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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATK JOURNAL, TIIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 tgto
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Intcrcst Glcaiicd From A1I
l'nrts of Green Jloiuitnln
Stutc.
. "Wiis Itciulercil Unconscioiis.
Mnrtln Mnttlmoro of Klchford suf
ftred scvoro injurlcB to hls hcnd nnd
fnco Sundny when iu Jumplng from n
tcam tlint ho thought was runnlng
away ho nllghtcd 011 hls head. IIo
wns unconscIoiiB for somo tlino. Tho
tcam dld not run away.
WJI1 J0I11 U. S. Forccs.
Tho First Rogiment of Infantry,
Vermont Nntlonal Guard, wlll prob
ably Join tho Uiilted Statc3 forccs in
manouvres at Plno Camp, New York,
somo tlmo next August, although tho
actual datos have not been detor
mined. The flrst reglment went to
thls camp two years ngo for tho
maneuvres.
Ycrniont W01111111 Snfe.
Mrs. Willlam Stanford Stevons of
St. Albans has recelvcd word from tho
Parls banker of hcr mothor, Mrs.
Harriet S. Lewis, who Is traveling on
tho ConUncnt thls wlntcr tliat Mrs.
Lewis was "safo nnd well." Mrs.
Stevons, sinco tho recent floods, folt
some anxlety concerning hcr mother's
welfare and cablcd for informatlon.
Vermont Smiaf orlimi Officcrs.
The annual meetlng of tho trusteus
of the Vermont Sanatorinm wns held
at Pltsford Thursday. All the old of
llcers were rc-clected as follows:
Presldent, P. C. Partrldge, Proctor"
vlce presldent, P. G. Butterflold, Der
by Line; secretary, Dr. W. N. Bry
ant, Ludlow; audltor, Dr. D. C. No
ble. Middlebury; executlvo commlt
tee, P. C. Partrldge, Dr. C. S. Caver
lyn, D. D. Burdltt, Mlss Emily Dut
ton Proctor; flnanclal commlttee,
Olin Mcrrlll, F. H. Brooks and D. D.
Burdltt.
Exiiense of Stnte.
Don A. Wllcutt of Brattleboro, re
celved a letter from Goernor Prouty
recently advlslng hlm that ho wlll bc
admitted to tho Instltuto for tho blind
at Hartford, Conn., at tho oxpense of
the State of Vermont, under the pro
vlslons of tho Leglslattire of 1008,
whlch provldes for the education of
tho adult In such occupatlons as wlll
enable thcm to become self-support-Ing.
It ls probablo that it wlll requlre
several weeks before tho details can
be arranged for hls entrance into the
Institutlon. Ho has formerly been a
pupll at tho lnstltute and was for
nonio tlmo at a slmilar school in Phil
adelphla. lVant ltutiiiiui y. ar. c. a.
The women of Rutland aro the flrst
to endeavor to tnko actlvo stops to
securo for Rutland a Voung Men's
Christian Associatlon for whlch therc
has been a great need since the blg
llre of February, 190G. Tho Ladies'
Auxlliary of the Rutland Boys' Club
a small organlzation formed a year
ago, made It known that they wlll
begin next month a thorough canvass
of the clty to seo If sufficient sub
scrlptions can bc secured to warrant
starting a bulldlng. No beglnning
wlll be made unless it ls evident that
a niodern bulldlng headed by a com
petent secretary can be erected.
Rutland School Troubles.
The Rutland school board ls
threatened with disruption on ac
count of tho alleged employment of
a spotter by the teachers' commlttee
to spy on teachers and report defects
In thelr methods, as a result of whlch
nino young women cmployed in the
public school were reprimanded. The
mlnorlty members of the board claim
that this actlon was without prece
dent and reflects on tho honor of the
entire board. The alleged spotter ls
Mlss Rowena Purdon, who was em
ployed ostenslbly as a substltute
teacher, in whlch position she was
cnnbled to get an insight into tho
methods used by tho dlfferent tcach
ors. Tho committco is composed of
Commissioners Lamb, C. W. Ward and
H. II. Ross.
Beghi Work In Mnrcli.
G. Tracy Rogers of Blnghamton, N.
Y, presldent of tho Rutland Railway
Light and Power Company, hns stat
ed that work on tho extenslon of tho
trolley lino from n polnt near Fair
Haven to Poultney wlll bo begun in
. March. Peoplo in that part'of tho
Stato are so glad of a chanco to get
somo railway connection othor than
tho round about way of tho Rutland
and Washington branch of the D. &
II. that may of thom aro glvlng the
rlght of way for tho trolley road free.
Thoro Is evory Indlcation that tho
llne will connect with tho I). & II.
at Granville, N. Y another season.
With thls viow ln view tho Poultney
oxtenslon will be built as heavy as a
steam railroad ns to grades and rnils
so that tho quarrymen can uso it for
freight cars whon It hlts tho D. & H
It wlll bo a great convenlenco to the
slato mon.
Wero Hurled Together.
Word has Just renched St. Johin
bury of tho sulcldo in Burke, Tlntrc
dny, of Chnrles Aldrich, a lonely ro
eluso of 72 years. Mr. Aldrlch's only
companlon wns hls fnlthful dog and
the poor oreaturo's grlef on flndlng
the dead body of hls mastor wns so
pathetlc that ho wns chloroformed
and burled in tho samo gravo ns hW
mnster. Mr. Aldrich wns a vetorln
ary surgeon and wns passlonatoly
fond of anlmals. IIo wns becomlng
feeblo nnd hnd grown so weary of
hls lonely llfo that ho declded to end
it by taklng polson. Boforo commlt-
tlng tho nct ho left a noto saylng that
hls only regret was In leavlng hu
fnlthful dog nnd requcstlng that who
evcr found tho noto should sco that
tho dog wns klndly cared for. Whon
nolghbors arrlved tho dog was lylng
across tho body of hls mastcr, hls
crles rcndlng tho nlr.
Is 1)2 Yenrs Old.
John Nash of Chcrry strcet, Burl
ington, wns 92 Wednosdny. Ho is ln
good health physlcally, and hls men
tnl facultlcs are remarknblo, I1I3
memory bclng very clcar In relatlng
lncldents of hls cnrly llfo. Ho hns
rcsided ln Burlington C5 yenrs nnd
hns scen mnny chnngcs hero durlng
that tlmo, comlng thcro from St.
Johns, N. B., by stngo boforo tho rnll
rond was built. In good weathcr ho
onjoys a walk out dally.
llmlly rrozcn.
Charlcs Hogan, 19 years old, a resl
dent of Rutland, is at the Albany Hos
pltal suffering from frozen hnnds
and fect. Ho was plcked up near a
plle of tles nt tower C at Kamer, at
2 o'clock Tuosday. When found the
young mnn wns unconsclous. It wns
nt flrst feared ho was dcnd, hut
when brought to tho stntion
by tho crcw of n pnsscnger trnln ho
pnrtly rovlved. Ho was taken to the
Albany hospltal whei:o ho rcmained
unconsclous for somo tlme. At flrst
ho gavo tho namo of Chnrles Dinn.
IIc afterwards said hls rlght namo
wns Hogan. Ho said also that he
hnd a cousln, Mary Walsh, llvlng at
10C South Maln strcet, Rutland. His
friends were conimunlcnted with.
Hognn's feet and hands arc badly
frost bittcn. It wlll bo nccessary to
amputato two or three of the toes
of ono foot but tho house physlclan
believes it wlll be posslblc to savo
hls feet.
Rutland' "tfentioned."
Thero seems to bo a multlpllcity of
"mentloned" candidates for officc in
Rutland co'unty. Up to date tho 11st
stands about as follows: For sheriff.
