The Vermont Tribune from Ludlow, Vermont • 3

VERMONT TRIBUTE, LUnAJW, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1927, 1 3 Ml am WINDSOR COUNTY FARM NOTES FUNERAL OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN DR. IIENRY TUCKER KILLED BY A FALL POTATO ACREAGE IN NEW ENGLAND VALUE OF STATE MEDICAL COLLEGE WINDHAM COUNTY FARM NOTES WINDIIAM-WINDSOR SCOUT COUNCIL From the gate of the garden to the torii of immense vertical timbers with a horizontal bar across the top which formed the entrance to the palisade inclosure of the funeral pii-vilion, all the battle Hags of the empire were displayed. On either side of the torii was an attendant in ancient costume guarding a watchfire. This was in accordance with the verse in Hakuin Issiiu, which reads, "As the watchfires of the Imperial guard flames brightly, daylight fades aral his thoughts become full of wondering' fi he Funeral Service. At 9 oclock the funeral service began after the catafalque had been Former Brattleboro Health Officer and Practising Physician 40 Years Ago.

Dr. Henry Tucker, 83, of Frank lin, N. former long-time physician and health officer in Brattleboro, died about 8 p. m. March 22 in the Franklin City hospital, where he was taken a few weeks before following a fall in the home of his daughter.

Marguerite, wife of Thomas F. Clifford of Franklin. For 40 years Dr. drawn in'o the puvilion and the ox-'Tucker was a successful practitionei Described by Georgcne Bowen, Foreign Missionary and Sister of Mrs. W.

C. Jewett. Miss Gcorgene Bowen, a sister of Mrs. W. C.

Jewett of Bellows Falls, left this country in September, 1925, to become a missionary in Japan awl has since been engaged in that self-sacrificing work in a country, which, nevertheless, offers itself as a fascinating study to the stranger and sojourner within its gates. In the following account of imperial obsequies, MiSs Bowen evidently exercised the eye of a keen observer and the pen of a ready writer: As the 7th of February dawned, I lifted my head to peer out upon the world from my berth in the Tokyo-bound express. I could not have chosen a more opportune time; qp pavlllon were two immense pa lor, at that very moment, we were viIions with seatinK capaPity 0f speeding along the base of a pink marble mountain, Fuji San. She was exquisite in her purity and stateliness with not a single cloud veil 8000. These were for the honored ones whose privilege it was to attend the last rites.

To the accompaniment of sacred ing her flawless beauty, omething in her mood which made her in perfect harmony with the spirit of the day; for this was the funeral day of Taisho Tenno, the 123rd Emperor of Japan. Everyone in the car arose early that morning, dressed carefully and awaited the arrival of the train in Tokyo, the stage of the great event. Although the passengers were dignified and externally calm, there was an unmistakable atmosphere of expectancy and suppressed excitement in their manner. For want of occupation, I took out a newspaper and read the police regulations for the day. There were 21 articles in all, some of which were very interesting: T.

The spectators shall wear clean clothes, put on mourning badges and be most respectful. 6. The use of masks is recommended against inhaling the dusty air. 7. The spectators shall refrain from drinking stimulants before going to the funeral.

8. Spectators are advised not to a bath before they leave horns as they may catch cold. 10. Spectators carrying newspapers and other publications, which bear the picture of the late Emperor shall handle them with care so as not to prove themselves disrespectful to the late ruler. The ninth annual conference of the Older Girls of Vermont is to be 17.

Spectators shall refrain from 1 held in Burlington at the Univer-viewing the Imperial funeral pro- sity of Vermont Friday, Saturday cession from any high place unless 'and Sunday, April 8, 9 and 10. The the ground occurs so naturally. assignment of rooms to delegates Is 21. Gargling is recommended on expected to occupy the first after- returning home. Vast Crowds Assemble.

Although we arrived early in Tok- yo, we found the city crowded by great throngs of visitors from all over the empire. Jinrikishas, taxis, street cars and elevated fast lines Hon mTeaLSletaconfusionthe jii firmrurfimontti tn flppnmmndatp arrangements to accommodate the foreign populace by giving them an excellent position in front of the Foreign Office, from whence the pro- cession could be viewed in perfect safety. We therefore started for our assigned position immediately after lunch, knowing that as the traffic along the line of march became con- ested that we should find our prog- ress almost impossible. Our suppo- Fifteen Per Cent Greater than Last Year Vermont to Increase Seven Per Cent. The New England Crop Reporting service reports that an acreage 15 per cent greater than that harvested in 1926 will be planted to potatoes this year if March 1 plans of the country's potato raisers materialize.

The intended acreage will yield more than 400 millions given an average season. This will be 17 per cent larger than the har vested acreage of 1925 and almost nine per cent above the entire crop of 1924 when prices were very low. Cunent reports from 50,000 farmers show intentions to plant acres, ulthough It was pointed out that varying conditions may ultimately change this figure. Past experience, however, has shown that for large areas these preliminary estimates give a significant indication of what may be expected. In the New England states, Maine growers appear to have studied the subject soundly, the report says.

They plan an intended increase in acreage of only six per cent contrasted with ten for New Hampshire and Masachusetts, seven for Vermont, 13 In Rhode Island and 20 in Connecticut. Other state increases include: New York, 12 per cent; Pennsylvania, 14; Michigan, 16; Wisconsin, 10; Minnesota, 16, and North Dakota, 20. POSTMASTER AT WEST HARTFORD COMMITS SUICIDE Reuben C. Munsell, 64, postmaster at West Hartford for the past 39 years, ended his life at his home Monday afternoon by shooting. Mr.

