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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
IRASBUG.

Band concert Saturday evening.
A. B. Post and H. C. Goss were in
Newbury on business last week.
Mrs. E. A. Harlow spent the past
week with her parents in Albany.
Mrs. Myrtle Wheeler and Mrs. Fuller
were on the sick list last week.
w. H. Winget and family took an
auto trip to St. Johnsbury Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Wells returned
Thursday after two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Fred Herman and Mrs. G. w.
visited friends at Newport Thursday.
Several from here went to Barton
Landing Saturday to witness the ball
game.
Stark and Herman are doing inside
painting in all the schoolhouses in
town.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Slack spent the
past week with their son in East
Burke.
Mrs. Holmes of Johnson spent the
past week with her brother, r. w.
Cowles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Todd of Barton
Landing were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
&. T. Collins over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Lee with their
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Bullock spent
last Thursday at Willoughby.
Mr.. and Mrs John Carpenter We're
in South Troy Sunday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. L. S. Chaffee.
Mrs. George Griggs has been suffer.
| ing from an injury received by step
ping on a rusty nail the past week.
joseph Lanou went Saturday tt
Brightlook hospital in st. Johnsbury
to undergo an operation for appendi-
citis.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
SOUTH ALBANY.

James Nairn is entertaining broth
er and sister.
Adds Knight of Barton visited Har-
old Graham Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Perley of Barton
visitedarelatives in town Sunday.
Mrs. Chester King and family of
Passumpsic are visiting at Morton B.
Anderson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Brown of Barton
Landing recently visited Mrs Brown S
parents Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Patterson.
Mrs. w. w. Williams Of Barton,
who spent last week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. M. B. Anderson, has re-
turned to her home.
Miss Pearle Vance of West Glover
and Miss N. Josephine Vance of Man
chester, N. H., spent several days last
week at Oney E. Rowell's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Copeland and
Mrs. 0. M. Rowell were in East
-Craftsbury Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Will Thompson.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
Oriqin of the Postal Gard.

In 1869, while Professor Emanuel
Hermann of Vienna was seeking a
vast amount of information by CORE
spondence for his notable book, "The
Guide to the Study of National Econ.
omy." the thought occurred to him
that many advantages would result
from the adoption of a means of cor.
respondence cheaper than the sealed let.
ter. On Jan. &c he went before the
Austrian post director with his idea,
an open. stamped card, and his sugges.
ton was almost Immediately adopted
Within a month the Austrian postal
. authorities printed and sold 100000
postal cards and thus established this
indispensable means of communication
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
No Ceadheads,

Mandy was young colored girl
fresh from the cotton fields of the
south. One afternoon she came to her
northern mistress and handed her q
visiting cord. de lady wha' glib me
dis is in de pa'lor," she explained
"Dey's annoder lady on &c do'step."
"Gracious, Mandy" exclaimed the
mistress, "why didn't you ask both Of
them to come in?''
"Kase, ma'am" grinned the girl, de
one on de do'step done forgit her
ticket"-ArgOnaut
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
STATE NEWS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO

Flood of st. Adams. unsecured liabili-
ties 1882. assets 5000, all exempt; Jas
per c. Machia Of Burlington, liabilities
$472, assets none; Julius C. Griffin of
Fayston, liabilities 81, 436.28. assets
81, 529, exempt 1851; Sullivan S. Day
of Jay. liabilities sl,662, assets 1857,
exempt 1910; Phillips & Rowe, grocers,
of Brandon, liabilities $1,O45, assets
81, 23O, exempt $500: Harry A. Rowe
Of Brandon, liabilities $500, assets
none. Tea
Young Lad Drowned While in Wadina.
John Lorenzo Whitcomb. eight years
old son of Edward M. Whitcomb was
drowned in the Winooski river Wednes-
day afternoon. With several other
small boys, none of whom could swim
except Gordon Wheatley, and includ-
ing Edward Whitcomb, an elder broth
er. John went in wading. He started
in ahead of the others and called to
them to follow. The Wheatley boy
tried to reach him, but couldn't. Then
the boys ran to the Whitco NIB farm
and gave the alarm, but life was ex-
tinct when the body was recovered.
Will Build Big Plant.
The stockholders of the Barre and
Montpelier Power and Traction COM
pany have announced that it has closed
contract with Dornsife and Mig
lierini for the erection of dam ano
power house on the Winooski river
near Kinney's mills toward East Mont.
pelier, that property and water rights
having been purchased some time ago.
When the work is completed the
company will furnish power to run its
cars between Barre and Montpelier ano
also have power for. lighting. Work
has already been begun on the plant
and it is to be completed by Novem.
Der /.
Took Life on Train.
On the southbound Central Vermont
train between Roxbury and Braintres
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
GREENSBORO.