E. C. Flsh of West Rutland, the prev
cnt incumbont, B. H. Stickney and
E. S. Whittaker of Rutland and J.
H. Polley of Fair Haven; for sena
tor, E. S. Klnsley and E. C. TuttU
of Rutland, II. B. Barden of Walling
ford, H. F. Croft of North Clarendon,
H. B. Ellls and J. I. Fennell of Castle
ton; for State's attorney, F. W. Wil
11am of Brandon, J. C. Jones, tho
presont incumbont, W. K. Farns
worth of Rutland, and W. H. Preston
of Fair Haven; for probate judge,
II. L. Clarke and A. G. Coolidgo of
Rutland.
dliarged With Embezzlciiipnt.
It was learned in Rutland Frlday
that Henry A. Gordon, a member of
liie Pennsyhania Leglslnturo. and J
Fred Fmce of Phlladelphia, who
were formerly assoclated with a lum
ber business at Pawlo:, were indicted
at tho Soptember term of Rutland
County Court on tho charge of em
bezzlement. As tho papers have not
been served the officials hero wlll
say nolhing about the affair but it
ls understood that the trouble grew
out of a transaction of tho lumber
concern. Deputy Sheriff E. S. Whit
taker of Rutland) returned from Phll
adelphia where he went, arpd with
extradition papers, expecting to bring
Grdon and Fraco to Rutland. He
found that Gordon, having learned of
tho indictment, was already on hls
way to Vermont, and Frace was
away attendlng the funeral of 6 a
relative, so that tho offlcer returned
homo empty-handed. It becanie
known that Gordon was consulting
Attorney Thomas W. Moloney. He
left on tho midnlght traln for Penn
sylvania to flnd bail and ls cxpected
back here soon with Frace.
Unltnrlnn Centcnniul.
Tho Burlington Unltarian centennl
al celebration began Sunday mornin,j
with tho unvelllng of a Memorial
tablet, whlch has been placed in tho
vestlbulo of the church, on tho east
sldo of the center aisle entrance.
The tablet is of statuary bronze, two
by three feet in slze, and bears tho
following inserlptlon;
Tho .
First Congregatlonal Soclety
Burlington, Vermont.
Unltnrlan
Organizcd January 29th, 1810.
Pastors.
Samuol Clark 1810-1822
Georgo G. Ingersoll 1822-1844
Ollver W. B. Peabody 1845-184S
Solon Wanton Bush 1849-1852
Joshua Young 1852-1863
Loamml G. Waro 18C3-1891
Horaco L. Wheelor 1891-189.1
Joel Hastings Motcalf .... 1893-190;!
Charlcs Jason Staples .... 1904
Tho Tablet Is Erected In Pralse and
Thanksglvlng to God for the Sun
shino and Shadow of One Hun
dred Years.
Janunry 29th, 1910.
A Bennington Xducntor.
Tho deatli or I'rof. Georgo W.
Yntes at Now Haven, Conn., last wcelt
removes one of tho best known edu
cators that Bennington evor had. Ho
was tho proprictor of the old Mount
Anthony Seminary at Bennington
Contro from 1857 to 1883, when ho
went to Saratoga Sprlngs nnd open
ed n school for young men. At tho
end of elght years he retlrcd from
tho professlon. Tho school at Ben
nington nttnlned an onvlablo reputa
tlon. Many young men woro propar
ed for tho varlous colloges of ths
country, nnd somo of tho Btudonts at
talned hlgh posltions in llfe, Durlng
tho slxtles many Troy hoys were stu
dents at tho old seminary. Professor
Yntes wns bom at Greenbush-on-tho-
Hudson on Wnshlngton's Blrthday,
1818. That nlght tho Hudson roso by
rcason of an ico Jam, nnd tho mothcr
nnd bnby wero tnken out through
nn upper window of tho houso to es
capo the Ilood. They wero rcmoved
ln n boat. Professor Yates was slx
feet two inches tall, stralght as a
gun barrel nnd hnd scarcely n grny
hnlr ln hls hcnd. Ho boro n closo
resemblnnco to Abraham Lincoln,
and once ln Washington was mistaken
for tho martyr Presldent. Mr3.
