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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04
WESTERN LETTER.
No.

Editor of the Monitor:
Continuing the Canadian mountain
scenery, try to imagine Crawford
Notch with mountains on either hand
two and one-half times doubled in
height and intensified in interest and
instead of one notch with surrounding
peaks, imagine a series of them for
many hundred miles and then we
must add to the picture beautiful riv-
sers flowing at their feet. Some of
these mountains are jagged and
rocky, some tipped with cathedral
spires and domes, some rounded in
graceful curves, some cleaning pure
and white, some ocher colored, some
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04
We Recommend

LIX-ALL-Gray's warrsnted Laxative
Cough ana Cold cure because ID contains
No Morphine or other Habit For,nino
Drug, but does contain the pest ingredi-
ents known to medical science for Coughs
and Colds, and VIII pay bsck your money
If not satisfactory.
III. G. Pierce, Barton;
b. w. Barron, Barton;
II. s. Webster, Barton Lending;
F. j. Kinney, Barton Landing;
r. E. Davis, Glover;
&. Q. Stratton, CrafGsbur7;
j.. D. Leavett, Craftsbury;
Sawyer & Uric, Craftsbury:
F. e. Macy, Craftsbury;
A. Paddock, North C~raftsbury:
E. 7. Wheeler, North Craftsbury;
r. III. Cowies, Albany;
F. Fl. Pierce, Albany.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04
saving.

The LARGEST Methodist church in Georgia
al culated to use over one hundred gallons Of
the usual kind of MIXED paint ia painting
their church.
They used only 30 gallons Of the Longman
& MARTINEZ Paint mixed with "a gallons OF
Iipseed oil. Actual cost Of paint made was
less than Ell % per gallon.
saYed Owe eighty (s5OCo) dollars in paint,
and got a big donation besides.
EVERY CHURCH will be given a liberal
quantity whenever they paint.
Many hoases are well painted with four
gallons of L. & NJ and three gallons OF liz
seed oil mixed Herewith.
Wears and covers like gold.
These Celebrated Paints are sold by H. G..
Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04
STATE NEWS.
Peck Withdraws.

Sheriff Peck will not take charge Of
the hanging of Mrs. Mary Rogers, the
work being in charge of the Deputy
Sheriff Ira A. Spafford of White Riv-
er Junction. Owing TO his recent i'll
ness Sheriff Peck prefers to take a
minor part in the execution, and will
guard the door.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04

But few people are entirely free from indi-
gestion at this season of the year. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure is not only the best remedy
to use because it digests what you eat but
because it also enables the digestive appara.
tus to assimilate and transform all foods into
tissue building blood. Kodol relieves sour
stomach, heartburn, belching and all forms
of Indigestion. Sold by H. G Pierce, Barton,
FL Kinney, Barton Landing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04

Every ounce of food you eat that fails to di-
gest does a pound of harm. 1t turns tt e en-
tire m cal into poison. This not only deprives
the blood OF the necessary tissue building
material. but it poisons it. Kodo1 Dyspepsia
Cure is a perfect digestant. 1t digests the
food regardless of the condition of the
stomach. 1t allows that organ to rest ard
get strong again. Relieves 5elching, Heart.
burn, Sour stomach Isdig %estion, Palp 'tation
of the Heart, etc. Sold by He Pierce, Bar
ton, F. j. Kinney, Barton Landing.
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The NationaI summoned.

In common with sn life insurance
companies doing business IN New
York the National Life Insurance
company of Vermont, with home
Office at Montpelier, has been sum
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04

A Cough Syrup which drives a cold out of
the system by acting as a %cathartic on the
bowels is offered in Kennedy's Laxative Honey
ard Tar. Clears the throat, strengthens the
lungs and bronchial tubes. The mothers
Group, Whooping Cough, etc. Sold by d. @.
Pierce, Barton, and ;. j. Kinney, Barton Land
ing,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04

We would call the attention of our
lady readers to our special columns
on page six which tell how to make
home made Christmas gifts, and in
vite all ladies to read them. We shall
publish special columns similar to
these 10 u next three issues.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04

