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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
THE PARTY PLATFOR NJ.
(S... Adams Messenycr.(

Let us have platform tina,
means something, one that is rec
ognized as binding after election as
well as before, or let us have none
and confess that we have not the
Courage to adopt one tlat we are
Wiling to live up to. BY all means
let us be honest and consistent" =
Montpelier Journal.
All right. And let's begin by not
calling it a platform until after II
has proven to be substantial. Let's
call it the Joke 1t is in disgrace
and will be until some future Legisla-
ture dignifies it," - Londonderry
Sitter.
we shall not mend matters much
that way. If an honest declaration of
party principles and intentions is a
desirable feature of the biennial CAM
paign for good government, lard no
body will seriously question that il
Isl, then let us methodically and
earnestly hold the manifest duty of
the party up to it's responsible raem-
bers so often and so plainly that they
VIII be shamed into making plat
form that they mean to enact into
law and into keeping their promise
afterward,
All this talk about having no plat
form at all is but empty, after all. no
matter from what depths of honest
disgust and righteous indignation Il
may come. And likewise all this talk
that the men elected to the Legisla-
ture were not candidates on the State
platform is similarly mistaken. If
they We're nominated by Republicans
as Republicans and elected by Repub-
iican votes, they were morally bound
by the official declaration of Re-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
BOOMING VERMONT.
(Windsor Journal.

One of the State papers on the
West Side is ridiculing the idea that
the summer hotel business is a profit
able possibility in Vermont. So much
of this ridicule and contrary-minded-
ness is what has kept Vermont "hitch-
ed to post" as the expression is
sometime used. No one is particular
ly anxious for Vermont newspapers
to expand into this summer hotel ex-
pertinent What is needed most is for
the press of the State to talk in favor
of it unanimously. 1t is bound to
come just the same. A good thing
may be talked down." for a while but
the things that can't be done are be-
ing accomplished every day. Give peo-
pie what they want and they are sure
to come after it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
ELECTRIC ROADS IN WASHING.
TON COUNTY.
BARRE Times.)


To the Northfield News it appears
that the extension of the Barre and
Montpelier Traction Company's line
to Mortified would be a sensible
policy; which is undoubtedly true.
Another would be the extension of the
same to South Barre and eventually
to Williamstown, while a continue
ton of the Washington street branch
to East Barre would probably bring
the road as much patronage as the
line to Mortified. All three of these
extensions is matter of a compare
lively short time; or some other
company will take up the work if
the Barre and Montpelier Traction
Company does not. Washington
county is one of the most poulous
centers of the State at the present
time. Included in the area above
outlined there are upwards of forty
thousand people from whom the cleo
trio railroad might draw its support:
but at the present time the only cleo
trio line is that operated between
this city and Montpelier. So much
from the standpoint of feasibility on
the part of the traction company.
On the part of the public the closer
communication between the two cities
and the populous villages of the
county waterbury included) will
prove to be of advantage to all con-
cerned because the interest of all of
them are more or less closely allied
in social and business way. The
great granite industry has ramified
from Barre into all of these centers
or population; has, in fact, been re-
sponsible for their growth to the
present size and will be responsible
for their further increase to a con-
siderable extent. The trading inter-
ests OF the country are also inter-
related largely as the result of the
development of recent years. Then.
too, the agricultural aims of the ter
ritory are very similar and would be
advanced by the more intimate rela-
tons which would be possible with
closer transportation facilities. All
these would be benefited by a net
work of electric railroads over the
country; and such construction
would tend to develop more rapidly
than at present. Most certainly.
from the standpoint of the public, it
Is something to be earnestly desired.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02

oGcn schools of politics like tho Atht-
ii rs of cid and take no the problem
OF taHat Oh for one thing. Then, too
the t'scussion might unear,h the I'M
tn. sht of man who was endowed
by nature and research with a capa-
city to govern. He might with profit
be chosen to carry out the will of the
people, where as It is the voter is Of
ten forced to choose between one who
has been successful in the horse mar
ket or the sale of calico, when neither
could distinguish between a problem
in economics and one of euclid
The suggestion that we revive our
old debating schools and iyceums to
discuss the matter may not be amiss.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
RISE OF THE MORGAN HORSE.
(Lyndonville Union Journal.)

