Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-10-24
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
Personal Liberty" and the Army.


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Burlington Free Press.
Iron Was Also Mined in Troy.
The Phoenix has insisted for years
that in addition to water powers which
could be developed to furnish all the
heat, lights and power this state
needs, Vermont possessed untold
wealth in the mineral resources of her
hills. The state now leads the coun-
try in the output of marble and gran
tie, ranks near the top as a producer
of slate, and will soon push forward
as a large producer of copper, tale,
asbestos and other minerals. The
Vershire copper mines which produced
over 100,O0O,O00 pounds of copper
years ago and which once gave en-
ployment to 1900 hands, will soon be-
come the scene of activities, as it is
believed that with the oil fotation
process immense quantities of copper
may still be produced. Three other
mines in Corinth and one in Stanford
are also being developed. The noun
tain Of asbestos in Lowell and Eden
is to be developed until it gives en-
ployment to several hundred hands.
Waterbury, East Granville and other
places are becoming known as centers
Of the tale industry. A leading Yer
mont newspaper in commenting re-
Gently upon the states mineral wealth
said iron had never been successfully
mined here. AS a matter of fact the
mining and smelling of iron ore was
the main industry of Bennington for
years, and a mine was operated in the
hills of West Derby way back in the
last century .-BrattlebOr0 Phoenix.
Why Conserve Food.
Some people have the idea that
"wheatless days" and other food con-
servation plans are urged because of
the probable shortage of food the
coming winter, but that is not the
idea. The United States has food
enough and to spare but we must feed
our allies-or at least help a lot. Ow-
ing to the shortage Of shipping, it is
essential that We send food IN as con-
centrated form as possible and use the
bulkier supplies ourselves. We are
not asked to go without food, but to
change our habits so as to include
products which are available, bat
which, in the past, have not been SO
popular. The y. S. Food Adn1inistra-
ton bureau puts the case as follows:
"Our problem is to feed our allies
this winter by sending them as much
food as we can Of the most concen-
tTated nutritive value in the least
shipping space. These foods are beef,
pork, wheat, dairy products and SUI
gar" The food administration makes
complished not by boarding or by
skimping, but by substituting food
products that cannot be sent to the
soldiers in the trenches for those that
can be sent. We are not asked to
limit ourselves in any way that will
affect health. Neither are we asked
to greatly change our food habits.
The plan for this is to have one
Wheatless meal a day; to use corn,
oats, rye, barley or mixed cereal rolls,
mullins and bread in place of white
bread, certainly for one meal, and if
possible, for two. We are asked to
eat less pastry, In the case of order
ing white bread from the baker it is
urged that we may do SO a day in adj
vance that he may not bake beyond his
needs. We are told to cut the loaf on
the table and only as required, and to
cooking.-B Banner.
Superiority of Churches.
In it's zeal for the conservation of
coal the ST. Adams Messenger calls
attention to the great amount of fuel
wasted in heating once week or Of
tener the numerous church buildings,
of which it argues there are altogeth-
er too many in every community. The
Messenger contends that it is neither
necessary nor wise to heat four or five
ediices when one of them is plenty
big enough to hold their combined
congregations, who might just as we'll
worship together as separately. If,
however, people insist upon having
their own particular kind of meeting
it is suggested that only one building
be heated and different hours set for
their respective services.
As an economic reason for church
unity, the saving of fuel has consid-
able weight just now in the face Of
the coal shortage, and the Messen-
gers advice is just what might be ex-
pected from worldly WISDOM But
economic reasons are not the best and
surest foundation upon which church
unity can rest, although they are the
ones most frequently and, perhaps,
most convincingly advanced. Our
Pilgrim. forefathers suffered many
bitter things, including exile in a will
derness infested by tomahawking saw
ages, for the 1nestinable privilege of
worshipping according to the dictates
Of their own consciences. They went
to church with a gun in one hand and
a Bible in the other and sat in meet
ing house utterly devoid of heat dur
ing a two-hour sermon, while the
preacher gesticulated vigorously to
quicken his circulation as he attempt
ed to inspire his hearers with dread of
the blazing, fiery furnace awaiting
sinners in the hereafter. Considering
the atmosphere in which they listened
TO him, with every breath as visible
as though theywere congregation Of
steam engines, it was triumph of
oratory for him to be able to inspire
them with a fear of being uncomfort-
ably warm here or hereafter, and es-
tablishes the fact that they must have
had some powerful exhorters in those
early days.-Springfeld Reporter: