Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-15
Y. B. BISHOP, Island Pond, "

piccs of the city government. Nothing is
gained by this annual display Of foOl-hardi-
ness that would not he gained by sending
the balloon up without any human freight.
Even under the most favorable conditions
the man who trusts himself in a balloon
does so at the peril of his life. The
air ship cannot be guided, but is at the mercy
OF every wind that blows. The greatest
care and the most profund expert know-
edge cannot guard against accidents, as is
amply evidenced By the many catastrophes
that have attended balloon ascensions when
conducted by welI-seasoned Tronauts. 1t is
claimed that the balloon in which Prof.
Rogers went up, in more senses than one,
was worn, patched and unworthy generally:
but the same results have attended air.
ships that were new and were confidently
believed to be safe
Practical Plan for Furnishing Homes
10 the Poor.
practical plan to furnish the poor with
homes in the suburbs has been suggested by
Mr.. w. +. Harmon, real estate dealer of
this city, and 1t has been presented to the
Antl-Tenement House League for Its con-
sideration. Mr.. HarmOn's plan Is purely
philanthropic and he scouts the idea that any
profit can be made BY it, He claims that,
while money is accumuating In large sums
for education, for pensions, and for the dis
abled there is no way In which the
poor man can get the advantage of capital.
He proposes, then. that this capital be fur
L
as he shows, will be sufficient to build 100
houses. the eventual cost of which shall be
$50 or 5000. hue lclyiny them In an incom-
plcte state, in such 4 manner, however, that
they may be completed at the occupants
leisure. Paving this sum he agrees to build
and sell these houses to workingmen on
weekly payments of So or S225, which
is less than the rental they now paw
for the merest novels. This is a solu.
zion of a question by n practical busl-
ness man in his own line, and he makes a
strong appeal when he says: Thousands
OF dollars are being raised annually for or
phans, for the lind the halt, and the lame,
or strictly speaking the INDECENT, while the
accumulation OF funds in the treasures OF
the colleges and schools is becoming SO great
as to be almost unmqnagcable, yet there
are in this city OF Boston at least 5000
families, industrious, sober, reliable in
thcr relations with their fellow-men. with
the seeds Of ambition implanted in them,
with the hope of homes ever before them.
but who will never be able to accumulate
the dollars necessary to buy property by
ordinary methods. They are not subjects OF
charity, they ask no charity, they simply
need to be placed with their feet upon the
ground with the opportunity of paying for
their homes as other people do, and OF being
given only the advantage that the wealthy
nave, mean one at most, VIZ, the use OF
the power Of money. Is it not possible to
give them temporarily the use of this lever
which moves the world, makes rich men
richer, but which the poor have so few op-
portunitiesy' Too many theoretical workers
have undertaken to solve this question, and
they have done so as far as leasing is con
ccrned, but Mr.. Harmon is practical in his
methods and the results would be lasting.
OZNOLA,