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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
NEW CLUB NOW ASSURED.

At meeting Wednesday evening
in BatcheIder's hall, which was we'll
attended by the business men of the
village, it was voted to form a perma
nent organization, to be known as the
Barton Board of Trade and Business
Mems club. The proposition of form
ing a business men club has been
under way for some time and there is
apparently a good deal of sober
reflection back of the enthusiasm
which should make this club an organi-
cation for the welfare of the village.
The following officers were elected
at the Wednesday night meeting: A..
P. Underwood. president; Fl. w. Car
ter, vice president; H. P. Baldwin,
secretary /; and CA. Barrows, treasurer.
The house committee elected are, H.
w. Carter, DR.. F. R. Hastings, O. w.
Caron. ]. F. Batchelder and w. w.
Rejrden. Committee on bylaws, H.
w. Carter, F. D. Thompson. and w.
w. Reirden. Membership committee,
H. P. Baldwin. F. D. Pierce. The
house committee were empowered to
rent suitable quarters and if they deem
it advisable. to incorporate the orga.
nization.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
Ezra c. Martin

Ezra c. Martin died at his home on
High street early Wednesday morning.
Feb. oath. He had been i'll since
October and Of late had rapidly grown
worse, until for the past month there
has been little hope of his recovery.
Mr.. Martin was born in Concord, Jan.
18th, 1854, his parents being John and
Elizabeth Martin. On Jan. 10, 1877, he
married Hattie Kinney and on that
very date came to Barton, where they
have lived practically all of their
married life. Mr. Martin was first
engaged in the meat business here,
living in the Congregational parson-
age. but in later years he became
carpenter and there are few houses in
this village on which Mr.. Martin has
not at some time done repair work.
He was an honest, conscientious man,
"doing the things which his hand found
to do." and doing them we'll. About
eighteen years ago Mr.. Martin built
home on High street, but as the house
was too large for Mrs Martin to care
for, it was sold and they bought their
present smaller house nearly opposite
the one he formerly built Mr. Martin
was member and constant attendant
of the Congregational church He was
member of the Odd Fellows lodge
also member of the Masonic Lodge
here, joining that organization in 1894
Mrs. Martin is left to mourn the loss of
her husband and the sympathy of the
entire community goes out to her in
her great bereavement. Mr. Martin is
also survived by one brother, Hosea
Martin of Craftsbury. The funeral
services were Friday at 2 D. M, and
following prayer at the home. the
services were conducted from the
Congregational church, Rev. W. A.
Warner officiating. The Masons at
tended in body. The interment was
in the Welcome O. Brown cemetery
! here
CARD-To all the neighbors ano
friends, who in the kindness of their
hearts extended to me so much of aid
and consolation, to the Ladies' society
and Masons. who have so cheerfully
helped to tighten my sorrow, and fol
the beautiful floral tributes. | wish tt
extend my most sincere thanks.
Mrs. E. G Martin.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
Floods Delay Mails

The foods of the past week seriously
affected the mails from the south
Wednesday and Thursday and no
Boston or New York mail came through
from Wednesday night until Friday
afternoon.
There were washouts near st. Johns
bury which caused. it is estimated.
over $4,000 damage, both at Pas
sumpsic and Barnet and all along the
B & M. road on the Connecticut river
branch, as well as trouble on the other
B. & M. divisions. Near the high
bridges here there was a small land
slide and the express north after pass
ing slowly across. left a man to get
help from the Barton section crew to
clear off the track. Considerable
damage was done along the river road
between Barton and Orleans and the
bridge across the river near Fred
Smiths was carried away by the floods.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
TOWN MEETING.

