The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-25
Lou A. Foster Writes About
Spirit Shown BY Men
at Windsor.
OFFER SERVICES IN
DEFENSE OF COUNTRY
in Favor of National Prohibition
Law-Dr Bisbee Wishes Liquor
Recipe Was Lost.


Editor of The Reformer:
] note by the papers the good work
going on at the House of Correction at
Rutland, and that the boys there have
purchased a flag as an indication Of
their patriotism. This is highly com
mcndablc, but if YOU will give me space
would like to state something Of what
the boys in Windsor prison are doing
along this line.
At the first of Mr.. Walker s admin,
istration, some six months before the
European war broke out, we purchased
a lag and its silken furls have since
adorned our miniature esplanade, or
grass and flower plot of the yard. We
contributed so to the Red Cross and
sent over so to the suffering children
of Belgium, some gladly giving every
cent they had in the world to the lat
ter When it is understood that we live
| IN tumbS; the most of us have very lit
tie or no income; and penny in here
is equivalent to a dollar on the outside
one can realize the intense pleasure oh.
/ tanned by giving to any good cause I'M
4 der such circumstances. The world
would be greatly bettered if all people
| would emulate much Of the conduct OF
/ the inmates of the Vermont state pris
/ on.
Further, over 100 men here signed a
| volunteer statement and sent it to Gov
eruor Graham Offering our services il
( defence Of our country and homes, pro
. La. lt.l b,t tqt "a 4 Il
4 wish TO call us. From its four pages
/ | viii quote the following:
eve wish to assure YOU that W,
would he glad to participate in any jus
cause and render service to the coun
try and humanity that might, in ;
measure, cxpiatc for the mistakes o
our lives.
As well as having wronged others
we too have been more or less wrongel
I'm life, but every true vision of dut'
rises above human frailtics, and forgiv
ing ard forgetting all, sees nothing say,
the goal Of right flaming ahead
, Notwithstanding conditions. tn
American flag is our emblem, and If j
calls ms to a field Of action it will b
our cndeavor not to be diSobedient I
our highest duty
And more yet: Expecting to get
4 few signatures, | was permitted to draw
\ mp the following memorial to the Yer
| mont delegation in Congress, and eli
! culatc it among my fellow prisoners:
Windsor State Prison,
Windsor, Vt. July ], l9l7.'
= ITO Messrs. Dillingham;, Page, Green,
% Dale, Vermont Members of the Unite
= States Congress Now Assembled:
= Gentlemen: ~ Knowing the gener;
u dcmoralizing and dcvitalizing effects
r, the liquor traffic, when considered fro
s. amy angle, we the inmates Of the Vel
n' mont state prison, would respectful
= represent aud urgently request that W
ID DO all in your power toward the cnac
n mcnt Of 4 national prohibition la
which is now being considered by co
n. gress.
l.. cit is Obvious that such an act by Il
~ government is especially necessary
: this universal crisis to conserve the M
40 ural resources and the military streng
of the nation. And we trust tn;
rk such a permanent, positive, and etTe
ce tive prohibition of the entire liqu
m traffic, which we, in common with o
q fellow beings, notwithstanding our co
dition, are compelled by comm
ie knowledge and observation to regard
Q: unnecessary and detrimental to the &c
nd eral welfare.
Va 10 my surprise, l43 inmates, or pr;
At tically the entire population Of the pr
ls: on, signed it quickly. All seemed 81
ce and eager to do what they could again
that which. directly or indirectly, cans
= the most of their trouble and MIST,
cL tune. Many of them remarked: q
me- sign Quicl-to hell with the booze
. DR.. Bisbce, a big hearted and bro
i HgSr minded man, who is serving a long S
y; tcnce for the accidental death of
~. men through the liquor traffic said:
- have always honestly wished the rec
m. for making the damned stuff was lost
emit Showing the universal attitude tow
- this business l viii take the liberty
con- quote a part Of Senator's Dllingha
- letter acknowledging our memorial Il