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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30
A Plea For Kurn Hattin Home

Dr.. Editor:
In the JOURNAL. for Sept. sd, APP
peared report from the Treasurer Of
the Fresh Air Fund. In this report il
was stated that about $3.50 of the bal
ance of the fund was to go, by vote Of
certain donors, toward repairs on the
Burr x Burton Seminary; about S32
was to 90 to the Tribune Fresh Air
Fund. There remains after substract.
ing the two sums $40 contributed by
persons whom the Treasurer said he
was unable to reach by a circular let
ter addressed te many of the contrlbu-
tors. 1t is hoped that some will he
reached by the notice tho the JOUR.
NAL. and induced to express their
wishes as to the disposition of the bal
ance Of the fund; but if they could not
he reached bya circular letter, how are
they TO be reached nowY
Ii no instructions are received to the
toutfhIy, bht ITtdNHEtf etdItS buHb Ht
is to turn over this $40 TO the Princi-
pal and Prudential Committee of the
Seminary TO be used for repairs,
A plea for kurn Hattin Home seems
necessary in view Of what has been
stated. In the first place this amount
of money was raised for the aid of poor
children from the city If not used for
this purpose, why not use it for poor,
homeless boys from the country townsP
These boys are taken from New Eng
land and are cared for, and educated.
They were homeless land the Kurn
Hattin Home gives them shelter in
their need.
The total amount of endowment OF
the kurn Hattin Homes on January LIST
1908 was less than SIG, 800. In order TO
carry on their work of charity, the
trustees Of these homes send ont finan
cial agents to solicit funds. The en-
dowment of Burr q Burton Seminary
is more than five times larger than that
of kurn Hattn Home while re-
pairs and Improvements are always
needed, and much more than the sum
in question could be well spent, the
present and immediate need of Kurn
Hattin Home seems much greater than
that of the Seminary.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30

At the Courrrgaiionslrhareh 10 lon-
donderry, Mas. Mildred Ta,tnali
Bacon, daughter - Mr., aud Mrs q +.
Bacon of that town. aud Edward Hop.
kins Swift ~ Manchester. werc mar
riei at eleven o'clock "Wednesday
morning. The ceremony was perform.
"a hy The Rev Vincent Raw, pastor
Of the First congregational church Of
this village, the Episcopal ring service
being used. Mrs. r. Mae Calvin Of
Londonderry presided nj the organ.
The bride was given ia marriage by
ber mother, who was gownod 10 pale
grey. The bride worea gown Of waite
crepe.de-chine ca train. She also wore
n veil and carried d bouquet of bride
roses. Her attendants we're Miss Anna
Elizabeth Coping OF East Dorset as
maid OF honor. aud the Misses Nellie
Grace Grout. Winifred Mary Grout aud
Era Grace Grout Of Arlington and
Sarah Marie Otis of Dandy as brides
maids,
Walter Rice Hard Of Manchester act
ed as best man, and the ushers were
Leo James Abbott, Edward Hunt Hem
enway and Albion A. Cross Of Man
chester and Ralph Foster Perry Of
Pennington, n j.
The church was prettily decorated
with wild flowers, the color scheme be-
ing green, yellow and white, which
are the school and class colors of Burr
a Burton Seminary from which the
bride graduated in the class OF 1903.
There was a wedding breakfast at
the home of the brides parents for the
wedding party.
After short trip the newly welded
couple will reside in Manchester where
Mr.. Swift is engaged IN business with
Edward H. Hemenway under the firm
name of the Taconic Hardware Com
pany. He is son of the late Theodore
Swift of the firm of Cone d Swift. He
attended Burr 4 Burton Seminary and
Wiliston Seminary at Easthampton,
Mass.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30
WIDESPREAD CAMP AIGN AGAINST
FOREST FIRES.
First Convection Under New Yer
mont Law.

