Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-23
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY
1lluSt ration of the Wonders Of the Eng.
Glish Language.



A Vermont newspaper says: cit is in
tended to halve the steamer ready for
launching before the lake closes" Ves-
sells are almost invariably launched BE-
fore they are entirely complete but in
stances whore one goes to the ceremony
IN sections as the above indicates are in
deed rare Perhaps the lake H. big enough
to receive only half of the steamer
at time. II is rather unfortunate that
the contemporary doesn't illumine MS as
to which half will take the first din.
THE TELEPHONE LISTENER.
From the Montpelier Journalo
one OF the most eXaSpcrating subjects
with whom II man or woman has to deal
III every day life is the individual who
has nothing to do but listen to somebody
Else conversation over the telephone and
MAKE IL diHcult and sometimes almost
Impossible for those who have business
TO hear the party with whom they are
taxing. What is more cXasperating is
the fact that it is as impossible to detect
the party breaking the rules of decs ncv
as 1t is to get an honest disclosure which
Will. in the least degree. aid an officer
IN ferretns out a violator of the LIQUOR
law. In the case of the liquor law it is
always "a stranger who furnishes Iiuuor
and in the ease of the telephone listener
II IS always a stranger to the party Of
Tended or there would be some tongue
lashing directed at soinrthint more speci-
hc than tran,mtter and in nearer prox-
unity than Il telephone affords
There are two kinds of honor. the honor
'htt ~ true TO mans sense of honor
when nobody is looking ana there is no
danger of detection if he fails to do the
right thing and the honor thar plays to
the srandstand and evaporat"s when the
eyes OF the world are turned in the other
difectioh ana chance il afforded to do
something that is unmanly without stand
ing in danger of detection. A man might
be considered honorable because he did
not stab another in the back but the
real honor might consist in the fear of
the consequences of detection while the
man who opened a letter misdirectcd to
MIN and seeing that il was not for his
eyes to read rcsealed il without reading
would be possessed OF the real article
honor. The man who listens to anOther's
conversation over the telephone for curl
osity or otherwise, deteriorating the scrv-
ice between the two parties who have
business. has no honor.
What Is the remedy? There Is none
unless man possessed of the strength
of speech sufficient to move stone post
can talk the unknown listener off the line
or until the product of invention which
makes it a mechanical impossibility for
another to listen over wire in use
reaches this locality.
ANOTHER TOWNS WATER SUPPLY.
(lTrom the Fair Haven Era)
The gradual lowering of Inman pond.
the source Of Fair Ilaven's water supply
is becoming a matter OF concern to the
water commissioners and the citizens of
Fair Haven. The pond has been lower.
ed II inches since May !. 1906 1t was
thought during the summer that the
shrinkage might be due to the extra
amount of water used in flushing the
sewer manholes hut they were shut of
and other excuses were discontinueA
still the supply grew less and less until
the heavy ranfalls caused the pond t.
partially I'LL again. Last week measure
ments made showed that the lake had
fallen an men IN TWO days. This caused
the commissioners to become worried ana
they went over the route carefully test
ing the pipe every little ways. They
wore unable to discover a leak anywher.
and they arc at "A loss to account for
the way in which the water is getting
away from them. The commissioners
have been looking up new supply in
case OF need and and that there is pond
just north OF lnman pond that could be
piped into Inman pond at an expense of
$4,000. or the marsh nearby could he
utilized in winter at less cost. There
Is little doubt but that the time Is not
far distant when Fair Haven will have
to have an increased water supply and
II would not be bad idea for tho poo
pie to consider ways and means Cor
securing n