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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03
ST. j. s. L. G.. II. IL.

Passenger Trains Leave
HARD WICK-EAsT-5:50 a m: 1925 M; 1927
pm. WEsT-9:04 m; 4:45 p m; 1927 p m.
EAST ARDWICK-EAsT-6:0S a M; 1885 a
m; 1876 m. WEsT-S:54 a m; 4:36 M
7:05 p
GREENSBORO-EAsT- a m; 1880 m
7:45 m. WEST-S:45 m; 4:2S p M; $3.50
p
TJOHNSBURY-EAs As a m; 1880 noon;
$3.50 IN. WEsT-7:35 m; 800 p m; 4:4o
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03

Barton.
Another snow storm last week.
Ned Baldwin is home from Dartmouth
college.
The soda fountains in the village will
start up this week.
w. III. Blasdell has bought the John
Skinner place; reported price S3325.
H. c. Pierce has sold a building lot on
Lincoln avenue to w. B. Bowman.
The grand chapter of the State of the o.
E. S. is to meet here the first of June.
The village painters are all busy, and
the signs of.slicking up are seen all about.
The village trustees have started work
on sidewalks and street repairs early. A
good thing.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass was called to Thet
ford last Thursday by the death of his
brothers wife.
Church congregations throughout YER
mont were small yesterday fishing season
began Saturday.
A meeting of the official board of the
Nj. E. church is called at the vestry next
Friday evening at 1880.
The Ladies' Society will meet in the YES
try on Wednesday afternoon. All ladies
in the congregation invited.
The Odd Girls will hold a meeting next
Wednesday afternoon at the NJ. E. church.
Come early and be prepared as usual.
Saturday was great day in this village;
the number of out-of-town people who
have been mud bound of late being very
large.
Have you noticed Geo. III. Davis show
window? His boots and shoes are exhibit
ed in a manner which would do credit to
city store.
Mrs. VIC Ufford of Spokane, Washing
ton, is visiting friends in town. 1t Is ex-
pected that Mr.. u ford will Join her here
later.
VIC. and j. II. Brown were called to
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts will be held at the Probate
Office in Newport each Monday. At the Office
of F.. w. Baldwin in Barton on the second
Erid&y ef,each month"; a, the office of b. F.
ID. Carpenter at Barton Landing in the after
noon of the third Friuay of each month.
Parties having business with the Court at
Barton or Barton Landing concerning pend
ing estates will please inform the Court in
advance that he may take the necessary
papers with MIN.
F E. ALFRED, Judge of Probate.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03
LOCAL ADVERTISING.

Advertisements and notices, as promenadeS
shows and other entertainments VIII be pup
lished under this head for tooo cents a word
for first insertion, one cent word thereafter
We shall no advertisement among local
items Cash must accompany the order. No
charge a0iII be made of less Than forty cents.
Sc. Winslow will be at Barton Landing
every Tuesday forenoon, commencing
April 9Th. Highest market price will be
peid for calves and lambs. Hogs will be
taken every Saturday. o-20
New Langstroth & Goodrich bee-hives
for sale, roc. piece. r. S. Twombly.
Geo. III. Davis is showing a fine line of
Ladies and Misses capes and jackets, and
boys and gents clothing, for spring wear.
WANTED.-5O bushels of good potatoes
at once at o. D. Owens.
WANTED.-Pugilistic outfit. For furth-
er particulars inquire of Wright Bros,
Greensboro. -
WANTD.--SA good apprentice to learn
dress making. Mrs. G, W. Heath, Barton,
VT.
In answer to repeated inquiries Chas. j.
Ufford & Sons wish to announce that they
are still in the carriage business, that they
open the season of 1897 with full line of
vehicles of every description, from light
est buggies to heaviest farm wagons, and
that they offer, goods at prices that laugh
at competition.
Pasturing of the best quality can be had
at reasonable prices of Sam B. Nelson,
Barton. ia
New goods in all departments at Davis
this week.
For SALE.-A few shares of Barton Ma
tionaI Bank stock. Inquire of Geo. Ell.
Blake o19
DR.. E. G. Stevens dental rooms at Bar
ton Landing will be closed until May IL.
H. F. Wiley will sell all of his personal
property at auction at his residence on
High street, Barton, next Saturday, at /
O'Clock p. M. See large bills.
A large lot of fine driving harnesses will
be sold at auction at the Barton depot,
May. 9Th, at 1 o'clock p. m This is no fire
or bankrupt stock, but all clean, fresh
goods, made from first-class stock. This
is an opportunity seldom offered to fit
yourself out with good nobby harness at
your own price. Come early and examine
the goods. NJ. A. Kent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03

