The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-01
A Tribute to the Minotaur.
(St. Adams Messenger.)

(St. Adams Messenger
"Mr. Evarts is great admirer of
Burlington, and purely for that rea'
son. and with utterly unseltish purpose,
is willing to contribute $4,000 to the
capital fund (for state fair, provid'
ing Burlington will do her share. -
Burlington News.
So the secret is out! This state fair
project is merely a side show for Bur
iington. The good people of Burling'
ton themselves probably never thought
this impious thought in the limpid pur'
itv of their maiden innocence, and sim
plv dwelt upon the prospect as prop
err opportunity for worthy local pride
to help both itself and the state at the
same time. But they have been de
ceived and the plot is exposed by a
faithful journalistic oracle that fam
would have helped it most. Not for
the state, but for Burlington. Purely
for this reason" has Evarts promised
TO sever himself from his worldly gold.
And the crafty Evarts, once the
good natured, well-intentiOned, progress.
sive. likeabe Evarts, is villain OF
the deepest dye, even the dye that is
made in Burlington and named for the
ace of something. 49,. =,
Caramba! moreover odds bodikins!
and then some!
Think of it, fellow countrymen,-
and it is the country men, indeed, that
this subtle Evarts did with his artful
craft the most beguile. =,
Here was the wisdom and virtue of
the commonwealth assembled at Mont,
pelier in all the awful majesty and
nanoplv of state to sit in solemn con
clave on the proposition to legalize the
Grand list of Tinmouth that has so
vexed the public mind since the honor
able battle of Reyes s Farm;
And here was this Judas Evarts
who, with gladstone smile, traternal
handgrip, and all the linguistic cas-
uistrv learned of the ingenious WICK,
edness of Yorkish courts, talked OF
great and special benefits to all the
neonle of Vermont without regard 10
race. color. or previous condition OF
residence easily to be reaped in meas
nreIess abundance by merely convenlng
annually an official day-dream of adj
nose oxen. dropsical pumpkins, early
rose biscuits, knock kneed ducks,
striped warn mittens, shooting galleries,
striking machines, bed-slippers, par
loon ascensions, hit-the-coons, tattlng'
elderbcrry shrub, and Mexican drawn
work. -, 49,, 81
there NV means of sundry and DIVERS
professions of unselish public spirit
and patriotic zeal in the common cause,
lure the listening senate to commit inc
neople of the commonwealth to tins en-,
ternrise in the anticipation and pellei
that the same was intended to be ana
in all appurtenances whatsoever wei
and truly should be the state fair Oh
all the people of Vermont.
And in this fell purpose knowingly
and wickedly to deceive the good peo.
nla of the state Joined the same Evarts
and Van Patten and Grafton, the ro-
mantle legislative Three Guardsmen
whose melodramatic motto was Eacn
for all and all for Burlington.
And now comes Evarts the decelver,
throws aside the mask of pretense Tor
the public good, avows his consuhlihs
love for Burlington, and Burlington
alone. and pays $4,000 in cold cash l loi
the sake of laying state falr aI nc
feet of his inamorata. Not Tor Gne
state, but for Burlington purely iol
that reason,' says She Burlington
News he makes what else would pc
handsome state wide public benefac'
ton.
On with the state fair 49,,
lead forth the fat oxen. Garland
their horns with roses and laurel. Let
the state Golfers provide the blue prize
ribhon to testify how it blew It's mon
av in and then let the sacred process
SION wend its way with trumpets also
and sbawms and with waving OF pains
and iovful paeans sung by the multi
tu6e TO the rendering plant where the
oonsacrated cattle may be butchered 10
make a Burlington holiday. .oo.o
Bring forth the prize-wlnnlng g eeoSS
whose waddling ancestors once s"1ou
the capitol of Rome and let them lay
the corner stone of Morrill, Han as
nerpetual memorial that their PROUD
and aristocratic old family sui keeps ,1
its sacred vigil at another caPl'oi
nearby. ,, 70 the
,rord Rabvlon of Chittenden that
rears its lofty domes by Champiain >
,naue.tost shores. Wait at her rlght
hand with alabaster jars of precious
n;ntments to anoint the pink little
nigs.went to market that my lady Cleo
p.s in the luxurious ease of SUM
Irons sunny June will paddle in the
oooi;no waters of the lake-while she
anonymously sits a-wooing with M
Hnfonv Burke upon the public DOCK
Bring her a drink of fresh pure, watef l
or kin the state board of health ASK
Iar when it will please her gracious
nneenship to convene the state legisla-
fure again. for something more ~
On with the state fair! Not for the