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A tidal wavo will bo In order." "Who would suppose tho Vermont election would disturb things lllto that? The Northfleld News offers tho fol lowing exce'lent advice In connoctlon with tho election of members of the Legislature: "For candidates for rep resentative to tho General Assembly, let each party nominate Its best man. If this plan Is followed In every town tho next Legislature will be a mighty torce In the advancement of Vermont's best Interests." Speaker Cannon will not bo ousted. Be announces his cnndldacy for re flection to tho speakership, and in re ly to the report that President Taft jontcmplateH tho reorganization of tho jarty Including tho elimination of Cannon and Aldrlch, he makes the jharacterlstlc rejoinder that he does tiot bellovo tho President ever said ony such thing, and that tho state ment was made by a member of the Ananias club. He added, "God hates a coward and I Intend to die with ny boots on." Whatever one may think about "Uncle Joo's" Infinite variety, apparently ngo cannot wither him. SURE CHOI'S I.V VERMONT. Seed time and harvest are guaran teed tho human race, but not all over tho earth at tho same time. Thero Is always plenty to eat, but It Is not always evenly distributed. Vormont Is fortunnto enough to be Jocatod In a region in which seed time and harvest as regards all of Its ptaple crops follow each other with creator regularity and certainty than are experienced In almost any other section of the country. When we speak of the tremendous ydvantages which somo parts of the West have over our own State, wo for jjot how often the farmers of that section havo tholr seed time, only to bo disappointed In tho harvest, as Is tho case In uomi parts of tho Ameri can and Canadian Northwes". at tho present tlmo. Certainty of crop results Is a valu able and Important asset that Is of ten not fully appreciated, and It Is 3no of the factors of tho farming sit uation in Vermont which should bo Strongly emphasised. Farming In Vermont is rapidly tomlng Into Its own where modern -nothods aro adopted, and thorough jultlvatlon and fertilization are com ing to replace larger farmn as watch yarda. BETTER FIRE PROTECTION. Thoro aro many sides to the ques tion of sufficient piotoition against loss of property by fire and one of those is brought out by tho following editorial paragraph from tho Rutland KewBt "Vermont has no more estates of summer residents than It wants. In ant It Is anxious to multiply tho number of city people who will seek summer home 1" this State. Con sequently It In regarded peculiarly Jn the light of a rulbfortuna when really magnificent place like that of Philip l, Jennings nt Iiennlngton Contor Is destroyed by flro. "While It Is belloved that M. Jenn'ngs's loyalty to and love of Vermont will load him to restore hla place In the near futuro, nevertheless It would be tho deslro of ovnry Vormonter to guarantee to Its visitors nnd transient residents Im munity from loss." Tho people of tho villages and largor towns In Vermont should promptly faco the fact that considerations of economy alono will dictate the adop tion of every reasonable precaution against tho destruction of homes as well ns buniness buildings by fire. Moreover It will psy thoso centers of population which havo Hummor resi dents to look carefully after flro pro tection In order to rotaln families who bring a large amount of money an nually Into Vermont and put It In clr culntlon among our buslnosn and la boring people. It Is no secret that tho Insuranco companies are moro and tnoro scruti nizing risks and either rejecting: those which are quortlntinble or else making rates according to the great chances taken. This Is purely a matter of business, with property owners ns well ns with insurance companies, which properly mako a reduction In rates when adequate measures aro adopted for tho protection of property from destruction by flro. A I1RIOIITP.lt KEPt'ItLtCAN OUT LOOK. Tho announced determination of President Taft to rid himself ntul his administration of those factors which havo been provocative of what has como to be known ns c::tremo lnsurg cntlsm has been promptly followed by a constantly brightening outlook for republican rtirecss In the coming elec tions. Ours Is n country of progress and tho party which Ftands still by "stand ing pat" Is pretty b-ure to be discarded, President Taft plainly started out with a determination to he a progrosUvo re publican, and If the ultra-conservn -tlvrs In Congress had kept pace with him Instead of trying