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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
WILL BUILD TO QUARRIES
Largely Attended Village Meeting Last
Evening. Important Matters Dis
cussed. New Trustee Elected.

There was large attendance at the
annual village meeting held in Seav-
er's hall last evening. The floor of
the house not only was filled but the
balcony held many ladies and young
people.
After the reading of the warning, F.
D. Thompson was elected moderator
and L. NJ Hubbard clerk. The other
officers elected were: F. w. Cutting
as trustee for three years. the other
two men are J. V. Rowen and G. A.
Barrows. Fred D. Pierce. treasurer;
S. A. Hunt, collector; F. D. Thomp-
son. attorney E. G.. Collision was re-
elected water commissioner and the
Larabee. Geo. r. Scott, fire chief; F.
E. Richmond and E. R. Cook, assist
ants: auditors, E. w. Barron, w. w.
Reirden, G.. E. Hamblet.
There was contest over the cleo
tion of trustee, the names Of F. w.
Cutting, C A. Mute and F. d. Thomp-
son being placed in nomination. The
ballot resulted in the election of Mr..
Cutting with 79 votes. Mr.. Mute had "a
and F. D. Thompson %, total vote
1876. Another vote was demanded on
the election of fire chief, Geo. r.
Scott and Homer Rushford being NOM
mated The total vote was l23 of
which Mr. Scott had 81 and Mr.. Rush
! ford A.
It was voted to pay the electric de-
partment $12 per year per light for
street lights. The library received
! 5000 from the hands of the village
and the band $275. It was also voted
! to pay members of the fire companies
25c each for attendance at monthly
| loI1
was voted to maintain the clock in the
Catholic church 1t was voted to
make the salary of the trustees $75 per
year instead of l5c per hour.
! When the article came up to see
if the village would vote to sell it's
electric plant, E. w. Barron presented
a statement purportlng to show that
Barton had now invested in the plant
approximately $40, 600, showed that
other expenditures were necessary in
the near future and gave the impress.
sion that he was for selling the plant.
F. w. Baldwin, f. d. Thompson ano
several others opposed the idea OF
selling and thought Mr.. Barron's fig
ures were not entirely just to the de
partment The article was passed
over with but one audible dissenting
vote.
Article nine to see II the voters
would instruct the trustees to build {
power line to the granite quarries or
Barton mountain passed without {
dissenting vote. A. j. Asselin spoke
enthusiastically about the granite
here, its quality and quantity and pic
tured a great growth of the industry
if the village gave it a chance. C. A
Barrows said the project would cos1
about S25O0 and an income of S6OI
yearly was already expected. H. T
Seaver, F. w. Baldwin, Wallace H
Gilpin and others favored the projec
and it passed unanimously.
; The curfew law SO earnestly worked
for by the ladies of the w. C. T. u
passed after some discussion with bu
!. one voice raised against it. The nev
bylaw regarding collecting electri
current bills was also passed. Tht
tax raised was 35c highway and 40
village tax.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
THE NEW TELEPHOLE RATE.
How do you like your new telephone

How do you like your new telephone
rate?
TITS not exorbitant,'' SAYS the
Passumpsic company. land will only
give capital reasonable return on its
investment. But the public says
"We were reasonably satisfied with in
dependent service at SIP per year. We
admit the service now is somewhat
better but not worth half as much
again, especially since the free call
territory has been decreased. You're
giving us better service than we de-
mand and charging US for it,
Well, if you don't like it. you people
here in Barton village may take ad-
vantage of the local cooperative line,
and rent a phone at $l2 per year and
then have $6 year left for "tolls' on
the other line when necessary to go
where you can't on the local. Most of
your immediate needs are supplied
grocer and merchants. Nine out of
every ten calls are local
Better still if you want to invest S12
or SIS in phone of your own you may
use the local independent line for Sc
per year with additional phone at
house for 81 per year extra by owning
the instrument. Talk with III. T.
Seaver, manager, if you are inter-
ested.
Communities adjacent to Barton are
invited to look into the matter of
building their own cooperative lines,
run into Barton and hitch on to the in
dependent. 1t will cost you only Sc
per phone per year for the use of the
local line and switching.
This little company don't pretend to
do long distance work but with slight
attention gives very satisfactory local
service and will leave money in your
pocket after you have paid tolls to the
other line for outside calls.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
The Inter sting Life of John McEiroy

