The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28
SUCCESSFUL NEW
vERMONTING" TOUR
State Superintendent Stone and
Troupe In This County.
nELKNAf's GREAT ExaIHirioN
Bellows Pals Newspaper Man Awarded
Title Of Champion chlekea'Ple Eater
Of IVES, Halifax Meetings in JaeA'
sen, lie aud Marlboro,

Ma,nH : slanr, state superintendent "
s.la,alion aiih hls iniIrpld hand ~ Ma
AsHnunsrte came 10 lifalilrhufo Mon,
dss, hnlslins the srfkicue al losal nras
nalat man tbs I,aril loufneyod "a Nrsi
iialiiaA that evening Ia immaculate ihr liia
l,iarial II that svriion NTH The srtm ID
the Ara Aeunoni idua Ihr volunteer
Nrtr EiiiDf frank D. lloae oi ihe iien
ninslun Hammer and Eiiinf a, I helknap
al tie Bellows tails Ilmrs, II, 4, Shaw
ii The kriofmrf Nas ihs laral man pIrssrd
ln,n the -rfNiu. Nj Howe as a native II
[ " ndham count! aas assigned iiiv Iwlan
I ,ill. position oi pilpl aud Alr. stunr -
/ iurssi H. alluN either 1T the 0ihrfs % DIVE,
q. he stated .mIhatirally that hr o0nsid
rtrd himsrli an eAicfi. lie did. nOi dis
rlai a urriihuais o. that elect bat hl iea
sun ~ the ptuniutni position hr holds hir
statement. Nsfv aottldwi aud the party
iaUe,sslcl, having hratilvbufo II AS D.
a. Ar-i Halifax va, reached by o'clock,
the time lot which the meeting sas eall,,i.
The audi.ncr va, granted q biiri nrsIAit
while the speakers played hayoc with .
smoking rhicAenpir pfrpard ~ the soHl
wife ~ The Bapiisi ilaismu Picture q hanI
1T men Nhu haN, Iuiiained from eating
eight hour, Ridden l. nilc. and been upset
INTO 4 .noAdriii, suddenly confronted by a
Streaming pie 81 tender chicken. This :.
what happened 10 the band 81 New Ven
nohicfs. what hapIencd 10 that chicken
PIE j. another -tofy, The bulk Of the dam
ag- To that Wrllladen table va, charge
able to the Bellows falls man. While th. 1
clock licked OH ~ mlnuts- Mr. BelknAp
toycd with the chicken and kept the 80.
hcitous housewife busy handing him
thing. liut all things have an end am
even though Il wa appetlAng to watch
Editor ilclknap satisfy his hunger Il Was
too late 90 pr0long the entertainment and
the party adjourned 10 the Baptist church
Superintendent Stone was the tint
speaker. lie went 10 the core Of the
scheme adopted ~ New Nermoniing,
Which i the education at the rising grn
grafton. Not only would Mr. Stone insiill
INTO the minds Of the hoy, and girls OF
ermont the contents Of text books; he
would teach them methods 10 rchabllitatc
he agricultural industry Of the state. lie
aid that We are not educating the young
men and women Ia he cnnontcrs, that
Nc arr not instilliug into the minds of the
,6ys and girls the possibilities Of Vermont ,
Ne are educating them IN the things that ,
,nly the Textbooks tell and seem content
% call such a System the educational sys
en- of the state. His strongest point was
10 appeal 10 every young man reared on q !
arm 10 increase his knowledge OF agrieul' |
a W
iiic farming He cited instances where i
ermont could outpoint her sister states !
1 the west ~ far a. opportunity Tor young .
len was concerned. In characteristic. n
ally optimistic closing Mr. Stone asked /
very person present 10 lend his effort TO :
ring about such change A. must come I
D the state II the agricultural and social v
,nditions arr 10 be bettered. II. G. Shaw c
poke briefly on the exploits Of the Merino .
leep and Morgan horse IN Vermont and q
I'D Of the results of the concerted effort /,
nat Is being put forth TO rehabilitate .
lese animals in Vermont He also re I
rred 10 the increasing production OF b
pney in Vermont and to specific instances a
here intensive farming i being carried
! IN the state.
W. C. Belknap spoke particularly of the o
c,sl conditions in Vermont and objected u
such terms as poor whites being APP nj
led To persons living in certain of the I,
ountainous sections OF the state. He eN. n
aimed the difference between the so o,
He'd poor whites" OF the south and the d,
iterate people Of certain parts of Yer al
ont He said that the problem Of the III
,ack town of Vermont was not an al +,
elton in the shape of poor whites but it
Their lack Of stimulation and that this "
* OF stimulation could be largely over m
me by the educational meetings which dt
e state superintendent has inaugurated. in
r Belknap interspersed several stories in II
talk and was warmly applauded. il
Mr.. Howe directed the greater part OF la
talk to the need of a system Of state go
ads and outlined plan which would III
Divide trunk lines on both side of the in
tie from the Massachusetts line to the wi
madam border. He referred TO a meas tn
2 for such system of state roads which In,
introduced at the last legislature as sa
preventative from Bennington. He said cr,
1t within Is years the state could pay sci
two such trunk-lihe highways with
IS state connecting roads without bond I
or raising taxes. He would produce shi
funds to build such state highways by VII
renchment and believes that appropra Tin,
ms for some purposes can be materially nla
uced Such reduction he would divert 10
the highway department of the state.
lr. Stone and party went to jackson
e at the close of the meeting A SINH.
meeting was held in that place Tues -
afternoon and another at Marlboro
dnesday evening. "a,