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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29
MORE LETTERS FROM FRANCE
Westmore Boy Sends Short Messag-
es to Parents.

Two weeks ago the Monitor printed
a short letter from Wayne French to
his parents in Westmore. So far as
known Mr.. French is the only man in
France today, whom Orleans county
can claim as her own. Here are
three short messages of his, one dat
ed as late as August 5.
Somewhere in France"
July 8, 1917.
Ny dear Mother and Dad:
1t was certainly good to get your
letters this morning after so long
time without hearing from you or
knowing anything about you. i got
four letters from you and one from
Mrs. Rand. / hope you received the
cards / sent when we landed for then
you viii know / am all right. We
are now we'll settled in camp, howev-
er, do not expect this is our perTna-
nent camp, 50 we viii have TO move
again.
Il Is a wonderful day here, in fact
every day is warm and pleasant with
cold nights. It IS hard to realize
where / am for it seems hard to
imagine myself out Of the y. S. A.
The women and children here are
making brave efforts 70 cultivate the
land, for the men are all at the front.
The only men around are those home
on furl0ughs and those who are too
old 70 fight. 1t is better that we fight
over here than eventually be invaded
in our own country and get in the
condition things are in here. Many
are looking for an early peace, as it
is evident that Germany is making
her last efforts Many things are
high here, such as sweets, etc, but
other things are cheap.
Don't worry about me and write
often.
All my love,
Wayne.
CONTINUED on Page Eighty.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29
WHO voLUNTEERED7

VIII all persons who have a
relative or friend who has en-
tered any branch of the govern
ment service communicate their
name and branch of service in
which they have enlisted to
either Harry A. Black or George
F. Root, Newport.
It is desired to make up an
honor list Of men from Orleans
county who have entered the
government service and the CO.
operation Of all who have any
friend in the service is request
ed. Do not wait for someone
else to send in the name or wait
until some other time, but IL you
have any friend or relative kind
" send the name at once.
THE Monitor received the
above after penning an editorial
on this point, and urges every
one to act.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29

Ariel Gardiner left Tuesday for
Littleton, n f., where he has work
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lester OF St.
day
Mrs. Luvia Gibbs of Rutland is the
guest Of her. cousin, A. P. Under
wood.
Miss Elizabeth Carter Of Hardwick
was guest at Il. E. Paige's last
week
Mrs. Linn Currier Of Newport is
visiting her mother, Mrs. VIM. AL
church.
Chas. Chadburne of West Hartford
Conn, IS visiting relatives IN this
vicinity.
Mrs. A. A. Larabee and daughter,
Mildred are visiting friends IN Min
ton, P. @.
Mr. and Mrs. E. ]. White are vis-
iting their son, Harold White. in Al
bany, n. 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Dilley Of West
Derby visited at George Dilley's 5
over Sunday.
Mrs. Gerald Plunkett and daughter
Olive are guests of Mrs. Amos Dilley
IN West Derby.
Mrs. Frank Snow Of New York has
been the guest of Mrs. M. r. Prime
the past week
Miss Grace Mcdonald of Williams
town, Is visiting her sister, Miss
Evelyn Mcdonald
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Robinson of
Waterbury were guests at Frank
Gleason's Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Percy Templeton Of
Montpelier were visitors at I'll. r.
Barron's Saturday.
John Holland, editor Of the Stan
stead Journal, was visitor at Geo.
@. Lang's Sunday.
Miss Cordelia Page of Boston was
the guest Of her brother, Kimble
Page, the past week.
Miss Alta Bean OF Minton, P. O.,
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. A.
4 Larabee, Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Peter SheItra and
family of Lyndonville we're guests at
Judah Brooks Sunday
Mahlon and Elizabeth Gardiner are
7pEA1AAA& liz WEEK Will 1E4aLAA6S II
Ryegate and Newbury-
Charles Massey and family have
moved from the Damon farm to their
home on Cemetery Hill.
Elmer Cello has sold his farm to
parties from Canada and has rented
Mrs. f. K Powell's house.
There viii be a regular meeting oi
/ Keystone Chapter No Is, On Monday
evening Important business.
Miss Ruby Thompson is having q
vacation OF two weeks from her work
u the telephone central Office.
Mrs. Cora Smith and daughter
Freda, were guests OF Hrs. Snith's
sister, Mrs &. A. Drew last week
Ralph Jennings, who has been In
Detroit, Mich, with hrs. Jennings
for two weeks, has returned home.
Mrs. Emma Skinner Of West Glow
er and Mrs Elma Martin Of Glover
we're recent guests - G. = Sisco's.
Miss Ruby a. Campbell and friend
Hiss Hurley of New York City are
gDeudiug 4 vacation ~ F. "a. Hunfrn.
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REGISTRANTSi