A liquid cold cure and the only Cough svrrn
which moves the b~owels-works all cold ont
of the system-is Kennedy's Laxative Honev
and Tar. Clears the head and throat and
makes weak lungs strong. Best for Cronn.
Whooping Cough, etc. Children love =
Sold by G. Pierce. Barton, and FL. Kinney.
Barton Landing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04

Nature needs only a Little Early Riser now
and then to J eep the bowels clean. the liver
active, and the system free from bile, head
aehes, constipation, etc: The famous little
pills Early Rlsers'' are pleasant in effect
and p~erfect in action. They never griBe or
sicken.b tone and strengthen the liver and
kidneys. Sold by b c Pierce, Barton, Z. J..
Kinney. Barton Landing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04

DO not be deceived by counterfeits when
you buy Witch Hazel Salve. The name of E.
:. dewitt q Co. is on every box OF the genu-
ne. FILES In their worst form will soon pass
away II you Will apply DeWitt's Witch Hazel
gave night and morning. Best for Cuts,
0urns, Bots, letter, Eczema, etc. Sold by L.
-. Fleree, Barton, F.J. Kinney, Barton Land.
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Terms:-wHEs PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
also YEAR.
In asking for q change Of address, always
state where your paper is not0 sent.
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A Gard.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on a 5O-cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup OF Tar if it fails to
cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee
a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or
monav refnnded
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BUSINESS DIRECTOR

@. R. POWELL,
a TTORNEY-AT-LAw, Office q. D.,
N near Hotel Barton, Barton Va-Si
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DR.. e. M. NICHOLS, BARTON y,
I'VE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT v
II and Electro Therapeutics.
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DR.. A. 3. PABLTl

PHYSICIAN AND sURgEoQ p.,|
LANDING. Special attenti9n &c
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04
COURT SAYS mo" TO MARY ROGERS

Take Hal,s Family rills for constipation.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

that there seemed to be nothing under
the sun which could darken thai boys
lie. lie used to make me sit and hold
an atlas while he pointed out the places
IN the Philippines and Porto Rico where
he was sure to be stationed some day,
Every day Of his stay In the hos pital
his mother and sister came TO see him
and brought him things TO read and
letters. A great many OF the latter were
in the same hand, a baekhanded scra vi
such as many girls assume NOWADAYS.
He always read these letters more than
once. The very last day he was with us
girl came accompanied by man a
few years older than the Boy, but who
seemed TO be very intimate friend.
When [ saw the way the Boys eyes fol-
lowed the girl as she moved around the
room. 1t was not very hard for me to
guess that she wrote a backhanded
serawi. She was pretty. III say that.
and undoubtedly she was fond of the
Boy. But there was something about the
way in which she spoke to the man who
had come with her that made me fear
for the Boys chances in the race.
She congratulated the Boy on his
appointment 10 the army and ali three
talked very fast and enthusiastically
about trips which were TO be made to
the Far East. and which, after the
manner OF such plans. included many
person who would never see the Phillip
pines. possibly not even tha Panifin-
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Both Writer and Fighter.

He is a good writer as well as a good
lighter and has produced two excellent
hooks-one dealing with small boat sail
Ing, of which he is a devotee, and the
other describing the life of Sir George
Tryon. He has always been popular in
the service especially with the junior
ranks, to whom his f1otrheaded tempera-
meut strongly appeals. His face, as Is
shown by his latest photograph sent
herewith. is that of man with strong
feelings. His eyes are deep set and fierce
In expression. He IS still all full of life
aud Vigor as q boy. One could never
Imagine his settling down to taking life
easy and cultivating a corporation.
Another old sea dog, Admiral Sir n.
Rawden-Smith. suffers from an acute
form of German distempere He has just
made the startling discovery that most
of tho Teutonte walters who swarm over
London, are spies in disguise. But there
is no indication that Germany intends
England ana arc especially numerous in
to regard the statement as ''casus
beiii"
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the subject or refused point blank to
discuss the mater
. Think of your name said his father
There are other things besides
names answered the boy.
ut was soon evident to everyone that
the boy would die. 1 knew that he had
made up his mind to die ever since the
afternoon he had talked to his cousin.
Finally he sent note to the girl, as I
learned later, asking her to come to see
him for few minutes. The letter came
back unopened.
His eyes never fiinehed when I gave
him the letter, but they got a stony
look which 1 had never seen before. He
made me promise that l wouldn't let
anyone else III the room If he went off
his head that night For a long time
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Back to the Hospital.