The damage doae by forest Hires m
zoos was SO extensive that there has
been widespread movement TO do
away with them. In Maine = series Of
watch towers are being built on the i'm.
portani mountains connected by tele'
phone, so that force of men can be
Immediately ordered 10 fire. In New
York the Public Utilities Commission
has ordered that all railway locomo.
tiyes operating IN the Adirondacks at
ter next April shall burn oil for fuel,
so MS to avoid the sparks which were
such an important cause of the fires
last year. The lumbermen Of New York
suffered so much that they influenced
the Legislature 10 pass a law COMPEL
ing all lumbermen to lop the tops from
AL soft wood trees. This brings the
tops down to the ground where they
are rapidly rotted by snow. Under
present numbering methods these tops
remain a finder for forest fires for
number of years.
In Vermont the problem of forest
fires Is more or less local. The state
as whole is sufficiently cut up by az.
ricultural land TO be exempt from the
great fires such as ravage Maine and
New York But there are certain Sec
tions in the Green Mountains and in
Essex County where fires have always
been more or less prevalent and are
considered necessary evil,
The law making the first selectman
responsible for putting ont fires has
done much to overcome this feeling.
For the most part selectmen have been
vigorous in attacking these fires, but
unfortunately there are still some who
do not seem to realize their duty in
this direction.
The law creating the State Forest
Service provides that the State Forester
''shall. by complaint TO the proper pro-
scouting officer, cause the prosecution
of all persons violating any provisions
Of the penal laws Of State relating 10
forests and forest fires. I"
On July 10 a man in Lamoile Co.,
started fire to burn out stump
which smouldered in the woods for a
month At last during the dry weather
the middle of August it flared up into
a fierce blaze. States Attorney Maurice
with evidence furnished by the Forest
Service, prosecuted the case enthus-
iastlcally realizing the Importance of
pressing upon people the necessity Of
all possible care in the matter of fires.
The result was that the party who was
careless rather than malicious was fined
$40 and costs amounting TO $25. Mr.
Maurice believes that this one convic
ton will do more than anything else to
prevent the repetition of these fires III
his district Many of the other State,
Attorneys have expressed willingness,
TO do all in their power to punish those
guilty Of starting these fires.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30
Why We Are Stronger.

The old Greeks and Romans yere
great admirers of health and strength /;
their pictures and statuary made the
muscles of the men stand out like
cords.
AS matter Of fact we have ath.
letes and strong men--men fed on
fine strength making food such as
Quaker Oats-that would win In any
contest with the old Roman or Greek
champions.
It's matter Of food. The finest food
for making strength OF bone, muscle
and nerve Is fine oatmeal. Quaker
Oats is the best because 1t Is pure, no
husks or stems or black specks. Farm
ers' wives are finding that by feeding
the farm hands plentifully on Quaker
Oats they get the best results In work
and economy. If you are convenient
to the store, buy the regular size pack.
ages; II not near the store buy the
large size family package. 2
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30

one iAS payer ~ town said a. ihs
writer 4 lev days aEo, u deni think
iho SEMINARY needs ihis money ~
much ~ some aihet institutions. and
that i true, ~ ihe wrstmlnsief Houe
was wholly burned only iev months
AGO snd nov ncs aud larger build
ine has taken L. place lhey hase
enough cash on hand q ray for The
new building. bat they nccd furnish
ings lur rooms. and here y az opper-
lapiiy a. AID 4 most deserving charity
why not ase the balance 81 lhs fund,o
help Home that takes homeless boys
and trains them 20 become sclf'snp'
porting citisensi There il that scat
icgeth. and YEA increaselh' aud there
Is thai Nilhholdcth more than Is meet,
bui il tendeth q poverty"
l., n HrMrSwAY.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30

Several iran hrrs iook IN b saaih
wailngio'd Fair
Thomss Mctonnirk aas home lrem
panhS ever Saniiay
The forc-iers had special meet
Inc Ssianlay nlghi Tot sofk.
Parker eiih hls nix rah pipe h..
rnt ne bon'. Ga auto - she hanks
and rattle, over the reads uiiha wobbly
uncertain Rai,, wheu she dan'i halk ap.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30