An early issue Of the Monitor
viii contain q complete list of
the regiStrants IN Orleans coun-
tv above the 500 already called.
Names win appear IN the order
IN which men viii be subject to
call when more men are wanted.
There are over 1900 names IN
the list and it should be watched
for and kept for reference.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29
VIII Ask Women of County to Co
operate

Mrs. II. r. Cutler Of Barton has
been appointed the Orleans county
member Of q state committee which
is TO have for its object the binding
together Of the women Of the house.
holds Of the county and state in
league TO work with the food admin
istration measures TO be asked by
Herbert G. Hoover. Mrs. j. T. Weeks
Of Middlebury is at the head Of the
matter in the state and the pledge the
women will be asked TO sign Is as fol-
lows
"To the Food Administrator, Wash
ington, u. g.: am glad 70 join you IN
the service OF food conservation for
our nation and / hereby accept mem
bershipin the United States Food Adj
ministration, pledging myself 70 car
~ out the directions and advice Of
the Food Administrator IN the con-
duet Of my household, in 50 FAR as my
circumstances viii permit"
Mrs. III. K. Folsom Of Lyndonville
II the Caledonia county member Of
the committee.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29
Methodist Church Notes.
Rev. I. A. Ranney, Pastor.


Sunday, September I'd.
Morning worship at 10.45. .
Sunday school, 1900
Junior League at o'clock.
Epworth League. o'clock.
Evening service, z o'clock.
Thursday evening, prayer meeting
at 7.30 o'clock.
Sunday Mr.. Ranney spoke from
the subject, ''The Greatness of Little
Things" John Go. SThere is a boy
here that has five barley loaves and
two fishes, but what are these among
so many ?" He illustrated very clear
" the Importance of small things IN
getting results. We have to have a
beginning and even our talent well
used may be the means of bringing
out the other four in our superior
workers. In the evening he used for
his text, II Chron. 1877, "But be ye
strong"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29
Congregational Church Notes.
= Rev. W. A. Warner, Pastor.

Sunday, September I'd.
All services and activities of the
church viii be renewed Sunday after
two weeks vacation.
1O45, Morning service.
1900, Sunday school.
600, Christian Endeavor meeting
Subject, my Favorite Hymn. Tell
Why Ps SO: 1-22. This is conse-
Grafton meeting.
Union preaching service at z
o'clock at the M. E. church.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29
Club dive HastinRs send-of.

