The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-16
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IA OCCASIONAL glance al oneself does
20 harm. In fact, q ioak iB the never
dvseiving glass, INDUCED in now anu
again, shows q, the deleets, Whether she
hat Is N straight, The tie properly "a
iusied o. whether We arc Carrying . d.,
llehiial snooeh near the probosels So
also a glance al ones own clty comes
not amlss II 4 20 the latter that We
Wish % call the attention 81 ouf readers
for a brief space Through the klad
courtesy 81 an individual named John
Daniels, writing for the Springfield,
Mass, Sunday Republican Of the date
81 OetoheF ] 2. We are enabled 70 hold ihe
municipal mirror before the people Of
the clty
Now this Nr. Daniels spent few
minutes h Barre this summer about -
long pfop1filonafely a. Ponltney niee
low dld IN fauamAl. Long enough per
haps for BARR Is lay claim 70 having
entertained him. II BARRE should eveg
long % claim the distinction. Ne was
going through. Ho went through. and
when he reached home be at down and
pcnned the following wafdsi
Barre granite quarry settlement,
with the foreign labor element dominant,
q ths toughest place q ~ size IN the
United States'
And then. a. " the picture were not
painted black enough. this snug Sir.
Daniels follows up The blow IN the solar
pleNus with straight Jolt 60 ths Jaw
"One eau hardly pick up a Newspaper
without reading an aeeouut Of some
bloody deed done IN Barre"
We pause long enough for our readers
60 gasp out their surprise, and then bid
them take another look IN Mr.. Daniels
municipal mirrors
n used e. D. the American headquar.
tcrt Of the anarchists lt seems a. con
rfuous n the center u the quiet. orderly
Vermont q would hreerackeF IN a
prayeF'meetinp"
But b. courageous. Herr q anctheri
III u one Of the few license cities in
Vermont
Do the people Of Barre realize what
Sodom aud gomoush they are living
ini Have they a proper regard for their
safotyf 4 not this excitement" really
too wicked for occupancy hy law abid
ing pcoples True. there has not been
an htroelous assault. let alone q murder,
for I've years. whilst MI around us peo
pleo have fallen before the murderer
hand. but the facts are not % b. con
sidcrtd when we have this statement 81
John Daniels. "1he Toughest place of
Re size IN the United States" forsoothl
Well, we can't help wondering how this
Dare.to.be.a.Daniels pluekcd up the
courage 70 come 20 Barre az all
II will perhaps do no good 20 attempt
to give a writer Of his stamp a clear
perspective Of Barre. Yet we do not
mind informing him that he has been
grossly imposed upon, even as, 10 writ
ing this sereed. Ne has imposed upon
Barre. He took what some persan-eer.
tainly not a person with knowledge Of
Barre-said for granted and then IN.
Willingly followed up the duplicity prae-
ticed on himself by perpetrating series
81 Misrepresentation on the readers Of
a reliable journal like The Republican.
We win admit that Barre has it,
rough edges 20 be knocked OF and some
Of the imperfections 20 be worn down.
but the inner heart If the municipality
Is as sound ~ the best municipality IN
the United States, with a government
(which after all Is the fundamental basis
for Judgment free from corruption AMI
decaying graft. An this may be lost on
Mr. Daniels. bot we beg Of him that the
next time he puts statements IN cold
type he win authenticate them.