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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

Stories magnified about 100 times
continue to float about the county
regarding the infantile paralysis situa-
tion in Barton. Just why people will
start unfounded stories is not plain.
Three cases have developed in the
village the past week, but all other
cases are improving and there have
been no deaths. There are no other
cases within three miles of the village.
This is the whole truth about the situ-
alton in Barton today. In a bulletin
issued in June by the state board of
health all the facts gathered from
other epidemics of this nature are set
forth, but it is frankly admitted that
if the disease is contagious it is only
in very mild degree. The expert
ences of the doctors in town, tend to
show that this disease is only mildly
contagious. if it can even be- deemed
contagious. In the cases in town, up
several cases in families where there
have been several children, and yet
only one child has contracted the
disease. In all there have been three
cases where two members of the same
family have had the disease, but, in
these cases, both have had it simulta-
neously, and in NO instance up to date
has one case appeared in family fol
lowed later by a second case in the
same family. We are not trying in
any way to depreciate the fact that
this disease is terrible disease. but
we are trying to confne it to the
actual facts. and when reports of the
death of 25 people from this malady
come from other parts of the state,
while the actual facts are that from its
| very first inception there have beer
hut four deaths. The total number Of
cases is still under twenty. counting
the cases near Orleans and the abortive
cases. The number of cases withir
the village limits is five, it has at NJ
time been more than that, and we d<
not know that single case has devel
] Oped in the village of Orleans.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
SCHOOLS OPEN TUESDAY.

Barton academy and graded school
will open for the coming school year
on Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, at the
usual hour. nine o'clock. Pupils who
intend attending the high school this
year should register at the school as
soon as possible. The principal will be
on hand to welcome pupils on any
afternoon this week. Those who can
register early will be comforting
favor upon the principal by calling at
the school this week.
The high school teachers will be as
follows: F. Jay Bates. Walter 1.
Metcalf, Kate E. Ferrin. Katherine
E. Curry and Hazel Harris.
On Friday evening Sept. 18, at eight
O'Clock, parents meeting will be held
at the high school. An interesting
program is now being arranged and
the school is very fortunate in being
able to announce that the Hon. Mason
education, will be the speaker of the
evening. The meeting will be very
informal, and every citizen of this
school district, who has an Einterest in
our schools should make an effort to
attend. The teachers of both the high
and graded schools will be on hand to
welcome all who are able to be present.
r. TEACHERlTRAINING COURSE
Barton academy is fortunate in
securing for training teacher. a gradu-
ate of Albany Teachers college, with
sixteen years of experience in teach
ing, seven of which has been in the
position of training teacher at Glen
Falls, N. Y. The course will consist
of thorough review of arithmetic,
English, geography and history with
instruction in methods of teaching the
i same. Study of Vermont school laws
and practice in making records. Prin-
ciples of pedagogy and history of
education, observation and practice in
teaching in the grades and in rural
schools. Special attention will be
given to reading and the methods OF
teaching reading and number work ir
the lower grades.
1t is reported that the school will
not open owing to the infantile paral
ysis scare. butss the trustees have
received no such orders from the state
board of health. The trustees believe
and the local physicians believe there
is no danger whatever in opening the
! schools.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
FIRST WAR NEWS.
Daily Paper Six Months for ST.

The Monitor can get you a daily
paper giving all the latest, best and
most authentic war news, six months
for 81. Having made special arrange
ments with the Boston Record we are
authorized to take subscriptions at
present for 81 year or six months for
81. This is the greatest bargain in
daily paper ever offered. The Record
is good paper and being an evening
paper reaches you on the rural route
the morning after it is printed. And
the evening paper is noticeable in it's
early war news. An evening paper is
far ahead of morning paper on the
news of the great European war be-
cause o'clock in Boston is 10 o'clock
at night in London and nearly mid
night in the heart of the war district.
Wherefore, the news of daylight-the
most important of all-comes in the
afternoon press and is repeated in the
morning papers. So the lead of the
evening paper is very marked in this
war-probably the greatest the world
has ever seen. You ought to keep
posted.
Take advantage of this offer while it
lasts. Clip this adv, fill in below. pin
a dollar bill to it and mail. Do it
NOW. Well do the rest. and you'll
get a daily with all the war news
every morning for six months.
Monitor, Barton, VT.
Gentlemen: =
For the 81 herewith send me the
Boston Evening Record six months as
advertised.
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R. F. D ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
A Map of the Great European War.

