Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-08-04
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
A Combination That Always Wins.

these two conditions go hand IN hand
with good management, success can t
be kept away.-Lyndonvill Journal.
Gives Instruction in Swimming.
A Randolph teacher is giving in-
struction in swimming to class of 80
in a brook near Randolph. Such a
course of instruction is somewhat of
novelty in most Vermont communities
but it offers splendid possibilities for
teacher and pupils. 1t would be a
good idea if there were courses of
instruction in swimming in every COM
munity, for the ability to swim may
be imperative in every person S life
and, besides, the exercise is very
beneficial to young and old. The
Randolph teachers idea ought to be
copied widely.-Barre Times.
No Place for 1t.
An advertisement of drug firm we'll
known in the city of Troy, N. Y, is
Here it is verbatim:
"We can fill every prescription de-
livered to us except one. That's one
for whiskey, brandy and wines. We
can't fill such one, because for years
we have not had an ounce of liquor in
our store. And the reason for this is
that reputable physicians don't write
prescriptions for whiskey. We have
not seen such prescription in years.
And another reason is that this is
real drug store, where we won't put up
anything but real prescriptions. We
would like to see or hear of a real drug
store in Vermont for we doubt some if
there is one such to be found within
the state.-Fair Haven Era.
Not Too Large an Army.
If those who declare war were forced
to fight in the trenches or charge the
trenches and machine guns Of the
enemy, less wars would be declared.
Fortunately, or unfortunately as may
be. there are few men. like Theodore
on pre- paredness at San Diego, Cal,
II am an extremely domestic man,
but should there be war, | and my four
sons would CO." Mr.. Roosevelt also
declared that in our preparedness We
should have a standing army Of 200, 600
men, We fear Mr.. Roosevelt has
overlooked the Wilson administration S
act in "raising the limit" to 500, 900.
We are not likely, however, in this
democratic republic to maintain too
large an army of defence. If we can
always insist that our army shall be
for defence alone, of our country and
our rights. and not used by those who
proclaim war and then stay at home
or at a safe distance at the rear, we
shall ran no risk in being adequately
prepared on land and sea.-Burlington
Free Press.
Josephus Daniels.
That Secretary Josephus Daniels
will be called upon very shortly to
to present to President Wilson and
| the American people the exact condi-
ton of things in this department is
good news. There has been great
deal too much varorizing and incense
Quential theorizing about national
F., defense in the past months. The
secretary of the navy by attempting
quixotic reforms, disqualified himself
as practical executive in the eyes of
many Americans, yet Josephus DANES
| is no fool. The very few Vermonters
who were privileged to meet the secre-
tary at Vergennes last summer carried
common and practical view point
which had a very distinct effec'.
| Secretary Daniels may not be the
great st constructionist the navy ever
knew. ut he certainly knows facts, or
he would not be a successful news
paper man. The president and the
people want those facts. without
apology and persifage, and Mr..
Daniels should produce then. The
trouble is that he may elect to make a
stump speech on paper, or write q
leading editorial on the subject, and
that would be fatal. Let US have as
fast as the secretary is able to produce
them. the facts about maritime
national defense. Rutland Herald.
WiIloughby!
The midsummer outing of the Yer.
mont Press association will be held
Thursday and Friday. The rendezvous
will he at Barton, and Friday will be
spent in an excursion to WilloughbS
lake. The quill ushers who go there
for the first time will be surprised a
the entrancing view which is revealed
IN approaching the lake from the NORTH
or south A Brattleboro man wht
returned recently from an EXTENDED
motor car journey through Canada anG
New England SAID that of over q
the scenic iesuty of Willoughby.
Brattl -boro Reformer.
The selection of a place Of meetin.
] for the newspaper men CT Werner
near Wll0ugbY lake was good adver
Using move for the attractive spo
because the editors cannot fail to e
5 away from their meeting without be
r ing entranced by the revelation of tn
y wonderful beauties of this little Alpin
scenery in an inaccessible section @
V-rmrDt unapuroachpH nv railroad
p; and ,ine m les distant from d town Q
D a0y con>i ierable population Lax
= Wiiloughhy is well known to ST. Johns
: b9rF, Ly~don0ile, Barton and New
port people, bat to the people of mos
: If the other larger communities of tn
I state it is nothing more than a name
The BrattIeboro man who made tn
discovery of the scenic beauties c
g the combination of lake and mountain
f is one of the comparatively few Poop
q outside the rang of the mmeCiatel