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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
stop AT CHURCH,

The large number of people who now
own automobiles and the growing ten
dency to make use of the car on Sun
day for family touring long distances
from home is seriously affecting the
churches in many places. Many people
do not condemn tourists very severely
for taking fine Sunday for getting
out into the open but the fact remains
that the church at home suffers. Some
automobile owners make it the rule to
defer their Sunday rides until after
church and to such motorists the pastor
gives thanks.
But to those who make it the rule of
the summer to tour all day Sunday is
now suggested the "Stop at Church"
idea. The villages and churches in
New England are so numerous that it
would not be at all difficult for those
automobilists who think they must
make long tours on Sunday to so plan
their trips that they may stop in some
town and at some church for an hour.
If this suggestion were to be taken up
to any extent what the home church
loses in it's own people would be made
up in strangers. who stop for worship,
and thus there would be normal
audiences and with these the encour-
agement to pastor and church organi-
cation that goes with numbers. Since
the church is one of Americas fore
most and fundamental institutions the
matter of church attendance and
church support should be given more
serious attention by the mass of
American people today and the Monitor
likes the suggestion that tourists do
their part by making their motto,
"Stop at Church,
A campaign among motorists and1 a
little publicity by the churches by way
of roadside invitations might accom-
plish much in keeping our places of wor-
ship filled this summer Surely if those
people who own automobiles leave all
the church-going to those who do not
have motor cars there is something
wrong. All people should feel sense OF
responsibility toward the church, the
same as toward the public school, both
of which are great American institu-
lions that must be kept alive and strong
if America is to prosper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
She Is De!iChtfu!,

She enters smiling. Why" she ex
claimed, and her face takes on an addi
tional light of recognition as she ad
vances. How do you do, ha-ha-ha-ha!'
she ascends the scale in a ripple OF
laughter as she shakes hands. Not
that there is anything humorous in the
situation, but just to show that there
is no hard feeling, just to exhibit he1
vivacity ooh, I'm WE'LL" she says
and laughs merrily. "How is your hus
band?' she inquiries and laughs again
Hr sentences all bubble at the end
She is delightful.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24

That Orleans county contains some
large farms and that as a farming
county Orleans is fast forging to tte
front is attested to by the fact that
within two weeks two notable farm
sales have been recorded. The first
was the sale of a Missisquoi valley
farm for S25, 900. Last week our news
columns told Of the sale of the Stevens
farm in Glover for $40, 900. Both Of
these places have been owned and oc-
cupied by real farmers and not owned
by gentlemen of leisure. Both the
parties buying are Canadians with
large families, who come to the states
to occupy these places as homes and
will pay for them from the production
of their acres. 1t was only about five
years ago that we were boasting of
SIS, 900 farm sales. In fact the S25, 900
farm sale referred to above was then
SIS, 900 farm and the $4,000 farm
was then about $500 farm.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
Estate of ]. w. Murkland
STATE OF VERMONT

OIAIE OF NERMUNI
District of Orleans, S.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict Aforesaid;
70 all persons interested in the estate of
j.. w. Murkland late of Barton, in said
District, deceased,
GRE ETING:
WHEREAS, said Court has assigned the
18th day of May next for examining and al
lowing the account of the Special Admins
traitor OF the estate of said deceased and
ordered that public notice thereof be given
TO all persons interested in said estate by
publishing this order three weeks success
s1Eely previous to the day assigned, in the
orleans County Monitor, a newspaper pub
Hshed at Barton in said District,
THEREFORE,, you are hereby notified to
appear at f. w. Baldwin's office in Barton
IN said District at two O'Clock D. m. on the
day assigned, then and there to contest the
allowance of said account if you see cause.
Given under my hand this 10th day of
May, 1916.
1921 RUFUS w. SPEAR, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.


