St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-15
PRESS COMMENT
Must ..Bear and Grim The Advertising
Sponger.

tons of the towns in which 1t circu-
lates. but more especially its nome
town perhaps. Benefits. chicken pie
suppers, concerts, sales, fairs, SHOWS
clubs. lodges, churches and indivld-
uaIs who put on a dance for private
profit all expect the newspaper TO
print notices of the event. Why? Be
cause II will benefit the object in hand.
To be sure there is semblance OF
news in some of them but most OF
this material is pure and simple ad-
vertising. Travelling shows and for
etpn advertisers appreciate this 1act
and in some manner try TO pay OH
but such a thing as returning the
commitment for the free advertising by
local organizations is seldom known
or thanks given. A supper ticket or
admission to the dance is never known
and a bit of job printing going with
the event is sent elsewhere, says tne
Newport contemporary. All TINS y
TOO true and every editor has tunes
when he feels like dumping the whole
thing into the waste paper basket Oh
getting his money for the time, type,
snace and effort it takes to print
these numerous advertising items
which would mean many dollars In a
wear. The best policy however ~
usually to bear it and grin, as the
how Said.-OrlednS SOuAANS
To Have An Owl Preserve
Vermont is to be a Mecca for mem
hers of the fraternal organlzalloh
Known as the Owls in all parts Oh the
country. The supreme o1ncers nav
secured for hunting, hshlng anu e
oral outing and camping purposes
tract Of over 1000 acres bordering on
tbe white river, three and one-halI
lilies from Stockbridge and one anu
nne-balf miles from Gaysville. There
"a a dwelling house OF II rooms oIO
saveral other buildings on the prem
ises. A large part OF the area
heavily wooded. 1t is a SAFE eu
mat many of the Owls Will get nc"
impression of Vermont, that tney VIII
come here again, that some VIII seeA
80. heautv spots in the state, and
U'n ~ advertising resulting from
+ho purchase will be of great Value 10
a~;a,,s localities.-Brattlebo re
former. croonize
New Hampshire Farmers vi
Yesterday at Manchester's city nan
was launched the first Serious onea1o
ized effort to correlate ana co-or UNA O.
Tho various elements and phases Oh Inc
agricultural industry in Ne" I1eAlP
shire-and the launching LOT 800
.nca and enthusiasm and success gen,
oiCT S,.oossad even the fondest ana
.+ sapguine dreams of it's promoI-
&c II was a tangible demonstration
90 the aroused interest of New lamp
sbire farmers in an organized ehuoo
or m further the interests OF asi!Ou
- throughout the state; ana, lhcl-
Son+oIl1, IT was one of the finest, most
earnest and most thoroughly repre-
sentative meeting ever helo IN Mai
chester. o+inc 9,
The avowed object of the meeOine
was 70 effect a permanent, centrai VI
~,,go+ion for the promotion OF agrl~
o,,1tura in New Hampshire. For weeks
this object has been known ana ul-
da~s+ood from Canada to the Massd-
ob,,se++s border. and it is safe 10 say
that no announced meeuhg III Wv
uamDshire in many years hau OeIn
more generally or more thorousii1
discussed by the farmers OF the s'h'e
than this Yesterdays turnout proNeu
tI1o+ the interest had not confined IL
70 - 1isc,ssion. Some 200 of the
most substantial, most prosres = :
farmers of the several counties shOWeu
~ +bair presence and enthusiasm that
+ha1, were in earnest in their support
81 the movement; and that the county
farmers associations heartily Welcoiiio
the co-operation of a permanent STATE
bodv through which, manifestly' pro-
eress along certain lines may
achieved more readily and more el
fectually than through lndlVloual Vi
county effort alone. ~
II ever there was any DOUBT as u
the success of this cooperative EFFORT
every vestige of that doubt was ami
buated nv Yesterdays meeting at the
citv hall. The enthusiasm that greet
ed the sentiments expressed py sucH
sneakers as Governor Spaulding, Com
missioner Felker of the New Hamp-
shire department of agriculture ITO
lessor Morgan of Amherst director
Person of the Tuck School of Admin
istration and Finance, and otners leI'
no room for skepucism.
II was an epochal meeting in New
Hampshire annals, not only from the
AGRICULTURAL standpoint but also from
that of the state a whole; Tor agrl-
culture is the foundation OF all our IN
dustries In f. Bertram Pike, the
new organization has a president VINO
habitually puts into any movement
with which he identifies himself, al
energy that counts. and counts Dig
In the farmers Of New Hampshire
and in the other New Hampshire meI
who have allied themselves with TINS
effort to boom agriculture in the state
president Pike has body of citizens
on whom he may safely depend tol
oval and genuine support New
Hampshire agriculture in the Iutur'
Is to occupy the position of recognized
Importance and dignity to when IL
entitled. The meeting in Mancheste
Yesterday was a veritable boom
Manchester Union.
How To Get 40 Pound Cows.
The st. Johnsbury Caledonian il
giving some attention to the 40
pound-cow," and has published som
interesting records of the Cow Test
ing associations of Waterbury. stow
and Mortified. 1t goes without say
ing that the COW which produces 4
pounds of butter fat a month is
paying piece of property. II NOR
farmers kept accurate butter-fat rec
ords. there would be more 4O-poun
COWS and fewer boarderS.-Rutlan'