Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-22

How Vermont TOXINS Cot Rid OF
1llndesiraG,les. z
5eieetnnen Wers Empowered - Order
Them 10 Lsave. and Juaomsat
81 oFselala Evidently Wfas
Not lnfaflibge.

Speaking of the current mIsnppre-
hension as 10 who are the poor and nm
fortunate Id this world, Nomad Of
the Boston Evening Transcript has
come upon most curious note about
the poor and the rich. and the fear Of
the panper and having 10 support him.
Ii Vermont paper. Mr. F. r. Wells.
the accomplished historian Of New
bury. Barnet and other Vermont towns.
III man who Il always studying the
early social conditions of the com
munitIes Of which he has become the
historian. and with regard to this he
contributes an interesting note 10 the
st. Johnsbury CaledQnian. He says
that about 100 years ago there was IN.
effect or pretended effect-In the Yer.
mont communities. the practice Of Off
ciai warning out Of town. This
meant that when the seIectmen
thought TINT some person or persons
I'D the town we're likely To become pub
lie charges, they we're empowered TO.
have the constable leave at their places
of abode 'precept'' or notice warning
the parties whose names were on the
summons TO depart the town. II
appears that In some cases Il was
easier thus To warn these persons than.
to make them get out OF the town; and
there was one case III st. Johnsbury
which affords q curious commentary
on the law. In 1915 Joseph Fairbanks
md family we're thus warned out OF
81. Johnsbury They did not go; and
Mr.. Wells ii justified In remarking that
had they taken the hint that they
were undesirable citizens. md depart
ed the town. 1t would have made some
difference I'd ST. Johnsbury," for the de-
scendants Of this same Joseph Fair.
banks built up the scales industry
upon which all the present prosperity.
and certainly much more than half Its
population. Is founded. besides endov.
ing the town With libraries and other
possessions and making Il more OR less
famous ali oyer the world.
Certainly the Vermont selectmen
we're poor judges Of agumptlon." They
warned of ths Fairbanks. and no
doubt cherished certain citizens whose
progeny at the present time never
would be missed Id the community. Mr..
Wells tells of another case of warning
out Of the town. this time at Barnet,
VT. A man who had recently come
into the town died In the year 1885,,
leaving wife and five children, and
the selecflnen, seized with a panic
lest the town would have To support
the family, duly warned the widow to
take her offspring and depart the town.
lfr. Wells adds: Whether the widow
obeyed the precept or not do not
know. as neither records nor tradition
have any further mention Of them here,
but from what / know Of the lady She
was abundantly qualified to take care
of herself I'M Barnet or anywhere else,
and the sequel shows that the children
were equally able to keep or the
town. One OF these children became
noted physician in New York; anoth-
er was lawyer Ii Buffalo. and q
grandson was q prominent member Of
the convention which nominated
Grover Cleveland for president In 1884
ana seconded his nomination one Of
the daughters married lawyer who
later was a member Of the supreme
court Of New Hampshire; a second be
came d noted teacher and principal Of
4 ladies' school The third daughter,
I think, died young"