taken from the sale of the seats, making
the total amount received $824.56. The
total expenses of the season amounted to
$75S.6S, of which 1925 was for the talent.
The association has oh hand the money
left over from last year, which with the
interest, amounts to $3S2.15; this with
the $65.SS which has been cleared this year,
will give surplus of $44SO3. 1t was
voted to leave it to the committee to de-
eide upon the number Of lectures for the
coming year, and also upon the
talent to be enga ged. The committee
would be glad to receive suggestions from
anyone interested in these things.
The following resolutions were adopted
at meeting of the Postal Clerks Mutual
Association of the First Division r. NJ S.
at meeting held in Springfield, Mass,
Wednesday evening, April 9TH.
WHEREAS: In obedience to call from
the Ruler of the Universe, our associate
and brother, John E. Skinner, has depart
ed from his earthly home, and joined the
ever increasing hosts of those who have
taken up their abode on the other side of
the swiftly flowing, separating river, and
WHEREAS, This ASSOCIATION realizes that
in the death of j. E. Skinner we have lost
valued, respected member; one ever
loyal to its interests, and that the Railway
Mail Service has lost clerk whose inter-
est in the service was vouched for by fif-
teen years of arduous and continuous SER
vice, and who in departing from this life,.
leaves record for faithfulness in service
and honesty of purpose, of which anyone
may well feel proud. -
Resolued, That the Postal Clerks Mu-
tual Association, while bowling in humble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03

1t is suggested that the Hawaiian annex
alton treaty be considered by the Senate
in open session. There is certainly no
overwhelming reason why this should not
De done. nor is there any more reason why
1t should be done than exists in the case
of practically every general subject that
the Senate debates behind closed doors
The Hawaiian topic is well understood by
the people. 1t has been discussed pro and
con for many months until it is as familiar
In all Its bearings as the silver problem
There will. therefore. be little Information
for the American public in the debates On
the treaty beyond what is already at hand
Interest will attach. of course, to the atti-
tude assumed by individual senator's and
to the arguments which the opponents of
annexation advance to support their views
The Senate's so-calied secret sessions are
no longer mysteries. The proceedings mty
not become known In absolute detail. but 1t
Is notorious that through many leaks the
main facts OF the debates conducted behind
closed doors invariably filter to the reading
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
The Presidents Grief.

The President has the sympathy of the
entire nation in his grief caused by the
seizure of his aged mother with what
now seems fatal Illness. Mother McKin-
ley, as she is affectionately called even by
thousands who have never seen her, is a
fine type of American womanhood Her
son Is chief magistrate of the nation and
man worthy of high esteem, both as an
official and an individual. The love he
bears her and the tender attentions he has
ever paid to her have done much to en-
dear him to his fellow-citizens and now
that death threatens to claim her after
her many years of useful life they
will all grieve with him. This af-
Fiction bears upon the President just at the
time when the affairs of the republic are
more pressing upon his attention than
ever before in his administration Con-
gress is to convene Monday and the Presi-
dent is to address it for the first time upon
general topics relating to the welfare of the
nation Many matters of first Importance
affecting the domestic and foreign rela-
tons of the people are under disc ussion and
their gravity demands an unusual degree
of thoughtful consideration on the part of
the President. 1t is no exaggeration, how
ever, to say that the public concern in
what the President will have to say in his
message is largely subordinated 20 Z: con-
Germ over his mothers serious condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
The Profits of Rapid Transit.