| Nearly half year ago the ambulance
/ drove mp to the hospital door and a mar
| was lifted out on a stretcher l hap
pened TO be in the hall. Presently Sister
B. called me and I was told to take
| charge Of the case which had just been
brought in. It was Lieutenant b
| returned from the Philippines and very
Ill. The Boy had come back at last
when went into his room / wouldr,'
have recognized the shrunken form ly-
ing on the bed if 1t had not been for
the brown eyes and the same old cheer
ful smile
I'm back again, you see,' and for
moment HIS voice had a boyish ring.
But he was woefully weak, and In a
little wniie he dozcd off TO sleep. The
doctor who had charge of the case told
me that between the climate and a hear,
weakened by too much athletics the
Boy had gone down In the last two
months of the regiments stay in the
islands. 1t was only u question of time
he said
Before the doctor left he thrust q
newspaper into my hands.
Read that he said, and keen the
news away from him If you can. l am
afraid he knows it's out, however,
1T was a sad story. A young Heuten-
ant. the Boy. had played ducks and
brakes with the heart of a Filipino girl.
had killed her lover, and then left the
place. The story. so said the newspaper,
had been hushed UP until now, but now
the Law was after the American officer.
l read 1t through twice, and I didn't
belize Il was true. | was sure there
must be some explanation
When | went to see the Boy again he,
looked up at me curiously, and must
have read something in my face; the
sick, whether it be in body or soul, often
see things which the well cannot.
I see you know he said, slowly.
Not a nice story, is it?
:" L don't believe q word of IT. re-
piled
Thank YOU He said nothing more,
but just turned his head toward the
wall ard lay there thinking. After a
while his mother and sister came III 20
see him, and you should have seen the
change that came over him. He was
his old bright, cheerful self again, and
actually laughed and joked with them.
''The next day he was restless.
" Let mo know as coon as my cousin.
Captain B. comes he said 20 me-
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AFTER they had gone the Boy told
me that the man was his first cousin
q captain IN the - Infantry; that he
was a first-elass fellow IN every way.
and that he was going to do his best
to get assigned to the same regiment
when 1t came time for him to get his
commission. Bun he didn't say word
about the girl He didn't have to. how
ever.
1.-THE next day the Boy went away. AS
/ learned through a newspaper story.
he gained his point ard was assigned
TO his cousins regiment, and almost
immediately the regiment was ordered
to San Francisco preparatory to duty
in the Far East. The next news OF the
Boy that came was a dispatch saying
that he had been wounded fighting
bravely against the Moros He was es-
pecially recommended by his colonel be-
cause he had saved his small command
from destruction by his cooiness ana by
keeping his head.
THE girl was a Balimorean, I never
saw her again. but / remembered her
name, and reading q Baltimore newspa-
per six months afterward I saw an nc
count OF her wedding TO the Bows
cousin, who was absent from his rest-
ment on leave. The story In the paper
said that when his leave had expired
tho captain--1 forgot to mention his
renk-would go back to his command by
naV nf the Snez canal and Ehe you'd
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Watchdog Readlng.

