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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
Real Fire.

Fire alarms have been rung in so
often Of late. that the alarm Friday
morning about eight o'clock was sus-
pected to be of the same chimney
smoke variety. 1t was chimney fire
st. the home of Noah Brooks-formerly
the old Buzzell place on High street,
but the fire got into the partition in
some way and started a considerable
fire on the top floor which before the
fire companies could arrive had burned
its way out through the roof and was
making much headway. The hose
companies responded promptly and
certainly did quick and good work,
but it was difficult fire to fight and
considerable damage was done to the
top floor before it could be extin-
guished. AS is usually the case
with inside fires a great deal of
damage was done by water and
practically all the rooms on the second
floor were entirely ruined so far as
plaster and paper was concerned and
much further damage to the lower
floor and furniture will result from
water damage. Mr.. Brooks is indeed
fortunate however to have a house
left. and only work on the part of the
firemen saved any part of the house.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

Regular meeting of the Grange at
their hall tomorrow night at O'Clock
Robert Scott returns to Dartmouth
today.
Alton Marsh is moving to tenement
in the DR.. Blake house.
Kimball Page is i'll with an attack of
appendicitis.
Clyde Heath is at work reshingling
the Roy Barron house.
Miss Eva Rosebrooks was the guest
of friends in town last week.
Ernest Cass of Newport called on
relatives in town Monday.
Sam Maxwell has gone to Littleton,
N. H., where he has secured work.
Rollin McGorty had an attack of
appendicitis Saturday night, but is
better.
Miss Emma Cole of Orleans spent
the weekend at the home of Frank
Sheldon.
Will Arkley of Lyndonville visited
his father, John Arkley, the first of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Smith of st.
Johnsbury were guests in town for the
weekend.
E. E. Liddell has been doing interior
finish work at George Gravelin's the
past week.
Mrs. Lucretia Alexander has been
spending a week with relatives in
Evansville.
E. w. Barron company are having
an electric starter put on their delivery
automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. p. Webster are in
Boston this week on business and
pleasure trip.
! H. j. Stannard is working for Flan-
ders & Mossman, auditing and caring
| for their books.
A new indirect lighting electric fix
ture has been installed in the directors
| room of the bank.
Mrs. C. E. Sisco and son. Don, spent
the weekend with her daughter, Mrs.
Brown, at Sheffield.
F. j. Burdick has purchased the
newspaper business formerly handled
through F. D. Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
Montreal Guests Arrive Early.

At the home of the Misses May.
guests have commenced to arrive in
large numbers thus early in the season.
The Misses May have shown for several
seasons, that they know just how to
entertain in manner enjoyable to
both old and young people, and during
the season their very commodious
home has always been we'll filled with
guests. most of them coming from
Montreal. The past week Miss Nora
Tedford. head nurse of the Montreal
General hospital, Miss Shelia Coates
and Miss .Ianett Gondie have returned
to their homes in Montreal, and there
have arrived Mrs. McGregor and son,
Miss Helen Coates. Misses. Mae and
Edith Idler, Miss Motley Hall. Miss
Edith Allen and Miss Wilson. all of
the arrivals being from Montreal.
Many of these people will be remem-
bered as being here in past seasons.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
ICUIl
Brattleboro. April 6.
BARTON

Mrs. F. J. Burdick is quite i'll.
Mrs. Al Dana was ill last week.
C. A. Mute is building a barn on his
property on Park street.
Schools in the town of Barton will
open on Monday, April 26.
M. Henderson Nelson of Sheffield Wis.,
tied relatives in town last week.
Roy Brahana of Dartmouth college
visited friends in town the past week.
Fred Allen and family are moving to
the Murkland house on Water street.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
Marketing Maple Sugar.

