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VERMONT WA1CHMAN & STATE JOPRNAk, THDRSDAY, JUNE st, 1910
ftrmont SEaichmau:.
WHAT A IOUNG FAItMEIt D1D.
A rccent number o tho New Eng
lnnd Honiestead contalns a inost ln
toreBtlng story of the cxpcrlences of
a graduate ol a New England agrl
cultural college, whlch should be of
;vnluo .to many Vermonters. The
young man iound hlmself ln posses-
nlon of a New England sldchill farm
of 140 acres, oituated in a narrow
valley. The cultivated land was ln the
valley, "whlle the hlllsldes were oc
cupled by pasture and woodland, Tho
bulldlngs were not ln the best of con
dltlon and the stock conslsted of threc
ialrly good cows, two or threo head
o$ ypung cattle, about 10 small Mer-
irib .sbefep and a palr of small horses,
The farm dld not produee enough to
fced thls amount ot stock.
In threo years' time the young man
had Increased hls stock to 24 head of
cattle and three horses and ralsed
sufflclent forage for these anlmals,
The owner thinks that ln flve years the
Etock on the farm may be increased to
30 or 35 head wlthout the necesslty
of btiylng forage.
The young farmer began in the fall
wlth a worklng capltal of $0.10. Hls
flrst step was to cut somc old hem
lock trees and wlth the lumber he
bullt a sllo inside tho barn. The
eheep were sold and more cows were
purchased. One horse was sold and
a palr of heavy horses purchased. He
also secured a cream separator and
by employlng the BabcocK test was
ble to weed out the unprofltable
cows. Tbe second year another sllo
was bullt, the materlal costlng about
$.45.
The .tlllable land conslsted of about
30 acres of a gravelly clay loam,
Bteep and stony. A systcm of crop ro
tation was decided upon, the plan be
lng two years of corn, of whlch part
was for the sllo, followed by barley
or ,oats, and then three years in
grass. Ten acres was put into corn,
flve acres into small gralns, and lifteen
acres into grass. The coyn land was
manured' ias well as possible and
about 300 pounds of hlgh grade fertil
izer per acre was applled in the hlll.
No fertilizer was applled to the small
gralns hnd'lfhe land was stocked wlth
a mlxt,ure of Glover, timothy, and red
top. Land that bad yielded less than
half a ,ton of hay per acre ln some
cases yielded from two and one-half
to three tons. The writer says:
"Very little corn or meal was
bought, and t was intended to buy
none at all as soon as the soil was
in fair condltlon for it was the writ
er's flrm conviction that corn could
be grown in New England cheaper
tnan it could be bought. The corn
was ground at the local mlll, cob and
all',' the ears havlng been picked in
the field and the stalks cut Into the
sllo. White Sanford corn formed the
bulk of the crop.
"It must be confessed that ln spite
of the results obtained there were
discouraging features connected with
this buildlug up of a neglected farm;
nevertheless it was demonstrated that
it would respond to treatnient. The
profits from the farm pald for only a
part of the improvements and increas
cd livestock. The three years of la
bor seemingly got things niovlng, and
as omrlooks back it 1s wlth a feeling
that a substantial start has been
made.
"This is a short chapter of personal
oxperience; of what actually happen
ed. Let the farmer place hls main
dependence on a good rotation of
crops, of whlch corn and dover form
the princlpal parts, a sllo and pront
ablo cows. Then raise corn and dover
and feed it to cows and make more
raanure to grow more corn and dover
and make still more manure to grow
still more corn and dover; and out of
thls will conie inci'cased fertllity and
value of the land and increaslng dol
)ars, and most of all greater satis
faetion to the farmer."
This is a story in no way unreason
able, and is reproducefl here in the
hope that it may encourage some Ver
mont farmer, young or old, 'to attempt
to develop some worn out farm, of
whlch we have too many in this State.
Intelligent methods, industry and pa
tience wlll accompllsh wonders. There
is a great future for the Vermont
farmer who will employ the methods
whlch brought success to the writer
of the Homestead article.
REACTIOXARY INSURGENTS.
Congressman Flumley's intervlew,
prile-d in Saturday's Journal, was
a vei y illumlnating exposltion of the
dlfflcultles whlch tlie President is
compelled to meet. It may be a new
idea to some persons, but it is true,
nevertheless, that not all the Insur
gents are radlcals. There is a reac
tlonary element, soinetimes known as
Standpatters, who probably do far
more harm than the mere nolsy type.
It is the reactlonary type that stands
for the tarlff abuses that have done
great harm to the RepubHcan party.
The stubborn manncr in whlch such
men as Cannon, Dalzell, Fordney, and
Hale have fought, reasonable reform
lcgislation has done much to cause
a feeling of resentment whlch may
cost the party many votes thls fall.