so hard to block his program In connection with tariff revision and forcing him to compro mise much, If not nil. of the present factional troubles in tho party would have been avoided. Tho President wanted Cannon to retire, but the con servative element was unable to con trol tho Mtuatlon to a certain extent, with tho result which the country has witnessed. Now the President has plainly de termined ti stand with tho progressive element In tho party, and to eliminate as soon as possible the Individual tar iff schedules, which havo caused so much discussion, particularly In con nection with the "rubber" controversy between the republican Senators Brls- tow and Aldrlch. In other respects President Taft was nblo to secure the adoption of moas ures by Congress, which will bear favorable comparison with tho record of any single session In years, and with provision for the slight change In certain tariff schedules In question the opponents of the President will have nothing left to talk about. Pres ident Tuft plainly has tho necessary backbone to do what he believes is best for the country as well as for the party, and all Americans will admire him all the moro for It, with all which this Implies as regards a brighter na tional outlook for his party. It now behooves republicans every whero to get together. Republicans of Vermont should mako a special ef fort to get to tho polls on September f, which Is only thror weeks from next Tuesday, and mako their verdict felt In relation to Stato and county ns well ns congressional Issues. A big voto Is greatly to be desired, and but little time remains in which to tako steps to get It out. LICENSE CONTROL IIV TIIE PEOPLI Tho Rutland News discusses two plans of solving the license eommls slon problem. One Is to provide that where assistant Judges In nppolntlng license commissioners can not agree a third party shall bo called In to holp decide. The other proposition Is that a State board of commissioners bo sub stituted for tho local license commis sioners. This docs not exhaust tho possible remedies howover, The tendency of tho times through out tho country la Indicated by tho slogan, "Bach to tho people." This appenls with special force to tho peo pie of Vermont who aro standing more rtrongly than over for their own gov ernment and according to tho State republican platform any radical change In our liquor laws' local op tlon foatumn must be referred back to tho people. Ono of tho strongest arguments for local option Is that It enables the peo plo of each community to determine for themselves whether liquor shall bo Fold ns a beverage, and thus ensures public support of whatever policy Is adopted each year. It follows that tho pooplo of each community know better than any man or group of men far removed how licenses should bo distributed In their midst. Moreover if local control is unsnt Isfactory It can be changod at tho end of the year whereas our Stato com missions have biennial terms, and no change could bo made for two yearH no matter how essential. It Is moro Important now to keep control of liquor licenses closo to the people than boforo tho big Interests In so many llne.s of business recently began to dominate, tho retail trado. A slnglo commission In control of tho cntlro liquor license system of tho State, under favorable conditions, could bo convortod Into a powerful wcopon for tho big browory Interests outsldo of Vermont with tho result that locnl dealers hcra as In various other Btateu would be helpless In their hands and constant offorta would bo made to strengthen tholr llifluenco and control with all the resources at their command. Vormont has so far escapod dom ination by various big Interests out- fddo of our bordoru, hut this promises to bo tho most critical year In this re spect In tho history of Vermont legis lation. Every town, thercforo, should pen to It before cloctlon that Its representa tive In the Legislature stands for home rule as opposed to encroaching foreign Interests of all kinds. SENATOR CRANE IN VERMONT. United States Senator V. Murray Crane of Massachusetts Is said to have mado a visit to Vermont by nutomo- )llo for the purpose of learning of political conditions In this region, and a Dal ton correspondent of tho Now York I'ost comments on the matter as follows: It wns stated hero to-dnv that tho senator had left Pulton on an nutomo- llo trip through Vermont. Now Hamp shire, nnd Massachusetts. Whether this trip has any significance political ly. In view of tho fact that a State election In Vermont nnd Hlnto prim aries In New Hnmpshlre will bo held three weeks from to-morrow, could not bo learned from Senator Crane's onice. 