Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-08-10


eggs sold by weight instead of by
the dozen. When that time comes the
Leghorn hen will not be as popular as
she is now.-Bellows Falls Times.
Many Summer People at Greensboro.
The report that there are 700 sum-
mer residents in Greensboro, which
means Caspian lake region, gives Yer
mont quite boost as summer resort
state, for there are great many
more Caspian lakes in Vermont under
other names.-Barre Times.
Orleans County Politics.
Orleans county republicans, after
hitter fight, nominated one man for
sheriff and then named his leading OPP
ponent for high bailiff. In this in
stance the high bailiff will undoubted-
lv be glad to qualify and anxious to
serve, as about the only duty involved
is to hang the sheriff when occasion
requires. Johnsbury Republican.
Praise for Collector Emery.
Collector Emery of the Memphre-
magog district holds the record for
taking care of this part of Uncle
Sans business with the fewest mis-
takes. He leads all the other collec'
: tors. Only one error was charged w
, to his office, and that was a technica
one. Mr.. Emery is not only a goot
man himself, but he has some thor
oughly trained deputies who know thu
t business. All come in for share O.
o the credit in so excellent showing
. Waterbury Record.
+ Surely Gives Us Bad Name.
e The amusement of stufing the ballo
l. box was carried to such an extent
the recent republican convention {
Orleans county that it Jared on tn
Is sensibiliies of those honestly inclined
a The Barton Monitor finds that not onl
o was there stuffing of the box on tt
= fourteenth and fifteenth ballots, but {
= the third ballot as we'll. The Monit'
ce says: "Such things do not give Il
t. county good name, and if the del
co gates responsible could be ascertain'
should be held in contempt by eve
d seIf-respecting citizen" 1t is extrem
re Iv small work, and the Monitors su
a gestion is seconded.-Barre Times.
Children Cannot Buy Tobacco.
ny Any dealer in tobacco in Vernon
'es who gives or sells cigars, snuff or
er, bacco to any person under sixte
nd years of age, without written orc
of the parent or guardian is liable t
on fine of $40. Many parents do n
ice seem to be aware of this statu
BILE They send their children to the sto
n with verbal directions for tobacco
VIZ no written orders and wonder why
ing dealer refuses to fill them. The de
on, er has no choice in the matter if
er- intends to keep within the law.
+he rents who want their children un
sixteen years to age to get their
nee bacco for them should send the des
the a written order and then the or
ing will be filled without trouble.-I
the lows ais LINES.
the Office Holders at Newport.
The Wilmington Times regs
Newport as hotbed of officehold,
itor whose feelings no white man is DO
sla- to respect. This week 1t wakes
,ake castle on the subject. Informal
comes from Washington, it 81
''Lo the effect that the result of
census enumeration for Vermont
+bo not be Forthcoming for some time.
said that Director Durand refus
rect to believe that Newport has as m
ms" officeholders, state and federal, as
enumeration returns show; that
census sheets were returned for
rection with no change of result
the that special agent will now be 6