Today the woolen Industry is sald
to be tlmid and apprehenslve of fur-
ther tarlff legislation. lf Senator Al
drich and other powerful hlgh tarlff
men ln Congress liad not forced
through a measuro whlch refused to
yleld do a popular demand for a cut
ln tho woolen, cotton, and steel
schedules, the woolen Industry would
not today be fearful of an angry pub
11c opinion nnd it is probablo that
the party would not be spllt open by
Insurgency.
As the Journal has often fteclared,
the safe course for tho RepubHcan
party, In lts opinion, is a mlddle
course between the radlcals and the
reactionarles. In that path President
Taft will be found and tho majorlty
of Vermont Republicans wlll bo con
tent to follow hlm.
New York has a partlcularly pernlc-
Jous klnd 6T ftJKcfldDaVy Insurgents
in tbc antl-Hughes Rcpuullcang, who
nro dolng more to harm the party in
the eyes of bolicst nnd lntelllgeiit .
voters than Uie most radlcal of West
erri lnsurgentsV The radlcalH are de-
ludcd, but as a rule they are jhonest.
It is feared that) as mucn cannot be
sald for thc Wadswprth-Woodruff-
Barnes gnng In New, Vork State.
There is necesslty for some good
hard flghtlng wlthln tho party ranks
ln order that tho wlsor and better ele
ment may galn com'plete control. The
Democrats have nothlng attractlve to
offer. The party of progress marches
under the RepubHcan banner. AVc
need, however, to glve otir leadershlp
Into the hands of nelther radlcal nor
reactlonary, but rather to safe, hon
est, progiesslve men, who wlll rep
resent tho best thougnt of tho Natlon.
NOT "HARMON ANI HARMONY."
Although the outconie of thc fall
electlons Is by no jrieans certain, tho
Democrats have been encouragcd to
bellevo that the prospects of thelr
party were better than they have been
sinco tho second electlon of Cleveland
ln 1892 and an element of the Repub
Hcan party has conducted itself in a
manncr calculated to strengthcn that
bellef. The falthful Have been looklng
across the Intervening years to 1912
and asserting that lf Hon. Judson E.
Hnrmon were reelectea Govcrnor of
Ohlo, and lf condltlons ln tho Republl
can party dld not lmprove, then Gov-
ernor Harmon probably would be
elected President ot tho United States
two years hence.
Just as all these roseate vlsions
were becoming most alluring along
comes one Wllllam .1. Bryan, of Ne-
braska, thrice defeated as the Demo-
cratlc Presldentinl candidatc and still
far and away its most commanding
flgure, asklng the following disturb
ing and uncomfortable questlons of
Governor Harmon in an open letter in
hls newspaper, the Commoner:
"Have you any lnlluence wlth the
Deraocratlc State Committee? lf you
have why dld you not urge the com-
mfttnn r fnnltwlr tho Rolprtlnn nf a
candidate for United States Senator'
in its call for the State Conventlon?
"lf you urged thls upon the com
mittee and were turned down, why
don't you appeal to the conventlon,
as Governor Marshall dld?
"Are you willing to follow hls ex
ample? Do you lack courage, or do
your prefer the dark lantern methods
that are responsible for the elevation
of so many corporation tools to the
Senate?
"They may even suggest the name
of John R. McLean, whose paper is
one of the boldest assassins of Demo
cratic pollcies. Do you think you
can carry him through a campalgn?
"Thls is a crlsis whlch wlll show
your size. Are you ready to have
your measuro taken? lf you falter
prepare to stand aside. The Demo
cratlc party is in no mood to be trilled
wlth. It has suffered so much from
the sccret manipulatlons of the preda
tory interests that it demauds day
light methods and honest pollcies. '
"It is up to you, Governor."
U will be remembered that Mr. I5ry
,in's support of Alton B. Parker, as;
hls party's candidate for President ininniount of muslc wlth whlch tho con-
1904 was not of a nature to set thejvention hall wlll be filled can only be
praliies on lire. 'inis letter to i.ov-
ernor Harmon introduces an element
of discord that will be viewed wlth
no little satisfactlon by Republicans,
who have troubles of thelr own. While
Mr. Bryan hlmself siay not be a can
didate for the llrst place on the Dem
ocratlc ticket of 1912, he is reluctant
to losehis grasp on party affalrs.Gov
ernor Harmon was a member of the
late President Cleveland's cablnet, and
is more acceptable to tho conserva-
tlve wing of hls party in the East
than to the radical Western element.
The differenee is ijulto as pronounced
brtween the two factions of Demo-
crats as It is between the radlcal and
conservative Republicans.