Yntes, who was tho tcnchcr of
Fronch nnd German nt tho old som
innry, ls stlll llvlng, at tho advanccd
nge of elghty-elght years.
Condltlons of Snviugs Ilanks.
Frank C. WllHams, Stato Bnnk
Commlsslonor, submlts tho following
report of tho condltlon of tho savlngs
banks nnd the trust companles from
hls Newport officc; January 1st.
1910, tho 21 savlngs 'banks ln the
Stato havo deposits of, $41,512,073.44;
July 1st, 1909, tho samo bnnks hnc
deposits of $40,499,803.97, whlch ls a
gain, in slx months of $1,012,809.47.
The resources of thesc 21 banks have
lncronscd durlng tho samo perlod,
$1,088,118.89. January 1st, 1910, tho
29 savlngs banks and trust companle3
ln tho Stato had savlngs deposits of
$21,949,443.78. July 1st, 1909, the
samo banks had snvlngs deposits of
$21,239,4G1.00, whlch ls a gnln ln six
months of $701,982.78. Jnnunry 1st,
1910, tho 29 savlngs banks and trust
companles had commercial deposits
of $2,733,8GI.29; July 1st, 1909, tho
same banks had commercial depos
its of $2,735,877.99, showlng a ili
crcase, in slx months of, $1.S13.70.
Tho assets of thosc 29 banks havo
increasod durlng the same perlod $1.
049,813.77. Tho total gnln in snvlngs
deposits in tho 50 banks over whlch
tho Bank Commlsslonor has super
vision, from July 1st, 1909, to Janu
ary 1st, 1910, is $1,714,792.25.
All of the savlngs banks havo mado
galns in deposits ln tho perlod nam-
ed. Twenty-four of the saving3
banks and trust companles have galn
ed ln savlngs deposits, and three havo
lost, in the same perlod. Two trust
companles havo no savlngs deposits.
The demand for money has been good
for the past six months, and rates.
on the whole, fully as good ns for the
year prevlous.
Itroko Into (Jns 3Iotor.
Bccause ho broke into the cnsh
boxes in n couplo of gas mcters in a
house where he and a companlon
boarded, in order to get money
enough to get them out of town, Ed
ward Ferris, ago 17, of New York,
was llned $10 and costs of $6.S0 by
Judge F. G. Swinnerton in Rutland
City Court Tuesdny mornlng. In de
fault of money he went to jail. Tho
altornatlvo sentencc ls 54 days but
young Ferris expects to raiso some
money ih a few days.
Loss About $1,200.
Trustees Burdltt, Caldorwood and
Stal'ford wero at tho Vermont State
Hospltal at Waterbury on Monday,
bolng called a little enrlier than thelr
regular vlslt by tho recent flre. Tho
loss on the bulldlng and stock will
reach close to $1200, of whlch $050
is ion stock. Tho work of repalring
wlll be begun soon and will be done
by the same force that ls now at
work on that part of the building
whidli was burned a few weeks ago.
Involnntary llankrupts.
An involuntnry lictition in bank
ruptcy wns filed Frlday nt Rutlnnd
against tho Vermont Construction
company of Burlington in the offico
of Clork F. S. Platt. The petitionlng
creditors are the Glover Fllo com
pany of Nashua, N. II., tho Cruciblo
Steel company of Plttsburg, Pa., and
15 others.
Had Condltlons in Ilurliiigton.
There are now flve young women
ln the Chittenden county jail walt
lng to be trled on charges of 1m
moral conduct. Ono of them ls Em
ma Johnson, and another is Vivlan
Jloulton. Another gives her namo as
Carene Lescarbo. The other two are
Mamie Whalen and n young colored
girl. City Attorney Vllas, who wlll
prosecute these people, stated that
the social condltlons exlstlng, cs
poclally in Winooski, between numer
ous young women and soldiers of the
10th cavalry wero lntolerablo and
almost unbellevable. Howover, evcry
means within tho jurlsdictlon of the
lnw wlll bo tnken to improvo thls
condltlon. Lenn Trombley, who Is ln
Jail, charged with ndultery, Is serl
ously 111 thore.