The Inter sting Life of John McEiroy
John McElroy was born on March
7th, 1922, on small farm one mile
from the village of Newton, Hamilton
County, Armagh, Ire. He was the
second son and third child of his par
ents. John McElroy and Bridget
(Drumgoole) McElroy. His early ed
ucation was in his native village and
attended school at so early an age that
he was unable to find his way home.
He often said he certainly could not
remember who taught him to read and
could not remember when he was una
BILE to read. But could remember that
he was able to read the newspapers at
the age of years, at the age of IL he
could read. write and figure as far as
Proportion. He entered the academy
at Camoly, Mccullough, at that age.
The school contained about 100 pupils
under one teacher. George Carmichael.
The teacher was obliged to furnish his
own assistants. The salary of the
ernment. But the pupils had to pay a
small tuition according to their study
He attended this school about a year
paying few pennies a week for in
struction. His parents were poor and
even few pennies a week meant a
good deal in that country. But John
must go to school so the teacher took
him as an assistant to teach primary
classes and for four years. two hours
every day he taught primary classes
and paid his own tuition in that way.
There was no vacation except two
weeks at Christmas and so winter ano
summer he trudged to school three
Irish miles (which meant almost -four
English miles, across fields anc
streams. barefooted except in the win.
ter months. The school had a good
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

Mrs. ]. H. Wylie and son of Burling-
ton were guests of her paren S. Mr..
and Mrs. j. A Pearson last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Homer Smith of ST.
Johnsbury spent Sunday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Smith.
Clifton Day. grandson of Ira T. Day,
who has been in the hospital at st.
Johnsbury, is visiting his grandfather.
Mrs. o. H. Mossman has returned
from Waterbury, where she has spent
some time with her daughter. Miss
Cora.
Ralph Laird leads the Pool tourna-
ment now on at Winslow's Pool rooms.
More interesting plays will come off
later.
Rev. w. A. Warner will preach an
extemporaneous sermon Sunday morn
ing, his subject being, 1.-The Exile's
Vision.
v. F. Hunter is in Boston this week
on business and pleasure. W.. j. Ber-
wick is helping out in the store during
his absence.
Miss Edith Ruggles played the organ
at the North church in st. Johnsbury
in the absence of their regular organ
ist recently.
The ladies of the Ladies' society of
the Congregational church will serve
supper in the vestry Of the church
| this evening.
The Woman's Literary club will
meet with Mrs. w. M. Wright this
evening instead of with Mrs. Royston
as noted last week.
There will be masquerade and
dance at the club house Friday night.
March 14th. Admission rs cents. The
public are cordially invited.
G. L. Merriam has recently made al.
terations in his store by taking out a
partition. making the space into one
room, which is good Improvement.
The following letters remain IN
called for at the postoffice. Please
say advertised when calling for these
letters. Mrs. Martin DAILY, John Mul
lavey.
The members of Orleans lodge. No
55. F. and A. NJ, are invited to Or
leans Friday evening as guests of Val
ley lodge. No. 10, and will confer the
M. M. degree
DR.. Hight, chiropodist. will be a
Hotel Barton. Thursday. and Friday
March 18th and 18th. Corns, bunion,
and ingrowing nails, skillfully treat
ed without pain.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
Course Ticket Holders, Attention!

A canvass of the course ticket holders
for Barton's lecture course has been
nearly completed and almost everyone
has taken the ticket for the extra star
concert number on March 21, the ia.
nous Dunbar Male Quartet and Bell
Ringers. There are a few however
who have not been reached for various
reasons and they should procure this
extra number at Pierce's before Mon
day, at o'clock p. m. when the tick.
cts will go on sale to the public.
Your attention is called to this because
course ticket holders may have their
regular seats for this number for 25
cents if taken before Monday at l
O'Clock. Otherwise they will take
their chances for a seat and every in
dication points to a packed house.
This courtesy has been extended to
course patrons with season tickets and
it is the urgent request of the manage
ment that you avail yourselves of the
opportunity. Don't wait until too late
and then blame others because you do
not get your regular seat. Seats not
previously spoken for will be sold to
the public after the hour named above,
and first come first served. Remember
too you must know the section, row
and number of your seat in order to get
Duplicate No record is made of
seats. If course ticket holders cannot
do better, telephone Pierce your seat
number and he will hold it for you
| The Dunbars are winners and no
! better evenings entertainment will
be heard in Barton. They not only
sing. but render orchestral numbers,
give representations, and produce
music by bell ringing and entertain
ment and voices
| Remember Reno does not come unit
April Is and the Dunbar Male Quarte1
is an extra number in the course anC
probably the best all round entertain
ment Bartonites will be privileged tt
listen to this season. You'll see +;
crowd.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