The St. Johnsbury Republican makes
the announcement that w. H. Jeffrey of
East Burke is out after the scalp of
Fred Hoffman of Wheelock, that he
may succeed him as side judge If this
is the Jeffrey who has been pushing the
campaign to put the Bible in the
public schools. we will say that he is a
past master in the art of publicity, and
can get more free advertising than any
other man in the state. If such
methods win success then Jeffrey is as
good as elected.-Springfe Reporter.
New Alliance.
The Vermont Anti-Saloon league and
the Vermont board of health have en-
tered into an alliance to teach the peo-
pie of the state the nature and effect
of alcohol upon the human system.
The current number of the Vermont
edition of the American Issue states
that Doctors Caverly, Holton and Kid
der of the board of health have decided
that part "of the regular activities"
of the board of health will be to assist
in the education of the people of the
state as above indicated. In the doing
of this work we feel sure that the
board will have the support of the en-
Tire press OIL Inc SLdI0, anu all OIL inc
philanthropic organizations as we'll.
Information as to methods of work will
be awaited with eagerness.- Spring
field Reporter.
Think Better of His Service.
In coming back at the St. Adams
Messenger for it's spiteful criticism of
Ex-Governor Fletcher the Ludlow
Tribune takes occasion to enumerate
some of the "offenses" committed by
the governor in question-actually
creditable things which were accom-
plished, or at least started, during his
administration. The list is reprinted
in another column and we suggest it he
read carefully. In spite of the rawlings
of the Messenger and a few other
papers whose editors apparently have
some personal reason for their peevish-
ness, there is a growing conviction
among the people of Vermont that
Allen M. Fletcher was a far better
governor than the public was inclined
to give him credit for being at the
time he retired from offce.-Brattle-
boro Reformer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
GREAT SALT LAKE.
It's Water Is Saline Simply Because Il
81 Has No Outlet.


Has No Outlet.
Great Salt lake has no outlet. The
Jordan river, which enters it from the
south, is the outlet of Utah lake. Bear
river, coming from the north, carries
the outflow from BearVke. The wa
tiers of Utah and Bear lakes and of
Jordan and Bear rivers are fresh, and
so is the water of Weber river, the
third great tributary Of Great Salt
rivers flow is saline. It is saline be-
cause it has no outlet.
The fresh waters Of the rivers con-
tain some saline matter, but the GUAM
tfty Is too small to be discovered by
taste.
As stated by the chemist, in parts
per million, the quantity seems minute,
but when account is taken of the total
volume of water brought by the
streams to the lake in a year their bur
den Of saline matter is found to be
really great, amounting annually to
more than 100000 tons.
Year by year and century by century
the water which they pour into the
lake is evaporated, but the dissolved
solids cannot escape in that way and
therefore remain.
They have accumulated until the
lake water is approximately saturated
holding nearly as much mineral matter
as it can retain in solution. The lake
contains over 5,OOO,OOO,OOO tons of com
mon salt and 9OO,OOO,OOO tons of glau
Der salt Sodium sulphate) as we'll as
other mineral matter.-New York Tele
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
ADVERTISING

Cards of thanks, SOC. Resolutions,
$1.OO Reading notices, 10c per line
per insertion. Classified advertising
terms at top of column one, page one.
Display advertising rates upon ap-
plication.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
Makes w or1enLoo
Years Younger

Attractive hair that is go fasciuat-
ing that ii compels admira ton is sure
to make any woman look youthful.
Downtown druggistg who are in
touch with all pre- para ions of merit
freely express the opinion that Paris
ian Sage will double the beauty and
attractivness of any woman's hair in
few days.
It's real tonic that destroys per-
n cious dandruf germs, stops the
hair from falling and causes it to
grow thicker and more luxuriant.
1t refreshes and invigorates the
81 alp and is the most delightful hair
dressing in the word. To meet the
large demand Fred d. Pierce keeps ::
supply on HAND at all times AID guar
aAtees it.
Sold and guaranteed in Orleans by
F. j. Kinney.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
SUBSCRIPTIONS

One year S1.5O. Six months, 75c.
Eight months, 81. Four months 50c.
Invariably in advance.
When your subscription expires the
paper stops.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24

Decoration day falls on Tuesday
next and the Monitor hopes to see the
day celebrated in keeping with its sa-
credness and meaning. Too often peo-
pie make of it day of indulgence and
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
Warrant Thouqht.

Women are seldom as democratic
about borrowing hairpins as men arc
about matches.-Kansas City Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
SAGES ON DESTINY.

