Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12

young Vermonter, with some experience on
the bench, for such place, but leaves us
to guess whom.
A LIVELY CORPSE.
From the Fair Haven Era)
Time was when the Vermont Press
association was given up for dead,
but the Vermont editors present at the
meeting held in Burlington. Friday night
were surprised at the livelieess of the sup
posed corpse. Not for years has there
been any such representative gathering
OF newspaper men of the state. Nearly
every county in the State was represented
by one or more members of the craft.
business meeting was held during the
evening that was a business meeting, no
thing being permitted but what had to do
with the publishing business The
NO Politics" sign was in evil
dence everywhere and the subject
was as effectualy tabooed as though
|t had to do with China instead of
vermont. The efforts put forth to revive
| the nearly defunct organization met with
| most gratifying success and 1t begins
to appear as though there Is going to be
so much doing that it will be for the in
| terest of every newspaper publisher in the
state to belong to the association.
There has lately come into the pub
fishing business in Vermont an infusion
OF which much can be expected in the i'm
mediate future if as is generally conceded
blood VIII tell. Naturally bright, well ed
ucated and thoroughly schooled In the
business they bid fair to become at no
distant day ornaments to their chosen
profession. From this younger element
much may be expected In the way of push
and the exploitation of new features ana
with the experience of their elders. which
can be had through the association there
should be such field of journalism In
Vermont as will make the profession
second TO none in the State.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
, (From the Vermont Standard)
Much grumbling and kicking, are going
the rounds by our village people, whc
live within three or four feet of the post
Office, about the rural free delivery which
has entered in our quiet town of late. It's
coming makes 1t very nice and convenient
; for our farmers, who live three, five anc
!, eight miles from the office, to have theil
mail delivered at their door or within q
= short distance, thus enabling them to re
, ceive their mail daily where, when lef
a., at the post office, they hardly averaged
to get ii once Il week.
Now If this rural free delivery route
!, No | proves a success, and in all proha
= ibility 1t will not prove otherwise, 1t vii
, surely prove a boon for our back farms
, and a great help to our hard WORKING
farmers They are taxpayers as mucl
I as those that live in the village an'
. therefore have as good right to some
the conveniences of mail delivery as thos
who live in the shadow of the post-oftice
Some of our village people go to tn
trouble to report about town. that thos
| who live back upon these hills oil READ
ing don't average to receive but one let
| ter throughout the year anyway there
ut Of Il 70
II them whether we have rural free deliver
s in town or not Now we should like
e ask our village cousins if we are not jus
y as much entitled to our mall. ana ism
l. it just as important to us, whether on
= or twenty lcttors are received as long Il
& we have to pay as much toward detrhN
e ing the town or State expenses as GU
II village cousins?
e This Is an age of progression and ReaC
Y ing should not be left behind in the marcl
d for her people are just as ntelligest a
o those of other towns and we mil pee
ID pic" are not to be pushed to the wall an
Is made to silently bear the greater burden
# and Inconvenience while our village cot
at SINS are enjoying its conveniences.
ar How are we to get our mail throug
* in winter is the hue and cry. Well, tn
y is our road-master paid by the town TO
N if not to keep our roads open to trave
w DO we put him in Office simply to gratii
u
y do TO our roads? 1t will not certain
a harm our village cousins to turn out VII
it shovel and help our hill people to pa
with the snow in winter "Our hill PEE
pie" are always willing to ever do tho
share toward keeping out the roads.
Now our town has nice public librar
~, but our hill people" were unable TO ava
"a themselves to the pleasure or benefit
~ be drived from it, on account OF Il
-. distance, but now by the Kindness of o.
nj rural free delivery carriers, we are alb
ar to patronize it as well as our village co
IN sins.
-, Rural free delivery is certainly n gre
convenience to "our hill people and
surely cannot be such a great inconvet
~ ence to our village cousins. why ~
when there is any sign of advancemer
ct there are always some who are ready
al stop its progress unless they can behd
VS. to suit their fancy? NJ, K. +. d. No.
Ms MORE TOLERANCE DEMANDED.
a (From the Bradford Opinion)
en- The attention which the Catholic Chur
IL has received from the press because of /
To- death of Pope Leo XIII. and the electi
"r Of his successor gave rise to some We
strong criticism both by Methodist a
Lutheran gatherings. They have accus
the press of fast becoming subsidiZ
to the Roman Catholic Church. VIII
he will the whole people ever learn tt
'or the greater part of the press of this cou
an try is non-sectarian and news which
EN- published about any of the different
els nominations is published not because
are is about a sect but because ii is Of enou
ms Selleral interest 10 the pupilc 10 WdrrH
his such publication. Such a discussion W
is stirred up at the Methodist ccnierer
nat held III Iowa recently and was about To
in embodied IN "A resolution CondemnnG
cir press when Senator Dolliver is said
is have put quietus upon the proceed
ne by telling the laity and clergy interest
,e" In such action some very plain facts