Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-08-16

same money Deen lHVeSIeu III Coui-
pany to develop some asbestos, marble
or granite quarry in Vermont the
chances are that the stockholders
would have something to show for 1t
besides a hole in the ground way out
in Arizona. At least the money would
have gone into circulation IN Vermont
90 thew would have stood some chance
win it back. -Vergennes Vermont
er.
Paving Big Dividends in Vermont.
The announcement that one Yer
mont hotel was able to declare 4o
per cent dividend last year, and with
the prospects just as good TINS year.
is calculated to make capital IN 0ther
states look toward Vermont: Inere
are few industries anywhere IN Whlch
capital is bringing such hanusoi.e
return as this particular venture In
Vermont: and, what is more pleasing,
is the assertion that more than one OF
the hotels is paving in a remarkable
Dronortion to the investment. The
reason is not exorbitant prices, but
giving the patrons what they pay for,
which tends to bring satisfaction and,
consequently, more business than can
he attended to. Nothing but careful
management will do that,-Barre
Times.
ForDemocratic Gubernatorial Candidate,
II. B. Howe.
Several of the state papers seem to
have already worked up considerable
feeling on the governorshlp but we
can hardly see why. AS long as Allen
Fletcher is running alone 1t doesn' I
really seem as though it can really
he very exciting. At least it ought tc
be possible to stir up democratic
candidate to take the field. If the
democrats insist on obeying the noun
tain rule their candidate will come
from the east side where they have
plenty of good material among whom
might be suggested c. W. Melche
and G. Y. Pape of Barre, DR.. w. B
Mavo of Mortified Harland B. How
of St. Johnsbury, DR.. E. R. Campbell
of Bellows Falls, J. Wesley Miller o
Bethel, M. J. Moran of Brattleboro
or John Senter or C. A. G. jackson
of Montpelier. Either DR.. Mayo O
Harland Howe would make an ex
ceptionally strong candidate. -Ben
nington Banner.
The New England Life.
In the course of an editorial deny
ing that New England is "decadent,
the Springfield, Mass, Republica
makes a notable contribution in sum
ming up, as follows: "The work 0
the fathers in these states can neve
be undone. The New England type
as we have known it may disappear
as did the old Saxon type In England
but the system of public education
the college and institutional lif
which our forbears established, thu
moral tone they gave to society, tn
literature they and their descendant
created, the deep impress their lar
guage has necessarily made upon GU
destiny, the traditions with which the
endowed their posterity colnclden
with the birth of state and natlon-a
these are imperishable and they mus
tend to preserve New England soma
ing the radical notifications whlc
time inevitably stamps upon all soci
ties and civilizations.
The faith which the contemporai
shows is held by nearly all New EN-
landers who have occasion to loo
beyond their own narrow confines
and the expression of that faith sir
ply adds confirmation to that belle
The outsiders who criticize New En-,
land as "decadent" see too lit
before they pass judgment.-Bar
Times.
The Lieutenant Governorship.
According to pronounced al
somewhat time-honored precedent tt
alternating governorship will go ne
year to the least side" and the lie
tenant-governorship will come to til
side to keep the state from tippil
over.
Of the seven counties on the we
side of the mountain line no less tn
four are in the list thus far and it
not impossible that developments W
lead to further representation.
the counties thus far "entere'
Addison leads with no less than Fl
men who are either candidates
willing or mentioned. These
clude Judge John E. Weeks and c
Thad M. Chapman of Middlebul
Editor R. w. McCuen of the V
gennes Enterprise and Vermont
Hon. M. F. Barnes of Addison a
former Senator w. E. Lawrence
Bristol, all of whom have host
friends.