A Hustlpr's Record.
Durlng slx yenrs of work ns agont
for tho Keeno Humano Soclety Mrs.
Jennio B. Powors, formerly of Brat
tleboro, has Investlgated 2,073 com
plnlnts, shot 143 horses, G cows, 2
hogs. 1 sheep, 15 dogs, chloroformed
99 cats, and kllled 3 hens and a fow
blrds. She has also lald off Gl horses,
made 37 arrests, cared for 77 children
and many old people, had numerojs
barns and hog pens cleaned, horses
hlanketed, hllnders ropnlred, ovor
loaded teams attondod to, and dogs
and cattlo cared for In cold weathor.
In her trlps about tho country sho
has hnd to contend with nll sorts of
wonthor condltlons nnd at all tlmes
of dny and nlght and over roads of
evory descriptlon. Needless to say
sho hns dealt with nll klnds of peo
' nnd received nll klnds of treut
ment. Advcrtiso ln tho V.ntchmnn nnd get
results
Itchlng, torturlng skin cruptions,
dlsflguro, annoy, drlvo ono wild. Doan's
Olntment brlngs qulck relief nnd last
Ing cures. Fifty cents at any drug
storo.-'adv.
UNC0NS1DERED TRIFELS
AVlmt Can lle Dono For tlic Children
of tho CHj' Woineii's Cliibs A
I'islicrinnn's Theory -Celebrntlng
(ho Fourlli of .hily Tho HelMtlon of
the IMct (o the llcof Trust nnd Oth
er Jrnttcrs.
Thero Is necd enough for tho or
gnntzntion of a hunmiio soclety ln
Montpelier nnd Stntc's Attorney Gntes
hns moved nono too soon ln trylng to
hnvo one formed. Cnses of cruelty to
nnlmnls nre not frcnuent, but thero
should bo some orgnnlzntlon to look
nftor thoin when they do occur. Cascs
of nctual physlcal cruolty to children
tho stlll moro scnrcc, yet thero aro
children who necd protcctlon from
thelr environment it from nothlng
olse. A sound and healthy, well nour
lshed chlld can stand a good deal of
physlcal abuso. A good sound thrnsh
Ing frequcntly does moro good than
hnrm. Tho prnctlco of admlnlsterlng
blrch oll or strnp oll has been nban
doned, but it cannot havo been very
hnrmful or our fathors or grandfath
ers would not havo been such vlgor
ous siiecimciis of manhood. Wo have
bnnlshed corpornl punlshmcnt pretty
lnrgely from tho school nnd nre drop
plng It from tho househld ln tho same
mnnner thnt wo hnvo nbandoned fam
ily praycrs. Tho cruelty from whlch
children suffer hero today is not that
of physlcal abuse, but of Improper
surroundlngs. A caso that has re
cently came to my notlco ls that of a
child of dlssolute, degcnorato parcnts
left for two weeks alono ln a house
peoplcd with dlsEoluto people, with
no one to care for hlm ln any way
and with nothlng to cat cxcept n lit
tle proparcd food and what he mlght
bo ablc to buy with the money earned
by selllng papers and dolng odd Jobs.
He roains the strects at nlght bccause
tho streets are moro plcasant than
his home. Insufficlently clothed, 1m-
properly fed, without sufficient sleop,
attendlng school only through fear
of tho truant offlcer, scliool has little
to ol'fer hlm.. Body and mind are
incapable of the work the school do
mands of hlm, and he is physlcally
and mentally unfltted to receive any
good from tho school.
This is not an Isolated case. There
aro plenty of them ln Montpelier.
