The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-23
Fort Ethan Allen.

The Fort Ethan Allen military reser'
walton has been fostering sore ever
since its establishment, and the triple
killing of last week is but one more
notch on the stick. The garrison, wheth-
er of white or black soldiers, numbers
enough men Of vicious and criminal in.
stinct to make the post an undesirable
asset to that part of Vermont. lts
nearness to the vice haunts of Bur
| lington and Winooski, which thrive by
the patronage they thus receive, serves
to complicate the problem of keeping
trouble at a minimum. The regular
army in time of peace attracts, unfor-
tunately, a class who tend 70 bring dis.
credit on the great majority OF en-
listed men who are good citizens and
good soldiers The colored troopers now
at the fort have rather surpassed in
deeds of violence the white garrisons
previously stationed there, though their
every day demeanor on the streets and
trains is quite an improvement, 80 it
is reported. Their crimes are general
ly confined to their own race, which may
or may not be considered an extenuating
circumstance. Randolph Herald.
The weather Of the past two days
has caused profound disappointment to
hundreds Of thousands Of Americans.
There has been no game during these
days between the champions OF the two
leagues The sensible and judicious
man never refuses to recognize facts,
and the public interest in baseball is
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where admitted This interest is shown
not only by the attendance and the
rush for tickets at the games them
selves, but by the crowds which gath
err in every city about the bulletin
boards while game is in progress. But
even these crowds represent but small
proportion of those who feel keen
interest in the outcome of the games,
The newspaper readers outnumber the
bulletin watchers many times over,
while those who use the telephone for
private and prompt information are
legion. Even the courts feel the influ-
ence of the fascination which seems to
seize upon all classes without regard
to age or previous condition. Out in
Buffalo, so the dispatches tell us, Judge
Brown of the New York supreme court
was obliged to wait for relay of re-.
porters who left and returned to the
court house at intervals of several min.
utes for news of the progress. Of the
game in the world series Unquestion-
ably they were anxious moments of sus-
pense for the good judge and all others
in attendance upon the court. In Phil
adelphia, a iuryman asked 10 be excused
from service on the day Of the game
in that city, giving as reason that he
was a travelling salesman and that his
firm had invited prospective customers
from the South TO come to the city and
attend the game, The juryman was
anxious TO accompany them, ostensibly
for business reasons, but probably more
accurately because he wanted 10 see the
game himself The Judge accepted his
excuse and granted the desired leave.
These are only two among hundreds of
incidents which might be CLEANED from
the columns of the newspaper press, but
they serve to illustrate the intensity
of interest in what Carlisle has called
the world-old question of which Is the
better man. This question far exceeds
in interest, that Of which is the better
horse or the faster automobile, and in
the case of baseball the question is
the more engrossing because it relates
to contest between men in an organ
lied capacity, and also because the ele-
ment of chance is reduced to a mini.
mum. Manchester Union.