Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
or destroy any public property thereon,

who shall violate any of the rules and
regulations prescribed, shall upon con-
victon be fined sum not less than fifty
dollars nor more than five hundred dol
lars, or be imprisoned for not less than
fifteen days nor more than twelve
months, or shall suffer both fine and i'm
prsonment, in the discretion of the court
Fort Tlconderoga and the battle
grounds originally belonged to the United
States government. 1t was subsequently
given to the state of New York, its title
being vested in the regents of the Uni
versity, who gave the property to the
Union and Columbian colleges. The
colleges subsequently sold the old fort
and lands to the well-known Pell family,
who still hold the title. A year ago last
June the Sons of the Revolution and the
Society of Colonial Wars marked these
historical landmarks with branze tablets
and with appropriate ceremonies.
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PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY.
There are so many schemes for the
relief of the poor put forth by Missionaries,
The world is so overcrowded with
libraries of useless treatises on social
problems, and the various law-mills in
every section of the globe are fed such
an exceedingly great quantity of similar
grist in the expectation of reforming
conditions and equalizing things between
the rich and the poor, that 1t is indeed
refreshing now and then to stumble upon
an out-of-the-way proposition on the sub
ject that has some grain of cOmmon-sense
to commend it to the reflection of thought
full men. Here Is a communication that
was signed "SeneX" and recently pub
lished in The Lyndon Union:
The first thing to do in order to help the
poor is to show them how to get the worth of
their money. They pay five cents for loaf
of bread that costs two cents; they pay at the
rate OF $l5 a cord for wood when they buy ii
by the bundle; and about $l2 for ton of coal
by the bushel. They work hard, live on little,
and yet they never get one foot out OF pow
erty. One reason is that they have to give a
dollar in labor for about 80 cents worth OF the
necessities of life. The less one buys at a
time the more it costs. How to enable the
poor to get dollars worth of goods for a
dollar is the first problem to solve.
There Is abundant food for reflection
packed away in this little paragraph.
The way to do the most for the poor is
to teach them how to help themselves.
All schemes of philanthropy starting
from any other premise are and must
inevtebly be futile. No one is entitled
to get something for nothing in this
world and the indlscriminate lavishng
of charity does more harm than good
The self-respecting poor only want an
opportunity to earn their own living
We need not worry much about the poor
that are not self-respecting and willing
to work.-St. Adams Messenger.
5000
A SUPREME TEST FOR CATTLE COM
MISSION.
The Vermont cattle commissioner
have encountered an obstacle which may
prove to be supreme test, for the
efficacy of their usefulness and efficiency
They have learned that the subjecting Of
a COW to the tuberculin test, even wher
there is a response, may render the
animal immune so far as tuberculir
is concerned for certain period, anC
that acting on this knowledge large
number of cattle, estimated In the vicin
ity of 1000, located Williston and vicinity
have been thus treated. In some in
stances they were so close upon the heels
of the operator that the animals still
showed a high degree of temperature
so much so that the cattle might have
been condemned.
If the commissioners find no lega
means of putting a stop to this prac
tice, it will mean the practical end OF
their operations, unless they can keer
the data of their visit to any giver
locality secret, for otherwise cattl,
can be treated in advance so thai
definite results can be obtained by the
, official test. Indeed, it can be seer
that the commissioners might thus BIZ
compelled to give clean bill of health
to animals actually diseased which nigh
be sold as cattle tested under the author
, ity of the state of Vermont.
The commissioners believe that they
, have the power to provide solution o.
this problem through hearings at which
those interested can be compelled to ties
, tify upon oath whether or not their herds
have been previously treated. But tn,
commissioners are plainly confronted by
something of dilemma with reference
to the prosecution of their work, and tn,
outcome will be awaited with pro
nounced interest throughout the state
Burlington Free Press.
Ayrshire breeders Association.
The Ayrshire Breeders association
held its 9th annual meeting at tn
Crown Hotel, Providence, r. L., on Jan
10, 1902. The officers elected were Geo
II. Yeaton, Dover, N. H., president
Obadiah Brown, Providence, r. l., vice
president; James j. Hill, st. Paul
Mimi, 2nd vice-pres ldent; Thoma
Turnhull, IT., Allegheny, Pa, Sd vice
president; Etna j. Fletcher, Greenfild
n. H., 4th vice. president; c. NJ. Winslow
Brandon, VT, secretary and editor; N.
Windsor, Greenville, r. l., treasurer
Charles II. Hayes, Portsmouth, n. II
executive committee for three years; I