Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
Guests in Town from the War Zone.

Dr. and Mrs. II. II. HOSley and
daughter of Springfield, Mass, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Carter
the past week.
DIR. Hosley and family came here
directly from the European war zone,
enroute for their home in Springfield:
Their experiences of the past several
weeks have been varied and exciting
and they deem themselves fortunate
indeed to have at last reached Ameri-
ca again. At the first rumor of war,
DR.. Hosley telegraphed from Paris to
his wife and daughter. who were then
in Germany, to meet him at once in
London, but he was compelled to send
five kilograms before receiving a reply
from them. The doctor had followed
some weeks after his wife had sailed,
and crossed to attend the International
Dental congress to be held in London in
August. He was spending some time
in Paris, previous to this meeting,
when he became uneasy at the rapid
spread of war rumors and decided to
return to London. Through friends he
was able to get,a quantity of gold at
Paris, but none too soon. as the next
day the Paris banks suspended pay
ment for time. and gold was the only
money of any value. The doctor ar
rived in London without misnap. but
was much surprised to find that his
wife and daughter had not arlived.
neither was he able to get in co'nmuni-
cation with them. Mrs Hosley and
daughter, not being at first aware of
the urgency Of the doctors message.
were at length SURPRISED to fni that it
was almost impossible to leave Ger
many. but did at last succeed in get
ting the very last train for the coast
and London. At three different times
they were compelled to leave the train
and undergo rigid examination, and
probably the ability of Mrs. Hosley to
speak the German language was the
detained. Finally with the loss of all
! in some manner kept watch over and
kept on the train with her, she and
| her daughter arrived in London.
An entirely new situation now con.
| fronted them, that of obtaining passage
across. Five different times the doctor
procured passage in different boats
supposed to make sailings, and each
! time was disappointed to learn that
the ship would not sail. although each
time he was compelled to pay for the
passage. Finally he succeeded in OBJ
tanning passage over in the Allen Line
steamer Tunisian bound for Montreal,
finding one small cabin for his wife
and daughter, and himself booking with
the steerage. He was able, however
later on board to secure slightly better
accommodations. DR.. Hosley's fore
sight in obtaining gold both in Paris
! and later in London, had enabled him
to at last get this boat, which after
taking a northerly course with al
lights smothered, finally landed al
Quebec, where the doctor and his
family came by rail to Barton. They
had lost practically all of their belong
ings and expect never to see them
again. but were duly thankful to be
| able to get back without further deten
tion. DR.. Hosley says that the nations
themselves outside the officials were
not aware how rapidly the war move
ment was under way, and that England
| had thousands of soldiers on French
soil before London itself was aware Of
! any movement toward war. The
doctor does to profess to know wha
the ultimate outcome of such a stu
pendous war will be, but does not fee
that it can be carried to a lengthy
conclusion, from the fact of lack OF
maintenance in foodstuffs to feed sucl
vast armies. One will readily appre
ciate from talking with DR.. Hosley
that the natural humor of the mar
would save him from many delicat,
and embarrassing situations while get
ting away from France and England
The family have crossed several time
before this and were able to tax,
many advantages of the situation
unknown to many, who are still hel,
in London, unable to get passage bacl
home.