Most welcome news was that brought by
the special dispatch to The Star from Bal
timore yesterday. which confirmed the
statement previously printed that the Eek
ington street car line will soon be equipped
with underground electric motive power.
Let us hope that it will prove to be true,
and that its truth will be made plain to
all men at an early day. But the good
work should not be allowed to stop with
the lexington road. The Belt line ought
to be similarly equipped and without de-
lay. There was time when that line had
an excellent patronage. and was. it is be-
lieved run at a handsome profit. That
condition of things no longer exists but it
could be speedily brought about again with
improved service. But not otherwise.
Nothing SO much tends to induce travel as
frequent and rapid transportation facili-
ties. With proper accommodations the
Belt line can not only draw back it's old
travel, but add new and constantly in
creasing custom from quarters that never
patronized it before. so that both stock
holders and the public would be benefited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03

public. Under such circumstances the
treaty debate will probably he pretty well
followed by the citizens notwithstan ling
the barriers between them and the Senate
chamber.
1t is of course possible that in the course
of the debate some situation may erise to
call forth expressions bearing delicately
Upon our foreign relations. The matter is
essentially international in it's main aspect,
though large part of the discussion thus
far conducted has borne upon the domestic
reasons for and against annexation. If
necessity should arise for plain speaking
in the debate about other nations in such
manner as to create any possible cause for
friction, the executive session will be jus
titled by the circumstances. But there is
bare possibility that the treaty may not
secure quite the necessary two-thiris vote
In the Senate, in which case it is certain
that steps will Immediately be taken to
Eut through both houses a legislative prop
osition providing for annexation. This
may, of course, be discussed in open ses-
sion at both ends of the Capitol, and it
will be in order for the opposing sides to
declare themselves frankly and openly
upon any phase of the case, domestic or
international. The mere fact that this
course is inevitable in the House will rob
the situation of much of it's delicacy under
any circumstances, and there Is good rea-
son now why the Senate should give some
consideration to the proposition to open the
doors when the freely is under debate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03

1t is sincerely to be hoped that China
will stand cut in the matter now in dis
pute between her and Germany. The de-
u:ands of the latter are inordinate and
OFT of all connection with the case. The
killing of two missionaries and the destruc-
ton OF church property afford no grounds
for such redress Germany is demanding
What have valuable railroad grants and
commercial concessions. and permanent oc-
cupation of Chinese port by Germany to
do either with the deplorable tragedy which
e has been enacted or with providing against
repetition of it? Missionaries of all ma
tionalities should be safe in China but is
that policy calculated to make them safe
which associates their lives in this way
with an arrogant spread of commercial
power? In a word. is this policy of Ger
many. described anything better than
lTafficking in human blood? If a frenzied
mob of fanatical Cinnamon shall repeat
this bloody outrage in some interior city
will Germany insist opon occupying that
city also? If so, Germany's proposition is
TO prop the Bible in China with bayonets
and send armed squads along with the
colporteurs.
There are three countries which the great
powers OF Europe are eager to divide
among themselves-China Turkey and
South Africa. The problem presents many
diificulties. and progress is slow. There is
no doubt that European civilization would
De an inestimable blessing spread in those
quarters of the globe. But the work ought
not TO be attempted under a mask Put
ing the missionary forward, or permitting
MIN or his own pious, courageous choice
TO go forward, without protection and then
making his death at the hands of a native
mob the pretext for a land-grasping and
commercial extension scheme COMFORTS
neither with Christianity nor with the
courage of civilization. 1t contributes in
deed. to that distrust of Christian nations
ielt by the pagan peoples and proves in
Their minds their charge that their own
eternal welfare is much less under copsid-
Grafton than the temporary welfare of
their invaders
Prince Bismarck is quoted by a Ham,
pufs newspaper pronouncing upon
American arrogance" in the Haitian emf
sode- What the United States has in view
III Haiti is TO see that a small and helpless
nation Is not dismembered or swallowed
outright by large and powerful one And
"hen II Is remembered that Germany is
HAIRS opponent. and what Germany is
attempting in helpless China, can it he
SAID that the solcitude of this government
Is unauthorized?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03

