Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-17
THE REFORMER
pvrRiISuED TUESDAYS AMI
FRIDAYS.
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with the present issue the editorial control
m,naoemept and ownership OF liiE NJ
,n,,,pp masses from mine to. doubt not
hotter hands. In laying ASIDE the pcu 'n,
naste pot, which, beginning as Il colese oo!' :
have continuously welded, win hafu'! "
day, intermission, for a morth more 'h"' -
,oars no longer being n "chiel among you
i,tino notes" | shall bid goodbye 10 man!
r,o,snnt associations and perhaps duties uh'
t,,l6,Iad Put having been under the harness
for A quarter of Il century and always puA'.-
nm hill, in the publication OF a Democla'''
nancr in Vermont, | feel myself eh'i'ieu W d
hit If relief and leisure, and having other ih-
nortont interests that imperatively heeo AZ
%tentjon. have improved the opportunity 10 Sc
cure it.
.roreweu. n word that must be and hath peen'
A sound which makes lis linger-yet-iare"e''
The with all its shortcomings
and all the obstacles it has had to ehcouh'ev'
has had A very gratifying success III ms
quarter of a century. 1t has not cohNer'eu
Vermont to Democracy quite as quickly as l
eypected in my boyish enthusiasm pu' nope
if has contributed its mite toward the pc'tei
times that are surely coming for the %ood o'u
Green Mountain state, towards petter s!S'
tonne in taxation and the various
functions of government, towards Il COM
,rcheusion of the problems that press
for solution in this age and towards
, 1ipdlier tolerance of opinion and a more
wholesome attention to public affairs Ana
in the community it has so long served II
there is a bit more of good neighDorl'ness
of public spirit and community loyalty, ana
less of f~actional division and bickerinS'
and by disposition to 'cut
throats by whisperings,' It's ei-
forts will not have been entirely in Vail'
1t is little enough that any of us, VINO are Du'
specks upon the mighty current OF human
activity, can do to effect the movement
one way or the other. This is the life lesson
we all have to learn. and at the same time TO re-
alize that no career, however puny or tumble,
hut in the eternal weighing leaves It's impress
for good or i'll. 1t is my beliefthat the couh-
try editors opportunity, reaching thousands
of homes and hearts in constant and 1amliar
intercourse upon every day affairs" is greater
IN this respect than almost any other PROBES
,ion's and the responsibility commensurate
The deeds we do. the words we say,
Into the still air they seem to float.
We count them ever past
But still they last.
In the dread Judgment they
And we shall meet"
s'But words are things and a small drop Oh Inn
Failing like dew upon a thought produce
That which makes thousands, perhaps mlllohs'
think
However much in error and folly The IKE
FORMER may in the past have fallen snort OIL
this ideal, I hope and believe its conduct IN
the future will have it steadily in view.
For the purchasers, Ullery & Co., practical
printers. successful business men,, unidentified
in interest and sympathy and experience
with Brattleboro and Vermont, cordially
bespeak in even larger measure the support
which has so long been mine
The transfer of the business and plant Is
of date of Sept 1G. All accounts for subscrlp'
ton, advertising and job work up to that date
are the property of the Reformer Publishing
Co, and early settlement is requested to close
NJ its Affairs. All a%ccruing after that date are
the property of Ullery & Co..
C.. II. DAVENPORT.