'The political situation In both Ver mont nnd New Hampshire Is Intorert Ing from a republican standpoint, nnd, while thero Is no fear of an ovorturn on either side of tho Connecticut river, it is known that the national party lenders nre anxious that Vornont shall not waver, and thnt the contsst for the gubernatorial nomination In New Hampshire shall not endanger the party standing there. 'Politics in both Slates aero the border l warming up rapidly. A heavy vote Is expected to lie cast In Vermont, while the contest In New Hnmpshlre between Colonel Bertram Kills of Kepne and Robert P. Pass of Peterboro for tbn party nomination for governor Is not only a lively one, but Is regarded as the first actual tost of tho working of the direct primary method In an Eastern State, 'That Senator Crane, who recently made a political trip to Chicago and other pe'nts. should meet some of th party lenders In Vermont and New Hnmpshlie somewhere In his trip, Is regarded here as more than probable, so that by the time he reaches Heverly he will have added considerably to his views of the country's political map at tho present time." It will bo Interesting to note tho re sults of Senntor Crane's observations! among the Green Mountain republi cans. The State republican conimltteo have Inaugurated a campaign, but the details of the canvass nro understood to be practically In charge of Mr. Lewis who was manager of Dr. Mead's preliminary campaign. Nobody doubts thnt Dr. Mead will be elected gover nor, but what seems to bo worrying the national leaders Is the slzo of our republican majority. As wo havo nlready intimated tho verdict of the people regarding nation al Issues would naturally be recorded In connection with the election of con gressmen, but any tendency of the party through disaffection regarding tho State ticket to remain away from the polls would also affect tho con gressional vote, and the chief task be fore the campaign managers Is to see that the republican voto Is got out on election day. CLACIP.lt TtKTUENS JIOIIIEH. Within tho past. EO years f,'.) tourists and guides havo perished on Mont Piano and the body of every one ha.s buen brought down on Its slow Journey of 40 years' duration with the glacier on Its movement to tho son. Forty ytnrs ego tho 7th of September, John C Randall of tjulney, Mass., Dr. James II. Itean of Joncjbnro, Tetin., and thu Rev. George McCorklndale of Scotland, with n num ber of guides, were lust In a snow storm on Mont Plane, (in thu ICth of the month a rescuing party found Mr. McCorklndule and two of the guides about 7W feet from tho summit; about Cfj fvet higher they camo upon Mr. Ilean and another guide seated, tho former with his bend support ed by one hand and Ills elbow on a knap sack. They hunted In vain for Mr. Ran dall ami the rest of the tvld'-s. For tour decades Mr. Randall's body has lain In a slow-moving coflln of Ice, progressing Inch by inch a fw hundred feet each yenr; about him, entombed In ice, aro five guides, faithful to the last escorting him back to C'hamonlx, tho place from which they started 40 yrars ngo. The ISossons glacier will give up its dead this year within a few days, or weeks at most, of thn anniversary day, SeptemK'r 7. Four children await the return of the body of their father. Mr, Randall's widow died In IS01, but Miss Edith Ran dall, the second child, twlco has been abroad to look with awe on tho slow moving leo tomb of her father. The Rev. F. C. Iglchnrt, In thu Christian Herald. ft RAND. MOTHER'S GARIUIN. Grandmother's garden was gay with flox, peonlos nnd ribbon grass, with roses and day llllos, verbenas and lady slippers, each flower In Its own sea son. Flowers grew for grandmother. who never seemed to have any trouble ovor her cardan. Occasionally her hus band or son would spado up tho ground for her and enrich the earth with manure nt her bidding, but for the most part sho did the work of plant ing and transplanting, weeding and watering1 with her own hands. Her flowers scorned to bloom because they loved hor and because they know tho sunshine was bright nnd tho dows wore soft and the showers a delight, Daffodils, nasturtiums, sweet pens, wlmtovor grandmother wanted she had In her garden. Hor flowers wero not In stiff rectangular buds; they wero sometimes In musses and sometimes In a Jumblo of sweet wlldness nnd gay confusion, but they were fragrant and sturdy and delicate nnd exquisite, and thoro was always plonty of them. No child peering through