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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20
IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE
Derby Center, Vermont,
Tuesday, Oct. 26,at ! o'clock Pm.

The long established, profitable, ,sh, door
and house finish plant of the late
Andrew J. Allbee
consisting 4 shop, with never falling water
DO >er, large store, three storehouses, dry
kiln a nd about two acr-s of land now used
for the storage of lumber and garden pur-
poses.
Also the Al bee home place, consisting Of
good dwelling house with teneme 1T in base
ment both supplied with running spring
water aud flush closets Iarg barn splendid
garden anu plenty of fruit trees, all only
few rods from shop
Also about seven acres OF land in high
state Of cultivatio1 with dwelling house re-
c ntly rebuilt and barn. Also wagons, sleds
personal property. etc.
Terms male known on day of slle.
This sale made for the purpose of closing
the estate. splendid opportunity for any
one wanting safe established business
within five minutes walk of pest Office and
stores and only about seven minutes from
good Old Derby Academy, the graded schools
an churches.
Water power is suffic ent to run additional
machinery or an electric plant.
w. S. ROBBINS, Administrator.
M. M TAPLIN, Auctioneer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20
NEEDFUL KNOWLEDGE
Barton People Should Learn to Detect
the Approe CHI of Kidney Disease.

DlS0dSC.
The syn ptoms of Kidney trouble are
SO unmist kable that they leave no
ground for doubt. Sick kidneys ex-
crete thick, cloudy offensive urine,
full of sc dime Mt, irregular of passage
or attended by a sensation of scaldine.
The back aches constantly, headaches
and dizzy spells may occur and the
victim is often weighed down by a
feeling of languor and fatigue. Ne.
glect these warnings and there is dan
ger of dropsy, Bright's disease or dia.
betes. Any one of these symptoms is
warning enough to begin treating the
kidneys at once. Delay often proves
fatal. You can use no better remedy
than Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's
Barton proof:
Mrs. o. D. Rowell, High Street, B r
ton, VT, says: 81 suffered from an :
tack of lumbago ano had sharp pains
in my kidneys. I had often heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills and deciding to
try them, procured box at E. W..
Barron's>drug store. I found almost
immediate RI lief ard when had fn-
ished the contents Of one box COM
plete and permanent cure resulted.
No signs of kidney disease have ev r
returned"
For sale by all d. alers. Price DO
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name,-Doan's-and
take no other.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20
Both Boys Saved

Louis Boon, leading merchant of Nor
way, Mich, writes: "Three bottles OF
FoIey's Honey and Tar absolutely cured
my boy OF severe cough, and neig h BORIS
boy, who was so i'll with cold t-o+ the
doctors gave him up. was cured b. ia in g
Foley's Honey and Tar" Nothir e e,se is
as safe and certain in results. Solo by all
druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air
passF ges, stops the irritation in the throat,
soothes the infiamed mem anas, aud he
most obstinate cough disappears. Sore
aud iDhamed lungs are healed and
strengthened, and the cold is expelled
from the system. Refuse any but the gen.
uine in the yellow package. Sold by all
druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20

Mr.. Botts-I think. my dear, have
at last found the key to success. Mrs.
Botts-Well just as likely as not you'll
not be able to find the keyhole.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20

The swiss government spends more
money in proportion to it's population
for the relief of it's poor than any 9TH
pr cOuntr--
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20
S""s~ l" 81
CHAPTER VII

| CHAPTER
| Nd
| Continued from las week.
In the 1876. 1.-The Moral Society of Crafts
h; rh;a sociatv sems 70 have [ h i f & m
with
discussed question: "ought Dband?" This
Churh This society voted Dea Washbu had found
The
in the HALE BARN whittier they marched to music from the oohouse
the where Messrs Walter Alpha Jackon stands
s ns the s aa %
TO- 1875 stood Dea Wahburns hymn of three
especially
Rev. Dr. Edward Wright of that powerful revival
church Dea washbur then years g
the late Rev washbu of Connecticut and
in peace Soon returned home to Connecticut received
some
after he his had heard Of such an institution
Sabbath The Hale pulled down Ito make for mod
Remission old frame
peak the roof of his barn owned by Dea E.
Hale
and thus getting opportunity tell the story and plead for contributions
Backward Glance History
age)
long and life Kansas having been
foregoing
in 1905 her was East 25h
of Dea Wburns Sunday school class work
and the the and inn
of MONUMENT dedicated
Sunday school already spoken of
of
which be mentioned Many
will light connection with
and their churches
speaking
TIE educational of this and will undoubtedly be equally
loss kno" where to draw the line leaving for the towns their share of
history concerning educational interests within their border
While of the date establishing place
four1sbng
twilight arrived took charge this From an article in the
1905 vermonter R Ordway Twilight
remarkable history
will die and today standing village but
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his village
of the Orleans
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of Susan ]. F. Joslyn.