Munsell, who received his first appointment as postmaster, July 1, 1888, for the past few years had alsi served as mail messenger, transporting the mail from the railroad station to the postoffice, Monday afternoon as he arrived at the station to get the mail from the 2:30 p. m. north-bound train, a post-office inspector from Boston with whom he had been on friendly terms, stepped down onto the platform, saying that he intended to call on him. Greeting- the inspector in a friend ly manner, Mr. Munsell drove with him to the postoffice, delivered the mail, and immediately left the office in charge of his wife.

Apparently he went directly to his home, the second house from the postoffice, for it was only a few 'moments later when a young girl liv ing with the Munsell family came running into the Store in which tho office is located, crying that Mr. Munsell was lying in the wood shed. It was some minutes before she could conquer her agitation sufficiently to say that he was dead. When the inspector and the clerk in the office rushed to the house, they found the postmaster lying on the woodshed floor with his head blown off by a charge from an old-faslnoned 10-gauge shotgun. The only reason for the act which can be ascertained is despondency on account of prolonged ill health and constant brooding over heavy financial losses which he sustained several years ago during the World war In grain investments.

He is survived by his wife, a son Dr. Ghuuncey Munsell of South Roy-alton, and a daughter, Mrs. J. A. Smarden of Wilder.

QUARANTINED 90 DAYS State Regulations to Remain in Force Till It is Certain Babies do Not Exist Here. Though not a single positive case of rabies has been reported to the department of agriculture since the joint order of the state board of health and the department of agriculture was issued March 11, quarantining the entile state and requiring that all dogs be inoculated, muzzled and restrained on least, until a 21-day period lias elapsed si-'-e inoculation, it-is stated by the department of agi iculture that the quarantine is not likely to be lifted for pei hups 90-day period, mors or less. "The slate quarantine will remain in force until the department of agriculture ail'd tlii- state board of health are sure Unit rabies does nol exist in the state, said Russell S. Going, deputy commissioner of agriculture In a statement Issued by the department. Because of the long period of Incubation or rabies germs in animals It is held advisable that the order remain in effect for quite a long period.

The importance of inoculation was stressed by Mr, Going. He said that it Is more important that all dogs lie vuccinaled with the nnti-rabies seuini Ilian il is that they be kept muzzled. As the law recently passed by the legislature and the joint order issued by the department of agriculture and the board of healih leads, dogs may be turned loose after the 21-day period after vaccination. This vaccination makes it nor-foctly safe for such animals to be freed, in the opinion of the department, us experience has shown -a-t a very small per cent of dogs have had rabies after Inoculation, providing that such Inoculation was done before the animals were exposed to tho disease, Since the passu re of the rabies law und the Issuance of the order by the public health nnd agricultural departments requiring the vaccination of all dogs in the state against rubles many inquiries have been received as lo how effective vaccina lion really is. The department o' agriculture has made inquiries concerning the results of similar laws In other slates and hns received information from rubles experts which tends to show thut the steps Vermont has tuken will be effective if continued.

BET II El, ((FARKIES TO OBEX. The Woodbury Granite company has secured a contract for Bethel granite for a bank building at West New York, N. Just across the river from New York city. This Is a small Job as Bethel Jobs are estimated. but everybody Is happy because the sheds will reopen In a week or two, with the hope of other jobs when tills Is done, or sooner.

Bethel granite has been used for sev-eral hank buildings, the last Job, which kept the sheds running most of the winter, hnvlng been for a bank at lort Henry, N. Y. It 1h ex-peeted the new contract means at least Ihree months' work. II Is belli veil that there Is granite enough nt the sheds to get out this Job, but the quarries are to be opened this spring in anticipation of future business. GAS BRANTS SOM).

An announcement from New York clly says tlinl the Greenwich Water and Gas company of Greenwich, which furnishes water and gas to Greenwich nnd also to Bort tliester and Rve, hns recently acquired tile gas business In l.arre, Springfield, St. Albans anil St. (lohnsbui-y. Manager Joseph M. Nelson of the Vermont Lighting corporal Ion, stated that the deal had been consummated according to his Information, nnd that a ro-orgunlzatlou wus unde? way.

Has Furnished 92 Per Cent of Physicians Practising in Vermont in Last Ten Years. The Lnivcrsity of Vermont medical college has furnished 92 per cent of the physicians who have practiced in Vermont during the last ten years, Guy Bailey, president of the university, told the House committee on public health at a hearing on the hill to provide additional facilities for the college of medicine at the university. Furthermore, President Bailey showed charts indicating that if the University of Vermont medical college is closed it will be only a few years before the supply of doctors in the state will be practically exhausted; because very few are coming in from outside the state to practice In Vermont today. And the larger percentage of the physicians now practicing in Vermont are above the age of 45 years, which means that they will have not more than 15 years more to practice on an average. In addition to the service given by the medical school in furnishing physicians for the state, President Bailey quoted figures on the hospital service given throughout the state because of the fact that tho medical college is located at Burlington.

Specialists brought to Burlington to lecture at the medical college gave free treatments to hundreds every yeur, he said. Figures compiled by the Mary Fletcher hospital show that patients from 240 towns of the state have been cared for in that hospital during the last ten years, and that the total number of hospital days represented by that care In ten yearn is 203,411, or an average of five and one-half patients per day from the i various towns of the state. Thus Burlington has become a medical center for the whole state, where patients are brought to see specialists connected with the university. President Bailey called attention to the fact that within a year after the medical school at Bowdoin college was closed a few years ago, the state of Maine was advertising for physicians to go to Maine because of the shortage there. He said the same thing would undoubtedly happen in Vermont.

