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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
Il KINDLY TRIB UTE.

Editor Daily Journal Among the
many who will mourn for the death Of
our States attorney, Frank A. Bailey,
few can realize the faithfulness of
his last work, as an officer of the
State, so we'll as do the grand jurors
with whom he worked at the Septem-
Der term of Washington county court
in 1908. The duties of a presiding
officer are always complicated and
difficult, in this case peculiarly So
crimes of all kinds, murder, burglary,
arson, theft, assaults and even school
discipline had TO be investigated
Hundreds of witnesses (mostly honesty,
some swift to tell more than they
knew, some relics of the old Know
nothing" party, all ages, sex, all
nationalities and creeds, were ex-
amined. 1t was simply wonderful
how Mr.. Bailey, broken as he was in
health, and with the shadow of death
hanging over him. could go through
it all with the conscientious fidelity
and the sweet patience that he did.
Faithful unto DEATH, he has gone to
claim the crown of life. " We are
glad to have known him even tor a
little season. we are glad of his
picture in the group of photographs
taken at the close of the session.
Tears from the heart are in our eyes
as we bid him farewell:
Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair spirit, rest thee now.
| Fen while with us thy footsteps
trod
His seal was on thy brow"
W.
Middlesex, Dec. IA, 1903.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

The people of st. Adams are expe.
riencing a good deal of trouble over
their lack of water. A recent st. AL
bans item states that some of the lar.
ger users of water for drinking pur-
poses and the saloons are sending to
Swsnton for their supply of water.
1t is a common occurrence in some
sections of the STATE Tor people &c
chase outside of their own for beer
but it is more uncommon and also
pretty tough, especially on the pro.
hibitionists, to be obliged to watch
the other fellows contentedly wearing
out their elbow sleeves at bar while
they are scratching around with lard
pail to get that which nature should
supply.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

White Gaps in Louisiana have been
taught lesson that they are likely to
remember for some time. The Su-
preme COURT of that State mas just af-
frmed the Judgment of the lower court
by which three men get So, 600 each
as damages for injuries to person and
feelings resulting from White Cap
demonstrations. About thirty citizens
of Dodson were the defendants. II
appears that the three men we're sus-
pected of having knowledge concern
ing the origin of several incendiary
fires in the town and some of the citi-
zens, instead of waiting for action by
the grand jury, took the matter into
their own hands and tried to elicit in
formation from the suspected men by
White Gap methods. The court in
affirming the judgment declared that
the action of the defendants reduced
the community of which they professed
to be the representatives to the level
of a lawless and ignorant horde of
savages 1t does seem good to see law
breakers of that class get dose of
bitter medicine once in while, even
though it is not very large one
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

There may yet be something do
ing' in the Orient. Russia and Japan
are playing their little game while
others watch aud Russia is inclined
to accuse some of the spectators of
looking in her hand and telling Japan
how to play. Japan's pile of chips
is smaller than Russia's but she has
friends backing her. The jack pot
being played now was opened by
Russia and Japan came in but is now
inclined to insinuate that there
wasn't a fair deal and that Russia
took an ace from the bottom of the
pack.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

Most men oppose with ali their
might any insinuation against their
character when made publicly, but a
man in New Brunswick, N. j., is
endeavoring to overcome the testimony
of number Of his townsmen who
have said he is a reputablec citizen.
and establish instead that he is of bad
character, morally unfit to carry on
even the liquor business. The reason
for his strange action is purely bust
ness one. Several months ago this
man, Philip Glass by name, decided
to enter the hotel business and signed
contract to purchase the Hines Tav-
ern for Sc, 600, the contract being con-
ditional upon his getting a liquor Ii
cense. He put up 81, 900 as a for
felt for breaking the contract the
money to be paid back to him If he
should fail of securing the license.
He made his application but before
the hearing repented of the whole
trade and planned to have his license
opposed, but through a misunderstand-
ing as to dates, nobody appeared
against him and the license was
granted, it being for an old stand.
Now he proposes to show at a second
hearing that he is morally unfit to
have license and so get out of his
deal. There should be no question
but that man who will stoop to such
tricks to evade a contract is unfit to
have license, but there should be
some way of making him lose the for.
teit money just the same, and perhaps
he will.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