Thoro is no use in a curfew law to
send them homo at nlght. Home is
not a cheerful, comfortablo or benefl
cial place for them to go. Tlioy will
learn less of ovil and suffer loss of
discoiufort on the streets. But they
ought not to be suffered to grow up
in this way. Wo don't want
to raise paupers, inebiiates,
crlniinals or degenerates. If wo want
tho next genoratlon to bo dcccnt, rcs
pectablo cltizcns we must glvo thoso
who wlll constituto It a chance to bo
decent and respectablo. ' And, If we
aro golng to glvo them such a chanco
we must get down among them, flnd
out how they llvo and how thelr man
ner of llvlng may be remedled. It is
bad enough for grown peoplo to livo
in stiualor and degredation, but It Is
a thousnnd tlmes worso to condemn
to such n llfo children who cannot
help theinselves. Enllghtened solf
interest, to say nothlng of the ordln
ary feelings of humanity, should
proinpt us to alleviato tho condltlons
to whlch somo of these seeni to be
condemned?
But the young, young children, O my
brothors,
They aro weeplng bitterly;
They aro weeplng in the playtime of
the others
ln the country of the free.
Don't get tho idea from thls that
Montpelier is neglectful or that it
harbors nn unusunl nuinber of degen
erntes nnd unfortunntes. It is an un
usually clean place for a city of its
slze. ' But theso condltlons cxlst. I
am not invltlng compnrlson. I.et
overy nmn sweep over against lils own
door.
Tho ladlcs of the town aro constd
erlng the formatlon of some klnd of
a clvlc or public improvement club. I
suggest that when they do so they will
flnd plenty of opportunltles for work
for public Improvement through rem
edylng prlvato and personal condl
tlons. These are not mattors to be
remedled by appeallng to the clty
grand juror or by any resort to law.
They requiro the exorclse of common
humanity. It is not the law, nor tho
church, nor tho Y. M. C. A. that wlll
holp ln thls case, but lndlvlduals,
treatlng such cases not ns nbstract
proposltions but ns indlvldunl human
cnses to bo dealt with Indlvldually by
lndlvldunls.
Not what wo glvo but what we share,
For tho glft without the glver ls bare;
Who glvcth hlmself with ' hls alms
fecds three,
Hlmself, hls hungerlng nelghbor nnd
- mo.
Thnt wlll do for a Monday mornlng
preachmont. Now let's consldor soiue
thlng more cheerful.
At tho recent conforenco of Govor
nors in Wnshlngton, thoso present
wont on record In fnvor of a snno
Fourth of July colobrntlon and as wil
ling to lond thelr effort to securo nnd
promoto 'lt lu thelr varlous States. Iu
tho mlnds of most peoplo a sano
Fourth menns moro patrlotlsm nnd
less nolso. AVo havo all tho nolso In
Montpelier wo would hnvo with a for
mnl colobrntlon. Promptly nt ono
mlnuto pnst twolvo on tho mornlng of
tho Fourth tho pent up enthuslnsm
of tho colcbratora, rostrnlned by tho
pollco untll thnt tlme, brenks loose,
and from that tlmo on untll tho holl-
ire
Sale
Just Stop and Think
All of our Muslin Underwear, 1-2 Price
Balance of our Corsets ... 1-2 Price
All Laces, Ribbons and Hamburgs, Price and Less
All Neckwear ..... 1-2 Price
100 Suits and Coats, formerly $12.50 to $17.00 now $5 ea.
All Fur Scarfs and Muffs cut to 1-2 Price
Entire Stock of Hosiery and Underwear
at from 25 to 35 Discount
Every thing in the Store Must Go
You can afford to borrow money rather than miss
taking advantage of such offerings
ALL GOODS
Sale Knds
Snturdiiy
Sight
day money is gone nnd the
bombs and crackers and the
rockets havo all been expended the
noiso and tumult continues. Nothlng
would be added to the public discom
fort by a formnl, nuthorlzed celebra
tion, and much mlght be gained by
having it. Montpelier will be the
galncr by every effort mado to get
people in the hablt of comlng to the
city. Tho business men reallze it and
havo Instltuted Merchants' Day. Peo
plo in the neighborlng towns like to
come to Montpelier on public occa
sions. They would come In large
numbers for a Fourth of July cele
bration. We aro asklng them to come
onco a week and spend thelr mone;
ln our stores. Why not ask then
to come once a year and let us spend
some money for thelr entertalnnient.