How extensive is your knowledge of
the real conditions and countries now
engaged in the greatest war the world
has ever known?
Have you a definite idea of the
countries. their armies, naval strength
and resources, or is it simply a jum-
bled mass with no very clear and
definite idea.
The Monitor this week will COM
mence the distribution of very
complete and concise WAR MAP. one
that shows plainly and accurately the
entire war zone. that also shows half
tone cuts of the rulers of the different
nations now involved or likely to be-
come involved in this stupendous war.
This map goes still further and gives a
very brief and historical sketch of each
nation, synopsis of the International
peace conference, and the Hague
Tribunal.
Concise details of the armament, the
number and strength of land and naval
forces, the wealth of the different
nations and the decisive battles of
century of European warfare, with a
table of the worth of the foreign
money reckoned in dollars and cents.
and a table of distances.
|. We are offering this splendid map
to subcribers of the Monitor postpaid
at Is cents each. Through the use of
this compact little map, you can follow
the war day by day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

Frank Parlin continues to work with
a crew at the fairgrounds. cleaning up
end putting the grounds in shape for
another season.
Mrs. F. K. Powell has been stopping
at Mrs. S. G.. Curriers' since her
return from visiting her daughter at
st. Johnsbury.
Chas. Sheldon has gone to Willough-
by where he will run the Willoughby
depot for month while Geo. Durkin
takes vacation.
Peter Gotta, who has been working at
st. Johnsbury this summer. was again
one of the gatekeepers at the fair
ground this season.
j. C. F. Slayton and family of Bos-
ton and A. H. Slayton of MorrisvilIe
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Lang the past week.
Mrs. S. H. Kent of Beaver Falls,
Pa, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F.
D. Pierce, at the Pierce cottage in
Crystal Lake grove.
F. J. Glidden of Craftsbury and Mr..
and Mrs. c. G. Seaver of North Troy
were guests at HI. T. Seaver's during
IIl0 Lair mere ldSC week.
Miss Ethel Uric and her friend, Miss
White. of Springfield, Mass, are visit
ing Miss Urie's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Uric, this week.
Warren Hartwell, formerly of the
Davis company and the Rollins store
and now in business in Mortified.
| was guest in town last week.
The Sunday schools of this village
wish through this paper to express our
thanks to those who so kindly and
generously gave us ride on the lake,
on the day of our picnic. By unani..
nous vote of the schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Batchelder, Mr..
and Mrs. F. D. Pierce and Mr.. anc
Mrs. H. P. Baldwin and family, who
stayed in the village during the fair,
have returned to their several cot
ltages in Crystal lake grove.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. John Collision of Lyn-
don have been at the home of his BROTH
er, j. r. Collision, who is critically i'll.
Miss Clemma Seaver and Miss
Marion Bickford are stopping this week
at Miss Bickford's old home in Glover.
Merrick Winslow has returned from
Bethlehem, where he been working at
one of the summer hotels this season.
Miss Clara Comstock of Albany. N.
Y, was recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Comstock and other relatives in
town.
Mrs. C. w. Sheaff and children of
Skowhegan, Me-, are visiting Mrs.
Sheaff's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. All
Dana.
Mrs. Piper of Manchester Is the
guest of Mrs. Chas. Clogston, Jr.. at
the Clogston cottage in Crystal Lake
grove.
Carl Carpenter and crew returned to
Charleston Monday where they still
have several weeks work in the build
ing line.
Mrs. Jennie Lazell of Montpelier
and Mrs. Stephen Wilcox of Brookfield
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. P. l..
Webster.
Pomona grange meeting which was
to have been held this week in l. o. o.
F. hall. has been postponed until some
later date.
Mrs. Eugene Hobson of Newport was
the guest of Mrs. Geo. Lang and as
sisted at the Lang booth in floral hall
at the fair.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