In almost every Vermont newspaper
one takes up these days are noted RET
erences to union religious services,
special 'protracted meetings held in
different churches alternately, and
other signs OF broadening church.
The New Vermont" will he a com :
munity of religious and church unity,
and this condition of affairs will be
welcomed. 1t will mean more effec.
tive work for God Rutland News.
The Journal heartily says Amen.
There is no sign of the times that
gives greater promise for the future
than the growth OF the spirit of toler-
alton,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
CHRISTMAS TREE VANDALISM

On certain farm at Middlesex
Center, and on certain part of that
farm, some seventy-five or eighty
years ago hoed crops were planted.
That area is now covered with a
heavy growth of spruce which was
recently sold, at a remunerative price,
and heavy crop of good spruce tim
Der will be harvested therefrom this
winter. While the owner has slept
this timber has been growing; while
he has been engaged in various &C.
oupations the treetops have been
stretching up toward heaven, and
their trunks have been expanding.
Without care or effort of his, a tract
OF land has been increasing in value,
year by year, better than bank stock,
better than the investments Of money
which sometimes take to themselves
wings and fly away. Deep rooted in
the bosom of Mother Earth this de.
veloping forest has stood faithfully
by its proprietor.
What would be done today with an
old WORKOUT pasture growing up to
spruces? That is, if the pasture were
the possession of a certain class of
farmers? Adjoining the forest to
which reference has been made above
is some wild land, 4" the property OF
the owner of the spruce timber in
question. 1t bears scattered growth
OF young spruces. The owner has
been importuned by the Christmas
tree vandals for permission to cut the
little trees to ship to the city mar
kets The old farmer was too wise
to consent By nature a foe of van
dalism, with the object lesson of his
acres of little spruces grown to full and
mature treehood, and selling for the
high market value of timber, what
to him was the paltry fraction of a
penny offered for each individual of
another developing forest?
A Philadelphia correspondent, in an
article published in the Journal, has
written of the appearance of Vermont
Christmas trees In that city, and the
prices at which they sell. The ship
per gets half cent piece; he pays
price that is UNNECESSARILY petty.
He leaves the land from which the
trees are cut IN wretched plight. If
a tree is too large sometimes it is cut
some two to four feet from the ground
and the sprawling stump left to an
cumber the land or a tree twenty
or thirty feet in height is felled, the
top Topped off and the remainder left
to decay. So do the Christmas tree
vandals despoil the State. Vermont's
forests constitute the States best as.
set. The grown timber should be
harvested with direct reference tc
protecting and preserving the grow
ing The growing spruces, wan.
tonly sacrificed ought to be- left tC
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

The Democrats certainly swept Bos-
ton on tuesday in the municipal cleo
tion. Mayor Collins was reelected
by an increased plurality and tine Re-
publican and Citizens tickets were
buried. Not Republican alderman
was elected and the common council
is nearly all Democratic. The Repub-
licans conducted a listless campaign
and got their pay for it, the re-
form ticket which was in the field doing
more harm than good by splitting the
Republican vote and hindering things
generally when the occasion did not
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
THE MULE And MAN.

The mule, he is a gentle beast;
He's satisfied 20 be the least;
And so is man.
Like man he may be taught some
tricks;
He does his work from eight to six;
The mule-when he gets mad, he
kicks;
b And so does man.
The mule. he has a load to pull;
He's happiest when he is full;
And so is man.
Like man he holds patient poise,
And when his works done will re-
joice;
The mule-he likes to hear his voice;
And so does man.
The mule-he has his faults tbs true;
And so has man.
He does some things he should not do
And so does man.
Like man he doesn't yearn for style,
But wants contentment all the while,
The mule-he has a lovely smile; 4.
And SO has man.
The mule is sometimes kind and good,
And so is man.
He eats all kinds of breakfast food,
And so does man.
Like man, he balks at gaudy dress,
And all outlandsh foolishness,
uN -. - IL
And so is man.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
The Pennsylvania Railroad director

