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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07
coed MANNERS.

In ane of the admirable addresses
with which President M. H. Buck
ham favors the students of the Uni
versity of Vermont from time to
time, delivered at the opening of
the college session Wednesday, he
spoke such sensil lie and admirable
words on the Importance of good
manners that the Journal considers
it a privilege to publish his adj
vice. He said:
will it be going too far afield if
say here word on good manners?
We smile at the excess of emphasis
| implied in the fact that in certain
European circles education means
training in manners-'he has had no
education meaning he is ill-man-
nererd.' Still so long as manners go
so far towards securing or marring
ones success it is great mistake
to give the matter less attention
than it really merits. Probably
William of Wykeham meant by his
motto at Winchester College Man
ners maketh man. more than we do
by the word manners; perhaps he
was thinking of the Latin equiva-
lent, mores, which means b/th man.
ners and morals. The good man.
ners which should add grace to a
liberal education are combination
of ethical and esthetic virtues. They
add to rectitude what Horace says
poetry must add to prose-beauty
and sweetness. They get their in.
spiration from goodwill desire tC
please exhibiting itself in a fine SEN
sibility to the rights and feelings Of
others. When this is present and
manifest, forms are of secondary i'm.
portance. But though of secondary
they are still of great Importance
Right feeling has its appropriate
expression and this is. not something
which the individual can extempro
wise. 1t is, like other fine arts, {
study, tradition, an institution
, with it's established canons, l hat
, almost said it's ritual. Better is {
! kind heart with rough manner thai
the finest manners and hatred or un
kindness Herewith. But better still
is the kind heart which has Learned
the way to double it's kindness by
gracious manner. 1t ought to b
, comparatively easy for an educate
person to take on the graces of cul
tivated society, or, borrowing st
= Paul's formula, to add to his fat
4 virtue, and knowledge, and brotherl
: kindness-and to crown all wit
a charity and courtesy"
Il The importance OF good manner
y is subject greatly neglected in tn
J. American home. The teachers in tn
!" schools in greater or less degree
Ia. \ "a ttananf m Law nronar afnnha eio uno
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07

might well furnish all the power now
used in Bennington and have enough
left to attract here other new bust
ness enough to double the size and
the streams makes the aggregate of
power something tremendous. There
are storage sites in Bickford Hol-
low, on the Dunnville and on the
Glastonbury stream, and biggest Of
all, at the head of He'll Hollow
where the big marsh might be
changed into an imense reser-
voir.
mot only is the opportunity here,
but there is also money enough if
our local capitalists could be in
duced to invest at at home instead
of sending it outside the State. Why
don't some of them try it instead of
using their wealth to develop towns
and properties from a thousand to
three thousand miles away?"
For many decades Vermonters
have bewailed the fact that other
States offered greater opportunities
for acquiring wealth than our own,
and yet we have persistently neglect
ed the manifold opportunities at our
doors. There are many things that
we cannot do but let us stop thinking
of the impossible and turn our at
tention and our energy to the things
that We can do well, and they are not
so few as some of us think. If we
follow this optimistic policy we may
develop enthusiasm over the future
of Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07

