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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-16
Barton.

Barton.
a little girl baby at c. Z. Crows.
Mrs. Joseph Webster is in Boston.
H. c. Pierce goes to Boston this week.
Rev. FIR Turcotte is reported to be quite
sick. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodro visited in Troy
last week.
Mrs. c. p. Jenness has returned from
trip to Boston.
Mr. c. A. Coburn was away visiting
friends over Sunday.
Miss Alma Robinson is visiting her
father, d. w. Robinson.
Rev. r. L. Sheaff is to give the Memorial
Day address at Glover. .:
Mrs. Helen M. Bickford is sewing for
Miss Pickle in Newport.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass has been appointed
to the charge at Windsor.
Joseph Owen had shock last Saturday
and is in very critical condition.
Mrs. Chandler and Miss Eaton of Barton
Landing visited in town last week.
Miss Nettie o. Rand is to teach in the
N14AdSO pShOOk az S1OfOA DA1S
Regular meeting of the w. r. @. at.the,
g. A. r. hall Wednesday at 2:3O p. m.
Miss Ingerson of Lyndon is rooming at
o. E. Cowles', and works in the Peerless.
Grace Austin of Barton Landing spent
few days with her cousin Irvie, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. M. Scott entertained
their granddaughter from st. Johnsbury
last week.
Some of the merchants in town trimmed
their windows in very tasty and beauti-
full manner for: Easter. St:s=@ ! +? ii
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. Cutler, Mrs.
Cordelia Cutler, and Miss Mabel Miles are
in Boston for brief stay.
Mrs. w. w. Miles was called to Hard
wick recently on account of the illness Of
her mother, Mrs. w. l.. Dow. =. -. =: Il.
The sugar party at the Cong. church
parlors last Tuesday evening was a very
pleasant affair and well attended.
Geo. 81. Davis leaves today for Boston
and New York to select summer goods.
His daughter Amy accompanies him.
j. w. Batchelder is finishing off tene-
ment in the upper part of his house in
this village, occupied by G. Ell. Vance.
Regular meeting of Orient Chapter No.
Ii, o. E. s., next Friday evening. A full.
attendance is desired as there is to be work
There was good number in attendance
at the dance in Sewers hall last Friday
evening and a very pleasant time was re-
ported.
Mrs. Ruth Blake has returned to Geo. FL.
Burnham's, having spent the winter with
relatives in Massachusetts and New
Hampshire.
Sam Bean was in Yonkers last week to
get Capt. Peene's stallion, "Royal Clay,"'
which is to be kept at Mr.. Peene's West
more farm this summer.
The Paris exposition was opened for
malIy last Saturday, but it will be at least
a month before there will be anything for
the general public to see.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amory Dawson of Crafts
bury are moving their household goods to
this village, where they will reside with
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. T. Seaver.
Mrs. Stebbins -of Ndrthfield, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. g. G.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-16
Local Advertising.

Advertisements and notices, as prone
uades shows and other entertainments Will
De published under this head for t1co cents a
word for first insertion, one cent word til ere
after We shall run no advertisement among
local items. Cash must accompany the or
der No charge aoiLL be made of less than
ORTIZ cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-16

Maud Gordon has recovered. and her
mother has returned from Lowell, Mass,
where she has been caring for her.
Ben Lorimer and family from Dixville
recently visited Mr.. Lorimor's mother,
Mrs. Charles Lorimer.-Mrs. johnson and
Mrs. Sherman of Keene, n. H., have been
the guests of their sister Mrs. Bacon. Geo.
McVey, who has been spending the winter
with his aunt, Mrs. Austin Bodwell, has
returned to his home i'm Montreal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-16