The Pennsylvania Railroad directors
are taking time by the forelock.
They have planted hundred acres of
land with locust trees for the purpose
of raising ties for use on their road.
The supply of timber for that purpose,
as we'll as for others, is getting scarce
and these railroad men have been
wise enough to see what must be
done, They are to increase their
plantations to Q, 900 acres and use the
most approved methods of forestry in
the care of the timber, which when
matured will be of great value to
them, inasmuch as the price of ties is
constantly increasing and locust ties
are said to be of the best-far better
than most Of those in use. Some
time, perhaps, Vermont will come to
realization of the incalculable value
of timber land to the State and take
some measure to protect what is
left and encourage the planting and
care of more.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

The greatest suspension bridge IN
the world was formally dedicated to
the use of the public on Saturday
with fitting ceremonies and in a
throng of people such as only great
city like New York can turn out. The
new bridge to be known as the Will
liamsburg bridge is considerably larger
than the Brooklyn bridge, so called,
which at the time of its completion
was considered almost another wonder
of the world. Truly, this is all age of
wonders in construction work. May
the years to come be more productive
along those lines than the present,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

Justice H. B. Brown of the United
States Supreme Court is having severe
trouble with his eyes and is expected
to become totally blind later. He ex-
poets to be able to do his work as JUS
tice, however, for as no witnesses are
heard in the court sight is not an es-
sentiel, the weighing of arguments
and consideration of the principles of
law being the great thing. By an as
sistant for reading and writing he ex-
poets to get along all right even as
other men before him have done. 1t
is said Justice is blind, but it was
probably never intended to be taken
in physical way.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
WASHINGTON SLUMS.

The statements of Jacob A. Riis in
an address delivered before the Senate
and House committees on the District
of Columbia come as something of a
shock to many people throughout tn
United States. The city of Washing
ton has been held up before the world
as model .of beauty where intelli-
gence and wealth live in most ideal
surroundings, but Mr.. Riis knocks off
some of the tinsel. He has been in
vestigating conditions in the slums of
the city and he brands them now as
worse than those in New York. He
said in part:
81 confess l had no idea there were
such things as saw in this city yes
terday when [ went in several of the
alleys and witnessed the way the
colored people are living, The inside
of these houses is too dreadful to con-
ceive. You need the same sort of
cleaning up process we have been
having in New York City for several
yeaTs. Your blind alleys remind me
of Whitechapel. in London, when it
was at its worst. The alleys lead
nowhere, and the air in them simpl y
stagnates. 1t is thoroughly bad. The
obvious way to deal with these alleys
is to cut them clear through | went
through less than half dozen oil
your alleys yesterday, but am told by
DR.. Woodward that there are 29S
here, with $4,000 colored people living
in them. You want to remember
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
CURIOUS EPITAPHS.