ling boats, Capt Morey refers to his
first experiments on the Connecticut
and then says; Having made sundry
improvements in the engine I went
to New York and applied the power
to wheel in the stern, by which the
boat was impelled at the rate of
about five miles an hour. I invited
the attention of Chancellor Living
ston and he, with Judge Livingston,
Edward Livingston, Mr.. Stevens and
others went with me in the boat from
the Ferry as far as Greenwich and
and back, and they expressed great
satisfaction at her performance and
with the engine
REFUSED $1,000 OFFER.
According to Capt. Morey, Fulton
and Livingston suggested changes in
the arrangement of the machinery
and the paddlewheels, which he eff
fected. Livingston offered him $1,000
for the patent right on the North
River and to Amboy but he refused
it. In June, 1897, at Bordentown, on
the Delaware, he built steamboat
propelled by two wheels, one on each
side. The shaft he wrote, ran
across the boat, with a crank in the
middle, worked from the beam of the
engine with a shackle bed $50 call
ed, which mode is in principle the
same as that now used in the large
steamboats,. The boat was openly
exhibited in Philadelphia
"Dr. B. Allison, writing from
Washington in 1917, corroborate:
Capt. Morey concerning the exhibition
at Bordentown, and adds, 1T was
only for want of public funds tina
we did not then bring the boat intc
! public use
Capt. Morey received patents fol
tn application of steam to prope
boats in 1895, 1899 and 1900. The or
iginal (1795) is in possession of thu
New Hamphire Hitorical Society IL
Concord. On March 16, 1888, thu
People and aPtriot of Concord print
ed list of resolutions from the Yer
mont Historical Society urging thu
erection of a monument to Capt
Morey as the rightful inventor o
steam navigation.
1.-THE boat was sunk between 1922
and 1925, by filing it with stones, il
about eighteen feet of water, on
soft bottom in the midst of yer!
dense pickerel grass.
The sudden GOODNESS exhibited to
ward Captain Morey by Fulton ant
Livingston after they had seen hi
plans worked out haunted hi
thoughts ever after. He most bitter
ly blamed Fulton for secretly de
priving him of his rights. Captain
Morey was a native of Connecticut
The original model of his first steam
boat is in the possession of Mrs. kib
hey, Lake Morey, or was for years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07
OUR COUNTY'S PROGRESS.

In recent editorial on the pro-
gress made by the Twin Cities of
Barre and Montpelier, the Barre
Times said:
IF the other eighteen towns in
Washington county had all merely
held their own during the last year,
the county's grand list would have
been boosted $5,259.9S by the cities
of Barre and Montpelier; but, as it
was, many of them fell behind and
the net gain was only $4,923.43 A
third town, however, should be in
cluded in the list of those making
substantial gains, and that is Barre
town, which is making the same sub
stantial progress that Barre city and
Montpelier are making. These three
communities are also going ahead
rapidly in population.
"Latterly, Montpelier has been
showing a surprising progressive
ness, and during the past year it's
grand list made larger gain than did
the grand list of Barre city. Montpel-
ier's grand list has always been larg-
er than Barres, although during the
last ten years the latter has been
creeping up, until it is now within
ten thousand dollars of it's leader.
| Where Montpelier is stronger is in
! personal property, having about three
times as much; while in real estate
and poll valuation Barre is ahead,
only slightly in the former and large
ly in the latter.
These figures demonstrate anew
that of all places in the State of Ver-
mont the Twin Cities are the leaders
in progressive industrial life and
they are bound to continue that posi-
ton because of the energy which is
back of their undertakings. Barrels
presentation of figures to the Secre-
tary of State another year will show
an even larger percentage of gain,
judging by the present indications
and barring, of course, unforeseen cir
cumstances. Montpelier can also be
depended upon ID do as splendidly
as it mas done during the year just
closed
Both Montpelier and Barre may be
| depended on to continue to advance
and the time probably is not far dis
! tant when the two cities will form
the most populous centre in YER
mont. We are only fairly started in
the development of the granite indus
try, and as this business expands the
gain in wealth and population will
! continue,
During the decade from 1890 to 1900
Washington county gained 1856 in
population, percentage much larg-
er than that of any other county in
the State. If the same ratio of gain
should continue through the decade
ending in 1910, the population of the
county would be 1926, or larger
than that of any Vermont county in
1900 The percentage of gain may
have been greater during this decade
than during that of 1S9O-1900. 1t is
altogether probable that Washington
county will be found very near the
head of the list and stranger things
have happened than that our county
will be found at the top of the COL
umn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07
ments of the famous Secretary

