The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-21

tion of the old Constitution House, in
Windsor, be taken to St. Louis, there
be put together again, and returned to
Windsor after the exposition closes.
One Arthur O. Jackson, who has been
urging the various fair propositions,
is the promoter of this scheme. To
quote from his communication
eli the material we're contributed a
section of the building could be CON
structed of marble and granite to IL
lustrate two great industries, and as
there was public hall in the original
building, provision may be made for
frequent illustrated lectures free for
all visitors, which will more graph
cally than by any other method ex-
hibit the splendid scenic attractions of
our State.
How charming A delightful his
torical lesson of great merit A
structure purporting to be the old
Windsor House but built partly of
granite and partly of marble and with
a public hall in which illustrated lee
lures on the scenic attractions Of tho
State would be given Just one more
provision is necessary to make the ar
rangements complete. About five
thousand gentlemen, with experience
as promoters or as book agents, should
be hired and scattered about the expo
sition grounds to devote their ener-
gies to inducing people to visit the
great historical EXHIBIT OF the State,
and explaining to them what IT, rep
resented. OF course it would never
do to have any of these employees sell
granite or marble, for that would
SAVIOR of commercialism and only
something both beautiful and useless
should represent the State.
Away with the scheme 1t is non
sense to consider it. The State of
Vermont wants nothing of it. The
people of Vermont have no money to
waste in a useless undertaking such as
Mr.. jackson suggests. The structure
he argues for would attract no atten-
tion among the scores of great edifices
at the exposition, for the visitors
there would have far greater things
to see and far more interesting. More
over. to Vermonters the Constitution
House has sacredness which it would
be wrong to disturb by tearing it to
pieces for the purpose of exhibiting it
to people who rare nothing about it.
The talk about putting marble and
granite into the construction is all rot
The stone dealers have troubles of
their own and no money to throw
away on such schemes.
The business interests OF Vermont
granite, marble, maple sugar, cream
cry, organ, scales, farming imple-
ments, etc. know how and when to
advertise, are able to do so, and have
already made arrangements for such
exhibits at st. Louis as they believe
will be of financial benefit to them
These interests would not be appreci
ably helped by the moving of the Con-
stitution House to st. Louis. Nobody
would be helped except the few peo-
pie who might get jobs thereby, and
possibly some people connected with
the exposition. No, Mr.. jackson,
your latest plan doesn'. take. Yer
monters may be easy, sometimes, and
may buy gold bricks once in while,
but they don't generally fall victims
to the same game twice. Vermont
had so-called beautiful. instructive,
cheap, and notable building at the
Columbian Exposition in Chicago, built
of plaster in Pompeiian style. When
she has another of anything like the
same sort it will be long enough hence
so that the memory of that hideous
mistake shall have faded away.