Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-06

soon os possible, how far it may be to the |
next one. Their curiosity and untiring |
energy In satisfying II, has shown that tho |
holes are never far apart
The ancient and universal pref udice In |
the rural districts against the cost Of such
has Of late years shown
some signs of abating. The farmer has
had TO be shown that this cost would re-
turn to him In Increased value Of lands
and better opportunities for getting his
product TO market at saving of time,
which, with the farmer as with everybody
else, liz money. He had studied the prob
lem closely ard had reached the point of
admitting that II had two sides. before
the Inauguration and rapid extension of
rural mail delivery gave the good roads
advocates another argument with which
to have at him. The extension of electric
lines into farm sections has also contri-
buted something to make him more open
to conviction.
There In the new mudhole In tho good
road. 1t Is the crazy automobllst who 10
now turning back tho hands on the clock
and stopping the wheels Of progress The
farmer is getting ready to consider the
advisability of taxing himself for gain Of
wealth, but not for loss OF life or limb.
It cannot he denied that, on many good
stretches Of road in this country, built
at the expense Of the owners Of abutting
lands, there have been constant efforts
to rival the chariot race in Ben Hur.
This is the new mudhole in the good roads
movement, and II must be admitted to be
n deep one.
The annual convention of the national
hard roads society, now in session ut
Portland. should not ai,oLrn without issu-
ing an appeal to the automobiist to give
them lift out of the mud by reducing
their time schedules and going out Of OPP
position to the railroad lines. unless. in
deed. like the railroads. they are willing
to incorporate themselves and put up
their own money for their own roadways.
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.
(From the Rutland News)
A man convicted in Addison county
court of stealing a heifer was sentenced
to not loss than five nor more than six
years at hard labor in States prison in
Windsor Compare this offcnse and this
penalty with substantially the same sem
It,Mce--but without hard labor-given
Charles w. Musscy for stealing $1,000
more or less from the Merchants Ma
tional bank Of Rutland, but who was re-
leased after one year of comparative case
and comfort in Rutland county jail. Then
still believe that the scales of justice bal
ancc, il you can. And the same injus-
tees are being practiced every day of the
year throughout the length and breadth
of this country.
THE FOOL KILLER NEEDED.
(F'rom the Manchester Journal)
| There arc some compensations in life,
although the fool killer doesn't pay his
visits exactly as we would wish. This is
the time when the girl who in the winter
danced from darkness to daylight with a
% inch waist squeezed into l3-nch cor
set. rocks the boat to scare the other girl.
Also when the male idiot who during the
cold weather sits in the theatre watching
for smoke so that he can yell fire. gets
out the gun that he doesn't know is load
cd preparatory to going to the woods Ia
make noise like nut to entice the fes'
Tive squirrel. Even the little micrObe has
his day. The gyrastrokronikan of pncu-
monia and the ptenthocylochi of typhoid
are disappearing. while that latest discov'
cry in science, tho phlebotochile of canned
goods and mgh-tycX- n-si-vebu- twem-
usth-avc-it of ice cream and soda are just
coming into season. Lovers. beware OF
the latter.
REASSERTION THAT CLEMENT
COULD NOT CARRY RUTLAND
WITHOUT MEADS HELP.
From tie vergennes Enterprise)
Our venerable neghbor. the RUTLAND
Herald. has again achieved a state o
mind. 1t seems to be all on our account
Perhaps we should feel fattcred. Pos
sibly we should be alarmed. We remem
Der. however. that the Herald has bee,
worried on our account before. 1t neve
could quite understand us; rather affect
ed to call us young and irresponsible unit
the historic campaign of 1902. when w
informed our readers that things wcr
going to happen to the Herald's owner
L. W. Clement.
They happened, all right. and the worr.
increased. They're going to happen again
Observe:
"This follows so exactly the tactics o
1902 that it creates a suspicion of it
origin. Evidently it came from headpuar
tiers. In 1902 after flooding the State wit
this kind of stun Proctor did not develo
as much strength in Rutland city or Rut
, land county as he did in other parts O
the Statc--not enough in fact to make
respectable entry into the conventional
Ivotes out of 20"
Now. first and foremost. Brother Her
aid. this paper isn't depending on tl
Messrs. Proctor or any one else for ed
torial inspiration. 1t is owned by the edi
tor and says what he thinks. The offend
ing paragraph stated that Clemcn
couldn't carry Rutland city without hel
from DIR. Mead. lie can't.
Where did We get our information
Straight and clean from Clement lead
or of 1902 who is on the ground and know
what ne is talking about. Perhaps he
owned by Mr.. Proctor but We doubt II
doubt it exceedingly. The confirming Gil
cumstanccs are too strong.
We don't intend to mix in Rutlan
county troubles; we may have them {
our own, but We believe 1t perfectly propt
for us to advise our friends in an in
lpartial manner Of the present conditiu
of affairs as they appear to us.
And vet the Herald takes chill comfo
in the reflection:
Rutland has in the past suffered t.
much at the hands Of the PrOctOrs f.
= them to expect consideration and SUI
port here"
- Cl.r,ont cau't cnrrv Rutlnnd WithO,