hot Jars. Seal immediately or allow containers to stand In hot water bath for 30 minute at sim mering point, 180 degrees F. QUINCES. Every well-balanoed fruit shelf should have a supply of canned quinces, says tho bulletin from the national emergency food garden commission, working In con- Junction with this newspaper to consorve tho nation! food resources. In canning nulnclcn.. .peel, core and qunrter the fruit, removing all defective parts, and drop Into slightly salted water to prevent discoloring. Blanch In boiling water one and a halt minutes and plunge for an Instant Into cold water. Pack In to hot Jars and pour In hot syrup made three cups of sugar to three cups of of water boiled until the sugar Is dissolv ed. Put rubbers on and tops In position and sterilize 20 minutes In boiling water or 12 minutes in a water seal outfit, or eight minutes in a steam pressuro of five pounds. Remove Jars from sterilizer, fasten tops, wrap In paper and store In a cool place Quince Jelly. Wash the fruit, cut Into quarters and remove any bad spots. Placo In a preserving kettle, add a little water and cook to a pulp. Put the hot pulp Into a Jelly bag to drnln, and to eactfeup of Juice add a cup of sugar. Let tho Julco boll a few minutes before ad ding the sugar, then continue boiling un til It thickens Into drops on tho edge of a spoon dipped Into it. Pour Into hot sterilized glasses and when cool cover with hot naraffln. Quince Juice may be mlxeta with juices of other fruits II desired to make a com bination Jelly. i Quince Butter. Select fruit ripe but still firm and do not peel the fruit. Wash thoroughly and quarter and core, and put Into a preserving kettle with a little water. Cook to a pulp and put this through 'a colander. To each oup of pulp us half a cup of sugar and stir constantly while boiling down to desired thickness. Then add spices to taste. Pack in hot steriliz ed glasses or Jars and cover with hot paraffin. Quince Marmalade. One cup of grated quince, one oup of sugar and one oup of hot water and boll for 20 minutes, stir ring constantly. AUTUMN LEAVES. Far-flung across the autumn hills our still fires softly burn. Like colored candles lit upon October's altars wide. No penitential hues we flaunt to greet the final turn. Our gayest scarlet orlfiammes make glad the mountain-side. The sacrificial hour has come; frost's bugles far and thin Havo sounded In the forest glades, and blared upon the hill. Serene we put out on the blast, we swirl far out and in. And flash our flags, and Join the ranks, tho ranks that lie so still. And then a tiny crimson song goes thrill ing through the air, And seeking out our dying hearts It sings and nestles there: "Who gives most nobly, richly saves; his loss, tho truest gain; And death is but a natal hour, and fond hearts meet again." And one there was sat In our shade when we were sweet with May, A gay, high-hearted, beardless youth; he went to fly for France. As lightly as an autumn leaf he sailed the airy way. And like a young god fought, and dared and fell In shining slants. And maiden with the eyes that mourn, and mother-heart that grieves. For you the tiny autumn song that thrills the fallen leaves: "Who gives most nobly, richly saves; his loss, the truest gain; And death is but a natal hour, and fond hearts meet again." MRS WILLIAM J. TINDALL. Montpeller, Vt. VERMONT INFANTRYMEN BUY MANY BONDS. The men of the depleted regiment of the First Vermont Infantry have set a fine example in self-sacrifice and patriotism through their purchase of bonds of tho second Liberty Loan. So far the subscrip tions total $27,450 from 238 subscribers out of a strength of 290. Seventy-nine per cent, of the members of the Vermont regiment here have signified their willingness to further sacrifice for their country. In the Third battalion every man but two has bought bonds. Companies E, I, K and L, so far as enlisted men are concerned, stand at 100 per cent., cveryman in each com pany being numbered with tho subscribers. It Is thought that tho Vermont regiment has made one of he best records of any In the country. Tho campaign for tho sale of the .bonds has been under1 the direction of Capt. E. W. Gibson of Brattleboro, as sisted by Lieut. Alton A. Doe of Newport. BRADSTREET'S VERMONT WEEKLY TRADE REPORT