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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09

III you would ! ave an appetite like bear
ana relish for your meals take Chamber
lain's Stomach a.d liver Tablets. They cor
rect disorders OF he stomach and regulate
the liver and bowels. Price. rs cents. SAM
pies free. at the drug store of
n. @. Pierce, Barton, VI. =. Webster, Barton
andinR. w. v. Trip. r. Charleston.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09
For Sale or to Rent.

One house. barn, and i've acres OF Las nd, cit.
usted in Barton Village. Also Eve tons OF
hay Address
JAMES ROBBINS,
~ 40 South Gardner, Mass
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09

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Did you say you couldn't afford its Many
times q man says, II can't AFFORD Old line in
suranc , it's too high" Is it9 Let's see. Yea
are % years old Yes, well, our Repayment
Life Policy will cost you S24 ~ per thousand,
per year. This makes total possible cost OF
$495.6O- At As, you will, If living. receive a
police fully paid up for . 1000, or you can
This makes your insurance cost you e62 90 for
20 years, or sara per thousand per year. m
you b ad died at any time during the 20 years
your family would have received in cash.
81 Oo0- Can you show us any order, or lodge
or society that can equal this for cheapn@aa
or security Ana say. friend, where will soma
of these orders aud Insurance societies hm
twenty years from nowS The Travellers In
surance Company, OF Hartford, has come to
stay,
The Travellers is sound as bullet and solid
a solid rock.
II. L. WEBSTER, AGENT,
Barton. VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09
Liberation Notice.

This certiies that 4, John Buskey. have
this day given my son, George Buskey, hia
time during the renal nder OF his minority.
and shall pay no debts of his cOntf acting or
claim any of his earnings after this date.
47-49 his
JOHN (X) BUSKEY.
Attest: MARI.
y. Is. WHEELER
JOHN FOREST. JR-
South Barton. VT, Nov. 70, 1891.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09
BY CHARLES M. SHELDON,


,oPTRI0HT, 1896, BT CONGREGATIONAL
AND SUNDAY SCHOOL PUBLISHING socIETT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09
CHAPTER Y

Az EXCITING TIME
For a moment the woman stood con-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

While the legislature made a good
record in declining to raid the state
treasury for the reporters on the daily
papers for lump of $3.50 each, it was
not as careful concerning its own en-
ployes, and they were voted additional
sums ranging from $50 to $3.50 each,
the total amounting to some 81, 600.
This money did not belong to the
members and was not theirs to give
away as they saw fit. The various en-
ployes all enjoyed good salaries during
the winter, considerably larger than
the most of them could earn in pri-
waite lines, and they were eager to get
the places at the salary attached with
no thought of substantial gift at the
close The labors of the said employees
are not onerous, so there is no excuse
in that quarter. The scheme of so
giving is pernicious one, and is
just as bad and unworthy as woul d
have been move on the part of the
members to have voted themselves an
extra hundred dollars or SO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
WALL EYED PIKE.
Agent Fullerton is hatChiog One Humid
red Million of Them.

st. Paul, April 15.-Game Warden
Fullerton expects to place 100, 600, OOO
little wall-eyed pike in the sire ans
and lakes of the state this fall and
summer. He is not counting his eggs
before they are Matched, and if the
final outcome of the proc ess of hatch
ing is few dozen shy, he says it will
not make any material difference to
the fishermen of the state in the fu
ture.
The anglers of Minnesota have taken
a liking to wall-eyed pike, and re-
quests have been made of Mr.. Fuller
ton for millions of little fellows with
which to stock streams and lakes all
over the state. He will respond to the
requests if the Matching process does
not prove failure which condition
have never yet fallen to his lot
In the past he has been unusually
successful. The year before he was
succeeded by Gov. Lind's appointee,
John Beutner, he had 81, 900, 00O
spawns for distri button. That was in
1898. The year following the warden
under Gov. Lind succeeded in hatch
ing tray full of eggs, about 5000 in
number. In 1900 Mr.. Beutner Jared
about equally as we'll, securing in the
neighborhood of 10, 600 or a jar full -
in the vernacular of the hatchery men.
This year Mr. Fullerton expects to
have 10, 900 times that amount
A large portion of the 100, 900, 00O
pike will be placed in Cass lake,
where they have never been before.
That will be upon the request of the
citizens in that part of the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
SENT TO RED WING.
Bessie Ross Has Her Hearing On th2
Charge of Incorrigibilpy.

