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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

at is most too bad to argue that Mr..
Mortified has ancestors st. AL
bans Messenger.
His political opponents would not
think so if the ancestors were dlsrep-
utable. ''-Brattleboro Reformer
Which amounts to saying that the
supporters of Mr.. Prouty or of Colonel
Leland are men of such low-caste in
stincts as to be ready to seize upon
any family humiliation for which Mr..
Mortified is not responsible and make
political capital against him out of 1t.
DO YOU believe it? Do you think 1t
wise to try and make Others believe
| it?-St. Adams Messenger
1t amounts to nothing of the kind
and the Reformer had no such thought
in mind when it made the above re-
Election on human nature in general 1t
was former school-mate of Mr.. Merri-
field who published, through the me-
dunn of a state newspaper, tribute
to his honorable ancestors. Had these
ancestors been thieves or cut-throats
and had the school-mate so declared
them, would the Messenger have remon-
strated, with the assertion that it was
q most too bad to argue that Mr.. Mer-
rifeld has ancestors2' No: 1t would
have maintained discreet and virtuous
silence. The Messenger is but human
though assuredly not "low-caste in
it's instincts-and it opposes the can
didacy of Mr.. Merrifeld.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

No exceptions need be taken to the
decision of the trustees of the Colonel
Austine Request to leave the matter of
a local hospital for consumptives to the
vote of the town. 1t might be wisely
suggested, however, that before such
vote is taken disinterested delegates be
empowered to investigate local condi'
tons in other places where such hos
pitfalls are situated and to report to the
town. Let us know exactly what we
are doing before we act.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
Woodstock Age.l

The report of the investigating committee
shows the sanitary condition of the prison
to be as foul as official neglect, ignorance
and incompetency can make public build
ing-a menace to its inmates and shame
to the whole state. Laxness of discipline
and immortality are other features that
marked its management up to within few
months. And for all this no one is held re-
sponsible, no one is blamed except one subor-
dinate official. Leaky pipes, sagging doors
and bad air bear all the odium, but what
were the prison directors doing all these
yearsq Did they draw a salarya What were
their duties, if not to look after and rem
edy at once the conditions that exist today 7
Not knowing the exact intent and purpose
of the appointment of the state prison direc-
torate the report of the investigation looks
like a large, thick coat of whitewash.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
It is said that Judge Stafford and

1t is said that Judge Stafford and
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty would like to succeed Repre-
sentative Haskins in congress, but they
do not want to give up their present
positions for the uncertainty in a po-
iitical contest Ordinarily regard for
propriety would prompt anyone seek
ing an elective office to resign any
public office he might happen to hold
before entering the contest. This year,
however, aspirants, one or many, may
enter the congressional contest and
continue in any public position they
now occupy. Governor Bell sets the ex-
ample by going after another office
while yet having some months to serve
as chief xecutive.-Northfield News.
Governor Bell is exemplifying the pro-
verbal thrift and forehandedness of
the Vermont farmer. He evidently be-
lieves in making his field yield to its
utmost by a cleverly arranged system
of crop rotation. Whether or not his
field will respond freely to his methods
remains to be seen.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
An Ambiguous Personal.

William Allen White says that the most
amusing personal note that ever he came
across in q country newspaper was that
which last year caught his eye while read
ing Wisconsin paper. The item was some
thing like this:
''Niels Andersen met with painful acct
dent last week, a fsh-hook becoming en-
tangled in his eye. Niels is being attend
ed by Dr. Phil Morton, who says his eye will
come out all right. Harper Weekly.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

possibly learn and to require of primary
teaehers technical training which
makes their services expensive.
Keep the district schools for the
little country children as long as pos
sible; for in them may be found the
beginning of wisdom apparent nowhere
else in our educational philosophy.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

The Bellows Falls Times asserts
that the Better Farming special which
passed through portions of Vermont re-
atty was mostly ''politics and phos
phate." The Mortified News picks W
the assertion and calls on the board OF
agriculture to "refute the insinuatlon
that it has been taken along on this
train to advertise any brand of phos
phate or politics. " The board now has
tho Noor
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

If Proctor's "white serfs' were real
flesh and blood creatures, how they
would sign that Bennington petition!-
st. Adams Messenger.
Why9 Does the Messenger mean to
intimate that the Clement cause is the
cause of oppressed labor9 This is real
" more than most anti-Proctorites are
willing to admit.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

The grand jury at Springfield, ..
holds the mayor of that city, as SUI
preme head of the police department
culpable and censurable for the futile
efforts made toward the prevention OF
the recent outbreak of mob violence at
that place. In Vermont, according tc
precedent. the blame would have been
placed on some police captain who
went out to meet the mob. Which is
RIGHT
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

