Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-20

county woman under sentence of
death for the murder Of her husband
| by refusing to grant her a communal
tion. There is no appeal from the de-
| cision OF the board. which has twice
| before refused to commute the wo
mans sentence, and Governor Penny
| packer will Tx the date for her exc
| cution later. How would Il board ot
| pardon go IN Vermont ?-Mon,pclier
! Journal.
! We want no pardons issued, except In
rare cases of established innocence
| every effort should be made to have
10th sides given full and fair hear
| ing. in all criminal cases. and tn,
careful decision finally reached should
'.e respected. Fardons. except where IN
noccncc is established, in which cas-,
they are not literally pardons. are de
inoralizing to discipline.
| GOV BELL RENOMINATED.
| (From the Barre Times)
| i. l.. Bass of Randolph writes the
I}rattcboro Phoenix that Vermont ought
| to rc.clect Governor Fell. giving as his
| reasons that BELL has made a good gov
ornor and that "a of tho % first COVER
nnrs were reelected. Mr.. Bass docsn' I
| say if he is a llaskins man.
70 RESTORE THE MORGAN HORSE.
(f'rom the Rutland News.)
'Thc news that the department Of gr
| culture proposes to make an effort to re-
| suscitate and develop the Morgan horse
| cannot fail t. be received in Vernon,
t,..f Il
Of horses is peculiarly ii Vermont product
ami its high qualities as an all-purpOse
| animal have been for years welt recognize
ed among farmers and horse breeders of
| this State. The movement upon the part
of the governmental department will be
| watched with considerable interest.
According to a WASHINGTON dispatch to
the Eoston Herald the Morgan horse is
likely to be restored. secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson during the past fews days.
has had several conferences with Senator
Proctor on the subject of undertaking.
hy series OF breeding experiments SINH
lar to those begun at Fort Collins, Colo.
to establish coach breed.
Carmen. Thomas w. Iawson's stallion,
which was selected fer the coach horse
experiment. was strong in the strain OF
Morgans such as sherman Morgan
Ethan Allen. Black Hawk and Seth
Warner.
Senator Proctor. who has been a life
long adnlirer of the Morgans. first
brnugh. up the matter and appealed Ia
The secretary Ia consider Whether he
could not rescue the noted family OF
horses from utter extinction. or. If il has
really been extngushod, restore it by
scientific and judicious breeding from
selected sires and dams. Secretary Will
son said that the idea was one OF the
most worthy that could he taken NJ by
TIC government, and he determined to
carry It cut.
Tho plan is to buy one repre- sentative
Morgan stallion and 10 mares for the
initial experiment and later to add an
ether stallion and more mares, as they
can bc FOND
The breeding experiment will be or.
rni lied by George j. l.ommel the de-
partmcnt's expert, and placed in charge
of Trof. J. L.. iIlls of the University of
Vermont and director OF the State ex-
pertinent station ~ BURLINGTON.
The aim will be- to adhere tn the tyne
OF short-backcd. strong -honcd bay and
black breasts. Weighing from 1000 to 1880
pounds, such as the Morgans were, and
II ~ believed great advantage TO the
farmers OF the country will result
RESI- LII OF THE INVESTIGATION IN
TO THE WATERBURY INSANE
ASYLUM.
(From the Mortified News)
There can be but one conclusion on the
investigation of the Waterbury asylum.
and that Is that it was needed. The re.
pert will be generally accepted as satis-
factory and If the recommendations are
carried out. better conditions iiiiant tally
and otherwise ought to result at this very
Important State institution. 1t may be
noted in this connection that Gov. Bells
recent appointment of two physicians to
MI the vacancies on the board of trustees
hardly conforms with the suggestion OF
the committee that I'm the appointment
of future trustees. at least one OF them
be person experienced in the purchase
~ supplies such as are necessary for an
institution of this kind. and that he give
special attention to this department, for
which he should be paid Il reasonable pcr
diem salary. and thus relieve the SUPER
intendcnt of the institution Of some of
the alteration that 1t is now necessary for
him t. give to this department.. 1t is
not reasonable to expect that profession.
al men are best ftttd for the duties out
lined aheve. The News is inclined to be.
lieve That so far as DIR. Hutchinson's ad.
minstrat!On has beer failure the cause
10 due TO lack of business ability on his
part. The superintendent ought to have
very little OF the business details to look
after II he is to give his best ser. ices as
a physician tn such an institution. II will
be rare good luck to find as his successor
man who can combine professional and
business duties to such an extent as not
t. neglect one for the other.
VEHMONTs LARGE" CITIES.
(From the Barre Times.)
The census being taken in Mortpelier
shows that the population Of two wards
alone Ia more than the entire place could
count twenty-five years ago, which
causes the people down there to believe
that the total population will he over
5000. putting Montpelier next to Barre
and Rutland. with Burlington leading
safely with 10000 The four are Yer.
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