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Ten Years and Fine.

The trials before the Audiencia
court of the cases rising from the en-
bezzlements of Cuban postal frauds
have resulted in the following SEN
tences: G. F. w. Nelly, ten years i'm
prisonment and to pay a fine of
S56,7O1; w. H. Reeves, ten years. i'm
prisonment and to pay fine of
$35, ,516; Estes G. Rathbone, ten years.
Imprisonment and to pay fine of
$50, ,324.
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FOR SALE.
TO RENT.

To RENT.-Tenement newly repaired.
Mrs. Charles Mcclellan, Glover village, Vt.
Furnished room to rent. VIM. r.
Aldrich. 12-13
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WANTED.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Just arrived. A car of baled shavings, at
the Barton Feed Store. A. M. Tower. W
w. M. Magoon, magnetic healer, will be
in Barton Friday, April 4th, in the after
noon. Treats all chronic diseases withoa
medicine. Rooms at G. w. Preston's. 1w
New spring mill lery, aIso gloves, corsets,
underwear and hosiery at E. l.. Barstow's.
Also orders tax en- for tailor suits, or cloth
sold by the yard, in the spring styles. 1w
Positively the last chance to get your
Photo taken a. Glover. Our studio will be
open just one more week. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Goodale Photo Co, Glover,
VT. Nv
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-31

Ambitious and Enterprising young men
and women are wanted at the
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-31
W. L. JACOBS.
LOCAL ADVERTISING.

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head at t1Co cents per word for Fl st inse1 tiOn
and one cent per word thereafter. Cash must
accompany the order. No advertisement aUiIE
be inserted for less than tWenty- fUe cents.
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STATE NEWS.
Vermont Conference.

On Wednesday morning, April 9,
the annual session of the Vermont
Conference will open in the Methodist
church at st. Adams with the admin
istration of the Lords supper by Rt.
Rev. Daniel A. Goodsell of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. Following the sacra-
ment Will be the formal organization
of the conference, and the remainder
of the morning session will be devoted
to the transaction of routine business.
Forty Cattle Killed.
Charles J. Bell of the state board of
agriculture was testing cattle in Nc
Indoes and Fairlee last week. At
McIndoes he tested about ninety head
of cattle owned by the Connecticut
River Lumber company; of these
forty one were found to be diseased
and were killed. 1t was a noticeable
fact in making the test that the COW
in every second stall in the barn was
diseased, alternating diseased and a
healthy COW.
VermOnt's Tribute to Judge Taft
The remains of Chief Judge Russell
S. Taft were buried Tuesday afternoon
in the village cemetery at Williston,
where also rest the bones of many of
his ancestors. All honor was paid to
the distinguished dead by hundre DIS of
mOurnerS who Maid lost trihuta of
respect to his memory. Vermo nt's
chief executive, distinguished mem
bers of the bench and bar, the states
representatives at Washington and
people from all walks of life united in
last tribute of love and regard.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-31
REAL ESTATE