There are now only 61 class A medical schools in the entire country and only 39 of these east of the Mississippi river. These 39 schools graduate 2700 physicians a year, which is only one physician to every 28,000 people in the territory mentioned. The medical college has been operating at a loss of $29,000 a year, which has been made up from the other funds, President Bailey sail, but this cannot continue to be done year after year. As to whether the U. V.

M. mediacl college is in its operation. President Bailey said that it is third lowest in its operating costs in the country, its costs being in the $75,000 a year class, nnd yet its graduates compare favorably with those from any of the class A schools in the country. There are medical schools which cost $500,000 to $250,000 annually to operate. VERMONT FEDERATION OF WOMENS CLUBS "Beauty Spots of Verd-Mont" will be the subject of the next meeting of the Fortnightly club of Newport April 6.

The roll call will be responded to by A Favorite Haunt." The Outlook club of Essex will hold its regular meeting April 6. "What Other People do that Annoys Me Most" will be the subject for the roll call. Fundamentals of Etiquette in the Family Circle" will be the subject of a paper by Mrs. Flynn. Shall Courtesy Die with Marriage" by Mrs.

Bates and "Fundamental Etiquette for Children" by Mrs. Jenness. April 4 the Morrisville Woman's i cluh will meet at the library. There will be an open forum for the discussion of "Shall we Sponsor the Publication of a Town History?" The paper of the afternoon will be by Miss Lou F. Rand on "Our Local History." Morrisville Daughters of the American Revolution will hi guests of the Woman's club for the afternoon.

The Fortnightly club of Bradford will meet April 1, at which time the committee, appointed for revision of Constitution and By-Laws will report. "America and International Relations" will be the subject for the afternoon by Mrs. Etta Weaver. In the Club section of the Boston Sunday Advertiser March 27 appeared pictures of the club homo of the Athena club of Burlington. This was the 25th picture of the series that is now running In this paper of New England club houses.

Next week the Wood Art Gallery, the home of the Montpelier Woman's club will appear. FOUND IN MOUNTAINS Escaped Vermont Industrial Schoolboys Committed Burglaries Near Lake Champlain Three youths, who escaped from the Vermont Industrial school at Vergennes recently were captured in the mountains near Elizabethtown by Corporal Benjamin and Trooper Cole, who had been on the trail of the boys for a week. Their arrest Is expected to clear up the many burglaries which have occurred at the summer camps near Lake Cham plain during the previous week. The three Inmates, Joseph Start-well. Frank Howe and William De-rusha escaped from the school March 9 and made their way over to the New York shore by crossing the ice.

Since their escape many cottages have been reported entered smith of Ilattsburg and the two troopers had trailed the three boys to Keesevllle but lost their trail there. Sunday morning the troopers received a tin thut the three youths were hiding In a deserted shack In the woods near Elizabethtown and the troopers surrounded the shack and captured them, taking them by surprise. It Is understood that the hoys mnde a confession to the troopers regarding several burglaries nenr Keesevllle. The hoys were returned to the Vermont authorities. 12 TEAKS FOB RlKGLABY.

Arthur Trombley, 25 years old, was sentenced by Municipal Judge Wil-Ifnm Mengher Friday afternoon In Bennington to not more than 15 venrs or less than 12 years In thn Vermont Slates prison at Windsor for burglary In thn night. At the hearing held In Judge Meagher's office, only one charge wns preferred ngnlnst tho voting man, a break made at the Old Bennington home of Mrs. Alice Welles lute lit I'Vluimrv, but during his Ntny in the county jail Trombley bad admitted that he was responsible for seven other burglaries or entrances committed In Bennington and in Old Bennington during (he pn.rt winter. Report 1ms reached Pawling (hat Miss Birdie daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs.

Ellas Jaroby of Pawling, wns mnrrled recently, tho bride groom In tho metropolis whose name we bfive not learned. The bride Is well known among Bowling's younger set nnd her marriage came as a great surprise, l'nwling, N. Chronicle. H. W.

SOULE, County Agriculp'rul Agent. HELEN FI NT BEN. Ilouii, Demonstration Agent. Rules governing the harm Dureau Alfalfa contest were formulated the past week and are being printed ready to be sent to any one wishing to enter the contest. For the information of our readers we are publishing them below: 1.

There shall be no entrance fee. 2. Entrance blanks may be obtained at the Farm Bureau office, White River Junction, and must be returned to the office -before June 1, 1927. 3. The minimum acreage allowed shall be 1-2 acre.

4. The seed used shall be either Grimm or Canadian Variegated. 5. The plot he seeued on well-druined soil in 1927. 6.

The judges of the contest shall make two inspections of each plot. 7. The following men: S. G. 'Judd, principal of the Vermont State School of agriculture, Randolph; Thomas E.

Blow, County agent of Washington county, will act as judges together with Dr. Van Al-stine, State Soils Crops specialist. 8. Awards made by the Judges shall be final. The following is the basis upon which the plots will be judged: 1.

Purity of stand, which means the presence of witch grass especially will count against the plot. 2. Thickness of stand, 3. Growth and vigor. 4.

Chance of lasting. Under the fourth heading the ucid ity or sweetness of the soil; the use of acid phosphate; inoculation and whether or not the field has been cut will be taken into consideration. The prizes are as follows: 1st prize, $25 in gold; 2nd prize, $15; and 3rd prize, $10; besides the town prizes which will be offered by local business men. At the present time there are five of such prizes; a complete list will be printed later. Home Demonstration Notes.