Mr. Bryan stnll retains, as a result
of hls great personal popularlty and
wonderful oratorlcal power, a strong
hold on hls party. Hls attltude to
ward the man who Is considered at
the present tlmo as the most avail
able Democratlc cundidate for the
Presldency is very signiflcant. The
ticket of the opposltlon party In 1912
may be headed by Harmon but the
value of the slogan, 'Harmon and Har-
mony," Is rather badly damaged by
Mr. Bryan's letter.
SECKNIvRY AS AN ASSET.
The current number of the Outlook
contalns an article on "Scenery as a
Natlonal Asset," Interestlng by reason
of the valuable lnformatlon lt con
talns and because of the Ideas sug
gested by the title. Accordlng to thls
artlclo the United States has set aside
thlrteen natlonal parks contalns 3,
024,472.85 acres. Other reservatlons
indudlng the Grand Canyon, the red
wood forests, natural caves, prehls
toric, rulns, etc, include 1,490,783.35
acres; while four natlonal mllltary
parks comprlslug four Southorn bat
tloflelds contaln, ln the tlio aggregato,
13,532.09 acres. The grand total
amounts to considerably more than
.5,000,000 acres, or, approximately, 90
per cent. of tho area of the State of
Massachusetts.
These parks and reservatlons tru'y
aro a great natural asset, preservlnp,
as they do, the wonderful beauty and
grandeur of the Yellowstone Park, the
Yosemlte valley, the "Big Trees" cf
California, tho Grand, Canyon of the
Colorado, Mount Ralnter, the Petrl
fled Forest of Arlzona, and many other
wonders. As peoplo travel more and
more, and communlcatlon beconns
easlor, a vastly IncreaBing num
ber of tourists vlsit these reservatlons
evory year, and sueceeding genera
tlons wlll bless tho foreslght of our
natlonal authorltles who preserved
theso scenic treasures from commer
clal exploitation.
It Is only a few years slnce a con
test was waged over the preservatlon
of Nlagara Falls from tisd nd n buel
ness lu'otiosltion puiely ratjier than
as one of thc wonders of Araerlca,
tlio Idcal wlnnlng over tbe utilltarion
aspect of the. cflse,
We have very much to learn as a
people regardlng the valuo of natunil
scetiery. Jlore and more we are com
Ing to appredato the Worth of tbe
harvest of beauty that may bo reaped
from monntaln and valley, lake and
ocean, stinset and sunrlse, tho cloud
cffects )ipon the hllls, the glory of
tho forusts, the chanu of little rlvevs
as they go slnging down to the sca,
the songs of blrds and the sweetness
and rlchness of flowers. And what
a wealUi and varlety of such scenery
wo havo here in Vermont. If it could
be catalogued and lllttstrated by pho
tographs It would make a voliime that
would appeal Irreslstlbly to the lovers
of thc beautlful cveryherc.
From a scenic polnt of vlew Ver
niont Is not yct fully explored. ln
out of the way nooks and cornors
there nro to be foinifl most exuuislte
blts of scenery as well as broad and
noblo vlstas, whlch should become a
profltable source ot delight to thous
ands. Only a l'ew mlles distant, in
Smugglers Notch, at the base of
Mount Mansfield, may be found one of
tho grandest and most majestic
scenes to be found in New England
ln thls narrow dellle, surrounded by
the quiet of the forest, one may look
up at rugged cliffs that rise ln sheer
helght for many hundrcds of feet, cu-
riously carved by countless centuries
of storm and frost. It is a spccta
cle that one might well travel far to
spe and yet comparatlvely few of the
people llvlng wlthln twcnty-flve mlles
of thls place have ever seen It, ir,
lndeed, all know of its existence.
Thls is only an illustration of ex
istlng condltlons. There are many
beautlful and .wonderful spots ln the
Green Monntaln State, practlcally un
known, whlch would attract many vis
itors if proper publlclty were glven.
As a matjer of dollars and cents
these scenic attractlons are very tan
glble assets for Vermont and In the
larger and better sense they are
araong our'chlef rlcherf. They mlnlster
to the best that is in us, elevating
our tastes and desires, and cultlvatlng
a love for hlgher ana uouler things.
Vermont has been very neglectful in
the appreclation and exploitation of
her scenic assets.
THE REST OF THE T1CKET.
(Ludlow Tribune.)
Attorney-General Sargent, Secre-
jtary of State Balley and Treasurer
Ueavitt are headed for unopposed re
nomlnation to thelr respective posl
tions, on the general principlc that a
State officer who is iilllng hls place
satisfactorily had better be allowed to
keep it for a reasonable length of
tlme. Whatever entluisiasm may be
gegnerated in State politics wlll cen
ter around the flrst and second places
'on the ticket; .and lf the primaries
fail to Instruct thelr delegates, thc
guessed at in advance,
(St. Albans Messenger.)