The Concord Monitor. N. H., says
that the Morgan horse department of
the Vermont State Fair is worth to the
State of Vermont AL the fair cost
1t. The past two or three years GER
taiply has seen a decided increase in
interest in the Morgan horse and the
State Fair may claim its fair amount
of credit for this.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
HORACE w. BAILEY.
Oyndonville Union-Journal)

NLyHUUHVIIIt UHIOH-JOuTndI.J
The Brattleboro Reformers sketch
of Horace w Bailey in it's "Verdant
Mountain Patriots" series was about
the best one yet delivered. Horace
is a genuine Vermontei with a big
heart and we all like him. The sketch
was good one and true to the subject.
There was a pleasing absence of that
sarcasm that has been overdone in at
least few of the sketches.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02

week to the satisfaction of pretty
much everybody. And still, save as
above stated, we do not complain for
we are as ready to extend mercy
as we are DESTROYS of deserving and
of receiving mercy, particularly when
it is accompanied by a fair remun-
Grafton for material and service fur
nished.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
o. M. BARBER.
BARRE Times.)

The frequent mentioning given the
name of Orion M. Barber of Benning-
ton wouldn't be tolerated if the owner
of it were not worthy of the promin-
ence. AS judge of the new United
States customs court he would fill the
bill.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
(Randolph Herald.)

The appointment of Lynn M. Hays as
Supervisor of the Census for YER
mont insures the efficient perform
ance of the duties connected with that
position. One of them is the selection
of some two hundred local enumer-
ators, out of many more insistent ap-
plicants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
GOV. PROUTY'S PROCLAMATION.
(Rutland News.)

For eloquence and general literary
excellence, the Thanksgiving proclaim
ations of Governor George Herbert
Prouty doubtless stand superior to
those of any of his predecessors. They
are in every way worthy of profess
sional man of letters. They are really
gems.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02
PRESS COMMENT
What the Newspapers Of Vermont and
Other States Are Saying About
Topics Of Interest to journal
Readers.
LYNN M. HAYS.
(Middlebury Register.)

Lynn M. Hays of Burlington receiv-
ed Saturday his oricial appointment
as supervisor of the Census for Yer
mont. This means that we will be
as accurately counted as it is possible
to do the job 1t is now up to Hays
to settle the question as to who shall
enumerate in the different towns of
the State.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-02

Montpelier Morning Journal on
your breakfast table for Acc month.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
ORIGIN Of Bridal customs.

AS the wedding guests now gather
together at house and church, so
once did the brides tribe gather to-
gether to rescue their stolen daugh-
ter. AS now the wedding supper is
prepared, so once did they sit down
together in peace and amity after
marriage by capture had given way
to marriage by purchase. to the feast
prepared by the bridegroom to pro-
pitiate his father-in-law.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

The case Of the musical man who
named his four daughters after the
eight notes of the tonic sofia scale is
matched by that Of the provincial
printer who named his children from
the type fonts he used-Ruby, Pearl.
Diamond. The first two are no un-
common names for girls, only Ruby
happened to be a boy, He followed
in his fathers footsteps and after
ward became printers manager in
London.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
The WeToI7f MANS woes.

