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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
SMALLER FARMS NEEDED.

It seems to the Journal that it is far
better for the general welfare that ten
men shall own 100 acres each than it
would be if one man owned 1000 acres and
employed the other nine. There is a
benefit in individual ownership, the sense
of possession. that makes for stability of
character and for good citizenship. When
man can say "My house, my farm,
my store" he is likely to be more vitality
interested in the welfare of his COM
munity than the man who is hired
servant" however large his wage or salary
may be.
1t is true that there would be a certain
economic saving in cultivating one farm
of a thousand acres that would not be
possible in ten observation-disclosures farms,
but it would not be sufficient, it seems to
to the journal, to offset the increased feel
ing of Independence that comes with
ownership, which, in turn, benefits the
community. 1t is an old saying, "Where
mans treasure is there his heart will be
also" The thrift that comes with owner
ship is saving quality in every town and
city, and one that should be encouraged.
We may not be able successfully to
limit the size of our Vermont farms to a
minimum of ten acres, but more intensive
farming is needed in this State and could
be made profitable
In discussing fruit raising and vegetable
growing on small farms, the Farmers and
Drovers' Journal declares that in the fruit
belts of Texas, Washington, Oregon,
Colorado, Idaho and Montana an acre OF
apple orchard will yield 81 900 to 81 800
worth of apples that are unrivaled in APP
pearance and flavor. American apples are
in large export demand and an oversupply
is not apprehended. as consumption of
apples is equal to production at very re-
munerative prices. In favored localities
farmers can realize gross income of $500
per acre for fruit or garden vegetables
when the small farm is operated to its full
capacity under modern scientific cultiva-
ton"
1t should be possible to increase the
revenue of Vermont farms very materially
by increased attention to the growing OF
fine apples The Journal believes that this
is subject that should be agitated by
Oranges and in farmers meetings through
out the State. 1t means much for the
development Of many small farms moi
adapted to the cultivation of other crops
Vermont is State of comparatively small
farms and is likely to continue in that class
Not all her farmers are thrifty and enter
prising, but general conditions would no
be bettered by making few farms out o
many small ones, but rather through NOR
intelligent cultivation of small holdings.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE

Rutland wants Sunday baseball and a
huge petition in its favor will be present
ed to the local head Of police. The ques-
ton of Sunday observance will shortly
become pressing for settlement. Senti-
ment is changing rapidly and the statutes
do not represent it and are very difficult
to enforce. What is right or wrong on
the Sabbath, both scripturally and legally
is matter about which few would agree,
The popular and growing practice is
toward degree of liberalism that would
have shocked our fathers twenty-five years
ago. Few people there are who conhne
their Sunday activities, aside from reli-
gious, to works of necessity and charity
Yet we are not fully prepared for the
noisy, rowdy, wide-open fair-day kind OF q
Sunday that characterizes many parts
of the country and world.-Randolpf
Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
orrmunt 0MMthman.
VALUE OF SMALL FARMS

The Farmers and Drovers' Journal in a
recent issue contained a valuable article
entitled "More Small Farms, " which is of
general interest The writer says in part;
"A survey of agricultural operations
reveals great evolution in progress in the
average size of the farms OF the country.
There is no longer the ambition to own
multitude of broad acres, because it is
difficult to obtain help to properycultivate
large holdings The great stock ranches
and tbe immense cotton and sugar plan
tations are being subdivided into small
farms. where owners operate them under
the latest methods of scientific agriculture.
"The reclamation OF vast acres OF
desert land by government irrigation
works has started the fashion of small
farms under system of intensive cutiva-
ton. Reclaimed desert land when irriga-
ted is proving marvelously productive and
admirably adapted to fruit, vegetables,
nuts and alfalfa. The irrigated districts
of Texas Colorado, Washington, Montana,
Idaho and California have produced crops
of fruit and vegetables valued at upward
of $1,000 per acre. Such vast revenue can
only be achieved by intensive cultivation,
which precludes the possibility of large
holdings of land and encourages the con-
centration of labor on small farms.
"The future agricultural development
of the country will be characterized by
small farms operated by system OF in
tensive cultivation. The farmer with a
son inclined to agriculture may not be
able to buy for him a quarter-section farm
in the corn belt, yet he can purchase ten
acre farm in the irrigated district, where
the gross income from fruit or vegetables
NAV equal the revenue of the 160-acre
farm in the corn belt. The advantages OF
social life and the time for recreation and
self-improvement are greater in district
of small farms than in localities featured
nv large farms devoted to live stock indus
trv or grain production. The small farm
is increasing in popularity and promises to
revolutionize future agriculture. Small
farms will eliminate the present trend OF
migration from the country to the great
cities and intensity the national prosperity
bv increasing the number of land owners
and enlarging agricultural production.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
GOV. PRoUTYiS GOOD WORK

