St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-17
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out NOW IlC1G lIiC DOSlOfl
Herald, leading independent New
England journal. and advocates the
election of Russell. the democratic
candidate for governor of Massachu-
sets; while the Springfield Republi-
can. an equally independent and able
newspaper, favOrs the republican
state ticket nominated in New York
1t will crawl through the hair of the
average partisan one of these days
that the really independent mantle
genuine, dyed-in-the-wOol mugwump
is not republican, is not a demo
crat His motto is, Get the best,
regardless of the color of his hair or
the shade of his politics.
"WHAT,S THE MATTER WITH YER
MONT p"
At the Bay State Fair in Boston
last week, first prizes in butter were
taken by E. ]. Parker of East Georgia
and John Reynolds of Essex Junction.
At the same fair l.. b. Harris of Lyn-
don Centre swept the boards with
his Shropshire sheep and X. g. Hill of
Elmore and \. c. F. Phillips of Clio
yer took all the prizes for long-wool
sheep and divided between them the
special prizes Offered by the Massa-
chusetts society for promoting agri-
culture At the Mystic park races
last month the two-year-old, Helen
NJ, owned by w $ Bailey of East
Hardwick made the remarkable rec
ord of 29H. and is now New Eng
lands fastest colt And now comes
the best record of all from the world s
exposition at Paris, where MOultOn
Brothers of West Randolph won the
gold medal for creamery butter made
by Vermont machinery, the Cooley
creamer. Considering these records
III agriculture, horse breeding and
butter making, the inevitable answer
to the question asked at the head OF
this article must be, She's all right. "
IS PROHIBITION A FAILURE?
The New York Evening Post of
last week had the following III its
editorial columns
"Probablv nothing else has done
so much to open the eyes of candid
people to the folly of prohibition as
the contrast between the drunken
ness and disorder on gala occasions
in prohibition states and the sObri-
ETY. and quiet on similar occasions in
license states.
The Post then goes on to quote
from the Portland Advertiser which
spoke of the disgraceful scenes in
that CITY on the last Fourth of July
growing out of liquor drinking, and
reported 40 intoxicated men in the
lookup. The Post then tackles Yer
mont, another state which has a
prohibitory law, and quotes from
Rev. E. J. Ranslow of Swanton, who
writes to the CongregatiOnalist: Il
never attend county fair but l find
some one who gets pugilistic and
wishes to emulate the exploits of the
redOubtable John L.
Are the men who desire to emulate
the slugger Sullivan any more plenty
at the county fairs in prohibitOry
states than in license states? If not
what is the argument so far as the
statement of the Post is concerned ?
To come down to particulars. At
the late county fair i'll st. Johnsburv,
when it was admitted that the larg-
est crowd ever gathered in town was
present, the arrests for intoxica ton
averaged for the three days one d
daV. Three men were also arrested
for selling liquor. The police were
constantly on the alert and are be
lieved to have practically arrested all
offenders in this line of offenses. Does
any one believe that there is q license
state in the union where such q crowd
could be gathered with less intoxica-
ton
1t is true that prohibition does not
prevent liquor selling and liquor
drinking, but it restricts it in Yer
mont. 1t is also true that the law
against theft does not prevent steal
ing; but it lessons it. To continue
the parallel: There are known to
have been twice as many cases OF
theft at the fair as of drunkenness.
and vet no one clamors to have the
law against stealing removed and
high license substituted.
The Evening Post is away off in
stating that there is more drunken
ness and disorder in prohibition
states than in license states, at least
so far as Vermont is concerned.
Prohibition in Vermont does not pre-
vent the sale and drinking of intoxi-
eating liquors. but it restricts it very
much and makes it mighty unpopu-
lar and Improbable business in all
towns where the officers have any
sand"
NOTE AND COMMENT
The poem written by Mrs. Dorr o1
Rutland and read at the Gettysburg
dedicatory services is of unusual ner
1t. The Worcester Spy says of it
the ode is a true poem, thrilling
with patriotic emotion and illumined