Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-04-07
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Every time there is a murder or at
tempted murder in Vermont, particu-
aarly when the criminal is woman,
the St. Adams Messenger sarcastically
asks it's capital punishment friends to
show where the example of hanging
has ever restrained other people from
killing. Nobody knows how many
people may have been prevented from
committing murder by the shadow of
the galloWs. Those to whom the eX
ample of capital punishment may have
acted as a restraining influence do not
get into the newspapers as do those
who are not restrained. = Brattleboro
Reformer.
The St. Adams neighbor has very
disagreeable and unnecessary habit of
bobbing up with its hobby horse every
time somebody is killed in a drunken
fight, or a crazy galoot runs amuck.
The Reformer'S conclusions are sensi-
bile. 1t may be added that no advocate
of capital punishment ever claimed
that it would restrain insane murder
ers. It is we'll to remind the Messen-
ger that there has not been single
premeditated murder IN Vermont, so
far as the state has knowledge, since
the execution of Mary Rogers. 1t il
therefore reasonable to assume. that
She punishment Of the unfortunate
woman has had a beneficial influence
in the protection of human life. -
Mortified News.
The Unkissed Massachusetts Baby.
In a Massachusetts house spec
tacled dad is bringing up his first borr
by rule.
A printed notice on the wall OF
every room in the house warns visitor:
not to offend in any of these laws
Here are its terms:
Don't kiss the baby. a
Don't bring baby's face close to YOU
OWE or TO your hair.
Don't allow baby to touch your face
or hair.
Don't talk, breathe. whistle. blow
cough or sneeze into baby's face. w
want him to live.
Don't use your handkerchief tt
baby's hands, face. or mouth.
To some, these rules will appea
scomica] or stupid, but they are no
written as joke or without thought
Therefore. any person Infringing thes
rules after having read them will in
cur our displeasure extremely.
The baby is year old now, and al
ready shows an unmistakable Harvar
accent, but his specialized dad is proud
est of the fact that in all the
months OF his life baby has never one
been kissed.
Science is all very we'll. But w
suspect that either baby and baby
mother are keeping a secret from da
or one young woman in M9ssachusett
is about the unhappiest that ever live
Rutland News.
The recent discontinuance of a weel
Iy journal in Rutland county, after
more or less uncertain existence {
seven years. moves the Barre Time
to the conclusion that the week.
press, with it's physical handicaps
and the competition of the daily news
papers, is having pretty uphill tin
Of it. While it is true that the puI
fishing of weekly newspaper is NJ
@ money making proposition, the New
has seen no reason to believe that t.
days Of the weekly are numEere
Published in d county where thrt
evening daiiies are issued-rattlir
good dailies too that would be a cred
TO towns Of even twice the size
their homes-the News submits TIL
1t is in pretty good position to jud(
of the situation.
1t seems to the News that the fie
is still open to both the daily al
weekly and that there is quite certai
Iva demand and necessity for the la
ter. The experienced newspaper a
vertiser also appreciates the ADVERT
ing columns of the good weekly new
papers. This all Of course applies
such weeklies as put hard and console
tious work into thoroughly GOVERN
their fields, keeping in touch with t
conditions and demands of their co
stituency and trying to do their wo
well fifty-two times in year.
The publisher who uses "boil
plate, in lieu of home news, p;
ent attorneys Washington letter
the editorial column, solicits suppt
for his paper on charity basis. pro
ably is not enjoying a very bright Oh
LOOKOUT there are not many of h
in Vermont. Mortified News.