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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

The sportsmen in Orleans county
very generally, and we believe the
same will hold true of the hunters of
the other northern counties, believe
the open deer season should come
earlier in the fall The weather con-
ditions this year were more severe
than usual but it is no exception to
have deep snow and very uncomforta-
BILE weather after Nov. Is and espe-
cially by the 9Th of December, when
the season closes. The Monitor I'M
derstands that there is no call for
making the hunting season at time
when there is no snow and before the
fall rains make fire conditions in the
forests safe, but setting the season
ahead about Is days would please a
very large number of loyal sportsmen
and would not injure the season for
the south end of the state, nor make
the forest fire a great danger. 1t
would seem to the Monitor to be a
happy medium between the former
season of the last days of October
and the present season of the last of
November.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
Tells ON the Kidneys
Barton People Have Found This to
Be True

The strain of overwork tells on
weakened kidneys. The hurry and
worry of business men, the heavy lift
ing and STOPPING OF workmen, the
women's household cares, tend to
wear, weaken and injure the kidneys
until they can no longer filter the poi
son from the blood and the whole
body suffers from the waste matter
that accumulates. Weakened kidneys
need quick assistance. Doan's Kidney
Pills are prepared especially for weak
ened kidneys; tired, WORKOUT backs
have proven their merit in thousands
Of such cases. Convincing proof Of
their worth in a Barton citizens state
ment
C. H. Hammond, N. Main ST., Bar
ton, says: "From hard work and
heavy lifting, my kidneys became dis
ordered and my back ached and
panied. The kidney secretions were
highly colored and caused me to get
up often at night to pass them. Ny
back troubled me with dull aching,
which was very annoying. 1 have
used Doan's Kidney Pills for a few
years and they have always relieved
me whenever / have suffered this
way. I do not hesitate to recommend
them"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Hammond uses. Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

There is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For q
great many Years doctors pronounced it a
local disease and prescribed local RENE
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease. and therefore re
QuireS constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio. is the only
Constitutional cure on the market 1t is
taken internally. II acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfa ces of the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: r J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, &c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
Need of a Lantern Law.

Connecticut secured law requir-
ing lights on vehicles used at night
only after some months of agitation,
and Vermont is having the same
trouble The law was not at first
generally observed in Connecticut,
but drivers of horses finally came to
see that it was a matter of self-pre
servation, and began to buy lanterns
for travel after dark. The Vermont
legislature will be asked again to en-
act lantern law, and common sense
demands that it be put through with
ont further delay.-Woodstock Elm
Tree Monthly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

The Monitor heartily approves of
the Christmas savings clubs adver-
tised by the savings banks. 1t pro-
vides systematic method Of laying
aside little money for time when
ready money is needed for the OBJ
servance Of a worldwide custom Of
dispensing Christmas cheer to ones
neighbors, relatives and friends. 1t
also tends to fasten that useful habit
of saving upon one. Let the saving
of money for specific object or as
habit grow with the young people.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
BREEZY MENTION OF BARTON.
Continued from Page One)

Continued from rage One)
slime-covered rock leading to it.
Trees overhung the rock ledge, and
on one of the lower branches was a
large hornets nest. Divesting our
selves of our scanty wardrobe, con-
sisting principally of pair of over
alls with openings at the side to make
it easy to retrieve trespasslng grass
hoppers and ants, and to scratch our
selves when necessary, we plunged
in. Then we, Guy S., had a sporty
thought, and signified our intention
Of pulling down that hornets nest.
The other boys took to the water, we
boldly grasped the nest, tore it from
the Dough, sprang for the pool,
slipped on the Shiny rock, neatly car
omed from ridge to ridge, losing
large particles of cuticle on each car
ON, and in the meantime the hornets
caught up with the procession. When
we finally did land in the water hor-
nets were hanging on us in punches
like tassels on a lambrequin. To
cap the climax, Weetie escaped from
the bag, returned to the house and
gave birth to a litter of kittens on
the bosom of our sole Sunday shirt.
owe finally migrated to the big
city to learn to be a printer, (gosh
those city pavements made our feet
soreD got job as hotel printer, and
from that evoluted into the sanctum
of The Annals. We now enjoy the
same privilege as man with tape
worm, we can speak of ourself as
we (plagiarized). Our copy meets
with varying approval. The owner
of the N. Y. Hotel Gazette says it's
punk; while the editor of Statler's
Salesmanship twangs his sounding
Tyre in our praise Our overpower-
ing modesty forbids a reprint of the
much appreciated compliment.
''For the edification of the girls we
wish to state that we are married
and wear toupee."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

The Barton Monitor makes strong
plea for the promotion Of Judge Miles
to the supreme colrt bench. Judge
Miles is man of large legal expert
ence-an experience gained by long
law practice and several years or the
superior bench. This would we'll fit
him for the promotion. The only OBJ
lection we hear to his advancement
is his age.-Hyde Park News & Citi-
zen.
The Monitor never heard the fell
lows who follow the Judge on any of
his many famous fox hunts make any
such objections.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
Many Eclipses.

