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PROSPER

Prosper, March 80. Where's that
fellow that wants to stay here:
We notice the pen stabter from
Emsley wheezes something about our
"auto-sparker.'' The fossil whom
the school marms fail to warm to
sparkling heat ought to dry up en-
tirely and blow away.
The answer to last weeks conun-
drum is: Because she is successful in
holding the beau.
Seeding has begun in earnest.
Several farmers owe in Hanson coun-
ty have started, some having so acres
Of wheat sown.
Frank Porteous and Harry Shipton
were pleasant callers at the Bee Hive
Sunday evening.
August Carlson has purchased a
family surrey and will o tide like
the rest Of the republicans.
Will Stopher was breaking colts
Wednesday and nearly got one cut in
two on a fence.
A Brant is working for Frank
Scheick.
The United Order Of Useless Ho-
boes have again taken up headquar-
tiers in the railroad school house.
The beneficiary basket social and
literary program given by Ernest
Just's school Friday evening was a
uroof c,,rcacc n ,cp;fo tho oo11 ,uoo+b
er. The baskets sold quick and bigt
under the able auctioneering Of
Henry Hedrickson. The high quail.
ity Of the literary program speaks
volumes for Mr.. Just's work as q
teacher and organizer of forces.
Sunday the Pilgrim Sunday schoo
bid farwell to Henry Hendrickson.
who has been its superintendent fol
the past year. In his services to the
Sunday school he has been very
faithful. ard leaves with the best
wishes Of his pupils. His time viii
b" occupied with the English depart.
ment of the Swedish Sunday schoo
at the New Home Swedish Lutheran
church. AS it was Mr.. Hendrick.
sons last Sunday with the school ht
took the pictures Of all those present
and will present each person thai
was present with a picture. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Superintendent, FREQ
G. Hoffman. Assistant Superlntend.
ent, Eskel Garrison: Secretary ano
Treasurer, Blanche Jones: teacher
young peoples class, +. G. Hoffman
teacher young ladies class, Mis-.
Hilda Carlson: Intermediate class
Gertrude Hoffman: primary class
Agnes Schleck: %organist. Freda Hoff
man.
Mr.. Pouch's team engaged in /;
lively runaway Saturday. Will
the front running gears of the Wagon
attached they ran two miles.
Carl Hoffman returend home Sat
urday from Dakota University.
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RIVERSIDE.

Riverside. March 30. Miss Lilly
Mcdonald and Miss Friday of Mitch
ell visited Tuesday with Della Wal
lis.
Miss Belle Splnk spent last Tues
day night at c. ID. DeMott's.
Rev. c. E. Hager is expected to
hold quarterly meeting services at
Riverside Sunday, April 10.
j. r. White, wife and daughter,
Miss Manic, attended revival services
at Alexandria Sunday evening.
Mr.. Watson's father, Of Parkston,
is visiting him at present.
The growing interest in the Sun.
day school is manifested by the
steady increase in attendance, last
Sunday being review day. The su.
perintendent, Mrs. o. E. Cassem,
presented each pupil with a blank
review sheet and a very pleasant as
we'll as profitable time was spent in
filling them out.
". fNlucS UOuSlU SIN IIOlC CUWS last
week to add to his dairy herd.
W.. L. Wallis and wife and C. d.
DeMotte and wife attended the re-
vival services at Bard, Sunday even
ing.
Lillian Wallis and Gertrude Nc
Donald spent Tuesday night at G. D
DeMott's.
We presume the new telephone lin
connecting Riverside and Mitchell
will soon be IN course of construc
tion. Another meeting will be hell
Friday evening of this week at tn
Bayley school house to talk Of an
other line to connect with this one
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Wallis and Mr.
and Mrs. G. ID. DeMott went to Bar,
Tuesday evening to the Missiona1,
rally.
Mr.. Watson is having a wei
drilled.
A fine rain is falling today. Mos
CT the farmers have commenced seed
ing and are rejoicing over the sp)en
did condition of the soil.
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TYE CITY SCHOOL EXHIBIT
Mitchell City Schools Will Make
Fine showing at the st. Louis
exposition

