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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25
ST. JOHNSBURY.N

At largely attended caucusiof the vot-
ers of the village at the town hall last Fri
day evening the following Officers were
nominated to be candidates for the annual
village meeting on Januaryl3 next: Pres
ident, Arthur Stone; clerk, Clinton B.
Weeks; treasurer, Herbert w. Blodgett
collector of'taxes, George r. Crosby trus-
tees, c. c. FoIlsnsby, George A. Burbank.
Charles w Steeie; >auditore, w. It. Horton
F. G. Mayo, PrestansE.SMay fire wardens,
J. N Gale, Ii. E. Byrons George R. eros
by, E. L. Hunt, W. ". Heath, ) M. Per-
ham, H. R.Albee. M ~
The annual meeting OF the Passumpsic
Congregational Club wasZheld withSthe
North Congregational church, Thursday
night. At the business session Gov. G. j.
Bell was elected president and was toast
master at the oarita:ls X here enc hnndred
theform ot,a welcome to the Raw DIR. Ed
ward d. Eaton, who has jast come from
Belcit, Wis, to the North church, Greet
ings from,tbe town were presented by the
Rev. DIR. Edward T. Fairbanks, from the
st. Johnsbury churches by the, Rev, Dr.
s. G. Barnes, pastor Of the South Congre-
gational church, from TIE state by the Rev
DIR. Rufus G. Flagg, of Newport, to all o.
which Doctor Eaton happily responded
The address of the evening was given by
the Rev. A. H. Fitch of Mount Vernon
Congregational church on ssGreater Puri
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25

urdsy night from their wedding trip to
st. Johnsbury.
The BaptistSunday school holds their
Christmas exercises and tree in the vestry
this evening. The Cong1 sunday School
, h1la.one by invitation at MI. ~ Hop
The NJ. E. Sunday school held interest
ing exercises consisting OF music and rec
itstions Saturday evening, Following the
program well laden tree was stripped
of its gifts for both old and young.
Dir. Wesley Kelley has bought out Hen
~ Moulton's interest in the portable saw
mill now in Holland and viii move on to
the old site, the Rogers lot, the last part OF
the winter and will be prepared to saw
logs and shingles.
WEST DERBY. 81
Mr.. ]. @. Richard is spending few days
in Richford. :
Carroll Davis of LyndonvilIe is working
in the round house.
Mr.. James Hawkins is in Knowlton,
Que, spending Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Davis and two chill
dren are visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. WIN Ranney and son of Barton
Landing are stopping at Newell Gould's.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hopkins are spend
ing the holidays in R.chford and Williams
town.
Mr.. Chas. White, Jr., of Springfield.
Mass, was in town tbs past week to attend
the funeral of his father, Chss. W bite, Sr.
Mrs. Myrtle Wilson and children OF
West Charleston are spending Christmas
with her parents, MIR. and Mrs. James.
Gray.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25

ss Ellen Labounty is i'll.
Fl. Burroughs and A. o. Elliott have
Bell telephone.
p Williams hes moved into his new
e recently Completed.
8. 3. ]. williams is entertaining
d from Martinville, Can.
Walters has bought and moved to
Davenport house at the Center.
raid Gilmore has opened a grocery in
place previously occupied by j. Il.
lore.
mer Batchelder's house caught fire
Thursday, but it was fortunately extfnzs
he'd before serious damage was done.
NEWPORT.
iss Pearl Neader has been having an
ok OF measles.
r. Batehelder, father OF Mrs. w. W.
has been quite i'll for several days
erbert Fee, telegraph operator for the
r., was In North Troy the first OF last
oss Butterfeld Of North Troy is clerk
In Bigelow's during, the holiday rush
business.
here will. -he-a- union meeting OF the
raj churches here Sunday evening,
srnber 81.
[rs. l.. B. WeIman and daughter are
hiding Christmas with Mrs. Weliman's
ents at Lowell.
H. Brahana, Daniel James and Carl B.
nchester Of Lowell were in town on
mess Wednesday.
tr. and Mrs. c. F. Ranney are spending
Christmas holidays with their son
. II at Penacook, n. H.
baxter Post, G. "A. R., will hold its
hual campfire, installation Neeremony
i banquet w ednesday, JANUARY 8.
\. s. Cameron, American Express agent,
returned from Boston, whittier be
at recently in the interests Of The COM
By.
fter the experiences of the past Two
rs. the prospect and reality OF rain ana
weather in December is quite
Nelly.
there was q special train from Derby
he and Stanstead Wednesday to accom-
.bdate Christmas shoppers from that
einity.
Water Commissioner E. B. True has
closed the main water pipe where II
bsses the bridge in box filled WIFI
avings to prevent freezing.
||rhe report that Col. C. s. Emery would
suue his duties as collector OF customs
Rcernb her 10 was incorrect. Col. Mansul
II continue in Office until January 1, 1906
rhe old water tank at the depot is being
zen down and will be moved to some
her point. This will improve the ap-
arance OF the yard quite appreciably.
srhe efforts OF our merchants to attrac
attention of the public have resulted
some very tasty window displays
nony those deserving special mention
the grocery windows of H.C Humph
and the Newport Grocery company
grhe Montreal express Monday barel
caned serious accident while coming
wn the grade near Mr.. Tracey's. On
the side rods on the engine broke an
10 the frozen condition of the roadbe
avented almost certain derailment,
train was making high speed. The
are delayed about thirty minutes Will
E broken parts were removed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25
A Profitable Poultry investment.

