Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-07-15

his way nome, thinking TO surprise
mis- wife, he stopped on bridge to
change his apparel. Having no use for
his overalls and jumper, he cast
them into the stream. Them when he
undertook to don his new apparel, he
found that by mistake he had been
handed the wrong bundle and had no
clothing Whatever Randolph Herald. |
Vermont loses another first class
educator in the resignation of John l..
Alger principal of Vermont Academy,
Saxtons River, to accept more remu-
nerative professional employment else
where. And that is not all. Mrs. AL
ger herself is a woman of exceptional
accomplishment in the administration
of such a secondary school and her de-
parture will also mean double loss to the
academy and the states educational
force. Dempsey few days ago; AL
ger now; who next? Thus the same
old melancholy story is repeated year
in and year out. Vermont is still
training school for the nations useful
men and women. When will she ever
begin to reap the first benefit of her
own mothering?-St. AlbSns Messen-
ger.
A good deal was said after nomina-
| ClOu OI lUulcy LUZ OOuSICoS
in the Second District about sulkiness
over the result by CongressmanHaskins
and Brattleboro Now everybody who
knows Kit Haskins takes no stock in
that. Exit" took the first opportunity
to congratulate his successful opponent
and we are. sure that he will take
great pleasure in giving Plumley many
points about affairs at Washington.
And both of the Brattleboro papers,
the Phoenix and Reformer accept the
result very gracefully and say pleas
ant things about the winner. There
is no sulkiness down there as far as we
: can learn Brattleboro accepts the re-
suits all right and will verify this with
good majority ior Plumley next Sep
tember. -Morrisville News and Citizen.
Patrons Of the post office in Water
bury recently sent largely signed petit
ton to the department in Washington,
. asking that box rentals be reduced.
, The request was refused on the ground
that the schedule of rates fixed by the
department is in effect at all post Offices
and no exceptions can be made. The
, plan of running the post Office depart
, ment is based on few constituencies
and great many inconsistencies. A
person whose residence is on a rural
delivery route perhaps dozen miles
from the postoffice has his mail brought
to him each day by the government
free of charge as does also the city res
a ident. This is a consistent and help
e full feature Of the mail service. The
f residents of village however. must
not only go to the postoffice for their
: mail but they must pay box rental,
g which. perhaps to emphasize the in
consistency of the thing, has recently
been raised in price. The department
also engaged in the printing Of envel-
u opes for patrons at an actual loss, and
A solicits this business to the detriment
# of the printer throughout the country
q This is another inconsistency and ar
unwarranted Infringement of the gov
Il eminent upon the printing business.
= Northfield News.
/. There was nothing petty or childish
g about their conduct (the Windhan
county delegation) at the district con
vention in ST. Johnsbury or the state
convention at Montpelier. They founc
,. that Messrs. Fits, Gibson and Hooker
# had allowed Orleans county to get
y away from them and that the leaders
h of the Haskins movement in his owr
- county were showing strong signs Of
le getting in right" themselves, M
ID matter what happened to their candi
r. date. Then the pups began to bark.
=. They were certainly entitled to form
|, a protesting organization, and, con
WINGED as they were that there was &
if secret understanding between thu
re Plurnley and Prouty men, they succeed
ed in throwing scare into the
Prouty forces that they won't forge
in hurry. AS matter of fact, al
Rs these protestants from Windham coun
? ty could have been kept in camp By
ou the slightest bit of diplomacy, but whel
re the Orleans county crowd came faunt
81 ing down to St. Johnsbury with Plum
D. ley ribbons pinned on with Prouty but
m tons, it was quite sufficient provocatiol
OF OF to extreme measures. to say NOTHING
AZ of the blunt and callous declaration O
d some of the more "cocky" STRIPPING
or from Prouty territory that 'Windhan
county could CO. We can win with
out them' If the wiser counsels O
Judge Williams and the lieutenant gov
ernor himself had prevailed, tn
"bolt" would never have taken place
Z: AS it was. it simply cut the vote 70
OF Mr.. Prouty down from 418 or APO t.
a less than 400. There was margin
y. enough, but there was time whe
lie the anxious managers of the Prout
p faction would have been mighty gla
to count on few more of thos
do spanked babies from Brattleboro
no Rutland Herald.
NJ An Unforgotten Campaign.
r. The one incident of the late stat
ke convention which has caused more tall
n than any other was the passage a
IS arms between O. M. Barber of Ben
nington and z. M. Mansur Of Orleans