There will be general satisfactlon
ln the common understanding that
Secretaiy of State Guy W. Bailey of
Essex Jimction is to be renominated
wlthout opposltlon. Indeed, ho Is to
have more than that, lie is to bp re
nominated wlth the most cordial ap
proval and endorscunent of hls suc
cessful flrst term. Mr. Balley has
demonstrated lils- entlre titnoss for
thls responsible positlon and has In-
stltuted features in the administra-
tion 'of the .oft'lce Uiat aro to tho im
provement of tho' publlc servlco it af
fords. He is a conscientious piiblic
officer and is attvnding to hls bus
iness. PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREX.
(Burlington iTeo Press.)
The movement in favor or pluy
grounds for the poor-chlldren ot Bur
lington, which is being champloncd
by Alderman Cowles in partlcular as
well as by others, has gained a flrm
hold in many clties. There are many
sides to the questlon, and not the
least conslderation ln thls connection
ls the lufluence of orderly and beautl
ful surroundlngs on the character of
chlldren thus favored. Another polnt
of vlew is taken by tho Boston Herald
in an editorial paragraph which
says:
"Childhood is entltled to its play
tlme and also to lts playgrounds.
Statlstlcs havQ been gathered showlng
that last year 1902 chlldren wero in
Jurcd whilo at play ln tho streets of
New York and ot that number 88 dled.
They were playlng ln the streets be
cause they had no other acccsstble
place ln -whlch to play. Theso flgures
ought to bo glven wide clrculatlon,
ln tho small clties as well as tho
large, to help on the movement which
now is gainlng recognitlon in support
of tho rlghts of tho chlldren."
We aro accustomed to think that
in a clty of the slzo of Burlington
most chlldren havo their own yards
in whlch to play, but wo would un
qucstlonably bo surprlsed lt we could
know the large numuer of chlldren
who aro actually drtven to tho strets
in this clty because they have no oth
er open ground on whlch they can
cnjoy that exerclse wo hold to bo es
Bontlal to physlcal dovelopment oven
when young people reach tho college
age,
The chlldren's playground move
ment should bo encournged by all pub-llc-splrlted
cltlzens of Burlington,
Your breakfast table ls not com
pleto wlthout tho Mornlng Journal.
85c a montb; .,
PRESS COMMENT
Wbnt the Xcfwspnitcrs of Vermont
nud Otlier States Aro Sapmg
About Toplcs ot Intcrcst to
Joornnl Headerg.
"A KICHEN CAB1NET.
(St. Albans Messenger.)
'lf lt is Govcrnor Mead hd
will
have a staff of good advlsers around
hlm In the executlve chamber durlng
thc coniing scsslon of the LeglBlature
nnd Senator Jolm L. Lewis of Or
leans, wlll be chlcf. Tho Interests of
tho State would bo safo In such
hands. 'Governor Mead' desireg to
make hls ndmlnlstratlon of real bcn
ellt to the State, he told the members
of the Mead Club at Rutland the oth
er nlght and he has the abtllty to do
ti .
ii. Bl. .lonnsuuiy uuiiuuiican,
Ycs, but tho Interests of the Stato
aro not to bo commlUed to such
hands. They are to bo commlted' to
only one man, so far as tho chlef ex
ecutive is concerned. Thls Is not a
govennnent by comnilsslon and tho
Governor and councll fadcd out of
our constitutlon years ago.
Thls cxtra-offlclal Junto that Doc
tor Mead proposes to create, thls
polltlcal holdlng company that Is to
take over the powers and dutles and
rcsponsiblrltles of the government
that tho people are supposed to en
trust to Doctor Mead and to exerclse
them in its own stead, has been aptly
termed by some Vermont contempo-
rary tho "Kitchen Cablnet"
That name ls not pleasantly re-
called in Anierican history. lt Is as
soclated wlth the admlnlstratlon of
Androw Jackson and applled to the
little coterle of ambltlous personal
frlends that lt was sald ln those days
had more lnlluence over tho presi
dent than hls constltutlonal advlsers.
And the Amerlcan people do not
llko that klnd of thing. They are
qulte willing, Indeed, they do expect,
that publlc servants ln hlgh offlce
wlll upon occaslon take counsel wlth
ropresentatlve men on. the merlts of
some questlon they may be called up
on to declde. Such a course. Is truly
consistent wlth our form of govern
ment and, in fact, obedlent to its in-
stinct and principles. Chlef roagis
trates of States and of the Natlon
trates of States and of the natlon flre
cannot be expected to be paragons
of infallible knowledge and must be
expected to advisc whcn necessary
wlth men havlng special knowledge
of partlcular things. This is merely
consultlng the true interests of dem-
ocracy in a practlcal way.