Four eclipses of the sun and three
of the moon, the greatest number
possible in single year, will occur in
1917, according to a memorandum is
sued by the naval observatory in
Washington. The last year in which
seven eclipses came was early II the
last century and the next will be
1886.
On Jan. s there will be a total
eclipse of the moon by the earth's
shadow, visible throughout the United
States, beginning at 1880 a. NJ, and
ending at 4.39 a. M, eastern stan
dard time. Between a. m, and
1928 q. m, eastern time, the eclipse
will be total
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of Altha L. Pierce

hv the Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Orleans, Commissioners, to re,
ceive, examine, and adjust the claims ana
demands of all persons against the estate OF
AItha L. Pierce, late of Barton, In SAID
District, deceased, and all claims ex-
that we will meet for the purpose
aforesaid at at the office of Fred D. Pierce
in the village of Barton in said DISTRICT:
on the 18th day OF January and 18th day of
June next, from O'Clock 2. M. until 4
O'Clock P. NJ, on each of said days and thai
A. d. 1916, is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Barton VT, this 2lst day OF
December A, ID. 1916.
@. e. HAMBLET
ID. w. CARON
Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
What Is Causing VermOnt's Fires.

After collating and analyzing the
details of very large percentage of
all fires in Vermont, the actuarial
bureau of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters has ascertained the
causes of these fires, for the year
1915, with their relative losses to have
been as follows, where the cause was
responsible for 1 per cent or more of
the loss.
Percentages have not been car
ried beyond one decimal place.
STRICTLY PREVENTABLE CAUS-
rs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Mann Not the Man.

Augustus p. Gardner's outburst
against the Republican House leader,
James R. Mann, is probably entirely
justified by the facts. If some had
started the move we should have sus-
pected them of little cold-blooded
ambition. But Mr.. Gardner has ever
stood very nearly for what he thought
was right, and those who know him
best-his constituents in Essex coun-
ty, Massachusetts, continue year by
year to translate this belief into votes
when they send him back to congress
on vote usually Of three or four to
one. Mr.. Mann has shown pro-Ger-
man tendencies which, as his constit-
uency is largely German, leads us to
believe that, as Mr.. Gardner charges,
he follows usually the dictates of ex-
pediency rather than the dictates of
principle. Mr.. Gardner is sincere and
progressive; Mr.. Mann is sometimes
not inconveniently sincere, and, al
though he has done much good work,
he is too closely allied with the reac-
tionary interests to lead a disrupted
party to victory.-Burlingto News.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
ADVERTISING

Cards of thanks, SOC. Resolutions,
$1.OO Reading notices. 1Oc per line
per insertion. classified advertising
terms at top of column one, page one.
Display advertising rates upon ap-
plfcation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

The little book of poems by Rev.
w. E. Baker of Morrisville, entitled
"Stray Thoughts" is a distinct addi-
ton to the recent publications by
Vermont authors. Mr.. Bakers verse
throughout is strong and beautiful, as
are his spoken words and the Mont
tor sees in his future a career of I'M
usual accomplishments.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

The Monitor is convinced that
many of those editors who are dis
cussing the Randolph-Vail agricul-
tura1 school issue as raised by the re-
port of the trustees have never Wis
tied the Randolph plant, muchless the
Vail school. There is all the differ
ence between the two that there is
between a French coach horse and
general purpose Morgan.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

It is estimated that at least half
the loss occasioned by electricity,
sparks from fires, and spontaneous
combustion was preventable, and that
all the other causes had some degree
of preventability. The total loss in
this class is $218,228, or 46.5 per cent
Of the whole.
Unknown causes probably large
~ preventable) $153,245 or 1927 per
cent.
These figures teach their own les
sons. The only way to make Yer
mont really safe is to secure the in
telligent and interested cooperation
of the public. Individual careless
ness is the greatest fire hazard.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

The people of Vermont look to Gov
ernor Graham and the present legis-
lature to retrench where possible, and
one of the possible retrenchmnts is
beginning at home-a short session.
The people expect much from this
body of men and the administration
and the Monitor believes they will
have their expectations met.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
That Rundown Spring.

