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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-13
FOR SALE

The residence of the late David Gilles, stu
aztec on ITasburg street in the village of Bar
TIN Landing, consisting of q two-story house
with ell containing twelve rooms aud closets
and bsta. Well arranged for Two families
Good barn connected to the house. Land
sufficient for large garden and good
buile ing lot. Also the building in Barton
Landing, occupied by E. Baraw as barber
shop tn tenement over. One of the most
desirable business locations in the village.
Inquire OF
FLORENCE L. GILES, Ext cutrix.
1921 Barton Landing, VT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-13

of the w. c. T. U. are Mrs. Geo. HeerI
Mrs. Walter Fsirbrother, Mrs. Perry Dr.
Mrs. John Wells aud Mrs. Homer Wr
At the annual meeting of the w. c.
May Z, the following officers were ch
for the ensuing year: Pres, Mrs.
Child; Sec. and Treas, Mrs. Leon L
field. Superintendents of departme
S. I. l., Mrs. P. s. Hitchcock; SUI
School, Mrs. w. E. Niles; Physical
ture, Mrs. 5. II. Pearson; Flower Miss
Mrs. Geo. Herman; Rescue Home,
Geo. Corrow; Literature, Mrs. Geo. W
CRAFTSBURY.
Blanche Bell Moody was i'll with mu|
last week.
II. w. Bishop and Mrs. Sherman q
were on the sick list last week
Ernest Dill viii occupy his new ba
shop and pool room this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Morse are occI
ing George Towards tenement house.
Burt Hoyt has bsrgained with G.
Ainsworth for the Elmer Stratton store
There was a special town meeting
last Monday to finish the town bushes
John Gilbert has purchased Chs
Robbins farm known as the Hast
farm.
II. w. Bishop has rented the Scott
ness shop where he intends to cont
the harness business.
The Ladies' Aid society met last Tn
day with Mrs. J. Patterson. They are
ranging for sale in the near future.
George Slicer has rented the tenen
over Henry Kings blacksmith shop
expects to take possession this week.
Mr.. EDITOR:
The item IN the MONITOR of May 6
garding Mrs. Il. n. Nelson's pansy gel
um does rot do the plant credit as it
6O clusters of blossoms averaging 4 b
SONS to cluster instead of 60 buds
blossoms as reported. The plant is net
years old yet.
| Very Truly,
MRS. Z. n. NELSC
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COVENTRY.

Mrs. Melvina Kendall is quite sick.
Mrs. Jane Herman is having her house
painted.
Mrs. Jane Cole is home from Irasburg in
very poor health.
Warner Guild has moved into the large
store across the way.
Mrs. Gilbert Gross of Bloomington has
been visiting Miss johnson for few days
the past week.
There will be a regular meeting OF the
NJ. next Tuesday evening. ALI are cor
daily invited to come.
Rev. A. s. Bole and Mr.. and Mrs. ID. {.
Cleveland attended the funeral Oh Z. Z.
Church at Irasburg last Tuesday.
About sixty people attended the recep-
tion In the NJ. E. vestry last Friday even
inc for the benefit of Rev. and Mrs. E. E.
Wells. A good time is reported.
The delegates chosen to represent the
Coventry union at the county convention
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-13

Mrs. L. t. Grow, who has been quite Ill,
is improving slowly. Mrs. Woodbury.
from Island Pond is caring for her.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-13

WANTED: A bright clean
young man who wishes to learn the
business. One with some experience
preferred. One who is willing to
work and ambitious to make some
thing of himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
Easter Reading.

We are told that neither in the New
Testament. nor in the writings oil
the apostolic fathers do We find any
trace of the celebration of Easter as
a church festival. Origin urges that
the Christian who dwells on the truth
of Christ as our Passover, and the
gift of the Holy Ghost, is every day
Keeping an Easter and pentecostal
feast. 1t is doubtless true that the
first Christians continued TO observe
the Jewish festivals as commemora-
tive of events of which these had been
the shadows. and thus the Passover
made even more sacred by the thought
of Christ, the true psschal lamb. the
first fruits of the dead. continued TO be
celebrated and became the Christian
Easter. The word Easter" liNe the
names of the days of the week. is
derived from the old Teutonic mythol-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
Overstocked Homes.