The annual March meeting yesterday
called out one of the biggest votes
ever recorded in the town at such a
meeting There seemed to be no
special matters of great Importance.
however. there was on several occa-
sions good deal of balloting With
out opposition w. w. Reirden was
again elected as moderator and F. d.
Pierce was elected town clerk and
treasurer. By viva voce vote A. c.
Harris was elected to succeed himself
as lister for three years. A. M.
Beach was elected on the first ballot
as school director. The first real clash
came on selectman. Geo. Reed was
nominated to succeed himself. but H.
A. Cleveland was also nominated as
first ballot failed to show choice as
did the second ballot, but upon the
third ballot. in which over 26O votes
were cast, H. A. Cleveland was elect
ed.
The reports as printed in the town
report, with the exception of that of
the overseer of the poor were adopted
and accepted. The overseer's report
was tabled for time, but later was
adopted and accepted. Much trouble
was found in getting man 10 accept
the position as overseer, but after
much balloting. B. Lane, who came
within three votes of election on last
ballot, was elected viva voce without
objection. For grand jurors, A s
Drew and Harry Dickens were elected
It was voted to have two road commits
soners and judah Brooks and E. c.
Drown were elected. AS first consta
BILE there was no contest and George
Jennings was re elected and A. D..
Beede was elected as second constable
AS library trustee for five years j. H..
Bartlett was re elected and an appro-
priatjon of $500 divided between the
two Libraries Of Orleans and Barton,
was voted
A 70 cent town tax was voted. which
is Is cents additional over last year.
but the selectmen showed there must
be two new bridges put in this year.
One thousand dollars was voted to
take advantage of the state aid law
pertaining to the building of high
ways.
W. w. Reirden was reelected town
agent. He briefly explained the pend
ing suit of Lowell against Barton.
After little wranging it was voted
to raise 60 cents for school purposes,
anu VOI0u 10 nave LOU udyS OIL SCHOOL
as provided by law. For highways it
was voted to raise 20 cents in addition
10 the 20 cents prescribed by law,
and also to raise three cents for main,
tenance of winter roads.
1t was voted almost unanimously tC
pay our portion Of the expense of the
county agricultural agent, this to be
an appropriation of about 5000. The
auditors elected for the ensuing year
are E. W. Barron. L. NJ. Kinsley anc
w. w. Reirden.
The minor officers which are now
appointed by the seIectmen were reac
and approved by the voters The
license vote showed 100 NO and 4;
YES. For fifth class license, 156 NO
81 YES.
Town representative. c. E. Ham
bIet. was present and in a very abIt
! manner presented the proposed Iegis
| lation on the tax laws by the presen
legislature.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
BARTON
Will Heath is i'll.

Will Heath is Ill.
P. L. Webster is quite i'll. j.
James Rowen is away on a vacation
Miss Julia King is i'll with chicken
pOx.
Mrs. Martha Seaver is in very poor
health.
Mrs. G. P. Jenness is in poor health
and unable to be at the store.
Miss Vera Webster of Lebanon, N.
H., was at home over Sunday.
Mrs. S. A. Hunt is visiting relatives
in Warren and Lancaster, N. H.
Miss Hazel Drown has gone to Or
leans to work for Mrs, E. E. Doe.
Miss Bernice Day of Sheffield has
been a recent guest at H. E. Paige's.
Mrs. Geo. Lang has been visiting in
Sutton and Lyndonville the past week.
C. Mcfarland, who has been i'll. is
again able to be at his place of busi-
ness.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Maxwell of Hardwick last
week.
Miss Dora Mitchell and Stanley
Reirden spent the weekend at North
Troy.
Miss Ida Stuart of Troy is at ]. L.
Hazen's during the illness of Mr..
Hazen. -
Mrs. w. A. Roystan who now lives
at ST. Johnsbury was guest in towr
Saturday.
Mrs. Lyman Brown of Wheelock has
been the recent guest Of her father
C. e Sisco.
Varnum Abbott has returned to his
work in the Dwinell drug store u
Lyn6onville.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
QUIT FOR MARCH MEETING
Legislature Adjourns over Few Days for
Elections Surprise at Defeat of Suf-
frage Bill. Adjournment Mentioned.