1t is feared that the free alcohol bill
has received its death blow in the de-
cision of the senate finance committee,
at Washington Tuesday, to refer the
measure to a subcommittee to be APP
pointed later by Senator Aldrich,
chairman of the committee. 1t is well
known that Senator Aldrich is strongly
favorable to the interests of Standard
oil, which bitterly opposes free alec
hol. In fact, the only objection to the
proposed measure is that offered by the
Standard Oil company and wood alco-
hol manufacturers, the market for
whose products will be greatly restrict
ed by the use of denatured alcohol for
industrial purposes. Friends of the
proposed legislation, however, insist
that its enemies will not be able to de-
feat it, and petitions and eommuniea'
tons urging the passage of the bill con-
tinue to come in to senators in great
numbers. The people of the United
States have surely expressed their de-
mands upon this subject plainly enough;
and if the measure is smothered in the
Aldrich subcommittee, the nature OF
certain service in the senate ought to
be clear enough to warrant the assur-
ance that it will be dispensed with upon
the earliest opportunity. Experience
and able service are prime attributes in
senator who works for the people
who elect him; but when he works
against them, they are dangerous weap-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

When il comes TO the question of
town representative The Meddler does
not know Just what to say. Report has
il that Mr.. Gibson is being groomed
and put into condition for that race
but the entries have not closed yet.
Politics and horse racing are a good
deal alike in this respect. You never
can tell what horses are going TO start
until the last minute. 1t is claimed by
some, who ought to know even if they
don t. that dark and very speedy
horse will be entered in time to make
things interesting. 1t will not be sur
prising if the local water question is
made an issue in this fight, and, II so,
the nature of the contest can be fore
told easily.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

The recent report Of the committee on i'm
migration TO the U. S. senate on Senator Dil'
linghams bill amending the immigration
laws makes many changes in existing law.
The head tax on incoming aliens is in
creased from SO to SIS, and steamships are
subject TO fines OF 800 for bringing TO the
United States any person prevented from
entering by reason of Affections of mind or
body. The present law provides for such
fines only in the case of aliens afflicted with
loathsome or contagious diseases. The bill
adds to the classes of aliens now excluded
by law all imbeciles, feeble.minded persons,
persons who are mentally or physically de-
fective, such defect being OF nature which
NAV affect the immigrants ability to earn
a living; children under IT years, unless
accompanied by parents, and strengthens the
provisions excluding polygamists, criminals
and prostitutes. The head tax is imposed
on aliens in transit except in certain cases
and is abolished in the case Of foreign Of
fcials coming TO the United States over
land The bill further provides that steam
ship companies be required to furnish lists
Of all outgoing aliens before departure from
the United States. To aid in promoting the
distribution Of admitted aliens among the
states and territories desiring settlers the
bill establishes a division of information in
the bureau of immigration. Information
concerning states and territories Will be col
lected and distributed among admitted
aliens. and states or territories may main
tain representatives at the various immi-
grant stations for the purpose OF inducing
aliens to settle there.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

Sir J. G. Ward, the postmaster general
of New Zealand, at Saturdays sitting Of
the international postal convention at Rome
moved resolution in favor of universal
two.cents postage quoting the results OBJ.
tanned in New Zealand by its adoption. The
motion was seconded by the postmaster'gen'
eral of Egypt, and the debate was adj
iourned. The committee decided to cut
down the cost of transit of mail brought
from foreign countries from 80 to 90 per
cent The reduction, which is to be on
graduated scale, includes territorial and
maritime transit The only special rates
maintained for transit were for the Siberian
railway Russia claimed additional rates for
transit from Vladivostock to Chinese ports,
but this was rejected and also claimed spe-
cial rates for all the Manchurian railways,
but it was decided that these should go to
Japan for the portion held by the Japanese
and to Russia for the portion held by the
Russians. The United States and British
delegations opposed special rates, desiring to
make them uniform The reduction in the
cost Of transit was approved by majority
of one,
The committee Wednesday rejected the
New Zealand delegates proposal The prop
ositon was supported only by the delegates
of Egypt and the United States. The mo-
ton of the japanese to reduce the interna.
tional postage rate to four cents was rejected
by majority of three
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

To bolt the republican state conven-
ton is undoubtedly forlorn hope but
to Clement and his followers who long
since reached the last ditch it is the
only thing left for him and them to do.
Success for him would mean disruption
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
A Significant Fact.