Mrs. s. T. Achenbach arrived in
town Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Goss were in
Hardwick last week Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Townsend have
been visiting at G. M. Cuthbertson's.
Mrs. E. E. Root has returned from
Massachusetts, much improved in
health.
Miss Celia Olmstead spent a few
days with her aunt in ST. Johnsbury
last week.
Messrs Chas. H. and H. E. Ohm
stead visited relatives in LakepOrt N.
H.. recently.
Miss Lillian Thornton was in St.
Johnsbury last week to visit her broth
er who was i'll.
The sale Of ice cream at the home Of
J. H. harrington last week Saturday
blythe ladies of Caspian Lake Grange
was we'll patronized.
The many friends of Mrs. Maggie
B. Young will be pleased to know that
she has so far recovered health as to
be APPLE to leave the hospital.
The team of Geo. S. Cook while
hitched in the horse shed of the Con-
gregational church on Sunday after
noon became frightened and broke loose
running the entire street to the barn
of F. A. Messer. On making the turn
it struck a tree, badly breaking the
wagon but fortunately no one was
hurt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
Merit Will Tell.

The undersigned agree to refund
the money on one % cent box Of Lady
Poor's Ointment if it fails to heal and
cure piles, salt rheum, eczema, open
sores, chatting, chapped hands and
lips, blotches, and all eruptions and
abrasons of the skin. We only ask
you to try one box to test its curative
powers.
F. D, Pierce E. W. Barron
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
ALBANY.

A son of Joe Lanou's is in ST. Johns
bury for an operation.
E. G. Darling of Canada is visiting
his brother J. B. Darling.
Mrs. Laura Campbell spent Sunday
with her aunt, Mrs. P. B. Bailey.
Mrs. E. G. Page and sons have re-
turned to their home in Hyde Park.
Miss Dora Johnson and Miss Ruby
Grigg have returned from their visit
in Canada
w. M. johnson has got his auto home
from St. Johnsbury where it has been
for repairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Rogers of Barton
Landing were the guests of friends in
town the first of last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Goodrich and daugh-
ter of Ohio are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Darling.
Mrs. Joe Young and two children
of Hyde Park are visiting Mrs.
Young's brother, DR.. Goddard.
Mrs. Lucy Talbert who has been
spending month with her brother, A.
N
in East Hardwick.
Mrs. Kitridge and son, viii, and
twin daughters of Walden were the
guests of her brother, Chas. Davidson,
several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chaffee have received
word that their daughter, Mrs. Will
Stevens, and child. who have been hav..
ing TYPHOID fever are better.
Will Burbank had the misfortune
to get finger injured in section of a
moving machine one day last week.
1t was necessary for an amputation.
A daughter of Perry Miles about six
years old was kicked in the face by a
horse last week and badly injured.
She was taken to hospital for treat
neOt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
CRAFTSBURY.

J. M. Pearson is repairing his build
ings.
Rosa Smith returned from Stowe
last week.
T. NJ Gallagher and son were called
to Groton last Saturday.
Mrs. Eliza Lother Of Newbury is Wis
iting her son and other friends in this
town.
The O. E. S. played valley Farm
to a good audience for the third time
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gibbs and
daughters from Brooklyn, N. Y, are in
town for months stay.
Mr.. and Mrs C. C. Conant returned
last Thursday from Hubbardston.
Athol and Boston last week.
NJ L. Sawyer and friends spent
few days at their cottage at Lake Hos
mer the first of this week.
Roscoe and Hollis Lathe ACCOMPANIED
by Day Sawyer left Thursday to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. David Wylie at Ham
stead, N. H.
The neighbors and friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Hodsden gave them a
very pleasant surprise Friday after
noon. 1t being Mrs. Hodsden's 64th
birthday. Light refreshments were
served and the company left substan-
tial tokens of the esteem in which
they are held.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
HAY FEVER AND SUMNER COLDS

