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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-10-13
THE LARGEST BANK IN THE
WORLD IN A COUNTRY
VILLAGE

aDleSt and most progressive OF the
the many bright young men that
Vermont has given to the West
to aid her in building up her new
and prosperous cities.
His early life was spent on
what is known as McKinstry Hill
in Hyde Park-one of the highest
occupied areas in town, and we
might add truthfully, one of the
bleakest, coolest, windiest spots in
town.
Adams is the editor and pro-
prietor of the Fergus Falls Jour
nal, the leading daily of that city,
and President of the First Natio-
nal bank, the leading bank of that
city.
A few months ago Adams hap
pened to discover the fact that
Hyde Park, his former home, en-
joyed the unique distinction of
having within its borders the
largest bank in the United States
in a country village, and he so
wrote his old friend, Senator Page.
The Senator-who, counting his
hides, skins, banking, fertilizers
and poultry food is probably the
largest advertiser in the world in a
country village--was quick to see
the value of Adams suggestion
from an advertisers standpoint.
He reasoned, however, that its
value would be substantially in
creased if it should prove on in.
vestigation that Hyde Park had the
largest bank not only in any coun.
try village in the United States,
but in any country village in the
whole world, and the Senator at
once started an investigation as tc
the banks of other countries.
He found from reliable data that
it is only in the large central cities
that the banks in other parts of the
world have their homes, the banks
in the outlying districts and vii.
lagos being only branches of the
large central banks,
AS illustrating this fact it may
be said that there are only q
banks in Canada holding Domin
ion Charters, but these banks have
3,245 branches.
The Senator's investigation:
were convincing and showed tha'
Hyde Park really is the home of the
largest bank in the world, in ;
country village.
Vermont is not slow in herald
ing the fact that she produces
more and better marble, more an:
better granite and more and bette.
scales than any other state.
May she not now take a iusti
fable pride in the further fact tina
she takes the lead in the matter O
country banks?
We think this question may bt
safely answered in the affirmative
Further than this it may safel,
be assumed that so long as tn
Hyde Park bank maintains its wei
known reputation for conservatism
so long as it retains its policy O
seeking only the highest possibl
grade of investments; so long as
can truthfully claim as it does to
day, that it hasn't single dollar c
poor assets, it may rest assure
that the good people of Vernon
will see to it that this proud pre-
eminence which Vermont now er
joys in the banking line is mair
tanned.
To do this means of course tina
depositors throughout the stat
having no local or especial prefe.
ences, will be inclined to deposit
the Hyde Park bank so long as
pays the highest rate that can b
paid consistent with absolute safety
The HYDE Park hank invites !,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-10-13
It Always Is.

Sympathizing Friend-Didn't you f1na
1t hard to lose all your money? Hardup
No; easiest thing in the world
Town Topics.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-10-13

Passionate people always deny then
anger, and towards often boast their
ignorance Of fear.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-10-13
The One Advantage.

Tho One AdVan%age.
Traded your motor boat for an aero
plane, Ell? What's the ideaT'
"Well, there's this about an aero
plane-even If the engine does break
where."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-10-13

They serve God we'll who serve his
creatures.-Mrs. Norton.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-10-13
FARMS FOR SALE


ustng village
rolling and stone win winter head and Good wire
Good
cemented cellar with outside
Doubeooarded in
buildings
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
making excellent time in the direction
of that lonely green light

making excellent time in the direction
Of that lonely green light.
They wrought with the oars like
men possessed, yet with machine
like precision that drove the boat fast
and furiously-withou attempt to still
the splashing. Of their blades. Con-
cealment of their purpose from those
who remained aboard the schooner
was out Of the question The shouts,
the shots, the play of fashlamps
along the beach-as though Redlam
had loosed half a dozen lunatic will
O the wisps upon the holy peace Of
night-must have betrayed the fact
that they had turned the tables long
before the dory left the inshore shoals.
The commonest precautions, how
ever, made them pause and rest upon
their oars while yet little way from
their goal.
Only an ominous silence rewarded
the utmost efforts of their straining
than the gentle whine of an INCREASED
block; nothing was visible beyond the
sinister glare Of that almost stationary
green lantern.
what think?" Barcus inquired in
dubious undertone.
mo telling" Alan replied in the
same manner. "All chance"
you've got that gun handy ?"-with
reference to the rifle OF which theI
had despoiled the victi1a of the sky
ill-faith.
"Here."
"Then-let's 20 TO it! Give wsy!"
4 dozen lusty strokes brought theln
alongside the schooner, and as the
dory scraped the waist of the larger
vessel the two young men dropped
oars, rose, and selling the low gun
wales, lifted themselves to the deck.
Nothing opposed them; the deck was
ignorant of other footsteps than their
own, the schooner as silent as only q
becalmed ship can be.
Without further consultation. Alan
led quickly aft and down the coElpan-
ionway to the cabin, where a dim light
burned-a smoky lamp swinging in
gimbals above cluttered table.
Of the two st@eroon doors one dis
closed an empty cabin, the other was
locked.
Trying the handle roughly, Alan
Yancied he heard sound within. Paus-
ing, he called, with thrill OF fearful
hope:
Hello, in there!"
The raSpone was cry of fncrodulous
delight: "Alan!"
By way CT answer Alan hurled him
self bodily against the door. At the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

