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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
What Fall Rrinas Us.

Those who are intimate with Nature
and, therefore, in love with her, will
appreciate, at this time of the year
when she is In her tenderest and most
enhancing mood, the following exquis-
lite lines from Charles Goodrich Whit
ing's Walks in New England"
THE rest, the rapture, the sense Of
partaking of the very soul of the uni
verse-the sense. that is, of communion
with the spirit of earth and sea and all
things else--this is what our fall brings
to us. When we behold a flight of
cranes from some sequestered pond, or
crows black against the keen, blue sky,
cawing as they go in their emphatic
language, or pair of blue jays in their
brilliant garb or when we startle a
wren from the hedge row or sparrow
from the ground-there is something of
significance of that Elimination of free
dom that we know shall be ours when
we depart from this habitude and enter
into that infinite realm where all the
glad souls be-"
Thoughts like these are good for US
sometimes, in the rush and turmoil of
the worlds work. They are freshening
and inspiring and they keep the mind
and heart vigorous and young.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

Huntington Free Press

Those who know Senator Redfield
Proctor do not need to be told that he
never hunts on Sunday, or that the re-
port sent out from Newport, N H., in
relation to paying a fine for killing a
raccoon on the Sabbath did him great
injustice. AS a matter of fact Senator
Proctor while out hunting in company
with his grandson on Saturday after
noon shot a raccoon, not dreaming that
there was law protecting that animal,
and in view of the manner in which
the animal is viewed In most states this
supposition can hardly be regarded as
strange. Indeed consultation of the
game laws of all the states in the I'm
ion shows that the. Granite state is the
only one in which there is a closed sea-
son for raccoons. After the raccoon had
been bagged he learned of the law, and
at the first opportunity he informed on
himself to the commissioner and paid
the penalty without waiting for appre-
hension by any representative of the
law. Under the circumstances it is evil
dent that Senator Proctor did all that
lay in his power to remedy the mistake.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

Governor Bates of Massachusetts has
nominated Loranus f. Hitchcock of
Chicopee to be an associate justice of
the superior court The entire bar of
Hampden county unqualifiedly en-
dorses the nomination, which will go
into effect very soon. Judge Hitchcock,
who has for many years been police
judge in Chicopee and city solicitor
and who has an Office for the practice
of law in Springfield, is eminently
qualified to sit on the superior court
bench and his selection will add dignity
and ability to that body. Judge Hitch
cock is a Vermonter, having been born
in Rochester in 1851, and subsequently
living in Peacham. He is a graduate of
Amherst college and Columbia law
school, and has dispassionate judicial
temperament which has frequently
been recognized in his selection as
special master or auditor in important
cases. AS associate justice of the su-
perior court he will enjoy increased OPP
portunities for usefulness, of which he
will be sure to take full advantage.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

cowardly murderer who shot at Bar
tholomew Croteau from safe ambush
can be found, there IL no reason why
any delay should be made In his con-
viction, sentence and execution as the
law directs. 1t was crime of the worst
nature, and one which makes leniency
misplaced, except such as may be
shown in swift justice. There is a ia
miliar ring to the motives which are
attributed to the neighbor arrested on
suspicion of this terrible deed; he is
said to have believed that Croteau had
been seeking to do injury to himself
and family and, having vainly besought
the authorities to interfere in his be-
half he declared that If they would not,
he should take vengeance into his own
hands. One would say this Fighter of
wrongs must have been reading our
mob advocate newspapers and that
their personal vengeance theories had
borne early fruit. If it is right or ad-
missible for mob to kill negro be-
cause it is afraid the law will delay or
fail to punish him for his crime. why
may not a Montpelier man, smarting
under wrongs, real or fancied which
the law refuses to adjust for him, have
the same moral right as the mob to
take matters into his own hands? To
application of theories like these in
lead us.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
A State Fair That's Not a State Fair.
Rutland News.I

The state fair association Is not a
state institution ii Is an association OF
a few individuals as such, and conse-
quently has no state support. The state
fair should be under the patronage of
the state and be in the hands of the va
rious state commissions-such as the
board Of agriculture, for instance-un-
der whose jurisdiction a state should
own suitable grounds. The state should
see that its fair is aided by annual ap-
preparations of proper size, to be ex-
pended in proper directions for the
purpose of developing rivalry in the
productions of grains, vegetables. live
stock, horses, etc. As IT Is, the state fair
has no support except as 1t gets 1t from
its own officers, from the public at
large and from sale of privileges. The
Objectionable gambling devices per-
mitted on the grounds are there be-
cause the large fees they pay for privi-
leges are required. The high admission
fee of so cents is made imperative for
similar reasons. The fair societies
need the money. The main weakness
of the fair, and those who have pre-
coded 1t in recent years, Is the lack of
support upon the part of the farmers.
The exhibit of cattle and of poultry
was very creditable-little better could
reasonably be asked. But in the de-
partment of grains and vegetables,
horses and hogs, the showing was thin.
OF course, unless premiums of attract
i've size are offered, many farmers re-
fuse to exhibit. because they look upon
the matter from purely business
standpoint. A farmer dislikes to
bring down lot of horses and hogs at
an expense of perhaps s25 and carry
away S24 in premiums. When the |
whole matter is canvassed, it is diff |
cult to outline what could be done to /
remedy the present weaknesses. How /
ever, here are some suggestions: state |
associations, state patronage, popular
admission fee, more support from
farmers, larger Exhibits better special
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
Probably.
Probably the Londonderry Sitter was
simply guessing when it said:

Probably the Londonderry Sitter was
simply guessing when it said:
Forty divorce cases on the Windham
county court docket for this term
Whew! Probably nine tenths of them
have a man or a woman picked out
with whom to try it over again or live
with in open shame. Nevertheless we
call this a civilized and Christian coun-
try and Vermont a model state for
morality.
Probably it does not know that such
conditions exist in any one of the 40
cases. Probably all are merely avail
ing themselves of the legal means
sanctioned by the state of escaping
from the unhappy results of hasty or
marriage. Probably nine
tenths of the scandals afloat originate
in the airing of somebody's idle "proba-
bilities." Probably our christian coun-
try" and model state" lack more of the
charity that thinketh no evil" than
they do of morality.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
When Local Pride Becomes Offensive.
[Barre Times.]


The Lyndonville Journal has a sensi-
BILE article on local Pride during the
course of which it says, The pride
which a man naturally feels for his
birthplace, for his town, his slate and
his country, is perfectly legitimate. Its
reflex action upon the community has
the same effect as self-respect has up
on the character of the individual. If
a town or village hopes for prosperity
it must believe in itself. If its cit
liens never have a good word to say
for it, even if small part of them are
constantly running it down, prosper
ity will pass by on the other side" But
while we all realize that a
certain amount of local pride
is a commendable thing, it
must be understood that local pride
can be carried to a point where it
ceases to be a virtue and becomes in
stead a bit of bigotry which is hardly
pardonable. One may have a feeling
of pride in ones state or town and
may talk up the advantages which they
possess and can do so without giving
offence. But when you do the talking
do not talk as if there were no other
town or state except your own. Such
an action is offensive in the extreme.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
A Twisted View.

Bishop Brown of the Arkansas do
cese Of the Episcopal church is report
ed to have expressed himself on the
race problem in the following plain
way:
while do not justify lynching,
can find no other remedy adequate to
suppress the crime tor which this has
been made a punishment by the people
of the south. I am a northern man and
used to look with horror on lynching,
but since I have been south my eyes
have been opened. Imprisonment does
no good. I am of the opinion that 1t
would be we'll to leave the solution of
the negro question to southern people.
They know best what to do. The en-
reimbursement of the negro has been a
serious mistake. Very few of them have
any convictions and their votes are
cast, as a rule, for the man who pays
the most money"
With due respect to bishop of the
Episcopal church, this is all nonsense.
If Imprisonment does no good, why not
make death the penalty and have the
criminal put to death decently, under
the law? Why must the punishment be
illegal to be effective? We can not I'M
derstand how any reasonable man can
for a moment sanction the taking of
human life, for any cause, by a mob of
excited, irresponsible persons. The
wide possibility of mistake by such a
rabble; the lowering of the safeguard
of the law for the innocent; the coarsen-
ing and brutalizing of human sensi
bilities-should all argue against it.
Those who advocate such remedy"
for the suppression of crime are surely
misled by strong feeling of revolt at
the crime and by race prejudice. The
negroes crime" as some call it is not
by any means confined to the negro
race. White men are often guilty Of
brutal atrocities. Have the same law
for all.
There are also white men who lack
convictions" and who cast their votes
for the man who pays the most money.
Even in Vermont we know this. If the
acknowledgment of such is a mistake,
why not disfranchise all illiterate in
black or white and make |
the thing square and right?
The trouble is we have got little |
too much race prejudice aboard to be |
,hla 10 IL ctl,, oil ha
and narrow way.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
Vermont's Farmers.