About 80 members of the Barton
Improvement club gathered Friday
evening at the New Willoughby hotel
in Westmore, at an informal dinner
and reception given to DR.. F. r. Has
tingS, who is soon to take up army
medical work In France Eight
o'clock found the guests sitting down
to. a most excellent repast arranged
by Host Sisco. After dispoSing OF
the dinner, cigars were passed and
short informal talks were given by
several of those present
President Carter IN brief. we'll
chosen words. spoke Of the doctors :
service TO Barton and OF his readiness
to aid and assist IN all steps taken OF
valueto the town and community and
voiced his regret over the necessity
Of the doctors going. but compll-
menting the decision
F. d. Thompson, the next speaker
referred TO ~Scrapplng with the doc
tor for the past seventeen years, hav-
ing known him since he first located
here. spoke Of his going for the good
Of his town and country and IN clO-
sing presented the doctor IN behalf OF
the club with 3 wrist-watch bearing
suitable inscription on It's back
The doctor, when expressing ap-
DTRC1GI1O0 ana 1Q4 Tie Wei
wishes and the remembrance told
something Of his plans for the future,
stating that he had offered his ser
xices to the United States, butnot be-
ing a citizen of this country found Il
practically impossible to get his Of
fer accepted. For this reason he has
Joined the same branch of the service
with the Canadian army and after
four or five weeks in q training camp
in Canada viii sail for France. He
spoke of his seventeen years among
the people Of Barton, said that all his
friends and interests were here and
that he would surely return when his
duty abroad was finished.
Several other speakers followed
who told of their years of acqualn-
tance with him, regretting that he
must go, at the same time praising
the step taken and expire ssing thanks
that such men as the doctor would be
in France to look after the needs OF
our men
Sawyer's orchestra furnished music
and the evening was enjoyed by al
present.
DIR. Hastings left Monday evening
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CLASSIFIED AID kklINNG.

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head at faro cents per word for f1rSt insertion
and cae cent per word thereafter. Cash
must accompany the order. ~ ocreFttse-
nfs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29
OUR GIFT.

(Lines written to sour Doctor" on
the eve OF his departure TO the 'front.'
The world has given her best
For the hope that the world holds
dear,
The life that gives is the life that i
blest,
Not lost IS one falling tear.
You know we would ike 10 keep you,
But We must not grudge the gift
We must live our lives with courage
We must each Of Us help and lift.
God speed you on Mercy's errands
AS you 60 far Ger the sea-
They need you in faraway lands,
Nor blind to that need must we be-
And so, God speed you, we say,
Bring you back to the dear home
and wife,
On a brighter and happier day,
When the world is healed of its
strife.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29

FOR SAI.E=5O fall bearing straw
berry plants, s100 delivered. Ma
THE, Glover. S2-35
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29

FOR SALE Secondhand 6 h. ..
Woodpecker gasoline engine and en-
silage cutter with carrier and travel
ing table, both IN frst-class shape.
l. S. Day, Irasburg. 35-36p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29

FOR SALE-12 b. .. International
engine, double wood splitter, also au-
tomobile trailer G. S. Phillips Co.,
Glover. 28f
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29

FOR SALE Secondhand clothing
in good condition. Inquire Monitor.
35737p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29

FOR SALE-GlenHood range, style
E, little used. In perfect repair, high
warming oven. All good as new.
Liberal discount If sold at once. G..
D. Kidder, Iasburg. 1w
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FOR SALE Good handmade. one
horse lumber wagon. A. D. Beede,
Orleans 23tf
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FOR SALE-5 cows and one ma
nure spreader. E. S. Kelley, Orleans.
35tf
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FOR SALE-Glenwood range. near
" new. Mrs Florence Leach, Or
leans. 54-S5
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FOR sALE

FOR SALE-12 cows, one fresh,
two dry Milo J. Owen, Barton. 30f
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TEAMS WANTED-We are I'M
want Of a number Of teams to draw
slab wood from Irzsburg to be loaded
on the cars Win pay $15O per cord
Tor drawing. +. 7. Chandler Co.,
Orleans. 21tf
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HORSES FOR SALE - Fancy
matched pair and a few good odd ones
weighing 300 to 1900 pounds each.
J. A. Bates, Orleans. 1887
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WANTED-To buy yearlings, two
" E Hanson 16tf
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FOR SALE-My farm, stock,
tools, etc, cheap If sold soon A. R.
p. Johnson, West Burke. 33-36p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-29

FOR SAL@Three splendid Reg
istered Jersey bulls. Dropped in Oc-
tober and November, 1915, by q
grandson of Hood Farm Pogis 75.
Dam Of one Is the champion of the
state for two years old and under, 429
pounds Of butter in a year Dam OF
another Is full sister to the above
COW. They viii suit you All solid
color. SIS each C. Fl. Root, North
Craftsbury. 3440p
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An my love,