a fenco reached out a llttlo hand In vain for a flower. It nny ono was 111, grandmother had flowors to rond her, and If thero wero a coming-out party for a young girl or bridal boils worn about to ring, grandmothor's garden was called up on to contribute to the decorations. When (loath simtchod away a llttlo ono or gently closed tho eyes of a tired pilgrim, grandmother had white flowors and sweat geranium leaves to send to tho houso of moaning, of all tho flowors In hor gnrdon nono wore sweeter than tho dear old-fashioned' pink, with Its sntoy breath and frlngod petals Margaret E, Bungdet In Tim Christian Herald. WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY Importance of Strong Men In the Cora- lug Session of the Vermont LcglNtntilrc, (From tho Iiennlngton Rnnner.) In choosing members of tho Legisla ture tho voters of tho various towns and cities of the State should remember that constitutional amendments of great Im portance ore to bo acted upon and elect their best men Irrespective of personal prejudlcos. Mont poller Journal. Never hefore, unless It was back In war times, wero there so many Important matters tc como beforo tho Vermont Leg islature as this year. Tho constitutional amendments are only ono of several Im portant Items. Among them are: the. pro posed Htnto rond plan; to prevent the en croachments of corporations on the pub lic service commission! to secure a work men's compensation net or somo other plan to care for tho victims of Industrial accidents; to develop tho agricultural re sources of tho State and to establish ono or moro agricultural training schools; to revise and modernize tho rules and pro cedure of the Legislature so that all tho members may take part In tho work In stead of putting all the Important bills In tho hands of a few men; to secure a uni form and Just sysUm of weights nnd measures; to provide a uniform system of town accounting; to either abolish municipal courts or provide that they shall do the business to earn what they cost; to compel the flHh and game department to use tho money It now receives to supply flnKerllng trout for planting Instead of sending around fry, DO per cent, of which die; to help nlong tho course of educa tion especially by Klvlng moro Stale uld for tho installation of maninl training Fchools; to hecuro a low uniform rate of taxation on money loaned at iv reduced rato of Interest for tho development of Vermont business or to help tho Vermont farmer or Vermont worklngrnan to own hla farm or his hotuo; to do all possible to prevent tho Legislature from fooling away tho State money for trivial things or for any raising of salaries or fees and nlso to prevent tho frittering away of time In unprofitable discussion when there aro so many live Issues that need attention; to prevent any Increase In State expenditures and to stop raids on the Stato treasury. These are only a few of tho services the State needs and de mands. There nre other questions which we all know will ceme up and still more which will require Intelligent study and prompt action. The man who goes to tho Legislature and does his duty has hard work for every minute of hl.s time whllo there. METHODS OF SELECTING CANDI DATES. (From thu IX-erfleld Valley Times.) It is apparent thnt tho democratic Statu convention exercised good Judgment In the cholco of Its candidates. Candidate Watson Is a man of ability, of unlm peach.iblo Integrity and well regarded at homo by democrats and republicans alike. The candidate for lieutenant-governor, tho Row John H. Ileardon, Is ono of the lending clergymen of the State, an eloquent speaker, and a man thoroughly conversant with State matters. Frank Pratt, of this county, candidate for audi tor of accounts, Is, without doubt, by rea son of his training and experience, ono of the best qualified men In the State to fill the position. If merit and fitness were to control tho actions of the freemen of this State Instead of party fealty, the three candidates above would each poll a good vote. The republican newspaper holt of Dr. Mead is assuming such proportions as to cause tome comment. In looking over tho list of papers withholding their sup port wo are prompted to ask tho.su gen- buys your choice In al! straw and Panama Hais.w. ss m your choice now Chas. E. Pease & Co urllnntcn anil Winooskl iiT ' 1 $5.00 $4.00 $2.00 tletnen of tho pro-s who nro Justifying tholr refusal upon tho ground that money was used In tho campaign, when tliny becamo so unalterably opposed to sup porting candidates who havo used money In perfecting organizations to