rarely eAceIIeu III uOrGn0rn new EnglanO.
Easter was. observed at the Cong. church
yesterday in most appropriate manner.
The church was beautifully decorated with
plants and cut flowers. The singing by
the choir was especially good and was
appreciated by all. The orchestra from
the M. E. church was present and added
greatly to the musical part of the service.
Rev. r. L. Sheaff spoke on the significance
of Easter and the lessons which it
should bring to the hearts of mankind,
and his discourse was impressive and help
full in its suggestions. The evening serv-
ice consisted of music by the choir and
orchestra and singing and speaking by
the children, which was greatly enjoyed
by those present. The pastor spoke
briefly to the children, concerning the OBJ
servance of Easter. Many thanks are due
those who furnished the music and did SO
much toward making the exercises sue
cess. The attendance was large both
morning and evening.
The Lyndon Union of last week con-
tains an article stating that the Grand
Trunk r. r. Co. has purchased the water
power in West Charleston with the inten-
tion of building an electric road from
Island Pond to Newport, distance Of
twenty miles. We understand that this is
incorrect. The power has been bought
as stated, but by the Electric Power Co. of
Island Pond. When the railroad shops
are once stationed at that village they will
require electric power and great number
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13

that the animals become practically
useless, and must be abandoned, to
the enlargement Of the life of the
traveller who has put his trust in ca.
nine motive power.
As a precaution against misfortune
of this kind it has been a common
thing to wrap the dogs feet in cloth,
n piece of leather or rubber. At best
all of these however were crude and
poorly adapted to carry out the desired
object. They protected the dogs feet,
but at. the same time interfered with
the free use of their legs, The devel.
opment of the Klondlle has given spe-
cial impetus to the demand for some
proper protection for dogs feet
The dogs shoe, of which the accom-
panying photograph was sent from the
far Northwest to Shoe and Leather
Facts, is made Of chrome tanned elk
leather, and the upper OF calf, making
a soft, pliable and yet comfortable
shoe. There is a tongue at the back,
and the lacings are at the back of the
leg instead Of on the front, because a
dogs knee bends just opposite from a
mans,
The dogs, it is said, take very kindly
to these shoes, They become so ac-
custOmed to wearing them that they
don't like to go without them, with
the result that on the trail they will
often come up to the driver in the
morning and hold out their legs to
have their shoes put on not unlike
children If by chance the shoes
should be laced too tight, they will
whine and speedily make manifest
their discomfort, wagging their tails
with joy when the shoes are laced to
their liking.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13

the baliug and local marketing Of the
hemp
The presses at the seaport towns are
crude affairs. After the fibre is classi-
fed aud separated into three piles or
classes, it is dumped in bulk into a
huge press and a screw applied. Af-
ter this operation it is taken out and
put into another press Of more regular
design and Of more imposing charac-
ter. The second press is operated by
an eight-armcd capstan on an over
head platform. and score or more of
naked coolies. usually Chinese. push
il around The sight is most amusing.
with grunts, laughs ana confused Jar
gon and raillery they urge each other
on and manage to bring their strength
together at loudly accentuated periods.
A good-sized press will turn out 300
to 400 bales a day, aud in the course
Of a year a million or more bales are
prepared or shipment In Cebu large
quantities are handled, principally the
products of Leyte and Samar, al
though i'm Manila the largest presses
are in operation
The classification Of hemp requires
the skill of an old hand, and the expe-
rienced eye of buyer who knows all
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
Corporation Proposed.

Some months ago the Farm, Field
and Fireside published an editorial
entitled The Bicycle for the Farmer"
The special point was made that the
wheel was already in the farmers
family; that it had been found pracI-
tired horse or horses from a trip to
town or the pOstoffice after "A hard
days work, often saving time, which
is money, in innumerable ways, be-
sides being a great convenience. An
other point made was that the bicycle
Is a blessing socially for the women of
the household as well as for the men,
young and older 1t is used to go TO
church, to the grange or lodge, and is
a promoter Of nelghborhOod feeling
and sociability.
The bicycle is now so much cheaper
than formerly that every well-to-do
farmer can lave one or more. The
points summarized were that to have
wheel is: 0) Good economy; (2)
healthful recreation; (3) promotes so
cial life; a a constant convenience.
Now, every argument which justifcs
the farmer in having "A bicycle is an
argument for good roads, and it can
be duplicated and reinforced by the
fact that what is good for the bicycle
is good for the buggy or family car
riage Of every kind and for the farm
wagon.
In short, the wheelmen and farmers
can join hands and heads in promoting
good roads. 1t goes without saying
that with improved roads such as they
have in some parts OF New York and
Pennsylvania and in many parts of
Europe. our farmers would make a
large saving on their wheeled Yehl-
cles Of every kind aud on their horses,
who are worn out and broken down as
much by bad roads rs by any other
cause.
Good roads for winter and summer
and at all seasons give the farmer the
chance to market his produce at the
moment when prices are best; he also
can make his purchases when prices
are most favorable, and take adyan-
tage OF bargain offers for his family.
Our purpose in touching upon these
reasons for good roads at this time Is
to bespeak a hearty cooperation be-
tween the farmers and all residents Of
rural districts and the League of
American Wheelmen. If these two
great forces can only cooperate there
need not be n nelghborhood in the
whole country cursed and kept back
in material aud social progress by bad
roads.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13