CONTINUED on Page Eight).
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WANTED

WANTED-Live poultry. Elrick,
Barton. 1SH
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Tenement to rent. r. T. Seaver.
z7tf
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WANTED-Three copies Of Moni-
tor of April II, 1916. Monitor. Nv
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WANTED-Seund, clean sacks z.
P Webster, Barton 38f
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WANTED-Anyonein IN Barton hav-
ing places for high school students TO
work for board or by the hour should
notify Prin- Bates or Supt- Erwin.
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27

a.-r.- ,,o.co
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27

lying slack in her lap. all as If she
hadn't heard. The long silence irked
him. he pulled out his watch. looked
at 1t, and began winding it. He mend
ed the IRE 80 that 1t would be safe
for the night: bolted window. Ev-
cry minute or two he stole a look at
her. but she was always Just the
same. Except for the faint rise and
fall Of her bosom. she might have
been q picture, not a woman.
At last he said again. "Come along,
Rose dear" ...
It'll be too late in October" she
said. ''That's why I wanted to de-
eide things tonight. Because we must
begin right away" Then she looked
up into his face. 1T will be too late in
Ortober," she repeated. unless we be-
gin now"
The deep, tense seriousness of her
voice and her look arrested his full
attention.
"Why7" he asked. And then, "Rose,
what do you mean"
"We're going to have q baby In
October" she said.
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27
CHAPTER xI-continued.

But she went steadily on "You
we're always so dear about It. But
tonight-oh, Rodney !" Her
silly, ragged voice choked there and
stopped, and the tears brimmed up
an6 spilled down her cheeks. But
she kept her face steadfastly turned
to his.
"That's what I said about being
married and not sowing wild oats. I
suppose" he said glumly. 1T was
Joke. Do you suppose I'd have said 1t
u meant 1T"
ut wasn't only that" she managed
to 60 on. 1T was the way they looked
ut the house; the way you apologized
for my dress; the way you looked
when you tried to get out Of answer
Ing Barry Lakes questions about
what you were doing. Oh, how l
despised myself! And how I knew
you and they must be despising mel"
1.-THE one thing I felt about you all
the evening"" he said. with the pa
dence that marks the last stage of
evaporation. twas pride. I was rath-
er crafty proud Of you"
"As my lover you were proud Of
me-" she said. But the other man
the man that's more truly you-was
ashamed, as was ashamed. Oh, it
doesn't matter! Being ashamed won't
accomplish anything. But what we'll
do Is going to accomplish something"
"What do you mean to do7" he
asked.
II want you to tell me first," she
said, show much money we have, and
how much we've been spending"
II don't know" he said stubbornly.
II don't know exactly"
"You've got enough. haven't you,
Of your own mean. there's
enough that comes in every year, to
live ON. If you didn't earn a cent by
practicing law? Well, what I want
to do. is to live on that. I want to
live, however and wherever we have
toto live on that-out in the suburbs
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27

alsrbitfdS ta 4ak dangerously over
Old Hines With her old friends, In
Guiding her brother and sister, and a
sort Of dismayed acquiescence in the
smoky seriousness. the inadequate
civilization. of the city Of her birth.
\ Toward Rose herself, the contessa
was. one might say, studiously affec-
itfpnate.f She. avoided being either dis
agreeable or patronizing. Rose could
see, indeed. how she avoided It.
About this time the question where
Rose and Rodney were going to live
after their lease on the McCrea house
ended, had begun to. press for an an
3Awer. October first was when the
lease expired, and 1t wasn't far from
the date at which they expected the
baby. They spent some lovely after
Moons during the days of the emerg-
ing spring. cruising about looking at
possible places.
This was the situation when Har.
riet took hand in 1t. It was a situa-
ton made to order for Harriet to
take hand in. She'd sized 1t up at
a glance, made up her mind in three
minutes what was the sensible thing
for them to do, written a note to
Florence McCrea in Paris, and then
bided her opportunity to put her idea
into effect. To her Rose was simply a
well-meaning. somewhat inadequately
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27
Ten smiles for . nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue;- have beautiful, clear
white clothes. Adv.
Her Choice.