Hereafter we shall be at Hotel Barton Mon
day evening and Tuesday until p. m. every
week. For any thing pertaining to Real
Estate consult u.s.
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members mostly living within the northeast
section of the city, are neighbors and are
personally acquainted with the needs and
necessities of each other and their families
and because of that the virtues of fraternity
are better exemplified and charity Is eX-
ercised in the ideal brotherly manner, not
only toward each other. but in the relief
of all worthy wards of the Grand Army in
that section.
This post has each year had charge of
the services at all the cemeteries in the
northeast-five in a1l-and although 1t has
less than eighty members has always pro-
vided the money to defray all expenses,
placed a flag and flowers upon about 1000
graves and held proper services each Me-
mortal day.
Connected with Thomas Post is Geo. H.
Thomas Women's Relief Corps, No IL, with
membership of about 100 This corps
worthily and energetically supports and en-
courages the post in all it's aims and work.
and is power for good not only in it's own
bailiwick, but throughout the District.
The present officers of the post are as fol-
lows: VIM. F. Reed. commander; Edwin p.
Sherman. senior vice commander; II. H.
House, junior vice commander; VIM. H.
Honn, chaplain; Benz P. Entriken quarter
master: Samuel Bright, adjutant; H. A.
Dobson surgeon; John ]. Stretch, officer Of
the day.
Regular meetings are held the first and
third Friday evenings of each month.
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performers also sang several plantation
songs, which met with hearty applause
Just previous to the serving of refresh
ments the veterans were given oppor-
tunity to shake hands with Secretary Foot
and Postmaster General Payne, who took
their places in front of the platform and
greeted the members of the cncampment as
they filed past.
After those assembled partook of the edi-
bleS Major John Tweedale read several Sc
lections, greatly to the delight of the au-
ditorS. 1t was a late hour when the guests
departed for their various quarters, but
their enjoyment of the affair was evidenced
by the satisfied look upon their faces.
This reception was regarded by all pres
ent as one of the most enjoyable features
of the encampment. General Torrance was
present al the opening of the reception, but
on account of a pressure Of business was
obliged to leave before the speechmaki1S
was fairly under way.
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BURNSIDE POST.
Officers of High Rank in It's Member
shin

Burnside Post, No. 8, was organized May
s, 1882, with fifty-seven charter members of
whom fourteen died while members of the
post seventeen have left and twenty-six
remain.
The total enrolment to date Is 526 the
present membership being 29S. Ninety-six
comrades have died, thirteen having passed
away in 1902.
Twenty-Five members have Joined during
this year. making net increase of fifteen.
This post includes many men prominent
in army. business and professional life
The adjutant general, United States army
and the chairman Of the citizens commit
tee of this encampment are among its COM
rades. as was that eminent scientist and
greatly lamented citizen, Professor John w.
Powell. chief of the bureau of ethnology.
Of its membership nearly 40 per cent held
commissions during the civil war, six mem
bers having attained the rank of brigadier
general by brevet The following past de-
partment commanders were chosen from its
ranks: d. S. Alexander. 1884; w s. Odell,
1889; Nathan Bickford, 1894; Arthur Hen
bricks, 1885,
The present senior vice department COM
mander. Judge Ivory G. Kimball, is a past
post commander and an enthusiastic COM
rade of Burnside" 1t is claimed by it's
members and friends that it fully exempli-
fies the noble principles of the G. A r.
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GEN. AINsWoRTH's REPORT.
Saving Effected in His Division in the
Past Eight Years.

In his annual report to the Secretary Of
War Brig. Gen. F. c. Ainsworth, chief Of
the record and pension division, notes the
fact that a new class of claims against
the United States appeared during the last
year in the shape of applications by art-
lery and cavalry officers and private SOL
diers of the confederate army or their heirs
for horses, side arms and baggage alleged
to have been taken from them by federal
troops at and after the surrender at APP
pomattox in violation of the terms of sur
render of the confederate armies These
claims to the number Of 302 already flied,
have been, by act of Congress, taken under
consideration
Some interesting questions requiring set
tlement grew out of the fact that 1t was
impossible in all cases to discharge the
volunteer Philippine army before July !,
1901, as was required by the act Of March.
1901, under which they were enlisted. 1T
was held that legally the men were out of
service July l, 1901, no matter where they
were. and as for the officers whose regf-
ments were mustered out but who claimed
themselves to have been in the service be-
yond the prescribed term, 1t was also held,
that regardless of the fact Of their employ
ment, they, too, were technically out Of the
United States military service on July l.
The decision Of the Supreme Court that
volunteer officers could not be tried by
courts-martial composed wholly or in part
of regular officers, gave rise to a good deal
of confusion, and it was finally decided that
the status of officers who had been so tried
was that of an officer under charges, and
while his discharge not of a diShon
orable character it was nevertheless a dis
charge without honor.
Gen. Answorth reports the completion Of
the general index of the records of the civil
war, and he states that this finally con-
cludes the great work of publicat ton.
LAS a result of the adoption of improved
business methods and especially because of
the application of the index-record card
SI-ct lam - n Dro1 ma tool
ords," says Gen. Ainsworth the clerical
force of the record and pension office has
been greatly reduced since the orgdnza-
ton of the office as a bureau of the War
Department, reduction of 800 having been
made in 1894, 30 IN 1895, % in 1897, 80 in
1900 and 40 for the present fiscal year The
total reductions in the clerical force have
resulted in an annual saving of s501, $40 in
salaries alone
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auspices Of the post, great celebration
was. held in Anacostia, which was attended
by several posts from the city, portion of
the District of Columbia National Guard
and other organizations. The United States
government recognized the Importance of
the movement by ordering section of
artillery to take part in the ceremonies
and to fire salute on the unfurling of the
flag over the newly completed school house.
The District Commissioners were present
and took part in the exercises by review
ing the parade. The presentation of the
flag to the school was made in a speech
by the then commander of the post, which
was replied to by Commissioner Douglass,
in which he accepted the flag on behalf of
the school. and then unfurled the flag over
the school house, which was greeted by the
thunder Of artillery and the shouts of the
assembled multitude. Thus was inaugu-
rated a custom which has since become ma
tional In its character.
1t also originated the custom of holding
exercises in the public schools on the Friday
preceding Memorial day by sending some
of its members to make addresses to the
children, and for ten years has conducted
patriotic exercises in all the schools across
the Eastern branch.
The department finally, recognizing the
Importance of these exercises in instructing
the children in patriotism, adopted the Gus
tom. The date of these exercises has since
been changed to Flag day, June IA, at the
suggestion of the Sons Of the American
Revolution. 1t Is safe to predict that this
will soon become universal custom also.
The post has, from its organization, had
charge of the excuses on Memorial day at
st. Eiizabeths, which, next to Arlington Is
the largest soldiers cemetery in the Dis
trict. Its present officers are n. H. Miller,
commander; A. B. Frlsbie, senior vice COM
mander; H. w. Emo, Junior vice COM
mander; w. G. Davenport. chaplain; E. H.
Grant, surgeon; w. H. Peck. officer Of the
day: Alpheus Davidson. quartermaster;
Jas. H. Dony, adjutant.
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POTOMAC POST.
Formed by Consolidation With Chas
P. Stone Post

Charles P. Stone Post No. IL, was organ
lied May IT. 1888, with twenty charter
members, and elected DR.. J. Lee Adams as
first commander. Potomac Post. No. 1S,
was organized May s. 1892 with forty three
members, and elected Silas c. Robb as first
commander.
On the 18th of November. 1896 Stone Post,
No. IL, and Potomac Post, No. IS, consoli-
dated under the title Of Potomac Post, No.
II. The total number of names on the
descriptive book is 200. but by reason of
death, transfer and removal from this de-
partment, the number now in good stand
ing in the new post has been reduced to
Up members.
The interest displayed by the comrades in
the principles of the order, the regular at
tendance at the meetings and the financial
standing of the post, marks it as in a
flourshing condition.
Captain ]. Tyler Powell is the present
commander of the post.
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Women in War

From the Womans Home Companion.
1t was Florence Nightingale who opened
the doors of military discipline to woman
kind. Prior to her famous expedition to
the Crimea the only women allowed in
armies were vivanderes, suffers wives,
and occasionally the wives of officers. The
wonderful work done by the immortal Eng
lishwOman showed that womans presence
was a benefit. instead of an evil, as had
heretofore been believed. Shortly after this
came the formation of the Red Cross So
ciety, of whose many members a majority
belong to the fair sex. Since that time the
number Of women-nurses, agents and rep
resentatiVes of auxiliary war societies has
steadily increased both on the battlefield
and in camps during martial activity
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CONFEDERATE sH1NPLAsTERs.
A Good Many of Them Still Lying
Around.