; zone of the most frequent mistakes
made by young wives" said a matron
known for her sensible advice on
topics of the household, lis that OF
filling the house with furniture at the
outset of their married life.
They like to feel that their friends
find nothing wanting, and they forget
that, starting out with too full an
equipment, they must necessarily keep
that unchanged for several years
There is no room to add new things,
and to dispose of old furniture which
is not worn out is serious loss. The
proper thing to do is to start out with
just enough to be comfortable.
From time to time little things may
be added as they are found necessary.
In that way one never feels like a
back number. At the same time, one
does not have to turn everything topsy-
turvy In order to be up to date. An
other important thing in this connec-
ton is to resist the temptation, fire.
quent when a young woman has every
thing she needs in furniture, to spend
on entertainment money and time she
can i'll afford. Many young matrons
have become broken in health from
that"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02

choked. The organist turned partly
around. The next instant a voice of
Wonderful strength and sweetness fill
ed the church.
After a single start the organist
played steadily on. He did not know
from whence or whom the heavenly
voice proceeded, but it was God-send.
Through to the end, without fear or
faltering, glowing and thrilling with
JOY and love and devotion, Jim p9arst'
out his soul.
When the last pure tones had died
away, and he realized what he had
done. he would have rushed out If
possible, but kindly hands gently de-
tanned him till the service was over
and the surprise and wonder and ad'
miration of the people could find ex-
preston.
Of course that was the beginning
a great change in Jim's life. The
nightingale in his throat could no
longer be hidden; it had brought TO
him friends and fortune. But in the
future years people liked to tell the
story of his first public appearance,
when he sang because his bursting
heart could not contain its wealth OF
melody-Youth's Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
A Cats, BOARDING. House.

A woman who had engaged board
for two cats at an animal boarding
house stopped at the desk on her way
out and said: "Oh, by the way, l
forgot something. What do you give
your cats for Sunday dinner?" The
regular fare, said the proprietor, Il
would like you to make an exception
in the case of my CATS" said the wo-
man; they have been used to spe-
cial dishes at home on Sunday, and
| am sure they would miss them very
much. | am willing to pay extra for
the care and expense" That"
grumbled the animal man, after acced-
ing to her request. lis one of the pc
culiar phases of this business. Half
the people patronizing a place of this
kind insist upon providing a few
choice tidbits for the Sunday dinner
of their pets. 1t is bound to ruin their
digestion, but whenever their is a
clause in the contract to that effect
special Sunday and holiday fare pre-
walls. philadelphia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02

The combination of gray and darR
blue, inaugurated first with success last
season, proved such a success that fidel-
ity to the mode continues, a striking
example being this tailored costume in
pale gray voile striped with cadet blue.
The skirt is quite plain, except about
the waistline where the fullness Is
taken up In tiny plaits, and at the
front and back is stitched with two
bias folds, the stripes Of which meet
In odd effect
The little hip-coat has a vest and
collar Of blue rajah silk and is rather
deliberately stitched with folds of its
own material, alternating with tiny
straps OF gray taffetas. The wolfe folds
outline a yoke front and back. while
the taffetas straps run across the yoke
transversely from the collar TO the
edges of the folds under which they
disappear. The hat is q gray chip with
blue flowers and ribbon Of the same
color, but In q darker shade.
There Is no denying the fact that
stripes gain In number and Importance
as the season advances and new fabrics
are introduced In voiie and the lead
ing sheer stuffs there are many one
tone stripe designs with stripes of va
rying widths achieved in the weaving
or often with satin finished stripes
and the effect is very stunning indeed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
Origin Of the Easter Ego.