Superintendent Hoi is arranging
the exhibit OF the Mitchell city
schools to be sent to the exposition at
st. Louis and it will he shipped this
week. The Republican editor had
an opportunity Of looking over
the work that had been selected for
the purpose and what has been Sc
cured will certainly make a fine
showing for our school. The work
displayed is from the primary grade
to the high school department.
and through lit all appears the ut.
most care Of preparation. not partic-
ularly for the exhibit but as the
work is done every day Of the week.
Prof. Hotf stated to the writer that
all the work sent to st. Louis was
selected from the papers that have
been in course Of preparation of every
day work in the schools, and was not
prepared especially for the occasion.
The work is all mounted on card
board of uniform size and when
placed in position it will rank up
with any school in the state.
In the first glade, under Misses
Scallin and Nobis, are shown samples
OF manual training in the weaving
of :atfia and yarn into articles of use.
The second grade. under Misses
Mcguire and Saul, make q display
OF drawing from action. The third
grade, under Miss Mcguire. has
samples Of the drawing of wall paper
designs and fruits IN colo1s. The
fourth grade. under Misses Brown
' and Nolt. shows some handsome bead
work, and literature profusely illus
trated in colors The fifth grade.
under Misses Jackson and Hatha-
way, has some very attractive de-
' signs in illustrated literature, and
Ioriginal ribbon figures. In the sew
enth grade, under Miss Vande Bog
art. are a number of water color
drawings, which show a fine talent
among the students. In the eighth
grade, under Miss Patterson, are
shown maps on which are displayed
important events of history. also re-
lief maps made of pulp that show
! the acquisition OF United States ter
ritory The relief maps are we'll
made anS set forth the idea i'm fine
shape. In the high school, under
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-01
T. ASH AUKoKA.

East Aurora. March 31.-Miss Ber-
nice Brown of Mt. Vernon visited
friends in Hopper township last Sun.
day.
Miss Ella Mabott is at her home
in East Aurora, on a vacation from
her studies at the Ward Academy.
The various township boards OF
supervisors, met last Tuesday and
assessed the road labor and road tax
for the ensuing year, and the over
seers will soon be supplied with the
amounts for collection.
"The COW that jumped over the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-01
LOOMS

LOOMS, March, 3d. Miss Mabel
Watkins has gone to Parker for a
short visit.
Mr.. A~lexandcr's baby is reported
some better.
Mrs. VIM. Clark is seriously sick
with sciatic intlamatoIy rheumatism.
MI. and Mrs. Geo. Harris are nice
ly settled in their new home.
Mr. Bert POOLS family is able to be
out again after a siege of the measles.
Herbert Daniels is again seen at
the lumber yard.
Charles Smith has returned home
from Wisconsin.
The children enjoyed "a picnic din
ner last Friday. it being the last day
of school.
Ralph Clark and wife are living on
a farm three miles west of Letcher.
Mr.. Pedan has moved on to the
farm vacated by Mrs. Smith.
James Clark's new house is ready
for a housekeeper. Who vii be the
lucky one:
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The republicans Of Perry township
will hold a caucus on Friday even
ing, april s, at 8 O'Clock at the usual
voting place to select three delegate
to the county convention to be held
in Mitchell. Saturday, April 8.
w. B. Rowley. Chairman.
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Republican Caucuses.

The republicans Of Prosper town.
ship will meet in caucus at the Tyler
school house on Thursday evening
April 18th at $50 to select delegates
to the county convention to be held
in Mitchell April 9, 1904.
j. M. Erion., Chairman.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-01

Group instantly relived. Or.
Thomas Eclectric Oil. Perfectly
safe. Never fails. At any drug
store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26

Among the fifteen recognized lead
ers in the house of the recently ad-
journed legislature are found four
names of representatives from Or
leaus County. These names are the
tour mentioned in our last issue. 1t
speaks well for this county with but
eighteen members to find that she
has supplied Vermont with more than
one fourth of her leading lawmakers
in the lower branch of the legislature
and that in the senate her two mem
bers are among the fourteen men
toned leaders.
The Herald and News says: "As
primary leaders of the Senate-the
men who took the burden of the
duties in deliber alton and debate and
who framed or fashioned measures to
their liking and saw them through
should be mentioned Senators Lord
of Washington, Slack of Caledonia,
Prouty and Skinner of Orleans, Fowl
81 of Bennington, Islam of Chitten-
den, and Rutland's quartette, Sena-
tors Carpenter, Rowland, Burditt and
Buxton. To discuss in a
personal way the characteristics of
this years House members is not an
easy task. Certain me- who shone
in debate were probably less effective
agents for good than some who work
ed silently and were heard only in
committee. Yet it was not uncom-
mon to find both merits combined,
when the member became especially
valuable. Among those who, by
common consent rank as House lead
ers this year, by reason of their work
and their words are Messrs. Fits of
Brattleboro, O'Sullivan of st. Adams,
Proctor of Proctor, Darling OF Chel-
sea, Miles of Barton, Billiard of Bur-
ington, Archibald of Manchester,
Dart of Springfield, Blan chard of
Newport, Pape of Barre city, Grout
of Derby, Lewis of Troy, Leav n of
Cambridge, Bailey of Essex and
Hiliard of Cabot. We have not IN
dertaken any precise alignment as
to the respective merits of these
men-no two would agree upon that
theme.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26

