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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The Burlington Free Press notes that
the recent banquet of the Vermont
Fish and Game league has awakened
an occasional political echo in the re-
publican camp but it insinuates that
the democratic party may be too NOR
ibund'' to think as a result of its
characterization" Political echoes"
may not be responding to the war cry
as of old this year, but if not, it isn't
because anybody's dead. elemental
ton" was good, bracing tonic, and 1t
didn't wipe out anything but weakness
and pretense. We shall get on very well
without those Observation-Disclosures the
echoes.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The discussion started in this state
over the use of the word obey in the
marriage service has spread, in ever
widening circles, until it bids fair to
ripple the thought of the whole civil
lied world. The Reformer, which was
one of the first to enter this discussion.
has no desire to recall any of its argu-
ments on this interesting subject; yet
it must confess to feeling approach
ing remorse when it thinks of the un-
dercurrent of this wave of thought and
of the weak ones whom it is bound to
take off their feet Human nature is so
prone to rush to extremes in the appli-
cation of these popular decisions. We
predict a trying season for
husbands.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18


There is no excuse for any one send
ing his money out of range Of his local
merchant when he can get better goods
for the same money at local retail
stores. II you are interested in the well
fare of your home town or state don't
send your dollars where you will never
get chance at them again but keep
them where they will help build your
bridges. educate your children and
raise the value Of your property. Until
you learn these things cease to rail at
the foreigner for sending his money to
his native country. Many a poor man
is poor today who bought get rich
quick" stock in some western enter
prise In times gone by, 1t was only
few years ago that nearly all the idle
money of the east was being sent to
the west. Experience was a good
teacher. The fad is now worn thread
bare. When men Of capital learn to
have complete confidence in their own
Vermont will begin TO
grow. 1t can be made the best place to
invest money and it Is the best place to
trade
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The decisions of Judge Munson in
connection with wholesale licenses I'M
der the new law. given in Rutland
county court Saturday and printed
elsewhere, will be Of interest to local
students of the law who have puzzled
over the meaning of some of the points
involved. They do not at all affect
local conditions. however as the only
holder of wholesale license In town
also holds a second class license which
enables the firm to sell in packages to
consumers. It is an amusing coinci-
dence that the one point locally consid-
cred most uncertain, as TO whether
wholesale licensees might legally sell
in quantities less than five gallons-the
point on which this firm was moved to
apply for a second license-is the one
point which Judge Munson decides in
the affirmative; that is, that the guam
tity is not limited.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

Our advice to any institution which
is offered money is to take it and not
be too fussy as 10 where 1t comes
from.--Brattleboro Reformer.
Reduce institutions to individuals
and you have established an ethical
principle about as vicious as they make
'em. Get money. no matter where!
That would hardly adorn the Reform
er's classic pages.-Vergennes Enter
prise.
You overshoot the mark, impetuous
friend! Not too fussy,' we said.
Pussy enough to be self respecting and
clean handed. but not fussy enough
to be ungracious and priggish. One
should never look a gift horse in the
mouth, you know.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
Vermont at St. Louis.

The promoters of the Louisiana Pur-
ST. Louis, Mo, in 1904, are trying to
arouse private enthusiasm in the states
which have refused legislative appro-
priations for representation. Vermont
is one of these states A circular letter
has been sent to prominent men in the
state and to local boards Of trade ask
ing if any scheme of raising money by
subscription is practicable The letters
say that the action of the Vermont leg
islature in refusing to make an appro-
priation is displeasing to a majority of
the people of the state
The bill which was introduced into
the senate last fall and which passed
that branch of the assembly, was
promptly and violently killed by the
house; it contemplated an expenditure
of $4,000 for Vermont building and
exhibits and the general impression at
the time was that the money was prin-
cipally to be used in advertising the
Vermont Marble company and a few
other large state enterprises which were
quite able to stand the expense of ex-
hibiting without aid from the state
treasury. There was no general in
terest in the matter and the action of
the house met with public approval
Vermont was represented at the Chi
cago exposition by a building which |
excited little more than curiosity and |
many Vermonters came away from the |
worlds fair with the idea that no rep |
resentation at all is better than a poor |
representation. The bill to appropri- |
ate money for the Pan-American ex-
position was killed by the general as
sembly and a fund of $4,000 was raised
by private subscription under the d.
rection of Governor Stickney. This
was expended in the fitting up of YER
mont headquarters in the New Eng
land building, but its value to the state
was only nominal
If anything is to be done about the
ST. Louis fair the governor should take
the initiative. There is no question
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
The Delay of Public Justice.

