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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
BARTON

Stanley Berry is here calling on
friends.
Miss Vera Webster is the guest Of
relatives in Coventry this week.
Miss Gladys Gardyne of North Troy
is spending few days in town.
Mrs. L. r. Cook of Yarmouthville,
Me-, is visiting relatives and friends
here.
The high winds on Friday blew down
one of the shade trees in DR.. Hastings
yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Massey are
visiting relatives in HardWick this
week.
Prof. Aliens moving picture show
will not appear at Seaver's hail Friday
night.
Mrs. H. A. Clark is visiting rela-
tives and friends in st. Albans and
Berkshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Barrows are
spending a few days at the camp at
Stone Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Humphrey of West
Burke visited relativ in town a few
days recently.
Miss Vera Webster spent several
days last week visiting friends in st.
Johnsbury.
Dean Mcclellan is clerking in G.. E.
| Deans & Co.'S store at Orleans fo1
| the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Eglinton of st.
Johnsbury spent Sunday the guests OF
friends in town.
John Stevens of the Comstock meat
market is laid off for few days
with sore foot.
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Blake art
| spending week at the Pillsbury cot.
tage at Willoughby lake.
Elmer N. Buswell is home for tn,
summer vacation from Groton schoo
for boys at Groton, Mass.
There will be meeting of Orlean
lodge Friday evening. Work on M. Nj
degree. Two candidates. Feed.
Carl C. Hamblet attended the acad
emy commencement exercises at st
Johnsbury Thursday of last week.
Il Mrs. VIM. H. Forbes of Lawrence
Mass. is visiting her sister. Mrs
Rowen, at Hotel Barton few DAYS
Miss Mildred Tucker of Lebanon
N. H., is visiting her mother at tn
Crystal Lake House for few weeks
Miss lrvie Austin has closed anothe
| successful year of school at COlcheste
and returned home yesterday (Tues
day.
The Odd Girls picnic at the home Q
Mrs. George Goad Wednesday was
, very pleasant affair. about 40 bein
! present.
Mrs. C. E. Austin and little so
+ Chandler of Moose Jaw, Sask., ar
! expected to arrive here Thursday fo
a several weeks visit.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
Letter Carriers to Picnic.

The Orleans County Rural Letter
Carriers Association will hold bas-
ket picnic Fat Hosmer pond, Albany.
July 5th. All carriers, their fam
lilies and sub-carriers are urgently re.
quested to attend. Meet at the Cole s
and Mcclure brothers. cottages.
A. A. WEBSTER, Secretary.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23

Miss Minnie Grant, formerly an en-
ployee in the Peerless, and now of the
Randolph Sanitarium, is visiting
Mrs. w. A. Murray.
Prin. and Mrs. H. J. Stannard go to
Newark Valley, N. Y, to visit Mr..
Stannard's parents before returning
from their trip to Castleton.
A double team load of young people
left for Westfield this morning to at
tend the Orleans county G. E. con-
vention to be held there today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Bolton of
West Burke and MIR. and Mrs Charles
Hemingway of Waterford are guests
at A. P. Underwood for few days.
The King of Tramps played here
week ago tonight by travelling COM
pany was fairly we'll patronized but
was not considered very we'll played.
H. F. Nichols of Peterboro, N. H.,
has recently unloaded car of horses.
1t is understood that he will run sale
stable here at Murray & Royston liv-
cry stables.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmour went to
Lowell, Mass, last week to visit her
daughter, Mrs. S. E. Cass. She was ac-
companied by her granddaughter, Miss
Ethel Uric.
Mrs. L. C. Emerson and little
daughter of New York have arrived
here and will spend the summer with
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Magoon, in
Crystal Lake grove
Hon. j. C. Burke and son George
and Miss Julia of Lowell, Mass. came
here last week to attend the funeral
and Miss Julia will remain here for the
summer.
The many friends Of Mrs. Louise
Page gave her post card shower of
76 cards on her birthday yesterday.
These little remembrances were much
appreciated by Mrs. Page.
The G. H. Davis company have just
unloaded car of E. M. F. automobiles,
two of which are already sold. This
makes six machines cold by the COM
pany this season.
/ Teachers examinations will be held
in this place Friday and Saturday.
The examinations are earlier than
| usual and those desiring to take the
1 examination should bear the date in
mind.
Prin. H. J. Stannard is in Castieton
/ to attend the commencement exercises
Of the Castleton Normal school. II
will be remembered Mr.. Stannard is
on the board of control of the schools
of the state. essfss.ttE Is
/ On Friday the thermometer regis
tered. between 40 and SO in this village,
and SINCE Monday it has registered
4 from 80 to 80 during the daytime. Oul
weather changes ought to accommo
date nearly every want.
G. Leland Greene, a graduate O,
Barton academy, principal for tn.
past year at Franklin, has been en-
gagged as the principal of the higl
school at Richford for next year. w,
are always glad to know of the sue
cess of the boys graduating from tn,
academy.
About So OF the friends and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Vanc
called on them last Saturday evenin,
to give them farewell reception. W.
are sorry to have Mr.. Vance's peopl
leave US and the best Of wishes g
with them.
Mrs. A. r. Cowles went to Coventr,
yesterday for the w. G. T. IT,, in tn
interest of School Savings Banks. Th
system is meeting with appreciation
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
St. Paul's Church Notes.