Any Poultryman having a little
noney whickhe wishes~to invest profit
ably will(fead with interest the follow
ing letter from S. w. Reaslee of Wind.
Borville, Me: ''rkeep one hundred hens
and have used-.Fage's Perfected Poul-
try Food for fee. years. 1 consider it
a very profitable inTestment.''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25
tanisnn.
SHEFFIELD.

Mrs Rivey Gray has been very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Antwine are the proud
parents of son.
Harley Bishop has moved to Hiram
Simpsons house.
-. Irma Brown and Alfred Simpson are
home from Montpelier school.
Christmas tree and appropriate exercises
will be held at both churches this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpha Brooks were in
West Charleston over Sunday to visit Mrs.
Brooks parents.
/ Leila Barber has not been been able to
return to Lyndon to school this term on
account of illness.
The order of Modern Woodmen went to
Lyndon Thursday evening where they
held very profitable meeting.
Mrs. Charles Young went to Wentworth,
N. H., where she will pass the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ill. Tripp was called to
Brownington last week on the account OF
the death of Mr.. Trips mother. Great
sympathy is felt for him in his trouble.
Parker, Young Co. commenced to saw
Wednesday. Win Dyke saver, Harvey
Fayer engineer and Ralph Hay night
] Waterman. Mr.. Dyke of Wentworth, n.
| a., is also workman in the mill.
SUTTON. "
Miss Susie Hall has been very i'll for
few days.
Fred Berry, who been ill so long was
very much worse the past week.
Mrs. Lucy Hartwell and Mrs. Clara Gray
visited friends on the North Ridge last
Tuesday.
j. P. Buzzell has sold lot of timber to
Mr. Lang OF St. Johnsbury., Mr.. Carney
OF Kirby has charge of the cutting. The
lumber win be used for building bridges.
wHEELocK. Ok
The Ufford and Richie mill yard is fast
filling with logs
c. z. Smith and sons are visiting rela-
tises In Manchester, N. ii.
William Mooney is not able to sit up
Mrs Z. A. Hoyt is able to sit up little.
The sixth annual sale of the ladies of the
L. B S. was success. The proceeds were
$50 90.
John Rocks sister, Miss Alice OF Morris
vile are visiting their brother, James p
Rock.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25
NEWPORT CENTER.