Editor Monitor:
Having read your article and Mr..
Cary's reply in relation to maple
sugar, I feel like saying word rela-
tive to Investigations which conduct
ed some years ago regarding this most
wonderful sweet. l think that every
pound of good maple sugar made in
this country can be sold for table
delicacy end that the farmers are
entitled to credit in trying to improve
the quality of this material
The great trouble in solving this
question is the fact that there are
millions of people in this country who
have never heard of maple sugar or
syrup and many more who couldn't tell
it if you should put the finest product
before them and this class of people
are increasing in number every year
Many people have heard of its good
ness and sometime in their life have
ordered it, perhaps on grlddle cakes:
at some popular hotel. One taste of
the stuff often served spoils them for
life, as very few hotels even in the
good old state of Vermont. serve a
first-class article. 1t seems to me that
the difficulty in marketing this article
was the utter impossibility of produc-
ing a uniform product, and the only
way I should suggest to overcome this.
which I consider the prime trouble, is
to take all the sugar in large section
of country and mix it one section with
another. clarity it and do it down to a
standard thickness, and / think this
could be arranged to give it standard
taste and color. Put up in attractive
packages with a guarantee as to its
penuinenesS from an association of
sugar makers. conditions could be
inaugurated which would produce the
results named in the first part of this
article.
If Mr.. Cary does not want a nice
article of sugar and wants it done down
hard this would be an excellent oppor-
tunity for the farmers to sell their
poorer quality of sugar and they GER
tainly ought to prepare it to satisfy
the buyer.
| Yours very truly.
c. F. Percival.
Springfield. Mass, April 8. 1915.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
West Derby, Vt.

Regular and annual meeting of
Orleans Lodge No. IS, F. & A. NJ,
Friday evening. Election of officers.
The next meeting of the Woman's
Literary club will be held Wednesday
evening, April 2lst, with Mrs. Geo. C.
Lang. unless otherwise announced.
Have one on the Monitor. Watch
for particulars.
Miss Attic Bean of Minton. P. O.,
was the guest of her sister. Mrs. A.
A. Larabee. last week.
Mrs. H. J. Stannard was the guest
of Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Henry Black
at Newport last week.
H. G. Wheeler has returned from
Boston, where he has been at work in
hotel the past month.
It is expected that the court docket
will be cleared this week and that
county court will adjourn.
Will Norris was called to Waterbury
Monday to attend the funeral of his Sis
ter, who died there Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D.. Pierce were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Goss at
Newport for the weekend.
FMrs. w. M. Wright has been the
guest of her parents at Newport for
several days the past week.
Miss Mary Wilkinson entertained a
large number of friends Saturday
evening at a birthday party.
! Mrs. Samuel Maxwell of Littleton,
N. H., was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Connor, the past week.
H. P. Baldwin has just finished the
building of two very nice rowboats al
his shop under the Gem theatre.
David Beach of New York. service
man for the Chevrolet Motor company
is spending few days in town.
Several members of the high schoo
attended sugar party at the home Of
Miss Elsie Chase Monday evening.
H. Charland is located in the rooms
formerly occupied as tailor shop in
the Davis block, ready for business.
Ray Underwood, George Merriam
and Howard Dow are working at the
new McLoud store during the sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Walbridge OF
Cabot were guests of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Christie, last week.
Mrs. Bertha Boemig of st. Johns
bury was the guest of her mother,
Mrs. C. l. Hutchins. for the weekend
A large number of townspeople
attended the sugar party at Franz
| Lemos' sugar orchard Saturday after
noon.
| J. F. Batchelder is doing some
extensive repairs to his block in tht
rooms now occupied by the new insur
| ance company.
Miss Hazel Mcclellan, and schoo
chum returned to Auburndale. Mass.
Friday, where they are attending
Lasell seminary.
| At the Gem theatre last night. Mr.
Pierce rendered touching symptom.
on the player piano during the frs
reel of the show.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
Vermont Democrats and Postmasters