St. PauPs Church Notes.
Prayer meeting Thursday and Fri
day evenings at 7:30.
Mass next Sunday at 10 80.
The engagement of Miss Exilia Be-
dard to Leon Comeau Is announced and
the ceremony will take place Sunday
morning at 10 80 at high mass. Miss
Bedard has been a very prominent
member of the church choir here.
SOUTH BARTON.
Aaron Drown has been quite poorly
the past few weeks.
Treplan LeC,air is here at his fs-
ther's, sick with the measles.
Mrs. G. I. Drown has gone to Little
ton, n H., to visit her daughter there,
Mrs. S. F. Howe.
/ Mrs. Fred Hemmings has gone to
Lebanon, N. n. to visit her parents
for short time. snf
Mr.. and Mrs. s. B. Nelson and Miss
Silver of Barton, Mr.. and Mrs. E. @.
| Forrest and Carl Wheeler were enter
tanned recently at w. T. Brooks. Z
& u1I. duQ U0TS. JOuuul0 FOTT0SGl are
rejoicing over the birth OF a baby boy.
Congratulations.
| School will finish Friday with a box
supper and exercises in the evening
All are invited. Come and bring
box to help the school with their Ii
brary.
Earle Drown is back at work agair
after an absence of three weeks.
Mre. Henry Robbins. who has been
having the measles, is better.
/ Aaron Annis was away last 'weeh
to attend the funeral of his brother'i
wife, Mrs. Frank Annis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake and Mr.. ano
Mrs. Mcclellan of Boston were ente :
tanned at the Willoughby w. and L
company's boarding house. part ol
last week. Mr.. BlaI q and Mr.. Nc
Clellan are both interested in th,
company.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23

GET READY FOR SUMMER TIME.
Order your window screens and
screen doors from the Webber
Lumber Co., Fitchburg. Mass. Think
Of buying first-class screen door for
80 cents. Write for circular B, telling
of many other barg aims. 2i-25
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
LOCAL ADVERTISING.

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head at ttoo cents per word for first inserti on
and one cent per word thereafter. Cash must
accompany the order. No advertisement WiLL
be inserted for less than twenty-five cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23

While attending Optometry lectures
in Boston. June q to July l, my optical
work and repairing will be ably looked
after by Mr.. E. D. Bickford, who
needs no introduction, in my store.
Geo. T.. Lang. 1w
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
The Fourth at Barton.

The advertisement of the celebration
at Barton July in another part of the
paper tells the story. fairly complete.
This is the first celebration Barton
has had in many years and the man.
agement are making every effort to
have the celebration success from
start to finish. Lovers of good racing
should look for the entry list which
the Monitor hopes to publish next
week and they will be assured of some
good races. Baseball, too. Don't
forget that there will be a hot game
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon. All
other sports will be indulged in and
the band will be in attendance all day.
Don't forget to go to Barton July 8.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23

