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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
WEST VIRGINIA
INCON6RESS
All the Representative from This State
on Hand.-Floral Tributes Paid
Them Fortunate in Seat
Drawing.

Washington, D. C., Nov. 1O.-All the
members of the West Virginia delega-
tion were in their seats when the senate
and house Of Representatives were called
to order in extraordinary session.
The desks of Senator's Elkins and Scott
were literally buried in flowers, sent by
West Virginia admirers OF the senators
in Washington.
The West Virginia members in the
house also Jared well in the matter of
floral decorations. Especially was this
the case with Hon. Harry woodward, ~ho
made his debut as a national legislator,
his desk being almost hid from view
by mass of superb American Beauty
roses.
In the seat drawing the West Virginia
legislators were very fortunate, and all
of them are well located.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
SMALL WELL
AT SALEM
Is the Showing on the Brand Farm-Good
Well Comes in on Rogers-News
of other Wells.

In the Salem district, this county, the
South Penn Oil company has completed
its test well on the J. P. Brand farm
and has a show for a very small vel
in the Gordon sand.
In the same district, No. 9, on the w
A. Rogers farm has been drilled III feet
into the orclon sand and produced l2C
barrels the first 10 hours. They have
suspended drilling to move back the
boiler. In the same district, the South
Penn Oil company's No. l, on the w. A
Ridgeway farm is holding up at 100 bar,
rels day.
The South Penn Oil company has drill.
ed its test well, on the Hugh Romine
farm through the Gordon sand and will
have a very small pumper.
In the Folsom district, Wctzel county
the same company has drilled its vel
on the B. +. Heldreth farm 25 feet intc
the stray sand and has developed no oi
or gas. The same company's No. AZ
on the Robinson tract is producing 2;
barrels a day from the Gordon sand.
Credit balances SLY; certificates, nc
bids. Shipments, l57,l6l; average, S5,
627. Runs, l25,4Os; average 7l,5O2
Shipments (I4ima), l34,s47; average, TO-,
1873 Runs ll3,24s; average 55,042.
Standard Oil closed at $3.50.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
ADMINISTRATOR QUALITIES
Fay F. Smith Takes Charge of Personal
Property of Late Mrs. FOuse.-other
Fiduciary Matters.

Fay F, Smith took out letters Of ad.
ministration Tuesday on the rsSaI
estate of the late Mrs. Drusilh NJ
Fouse, of this city. lie gave bond oi
$500, with D. G. Watkins as surety,
and after he had taken the prescribed
oath, papers of authority were issued to
him by the county clerk.
Lafayette Swiger qualified as guardian
Of Omar T., David NJ, Robert a, Julia
A. and Ida A swiger, giving separate
bonds of $40 each.
W. S. Kidd qualified as guardian OF
Julia o. Kidd. He gave bond Of $500
for the proper discharge of his duties
as such guardian. Bruce I. Southern
is his bondsman.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
MR.. LYON
PROMOTED
Former Clarksburg Printer is Now su-
perintendent of the Pittsburg Print
ing Company.

Eustace Lyon returned Tuesday morn
ing to Pittsburg, after a short visit here
Mr.. Lyon has been promoted TO the re-
sponsibe position of superintendent OF
the Pittsburg Printing company, after
having served several months as its ef.
ticicnt assistant foreman. He is a com
pctcnt printer and an artists in his Zine,
The promotion is merited, and Mr.. Lyon
will prove himself the right man in the
right place, His many friends here are
glad to learn of his success in Pittsburg
and extend thier hearty congratulations,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
LETTERS
ADVERTISED
List Published at the Instance of the
Postmaster in Order That They
May Be Called For.

