Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-11-05

the sale and damages the reputation
of town. Like the poor we always
have this kind of people with us.
Bradford Opinion.
Representative Jackson's sugges-
ton of referendum on the question
of capital punishment is particularly
good one. He is reported as saying
that he believes no preventative or
senator in the Vermont legislature
can truthfully say that he voices the
sc ntiment of the majority of his
constituents as TO whether or not the
death penalty should be abolished.
This is undoubtedly true. Why not
amend the law relating to capital
puuishment,- as suggested IN these
columns last week, substituting the
electrical chair for the gailoWs, es-
tabhshing conclusively the sanity of
respondent before he is placed on
trial, relieving the governor and leg
islaUure of any power in The case OF a
condemned murderer and making lt
practically impossible tor a specbaca-
lar exhibition while a person is 'under
sentence of death? Then give the
people an opportunity TO say whether
capital punishnen shall be abolishe9.
Mortified News.
Who are the people that in some
respects will benefit most from the
increased visits OF au6omoblllng par
ties TO Vermont The very people
that live on the hill roads and narrow,
tortu us highways that Ii is now pro-
posed to close TO them.
The fact that these roads are in out
of the way parts, more or less mac
cessible, and infrequenUly travelled, is
the first cause OF their being i'll such
condition that it is said il ls danger
Gus TO drivers of borse vehicles to
permit the automobile to use them.
IF they were more frequently trav-
eied, they would be pun bnUo better
shape and kept there.
That's one of the very things the
automobile will help TO 90 for Them.
Up TO the introduction of this new
motor vehicle, the most that OUT
siders ever saw OF Vermont's scenery
and substantial natural resources was
obtained in a fitting glimpse from
an express train, few weeks stay in
some Uhriving village on the line of q
steam railroad, or occasional drives
with a livery team along the pleas
AUbSSI anu inOsb lICduChLSd Oh TIC
highways that were recommended for
the purpose as being easiest OF access
and in the best condition to drive
upon. That confined the visitors
| experience of Vermont life and people
! to comparatively restricted area Of
| a few mics In the easy going country
/ roundabout some railroad point.
! To-day the automobile takes the
visitors from one END or the state SO
| the other on all its roads. in every di-
rection and reveals TO them beauties
in Vermont scenery, attractions in
/ Vermont home life, and promise in
| Vermont's Industrial and trade posi-
bilities that they nave never seen and
never appreciated before. These
very roads up the hillside that are
tortuous and rugged lead TO some Of
the most picturesque views that Yer
mont has 10 offer the visitor, lead &c
some of the most desirable sites foI
summer homes that have Deen ali this
while neglected becauHe unknown
But the automobile takes people witt
comparative comfort and speed where
the livery horse would make but &
toilsome and forhidding journey OF it
The dwellers on the roads that it il
propos ID snail be barred TO the auto
mobile, comparing their present
estate with the promise that tine auto
brings, have The most to lose by tn,
Legislation that Is proposed in unei
name.-SG. Adams Messenger.