ments of the famous Secretary of
State,
The United States paid $7,200,000
for Alaska, and it is broadly limited
that we took it more to please Rus
STA who wanted to sell the province,
and had been a valuable friend dur
ing the Civil War, than because our
Government really thought the re-
gion would be of any real benefit
to us. The Newark Evening News,
in writing of the present day Alas
ka says:
Seward had great faith in Alas
ka, but even he did not dream of it's
present resources. In 1908 the Alas
kan trade amounted to $50,OO0,O0O,
almost seven times the purchase
price. This included $20,000,000 Ia
ken from her gold mines. Her vast
virgin forests are as yet practically
untouched. Coal fields even larger
than those of Pennsylvania are wait
ing to redeem the industrial situa-
ton of the entire Pacific Coast. Her
salmon fisheries already yield nearly
$12 100000 annually. She has arabic
lands capable of supporting large
population, and in the southern por-
ton climate by no means Arctic.
In due course will come railroads
xtr1,f oh, 10 nf
visionary to assume will make Alas
ka an important section of our ma
tional domain. 1t long since ceased
to be Stewards Folly. 1t stands and
will continue a rapidly growing mon
ument to his genius"
The Chicago Tribune says of the
extent and opportunities of Alaska:
THE metal and coal mining indus
tries should each support at least
100000, and, if a third of the land
classed as arabic is now available
for farming, it will furnish 10000
homesteads, supporting over 100000.
The tourist who travels to Glacier
Bay, the capital Juneau, and the pic
turesque Sitka must not suppose he
has seen Alaska. He could skitt
another 5000 miles of coast line to
Cordova, Valdez, Seward, and then,
if he would see Alaska, his journey
is only we'll begun. For the gold
mines of Fairbanks would be 400
miles to the north, and those of
Nome would be as distant as New
York is from Chicago.
1T would be a still greater dis
lance to the seal rookeries of the
Pribilof Islands and the great tun-
dras of the north, with their herds
of wild reindeer and their lonely
Eskimo igloos, Whit to reach the
westernmost Aleutian Island would
require journey half as long as that
from New York to Seattle.
Should the tourist retrace his
steps to Skagway, cross the white
Pass, and follow the mighty Yukon
for 1000 miles to Behring Sea, his
knowledge of Alaska, while much
enlarged, would still be incomplete, y
Uncle Sam, that shrewd old YAM
kee, certainly made good trade
when he purchased Alaska, and ev-
cry year gives additional knowledge
of its value as rational posses
sion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07

the same. A few bottles built up her
health and strength.
81 took Peruna for o cold which set
tied in my kidneys, giving me much
pain. In two weeks / was much better.
and in a few months / was we'll"
For Liver and Kidneys.
Mr.. w. H. Armistead, Cumberland,
G. H., Va, writes:
"Your Peruna has cured me of chronic
catarrh of long standing. l thank you
so much for your advice. think it is
a great medicine. 1t will do all that
you recommend it to do. Besides, can
recommend it to cure all liver and kid
ney troubles"
Chronic Kidney Trouble,
Judge CD. Park, r. +. d. !, Buckhead,
Ga, writes:
"For long time was troubled with
catarrh of the kidneys, and after taking
Peruna feel like a new man. / think
it the greatest catarrh medicine of the
aye, and believe it will cure any case Of
catarrh on record,n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07
THE STATE FAIR.
(Vergennes Enterprise }

The state fair at White River June
ton was again great success this
year. 1t was due largely to the eff
forts of Maxwell Evarts the presi-
dent, who not only put in vast
amount of work himself but inspired
all connected with the great enter
prise with his unbounded enthusiasm.
That is the secret of the success of
any enterprise or business. Some one
must have faith in it and not only
plan and direct but also be able to
inspire others with the same faith
and enthusiasm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07
NOT FAITH BUT FACTS.

