Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-10

s emil centonnlal OF the Sled1 ioo'o
taking People and organizations,
which have it in their. power 70 aou
to the proper celebration of the day !.
should resolve now to exert those
efforts in behalf of a bigger and bet
ter Memorial day. The following
well-merited rebuke by the chairman
of the Memorial day committee in the
town of Pownal last year may serve
to stir up the laggards in other places
Last year G. A. Custer post
furnished flags, flowers and markers
for veterans in Pownal, costing about
SIS. About 20 members went down for
the memorial service on Sunday. No
one met them. They went 10 Oak
Hill cemetery. had services all by
themselves. Town pride should not
permit your fallen heroes to be for
gotten on Memorial day." 1t is an
easy matter to postpone picnics.
sports and other prominent features
of the present day observance. at
| least till after the proper respect has
been paid the fallen soldiers of the
war.-Barre Times.
Character. .
A good moral character is mans
best worldly capital. It dignlfies him
in every station, exalts him in every
condition, and gIorifies him in every
period of life. Such a character is
more to be desired than anything else
on earth. It makes a man free and
independent. 1t is worth much more
to him than wealth or knowledge,
fame or power. Character is the true
measure of man. 1t is often said
that knowledge is power, and this is
true Skill of any kind carries with
it superiority So to certain extent
wealth is power. and intellect is power,
and genius has transcendent power
over men. But higher, purer and
character power which emanates
from a pure and lofty mind.
TAKE any community, who is the
man Of most influence? To whom do
we look up with reverence? Not the
"smartest" man, not the cleverest
politician, not the man of most wealth
but the one who, through long course
of years, has approved himself to the
Judgment of his neighbors and of all
who have seen his daily life.
: When a man is placed in proml
nent position of any sort whatever,
we say at once, What is he WORTH
not "What does he know?" That is
the momentous question which in
wolves all. All others are secondary.
Wealth, knowledge, fame, power, are
, most desirable for good man; but
= otherwise they add strength in wrong
direction.
. Do the young men and boys of osl
t village realize that character is the
f most important capital they can have
in any and all business transactions
If man of large business is looking
hot loo
S he require first and most Of all? Al
h honest man or boy.
What a firm foundation and stroni
y timbers are to building so is a goo
d character to a man Or woman, boy O
grill. The wise man said, "a goo
name is rather to be chosen tina
- great riches" and he had no lack O
If wealth. Remember, bows and girls,
r. and it will do no harm to remember
ne that you are of infinite Importance
of while what you have is finite in il
It value and the end in the grave; whll
u. the former will grow and enrich II
possessors through all the ages {
eternity. -Island Pond Herald.
Vermont Bureau of Information.
To the people of Massachusetts ar
New England generally. the departul
lie made by Vermont in starting publ
Nv ity and information bureau to turtle
~ the development of that state Wi
~ occasion much satisfaction. Anythin
ID done along this line by any part {
w New England is bound to benefit Ne
a England as whole. Especially
wv this departure an interesting ar
re elcome feature, as sign that We
~ mont is preparing to get In the pr
do cession of progress and make way fl
If conditions that will enable it to res
,s- bigger returns from its natural a
fractions. We need the cooperate
of Vermont in respect to our highw;
problems, and along various lines.
,rs The last legislature authorized Il
.ad expenditure of $4,000 to promote t
20. further development of the natur
'en resources of the state by the cole
&c ton, preparation, publication a
~ distribution of reliable informa til
in and statistics touching its natur
al and industrial advantages. In a
W.. cordance with this act, bureau
j., information and publicity has been
~ tablished in connection with the off
inf of the secretary Of state, Guy
tbal Bailey, who has his Office in Ess
nn Junction. In a statement to the pr
the bureau says:
III is Mr. Bailey pJan TO ISIS
booklets on subjects pertaining
the resources of the state and G
are them wide distribution. He has
ION preparation a booklet on sunni
IS resorts and boarding houses. 7
llcn publication is intended to cover
a guy subject fully, giving information
LOT all sections of the state and in
I am on verything that interests the va
aole tion seeker. This booklet will be av
can able at city railroad ticket Offices
the information bureaus Of the metrop
VIC tan newspapers.
-, Agriculture and the farms of v
al d. mont will be the subject of the OF
e f- booklet, now being prepared 7
helf booklet may be had by addressing
~: secretary.
ing vermont, while it shows a
way way crease in population in the r,
uec- sections, farm values, according
cal the census Of 1910, have percept
OF increased. The census also sh
mar that the farms of Vermont raise n