The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-02-27
PROJECT THAT PAYS,
Wake Your Toen the Heart Of
me Community.
COOPERATION A BIG FACTOR


Il-s iAs spsmFe inalsAsual ows ~
AeglAnsn IN shyf,s5g of agytblag' -
b. alwaa saris8eni aniQ himself. os
Il be AepsnAeai apea and dees he IKE.
wise caulfilmis To asher efi@tt
These are 8sestlaas wi,leb can best
- discussed by considering ibe con.
ailsoss - iLsg sf foaua IN any yss's.
a,efeaa constantly. and oaa will a..
swsf for "a. sayt Guy Mitchell ID
NaKNels Tallsman We wiil ssNatDe
that ghe ass4te resources ~ this par
rsslaf locality are smpis Tie soil
q fertile ana Hsellsw. tie nscibofs -
farming am good. chs rfofs an unis
fofmly besry. snd the farmers are
tsesgsroar ndeF normal conditions
the towns ~ sueh rural district
should share iAls prosperity Here
ua end oae ublch parisEes u this
coa8i,laa THE visitor observes that
the h0asea arr well buHi, tbs groBnds
gsll hepi an1 The homes attractive aud
HFtthsFs itt ~ EasFff@N'@ "A "#AN MfA"
the fact that the value u the beautiful
Is appreciated ~ the citizens and that
tie spirit of 40 operation IL abroad
nut Why should perhaps lie very next
ioan o. tllagr. not teB miles distant,
surrounded by The same good farm
iaE land support conditions the exact
teyersef Why should rs houses aud
stores lc ~ poorly built. ipar,lstic,
gaucbs sad with DO attempt al beauty,
with ia idea that the mellowing lntiu'
ence II time shall enhance rather than
diminish their nigfaetivenessi Why
are there NO feW yards well kept with
shade trees aud green lawns and or
namsntal shrubs ana tower beds. aud
Nhf, IN every way. shousi there be
such general appearance Of neglect
and gnIhnftf
What il the MASON for the differ
ehccf
because Il will l- found that 10 ey-
cry progressive community small
euicrie q energetic. public spirited
ineu and wumen have systematically
gone about ihe Improvement Of their
homes Iheg haye set examples, they
have devoted themselves 10 fostering
the spirit N local pride 81 home town
work they have determined TO make {
their town q place most satisfactory 10 /
iigc III, place ~ beauty convenience /
aud health, they have directed their /
energies toward making their town the /
real heart u the surrounding comm /
niiy Every town, every village is the I
center. the heart Of It's surrounding /
country Il may bc weak, Inactive
heart. scarcely carrying It's feeble i'm.
pulse into the arteries which ramify
the countryside, or 4, may lie a strong,
enthusiastic, pusaiing heart, carrying
The current of It's influence vigorously
into the rrmotest corner " the terri
tory IL dominates
Just as Wo ARE considered MS mn.
ton practically sufficient unto our
selves. 80 as citizens Of different states
We are layal 10 h0me Institutions
state pride IS o most healthy atirlbute /
aud 10 carry the idea still further We
may with profit support the lnstitu.
tions " our Individual communities
But ~ iudisiluai citizens we are In
complete For a fan measure OF pros.
PETTY We must depend upon our neigh
borS and our ueighbors upon us. As
every dollar that Is sent ont Of the
United states 10 Europe or elsewhere
for the purchase OF things which we
have 81 home Is distinct loss 10 the
country, 80 money sent ont Of our par.
,icular state into another state enriches
that state at The expense u our own,
while II Is equally true that onr In
dviduAl community suffers 10 the
same extent through the purchase Of
goods IN distant places which we
might bny nj home.
The heart 81 the community Is worth
stimulating worth nourishing. both
from within aud without for II is the
central force which makes of the com.
munlly Write. active and aggressive
place As 90 instance Of the value 70
the entire community u the activity
Of the heart. take the ease Of IN w to
date Iowa town ~ some 1890 or 90
go population A few years ago the
place supported two miserable little
hotels co the road. among the tray /.
cling men, that great moving army
throughout the west, this town was
known rs erotien The drummers
skipped thc town when possible. or n
they had 20 make It they came IN on
che train RnA went out on The next
They epl through their business as
oKpediii0usiy as possible even slight
Ing Il 10 get 20 the next place on their l
route, where good meals and good
nights lodging could Ice had Then
The town concluded that IFS business
reauired good hotel, and while the
people were about It they put up
swell one Now every travelling
nan likes 10 make He stays
oscr sunday there lie stays there as
long a. he can aud canvasses every
store Tor The sale 81 bis goods Wha'
II The result u simply having this fine
Aolef The stores have a full line of
goods ~ al descriptions, the people OF /
tbs eommpptiy come 30 town 90 buy,
iNA WY Asan W. NAAA lfafN NANaa NNh
the merchants DO . biz business
4 good farming community buys |
much TIE people live we'll aud raise
4 mssolesQnJe variety u products, but
ihey buY throaeh The year many
Ihlngs AcsoFdiag "a census statistics.
The average u the farmers % the
United States spends s627 year for
supplies clathlhg Tor the family.
utensils, food that is not |
raisesi az home farm implements. etc.
Ihls II tie average sotnr buy more.
some mnsh iess Now. this means a
large circulation u ni0ney perhaps
ts@W0 - sga.ng expended annually \
IS lhe tarmeu wsthln use nr six mlles -
= aUy smaii lann ii0a aud where DO
het siebd W l. the town Itself Kneh 9.
y "a lmpress them ath lhe feeling N
hai II Is the rial beaff ~ their com. q,
aHnitY9 u "a pretty town. bcanii. y,
100 ip@n Ia which they cannot but !.
.e.i a Jast ptidef Has Il side. well