At least two members of each Home Demonstration club and all of the 4-H club leaders are invited to the Hartford High school Wednesday, April 6. at 1:00 p. m. Miss Nora Hott will demonstrate attractive rgeck finishes. The work will be of interest to all doing clothing v.

ork. The meeting is for the purpose of leader training and the women who attend will conduct a meeting in them own clubs. The Busy Housewives met at Mrs Jcliu Andre. vs Thtrsday for a breat demonstration given by the agent. Tho Business Women's cluh ot Windsor met at the club rooms Friday nigh when the agent demonstrated dark breat The remaining two meetings are to be spent studying food values and planning menus.

A comnniiity meeting was held in Hartland lor the purpose of discuss-irg 4-H club work. E. L. Ingalls, ate club leader, talked. A goodlv number of boys and girls as well as arents were pres nit.

DE FUST BANJO Go 'way, fiddle! Folks is tire! healin' jou a-squakin. Keep silence for yo betters! Dont yo' hear do banjo talkin? About de 'possum's tail she's gwine to lector ladies, listen! About de h'ar whut isn't dar, an' Why do h'ar is nussin': "Bar's gwine to be a' oberflow," said Noah, lookin' solemn Fur Noah tuk de Herald," an' he read de ribher column An' so he sot his hands to wuk a-clariu timber-patches, An' Lowed lie's gwine to build a boat to beat de steamah Natchez. Ol' Noah kep a-nailin' an a-chippin an a-sawin'; An' all de wicked neighbors kep' a laughin an' a-pshawin; But Noah didn' min' em, knowin whut wuz gwine to happin': An forty flays an forty nights de rain it kep' a-drappin. Now, Noah luid done cotched a lot ob eliery sort of beas'es Ob all de shows a-trabbelin', it but em all to pieces! He hail a Morgan colt an' sebral head Jarsey cattle An dniv em 'board de Ark, as soon's he hecred de thunder rattle. Den seeh anoder fall ob rain! It come so awful hebby, De ribber riz iminejitly and busted troo de lebbee; De people all wuz drownded out 'cep' Noah an de critters, An men he'd hired to wuk de boat, an' one to mix de bitters.

De Ark she kep' a-sailin an a-sailin an a-sailln'; Do lion got his dander up an' like to bruk de palin'; De sarpints hissed; de painters yelled: tel', whut wld all de fussin', You c'u'dn't hardly heah de mate a-bossiti' 'roun' and cussin, Now Ham, de only nigger whut wuz mintin' on de packet. Got lonesome In de barber-shop an' c'u'dn't stan de An so, fur to amuse he-sef, he steamed some wood an bent It, An' soon he had a banjo made de fust dat wuz Invented. He wet de ledder, stretched it on; made bridge an' screws an aprln; An' fitted in a proper neck 'twuz berry long an' tap'rin'; lie tuk some tin. and twisted him a thimble fur to ring It; An' len de mighty question riz how wuz he gwine to string it? De 'possum had as fine a tail as ills dut I's a-singin'; De ha'r's so long an' thick an' strong des fit fur hanjo-stringin'; Dat nigger sluived 'em off as short us washday-dinner graces: An sorted oh em by de size f'om little K's to busses. He strung her, tuned her, Btruck a a jig 'twuz "Nchber min de wedder" She sun' like forty-lehbnn hands a-playin' all togedder: Some went to puttin'; some to dunc-in'; Noah called de riggers; An Ham he sot and knocked do tunc, de happiest ob niggers! Now, senee flat time it's mighty strange dere'g not de sligtites' allowin' Ob nny h'ar at all upon de 'possum's tall a-growln'; An' curyus, too, flat nigger's ways: his people neither los' 'em Fur whar you finds de nigger ilar's de bunjo an' do 'possum! Irwin Russell, BASSETTS.

W. J. Delano went to Ludlow Thursday to the Stearns auction. Mrs. Ray Bulnnm ennie home from be Spring field hospital last, week Wednesday nnd Is recovering slowly from her recent severe Illness.

Miss Mattie Hpnffiml of Eugene, Oregon, wus dinner guest last Monday In the home of her uncle, Elmer Spnfford. Miss Spnffortl Is soon to go to Bails to catalogue books. Philip Delano of Ludlow was a Sunday visitor here at the home of his parents. (By the County Agent) You say: "I havent any money left after paying iny grain bill to buy lime tins spring." Did you realize that $60 of your grain bill will buy appioximutely 10 ton of lime and at the rate of two ton per acre It will cover five acres of land which will raise at least 15 ton of clover hay where it raised eight ton of timothy before. That in one ton of clover hay there is 242 protein and in one ton of timothy hay 60 protein.

Why not take $60 that you would spend for gram and buy lime? These are the mornings to look out for when it comes utf coin ut night nnd the fire dies down in the stove. Chickens get cold v. ry easily and then you lose ail profits. See that your thermostat is all right and that the stove pipe is not plugged with soot. Keep all milk out of tin containers and use agate or crockery.

The acid In milk works on tin and galvanized dishes forming a poison which kills the chicks Dont forget to prune that appio tree. Take out all dead hranches. Cut out the suckers. Cut all branches criscrossing and interfering. Then be careful and not let the tree grow straight into the sky.

When this is done you will have a very different looking tree than when you started. Remember to spread a little nitrate around those trees that never did very well. They may prove quite decent trees if given half a chance. The Alfalfa Heaven. (By the Windham County Agricultural Agent) Alfalfa makes milk; Milk makes health; Health makes happiness; Happiness makes heaven; Therefore, grow alfalfa and get to heaven.