| New YORK " Oflu.l
/ No subject comes nearer to having at
once the highest judicial and the high
est public interest than that of the
laws delays, on which President Rawle
spoke to the American Bar associa-
tons annual convention at Hot
Springs. Va. on Wednesday. Refer
ring to the state legislation of the past
year Mr.. Rawle pointed specially to
New Jersey and Pennsylvania as states
which had enacted new laws for the
purpose of delaying the administration
of criminal justice and bringing it into
disrepute." The former state has given
every criminal under indictment the
privilege of moving the Indictment into
the supreme court--a practice hitherto
unknown in any state, and obviously
promotive of delay: while Pennsylva-
mia has clothed her supreme court with
discretion, after a murderer has been
duly convicted and all other processes of
delay are exhausted. to order new trial
on the alleged discovery of new evidence.
AS to New York, it is hardly possible
that any legislation could further i'm
pede the dispensation of public justice
when three trials for murder, including
two convictions and a final acQuittal
because the witnesses at the former
trials have died or gone out OF the state,
are already the normal state of things |
The multiplication of murders-and of |
lynchings-will go on unchecked until |
an aroused public opinion compels the |
sweeping away of the present compli |
Gated processes for bringing murderers
to justice, and restores the good old |
American rule-one reasonably speedy |
trial for one crime. and only one, and
let the verdict of the jury stand. In the
words of that able jurist, Judge Brewer, I
In criminal cases there should be no
appeal"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
Don't Crowd the Children.
bellows Falls Times.

In at least one respect our school
system is proving an outrage on hui
mainly. Statistics show that we are
becoming a nation of short sighted
people. The Burlington News says:
OF 2265 children tested in New York
city, nearly % per cent of those of Ger"
man parentage were short sighted. 20
per cent of American children had this
defect of vision and Is per cent of the
Irish pupils We're in the same class. In
contrast to this are the records of ex-
aminations conducted on native New
Zealand children. among whom only 3
per cent were short sighted: and
among negro children only Is per cent
of those in the lower grades and 3.5 per
cent in the higher grades had defective
vision.
What is responsible for this condi-
ton among children? Nothing but the
inordinate desire among parents and
teachers to have them know II all by
the time they are eight years old. We
are told that Observations made upon
thousands of school children of all ages
have demonstrated that under the
pressure of study the eyesight tends to
become myopic in direct ratio TO the
age at which near work is begun, to
the number of hours each day in which
the eyes are used in near vision, and TO
the disabilities such as other defects Of
vision, i'll health, poor light and vicious
habits under which the studies are
pursued. From all over the world
comes the same report, the earlier in
life the eyes are habitually used in
near work, the more prolonged the
study hours and the closer the work,
he more marked the eye defects when
is reached"
There is something pathetic in the
insane haste shown by parents in get
ing their children into school, and
heir desire to have them crowded after
hey get there. Little tots three, four
Ind five years old are sent TO kinder
,arten schools to strain their eyes over
irawing. perforated cards fine sewing,
intricate paper cutting and folding,
hahn making. etc, when they ought
lot to be asked to look continuously at
less than a rod away. After |
he eyesight has been permanently |
parents will awake to the fact |
hat little is gained by hurrying the ed |
cation of their children, who are I'M
er eight years of age.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The Essex County Herald deplores,
with some sarcasm, the placing of the
Arthur monument among the stones
and bushes of a Fairfield pasture"
where few but birds and animals will
see it, instead of at the state capitol. OF
course, if it's merely a matter Of show,
the point is well taken; but if it is a
matter of sentiment, a states apprecia-
ton of the fact that an eminent and
honorable man was born within its
borders, then it is best expressed by
marking, as we have, the actual place
of his birth. OF course it was incon-
siderate of Mr.. Arthur and his folks"
to choose so unsightly and inconven-
lent location for a birthplace that
was destined to go down into history,
but it's a way famous men have. Any
old place is good enough for them to
be born in. We sentimentalists con-
slider that the event creates a distinc-
ton for the spot that makes it worthy
of a monument. We find satisfaction
in the thought that 1t is so marked,
even though no human eye should ever
again behold it.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The national w. C. T. U. has begun
its campaign for the expulsion of Sena-
tor Reed Smoot Of Utah from the Unit
ed States senate. 1t asks the senate to
investigate two charges: first that Mr..
Smoot is a polygamist and violator of
that he belongs to a church which
claims supreme authority. by divine
sanction, to control its members both
in civil and religious affairs. These are
serious charges and should certainly be
carefully considered.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

AS might be expected many of the
colored people are unable to see the
wisdom of the mild and patient policy
of Booker T. Washington in connection
with the uplifting of his race. 1t seems
to them weak and wanting in respect
for himself and his people But there
are few men, even among the whites.
who have so wide and far-reaching a
of the needs and capabili-
ties of that hampered but upward
struggling people as has Booker T.
1t would be grave mis-
take for the negro masses to break
away from his leadership through ILL
advised impatience; for his pace, the
slow, laborious pace of education, is
the one that tells in the race for equal
Ity and good citizenship. 1t is crafty
ing to learn that the movement started
to stop the appropriation granted by
he state to the Tuskegee institute has
JAILED in the Alabama legislature. and
he appropriation will be allowed as
Usual.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