He said Miss Davis was still in q Sc
rieus condition and that physicians
/, refused TO Issue certificate that she
vas out of danger Of death. He asked
that Smedes be held for. further hear
| ing at some indefinite date. If Miss
| Davis recovered he said he would not
push the case against the young man.
and would even assist in having him
set at liberty.
Smedes. too. was in the hospital and
| he presented a pitiabIe sight when he
| was brought to the city hall.
The wound In hts head, where he had
| sent a bullet IN a vain effort to kill
himself after shooting the woman he
loved, had not yet healed, and he was
so weak that it required two policemen
to support him as he walked into the
court room. He listened attentiveiy as
Redding told OF the shooting. When
asked his name he replied weakly: 81
am Edward r. Smedes. an actor, OF
vtcksburg, Miss.'
Redding said that sfnedes had a room
at the Douglass. a hotel for theatrical
folk, at ia South Ninth street. In this
room on the afternoon of Tuesday, April
Is, he repeated his proposal of marriage
to Miss Davis. When she refused him
he shot her IN the breast and attempted
suicide. Redding added that something
positive regarding the girls chances for
recovery would be known III about three
weeks. Smedes was held without bail.
All this is changed now Both sTnedes
and Bessie Davis have entirely recover
ed. When he was arraigned before the
magistrate in the police court she refus-
ed To testify.
.I don't want anything done TO him.
Miss Davis declared IN emphatic tones.
The case was rushed to the grand jury.
Miss Davis waited II the corridor until
the case was called. but refused TO enter
the room TO testify. The bill was ignor-
ed by the grand jury and smedes was
set at liberty.
The happy pair called few days ago
at the Pennsylvania Hospital to inquire
if any mall had come for them Since
then Miss Davis has been in Atlantic
City and STaedes in New York she ex-
peeted to join him IN the city on June
g. when they would be married IF this
program was not carried cut Miss Davis
said thai they would be married as soon
as she had returned from a trip in
the West which she intended TO make
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When Saw Mr.. Smedes With the Pistol
in His Hand | Suddenly Realized That
| Loved Him. Declares Pretty
Bessie Davis.

me. and for months had begged me tc
ally obnoxious in this city. and to es-
cape from them I secured an engage
ment with another theatrical company
entitled. Simple Simon Simple
ION Tuesday, April Is, I met Mr..
Smedes on the street. and had told hin.
l had arranged to leave the School
Girl company. He pleaded with me TO
reconsider my decision, but / told him
l had made up my mind once for all.
Then. as far as | can remember his
words, he said:
So be it 1t may be all fos the best.
Before L bid you a final farewell. 1
would like you to take a little good-by
dinner with me-
My heart was touched by his de-
spondent manner, and I accompanied
him to nearby cafe, where we had
refreshments. When the meal was over
Mr. Smedes arose from his chair. His
own words, if l recollect correctly, were:
lou have refused to be my wife,
Bessie, dear. Then good-by forever
m going home TO kill myself
He rushed from the cafe, and 1,
knowing his moody temperament, fol-
lowed him. L caught up with him at
the door of the Douglass Hotel. PA South
Ninth street, where he had a room. 1
did not have a room in this hotel, but
was stopping at another theatrical
boarding house. l caught Mr.. Smedes
by the coat and begged him not to take
his life. His laugh made me think he
was insane. He paid no attention to
me, but bounded up the stairs to his
room in the third floor front.
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Dying Man Shields the
Guilty Husband of the
Woman He Loves.
klT OUR years ago a man came in
- TO the hospital" said the

klT OUR years ago man came in
- 10 the hospital said the
nurse at the Providence,
smoothing her neat white cap
with slender, efficient hands. 'He was
a man. real man. We nurses who
see SO many men under the most trying
circumstances learn TO know a man,
quickly, instinctiYely, TO distinguish the
man of courage from the man of none
the patient man from the impatient.
and. above all, the unselflsh man from
the selfish.
Many other real men have come and
gone from this hospital since that time.
but never oae who has given worse ac-
count OF himself TO the world he knew
and which knew him that this same
man whose story I am telling YOU
HE was Washington boy-he was
scarcely more than d boy when he came
first to the hospital, though as a grad
uate of one OF the great universities who
had had q years experience in the busi-
ness world he did not consider himself
such He was tall and dark and athlet-
fc. In fact he had played halfback on
the varsity, and had been sub on
baseball team Physically. he was al
most prefect. but when one of the in
ternes examined his heart before the
tri1ine operation for which he had come
TO the hospital, I noticed the doctor
shake his head slightly. and in min
ute he gave orders that ether should be
tie anesthetie used instead of chloro-
form
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The Girl Visits Him.