Master brldsman
Ntss Higgins
Ghas y Wallace aud siie Chestnut Hiii
n fsynfser aud wiir tohoss
CHUTE
Mrs. Il T. Lincoln Plninfeld
Miss chapman nayleston, IN
Miss Emily smith Ardmofc. Ia
Fdsin Glute aud wife schenectady
Garrett : NsedeF and wife
Everett Fowler and vii" Kingston
Mrs Dhipp
Ssrsin ltenhy aud wife syracuse
Miss Kenyon
I u Hazard
E q Mithafhy
w W Brown and wife Washington
N Patterson anu wife .ens Fails
A ~ Me-, ann aud wife
y Jsylor ana sifs Lowell
q Hood
Mrs Hood
Miss Wilder
Nm " iaffinpweli aud wife Watkins Glen
Miss Margaret Walsh
Master VIM Ii.ffingwell
heweii aud wife Worcester
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-30
Artificial Teeth

Not merely false teeth but the
kind that look natural and fl,
perfectly. Guaranteed in every
respect. Your bad teeth can be
extracted absolutely without pain
OF unpleasant after effects by our
new process. No charge for ex-
tracing when plates are ordered.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
Extracts From The Great Ad-
dress Made Last Friday
at Green Lake.

fight lost we should not lose heart
but battle all the harder. With
each victory we should not become
apathetic and think all has been
won. If the issue could be pre-
sented squarely between public
rights and special privilege every
where there would be no doubt as
to the outcome. For the majority
of the people here and everywhere
will do right when they know right.
The representatives of privilege
are too shrewd to permit a plain
issue between public rights and
special privilege to go before the
people. They adroitly complicate
the main issue with other questions
so as to bewilder and confuse men
Of the best intentions. By confus-
ing the issue the representatives Of
privilege divide the forces in oppo-
sition. Those who object to re-
forms do not usually put their pro.
test upon the true ground, but they
seek some other pretext. They ask
why is not this or that done? If
one examines the source of COM
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

There has been a great awakening
on the subject Of Individual respon-
sibility for the affairs of city, state
and nation within the last few
years. The public conscience has
been aroused against evils and
things are not tolerated now that a
few years ago were submitted to in
silence. Will the movement toward
higher ideals 90 on? Will not the
people soon forget? Have not the
people already forgotten, and will
not things be allowed to go on in
the same old way as they were be-
fore the awakening of the people? :?
These questions are being asked all
over the country today.
Reforms sometimes die, but revo-
lutions never go backwards, and a
revolution has been wrought in the
consciences of men. This awaken
ing is merely a determination to
have the government of city. state
and nation represent the public in
terests and not special privilege.
In the battle against privilege some
fights must be lost. With each
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

was held in the city of St. Louis,
which was attended by some of the
leading business men. After the
repast was over, the band played
America" and the audience stood
and sang the familiar words. AS
the last strain of that song died
away one of the men, with tears of
patriotic delight trickling down his
cheeks, said: 20, that I could die
for my country" Just three
weeks after that this man was
cringing at the feet of justice, con-
Tossing that he had bribed an entire
municipal assembly to pass rail-
road franchise bill. He was will
ing to die for his country. he said,
but by his conduct he had shown
that he was unwilling to live for his
country. He had patriotism on his
lips and treason in his heart. He
aspired to be patriot Of war, and
he was a traitor Of peace.
This man was but a type. Many
men would be willing if necessary
to give up their lives for their city
or state. They are needed some-
times, and this kind of patriotism
cannot be too highly commended.
But the man who lives for his city
and state every day is the man the
country needs. True patriotism
does not abide alone in the roar of
the cannon. amid the din and clash
of rams, but in the every day duties
of civic life as we'll. There may be
as much patriotism in giving ones
time to the betterment of civic con-
ditions, and the election of good
men to Office, and in purifying the
ballot as in bearing ones breast to
the bullets of the enemy. The pa
triotism of peace is often more
necessary than the patriotism of war,
for history shows that where one
government has been destroyed by
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