David B. Hill says he can't find any
thing in the Bible to Justify the meth
DDS of the trusts. We wondered what
had been keeping him so quiet along
back. He should have known he was
entering on a wild-goose chase. The
trusts don't go in for that sort of thing
they don't have to-
they're too big. And the people surely
do not want to find justification for
so cruel and unjust to them.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
Exactly So!
[St. Adams Messenger

The people of Vermont are begin
ming to get the idea that this well-nigh
continuous exercise of the pardoning
power by governor and legislature is
not only trespassing upon the domain
of the supreme court as a coordinate
branch of the government burt that it is
weakening the force and effect upon
the popular mind of the DEGREES Of that
tribunal generally and thus slowly dis
turbing public confidence in the su-
preme bench. The court should be let
alone, if we hope to retain at least one
of government that is still
by every wave Of political
feeling, that is still remote enough
from popular clamor or interference to
respect.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
SCENERY, AUTUMN
FOLIAGE.

Makes Grand Sight in the Mountains
Reduced Rates via Boston & Maine
Railroad. - Commencing September
18th.
! The White Mountains have gained
the title, the foremost summer resort
in America" and as the summer season
is passing, preparations begin for the
second season of the year, the Autumn.
Beginning with the middle of Septem-
Der. the mountains take on new life.
They are more beautiful than at any
other time of year. Hundreds of guests
are pouring in and the pilgrimages to
the interesting places are daily oc-
currances.
This is the time to go through the
Crawford Notch. The dazzling beauty
of the foliage; the glittering cascades,
the music of the song birds transports
one into paradise. The Summit daily
receives its quota of visitors and the
clear view at this season is remarkable
Mt Washington has changed its sur
roundings and is more beautiful than
any month previous. The intervale is
still magnificently grand. but the
beauty is a trifle more marked; the
sameness of the green verdure is no
longer observed. The master hand of
Nature has produced a picture far
prettier than a painters possibility
The same at Crawford, Bartlett, Jeffer-
son, Lancaster, etc.
This is the season then to visit the
The Boston & Maine Rail-
road excursion rates to the White |
Mountains take effect September 18th. |
Tickets will be good going to October |
10th and returning not after October |
18th.
Low rates will be in effect for all |
SIDE trips. Special rates will be made
At hotels, etc.
For information in regard to stations
and railroad rates, see Boston & Maine
posters or send to the general pas
'enger department, Boston & Maine
abroad station, Boston.
Tickets will be on sale at this sta
ion and other principal stations on the
3oston & Maine railroad.
=. u. Taylor WHISTLES good as the beat
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The character of the financial legis-
lation that may be enacted at the extra
session of congress in November is yet
uncertain. We would suggest that it
be not only broad and liberal, but elias
tic as WELL considering the certain and
imminent advent Of the expensive Patti
and the inroads she is sure to make on
our finances.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

If Sir Thomas Upton really has grit
enough to challenge again for the
Americas cup, he will have to begin at
the beginning and make an entirely
new start. He will not only have to
hunt new designer, but, Capt. Wringe
having decided to become an American
a skipper as we'll And Capt.
Wringe. he declared, is the best they
have over there
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The new national association Of rural
mail carriers has adopted a name as
long as the routes it's members cover
worst roads in the world. They are in a
fight to the finish for better roads and
may they win for the good of us all!
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
What is life7

In the last analysis nobody knows,
but we do know that II is under strict
law. Abuse that law even slightly. pain
results. Irregular living means de-
rangement Of the organs, resulting in
Constipation, Headache or Liver trou-
BILE. DIR. Kings New Life Pills quickly
re-edjusts this. It's gentle, yet thor
ough. Only Csc at F. H. Holden &
Co.'S Drug Store.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

1t is a little singular that President
a silver mounted bride and a horse
during his western trip. should now
draw the line at a silken flag of his
country, worked by a Boston girl. 1t
seems a bit unpatriotic as well as un-
gracious
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The grand old Star Spangled Ban
ner" has received fitting honor in it's
designation as national anthem by the
navy department. There is something
in the splendid swing of it's melody
no order. and every American will give
ii prompt and enthusiastic recognition.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

Mayor Burke modestly admits
Burlington; but he may have failed to
note that there are other pushes, be-
sides the one of which he is but a part,
in that city of warning factions. "Oh,
why should the spirit of mortal be
nroud?"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

Charles H Darling will be an ideal
name for the ship in which Command
err Peary is to sail for the north pole,
because Charles H. Darling will be abb
solutely certain to get there. It's a
habit he has.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