81 wouldn't mind this business" &C
knowledged the man who guesses the
weights of people, ''if 1t wasn't for
the automobile coats the women wear
to hide their figures-how are you to
guess weight unless you see the
figure?-and IL the crowd didn't near
ly die laughing whenever / happen
to guess wrong. A lot Of them seem
to stand around waiting to see me
guess wrong, then chortle like fiends-"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

AT banquet of French medical
men, after toasts were given to the
health OF every famous person who
could be thought of, Alphonse Karr
was asked by the chairman to offer a
special toast The poet rose and said:
propose the health OF all those who
are SICK AS apt was Garrick's reply
to lady who deplored that he was no
talker. ny dear madam" so ran hia
response. II also should be happy IL
| stood higher in your estimation"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

The ceremony of cutting the we'd
ding cake, which falls to the bride,
Is survival of the old Roman "eat-
ing together" which signified that
the bride was reconciled to her lot
and that the husband granted her
share of his property, and the habit
of putting back her veil is a remnant
of savage custom, which DEGREES a
woman must dress differently after
her marriage to signify she is wife.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
About Mcraee', Widow.

"Grass widow" Is not necessarily a
slang term. Il appears In the mar
rfage register of Halstead, Essex, Eng
land, as early as 1854. It Is said to be
q corruption Of grace widow" and
dates from the days when divorces
were granted only by the authority Of
the church. The woman who was so
empowered to separate from her hus-
band was commonly called grace
widow, and from this the expression
gradually gained It's present meaning
and spelling.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Still II Nav PC So.

In the newspaper, my children, are
IL advertisements of something lost,
as against one lonely advertisement
Of something found. What does it sig.
nifty? That ending is dozen times
rarer than losing. to be sure. Certain
ly. after tive thousand years OF the
Sermon on The Mount, it isn't pos-
sible that people who find are so much
less anxious to rush into print than
are people who lose.-Prck.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Thrown Through class screen.

While Blairgowrie (Scotland) young
man was cycling home from the golf
course the other evening he came out
of narrow lane on to the main road
at high speed and ran into the front
OF motor car that was passing. The
cyclist was thrown right through the
glass screen of the motor. and landed
on the road on the other side, mira
culously escaping with comparatively
slight injuries.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Learn to Distinguish co,ors.

Late experience has shown that the
eolorblind may be taught to name or
binary colors correctly, although they
may not see colors as others do. A
conductor on the Southern railway
was discharged for color blindness,
when he began to study colored wool
ems and plants, and in five weeks
passed a rigid color examination with
out mistake. DR.. Brawley has over
come the disadvantage of color blind
ness in other persons by like course
of color study.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Walt Whitman EqotistIc.

This anecdote of Walt Whitman
and Thomas Bailey Aldrich Is from
William Winters "reminiscences: 81
remember one moment when he
WHITMAN contrived to inspire Al
drich with permanent aversion. The
company was numerous and the talk
was about poetry. Yes, Tom, said
the inspired Whitman, i like your
tinkles; like them very WELL Moth
ing could have denoted more distinct
ly both complacent egotism and Ill
breeding"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
The Musician's Grand.

A Chicago man whose after-dinner
peace of mind had been disturbed by
particularly inharmonious street or
chestra, went to his door in answer
to a summons from the collector.
WELL" he inquired impatiently.
what do you wish?" I'm the musi-
cian." said the caller. somewhat
taken aback, land I've conceive
come" "Oh, / see. said the man,
you've come to apologize!"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Kept Burial Clothes az Hand.

In the clothes which she had made
50 years ago for the purpose. Mrs.
John Holstein of Addington, Pa, was
buried as she has wished. The aged
woman had each year during her life
washed these clothes aad then placed
them carefully in box. Shortly be-
fore she died she called TO one Of her
daughters and told her where TO find
the burial clothes, with instructions to
see they were placed on her body.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

Two or three rats will eat as much
grain as a hen, according to the ng.
ures of the department OF agriculture.
Besides robbing the hen of her ra-
tons, rats often steal her eggs and
chicks. Fewer rats and more hens
would improve the farm income.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
unfQtunatelY Coupled.