Bradstreet's Burlington office reports granite monumental manufacturers have plenty of business ahead and, as "pre viously noted, need additional workmen. Prospects are good for further and more business In this line. Trouble Is experienced in obtaining cars for shipment nnd collections as a whole are below normal. They are classed as poor and slow. Granite quarries are producing a large volume except for orders for building work; this latter line Is still quiet, with no apparent prospect of an increase. There Is a good demand for granite workers' tools nnd supplies. Manufacturers of talc havo been de layed some by poor conditions of roads where hauling is necessary, excessive rainfall having caused delay. Business In this line Is coming In freely and orders are being taken for shipment well along into 1918 at good prices. The knit goods plants In the State are working on government orders which have been given precedence over customers' requisitions. The higher prices of wool have been a factor In this market. Further advices from lumbermen Indi cate that owing to Inability to get labor the winter cut will be restricted. There Is a good demand for pulp wood. The demand for lumber keeps up, with prices firm. Creameries and dairies are making large shipments to city roints, but It Is reported the supply of city points In some In stances has exceeded demand and that milk and cream have xbeen thereby utilized for condensed and evaporated brands. The fall pasturage this year has been exceptionally good, admitting of a large supply. Farmers are receiving top prices for all kinds of products brought into the market. Owing to the short apple crop tho prices received for this article are much In excess of any previous record price. ...TnS ,week nas been tne rm mercan tile failures In this State, although col lections are classed as below the average generally, October 20, 1917. REV THOMAS SPURGEON DEAD. London, Oct. 22.-The Rev. Thomas Spurgeon. former paBtor of the Metro politan Tabernace, died here Saturday. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon was born In London In 1856, the son of Charles Hadden Spurgeon, the famous English Baptist preacher, he was the first pastor at the Tabernacle and also was the founder of a pastors' college, schools, alms houses and an orphanage. To-day's adds are messares to thn. ,!, havo buying tasks to do-messages of INCORPORATED 147 1847 FOB SEVENTY YEARS 1917 The Burlington Savings Bank LIBERTY LOAN DAY THE BURLINGTON SAVINGS BANK will be open from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. and from 7 to 8 p. m. to explain this loan and receive subscriptions. DO YOUR BIT by buying a Liberty Bond and so help your government win the war. A SPLENDID INVESTMENT BEARING 4 per cent. INTEREST. Our installment plan permits you to pay $1.00 or more per week. We will hold for safe keeping without charge any bond purchased through us if the buyer desires to have us do so. URLINGTON TRUST C CITY HALL S4UAHE NORTH CAPITAL $50,000 t4 Sarins nrcoKPeKATDD m Jjend to your Uncle Sam. Jnvest for the protection of posterity. guy the best bond in the world. Every dollar helps to win the war. Render all assistance in your power. The crisis is acute. your co-operation is called for. Je a patriot. T Qwe for a bond if necessary. JSJow is your opportunity to serve. Do your bit. gend a message across the sea. Look for this large electric algn over the door. WI N o Assets over three million dollars. Surplus over 10 of deposits Interest at 4 compounded semi annually Jan. 1st and July 1st. 48 year In successful . business. B A in 111 Take the Waste Out of Wastefulness Economy cuts the waste out of wastefulness and leaves fullnsss of purpose to conquer extravagance It provides well for emer gencies. You will find an account with the Home Savings Bank a wonderful incentlvo to save. 4 INTEREST PAID OUR KALEIDOSCOPE. SEVEN, AT LEAST. Now this Is our ambition; We'll say it, frank and blunt A nice long row of figures With a dollar mark In front. Boston Transcript. WHAT WE GET ANYHOW. The Young Lady Across the Way says she agrees with Mr. Hoover, and that food conversation Is just what we need. Car toons Magazine. NO DELAY. Rich Old Uncle "And remember, dear, when I die all that I have goes to you." Niece "Thank you, uncle. Do let me give you some more of the mince pie!" Milestones. SUPERFLUOUS. "I say, my man.'i said the nervous tourist in the Alps, "this seems to be a very dangerous precipice. I wonder why they don't put up a notice board?" "They did once," said tho guide. "It was up for two years, and then, as no body fell over, they took It down again." Philadelphia Ledger. LABOR NOT ALL IN VAIN. HibbsI supposo you derived both pleas ure and profit from the garden you had this summer. Dlbbs Not exactly; but It leaves me moro contented. It makes the cost of the vegetables. In the market seem small by comparison. Boston Transcript. KERENSKY. Kcrensky h.iB taken a wlfa To fill a void spot In his life. Considering what Other troubles he's got He must be a glutton for strife. Brooklyn Dallr Eagle. THE LEGAL MAZE. The Into Gllman Marston, a cele brated lawyer of Now Hampshire, was arguing a complicated case, says the Christian Register, and looked up au thorities back to Julius Caesar. At the end of an hour and a half. In the most Intricate part of his plea, he was pained to see what looked like inat tention on the bench. It was as he had feared. The Judge was unable to appreciate the nice points of his argument. , "I beg your honor's pardon," he said; "but follow me?" "I have so far," answered the Judge, shifting wearily about In his chair, "but I'll say frankly that, If I thought I could find my way back, I'd quit right here' CHITTENDEN COUNTY TRUST COMPANY. BURLINGTON Liberty This Bank will be open to-day to accommodate all who want to sub scribe for the Liberty Loan. Buy Liberty Bonds and pay for them In the future we'll gladly tell you hbw. nuiKcvroiiNi E. J. Booth, Joht J- Flynn, E. P. Woodbury, J. S. Patrick. R. A. Cooke, E. F. Gebhardt, J, H. Macomber. 0 SURPLUS $250,0t Aswan Trart Da Look (or this large i o s electric sign over lite' door. Subscriptions for the Second Lib erty Loan received without ex- ' pense. Write or call at the bank for Information. No. 11 Wlnooskl Block, Wlnooskl, Vt. N K THE STORY-TELLER. SOME FRIEND. Lou Hymers, who travels through the. Southern states, tells the following: "Onoi -y there came to a New Orleans clinic a negress wlti; a broken Jaw. The examin ing physician, inier.t on dlscovoring tho exact nature and extent ,r the injury, asked numerous questions. To all i.i them the negress roturned evasive answer. Finally she admitted that she was 'hit by a object.' 'Was it a large object or s small object?' asked the phylalclan. 'Tollo'by large.' 'Was it a hard object or j a son oDjecw "roue'Dy hard.' 'Warn It coming rapidly or slowly?' Tolle'by fast. Then, her patience exhausted the negress turned to the doctor. 'To tell de truth, doc, I was Jos' simply kick' In de face by1 a genamon friend.' "Philadelphia, Star. WHO WOULDN'T? On Johnny's first day at school he wash given a registration card on which mother! was to write his birth record. The follow ing day he arrived tardy and without tha registration slip. Johnny," said teacher, you must brinri an excuse for being tardy and don't for-. get the slip about when you were born."' All out of breath next day, Johnny j rushed In holding a note from his mother. "Teacher," he gasped. "I brought the ono ' about being tardy, but I forgot my ex cuse for being born." Mother's Maga sine. SHE OBSERVED. Some time ago, before we all got so) dreadfully economical, a mistress told hr new Scandinavian kitchen girl never to leave In tho refrigerator anything old or left over, but to keep It clean and fresh by throwing away the old things every morning. On the day following, the mistress hap pened to look out of the window and she noticed something necullnr in thm mrA Calling Hilda she asked: "What Is that and how did It get there?" "That's tho old Ice, ma'am, left from yesterday," answered Hilda. "I threw II away lak you tor me. "-Tho Boston Tran script. RAISED THE DUST. It was a dull day in the trenches and a bunch of Tommies had gathered and were discussing events. After a while tho talk turned on a big Boche who had been captured the night before. "He was scared stlrf," said on Tommy. "Did he run?" asked another. "Run?" replied the flrst. "Run? Whv. If that Boche had had Jest one feather In his han' he'd 'a' flew!"-The Philadel phia Ledger. Loan Day