= Barton Academy class of 1910 are to
have an outing tomorrow, Aug. 9th.
leaving Barton at noon for Newport,
where they will take the steamer and
go to Magog, returning to Newport
and the Raymond House for supper
and attending the play, Quincy Adams
Sawyer" at the opera house, returning
to Barton on the midnight train. All
those desiring to accompany the class
may do so.
Many friends of Mrs. Ella B. Finney
will regret to learn of her death in
Lyndonville last week. Mrs. Finney
was the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. III.
P. Cushing. She had been a resident
of Lyndonville for many years, and
was almost heartbroken over the death
of their only child. daughter who
died in Lyndonville only a few years
since. Mrs. Finney had been i'll for
long time from cancer and death came
almost as welcome relief to her long
suffering.
Wednesday at the fair there was an
automobile with seven lady members
of different women's suffrage associa-
tions in the country. Mrs. Chas. Van
Patten and the Misses Allen of Bur-
lington. members of the Vermont
association, and Helen Hodge of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. w. Maxwell Reed
of Boston, Miss Julia Smith of Balti-
more, and Miss Alice LaMothe of
| Ottawa. Mrs. Chas. VanPatten and
Mrs. II. Z. Seaver addressed the peo-
pie in the interests of women's s
suffrage and Miss LaMothe gave a
short talk in French from the automo-
bile, literature was distributed and
between 300 and 400 names were
secured of those interested in the
| cause.
DR.. w. M. Magoon has been enter
tanning a large number of guests at
his several summer cottages at Stanley
Point. among them being Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Magoon, Miss Lena Mich
OILS, Miss Hazel Burbank, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. C.. Gray, Miss Katheleen Gray,
Miss Barbara Gray, Paul Stevens,
Samuel Morrison, all of St. Johnsbury,
Mrs. Nellie Clifford of Long Branch,
n. j., Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Gray and
daughter, Beulah, and two sons of
Westfeld. Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Gray
of Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. Story and
Miss Story of Victory, Frank Clifford
of Boston. The party has been oc-
cupying three of the Magoon cottages
at the point and have been there for
several days and number of them
will remain for week longer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
BARTON.

Mrs. Walter Colby is having some
repairs made on her barn.
Mrs. E. M. Sylvester is visiting her
sister, Mrs. P. L. Webster.
The schools of the town of Barton
will open Monday. Aug. 81.
G.. R. Powell of Island Pond was a
guest in town during the fair.
Mrs. F. P. Sheldon is visiting Mrs.
Taylor at Morrisville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bean were guests
of Mrs. Mary Morrill, the past week.
Mrs. H. A. Clark is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Chas. Hamblet, this week.
John and Walter Durkin were the
guests of Cornelius Buckley the past
week.
Raymond Wilson is taking a two
weeks vacation from his duties at the
bank.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

