Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-13

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have denied the issuance of licenses. In.
Vestiga'orS or inc important question: OF
, iou'' 81 The county where there is the
greatest absence OF saloons is the south |
least known. This is in accordance With |
the contention Of earnest advocates Of |
tho local option princip,cs that such
law gives the fairest field for the work |
of the acitators for tectotalisn with |
the object lesson OF the bad effects Of ;hc |
omen saloon on tho one hand. and the
benefits OF no license upon the other, II |
should be easy for them to convince the |
majority that saloons should not exist, |
and thus secure the mandate Of the reo- !
pie for no license. a mandate which no
official darcs to ipnore,
It will be interesting to note tho ntt- |
tn(lo the former advocates and adherents
of the prohibitory Lave vii, take in the
promised contest before the Vermont
Legislature That there may be some
improvements in the law, shown by its
practical npplication may readily be be-
licvrd This should not include tho
strinroncv Of regulation There ei,o,l1d
hc no letting down tho bars permitting
less rigid enforcement. The logic of the
showing made by the two years of OK
poriencc should line IN all temperate
men, including teetotalcrs, Cor a con-
tinuanco Of tho local ontion Man. win
the purpose to exert their influence even
more tellinsly among the people, uion
the no-hcensc side or tho option.
sIirEP KILLING; noes
(From tho New England Far,ner)
Docs hav, hoon unusua,ly active in
tho destruction Of sheen in Vermont this
sea.on. over one hundred sheep belong
inr TO farmers of Clarendon. Rutland
co,,ntv vore hiu.d hy dogs In one ya.k
nearly emitted nv the PAYMENTS for the
damage done. 1t is said several shrnp
roisnrs have gone out of business be
cause thcv have lost 90 many sheep in
this WAY. while the towns pay only a
small part Of the value Of the sheen
killed
These dcprodations are not all c1used
by common cur dogs. Walter 1'ovsloe
manager of the Hillside farm in Pow
nal, Pennington county, recently lscov-
cred a Cog killing sheep in his nock
Securing a rife he killed the dog. which
proved 10 be n valuable St Bernard whose
owner had refused $500.
The dog question is one of the most
important in Vermont, and should be
settled at the coming session Of til" Stat"
LEGISLATURE in way which will give
ample protection TO sheep The farmers
of Vermont have Sufficient influcnco e
rightly used, to secure favorable sic.p
Hesitation.
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/ hh u''er'E un"'Se c"u'S ~ - f''le
| senator ir"c'"i, "tN'rth'l'SS 'I s'h
uIai prIhC''i's 'herr Is mum "'tt"S ~
Adams Messenger: Docs anyone .er-
lousy oeIieNS t!lat opposition 80 tne 'tc
the name will actually develop n the
Legislature this fall? With all tho talk
made by the hungry ones, is IT not al,o-
gethrr probable that the senator will
go back to Va.hinston and say in
WASHINGTON as long as he wants TO, iust
as for tho most part the long linz OF his
honored predecessors did? Nhat Is TO he
gained by turning away ripe Old states
man OF national sizt and reputation, in
the full maturcd wisdom of his % years
Of experience, for the man who has such
Il future to make, such store TO ac-
quirc? men the day comes that a
viii VIII then j, viii i''1 be time ~ ano,,eh to 10
think Of working new man into the
But what in the name of common
sense is tho logic in t,,rnine- down a
public servant right at the potnt Of his
greatest usefulncsso What incentive is
there to men to acquire experience ard
knowledge in the public sense if they
are merely to b. turned out OF it after
they have done 50? Employes Of a pri.
waite business interest are considered more
valuable after they have learned thr
business Is the United States Scnot,
instituted to give plnce to politicians or
to serve the people?