Tue undersigned. having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, exam
inc and adjust t-e claims and demands of all
persons against the estate of Susan j. F
Jos'yn. late tf Barton. in said District, de-
ceased and all C aims exhibited in Offset there
the purpose aforesaid. at the e. mt al Savings
Bank. Orleans, in the town of .rtJn, in said
district,on the 21st day of October and the
28th day of Feb. 10 o. next, from O'CLOCK pm,
until O'Clock p M, on each of said days
and that six months fir IN the 80 b day of
August A. D., 1909. is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Orleans this 4th day of October
A D.. 1909.
JERRE MARSTON,
ROY A. BEAN,
40 Commissioners.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20
HISTORY OF ORLEANS COUNTY !
&SS-SS~ |;
Concise and Accurate Account Of the History and Early
Traditions of the Towns of Orleans County !
Admitted umtr
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20

Use the AMERICAN LIVER TABLETS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

the sight from 3 window. and the lat
ter turned to her mistress and whisp-
cred:
IF were you I'd telegraph your
mother to come as soon as a flying
machine would get her here. There's
going to be ructions before this day
ends"
Mr.. Bowser repaired damages. let
the street peddlers yell at him with
out getting mad over It, and by and
by was ready for the bureau. Mrs.
Bowser had every reason In the world
stairs and jump at that article of fur
niture and seize 1t by the neck and
yank and haul and pull and bang until
1t was wreck beyond repair. She
followed him to make appeals, but
they were not necessary. He reach
ed out with gentle hand and benign
countenance, showed the bureau out
of the room and down the hall into
another, and 10! 1t came to rest as a
hummingbird alights on a ho1lyhock.
She wanted to give him a word of
praise, but her throat choked upand
she could not speak.
The noon lunch was a pickup at
fair and cook had predicted cy-
clone, but none followed. Mr.. Bow
ser meekly and .cheerfully ate what
was set before him. and when a tramp
called at the door he was given 10
cents in cash instead of being flung
over the fence and chased down the
street
There was a whitewash outfit down
cellar and after lunch Mr.. Bowser
hauled it UP and began touching up
the. walls Almost at the first go
off he got a splash in his eye. He
gave a jump, but caught himself. He
did not yell for Mrs. Bowser: not a
swear-word; not a threat to tear the
house limb from limb. Mrs. Bowser
CT i'm OF
she turned pale with apprehension.
The cook saw it and said:
you'd have better taken my adj
vice. When the change comes it will
sudden and awful"
Before the withdrawing was finish
and over the ak, but he placid1y rose
up and nothing occurred to cause the
walls of the house to tremble to their
foundations If he even thought he'd
belabor the furnace with his brush he
dismissed the idea as soon as formed.
The kitchen door was the next thing
taken in hand. It had to be taken
off to be planned. Ordinarily Mr..
Bowser would have loosened screw
or vo and then put forth tremen-
dous effort and wrenched the door
away, but now he was patience itself.
He spent ten minutes looking for the
screwdriver, another in finding
plane, and the door was handled as
carefully as a peach-blow vase. 1t
was planed off, re-hung and it opened
and shut as softly and as joyous1y as
a clam. Not a kick-not wrench
not a YELL No wonder Mrs. Bowser's
voice trembled as she viewed the COM
pleted work and asked:
do you feel a roaring in the ears
or anything of that kfnd?'
mo, my dear-my ears are all
right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

The Man of Destiny is a new book
by Thomas Gold Frost, well known
New York lawyer and a brother OF
John e. Frost of Topeka, just pub
lished by the Gramercy Publishing
Co, of New York.
It presents an ingenious weaving of
fiction around the historical events
which make up the career of General
U. S. Grant. 1t is full of dramatic
scenes and commands the readers at
tention from first to last. In its
pages are found all the dramatic and
extraordinary events of the life of the
great federal Commander of the Civil
war woven into a story of absorbing
interest.
Not merely every West Pointer, but
terest the chapter "a Night at Ben
ny Havens," while the tune of Ben
ny Ravens, o. ringing in his ears
makes him boy again. And then the
riding contest in the old riding aca-
denny at West Point. That hurdle
race! The reader follows the descrip-
ton with breathless interest.
The commencement ball and f1irta-
ton walk scene complete the cadet
life and are followed by the captivat-
ing love passage at Cabin Johns
and its delicious elimination in chap
ter sixteen cupid and Mars" in
which the ineffably charming per-
sonality of Sa1lie GUSTS is pictured
most delightfully."-. All reveal to the
reader the wonderful influence which,
in the earlier chapters, came into the
life of the hero and assisted in max
ing him THE Man of Destiny" who
rose from the depths of later disgrace,
misfortune and failure to master him
self. to conquer all adversely and to
become the great commander, Grant,
which interest is still paramount in
the finale of the love story in the clos
ing chapter And the Greatest of All
IS Love-"
The description of the Battle of
the Wilderness in the thirty-second
chapter is mastery. 1t presents a
vivid picture of that great battle
which will be studied with utmost
pleasure by every American soldier
and sailor, and with most intense in
terest by every survivor of our Civil
war.
The Illustrations by the Russian ar
fist Nemtzoff, the first done by him
for an American book, are an attrac-
tive feature of this greatest novel of
the year THE Man of Destiny"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

which has just been published by A.
c. McClurg & Co.. the story is told
by the man himself and from, the
standpoint of character rather than of
incident, the tale becomes alive. OAR
ley Roberts is man of natural
strength; the dollar is merely it's SYM
Dol, and 1t is barley who dominates.
Steven Armstrong his college room
mate, teacher and aspiring author,
is in love-deeply as his temperament
will permft-With Elice Gleason.
Roberts meets her, and a love un-
hampered by such egotism as Arm
strong's takes possession of him.
While such a situation is of course not
unparalleled, the strongly drawn tenn
eraments and different ideas of these
characters make story of unique sit
uations and cumulative interest.
Roberts own descriptions of his rough
hewn career is a strong piece of writ
ing saturated with the grim humor
which a hard fight will assume when
vivid and dramatic and approaches
the problem of man and dollar from
a distinctly new standpoint.
In The Macmillan Pocket Classics
Series. the latest volume. published
this week. contains Stevenson's Trav-
els With Donkey and An Inland
voyage. This puts in attractive form,
the two famous narratives at the dis
posal of any one with twenty-five
cents to spend. In none of his works
are the charm of Stevenson's per-
sonality and the brilliancy of his style
more striking than in the story of
those Wanderings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

A leg of the deal table in the kitch-
en- had been wobbly for two months.
Mrs. Bowser had intended to call in a
carpenter, but had procrastinated.
Now Mr.. Bowser's eyes fell upon it,
and he went after the glue and ham
mer and nails. The cook stepped out
doors to be clear of the flying splinters,
and Mrs. BoWSer made an excuse to
go upstairs, but 1t was false alarm.
Not a splinter flew; not a table-leg
went hurting through the air; no one
rushed for the ak and chopped and
smashed and chopped. The wobble
was cared for as a nurse handles a
fevered babe, and after half an hour
the table stood on it's four solid legs
and took new dignity.
The clothes line posts in the back
yard had been pulled from a perpen-
dicu1ar by the tension. They were
leaning toward each other in friend
" but ungraceful way Mr.. Bowser
went out with the spade and reset
them. Every moment it was expect
ed to see him tear those posts out
the alley and then raise the neigh
borhood with blood-curdling whoops,
but there wasn't a tear nor a whoop.
He even hummed the air of q gospel
hymn as he worked
Everything was finished now and
dinner was ready. Not a kick nor
complaint. Not a word against the
mother-in-1aw nor any talk of divorce
and alimony. When the meal was
finished the cook beckoned Mrs. Bow
ser into the kitchen and whispered:
my trunk is all packed and I leave
tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

Prof w. C. McKeever of the State
Agricultural college has written a
series of articles for the Designer which
have to do with the theory of rearing
girls. Prof McKeever is making his
mark as a sociologist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
SEEING A MAN HANGED.
James p. Howe of Kansas Gives His
Experience.

