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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02
Estate of William T. Virgins
STATE OF VERMONT


District of Orleans. IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
tricb of Orleans.
To all persons interested in the estate of
William T. Virgins late OF Barton in
said district deceased,
GREETING:
At Probate Court holden at Newport
within and for said District on the 10Th day
of April 1917, an instrument purporting
to be the last VIII and Testament of Will
liam Il. Virgins late of Barton in said
District, deceased, was presented TO the
Court aforesaid for Probate.
And 1t is ordered by said Court that the
18th day of May, 1917 at f. w. Baldwin S
office in said Barton. at O'Clock p. m, be
assigned for proving said instrument;
and that notice thereof be given to all per-
sons concerned, by publishing this order
three weeks successfully in the Orleans
County Monitor, a newspaper circulating in
that vicinity, in said District, previous to
the time appointed.
THEREFORE, you are hereby notified to
appear before said Court. at the time and
place aforesaid, and contest the probate of
said will, if you have cause.
Given under my hand at Newport, in said
District this 10Th day Of April, 1917.
1913 RUFUS w. SPEAR. Judge
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02
PROBATE COURTS

Special sessions OF the Probate Court VIII
be held at the Office of r. 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 NEW PORT Will be
open every day. except Sundays and holt
days: but those coming from distance. az
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, 1917-05-02

1t is really surprising to see how
thoroughly the farmers and village
folk of Orleans county are waking UP
to the idea of increased production of
crops and garden yields. Are you
one who has failed to do mite to-
ward the program our president has
asked to have carried out in this ma
tional crisis?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

The demand for war prohibition is
becoming stronger and louder. Sew
eral governors of license states have
expressed themselves in favor of it
and the need of the millions of bu-
shells of grains for food, now, used to
produce liquors, leaves little argu-
ment for booze.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

The disposition to turn Sunday IN
to day Of agricultural pursuits does
not meet with the approval iof the
Monitor. Massachusetts has passed
q law allowing agricultural labors on
Sunday and some advocate it in Yer
mont. Rather an occasional sheep
through the fence than the removal
Of the fence altogether. At peace or
At war no people can ignore the Sab
bath and prosper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

Don't Borrow Your Neighbor's News
paper.
Once upon time man who was
too economical to take a paper sent
his little boy to borrow the copy tax
en- by his neighbor In his haste the
boy ran over four-dollar stand of
bees and in ter minutes looked like a
watery summer squash His cries
reached his father, who ran to his as
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

A man driving a team after dark
without light is now liable to a SIS
fine, except in certain instances. Bet
ter look up the law and invest in a
proper lantern.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

The silence from Russia is oni-
nous. Tt is well-established fact
that Germany is trying to make
terms of separate peace with the new
Russian government if not actually
trying to form an alliance with her.
Developments between these two ma
tons might easily mean the opening
Of another chapter IN the world
struggle, which for nearly three
years has had nothing but worse and
worse things to offer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

You can serve your country by
raising food products.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

Renew promptly-you viii miss nc
issues and It saves error and trouble
ia this Office
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02
Just Do Your Duty.

DO that which l. assigned yc1 aad
You cannot hope 100 much or dare TOO
much Emerson.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02

Use zensal for that itching eczema.
Sold by druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02
SUNSHINE NURSING HOME

Miss Harriet L. Austin, Prop.
Phone 1879. Barton, VT.
Trained care. Home comforts. Limited
number of patients. Medical, surgical, ma
ternity. massage, and electric vibrator.
Home and office patients
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Verv True.

very True.
The man who is willing to get by
will never get ahead.-Brattleboro
Reformer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

No doubt you are a careful driver,
but you cannot prevent a child or
an absent-minded person from STEP
ping in front of your machine.
Be protected against liabilities of
this kind.
We are agents for some of the
Best and Most Reliable companies
that write Automobile Insurance.
Call and let us tell you about it.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-25

NOTICE
Store will be closed Wednesday, July Is, all day
to rearrange and remark the goods. Remember the
date
WE GUARANTEE
To give one and all the biggest bargain offered
by any merchant in the state. Nothing reserved,
this whole stock must be sold in ten days. before our
new up-to-date fall line comes in, so come in early
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The .TribuIaticns of Tom, Dick and