ana shipped usually to Manila. where
they are separated, rebaled and
shipped either 70 Hong Kong, where
there is an immense rOpc-walk, or to
New York, Boston or London. The
rope-walk at Hong Kong is one Of the
largest i'm the world. Its product prac-
tically supplies China, Japan and Aus
tralia. Very little hemp is made into
rope or twine in Manila. Although
crude rope-walks exist IN different
parts Of the island, their manufac-
tmed article, although strong and
durable, would not compete in the for
eigh market Hemp Subserves every
purpose that leather might with the
native He twists it into sandals,
uses it for harnesses, and il answers
for binders in the building Of his nipa
hut. The utility of hemp is well un-
derstool to the Filipino The finer
quality is selected and reserved for
weaving purposes, being made up into
really handsome cloth. while the or
binary hemp is universally used to
make a coarse though durable mate
rial, worn generally by the natives,
who delight i'm gaudy Colors and pic
turesque though scanty costumes.
There is still another texture woven
from the selected strands Of outer
fibre, intermixed with the fibre of the
piue-leaf. The cloth has the semblancc
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13

of unfinished silk, and is pretty and
durable, though not as beautiful or
dressy MS the pure pine-leaf fibre silk
known rs pima cloth, the best woven
product Of the islands.
The entire hemp industry Of the
Philippines is still worked 10y prlmi
tive meOnods and with simple contriv.
ances = he native though uuambi.
tiouS himself. Is Jealous Of the China.
man. and is aycrsr to the Celestial get.
ting control Of the plantations or con.
tracts, while scorning up-to-datc meth.
DDS himself. The "Cheno," however
has made inroads in this industry, as
well as in others in the Philippines
Had he not, the development would
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
JUDlCIOUS
ADVERTISING
PAYS.
The NATIONAL CAME.

The Brooklyn Club has released
Pitcher Weyhing.
Slow-thnking ball players are dead
weight to a club.
Brooklyn has six ball players who
have stolen over twenty bases each.
Hartsel, of Cinc @pati, is undoubtcd-
ly the smallest pt ! playing ball
Young and r. hson. Of ST. Louis.
are the oldest TeI heaviest battery In
the League.
The Brooklyns have won thirteen
out Of seventeen games from the BOs
tons this year. ,
1t is said that there will be an up
heaval at Boston before another pen
nant race begins.
Holmes, the old Baltimore player,
has a batting average this season in
the West Of .306.
Beckley, Of Cincinnati, has never
played more brilliantly nor batted bet
ter than he has this year.
Though in last place, the percentage
OF the New York team exceeds that
Of last season by many points.
Bernard, recently signed by the New
Yorks, is an outfielder of no mean abil-
ity and acts like n natural born hit
ter.
Wagner's great batting, fielding and
base running are largely responsible
for Pitsburg's high position in the PEN
nant race.
1t is claimed that Louisville. Toron-
TO and Toledo are all knocking hard
at the door for admission to the Amer
lean League next season,
1t is rumored that John Il. Brush
will recall Pitcher Hawley and Out
fielder Selsbach from the New York
Club in order to strengthen the Gin
clnnatls for next season.
1t has been suggested as a remedy
to stop clicking and delay on the part
Of players that the umpire receive
power TO call batsmsn out who
doesn't step to the plate inside of "a
given time.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13

