Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-09-28
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Marriage a r FAILURE.


Is marriage a failure? There are
over fiftv. divorce cases filed in Chitten-
den county and over one hundred in
Washington county, indicating that
the marital yoke is not pleasantly
borne in those counties Richford
Gazette.
Than
The Barton Monitor has right to
crow over the vote for Doctor Mead
in its town. Barton gave the republi-
can candidate the largest majority of
any city or, town large or small, in
Vermont, 566 out of a total of 692
votes cast. Perhaps the Monitors ar
dent and effective championship of
Doctor Mead contributed to the result.
Randolph Herald.
Prouty Working Governor.
Governor Prouty's name will go
down in history as the working COVER
nor. During the past week he has
visited Waterbury twice-Thursday
at the state bankers meeting and
again on Monday making an official
inspection of the state hospital for
the insane. He has the ambition and
the desire to keep tabs on every thing.
He knows. Waterbury Record.
Judge w. w. Miles
GA Daniel come to Judgment" The
lawyers may not like the decision of
Judge Miles who, when the docket of
the Franklin county court was called
last week, announced that all cases
that had been on the docket for four
years or longer would be dropped I'M
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their continuance, but it will appeal
strongly to the people. It is common
sense. -Vergennes Vermonter.
Governor of the Whole People.
DrMead's election by the plurality
of sixteen to seventeen thousand is a
papers who trained their big guns
upon him before the election. Evil
IDENTIFY the guns were poorly aimed be-
sides being loaded with useless ammu-
milton. The Reporter extends hearty
congratulations to Gov. ELECT Mead
and wishes him a prosperous and sue
cessful administration. He will be
governor of the whole people not of
any faction. Springfield Reporter
Road Problem Studied
| The st. Adams board of trade cor
| Quoted a novel undertaking last week
/ Under its auspices,a party consisting
of the governor-elect, the state high
way commissioner, the senators and
Representatives elect from Franklin
| county were sent on an automobile
tour of observation across the lake,
along its western shore and back
! through Addison and Chittenden coun-
! ties. 1t was designed to serve as an
educational object lesson on the sub
ject of good roads, and will doubtless
serve a useful purpose. We expect
! Fuller G. Smith, who has definite
ideas on that question, was at the bot
! tom of it. What constitutes the best
! form Of roadway to meet the needs of
our state under present conditions of
traffic is something of an issue, and
/ should be settled before the state
branches out in any direction. Wheth-
er we need macadam or whether good,
hard gravel, we'll selected. we'll laid
and well rolled, will suffice, is live
question. Vermont should study the
experience of other states similarly
situated especially with regard to soil,
climate and traffic and such trips as
! these by the men who are to deter
mine the matter must be of great val
ue. 1t would be well if other counties
were to follow the wise example of
Franklin and send out other like
! expeditions. Randolph Herald and
| News.