yong life-'s FAIRS can make out As
for mel know there are at least two
life-saving stations on Nauset, both
with modern equipment-motor life
boats and all; and nothing will ever
persuade me that pack of wolves
would stick at breaking in and confis-
eating one Of the same. It's as likely
as not-only more so. Our present
business is to get the hi out of here
and not advertise our exit, either.
Take that port light in and dowse it,
while | do the same by the starboard.
Then duck below, warn your Dulcinea,
and put out the cabin lamp. That way
if this blackness and our bull-luck
only holds-we may manage an eva
sion!"
There followed an exceedingly busy
quarter of an hour for two constrained
In pitch darkness to grope their way
about the decks and familiarize them
selves with the idiosyncrasies Of a
strange two-master. Nevertheless, the
end OF that period found the schooner
with canvas full and sheets taut,
good easterly breeze abeam, swiftly
weaving a wake southwards-the light
ON Monomoy point watching her curl
ously from over the starboard beam.
Hear anything more of that power
boat?'' Alan asked, joining Barcus by
the wheel.
"Nothing-wind too fresh. Make
yourself easy on the soft side Of a
plank here. I'll land you kick ii
the s!ats when SO minded-or when
it's your trick at the wheel"
With a chuckle, Alan obediently
stretched himself out on the deck.
az say-Law!"
"Wen?"
"You seem pretty easy in your mind
about this young woman below To
me, she's the same that tried to send
me to Davy Jones' locker. How does
she explain her presence aboard?"
Much as l surmised,' Alan replied.
Il fancy they chloroformed her while
she slept il that hotel in Portland.
Whether or no, Rose woke up in a
closed motor car-bound and gagged,
of course-and was brought aboard at
Gloucester about midnight"
Simple when you know how" Bar
Gus commented. "Of course, / always
did say that truth was a stranger to
fiction Cuddle down, now, and I'll
talk you insensible."
His accents already merging in with
the swish of the 'longside waves, the
bubbling of the wake, and the many
toned composite voice Of tne ship in
being, Inconsistencies like q cloud
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
Now and Again One Would Lift His Head.