James p Howe. reporter on a New
Orleans paper, son of Ed Howe, OWN
err Of the Atchison Globe. has written
the following story about seeing an
acquaintance hanged for the Globe:
Ever see a man hanged that you
knew? It's a queer sensation; different
from anything else in the world. ] wit
messed the hanging of a man the o.her
day with whom had become acquaint-
ed while reporting his trial for the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. I was as
signed to write up the hanging; i was
not idle curiosity that took me there.
Avery Blount was the man hanged.
His trial in April in Anlite City, La,
was written up in the Globe at the
time Amite is the seat " Tangipahoa
parish, which has become noted for its
murders and assassinations. Previous
to the Blount case, there had been
seventeen or eighteen killings within a
year. and no one was ever pun shed.
over the south. Blount was indicfed for
killing a man, his wife and another
woman, in a lonely road one night.
During the trial the court house, and
Jail, and prisoner. were guarded by
state troops. Soldiers were also there
at the time of the hanging. The Blourt
case is one of the noted ones of recent
years.
eBlOunt was hanged last Friday; FIJI
day is 'Hangman's day in the south.
Blount was a man with wonderful
nerve He maintained his innocence
from the time he was arrested. and he
died declaring he was not guilty. The
hanging took place in the top Of the
parish Jail. a permanent gaiiows hav-
ing been built. Blount was the FIRST
white man that has ever been legally
executed in Tangipahoa, which parish
has been the scene of more crime than
any other parish or county in the south.
The quarters were small, and there
were about twenty-five men to witness
the death penalty inflicted. When
Blount came up the stairs, mis- step was
firm and determined. He looked each
man in the eye. He was not pa.e;
neither did he look frightened. Half
an hour before he had protested re-
ligion.
HE had nothing to sev While the
sheriff read the death warrant, Blount
stood on the trap door. He was the
most composed man In the crowd.
There wasn't a tremble of his hands
or legs. He gave me glance of rec
ignition. I was more scared than he,
and the sheriff's hands could hardly
hold the death warrant.
81 had <s1ked with Blount frequently
during the two weeks Of the trial. Ev-
cry week or so during the summer,
had visited him in the parish prison in
New Orleans, where he was for safe
keeping. He was always sending for
me, his idea being to get stories print
ed attacking the character of those who
testified against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

A new book by the author of The
Lady of the Decoration has been pub
lished by the century company. 1t is
Little Sister Snow. The author IS
Frances Little who is in reality Mrs
Fannie c. Macaulay of Louisville, Ken
lucky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
WAS TT BowsER?
Perhaps the Cook Was Wise to Quit
Her Job.