The following from Hon. G. A.
Prouty of Newport, of the interstate
commerce commission, is valuable as
to the light it throws on railroad
methods generally: "There will be
either government ownership or gov
eminent regulation of the railroads.
Which it will be depends mainly on
the manager of the railroads. If they
do not want government ownership,
they will cease their opposition to the
Presidents plan for preventing the
enforcement of rates which are I'M
reasonable. p Vermont Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26
PROBATE COURT.

E. L. Chandler trust estate, Barton
Trustee presents his annual account. Re.
ferred to Jan. IA, 1905.
Seymour Lane estate, Newport. Execu-
tors apply for license to convey certain
real estate held in trust. Referred te
Jan 2, 1905.
r s. Howard estate, Irasburg. Admin
istrator settled his account.
Sylvia A Graves estate, Holland. s. r
Fletcher appointed administrator. H. T
Bryant and g. H. Tice, appraisers and
commissioners.
George s. Walker estate, Albany. Com
missioners' report returned and accented.
William g. Dow estate, Newport. Com
missoners' report returned and accepted.
Jennette s. Dolloff estate, Charleston.
Administrators inventory filed.
Eliza Sanborn, insane pauper, Holland.
Order of removal to State Hospital TOR In
sane at Waterbury issued.
William Sabin, sp~endthrift, Troy. Fl.
D. Peck appointed guardian, Fl. B. Park
A uSA SOnAOAdus Adf1uB resigned,
Ira III. Coburn estate, Jay. Appraisers,
inventory returned.
II. ID. Chamberlin estate, Jaw. Commits
sioners' report returned.
Nellie E. Wheeler estate, Holland. Ex-
ecutor settles his account. Decree of dis
tribution made.
NJ. Melinda Colby estate, Derby. Ad-
ministrator settles his account. Decree of
distribution made.
Henry E. Foster estate, Derby. VIII
proved. Percis o. Foster appointed ex-
e~cutrix, 8. r. Fletcher and C. d. Ward
appraisers and commissioners.
L. r.. Wellman estate, Lowell. Admin
istrator settles his! account. Assignment
made to widow.
Ruby Agnes Cole, minor, Newport. Or
Trust Company appointed guardian.
Ruth Young estate. west6eId. Execu-
tors inventory returned.
Lorenzo D. Barron estate. E. Charleston.
VIII proved. Percis o. Foster appointed
executor. ]. B. Holton and Fl. G. Ruiter
appraisers and commissioners.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26
WASHINGTON T 7
From Monitor Correspondent.

Preparations for the Inauguration
are proceeding smoothly, rapidly,
and to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned. AS the 4th of March falls on
Saturday the great BALI at the pension
Office, congress having consented to
the use of the building, will technical
Iy close at midnight. The sum of
SIS, 900 has been appropriated to pre-
serve public order, as a crowd of
200, 900 strangers is expected in the
city. All civil organizations which
wish 10 participate in the parade are
invited to do so. Lieot. Gen. Chaffee
will be the grand marshal of the
whole affair. The governors of the
various states are to be invited to be
present. The usual exhibition of fire.
works will take place at the base OF
kne Washington monument and it
viii be a memorable occasion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26

No stronger argument can be made
in favor of advertising than the fact
that the merchants OF Barre, n of
Vermont's most enterprising and
prosperous cities, are not longer go
ing to use program advertising and
the like, but rather use the newspa-
per altogether. They have come to
realize that such "freak" advertising
does not pay although the price paid
for the ad is small.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26