securo nominations? Do their past actions Justi fy tholr present self-assured hltfh ftanil uid of political morality, On the uhole, Isn't the blatno properly chargeable to the system of selecting can didates, Instead of to the candidates? Whllo tho caucus ntul convention system Is In use, Is thcie nny other plan of cam pnlgn which holds out any promise of success to a candidate, than tho ono adopted by Dr. Mead? Are wo not In a position whero tho man who says ho wants nn nlllen nnd who organizes nnd goes nfter it In a tystematlo maimer, Is tho ono who gets It? Pleetwood tried to win by appealing directly to tho people upon a progressive platfomi which com mended Itself to thinking men. Glb'oli tried tho experiment of saying at tho eloventh hour that ho wa. a candidate for lieutenant-governor and appealing to tho delegates In a dlgnllled manner to se lect tho man best suited for tho position without regard to the personal ambitions of any candidate, when everyone know that nn uurly nnnnimeement nnd a strenuous campaign would havo brought him snrcess. They nio both now engaged In meditating upon Whlttler'a "saddest words of tonguo or pen." A FEW FIGURES. (From tho St. Johtisbury Republican.) Four weeks from to-day tho Repuhll can expects to announce tho result of tho Statu election. In the month thnt Intervenes thoro wll naturnlly bo thu usual amount of guess ing and (.peculation as to tho voto and the probable majority for the republican candidate, for no other kind has ever been successful In Vermont, tilthourth In tho big inlx-up In General McCul- lough had a closo call and was obliged to wait for the Legislature to elect him. as thero was no election by popular voto. What will bo the majority for Dr. Mead and the rest of tho republican ticket this year? Well, lot's see. In the 31 general elections In Vermont since l'.V3 the winners and tho majorities have buim a follows: IhW. Ryland Fletcher, 23,121. is.", Ryland Fletcher, ll.s. 3ST.S, Hlland Hall. Hf.. WS, Hlland Hull, l,7u0. 1M30. Ernstus Fairbanks, 20,247. If CI, Frederick Holbrook, 2I.1C7. PC2, Frodetlck Holbrook, 2t,,ijl. 1, J, Gregory Smith, Id. ITS. Mil, .1. Oiegory Smith. 13,3e2. 1MV,, Paul Dillingham, lh.Tl'i. Wfi, Paul Dillingham. 22,822. 1WTT, John It. Page, 20,1(,2. M'. John II. Page, 2",3K1. M;;t, P. T. Washburn, avlT-t. IVT'l, John W. Stewart, 21.20:,. 172. Julius Converse, 2.:,S:3. -74, Ashel Peek, 20,3a3. lST'J, Hoince Fallbauks, 23,CC2, 1STS, Redlleld Proctor. Irt.iW. Hoswell 1'arnham. 2.".012. 1VS2. John L. Rarstow, 1D.SS0. 11, Samuel K. Plngree. 21, WV). s6, E. J. Ormsbte, lS..tl!i. ls, William P. Dillingham, 27.C1S. IT'), Carroll S. Page, lL'.GfiS. 1T2, Levi K. Fuller, 17,K'). 1HU, Urban A. Woodbury, 27,r,tt. 3"'9'l, Joslah Grout, 20,!Cn. KH, Edward C. Pmilh. 22.77:!. 3SO, William W. Stlckney, 20,7Sa J. 11. McCullough, legislative. 394, Charles J. lkdl, 29.W3. l!xi, Fletcher D. Proctor, 14,101. 3!".iS, Georgo II. Prouty, aj,SI7. This shows that the largest majority ever given a candidate) for governor In Vermont was tho phenomenal Sti.KV) given Joslah Grout in WW, and was the peo ple's first vigorous voleo of protest after a sample of democratic national rulu. Tho 29.7S.1 given Governor Stlckney In 1S00 nnd the Li'.r.f? given Governor Iloll In 1M4, were top-notch majorities and closo seconds, both forecasting tho republican landslides In tho national election tho fol- j lowing November. I Tho smallest majority by popular vote I was the 12,131 given Governor Page after i tho bitter fight in 1'H but his admlnts I tratlon wns like a magic touch, for It 1 gave tho Stato the first real, modern, buslness-llko Impulse toward the "Now 1 Vermont" of these Inter days and made the present day nctlvlths moro easily icallztd. Governor McCulIough's total voto In 10u2 was Sl.sci. Clement had 2S,20 and came nearer tho winning line than any "opposition" candldato ever put up tu mako trouble for tho domtnnnt party. That year MeOottcilck. the simon-pure democratic candidate, had ony 7,:KI and there were 2MI scattering. Speaking of the scattering vote, In lW, thero wero only 4 scattering votes and Governor Steward defeated Homer W. Henton, tho democratic candidate, by 21.SW mnjmtty. In 3!2, tho rent of tho fellows beside thu two leading candidates numbered 11.S70. In IM31, tbn democratic candldato against Frederick Holbrook had only ,,722 In tho wholo State, but then theio was real war, nnd It was no tlmo to dabblo with ( xperlmenta or to throw away one's vote. Gov. J. Gregory Smith In l.Wl had a total vote of 22,002. nnd a majority of !0,:2. In