Ottocar Martinsen arrived in town
Saturday night. Sunday night with
Mrs. Maude Martinsen and son Rich
ard. they left for New York, and later
expect to go to Philadelphia, which
city they will make their new home.
The Royal Arch degree will be
worked at the regular meeting of
Keysone Chapter, No. 16, R. A. NJ,
Monday evening. Sept. Z. 1t is ex-
| pected delegation from Island Pond
will be present and banquet served.
At the meeting of the business men
| of the place last evening at the club
house to talk over new business pros
pointed and further developments are
awaited Nearly fifty men were pres
ent.
Several of the fakirs at the fair last
week visited the Gem theatre one
night and refused to pay their admis-
sion, but upon request by special
officer. ''Big Bill" Bartholomew they
thought better of it and Immediately
dug up the dimes.
Lightning caused Barton and Orleans
to be without electric lights Friday
night from ten o'clock until the next
morning. Clark the electrician, says
more damage has been done this sea-
son from electrical storms than in all
his previous years here.
The barn of Joseph Terrien, who
lives off the road between here and
Willoughby, was totally destroyed by
fire Saturday. The building was in
sured in the Vermont Mutual COM
pany. and an adjustment was made
within six hours of the time of the fire.
The Gem theater will have a feature
play this week Thursday that should
receive liberal patronage The real
James K. Hackett in Prisoner of
Zenda, photoplay in five reels, in
which this most popular actor may be
seen in one of his best-known portray.
ais.
Another of the many advantages of
our town. from the county fair here,
is that this also becomes almost an old
home week, when you will find almost
all of the younger and many of the
older former Barton residents return
ing for their annual visits to relatives
and friends.
j Judge F. D. Thompson and Mrs.
Thompson returned from week s
tNdIuplIS dL x1OuS uOuQdy, WI6TS
they have been at the Cutler cottage
with Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Thompson
of New York. The party had excep-
tionally good luck fishing, getting over
fifty squaretails.
The Davis garage has sold the last
automobile they had in stock, but will
continue tosaccept orders, getting the
cars as fast as ordered, instead of
again stocking up this season. Mr..
Davis has sold number of cars this
season and has kept Armour Uric busy
at the garage during the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Batchelder and
son, Richard, are expected to return
to Barton Saturday from Ottawa,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Batchelder have
been playing in an orchestra at one of
the leading hotels. Mr.. Batchelder
will remain only short time but Mrs.
Batchelder expects to make this her
permanent home.
/ Among guests at Hotel Barton. who
have spent several fweeks here this
season. and who returned to their
several homes last week were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jameson and Miss Nelson of
Montreal. L. A. Morrison of Lowell
and Mrs. J. F. Cleary and daughter of
Montreal, Miss Burland of Schenec-
tady, N. Y. Mr.. Callaghan of Mont
real spent the week end with his wife
here.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

Miss Gertrude Walker of Barre is
the guast of her sister. Mrs. Hazen
Clark.
Miss Carrie Blake has returned to
Orleans to care for her sister, who is
i'll there.
David Cook of Charleston was
recent guest of his cousin, H. P.
Cook.
Mrs. Homer Webster and children
have returned to their home in Ben
ington.
Mrs. Myra P. White of Springfield,
Mass. is visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM.
Collision.
Mrs. Samuel Potter of Westmore WIS.,
tied her sister, Mrs. Hugh Campbell,
last week.
The dance at I. o. O. F. hall
Wednesday night was not very we'll
patronized.
Chas. Buswell, Jr., of Bradford,
Mass, was the guest of his parents
the past week.
Chas. Hall Of Lennoxville, fol .nerly
of Barton, was a guest in town the
first Of the week.
Miss Nellie Reirden of North Troy is
visiting at the home of her brother,
w. w. Reirden.
DR.. J. M. Blake has purchased
Ford runabout from the Flanders &
Mossman garage.
Miss Flora Dow has returned to her
work in the office of her brother, DIR.
Wells, at Orleans.
Mrs. Fischlin was the guest of her
sister. Mrs. Harley Wheeler, during
the week of the fair.
Robert Scott, who has been spending
the summer in Exeter, N. H., is at
home for few weeks.
Finest Gilpin of the Gilpin Press,
Richford, was the guest of his brother,
W. II. Gilpin, last week.
Mrs. P. H. Skinner of West Glover
was the guest Of her daughter. Mrs.
A. E. Brunning, last week.
Miss Maude Hatch is the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Maude Martinsen, and
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. P. Jenness.
John Arkley will go to Sherbrooke
the first of the week to visit his broth
er there and at Angus. ?. @.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Sawin of
! Florence, Mass, are visiting their
daughter. Mrs. H. w. Carter.
Mrs. Watkins of Newport was the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Clogston, Jr., the past week.
Frank Tower carried his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Tower to Water
bury in an automobile Monday.
P. A. Johnson of Newport, N. H.,
president of the Peerless company,
was visitor in town last week.
| Arthur Cook and family have been
, visiting Mr.. Cooks parents in New
York state the past two weeks.
Will Cassidy of Pike, N. H., was the
guest of his mother, Mrs. James
Cassidy, during the past week.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Townsend Of
Manchester. N. H., are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Roystan this week.
Fay Wheeler has finished work a
the G.. A. Barrows store and will spene
the week in Woodsville and vicinity.
Mrs. Della Baldwin of Boston. for
iiISIly q ICaCHSI here, was the CUES
of Mrs. .Altha Pierce the past week.
Alexander Dunnett was politica
visitor in town last week, stoppinl
5 for couple of days at Hotel Barton.
Mrs. Geo. r. Barnstead and son
Richard. of Stoneham, Mass. ar
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. White.
Parker Barrows caught for st
Johnsbury ball team Saturday in thei
game against the Barre Italian team.
, Miss Hazel Morse of Browningtol
: has been the guest of Mrs. Chas
Morse for several days the past week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
Re ,, blicans!

