Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-23

paper. hed0 1t carefully.
Mrs. Addie NJ. Williams entertained the
ladies of the W. c. T. u, the Mothers
Club and the Reading Club on Saturday
afternoon. A very enjoyable part of the
program was a visit to the sugar house
where Dir. Williams was sugaring off. Mr.. /
and Mrs. Williams are royal entertainers /
and the guests enjoyed the treat much.
Mr. Editor:
Many of my friends in Glover wished |
me to write them about the country here, |
SO l decided to write you and if you saw fit |
to give ii, or part of it, a place in your
paper all could read it. 1 started from
Barton Feb. 18th at 8 p. M, and came to
Chicago by way of Montreal, reaching
Chicago Feb. Goth at II p. m. and starting
next morning at rs for Lincoln, Neb., by
way of Burlington, Ia, and Omaha, Neb.,
reaching Lincoln, about II :46 a. m, Satur-
day, and then on to Stock ham, by way of
York, reaching Stockham about p. m.
AS entered York / encountered blizzard
that made me think of old Vermont I
found about inches of snow and in places
the drifts were from to 10 feet deep.
found nice farming land much of the way,
especially in Illinois, where it looked like
an immense garden. Stock was grazing in
the fields fields were mostly bare with
little snow by the fences-stacks of hay
and straw were plenty, to which the stock
could resort to supplement their forage ra-
tions. Nebraska is an excellent farming
state, very near the centre of the United
States. According to the U. s. census of
1900 there were in Nebraska 121, 525 farms
with an average value of $4753.0 90, and since
that time they have increased in value rs
per cent. making total value of S722, 010,-
406.00 and live stock to the value of one
hundred eighty millions and agricultural
implements to the value of thirty one mill
lions. The dairy interest is booming,
making an increase in 1902 over 1901 OF 33s
per cent. The Lincoln creamery alone
turns out fifteen carloads of butter per
week. The grade of dairy stock is being
rapidly improved, and with it's almost
countless acres of the finest dairy food and
the best Of water it is no wonder that the
state is fast increasing its wealth. The
! farm buildings are larger and better than I
saw on the line of the railroad through
Illinois and Iowa. The soil over large
portion of Nebraska is a rich, dark loan,
many feet in depth with a deep clay sub
soil. Much of the land has been cropped
for thirty years or more and produces ex-
cellent crops without any enriching.
| Creamery bntter is la cents Tin the coun-
| try eggs 12c., hogs 6dc. live weight, COWS
about $500 on an average and young
stock Is higher here than in Vermont.
The Lincoln Trade ReUieW. says ttThe car
famine is slowly abating and the grain
movement is more pronounced in the state
than it has been since the maturity of the
] 1902 crop. The condition still exists, how
. ever, that the greater part of the crop re-
mains in the farmers hands. Nebraska
has taken a great interest in her schools.
The money received for all licenses and
| fines and forfeited recognizances goes to
the school fund also two sections of land
in every township and in addition to this
the districts vote what more is needed.
The law requires three months school in
all schools with thirty five or less scholars,
and six months school in those over thirty
five and under one hundred, and nine
months in those that have more than one
hundred scholars. I have heard of none
that have less than thirty-tWo weeks
school. The state treasurer reports to the
county superintendent the amount of pu b.
lie money available for scheolssin. their
county and the superintendent appertions
one fourth OF same equally among the dis
tricts and the remaining three fourths is
divided according to the ratio of children
of school age. We have had some cloudy
weather but it is now fine. The snow is
nearly gone except where it was drifted,
and the fields of winter wheat are begin
ming to show green. The water here is
brought up from wells by means of wind
mills, and is pure and nice and never fail
ing. The population in 1900 was 1858, $50
but it has increased fast since that time
There are ninety counties In the state
Custer county, which is about the center Of
the state is 4S K 81 miles, and Cherry county
is about twice as large, SO you see when thu
state is fully settled it is capable of pro.
ducing an enormous yield of grain.
8. N. CLARK.
Stockham, Neb Mar. 7, 1908.
WEST CLOVER.
Carroll Magoon is working for Hiram
Phillips.
Bailey Miles, who has been sick, is now
able to be about.
Seven persons united with the Cong
church Sunday.
aones Taller ia nasaino few yveeka Will
Mrs. David Gilmour.
J Bernice Aldrich of Hardwick is working
for Mrs. Henry Barber.
) Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Paquette are re-
covering from the grip.
| Miss Kate Barry is home from the Peer
less on account of illness.
9 Clarence Phillips is working for Geo
Humphrey for the season.
L g, 49, = L.