When springs of window shades
have run down they are sometimes
very hard to wind up again. This is
easily done, however, if you use but
tonhoOk. Simply put the hook around
the small metal end which is to be
turned. Then, using the buttonhook
as wrench, wind the spring; you can
do so quickly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

Clip the columns from this issue
which summarize the years news and
place it in the 1916 diary which you
are just putting away. In years to
come it will be used more than you
anticipate.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
Geese Fooled by Liuht.

Geese are fattened for market in
Austria by combining them in dark
room to which light is admitted 10 or
Is times day. Whenever the light
is on the geese think it is meal time.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
Sheep OR Dogs.

Every little while the newspapers
raise talk in favor of keeping more
sheep in Vermont and one of these
periodic discussions is now in prog
ress. With the prices of wool and
mutton where they are now and where
they are likely to remain the bust
ness Of raising sheep in this state
would be highly profitable, particular
ly in the back towns where farms can
be bought for little money, were it
not for one thing that is ruinous to
the industry. This insuperable objec-
ton is the dog nuisance. It is just
about impossible to raise sheep at a
profit in New England because of the
depredations Of dogs which are al
lowed to run at large. This issue has
been before the Vermont legislature
at every session for twenty years and
every time majority Of the members
have voted in favor of the dogs rather
than the sheep. We suppose that the
legislature that convenes next week
will do the same. It is strange COM
mentary on human nature that so
large a proportion Of farmers in the
Legislature are up in arms against
the protection of deer which do a lit
tie damage to orchards and at the
same time will vote to protect dogs of
no value whatever which have ruined
one Of the largest and most profitable
industries of the state.-Benningto
Banner.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
School Money.

The Rutland News complains be-
cause the city Of Rutland pays so
much more into the state school fund
than it takes out. Is this not pretty
narrow way to look at it? Rutland
is a. rich city and without the help
from it's more fortunate neighbors
many small towns would have diff
Guilty in maintaining good schools.
From a purely commercial stand
point the argument of the News will
not stand reason. Rutland merchants
draw large volumes of trade from the
surrounding towns, all of which
means larger grand istfor the city.
Better educated people in the country
will bring about better crops, more
prosperity. Rutland will get the
benefit of these conditions from the
towns nearby. There is every reason
why the cities should expect to pay
for better education of the children in
the surrounding towns.
Vermont is simply one big COM
munity and no town or city should
show itself so selfish as to want to
keep all it's good things for it's own
benefit and advancement. The News
certainly shows a very narrow policy
in complaining about the school mon
ey that Rutland pays going to help
poorer towns. All is for the good of
Vermont and what benefits Vermont
benefits misunderstanding Clip
per.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
SUBSCRIPTIONS

One year $I.5O. Six months, 75c.
Eight months, 81. Four months SOC.
Invariably in advance.
When your subscription expires the
paper stops.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03

Per
Cent
Defective chimneys and fues
$31,217 sc
Hot ashes and Goals 1892 IL
Matches 1900 80
Petroleum and products 1871 II
Smoking (cigars, cigarettes,
pipes, etc. 4,73s 10
Stoves, furnaces, boilers and
their pipes 32,713 10
In each of the above cases, 'prelim-
mary inspection would have shown
the element Of danger, which then
might have been - easily remedied.
The total is $97,326 or 2O.7 per cent
of the whole
PTI V DDILILLI MI pI u GAIICEC
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03


county,
r.
and Very
Al osn cattle Of fine heavy work horses driving
24x Surrey sleigh
minute
WALDO POTTER, Adm.
Irasburg, Vermont
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
A Simple Request.

Articles have been written to the
effect that our deer Or hunting laws
should not be meddled with at the
coming legislature. We are in har-
mony with this in all respects but
one. This is the time allowed for
taking deer-Nov. 18th up into the
first of December. With us here in
the northern counties these days are
frequently as severe as any of the
whole winter. Take this season for
example. We hunters, wallowed in
nearly two feet of snow with the
thermometer so low we actually suf-
fered, while no doubt in the southern
counties the climatic and other con-
ditions for hunting were just right.
Possibly more deer can be killed un-
der the conditions mentioned; but a
great many hunters go into the woods
not only for the deer, but for the
pleasure Of the wilderness and camp
life. The latter cannot be enjoyed in
two feet of snow with four-inch
icicles clinging to the face. This is
what happened in Essex, Orleans and
Franklin counties this year. 1t was
about the same last year, and is every
year. From various sources, espe-
cially in the first two counties named
we have been asked to bring this
matter before the public, with the
hope it may be favorably commented
upon, and as favorably considered at
the coming legislature. We only ask
that the open season for hunting deer
be given an earlier date-either the
latter part of October or the first of
November, as is thought best. Both
Of these dates are as safe against
causing forest fires in our counties
as = the present open season in the
southern counties. It must be re-
membered that we face winter two
or three weeks earlier than the
counties south of us, and are that
much later in tree-budding in the
spring. Yet our open hunting season
makes 70 allowance for this. In
Maine and New Hampshire with eli
matte conditions similar to ours in
Verr, ont, they have passed a law, as
we understand it, making the open
season two or three weeks earlier in
the northern counties than are those
in the southern This law was in
vogue this year. The plea of our
fish and game clubs, and of nearly
every sportsman is that similar
law be passed for our northern coun-
ties. A simple request, but one we
trust our state fish and game COM
missioner, and the members of the
legislature will take fair cognizance
of.--Express and Standard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
British Embargo Changes