Remember the caucus at Seaver's
hall N Thursday evening at 7.30
O'CLOCK as called in these columns last
week when delegates to the Republi-
can S -ate convention and district con-
venti N will be elected, the party
candi late for town representative
chose and town committeeman
chose.
The sc are important matters and
deserve your attention and attendance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head at taOo cents per word for first insertion
and one cent per word thereafter. Cash must
accompany the order. No advertisement aOill
inserted for less than taCenty- fve cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
Congregational Church Notes.

Rev. W. A. Warner begins Sunday
a series of six sermons on lessons by
the Wayside. His first subtitle will
be han lied extemporaneously and will
be, "Tne Royalty of Service.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

GEM THEATRE-Thur after
noon and evening. Aug. 27. The Won
derful fve-reel photoplay. prisoner
of Zenda," with the real James K.
evening at 8.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FOR SALE-Nearly new rubber-tired
Concord body wagon. G. L. Merriam,
Barton. 23tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FOR SALE - Berkshire pigs, 4
weeks old. V. R. Doncaster. Brown.
ington village. 1w
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

aEFOR SALE-My home at Orleans,
with basement, three or four acres of
land, one of the most desirable homes
in the county. One Mitchell six
cylinder touring car at a bargain.
Daniel Buchanan, Orleans. 30tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

Those who wish to let rooms or fur
nish board to pupils and teachers
please notify Prin. F. J. Bates or
Supt. G.. L. Erwin. 1924
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

e FOR SALE-Smith and BarnesT Tup-
right piano. Nearly new and in al
most; perfect condition. Price low.
Amos R. Robinson, Barton. 4tf.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Baldwin ensilage cutter.
13-inch cut. R. w. Buchanan, West
Glover 1896
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FOR SALE-New Walton's Vermont
registers just received. Price Is cents.
Sent by mail for 81 cents. Monitor
Press, Barton. 33tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Vil-
lage residence 1912 Hudson runabout,
model ''33." Box 537, Glover. 34.37p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FOR SALE-About 80 R. l. red
pullets, p to 81 pounds, 18 weeks old !;
60 cockerels, to 5 pounds IA weeks
old and over; 20 yearling hens. Who
will make best offer? C. L. Phillips,
Glover. 34tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FARMERS 'NOTICE-Wanted Mon
day, Aug. 81, 100 lambs and carload
of beef and bologna cattle. Both
phones. Dodge. Orleans. 1w
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

Those who wish to let rooms or furn-
ish board to pupils and teachers please
notify Supt. C.. L. Erwin. 1924
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FOR SALE-One pair Simpson No.
70 scales, also, pair platform scales.
Inquire at Monitor office. 26tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

FOR SALE-Farms, houses and
timber lands. Inquire of Barton Real
Estate company, Barton, Vt. 2Otf