Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-04-17
GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.


an article calculated to arouse the in
terest of Vermonters in the Industrial
progress of the state, a portion of
which ls published below:
The Green Mountain Bows of 1775
were face to face with a crisis and
had definite work to perform. 1t
could not be performed single hand
ed, and so they found organization
absolutely essential. How nobly they
gave their time, money and lives
even, is a matter of history of whil h
we are just proud. Loyalty was
their inspiration, action their watch
word.
Their loyal, energetic acts live not
alone in history but as well in the
hearts and lives of the rising genera
ton of young Vermonters. The bows
of Vermont still have an intense state
loyalty, and look forward irnpatiently
for the time when they can take an
active part in fighting the battles of
their beloved state. This opportu-
nifty is always at hand.
The present crisis in Vermont is
not in holding its rightful territory
but rather its Industrial growth
and ascendancy. While. the present
struggle may not call for so great
sacrifice of life and property as it did
of old, it does require Just as keen,
strenuous effort, an even more thor
ough organization. Then there were
but handful of determined Green
Mountain Boys. Now they are many
thousands.
AS competition is tenfold what it
was in 1775 organization is even more
essential now than then. Opportuni-
ties are on every hand; undeveloped
resources are all about US. The
markets of Europe are more accessi-
BILE today than were those of Boston
and New York at that time. With
these added pos sibilities competition
meets us at every turn, making it i'm
perative that we have an organization
which shall quietly but persisten thy
go forward and take these opportuni-
Ties Gin the Name of the Great Jeho-
yah and the Continental Congress"
What say you, Loyal Vermonters, to
reorganization, permanent, persistent,
and intensely useful?
1t will perpetuate living memo
rial to the deeds of our ancestors; it
will help to Danish many baneful,
petty strifes; it will create good fell
lowship, and will secure to both the
individual and the state such prosper
ity as we have never deemed possible.
This organization, conducted on lib
eral lines, and governed by wise prin-
ciples, can be made mighty engine
for developing just the desired kind
of Greater Vermont.
The instant it is organized every
| Vermonter the world over becomes
Green Mountain Boy, and if loyal will
at once associate himself with the
association in some substantial man
ner. Members of all other Vermont
organizations are at once associate
members of the Green Mountain Boys,
and will be welcomed as active mem
bers of their respective branches.
There is need of definite, systematic,
united effort right here at home.
There must be live home association,
wisely Differed and equipped for real
life. There must.also be the depart
ment for the boys, which might wise
ly be organized as the Boys Brigade;
and the Minute Men as the branch for
the Vermonters abroad. A wise COM
bination and skillful use of these three
elements of our strength is important.
There are more Vermonters abroad
than at home. In the heart of each
one Of this vast army there is warm
spot for his native state. They are
SO widely and so happily distributed
that if skillfully organized and kept
posted as to home development they
as Minute Men can easily quadruple
the sale of Vermont manufactured
goods abroad. They can also be con-
stantly on the alert to give the home
officers inside information of priceless
value in many ways.
The careful organization of these
Minute Men is most important step,
and will be fought with many pleasant
occurrences as we'll as gratifying re-
, suits. Great things will not be &C
complished in a moment, nor will
, great efforts be required of any.
However, if each will do something 1t
will swell the grand total to surpris
! ing figures. If each of so, 900 Vermont
I ers gives but one hour month OF
careful thought to the development
. of his native state something remark
f able is certain to happen. 1t Is no,
the size of the state but the size anu
WILLINGNESS of its citizens that coun'e