St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-28
Pertinent Press Comment.

Judge Thompson is held in fear by
every liquor dealer in the state. In
this county it has just been shown
bv the fact that all hands took the
bull by the horns and fixed things
up before he had chance at them.
= Hardwick Gazette.
We should Judge from the number
of bankruptcy cases that are being
reported in Vermont from week to
week, that the bankruptcy law is
fastened together rather loosely, so
much so that dead beats" can fail
with ease and allow their creditors
to hustle for what they can get.
Waterbury Record.
The liquor agency in Vermont is
for the purpose of furnishing liquor
for medicinal or necessary purposes.
Its object is to save health and lite.
And yet the authorities of Rutland
on recent circus day ordered its
agency closed. An observing citizen
now asks why they did not also
order the physicians of the city to
suspend practice on that day on the
ground that theoretically they are
both engaged in the same work.
There is some grim humor in the sit
uation.-[ Rutland Daily News.
We have been reminded that in
speaking of American summer re-
sorts and their enormous patronage
the other day we forgot to mention
the Green Mountains. The fact that
the statistics to which we were re-
ferring did not include Vermont, with
its sweet hills and indispensable lake
does not, we fear, excuse the omls-
sion. SO that last year the Green
Mountain state entertained 80, 600
visitors, and that the smiling beauty
of its face is as attractive today as
it ever was. We wish the good
natured and whole-souled hosts
among the mountains and valleys Of
Vermont the best OF luck Boston
Journal.
Ex-Gov. Woodbury. is now enjoy
ing life at his home in Burlington
after an absence of several months
in Washington, where he performed
creditable service on the investigation
committee of the war department.
Tee ex Governors appearance indi-
Gates that he is enjoying excellent
health and his interest in public mat
tiers in Vermont is just as keen as
when he carried the responsibility oil
the state government on his own
shoulders. There is no danger that
Vermont will have at any time toe
many men of the Gov. Woodbury.
PATTERN Mortified News.
as Judge Thompson the whole
prohibitory law" asks the Essex
Record in a sarcastic tone. Whereat
the Rutland News happily replies
that "He may not be the whole
thing, but he is enough of ito thu
offenders who come before hi
throne. > Mortified News.
Has any one stopped to think tina
there may be two sides to this TEN
perance cyclone that is sweeping
over northern Vermont p Newpor
Express.
= And so Col. Haskins Of Brattlebor
5 is to run for congress. Judge Rea
: of Bellows Falls is practically in tn
r field now, and if he stays and Ha:
= kins comes Windham county wi
! naturally once more split and miss
S Il Rutland Herald.
+. What is the debt the republica
e party owes to Hon. w. w. Stickne
+ of Ludlow that he should be COT
e coded the gubernatorial nominatio
next year," This was the innocer
query propounded by the Rutlan
Y Evening News not long ago, and
: now assures the public that many {
e the responses have FASTENED to poir
out the rough road and the wasl
outs the railroad advocates govern
), orship ambitions, if indeed we ha,
/ them, will have to cross. Mora
: Don't lobby against mileage tick'
# law if you want to be governor.
!. white River Junction Landmark.