courage a reopening Of negotiations for ar
bitration. But being churchman and In
England on church business his topics were
all in the line of peace and good will among
men, 1t was almost pat to talk about
arbitration as about the ten command
meDts. And there could be no doubt about
the sincerity of all that he said and all that
he heard on the subject. The other man
being a politician and business operator of
note was thrown with men of like employ
Eert. He was probably not thinking
about arbitration but exclusively about
business, and probably talked only business
on business lines. So that when MIR. Tur-
her says that he found no sentiment in
England in favor of the revival of the ar
bitration treaty. it would most likely be
erroneous TO interpret his words as mean
iEg that he made soundings for such senti-
ment and failed TO find it. His meaning
most likely was that arbitration had no:
beer topic between him and his English
friends.
The people of the United States are not
behind the people of England in the matter
of good will. American sentiment toward
England is quite as cordial as English, SEN
tlment toward America. An English
churchman can come to the United States
and hear many pleasant things said of his
country and her people. An English bust
Eess man can come and talk business for a
month and have no other topic thrust at
him. But it would be as unwise for anybody
TO assume from the one case that we are
all sentiment as from the other that we arc
totally lacking in sentiment. Arbitration
with England will probably in time be eff
fected, but it will hardly be FASTENED by
lectures on jingosm such as Bishop Doane
delivers, for they are founded upon a one
sided view of the matter, and that view
prejudicial to his own countrymen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03

Inc D1ngiey law, after a few months
Of trial in adverse circumstances. is again
under discussion. The opponents of the
law express themselves as well convinced
that 1t is a failure. the fact that it has
not from the very start yielded a surpl1s
CT revenue is all they have to go upon,
nut they nevertheless deliver their opinion
with confidence. All explanations of the
friends of the law. dealing with anticipa-
tory imports under the former law and
wat not. are brushed lightly aside. The
Jaw, they continue to assert, is a failure
and must go.
The gentlemen who hold to this view lose
sight OF very important fact, and that
is that the DingIey law was created to
correct two evils. A deficiency in the gov
ernments receipts was one, and an ar
rangement of schedule rates prejudicial 10
the manufacturing interests of this coun-
try was the other The Gorman-Wison
law had resulted not only in depriving the
government of money enough for it's sup
port. but. by cutting down protection rates
in an ill-judSed and eccentric fashion, had
dlsorSanized business in many lines and
even closed UP many establishments. The
trainers of the Dingley law therefore had
a task of magnitude and difficulty to per-
form and were obliged to keep two OBJ
1ects in view at the same time. A tariff
that would yield a sufficient revenue was
of course, their first consideration but
they had likewise to consider the levyine
it so to provide that incidental protec-
ton to American industries that would
quicken again the pulses of business and
give to American labor it's much deserved
ana justly due employment.
That the second part of the task-and a
very important part 1t was-has been well
executed admits of no question. Business
everywhere under the protection features
OF the law has been revived and wages
as a consequence of the revival have in
many Lines been advanced. The business
interests. which complained so much and
SO rishtfulIy OF the German Wilson law,
have nothing but praise for the present
law. which indeed, unlike Its predecessor,
Was framed. not against their protests, but
with their assistance and counsel.
AS for the revenue-producing features of
the Dingley law. that is not to be con-
demned early as this. Imports have
not been regulated by normal conditions
since the law went into effect. But If, upon
"a further ana fair trial, the law should
show the need of Strengthening on that
point the work can be done without seri-
ously disturbing the present adjustment of
the important schedules taken as whole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
American Visitors to ENGLAND,