List of unclaimed letters in the Clarks-
burg, w. Va, postofIicc advertised No.
yember 10, 1908.
Allen, Mrs. Ettie; Albright, Mrs.
Maude; Arbogast, Miss viniaj Butt, Miss
Bessie; Blake, Edward; Bacchur, Grace;
Brtmagl, Miss Tona; Bennett, Mrs. A.;
Burke, VIM; Crislip, j. b.; Cox, Mrs.
Mahaley; Corder, r. e.; Davis, H. G.;
Dotson, Mrs. G. B.; Edwards, Mrs. Lulu;
Freeman, Mrs. Cassie; Fanar, French;
Ford, Miss Gertrude; Figart, Nlillard;
Furry, P. H.; Gamer, Miss Carrie; Gar
rett, Hugh j.; Green, Mrs. Jenneter;
Goodwin, Miss Mamie; Green, n. H.;
Grcnolls, Miss Mary; Grose, Phil; Har-
ris, D. E.; Hardman, Miss Ethel; Han
ner. A. s.; Hutton, Miss Mabel; Hubbard,
7. r.; High, w. E.; Isner, Mrs 0. o.;
James, Mrs. George; Jackson, Miss Lu-
ME; Kelley, George; Kaporl, John; Kin
ney, John t2l; Leslie, C. f.; Lack, Miss
Tcnnie; Long, D. c.; Leonhard, Mrs.
Jessie; Lichtenstrin, Lrr. T.; -Lightncr,
Miss Lulu; 15aymon, s. NJ; Maxwell.
Miss Bessie; Mcdonald, Alley; Mondell,
Arthur; AIiskimon, Beale; McNcmar.
Mrs. B. r.; .McCm, Ford; Moore, Mrs.
Fannie; AIayfieId, ]. NJ; McIsaac, John;
Maloney, John; Marsh, NJ; Morris, Will
L.; O'Donnell, A.; Parker, Clarence; Pa
tron, Harney; Powell, Miss Hattie; Pow.
ers, Mrs. Jack; Pope, Lewis f.; Pennell,
Miss Maggie; Pain; Miss Ruth; Reed,
Charles G.; Reed, Mrs. IIcllice; Rifle,
Miss .Jennil; Randals, Mrs. Lloyd; Ram
sev Mrs. L. A.; Randall, Mrs, Lille;
Rector. Mrs. Olive; Richards, Miss .illiej
Rcofe, w. j.; Stockler, H, e.; Swiger
Thrmas; Sheets, Miss Cora; Saurborn
J. H.; Stewart, ]. D.; Smith, Miss No.
rah; Smith Peter l.; Stemple, P. G.;
Sniier, William; Thompson, II. d.; West
St;llman; Wilson, Mrs. Rcbecca; Wells
P. p; Wilkins, Percy; White, Mrs. Me
lissi; Williamson, w. H.; White, Mrs
Malcy; White, Miss l.illieSi,; WestiGll
j. W; Wilson, Mrs. Julie; Williamson
j. j.; Wales, G. F.; NVillianis, Mrs
George; Wcsner, Harry; Wagner A. II
Wilson, Mrs. A. b; Waldron. Miss Alice;
Woodson, Mrs. Bessie T.; Ycagcr, Mrs
Nancy. S. G. DENHANl, P. NJ.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
MASONS
Leave for Wheeling to Attend the Annual
Grand Lodge Meeting.-Big Repre-
sentation from Clarksburg,

A large number Of Masons left Tues.
day for Wheeling to attend the annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge Of Ancient
Free and Accepted Nlasons, which con
vened there the same day. Besides those
who went in their oikciol capacity as
delegates, a large number of members
of the local lodge left to attend the scs-
sions. Anon gthose who left Tuesday
morning were w. Burns McGregor, D. X.
Reed, Charles w. Lynch, Homer w, Will.
hams, and James n. Hess. 9th.
ers will leave on the night train Tues
day and some will leave Wednesday.
This Grand Lodge meeting was TO have
been held in Clarksburg, but, owing to
the walho hotel not being opened, it
was changed to Wheeling.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
SURPRISE
CARD PARTY
rendered Mr.. and Mrs. George Noel by
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kelley Mon
day Evening.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kelley rendered
surprise duplicate whist party to Mr..
and Mrs. George Noel at their home on
West Main street Monday evening. A
Eery delightful evening was spent. Del
icate refreshments consisting of choco-
ate, cake and ice creams were served.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. !. NJ.
Kelley, Mr.. and Mrs, John Kelley, Mr..
md Mrs. Nathan Stealey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs. L. s. c.
dolmboe. Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. West, Miss
Lillian Kelley, Ansel Paugh, Miss Flora
Paugh, Miss Cora Chorpening, 7. P. Rid
lie, James Bowen and G. p. Stout.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
NEW ROUTE sTAKED OFF.

]. Walter Barnes is here from Fair.
mont, superintcnding the change in the
Consolidated Telephone company's lines
between this city and Wilsonburg. The
new route was staked Off Tuesday morn
ing and the poles will be set at once and
the wires strung at the earliest practi-
cable moment.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
IMPROVING ELK SALOON.

The Elk saloon, owned by j. j. Con.
nell, is undergoing some extensive re-
pairs. The interior OF the room is being
rcmodelled and refitted and large front
plate glass will be put in. The build.
ing belongs to w. S. Siers. The i'm.
provcmcnts will add much to the appear.
ancc of the room.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
ELKs MEET TONIGHT.