lSDS. his son, Edward C. Smith, had a total voto of Ss,rvJ5 and a majority of 22,773. Pnul Dillingham In 1W1 re ceived 34,117 votes and had a majority of ?.',xZi. Twenty-two yoirs later his son, William P. Dillingham, had 4S,C2 votes and a majority of 7,ffl3. In lSTs, Redit.ild Proctor had 37,3U! votes and a majority of Ic.iSG. Twenty-eight years later hlsallty, so far as tho White River val son, Fletcher D. Proctor, had 42,2.12 and u majority of 14.3C4. Vermont democrats havo headed their ticket with sumu pretty good men, from Henry Knyes buck In ISM down to Charles D. Watson In 39V), but somehow their proposition ha nhva been found to bu wormy whun bitten Into. In 1SC0, John G. Saxa, tho poet, rc colvod 11,791 votes, but Er.astus Fairbanks was elected by a majority 0f 20,247. Twenty years after, Edward J. Phelps, later minister to England under Presi dent Cleveland, received 21,245, but Gov ernor Farnham's majority was 23,012. In UD2, Bradley H. Binallny had ?,2l(i. In 3SU4, George W. Smith had 14,113 to Urban A. Woodbury's 42.1K3, which went to prove that a wholo hotel bill is moro popular than n dish of Hnnover crackers, even If the total Is tho Van Ness Houso, In 1W, John 11. Senter, that real thorough bred democrat, had ROMS votes, but the railroad won and tho name of Governor Smith, tho younger, was added to tho list of Vermont executives. But tho most thoroughly dumociatlo pleeo of consola tion In tho wholo list occurred In 190c, when Porclval W. Clement, running on tho third rail of a democratic ticket, re ceived tho largest democratic voto ever cast for a democratic candidate In tho State, and ho wasn't a democrat at thatl Now as to averages. Tho average ru publican majority In tho 31 elections since IWifl, not Including the McCullough elec tion In i;)2, whim the election was by tho legislature, Is 2I.&SS. Tho vote Is natural ly larger In presidential years. Tho aver ago majority In thu last 14 elections In presidential years Is 2I,(V1. Tho average majority In tho last 19 "off yeni" elec tions, not Including 1"2, Is 19,437. What ur Mio prospects for 1910? Tho Inst "orr-yenr" majority wns 11,184. Tho average "off-year" majority Is 19,4.17. The nvorngo of those two Is 1I5.SMJ 1-2. Why wouldn't that bo n satisfactory llg nrn for Dr. Mead's majority this year? Or, to make the estlmato very conserva tive, lot's cut olT the 1-2 nnd make It an even KWO, for wo understand that tho St. JohriHbury Caledonian has decided not to support or voto for tho head of the republican tlrket. Paste these figures In your scrnpbook. They will bo bnndy for reference during tho coming month. Of course, wo would not feel hndly or bo very much surprised If tho majority actually rolls up n little nbovo tho average, say to 20,l'O. Would you? PROSPECTIVE OILVNOE IN THE LKJEOR LAW. (Prom tho Rutland News.) There Is no doubt that tho locnl option liquor law will como up for radical change at the forthcoming husslon of tho Vermont Legislature. Somo provision will unquestionably be mndo to avoid a repetition of the deadlock of the county assistant Judges this spring over tho ap pointment of license commissioners for this cltv. Whllo It Is Improbable that another similar situation would develop very soon, mv-erthclcss a weakness In tho law was disclosed by tho Rutland In cident. As the News views It, there Is no ob jection to permitting tho assistant county Judges to continue as the appointing pow er, proVding some other man Is named by tho law to act with them to avoid a deadlock. This paper has suggested bo foro tho provision that tho appointing power might safely rest with tho two assistant Judges In company with tho mayor, In the case of a city, and tho first selectman In tho caso of a town voting license. I'nder this plan the appointment of commissioners would not bo subject, en tirely to local prejudices or local control nnd tho possibility of a tie-up would bo eliminated. The plan would reduce to a minimum tho Importance of tho liquor question as a bone of contention In every town nnd city, which would bo u much desired end. Another plan that Is suggested Is that of a State license commission. Tho Rur- llngton News has thu following to sny re gardlng this plan: "It Is undeistood that nn effort will be mndo at the coming session of the Legls latum to make a radical change In the liquor license law by providing for ?tnto commission to perform tho duties now performed by local lleetuo boards. "It Is argued that thu Rutland scnnd.il of last spring Is a proof that a change Is desirable, nnd nnothur proof Is tho nl leved graft hero and there through tho State; that tho present system hns not worked well, generally or In detail; ami that In New Hampshire, where conditions nro much tho same as In Vermont, the fitnto commission plan has proved gratifying success. "cm the other hand. It Is claimed that the proposed change would be an added remove from local self government nnd that it is de.slrnble that llrene eommls "loners should be persons familiar with local conditions nnd local applicants. "The question Is one which should have careful consideration. In tlmo which will Intervene beforo tho nsstmbllug of tho Legislature." PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANS. (From tho Pennington Banner.) Tho Hanner to-day prints In another column an address to voters Issued by the republican State committee. Most of this document Is of very llttlo import nnce, but the paragraphs calling atten tion to the progressive parts of tho re publican platform nre of real Interest and value. As the Banner has previous ly stated thero aro a good many people moro or less offended with tho head of the republican ticket though not as many as some people profess to think. On the other hand thu progressive element In tho Republican party has succeeded In getting Into tho platform somo better features than were even there before and tho outcomo not only of tho campaign which In tho long run la only a small matter, but of the development of th State depends on how this progressive element In tho Republican party is back ed up by tho rank and tile of tho voter Tho Democratic party In Vermont Is so weak numerically that even with the best intentions In the world It can accomplish llttlo or nothing of Itself. Whatever progress Is made must of necessity be mnde through the progressive branch of the dominant party. Voters should bear thoso facts In mind In studying the Is sues of tho campaign during the coming four weeks. Tho Vermont State election occurs four weeks from to-day and to dato there aro r.o signs of a very Intense campaign There will undoubtedly bo tho usual number of hot local contests which will bring out the voto for the State ticket If it wero not for thuso local contests there would be a heavy falling off In thu State vote this year In both parties. TIII3 CROP OUTLOOK. (From tho Landmark.) The present crop outlook, so far ns this section of Vermont Is concerned In decidedly encouraging; nnd Teas Miring. Tho long continued drouth was broken into shreds by tho big rainfall of Inst Thursday and tho roots of growing plants given their needud molsturo. ' Hut In speaking of the drouth It Is pertinent to here remark that In re ley counts, there was no real crop In Jurlng drouth such as is reported to havo been the fact In many section of New England, torn, potatoes, oats, and garden crops wero not halted In Ihelr growth, sao In Isolated Instances hero In tho Whlto River valley, This was because of tho depth and re tentatlveniss of Its soil. Tho point of mtuntnttveness of molstiuo gives to Vormont soil 0110 of Its most valuable features. Whllo crops were burning nnd drying up In other sections of Now England, thoso In Vormont sent tholr roots down a llttlo deeper and thoro found tho needed molsturo. All citizens of Vermont should remember this featuro of Its soil when telling of tho Statu and Its farming advantages. for If tho real merits of Vermont as a farming Stato were but mado known moro people would settle hero and tho crying need of Vermont Is moro peo Pie, Already thero Is harvested ono of the largest crops of hay known In tho State for many a yenr nnd Its quality Is of tho best. Outs aro In process of harvesting and they also nro fine, both as regards their grain and straw, Corn upon tho wholu hero in the Whlto River valley Is nbovo tho average nt this tlmo of thorear, notwithstanding Its Into planting. Tho recent ruins would ilso seem to mako quite bum a socond crop of grass, and If this secured It will enable farmers to win tor If they choose, moro than thu usual number of cattlu and horses, To dato, tho potato crop horuabouts full of promise of a big crop, FOUNTAIN I'KNS AT FREE PRESS. THE STORY TELLER. ANOTHER CUSTOMER. eioklng more rieedv nnd sredv thurt ever, Kir Pcrrlvnl Lackcash strode into son A cost v tailor's. Tlin nrmirlcitof welcomed him with a beaming counten ance. Aheml" choked sir Perclval. Part. "My son Informs mn thai vnu ti.ivn nor. milled him to run a bill hero for thret years. Is this correct?" It Is, Sir Perclval." fawned tho tire. prletor. 