1.-The Montpelier Journal is scorn-
full and sceptical of Merrill-PT octor
or a Merrill-Gates alliance. The
contemporary guileless faith is
lovely thing in this age of doubt and
cynicism. Rutland Herald.
''Of course it's merely our personal
opinion and perhaps not worth men
ton but the new Journals guileless
faith in practically everything with
an administration tag on it has been
rather disappointment to us. With
the announcement that the East Side
vas to have morning daily came
to our mind the picture Of an alert
fearless and thoroughly independent
sheet, one that would stand out open
" against the present political pow
ers, something real militant, in sdort.
AS yet The Journal does not conform
to our ideal, excellent journal though
it is. It's views are too much ike
those of it's strongest competitor
carefully weighed and very cautiously
expressed, eonciliatoIy and apollo
getic. "--Brattlebor Reformer
In order to enlighten It's good
friends in Rutland and Brattleboro
The Journal would say trat it is scep-
teal concerning any Merrill-Proctcr
or Merrill-Gates alliance at this time.
not because of any child-like trust
or guileless faith, or implicit belief
that the men mentioned could not up-
der provocation en.er int political
alliance, bur rather because the best
information to be obtained indicates
that under existing conditions such
alliances do not exist and apparently
are not likely to exist. 1t is not
question of faith but a question OF
facts.
OF course the Journal is sorry to
disappoint it's friends. If it is not
alert and fearless, then unintention-
ally it falls short of it's ideals This
Journal is Republican newspaper
fact. When the time comes that
a Republican leader or a Republican
administration deserves criticism, i
will not hesitate to criticise. At the
present time, however. the Journa
sees no occasion for standing GU
openly or fighting secretly agains
the present political powers. L
does not consider that the only wa.
in which paper can be "aler
and fearless" The Journal be
lieves the present State ad
ministration to be honest, progressiv
and patriotic, and worthy of the sup
port of the citizens of Vermont
believes that Hon. George H. Prout
is a good Governor, who is workin
earnestly and faithfully for the wei
fare of Vermont.
The Journal confesses that it doe
not consider it necessary to loo
under the bed every night for Proc
tor man equipped with burglar
tools, neither does it consider it need
full to impute evil motives to tn
present State administration, or
ridicule Governor Prouty. If thes
things are necessary in order to b
independent then the Journal is NJ
independent, 1t is, however indt
pendent of any clique or faction.
proposes to support Republican prir
ciples and Republican candidates s
long as they are honest principle
and honest candidates. If it cannc
find honesty in the Republican part
then it will look elsewhere for it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07
ALASKA A GOOD BARGAIN.

The prediction is made that at no
distant day Alaska will have an in
crease in population of half mil
lion 1t is not SO very long ago that
Alaska conveyed the same general
impression that came from the Arc
tic regions and the North Pole-a
bleak, cold inhospitable region OF
snow and ice. 1t is not so very
many years ago that this great re-
gion was called Stewards Folly,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07

For extent and character of it's ex-
hibits the state fair, which closed it's
third annual exhibition on Friday
the oath, was most emphatically a
blue ribbon winner There cannot
be any exasgeration in the assertion
that the like has not been seen in
any New England state in many
year. Very many of the experiments
were so great in the number of theiR
displays that they were great shows
in themselves. Think what t means
to assemble nearIy COCO members of
the poultry kind. Yet such an ag-
gregation was seen at the recent fair
and the quality was no less pro-
nounced than tho quality
1t is recalled that at fair of the
New England Agricultural Society in
the city of Worcester some ten years
ago, total of 1900 birds were shown
and people were amazed at the mag
nitude of the show, but it was but lit-
tie more than ope-sixth the size of
that at the current state fair. Then
here was the exhibit Of Morgan
horses. Had such an aggregation
been made in Boston, New York or
Chicago the newspapers of the land
would have had columns about thei
, exhibit every day of it's continuance
Well does the Concord, N. H., Mori-, !
tor remark, editoriaily that his de-
partment alone was worth TO YER
mont the whole of the states appro-
priation in aid of the fair.
The show of cattle at the fair was
4 grand one. including as it did some
If the finest cattle and sheep TO be
fl Ind in the entire land. 1t was !.
privilege OF no mean value to see
I hese splendid individual animals,
and m>i.% is the young man attend
ing the fair who returned to his V -:
mont home with renewed enthus-
iasm for his calling as a farmer and.
with new ideas of practical value that
in their working will add to the ma
terial wealth of the state. Indeed, the
educational worth of the fair IS be-
yond calculation. 1t is the factor q
chiefest value and one tho state ana
the people should strive to the ut
most to provide.
Vermont papers in these days
talking much and enthusiastically
Ill Il,
gamer thereby. so let these prom
logical editorials be continued. IN
at the fair was practical ILLUSTRATED
of the kind of fruit that is grown IN
Vermont. 1t was greac show OF
fruit, including as it did, more than
1900 individual plates, and please note
this statement 95 per cent, of the
whole was raised in Vermont One
bright young man came over from
Middlebury with "a named varieties
of grapes, and is it too much to say
that that exhibit was worth a good
big thousand dollars to Vermont =?
Said woman, as she passed through
Horticultural hall--a woman evil
IDENTIFY from outside the state--"Wby. -
said she, in her establishment, 81
didn't know they could grow apples
in Vermont" In view OF such ex-
plantations isn't it publicity that ver-
mont needs? And where can such pub
licity be secured at so slight cost and
so effectively as in the aiding of a
state fair? Vermont is fortunate in
its state fair even though it is but
three years old, and fortunate again
in that it has Maxwell Evarts as its
president, and f. l.. Davis as secre-
tary, backed as they are by the lisI
of fair commissioners. They are de,
Kuwn1nu HunuuEu 1HnunNumHEuH
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07