the tricks Of the trade. The native
will bring his hemp down from the
plantation in q moist state and offer
it for sale at night, hoping thus TO fool
the middle-man as to weight and quail
ity, but as this part of the business is
mostly in the hands of the Chinese,
there is little danger that they will
be deceived or cheated. The China
man is the sharpest bargain driver in
the world, and whether it is hemp,
silk or old junk, he is fully capable
of looking after his interests, Fine
ness of fibre color strength and
length determine the value and grade
of hemp. If it be carefully stripped
over a smooth knife, Immediately and
thoroughly dried, and Of good length,
IL win bring the highest price. If it
be carelcssly stripped juice being left
in the fibre, it loses its color and be-
comes coarse. 1t then is considered
of second and third grade quality
and brings Il smaller price. The ma
tive watches the market, and il he
hear tat the demand is heavy he
takes advantage Of the middle-man
and compels him to pay frst-grade
prices for secord and third grade pro-
ducts. Formerly hemp brought in Ma.
Mia from so to $50 per ton, always
fiuctuatin. according to the supply,
at times going up TO $500 per ton, but
Mt present the price is practically pro-
hibirive, and it looks as if it would
remain so for the next two years.-Ed-
win Millmnn- I'm Unrner.s Moekly.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
The Fat Man. Prs.Emlnence

We are pretty sure for long gcner.
atlons Of seeing the preponderance Of
northern races. One Of their peculiar
tiles is that Of being heavy eaters.
This is inconsistent with a clean-built
figure. The modern capitalist rarely
comes from climate like that Of Ath-
ems or Naples. lie fortlfes himself
against the long winters Of New York,
London, Amsterdam Berlin and Frank
fort by substantial and oft-recurrIng
meals. His body Is "A quck-combus-
tion stove wrapped up in warm gar
ments that prevent light easy motion.
Men Of the money-making class have
considerable glrth Of waistcoat. Lon
don Truth.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13

hazel nut had been attacked by a nut
hatch and a clean round hole made in
it at one cnd-the marks of the blows
of the birds beak being clearly visible
in the actual specimen. The nut was
dropped by the bird after the kernel
had been removed and happened to
fan to the ground with the hole down
ward, Into this hole grew the tip of
the sproutiug dogs-mercury, and find
ing itself in a blind alley the plant
was compelled to describe a complete
circle within the cavity of the nutshell
nd to emerge at the same hole as that
/ \ which it had entered, Having OK
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
..Is332..lE
G666d Roads R6t5s
In new York.
7 HE road improvement law,
passed by the New York Leg

TTHE road improve 1ent law.
passed by the New York Leg
islature in 1898, has proved
so eflicacious that the good
! road division of the United States De-
partmcnt Of Agriculture considers II
the best State law in existence It
possesses most Of the desirable feat
ures of State aid laws in other States,
and but few of the Objectionable ones.
The law is known as the Higbie-
Armstrong law, and provides that any
Board Of Supervisors may adopt reso.
lutiOns asking State aid for road i'm
provement. These are sent to the
State Engineer who investigates and
determines whether the road indi-
Gated is OF sufficient public impor.
tance to receive State aid. If it is, he
prepares an estimate Of the cost and
transmits this to the Board of Super.
visors. The board may then declare
that the highway indicated is to be
improved, or may refuse to go any
further. This gives absolute home
rule to the different counties of the
State, so that no section can be com.
PEELED to improve its highway and no
county should be permitted to do so
until all the facts and figures are
placed before it,
If the Board Of Supervisors decides
to improve the road second set Of
resolutions are adopted and sent to
the State Engineer, who then adver.
tises for bids. When a responsible
bid within the engineers estimate is
made the contract is closed IL the
town or county desires to do the work
itself It has the preference over all
other bidders. The work is superin-
tended by the State Engineer, and
when it is completed he draws a war;
rant upon the State Treasurer for
fifty per cent. Of the cost of the work.
The Supervisors must levy thlrty-fiye
per cent Of the cost on the whole
county, and the remaining hfteen per
cent is payable in one Of two ways.
viz: If the Supervisors had decided
to improve this highway without a pc
titiOn from the farmers owning land
which fronted on the improved road
the fifteen per cent must be paid by
the township in which the highway
lies. If, however, the decision was
made after the petition by the land
holders, this fifteen per cent. is paid
by the property owners. For example,
If road improvement in a certain town
costs $1,000, $500 must be paid by the
State, $3.50 by the county and $3.50
either by the town or the citizens hav-
ing land fronting upon the improved
road. The money available for the
State road work is obtained by a tax
Of Lie. on every $1,000 worth of as
s2ssable property in the State which
amounts to about $4,000 a year.
This law is strictly for the benefit
OF rural highways for although the
cities and villages Of the State pay
ninety per cent of the taxes, not a
foot of the highway within their linn
its can be improved This may at
first seem an injustice to the village
but when it is remembered that the
prosperity of villages and cities is de-
pendent entirely upon the prosperity
Of the country surrounding them, the
fairness Of the plan is evident
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
WIN sheen shooting.