'Well, I have rorne " Oh, prny. Sir Perclval." nnml thn nro. prletor, bowing nnd kowtowing bofort the noido bnrt. "I nssnrn you thero li really not thu slightest hurry!" 'Quito sol" returned the Imoecunlous bnrnnet seienely. "And, as I was saying have como to order a suit of clothe myself I" Answers. LAIIOR-SAVING DEVICES, flov." demanded tbn Indnstrlnto fnrm. er as ho enme In from mllklmr. "wimi nro you doing with tho door open such a cold day as this?" 'So tho breeze will sweep tho hnll out, dad," drawled tho lazy son. "I feel tea tired to help ma out with the broom to day." Wall, I swan! And whnt's tho cat do Ing rubbing against your shoes, son?" Oh, don't disturb her, dad. "She'll brush them up nicely whllo she's purrlnq and I won't have the trouble of polishing them." 'Ily crlckcty! You deserve tho prlr. for laziness. And sitting by an open win dow reading such a day ns thlnl What I the idea of that?" Oh. It's so convenient to have the wind turn the pages of this novel, dad. I feci awfully tlted to-dny." rnd then nnd there tho old farmer vowed he would never send another son to college as long as ho lived. Chlcagt News. WASTING TIME. A colored man was brought befare a police Judge charged with stealing chick ens. Ho pleaded guilty and rucelvtd sen tence, when the Judge asked how It wa-i he managed to lift thoso chickens right under the window of tho owner's housa when there was a dog In tho yard. lilt wouldn't be no use. Judge," salj thu man, "to try to '(.plain dls thing ta yo all. Ef you was to try It you like m not would tret yer hide full of shot or' get no chicken-., nuther. Ef you want n engage in any rascality, Judge, yo' bett' 1 stick to de bench, wlinr' yo' am fnmlllar." Vouth's Companion. EASE CANARD. Spring chickens were scarce, fp 1 U- v had killed the nnclent game c . It f r Sunday dinner. "Ah," said tho old farmer reverently, 'this certainly was a gamo chicken. In fact, he was the bravest in two States." The star boarder glared at tho carcast of the deceased fow 1. "If I only had an ax," he mumbled. "And what would you do with an ax?" demanded the fanner, curlou-ly. 'I'd assassinate thu man that started that expression; 'T'.u bravest nru thu tenderest.' "St. Louis Post-Dispatch. OUR KALEIDOSCOPE. KEEPING COOL. All tho long day I think nbout the snow, Tho whltene-,1 pond, the frost klng'J frozen lair. The berg's cold sides, the gleaming lcj floe, The tempest's bluster and tho nortl wind's, blare. All the ntght long I dream of Greenland's shores, The Ice thatched cottage of the K.-.klrn Tho leu bound sledge, tho somber bky thnt lowers, Tho winter's night that moves so ch 11 and slow. I muse nnd dream of Arctic Ice and chill Until my veins run cold these summei nights, And often wake and fancy that the shrll' North wind roars through my bones ani bites. And tnu oft times, whllo others wilt with heat And lean all limply llko a wetted rag, I have to put on my half frozen feet An extra blanket and hot water bag. I. F. Ferris In New York Sun. THE RAGGED OLD HAMMOCK As dear to the heart of the Irish Is sham rock, So thoughts of tho games that we plav. ed com to me; But best of them all was the ragged el I hnmmoek That swung 'neath tho shado of the c 1 apple tree. Thu big apple tree, with Its wlde-srval- lng branches. Was Just the bet plnce for a hunmo It to swing; Tho ropes wire so strong they allow 1 'I no chances To tumble u1- out or dlsosteTS to 'r Tho ragged old hammock, the fu led 1 hammock. Tho "comfy" old hammock wh. re v u-ed to swlntr. !telle May Nolte, In Jud- A PROVOKING SITUATION "Are you going to Reno for voi.r dt vorce?" "I can't. My husband Is there " "In Reno?" "Yes. he went there to sec 'he (U'lu and can't pet away. It's awful'y nro yoking." Cleveland Plain Dealer BEFORE TllE COMMITTEE "Hush! hush! my boy, you v.istn'l call your playmate n 'liar.' " "That's all right, ma. 1 don't -ea"? mean It. We're playing government nn.! I'm being investigated." Detroit Fret Press. IT ALWAYS SEEMS SO, Teacher Which Is tho shortest memtt of tho year? Pupil August, mK. August? Yes, miss, It's the last month befon school begins. Boston Transcript. theInvalid. Mother Oh, Efllu! Whnt has happen ed to your dolly? Elbe The doctor says It's nervous breakdown. He prescribed mucilage. St. Louis Republic. NOT A MERMAID. Ho What's that I hear? You want moro new shoes? She Certainly! I can't go around without shoes, When you married m you didn't think you were getting a mcr maid, did you? Yonkers Statesman. FORE WARN HP. Hostess Mr, Squlbbs Is going to sing 4 comic song. Guest I knew something would hnp, pen I upset tho bait nt the dinner tabl. Stray Stories. i