Hazel was at a loss to make q choice
between two young sprouts In her gar
den of love. She desired a hardy plant,
one that would thrive in any soil and
under any conditions. No shadow must
prevent the sprout selected from grow
ing.
Every day could not have its full
allotment Of sunshine. Which would
she choose7 Either was pleasing to
the eye. Then came a day when the
wind blew hard-a draft from one end
Of the country to the other.
One of the sprouts withered from the
biting blast. The other thrived and
grew as though It had been blessed
with continual sunshine. Now Hazel
II happy. Her choice has been made
Indianapolis News.
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27

somewhere. or In a fiat, SO that you
will be free: and can work-be some
sort of help"
"You can wash the dishes and scrub
the hoors," he supplemented. "and
can carry my lunch to the Office with
me in a little tin box" He looked at
his watch. "And now that the things
reduced to an absurdity, let's go to
bed. It's getting along toward two
o'clock"
"You don't have to get to the office
till nine tomorrow morning." said
Rose. "And I want to talk 1t out
now. And I don't think said any
thing that was absurd"
81 shouldn't have called 1t absurd"
he admitted after a rather long 81
ience. But it's exaggerated and un-
necessary. Next October. when the
lease on this house runs out, we can
manage. perhaps, to change the scale
. little. There you are! Now do stop.
worrying about It and let's go to bed"
But she sat there just as she was.
staring at the dying dre, her hands
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27

civilized young person, the beneficiary,
through her marriage with Rodney, of
piece Of unmerited good fortune.
When she got Florence McCrea's
answer to her letter, she took the
first occasion to get Rodney of by
himself and talk a little common
sense into him.
'What about where to live, Rod
ney7" she asked. Made up your
mind about it YETI It is time someone
with a little common sense straight
ened you out about this"
Harriet couldn't be sure from the
length Of time he took seeing that
his pipe was properly lighted, wheth-
er he altogether liked this method Of
approach or not.
Common sense always was a sort
of speciality Of yours, sis," he said at
last. land Strengthening out. You
were always pretty good at it." Then
out Of a cloud Of his own smoke.
Fire away"
"Well. in the first place." abe said.
III you had your house today you'd be
lucky If the paint was dry and the
thing was fit to move into by the first
Of September"
But we've got to get out Of here.
anyway. in October. And that means
we've got to have some sort of place
to get into. It IL an awkward time,
I'll admit"
mo. you haven't" she said. "You
can stay right here another six
months, If you like. I've heard from
Florence. When I found how things
stood here. wrote and asked her II
she'd lease for six months more If
she got the chance, and she wrote back
and simply grabbed at it."
Rodney smoked half way through
his pipe before he made any comment
on this suggestion. '"This house isn't
just what we want" he said. I'm the
first place. it's expensive"
Harriet shrugged her shoulders.
picked up one Of Florence's poetry
books and eyed the heavily fooled bind
replied.
I'D an idea there was that in It,"
she said at last. "Freddy said some
thing. Rose had been talking
to her." Then. after another little
silence and with q sudden access Of
vehemence: You don't want to go
and do a regular fool thing, Roddy.
You're getting on perfectly splendid
ly. But If you pull up and 60 to live in
a barn somewhere and stop seeing any
body-people that count, mean"
Rodney grunted. you're beyond
your depth, sis." he said. "Come back
where you don't have to swim. The
expense isn't a capital consideration.
I'll admit that. Now 60 on from
there"
that's like old times" she OBJ
served with a not ill-humored grim
ace. II wonder If you talk to Rose
like that. Oh, know the house Is
yather solemn and absurd. It's Flor
ence herself all over, that's the size
Of it. But what does that matter for
six months morew
He pocketed his pipe and got up
out Of his chair.
there's something in It." he ad-
nitted. "In think 1t over"