In the face of the bitterest contest
in the history of American politics
he won the nomination of the dem
ocratic party Of his state for gover-
nor, and on election day the people
chose him for their leader. What
has happened since that day is we'll
known all over the land. Missouri
set her house in order. Grafters,
gamblers, brewers and venal cor
porations had to yield to Folk, the
people and the law, and justice and
Righteousness were again supreme.
On or off the platform, Folk i'm
presses one with his quiet manner
and kindly smile. When speaking.
he never 'boils over" His mind
is analytical. He measures and
weighs. but when once ne has
reached a conclusion he becomes the
man of action, resolute, deter
mined, indomitable. To such q
man opposition becomes a stimu-
liant, and it will only hasten the day
when he will triumph. Every one
who listens to him feels that the
speaker is conscious of his own
strength, but it is a consciousness
born of an intimate knowledge of
his cause and firm faith in its ul-
innate triumph. His gestures are
few and simple. Once in a while
he lifts his hands when he wishes
to illustrate. or thumps the table
with his fingers when he wishes to
emphasize. His language is terse
and epigrammatic. The Ezra of
Conscience is filled with sparkling
gems of epigram. each one express
sing sharply and tersely some vital
thought.
Ex-Governor Folk made pro-
found impression at the Green Lake
Chautauqua. Such men cannot but
exert profound and permanent in
fuence upon any community, and it
is to be hoped that the people Of
Kandiyohi county may have more
opportunities to hear such great
and successful champions of civic
purity and Righteousness. The Tri-
bune is pleased to publish herewith
extracts from the Ezra of Con-
SCIENCE"
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

Ladies and Gentlemen. 1t
was spoken in the soft, pleasing &C.
cents of the south. and by a man
himself the typical gentleman of
the south. The man who had risen
to speak was Governor Joseph
W. Folk, of Missouri, the founder
Of the missouri Idea''-the idea
that citizenship in free country
implies civic obligation to enforce
the performance of every public
trust; that bribery is treason, and
that the giver and taker of bribes
are both the traitors of peace; that
laws are made to be enforced. not
to be ignored, and that officials
should no more embezzle the public
power entrusted to them than the
public money in their custody-an
idea at the time of it's announce
ment comparatively new in Ameri-
can civic life, and an idea destined
not only to cause the greatest polit-
ical upheaval in Missouri, but also
to awaken the slumbering public
conscience in other states, starting
the Ezra of Conscience from
which much good has come and
more good is still to come. And
after hearing Folk one does not
wonder so much that this idea
should emanate from him, as one
wonders how he was ever given a
chance to adequately express it..
For Folk is not an opportunist-poli-
tician such as we are wont to see in
positions of public trust. He is an
idealist, and firm believer in at
tanning his ideals without trad
ing," without compromise. And
above all. he is a shining example
of what the right kind of idealism
can accomplish in politics. His
record is replete with things done,
good laws enacted and enforced,
and bad laws repealed, good men
promoted and bad men deposed.
At first the struggle seemed hope
less, but the young circuit attorney
kept on fighting. He believed he
was fighting for the people and he
believed that eventually they would
come to see that he was. They did.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

zens could only be induced to join
hands in patriotic endeavor before
the election and stay joined after
the election. the forces of error
could be vanquished like evil spirits
at the dawn of day.
A government is good in proper
tion as the average morality of the
average individual is. aggressive,
and a government is bad in proper
tion the average morality is low
and lethagic. When good citizens
attend to their duties their civic
energy is represented in good off,
cials. When they are careless their
slothfulness is represented by cor
rupt officials.
The character of government de-
pends entirely upon the will of the
majority, and no government is bet
ter than a majority of it's voters.
The best governed city is where
good citizens are most active and
the worst governed city is where
good citizens are most inactive. If
each individual were to give his at
tention to the public business as his
own, which it is after all, every
good official would have behind him
the aggressive morality of his con-
stituents. and this would confront
every bad official. and say to him.
mo further shalt thou CO."
To arouse good citizens, and
make them realize their civic duties
is matter of supreme Importance.
In a monarchy all authority is in
the crown, and delegated to those
beneath. In republic such as
ours, the people are sovereign.
Each man is one seventy-five mil.
lionth of a sovereign. 1t may seem
small, but it marks the distinction
between the citizen and the subject.
Some of you may think if the
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