In ancient Persia many hundred
years before the birth of Christ the
people were all worshippers of fire,
According to their religion, as COM
mlnicated to them by their prophet,
Zoroaster, there was first a great spir-
it who had existed from all eternity.
From him came the first light, and
from this light sprang two brothers.
Ormuzd and Ahriman. Ahriman grew
jealous of his brother and was con-
demned by the eternal one to pass
5000 years in absolute darkness. On
his release he created a number OF
bad spirits to oppose the good spirits
created by Ormuzd, and when the lat
ter made an egg containing good genii
Ahriman produced another full of
evil demons and broke the two to-
gether, so that good and evil became
mixed in the new creation. In mem
ory of this legend the Persians of the
present day, on a certain festival in
March, presented each other with col
ored eggs, and it is from this We
get our similar Easter custom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02

When a man, a physician AND an ac-
knowledged authority on physiology,
admits that his own sex, both physical
ly and mentally, must soon yield the
palm to women, the matter assumes an
Importance worthy Of the most serious
consideration. Indeed. the mind can
scarcely conceive the consequences OF
this assertion upon the destiny Of moth
ers and therefore, of the whole human
race, If 1t be an established truth. That
man, who we quote below from a lee
ture recently delivered in London is the
distinguished Psychologist, Afford Tay-
lor Sehofield, NJ. D., member of the
British association, author Of several
books on physiology, hygiene, and an
officer in many societies for the promo
ton Of education and health in Eng
land. He says:
Women are just beginning their
race. Men have pretty well finished
theirs. We have all noticed how, in
the last generation or two, woman has
outstripped man in physical develop
ment. Among the educated classes
where the essentials for health are
understood and practiced, the average
grown daughter of to-day is taller
stronger and more active than was her
mother at her age, and a genuine Anna
zon compared with her grandmother
In the last generation the average
man has shown no Improvement, either
IN body or brain; he seems to have
reached his limit at a time when the
average woman is just beginning to
realize the superior potentialities of
her sex.
Already the woman's brain Is slight
iy greater in proportion. Certainly it
is not less. Fifty years hence 1t will be
admitted that woman's brain has deyel-
| Oped faster than mans.
Nevertheless, there are essential
differences between the minds of men
and the minds of women. Anything in
the nature Of rivalry between them is
| fallacious and absurd Women's minds
are much better for some kinds CT
work, and mems for other kinds.
but the brain work Of women is
being constantly better done, with pros
| poets of being done still better, while
that of men shows little or no improve
| ment. Cooking Club Magazine.
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woman. Place in the world.


1t is not too much to say to-day that
women in this country can get anything
a majority Of them really want and
the individual can practice any trade
or profession or art without let or
hindrance. All this has come about
and without decreasing the number of
marriages, destroying the home-or the
club limiting masculine freedom or
reducing the profits of the dressmaker
and milliner.
Established things remain as they
were, yet something has happened, de-
clares Ida H. Tarbell in the Delinea-
tor. 1t Is not mainly that we have
utilized in active work the large num-
Der of women who heretofore, through
failure 70 marry-or to succeed in
marriage-found themselves with no
congenial occupation or interest open
to them, and so doomed to lives of
inaction, or profitless action, and often
of dire poverty? That large class Of
women who forty years ago were de-
nominated old maids, class whom
everybody pitied or laughed at and for
whom there seemed no opening but
death, has largely passed away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
woman,s sense of LOYALTY.

Women sometimes get so angry they
stutter when their husbands or some
man with equal brutal frankness de
clares that there is an element of ma
tive dishonesty in even the best of
women, but do not, says Lillian Bell.
l am a fair specimen of the garden
variety of woman which grows wild
or tame according to the gardeners
planting. and when l look within
find that I really don't know right
from wrong when it is a question of
some one / love.
So there you have 1t.
The difference between men and wo-
men Is that most women are born
mothers. That is TO say. that whether
they ever have any children of their
own or not they are born with the
mother instinct which drives them to
love something or somebody materially,
which also includes foraging for and
protecting it by word and deed. That
is why women's testimony, even under
oath. sometimes has purple streaks In
it, which no one seems to understand.
The Delineator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
an EASTER STORY

