Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-28

and forty The superintendent says that
Curing The past fifteen years there has
beSn steady increase in the average
age of patients. until al the present time
the average age IS ton wears higher than
, II formerly WAS.
During the first twenty-five years ~
the Institutions life there we're 4s2 pa
ticr.ts between thirty and forty years old.
| and %752 between forty and nifty. Al the
present ratio 81 increase in the aee Of
psti.nt- the next quarter ~ century
will sec Tire proportions reversed and per-
haps far exceeded.
The conclusions 10 he derived are both
encouraging and diecourasirg. II is en-
corrasne to know that young men are
retrainine from the excessive use Of in
tcxicating liquor and discOura ging to
think that co many men Of mature years
with wives and families dependent upon
them for support are addicted to drink.
The steady increase in the average Of
drunkar1s may he attributed to the ever
growing influence of business upon Young
mon large employers are yearly becom-
ING moro stringent in their regulations
in this respect. Railroads and other cor
porations entrusted with human life are
requiring tempcranc or even total Alb
stinence among their employees. The great
| mercantile houses and manufs curing
concerns. too. are putting str~~. on good
habit, among clerks ana vorkm-r.
II il not 60 easy to suggest a reason
Why the drinking habit should he on the
increase among men NJ middle sec. It
may r. that the growing predomirancc of
tn. young men in business is crovdi1s
cut older men to such an extent that
restraints are being removed.
The superintendent ~ the home from
which the figures above have been oh
tanned 'ny- it has always he~n the MS
tory ~ the institution that there have
hcen more married men among the "a
TENTS than single mon. This fact merely
shows tho tendency NJ man to bury do
nestle RESPONSIBILITIES and woes ir liquor
! 1t certainly does not reflect credit on tho
standard OF our masculine population.
! In connection with these statistics and
tho natural deductions from them one
| cannot refrain from thinking ~ the terri.
| fc responsibility there 10 upon society
and the state AZ we'll. to do everything
possible tn reduce the sources ~ tNr1rta-
! ton to rnen. either young or old in res
pect to over-indulg.uce in drink.
MR. ROOSVEI.TS POPULARITY.
(rrom tho St Johnsbury Repuhlican)
II come. hard for Hnrpers Weekly to
80, = sooA word FOR President Roosevelt.
but occasionally their persistent attacks
and insinuations Of the President and
his rolicies csil forth a remembrance
. ! n
her from e. q. Hampton ~ Detroit,
Mich. and among other things he said
President Roosevelt Is popular with
all classes excepting Wall street and
Some dsnocrate-th. people are for him.
! have within the yesr covered o"cr
10 cH miles, from the Atlantic to the
paciAc AMI fail to and any sentiment op,
posed TO the President.
Thor. will he no force to hi. noinna-
ton. as No other name will he presented
In tho convention. and no nominee with
in thirty years will have received euch ar
overwhelming recognition OF popua,
favor.
Th. people will see that he is both nom
mated and elected"
ELEMENTS OF WINTER D1SCOM-
FORT
O'lom tn. Montpelier Argus
Vermont again bears the record 70,
low temperature, vet Vermontcrs hay,
suffered Less from the cold than the PEG
pls Of Boston FOR instance. Figures are
sometimes misleading. Th.rc are othe,
conditions besides the position Of Tho
mercury that modify the effect OF tn,
cold weether.
rAVORAPY.E TO A PROCTOR WING.
(Frem tine Northheld News)
Il II vas announcer NHat tNs Two rrr
uhlican city committees In Rutland h"'
hurried the Ratchet and would work II
nsscs hereafter At the city meeting
tuesday night q committee was elected
composed ~ republicans favorahe tn tn
. Proctor wing OF the party and larYel
opposed to the Clement political interests
Mere trouble now with the same ol'
, hatehet,
WEARS A LARGE SIZE HAT
, (Frorn the Worthwhile News ana Cltizen
5 The st Johnsbury Caledonian suggest
7 IL n ,rurnnr Of 81. .IOAnShlrN as one 0