1.-The Stars story the other day." said a
member Of one Of the Georgia posts. about
a sword which had been found In q hollow
tree being sent to the Washington manager
of the Associated Press, together with some
confederate money and other things, re-
minds me that there Is a good deal Of old
confederate money and state money lying
around In out-of-the-way places yet Not
many months ago bought a lot of old fur
niture. and in the lot was an old desk, a
very fine piece Of work. In having It over
were number of old notes, checks and sew.
era1 packages of fifty and twenty-five-cent
Georgia shinplasters, just as they came
from the bank, and In packages of fifty dol
lars, numbered consecutively. / suppose
there was fully $1,000 in small shin
plasters, and it had remained In that old
desk undisturbed for more than a quarter
of century. Now, there is one city In my
state that has never repudiated debt, and
that Is Augusta. l don't care how old the
Dill Is the city will pay its face value with
interest.
There is one thing that is getting scarce
N the south. and that is confederate uni
forms. They are hard to find. The great
trouble. You see. Is the fact that when our
boysI was not one Of them, but I have
lived with them SO long that find myself
CHASING myself as one Of them-came back
from the war they had to wear their uni
forms because they had no other clothes. It
was the uniform or nothing with them. The
result was that within few years con-
federate clothes were hard to ind. A COM
piete uniform worn by confederate would
bring good price In any southern city"
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ritual and in all the departments of the
work under the notices fraternity, charity
and loyalty 1t strives to be in the lead. thus
making it both popular and famous and
worthy of the llustrious name it bears.
Auxiliary TO the post is Lincoln w. r. c.,
No 6. a band of noble women, unrivaled
in the department, whose deeds of mercy
and charity are unceasing and rendered as
a labor Of love. The post is officered as fol-
lows: John s. Walker. commander; Henry
II. cambridge. senior vice commander;
Hazard Wheeler, junior vice commander;
S. W. McElderry. adjutant; f. ]. Bowling.
Quartermaster; A +. johnson, NJ. d. sur
geon: Rev. j. d. Bloodgood, chaplain; w.
B. Seymour. officer of the day; Geo. NJ.
Rowe. nfiiCer of the guard-
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GRAND ARMY POSTS
Histories of Some in This
Department.
MUCH GOOD w DIRK
HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
THROUGH THEIR AID.
The Putting of the Flag Upon School
Houses Originated in a
Local Post.
6 REEN ACCOMPLISH
THROUGH THEIR AID.

All the C. A. r. posts of the department
are said to be in a lourishing condition,
both as to membership and financial stand
Ing Some of them bear on their roster
the names of men distinguished not alone in
military affairs, but in every branch OF en-
deavor. There are professional men who
look back upon the army experience in ear
ly life with great satisfaction, and there
are scientists who have since serving in
defense of their country made regulations
that are world wide.
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Old Books.

From the Womans Home Companion.
The first book printed in the United States
was an almanac published at Cambridge in
1889 by Stephen Daye, who established the
first printing press in this country. The
second publication a slip containing a
poem. entitled The Freemans Oath" The
next book was a metrical version of the
psalms, known as the Bay Psalm Book, I"
rare. 1t is one of the most valuable books
in the world.
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The Postmaster General Speaks.

Secretary Root sat down amid deafening
cheers, and after Introduction by Cen
eral Burdett, Postmaster General Payne
addressed the gathering. Mr. Payne ex-
pressed his pleasure to be present at the
meeting of the veterans and spoke of his
desire at all times to serve them. He spoke
very briefly, but was received with enthu-
siasm by the audience.
The chairman Of the evening then ar
nounced an old Virginia cakewalk, and the
audience was very much entertained by
the efforts Of the participants. The colored
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LINCOLN POST.
It Claims to Be the Banner Post in the
District