government were left entirely to
you public evils would not exist.
But you have portion of the re-
sponsibility now. If you are un-
faithful in part, would you be more
faithful with all? He that is faith
less with portion cannot be trust
ed with the whole. If each citizen
were to leave the remedying of pub
lie wrongs to someone else, nothing
would be accomplished. There is
sometimes too much Of a disposition
to allow others to do the face-sweat
ing in civic affairs while they do
the bread -eating.
Our government in theory gives
more rights than any other, but
some think so little of their obIiga-
tion to the general welfare that
they are Indifferent to being robbed
so long as they do not feel the
effects directly.
The sin of republics is lawless-
ness. In a monarchy the govern.
ment is sustained by the power
of the crown. In a republic the
government rests entirely on the
law which a majority of the people
make for themselves. The reign ot
law means the rule of the people
The moral revolution that is nov
sweeping over the land is merely {
revival of the rule of the people
Eight years ago the laws against
bribery in all of the states were
considered as practically dead let
ters. Up to that time for fift,
years preceding, there has onl,
been about thirty -four cases of brl
berry reported in the books of all th'
United States. Not because tn,
offense was uncommon, but becaus'
it was uncommon for officials to b'
prosecuted for it. When the prose
cutions were commenced in st
Louis the members of the House o
Delegates denounced the briber,
law as "blue law and as a dea'
law because it had not been en-
forced before. They argued tina
members of the House of Delegates
having been taking bribes fror
time immemorial, had acquired
right to do so, and that it was jus
as proper for them to sell thei
votes as for a merchant to sell hi
wares. Here was a crime wors
than any other. for other offense
violate the law, while briber
lstrikes the foundation of all law!
When the law denouncing it ws
not enforced bribery became tt
usual and accepted thing all ov<
the land. Corrupt men feasted an
fattened at public expense; laws b.
/ came merchandise on the marke
. and all this time the public col
science was asleep.
i When the revelations came, AZ
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

as useless as cannon in war without
men. When an official takes an
oath to enforce law he has no
right to violate the oath and excuse
the non-enforcement of certain laws
simply because they are, or seem
to be. unpopular. Sentiment may
be against the enforcement of some
law, but an official does not take an
oath to support public sentiment.
He does take an oath to support the
law, and public sentiment is a diff
cult thing to ascertain. Law abid-
ing people are quiet, while the law
less are so vociferous as to deceive
by their clamor the facts as to their
number. The only correct way to
determine public sentiment is to be
guided by the expression of the peo-
ple's will thru the law making
body. When a law is passed it
must be assumed it is what the peo-
pie want, and it should be enforced
until the people demand and secure
it's appeal. What may seem to be
public sentiment is often the clamor
of the lawless who have a selfish in
terest in violating the law.
Civic evils cannot exist when the
public conscience is aroused.
Nearly all public wrongs grow out
of the Indifference of the people.
The revolution recently wro 1ght in
San Francisco would have come
years ago if the people had been
aroused to true understanding of
the situation. Had the people been
|alert, and had they taken as much
interest in municipal affairs as
they would have taken in corpora
tion in which they were stockhold-
ers, the disgraceful conditions would
never have existed. Business men
forget that they are stockholders in
the cities in which they live, that
each citizen has a share in the cor
poration which conducts municipal
affairs. The best citizen seldom
goes to primaries and often fails to
vote, two duties that the bad citi-
zen never neglects. And when bad
men elect bad man to Office they
support him loyalty in all the evil
that he does. The good men who
aid in electing good man to Office
are usually the first to find fault
with the way he performs his duty.
Much has been done for good
government in various cities and
states during the past year or two.
But we should not be content with
what has been accomplished in the
fight against public evils. There is
plenty Of work to yet be done.
States, like men. should never be
satisfied, but should ever strive for
a higher development. The man
who is so self-satisfied as to pro-
nounce himself undesirous Of fur
ther improvement is likely to be
most in need of advancement. And
cities are often satisfied when
in the control of a corrupt and mer-
ciless gang" The future of our
government rests upon the integrity
! of the citizen, and upon his activity
in public affairs. Good govern
ment must begin at home, in cities
and towns, and proceed from there
to state and nation. This govern
ment rests not upon the wealth Of a
few men, but upon the character
and integrity of the avarage indi-
vidual. There is a constant con-
fict between law and law]essness,
right and wrong, the true and the
false, public rights and special in
terests, the evil and the good in
everv sphere in life.