The Orleans County Monitor says that
1.-THE tercentenary was a success and no
one helped more to make it so than Gov
ernor Prouty" This is the verdict Of
everybody who knows whereof he thinks.
Burlington Free Press.
There is no doubt of Gov. Prouty's
earnest work to make the tercenten-
airy success, and great credit is due
to him therefor 1t is also true that
in everything relating to the good of
the state the present chief executive
has been willing and effective worker.
No public matter has been neglected
he has been active and interested and
has brought his good business training
to bear upon all public questions He
has probably made mistakes, perhaps
as few as any governor but his earnest
efforts at all times for what he deemed
the best interest of Vermont are worthy
of commentator. MORTIFIED News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
KEEP PUSHING

The efforts of the Brattleboro board
of trade to advertise Brattleboro and vi
entity as a vacation resort were so sue
cessful that hotels, boarding-houses, ETC.,
found themselves overwhelmed with in
quiries and utterly incapable of caring
for all those people who announced their
intention of spending their vacations
there The results were that the tide
of summer visitor traffic had to be turned
elsewhere, and Brattleboro and its contig-
uous territory had to lose considerable
promised revenue this year, while at
the same time an agitation was started
for large summer hotel. Whatever
of value the advertising proved to be,
it showed conclusively that great num-
Der of people are DESTROYS of spending
their vacations in the Green Mountains
and that as soon as we can guarantee
them reasonable accommodations they
will come. Vacationists are seeking for
new locations for rest and recreation, and
the majority Of them are firing of the
crowded resorts with their busy whirl-
something which tired people wish tc
avoid. Vermont is as yet not generally
frequented by summer visitors and there
is the rest and quiet which many people
seek. That Vermont is attractive tc
them, the Brattleboro experiment indi.
| Gates.
Being thus convinced that the stream
of summer vacationists is only waiting
to be assured of hotels and boarding
places, capitalists should be encouraged
to expend their money in providing the
necessary accommodations At the pres
ent time there are many communities
which, having felt the demands fo
greater hotel accommodations, are clam
oring for such hotels. Brattleboro is one
Burlington is another, St. Adams is {
third. And so on the round of the large
places. In the small towns, too, ther,
i is imperative demand for semi-publi,
houses which can be thrown open t.
the transients of the summer months
1t seems certain that the houses and hotel
could be readily filled from June to Nov
ember.-Barre Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
This is MY o2ND BIRTHDAY"
John M. Thurston

John Mellen Thurston, former United
States Senator from Nebraska, was born
in Montpelier, VT, August 81, 1S47. At
the age of seven he removed with his
parents to Wisconsin, and was educated
in the public schools of that State and
at Wayland University. After leaving
college he studied law and at the same
time supported himself by working on
farm and doing other manual labor
He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and
began the practice of law in Omaha. In
1872 he entered public life as a member
Of the Omaha city council. Later he
served as city attorney of Omaha and
as a member of the Nebraska legislature
AS general counsel of the Union Pacific
Railway Mr.. Thurston attained wide
reputation in the legal profession. He
took a prominent part in Republican
politics, and in 1889 was elected presi-
dent of the Republican League of the
United States. His term in the United
States Senate covered the period from
1895 to 1901.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
WINTER TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

