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Show s " Vermont Thrift. i - Robert Lincoln O'Brien, editor of tho Boston Trnnsdrlpt, Is a great admirer T of tho thrift of the Vermonters, but ) thinks somotlmcs they carry it too far. O'Brien was up In Vermont last sum-mcr sum-mcr and went to dinner with a friend -who had some political aspirations. As they came to tho door ho heard tho lady of tho house say to the hired girl: "I see Mr. Jones has somobody " with him for dinner. Take those two l big potatoes down to the collar and bring up three small ones." |