Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-29
Fa1DAr. Nav - 1908.


parioned some iirrcu inquiries. lnd III
dulge iu a slight analysis IT the siraa-
ton as al incitd5nn "a further 1hougHt.
When lnd where vas she born anew
And vhat Ir'sat trying 1riea. must sine
in the near future Bass through ~ order
a receive the necessary baptism amt
VINO viii act as godfather AMI ga'imuther
on thar occasion Why is the new ttie
applied "a her a5 his ume What LrsaT
change mas she undergone which marks
her for a new and startling career In
what vay IL her experience changing
form and cniGr 20 warrant tie statement
Eila5 she has put away the Old, and mas
taken On the new Wla5 il the hoped
FIR change in influence which prints the
picture OF her past Is L relic. and paints
her future as a great and living presence
The cry Of The Naw Vermont 5ug-
gesrs a radical change a right IhGuU
face the acceptance ct new theories
and the inauguration ct new methods
and systems. II is 4 criticism upon thai
winch has een, without any praise or
commentator. tt at 0uce presents
comparison, and calls for might and
measurement. The first Thought winch
1t suggests IS 5ha5 OF progress. develop
meuC, growth. Along what lines OF
activity Is there sucf marked progression
as to tenGminats MS year as that OF
new birth She remains the same upon
the map the waters CT her rivers have
not been dlVertat from their original
channels, and her mountains and val
leys retain The sHme location. POSSESS
the same beauty and grandeur. Her
history has not been rewritten her t.m-
pie OF fame has not been overthrpwn
neither has her civilization, in its
strength and glory been undermined
During all the years Of her past eternal
processes have been moulding and bro.
dncIng, and from year &c year evolving
and accumalatiug energies have been
slowly but surely writing her splendid
history OF growth, and increasing the
range at her possibilities. No state has
a more glorious past; not 0Re Of them
all can look forward with brighter
hope, In the opening up0f her natural
resources Of marble and Of granite. in
the adoption Of broader Jechuical
knowledge OF the science Of agriculture
IN the use Of the most approved methods
and equipment in all manufacturing III
dustries IN the iucu.cating through Bhe
pulpit, the school house, and the press
OF those broad truths which underlie \
true citizenship in the weapiug into
every day life of those principles of ias-
5lce and love and purity which grow +
strnug personalities, and establish se. 1
cure homes. In all these lines has nor .
the newer resting spirit Of progress been
operating in all the years since A len 4
and Chlttenden and their c0mDarriots .
hulldet even better tlan they knew ~
There has been No volcanic outbursr.
no eycionlc turning about. Our pro-
gress has been even strong and constant.
And from the Atlantic to the Pacific. IL
mas ever been, and is today, .Old Ver-
mont. Old in love, old in memory.
yet ever new in progressive IDEAS.
Now what has happened in the hear
hy past to make us feel the Influence of
new, startling inspiration? What ap-
pears upon the guideboard pointing with
oatstretehe't finger to new and differ
emf way There has been but one no.
ticeahie change touching public policy.
and no radical change in the active
personal life OF our people during the
past year. So We are compelled to sav
tha6 our esteemed contemporary speaks
of The New Vermont In compar;son
with "Ehe Old Vermont" a. he speaks
OF "Ihe local License liquor law IN conn
parlson with The prohibitory law"
This Is the whole thing in nutshell
we do not recall the instance when
radical change in the policy of the ma
6ionat government, as from party to
party or from a protective tariff to A
"farif for revenue only" produced a
4Nes United States, OF locally a Ner
NJ asaactlusetts and We have NOT vat
heard OF the Nsr New Hampshire
what ia there to this Ner Vermont anv
way Is not Out Vermont good enough
when We speak of the state of our birth
Or adoption Forget not her history
tor quito the ocean of memories eneir.
cling the fathers and mothers of Old Yer
mont spring the highest Inspirations to a
true cltlzenshipr an ever stronger life in
1ne homes OF our beloved state.
When IN the course of time the con-
temporary can with pride point to a
more extended Christian civilization
To- higher standard of intellectual in
Thence; to purer, happier homes to
Adler men and sweeter women. to
prouder parents and more hopeful chill +.
1fen, and honestly claim it TO be the "a ,
suit OF new impetus given to the spirit
u progress by the radical change IN the
INTERNAL policy Of the state in 1902 tb,.r :