.But, tho people expect thelr chlef
maglstrate to make the flnal decision
for hlmself and to accept full person
al responsiblllty for it. They are
jealous of any attempt to Interpose
any unofflclal connscllors as buffers
between them and the man they have
chosen to act for them and in their
stead, and they will not consent to
any such "farming out" of thc pow
ers of the Governorshlp ofthis Stato
as Doctor Mead has proposed In his
speech. If D.octor Mead Is too old or
too inconipetertt?toperform all the
necessary functions ol the Governor
shlp hlmself wlthout the ald of this
unconstitutlonal, cablnet he proposes
to erect, then h is not the man for
Governor, and no clearer admlssion of
it could be made by any Publlc Bu
roau in behalf of any candidate.
(St. .lohnsbury Caledonlan.)
'Tho announcement of John A.
Mead that he lirpposes lf elected Gov
ernor of Vermont to keep a corps of
advlsers wlth ihim at all times, prin
clpal ainong whom will be Sen. John
L. Lewis, his campnigii manager, if
it means anything, is a confession
that hodoes not feel hlmself quallfied
to serve the Stato as Gqvernor.
Asldo from naimlng Lewis aa his
chlef man he does not indlcate who
tho real Governors of the State wlll
be. So tho choice of Moad wlll be
much Hke buylng a pig in tho 'bag.
Mr. Lewis' compotency as an advlser
is not questioned but if he is to be
the Governor in fact why not make
him oGvernor ln name. Vermont has
always admired men who were enpa-
ble of serving as Governor themselves
rather than men who propse to serve
as mere flgure heads.
i
(Randolph Herald.)
Doctor Mead's friends in Rutland
formed a large campalgn club last
week and tendered him a serenade at
hls ihonie. Tho doctor respondod wlth
a speech, reported ln part by the
Rutland Herald as follows:
"Regardlng the stateinent that he
was mierely sceklng the honor as a
handlo to hls name, Dr. Mead stated
that ho Intended to propose legisla
tion nlong certain llnes. He wanted
to attompt several things that wero
out of tho ordlnary. Tho work of
personally rovlowing all bills was too
much for one man to do properly, and
ln tho best Interests of the State, as
the Governor ls now expected to do.
If glected, the doctor would have at
hls rlght hand as advlser ln theso
matters one' who has helped hlm.
greatly by hls advlco thus far ln the
campalgn. Senator J. L. Lewis
wonld bo wlth him at Montpelier to
help hlm. He would also surround
hlmself wlth other capable men."
So wo nro to havo an offlclal cab
lnet surroundlng tho Govcrnor, wlth
Senator J. L. Lewis, tho doctor's
falthful Boswell, as prime mlnlster.
Tho senator Is to examlno and O. K.
or N. G. all measures that como up
to tlio Gqvernon Tho servlco that
the Senator has so freely nnd faith
fully glven durlng tl(o campalgn ls to
bo contlnued durlng tho admlnlBtra
tlon of courso "wlthout promlso of
pay or reward."
But what Is tho Attorney-General
to do, whose Btatuto duty is to coun
sel and advise tho Governor in theso
very respects? fiSergeant ls a blg,
.htiBky follow, and It would look queer
to see the lean and hungrey Lewis
shoulderlng hlm out of the way.
MR. SLACK'S CANDIDACY.
(St. Johnsbury RepubHcan.)
Tho Montpelier Argns thinks
it
would be a little surprlBlng if Caledo
nia county walked away wlth the
Lleutcnant Governorshlp nomlnotlon
but admlts that lt is not beyond tho
bounds of probablllty, and the St. Al
bans Messenger suggests that hls
name would sedm to bo the only
thlng agalnst the St. Johnsbury can
didate. One factor that seems to be
worklng in Mr. Slack's favor Is the
lnablllty of tho two candldatos in
Windsor county to get togetheri Dr.
F. T. Kldder of Woodstock and Col.
G. F. Leland of Sprlngfleld are both
candidatcs for second place on the
ticket, but nelther will take second
place to the other ln the county.
Now Mr. Slack's frlends have
strongor arguments ln hls favor than
the mero fact that hls opponents havo
thelr horns hopelessly lockcd. Mr.
Slack, as wlll appear from tlio brlef
blographlcal skctch in another fcol
iimn, s a man of abllity, breadth of
vlew and experience and Is in every
way emlnently flttcd for the positlon
The county, and we bclieve, thls
part of tho State, will cordlally and
unitedly support hls candidacy.
We ask the Republicans of the
State to place the St. Johnsbury
man on the ticket because we are
suro it wlll add to its strengtli wlth
the voters. Mr. Slack deserves to
win.
(Hardwick Gazette.)
The candidacy of L. P. Slack for
the "Lleutenant Governorshlp Is galn
ing strength rlght along. When lt
was announced that he would bo a
candidate It was met wlth immedl-
ato favor and from present lndlca-
tlons lt Is probable that he wlll go
Into the conventlon a wlnner.