The following letter by Vermonter
to the Editor Of the New York World
and printed in that paper will interest
our readers:
"In 1912 Woodrow Wilson was given
the electoral vote of five of the six
New England states, losing Vermont
to William H. Taft by only 1878 votes.
The election Of Mr.. Wilson is justifi ed
by the splendid achievements of his
administration.
But "a power behind the throne
is responsible for a shameless disre-
gard for the wishes of the Democratic
people in more than one of these
Puritan states. There is a sizable re-
volt in Northern New England because
of the wanton denial to Democrats of
the time-honored principles they have
so long espoused and upheld in home
rule and the right of majority rule,
and it is safe to say that the astound-
ing conduct of the postoffice depart
ment has neutraliZed the commendable
acts of Mr.. Wilson's administration in
this state, where Democrats have con-
tended so long against hopeless odds.
1.-The selected postmasters in four
of Vermont's leading towns are not
the choice of respectable majority of
the Democrats of these communities.
The Rutland selection of Patrick M.
Meldon. who received two votes in a
Democratic caucus where 821 were
cast for Mr.. Wilson, is such fragrant
outrage on that sterling Democrat,
William S. Smith, whose petition bore
the signatures of five-siXths of the
Rutland Democrats and was indorsed
by "a of the % town committees Of
Rutland county and the business
patrons of the office, that no one
attempts to defend the wrong.
eat Brattleboro the petition of
Major F. W. Childs had 1,242 sigma
lures, including 319 of the 402 Demo-
Gratis. President Wilson appointed Mr..
Childs. but intrigue thereafter pre-
vented the senate from acting on the
nomination. Michael J. Moran, the
recess appointee. has been voter and
office holder for upward of twenty-five
years. but his right to vote and hold
Office being meantime challenged by his
opponents, he emphatically declared
his citizenship was full-fedged. In
the face of this declaration however.
he quietly applied for naturalization
by the United States court as late as
March 25, 1914.
bellows Falls is tolerating post
master who is the choice of only a
small number of the aggregate patrons
of that office while Windsor. opposite
the summer White House is shaking
its head in displeasure because the
selected candidate, Frank H. Clark.
is not the choice of one-quarter of the
patrons of the office, who had petit
toned for the appointment of George
R. Guernsey, popular Democrat and
citizen"
Rollin S. Childs.
Brattleboro, April 6.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

Through the kindness of the publish
ers. Appleton and Company, Miss
Ferrin was in position to distribute
among the pupils Of the high school
attractively printed copies of the
essay. "The Friendship of Books" by
Washington Irving. Miss Ferrin made
the presentation with the words: Gas
we are situated in life, we may not
all be able to come into personal con-
tact with the greatest minds. but we
can choose the best books. Although
we may have friends whose companion
ship is helpful and inspiring, we can
be with them occasionally and then
for limited periods. On the other
hand. if we have in our possession
books to which the greatest authors
have given of their best, it makes no
difference whether the writer's are busy
or at leisure-the fact whether they
are living, or dead these books are
ours. There is an abundance of read
ing matter all about, US so that
selection becomes necessary. Is it not
wise to make thoughtful choice?''
THE FRIENDSHIP OF BOOKS.
The scholar only knows how dear
these silent yet eloquent companions of
pure thoughts and innocent hours
become in the season of adversity. . . {.
When all that is worldly turns to dross
around us, these only retain their
steady value. When friends grow cold
and the converse of intimates Ian
guishes into vapid civility and common
place, these only continue the unaltered
countenance of happier days. and cheer
US with that true friendship which
never deceived hope nor deserted
sorrow. w.-Washington Irving.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

The Freshman class held a class
meeting Thursday.
Miss Hazel Harris, the domestic
science and music teacher, who has
not been able to be here the past week
on account of illness, took up her work
again Monday morning
On the evening of April 7th, Mr..
Metcalf showed at the school building
some slides Of his own college, Middle
bury. In these pictures he showed the
buildings of the college and many
phases of college life. He gave a
condensed history of the college from
its founding up to the present date.
With the views he gave an insight into
of college life and showed how much
different it is from high school life.
Monday morning the school began
pleasantly with number of selections
kindly loaned us. The "Cecile"
most of the pupils. We feel very thank
full to Mr. Lang for the use of the
Victrola, which he has loaned the
school. with records from time to
time. We are to have the use of the
Victrola until the finish of school.
The boys have begun baseball prac-
tice in real earnest and the prospects
for good team look more promising
than earlier in the season. Of last
years team four men are left, Car
penter, Comstock, Sears and Abbott.
Emerson, who entered school last fall
as a sophomore. shows signs of devel-
oping into good catcher. Other men
out for the team are A. Abbott, Met
calf. Gilmour. Calkins, Parker, King
and Smith. In order to have winning
team the boys will have to work hard
and show signs of life.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
CONGREGATIONAL Church Notes.