An important meeting Of clarksburg
lodge, No. 4s2, Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Elks, will be held in the lodge
rooms on Third street this evening. All
members are urged to attend and visiting
members in the city are cordially invited
to the meeting
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS
WILL MEET TONIGHT,

A union Sunday school teachers meet
ing will be held in the parlors Of the
Young Mems Christian association to-
night at 1880 o'clock. The subject will
be the lesson for next Sunday in the
Sunday schools. All teachers and others
interested are invited.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
wHIsKEy BOTTLES
IN COURT HOUSE.

AIorgantown, w. Va, Nov. 1O.--Jani-
tor Arnett has discovered LOO whiskcy
bottles in the court house since January
|, besides innumerable beer and other
bottles. He has sold them at good
price. The court house has been a ia
vorite place for tippling, although Nor
gantown is dry and there were no in
dictments returned at the last term of
court for Illegal retailing. The county
court has offered reward for the ar
rest of any one drinking on the prem
ises, but so far no one has been caught.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
INVITATIONS TO BANQUET.

The following invitations have been
sent out:
ls0o-For Benefit of Band-lOO3
The Clarksburg Colored Social dub re-
quests the pleasure of your company at
their fourth annual banquet on Tuesday,
November the twcnty-fourth, 1903. Ad.
mission $l.OO Clarksburg colored or
chestra in attendance. Please present
yourself at 0 O'Clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
TEMPERANCE UNION MEETS.

s The local Woman's Christian Temper.
anee union held its regular monthly meet,
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B,
Smith on East Main street at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon. There was good
attendance and matters pertaining to the
welfare of the union wer considered.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
THANK OFFERING MEETING.

A meeting will be held in the church
study at Golf chapel Thursday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in connection with the Wot
mans Thank Offering Fund, which viii
be given Thanksgiving. All subscribers
to the fund and Others interested are
urged to attend this meeting. DR.. $. II.
.Arbuthnot, pastor OF the church, will
conduct it,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
MEcHI1NG WEARING BIG SMILE

The proverbial happy father smils is
being worn around by j. S. Mechling, The
manager of the local offices. of the Oil
Well Supply company. The smile is of
unusually large dimensions, and Mr..
Meetings. friends say he looks becoming
with it. The cause of the smile is the
advent of bouncing girl baby at his
home on Hornor avenue Monday night.
Both mother and babe are doing we'll.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
ALARMING REPORT
ABOUT INDUS MORRISON

The report is current that Indus Nor.
rison, son of Ashton NJ. Morrison, re:
siding on Lambert's run, this county, fell
Off a house in another section OF the
county a day or so ago and was killed
but so far the Telegram has been unable
to verify it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
SMALL FREIGHT WRECK
ON SHORT LINE,

A small freight wreck occurred at
Bloom, just west of Lumbeport, Tues
day forenoon. One car was derailed, but
the damage was slight. The noon pas.
senger train from New Martinsville was
delayed by the wreck.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10

Rev. A. B. Withers was here from
Gypsy this morning en- route to Cen
ter Branch in the interests of the Bap-
tist church in his town.
Ernest A. Rider OF Quiet Dell, is a
business visitor here today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-11-10
DATE NOT DEFINITEIY KNOWN

1t is not known definitely when tho
Newell Dwight Hills lecture win be ar,
ranged for. II viii probably be The last
Of November, and possibly not until
late in the season. Notification will be
given the public in good time.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
High License or Temperance

L. If Huh License Is such a
staunch J,rOI,sDter Of the temDer-
dnce cause. sChy is it that me u
qMur organizations are a sottd
unit in Its faVOr?
III. 1.-THE Pr0hibitOry LaW is
such u terrible Cause of infeMper-
nnce, then schy do not the breW-
ers amd distiikers, With their press,
p0Werfuilu sta"H up for IL?
III. Wh0t is tn hinder the feW
licensed sniO",ss from enficing all
patrons IF the many?
". Would you cote FIR a sa-
tom neat dOor to yOlr home? Ind
ifnOt. dO you think IL isQuite hOn-
Orabte to Wnnt 1t located meCt to
yOur n~ighhOr !?
y. Why dO arrests for drunk
enness u,Id crime uL,lrMingty in
crease in al pIAces sChere High
License IL tried?
VI. VIM does the same uni
fDrMity ~UeryWhere ecist in re-
gard tn increase nj tHEes and up.
t,rOpridtiOms for the poor and
the insane?
III. What Wnrrant has any
one for entertaining the theory
enforced
VII. In brief. hO,C shall zoe
account for At th"t f"cts an" fig
Mres, With Public Records. hare
al lniIted the sa 0se Way. tOWnrd
moral and ,nateriat ndcersity
under any form of license?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
A Clever Scheme.