Word comes from Washington that the bill
providing for free denatured alcohol is hung
up in the Aldrich finance committee. 1t
should be kept before the world in this con-
nection that Senator Aldrich is related by
marriage to the Standard Oil company.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

One thing more, and The Meddler is
done with politics for this time. The
Bennington idea has reached Brat
tleboro this week, and petitions asking
Mr.. Clement to run for governor on an
Independent ticket are now being cir
culated in this town. While some peo-
pie are of the opinion that the Rutland
candidate s attempt to run with the
local option question settled is similar
to cavalryman S attempting to par
ticipate in charge with his horse shot
under him, there are many Others who
so firmly believe in the overthrow of
the machine that the choice of who
shall do the trick is of secondary i'm
portance. Members of the latter class
will do all they can to put the machine
and its candidate ''on the bum y, and
the best available method seems to be
the bennington idea. Here s hop
ing. The Meddler.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

There is hardly any need of com
menting upon the stand this county
will take ON the congressional fight.
Mr.. Haskins can depend on the solid
support of this end of the district, and
unless The Medder is greatly mistaken,
he will win the nomination in canter.
This assertion is made in the face Of
considerable talk to the effect that
"1Bell may not have the ability but
he has lots of votes Just the same.
Admitting that our governor is the pos
SCISSOR of considerable support in GER
tain places, there is no ground for be-
lief that the people of the second dis,
trict are so lacking in appreciation OF
what is best for their own interests
that they are willing to "swap good
horsen for one that is-we II be char
liable and say simply-not so good.
Governor Bell may receive nomina-
ton. but it will be to membership in
the Down and Ont club.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

To serve the present age
Ny calling to fulfil,
Oh, may it all my powers engage,
To do my Masters will.
Boston Transcript.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

Then there is the question OF stare
senator from this end of the county. II
reports are correct, Mr.. Chase of Whit'
inebam has been promised the support
of the majority of the politicians IN
Brattleboro and the surrounding
towns. vet vague but insistent rumor
tells The Meddler that something is
likely to change the aspect OF Things
at the last moment Can II be that
plan is on foot TO deliver tins once 10
a Brattlcboro man, in spite OF the iact
that il "belongs" TO an outside town
this yearl Such thing has happened
in the past, and its recurrence Is not
without the bounds of probability. Get
busy, Mr.. Chase. The Meddler gives
you opportunity to take advantage OF
this warning.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04
THE MEDDLER
"HMe foai ms yo~ PIT " en-

:" THE time has come, the walrus,
said, 10 talk of many things, hhu
among them is the question OF pWh'
county. and state politics. conslueI
ing the fact that only few weeks aIS
between us and the formal opening OF
the campaign of 1906 II can DO no
harm TO speculate triile rs to the Ie'
yelopments which may occur before lno
various caueuses and conventions are
held. As far as county politics are
concerned, everything seems sere i,
although what is going ON beneath th,s
placid surface can only be surmised' ~
looks, however, ms If Attorneys Bacon
and Barber, who are in the race Tor the '
office of state attorney, are the oniy
people who realize that There will DC
something doing in the good old sum
mer time" How they will fare nj the
hands of the county convention cannot
be told yet, but appearances lndleets
that the issue of precedence, whien
figures so strongly in the awarding OF
this honor, will land Mr.. Bacon on TOP
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17

was goiug to describe life In the settled parts
Of Canada. That apparently does not pro-
vide room for his n hero and the
real story Is enacted on the border. For
some reason Mr.. Conner seems to have q
Crouch against Toronto; we cannot max Q
out whether 1t Is against that prosr erous
provincial town itself, or whether II Is
against the conventions OF civilization found
In h caFitsl OF the region he is familiar
with. At all events all tho wick edness In
this tale will be found In Toronto. outside
OF II every one is good, the attractive young
Scotch girl who sur ers throughout. the
amazingly noble brothers with their prime
val passions, even the reformed gambler.
The er isode Of the young woman with a
voice Is rather STACEY. and VI regret that
Mr.. Conner should have taxi g up arr endi-
citis when IT.. is going out Of FAST zion, but in
srite of minor flaws he has written an ex-
cellent, readable story.
In When Lov Speaks Macmillans) Mr..
viii Payne has undertaken to oppose the
food Of reform fiction by a presentation Of
the human side Of the corrupt in politics and
business that is almost a eulogy. Among
the inhabitants OF the second class Western
town be describes we can And none that
is not smirched. Those represented as
villains lack even the idea that there may be
honor among thieves. and are consequent
ly victorious. Corruption Of some sort
taints all the respectable people in town.
The narrowness Of the two persons who
try to live up 70 their principles makes
them repulsive. The amiable qualities
of his generous hearted hero are effective
In his domestic relations, but il lived ur
to we fear would. In the natural course
of events. land him in Jail. We suspect
that the picture Of American life painted by
Mr.. Payne Is as realistically false and ex-
aggerated as those Of the prophets Of
reform.
The tr'fers with life who dwell in suburban
respectability are sketched lightly by
Mr.. Tom Mason in The Won Bluners'
. CNofat, Yard and Company. Their per-
plexities. from automobiles 20 servants
and twins. are touched upon in successive
chapters with conventional humor. The
subsection Of the young husband, who is
narrator. 10 the superior int Iligence OF his
young wife, gives the key to the book. In
some cases the author is very funny; in
Others he, at any rate, tries earnestly to
be 50.
The calf love OF a hobbledehoy for a
series of impressionable young women Is
described in George. by Dorothea Deadn
CThe Century Company. The reader must
take the authors word for the attractions
of the young man. The episodes are oc-
casionally amusing, at times not over refined.
and in one instance barbarously cruel.
II a young woman had not ventured
into a forbidden garden in Mr.. Harris Dick
sons Gabrielle T~ransgressor' q. B. Lippin-
colt Company she would not have been
obliged 10 listen for many pages to a theat1
cal and loquacious Turk. Why early New
Orleans and its inhabitants should be re-
constituted as scenery for that romantic
young mans o~rations ia not clear. 1t Is
comforting to know that Gabrielle had
plenty of time to rest in q convent after
1t was over.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17
Elaborate Picture Books.