WHEN you hire a horse get safe
one. / have no horses that are afraid
of automobiles. Single and double
teams safe for women to drive. W..
A Murray, Barton. Crystal Lake
Livery. 23tf
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NOTICE-If you wish to sell your
farm. timber lot, mill, shop or real
estate of any kind, low rates. no ex-
pense until sold; write. call or tele-
phone. George Hoyt. Orleans. 13tf
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FARMERS NOTICE-veal me
some number one calves. the best ones
are selling high and will right through
the summer. Still buying sugar and
wool. G. S. Dodge, Orleans. 22tf
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WILL DO general livery work. on
short notice with my automobile. Both
phones. A. R. Bennett, Orleans.
1925
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WE PAY sc for rubber, SOC per hun.
dred for rags, cash. Frank Chandler,
Barton. 24tf
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Chester White pigs, So
each. E. l.. Alexander, Glover. 24-25
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FOR SALE New Babcock buggy,
also nearly new driving harness. 0.
A. Lyon, Barton. If
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WILLOUGHBY LAKE colored post
cards. 10 for 10c postpaid. Whipple,
French & Co., Orleans. 25 %
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LOST

LOST-Between my house and the
South Barton cemetery, linen colored
laprobe. Finder return to Monitor Of
flee and receive reward. H. j. Stan
nard. 1w
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FOR SALE CHEAP - Glenwood
range, good as new. Also secondhand
lumber wagon. S. C. Currier, Bar
ton. 21 If
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WANTED.

WANTED Dressmaking. Mrs. G.
A. Day, Albany. 4wp
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WANTED-Days' work in village
by Mrs. Shortsleeves, Water ST. 17tf
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FOR SALE CHEAP-Good piano
Just right for child beginning. In
quire this office 23tf
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TO RENT.

10 RENT-COttage on Parker pond.
Allan Gilmour. West Glover. 21tf
e. TO LET-South half Glover street
house. A. K. Story, Barton. 24-25p
TO RENT-Cottage on Crystal Lake,
Barton. Inquire at post office. 25tf
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FOR SALE-12 cottage lots of 25
foot lake frontage and 100 feet deep
in the Foster grove. Willoughby lake,
/. o. Robinson, Admr., Barton, R. F.
d. 25-27
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wherever introduced. and several
schools in the state are planning to
install banks at the beginning of the
next school year.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23

FOR SALE-Two sets of double
driving harnesses. l Watchie buggy,
Concord style. l light buggy pole.
! Faber bicycle jog cart. l four-year-
old colt. Mrs. j. G. Peene. Inquire
of G. H. Davis Co., Barton. 1926 4
FOR SALE-A horse, five years old
last September; color. chestnut: six
teen hands, weighs 100 lbs. perfectly
sound, great roader; will go ten
miles per hour easy: price reasonable.
Apply to Samuel Parker, Orleans. 17tf
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29

rators have put in, and in the crisis
there is nearly always some adroit en-
g1neer to rise to the occasion with
some suggestion to save a proposition
that has become well nigh helpless.
The tunnel which is being taken
through the Lotschberg under condi.
lions of such extreme peril follows in
general outline the Simplon. Like the
greater structure it is egg-shaped
about six yards high and four and one
half broad.
There is a great deal of sentiment
about the determination to put through
the Berne spur at any cost, for Swift
-zerland deserves well of those who
have been installing the great system
of tunnels that is expected to do so
much for the commerce of France.
It must be remembered that at the
inception of the Simplon ltunne
French enthusiasm was only moder-
ate. The misfortunes that attended
the unfortunate effort of Ferdinand
de Lesseps to duplicate on Panama
his successful canal at Suez cost
French investors untold sums OF
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29
ONLY PERMANENT HOME
OF MINSTRELSY CLOSES
Historic Amusement Place in Philadelphia Goes Out of
Business-Great Names on Its Programs

combinations with a whole company
of entertainers.
The Buckleys New Orleans Sere-
naders claimed to be the first, and
they showed the countries in the 40s.
They claimed to have been originated
In 1841, their desire evidently being
to antedate the Whitlock's Virginia
minstrels, which had been formed in
1912. .>. -.-~
Printer Plans First Show. - --
's': W iieeaasck cfafrned t1fat he mapped
out and planned the first complete
minstrel show ever seen in this coun-
try. He was a printer, with a. great
deal of talent in the use of a banjo,
and when he mapped out his idea of
the first entertainment where there
should be no orchestra save that on
the stage, and the melodies of the
negroes should fill the whole evening,
he invited some of his friends with
musical skill, Dan Emmett, violinist;
Frank Bower, bones, and Dick Pei
ham, tambo. They had which went
off so we'll that they got ambitious.
They formed their company, went out
on the road and made good from the
start. Then followed a host of other
minstrel combinations, and by the
time the sos had arrived minstrelsy
was on the top crest of it's vogue.
The show of that day was much on
the same lines as that which has sur
vived to the present generation, ex-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29