Victim of lay fever will experience great
benefit by taking Folev's Honey and Tar, as
it stops difficult breathing INN ediately ard
heals the nfiamed air passages, and even if
it should fail to cure you it will give instant
relief The genuine is in yellow package.
F. D. Pierce, Barton; F. j. Kinney, Barton
Landing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
NORTH CRAFTSBURY

School in the academy opens August
26.
Mrs. Adams is visiting Mrs. Lucy
Kilburn.
Mrs. Fida Chase was a recent visitor
in Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Udall are visit
ing at Bert Udall's.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeMerritt are work.
ing at L. E. Tupper's.
Miss Mary Bailey was the guest at
Mrs. Denio's last week.
Mrs. Albert Cowles spent last week
in camp at Lake Hosmer.
G. G. Chase is spending this week
with friends in Sherbrooke.
Merle Colburn spent a part of last
week with friends in Barton.
Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Watts have re-
turned to their home in Brattleboro
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Root of Los
Angeles are visiting at Deacon Root's
Several from this place attended the
play at the south village Friday night.
Joseph Scott of Concord. Mass, and
Daniel Scott of Johnson were in town
last week.
Mrs. Charles Thayer was thrown
from her buggy one day last week and
severely injured.
The friends of Mrs. Daniel Hodsden
met at her home Friday to remind her
it was her 9th birthday. Cake ano
ice cream were served and social
time was enjoyed by all. A sum OF
money was left her as token of es.
TEEN. The combined ages of three la.
dies present were 243 years. Among
those present was Mrs. Chastina Har.
riman Of Albany, N. Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
Races at Vermont Fairs.

The racing at the fairs this year
promises to be far superior to that of
any former year. Entries for the
stake events have already been closed,
and judging from the stables that " i'll
be represented the races in this con-
nection alone will be worth coming
some distance to see. The racing end
of the Sherbrooke fair is we'll provid-
ed for. The circuit is composed of
seven meets, beginning at Stanstead,
August 1920, and, in addition to the
stake events, the following program
has been arranged for.
Stanstead, August 18-2O-2:17 trot,
purse $3.50; 2 rs pace, 2 81 trot, $3.50 ;
free for all, $3.50.
Morrisville, August 25-27-2 40 pace,
SO trot. $3.50: 2: 20 trot. $3.50.
Sherbrooke, August 20 to September
5-2:35 pace, 2:31 trot, $3.50; 2 20
pace, 2:19 trot. $500; 2 20 pace, 2:17
trot, $500; 2:14 pace, 2 IL trot, $3.50
free for all, $500.
Barton, September S-11-2 ::25 pace,
2 :21 trot, $3.50; 2:2O pace, 2:17 trot,
$3.50; 2 :35 pace, 2:31 trot, $3.50; 2 Ia
pace, 2 IL trot, $500; free for all. $500.
st. Johnsbury, September 15-17-
2 :28 pace, 2:24 trot, $3.50, 2 :2l pace,
PIT trot, $3.50; z IA pace, Pill trot,
$3.50; free for all, $500.
State fair, White River Junction,
September 22-25-2 40 pace, 2 SO trot.
$500: 2:24 pace. $500; IL trot, $500
2:l4 pace. $500; 2 10 pace. 2:16 trot,
$500; free for all $500.
Brattleboro, September 20 to Octo-
Der IL 40 pace 2:36 trot 5000; 2:29
pace 2 rs trot $500: 2 "a pace 2 80 trot
5000; 2:17 pace 2:l4 trot $500; 2:14
pace 2:11 trot $500; free for all $500.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
Notice

Has your horse blemish or any dis
ease of the feet? Your money back
if 81 90 bottle of Morrison's English
Liniment fails to cure. We also
guarantee SO cent bottle to prove
satisfactory.
F. D. Pierce E. w. Barron Go.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05

