Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-13

Trade, promises to provide accommo-
dations for all desiring them. Prac-
tically every house in the town of
Hartford has opened its doors for the
week that all who attend the great
est fair in New England may have
comfortable accommodations. A sys-
tenn of checking visitors has been
adopted. which insures no confusion
regarding rooms. By writing the
White River } JUNCTION board of trade
accommodations may he secured in
advance. On the grounds meals will
be served by several caterers and it
will be no fault of the management if
anyone goes hungry. The automobile
park has been enlarged to accommo.
date much larger number of cars
than last year.
The extra trackage built this season
by the State Fair Railroad company
will permit Of much better passenger
service from White River Junction to
the fair grounds. All freight cars
will now be stored al the grounds
upon arrival. which will leave a clear
main line for passenger trains.
Uhlan. the famous trotter, to be
seen on every day of the fair, and in
an exhibition mile. will go to his home
in Cleveland Immediately following
the fair and wi III not be seen in New
England again this year.
Jimmy" Ward, the famous Chica-
go aviator, who will make three
flights daily, i'll Curtiss biplane. be
ginning on Wednesday. is an expert
birdman. The State Fair grounds
are excellent for starting and landing
and good flying is assured. The starts
will be from the oval formed by the
trotting park.
With the great attractions secured
by the State Fair commission and
with the greatest agricultural fair in
New England record crowds are ex-
pected. The railroads are offering
low rates and special trains.
Mormon Elders Badly Treated.
When Elders Harvey and Lumber,
Mormon missionaries, who are travel
ing through the rural districts of Rut-
land distributing literature and other
wise endeavoring to get people &C
quainted with the doctrines of the
Church of the Latter Day Saints, fin
ish their labors and return to their
homes, they can relate "reminiscences
of their sojourn among Vermonters
that hardly seem creditable to civil
lized community. so exchanges say
| The elders say that on an average of
four nights week they have been
forced to seek shelter beside a hay
stack or in some deserted barn. ad-
mission to houses being denied them
that they have even been driven from
premises with oaths, dogs, decayed
vegetation and firearms For food
they were forced to live on berries and
apples that grew beside highways. In
Shrewsbury. thew say they were
charged 81 for meal. and told they
could work it out in the bayfield,.
They chose to do so, but when their
hosts saw they fully intended to abide
by their agreement they told them n
no gentlemanly way to depart. Tho
town of Clarendon would, under ne
condition, harbor them over night
till fortune favored them at the hon e
of market gardener. The hospital
ity shown them by a clergyman of
that town ranks we'll with the treat
ment they received from his parish
toner's, according to the missionaries,
! At Middletown Springs, some gener-
Gus individuals offered them the free
use of schoolhouse for one evening
to hold meeting and explain the OBJ
ject of their intrusion into that CON-
munity. After the service, minis -
ter of the gospel endeavored to enter
into an agreement with them whereby
he would bear the expense of provid-
ing them with comfortable quarters
for the night if they would retrace
their steps through his parish, gather
what literature they had spread and
depart. Otherwise he would feel it
his duty to perform that function him
self, and bonfire would be the re-
suit. Ira, Poultney and other places
had their quota of excuses for not re-
ceiving them. In an adjacent county,
they say, other apostles of the Nor
mon faith were given ride on a rail,
ropes were thrown about their ne, k
and they were otherwise treated IN
anything but a Christian way.