$3,000,000 SURE FOR HIGHWAY BUILDING The Vermont highway department will have $3,000,000 for the year ending June 30, 1928, and $3,200,000 for the year ending June 30, 1929, to expend on the highways of the state, regardless of what the Income from motor vehicle department, the gasoline tax and the seven and one-half cent state tax may be, according to the interpretation by the state treasurers office of the highway appropriation in the budget bill passed by the legislature. The original budget bill read that i' the receipts from the automobile ceeded $3,000,000 tho first year of the registration and the gas'bne tax exbiennium and $3,200,000 the second year of the biennium, the amount of that excess should be added to the tund for highways, but if the revenue from these two sources fell short of the $3,000,000 appropriation for the first year and $3,200,000 for the second year, the amount by which it fell short should be subtracted from the appropriation Tor highways. But an amendment was made to the bill in the house which eliminated the provision that anything should be taken away from above figures in case the revenue from automobile registrations and the gas tax do not come up to expectations. The provision for taking the excess, if any, above the $3,000,000 the first year and $3,200,000 the second year remains in the bill. So it appears that the highway department will get all there is to get from these two sources of revenue, after the expenses of administering the motor vehicle department has been provided for, and can call for enough more from the gen- I eral funds to make up the $3,000,000 for the year ending June 30, 1928, nnd $3,200,000 for the year ending June 30, 1929.

BARRETT SCmVENK WEDDING A wedding in a beautiful setting wns that of Miss Dorothy Anna Sebwenk, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Anthony F. Schwenk of Brat-tleboro and Harry Clark Barrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C.

Barrett of 714 Bryson street. Youngstown, 1 which took plnce Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. March 26, at the home of the bride's parents. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Milton Czatt, pastor of the Center Congregational church, and the wedding music, including the Lohengrin and Mendelssohn marches, was played by Miss Malva Roberts, an intimate friend of the bride.

Spring flowers, lilies and palms attractively decorated the house, which was filled with relatives and intimate friends of the couple. The bride, whose father gave her In marriage, wore a period gown of ivory satin, trimmed with rose point lace and embroidered in pearls, with court train of satin. Her veil of tulle was arranged with a bandeau of rare old rose point fastened with sprays of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of gardenias and lilies of the valley. The bride had as her maid of honor nnd only attendant her sister, Miss Elizabeth Goodhue Schwenk, who wore a beautiful period gown of changeable taffeta in peach color, artistically combined with green.

She wore a large picture hat of green and enrried an old-fashioned bouquet reflecting the colors of her gown. After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Barrett will make their home for the present in Framingham, Mass. Miss Schwenk attended Abbott academy, Andover, and specialized in kindergarten work In New York city.

Mr. Barrett is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1923, und is connected with the Koppers company of Pittsburgh, 1U. Among tho guests present wns Mrs L. C. Stillings of Alstend.

FRANK KIDDER AGAIN Frank Kidder of Randolph, who. It may be remembered, did a phenomenal potato-growing business on an abandoned farm last year, harvesting between eight and nine thousand bushels from 20 acres, Is getting reudy for another prosperous season. Ho is to transfer Ills aetivlties this your to the Bliiisdelt farm beyond Randolph Center, which Ij," purchased recently. Tho Bluisde'd farm contains over 300 acres. Mr.

Kidder will sound out tho potato market and cron prospect and plant as lingo an ncrengo ns conditions seem to warrant, raising nlso sweet corn nnd other crops. The family will go there to live during the summer. Mr. Kidder has sold the large quantity of seconds "lid over-slzi potatoes from Ills Ins! seasons crop, stored over winter In his house collar, to New Hampshire buyers and they to be shipped right away, SWEET POTATO INCREASE. Tim low price of cotton und the desire of Southern farmers to find a more satisfactory crop than that staple Is reason for a huge sudden Increase of Intended planting of sweet potatoes tills Season, nrrord-Ing to a report today front tho government bureau of agriculture economies.

Indicated Increase of sweet potato ncrengo In south central stutci alone Is 48 per cent. Thirty Woodstock scouts and their leaders were dinner guesfs of the Woodstock Rotary club last Wed nesday. A program of speaking followed the dinner and ineluded talks by Scoutmaster Robert Wells, Scout Executive J. T. Dizer and Rotary Governor James F.

Dewey. Windsors local Court of Honor lias completed its organization. With postmaster C. Henry Stone as chairman the court held Its first official session last week and awarded several first-class pins and merit badges to scouts of troops one and two. West Lebanon reports the awarding of three first-class and 16 second-class badges to local scouts at the first session of its court of honor of which Col.

J. M. Ashley Is chairman and former scoutmaster Robert Dow is examiner. Springfield Court of Honor at its second session awarded 15 merit badges to Scouts David Hoisington and Hember Hazen. Scout Hioising-ton is now among the leaders in the race for the Eagle Scout badge.

American Forest week, April 24 to 30. is being brought to the attention of all scouts in the council. Printed programs for its observance, furnished by the Vermont Forest service, are being sent to all troops. During the week many troops will devote their regular meetings to the subject of forest conservation. Some troops are already working on forest planting and fire prevention programs.

The Rutland-Bennington council has extended us an invitation to user Camp Sunrise, their scout camp at Orwell. Except for distance Camp Sunrise is ideal and the few scouts from here who attended last season reported a fine time and also made good advancement In scouting. Twenty Brattleboro Troop 1 scouts in charge of Scoutmaster Haigh took an over-night hike to Camp Ridgewood, March 18. In the Brattleboro Reformer of March 21, under the heading of Pen-Drift parts of three columns are devoted to an interesting account of the hike as enjoyed by C. E.

Crane, father of one of the scouts. Fred Maxham, assistant scoutmaster of Windsor Troop one has taken a position with the United Fruit company and is now in Boston ready to start on a round-the-world trip for the company. 'Springfield scouts are becoming interested in archery. They plan now to secure some bow and arrow making equipment and to invite Kendall Parker of Windsor to instruct them in the proper manufacture of bows and arrows. Scout Parker received expert instruction as council representative at the Bast ern States exposition last September SAUCE FOR GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR GANDER The Lady from Worcester Turns tho Tables on Male Legislators at Mock Session At the Mock session of the legislature recently Mrs.