While we were talking Of epitaphs
on shipboard the other night, Cartain
Passow repeated lines that are en-
grsved upon the tombstone of Nellie
Shalner, who for half century baked
pies and cakes at Cambridge, England.
and peddled them among the students
IF the university:
Here in the dust the Wondering ernst
OF Eleanor Shalner is shoven.
Well versed in the art of pie. pastry
and tart
And the lucrative skill of the oven.
When she'd lived long enough she
made her last puff.
pun by her husband much praised:
NOW mere she doth lie, and makes a
dirt pie,
In hopes that her dust may be
raised.
This epitaph is said to have been
written by famous doctor of divin-
ity when he was student at Gam
bridge Can't. w. II. Williams con-
tributed the following, which he
found in cemetery on the Islano of
Jamaica:
Here lie the bodies of two sisters
dear,
One is buried in Ireland, and the
other is buried here.
Which reminds me of tombstone
at Monson, Mass, which reads.
Here lies the body of Jonathan Round.
Who was lost at sea and never found.
Near by, in the same cemetery, is
the joint tomb of three wives OF a
farmer who formerly resided at that
place. His first wife was originally
buried in the neighboring village of
Palmer, and during the removal of
her remains portion was lost. The
bereaved husband, being very ex-
act and accurate man, would permit
no deception even in an epitaph, so
after the stone was erected he had
carved upon it the following:
Here lies the dust
VI the second and third wives of
William Blount
And part of his first.
Joseph F. Auerbach, the eminent
New York lawyer, who is engaged in
the litigation over the street car fran
chiss in Chicago, and who, if it is
much more prolonged, will be able to
vote in that city, told us of .monu-
ment in the cemetery at Rockville
Centre, a Long Island village, erected
IN memory of a number of sailors who
were lost in the wreck of the schooner
Bristol of Mexico, on that coast some
time in the SOS. There are several
inscriptions, one testifying to the lib
erality of the citizens of the town of
Hampstead i'll providing a plot of
ground, the dimensions of which are
given, for the inteIment of the bodies.
Another inscription reports the fact
that the expenses of the burial were
paid from money found on the bodies
of the deceased, supplemented by
funds contributed by charitable citi-
zens of the town The third is purely
sentimental, and has nothing to do
with the finances. 1t was written by
the village poet, and reads
Beneath this monument dothEsleep
The bodies of those that crossed the
deep;
Instead of being landed safe on shore
On cold frosty morning they all we're
no more.
sSs.a Chicago Record Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

This would be a bad time of year to
boom Vermont for an influx of people
in quest of quiet homes in which to
spend the ripened years of their life
in peace. A glance at one of the State
papers would scare them away with
the accounts of the sensational MUIR
der case in Bennington and the Corti
murder case in Montpelier in which
is brought to light the clashing fac
tions of Anarchists and Socialists.
There's time to speak and time
to keep silent" A word picture of a
quiet and peaceful home, enlivened by
a glowing Preside and the rattle of
hay as the cattle chew their evening
cud, would not figure strongly until
the sessions of county court are over.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

call for it. This reform fever is all
right in its place but some people
overdo the matter.
The hottest fight that the city of
Cambridge, Mass, ever saw for a
municipal election ended on Tuesday
wi,h the election OF Judge Daily OH
the nonpartisan ticket and the defeat
of MoNamel, who has become widely
known as "the strenuous mayor. 4"
He wasn't strenuous in the way to
suit many people, it appears
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
UNIONS FOR FARMERS,

Texas has the reputation of being
the home of all that is wild and
woolly" but it appears that the Texan
farmers are progressive in one way at
least. During the past ten months
they have been organizing what they
call the farmers Educational and
Cooperative Unions of America and
at present there are shid to be in the
State nearly 3, 900 unions with a men,
bership of about 40, 600, while the
movement is fast spreading. The pur
poses of the unions are to buy an d sell
in bulk, to educate along progressive
agricultural lines, and to discuss po-
litical economy, leaving politics alone.
If this movement is actually what
it pulports to be, and not political
movement in disguise, as was the Far
mers' Alliance which originated in
Texas few years ago, it is of great
Importance The Farmers Alliance
died because it was fake Under
the guise of great industrial organi-
cation, the promoters Of the Alliance
sought to lead the farmers to a new
political belief to the benefit of the
promoters themselves. Almost every
class of men in the commercial ways
of life except the agriculturalists al
ready have organizations of some sort
or another for the purpose of having
united action. Workmen and clerks
have the unions, manufacturers have
their associations, but the farmers
have never yet made any successful
effort towards business relations with
one another in any except the ordi-
nary individual manner. The gran
lite quarrymen have joined forces and
fixed a minimum price for granite;
men in other lines of business have
done the same; mill owners have
united in great corporations which
permit buying III large quantities and
the cutting of expenses to great
extent; bu6 the farmers have re-
manned without organization, If
they should unite, they could easily
put all other combinations of labor or
capital fairly in the shade. Without
the use of any unfair means they
could easily save for themselves mil
lions of dollars every year. Cooper
alive buying and selling, would result
in great saving, while education of
the individual as to methods of pro-
duction would result in the turning
out of better products at less cost.
The cooperative idea is being used
great deal now in the manufacture
of butter and cheese bnt there is
far wider field for it if the farmer
will only take to heart the lessons
that are before him to learn. 1t will
be hard work and slow work to con-
vince many farmers that there are
ways and means of farming and of
marketing their products better than
those they now use but in time they
will come to it. Farmers as a class
are too conservative, some of them con-
sentative to n fault, but as class
they are intelligent and when once
convinced OF the advantages of organi-
cation with cooperation they will
take hold Of the idea thoughtfully and
carry it to it's proper results in care
full, honest, and judicious manner.
Their conservatism will avoid the ex-
cesses that combinations of capital and
labor are prone to exhibit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
THE FRI4R,S' LII NDS.