|r.,A.onoh the courtesy of Mr.. and Mrs.
- sticlcnev, about one hundred friends
% had the honor OF twice being invited
their home within six morths, to help
lem. celebrate the marriages OF their ac-
daughters, Miss Elizabeth g.,
Mr.. Elmer E. Wilson of RichfordSon
l,Iv.12. and Miss Laura E., to Mr.. Floyd j:
Einar Of Newport, on Dec. 49,. Rev. G..
Morse officiated, using the ring service
the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr..
|aorve Wilson OF Rtchford and Mr.. Lester
,rsIev Of Barton Landing were best men,
Ia Miss Lou Rice of Springfield, Mass,
r. Tho donble honor OF being bridesmaid.
EEias Evelyn Wright was ring bearer and
e. Japette flower girl Miss Laura
ovad the wedding march for her sister,
bd Miss Barbara Erwin played the march
H. tina second OCCASION. The presents
[ara numerous aud valuable, showing
buathine. of the high esteem of the
'annv couples. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson re-
AZ in Missouri. where he is trusted
LIasn,an. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller will reside
West Charleston for the present, where
Il is in charge Of the Turnbull Creamery.
wEsTFELD. ~
Miss Helen Wakefield of y. Troy Wished
Iere several days last week.
Miss EIiz Abeth Trumpass Is home from
kristoI school for the holidays.
Mrs. Rodney Foster and her daughter,
hiss Minnie, are on the sick list.
Miss Theo. 2endrix is home from her
rhool in Westminster for the holidays.
4 Mrs. A. L. Brown is staying a few days
y Barton Landing with her daughter, Mrs.
4. J. Kinney.
Rev. N. w. Fsrman was in Lowell last
Wednesday to oficiate at the Siscc-
Wakefield wedding.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25

Mrs. George e. Green, who spent last
week 18th her brother, Ezra Sawyer, IN
Lyndon, returned home Saturday.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
Knots ana Mia.

One Of the things which it seems
difficult for the public mind to CRASH
is that there is decided difference he
tween the knot and the mile. It Is
certainly about time to have it thor
oughly understood that the two are
not the same thing. 1t seems easv
enough to remember that mile is only
about 81 per cent Of knot, the latter
being approximately 6,0S2 feet in
length, while the statute mile measures
$3.50 feet. Three and one-half miles
are equal, within small fraction. to
three knots. The result of this differ
ence, of course, Is that the speed of a
vessel In miles per hour is always con-
slderably larger than when stated in
knots, and the confusion Of the terms
sometimes gives rise to rather remark
able claims Of speed performance
When twenty knot ship, for example
is lightly mentioned, it should be re-
membered that this really means a
little over twenty three miles. Similar
ly with higher figures, which are often
glibly enough stated, the difference be-
tween the terms Is worth bearing in
mind. 1t will help to guard against
the forming of ridiculous estimates of
vessels capabilities.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
NELSON'S FIGHTING MEN.
Had Few Pleasures ana Faced Death
With IA Jest.

Of the wooden walls of England"
the great sailing ships in which Admi.
raj Nelson won his victories, and of the
men who worked them, critic writes:
Though beautiful to behold and terri
Die to fight with, those old mep-of-war
were more often than not abodes of
tyranny and Indebtedness. The yio-
lence Of the press gangs, which seized
men of all ages and occupations, was
but a prelude to the oppression that
followed. Decent men were herded in
discriminatory with rufIians, the rights
or free born Englishmen were rudely
snatched from them-for them thence
forward there was no law save the
will of the captain and the dread arti-
cles of war. Shore going leave was
noneXiStent the food was atrocious
and scanty, punishments were barbar-
Gus, and the only thing served out with
any liberality was rum, on which the
men got drunk and then were flogged
for that olfense at the gratings next
morning
In Nelson's time the seaman had
few pleasures save the prospect of a
hot fight and his daily pint of rum.
But to these must be added the vain
glorious satisfaction he took in his
clothes. When rugged out in his best
he frequently wore rings in his ears and
silver buckles on his low shoes. his
short blue jacket would be decorated
with gold buttons and colored ribbons
sewed down the seams to give an addi.
tional gayety, his waistcoat might be
red or canary, and a black silk hand
kerchief would be knotted loosely
round his throat. AS the finishing
touch his hair would be hanging in a
cue down his back. The broad collars
were first worn as a protection against
the grease and pOmatum used in dress
ing the plgtail
But all these fripperies were dis
cardcd when the guns were cast loose
from their laShings and the linstockS
were lighted 1t was the custom of the
men when going into action to strip to
the waist. They took their black silk
handkerchiefs and bound them very
tightly round their heads over their
ears, so that the roar of the guns might
not deafen them for life. 1t was re-
marked that men going into action al
ways Wore sullen frown, however
merry they were in their talk.
Methods followed in that day were
curiously primitive and toilsome, but
the results were undoubtedly satisfac-
tory save to the nameless and number
less sailors who met grim death on the
black and blood stained decks or in the
dark horror of the cockpit. That those
hardy and careless men often faced
death or disablement with jest or a
cheer only renders their unconscious
heroism the more Representatives,
go News.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
THE "plvlNE STORM"
Fearful TyDhOOn That Saved Japan
From a Chinese Invasion.