Lincoln Post, No. 3. was organized March
IS, 1865. with sixteen charter members,
Timothy Lubey, commander In December.
1874. its charter was surrendered. with a
membership of twenty-five comrades. Sep
TENDER 20, 1877, the post was finally reor
ganized with Samuel f. Thomason as COM
mander. since which time it has prospered
in numbers and work. claiming the proud
distinction as the banner post of the de-
partment. With its 800 members it stands
unsurpassed for it's perfect work under the
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JOHN A. LOGAN POST.
Customs Inaugurated in Anacostia by
It Have Become General

John A. Logan Post, No. Is, was organ
lied December II, 1889. with thirty-eight
charter members 1t is located in Anacos-
tia. and from it's isolated position is known
as the picket POST of the departments.
and although one OF the smallest In mem
bership, has since its organization borne Its
full share in upholding and advancing the
interests and principles for which the q.
A. r. stands pledged. 1t is the originator
of the idea Of raising the flag over school
houses and inaugurated that custom on the
I'D Of February. 1890. when, under the
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Chas. Sumner Post.
GEORGE U. MORRIS POST.
The One Organization in West Wash
ington.

On July %, 1852, Post No. 10, Department
Of the Potomac. was mustered into the
service OF the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. at $50 pm. by Department Commander
A. F. Dinsmore, assisted by his staff,
Comrade B. T. Janney was elected as it's
first post commander.
By unanimous vote the name of the post
should be George U. Norris" In memory
of the commander of the Cumberland,
which was sunk by the rebel ram, Merrf-
mac in Hampton Roads, in 1862
The post is still in good, healthy condi-
ton financially. Geo. w. Fletcher is the
post commander and Henry Williams, adju-
tant.
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FARRAGUT POST.
1t Has Many Distinguished Names on
It's Roster

Farragut Post, No. 10, IS nearly fifteen
years old, and was organized to meet the
convenience of the many veterans living in
the southeast section of the city, especially
the employees of the navy yard. This post
has always held an influential place in the
history of this department and in the Sec
ton of the city, where it Is located 1t Is
held in high esteem. With the assistance
Of Farragut Relief Corps, auxiliary to it.
substantial and careful help is being rend-
cred to the needy ones and a great work is
being systematically DONE
The comrades entertain a high and af-
fectionate regard for the post and the at
tendance at the meetings and resDonses 70
every demand of the order is cheerfully
met The campfires Of Farragut Post have
peculiarly attractive reputation, which is
well merited.
Comrade Alexander. member of Congress
from Buffalo, was the department com
mander at the time of the organization of
the post, and Comrade Van Doren was its
first commander. Comrade Dinsmore of this
post served as department commander, and
almost upon every important committee
of the department the influence of the post
is felt. The present commander is Com
rade Convis Parker. who has fine military
record as member of the 18th Vermont
Volunteers.
Surgeon General Baxter was a past COM
mander of this post and General Haywood
commanding the Marine Corps, who Is
member. did service under the personal
direction of the great admiral whose name
graces this post.
Chas. Sumner Post.
Charles Sumner Post, No. 0, G. A. R.,
was organized April H. 1888 and named in
homer of the late Charles Sumner. the great
American statesman and defender of human
rights. The post meets at G. A. r. Hail.
1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, the
first Wednesday in the month. Its present
officers are as follows: Commander, Jas.
II. Brooks; senior vice commander, Plato
T. Lee; junior vice commander, John Stew
art; surgeon, Henry Jackson; cha plain, Will
liam II. King; quartermaster W. II. Liver
pool: adjutant. Charles H. Shorter; officer
of the day, Frederick Fowler; officer of the
guard. Henry Queenan: sergeant major
Samuel Cole; quartermaster sergeant, r.
D. Goodman.
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Cbmmaajer, Potomac Post. No. IL, Department Of
the Potomac.
vice commander; w. p. Dorsey. quarter
master; II. A. Dobson. surgeon; Norman
w, Carep, chaplain.
For some years its meetings were held In
0edford Hall. corner OF and Sth streets
northeast, but for the past year 1t has had
good quarters in the Northeast Temple, on
II street between 18th and 18th streets
oortheast. This post has been in its opera
1Sona an outpost OF this department The