Gerald Phillips, who has been seri-
ously sick is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Miles visited at
c. F. Cutters this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Cook are nicely
settled in Mrs. SINNERS tenement.
Horatio French, a former Glover
boy has been calling on friends here.
Mrs. L. L. Hastings visited rela-
tives in Derby the first of last week.
Mrs. James Cameron and mother,
Mrs. Vance, were in Barre for visit
recently.
Miss Lena Lampman and Hazel Fol-
som have been visiting Mrs. Judson
Stevens.
The Cameron house in this village
was sold to James Cameron at auction
last week.
Mrs. Lillian Buchanan and son Scott
have been spending some time with
relatives here.
Mrs. Alma Arthur who has been car
ing for Mrs. Dennison has gone to her
home for rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thompson were
the guests at Mr.. Harriman's cottage
for a short time recently.
The lecture by Rev. Mr.. Dukeshire
Thursday evening was interesting and
much enjoyed, showing what one can
do if they persevere.
Mrs. Carrie Bunker, Berton Bunker
and Miss Mabel Newton of Manchester,
N. H.. also Miss Helen Cobb of Bur
lington visited at r. .Buchanan's last
week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
Telephone Insurance

Guards against physical and mental wear and tedr;
Saves steps to the grocers the provision Dealers;
Brings the doctor in neor-death emergencies, when
tme-saving is vital;
Provides instantaneous communication with police or
fire departments when necessary;
Offers cheap and effective plan for overcoming toll
and worry;
Gives mental satisfaction from the knowledge
Of it's presence IN the house
The premiums are small. An agent VIII visit you and
furnish particulars if you will write call the
Local Manager.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-05
WEST GLOVER.

Mrs. Clara Dodge has returned to her
home.
The Huttig news., 1908-02-15
IN UNION IS STRENGTH.

No organization-religio political fraternal or industrial-that ultimate ly accomplished great good for the common people (and by this term we mean the very backbone of this coun- try) has ever had smooth sailing. It has been assailed by traitors with in and by a prejudiced public without, just as the Farmers Union has been. And now that some little wave of dis cord has drifted into the portals of that organization. In the language of the Georgetown Commercial, let us urge "every member of the Union who loves his home and family, his rights and the great cause of justice. to stand firm today. Be steadfast, though the dark clouds come. There is victory ahead. Defeats and disap- pointments, panics and gambling will pass away. Put none but true, loyal, unselfish men on guard, local, county, district, State and National. Then all is we'll, and the Farmers Unnion will triumph Ies Us stsnd together now."
 -McGregor (Tex.) Mirror.
The Huttig news., 1908-02-15
The Home
 m the Country
"oh, for a Lodge in Some Vast Will
 derness"

Ofls IOI d EO0SC III SOtiG N0ok w IF
 derness."
 The interior of the average house the grotesque arrangements and dec orations that make up what most peo- pie, by sheer lack of taste, or a slavish following of tradition, are pleased to call home" has always filled me with mingled emotions of amusement and amazement. Not one house in a thousand shows any signs of individuality in the occupants, not one home in ten thousand exhibits any sense of the fitness of things or a trace of the artistic.
 This man was a Welsh preacher. Broad-shouldered, strong-built, with thick, irongray hair and beard, born orator, writer a dash of the seer and bard in his composition, his home was as beautiful as his life, and he himself as distinguished from the con- ventional monotony of his fellow workers as his home was beyond theirs
 To us two-Cecile and me-the fur nishing and decorating of home was as much part of our religion as our belief in the unsolvable mystery of the universe. Our home had always been remarked for the taste and indi- viduality which it showed, the blend ing of the unique and the artistic, in its pictures, draperies and general eff feet, even in the desperate surround, ings of steam-heated fiat"
 But now, with the outlook of waving slender-branched naples, the spread of rich grass in every direction, back of us the sweep of distant timber, the orchard to the west, and all around us the fields and slopes of rarely beau tiful country, the making of home
The Huttig news., 1908-02-15
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL
 AND COOPERATIVE UNION
COST OF COTTON PRODUCTION.
OF AMERICA

