Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-04
Communication.
Editor ofili- HrEALr.

commitment
Editor IT the liFEAIr.
Dear Sr:-Slrcr the article The
NyN Ag-" APPEARED Ia recent "uni'er
Ut the l.,,-N Cnuuty HERALD, a snme- .
a hat : riuus aocidcnt has occurred near .
here which would place an innocent ]
white COW in the same class a /" The 4
Rich Mans Devil Chaser" as Nour term f.
l.. One evening a young man, his wife
and child. while driving towards home
With a pair oi horses came to pasture
beside the highway. \ certain White
COW ia the pasture, peacefully chewing
her cud. aud as free from evil intentions
as q COW eau well be, suddenly jumped
Up from the ground thereby frightening
the horses which ran away home. throw
ing aud leaving the passengers in the
road. bruised and bleeding, aud thought
Ia Ice killed when found 10y a urighhor.
They were carried into a nearby house,
doctor summoned, aud il was several
lays before they were able To be taken
home, it really being wonderful that
they escaped with as little injury as they
did.
Now this accident was not caused 10y
an automobile, but 10y COW; whether
it was rich mans COW, or Il poor man ;
COW. it matters not. 1t was just an
ordinary every day white cow. so 1t
seems in order to further protect the
safety Of horse drawn conveyances, our
lawmakers will have to include white
COWS in the same class as automobiles,
aud place rigid restrictions on their
movements How would something like
! this fill the bills
BIZ IT ENACTED, That all white COWS
he forbidden aud forever declared
from rising up suddenly beside the
highway. as they have been known IL
| brighten horses in this way.
Still other regulations might well he
made, AS follows:
All baby carriages must be kept of
the highway, as they have been know
to brighten horses.
All school children must be kept of
the highway, as they have been know
to brighten horses.
No umbrellas must he used Will,
travelling ON the highway, as they HAY,
been known to brighten horses.
The Essex County HERALD must NJ
longer be published, as copy Of .sam'
beside the highway has been known t.
Tighten horses.
OF course these would be absurd regu
Iations as they appear here, but perhap.
no more absurd than our present auto
mobile laws may appear 10 futur
generations.
have often wondered why some Ver
mont editors publish so many sensational
articles that tend to strengthen an,
encourage the prejudice that alread
exists toward the auto, instead of doiuj
all they can to show the better side o
the question and thus be a help inSteat
of hindrance to that which is bouu'
to be the greatest of all methods o
transportation.
Automobiles are called by some eric
mems playthiugs," but instead of sayin.
unkind words of the man who is willinl
to pay out his money in this way, let Ii
as individuals be thankful that hi
money is paid so freely to the manufaC
= turer that he by experiment and deve
opment, which the money thus pal
enables him to do, may in time not ia
distant, turn out the perfected product
at a price within the reach of all.
This may then be the solution of tn
1 horse question-the horse for the farm
but the auto for the highway.
Very truly yours,
c. |. MOORE.
Morgan, Vt, July 2S, 1905.