In speaking of summer hotels the
Burlington News says: "Our own opinion
is that we need hotels like the Woodctock
Inn, for winter as well as summer. A
year-round hotel would be more likely
to pay than the summer kind,
The comment brings out a good idea,
that of attracting winter as well as sum-
mer tourists to Vermont. The Green
Mountain state is, like Canada, just as
fetching with her green hills overspread
with white and spotless mantle, as it is
in the hot and dusty summer. Canada
draws crowds to its indispensable
winter" and why can't Vermont? We
have the same kind Of winter, just as
long and just as much Of it, Think how
easily the managers could entertain their
guests. In place of golf links, they would
have their toboggan slides; they could
food the tennis court and make first
class skating rink, while there are the
mountain climbs on snow shoes and the
sleigh rides on moonlight nights to take
the place of auto parties.
What we want to do is to show people
that Vermont is the only place, summer
and winter, spring and fall, and if carried
out, the winter hotel idea would boost
the cause along whole length We
wish to thank the contemporary for
the suggestion. It's happy and re-
freshing thought for the first of August.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
PRESS COMMENT
WALKING THE STREETS

Rejecting the eyes of the stranger
ment is the countless number of
young girls who nightly promenade
the streets of the city with little or
no apparent object in view. At least,
and this is said with due and deliber-
ate consideration, it is question that
creates within the mind of the obser-
want degree of doubt as to the pro-
priety of this sidewalk promenading.
Communities of this character are
the homes of many Woodworking girls.
The streets of the city are no place for
them as the midnight hour approaches.
They must, indeed, have recreation, yet it
is poorly conceived in a work day in the
mills and shops and an evening on the
streets. No one will question the right to
free and proper recreation. Every one,
however, should stamp with disapproval
the growing habit of these supposedly
harmless larks, the wrong of which is
nearly always traceable to the door of
man, but the punishment of which is
nearly always suffered by woman.
In no sense is this intended as a general
Arrangement 1t is however, intended as
warning to the mothers and fathers
of those children of the feminine sex, who
are allowed to come and go at night prac-
tically unchecked And parents of boys
should also be watchful. They may feel
proud in hearing of their boys being class d
as "a fine dresser" "a great spend, r
"a real sport, but in truth, what is such
person? Self respecting young women
of the city better cut out their companion
ships with such "fne dressers" and
great spenders." A restraining hand
should be placed somewhere by some
one with the power That power rests
first of all in the home in the rearing of the
child But when young men and young
women and boys and girls cease to accept
the parental advice as the best suggestion,
then it devolves upon the parent to force
that advice where it will do good, and
insist upon show of authority. Keeping
young boys and girls off the street at
unseemly hours is step in the right direc-
tion.-North Adams Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
A Scholarly Child.

BOSTON has for long enjoyed the
reputation of having exceedingly
learned children who are able, so 1t is
said, to dispute on subjects far above
the heads Of their elders Of other re-
gions. But Boston is not unique. In
book entitled 1.-THE Scot of the Eight
eenth Century" Ian Maclaren describes
a similar characteristic Of the Gale
DOMAIN.
It is the inevitable tendency of the
Scots mind to follow out every line to
its terminus, even II 1t be over preci-
pice, and to divide every hair till In
Unity is touched.
1t is not only in church courts, but
IN market places and in railway sta
tons, In humble cottages as well as In
university societies, that the Scot is
disputing, In every spare moment of
his time, from morning till night.
The story goes that minister over
heard a mother questioning her child
as it supped it's porridge, after the
days work was done.
what" said Rhis austere mother
sis the true relation between kirk and
state. according to the principles OF
the Free churchW
And the favored child promptly re-
piled, Coordinate jurisdiction with
mutual Observation-Disclosures Com
panion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
Better Than for Years.
Man-a-Iin an Ideal Laxative.

provision for a tariff commission, a
customs court and an income-taX amend
ment to the constitution to be submitted
to the several states.
In an interview in a Montpelier paper
Senator Dillingham; is quoted as being
opposed to tax on the income of cor
porations. To the country at large this
taxing of corporations and through tax
ing regulation, seems eminently proper,
and it is only question of time when
the tax will be extended to the income OF
partnerships and individuals. Bellows
Falls Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
THE NEWSPAPER
(Rutland Evening News)