The sheep began to move toward us.
II had been a long climb to get be-
youd and above them, but now we
had our reward. On they came. only
two hundred yards away. l could
see their white muzzlcs.as though they
had been sticking their noses into Il
flour bag Now | could see the wrin-
hOOfs of the advancing flock made "A
sWishiug patrering sound, and they
were only fifty yards away. | took
the nearest ram, and ne never drew
breath again. JOhnnie'S forty-four
barked spiiefully. He made a neat
hit on another ram, further away than
my already dying victim, but failed
to stop it. Those sheep did not sail
away like deer. touching here and
there high place, They fattened
themselves out, shot around a corner,
and were gone. Johnnie followed, and
] was alone. In a few seconds / heard
JohnIic's gun focbly humping away.
There was no echoing roar, such as
you hear in the thick woods. l picked
my way cautiously after Johnnie, and
when | saw the jumps he had made,
and the chances he had taken, | knew
there was much for me to learn about
hasty mountain travel Johnnie shot
six times, and two hundred yards
ahead, on the crooked. rocky descent
the sheep had taken. | found him on
his knees by the big ram. Three bul-
let's had struck-Scribncr's
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
HE prospcctor seeking for in
yestment need not dig below
the surface in the Philippines.

Il
yestment need not dig below
the surface in the Philippines.
The culture and harvesting
of hemp is the biggest gold mine he
will find The islands seem to have
been especially made for the benefit Of
the abaca plant. The moist though
not swampy country TO the south Of
Manila, the Camaripcs, Samar, Leyte
and Ccbu. would produce solid over
growth Of the abaca trees if left to
take its own course.
The tree itself resembles closely the
banana palm, but differs essentially
in the fineness of its fibre and its bar
renuess Of fruit.
The natives, too, seem to have been
especially provided for the hemp coun-
try Tending to improvidencc and in
dolcncy the hemp industry furnishes
them employment whenever they run
short of rice and tobacco, for hemp
can be harvested almost at any time
except duii ing the short rainy season.
Attempts have been made to trans
plant the hemp trees, taking them only
as far away MS Borneo. but the musa
textiles refused to cohabitatc with any
but Philippine soil. The Pacific slopes
of the volcanic regions of the islands
produce the best plants. Although the
abaca tree coddles to thin soil, and
rather dry quickly drained localities,
tb9 trunk and leaves demand frequent
and abundant moisture. Given the
proper conditions, the vast plantations
Will thrive like asparagus beds, Very
little cultivation is required: an occa-
sional wedding and a replantng at
the harvest time and nature does the
rest The crop is not gathered MS if it
were corn field but the trees are
found in all stages Of growth, aud the
native passes through regular routes.
slashing a plant here and there, his
practiced eye the sole judge Of its ma
turity. Three years is the proper age
FOR harvesting The hcmD-sripper
goes forth much as a huutsman
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
The Hemp Industry
Of the Philippines.

parts. As well try to produce a ma
chine 10 comb the snarls out of a wom-
ans hair as TO make Il mechanical
hemp-stripper.
The native is paid for his work in
hemp, dividing the product equally
with the plantation owner. When he
cuts and strips all he can carry, he
twists mp the fibre into a great roll
and goes down to the plantation own
er's houso, and there the division is
made. They then hang up the rolls
until the middle-man or contractor
comes along and bargain is struck.
The bales are crudcly fastened to-
gether and carried to the nearest port
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13
now CameIs Act In water.

Camels cannot swim. They are very
buoyant, but Unbalanced, and their
heads go under water They can, how
ever, be taught to swim rivers with
the aid Of goatskins or jars fastened
under their necks. During the Belu-
chistan expedition Of 1898 the camels
were lowered into the sea from the
ships and the drivers plunging over
board, clambered on the the rumps Of
their charges, causing the animals
heads to come up, and thus assisted
they were successfully piloted ashore.