After the operation. which was most
successful, the 8oy-I always think of
him as such-although he was we'll
enough TO eat the hugest meals l ever
saw a patient eat. had to stay in the
hospital for two weeks in order 10 give
the surgeons work 6, chance to heal.
He was one of the cheerfulest conyales-
cents I ever saw. His father, a r1.zn
prominent in the business circles Of
Washington. came onee or twice to see
him, and on one occasion brought him
the news that the civil appointment 10
the army, for which the Boy had been
hoping and working ever since he dis
covered that business was a bore, had
been granted by the President. After
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he lay quiet, but about Il o'clock he
began to humble to himself At first
the words were indistinct. then they
came more clearly:
q Promise me you win make her
a good husband. You did it. you cur
her husband. too-saw your chance of
shifting the guilt to my shoulders, eh +?
Swear, swear, I say, that you VIII
keep your hands clean hereafter. Must
leave the army. too, if you don't. I'll
teil-She wouldn't come
over and over he murtnpred such
sentences and snatches of sentences
| understood now and / am quite sure
cried. Toward morning he became quiet
er and at last almost as though he was
awakening from q deep sleep he came
to himself
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come back TO this country to wait for
a year until the regiment was ordered
back to America.
4 wondered how the Boy was taking
his medicine. He was such a cheerful
person, however. that ! made sure he
would perhaps eat an unusually large
dinner and drink the health OF the
bride and groom many times more than
was good for him in that tropical
climate. Also, though 1 was very sorry.
1 patted myself on the back for clever
ness in sizing up the situation SO many
months before.
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dInedes. fully forgive him and ask
that he be discharged from custody on
the charge of shooting ne. AS soon as I
have fully recovered from my wounds
Mr.. Smedes and / will be married. Since
I have been in the hospital we have be-
come engaged and at the earliest posi-
hie date we will be made man and wife.
In view of this / ask that Mr. Smedes
be discharged"
This plea was made while Miss Davis
was still an inmate of the hospital.
What would be the result of the gum
shot wound which Smedes had inflicted
uEon her was not known, though It was
supposed she would entirely recover.
Nevertheless John Redding. the special
policeman who had arrested Smedes.
protested against his release while Miss
Davis was still in the hospital.
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" GERALD, whose recent article
in the Deutsche Revue caused
such hubbub because patriotic Teu-
tons regarded 1t as 81 direct threat Of
war by the British admiralty, Is on the
retired list. If he were not he would
at the least have received a severe
reprimand for the indiscreet use he has
made of his pen. But one OF the COM
pensations for lJing laid on the shelf
on half pay is the privilege of free
speech, which is denied the colder or
sailor on active service
admiral Fitzgerald wore the official
muzzIe for many years-he entered the
service as midshipman when only
thirteen-and now he is permitted to
slip it off and speak. He delights in
giving vent to the fire in his belly"
to use CarlyIes phrase. He is an Irish
man of the infiammable type. and takes
the keenest joy in a shindJ of any
s3rt
Born sixty-four years ago, he has
seen plenty of service and given his
fire-eating qualities full scope. During
the Crimean war he lerved in the
Baltic and in the subsequent operations
in China. Next he took pat in the
Egyptian campaign OF 1882. after that
he came ashore for a spell as captain
of the Royal Naval College ut Green
Wich.
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with Edna NAV.

Miss Davis statement, stripped of its
legal verbiage, is as follows:
My name is Bessie Davis. BY profes-
sion am an actress. was employed in
the Edna May School Girl company. as
member OF the chorus Edward r.
smedes, a resident Of vicksburg. Miss.
was also engaged in a similar capacity.
The company played date in PhiiadeI-
pliia. at the Garrick Theater. beginning
Monday. April II, 1905.
For some time I had been annoyed
by the attentions of Edward r. smedes.
He professed TO be madly in love with
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:. What have been saying? Has any
one else been here2' He fred the ques-
tions at ma quickly. I told him that
knew the truth and that no one else
had heard. He heaved a sighDf relief.
7 was afraid it would get out. but
you won't tell. I am sure. and ze
looked at me appealingly. 7 promised
that the story should never go beyond
me.
She wouldn't come. he laughed.
Why should slae?s
For a few minutes ne was silent,
then he looked over at me and smiled
:. Eat breakfast for me-
His head dropped suddenly and almost
before could reach his side he was
dead