NINVVIdTIO IINVIIIIB 4NUWoI o
Henry Ward Beecher once said: In
the United States every worthy citizen
reads a newspaper and owns it. A news
paper is window through which men
look out on all that is going on in the
world. Without newspaper man is
shut up in small room and knows
little or nothing of what is happening
outside of himself. good newspaper
will keep a man in sympathy with the
worlds current history. 1t is an ever
unfolding encyclopedia, an unbound book
forever issuing and never finished
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
THE MEN WHO GO TO BALL GAMES
Boston Traveler)


A man who could see anything inn
moral in the watching of a well played
game of baseball must be hard put
to it in the doctrine of total depravity.
On the other hand, there is in the very
sight of two magnificent human machines
of nine component parts working in that
beautiful precision and adjustment that
major league baseball generally exhibits,
an encouragement to alertness Of mind
that is worth as much as a training in
mathematics You don't find the sluggish
fools at baseball games. You do find
in large numbers men of affairs, men
of profession, men of mark in various
ways The objector who asserts that
the majority of baseball spectators are
loafers simply doesn't know anything
about the makeup Of a gathering at
the big league grounds Men may be
loafng there for the time being, but in
their usual places in the doing of things
they give no odds to any one.
The fact is that the game of baseball
is mighty power in the land, part
of our civilization so intimate that tc
destroy it today would seriously disar'
range affairs No other sport in the
world can bear the slightest compari-
son to it in the numbers of citizens il
draws unto itself Football will at
tract as great crowds on few occasions
in the fall-but suppose football wer'
played daily for nearly six months
No, baseball is king, and so long as i
is conducted decently and honorably-
as it is now-so long it will merit anC
hold the scepter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
BISHOPS 18th ANNIVERSARY
Many Congratulations Received by Most
Rev. Patrick !. Ryan

Rev. Patrick J.. Ryan
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 19.-Manv
congratulations were received to-day at
the residence of the Most Rev. Patrick j.
Ryan to remind him that the day marked
the twenty-ffth anniversary of his entrance
upon his duties as Archbishop OF Phila-
delphia. An elaborate celebration of the
event had been proposed, but at the special
request of the Archbishop the plan was
abandoned and the only observance was a
low mass of thanksgiving, which was cele7
brated this morning in the Cathedral of
st. Peter and st. Paul
Archbishop Ryan, who, during hid
twenty-five years residence in Philadel1
phia has endeared himself to many
| thousands of Protestants, as we'll as to tho
Roman Catholics of the city, came herd
from st. Louis in 1884 He was born ID
1881, near Thurles, Tipperary County
Ireland, and attended a private school al
Dublin until 10 years old. He then en-
tered Carlow College, where he received
his ecclesiastical training and was ordained
sub-deacon. In 1852 he left Ireland fol
the United States and became connecte{
with the archdiocese of st. Louis. Here h
remained until his appointment in 1SS
as the successor of the late Archbisho
Wood of Philadelphia.
Since he came to Philadelphia Arci
bishop Ryan's church labors and publ
addresses and acts have brought him vic
renown. He was the preacher at the ded
cation of the Cathedral in New Yor
also when the pallium was bestowed upC
Archbishop Corrigan. When Cardin
Gibbons received the red hat it was Arc
bishop Ryan who delivered the cratic
He also delivered the address to Pope l.,
NH when a copy of the Con tuition
the United States was given to him
President Cleveland.
| Few persons outside of clerical circ
are aware that the Archbishop is neari
his eightieth year, as he is hale and hear
and has scarcely a gray hair in his hea
He attributes his good health TO his regu
habits OF living and to his daily walk.
matter what the weather he seldom fa
to take walk of several miles each aftd
I noon.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
THEIR VACATIONSI
Fundamentals NeWsl

President Hyerup, of the X Y q
railway, who is much in need of rest,
has gone on years yachting cruise
around the world. Mr.. Hyerup says
this is the first real vacation he has
taken in six months. "
General Manager Bluff OF the X Y y
railway is on his way to Germany to
take course of treatment at the spas.
He will be- gone six months.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19

Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold
A. s. Nusbaum. Batesville. In.
diana. writes: Last year suffered
for three months with a summer
cold so distressing that It interior
ed with my business. l had many
Of the symptoms of hay fever. and
a doctors prescription did not reach
my case, and I took several med
icines which seemed only to aggre-
vate 1t. Fortunately ! insisted up
on having Foley's Honey and Tar.
1t quickly cured me. My wife has
sinced used Foley's Honey and Tar
with the same success" Sold by all
druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
BANKING CONDITIONS
Report of State Bank Commissioner Shows
Increase in Deposits and Investments

Report of State Bank Commissioner Shows
Increase in Deposits and Investments
The report of State Bank Examiner
F. G.. Williams of Newport contains many
interesting facts concerning the status
of the various banks throughout the State,
chief among which is the fact that the
deposits in these institutions have in
creased over 100000 since last year.
Excerpts from the report are printed
herewith:
1.-TWO new trust companies have been
organized and opened for business since
the last report Of this department, name
| ly, the Mortified Trust Co., located at
Mortified, Vermont, and the Barton
Savings Bank and Trust Co., located at
Barton, Vermont. The Barton Savings
Bank located at the latter place, has been
liquidated and the depositors paid.
"There are now twenty-one savings
banks and savings institutions, and
twenty-nine savings banks and trust
companies in operation in the State.
DEPOSITS
"The total deposits of the banks are
S64, AIS, 013.O4, an increase of S4,0l6,359.
60 for the year. This is the largest increase
of any year, except from 1906 to 1907,
in the history Of the department, and
in view of the change of the law in 1906,
which accounted for the large increase
the following year, this remarkable in
crease in deposits indicates that the peo-
pie of this State have great confidence in
the stability of our banks, and also that
general business in Vermont has not
seriously suffered the past year.
"Ten Of the savings banks and twenty
one of the savings banks and trust COM
panies have paid four per cent.
interest upon deposits during the past
year, and four savings banks and trust
companies have paid three and one-half
per cent; six savings banks have paid
three and three-fourths per cent. and one,
three and one-fourth per cent. One saw
ings bank and trust company paid three
per cent, and one, three and three
fourths. Two trust companies have no
deposits.
INVESTMENTS
"The investments in mortgages on real
estate in Vermont are Sl3,953, l02.3l
an increase of 81 ,40S, 272.7O and on real
estate without the State, 1927, 209, 766. 90,
an increase of 81, 329, 44700.
SURPLUS
"The surplus has ncreaseds145, 1886
during the year, and is about the same
per cent Of the deposits as last year.
TAXES AND EXPENSES
"The taxes paid by the banks are S425,-
945.33, an increase of S19,3S2.71. The
other expenses are S34S,717.27, an in
crease of S25, 634.l7.
DIVIDENDS
THE banks paid interest to depostors
to the amount of S2,1S4, 2O3O0, an in
crease of SIS, 235.25 over the amount paid
in 1908.
"Some of the banks report the exact
amount of the accrued interest, while
Others report an estimated amount, and
still others make no account of it.
think there should be a uniform method
with relation to the accrued interest, and
if it is to be reported at all it should be the
correct amount, in order to be of any value
to anyone who examines the bank state
ment, and hope to bring about uni
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19
Sporting MatterS

Are an important part
worlds news these day
Montpelier Morning Jourh
give much attention to this
of the daily news service o.
country. e. T. Seguin, the |
newsdealer, will see you have
paper promptly and in time
your coffee and rolls. Talk 1t
with him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19

Baseball is the great American game
and is all right and proper in its time and
place, but if up-to-date-ness consists in
playing it on Sunday, we hope Vermont
will ddcide to stay back. St. Johnsbury
Republican.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-19

Heavy, impure blood makes
muddy, pimply completion, head
aches, nausea, indigestion. Thil
blood makes you weak, pale, s6iGk
ly. Burdock Blood BittsX
the blood rich, red, pull
perfect health.