The many carriages, the throngs of
gaily dressed people SO abashed him
that he hardly dared go in, but he
finally found an opportunity to go in
unobserved, and slipped quietly into
his accustomed seat. The church
quickly filled, even to the corner
where Jim sat.
After while there was sound of
distant singing, and soon the boys
came walking in procession, and sing
ing the music that Jim had heard them
learning.
In their choir garments they looked
little like the rough, careless boys of
the day before. He did not know that
the boy with the beautiful voice, who
was to have sung the solo part, had
suddenly been taken i'll, and that the
organist, in despair, had been obliged
to substitute in his place one of the
other boys, who was not capable OF
filling it, but was the best that the
organist could find on such snort no.
tee.
So Jim did not know what to make
of 1t when he saw the boy evidently
preparing to sing alone. Jim knew
each boys capabilities in a musical
way by this time as well as the organ
ist himself did, and he knew that this
boy could not sing the music proper
ly. The organist began to play; the
boy looked frightened. 1t was time
for him to begin: he hesitated and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
oO~0OA~@~

Separate skirts of linen poplin,
washable and well shaped, are useful
for shirtwaist wear.
Ribbon bows are having great pop
ulsrity. They are going yeoman serv-
ice in the way Of trimming.
A blue velvet skirt is worn with
excellent effect with a three-quarter
emnife coat of dark-blue broadcloth.
Many of the hand-embroidered ba.
tistes have inserted bands and pat.
terms of pale-colored batiste laid in
tucks.
OF great height are the combs and
one of the most striking, of amber,
has butterfly of brilliants inserted
in the top.
Wool and silk ,oiles are to be worn
again and are Trimmed with quillings
of ribbon or embroideries and lace
insertions.
The feature of the present blouse Is
its trig shapeliness and small waist
line. The pouch which gave it its
name is a mere memory.
Shoulder scarfs will become a still
more important part of the toilet since
dropping shoulder lines are insisted
upon in all spring models.
ANY one fortunate enough to possess
an old lace scarf had best hunt 1t
up at once and put it into service, for
never will it be more really fashion
able than to-day.
Fur is used both inside and out on
evening wraps Wraps should be as
soft and clinging as possible and the
various fabrics used admit Of much
originality of treatment
One of the ARREST new wells for
spripg millinery is of point d'esprit
with a border of lace bands appliqued
by hand. Sage green. leaf brown and
elephant gray are the colors in which
it exploits itself.
To accentuate the dainty waist
which is the pride of every slim wo-
man, the wearing Of chain girdle has
come again into fashion. On the chain
are suspended trinkets and the effect
is highly attractive.
Princess frocks of black velvet each
seam outlined with jet, worn by the
young contingent, assume a Gibson
girl air Such gown is usually ac-
companied by big black picture hat
and a white feather boa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
Honor ana Friendsbip.

Robert Louis Stevenson says: 'The
salary in any business under heaven is
not only, nor, indeed, the first ques-
ton. That you should continue to ex-
list is a matter for your own consid-
Grafton; but that your business should
be first honost, and second useful. are
points in which honor and morality
are concerned.
To be honest, to be kind-to earn
a little and TO spend little less, to
make upon the whole family happier
for his presence; to renounce when
that shall be necessary and not to be
embittered, TO keep few friends, but
these without capitulation-above all.
on the same grim conditions to keep
friends with hlmself-here is a task
for all that a man has of fortitude
and delicacy."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
Cnnundrum stitches,

Here is little list Of questions to
put to the guest at In afternoon en-
broidery or sewing class.
What stitch is:
Hard to live withs Gross stitch-)
A part of cough? (Hemstitch.)
A part OF window? (Blindstitch.)
Is found on fowl? (Featherstitch. J
Is fsh and something everyone has?
(Herringbone.)
Is made of many links? (Chan-
stitch.)
Is not forward? (Backstftch.)
Is useless without a key? (Lock-
stitch.)
Repeats itself7 Cover and over
stitch-)
For a prize for the best answers give
a little leather sewing case 6lfed with
needles and thread.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02