Additional prohibitions Of exporta-
tions are the following: To all desti-
nations -Jute wrappers and surat tares
cotton goods, other than coverings
of goods allowed by the customs; stron-
tium compounds and mixtures contain
ing such. To all non-British destina-
tons Bags and sacks wholly or partly
Of jute, other than coverings of goods
allowed BY the customs; jute threads.
piece goods wholly or partly of jute.
jute webbing, jute yarns, tungsten ores,
including ferberite. hubernite. scheelite
and wolframite. To all European coun-
tries except Allied countries and Spain
Bags. wrappers or sacks not specifi-
cally prohibited, except unwoven paper
bags, other than coverings of goods
allowed by the customs; ferrets. China
fibre. Nautilus fibre. Mexican fibre.
Mexican istle fbfe. wine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
Russia Develops Its
Chemical Industry

The war has compelled Russia to de-
velop it's own chemical industry. a
certain number Of works have already
been erected, while many others arc
projected according to reports FUR
nished By the British vice-consul at
Moscow and printed in "The Board OF
Trade British Journal" The reports
in part, follow:
4 superphosphate factory has been erect
ed on the railway between the stations
ihch-Leyshino, by the zemstvo Of
Perm and vyatl,a. The capital invested in
this undertaking is 900 900 rubles ts5l5.-
600 at the normal exchange ratsl. A CO.
mloid factory has been erected at hal no
on the Perm Railway. The Nizhegorodski
zemstvo has built a formslin factory at
Vetluga. A technical laboratory for the
production OF lanoln. naphthalene. etc. has
been built in Rostov.
large company has been formed in
Moscow. with capital Of 100000 rubles
50 .O60 .000) for the erection cf coke
benzo factory. In TomSk large chemical
factory is projected for the production of m
niedicameuts A factory producing tanning
materials in Kief is now being administered
by the zemsM soyuz (union Of -emstyosl
and the output of tanning materials has
been largely increased. Another tanning
material factory Is projected at Msikop in
the Caucasus.
Prior 10 the war. the production Of ferti-
lizers in Russia was largely dependent on
raw material supplied BY Germany. \
great shortage Of machinery for the use Of
artificial manure factories il felt. and this
hinders the more rapid development Of the
industry. The manufacture OF sulphurie
acid appears 10 he progressing fairly well
several new works having been erected in
the Volgs region. in the Donets basin. in
the Caucasus. and in the Uras.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
COTTON MARKET QUIET
Neither Buyers Nor Sellers Make
Effort to Move Goods

Fall River, Mass. Jan. 14.-There was
small business in the cotton goods mar
kets last week Manufacturers and
buyers showed little interest, and what
few orders were executed were for
small volume of goods The sales equal
those of the previous week and condi
tions show little change. there being
no efforts exerted by either buyers or
sellers 10 move goods. The demand was
for the most part for wide goods Of
odd constructions. and prices show
some few changes. Mills have very
little accumulations on hand and manu-
facturers are aiming to keep down
stocks as much as possible.
II is not expected that goods will ac-
cumuate, because there are orders on
manufacturers books which were taken
some time ago which will take all the
surplus goods which mills can make for
some time 70 come.
The narrow end of the market is very
quiet. There is no disposition on the
part Of millmen 10 shade prices, but
there are some instances where buyers
succeeded in securing lower prices than
those prevailing in the open market.
The call for sateens, twills and spe-
cialties is very small and only limited
amount of business has been done.
The raw cotton market still proves
stumbling block to manufacturers and
BUYERS alike, and until certain elements
are removed trading will be impaired TO
some extent. Conditions in the cotton
yarn markets show a few changes.
There are some counts which show
decline in price. and spinners state that
inquiries were not numerous last week.
On the other hand. buyers have con-
fined their purchases 20 their actual re-
quirements, preferring 10 await future
Developments before going deeply into
buying just now.
The total sales for the week are
estimated at $4,000 pieces, OF which
about 10000 pieces are spots. The
week closed with demand for all goods
light and prices irregular.