Washington. Dec. 17--News that
Governor Taft and the friars in the
Philippines have reached an agree
ment regarding the sale of their lands
to the United States is confirmed at
the war department. Secretary Root
received cablegram from Governor
Taft today stating the terms in full
but these will not be made public at
present.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

Those Christmas tree dealers who
had 4. 900 trees burned in order to keep
the supply down and the price up
ought to be run out of their city on
a rail- Their methods were little
short of those OF the foot pad and if
the rail they should ride on were cut
from one OF their own trees and the
branches left stubby it would be none
too harsh for them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

Hon. William Chaplin pays very
tender and a we'll deserved tribute to
the memory of the late lamented
States attorney, Frank A, Bailey,
ESQ, AS member of the grand jury
Mr.. Chaplin was in position to OBJ
serve, and has the capacity to under
stand and appreciate, the qualities
which he eulogizes; and few men
have in larger measure the capacity
for felicitous eXpression-and the
heart to employ it in worthy cause
than is possessed by this rough hewn
farmer OF Middlesex Center.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
Middlesex, Dec. IA. 1903.
True Heart Disease Is a Rare Thing

The cause of your palpitation is,
probably, pressure arising from gas in
the stor-ach-that is gastric indiges-
ton a few doses of Cal.cuIa Sol
vent, DR.. David Kennedy's new medi-
cine, will cleanse away the foul ac-
cumulations, and the heart will run
quietly and keep good time. Write
to the Oal.cura Company, Rondout,
N. Y, for free sample bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
CLUBBING LIST.

The following offers are for the
benefit only of subscribers to the
Waterman (weekly) or the Journal
daily who pay all arrearages and
a years subscription in advance. One
or more of the publications may be
ordered, but the money for each, at
the club rate. must invariably accom-.
pany the order, with all arrears Of
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year in advance TO the "Club Rate"
add 81 90 for the Waterman, or SO. 90
for the Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

AT last Cuba is to have her dues and
the honor of the United States is vim
dictated. 1t would have been far bet
ter for all the parties concerned had
the same result been reached long
months ago, but private and petty con-
siderations weighed heavy with some
Senators-so heavy as to overbalance
their sense of duty. But they at last
came to time when they found they
must. only one Republican being
found on the off side. President Nc
Kinley's spirit can rest in peace now
that his promise to the young republic
has been kept.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

when you undertake this kind Of work
that it costs money. That was the
obstacle we met in New York Such
a work cannot cost too much money.
The conditions you now have permit
wholesale murder. @Syz
He went on to say that New York
has spent 81, 500, 600 in such work and
that it has been worth $40, 600, 600. If
there are such conditions in the capt.
tai city of the United States they
should be remedied, cost what it may.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

Attorney General Parker, of Massa-
chusetts, has given as his opinion that
women cannot vote in the caucuses in
Massachusetts even for school officers.
Probably they will suddenly find out
now that they want to.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24

Senator Hoar is getting some hard
knocks these days from the papers of
his party in Massachusetts. They
think he is too noticeably on the off
side