second impact of shoulders backed by
hundred and eighty pounds OF solid
flesh and determination, the lock splin-
tered away from its socket, the door
flew open with a bang-and Alan into
the room with a cry: "Rose!"
His sweetheart met him halfway,
her arms uplifted, her countenance
TRANSPORTED.
And Mr.. Barcus turned and slowly
assembled the companionways his nose
wrinkled with misgiving5.
"Blest if ] know how he thinks he
can tell em apart" he remarked Not
that l blame him for taking a chance;
1t wouldn't pain me any to find out
I'd kissed the wrong girl by mistake
not, that is, unless she didn't care for
my technique
I'm that case" he allowed, Il guess
the sequel would be apt to prove toll
cradle agonizing!"
Some ten minutes later a hail from
the deck broke the embrace of the
lovers:
Below there! 1 say-Law!-wind
a-coming!"
Right-o! Half a minute,"
But that stipulated delay was sew
eral times multiplied before Alan
showed up on deck to find Barcus
bending laborious back to the cap
stan.
Lend hand, can't your" Barcus
complained, blowing heavily. 81 didn't
interrupt your amonrs just to get an
audience. The sooner we get this
anchor in
Alan checked him with hand on
his arm. Whats that?" he demanded
in tone tense with apprehension.
The muffled running of a heayy-duty
marine motor drifted down on the
wings of the sluggish wind.
Don't ask me-Tm afraid to guess!"
But they couldn't possibly"
Since when did you set up to be
q judge of possibilities? Nothing prob
able ever happened to you in all your
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/ descended upon Alan's overwearied
faculties.
He woke mutinously, with a yawn
and shiver in the gray of furnished
daybreak, to find that fog pressed
heavily upon the face of the waters, a
mist SO thick that from the stern the
waist of the vessel was almost invis-
ible, the bows completely so.
| Barcus stood over him, at the wheel,
fairly Keeling with WEAKNESS, his eyes
| blood-shot swollen, and half-closed in
a face like a mask of fatigue.
| Cant keep this up much longer"
he apologized Tricky; "stood it about
as long as | can. Take your trick and
give me forty winks."
Grateful solicitude brought Alan in.
stantly to his side, though he himself
was sluggish and stiff and sore in all
his limbs.
You're brick!" he protested "Why
didn't you call me sooner?'
mo good; knew the way-you
didn't. That is, / did until this ac-
cursed fog closed down couple of
dSO. NOW-OOQ huOWS Wu0T0
we are-by my reckoning, somewhere
! in Nantucket sound. west of Mono
moy."
Grasping a small brass handle
affixed to the wheel box, he jerked it
sharply three times, and the automatic
horn blared raucously threefold re-
Spouse up forward.
Keep that going" he begged,
three blasts in a row and a minute
interval-and if the devil takes care
OF his own we may possibly escape be-
ing run down"
With a sigh, relinquishing the wheel.
he collapsed upon the deck and was
almost Instantly asleep.
The wind had fallen until barely
enough air stirred to keep way on the
vessel; she moved in silence, spec
til sllin uron Q snectral sea Of long,
oily swells and the complexion of lead.
Hither and yon In the obscurity. foR
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
self released. his captors leaping for
their lives to the taffrail

self released. his captors leaping for
their lives to the taffrail
He caught an instantaneous glimpse
Of the knife-like bow Of great steam
er towering above the two-master-
sweeping toward it at speed which
raised a smart jet of white under the
cutwater
Someone aboard the schooner, with
the voice of stentor, beloved a ter
rified appeal:
stop your engines! Shut off your
propeller! Stop your"
Then, like the wrath Of God, the
steamship overwhelmed the lesser
ship; its bow seemed to slice through
the schooner as a knife through
cheese. And the two halves were fairly
driven under water by the frightful
force of the blow.
Thunders deafening him, Alan was
hurled bodily through the air fully
twenty feet.
When he came up he struck out at
random, blindly tormented by the
vision Of Rose caught in the suck of
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nad the life-saving pa1rol to look to
for protection. But the service is sus-
pended in June and July"
A silence commenced eloquently on
i This assertion, broken only when Mr..
Z Law voiced a thought bred of long and
malignant observation of the schoon-
er's green eye:
ed give a deal to know whe 8
! aboard that vessel"
you don't mean you think your reg
Mar young woman"
SITS possible. Judith kidnapped
Rose in Portland That's not SO far
Sfrom Gloucester: a motor car could
have caught that schooner before she
ssailed to waylay us, this morning. And
wha1 better way to take care of an
!. ab1e-bodied full-tempered girl you've
kidnapped than to ship her somewhere
by sea, in the care of trustworthy
hellions?"
Don't ask me-I'ye done very little
kidnapping for one of my years"
For tuppence," said Mr.. Law, "I'd
risk a swim off to that boat and see
for myself"
For two million dollars-I would
not!" Barcus affirmed with great de-
cision.
A moment or so later the line Of
little flames went out altogether and
Unexpectedly; and the owner of the
late Seaventure fancied he could hear,
even at that distance, the hiss Of
rharred and smoldering timbers sucked
under and drowned out.
Exit" he announced plaintively,
"exit Seaventure, with heroic gesture.
sR. I. 2. good little ship!"
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SFsESkHVS xsx1S :
Continued from last weekly
CHAPTER XIV.
A Double Escsoe,

