The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-04-23
KIPLiNG SuPERFLuOuS.
Yefmoni Surieiiea with Distinguish
"a Natives When She Asmhies
Him

- ftFesh hsf't 'at y" fNf ~
lhas be sacr ligei ihere. coupled siil
eapFcsaou, - sBrpsirs ihai rasp8
polite thgul4 bAFe nlgxied a liillr Yer
moHt ienp - planc e Residence Tha
shows lsmsniabie ignorance - ,as %
raniaRys ~ Braitlebpfo h particular
and Vermont he general. A. ior ih,
lawu. ihen seems 10 BE- something Ia
ihf very sir conducive 10 mtntal arti'
witty. aad w accustomed hrs lis iuhab'
jiants u lAs yise " cmEnenec If iheil
neighhon that when 9 William Morris
Iluni, LArkin q Mead. Or a Mary u,
Wilkins comes prominently before The
pahlic. they are neither hstoutshed nol
updgly clstedi they simply say, Why,
@! course" This subtle influence ex'
ienas 10 things material. once knew
an cstimabie lady a resident 81 Wor
cesitT, Mass, who assured me the oys-
sers sbe ate when Fisilin. IN Bratlle'
boro were superior 10 those she got NJ
home aud Worcester is several miles
nearer salt water. Doubtless, bad the
PuriiAns possessed a better knowledge
o. geography, Bra,ileboro would have
been settled before Boston, Knowing
an these facts, one understands why
Fanny Fern" wrote. II is wonder
everybody docs not live IN Bratile.
bOr0.
A. for the State Al large, il offers adj
yaniages rs great A. are TO be found
elsewhere in the Union. ! win not en-.
large on tie scenery, though il is well
known that the late Professor Smith Of
the University Of Vermont pronounced
the view from the graveyard at Char
lotte equal 10 any IN Switzerland that
the late Dr. Prentiss made similar re
mark concerning the country about Dor
set, and that the late William NJ.
Eyarts. when approaching Windsor on
his summer vacations, felt thrile as the
sieeplc Of the Congregational Church
doomed into view such as be never ex.
pcrieneed in front Of the Doge's Palace
IN Venice, Consider the comforts en-
joyed il you are a resident Of the Green
Mountain State. You build your house
with lumber from Burlington, you
weigh your farm produce on scales
made in st. Johnsbury, you put your
yaluables ia Il safe invented by Silas
Herring, q Vermonter; in your hours
Of leisure you lure the trout with flies
made in Manchester, chores done, your
daughter diyerts You by performing on
an organ made in Brattleboro; if you
choose TO leave the shadow Of Cancels
Hump or Killington Peak ald visit
strange cities, you are taken to your
hotel room in an Otis elevator, the pro-
duet OF Vermont brains; you die con
.oled by the fact that even without your
vote the State will go republican at the
iext election; the monument placed |
,ver yon will be white marble mono
it'll from ProctorsyilIe.
Nermonters are sometimes twitted |
With being slow. Ga woman has been
,nown to wait % years before apply.
ng for a divorce from "A man who had |
deserted her, and il is true that il a
Dad Of wood is promised for tomorrow
'ou win be lucky if you get il n week
rom date. but this indisposition TO
Iurry has its advantages, and has al.
Ways prevented the State from going
o extremes. The progressiyeness of the
'eople is shown in many ways. Yacht
ng caps are no longer worn at milking
ime, though they are said TO be in
and Rhode Island, and the
turdy plowman of Athens and Avery's
lore sport the latest style OF automo
lie cap. In politics il is the same.
AXE the town of st. George, with
hree republican tickets in the field and
ess than 80 voters. | have been told
hat nj a State election once there most
i the candidates were members Of the
anne family. Surely no one can ac-
use of slowness Captain Clark of the
lregon, who made that notable trip
rom the Pacific to the Atlantic at the
ime Of the Spanish War,
The State has almost forgotten that
produced Brigham Young, Hebar c.
iimball, aud John Humphrey Noyes,
has been so busy giving birth to pub
ic men like Stephen A. Douglas, Mat
hew Hale Carpenter, Alphonso Taft,
hester A. Arthur, Levi r. Morton,
George + Edmunds, Lucius +. Chit
enden, John c. kasson, Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, William +. Villas, Redfeld
rector and Henry Clay Ide; such
eholars as Asahel G. kendrick,
'homas D. Conant and George z.
iarsh; such photographers as Henry
nd b. Franklin Stevens. As for he
oes. what's the the matter with George
'cweyf II may be objected that some
I these men attained emineuec after
.nving the State; nevertheless, the
aud that rocked the cradle had a good
cal 10 do with il. William II aftand
harles w. Fairbanks, who are exam
ing the presidential chair with inter-
4 at present. are sons Of yermonters.
on may not have observed that when A.,
chief justice Is needed in any State a
recn Mountain boy i chosen, as a
lie.
Not long since four great railroads
ent into The hands Of receivers, all Of
clu Yermonters. Jacob NJ. Howard,
ho drew mp The first republican plat.
rm. was born ia SALISBURY,
Nor are the women behind the men.
yra Colby Bradwell of Manchester I
~ the FIRST woman in the United
+ates To apply for admission 10 the !
u; Caroline Burnham 81 Montpelier !
e Gra woman TO graduate "a. the med.
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