At the morning service Sunday there
was a large attendance and Rev. w.
A. Warner had an exceptionally fine
extemporaneous sermon. Music by a
double quartet and Miss Idler of Mont
real sang an offertory which was much
enjoyed
Christian Fndeavor supper tonight
at the vestry, Is cents. Proceeds for
the piano fund.
There was well attended meeting
of the Fidel ty class at the parsonage
last evennp'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

The w. T.. L. u. will hold food sale
at Seaver's store Saturday afternoon
at 1.3G o'clock. Proceeds are for the
purchase of literature.
A large moose head. loaned by o. H.
Mossman, has been placed in the
rotunda of the bank and adds much to
the attractiveness of the room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Cook of Lyndon
vile and Miss Winifred Drew of St.
Johnsbury were guests at the home of
M. H. Brunning the past week.
There was large attendance at the
auction sale of the Merriam stock of
goods Saturday night and much of the
small stuff left over was sold out.
Harold Graham of Albany, who is at
the University of Michigan at Ann
Harbor, Michigan, taking the forestry
course, was visitor in town the first
of the week.
New barrels are being put under the
floating wharf at the Crystal Lake
house and general repairs being made
to boats and boat houses for the
coming season.
A boy arrived at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. V. K. Zimmerman at
Lancaster, N H.. April 9Th. The
| baby's mother before her marriage was
Miss Mabel Teller.
The Barton Cornet band are soon to
present play, entitled Country
Folks" at Seaver's hall. 1t is expect
ed that this production will be the
latter part of the month.
The Crystal Lake garage sold two
Chevrolets in Newport last week, one
of them going to Mr.. Hamilton, super
intendent of schools, and the other to
Mr.. Ryder. railroad man.
Miss Helen Labounty and Lewis
Lavoie were married at st. Paul's
church Monday morning. The young
couple will live at Lake for a time,
where Mr.. Lavoie has position.
The dance, conducted by several of
the young men of the village. on
Thursday evening was not very well
attended. although those who did go
seemed to have a very enjoyable time.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the postoffice. Please say ad-
vertised when calling for these letters.
Mrs. Mary Hunt, NADIA Derosia, W..
A. Jerome, G. L. Stearns. M. Stearns.
Mrs. I. A. Ranney is visiting her
parents and other relatives and friends
in Orange county and will not return
until after the conference which takes
place in Brattleboro next week.
Five thousand lingering salmon
were put in Crystal lake last week by
Arthur Buswell. These fish are very
large and should in few years help
to make good fishing at the lake here.
i A reception is being rendered to Mr..
and Mrs. j. v. Rowen at Hotel Barton
tonight by large number of their
/ friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Rowen leave
tomorrow for their new home at Barre.
i Florence Lamorey. who has fol
months been a patient of Miss Austin s
paralysis sanitarium and who recently
has had pneumonia. is recovering from
the latter disease.
Fred Sheldon and Eugene Dubois
are working for H. C. Chappell in the
table factory. Business in Mr.. Chap
pell's line has greatly increased during
the past months and neeessitated his
adding more help.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
COUNTY COURT.

County court reconvened on Monday,
April 5, and on April 6 took up the
trial of the case Town of Lowell VS.
H. d. Stannard and town of Barton.
on an agreed statement of facts. The
trial resulted in a judgment for the
plaintiff to recover of both defendants
the sum of 81 422. 54 and costs. The
case has gone to supreme court on
exceptions. Judge Zed S. Stanton
came over for this case. Court ad-
journed Thursday to Monday, April IL,
when Judge Miles returned to close up
the business of the term.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

A FEW ODDS AND fENDS-An
accumulation of odds and ends at the
Monitor office which we are anxious
to dispose of will be offered this week
at practically your own price. We
have few of those 15-cent war maps,
which we will sell at ten cents. Sew
eral hundred paper napkins at Is cents
per 100, a 25-cent Grange Cook book
with over $50 good receipts at five
cents each. A quantity of the Runa-
way Pond souvenirs of the centennial,
1910. of interest to all people of Or
leans county, five cents each. Re-
member, too. that you can get the
Boston Record, delivered every morn
ing for six months for $1.00.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
Our Town.

This is a good town. Let US get all
the good out Of it we can. The way
to get the good out of land is to
improve it. The way to get the good
out of town is to develop it. 1t is
q poor farm that is all pasture. 1t
ought to be worked. He is poor
farmer who is content to take merely
what nature sends. He is poor
citizen who is willing to let the town
shift for itself, taking. only such bene-
fits as come without liquor. The man
who is satisfied to harvest merely
what comes up will have to live on a
diet of weeds.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
SESSION LAW EXTRA.