Jessie M. Putnam, the member of the House from the town of Worcester, made a very apt speech and turned the tables so neatly on the male representatives that her remarks are hereby reproduced; "Mr. Speaker, Fellow Members: 1 object to this bill which would give men and women equal status iu the court room. This is a matter of vi-t 'l imimi-tance. Indeed I consider it the most important measure ever tuiiKine witnin these wals.

At casual glance this amendment would appear harmless, but as we look below the surface we see that it strikes at the very roots of our civilization. It has been said that nature equalizes all tihngs. If she gives one place beautiful scenic attractions she will give to some other pluce a more desirable climate. And so with men and women. She has given man a strong body, better able to resist the attacks of disease, but she has equalized things by endowing woman with a more powerful mind, better able to withstand the insidious attacks of evil influences.

Now woman. when brought under evil influence. can throw off the effect, her strong mind rendering her impervious to th attacks of evil. "But with man how different! How long would he be able to withstand the degenerating effects of the court room with Its slime and filth? Now let there be no misunderstanding, we do not c.aim that man is not capable of reiving in the court room. He is capable but he Is weak.

We know how he depends on woman for advice, for comfort and oft-times for support. Applause.) Now can we consetenciously subject these weaker members of our race to the contaminating influence of the court room, knowing that their mental and moral fibre will become permanently weakened and impaired. "We know that courts employ female stenographers; there are female lawyers and prosecuting attorneys. Will It not be very embarrassing for our husbands and brothers to be forced into association with these women who, with their powder puffs, their rouge boxes, perhaps even with their cigarettes, might do Incalculable injury to these helpless men who have no means of protecting themselves? And is there not grave danger that with the deterioration of mental and moral powers there will come a gradual undermining of their constitutions with an ultimate loss of health? I tell jou, Sister Legislators, if we pass this amendment their blood will be on our hands. "The men of m.v town are keenly alive to thir danger and have unanimously requested me not to vote for this hill.

It is almost inconceivable that In this grand old state with its high and lofty traditions there should he found even one man so lost to all sense of decency and self-respect, so oblivious to danger, that he would willingly consent to subject himself to the contamination of the court room. But, my sisters, if such one can be found, let us remember thnt it is a onse of 'they know not what they do' and let us awukp to our responsibilities, let us hand ourselves together and shield this misguided tnan from the results of his own Ignorance and temerity by refusing passage to this amendment." (Prolonged applause.) This speech Is said to have been practically veihntlm to the one recently given in the house by a mala member In opposition to women serving on Juries, but with the word woman and "mail" transposed. TIIKEE-CENT GAS TAX COMES JUNE 1. The new tax on gasoline increasing the tux from two to three cents, which was passed Inst week Thursday by tho Vermont legislature ant signed bv Gov. John K.

Weeks the same night, will not go Into effect until June 1, according to tho phrasing of tho bill. Tho additional one-rent tax will he collected with the two-cont tax already In effort beginning June 1 nnd will be handled through tho newly created office of the commissioner of motor vehicles. The de-pnrtment will make all collections through the gasoline distributing agents ns hns been done In tho past by the secretary of stale. in Brattleboro, and for 1414 yeurs he was health officer, until the district health law went into effect July 1, 1919. Five yeurs ago he and his wife went to Franklin to live with their daughter, at whose homo Mrs.

Tucker's death occurred May 20, 1925, following a shock apd two weeks of resulting illness. Only the daughter and two grandsons survive the doctor and his wife. Dr. Tucker was born in Laconia, N. H-, May 1, 1843, the youngest of the six children of Alva and Mary Jane (Bean) Tucker.

His father was one of the first cotton manufacturers, making cotton cloth before the city of Manchester with its great mills was even thought of. He attended the Laconia schools and Pittsfield academy and took up the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Lindsey of Laconia. He listed in Boston in the United States signal corps, in March, 1864, serving until September, 1865, in the Department of the Gulf. Then he resumed the study of medicine.

He also attended medical lectures at Dartmouth college and graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical college in 1869. Dr. Tucker located in Claremont, N. in 1869, and on Oct. 25 of the following year he married Miss Mary Ellen Moore, daughter of Dr.

David F. and Frances (Clifford) Moore, in Lake Village (now Lakeport), N. H. In 1874 Dr. and Mrs.

Tucker went to Brattleboro to live. In 1888 an auspicious opening in the manufacture of woolen hosiery presented itself to Dr. Tucker in Laconia and he took advantage of it, having had experience in the textile business under his father. He became vice president of the Halifax Mills which did a prosperous business until the panic of 1896. Three years later Dr, Tucker, who had moved to Laconia, returned to Brattleboro and in 1922 resumed the practice of medicine until his retirement.

M. A. STARK LEFT HOME Brattleboro Mail Objected to Wife Gadding About Womans Place Is in the Home. It certainly is amazing that in Brattleboro the hustling, up-to-the-seoond Brattleboro, the burg where visitors even are hurriedly "passing through. seldom pausing over the week-end to catch their breath that Brattleboro should have rather prominent citizen still clinging to the sometime-since exploded idea that "womans place is in the home." Not only is he continuing to hold to that absurd by-gone notion, but he is apparently making a real grievance out of his wife's rejoicing in her fieedom and claiming her privilege to spend an evening out whenever she likes, instead of staying cooped up in the house all the time on the chance of making it pleasant for her "lord and master" on the occasions that Himself" elects to honor the family dwelling with presence.