Sherman M. Ross, who has been laid
up with rheumatism is taking the
PhylacOgen treatment for rheumatism,
is getting along very we'll. Miss May,
the nurse, is caring for him at her
home here.
The Woman's Literary club and Af-
ternoon Study club with their gentle
men are to be guests of the Book and
Thimble club at Orleans tomorrow
Thursday evening 1t is expected
large number will attend.
0. S. Searles. who has been watch
maker for True & Blanchard of New
port for several years, has entered
the employment of Geo. c. Lang as
his former employers have closed out
their jewelry store.
Eleven couples of the young people of
this village attended whist party and
dance at the Odd Fellows hall, Friday
evening. Music for the evening was
furnished by Mrs. Kimball Page All
report the social as success.
A. J. Asselin, who severed his part
nership with F. T. Roy in the granite
business last fall left today on his
first trip about New England as
granite salesman He will talk Bar
ton granite and predicts a great fu-
ture for this stone.
The girls of the C. E. society will
hold homemade candy sale at the
/, Monitor Office Saturday afternoon. af-
ter three o'clock, and evening. The
girls are raising money for worthy OBJ
jects and sell the very finest of
| sweets. Pay them visit.
The regular meeting of the w. C. T.
U. was held at the home of Mrs. H.
T. Seaver, Tuesday afterno On, March
| IL. 1913. Fifteen members and six
visitors present. Roll call responded
to by domestic science suggestion.
After an interesting program arranged
| by the hostess refreshments were
served and social hour enjoyed.
The Barton Savings Bank and Trust
Comp any are putting out some of the
new nickels, recently coined. The new
coin is the same size as the regular
nickel. One side engraved with an In
dams head. "l913" and the word
Liberty The other side contains
the words UNITED States of America,
E. Pluribus Unum Five Cents and a
large buffalo In criticising the new
coin, one person said, she considered
the animals too large for the enclosure
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
BARTON

Mrs. E. =. Martin is on the sick
list.
Mrs. Geo. Gorham has been quite
sick.
The academy and graded schools
open Monday.
Fred Stone of Boston is visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. W. A. Royston is having the
German measles.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lib
hey Lewis Sunday.
Mrs. John Mcclellan, who has been
sick, is out again.
H. Doyle was home last week for a
few days stop in town.
Mrs. Walter McFarlane is visiting
her son, j. w. McFarlane
Fred Richmond and F. D. Pierce are
in Boston for the auto show.
R. J. Knowles of Waterbury spent
Sunday at James McFarlane's.
The advertising in this issue is es-
pecially worthy Of your perusal.
Frank Burdick is confined to the
house, threatened with pneumonia
H. J. Stannard was in the southern
part of the state last week on bust.
ness.
Albert Scott is assisting in the E.
w. Barron Company store during stock
taking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Collins were
guests of relatives at West Burke over
Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. Silver is in Newport
stopping with her daughter, Mrs.
Wheeler.
Mr.. and Ms. P. L. Webster have
returned from several days visit in
St. Albans.
Mrs. A. M. Vercoe has returned
from New York. where she bought
Easter goods.
/ Mrs. William Williams visited hel
daughter, Mrs. Milton Anderson, at Al.
bany last week.
G.. E. Hamblet goes to ST. Johnsbury
the last of the week to help close out
bankrupt stock.
Mrs. S. B. Berry, who has been il
for the past two weeks, is able to re
sumo her work this week.
Mrs. G.. L. Hutchins is in New Yorl
studying new millinery styles and pur
chasing goods for her store.
A party of young people took snow
shoe trip to Glover Saturday evening
They report a very pleasant trip.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
Roratio Devereaux.