money, and it was generally thought
that the Simplon tunnel going under
the pass which Napoleon carried over
the Alps and which made him famous
would prove chimerical, and never go
to. completion.
But the making of the st. Gothard
piercement forced a change in the
French attitude
Diverted Immense Traffic..
That route, it is figured. diverted
eight million dollars worth of traffic
every year from the St. Gents route.
Some of this the new tunnel, the
Simplon, is undoubtedly restoring.
But when France at the beginning
CT the project hesitated, Switzerland
showed every confidence and every
eagerness to help, and it must not be
forgotten that among those who took
leading part in the work were many
Swiss engineers and hundreds of
workmen.
When the two parts of the tunnel
were finally brought together, and the
plans of the engineers were vindi-
CoCSu Ill Tic ldCC CndL Iloy 1CL0Q al
most to a hair breadth it was work
men who had started from Switzer-
land on the one hand and Italy on the
other who greeted each other, and
cheered at the triumphal completion
Of their work.
In respect to Swiss imports Genoa.
Marseilles and Switzerland will still
further benefit when the Berne spur
is at last completed.
The Berne spur will make the fifth
Alpine tunnel, and in it's construction
all that has been learned of the art
of tunnel building by the previous
experiments being utilized. In fact
without the knowledge that has been
gained it would not have been posi-
BILE to go ahead in the face of all the
obstacles that have been encountered.
Not until 1912 or 1913 will the work
be completed, but the great home of
Republicanism in Europe will be a
permanent gamer by one of the most
noted of engineering triumphs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29
DANGERS OF ALPINE
TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION
Avaanches, Exp ions, Rivers Falling Through Roof
and Engulfing Workmen Among the
Difficulties
49,
Difficulties.

Those engineering difficulties whose
conquering seemed such marvellous
feature of the boring Of the simplon
tunnel are made to look insignificant
by the obstacles that are being en-
countered in running f1pm the Simp-
lon spur that will connect with
Berne and open convenient means
Of entering Switzerland = .
: The toll Of life in boring tEis spur
which takes the road through the
rocky Lotschberg, has been appalling.
Avalanches have arisen to bury work
men in their ruins, rivers have opened
holes and fallen into the tunnel.
drowning those at work!there. Minor
accidents have daily added to the
number of the killed and wounded,
and at the present time nothing more
than the resolve of those in charge
Of the operation is keeping them to
their gigantic task.
The perforation Of the Lotschberg
was an afterthought 9f the great
Simplon operation. After the tunnel
was opened it was seen shat if it could
be put in touch with Herne, a, great
help would have been Afforded to the
region Of that town.
At first sight the project did not
seem to be one Of staggering difficult
ties, especially with tie success of
the Simplon tunnel in mind. The
Simplon tunnel is twelve and a half
miles long. St. Gothard is nine and
three-quarter miles, Mount Denis
seven and a half miles. The latter
is about the length required for the
spur from the Simplon to Berne.
Avalanche Is FRS. Blow.
1t was decided to make use of the
line that detaches itself from the
Berne-Interlaken line at the station of
Spiez, on the Thun-lake and continue
it to Frutigen.. From there the new
line passes on the right of the Eng
stilegmbach, crossing il diagonal
direction the Kundergrund Valley, and
continuing down to Bunderbach.
Further it goes through the gallery
Of Mittholz, and comes out on the high
plain of Kraudersteg.
The part that presenter the trouble
was when the engineers sought to
tunnel through the Lotschberg the
seven mile piercements
81 " . . "a. (. To- ~ Y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29