Alison tells how during Napoleon's
Egyptian campaign no sooner were
the Mamelukes observed at a dis
lance than the word was given:
From square; artillery to the an
giles; asses and Swans to the center"
The command afforded no little merri-
ment to the soldiers even at such an
exciting moment, and made them call
the asses demi-savans
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Breeder of Discomfort.

We are never more disconnected
with others than when we are discon-
tented with ourselves. The conscious
ness of wrong doing makes us irrit-
able, and our heart, in it's cunning.
quarrels with what is outside it, In
order that it may deafen the clamor
within.-Home Chat.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

In a real-property case before a
French judge, at an early period OF
the revolution, the defendant, whose
title was contested, proved that the
estate had been in his family for
more than 200 years. WELL" said
the Judge, ''it is now full time for
another family to have turn"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Persevere.

Persevere in whatever calling you
adopt. Your progress may be slow.
and results seemingly meagIe; but
there is no reason for growing faint
hearted. Remember how the little
brook persistentiy winds its way to
the river, and the river to the ocean:
both reach their destination
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Doc Paws for Gas.

At Cote Saint Andre tIsere) they
have curious tax On dogs. Gas has
been introduced into the commune,
and the friend of man Is to pay for it.
All dogs are TO be taxed as dogs kept
for pleasure, but in the case Of sub
scribers to the gas undertaking their
dogs of whatever species are to be
treated as watch dogs and viii be
exempt.-London Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Pnssihie pirference.

"A vast difference bechune appear
ances an facts Whin mon laughs
at We, it may be because his heart is
merry. 1t may be only tn clatter av
a weak character through an Imply
head"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Over the phnnA

Host Cat his wife's reception)-Ah,
my dear Mrs. Brown, aren't you COM
ing? Everybody is expecting you.
Oh, never mind about your
dressmaker and gown. It's
not your clothes we want to see, it's
you.-Harvard Lampoon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
A Little KNOWLEDGE.

Any knowledge whatsoever is bet
ter than none at all; little knowl-
edge is dangerous because 1t is almost
no knowledge at all. We are rapidly
coming to the day of blessed smat-
tering knowledge of nearly every USE
full thing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
A Marital Customer.

Look here. you charge me So as
fee for getting married. but friend
Of mine you married last week tells
me he only had to pay you a dollar.
Eyes. that's quite true, but I've mar
ried him six times He's customer.
I may never see you again.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
snider That Goes FISHING.

There has recently been discovered
in Buenos Ayres a spider which prac-
tees fishing at times. In shallow
places it spins between stones two
winged comical net, on which it runs
in the water. and captures small fish.
tadpoles, etc.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
II DEPENDS.

How do you pronounce s-t-i-ng-y?"
the teacher asked the young gentle
man nearest the foot of the class.
And the smart boy stood up and said
it depended a great deal whether the
word applied to a man or bee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Puzzled the Oriental.

Although the young Oriental under
stood ordinary methods and occur.
FENCES very well in his new California
abiding place. he occasionally found a
puzzle. Japanese boy pretty smart
when he can speak American in a
year." he said, "but Missouri boy he
speak good after he has been here
six months"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
IL Quieted Mother

The house was all paid for! Mother
was exultant. jubilant. reiterative.
Say, mother burst out six-year-old
Paul, eagerly, print it on your cards.
mother, print it on your cards!"-
The Delineator.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
A LEADING Question.

An old Scotswoman was advised by
her minister to take snuff to keep
herself awake during the sermon. She
answered briskly: why dinna We
put the snuff in the sermon, mon?"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
~= -
Old Salt Goldfish GoinQ.

The good old salt Goldfish is dish
that Is going out. We used to get
real salt Goldfish when we bought
them hard as board and with their
skins on. Now we get salt "cod"
in paper boxes, neatly labeled, OF
course, but which sometimes tastes
like pollock, paddock. or dogfsh.-
New York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
When Anesthetics Were Unknown.

