Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-22
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common rules of honesty to it.

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The village district trustees have Sc
lected the following school books,
which will be used in the schools here
for the next five years:
Readers-Davis' First, University
Publishing Co.; Normal Course, Sill
yer. Burdette & Co.
Spoilers Normal Primary, Silver,
Burdette & Co.; Gilbert's Complete,
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn
Arithmetic = Greenleaf's. Leach,
Shewell & Sanborn.
Geography,-Frye's, CHM & Co.
Language and Grammar = South
worth & Goddard's L. S. & S.
United States History Montgom-
ery's, CHM & Co.
Civics- Conant's Vermont, futile
& Co.
Writing Books-NormalC Course, Sill
yer, Burdette & Co.
Orville Drown of Washington, DC,
who is on for short vacation, made
this office call on Friday last. His
home formerly was in this town, but
he drifted away few years before the
war, going to ST. Johnsbury. When
Co. A of the 18th Vt. was formed he
enlisted and went to the front. In the
unfortunate affair at Weldon Station
he was wounded. The Rebs. supposed
him to be unable to march and did
not take him off with the prisoners.
During the night he managed to get
into the Union lines, and though bad
ly shot in the arm, his wound, with
out doubt, saved him from death in
Andersonville prison, where SO many
of that company died. Mr.. Drown.has
been in the War Department as clerk
since the war, his long service prov
ing his efficiency.
The trustees will soon issue sched-
ule of rates for the electric lights
which are to be used in this village.
The price is based on the Swanton,
VT, scale, which was said to be the
lowest in the country when establish
ed. The following is a partial list of
rates: Each light in stores, 49, in
store cellar or upper room, 50; each
light in barber shop or water closet,
$1.5O; first light in hotels, So; each ad-
ditional and each sleeping room, 50;
each light in public halls, So; each
light in churches, 81; first light in
private residences, living room or
hall, $500; first light in sleeping room,
pantry or bath room, S1.50; each light
in cellar, barn or shed, 81. Meters
can be used by those who prefer them,
by paying 10 per cent yearly On their
cost. Meter users will be required to
pay $40 per annum for their lights, and
an additional of Is of one cent an
hour for each Is candle power lamp
used when their lights exceed cost
of $40. The trustees will furnish the
first set of incandescent lamps-the
kind used indoors and will supply
lamps afterwards at cost; they will
pay one half of the expense of wiring
houses, if the work is done previous
to December LIST, next. The rates are
very low and must be satisfactory to
all. -<@ab t2o"-lSa 10 3j0l 1879
Mr.. Editor.-One day last week L at
tended Coles circus which exhibited
in Barton, and would like to comment
a little on the character of the audi
ence present. During the perform
ance a boy was shouting "Cigars,
cigars; gentlemen can smoke in
any part of this tent" He certainly
used the word gentlemen" appropri-
ately, for the men present were gen
tlemenly enough to know that it
would not be gentlemenly to smoke
in such a crowd where there were
more women and children than men.
1t speaks we'll for the manliness of
the men and boys of Vermont, when
such crowd of men and boys refrain
from smoking in such place. l have
been in all parts of the United States,
but had never before been in a circus,
where smoking was allowed, without
places where notices are up forbid
ding smoking many will disregard the
notice. If there is any place where
one expects to see some of the rougher
men and boys it is at the circus, and
yet, that afternoon I saw only one
man and one young man smoking.
This is worthy of mention, as it shows
an innate refinement, which no city
training brings about. l think it is
largely due to the fact that there are
no drinking saloons in the town. If
there were you would have a rowdy
element. You are certainly to be
if prohibition has rid
len you of that, for rowdyism is one
Of the greatest curses Of modern civ