One of the surprises of the week
was the defeat of the Woman's suffrage
bill in the house. 1t was freely pre-
dicted even to the hour Of taking the
vote that the bill would pass but the
actual vote stood 100 for and 129
against. An attempt to reconsider the
measure was made but was emphati-
cally turned down by vote of 1876 to
80, thus denying the women the vote
for at least another two years. There
is much disappointment among the
supporters of the measure and the
prize seemed at one time assured and
was so near. Defeat of the measure
is merely delay say its friends.
Orleans county members were almost
evenly divided in the vote. nine voting
for and eight against the measure,
while Sweet of Lowell is reported as
absent or not voting. Those voting for
the bill were: Adams of Coventry,
Newport. Caswell of Derby. Hitch
cock of Westfield, Russell of Irasburg,
Thompson of Craftsbury. Wiggins of
Bloomington and Wright of Albany.
Those voting against the bill were
Anderson of Glover, Coburn of Jay,
Dubois of Troy. Durgin of Morgan.
Finn of Holland, Hamblet of Barton,
Hinton of Westmore.
A bill has been introduced to abolish
the state factory Inspector.
The special committee appointed to
investigate Theodore N. Wallis offer of
Speedwell Farms have reported unan-
imously in favor Of accepting the pro-
position and appropriating $4,000
annually for maintaining the school as
splendid opportunity for self-respect-
ing and self-educating boys to become
valuable addition to the rural com
munity. There are no strings at.
tached, says the committee report.
which states that the fine conditions of
the farm and buildings and livestock
farm could be maintained out of the
revenue under competent hands.
Dewey T. Hanley. state purchasing
agent, has been reappointed and his
appointment confirmed by the senate.
When the house adjourned Saturday
it was until this afternoon. thus allow
ing the members to be at home over
March meeting.
The bill to repeal the $4,000 state.
house addition law was advanced to a
third reading last week.
A report on the financial condi ton
of the state was made by Mr. Proctor
of Proctor. chairman of the finance
committee. which shows that we are
running very close to the margin and
unless college appropriations and'other
expenses are rigidly cut there will
need to be a direct state tax.
Elsewhere in this issue the Monitor
quoted q resolution passed by the Iegis-
Iature thanking a southern lady for
her aid to the late Col. Bedell, a SOL
| der son of Orleans county
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

Mrs B. R. Bement, who was caring
for E. c.. Martin during the latter part
of his illness, has returned to her
home in Evansville.
Rev. W. A. Warner officiated at the
funeral of Alva Brooks of Coventry
Saturday. several people from Barton
attending the services.
Miss Clara Buswell. who has been in
Brightlock hospital for some weeks,
has not been sufficiently improved to
be able to return home.
A new departure in school study
hours has been inaugurated. the high
school students meeting at the school
building from until $50 p. m.
A telegram has been received by
Augustus French and family announc-
ing the death of Mr. French's youngest
son March 1st in Covington, KY.
A new pool contest is on at the Laird
pool rooms This time the six men
running the highest score will play
each other for the prize April 1st.
The Episcopal Mission service will
be held Tuesday, March 9th. at 4. Is at
the residence of Harley c. Wheeler.
All are cordially invited to be present.
Tom Tighe. formerly of Barton is i'll
at ST. Jobnsbury with dropsy and is
obliged to walk with crutcbes. He
would be glad to hear from old friends.
''Sealed Orders," six part photo
play at the Gem on Friday night is a
naval and military story of more than
usual interest and many novel features.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. n. Kirby of
Rochester and Mrs. Stewart Of Troy
were summoned here on account of the
serious illness Of j. L. Hazen. who is
failing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
March Meeting Returns

ALBANY:-Moderator, T. J. Wallace:
town clerk, D. H. Hackett; selectmau,
M. B. Anderson; treasurer and collect
or, J. G.. Martin; ovarseer, w. N.
Potter; constable, F. W. Tenney, 2nd
constable, L. P. Bowen; lister, @. M.
Eldridge; auditors, A @. Cheney, I.
Q. Davis, Don Courser; town grand
jurors, j. D. Kelley, L. P. Bowen; road
c'mmi sioner, O. NJ Keith; school
director, @. M. Hitchcock; town agent,
j. d. Kelley; trustee of public money,
A R. Miles; per cent raised for taxes
81 SO. Vote on liquor license, No SO,
Yes 49,
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
THE LICENSE VOTE
One Town in Orleans County Votes Yes.
Montpelier and Waterbury
Change to Dry.