They will appreclate it and we will
havo a good tlmo.
"You dld just rlght ln what you
snid nbout the Centrnl Vermont,"
writes a friend of thls column, refor-
rlng tosomethlng that appeared last
week, "only you didi.'t make it se
vero enough. Tho company has
mllked Montpelier year after year.
They began It before iho road wa
built and they've kept it up evei
since. Montpelier wns an easy mark
nnd they've nlwajM treated it so. Thu
cltv never got nythlng fr m the road
it didn't pay richly for, nnd U 1ms
glven to the road freely and abund
nntly. That mntter of a slgn ls a
small thlng but lt serves to show
what tho sltuatlon Is. When the road
wns ln tho hnnds of Vermonters we
didn't say much nbout it, but now
thnt forolgners have got hcld of It
and aro runnlng lt ln the interest of
forolgners, wo fecl dlfferent. it
thoro wns any other way of gettlng
Into and out of tho clty readlly the
Central would get mighty little busl'
ness from Montpelier. Tho Wells
Blvor road charges higher fnres thnn
tho Central, but I know n number of
men who travel on that lino when
they can nnd pay tho extra price ra
thor than rldo on tho Central."
"Dld you over consider," nsked .
flsherman friend the other day, "that
tho scarclty of tront ln our streams
is ns much duo to a decreaso ln tho
nntural food supply as to the da
orei se of tho water or the befouling
of what remnlns?''
I confcssed that I hnd novor
thought of lt.
"You wlll noto." said he, "in the
wlldetness of Molne or Canada, in
any place wher1 tho forest rcmalns
undlsturbed at.d the wntera hnvo no.
been soveroly flshcd. that HbU art
ns plcntlful ns ln tho enriy days of
tho settlers. You wlll noto too, thnt
no mntter how thoroughly n brooU
runnlng through clearcd and cultl
vated land mny bo stocked, thnt only
n cortnln small number of flsh is
taken from it. You wlll obt.oive nls
that though thefo mny bo splend'd
flshlng for two or threo years ln a
new pond, thero soon follows a scar
clty, nnd thnt scarclty contlnuetj
though tho pond mny bo plentlfully
and Smoke
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DAMAGED BY
stockrd with fry anti lingerllngs.
That I consldor due to the fao.t that
cultlvated land dons not prouuce th
food supily, to be washrd nto tli
Etream and s;ized by the trout, tha
the forest does. Of coursa thero n.r-i
some ponds whert; llshlng ls gooo
yjar nttov year, buc i . .11 r)iser.
that these. arc usually weed at least
in some pai's and itffjnl breeding
grounu :-v torms of s.nim-.! Kfe on
whlch trout feed."
His theory of the lack of food for
trout may furnlsh food for thouglit.
Some years ago when trout were
plentlful In the waters hereabout-5
an East Montpelier man 011 his way
home, stopped near a brook to catch
a mess of trout. It was the rlght
tlme of day and year, the trout blt
well and he pulled them out of good
slze and in large numbers. Having no
creel with hlm he threw them far up
011 the bank, where they could not
flop back into the water. After get
ting what he considered enough to
threw the last one, a half pounder
up the bank, and as he turned to
walk up there and plck them up hc
saw a mlnk gather in tho last fU'i
and slyly dlsappear. Ho had been
catching trout to feed a fnmlly of
mlnk. I never felt a great nmount of
sympathy with hlm, howevcr, for 1'
have no doubt ho had been known to
rob a squirrel of a wlnter's store ot
beech nuts. This is a common boy'3
trick, and to flnd a couple of quarts
of tho tlny nuts already peeled Is
more to a boy than n blg strlko on
the stock mnrket ln later years.
"Hnvo you qult entlng ment?" nsk
ed the Economlcal Cltlzen.
"No," said the Philosopher, "why
should I?"
"The prico ls too hlgh. It is
cheaper to eat flsh and eggs and veg
etables. It ought to bo dono to
check the rapncity of tho meat pack
ers. And besldes lt is better for you
to eat less meat and moro of some
thing else."