would not legislate on what a man
shall drink any more than what he
shall eat, only that if he makes beast
of himself, becomes public nuisance,
abuses his family, or others, or pau
perizes his family, then | would put
him to the workhouse for 30, GO or so
days according to his offense. | would
create chemical bureau department,
officered by scientific men whose duty
should be to analyze samples and any
one convicted of adulterating liquors l
would make it state prison crime the
same as if convicted of adulterating
food supplies. With such law a man
would not have to lie, steal or perjure
himself to get drink. About one term
in the work house would sober most
men. ID. d. W., in Sitter.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

The Poultney slate mill, recently
wrecked by an explosion, is being en-
tirely rebuilt. All the victims of the
explosion are recovering.
Employees of the northern division
of the n. E. Telephone Co. held an IN
formal convention at Montpelier yes
terday. the first gathering of the kind
ever held in the division. There was
banquet and short speeches.
A swine disease, similar in appear
ance to the foot and mouth disease but
r, sulting fatally in many more cases,
is killing many hogs in Salisbury.
large number of animals have been
killed to prevent the spread Of the dis
ease.
1t has Just been learned that practi
cally the whole state was exposed to
smallpox last July by the Walter Main
circus, there being four severe cases of
the disease among its employees The
suppression of the knowledge OF the
disease is said to have been due to a
Burlington physician, who, for an
enormous fee, accompanied the show
during the entire trip, vaccinating all
the employees.
Jesse Harvey, engrossing clerk at
the state house in Montpelier, is de-
voting part of his time to the work OF
making a copy of the report of the
commissioners who surveyed the line
between Vermont and New York in
1913. This copy will be furnished to
the new commissioners, who, in accor-
dance with the action of the last leg
81, 10 tha old
and see that the line is properly marked.
Capt. Henry R. Dorr of Rutland,
who recently invented process where
by the immense heaps of coal dust
which have been accommodating in the
vicinity of the coal mines in Pennsyl-
vania for many years, can be made
into a hard fuel which burns fully as
we'll as the best anthracite coal, has
Just been allowed second patent for
his invention. This covers seven
claims and protects fully from compe-
tition. Mr.. Dorr intends to lease his
invention to mine owners.
Henry Mott of Albany was drowned
in Lake Champlain Friday while re-
turning home from Champlain, N. Y,
in a binding storm. 1t is supposed
that the morse got out OF the track ana
fell through hole in the ice. Mr..
Motifs body was recovered Monday.
His first wife was drowned and he him
self narrowly escaped death in SINH
lar accident Il years ago. He was a
grain and produce dealer and known
from one end If the state to the other.
He vas prominent in his country's
politics and represented his town in
the legislatures of 1873 and 1880 and
his county in the senate of 1884.
Burlington voters decided Tuesday
evening to accept the Webb PROPOSE
tion binding the Rutland railroad to
locate the headquarters and general of
fees of the road in Burlington, and to
erect modern Office building to cost
about 500, 900 in the city. In exchange
for this the city of Burlington agrees to
pay the Rutland railroad $50, 600, said
sum to be used in repairing the local
railroad yards and making necessary
additions to the same. 1T is expected
that the headquarters of the road will
be established in Burlington before
Jan. l next.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

With one sweep of its editorial pen
the Brattleboro Reformer settles the
fact that life Imprisonment is a more
severe penalty than capital punish
ment. 1t may be so but the Reformer
has fallen far short of proving 1t. The
Reformer's reasoning might be plaus-
ible we're it not attempting to argue on
conditions that do not exist. 1t says
"if'' the prisoner, sentenced to life
Imprisonment, was absolutely without
hope of pardon, then death would be
preferable. But the Reformer knows,
or at least ought to know, that no
such contingency is likely. So. settle
yourself, and reason on facts. We will
admit that the death penalty might
be preferable to life Imprisonment
with all hope of pardon cut off. Barre
Times.
Get down to facts, yourself, please
you haven't, as yet, on this subject.
Here they are The death penalty is
wrong in principle and should there
fore be abolished. Life imprisonment
should be substituted for it, and, to
make the latter sufficiently severe, par
don should be absolutely forbidden,
except in case of subsequent proof OF
innocence
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

