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A P Flour at wholesale has already advanced about $1.50 a barrel. Today the retail price stands lower than the wholesale. We should advise the consumer to buy immediate ly from their regular source of supply, and save at least $2.00 per barrel over the prospective winter price. E. CROSBY & CO. Itjj l iv ' n - - I r . ; i r ; .j Near and Far Sight In One Fair of Olassea Can you see distant objects clearly through your reading Kinases? Or are yon compelled to take them off every time ycu look off nt a distance? Then vou need KKYPTOK C.Iasset. KRYPTOKS combine near and far fight in ono solid lens. The lower -,1(1 rt is adapted for close vision, the Tipper part for far vis ion. JORDAN & SON Optometrists Opticians HP'"," !4"P iv niiiBia v i.ihi i rV m m i. We call for your family washing. We wash all your clothes. We iron all of your flat pieces. We. dry the remaining pieees. We return your wash promptly. Wo charge for all this only 3 cents ter jound, provided your wfuih weighs E.j pounds or over. If you have not already received one of our new family wash lists, call for one at once, as you cannot afford to have your washing done elsewhere. Washings taken Monday returned t7 Wednesday. TVashings taken Tuesday returned by Thursday, hashing taken Infer than Tuesday, returned at our convenience. Brattleboro Steam Laundry W. K. srAEK8, Prop. 'Phone 72 39 riat Bt. IIOr.TON D. WALKER EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL Brattleboro, Vt. SCOTT FARM K. C. TENNEY, Manager PURE VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP Blue Ribbon Guernsey Better VISITORS WELCOME AT ALL TWFS TEL. 227-Y THE HAPPINESS OF A MAN Inc. not c.it in the absence of tro!,l(., ,, , th(, ,.(tfl(.v ((f he e..,,r of having pc)vil,,i ample lit. ii.siiraii-e tor his iVnil- is one ,,f mau-s greats joys. National I o.. ol t. ( M.it'i'iV AT MET C. LAIRD. Special At S Crosby Elock. --0eni, h Ladies' and Gent's"" Clothes Impaired, Cleaned and Pressed Ideal Dry Ceasing Co. l ELLIOT STRFET. BRTTLEBORO lei 3CC M g ParWaa Method ICRYPTOIf JUL GLASSES XL THE ONLY INVISIBLE BIFOCAL " ' 1 ' iiii-i i in. j. Published Every Evening Kxcept Sunday at the American Building Annex, Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont. Address All Communication! to Th Reformer. TERMS OF Single Copies .... One Week ........ Cue Month One Year SUBSCRIPTION: Two Cent Twelve Cent Fifty Cent Five Dollar Entered In the poetofflce at boro, as second class matter. Brattle The Reformer Telephone Number 1 127 for Business Office and Editorial Rooms TO ADVERTISERS. Transient advertising Run of paper, u0 cents an Inch for first Insertion; 2 cents an Inch for each subsequent lnser tlon. Limited space on tlret page at double rates. space rates on application. 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Cutler & Co. Ksteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy. West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell. East Dummerstcn, M. E. Brown Putney, M. G. Williams. Newfane, N. M. Batchelder. Townshend, C. W. Cutler. West Townshend, C. H. Grout. Jamaica, K. J. Daggett. South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler. South Vernon, E. B. Buffum. West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W Streeter. Hinsdale, N. H., W. II. Lyman. Bellows Falls. Vt., Iepot Restaurant Bertolino ,C- Hertnlino, F. C.Winnewisser. Windsor, Vt., Windsor Restaurant. I'll IDA Y, Al'ClNT I. l'.tlO. To think that lily-white !iotiM ever ho dituiled ln-cball agitation! Johnsliury a Siuidav Now that the national house of repre sentatives has passed the honest berry basket bill it will be interesting to see what activity Senator Page will display in behalf of the horticulturists of his native state. The primary law has killed the still hunt candidacies. Seine of us can recall -tints that were pulled off in county eouventioiis that, would not have a chance to get by under present condi tions, when tho candidates are forced to come out into the open. Natt L. Divoll of Rockingham, who made a highly creditable record in the llist session of the Wisl.-itnro nj wnn. I .......... itor and as reoresentativ e in Puis n candidate for reelection. His state ment to The Reformer is well worth reading. There will be few to dissent with him in his desire to shorten the legislative session. There are now four avowed candidates in Windham county Mr. Divoll, Ileum, u K. Hddy of Brat tleboro, Frank A. DeWitt of Newfane and John II. Ware of Townshend. All of these men have had legislative ex perience. The White River Junction Landmark uses balf a column of space to explain that Senator Page is not an aged man, while in his 71th year, and it points to Senator Oallingor of New Hampshire at ! with five more years to serve, K'cpresentative Cannon of Illinois young at si, and then rings the changes on such obi hoys as Von .Moltke, Gladstone and Benjamin Franklin. This talk is all well enough as far as it goes, but the point is that. Senator Pago has had eight years of service and there is nothing exceptional in his record. All of the in. -it referred to had "made good" bo fore they were 7::. Page isn't likely to do so aUer reaching that mark. SaiifMd (). Dunn in the .lournal of Political I'lcoiiomy gives an exhaustive levi.v.v of government ownership in ( aii.-ula. lie says the government owned Taili-(.a.s in that country are a hopeless financial failure. They l;ave cost the Canadians L'i;s,(Mio,i)Ott more than their present value, or 1.-1,::7S .er mile more than they are worth. One of the govern ment, roads is the Intercolonial Railway and the railroads of the United States with u capitalization less than the con struction cost of the Intercolonial han dle live per cent inor- passenger traffic and i.'7 per cent more freight traffic per mile with only two and sdx-tcnths per cent greater operating expense. The Canadians have !fJ(i,n((,(i(i() to pay in tax 's for which they will not receive a cent s value. This actual example should make the people of the United States cautious about venturing into a $o0, t hii in hi government shipHiwning scheme. Governor Gates has made what the Monitor believes will prove to be the greatest mistake of his life in allowing his name to go before the xople as a candidate for the Tinted Stales senate. Governor Gates is a man lovetl, honored and respected in ,js fate nih a,j unuift ration of the highway toinmis- THE BRATTLEBORO DAILY1 REFORMER, FRIDAY; AUGUST 4, 1010. sioner V ofiice was above criticism and par excellence in every respect. He has made a good governor. But in Washington, C. W. Gates would be out of his environment. That 's all. The Reformer believes the foregoing paragraph from the Barton Monitor ex presses the opinion of hundreds of Gov ernor Gates's friends in this part of the state. And they are none the less his friends for possessing such conviction Best Hay Crop in Years. (Barre Times.) The esteemed Boston Transcript speaks of "the threatened failure of the New England hay crop, due to the excessive moisture of a backward sea son and the difficulty, not to say im possibility, of obtaining harvesters as the result of the labor shortage," and it goes on to advise farmers of Vermont, as well as of the other states, to raise alfalfa instead of hay. The, advice to raise alfalfa may be good enough, but the contemporary is somewhat misled as to conditions of the hay crop in Ver mont, if not in other states of New Eng land. The hay crop of Vermont is one of the best in years both as to quality and quantity; and the barns are being lilled as they have not been filled for many a year. Moreover, the crop is being harvested without unusual dif ficulty although the labor market for farms is not so plentiful as the average farmer might hope for. There is no discouragement whatever among Ver mont farmers over the 191(5 hay crop. Compliment to Dale. (St. .lohnshury Republican.) Congressman Dale has been selected by the congressional campaign commit tee as one of its preferred list of speakers and will take the stump as his duties in Washington will permit. His engagements will begin in New Jersey October 2. This is a distinct compliment to the ability of Vermont's second district congressman. We know he will make good. GUILFORD. Mrs. Kate lloaphy, of Northampton, Mass., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. .1. Iw i.v. Mrs. A. J. Belden retained home Mon day ttom a five-weeks' sojonin at the sea shore. Mr. and Mi s. ( hai les Hutchinson of Greenfield, Mass , are visiting their daugh ter, Mrs. Finest Staikev. Mr. and Mrs. Geoie Whittenmre of Westtield, Mas , are visiting Mr. Whitte more's sdstcr, Mis. Rose Hamilton. Mrs. Elizabeth Hewlett and son, Phile tus, of Tow n.-h. nd are guests at E. M. Spcnceis's. Little Miss Hazel Blanding has received a pi. sent of a piano trom her grandfather. E. M. Spen.er. News has been received of the death ot Miss Satah A. Aims ;it the :i.r, t;o Miss Aims was born in this town, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Arms Alter the death ..f her parents Miss Arms at the age of 1!) went to Connecti cut to live with an aunt, but was a t re fluent vi-itor to this place to see her life long friend. M iss Fmeretta Weat hei head. Of late yeais she had Wen a l evident of Terry ville. Conn., where the funeral was held. The burial took place in Hartford, Conn. Her parents are buried in Christ church cemetery in that town. GUILFORD CENTER. J. Lyon went to Jamaica last week to visit. Mis Lillian and Alpheus Ingraham of Connecticut visited their un. le, Hav Ingraham. this week. Miss Nora .Jaquith of Brattleboro visited from Saturday to Monday at F. K. Thayer's. Mrs. George Prouty and daughter, Mrs. Kahl visited Mrs. Prouty -s broth er. Worthy Worden. Sunday." Mrs. Jason Baker is visiting her aunt, Mrs. George Thomas. in Brattle boro and attending the Chautauqua. C. Kenneth Farimrn went to Bernard ston Sunday to work for his brother-in-law. His family will remain here for the present. Mr. and Mrs. Nar.l and son and Mrs. Nard's sister, Miss McCarthy, and Mrs! Flora Snyder, sister of the Misses Hill, all of I -ooklyn, are spending ten davs with the Misses Bill. VERNON. Geoijr,. Streeter is visiting his grand mother, Mrs. George Moseley, in Ronton. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bingham and daughter, Mildred, of Brattleboro spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas hvnes. Mrs. Arthur Miller is entertaining her father, E. K. Maynanl of Barrington, N'. H., and sister, Miss lluth Maynanl of Boston. The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ownes fell from the upper window of the barn Monday and narrowly escaped seri ous injury. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller and family at tended the Maynanl family reunion in Ashbuinham, Mass.. Tuesday. Thev were accompanied by Dwight Miller and family of Dumnieiston. WEST NORTHFIELD, MASS. Mrs. White is visiting Mrs. Dayton Park. E. P.. Biifl'um and Gordon were at Ocean Beach a few days last week. Erie Lincoln of Bingham, Mass., is visit ing his aunt, Mrs. C. I. Bolton. P. II. Martin and father, also his Edgar, are in Vershire on business. son. Mrs. Abbie Smith of Sharon, Mass., is with her daughter, Mrs. Spiller, for 'the present. Miss L. M. Thayer, who has been visit ing .mis. torse, lias gone to Springfi t., to visit friends. Little I'wis Stark is miirli L4 .. ,. ... it, i nit. I .is with his mother in the home of her lather, Henry (ashman, in Bernardston. Miss Maude Bad way has gone to New jnuon lor a two-weeks vacation. Miss Grace ( orse is taking her postoflice. place in the Mm H. W. Riley and Mrs. Cora Gale came Wednesday from Worcester to make a short stay with Mrs. Doolittle on their way to Wardsboro, where they are to stay dining August, having rented a cottage 'I hey will be joined later by Mr. and Mrs. W ill Johnson of Worcester for two weeks. Excursion to Ocean Beach, New Lon don, August G. See Ad. on page 3. The Meddler 'If the coat fits you, put it on" The Meddler sincerely hopes (hat the new cement road on Western avenue will prove to be as durable and as sat isfactory as its builders seem to ex pect. Surely, the amount of incon venience its construction has caused entitles the public to something in the way of a reward. There is serious question, however, whether a highway of this kind is worth what it costs even when constructed in the most ap proved fashion. It is bound to be noisy and dusty and certainly will not be easy to repair when excavations for pie repairs are necessary. One has only to compare it with the recently built gravel road on the flat this side of Linden lodge to become doubtful as to the wisdom of using concrete. The latter road is one of the very best in this part of the county and although its cost was but a fraction of that of the Western avenue stretch careful up keep should make it almost as dura ble. As to the wisdom of a concrete sur face for Main street The Meddler has serious doubts in spite of the recently expressed opinion of the state highway commissioner. Such a surface would be almost if not quite as noisy as gran ite paving blocks, and the amount of digging that takes place in one season would be likely to leave it full of de pressions. Brick paving would be cleaner, less noisy and much easier to replace. Tho Meddler is not inclined to view as over-severe Judge Barber's sentence of the young man who figured so con spicuously in the automobile accident at West river bridge July The case was an aggravated one from whatever angle it is viewed and the summary punishment that has been meted out should serve as an indication of the at titude of the local authorities toward all automobile drivers who are obliv ious to the danger of mixing rum and gasolene. To claim that the young man in question should have received a lighter sentence merely because previ ous offenders escaped punishment is an argument for perpetual postponement. Otlicial notification of the primary election to be held throughout the state Sept. 12 brings to mind the fact that candidates for town representative must be nominated on that date. The Med dler has yet to hear of any Brattleboro man who has aspirations to be a mem ber of the next general assembly, but doubtless some willin' Barkis will ap pear before the time for tiling petitions expires. One thing to be borne in mind in connection with the representative question is the attitude of all candidates on the repeal of the Perry bill. The work of getting