Bessie Ross hearing on the charge
of incorrigibility took place Monday
forenoon before Judge Shissler L. w.
Prendergast ppeared as her attorney,
while County Attorney Wilson repre-
sented the state. The evidence for the
state was practically as published Sat
urday. The defendant and her uncle.
A. E. Nelson, and her aunt, Mrs. Liz
zie Nelson, went onto the stand Miss
Ross said that she was at former
neighbor' last Friday, and each had
put in few cents and bought som e
beer, her share being nickle. On
her way home she stopped at another
friend and had some more beer
When she reached the posto flee she
met a man whom she knew and tn ely
walked up Glenwood avenue together
He gave her some gin and the two
kinds of liquor made her intoxicated.
She said that she had started in a
couple of months ago to reform. The
testimony of the others was to the
effect that she was an obedient girl
Mr.. Prendergast asked the court to
send the girl to her aunt's in Fari-
bault county, where she would have a
good home instead of to the state
training school for boys and girls at
Red Wing. Mr.. Wilson submitted his
side of the case without argument.
Judge Shissler severely scored the
grown men who would lead astray sc
young girl as this, and referred tc
| them as "body snatchers of young
girls morals and virtue" He sale
that the highest ambition of such
men is to ensnare and cause the dowr
fall of young girls. He said that the
state training school is the proper
place for young girls like Bessie Ross
as it aimed to reform them. The
school authorities could investigate
| the home of her aunt in Faribault
county and if it was found to be a pro,
per place it could place the girl there.
He ordered her committed to Red
Wing.
Harry Pfeffer and wife ofBlue Earth
| were in the city Monday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

According to the report of the CEN
sus department the value in products
of refined petrole am has increased 40
per cent in the last ten years. The
number of wage workers employed in
creased per cent, and wages paid IA
per cent. the total value of the pro-
ducts of refined oils is put at nearly
1924, 600, 600. To produce this the raw
material costs nearly $103, 600, 900
wages paid were So, III, 0S7, and 50,
$50, S51 for other expenses. The re-
port states that it is not to be assumed
that the difference between the ag'
gregate of these sums and the value o.
the product is in any sense indicative
of the profits in the manufacture o.
refined petroleum during the census
year. The census schedule takes NJ
cognizance of the cost of selling manu-
featured articles or of interest on CAPT
tai invested, or of the mercantile losses
incurred in the business or of depreci
alton in plant. The value of the pro
| duct given is the value as obtained, o.
fixed at the refinery itself. About Al
per cent of the product of 1899 was ex
ported, and the United States is no
only the largest exporter of refined
petroleum but also the largest con
sumner of the article in the void.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

1t is said that the ministers from
the various powers in China have
agreed upon $500. 600, 900 as the amount
of indemnity for damages sustained by
the various nations. Minister WI does
not believe that China will ever be
able to pay such sum and the best
authorities that Washington officials
have been able to consult agree
with this view. The president will
work further toward securing seal
ing down to 5000, 900, and is said to be
willing to scale down the amount
claimed by this government, although
it is made up of the actual losses and
expense account in sending troops to
China. England, Germany and Rus
STA have large claims that are not
without justice, but they show no dis
position to temper with mercy. The
smaller Lations of Europe, who con-
tributed nothing toward the restora-
tion of peace nor the protection of
life or property, have set up claims
running into the millions, and their
representatives vote to collect the last
cent. Like lot of vultures they
would pick the bone clean. The &C
ton of the European powers more and
more present to view the fact that
they are really not averse to dismem-
berment OF the empire and would in
directly force it through an excessive
indemnity. The administration has
been very successful in its diplomacy
with the powers toward China, and
is not without hope that it may bring
about a settlement of the indemnity
question in way to save the terri
torial integrity of the empire. This is
doubtless, however, the most delicate
feature of the oriental problem it has
yet taken hold of.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
MANY COMPETITORS.
Library Board Will Hold Special Meet.
ing 10 Fxsmne Plans

The public library board will hold a
special meeting next Monday evening
to look over the plans for a library
building to be submitted in COMPETE
tion. Saturday is the last day for re-
ceiving plans, and the competition
promises to be lively. The local archi
tects have prepared plans and eleva
tions to submit, and number from
outside firms will be submitted. Archi-
tects from as far away as Dallas,
Texas, have entered the competition,
and those in a number of cities all
over the country will submit plans
This ought to bring out a sufficient
number of good plans to enable the
library board to select one that will in
every way be sui table for the purpose,
convenient inside and attractive out
side.
:, The title to the library site is being
perfected. When this has been done
and plans and specifications selected,
| things will move faster
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
Cheap Rates TO California,