Art and power will go on as
they have done-will make day
out of night, time out of space
and space out of time.-Emer-
son
That each thing, both in small
and in great, fulflleth the task
which destiny hath set down.
HippOcrates.
Take life too seriously and
what is it worth? If the morning
wake US up to no new joys, If
the evening bring us not the
hope of new pleasure, is it
worth while to dress and un-
dress? Does the sun shine on
me today that l may reflect on
yesterday? That l may endeav-
or to foresee and to control what
can neither be foreseen nor con-
trolled-the destiny Of tomor-
row?-Goethe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
PROBATE COURTS

Special sessions of the Probate Court will
be held at the Office of F. w. BALDWIN in
BARTON, on the second and fourth Fridays
of each month in the afternoon; and at the
office of COLBY STODDARD, in ORLEANS, in
the afternoon of the third Friday of each
month. Parties desiring to transact Probate
business at Barton or Orleans should notify
the Judge in advance, that he may take the
necessary papers.
The Probate Office at NEWPORT will be
open every day, except Sundays and holt
days: but those coming from a distance, as
far as possible, should make special appoint
ments with the Court in advance.
RUFUS w. SPEAR, JUDGE
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24

Hughes is the first choice of those
Republicans who cast primary
ballot week ago. Let the state con-
vention send men to Chicago who stand
for Hughes first, last and all the time
After Hughes, it is apparent that
Roosevelt is the next choice of those
Vermonters who register themselves
as opposed to the democratic regime,
and in the event Hughes fat-footedly
refuses the nomination, the Monitor
sees it the duty of the Vermont dele
cation to turn to Roosevelt. The Will
son vote was surprisingly large in COM
parison with the total vote and indi-
Gates that he will run strong and there
must be man heading the Republican
party on whom al! factions can unite.
That man is Hughes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24

The Monitor notices that the Green
Mountain club has decided to make
new effort to complete the mountais
Orleans county should not miss an O.
portunity to see that this trail is built
so as to best serve this county. This
trail is bound to become a noted tramp
for summer folks and there is an op-
portunity for service in aiding in every
way possible the completion Of this now
famous trail.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
S6,341,307 43

Total SIS, 341, BOT 43
At the Vermont Congregational cor
ference in Bennington, State Auditor
Horace F. Graham of Craftsbury de-
livered q short address Wednesday up
on "The Duty of the Church to the
State.' At the 98th annual meeting of
the Vermont Domestic Missionary soci-
ETY.. the directors report showed the
receipts of the year to have been SIG, =.
3O8. 49, expenses. S8,O23. 70; income
from Iegacies and invested funds,
81. 713 "a. The statistical report pre-
pared by John M. Comstock of Chel-
sea, shows that there are now ZIG
churches in the state with a member
ship of 22,979, an increase of 800 over
the number reported at the last confer
ence. The amount of money raised for
benevolences during the year was S34,-
O28 and funds raised for home expenses
totaled $276, 1884,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
Ballads as NEWSPAPERS,

The ballad, or that form of it which
Is associated with the broadside, was
one predecessor of the newspaper as a
commentator on events. 1t was writ
ten for the people and sold to the peo-
pie. Printed on poor paper and passed
from hand to hand. copies Of early bal
lads were seldom preserved. Fortu-
nately several men of the seventeenth
century began to make collections Of
ballads, and the copies Of broadsides
printed before 100 that are now in ex-
istence are supposed to number about
10000. Soon after 1900 the printed
form of the ballad was changed. the
''black letter" disappearing. but the
ballad continued as q chronicler of hap
penings and a commentator on politi-
cal. military and other public events
until the middle Of the nineteenth cen
tury and in the United States as well
as England. The TOPICAL song Of to-
day perpetuates the satirical function
Of the ballad.-Springfeld Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
Reioian konoo.