Bishop Doane of Albany, New York spent
some time in England last summer and par
ucipated in the church meetings held at
Lambeth. As distinguished American d.
vine ne received a good deal Of attention
lie met many Enslishmen of distinction.
pom his return home he read his country
men quite a lecture through the newspa-
pers ON the subject of the great amount of
anti-EnSiish feeling which he charged ex-
listed among them. He lamented the fact
loudly. and particularly, as he pointed out,
because of having so recently heard senti-
Inents expressed in England toward Ameri-
ca of thoroughly kindly and cordial ma
ture- lie put in good word for arbitra-
iion, and said he had found the English
mos favorably inclined toward a useful
ard comprehensive treaty between the two
countries. Arbitration. it appeared had
hecr one of The topics which he ard his
English friends had discussed with most
freedom and agreement
The cable announced yesterday the de-
parturc from London of Senator Turner of
Washington for home. He had been i'm
England for month on business He is a
man of large property interests. and pre-
sumably while in England was engaged
with matters pertaining to those interests.
This naturally brought him into connection
with men OF affairs. financiers. capitalists.
and the like In a brief interview on the
eve of his departure Mr.. Turner said to a
representative of the Associated Press I'm
response TO an inquiry: II have found no
sentiment in England in favor of the re.
viva! of the arbitration treaty"
Both of these distinguished men have of
course spoken truly. The one undoubtedly
heard many pleasant things said of Ameri-
ca while in England. and no sentiment ex-
pressed at all which did not tend to en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
Scientific Queriea,

Winters round the corner;
Wind'll frolic gay;
Take yer great-coat fur a sail
An blow We clean away.
What's the use o. laborin'
To git a wish fulfilled?
What's the use o. figurin'
Airships fur to build?
Snow clouds is a-gatherin'
Thickly in the sky;
Icicles'll glitter
Splendid by and by.
Things'll all give under
To the frost's control.
What's the use O. trayelin'
Way up to the pole?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
This Big Country of Ours.

From the New York Times.
In country as big as this one. and so
well provided with means of transporta-
ton. change Of season has comparatively
little effect upon the markets, and there
are only few edibles that cannot be OBJ
tanned all the year round for somewhere
near to moderate price. Few people, to
be sure, are eating Strawberries this month.
and yet they are on sale here In consid-
cradle quantities, and 1t is not necessary
to be millionaire to get some of them.
In Washington market Saturday night
Strawberries were sold for 60 cents a box
1t wasn't a very large box, to be sure but
its contents would have made a good show
ing II divided on two reasonably small
plates, and the berries were as large and
fragrant. as well colored and as sweet as
those that come in June or July They
were grown In the open air. too and in
the United States To be definite, they were
products of southern California, and the
long journey had been made SO rapidly and
so cheaply that the quality of the berries
had not gone down at all nor their price
up very much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
A Handsome Souvenir.

The Star is in receipt of a handsome
souvenir of the New Bedford Morning Mer-
curry. issued in connection with the ceie-
bration of the semi-centeEnial of New Bed
fords incorporation city. 1t is 4
beautiful piece of work, telling the story
of this old Massachusetts town with litera-
~ hHish and Illuminated by many fine half
tones, showing scenes around the historic
place that was once of the busiest ports in
America The Mercury deserves congratu-
latiOns upon its enterprise in this connec-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03

A striking Illustration of the sagacity
ana enterprise of modern journalism is fur
nished by the circumstance that coinciden,
with the announcement that certain
young lady had been appointed to christen
the battle ship Kentucky her likeness
should appear in large number of news
Papers in different parts of the country
Was ii prescience on the part of the press
or what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
OratOricHl In fiuence

THERE" exclaimed the man who firmly
believes that he is eloquent. Il regard that
as the effort of my life"
1T is rather long, isn't it?' remarked the
young woman who had been typewriting
1t.
But it's bound to produce an effect.
Couldn't you notice that 1t exerts a potent
influence, even when imperfectly deIiy-
ered?'
We'll" she answered. II hadn't thought
OF the connection before; but my foot's
asleep"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03

ChiHdren's
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well as service. Our prices are the
lowest for like qualities.
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made in the latest approved styles.
A splendid shoe for school wear.
Sizes IL to ?.
$500 pair.
Hand made Box Calf Lace Boots extension sole
egg toe. Sizes ii to ..
$3.50 a pair.
Fine Hand -made French Kid Butten Boots
laird. Sctober & Isl. patent tip. egg toe heavy
extension soles Sizes II to 2.
$500 pair.
Bright Dongcla yamp Button Boots. patent tip.
extension soies.- Sizes IL to 2.
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