St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-01

| ible effect, then comes the tinkering
| theorist and want to "ltrt the llu,
with the inevitable result of mother
| less fawns. slaughter of half-tame
does and the rest of the nauseatng
brutality that followed the enact
ment of the doe law.
The same sort of slaughter will
follow foolfng with the fish laws.
The Banner must be unconscious
ly amusing when it concludes the ar
ticle. Remove Six Inch Trout Linn
it, by the following
In Bennington county the propos-
ed remedy would not materially
change conditions. The best trout
waters in the state are here and the
fisherman, as whole, are law-abid-
ing. Partially due to the efforts of
the Bennington County Fish and
Game club and partially due to the
arguments advanced by individuals.
a sentiment has been created in favor
of the present law. Bennington
county fishermen as a class are anx-
ious to see the fishing improved and
they realize that such a condition
cannot be brought about unless the
trout that are planted in the
streams for stocking purposes have
a chance to spawn.
What about the high-minded. Ben
ningtOn sportsmen who weekend"
back in the mountains, with perma-
nent camps on trout streams and
headwaters, and take trout without
regard to size or season, cooking
them on the spot, far from supervis-
ion and regulation? Before the six
inch limit is removed, a little wise
warden-work near home would help
things.
Moral: Enforce the law and let
the fish hog grunt!-Rutland Her
aid
The Divorce Prevalence
At the Diocesan convention held
in Middlebury last week, the old and
ever vexing question of divorce was
brought up and a resolution was Of
cred as follows: Resolved, that
this convention views with the gray
est concern the greviOus prevalence
of divorce in this state and in the
name of God calls upon our citizens
to try to arouse a public conscience
to remove, if possible, this awful
blot on our civilization"
1t was further discussed and
resolution asking the social service
to the next session of the legislature
a bill, calling for the reasonable de-
lay and proper publicity between
the issuance of marriage licenses
and the wedding ceremony.
The divorce evil will never be les
sened until the people of the United
States adopt uniform laws regarding
marriages. So long as we have such
lax laws governing marriage we can
not hope to control the breaking of
the marriage contract. Only last
week an clipping couple from Massa-
chusetts went into New Hampshire
but upon finding they could not be
married until five days had elapsed
after the issuance of the license, they
hied them to Vermont, where for a
small sum a minister of the gospel
was found. who was willing to mar
ry them, because the laws of YER
mont are favorable to this sort of
thing.
We may "view with alarm" the
growing prevalence of the divorce
evil, but until the ministers of the
state get together on the important
point, nothing will be accomplished.
Resolutions amount to very little
unless followed up by concerted &C
nations would refuse to marry run
away couples and use their influence
in the community toward publicity
of marriage intentions, they could
do more to help stamp out the evil
of divorce than any other class of
people. And with the united efforts
of the clergy of the State there is no
question but that a proper marriage
law could be passed at the next ses-
sion of the Vermont legislature. If
the clergy mean anything by their
resolution, now is the time to begin
action for the Legislature will con-
vene in a little over six months
Mortified News.
A Veteran On Business Law
George F. EdmundS was chair
man of the Senate committee which
reported the Sherman antitrust bill
and had large share in it's making.
Now the law is attacked again on
the ground of inadequacy and the
Wilson administration is insisting
on supplementary antitrust legis-
lation. This brings ex-senator Ed
monds to the front in the New York
Evening Post with statement that