Belgian Kongo. founded thirty years
ago, is still in the early stage Of devel-
opment. So far practically no manu-
featuring industries have yet been es-
tablished, and, aside from the impor-
tant copper mines in the Katanga dis
trict, the only large industrial enter
prises are the railways and river trans
portation services. 1t may be said that
all business activities in the colony are
devoted to the collection of tropical
products - rubber. ivory, gum copaL
palm oil and kernels, cacao. etc.-and
the railway and river services are in
reality only accessories to these activi-
ties, having been established primarily
to aid in the transportation of these
products to the seaports. The gather
ing of rubber in Kongo has never re-
covered its former activity, and in all
probability will never again he SO rici,
a source of income to the colony as II
was previous to 1912.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
She Could Use Her Tongue,


They are saleswomen in downtown
stores. Both are now in the years that
make them Of small interest to men,
and naturally enough their interest
centers in ''knocking' women who are
They were bound downtown on street
car. and the way they anviled, forged
and hammered every sweet young bud
in their whole establishment was Joy
to harken to.
"She's killing her complexion with
rouge" said one.
"And blackening her eyebrows until
they look like bunch Of Grape on the
front door," spat the other.
Bing! Biff! Boom! Whee! Every
body got it. Finally one Of the wallop-
ers got of. When she had gone the
other turned to girl sitting beside her
and said:
Say, there's the fanciest knocker I
ever battled with. Me for coming
down on the same car with her every
morning. wouldn't let her get Q foot
away from me on street car. She'd
tell the conductor laced or had a past
heard she was good, but she's regu-
lar Zeppelin. I'm going to be near her
when she drops her bombs. Indian
| apolis News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
Ship Money.

Charles I. was badly in need Of mon
ey, and his attorney general In the
course Of his antiquarian researches
discovered that In the dim ages Of the
past the crown had issued writs to the
cities and towns on the coast requiring
them to provide vessels for the royal
needs, and he suggested that this an
cient right might be brought into use
again. Instead of the actual vessels a
money contribution might be exacted
instead. Thus the king would be able
to tax larger part Of the realm while
theoretically observing the laws. Writs
for ship money were accordingly is
sued. but the patriot John Hampden
declared that they were illegal and
raised such protest against them
that they were practically nullified.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20

bulletins by telephone from the hos

bulletins by telephone from the hos
pital about their noble son.
After two orderlies had informed me
that Gerald had just died and two
more had said that he had been dis
charged, had the luck to get an old
friend, DR.. Globb, on the wire. He
was one of the surgeons in the hos
pital.
'"The young man will recover"
Globb told me, "but 1t is a close call.
You see, he had the wrong kind Of a
head to begin WITH"
"EXplain!' l cried. And he did, but
In language that the doctors pay for
In college and swear to use all their
lives. Perhaps 1t sounded like this:
His skull, we found, was dolicho-
cephalic to an extent hitherto unre-
corded In medical annals, and the i'm
pact reversed the gazilla. This left
the coronal suture waltzing with the
stephanion and the nasion telescoping
the orbit"
"A terrible thing to happen to a
young man Of intellect" said l.
"Intellectr' cried Blobb. Intellect
Is any one else On that wire?''
l assured him there was no one.
"Say," said he, 'old Doc Kenken-
deim, the Uranium specialist, was here
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20

FATHER.
he would be able to see the following
week, but, Of course, it was all kind
lie, and
Gerald came in. and was intro
duced.
He spoke perfect Harvard, and his
hand was clammy, it seemed to me.
but the blind, like the deformed, re-
flected, are always given to prejudice.
The car came to the door and we
sped away.
l sat in the wide, soft, back seat
with Mr.. Forbish OH my right and Mrs.
Forbish on my left.
Gerald, I fancied, was sharing the
front of the car with the chauffeur.
We entered a park gate at an acute
angle, and l could feel the curb take
three dollars and thirty-eight cents
worth of rubber off a rear shoe.
Your chauffeur l commented, 'is
a bit-er-er-snappy, isn't he?"
I'VE left our regular driver at home,
you know" said Mrs. Forbish. Gerald
is driving.'
My forehead became like Gerald's
hand.
am fatalist, but l do not believe
In putting pepper in fate's beer.
Blondin was blindfolded. admit
but he had a balancing pole, and nc
Harvard undergraduate was allowed
on the wire with him. Besides. he had
the nice, soft, Niagara gorge to fall
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
Motorboat and Fish,