About the same number of towns
as in the past few years are again in
the license column. Twenty towns
were reported as going wet. up. to
late hour last night. Both Montpelier
and Waterbury changed from the wet
to the dry column.
Barre is reported dry by seven
majority, while Bennington changed
to wet. Island Pond is still license,
while Burlington stayed license with
only Is majority and st. Albans by Sc
majority. The county license vote
with comparisons in last years vote
follows. Jay is the one town in the
county voting license.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

C. E Hamblet is at home from
Montpelier during the recess of the
Vermont legislative bodies. which
permitted the members to go home and
vote at March meetings.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Atwood of RAN
dolph are guests at the Crystal Lake
hotel. Mr. Atwood is state sealer of
weights and measures and will be in
this vicinity for time. testing scales.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
THE APOLLO CLUB

The Apollo club had one of the most
interesting meetings of the year Tues
day evening. Feb 23d, at the home of
Julia King. The program for the
evening was devoted to the reading
and study of Latin play, which the
club hopes to give in the near future.
Choice refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served and after singing
several Latin and B. A. songs the
meeting adjourned This club serves
to help keep alive the interest and
enthusiasm of the Latin classes of the
high school and the meetings of the
club afford not only pleasant social
evenings and also much valuable infor-
nation about the Roman people, their
language. and the influence of the
ancient languages of Greek and Latin
upon our own English of today.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
Congregational Church Notes.

Services of the week as usual.
The Christian Endeavor society has
purchased and presented to the church
a piano. to be used at Sunday school to
supplement the organ.
"Those Few Sheep" will be the
subject of an extemporaneous sermon
by Rev. w. A. Warner ut union serv-
ices at the CONGREGATIONAL church
Sunday evening, March 7th.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
County Agricultural Association Notes

H R. Talmage, president of the
Long Island Potato Growers associa-
ton, gave three very interesting talks
on "The Requirements of the Seed
Potato Market" to we'll attended
meetings in Derby, Orleans and
Greensboro. on Feb. % and 23 There
seems to be considerable interest in
the formation of an organization to
produce seed potatoes.
M. G. Wilson, farm efficiency dem
onstrator for Vermont from the de-
partment of agriculture, Washington,
D. c., will be in the county this week
with the results of the farm records
which were taken in January and will
discuss the general results at meetings
as follows OIL ANS Tuesday Mar 2. at
the Va lev House; Brown ngton, Wed.
nesday MAJ 3, at Grange hall; Irasburg,
Thursday Mar. 4. at Grange hall Mr..
Wilson will be at the same places
on the days following to talk over the
records individually with the farmers.
He has some very interesting results
and farmers can do we'll to study them.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

Miss Harriet Austin, who has been
conducting sanitarium for paralysis
patients in the Mrs. Mary Freeman.
home. IS returning this week to her
rooms in the Mrs. Colby house on
Church street. Miss Austin has only
two patients now and finds her former
home is large enough for present pur-
poses.
coNrrUrtrn. ON pAnuuoYrp
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

FARMERS NOTICE-On hand, one
entire Jersey herd of ten cows, five
freshened this February. three to
freshen in March and two in Septem-
ber next. Also one registered Jersey
bull 20 months old, a fine animal.
Above herd will be sold in one lot or
divided if you wish. See me at once
if in need of cows Also stock taken
March 8. Dodge, Orleans. 8tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

PAINT SHOP-A. B. Morency is
now fully equipped in the Pillsbury-
Baldwin plant to paint sleighs, wagons
and automobiles and to store same.
Signs and lettering speciality. lnte-
rior and exterior work done promptly
A. B. Morency. 1tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

Leslie: 81 go to the pictures be-
cause like to spend my money!
Marjorie: Eyes. Leslie, and | go so
that you can."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

NOTICE-I can furnish you with
clean milk, send me card or telephone
The Jersey Milk Man. Il. A. Corrow.
Barton. Stf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head at ta0o cents per word for first insertion
and one cent per word thereaft er. Cash
must accompany the order. No GdUerttse-
n1ent 101U be inserted for less than Twenty-Five
cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

BEAUTIFUL. serviceable, reversi-
BILE rugs woven from your old carpets.
We pay freight Circular free. Box
1872. Manchester, N. H. 37tf
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MISCELLANEOUS

Full blood Berskhire boar for serv-
ice, also shoats for sale. Albany Stock
Farm, Albany. 8-34
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Lecture at Odd Fellows
Hail.

