Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-04
WHAT THE PAPERS SAT.


be torpedoed without warning.-Ben-
nington Banner.
Most Patriotic State
In that state house into whose
northern upper windows the pastured
cows sometimes gaze medltatlvely
from its neighbor hill, the sum OF
S1,00O,000 was appropriated for gen
eral defence purposes" yesterday.
Vermont was always patriotic
state, perhaps the most patriotic IN
the whole Union; but in this glorious
achievement she has surpassed her
self. A million dollars! And her chief
industry is dairying. We salute the
Green Mountain state with admlra-
ton and respect. IF the Vermonters
are not proud, they ought to be.-New
York Sun.
Milk the Cheapest Food.
The best food authorities tell US
that if we can afford to pay p cents
a pound for meat can afford to pay
20 cents a quart for good, clean milk,
so highly is it regarded as food.
The fuel value of a quart of whole
milk equals that of a pound of round
steak, nine eggs or 3 quart OF oy-
sters. IF these facts were generally
known there would probably be less
grumbling about the increasing cost
of milk And it costs more to pro-
duce quart of clean milk than IT
used to- And the consumer is a long
way from paying 20. cents a quart for
clean milk.-Vergenne Enterprise
and Vermonter.
Pay Our Debt to France Now.
The New York World is working
strenuously on campaign to have
the United States give 81 1000, 100000
to France, making the argument that
we have never done anything as a,
nation to offset the help which the
French gave US In winning our indie
pendenee. The World has asked
many newspapers and the governors
of the various states for an opinion.
Some of the governors have been IN
favor of advancing the money as
loan. but others believe that we
ought to give the money outright
Among the latter was Gov. Graham
of Vermont, who telegraphed from
Montpelier this terse message to the
World: Il am heartily in favor of
gift to France. I think we should
now pay our debt to her. "-Brattle-
boro Reformer.
What's the Trouble with Dale?
Somebody asks Congressman Porter
II. Dale why ne should not get off the
congressional earth, or words to that
effect. First, If anyone wants to sue
ceed Congressman Dale fright away"
it would be manly to come out and
say so and not strike from ambush.
Second, If Vermont wants to estab-
11-E,
gresham can have but two terms, es-
pecially if he happens to fall upon
Democratic administration when Re
publicans are handicapped, now may
be 3 good time to begin. Third, before
changing, however, at this time it may
be well for any would-be successor to
show that he would do better than
Dale Fourth, Congressman Dale
seems to have thoroughly represented
his district sentiment in congress on
temperance and other measures. Fifth.
before any successor to Dale is cho-
sen, it viii be wei to ascertain that
the aspirant viii have as much back
bone as Dale in refusing to take or
ders" from anybody higher up
Burlington Free Press.
Interesting Random Observations.
In calling Harry Thaw "a pinple
| of degeneracy," the ST. Johnsbury
Caledonian has overdone it by two
letters.
Patients at the Brattleboro Retreat
are troubled more with rats In the
garnet than with those in mythical
dungeons.
There are almost ten million maple
trees in Vermont-about half of them
untapped. A chance to make two
trees run where one has run before
To Moore" bill would just nat
urally be understood at Montpelier as
the process of effectually queering it
by gross indiscretion during debate.
"Sandy" Daniels, the senatorial APP
pointee in Windham county, hasn't
the stentorian voice Of his prototype
of the same name, the resonant Har-
~ of East Montpelier, but he viii be
counted on the right side just the
same.
B. f. Fifeld of Montpelier once
gained immortal renown by waving
aside a profered senatorship. Mr..
Fiheld has nothing on Editor Hub
bard OF Brattleboro, who did the same
thing, except that one was a federal !
and the other a state senatorship.
The worst thing brought out in the
8rattleboro Retreat investigation IS
That the Institution actually paid
$1,000 hush money" in the case of
Mrs Guilford- tt never pays to be
blackmailed. The hush money didn't
purchase the immunity sought And
$1,000 would go some distance N Civ
sng better pay to the attendants and
securing the better service apparent
y so much needed.
Enlist
Whatever may be said OF the army
there has never been much doubt
about the American navy. When
ever called on. the first line of de-
Tense has given excellent account of
.tself. Further. it has invariably