The presidents recommendation
that the city of Washington be made
an example to other American cities
attracts wide attention and commen-
dation. Since the citizens of this city
are disfranchi5ed and have no potent
voice in the municipal government,
and since the responsibility rests with
the three commissioners and congress,
which votes one-half of the supplies,
no good reason exists for overcrowd-
ing, alley slums, a high death rate and
'slack of concern for the youth" of
the community. With no unsanitary
houses, no slums, no crowded tene-
menU houses, no school truancy, and
with juvenile courts, public baths,
play grounds, etc, in a few years
Washington should be everywhere as
wholesome and beautiful as it now ID
on the great n and fashionable
residence streets.
Since the president asked in his
message for a statute TO punish bril-
berry and corruption in federal cleo
tons, and urges congress to proVlde
for the publication not only of the
expenditures for nominations and
elections of all candidates but also OF
| contributions received and expendl-
lures made by political committees"
two bills have been introduced into
congress by Burke Cochran and Sena-
or Carmack, having the same end in
view. With both republicans and
democrats agreed that something
should be done to insure fair elections
now is the time to push it.
Your correspondent called recently
on Postmaster General Wynne, to
inquire into the feasibility of a do
mesticiparcels post. He was met with
the declarations: "The admission in
to our mail of packages weighing
more than four pounds is quite i'm
practicable. If packages of ten,
twenty, or thirty pounds were carried
in the mail bag under our free deliv-
cry system, especially in the service
of rural districts it would mean the
organization of vast express COM
pany of our own with thousands of
wagons and several times as many
horses, and we do not see how it can
be made to pay. If it is a profitable
enterprise, why don't our millionaires
go into it who are now trying in vain
to get two per cent. for their money?
There are four express companies
now and nobody has any objection to
one more. They have no monopoly
of the carrying business. Germany
and some other countries have a par
cells post and they can maintain it
because they control the railroads and
own the telegraph lines. If anybody
who has money believes a parcels
post would pay in this country, let
him invest in n and become a great
public benefactor." Your CORE
spondent regretted that Gen. Shallen-
berger's response seemed to be an ad-
mission that our government cannot
cannot cry the people as well as
can the monarchical government of
Germany, Belgium, Norway, ard
Hongkong.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26

Vermont Deer Killed.

Fish and Game Commissioner IT. q
Thomas of Stowe has had 526 deer
reported killed this season and saws
returns are still coming in. Follow
ing is the number of deer killed in
each Orleans County town: Albany,
2; Barton, 8; Bloomington 1; Charles
ton, 5; Coventry, 4; C~raftsbury, 2;
Derby, 2; Greensboro, 1; Holland, 5;
Irasburgh, l; Jay, 2; Lowell, 8; New
port, 1; Westmore, 2: total "a.
strike Settled.
The difficulty between the stone
cutters of Mortified and the E. B.
Ellis Granite Company which resulted
in the strike of the cutters there some
time ago, and later in the lock out of
the cutters by tbs manufacturers in
Barre, Montpelier, Williamstown,
Waterbury and Hard wick, has been
settled and work commenced in the
sheds Wednesday morning. The
settlement came through the commit
tee from the National Cutters Union
to whom the matter was referred by
the local unions for decision.
Platinum in
Mortimer L. Hinchman of Rutland,
an expert mining engineer. who has
spent several years prospecting in all
parts of Vermont, announced recentlv
that he had discovered in the town of
Plymouth deposits of platinum which
r the richest be has ever sean in
this part of the country, and the nros-
poets are that the getting out of his
platinum will become quite an in
dustry in that part of the state. The
platinum at that place runs about an
ounce to the ton, each ounce bein1
valued at a little over s21, which is q
little more than the present value of
an ounce of gold. Mr.. Hinchman has
purchased considerable land in that
vicirity and viii in the near future
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26
YORK OF THE TUBERCULOSIS
COMMISSION.
WORK