ID On Nauset Beach, in the shank of a
ON the sands, Gcmc distance back from.
\ the water, and listened to the heavy
iithumping Of their overtaxed hearts.
and painted.
Now and again one would lift his
"A head and stare out over the black face
vJdish flames about mile off shore, all
that remained to witness to the fact
that, an hour since, these two had
been in command of as trim small
, schooner as ever ventured the coast
wise trip FREQ Portland to New York.
AS far out again shone the star
board light Of a becalmed schooner,
whose people had been directly respon-
sible for the disaster which had over
taken the smaller vessel
In the course of time, beginning to
breathe with more ease, one of the
two marooned gentlemen said:
What | can't Observation-Disclosures
lis why these damned thugs out there
thought we'd be asses enough to stay
aboard the Seaventure and get burned
up
ghe other replied: did they?"
Looks that way-doesn't it? II
they didn't, why were we permitted
to swim ashore at our elegant leisure?
There was nothing to prevent their
rowing round TO cut Us off,"
Maybe they did, at that, and missed
us, Mr.. Law-and-Crder!"
But"
we were wee mite excited you've
got to admit It's just possible we
didn't hear the noise of their oars.
And it's black enough for them to
have overlooked US. A mans head
In the water isn't really a .conspic-
uous object on dark night
Tell me, Barcus, what's the near
bst symptom Of Civilizations
chatham village" said Mr.. Barcus,
six miles to the no'th,ards, and cut off
by an inlet mile or so wide at that"
Mr.. Law groaned soulfully.
"Then there's the lighthouse on
Monomoy point" Mr. Barcus pursued,
three miles to the SOUTH
Mr. Law said nothing whatever to
this.
"Of course" his companionref1ected
norosely, this had to happen in mid
summerl A month earlier we'd have
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

Accompanied by the Exhibition OF an
Automatic Pistol.
that gigantic wheel, drawn unden
crushed and mangled by the propellef
of the vast black hulk whose flank was
sliding past, like the face of a clif1
ten yards behind his shoulders.
Aware of several dark objects dot
ting the surface within radius OF
several yards, he swan for the near
est; the head was a woman's, the face
turned toward him, the face of Rose.
He gasped wildly: Keep cool! Don't
struggle! Put one hand on my shoub
der and
What happened then was never quite
clear to him; he only knew that he
was forced to fight for his very life
that the woman, as soon as he came
within reach, flung herself upon him
like some maddened animal, clutchina
his throat, winding her limbs round
his, dragging him down and down.
Primitive instinct alone saved him.
He remembered later, most vaguely
the elimination of [ = duel beneath
the waters-remembered freeing an
arm, drawing it back, delivering
blow from his shoulder, with all his
strength, finding himself free, strug
Cling back to the air.
Then boathook caught the back OF
his shirt and dragged him for some
distance, until two strong hands caught
him beneath the armpits and held his
head above the water.
He looked up wit,essly into the face
CT Barcus, and, still bewildered, strug
gled feebly
The others voice brought him back
to his senses. Easy, old top! Take
it easy! You're all right now-rest a
minute, then help me get you aboard"
He obeyed, controlling his panic as
best he might; and presently, with
considerable assistance from Barcus
contrived to scramble in over the gun.
wales of a boat which proved to be
the stolen lifeboat
Aside from Barcus and himself ID
held one other person only-the won,
an he loved, cru yled up and uncon,
scious in the bow
He strove to rise and go to her, to
make sure that still she lived Barcus
restrained and quieted him.
There! Easy, say! She's all
Observation-Disclosures all! She and 1
took the water in practically the same
spot, and luck threw this blessed boat
my way within half dozen strokes,
No trouble at all-in a manner of
speaking!"
But the steamer"
why fret about her? At the pace
she was making she couldn't have
stopped within half mile. Well be
all right now-with power to fetch us
to land"
But the others-Judith!" Alan sat
up and leaned over the gunwala
searching an oily, leaden expanse spot.
ted only with few splinters and bits
OF wreckage. Il left her out there
she'll drown, tell you!s
And I'll tell you something!" said
Mr.. Barcus severely. you'll lie quiet
and shut up or I'll dent your dome with
the shaft of an oar. Let her drown.
and good job, say! Don't you know
the meaning of enough? Merciful
heavens, man, you're the most insa.
liable glutton for punishment ever!"
But Alan wasn't listening. His face
was as ightless as the waters that
swan beneath his lack-luster gaze.
There was horror in his heart that
lumbed even the sense of relief, Of
ieliverance, that penetrated his being
Ike shock Of mortal pain.
Dead! Judith dead! Back there, in
ne log and the cold dead by
Us handl
(Coutinued next Week.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-22
YTnIIITITY1