Accoiding to the Brattleboro Re former and that lively sheet, it would seem, ought to do something to "reform" the misguided and archaic reasoning of certain of its leading' citizens Merrill A. Stark, former candidate for senator, town repiesentative, selectman ami holi'" of other offices, took a sudden and unannounced departure from home and family March 22 because he was dissatisfied with conditions in bis home. His present whereabouts are unknown mid application has been made to the overseer of the poor for suitable support of those dependent upon him. According to State's Attorney Roger A. Brackett, to whom lie case was also reported, Stark objected to Ins wife's going out evenings.

On this particular date site wanted to attend a meeting soniewhcie, und did so, in spite of her husband's objections. Thereupon, as soon as she had left the house, her peeved spouse gatheied up his belongings and disappeared. Since that time the family 1ms been without means of support, r.o an appeal was made to the overseet of the poor. There are five children in the family. Stark is well known about Rrat-tleboro because of his interest in public matters.

He has acted as substitute police officer on several occasions. He is a World war veteran. PRETTY GOOD FISHING RIGHT IN PLYMOUTH Eight Hundred Trout to the Mile in Brook Running Near President Birthplace. Coincident, with the requests from various western communities for the establishment of a summer White House and the accompanying inducement that trout fishing Is very good in their neighborhoods, comes a little folder from the bureau of fisheries. It is called A Trout Census in a Typical Vermont Brook," and It sets forth that 800 trout were counted.

While the folder does not say so, inquiry at the bureau of fisheries disclosed that the stream in question runs four miles to the east of Plymouth, where President Coohdge was horn und where he now owns the old ancestral home. In other Woids, the Implication Is that while the president had to go Into the Adi-rondneks In middle life to learn to fish for trout, the old "Acres of Diamonds" Btory holds good he could have found plenty of them al home. Also thut while the trout fishing may he good In the Rockies, It Is not half bad In Vermont. The bureau of fisheries did nol take the "census to demonstrate that Mr. Coolidge should spend Ills summers ut his old homo town, but "In the attempt to find an nnswei to a question thut iH constantly arising, how ninny trout will stream of a given size support?" The stream selected for tills purpose," says the bulletin, was a typical trout brook, and In the section where the fish were counted, flows through pasture.

At first an attempt was made to capture the fish In a small seine, but this was found to he Impracticable. It was decided to obtain the "census by carefully counting tho fish that couhl he seen In clear, shallow vvutor. The report goes on to say I lie actual number of flsli so counted In tho given stretch was 186, "which is at the rate of 651 to the mile, but it Is believed that the count failed to include fully 25 per nl of tlm trout which were hidden." It Is on this basis that folder gives the. figure uh 800 fish In tills particular mile stretch. The Buffalo Old Maids society has decided to change Its nnme to the Time nnd Tide club.

Toledo 3ule, en unhitched and led away. The banners of the sun and moon and the sacred sakaki trees, which had been carried in the procession, were arranged before the pavilion: while the six ritualists seated themselves upon stools near the bier. At either side or the small catafal- music, offerings of water, salt, washed rice, holy wine pakps fish mirks. rice cakes, tai fish, pheasants, ducks, fruit, and seaweeds were made on 21 white wooden trays. These represented the fruits of the sea, land, mountains, fields and forests.

In addition to these, sacrifices of cotton and five skeins of thread dyed in five different colors were made. The service ended at 11 p. at which time all trains and moving vehicles throughout the empire stoped for one full ininutp. It was the moment for all the subjects of Japan to bow toward the Shinjuku Garden and pay their last farewell to the emperor. At midnight 115 young men from the village of Yase raised on their shoulders the coffin of the emperor, in a palanquin draped with olive green cloth, and carried it to the railroad station.

When, at last, the palanquin reached the burial grounds at Asakawa it was 5 o'clock on the morning of the 8th of February. Here the 123rd descendant of the Sun Goddess was laid to rest in a granite vault with his "head reclining toward the north and his feet pointing toward the south." OLDER GIRLS 9th ANNUAL CONFERENCE noon, but at 6:30 p. m. Friday there will be a banquet at the gymnasium and at 9:15 a firelight ceremony "Words of Flame. conducted by Miss Alibie Graham of New York cjty.

NaUonal Board uct- df, Ch.lpol. At 9.3ft, Mtrt rape Sweet, director of iV' S' wl 0T). Luilding Ourselves. 10:30 will come the conference re A I win come tne conference Presided over by Mai gam Stanley of Waterbury. chairman c-f he i Whos Who for vocational discussions.

The period from 10:45 to noon will be taken up with group conference; FARM BUILDINGS BURNED Albert Iarher of Brownsville Lost House, Barns und 47 Head of Cattle ill Flames. The set of farm buildings owned and occupied by Albert 1'niker. of Brownsville and situated about eight miles from Windsor on the Fclch-ville road, was totally destroyed by fire early Friday forenoon and 47 head of cattle were burned to death. Word of the fite was received by the Windsor Fire department ut 8 in the morning and one piece of apparatus and a number firemen hastened to the scene. Because of the distance nnd condition of the roods the fire hud gained such headway that it was beyond any possible control when the Windsor firemen arrived.

Mr. and Mrs. Barker, aided by neighbors, succeeded in saving heir furniture und quantity of personal belongings and Mr. lurker was successful in getting his horses from tho barn, but the fire had gained such headway when discovered that he was unnlile to reach any of the herd of cattle tied there. It Is thought that the fire started from tho electric wiring.

On going to tho born that morning to do the chores, Mr. Barker opened the door to discover the entire building a mass of flames. It Is understood that the family's loss Is pari tally covered by insurance. TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS. The Vermont sonata confirmed the appointment of Governor Weeks of Charles T.