After an unsuccessful operation at
Hanover, N. H., and more than
years patient suffering from cancer
of the bowels. Horatio Devereaux died
at his home on the Willoughby Lake
road on Wednesday, March S. 1918.
Although seriously i'll, he continued to
ride out until two weeks before his
death. Mr.. Devereaux was born in
Roxton, Canada June %, 1854 When
thirteen years of age he came to Bar
ton with his parents and went to live
on the farm where he has since re-
sided. He was one of the ten chill
dren of Richard and Lucy Belcher Dew
ereaux. only two of whom are now liv-
ing, William r. of Westmore and
Henry E. of this place. On July 4,
| 1881, he married Miss Ida J. Page of
| Westmore. Two children, Myrtle E.,
and Ralph E., We're born to them. Mr..
DevereauX was an honest, kindly citi-
zen and man of good judgment to
whom many went for advice. He
served the town as road commissioner
! for several years. He leaves to mourn
his loss, his wife, one daughter, a son
and two brothers, besides a large cir
Gle of more distant relatives and
friends. The funeral was held at his
late home on the afternoon of Friday.
March Z, Kew. Mr.. warner Ofhcla atlng-
The body was placed in the tomt
and will be buried in the village Gem
etery.
Among those from out of town to at
tend the funeral were Mis-. Deve
reaux's sisters, Mrs. H. H. Carpenter
of Concord, N. H., Mrs. o. D. Bailey
of Lakeport, N. H., Mrs. Eliza M
Page of Wilmington, Mass, and he,
brother, Eugene Page of Danbury
N. H., also Henry Bowley and sol
Charles of Newport.
Card-We take this way to thank tn,
many friends, who assisted Or offere'
to assist US, during the sickness ant
death of our loved one. We are ais
very grateful for the many beautiful
flowers.
Mrs. Ida ]. Devereaux,
Myrtle E. Devereaux,
Ralph E. DevereauX. I
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
Thinks New Tax Law Detrimental to
People at Large.

Editor of Monitor:
AS the new tax law passed at the re-
cent session of our legislature seems
to have many conflicting defnit tions Or
opinions from the people, will you
kindly allow me through the columns
of tue Monitor to express a common
sense view of it's probable effect and
who will be benefited from it. Rep
resentative Locke in his article of ex-
planation does not seem to consider it
as the right thing because it deprives
the man in debt of just offset, but
considers it an attempt to do away
with double taxation and unjust off
sets and voted for it rather than re-
fuse to confer with the senate. Evi-
IDENTIFY there was feeling in both
house and senate that after eXpending
so much time at a cost of thousands of
dollars of the taxpayers money in the
effort to enact a tax law, that it was
necessary to pass some kind Of taxation
law whether wholly beneficial to the
taxpayers or not. Now comes the in
quiry Who is benefited by this new
law? Certainly not the man who is in
debt, for as Mr.. Locke says, it de.
prives him of just offset. Certainly
not the banks, for it reduces the rate
of interest on loans, and the banks will
have to send their money outside the
state in order to get their six per cent
interest and this law will tend to make
the rate five per cent within the state
and they cannot do a general state
business at that rate unless they cut
the rate to depositors from four to
three per cent. That it is an injury to
business generally to have money sent
out of the state for investment no one
will deny. Abolishing offsets at so
short notice will be an injustice to
business interests and should not have
been in effect in this years list. man
may have $4,000 worth of taxable
property and has borrowed S., 900 to-
wards its purchase he is taxed on the
$40, 900 and is paying interest on the
SIS, 200, this in the case of merchant
purchasing stock Of goods is unjust
Now then who is benefited? Is MT il
; the man of wealth, who has money tC
loan? He gets five per cent interest
and takes his money away from the
bank where he is getting only four.
| the borrower gets it for five instead
| of six but pays more than the extra
per cent in taxes on property in which
it is invested, this with the injury t.
the banks and to business by having
capital go outside the state for invest
ment makes the new law detrimental
to the public.
C. w. McGaffey
| GrannShorO VT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
Another wrestling match is adver-

