Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-05-28
PRESSCLIPPINGS
Money Speaks Louder than Words.

commissioner
saying that he should have maneuv-
cred for a vote of confidence at the
1919 session of the Legislature. The
! legislature gave Mr.. Bates a raise IN
/ salary. How much more of vote
/ of confidence does the contemporary
| require st. Adams Messenger
Heard on the Street.
That the consumers of sweets are
very sour about the new luxury tax.
That it is perhaps natural that the
girls who aspire to rise should put on
the balloon skirt.
That the lawyers have not so far
test of the validity of the prohibition
amendment.
That it is not true that the tax on
perfumery applies to the phosphate
fertilizer which you smell in the rural
districts.
That a large number of young
men are now expected to buy air
planes for sporting purposes as auto
mobile driving is getting too safe.
That Bolshevists will be perfectly
satisfied if only those who can't read
and write, or who have served jail
terms, are allowed to vote.
That not merely are some people
agitating for the six-hour working
day, but they are figuring how they
can spend that six hours in the most
restful way.
That anxious Inquirer" is inform
ed that these advanced young women
with ears carefully covered are not
CratflnO
torn off in a football game, but are
merely following the present style of
hair dressing-White River junction
Landmark.
The Graham Case.
How strong and deep-seated a de-
sire is there on the part of the pub
lie, according to the evidence in hand,
that former Governor Graham should
be brought to trial? Ought the feel
ing-manifestly pronounced in GER
tain quarters-that he should not be,
to count with the officials responsible
for the laws enforcement? Should
they proceed, regardless of this, or
of the prospect of securing convic-
ton? This Graham case affords a
keen study of psychology. The pub
lie does not question itself too closely
concerning the former governors
technical guilt. Apparently it is
ready to discount, in view of his rec
ord as loyal and efficient public Of
fetal, this lapse, if it really occurred.
The public strikes a mental balance
in the case of Mr.. Graham-so much
for him, so much against him-and
it cannot find, surveyingthat balance,
that he is entitled to a felon's cell,
even if the charges against him are
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spirit, ruined in standing, Stunned
and stunning, and out of sheer hu-
man sympathy it feels that the count
against him is squared already. Of
course this may be wrong, illogical
and all that, and many will assail it
as dangerous in influence, but the
feeling exists and cannot be disre-
garded. After all, how greatly does
the judgment err, which, casting up
the account for and against an indi-
vidual strikes a just balance and re-
wards or Furnishes him accordingly?
Herald and News.
Don't "Gouge" the Summer Visitors.
Now that the Willoughby lake re-
gion is apparently on the road to de-
veiopment as summer resort because
of the establishment of girls camp
OF sufficient size to accommodate ap-
proximately 200 girls, the Barton
Monitor takes the opportunity to
warn the residents whereabouts to
forego the outworn policy Of "goug-
ing" the visitors who may come to
this most pleasant vacation region.
The contemporaries advice is both
timely and good. Oftentimes the
success of summer resort has been
not only jeopardized but prevented by
a
charging the visitors more than the
same things bring in other places.
Prices of board jump, rents increase
by leaps and bounds, produce goes
almost out of sight and other articles |
are placed at such price that the |
visitors become Disguised and tell |
their friends never to go to such and |
such place If they desire to have |
decent treatment. There will be |
reasonable returns for those who |
have investments in and around Will |
Ioughby lake if they charge prices
which are not higher than in other /
places OF like sort, and perhaps the
margin of profit may be a little high
er, because of the lower original cost
of investment. At any rate there is Il
sure TO be good return on the in L
Vestment, and the Barton contempor-
airy which circulates largely in the II
w ilIoughDy region, is doing a good II
turn by warning any and all against
the policy of "gouging. Barre
Times.
Summer Camps for Boys and Girls.
New York parties have Just bought
a large tract of land at the north end
IF Willoughby lake in the town of
Westmore, with the idea of establish
ng there this season a new girls
school WillOughby lake is admitted
y one Of the beauty spots of Yer
mont, of New England, and of the
eastern section of the country. In
natural grandeur II is doubtful If il
$ surpassed anywhere. The New
York parties who have purchased
and on this lake for summer school
-ecreat' onal work are. TO be congrat-
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