Price of Montpelier as new commissioner of motor vehicles nnd the appointment of Donald M. Tobin of Middlobury, present secretary of civil and military nflulrs, as state purchasing agent. sitions were realized as we became under the followng leaders: "Op repeatedly engulfed in the crowds of portunities in Library Work, Ibis people. It was easy to believe that cilia Bancroft of the Proctor library; there were between one and a half I "Opportunities in the Physical Edu to two million subjects of Japan ex- cation Field, Elizabeth Leavens of pecting to view the funeral of their Montpelier, secretary of the State -emperor. We were thankful to reach y.

W. C. "Side Lights in Agrl at last our positions of safety, where culture. Ruth Moody of the Experi-we found chairs had been placed for ment Station at U. V.

"4-H Cluh us along the side of the road, i Work, the Open Door," Margery Nevertheless we felt undeserving of I Extension Service, U. the courteous treatment accorded us I "The Attractions of the Nursing and by the Japanese government while Medical Professions, Emilie Par-thousands of Japanese subjects had kinSj Burlington; "Opportune not even a comfortable place to tlos (or Women in Business, anr Law," Mrs. Margaret R. Ferguson Marble Savings bank, Rutland, aim Consuelo Northrop, states attorney for Chittenden county; "Planning Your College Course." Marion la'-terson, dean of women, University of Vermont; "The Field of Social Service," Persia Holden, secretary o( the Vermont Children's Aid society Burlington; Teaching as a Profession. Mary Maud Patrick, instructor in elementiry education, V.

in World Service." Anna Mansfield Clark, Rural Communities secretary, National Boaid Y. W. C. New York city. The first thing Saturday afternoon will be a conference picture; then adjournment to the gymnasium for an address by Esther Llovd Jones of New York city.

At 2:45 "Folks and Songs of Other Lands, with talk and songs in costume, will he presented by Mrs. Ludmeila Kuchorova Foxlee, Y. W. C. A.

woiker at EIIi Island, New York harbor. Recreation in gymnasium at 4:30, and even Ing session at 7:30 In Ira Allen I chapel, with committee reports, mu sic. and an address by Eunice Avery of Springfield, on "What's the Use of Being a Girl." At 9:15 Miss Graham will conduct another Fire-j light ceremony in Billings library, her theme being "Angels at Even. Sundays program opens with a Bong service in Iru Allen chapel al 9 o'clock; then the delegates will tit tend service and Sunday school ses sion in the Burlington churches according to their individual preferences. Prof.

Howard Bennett will give an organ recital in the liu Allen chapel at 4:30 in the afternoon, and the closing session will be in the same chapel at 7:30. The seiv-ice of worship and consecration will be in charge of Rev. Charles N. St. John of Bethany church, Montpelier.

stand! Although we waited more than Ihree hours we did not find it as tedious as we expected, for we could watch the companies of army and navy guards assembling; the funeial officials hurrying back and forth; the inspectors dusting and examining, on either side of the road, the huge wooden lanterns under which sacred sakaki trees had been planted. Later an army of street cleaners appeared. quickly and deftly to spread a new sand road over which the procession must pass. As it became dusk the wooden lanterns and the giant torch baskets filled with gas logs were lighted. Cannon Roomed.

At 6 o'clock the boom of the cannon on a warship in the harbor announced that the great moment had come. Then from the palace gate at Nijubashl came, with silent and stately tread, companies of 2400 soldier and sailor guards of honor. Their buglers, as they marched, sounded the mourning call, "The Height of Sorrow." The bugle music was relieved at intervals in the procession by military bands playing Western music and flute corps playing Japanese music. These were followed by officials of the imperial funeral, court servants, drum, gong and banner bearers; quiver, bow and arrow bearers; a chest containing the personal effects of the late emperor; sacred sakaki UTevora Janonica) trees; cherts containing sacrifices; i dualists and court musicians. Their costumes, although of ancient design, were of neutral-colored materials, imperceptible in the light of the flickering pine torches which were carried at frequent intervals in the procession.

The slow, soundless tread of marchers, passing like an endless pageant through the night, lighted by the soft flickering glow of the torches and lanterns, gave one the sensation of being in a weird and fanciful dream. This feeling was onlv heightened by the sweet, plaintive strains of flute music and the ten 101 salutes of distant cannon which were lired at intervals of 60 seconds, it wove a spell of mystery and unreality around the hearts of us all. Beyond us on the street we could hear the cries of a surging mass of people who were protesting because they couldn't see the procession. We could see the police swing their paper lanterns widlv in an attempt to regain quiet and composure along the line. But confusion nro-e again and again from the poor souls In the background, who were strugglin' and seething, and crushing and trampling one another.

Cut a fnlqur Approached. Then slowly the royal ebony-rntnfnlque approached, drawn black oxen In white silk hnr-and draplngs. The cart Itself an odd and simple doHlgn, Its comtive touch helng In the I screens of split bamhoo nine In the front and on the impletely shielding the turn view. As the cart rolled 0 gold-embossed wheels seven dolorous notes I of mourning, the Imperial h'pr marched Princes of 11m Blond, military fTloors am) ntbuhos, foreign ambassadors and mln'stprs. and an ermy and navy contingent of 1500 men.

The procession, which was 3 1-4 -pins in lrop-th. past US 1 3.4 hours toward temporary Pori ho-n built In the Bhihjuku Gardens, distance of 4 3-8 miles from (Ip, pshrf-n gate at Nl-h'liaslil, This shr'na had been built of pure while wood and was decorated chiefly In blnck-nc1 white end white paper lanterns with the Imperial ermt In grey upon them.