Kidney Trouble for Nearly Thirty Years
William Bailey Past Col Enc
nnty identified with the
in the had years kidney
troubles
Within short period he has been
remedy Washington climate bad
troubles yet by judicious the remedy
excellent
This brief
tell the whole which
it chooses believing
good. Ball II. E. Washington. DC
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-07

place, just before adjournment, under
that article in the warning relating
to amy other business thought prop
er when met"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-29
HE TALLYS With
THE DESCRIPTION
Officers Are Confident They Have
the Right Man.-Was Taken to New
Orleans Today.

Special officer r. A Cahal and Po-
liceman Norwood last night arrested
J. p. Norton, on suspicion of being 4
deserter from the regular United
States army.
Norton had been in and about Hat
tiesburg for the past several months,
and for time was employed as a
night clerk at the Stag Restaurant. He
was recently arrested on charge of
carrying concealed weapons and has
been before Justice Davis on two or
more occasions recently, and this fact
was perhaps largely responsible for
his apprehension.
Officers Cahal and Norwood were
advised of the fact that an army de-
serter was wanted by the government
authorities, and upon writing the War
Department at Washington obtained a
description of the man.
When the circular giving the de.
scription was read, Norton was at once
suspected, and his arrest followed. Up
on examination it was discovered that
the circular had described Norton in
every particular, and Officers Norwood
and Cahal have no doubt as to the
identity of the man arre~ted.
1t is said that Norton enlisted with
the regular army in March, 1908 and
deserted from a Nebraska cavalry post
in September of the same year.
Officer Cahal this morning convey
ed his prisoner to New Orleans, where
he will be turned over to the army
officials if he proves to be the right
man.
Norton protested that he was not the
man wanted it is said, but the Off
GERS who made the capture have no
doubt as to his identity.
The Government had offered a re-
ward of fifty dollars for the capture
of the deserter described in the cir
cular sent out by the war department.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-29
Crop In the State.

In the opinion of President High
tower, Mississppis cotton crop this
year will be between 100000 and l.
100000. He thinks it will hardly eX-
ceed the latter figure.
THE farmers. as a class, are enioy-
ing a liberal measure of prosperity
says President Hightower. The only
unfortunate feature OF the present sit
uation is that in some communities thev
have raised no cotton az all. have
visited several sections where the cot
ton crop is almost a total failure, and
the farmers in these sections will of
course feel the pinch rather severely
before they can pitch and market an
other crop
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-29
ALEX. GRAHAM
A PARALYTIC
Well Known Hatiesburg Man Suffered
a Severe Stroke of Paralysis Early
This Morning. w

Mr.. Alex Graham, well known cit
izen of this city, who is employed as
collector for the Heidelberg furniture
establishment, is today suffering from
the effects Of a stroke of paralysis
which he sustained at about { o'clock
this morning. Mr.. GGraham was pre-
pairing to enter the breakfast room of
the Huff boarding house and was ap-
parently in a normal state Of heath
when the attack came. He was st lex
en- ON the right side Of the body, and
has not been able to speak since.
DR.. C. w. Bufkin, the physician IN
attendance, stated this afternoon that
although Mr.. Graham's condition was
serious, it was not at this time con-
sidered critical, and hopes of his re-
covery are entertained.
While Mr.. Graham's health has not
been of the best for the past two
months, his condition has not at any
time been such as to cause alarm, and
the attack this morning was altogether
unexpected.