Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-08-13
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
DRY" Territory in the United States.

Dry Territory in the United States.
The saloon has been expelled from
one-half of the population and from
tWo-thlrds of the geographical area.
In 1868 there were 3.5O0,OOO people
living in territory where the drink
traffic had been outlawed. in 1900
the number had increased to 18,OOO,-
900. in 1908. or eight years after. the
number had doubled to So, 900, 600, and
today there are 46,O29, $50 persons.
or fraction over one-half the popu-
lation of the country, living in no
license territory. In the last five
years the no-license population has
increased little over 10000, 600
which is more than 10 per cent of the
nation and 80 per cent increase in the
plumber living in dry" districts.
Since 1868 the population of the coun-
try has doubled, while the number of
inhabitants of ''dry" territory has
increased over thirteenfold. -Brattle.
boro Reformer.
The Demand for Dairy Cattle.
Still another outside the state cattle
buyer has been in the White River
Valley section of Vermont and in
scarcely more than weeks time paid
out to it's farmers in Sharon, Stanford,
Royalton and Barnard more than So. 900
for II head of dairy cows. The buyer
was 7. H. Galpin of Connecticut and it
is to that state that the purchased cows
were shipped. In buying. Mr. GaIpin
expressed a preference for the heavier
milking breeds and not for the more
strictly butter cows, like the Jersey
and Guernsey. This was because, pre-.
sumably. his cows are sold to whole
milk dealers. The fact that both
classes of cows are in demand here in
Vermont makes all the larger the
market and opportunity for the Yer
extending demand for whole milk this
market will continue to enlarge. The
whole milk dealer, who has a retail
route in the larger towns and cities of
Massachusetts. Rhode Island and
Connecticut. cannot afford to raise
his own cows hence he must come to
Vermont or some other outside market
He prefers Observation-Disclosures
Back to Vermont.
Standing on the brink of the plateau
in front of the Odd Fellows home last
Sunday afternoon, and admiring the
fine view to be had from that point,
stood a stranger from the Bay State
AS he turned to be introduced it was
said of him that as boy he had lived
in Brandon.
80 then, twas the response, "you are
one of those who thought Vermont was
a good state to get away from"
EYES," he said, "that was what !
thought as a boy. But [ have been
glad to come back to Vermont when.
ever I could. It is a good state to
come back to-"
Speaking from the standpoint of the
states own welfare, altogether toe
many boys and girls have left Vermont
in past years. It is possible that the
state has not done her full duty toward
them. 1t is possible that opportunities
for educational and business develop
ment have been withheld when they
ought to have been presented. But il
is never too late to mend in case oil
this kind and Vermont owes it to her
self and her boys and girls to adop-
and maintain such an educational ane
business policy as will lessen the
exodus, keep the ambitious youne
people at home, and start many of the
: runaWays on the back trail. Not
/ few of those who do get away realize
in time that Vermont is good state
to come back to.-Ludlow Tribune
L. How to Kill Your Town in Short Order
Buy from peddlers as much and a.
often as possible.
! DenOunce your merchants because
f they make profit on their goods.
Glory in the downfall of man wht
has done much to build up your town.
Make your town out bad place ant
stab 1T every chance you get.
r Refuse to unite in any scheme TO,
the betterment of the material inter
ests of the people.
Tell your merchant you get goods
great deal cheaper in some other tow
r and charge him with extortion. If
! stranger comes to your town, tell hin
:, everything is overdone and predict
i general crash in the near future.
Patronize outside newspapers to tn
exclusion of your own, and then de
nounce yours for not being as larg
, and as cheap as the city papers.
If you are merchant don't adver
: tise in the home paper. but compel tn
s editor to go elsewhere for advertise
ments. and howl like sore head be
!, cause he does so. Buy rubber stam]
? and use it. 1t may save you a few
" dimes and make your letter heads loo]
as if you were doing business in a one
horse town.
It If you are farmer. curse the plac
Il where you trade as the meanest O.
earth. Talk this over with your neigh
'' bors and tell them they are robber
n and thieves. twill make your pror
Il erty much less valuable, but 70
" don't care.-Hardware World.