Contrary to general opinion, num-
Der Of motorboats cruising about a
harbor with more or less noisy en-
gines have no appreciable effect upon
the fish In nearby waters. 1t has long
been thought. particularly by fisher
men, that the presence Of noisy
motorboat would drive the fish away.
Exhaustive experiments recently con-
Quoted by the bureau Of fisheries prove
this theory to be incorrect.
In testing the effect of motorboat
noises ON, fish number Of young soup,
known to be sensitive to sounds, were
placed In a large wooden cage. This
cage was fastened in quiet water at
the end of a wharf, and a motorboat
with very noisy engine was run at
varying distances past the cage. At
no time did the fishes appear to be dis
turbed by the noise, except when the
splash from the boat hit the cage.
Then soup would generally dive to the
bottom of the receptacle.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
THE BACK
SEAT
Tale Of a Tn illing
Ride In a MOtOrcar
By FRANK M. O'BRIEN
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co,


When tell you that l never saw
young Mr.. Gerald Forbish in his
original form, you may wonder that
/ should attempt to write of him OH
matters so strictly PERSONAL Bear with
me patiently.
l was blind ut the time. My rigid
nerve had developed charley-horse. and
was not putting the optics over the
plate. My doctor gave it long name.
emptied the Arctic sea. drop by drop.
into my beautiful blue eyes. and put on
bandage. When he had pinned the
far end of my optic shroud he told
me that l would be blind for two
weeks.
meanwhile" he advised, have all
the fun you can."
Ball games," suggested. "and visit
ing the Metropolitan museum?"
Neither" he said, nor aviation
meets-nor pantomimes."
1--WE have no pantomimes IN Amer.
ica,' I replied. You must have read
the Graphic which has been on your
waiting room table since my mother
brought me here with whooping cough.
AS far as aviation meets are concerned
can go to the field and hear the bones
crack when they fall, can't II"
TOO racking on the nerves." he de
cided. Try automobiling, unless you
have learned to play the piano III the
dark. Good day, and keep the band
age on"
As l could not play a piano at all
even were all the unarrived constella
tions beamfng upon it, and as l had nc
motorcar, nor the means of getting
one. was sad as went home on the
arm of messenger boy, who was only
forty-f1vc years old, and who seemed
to feed a sporting fancy In letting me
miss taxicabs by the length of Il butch
er's lead pencil.
The angels heard my prayer. and the
next morning Mr.. Peter Forbish called
me up. The telephone is JOY to the
blind.
.'Come motoring with us today
said Mr.. Forbish. Il want you to see
our new car and our son Gerald, just
home from college"
explained that couldn't see either
of them, but that would be proud tc
listen to both
The car" said Mr.. Forbish. us
absolutely silent"
So went to their house.
The Forbishes condoled with me
about my eyes, and Mrs. Forbish tolt
me soothing story about frient
who had had eye trouble which She
considered just like mine, and who
had been jollied along for years by the
doctors, who told him each week thai
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
wAed Pests.

OF the 200 species of ferns native to
this country few have become more
or less serious weed pests. The most
troublesome are the hay scented fern
and the brake. According to bulletin
Of the department of agriculture, cut
ting off the tops close to the soil sur
face twice year for two years will
kill out nearly all ferns. The best
times to do the cutting are just previ-
GUS to sporting. or about the middle OF
June. and the middle of August
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-07-20
Servants In Germany

How the servant question Is handled
In Germany is told In George Stuart
FullertOn's book, Germany Of Today"
I'm Bavaria, If wish to get rid Of
servant must give her notice on
or before the 18th of the month, the
notice to take effect on the first Of the
month following. I must allow the
servant in the two weeks intervening a
certain number of outings to look for
another place. If I delay my notice
until the 10th l must tolerate the un-
welcome domestic for six weeks longer.
Should prefer to get rid Of her at any
price must pay her, not merely her
wages, but also sum to cover her
board and lodging up to the legal date.
Such legal provisions may easily be an
annoyance to the employer. 1t Is not
all employees who seem to deserve SO
much consideration. But 1t is surely
better that the well to do should suf-
fer some inconvenience than those who
have their daily bread to earn should
run the risk of being brought to dis
treSS"