(Ludlow Tribune.)
lt doth not yet appear how much
Slack sentiment there is outside of
Caledonia county in connection wlth
the second place on tho ticket; but
in vlew of the emphasis wbich is be
ing put on that gentleman's candidacy
in certain quarters, it would seem to
be a wise thing .for Windsor county
to stop talklng about two candidates
wlthln its borders and get down to
the business of one or none. Both
Dr. Kldder and Mr. Leland have
frlends whose good wishes run in
their dlrectlon; but it ought to he
fairly dear to both that nelther can
capture the lrize if both keep ln the
race; and the probable result of the
dual situation wlll be to brlng about
a complicatlon that will result in the
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of as a candidate.
TOWN REPRESENTATIVE.
(Vergennes Enterprlse.)
" Read the editorial from the Mont
pelier Daily Journal under "press
coniment" regardlng town representa
tlves. Thls is the most important of
flce to fill thls year. lf Vermont is
t torward and not backward It is
(essential that every town elect. its
best man- thls fall.
NEED OF SU.M.MER HOTELS.
(Burlington Free Press.)
The Montpelier Journal in discuss
Ing tho destructibn of the Hotel
Champlain well says that the Cham
plain valley ought to have a number
of hotels of thls character, and part
of them should be on the Vermont
shore. Are r'ailroads on this side
less progressive than those in the
Emplro State?
MR. PLUMLEY'S WORK.
(Brattleboro Reformer.)
Congressman Frank Plumley, wlth
Congressman Lover of South Caroli
na, has been doing some excellent
work in prpparing a report on the
Weeks blll relating to the protectlon
of watersheds of navigable streams
and tho purchase and acqulrement of
forest lands ln other ways. The agri
cultural committee of the natlonal
House or Representatives etands 11
to 7 in favor of thls blll, and the
Plumley-Lever report expresses the
sentiment ot tho majorlty.
N'atnre GIvcs Tliucly Warnlngs That
No Monlpellcr Citlzcn Can Afford to
Ignore.
. Dainrer Slgna No. 1 comes from thc
kldney secretion. They wlll warn
you when the kidneys aro sick. Well
kldneys excrete a clear, amber fluld.
Sick kldneys send out a thin, pale and
foamy, or a thick, red, 111-smelling ur
lne, full of sedlment and Irregulnr of
passage.
Dnngcr Slgnal N'o. 2 comes from
the back. Back pains, dull and heavy,
or sharp and acute, tell you of sick
kldneys nnd warn you of the approach
of dropsy, dlabetes and Brlght's dls
easo. Doan's Kldnoy Pllls curo Blck.
kldneys nnd cure them permanently.
Ilere's Montpelier proof:
Mrs. C. II. Thornton, 71 Elm street,
Montpelier, Vt., says: "I wllllngly
allow my name to be used as one who
can recommend Doan's Kldnoy Pllls
hlghly. Y'oars ago 1 suffered from
an attack of kldney dlsease. Thero
was a dull, heavy paln across my kid
neys that bothered me constantly and
tho kldney Becretlons wero unnatural.
Doan's Kldney Pllls, procured from C.
Blakeley's Drug Store, quickly dls
posed ot my sufferlng and beneflted
ino ln every way."
Vot saio uy au ueaiers. itico uu
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, solo agentB for tho United States,
Remember the namo Doan's and
take no other.
THE PARK AYENUE SITE
(Contlnued from page one.)
whlje Its proxlmlty to other schools
lo consldered a dlsadvantagc. It has
a frontage on Loomls strcet of a lit
tle over 303 feet and on Park avenuo
of about 307 feet. The committee
thinks that the cost of procurlng It
should be wlthln $15,000.
The committee vlsited the follow
ing sltes: Maln street, beyond the
Methodlst clnirch; Dr. A. B. Blsbeo
property, corner of Maln and Llberty
streets; St, Paul slte, lncludlng the
Rowell placo and parts of the Benja
mln Daley 'property; Park avenuo
slte (owned by F. M. Corry), Walker
hlll slte, thc A. O. Cummlngs placo
and tho Hubbard Park slte, ln arrlv
Ing at lts concluslons the committee
consldered the following quallflca
tlons: Slze of lot, approaches and ac
cessibility, llght, drainage, gradlng,
exposuro to weather, nolse, architect-
ural and landscapo and indlvldual
and relativo cost.
Havlng gained a general Impres
slon that the voters Avanted the best
centrally located slto that could be
secured at a reasonable flgure, the
commitetee did not conslder the pur
chase of a largo playground in con
nection therewlth.
A School Slte.
To the Edltor ot the Journal:
Feeling very much lnter'ested ln the
wellfare of our clty, the very impor
tant questlon now before our people
ls tho questlon of a school slte and I
feel thls ls a very fmportant one, not
alone to the taxpayer but to the boys
nd girls as well.
