Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-03
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Give Teachers Support. ,

Give Teachers Support.
A man of wide experience in educa-
tional work is reported to have said to
a young teacher: 1.-The only COM
mendation a teacher may hope to
receive is the knowledge that no one
is complaining of him. This is a sad
comment on the attitude of people
toward public school teachers. In
recent editorial the Montpelier Jour
nal speaks of the inability of many
sparsely settled communities to pay
attractive salaries to their teachers.
But moral support costs nothing, and
it of en- counts for more than an
Increase in sal Ary. Money is not the
only incentive. Larger salaries are
needed, but if we cannot pay them,
we should make up for the lack by
such means as We can afford. En-
courage mant we can always afforI.
Let the teachers know that the pa
irons are interested in their improve
ment, and it will prove a greater
incentive than a few dollars. If a
community i'll pay teacher all it
can, and the patrons let her know
that they are interested in her work
and progress, she will be a very in
different teacher if she does not
respond by doing her best. Personal
encouragement personally given will
count for a great deal and it costs
nothing If we would have wide
awake progressive teachers, let Us
remember that the spirit of the
teacher is in measure the reflected
spirit Of the community. st. Johns
bury Caledonian.
After All, It's Vermont.
Gov. Mead addressed a meeting of
300 grangers at Rutland last Saturday
night and among other things spoke
about the assertion of certain metro
politan newspapers that Vermont is
in a state of degeneracy. He real
lied, he said, that the last census
showed a marked decrease in the
population of the state, but declared
that this fact does not imply that
Vermont is in state of degeneracy.
He emphatically said that in deciding
questions of this sort, numbers are
not at all considered, but rather the
moral and educational qualities.
These, he pointed out, formed the
criterion on which a people are to be
judged. He felt sure that the
authors of these attacks must have
lost sight of what has been accom-
plished by Vermonters, both in mill
tary circles and in other respects. To
make this clear he spoke of YER
mont's representation on the battle
field during the Civil War, saying
that the state. in proportion to size,
sent more men to the front than did
any other. and that the Vermont SOL
diers led in many of the most impor-
tant conflicts, also that they sustained
the greatest losses. Bringing his
hearers to more recent events, the
governor alluded to the sinking of the
Spanish fleet in Manila Bay by Admir-
al Dewey, and to the splendid
strategy of Admiral Clark ir safely
steaming his battleship, the Oregon,
around the Horn and thus reaching
the American fleet in time to be Of
material assistance to them during
the fight at San Diego.
He mentioned the names of several
educators and physicians. all born
Vermonters, who are now at the heads
of their respective professions, and in
conclusion alluded to the natural re-
sources of the state and said ~ do
not blush at what has been accom-
plished by Vermonters. 1t only re-
mains for us to do as much good for
those VINO succeed Us as has been done
for US. Hyde Park News and
Citizen.
What Are We Eating?
In view of the facts developed at
Brandon, recently, this is a very
| pertinent question.
One of the leading farmers of that
town, who was supposed to have the
finest dairy in the county who was
scrupulously neat and observed every
sanitary requirement for the making
of fine butter, concluded to have his
herd tested. This was done about
the first of February and, with results
that astonished him and all his
customers and neighbors. Practically
the entire herd was condemned as
affected with bovine tuberculosis
These cows were sent to the render
ing plant as is provided by law ane
killed. All were found more or less
affected, some very badly. The
bodies of those badly affected were
sent to the fertilizer factory. Thos,
but slightly affected were examines
by the u. s. inspector and, where tn
meat appeared untainted, were tagge,
and those parts sold for meat. Thi
is the testimony of those who wit
, messed the killing; and the inspecto
and is in conformity to the law. Blu
this is not all.
The health officer of Brandon
alive. AS soon as the result of The
test disclosed the fact that this dair
was affected with bovine tuberculosis
he Immediately procured samples Q
the butter from the store where
was kept for sale and sent thes
samples Feb. 10. 1911, to the Stat
e Laboratory at Burlington to be tested
n This was done and tubercular germ
, were found in the butter. A guine
pig was inoculated with these germ
and March 18th, just one month later
the pig was dead and found to b
badly affected with tuberculosis
These are facts that are clearl
a stated by the health officer, DR.. G.
a Peck, over his own signature and til
3 report of the director of the Stat
! Laboratory. DR.. Stone, in his repo1
= to DR.. Peck.
n The Brandon Union has printed til
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