Prof. Rodolfo Lanciani, an archaeOIogist
Of high standing, whose reputation il, per-
haps, a trife greater with the general public
than with his professional colleagues, has
written in "The Golden Age OF the Renais-
sance in Rome (Houghton, Miflin and Com
pany) an interesting book that might nave
been made much more interesting. 1t has
been Prof. Lanciani's function for many
years to to the world at large tho
discoveries made in Roman excavations by
himself and others and he has taken the
opportunity to advance theories not oil Of
which ave been verified. In the boob at
hand he undertakes to describe the monu-
ments Of the Renaissance period that rave
been left in Rome and makes a rather
curious tumble Of superficial popular litera-
ture with technical antiquarian research. A
scientific account of Rome during the Papa
cies he deals with. and the relics still to be-
found. would have been very Interesting:
so would be a popular account of the same
period. As it is the reader il carried
abruptly from summaries Of popular books
10 technical personal Investigations in a
rather annoying way. Prot. Lanciani dwells
at great length on Paul III, Mcclellan gelo,
Raphael. Vittoria ColonDa and the banker
hAO6JAAO VII 6lg OPPllB bhO WuchACNCI
he fancies his reader may a obtained
information from some other source. The
illustrations Ars numerous aud extremely
interesting.
Books describing journeys in an authors
footsteps are not unusual, but to follow
an artists wanderings is not so common
II 10 easier to do with painters Of landscape
than with others and tho trip taken by Mr..
Herbert W. Tompkins In Constable's
Country" II. VI. Dent and Company; f.
p. Dutton and Comp my, il very attractive.
The author disclaims writing an essay on
Constable and his art. but as his eXcursionin
the valley Of the Stour and elsewhere Is
plainly in search Of the scenes Constable
painted, his remarks about the pictures busy
him fully as much as his impressions of the
scenery. The book is adorned with many
colored Autographs Of the Constable pic
lures in the public galleries Of England.
Another book appears on -Touraine and
Its story %. NJ. Dent and Company; r. p.
button and Company, "A large quarto with
cOlOred pictures by y. Atkinson. The teyt
Shy Anne Macdonell ami IL oyc the aver
age Of publications ike this. Thn author
u oils p%crhaD- too much on the hiptory and
too httl" un description. hut the task she haa
st for herself il veil done. The nrtisi' X
work IN strangely uneven. some cOlUrod
figure pictures and all the drawings are
very good; tho colored landscapes and
views are smudgy and wholly unsatis.
factory.
The pleasant sketches OF English country
written by Mr.. Edward Thomas in "Ths Heart
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17

Of England u. NJ. Dent and Compan,
Z. P. Dutton and Company would DO read
with more pleasure in q smaller form thar
the large quarto demanded by the pictures
there Ia a strsining for literary effects a
times n q too evident recollection Of
other moro amous wanderers, but Mr..
Thomas having q charming theme to writs
about is often natural and entertaining.
The artist, II. l.. Richardson, Surprises
more by the variety of styles than by his
success In any. Many OF tho illustrations
have as little artistic merit as chaep Ger
man Autographs.
A glorifed guide book will be found In
Versailles and the Trianons' by Pierre de
Nolhao Dodd. Mead and Company. The
guide 10 no lees a person than the director
Of the Versailles Museum himself. 80 that
the visitor may feel sure hat he will see
everything that the palace and the gardens
contain. Frenchmen have q talent for
picturesque description and NJ. de Nolhao
is no exception to the rule. He begins with
a brief history OF the palace and later draws
a picture Of Louis NIV.'s daily life in L.;
in between he describes the apartments
with their treasures. the gardens and at the
end the Grand Trianon and the Petit lrianon.
IL lie an adequate picture OF the one monu-
ment left 70 represent the glory Of the
Grand Monarch. The colored illustrations
by Rene Bret are numerous. but by no
means satisfactory. Two or three arc
very good. showing what the artist could
do II he chose; the rest are amateurish and
seem to have been dashed of in n hurry.