The legislature q oy enactment
continued the work of the State Tn
berculosis Commission. The work
during the past two years was for the
purpose of investigating the preva-
lence and extent of tuberculosis CON
sumption) in Vermont and report
ing to the legislature suggesting meas
e for its prevention and cure
During the next two years the work
will be somewhat different. Sec. ? of
the act re-establishing the commits
sion reads as follows: "It shall also
be a part of the duties of the commits
sion to adopt and make use of means
for the purpose of the education of
the people of the State in respect to
the cause and nature of this disease
and the means that may be taken nv
the people themselves for its
ton and cure, to the end that the
large death rate from this fatal dis-
ease,-the largest of all in this state
and in all civilized countries NAV
in this state be reduced to its lowest
possible limit"
Sec. 8. "That this education of the
people shall be done by this commits
sion, by means of public meetings.
held, one at least or more, in every
county in the state each year.: by
public lectures on the subject by
different members of the commission.
by distribution among the people of
pamphlets, documents and circulars
upon this subject; by articles in the
public press; by getting the teachers
in the public schools interested in it
that they may teach it to their pupils;
and in all ways proper to disseminate
the facts in regard to this disease
among the people for their considera-
ton, that they may know how to
guard themselves against it, how to
prevent and how to cure it,"
The small amount appropriated for
this purpose requires the utmost econ
omy on the part of the Commission,
The law requires that one or more
public meetings, at which addresses or
lectures shall be delivered, shall be
held in each county in the state each
year. 1t will be necessary for any
town, village OR city during such
meeting to provide a suitable place.
Of 0nurap tho paon<inr mill ho 49,
and free to all. The Commission. Or
any Individual member thereof will
be pleased to hear from any one VINO
desires such a meeting and who will
provide a suitable place. Possibly a
batter way would be to have such ad-
dresse, lectures or essays, delivered
under the auspices of clubs, high
schools, oranges, societies, literary or
otherwise, whether public or private.
One or more members of the commits
sion will respond to all such calls, free
OF all expense to those making the
request. The earlier such calls are
made the better for all ~ncerne
At the suggestion of Governor Bell
and invitation of the State Board of
Agriculture, some members of the
commission will give a talk upon this
subject at each meeting of the board
this winter.
The members of the Commission
are:
Don D. CIRCUIT, M. D.,
President, Waterbury.
w. n. BRYANT, M. D.,
Secretary, Ludlow.
HON. HENRY BALLARD.
Burlington.
L. w. HUBBARD, M. D.,
Lyndon.
E. R. CAMPBELL, M. D.,
Bellows Falls.
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form a company to go ahead with the
mining.
Fire

-
Passumpsic Fire
About 6 O'Clock last Monday morn
ing fire was discovered in the mill of
the Passumpsic Fibre Leather Com
papy at Passumpsic, and the building
was destroyed. The loss is estimated
between $50, 900 and $4,000, with an
insurance of $4,000. The flame
spread to the Ide -four and feed mil,
which was also destroyed. The loss
Is sic, COO, with an r C G
of $500. 1t is thought t b a t
the fire originated from sponta-
combustion in that part of the
building where scraps of leather were
stored. The contents of the building
we're so infammable that in a very
short time the whole plant was ablaze
and with the inadequate fire. protec-
ton of the village it was impossible
to do much to check the flames.
Will Soon Revise Statutes.
w. A. Lord Of Montpelier and Hale
K. Darling of Chelsea, the former a
senator from Washington county, and
the latter the representative of his
town in the general assembly, who
were chosen during the legislative
session which recently ended as com
m1ssioners to revise, redraft, COM
pile, consolidate, aud arrange in me-
thodical order tor publication the
Vermont statutes, along the lines
previously followed, will meet soon
for organization. This meeting will
be held as soon as Mr.. Darling is
relieved from his duties in connection
with the Orange county court.
State Grange Meeting.
The 33d annual session of the Yer
mont State Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, was opened in the sixth de-
gree, Wednesday morning, at Below
Falls. In the afternoon the worthy
master, G. j. Bell, delivered his an
nual address. In the evening reports
of Pomona and subordinate Oranges
were presented, and DR.. E. r. Camp
bell, Rockingham's representative in
the legislature, and Mrs. Campbell in
vited the members of the Woman's
Club with men and the members of
the Rockingham Medical Club to be
present at a reception at their home
and meet Gov. and Mrs. @. j. Bell.
who were guests there. These Off
GERS were.elected: Master, Charles j.
Bell, Walden; overseer, @. F. Smith.
Morrisville; lecturer, r. B. Galusha,
South Royalton; Steward, E, III.
Morse Randolph; assistant ste Ward,
N. B. Roberts, Rupert; chaplain, R.
II. Holmes, ~Shoreham; treasurer, F.
B. Peir, Jamaica; secretary, A. A.
Priest, Randolph gatekeeper, A. F.
Lawrence, st. Johnsbury; Ceres, Mrs.
@. j. Bell, Walden; Pomona, Mrs. @.
F. Smith, Morrisville; Flora, Mrs. H.
w. Sargent, B~rattleboro. Reports
show a gain of ten oranges ond over
1000 new members during the past
year. Grange receipts have in
creased and it is probable that regu-
lations will be made, adding an insur-
ance feature to the order.