February 18th and each Tuesday
thereafter, until and including April
3Oth, special low rate colonist tickets
will be sold via. the Southern Pacific
company's "Ogden" and Sunset
routes to all points in California.
The rate will be: From Chicago
$50, from st. Louis, Memphis and New
Orleans 1927. 80, from Omaha, Kansas
City, etc, $25. Corresponding low
rates from all other points east and
north.
For particulars and detailed inform
alton pertaining to the Southern Paci-
fic company's routes, and these special
rates to California, call upon or ad-
dress W. @. Neimyer, G. w. A., s.
P. Co., 1913 Clark ST., Chicago, III.
G. G.. Carey, G. A., s: z. Co., 2Oe
Sheidley Bdg., Kansas City, Mo.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
One of the important bills passed by

One of the important bills passed by
the legislature this last winter, is
what is known as the Chiffon mar
riage law. As introduced, the measure
provided that physician certificate
must be secured by those desiring to
marry. But this was considered an
Objectionable feature and was elimi-
mated therefrom. AS the act now stands
it simply prohibits the marriage of an
epileptic, Predetermined, imbecile or
insane person, or any of that class of
detectives, with woman under forty
five years of ago. The officer issuing
the license is made responsible for the
enfor cement of this prohibition his
neglect to do so being made a misde-
meanor. The bill in this shape is no
doubt imperfect, as it will not, in
some cases, be at all apparent to the
licensing official whether the candi-
dates for matrimony come within the
classes to which the prohibition ap-
plies 1t is held that the number of
imbeciles or insane persons desiring
to get married are so few in proper
tion to the whole number of marriag-
able persons, that the proportion of
those upon whom the disqualification
will not manifest itself, that the number
who will ignorantly be licensed to
marry will be insigniicantly small.
The working of the law will doubtless
be closely watched in sociological
circles.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
MONEY FOR SCHOOL HOUSES.
Country Districts Are Borrowing Large
Amounts From the State.

st. Paul, April 10. -Northern coun-
ties are borrowing large sums of
money from the state for school, town
and county improvements. Such
loans were made possible through a
legislative enactment of 1897. Today
the state has in the neighborhood of
one and half million dollars of such
money out at interest, and requests
for more are received by the state Off
Gals almost every day. At the last
monthly meeting of the board which
approves of those loans, little over
$1S, 600 was advanced number of
school districts.
The loans which are being made are
not confined to school districts entirely,
many counties and towns borrowing
money. which is procured of the staUe
at cheaper interest than can be had
of regular money lenders. and there is
not the liability of a suit with the
state to recover the principal when il
falls due, as would possibly follow
from borrowing from regular money
lenders.
Just at present the northern counties
predominant in the list Of borrowers
The money is largely used for the
erection of schools in districts where
none have heretofore existed. AS {
rule the sums asked are not large, fol
the farmers practice economy by erect
ing the buildings themselves, which
saves large sum to the taxpayers O
that particular district.
A school house which would ordi
narily cost 81, 600 is erected in those
localities for just what the actua
material used in construction is pur
chased for. The material is hauled tC
the site of the school, and wher
everything is in readiness, the far
mers from far and near congregate
and erect the building themselves
thereby saving themselves and tn
other taxpayers what the cost of con
struction would be if carpenters ant
masons were employed, for they donat
| their services.
In number of instances count e
have asked for money with which t
build roads and make other improve
ments. Towns are also borrowers, us
ing the money for electric light plant
and other improvements which go ia
to make town of today upto-date il
every particular, no matter how SINAI
| it may be.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
PRISON BINDER Irvine.
FARMERS NOTICE.

Send in your orders before May LIST
Prison Irvine three cents per pound
cheaper than other Irvine. Quality
fully guaranteed. Prices guaranteed,
with privilege to cancel order any time
before shipment. Send for club order
blanks and order your twine before
May list. After that date, under the
provisions of the law, dealers may or
der Irvine from the prison factory.
The management of the Saltwater
Irvine plant guarantees the quality OF
Prison Irvine to be up to the standard
grade for which it is sold, and to be
equal to the best Irvine heretofore
manufactured and sold by the Mime
sofa state prison.
The management also guarantees
the price of Prison made binder Irvine
up to and including July LIST, 1901, and
will give the purchaser an option to
cancel orders at any time before ship
ment is made, in case of failure or
partial failure of crop Please get in
your orders at once.
HENRY WOLFER, Warden.
D. c. Wood, the Lake Crystal hotel
man, was in Mankato Sunday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

Frederic Harrison, the we'll known
writer, who has just returned to Lon
don from trip through the United
States, expresses great surprise at the
educational and industrial activity
which he says exists everywhere in
this country. The energy one sees ex-
hibited everywhere, he says, is simply
enormous while our educational sys-
tenn impressed him as embodying fea-
lures of the highest value. Further
he said: 81 shall spend the rest of my
life trying to stimulate still friendlier
relations between the United States
and Great Britain. Already the lead
ing men and women of both nations
feel the strongest mutual sympathy
and affection. They realize that there
are many powerful reasons why
Americans and Britons should cooper
ate with each other, and intend to
promote such cooperation to the best
of their ability
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
BENEFICIAL RESULTS OF VACIN.
ALTON.