"Perhaps the prico ls too high,
but the price of overythlug else goea
along with that of meat. With eggs
at forty cents a dozen they aro no
cheaper than meat.- I don't seo how
we can check tho rapaclty of thx
paekors. the beef trust, by any little
two by four boycott. They don't
produce a great supply of beef whlch
they must disposo of at some price.
They buy thelr rnw supply from day
to dny. If tho demnnd decreases they
wlll buy less from tho men who ralso
beef. If it Is necossnry to cut down
tho prico to tho consumcr thoy will
reduco tho prico to tho producor.
Tholr prollt wlll bo looked after In
any event. As to whnt Is best for me
to eat, I hnve ahvays been lncllned
to believe that tho nnturnl nppetite
of n healthy mnn wns n sufficient
guldo ns to hls dletnry."
"Well, whnt would you do about
thls meat business?"
"I'd go to ralslng cattlo if I had
n plnce to do lt, Farmors hero in
Vermont havo como to bellevo that
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SMOKE ONLY
.3reniornnduni
the only way they can make money
Is out of dairying. They send milk
to 'ISoston or take lt to tho crcamery
and when they get a check spend
the most of lt at the feed store that
they may get more milk to buy moro
feed and so on round the circle.
j 1 iilv tuii i.iiBu ueui animnis nere as
(oheaply as in the West aud It would
ue money In thelr pockets to pay
some attention to ralslng beef."
"But domestlc beef isn't so good as
that wo get from the West."
"That's just where you aro makins
a great mlstake. We can raise herc
a better beef iu every way than tho
West can produce."
"Well, why don't we?" '
"We do. But thero is so mnch pre
judico that our mnrket mon who
buy domestic beef sell it as Western
whlle tho supply we get from the
; meat cart of the local butcher is the
only thlng we know as domestlc
beef. After a cow hns glven her Iwsl
years in the dnlry she may be worth
something ns meat, but will not pro
duce a fine nuality of beef. You
couldn't expeet to get a juicy steak
or a tender roast from her stringy
carcass. Neither can you make the
best two year old, kill it today anU
cook it tomorrow and have gooiJ
meat. It must be rlpened as ths
Western beef If our people onco
got nccustomed to good domestic
beef they would put the beef trust
out of business in Vermont."
Tho hotel men of the Stntc will
serve no meat nt thelr annual bun
quet. Thls mny bo Intended as a h.'ut
to tholr guests but lt won't bo e.
fectivo. Men may banish me from
the blll of fare at home, bu fpt will
constitute all the moro reut-i why
they will eat it nt a hotel.
1SAUNI5ST TltlFLGR.
XOItTlIFIKU).
Miss Mlnnlt Smith was lu Dar.-a
on business Tuesday,
Mrs. Josephlno Loomls has benn
spendlng a few days In Moutpujiir.
the guest or Mrs. L. D. Taft.
Mrs. Bert AVilllams and nleco or
Brookfield wero visitors in town ye.s
tcrday. Dr. O. N. Welch returned Inst nls:l:t
j from a business trlp to Groton.
: Mlss Kato Oravps was a vlsitor ir
I Montpelier yestorony.
I A. J. Osha was lu Randolph ovor
Sunday.
Scott Welch was ln Montpelier on
business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Howo were In
Montpelier yestcrday.
Brenton McPheo left Monday nlghf.
for Boston, whero he hns omploympnt
on tho oleqtric rond.
The Northfield Tolophono Compnn
hns recently Instnlled phones In t'o
homes ot John Cross nnd Mrs. L: B.
Poor,
Mnny Hls come from impuro blonf.
Can't havo puro blood with I'aolty
stomnch, lnzy llver nnd slugglsli inw
els. Burdock Blood Bltters strengtlien
stomnch, bowels nnd Hvor, nnd purlfl'.'a
tho blood. ndv.
Advertlso" in tho Wntchmnn aml pet
l'Hiilte