Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-07-08

cleanliness and abundant prosperity
that n notes at the minnie of arrival
continues to the end. Newport is
not merely nice to look at but fit to
live in. and the problem of a livelihood
ls'no harder here than in other places
where comforts and luxuries are less.
The village is the trading center for a
large and rich farming and manufac-
turing section. It has nice stores and
business places, whose proprietors are
men of increasing fortunes. The pub
lie buildings and churches of Newport
even surpass those of Barton, on the
whole. and some of them would do for
cities. Newport is the shire town;
a railway center; at the head of lake
navigation, and a big port of entry for
customs and immigration. 1t all brings
grist to the mill, and with Viewpoints
development in other directions has
made it a busy town, whose growth
has only begun. With West Derby. a
suburb across the lake, over a short
bridge, there is already a population
Of 1000 clustered here.
Memphremagog, in the Indian
tongue, meant Beautiful Water" It
is that. Dotted with numerous green
wooded islands guarded along much of
its expanse by rugged hills and noun
tains, this northern loch compares we'll
In point of scenery and interest with
the most noted of inland waters. 1t
is large enough to provide novelty for
a long time-new bays, inlets, I'VE
and nooks-yet not so large as to make
the task of safe and pleasant naviga-
ton hopeless or discouraging. Of late
there has been a great development Of
the power boat up here, with conse-
quent stimulation in lake interest.
Over 100 of these craft are now plying
its waters. Many of the bluffs, beach
es, bay and groves that border the lake
have cottages nd:camping equipments,
where hundreds spend part Or all of
the summer months. The islands, al
ways accessible by the power boat, are
being picked up fast and made into
cosy Robinson Crusoe retreats. Just
recently there has been completed a
new $4,000 yacht club house right On
the lake front. whose membership in
cludes about all the boatmen and peo-
pie of activity in this and other towns
along the lake. It is a fine structure,
filling a w~ell-defned need.
A ten-mile trip down the lake and re-
turn by launch, on as beautiful a day
and evening as that of Saturday, could
not fail to inspire n as the charming
scene unrolled. Col. Emery, my host
and guide, pointed out all points Of in
terest and took me ashore just where
the boundary line ONE down to the
lake. This line is not altogether mag
mary. A government joint commits
sion went over it last year, cut a path
five rods wide through the woods to de-
fine it and reset the original iron posts
that serve as markers all along the
northern boundary. The location of
these posts was not changed material
ly, but they now stand upright with a
base of solid cement three feet wide
to keep them from being kicked around
by travellers or carried off as souve-
Mrs. It is not generally known that
our northern state and national border
does not follow a straight line, but
zigzags, d~eviating in some places four
or five miles from the 45th parallel.
This results from following the first
faulty survey. If the line were to be
rectified there would be considerable
transfers of territory between Uncle
Sam and John Bull. Most of the town
of Richford, for instance. would go to
Canada.
Orange county people will like to
hear how Court" Emery is making it
up here. Let it be set down that he is
''al to the good" You hear about it
from everyone you meet on the street.
He is not only proving a competent and
efficient collector of customs, with it's
great responsibilities, but himself and
family have been welcomed and fully
appreciated socially. The colonel's
urbanity of manner and pleasing per-
sonality have won him friends here,
as they do everywhere, and his energy
and activity make him recognized as
a man of force and character. The
colonel is an enthusiastic boatn1an and
navigator. 1t was largely due to his
initiative and effort that funds were
raised for the yacht club house, and
he directed it's construction. He was
chosen president of the Y. M l. &.
club, the leading mems social organi-
cation, this year. He has an elegant
home, lately purchased. and nothing
to disturb that serene cheerfulness that
makes his beaming face a true ref1ec