St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-15
WHAT GOVERNOR SAID
School Children Took Reports Of
Speech at St. Agnes HaIl-CaIe-
DOMAIN Prize Winners.

CONAN ITlZe WmnCISs
For the purpose of learning what
the children remembered best of
what the governor of Vermont said
to them in his address before the
French people in st. Agnes Hall
last week, The Caledonian offered
| prizes for the best account of his
speech. The offer was made to the
children in the ninth grade of the
/ school and was open to all of them.
The Caledonian offered So for the
best written account, $1.25 for the
second best and rs cents for the
third best. The articles were num-
bered without any indication as to
the writer and w. H. Jeffrey of
| East Burke, Walter w. Husband of
Washington, D. c., and Mrs. John
B. Chase of LyndOnVille acted as
| judges. They unanimously award
ed:
The first prize. SO, to Miss
Georgette Landry;
By a divided vote, the second
prize, $1.25, to Miss Grace Dulligan
and
Third prize, rs cents, to Miss
Rachel Provost.
The Caledonian publishes the
three prize winning papers in the
order they we're awarded the prizes.
First Prize-By Miss Georgette
Landry
Discourse of His ExcelIency Allen
M. Fletcher, Governor of Yer
mont:
He said in part
When l received the invitation
of my friend who is sitting here at
my right, to come to st. Johnsbury
to visit the French people, 1 accept
ed gladly because the French people
had a good deal to do with the de-
velopment of this state. In fact
from the French. The whole world
people. | could say much about
them, but read history and you
will learn of their deeds. The early
settlers and the priests who explor-
ed these wildernesses from Quebec
to New Orleans, were the first to
allay the sufferings of mankind;
| they endured many privations and
you, French people, must be proud
of your early missionaries.
Let as speak a little of our
schools. 1t is a great thing to
know both languages and in every
school as far as possible both
languages ought to be taught.
Learn also early history; it teaches
us to have confidence in our coun-
try and to love it.
When I first came here I intend
ed to address you a few words in
your own language, but | think no
one would have pardoned me for it.
l am deeply interested in education
and as / have an opportunity, I
think l will interest all of you in
saying what / have in my mind. /
believe that liberal education COM
mences at the cradle and stops only
when you reach the grave. On
| looking backward on the question
of schools, / well remember when
they asked me to favor the bill
granting the charter to your college
of Winooski. 1t was giving it the
right to confer degrees and putting
it on the same footing as other col
legeS in this state, and l signed it
with great pleasure.
I have been accused by The Gale
DOMAIN of all kinds of sins, except
that of being a politician, and they
accuse me of coercion to corpora
lions, etc. Now, this investigation
| of the telephone companies has
! brought many things to light. For
| instance the deal concerning this
small telephone company at the
North of you, where the Passumpsic
company, by it's tactics, forced them
| to sell out at it's own price, re-
| organized, Watered its stock, and
then raised the rates. Light is
what we want on all those things
and this reminds me of a story
One day q negro was overtaken by a
storm. Very much frightened he
hid behind a tree. Flashes were
scarce but the crash of thund-
er was plentiful Unable to stand
it any longer, 20 Lord" said he,
give us more light and less noise.
This is what we want, more light
and less noise, less attacks, and
stand for what is right.
The Compensation Law for labor
| ing man can be easily and speedily
reached, for the working man has
right to be compensated for in.
juries received by neglect of the
corporations. Oftentimes law suits
of this kind are thrown out from
one court to another and by the
time a compromise is affected, the
man receives a mere pittance for als
his troubles and injuries. Now ]
am hopeful that our laws viii be re-
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