The Chicago Record Herald has been
making some inquiry into the effect OF
vaccination as preventative of small
pox, and finds that in the recent cpl
demic in that city it was entirely in
favor of vaccination. The summary
of its findings is as follows:
Out of the total III cases of small
pox found in Chicago between Nov.
80, 1900, and April 10, 1901-the period
of the present epidemic-14O had never
been vaccinated. OF the remaining 81
cases, 80 were adults showing faint,
Door or irregular scars, claimed to be
evidence of attempted vaccination in
infancy or early childhood most
recent being twenty-three years old.
Only 2 out of the III cases eXhi lifted
typical scars of successful vaccination.
Of these 1 was thirty-five years old
"vaccinated when a child revac-
cination attempted three years ago,
without result; vaccine lymph prob
ably inert. The other was forty years
old. also successfully vaccinated In
childhood but never revacclnated.
These are the only two cases out OF the
total III upon whom vaccination was
ever successfully attempted, and the
most recent of these was more than
thirty years ago.
The Record Herald further adds that
since vaccination has been made COM
pulsory in the schools of that city
smallpox has disappeared from them.
For twenty years the schools of Chi
cago have been immune from small
pox cases. Another significant fact
which it gives is that since vaccina-
ton has been a requirement on the
Chicago police force the officers have
been free from smallpox, although they
go everywhere and into all haunts OF
crime and disease.
This summary of the Record Herald
agrees with a report which the Free
Press noticed few days ago. in some
of the towns of the northwest, in
which of over one hundred known ex-
posures of persons who had been re,
Gently vaccinated, or were vaccinated
Immediately after exposure, not one
had the disease, while of some twenty
or more smallpox patients, not one had
been vaccinated, or at least not since
their early childhood.
In addition to this the Free Press
was informed a few days ago by gen,
| tleman from Lake Crystal that it had
been found that of some thirty cases
of small pox cases there none of the
patients had been vaccinated in recent
years, and many of them not at all,
while none who had been recently vac
cinated, or were vaccinated immedi
ately after exposure, came dowr
with the disease. 1t is also stated by
those familiar with many of the cases
which have occurred through the
northwest during the past year, that
wherever the patient had been vaccin
ated even in early childhood the
disease was very light, but upon this
fact, however little stress seems to
have been laid. But the facts CLEANED
in various ways, seem to most strongly
uphold the theory that has been held
/ that vaccination is most valuable as &
! preventative, and were it followed
closely as it should be, would result il
stamping the loathsome disease GU
altogether.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
MAY GARNISHEE ANYBODY.

County, city and school employees
are henceforth subject to garnishment,
the same as common citizens. This
law was one earnestly desired by the
Retail Grocers' association. 1t met
with little opposition, but hard fight
was made against the companion bill
reducing exemptions from garnish-
ment to SO per week
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

The insurgent Filipinos are run.
ming up against hard luck. The cap.
ture of Aguinaldo and has taking the
oath of allegiance to the United States
was hard blow to their little
schemes. But they have met with an.
other. 1t seems that they selected
Gen. Sandico to succeed Aguinaldo al
the leader of the instruction, and now
it. turns out that Sandico surrendered
to the Americans in the province Of
New Ecija, on the island of Luzon or
Monday last. From all accounts il
will be hard work for the insurgents
to keep a prominent leader at theil
head.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
MUNICIPAL ACTIVITY.
Many Villages Preparing TO Put In
Water and Sewer Systems.

M. B. Haynes has the contract to
prepare plans and specifications for a
complete system of water works for
Minneota, to cost about S12, 600. The
system will include pump, tank and
mains.
Mr.. Haynes has prepared plans and
specifications for a tower, tank and
water mains for Wheaton, to cost ST.
34O He has several other contracts
nearly secured.
E. /. P. Staede has the contract for
putting in tower, tank and street
system for Stewart, and is getting the
material on the ground. The contract
price is Sc, 900.
Many of the villages of the state are
preparing to put in water works or
sewers, which is a favorable sign.