The st. Albans Messenger, which by
the way is doing more for vermont
than any other paper we know OF, and
which has an admirable way of speaking
right out and calling spade spade
and rake rake, has this to say anent
a paragraph which is going the
rounds of the prohibition press OF
the state telling people it is better to
keep up the sham and hypocrisy to the
end 1t is the gospel truth, and should
be posted in the hat of every man VINO
has the welfare and future of Vermont
at heart. Read and reflect:
cit is high time there was an end to
the SNUG faced hypocrisy that says
True, l take glass occasionally, Jus,
moderately, you know. But, for an
that, | don't believe it's right, even II
do it myself And [ want the law SO
that other men can't do as DO. ana
so | vote contrary to the way drink.
1t is high time these men who nave
such intense concern about other
people's morals looked well to their own.
Responsibility for the drink habit Is
not thus to be shifted to mere liquor
law. 1t begins with the example they
set in their own habits. 1t is an easy
thing to cultivate another mans NOR
ais and at the same time crafty one S
own vices. 1t suggests the parent VINO
with heroic self-sacrifice admonishes
the precocious son with switch and
verbally that Il can do all the smoking
necessary to be done IN this family.
If these men who drink and still vote
for prohibition would stop drinking,
how about that for consistency! Ano
most men drink. ~.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
Free Speech. T"

The Barre Times prints sensible
editorial paragraph about free speech
in Vermont to the effect that there is
no let or hindrance here to all such as
NAV be DESTROYS of airing their onin-
ions on matters of current interest. or
on any subject under the sun, for that
matter. True, there is no occasion to
battle for recognition of free speech
in Vermont, unless, perhaps, 1t Is In
some political state convention such as
took place in Montpelier last summer
when pretty nearly half that body set
in to cry down the speech of delegate
who was vainly trying to make himself
heard in defence of his opinions, and
when one prominent party man on the
platform, since rewarded by plum
from the governor, signaled to the band
to begin playing so as to drown him
out. With the exception of an occa-
sonal incident of this kind, of course,
free speech has pretty fair oppoItun-
ity here in Vermont, as The Times con-
tends.
1t seems to The Messenger, however,
that the main difficulty is not that the
right of free speech is denied here in
Vermont, but that the "free speaker"
is maze 10 SuHer lot IL noTe Ut less
afterward Perhaps it is no worse here
than in other states. but it does appear
sometimes as if the people of Vermont
often had constitutional antipathy
against saying what they really think
in times when free speech" would
amount to something. Bishop Hall
once said:
when | came to Vermont one of the
things that surprised me most was that
while l knew the people of New Eng
land to be a sturdy lot, l found their
weak point was moral cowardice
which made them dreadfully afraid Of
one another -
Nobody denies the right of free
speech here in Vermont, but one has
to be mighty careful how he uses it
st. Adams Messenger.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
BRATTLEBORO. VT.

Liveryman H. W. Floyd, of Spring
field, is dead from the result of in
juries received in being struck by
double runner sled loaded with four
young men going through the main
street at express train speed Saturday
night. He was crossing the street when
struck by the sled, was thrown violent
ly down, his leg broken and his skull
fractured.
The strike of the Montpelier & Barre
street car company is settled, and the
men returned to work Wednesday. Men
with the company longer than six
months will receive 10 cents an hour;
new men $40. 80 week 10 hours will
constitute days work and seven days
week. The strike began Sunday,
JAN 4, the men demanding 20 cents per
hour and recognition of their union.
The men get all they ask except 20
cents an hour; the price fixed being a
compromise between Is $40 and the de-
mand.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

The coming election will prove mere
" form. The law has already been
passed, and at the September cleo
tions majority of the people of Yer
mont voted eyes, - so that it is merely
a perfunctory matter. If you vote at
all-and you certainly ought to-vote
as you honestly believe-as you drink
or as you think, it's all the same or
should be. No man who drinks, even
an occasional nip, can conscientiously
vote for retention of the present pro-
hibitory law, nor can any man who
does not drink or believe in drink,
conscientiously vote for high license
law Do your duty and be honest to
yourself and your neighbor
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

Suppose the rumored whiskey corner
should prove reality with its doub-
ling up of prices? In some parts of the
country, people might still drink whis-
key, but here in thrifty, economical
old Vermont if whiskey trust should
get down to business as the coal trust
has done, it would mean a prohibition
before which, all legislative and W. G..
T. U. schemes would pale. And all
this intense, -rasping, soul-wea-
rying temperance strenuosity of ours
the past year would be like the fra
GRANGE of flower in a desert-wasted.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

The Burlington Free Press seems to
think that the high-license law will
make politics rotten. Well, we don't
quite know what rotten politics are.
unless it is when politics and public
affairs are managed for the benefit of
a clique. If this definition is correct,
the politics could not be more rotten
than they now are or have been in
Vermont for the past 20 years, or more.