Friday evening, March 5, at Odd
Fellows hall Supt. Erwin will give a
stereoptican exhibition and lecture on
the Indians of the Southwest. Free
to pupils and patrons of the rural
schools and to members of the Grange.
The lecture will begin promptly at 8
clock.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-03

FOR SALE-My residence on Pros
pect hill, Orleans. DR.. L. Young.
Stf
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FOR SALE-My residence on Water
street, Barton. E. E. Liddell. 1tf
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FOR SAlE-1 full blood Scotch
collie male pup, four months old. E..
A. Norton, Glover Off
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Teachers Examinations.
Teachers' examinations will be held
ut Barton academy March lth and 5th.
The examinations will spen ut 8
o'clock & m. C. L. Erwin. Supt.
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RavtonAcademN and Sraded School
Department for School News


Trainin OassE VIII
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TO RENT

TO RENT-Furnlshed room. Mrs.
E. j. Wilkinson, Barton. Soft
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We are paying the market prices
for skunk, muskrat. mink. red fox,
coon, etc. hides. skins and pelts We
sell green cut lone for poultry. Smith
and Jenkins, Public market, Orleans
4Stf
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Horses, M. j. Owen,
Barton. 52tf
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FOR SALE-Two story house On
Irasburg street, Orleans. Six rooms
and bath, all in good repair. Will sell
right if sold at once. J. K. Januszew-
ski. 4-11p
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FOR SALE-1914 Maxwell tourin G
car Has been run 280O miles. C. B..
Webster, Barton. Stf
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WANTED-First class barber, A G..
Chester, Barton 8-9p
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FOR SALE-Three foot wood, either
dry or green. w. F. Shepard. N E..
phone, 11013 3,or Webster Feed Store.
t6f
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FOR SALE-90O bu. Regenerated
Swedish seed oats. Recommended by
VT. Experiment Station, S1.00 per bu.
II. G. Wilson. Irasburg, r. D. No. e.
TIFF
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WANTED

WANTED-Live poultry. Elrick,
Barton. 18tf
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FOR SALE-Tbree Jersey cows.
Freshened in December. H. A. Man
ley. Irasburg, Vt. 7-9p
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WANTED-20O bushels good clean
barley. R. Webster, Barton. TIFF
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FOR SALE-Farms, houses and
timber lands Inquire of Barton Real
Estate company. Barton. VT. 20tf
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FOR SALE-Ten months old fox
hound pup. Guaranteed to run. Extra
good voice. c. L. Phillips. Glover.
6tf
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WANTED-To exchange a new Ford
car for driving horse. Flanders &Moss-
man, Barton. 2tf
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WANTED FOR ONE YEAR-PIace
for boy II years old, strong and healthy,
to work for board and clothes and at
tend school. References from last
place. w. N. Potter. overseer, Albany.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
HE GUARDED LARGE AMOUNT
man Who Carried Fortune Across Con.
tInent In Suit Cases, Dies In
San francisco.

With the death at the Alameda coun.
ty infirmary Of William Frederick Mar
shall, sixty-five years of age. said to
be relative Of John Marshall. the dis.
coverer Of gold in California. there
was brought to close the life of a
man who once carried $4,000. 900 in
bonds across the continent In suit
cases.
Marshall, who for the past ten years
had resided with Mrs. Mary c. Bow.
ers. 1853 Eighth street, was commits.
stoned by T. @. Crothers and R. d
Mitchell, the executors Of the James q.
Fair estate in California, In 1897 to
bring the 100000 in bonds from New
York to San Francisco. Wells Fargo
& Co. wanted $4,S12 for the same serv.
ice. and the executors decided to save
this amount.
Accordingly on October S OF that
year Marshall left New York with the
bonds in three suitcases, heavily
armed. in private 6rawing-room. He
delivered the bonds to the executors
In San Francisco without mishap on
October TO- En- route the train was
held up and the passengers robbed Of
personal belongings In Utah by gang
Of highwaymen, who fortunately over.
looked the three suitcases.-San Fran
e10eo Chre0le1a