Another wrestling match is adver-
tiSed for Thursday evening at Seaver S
hall. The last ole was very interest
ing and this promises to be fast
match with several contestants. Per-
cy Nye challenged any amateur in Bar
ton weighing ITO pounds or less to
catch-as-catch-can match and Elmer
Hinton accepted. Besides this match
several others will be seen.
The Afternoon Study Club met
Thursday with Mrs. Emily Baldwin.
Roll call, original funny saying of
some child. Reading, The New Move
ment and it's Breadth" Mrs. Nelson !;
paper, "Physi cal, MRS. Ruth Webster !;
paper, Mental, Mrs. Blanche Webster !;
song by Mrs. Claribel Robinson. Six
teen members and three visitors were
present.
For the benefit of the southern and
western readers we will say that the
weather the past week has been cold
and brisk. The kind of weather we
Vermonters like. with the thermometer
ranging from zero to Is below in the
morning There is still little snow and
the past few days shows real signs of
spring. Looks bit like sugaring,"
they all say. A few warm days
would spoil the SIelgning IN Town.
The Barton academy boys who are
members of the Freshman class at
Dartmouth college tn S year are max
ing a record for them lives and the
school. B. A. contribut. IS three men,
bers out of over 400. Only Fl out of
the 400 had an average of 85 per cent
or more for the first semester and
these 21 came from 20 different schools,
Barton academy being the only school
to have more than one student in the
list.
A number of out-of-town horses are
here this afternoon aad races are be-
ing held on the ice on Cvrstal lake.
/ A banquet to the visiting horsemen
will be given at Hotel Barton this
evening by the Barton Driving clut
and over 100 are expected. A num-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

A real eye Olden Time Concert"
will be given in Seaver's hall Tuesday
evening, March Is by local talent for
the benefit of the Village Improvement
society. This society uses all the
money it earns for village improve
ments of various kinds, one of the i'm
park and is deserving of the patronage
of every loyal Bartonite The chorus
will consist of over SO voices and there
will be solos, reader, and the Schu-
bert club will be in attendance Re-
hearsals are being held and the enter
tainment is taking shape rapidly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

ber of local horses went to matinee
at ST. Johnsbury recently and won
honors. Betsy Hanks, owned by H.
H. Skinner of West Glover won 1st in
class B pace, Louise Patch, driven by
Lang took part in Class D pace and
High Ball, trained by Harding and
owned by w. F. Wormwood of Woods
vile, N. H., was driven to break the
track record and made the quarter in
293 seconds, not only lowering the
track record but we are informed no
official quarter was ever timed in 291
seconds on any track in Vermont.
The body of Amos D. Hopkins was
brought here Friday from Mantle.
Conn.,, and taken to Glover. where it
was placed in the tomb to await burial
this spring. Mr.. Hopkins was super
intendent of quarry there and stood
on the edge of the opening, directing
the work, when he in some unaccount-
able manner lost his balance and fell
striking first about 35 feet below, on
shelf of rock and then fell to the
bottom of the quarry about so feet
from where he stood. Death was in
| stantaneous. Mr.. Hopkins, formerly
| lived in Greensboro Bend and Hard
wick and married Miss Hattie Wal
cott, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. WAL
cott of this place. A son and daugh-
ter survive him besides his wife and
! two brothers, residing in ST. Johnsbury.
| He was about so years Of age.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12
Orleans County Road Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Road
Commissioners and Selectmen for Or
leans County will be held in Orleans
on Wednesday, April 2, at 10 80 o'clock
in the forenoon and at 80 o'clock in
the afternoon. Sec. 4008 P. S. ex-
plains the duties of the Commissioners
in respect to these meetings, and pro-
vides for their expenses.
The highway laws have been
changed, and it is highly important
that all Commissioners and Selectmen
attend these meetings to become famil-
lar with these changes and their own
duties as affected by such changes
The present great demand for highway
improvement can be met in no way SO
we'll as by cooperation. The state
stands ready to aid in every possible
way A representative for the office
of Public Roads, Washington, D. c.,
will attend these meetings, and with
the stereoptican illustrate his interest
ing comments on various road problems
Of the day. Many Vermont views will
be shown by the lantern. The Gale
donia county meeting will be held a
ST. Johnsbury, Thursday. March 27.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

WANTED-Would like to buy, year
ling. two or three year old colt. sired
by The Wooer, must fbe straight and
right. and from a rugged we'll bred
dam, give description. and low est
price. Address,C. V. Perry, % West
ern avenue, st. Johnsbury. Hip
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

FOR SALE-One chestnut mare sired
by Sutton, six years; one Morgan
chunk, years. sound and perfect,
weight $50; also 40 hens, one Canadian
sleigh and pair one beam sleds with
pole and thrills Cheap for quick sale.
L. K. Heath, Orleans. lib
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

FOR SALE-Thirteen good grade
Holstein COWS, all young. Alfred
Brown, Orleans. lib
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

FOUND-Sum of money. Owner
can have by proving same. Mathews
& Hall, Orleans lWp
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-12

FOR SALE-White Wyandotte eggs
for Matching and day old chicks.
HaZen Clark, Barton. tt