In 1889 Velpeau, one of the greatest
surgeons of his time. wrote as fol-
lows: 1.-THE escape from pain in sur
gical operations is a chimera which 1t
is idle to follow up to-day. Knife
and pain in surgery are two words
which are always insepsreble IL the
minds of patients and this necessary
association must be conceded"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
From the Servants, Table.

Van Antler-'I think we are sure
of good dinner tonight. You know
my new English butler does the en-
tire catering for the household"
Grubb-"Can you rely ON him to-?"
Van Antler-"Not always. but this
evening requested him TO send US up
something from the Kitchen table. -
Puck.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

A familiar prescription for success
might be paraphrased to say: Keep
energetically at 1t. while you are at
it." Then forget 1t until another days
work begins, and you will promote
health an well as prosperity.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Truth About Pictured Love.

The real truth about pictured love
is that If any girl was clasped in a
mans arms. as she is In the books,
she would get a crick In her neck
that would prevent her looking at her
back hair for week.-Atchison
Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
No Doubt about II,

Newcombe-You told me Miss Vel.
lowleaf was as pretty as she could
be- Why, she's a perfect fright.
Crawley Nevertheless she is as pref
ty as she can be.-Kansas City Jour.
nal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

For the athletic type of man the
average chest measurement is SO
inches, with waist of "a; while the
motoring man, though shorter. de-
mands 36-inch waist.-Boston Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Learned hx travelling.

When one travels one soon discov.
ers that the thigh headed" French
man is the best of fathers and most
thrifty person, and that perfdious Al
bion, the 'unscrupulous nation" is a
people OF pious idealists, fanatics OF
righteousness and liberty!-Prager
Tagblatt, Prague.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
An Early Approximation.

1t is our observation that the best
descriptions of heaven are those put
out by the railroads calling attention
to the scenery along their respective
coutes.-Topeka Capital.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Drifted into II.

Yes. I've managed to get into debt
pretty deeply" said kayrless. In
deed" remarked Wise, 81 gave you
credit for more sense than you seem
to have" HIN! the trouble was that
my tailor gave me credit for more
dollars than / seem to have" said
Kayrliss. - Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Unfortunate Emulation.

A North Caro!inan recently eloped
with three women on the same train
And it seems that events will persist
in showing that Solomon lived for
nothing .-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Have Earned Right to Denounce

Some O. de men dat hears indig-
natin bout Wall street." said Uncle
Eben, has had personal experiences
dat intitles dem to speak wifi feelin'.
Dey minds me of de boy dat went
after honey in a hornets nest an got
stung."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
Daily Thought.

A man is not little when he finds
it difficult to cope with circumstances,
but when circumstances overmaster
him.-Goethe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

Every great and commanding move
ment I'm the annals Of the world II the
triumph Of enthusiasm.--Emerson.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-02-27
BLY, WAS so NERVOUS.
He Was Not to es Asitated, Even BY
~Percy, Dear"

It was moving day for the summer
colony along the North shore of Mas
sachusetts- On the morning train
from Rockport, bearing many we'll
known Bostonians to their town
houses for the winter, rode a stormy
old gentleman from the west. At
Pride's crossing q family of three
father, mother and daughter-boarded
the train. bearing respectively the
family treasures: One pet poodle, one
travelling clock in a much worn leath-
er case. The party had no sooner
found seats across from the western
er. than 1t became apparent that the
excitement of boarding the train had
caused a commotfon amng the pets.
The cat was chided for talking aloud.
tress- BE yourself once more-we
are now on our way home" Where
upon Bobby grew calm.
The poodle became restless in the
company of his master on a seat in
front and signified his yearning for
Bobby's company by climbing up the
back of the seat and casting goo-goo
eyes at the Tabby. The sympathetic
mistress understood at once and said:
You may come over here and sit
with US, Percy, dear on one condition
you must not agitate Bobby"
This was too much for the stormy
westerner. With loud snort he
reared up, paved his handbag from
the rack above his head, and pranced
into a coach ahead.