About 600 years ago Japan was
threatened with an invasion from con-
tinental Asia, much as England was
threatened with invasion by the Span
iards The beaten Spanish armada
was dispersed by storm, and Japan
was delivered In much tho same way.
but without an engagement. A Jap
anese writer, Okakura Yoshlsabura,
says: "The mighty Kublai, grandson
of the great Genghiz Khan, naughty
with his resistless army, whose deyas-
tating intrepidity taught even Europe
to tremble at the mention Of his name,
dispatched an embassy to the Japanese
court to demand the subsection Of the
country. The message was indignant
ly dismissed. Enraged at this, Kublai
equipped a large number Of vessels
with the choicest soldiers China could
furnish. The invading force was sue
cessful at first and committed massa-
cres in Xxi and Tsushima, islands lying
between Korea and Japan. The posi-
ton was menacing. Even the steel
nerves of the trained samural felt that
strange thrill a patriot knows. Shinto
priests and Buddhist monks were busy
at their prayers.
"a tremendous Chinese feet gath
cred in the boisterous bay Of Genkai
in the summer of 1881. At last the
evening came with the ominous glow
on the horizon that foretells an APP
preaching storm. 1t was the plan Of
the conquerlng army VIGOROUSLY to
land the next morning on the holy soil
of Kyushu. But during this critical
night fearful typhoon, known to this
day as the divine Storm arose, break
ing the jet black sky with its tremen-
dous roar Of thunder and bathing the
glittering armor of our soldiers guard
ing the coast line in white flashes Of
dazzling light. The very heaven and
earth shook before the mighty anger
Of nature.
Dawn Of the next morning saw the
whole feet Of the proud Yuan that had
darkened the water for miles swept
completely away into the bottomless
sea of Genkai. to the great relief of the
horror stricken populace and to the
unspeakable disappointment of our de-
termined soldiers. Out Of the 100000
warriors who manned the invading
ships only three are recorded to have
survived the destruction to tell the
dismal tale to their crestfallen great
khan"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
1. Lie Worth Livinrf

Those people who say that life Is
not worth living find it SO because
they do not go to work to make it
worth living. Why does sadness over
power them? Is 1t so much harder for
them than for others to see sin and
suffering? What right have they to
add their weight to the worlds bur-
dens? Is 1t sign of intellect to be
cowardly? And do these people not
dream that the spiritual power which
makes such an intellectual condition
impossible is vastly superior to any
power that the intellect alone can at
Elizabeth Peabody.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
ODD oERIvArloNs.
Curious History of the Word 'FVote."
How 'RetIcuIe" Got Its Name.

How "ReticuIe" Got Its Name.
"Vote" is a word with a curious his
tory. To the Roman "votum" was
solemn promise made to deity. From
the solemn promise itself the meaning
of "votum" gradually became the
prayer or intense wish that accompa-
MED the promise and then any intense
wish whatever. So far the develop
ment proceeded in Latin, and vote"
passed into English with the same
sense. When Ben Jonson wrote Of
public votes" to heaven he meant not
mass meeting resolutions, but prayers.
Finally "vote" acquired its present
meaning, the formal and emphatic ex-
preston of wish, while the old sense
remains with its double wow"
That openwork bag for shopping,
called reticule, gets its name directly
from the Latin 'reticulum," little
net" Popularity, however, the word is
supposed to- owe its existence to the
fact that when an Englishwoman visit
ed the first Paris exhibition with her
little bag in her hand the Parisians
cried "Ridiculep The Englishwoman,
misunderstanding the exclamation, is
said to have thought 1t the correct
translation of "little bag and return
ed to England calling it "reticule."
Philologlsts claim that the phrase to
"sleep like top" comes from the
French "dormir CONNIE une taupe," to
sleep like mole. 1t is said, too, that
Cinderellas slippers were not made Of
glass, but of war;" the old French
word for ermine, which in time became
corrupted into "verre," glass; Chicago
News,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
A shoe That Altered history.