A gentleman on a Dallas, Texas, | street car was heard to remark a few | weeks ago about as follows: "Pve | raised cotton, and the cost of produc- | tion was not exceeding cents a pound and it is extortion for farmers l to ask 15 cents." This is not the word for word statement of the gen. | tleman, but was the spirit and exact | substance of what he said. He spoke in some bitterness, too, and was in clined, one would judge; from his man. her and tone, to lay the blame of the l panicky times and hard lines resulting | therefrom upon the Union farmers who were holding their cotton. He thought they ought to sell for what
 they could get for the products of
 their fields and the gifts of Mother
 Earth in payment for the hard toll of
 themselves and their families. His business was at a standstill. All busi- | ness was languishing, and the farmer should sacrifice himself and the dear
 ones of his heart and his home that business might pick up.
 Now, this gentleman is not an un- kind man, nor selfish, nor unjust. He
 was, and Is yet, in ignorance of the facts in the case and does not com-
 prehend the fact that no interest or
 business can thrive, or even exist, as
 it ought to exist, and prosper, unless
 the farming classes are prosperous.
 He did not know, then, and does not
 even dream now, that this panic be-
 gan in October last and just ending,
 was the deliberate, unscruplous work
 of Eastern captains of finance" for
 their own sinister purposes, utterly
 reckless as to what the effects might
 be on others so they prospered-a
 scheme, indeed, simply and purely for
 spoilation and to help along other
 ends they had in view for the further
 and continuous robbery of the people.
 As to his estimate of the cost to
 produce cotton, let us look at that
 little. He says he raised cotton at a cost of only cents a pound. He
 did not do any such thing. At the time he farmed, some years ago, he might have produced cotton at an out lay of actual cash of only 5 cents pound, but that actual cash outlay did not represent the entire cost of pro- duction His time was occupied in the management of the affairs of his farm. Was his time worth nothing? His education and his skill were brought into full play and force in the prep aration of his land, in the pitching of his crop, in it's cultivation, in fight ing and wardinsss off crop enemies, in gathering his crop, in preparing it for market, in marketing it. Is all this worth nothing? Is the wear and ex- haustion of body and mind and the worry and care incident upon the pro- duction of a crop worth nothing? Is the capital invested in farm, in the teams and farming implements, in the feed stuffs for man and beast, needful in the years work, worth nothing? Shall there be no interest on this investment added into the cost of production? All these things we have enumerated above enter into the expense account and cost bills in ev- cry other line of business under the sun, and why not into the business of farming, too?-Co-Operat
The Huttig news., 1908-02-15
DON'TS.

Don't sell your cotton below 15 cents.
 Don't be a grumbler. It does not pay.
 Don't think that everybody should do just what you say.
 Don't decide that you are the only man that has sense enough to run the world.
 Don't go to the man for advice whose business interests are contrary to yours.
 Don't think when you are idle that other people should not work.
 Don't be a knocker. Be builder. This is the time for building, and every man must do his part.
 Don't be alarmed at some weary tales that you hear, as some men from different branches of the Farmers Un- ion have been Trapped" from the pay roll.
 Don't forget that there are always drones in the hive. These drones or drift wood, must be thrown out, and sometimes when they are they make a fuss about it, for it is nice to eat without having to work.-Union News.
The Huttig news., 1908-02-15
THE A. & M. COLLEGE.

A Texan, writing of the Texas State Agricultural & Mechanical College, has this to say, which is applicable to practically all State A. & M colleges:
 One excellent feature of the advan- tages at the Agricultural & Mechani cal College is that they are easily within the reach of the poor mans son. The necessary expenses for the entire school year do not amount to much more than the sum they must pay for tuition alone at many of the universities and colleges of the coun- try. And then a young man of grit and energy can keep up with his stu dies and at the same time by outside work earn money enough to defray a large part of his expenses. Students have not infrequently paid all of their expenses, and it has occasionally hap pened that some unusually thrifty fel- low, in addition to making enough to pay all his college expenses, has laid by snug little sum to begin life on. A graduate of the college was recent ly asked how much money he had when he entered the freshman class. He replied q had forty dollars at the beginning of the session, and 1 had forty dollars at the close of school in June." It is reported of another student who paid all his expenses by working, that during the four years of his college life he accumulated eight hundred dollars. Some of this amount, however, was earned during the summer vacations. An education acquired under such circumstances generally means a great deal more than one, the expenses of which are all paid by parent or guardian. The young man who pays his own way through college learns thoroughly the value of a dollar, and he also gets some lessons in self-denial and inde- pendence that can not fail to be help full to him in after life.