this statute off the books was only partly done in the ref erendum of last March; to complete it representatives must be chosen who will agree to a. t irr accordance with the ver dict rendered at that time. County politics seem to be in a luke warm condition despite the numerous candidates in the Held. The announce ment of N. L. Divoll 's senatorial can didacy this week brings the number of aspirants for this ofiice up to four: Mr. Divoll and J. II. Ware of Townshend from the northern district and II. E. Ed dy of this town and F. A. DeWitt of Newfane from this end of the county. However, the primary law is likely to prove as much of a stumbling block to the custom of choosing senators by prohate districts as it is to the mountain rule in the distribution of state offices, so there is no likelihood that Messrs. Ware and Divoll will have a chance to tight for one toga while Messrs. Eddy and DeWitt are contending for another. The two who get the most votes in the primary will be the ones whose names will appear on the official ballot without regard to residence, and this is as it should be. Two criticisms of Brattleboro, made in the course of an appreciation of the town's beauties printed in a recent is sue of The Reformer, are in the opinion of The Meddler worthy of serious con sideration. One had to do with our fail ure to plant new shade trees to replace the many that have died and been cut down. The other referred to the shift less habit of using Whetstone brook as a public dump. Thought for the com fort and enjoyment of future genera tions should prompt us to replace our shade trees as fast as they outlive their usefulness. Consideration of our own welfare and health should point out the advantages of making Whetstone brook something more than a public dump and an open sewer. RAWSOkVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ileald and two sons of Washington, D. C, are visiting at W. W. Ileald 's. The old home week picnic will be held Aug. 10 on A. A. Kinghbury's hill farm. Everyone is invited. Mrs. Mamie Helson and daughter and Mrs. Mary Jackson of South Lon donderry visited at W W. Ileald 's recently. THE CITY KID ) , yoo TO A flKt f sttJfc!. Should " W f-. - -A. aSi 0 (( I wane n mCyfm Jvs uiwuciu m mi 1 ----r-r-- 1 J Br a II MowdLRanri aovA , arte .,. a of shoes- and ships - -and THE BOARD The board of trade is a place where men put down mor.ey and guess how far No. 1 wheat will jump inside of 1 hirt y days. If the jump fails to shat ter any of the existing records several embittered operators drop off the board and apply arnica bandages to their wounds. It costs a 'grtaf deal of money to g. r on the board of trade, and sometimes it ei,sts scveial times as much to eT off. Every year some new, brash mem ber from the far, west is admitted tc membership by paying ,."iO,ooii an. I re peating one of Jesse James' favorite passages of Scripture, and a fev inonths later relires by the back door with a vast amount of helpful experi ence and a check book shot as full of holes1 as a coffee strainer. Xobo.ly ever joined the board of trade with the pious idea of showing up the old members without breaking down in the middle of the third verse a.id back ing off the stane with a wan. pinched look. Bucking the board of trade continues to be the favorite pastime of sanguine .itize.is who have access to other peo ple's money and who always know that mess pork is due for a phenomenal as cension by September 1. Many a trust ed Sunday school treasurer has dumped Protected by The Adams TODY'S MAMG Wilt 0 MARY GRAHAM BONNER ROOSTER AND PEACOCK. "What shall the story be about tins evening, children?" asked Daddy, as he came into the nursery. "Oh anything at all, Paddv," said Dick. "Well, that seems easy enough," said Daddy. "You certainly are not fussy or particular. And, as I haven't told you a Story for a long time about the Barnyard Folks, I think it is high time to do so. "Several days ago Mr. Rooster was walking around and shouting at the top of his voice 'Cock-a-doodle-do,' over and over again. He had a fine red cap on the top of bis head and he was just as proud of himse lf as he could be. Dear mo, but he was proud! "He strutted about and kept on crowing. The rest of the Barnyard Folks were just tho least little bit afraid of Mr. Rooster. He was so very dignified and stylish. At least he al ways told them he was, and he said so in a tone that made them believe it must be true." "Was he the only Rooster in the Barnyard, Daddy?" asked Nancy. "Oh, no, indeed," replied Daddy, "though you would have thought so from the way he acted. But he was the only Rooster they called 'Mr.' The others they called just plain 'Roos ter,' or 'Red Top,' or 'Tuft,' or maybe 'Roost ie,' but this one they called Mr. Rooster always. "As he was crowing and strutting about he happened over by a small pond at the extreme end of the Barn yard. It was just what he had meant to do all the morning, and he hadn't found time to before. "Ah, I'm a busy old fellow,' he said. 