All Monitor subscribers whose SUBJ
scriptions are paid in advance will
receive the last of this week an extra
issue of the Monitor containing the
session laws of the legislature just
closed.
This extra issue will contain all the
laws complete and is valuable docu-
ment which every Vermont family
should have. This will be a large
double extra issue and to be sure and
receive it everyone should see to it
that their paper is paid in advance
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
WILLOUGHBY

Mrs. Althea Orcutt, who has been
i'll. is better.
The B. & M. bridge gang is here
repairing bridges.
W. T. Brooks is working for E. J.
Wheeler in Westmore
Road Commissioner Drown has COM
menced working the roads.
Ernest w. Tibbetts has gone to work
for Frank Kimball on the section.
Harry Fiske of LittIeton, N. H..
recently visited at Chauncey browns.
Jesse Kimball has moved into the
house recently purchased of Mrs.
Forest.
GREENSBORO
A copy of the Yakima (Wash). Daily
Republic contains a noticeof the death
of Henry M. Ayers, March 81. Mr..
Ayers lived in this town about so
years and moved West in 1905.
| Arthur Eggleston and Stephen Wells,
charged with breaking into cottages at
Caspian lake, Greensboro, belonging
to Rev. 6. w. Morrow and n. ].
Whitehill, pleaded guilty in court
recently and the former was sentenced
to the house of correction for not over
four years, with the privilege of
parole after six months on good be-
havior, while the latter was given
three years on probation and placed in
charge of a probation officer. Wells is
II years of age and Eggleston Fl.
GREENSBORO BEND
Have one on the Monitor. Watch
for particulars.
Hazel Simons is working for Mrs.
Russell Kennison.
Rev. A. D. Simpson went to Spring.
field. Mass, Friday expecting to return
home this week.
Mrs May Bailey of Craftsbury is
stopping with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Wilcock.
R. ]. Shurtleff has taken the agency
to sell the Metz automobile and is
building garage. L. j. Howard is
doing the work.
Mrs Amelia Amsden, who has been
this winter in Worcester, Mass, with
her daughter, Mrs. Streeter, returned
| home last week.
/ MORGAN
A Card-We wish to thank the neigh
bors and friends for their kindness
shown during the illness and death of
our darling mother, sister, grandmother
and aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ram,
Mrs. George Bartlett,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Barney,
| Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Corrigan,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. C. Burroughs.
MORGAN CENTER
William Elliott of Island Pond was
in town Sunday.
| J. Williams visited his SON, B. J.
Williams. the past week.
Hollis Wheeler of Holland was q
business visitor in town Thursday.
e. E. Blake of Island Pond was a
visitor at Mrs.H. D. Blake's Sunday.
Fred Dutton isrhome from his work
at East Charleston on account of
sore hand.
Henry Parker has returned to his
work at G. F. Barney's at East
Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Danforth OF
Island Pond were the guests of friends
here last week.
Mrs. Maud Ewens with her two
daughters, Vivian and Cecil, were
visitors in Island Pond the past week.
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

FARMERS NOTICE-Will buy stock
Monday, April 10Th. FOR SALE-Ten
choice cows. two registered three.year-
old Jersey heifers, one fresh in milk,
the other due to freshen in May; also,
two bulls, one and one-half years old,
one thoroughbred Jersey, the other q
Holstein. Both fine animals. Dodge,
Orleans.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14
Lee and Slack Make Announcement.

We, F. E. Lee of Barton and E. A.
Slack of Derby wish to announce that
we have purchased the stock and busi-
ness of A. B. Cobleieh in West Derby
and shall continue the business under
the firm name of "Lee & Slack" We
shall endeavor to follow largely the
methods adopted by Mr.. Cobleigh since
he is thorough business man and we
solicit our share of your patronage.
No prices will change unless the mar
ket demands change. If you find an
error please make it known and we
will do our part to agreeably adjust all
mistakes. Our motto is "To do by you
as we would have you do by u.s."
Very respectfully yours,
Lee & Slack
West Derby, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

FOR SALE-Farm ia acres, pasture
and tillage, good sugar orchard, rs
apple trees, plenty of wood for the
place, lots of growing timber. Two
miles from station. good road. Price
low and terms reasonable. Address
Box 511, Barton. I2tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-14

FOR SALE-Furnished cottage and
power boat on Crystal Lake. Barton,
Vt, Price low, as owner is a non
resident. Particulars. w. K. Annis.
Albany Vt. 15-18p