After the fall of Anne Boleyn the
pope prepared overtures of reconcilia-
ton so favorable to King Henry VIII.
that he determined to accept them. A
representative was sent from Rome
with the dispatches, and when within
days journey from Calais his horse
cast a shoe and fell lame. As it was
favorite, the messenger determined to
wait day that the poor animal might
rest and recover. Next day the journey
was resumed, but on the day that Lon
don was reached Henry had been mar
ried to Jane Seymour, a Protestant,
Anne had been beheaded, and all hope
Of reconciliation with the papacy was
at an end. The cast shoe had thus
changed the bent of English church
history.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
MOURNING CUSTOMS.
origin OF the Widows Cap md RI,o,-
Sleeve Bands.

Inc customs Of mourning ne nroo
tlceu IN various parts of the word
seem at first sight to have little rela.
tlon with each other or with tbo In
ward grief which they are sunnoscd
10 typify. Yet by the exercise Of a If.
Tie patience many resembisn.p5 NAV
De discovered among them. The wild
oW's cap, for example, dates bacl, IN
the days Of ancient Egypt Egyptian
men shaved the beard and head rs a
token OF mourning. The women in
stead of cutting off the hair concealed
IL by a close cap. The Romans, who
We're as race clean shavcn, shaved
the mead in mourning and wore wig
Inc black band on the Eleeve rs n
sign of mourning comes to us from the
days Of chivalry. The lady tied a scarf
or Napkin as the handkerchief was
called, about the arm of her knight
II he was killed in battle she wore the
band in memory of him.
Black has SO long been the color Of
grief in Anglo-Saxon countries that it
seems a part Of the upside down civ
ilization Of the east that Japan and
China wear white. But no longer ago
than the time of Elizabeth the unfor-
tunate Mary of Scotland wore white
on the death Of Darnley. Even now
the hearse used for children is white,
and in England the mOurners at fu-
nerals of young unmarried persons
wear hatbands and sashes Of white.
A queer English custom is that of
decorating the black hearse horses with
long false black tails. They attract no
more notice on a street in Liverpool
than do the black nets used in this
country to cover the horses.
A great many sensible people protest
that wearing tokens of mourning is Il
barbaric custom that should be abOl-
lshed or greatly modified, but when
loss and grief actually come into the
individual life one discovers that there
is strange, subtle fitness in gloomy
garments and that they answer to the
need of the soul for silence and sepa-
ration.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
ETIQUETTE AMONG PEERS.
Rules Laid Down to Preserve the
Dignity of Their Chamber.

Rules Laid Down to Preserve the
Dignity of Their Chamber.
Besides insisting upon all due respect
to themselves the peers suffer no dis
respect to the stately gilded chamber
in which they are accustomed to assem-
bic. Even when parliament is not in
session none but members are allowed
to be covered there. Not even the eldest
son of any peer may wear his hat in
the ROOM Neither is any person to
stay there, nor any attendant on any
nobleman but while he brings in his
lord, and then he is to retire himself"
In 1903 official notice was taken Of
the fact that Of late the doorkeepers
have frequently presumed to come
within the doors when the house is sit
ting, and it was therefore ordered that
for the future this liberty be forbid
den. Another point in which the peers
are scrupulous to preserve their dig
nifty is revealed in the standing order
with reference to conferences between
the two houses.
1t sets forth that 1.-THE place of our
meeting with the lower house upon
conference is usually the painted cham
Der, where they are commonly before
we come and expect our leisure. We
are to come thither In whole body
and not some lords scattering before
the rest, which both takes from the
gravity Of the lords and besides may
hinder the lords from taking their
proper places. We are to sit there
and be covered, but they are not at
any committee or conference either to
be covered or sit down in our presence
unless it be some infrm person and
that by connivance in corner out Of
sight, to Sit but not to be covered"
Although never rescinded, this regu.
lation is now practically obsolete
Chambers Journal.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-22
A business TAX.

Miss de Simpson" said the young
secretary of legation, 81 have opened
negotiations with your father upon the
subject of-er-co coming to see you
oftener with a view ultimately to
forming an alliance, and he has re-
sponded favorably. May ! ask If you
will ratify the arrangement as a mo
dus vivendiT
"Mr. Won Harris" answered the
daughter Of the eminent diplomat.
don't you think it would have been
more graceful recognition of my adj
ministrative entity If you had asked
me first W~- Chicago Tribune