Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-15
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Court of Last Resort.

The travelling municipal courts are
finding that prosecutions generally
come out about according to the preva-
lent sentiment in the communities
where the causes are tried. This is
always the court of last resort. Ran.
dolph Herald.
Pleasure in Reading Advertising.
It is always a pleasure to look
through our newspaper advertising at
this time of the year with all the sug-
gestions of holiday good cheer it brings.
Reading the advertisements about
gifts, luscious food and winter sup
plies seems like walking along in front
of the show windows in some brilliant
ly lighted street. Even if one cannot
afford to buy much of all these good
things, there is a pleasure either in
looking at them Or reading about them
in the newspaper. And most of US get
some share of them-Rutland News.
Put Up the Bars.
Senator Dillingham; has introduced
his bill to restrict immigration. There
are signs aplenty that the American
melting pot has been overtaxed to the
extent that it hasn't done business IN
a satisfactory manner, and this being
so, the country is more in mood to
listen to suggestions of restrictions of
| immigration than ever before. Num-
| bers alone are not what we are after !;
we want some quality mixed in. and
until we can convert those who come
to rs into real Americans, it is best
tn we go very slowly in adding to
! the present undigested mass. Put up
the bars st. Adams Messenger.
-. Should Be Discretionary
The Rutland Herald says that no
state officer has the slightest check
upon the expenditure of the state auto
mobile fund "For all practical pur-
poses. the state highway commissioner
puts 5000 900 in his pocket. and, as he
travels about the state, pays out $500
or $1,000 here and there as he thinks
best The fact that, in the main such
funds are wisely expended does not
affect the weakness of the system -
Probably this matter will he corrected
at the first opportunity. A state
official cannot get pay for his dinner
unless he can show voucher for it
and the expenditure of such large
fund should be as carefully safeguard
ed.-St. Johnsbury Caledonl an.
SLAUGHTER.
Almost every paper in the state is
depIorIng as something fearful, the
slaughter of SO many deer the
present season. the numher having a.
ready reached the four thousand mark
and the returns are not yet all in. The
question is, if it is the wish Of the
voters not to have the deer killed why
do they not stop it. The men made
the laws and then deplore the effect.
If the deer are so numerous that they
become menace to the orchards and
crops Of the farmers, why is it account
ed "s,aughter' TO shoot them during
cried of Is DAYS once year? No
one calls it "slaughter'' to catch trout.
they are beautiful in the water and
surely harmless. We do not call it
slaughter to kill lambs and calves or
chick ems or any Of the domestic ami
mails used for food, so why should the
word Slaughter" always be used when
referring to the killing of deer? II
really can be no worse to kill one
animal than another for food, if it IS
killed humaneDy. This is not plea
for the killing of deer, but it is a
question upon which the editor would
like Information.-N News
Who Should Be Health Officer?
It seems to be the custom in Yer
mont to appoint a physician to the
office of local health officer. Why this
rule is so we'll followed many fail tc
understand But it will doubtless be
some time before there is new order
of things created in this department
of the business Of the public. 1t is
admits Ell by all that the educated ply
stefan knows more than the laity about
what should be for the best health OF
the public, but the physician. while he
may know more than the laity, seems
to be handicapped by being obliged tc
shape his conduct so that private
business will not suffer even if the
general health of the public is neglect
ed That it would be natural fol-
he physician to offend few in his
duties as health officer lest his private
business may suffer, all will ADMIT
5 However, if the health officer is F.;
person of the rank and file, he ha:
nothing to fear in this respect Hi.
bre aG and butter does not consist in ths
success fol practice of medicine and il
he otfends anyone n the discharge O.
+ his DUTY it will be h ,rd to discredit hi
ability as doctor for The reason 1ha
he has never prOfesSed to be such
scientist. A man can have sense. how
ever if he DOES not possess science
Windsor journal
r GIT Religious Atmosphere.
In the ad lress given bv the Rev DIR
Hougbton at the Center Congregations
church, Brattleborn, Sunday, emphasi
was LAID upon the fact that there hat
not been the right religious atmos
phere in Brattleboro in the past TIL
particular indictment made by tn
preacher was that, the church peopl
did not take their religion "seriousl,
enough He also said that there wa
a lack Of spiritual force that wouI
inspire young people with desire t
be willing to enter the service of God
Yet another statement was tina
there cannot be strong religion
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