'I must crow for the delight of all the Barnyard Folks and if I didn't crow early In the morning I do believe some Grownups would sleep all day! They should appreciate me, though sometimes they're so lazy they think they like that old Sandman creature better. Yes, I have a great deal I must do. But now I can attend to my looks. "He stood on one side of the pons and looked at his own reflection. After he saw that he was looking well and that his white feathers were spick and span, and his red hat bright and clean, he started back, crowing as he went. "He used to walk alone you see, for he didn't quite think any of the other Animals were fine enough to walk with him. But on his way back he met Mr. Peacock. "'Good morning, Mr. Peacock,' said Mr. Rooster with a special 'crow' of sealing max - of cabbages- Vins1 OF TRADE the proceeds of the mite-box i.ito the wheat pit, while the other brethren were learning'the Golden Text, only to have the market .slump downward with a hollow groan and leave him stripped of both religion and collateral. Everv once in a while some rural merchant im bibes the idea that he can invest a $10 bill i i the board of trade and have it come back in the form of an eight cylinder touring ear, and after keeping this up for a reasonable length of time he decides that it is cheaper and more exciting to play draw poker with total stra.igers who carry a stripped deck. The number of people who make anv real money by playing the board of trade with a shoestring is about as numerous as those who locate the little pea at the circus. The real wise men of any community are those who play the savings department of a solvent bank every Saturday night. Four per cent interest may look small to the man who wants to double his mmicv between supper and breakfast, but it is better tlia.i having to protect the original investment with a lien on the household furniture. The :nau who gets this solemn fact hammered info his system while young will never have to be cared for bv the count v when he is old. Newspaper Service 1- "You Two Mustn't Quarrel," He Said. greeting. 'How are you? Fine day we're having.' " 'Good day,' replied Mr. Peacock. 'It seems to me you don't say anything very remarkable for a creature that puts on such airs. Any Animal can talk as wisely as you do. It's just or dinary, every-day conversation.' " 'I never heard you were so wise either,' said Mr. Rooster very rudely. "'I don't have to be wise,' said the Peacock. 'For I am beautiful. There is no other tail in all the land that is so famous for its beauty as the tail of the Peacock. And the colors of my feathers are wonderful. You know yourself, Mr. Rooster, that when I spread my tail even the Animals can't help admiring mc and as for the Peo ple well, they think they never saw anything like me in all their lives.' "As you can imagine Mr. Rooster and Mr. Peacock had a fine old argu ment vhich was almost a quarrel for they are both so vain and proud of themselves that each had hard work trying to say more often than the oth er : "'I'm a finer Animal, I'm a finer Animal,' for they got so excited they said the same thing as often and as fast as ever they could. "Soon came along Grandfather Pig who was feeling quite happy and cheerful in the nice morning Sunshine, '"You two mustn't quarrel.' he said. 'It's so extremely stupid. You don't feel happy when you argue like that. And it's no fun to stand around of strut around and keep praising your self up every minute. Why don't you play or get your breakfast or do something sensible each of you?' "Both the Peacock and the Rooster looked a little ashamed when Grand father Pig talked to them, and they went away with their heads hanging down when he said, 'Peacock, for all your beauty, you've hideous feet, and Rooster, no one likes to hear you "cock-a-doodle-do" but yourself!" To effect a quick cure, mix cheer fulness with your medicines. l vtWYx ITS gingery flavor comes from real ginger. Lots of snap because hiprhlv Mr. o j .u Donated. Clicauot is th Quality Gincer Ale nf America. Sold by the Best Grocers and Druggists. Order by the Case THE CLICQUOT CLUB COMPANY i M1LU5, MASS. Ask the Man Who Used For Autos AL WOOD 38 Main Street Shines like new It's Up to You If the children haven't been photographed lately, have The Shorey Studio do it right NOW They'll Thank You Later On 103 Main St., Brattleboro, Vt BROOMS HOUSE G. E. SHERMAN it Manager VISIT THE Ice Cream Garden AT- Mann's Drug Store Hinsdale, N. H. A Popular Place CARL r. CAIN MERCHANT TAILOR 159 Main Street Altering, Repairing, Pressing, Covered Buttons Made Barbers Music Store 32 Main St., Wilder Building Telephone 5.W-M EVERYTHING MUSICAL