him a good hot supper and a nights
lodging.
He turned and sauntered along,
crossing street after street, TIL ne
had wandered into a section of the
city where he very rarely came, a
most prosperous section, judging from
the fine broad avenue.
Jim was cold by this time, and
thought that he would retrace his
steps, when his attention was attract
ed by the sound of music. 1t came
from q church close by, the door of
which stood invitingly open. 1t look
ed nice and warm inside; there was
no one in sight, and Jim softly stepped
in and sat down at the back of the
church, which was in semi-darkness.
The only lights were away down
at the other end, where were gath
cred a group Of boys about Jim's age,
and a man seated at an organ. Soon
the man began to play and the boys
TO sing. Now one would hardly have
guessed on seeing Jim that he was
a musician himself. but he had a
who were sure that not one of the
famous singers of the day had a voice
that could compare in sweetness with
Jim's.
Jim was interested at once when
he heard music in the church. oh,
the beautiful musici He had never
heard anything like it in his life. 1t
made him almost unhappy at one mo-
ment, and he would rise to go. only
it held him so that he could not.
But the boys, His establishment
rose as he heard and watched them.
The man was evidently trying to
teach them something; but some were
careless and would not listen, and
others were stupid and could not
learn. Finally the boys became so
restless that the man rose, and clos
ing the organ, told them all to come
the next afternoon; and Immediately
there was wild scramble for the
door.
That night Jim would neither play
nor whistle for his friends, to their
great surprise: but the grand, upiift-
ing strains which he had heard that
afternoon still fingered III his ears.
The next afternoon, as soon as his
papers were sold, Jim started again
for the church, and the next, and the
next as well. Every afternoon found
MIN a quiet, unnoticed listener at the
back of the great church.
The master went over and over the
strains, slowly, carefully and patient
ly, while the boys Numbered and hest
tated. Jim had learned the whole
thing by the second afternoon, and
could have sung every note of it.
Jim was completely out of patienee
with one boy. He had a beautiful part
TO sing alone, evidently the climax of
\ the whole piece, and he had a voice
like skylark, so pure and clear; but
Il was such task to teach him any
thing
What he apparently learned one day
was forgotten the next, and Jim fidget
ed and muttered to himself in digust
al the bungling work which he made
of it.
They were getting ready for an
Easter celebration. as Jim learned
from the conversation, and he made
up his mind that he would be there
on that day himself He had attended
so many of the rehearsals by this
time that he felt quite at home in
the church: but it seemed very diff
serent place to him in the light of
the bright spring morning. when Jim
walked up to the door on Easter Day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
Easter Sunday.

Easteris unique among the worlds
festival periods in having its origin
claimed by many nations and races.
The English name of the day is de-
rived from that Of the Teutonic God.
dess of Spring-Ostera whose name
sisnined The Arisen mythical be
Ing who was WOTShlped before Chris
tianity was thought of.
The Druids wilo seem to have been
the only religious sect in Blitain re-
fore the Roman conquest, held yearly
a spring celebration in honor of the
vegetable world, and religious rites
were part of the ceremony.
Similar observances were general
among the older Asiatic races, and the
Egyptians, Greeks and the Romans,
as well as the Teutonic tribes of Eu-
rope in pre-Christian times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
snicide Hnrenu Rnsy.

During the first week of the Salvation
Army's anti-suicide bureau at New York
more than dozen persons were said to
have been turned from their purpose Of
sell destruction. These had accepted the
invitation to tell their troubles to the
Salvationists. Drink, drugs, restitution,
disease and unhappiness were the most
frequent reasons given for the wish to
die. Cordial sympathy, encouragement.
good advice and practical help, where
possible, are the simple remedies employ
ed. Gen. Booth, head and founder of the
army, he's arrived at New York on his
world tour.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02
Mngazine Cor one nIind.

The first regular literary magazine to
be published in the English language for
The use of blind people, provision for
which was made by Mrs. Ziegler, widow
of the baking powder millionaire, has
made its appearance. 1t is about eight
times as bulky as a copy of the Century
Magazine, although containing fewer
words. One section deals with important
current events of the month. Copies win
be sent free TO the blind, who, according
to statistics, now number 50,56S in the
United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02

ample that women have been given the
sense of humor than by pointing to
Nine Bernhardt. She is full of it.
She sees the slightest fling; there is
no bit too subtle for her to seize. And
then how she enjoys it! Her sense of
the ridiculous is most keen. She por-
trays life's tragedies, but not one of
it's comedies escapes her. Her smile,
her laughter, they are ever ready to
break out They cannot be suppressed.
She feels the mirthfulness of the world,
and that makes her only more keenly
alive to it's sorrows"