The Country Gentleman in a recent
issue advertises Vermont in a way
truly gratifying because it indicates
the possession by our people of quail
ties really worth having. 1t notes the
fact that a travelling man has asserted
that Vermont farms are better fenced
and look more thrifty and homelike
than farms in adjoining states. An
other travelling man, whose business
takes him all over New England and
the middle states, declares that no
farms in any state are better handled,
show better buildings, or give such
strong evidence Of being well titled and
paying propositions as those in Ver-
mont. Vermont farmers" he said, are
the most intelligent and best educated
that meet This is especially true of
the young men and women" Now, If
this is true, it is something which JUS
titles pride. 1t is far more creditable to
the state, more important to its future
prosperity and honor than are the
facts, over which we expend so much
hot air, that a president or a popular
hero was born here or that we have
one or two men in high national posi-
tions. Don't let's forget to do honor to
the good, substantial, home qualities as
well as to those abroad. The honest,
farmer is Vermont's best
card, after all, and she should bear 1t
in mind If she wants to win the game
Of prosperity.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
"Wise as Serpent, Harmless as Dove"

The greatest obstacle in the path of
caucus reform in Vermont is the fear
that some complicated system may be
adopted that will practically disfran-
chise some of the voters. In order to
meet and overcome this objection it
will be necessary to formulate system
that will be as simple as possible and
still enable the voters to give express
sion to their choice without danger of
bribery or corruption of any sort. We
believe the wisdom and virtue of YER
mont are equal to this task, and if the
press truly voices the desires of the
people legislation of this sort will hard
ly fail to pass the next legislature
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
"Who, Having Eyes, See Not"

We would like the opinion of the
lady editorial writer of the Brattleboro
Reformer on the obey" issue. Just
out of curiosity, We mean.-Randolph
Herald and News.
You will find it in the editorial COL
umns of our issue of Sept. 4, under the
title Loving Kindness Enough" 1t
has since been quoted, with approving
comment. on the editorial page of the
Springfield Republican and has also
been reprinted by the New England
Farmer, the st. Adams Messenger and
various other state papers. Where are
your eyes? But crafty your curiosity
now, do, lest it consume you
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

The baby boy found ON a Rutland
doorstep Saturday morning. starts out
in life heavily handicapped; but let us
hope, for humanity's sake that he may
have indomitable courage, hopeful
seems to be lacking in the usual adj
juncts to proper bringing up" Not
only is he rejected by his own parents
but fate has perversely cast him upon
the doorstep of q man already well
supplied with children instead Of upon
that of a childless millionaire. When
orally piece of real heroism and not
an accident of fortune.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

The st. Adams Messenger struck a
sympathetic chord in Vermont journal
ism when it preached the subject Of
handsome and well-dressed women
Responses have been prompt and ami
mated. Vermont editors may shy a
little at some of the topics of the day
but when il comes to the eternal ques-
tion-woman-in any of its complex
but ever delightful forms. they are all
right IF there are any better dressed
or handsomer women in Vermont than
appear on the streets OF st. Adams
every day." cries The Messenger ex-
uberantly. I'VE would like to see them"
And SITTER John" answers the chal-
lenge with gay confidence: Then come
down to South Londonderry"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

II. G. Thomas, commissioner of fish
cries and game, writes as follows to the
Montpelier Journal in regard to the de-
pletion of our forests. His opinion is
surely worth consideration:
Vermont is altogether too slow in
taking up matters of such vital impor-
lance to her wealth and prosperity. Her
springs and streams are growing
smaller and smaller from year to year,
and many have entirely dried up
think If the state press entire would
continually present the above facts
something beneficial would be accom-
plished. Many states are doing what
Vermont ought to have been doing
years ago. Save our forests, else in
few years Vermont will not be called
the Green Mountain state. With prop
er and judicious protection Vermont is
a beautiful and natural park; depleted
of her forests, with dry river beds, Yer
mont is nothing"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
BRATTLEBoRo, FRIDAY, SEPT. rs, 1907
Automobiles on the Highways.

A citizen writes to Vermont news
paper in complaint of the use of auto
mobiles on the common highways. He
declares that automobiles are in effect
nothing but steam engines and that the
public highways are no place for them.
He says they are making the country
road the most dangerous place in YER
mont for the average citizen, that they
are a nuisance and as such ought to be
kept off the public highways Old peo-
ple. women and children are practically
debarred from driving on the country
roads, since nearly every farmers
horse is unmanageable facing moving
automobile.
Somebody else writes to the Spring
field Republican on the other side of
the question. He says:
The representatives of the people
have made stringent rules for the
automobilist. He must be licensed like
a dog or rag picker. his. machine must
be licensed and great, large, homely
of the automobile, and he must stop
when the driver of horse holds up his
hand. What more do you want! The
automobile has come to stay. II GER
tain reckless chauffeurs do wrong why
should all be blamed? So far as
horses are concerned, 1t is more the
fault of the driver than ours. have seen
drivers and drivers. The careful chauf-
feur sounds his horn before passing a
team going in the same direction and
slows down to pass with the least noise
and speed. Oftentimes he must pass
on the wrong side of the road because
the horse driver does not know what
side of the road to keep. l have seen an
incompetent driver work sleepy horse
into a most mettlesome beast simply
because he did not know how to drive. |
and all this time the offending automo-
bile was absolutely at rest and noise
less. To tighten the reins with jerk, |
grab the whip and lash the horse until
the animal had passed the auto. only to
drive ahead full speed with the intelli-
gent (?) jackass behind saving on the
lines, surely is good treatment to make
that horse crazy when the next auto
appears.
1t will be seen that, as is usually true
in disputed public matters. both sides
have well-grounded grievances. But In
this case, as in the cases of the bicycle
and the steam cars, the telephone and
the trolley, all of which have their enc
mics in people who do not care to use
them, decision must be made in favor
Of the invention, which while it may do
Injury to the few, Is for the conven-
lence of the many and step ahead in
human progress. The automobile idea
is yet new and undeveloped; we can
not say what it may yet hold for pub
lie comfort and convenience; the COM
plant made against it of expensiveness
IS but common to new modes of convey
lnce and little charity and sensible eff
'ort at adaptation on the part of those h.
who meet the auto on the public roads
will soon rob it of its terrors. 1t is not
,nly selfish but utterly useless to OPP r
pose the advance of modern invention. v
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
Walter w. Husband of the Montpel-

