Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-09
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Red Tape Expensive.

food in Burlington's local food cam
paipn. Red tape, like everything
else. costs more now than formerly;
and it takes more than ever before to
go around, in Vermont as elsewhere.
Burlington Free Press.
A Lack of Spirit.
A downright died-in-the-wool, old
time, rousing spirit of patriotism in
this little corner of the IT. S. A. is
minus. Realization that we are en-
broiled in the mightiest struggle in
the worlds history there does not
seem to be. We do not know we are
at war, that's all there is to it.
The spirit of our forefathers is
gradually being awakened in many
Vermont towns by patriotic rallies,
as it were, band playing, stirring
speeches, appeals to enlist (often
made, we fear, by men who would not
displays of colors and other telling
recipes.
In Swanton recently there was a
meeting of the board of trade, In de-
sign and intent a gathering to boost
and boom the enlistment propaganda
and stir up the frozen souls of us
apathy experts The moral effect of
that meeting was good, but enlist
ment talk does not seem to grow, and
but for the fact that there may be
few more flags flying from the homes
one could not distinguish these times
in Swanton from the sanest kind of a
Fourth.
The do or die, now or never spirit
will never dominate, enlistment fe-
yer can never burn in this particular
peaceful corner, unless some national
disaster, spreading its fire as did the
wrecking of the lamented Maine,
touches the pride and pulls heavily
on the heart strings of every descen-
dant of the fathers of Hberty.-SWan
ton Courier.
An Overheard Conversation.
''You believe in God, don't your"
eyes, of course"
"God could stop the war if he want
ed to?
eyes"
"God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform. The indi-
vidual is but an atom, nations are
but small particles, time and space
only relative terms. Terrible as this
world war is, with its awful toll of
life and suffering, of sacrifice and pri
vations, of ruin and devastation, it
may in the ages to come prove the
melting pot of civilization, from
which the dross is removed. 1t may
bring democracy to the world and
equality to all men everywhere, equal
rights and privileges on every land
that Gods sunshine touches. Look
at Russia, sodden with vodka, made
absolute prohibition in single day.
Suppose war banishes strong drink
from the world forever. That alone,
looking far down the vistas of the
centuries, would be worth all that the
war COSTS Think what it would mean
in eliminating suffering, degradation,
poverty and crime. No great or per-
manent good was ever brought to the
world save through intense suffering.
| / believe that back of this war there
! is an Almighty Power working for a
fixed purpose. AS individuals and as
nations He is using US as His tools.
| We would be faltering in the faith if
we did not believe that right, truth
and justice will eventually triumph
/ and prevail The millennium may new
er come, certainly those of the pres
ent generation cannot expect to see
| it. 1t needs no vivid nor far-reach-
| ing imagination, however, to picture
/ conditions arising out of this titanic
| conflict as more efficient, more econ
onical, more wholesome, and infinite
! " cleaner, sweeter and purer than
anything that the world has ever
! known. ''-Brattleboro Reformer.
The Lyndon Idea.
With the rest of the state some
what feverishly striving to make
/ Roadway in the line of greater food
production, it is useful to cast an eye
| toward Lyndon, where the "home pro-
! Ject club" has been in successful OPP
Grafton for about nine years.
The far-hung activities of this club
| nave been written up" many times,
3ut it may be stated that they include
| the following: Vegetable gardening
canning, dooryard improvement, spe-
3ia1 crops, potatoes, forestry, maple
sugar, poultry, livestock, pigs, butter
and cheese, cooking, sewing and
landicraftS of various kinds
| Practically every one of these ac-
| 5ivities becomes of vital Importance
| n the present war crisis, and the
past years of hard work in interest
| ng boys and girls in such activities
-ow comes into the forefront of
ieLghborhood problems, with the So
at-ons already worked Quit
The director of the club is Mrs.
Ohm 3. Chase, who has spoken in
tutland on the work of the Lyndon
Tub. Her work has been of the pi-
)neer sort and has an influence by no
means confined to Lyndon or even
Caledonia county or Vermont.
The slogan of the club so far as
aiming is concerned, is "a can of
green, a can of fruit, can of vege-
tables" for every family for every
day IN the year. Consider what this
means in these days of tight necessi-
ty for conserving and preserving
food!
Right now, Mrs Chase's pupils are
devoting much time to zone of our
most valuable foodstufs," to wit, the
,.espised and plebeian dandelion.
The Herald was somewhat smugly