Another tally for the negroes! 1t was
vidual shooting in the y. s. army team
that won the Dryden trophy at Seagirt
Friday
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
MATTERS OF OPINION.
Selected from the Editorial Columns
of Esteemed Contemporaries.
Poetic Complaint.
[Essex County Herald

lEssex County Herald
The Arthur monument has been duly
dedicated among the stones and bushes
Of a Fairfield pasture, where few but
domestic animals and foxes will behold
it. Yet the birds of the air may occa-
sionally rest thereon and sing their
songs of love and chant their hymns Of
sorrow. The lines of the past come to
u.s.
Full many a flower is born to blush
unseen,
And waste its fragrance on the desert
air"
Far better to have erected the monu-
ment in the capitol grounds at Mont
pelier. Sentiment over birthplaces,
etc, makes many an unseemly blunder.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

:. 0. Taylor Whistles. every way beneiicia,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

G. o. Taylor WHISTLES, good as the best.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
BRATTLEbORO BUSINESS DIRECTOR

GEO. q. GORHAM, II. d. whitney piock;
" Main Street Bratteboro. Practice limite1
to the diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat and
Nose. Office hours: 8; 30 10 Il, to p. m, tues
days and Fridays only. Remainder OF Week asx ~
Bellows Falls. ioo
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

How high did you say the bridge is
from the floor to the upper inside
trusses?" asked the man. Fifteen
feet" was the reply, Il read it in
the newspaper" THAT settles it,"
said the other; Just what l thought
Big enough for load of hay but not
high enough for the circus chariots.
There'll be no more exhibitions on the
island. you see. That bridge will cut
'em out" There's been much discus
sion, too. as to the exact length of the
bridge span. from pier to pier, so it will
be well to leave 1t to the contractor,
who says 1874 feet.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The scent packet is enough for us'lAl s1pgt
The family bottle go cents contains ~
for year. AL druggists sell them
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

Ten o'clock, on Saturday night, and
the man blew into the barber shop
in an awful hurry" His arms were
full of bundles and he looked as if he
had chased fire engine for 80 miles or
so. He was very much disguised
when he found out that he must wait
few minutes, even on a busy evening.
You'll notice" whispered the barber
to his customer in the next chair.
that that chap is in a sweat to get
home. We get 'em every Saturday
who tell their wives that
they must get shaved for Sunday and
make an excuse to get down town.
Then they bang around and the last
thing they think of is the barber shop
they get home about
four hours late and then they tell their
wives that there were 90 men ahead at
the barber shop and of course they
had to wait. It's an old chestnut. we
get the credit for big business, which
isn't true, and they reach home with
half a jag for which somebody else is
It's an old yarn. but II
seems to go just the same as il used to
years ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31
DIES MONIES INUNDATED.
Six Thousand People Made Homeless

Des Moines Iowa May 3J-Four feet Of water
was coursing through large section of the bust
ness district of East Des Mones at daylight this
morning. due to a rise of the river OF foot over
all records and the carrying away Of a section of
the levee dam at Centre-st Thirty thousand
people in East Des Moines. five thousand in South
Des Moines and four Thousand in North Des Mones
practically cut off from communication with
the main section Of the city. Absolutely at
tempt is made to transact business. The street
railway company does not expect to be able TO
start for a week. Six thousand persons are
homeless so per cent Of whom practically with
gut shelter and been unfed for twenty-four
hours during which time they have been exposed
the constant heavy rain, with the thermometer
close to the freezing point. Many women and chill
dren shfvered all night long in rain soaked gar
ments unable to find dry place on which to lie.
Box placed in reach Of many OF the
refugees this morning, in which they could find
shelter the rain, but relief work is far behind
the needs.
Inestfmabe suffering prevails. The suddenness
of the flood left no time for preparation or or
ganization to combat it. Levees all over the city
are yielding. In many places the Des MONIES River
lis two miles wide The damage cannot be com
puted because OF the fact that close TO two thou-
sand buildings submerged and it cannot be
told whether they will he carried away. The water
works and electric light and power plant, by heroic
efforts were kept in operation this morning, al
though the water was entering as fast as the en-
City would De without light water, and big
plants using electric power would De smut uoNi
At 10 o clock all traffic the Des Molnes and
Raccoon rivers was suspended East. North and
South Des Motnes completely cut of from the
main part OF the city. The river was 22-7 feet
above low water mark at this time foot and 4
half above all records. Th4 State Fair buildings
and churches all over the city have been thrown
open TO food refugees
Since the early morning trains only two have
entered left Des Moines. The ST Paul and Oe.-
vein trains were the last. All the others have
failed to get out.
In two Instances babies born in flooded
houses The mothers and their infants were re-
moved to places of safety in boats as soon pos