Walter w. Husband Of the Montpel-
Ter Journal is to be Senator Dilling-
hams private secretary. Mr. Dilling-
ham and Mr.. Husband have known this
for some time, but the public has just
been informed. The arrangement
should prove highly satisfactory to the
senator to his new secretary and to his
constituents. In fact the only losers
will be the newspaper men, who con-
slider Mr.. Husband one of their most
capable and conscientious representa-
tives. He was formerly connected with
work there and in Montpelier has been
of high order.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
MATTERS OF OPINION.
Selected from the Editorial Columns
Of Our Esteemed Contemporaries.
oh, He Always Settles!
[Springfield Republican

Senator Proctor's latest public APP
pearance was In the Croydon IN. H.
justice court under arrest for shooting
raccoon in Corbin park few days
before the law protecting raccoons was
off The senator meekly pleaded
guilty, explaining that he was ignorant
of the law when he violated it, and paid
a fine and costs amounting to $27.30.
Senator Proctor does pretty much as
he pleases up in Vermont, but this is
one of the instances when he has to
settle for it.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
Those Proctor men who in the hea

Those Proctor men who in the heat
of last falls campaign made remarks
intended to be humorous about Mr..
Clement and his coon quartet" are
now unfortunately compelled to admit
that the latter had fully as great sue
cess in his venture in the coon business
as did our senior United States senator
coon" and got it for $3.50. almost as
expensive as "coon quartets."
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
Get in Tune With Nature.


Public sentiment is steadily making
toward the prohibition of SEEMING in
Lake Champlain, and the lawmakers of
1904 will do well to heed that fact. The
law of Nature is against it now and al
ways has been, and the Vermont stat
utes cannot afford to be out of tune
much longer.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
Small But Mighty.
[Springfield Republican. /

One hundred and forty eight years
ago in a bloody little corner of the
woods, at the southern end of Lake
George, they were deciding whether We
of New England were to speak French
or English 1t was not much of bat
tie numerically. as compared to Cold
Harbor, for instance-that fight at
Lake George-but it served to turn the
whole current of history on the con-
tinent and decide that il should remain
in the hands of the English speaking
people.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

The Indians, do not take kindly to
most of the methods of civilization but
one phase of modern progress seems to
find approval in their eyes--the strike
on work They are giving the govern
ment lot of trouble out west on labor
planned for their benefit. Oh, well, it's
the white mans burden'-often an
one-and he Is bound to car
ry 1t to the end of the ways.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
But That's Not Yankee Nature.

Cousin George is like the rest of 'em.
The soldier wants a bigger army.
The sailor wants a bigger navy.
1t dosn't clearly appear why we
should want either. If we mind our
own business we won't need so much
war material as the warriors think.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
One Proof Of II is Enough.
TSpringfield Republican

1t is to be hoped that the fatal ending
of the automobile race on the Caledonia
county fair grounds at st. Johnsbury,
VT, will tend to discourage this feature
of the cattle shows" A half mile
track is not the place for heavy ma
chimes going at the rate of so or more
miles an hour
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
The MONTPELIER Murder

With a murder of the first-class dia-
bolical order on hand, Vermont has a
golden opportunity to show that crime
can be promptly and adequately pun
ished by lawful means, and without the
interference of private citizens If the
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
The Los Angeles Times saws: ct

The Los Angeles Times says: THE
agricultural department at Washington
is advertising for experienced graft
ers." A supply can doubtless be Sc
cured by making application to the
postoffice department, which is grow
ing a great stock in that line"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
So Adam Said,
lBarre Telegram.1

All this talk about Miss Clement and
her eccentricity makes one think what
a queer world this is and that it is the
women who make il So
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25
TO CURE A COLD NONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If IL fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.