Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-27

I ] ANldAAlhNhlh NtlA tAlAtA AhNlE AAlAN
, Is only by virtue Of the good sense ou
5 generosity Of the business men an
, residents that the streets are endurnbl
I'm dusty weather. Ii is high time ths
"a necessary public service Of this kin
he recognized as a legitimate publ
expense and be put under municipi
control The Barre Telegram is RICH
in saying that health demands It an
justice requires that all who benef
by Il should shnra In the expense.
The Grand Army Of Vermont pay
a beautiful tribute to its country f.
the project, announced elsewhere, 70
the encouragement Of patriotic in
suuctlon in the public schools. Their
/ is something indescribably touching
in the thought of these men who CAV
such noble and heroic service in thei
youth to a great and vital need o
their country now Offering in thei
old age this tender service no less
great or needed, TO the good citizen
ship of that country.
Though the Presbyterian assembly
has rejected the most important pro.
posal of the marriage and divorce
committee it adopted the other sug-
/ gestions, endorsing the appeal of the
inter- church conference and recon-
mending that its ministers refuse to
marry any divorced persons except
those divorced on scriptural grounds
1t thus takes step along lines which
many other churches are following,
for the eradication of a great home
evil.
The New York Times says in con-
nection with the recent Filipino mas
sacre: "Datto Ali will be promptly
cured of his murderous habits If we
catch him, How long will it take to
bring all the multitudinous races and
tribes of these islands TO such a stage
of civilization that respect for law and
order will restrain their native pro-
pensity for the other thing" As long
as it takes to kill the most of them,
together with a corresponding number
of American soldiers.
Up the country we know little of
horse racing and less of pool rooms,
The trouble in New York City is not
Illuminating. Why man may gam
BILE at the track and may not gamble
in room in the city is unexplainable.
Several attempts to explain remind us
of the reason Eve gave Adam accord
ing to Mark Twain) for naming certain
fruits in the garden of Eden. She
called them bananas because they
looked like bananas"
President Roosevelt says that a boy
who hasn't pluck, common sense and
decency is a pretty bad sort. Yet I'M
less grown-up people cultivate these
desirable qualities, they can not ex-
pect to see them in their boys. The
president, however, may consistently
preach to the country on these quail
flcations which he possesses in ample
measure.
The Ohio supreme court has declared
that a married man is master of the
household even when his wife owns the
and that he may legally eject |
his mother-inlaw from the house if
she persists in entering it against his |
orders. Now may we not look for |
surcease from sorrow, some sweet day, |
IN the matter of mother in-l law jokes |
Speaking without prejudice, we be-
ieve there has been no time in the
history of the republican party in YER
mont when the office of governor
sought the man as it seems to be seek
ng DeBoer If those who are urging
lis nomination are sincere the absence
If response on his part should serve
'niy to make the call louder
Despite the unanimity of the re-
,ublicans and the discord among the
democrats the republican national
finds it necessary or desir-
BILE to furnish partisan copy to
'apers that will print it as in past
This proves that the time
0 advertise is when business is good.
Whom will Vermont democrats name
or governor this year? The leader
hip of a good strong man against
ither of the avowed republican cam
idates would put the party back into
ldtime form and spoil Vermont's
ignal gun for the national campaign.
The ''bashful sweet potato" now has
onor thrust upon it by Dr. Wiley of
ne agricultural department, who :
avs: The time will come, believe,
hen the sweet potato will furnish {
he starch of the world" :
Vermont hoodlums wouldn't throw I
ZONES at a woman in an automobile /
5 some Harlem toughs did the other .
ay. The cities can still give some
,nspicuous examples of crime to the h
Iral districts.
Ii is not "a Fourth more fuH of
Gaming that this country wants =
le day is fairly bursting with mean II
g. now-but it is a meaning less ex- q
lusting and dangerous, a meaning :
ore nearly in accord with the civil
alton to which We aspire.
The Phoenix says General Apathy
III lead the Vermont campaign il