There seem to me to be three very
important features, flrst, central lo
catlon, second, good nlr, third, good
llght. Now ln my opinion of all the
sltes whlch have been mentloned, the
Walker and Blanchard property
meets all the above requlrements, and
a nlce bulldlng would lie an ornamcnt
to the clty, and if I am correctly in
formed the price is not very high.
The questlon of cutting down and
lowerlng the hlll I belleve to bo un
necessary, farther Uian gradlng
there is plenty of room for all sur
plus dirt wlthout carting any away,
and ls plenty large enough for all
school purposes. There is one ques
tlon I wish to mention, in regard to
our new school building and which,
I do not belleve lt to be all necessary
or useful, and I hope our voters wlll
conslder the questlon before voting,
that is a gymnasium. I agree wlth
Mr. DeBoer's Idea, our boys and girls
should give more attentlon to school.
I lo not thlnk the majorlty of tax-
, 7 , "
tain a gymnasium. Build a building
large f"0UgU f5 fVeral ,yeal"S t0
conie, uie piesent piuus are Jurge en
ough for a clty twice our size and-I
do not think we want to heat and
maintain a building twlce as large as
is necessary. We at present are bad
ly in debt, and building a new school
adds as much more and the questlon
of a new system of sewerage and a
ipaid fire department which is sure to
come in the near future, I for one
feel we should give these very impor
tane questlons very careful consider
ation. 'It is a question which do you want,
reasonable taxes and increase in the
population, or hifch taxes and a dead
town. Voters I ask you to conslder
these matters. Do not stay at bome
and say my vote wlll not make any
differenee. lt certalnly does make a
dlfTerence. Conslder well the Walker
and Blanchard site.
A TAX PAYER.
THE HIGH SCHOOL PROBLEM.
Suggestion That an Additional Room Be
Built in Connection with Structure now
in Use.
To the Eilitor of the Journal:
The allcge.1 need of a S 100,000 new tchool
building in Montpelier is to provide seat
ing rooin for ubout fifty Higli School
.students. If extr.i seats can not be placed
in the preent chool buildings to aecora
modate them, why not build an additional
room, at .small cost, to thc prctvnt Union
School building to do it.
To place even this small number of
students in a new building would requirc
a new corps of teachcrs, besidcs many
other things to maintain it, while we have
an amplo force of teachcr.s now employed.
Bonding tlie city for two City Halls and
a horse barn iillel with fat horses, that
unlike thc miller's fat hogs, wo know oi
whose grain they are fed, has boomeil
Moutpelier's dcbt and taxes so it would
m wise not to add another $100,000
for a school building not nceded. 1 am
.sure Montpelier does not wish to build
a large school house to look at. Let thc
agitation of a now whool building be pot-
poncd for tho pre.sent.
T. J. DEAVITT,
W1IITE RIVER JUNCT10N.
Tho executlv ecommltto of the Ver
mont State Fair held a meetlng re-
cently, visltlng tho grounds and dis
cussing various arrangements for
tho accommodation ot tho exhibits,
An attractlve vaudevllle is belng ar-
ranged. With one exception tho
heads of the various departments of
exhibits havo been selected. Premium
llsts havo received a sharo of atten
tlon but havo as yet to be flnally
rovised. The contract for advertlslng
has been given to the partles hav
lng it last year. Prospects are bright
for an even better display than on
former years.
Itchlng plles provoka nrofanltv. but
profanlty won't cure them. Doan's
Olntment cures Itchlng, bleedlng or
piotrpdlng plles after years of suffer
lng. At any drug Btore. adv
W1NS SIMOO PRIZE
(Contlnued from pago one.)
about 200 fee(, then shot . from the
ground wlth nose polnted toward the
rlver. In a moment more the craft
was agaln over the Hudson nnd'Cur
tlss turned hls course south and w"as
soon lost to vlew. Exactly one hour
had been consumed at Pouehkeepsie,
for he arrlved at 8:20 and departed
at 9:20 on the dot,
Yonkers was reached at 10:30 and
ho was llylng about level wlth the
Pallsades, 300 to 400 feet up. Here
Curtlss got hls flrst gllmpse of the
Metropolltan tower. lt. loomed far
ahead Hke a glant needle and Curtlss
knew that he waa nearlng the upper
llmlts of New York clty.
Suddenly, when Curtlss had reach
ed a polnt mldway between Spuytou
Duyvll Creek (whlch separates Man-
hattan Island from the Borough of
the Bronx) and Washington Polnt,,
tho speed ot the blplano slackened
perceptlhly and the machlno droppfd
untll it seemed that It would almos
touch the water. Then lt came nbout
prettlly liolntlng upward and headed
up the rlver. The spectators were
non-plussed. Many ot them belleved
that, the machlnery had gone wrong
and that Curtlss had lost hls race
But Curtlss, had they known, was
as cool as at any stago of hls fllght
and he waved hls hand reassurlngly.