goddess. her golden hair wind blown,
browsing languidly amid the poppies,
or beside the cider press. Her cor
nucopia runs over with the fruits of
the earth. Again, she is the queen of
summer, gliding like dream of beauty
through the crimson woodlands, over
hills bathed in gold.
The cartoonist is of a more prac-
teal turn of mind To him October
lis the month when competent house
wives do their preserving. 1t is the
month when Halloween occurs, and
when the small boy with his jack-o'-
lantern comes into his own.
Spring has her delicate beauties as
she unfolds her mysteries at the love
time of the year. Midsummer, with
her smiling calm and drone of bees
appeals to the dreamer and philos-
opher, and frosty winter. crowned with
mystic starlight, has her charms. But
in all the calendar there is no season
like Autumn"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-22
THE ROMANCE or THE RAIL

With all due respect to our rail-
roads, there are many conveniences
which do not fulfill their part We
look forward with great anticipation
to a glorious time when we start on
a railroad trip over one of our four
track trunk lines. The changing seem
cry, the tempting bills of fare, and
the luscious ozone waited at us while
the train hits up a sixty mile clip re-
mind us that life is worth the living
Now that is optimistic anticipation,
pure and simple! But here is pessi-
mistic realization: you get aboard and
| find that there are no berths left; as
| you neglected to wire in advance,
you'll have to sit up in the smoking
compartment and perspire, and before
the night is half gone your system is
| transformed into gas tank; nausea
sets in and wilhelm your case-a
hospital car would be a welcome ad-
junct, the diner is hooked on instead,
but you have no appetite for break
! fast; the odor of liver and bacon, fried
eggs, and coffee persists in creeping
through every crevice in your car;
then you endeavor to bury your mis-
! cry in scenery. but an incessant line
of freight cars going in an opposite
direction shuts out your view-Zim,
in Cartoons Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-22
IMPROVE BY TRAVELLING

The richest treasures in architecture
ana symmetry VIII be revealed at the
daily matinees especially arranged for
this celebration during a trip with
Lyman IL. Howe to the California Elk
positions via the Panama Canal. The
''hfty million dollar show at san Fran
cisco with its heroic proportions, tri-
umphal arches, giant columns, splendid
courts and magnificent buildings as
mined by Howes photographers seems
weil worth the cost. 1t Is well calcu-
lated to hold spectators spell bound
with admiration. 1t is a dream city of
palaces with colonnade avenues and as
portrayed by Howe marks an epoch in
the history of the great international
EXpoSittons Just as the completion of
the great waterway at the lsthmus is
epocnal In world history.-AdV.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-22
Special to Tile 7'eieerabh

SPeetG1 10 IHs Telegraph
Marietta, Pa, Sept. 22. - Miss Mary
Schock, daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy P. Shock, of Marietta, was
married yesterday to Frederic V. Ed.
monds, of Galveston, Texas, at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs. Samuel
L. Frey. The Rev. Arthur Richards
pastor Of the Marietta Presbyterian
church, was the officiating clergyman
and the only attendant was Miss Eliza
beth Frey, a niece of the bride.
Miss Sue Spangler presided at tb.
piano and played Mendelssohn's wed
ding march. The gift from the groom
TO the bride wac string OF pea ris
The bride is a graduate of the Marieti :
High school, class of 1908, and of the
Mtllersville State Normal school and
taught school in New Jersey. a MN.
ber of years. The groom is engagnd
in the confectionery business AT To.
Angeles, California, where the couni,
will live after an extended tour of thc
west
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-22
Lime-LOss in tuberculosis

In the journal of the American
Medical AssOciatiOn (Janunry IL, I0I4
was the fOIlOwingi
ait has been many times stated that
I'm tuberculosis or in the pretubercu-
IOsis stage an increased amount of
calcium tlime) is lost both I'm the
urine and feceE. In fact. n demineraI-
izatiOn has been thought to be a fore
runner of the development of tubercu-
lOsis.s
If tuberculosis is due to lime loss,
the success of Eckman's Alternative in
its treatment may be que, In part to
its content OF a lime salt so combined
with other valuable ingredients as to
be easily assimilated.
Always we have urged consumptives
to attend strictly to matters of food,
but often some effective remedial agent
is needed In many cases of apparent
recovery Eckman's Alternative seems to
have supplied this need. It contains no
1piates, narcotics or habit-forming
drugs so is safe to try. From your
druggist or direct
Eckman Laboratory, philadelphia.
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