tions. and the sweet singers delight
ing the musical instincts of the audi
ence. Then would come the second
part, the various acts, which usually
included a wench dance, an accordion
solo, comic song and long walk
around.
Among the early geniuses who
helped to give originality to the art
of the minstrel member of the Buck
ley's New Orleans Serenaders. Then
he organized his own company, the
Sanford's Serenaders and Burlesque
Opera troupe. s-.->,..,
Its plans were very artistic for this
kind of entertainment. Many grand
operas were then being heard in this
country for the first time. and the
Sanford company burlesqued them in
such clever style that it had the au-
diences in the big cities screaming
with laughter. ,
Closed to Black Face Artists.
Sanford wanted to play permanent
ly in Philadelphia, but his theater
burned down at the start of his en-
gagement, and left without home,
he decided to take the Eleventh
Street Opera house. r
This was the beginning of the &C.
cupancy Of the building by minstrels,
and there was never hiatus in the
fifty years that followed until few
weeks ago, when the building closed
i<c doore 90 tho homo of fho hJo NJ,
face artist.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29

Minstrelsy's historic home, the
Eleventh Street Opera house, in Phila-
delphia, has closed forever, and the
burnt cork artist is now without any
place that is devoted specially to his
particular kind of entertainment.
There is an almost national sig
nificance in the fact, for the minstrel
show, with it's lively part, it's songs,
its dances, it's humor of the end men,
may be said to represent the only
characteristic form OF theatrical nteg-
tainment that the United States has
produced
When Dvorak, the Bohemian COM
poser, came to the United States to
get the material for a symphony, he
was so much attracted by the original
songs OF the negroes as he heard them
on the plantations that he decided
that they were the only original form
OF melody the new world afforded,
and he incorporated them with most
beautiful effect in his composition
From the New World"
What Dvorak did for these melo-
dies in serious vein the minstrel show
does for them in manner to afford
entertainment to the public, and it is
a matter Of regret that after two gen.
erations Of continuous minstrelsy, tho
old building on Eleventh street in the
Quaker City is to close it's doors for
ever.
The entire history of minstrelsy can
be traced through the experiences Of
this house and those who have per-
formed there.
Beginning Of Minstrelsy.
When it was launched the minstrel
show was form of entertainment had
Just begun to take definite form, and
in it's walls have been heard the songs
and the jokes Of those who were the
founders of the special form of amuse-
ment.
Those who have given study to the
subject name as the first of the min
strels, George Washington Dixon, who
is well known to fame as the "Zip
Coon" He began his successful ca
reer in the early 30s. But no more
than one swallow could make a sum-
mer can this lone performer, singing
his negro songs and doing his dances,
be termed minstrel show
Dan Rice, with his Jim Crow"
song, which was thoroughly in the
vein Of the negro minstrel song of the
present day. and which gave him a
vogue so extraordinary that others
saw the possibilities of the form of
entertainment as extended to fill a
whole evening.
Rice gave burlesque, something in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29
HonOrS to Mai. L'Enfanf-

1t Is more than century since Mai,
L'Enfant, a favorito engineer officer of
Washington, laid out the federal city
which eventually was named for the
Father of his Country. George Wash
ington believed in the young man, but
ne was temperamental to a degree and
in later years he was secuted as
dreamer. Washington was called
city Of houses without streets and of
streets without houses. The point was
that the engineer forecasted the fu-
ture. He laid out a city for so states
instead of 10. But he was too far ahead
of the wisdom of his time and left
Washington in disgust and died a dis.
appointed man.
The ceremonies anent the removal
Of his bones to Arlington cemetery
were appropriate and impressive. Here
was young foreigner who cast in his
lot with us during the struggle for in
dependence and who fought bravely in
peace and war for ideals. He could
imagine things a century before they
happened. He was a seer and
prophet. Like many other of his kind.
he was dead long before his dream
came true. .
The lesson is obvious. Most Of us
are coldly material in our views and
lack imaginative quality. But it cannot
be doubted that hundred years hence
our present status will be looked back
upon as crude. We shall fail in our
duty unless we also keep our eyes on
the future and lay our plans in every
way, not for the moment, but for the
situation which posterity is sure to en-
JOY. Washington is rapidly becoming
one of the most beautiful cities in the
world, but it would be now no more
than the average rectangular Ameri-
can city save for the genius and ina
gination of a man who was considered
a fool by the wiseacres of his genera
.ion.-Philadelphia Inquirer.