Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-12-07
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
A Post Card Day.

THE people of Vermont ought to
! inaugurate souvenir post card day."
says former Vermonter IN the Mont
pelier Morning journal. Every man,
woman and child should send a
souvenir card to some friend or ac-
quaintance resining out of the state.
/ The writer advocates the mailing of a
million or more cards in the middle of
June or as early as May. One result
| of this would be the stimulating of
tourist business in the state.
A Gift to Vermont.
The proposition of Col Joseph Bat
| tell of MiddIebury to present to the
state of Vermont for state park res
ervation the several hundred acres
should promptly be accepted by the
state. This is one of the eminences
among the Green mountains which
should be preserved for the free use
perpetually of all the people. The
condition Colonel Battell imposes-that
automobiles be forbidden on the reser-
vation-is not onerouS nor difficult of
| fulhlment. 1t would be almost as diff
| fcult for automobiles to ascend the
| heights of this peak as it would for
cordwood wagons to take the path of
the aeroplane in flight. The name
Cancels Hump however. should be pre-
served. albeit the proposed name
, ETHAN Allen Park" might be re-
served for the park reservation as a
! whole. Rutland News.
Deer in Essex County.
| It reads like a weak argument that
/ the open season for shooting deer in
! Essex county ought to be extended to
a month, because the deer are less ac-
cessible there than they are in other
parts of the state. One would infer
! by the statement that the counties
were TO share and share alike the an
nIal distribution of venison and that
| if one county does not succeed in get
ting it's quota then it should be given
! longer time than the others. If Essex
county hunters do not get their share
of deer meat during the open season of
one week it is their lookout, for they
admit that the forests there shelter a
great many of the animals but we are
convinced that the per capita of veni-
son the year around is greater in Es-
sex county than in any other county
of the state. There are several rea-
sons why the official returns do not
show a greater slaughter there during
the open season. Barre Times.
Regulating Pledges.
A man may hurrah for republican,
ism all his life, and yet if he is sent
to the legislature and votes to re-
pudiate republican pledges he can do
more harm in d single day than he can
render benefit by whole lifetime of
theoretical support. The power and
the good name of the republican
party of Vermont are in danger,
because of the reluctance of some
members of the legislature to honor
the definite and specific promises OF
the platform. Now is the time for a
mans loyalty to republicanism tC
: count. Sent here as a republican, By
} Republican voters. in a representative
capacity, he assumes heavy RESPONSE
bility il he allows his own prejudices
to outweigh the combined wisdom Of
, the party. He does not represent
merely his own constituency, but il
part all the people of Vermont because
his vote affects the entire state, anc
if he is faithless he helps to disgrace
: the party as whole. -Montpe
Journal.
Mr.. Tito omb'; Appoint nent.
The reappontment of John w. Tit
comb as state fish and game commits
= Sioner was in line with good sense
Titcomb has held the office since hi.
: return to Vermont he has giver
, evidence of strong and firm hand
and that is what is needed in Vernon
particularly in this department. Il
the fish and game laws are to be re
spectad more than in spots here anC
t there and by individuals here anc
4 there. it is necessary for the state tx
exercise a repressive influence, for The
laws will not enforce them selves
, Toward enforcement of the laws, Mr.
TitcOmb has gone about his work in
business-like manner: and to have Gu
off that service before he hal beer
given a chance to carry out his plan!
would have been to deprive the stats
Of soma possibilities for bettermen
in the administration of the laws
Mr.. TitcOmb, by his reappointment
will now be in a position to pusl
through whatever policies he ma.
have mapped out. Moreover the stat
i has confidence in his abilities to per
form the duties of the position, judg
= ing by prior service. Barre Times.
t Rifle VS.. Shotgun in uniting.
: In attempting to safeguard tn
II lives of deer hunters in Massachusetts
y the lawmakers of that state hav
overlooked entirely the regard for tn
l. suffering of the animals which ar
g being hunted. They have forbidde
IS the use of rifles in hunting deer. req
,, soning that in case a hunter shout
happen to be hit by a charge of sho
it would be less disastrous than
single rife bullet and that thong
q TERRIBLY lacerated, the victim migf
" live. But that form of huntin
IN imposes the possibility of very gre;
in suffering on the deer which may /
u struck by the shower Of bullets. TT
:. less disastrous effect of a charge {
l" scattered shot on the human anator
st is no different than it would be in tt
to case of the deer. The result will |
20 that wounded deer will have their su
~ ferings prolonged unnecessaril
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