Whllo passlng Sputen Duyvll he had
seen half a mllo Inland, a broad ex
panse of green swad. the upper end
of Manhattan Island. To win the prize
is was necessary to land in Manhattan
proper, and here was the chance
wlthout rlsk of further fllght to Gov
ernor's Island or the battery, some 13
mlles away.
Therefore, when agaln he came
abreast of the mouth of the creek af
ter hls puzzllng turn backward, Cur
tlss threw hls steerlng wheel about
sharply, gllded above a rallioad draw
hridge and floated, lazlily inland wlth
the propeller barely turning. He
mancuvred a bit then alighted wlth
out mlshap on the stretch of green
whlch had caught his eye. He had
flown from Albany to Manhattan in
two hours and thirty-two mlnutes and
the $10,000 was his.
Jumplng llghtly from his machine
the aviator Inspected his motor 'and
linding everything Intact he sought
a telephone and informed the World
that he had arrlved and clalmed the
reward.
Although he had won, weather con
dltlons were so propltlous and he was
feeling so gratifled at sucCess that
Curtlss decided to give the clty an
other vlew of his machine and at
11:37 he shot away agaln for Gov
ernoar's Island. It was durlng this
part of his trlp that he received the
nolsest greeting. He came dowii the
river at an elevation of more than
three hundred feet white harbor craft
shrieked thelr greetlngs. News of
hls progress spread rapidly through
out the clty. In tlie pol!ce( courts
mhaglstrates heard and quickly dis
poserf of cases, hundreds rushed to
the water front from every block and
roof tops becamo black wlth hu
manity. The. greategt Jam was at
the battery many had given up hope
of seelng hlm, havlng heard of the
far up town stop prevlously.
Down the rlver and into the upper
bay he sailed. Nearlng Governor's
Island he began to descend whlle
cheers fioated up from the officers
and men who watched his approach.
He landed softly on a stretch ot
new made land wlthln forty yards of
the shed ln which the aeroplanes
wero housed durlng tbe Hudson-Ful-ton
celebration. Dismountlng wlth
out further ado, re resigned his craft
to soldlers who volunteered to push
it into the shed, and received the cou
gratulations of Major General Howe,
U. S. A., conimander of the depart
ment of the east, and other officers.
CATARRHSL D1SEASES QW
SUrt-iME: TIMO.
Most people tliink that catarrh doe
not provall in tlu summer tlme. Ca
tarrh is gcnerally 'egardtd as a winter
dlsease.
lt certainly is trt e that catarrh of thc
t'nroat, bronchial tubes and lungs its
more prevalent durlng tho winter tlme
But it 1b also true that catarrh of the'
Blomacli, bowels and kidneys ls more
prevalent durlng the summer tlme
Thus wo have ca tarrlial diseases of sum
mer, and catarrhal diseases of winter,
It is probably true that the mortallty
from catarrhal diseases is greater in th&
winter time than in the summor. But)
yet thero is an alarming number of peo
ple who die annually from those ca
tarrhal aftections that are pecullar to
summer.
Catarrh is a chronic congested inflara
mation of a mucous membrane, Thei
nmeoiiB membrane of the stomaoh ia
just as llable to catarrh as the mucoui
membrane of the throat, the lungs, th
bronchial tubes. Catarrh of tho storr
ach ls tho same klnd of a dlsease
catarrh of the throat and lungs. So.alsc,
ls catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh of thft
kldneys. Catarrh of all tho other ir.
ternal organs.
Catarrhal diseases pecnliar to gnmmer
are, catarrh of the stoinach, sometlme&i
called gastritis; catarrh of tho smalli
Intestlnes, sometlmes called enterltls:
catarrh of the colon, gometimes called
colitls. These diseases are veryprev-.
alent durlng tho summer, especially 11
tho air bo hot and humid.
We regard Poruna as an excellent
remedy for theBO forms of internal ca
tarrh. Dr. llartman's praotice, whleh
covered a poriod of many years, ln
which ho used chlefly Peruno for all
bowel diseases, is conflrraatory of this
fact, from tho standpolnt of a prqfee
slonal test.
Tho multitndo of lotters that we re
ceive from all parts of the United States,
ln which tho offect of l'eruna is de-
ecrlbed upon catarrhal affcctions of tho
internal organs, would mako It appear
inai i-eruna lo certainly ono of tha
groatest romodios fcr thisclass of dls-
eases, lf not indeed tho vory greatesj,
In colio and orairps, attacks of ln
digestion, dlstntion Qf the bowels' by
gas, dlarrhea, constlpation, Peruna ia
relied upon by thouaands of peoplo and
its use as a honsehold remedy galns
stronger hold upon Uie yuople os Uum
goeaosu