AS rule Mr.. Bowser comes dowr
to breakfast to do more or less growl.
ing. He has had trouble in finding his
coilar button, necktie and cuffs, an6
atter long hunt his missing hail
brush has been discovered under the
bed. He sits down at table to mutte1
| over the rolls, jaw about the coffee ano
declare that his poached egg is a year
old. When he departs for the office il
| is with the feeling that he is a martvr
and that the world owes him debt OF
gratitude for suffering as he does with
out becoming desperate and numbering
somebody.
The other morning Mrs. Bowser re-
ceiVed a surprise There was no row
heard upstairs after she came down
and when Mr.. BoWser appeared he was
calm and placid. He even had q smile
on his face. The coffee and rolls and
egg were all right Not a threat to
cripple the baker for life or slaughter
furtiye looks at him. and after MOTTO
ing that the cook was scared ard puz-
lied, Mrs. Bowser asked:
Didn't you sleep we'll last night?''
Never better" was the reply
Haven't got a headache this morn
ing?"
mt sign of one."
She couldn't make it out and was
wondering over it when he said:
I'm not going to the office today.
d
things around the house 1 want to see
TO- on spoke about having a bureau
moved into the back bedroom"
BIt-but let it 60 for now. You-you
might train your back
oh, it will not take five minutes.
The front steps should have a coat of
paint before the autumn rains come
on"
But there's a painter working in the
house next door"
He wouldn't want to break off for a
little job ike that. There are also a
Few places in the cellar want to touch
Up with whitswash and 1 notice that
the kitcheI door says and should be
planed off,
Mrs. Bowser thought of the days
When MI Bowser had stayed home to
play the handy man, and the awful
consequences that followed and tears
came to her eyes and her heart was
Like lead. She had a dollar and a half
in her purse that she had saved UP,
and she was about to offer it to him
to go 1lons to the Office as usual when
she looked into his face and it seemed
to her that it had somehow changed
It was soft and gentle and confiding,
ard she determined to take the risks
The first thing after breakfast Mr.
BoWSer went cut and bought paint and
a brush and got into his old clothes
and began work on the steps. There
was no undue haste and no row. In
an hour he had almost finished Then
he went into the back yard for a stick
to stir his paint. and during his brief
absence delegation of five Salvation
Army lassies called to solicit a cash
contribution. They were standing about
on the freshly painted steps in pic
tpresque attitudes when he returned.
Last spring. when Mr.. Bowser had
just finished the steps and found Mrs
Bowser's minister walking up them he
yelled at the good man in a way that
blew his hat off and jumped him over
the fence. Here now were five
young woman wandering DER the
painted surface. and yet when he saw
them he raised his hat. made a con-
tribution of 81 and CALAMITY opened
the gate for them to pass out Both
Mrs. Bowser and the cook Witnessed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

"How does a man feel who has been
sentenced to death? I ofte1i asked
myself that question, and wondered ev-
cry time 1 visited Blount. He was al
ways full Of hope. 1t is human nature
to cling to hope. no matter what the
law has said. Blount did. and all 9TH
ers do, even until the last moment. If
lii hadn't been for whisky, Avery Blount
would have escaped the trouble which
cost him his life. at the end of nine feet
OF rope.
Because the sheriff was nervous, and
had trouble in adjusting the moose
there was q delay. Blount stood on
the trap ten minutes. Condemned men
almost invariably have a certain look;
"a certain paleness that suggests fear.
agony, dread and misery. Not so with
Avery Blount. His complexion was as
pink as the day he was arrested; the
day after the killing.
Il don't understand how men can
walk to the gallows. I studied the
nan. He almost seemed defiant. 1t
occurred to me once that possibly. at
ter all, although the moose was being
Put around his neck. he would yet
cheat the gallows. Many other thoughts
flashed through my brain I could not
help wondering how he felt; how he
could so coolly stand on the gallows.
He was not more than three feet from
me. And I kept thinking: He is a
strong, healthy man: in a moment he
" " 0Cad. 0louIl ctlQ0nIly was
thinking about other things After the
rope had been put around his neck.
Avery kneeled to the floor of the trap
to pray. The she riff asked him to pray
out loud. He said he couldn't A deputy
prayed for him. Then he stood erect.
His hands were flandcuffed behind him,
and his feet shackled. The black cap
was put on. Still he did not resist He
didn't scream or yell. He stood there
as composed as ever. Everything was
re ady. The sheriff stepped back to pull
the lever. It seemed an age before the
fatal click was heard.
when the trap doors fly out from
under a man, the body seems to re-
main there the fraction of second
OF course it doesn't. but it looks that
way. Then the body drops; il seems
almost to shoot, or fly. BIount's body
cid not move = muscle. 1t was as clean
job as is possible. The only delay
was the ten minutes with the man OF
the trap. That suspense was terrible;
terrible for all but Blount. who cried
when he bid his relatives goodby, but
there were no tears in his eyes at the
last. If he had broken down, I don't
know what would have done. I think
would have cried. too. and begged
for him. He was as cool as though
we were all taking part in an anna
teur play; as though Blount's part were
no more dangerous than the parts play
ed by the officers. witnesses and re-
porters. -. -. And when he fell. 1t
was sickening I felt as though the
rest Of US had fooled Blount; that he
had met death when he no more ex-
pected 1t than the rest OF US did,