 Mir. Editor: Political perverts, of whatever country, usually outdo them selves and go to extremes in mani festation of the unholy zeal that in variably characterizes them. Nothing eems to afford them such unalloyed pleasure as defaming and belittling a certain class. Some of these worthies are at present smong US, and they in- form us with g. great deal of ponder osity that what the Irish people need most is intellectual honesty" The phrase sounds good and may cover a multitude of things. It is safe to say that these gentlemen never knew what
 intellectual honesty" was themselves. They are anxious we should reach this happy intellectual state. that we may realize the absurdity O. even dreaming that Ireland can ever de anything sI by herself According to headlong to perdition did not England afford her protection. Such Is the Yale they repeat ad museum, and their whining sounds more like the vail of the voices of men who were interested life.
 There was time when their mouth lrgs may have had effect in some quarters, but their influence has de- parted. Who is Ireland? That is the question which is now as important as was the other momentous one, "Who RileQ cock Robin ?' in the days of our childhood. On its solution will depend whether the baby will go to sleep with a dead bird clasped to its bosom or wake up crying to find there Is no robin there at all.
 It is to laugh at these maHgners. I will pass over their stale c1aptrap. When they speak of Easement, it is cowardly to accuse the dead who can make no defense. What absolute rerve, audacity unparalleled: here is an illustration: Sir Edward Carson led a revolt against the English govern ment. He visited Germany. had an audience with the kaiser, and, accord ing to uncontradicted reports. obtained what he wanted in the way of fire arms. He made no attempt to conceal either his intent or his movements. His army drilled openly. He defied the government. Yet he was never ar rested. nor called to face any charge whatever. though his acts seemed reasonable in the highest degree. In- stead of going to prison he was called to the cabinet. and today is a domi hating figure in the government that he ewore to oppose, if necessary, with his life.
 Sir Roger Easement attempting as he firmly believed, to do something in behalf of all Ireland. also went to Germany. also established relations with the kaiser. also obtained firearms.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

conduct, but he is doing more than that to the nation when at this stage of the matter he orders hundreds or thousands of copies of the speeches which he has made in the senate against the war revenue bill printed under rush orders to the government printer and sends them through the mails at government expense for the purpose of opposing the legislation which is not pending but which has already been passed.
 The liberties which are taken by members of congress in using the franking privileges accorded them for the purpose of helping their political campaigns are notorious. They are the cause of widespread criticism and they have repeatedly brought forth demands for reforms in connection herewith, but as in other matters of similar character congress seldom moves to reform itself.
 The actions which have character ized La F'oilette's service to his state and nation during the recent extraor dinary session of congress have shown what love he possesses for country and what sympathy he possesses for the enemy. But he is not satisiied with that for now he takes advantage of his position to spread this senti- ment throughout the country. If there was no good purpose back of them when he uttered his speeches there certainly can be none now. Papers have been suppressed for doing less. They have been denied the use of the mails even by paying for the service but here this senator gets not only the mail service but he forces the government to pay for 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
DUTCH SHIPPING.

In view of the fact that the presi-
 dent has been opposed to comnnan- Geerins the vessels of neutral coun-
 tries which are held up in the har- bors Of this country because they can- not get a license OF sufficient coal to sail, which situation is due to the fact that this country cannot be sat- isf1ed that the goods which are loaded and ostensibly destined to a neutral country will not eventually reach Germany, it looks as if seme com promise agreement would be reached regarding the use of these ships.
 Holland has large fleet Of vessels here. They are idle and bringing in no return. Holland has come to the realization that this country means what it says regarding the embargo and that it Is .soing to enforce it. It doubtless realizes also that 1t is right and that 1t can. if 1t wants to, take possession of these ships and by pay ing for them put them into such ser- vice as it desires.
 Such being the case the Dutch gov- ernment has come to the realization of the advisability of putting these ships into such transportation ser vice that they will not be subjected to the dangers of the war zone. Such IS g, course that jibes withsthe position of President Wilson and it is likely that an agreement will be reached soon upon that point. This will mean that the Dutch ships will be avai1a ble for coastwise trade or for trade in the Pacific and to South America and probably Australia for which ships ire needed and which will furnish re- lief for American vessels now engaged therein and permit them to be em- oloyed elsewhere This makes it ap- parent that the embargo is working
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
GIvE UP YOUR DOLLARS, OR YOUR SONS.

If for any reason there has been lack of recognition of the fact that I this country is actually engaged in war. this must be removed by the inews which comes from abroad to the
 effect Shat an American transport, fhomeward bound, has been sent to the bottom with less of 67 lives, and ! the Information received only a few days ago concerning the attack upon a United States torpedo destroyer with the loss of one life, besides sev- era1 injured. although the patrol ves- sel was able to make British port.
 These are the stern realities which cannot fail to bring home the fact that. we are in the war. They are of
 course only what must be expected though they are what we must do our utmost to guard against. They are lessons which should quicken our Nresponse to the nations requirements.
 Since the first of this month this
 government has been floating it's sec
 ond Liberty loan. The effort thus far
 has met with certain success. As the
 time draws near for it to close op-
 timism is expressed by those in charge
 that the object will be accomplished,
 but it should be realized that 1t will not be attained unless every one re-
 alizes his responsibility and does his ,part. It is a weak and defenseless idea which some are entertaining when they think that the end of the wa4 is near and the money sought will not be required. Such is a most danger ous attitude to assume. We should realize that peace can never be relied upon until the papers have been sign ed and until that time there should be a determination upon the part of each fndividVal to do his part and to Insure the fact that when peace is ar ranged it will be favorable to this Country, and nothing will contribute more certainly to that end than the | provision of the means to accomplish it. Secretary McAdoo we'll says: Are | you willing to be more tender with | your dollars than you are with your sons ?"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

the stockholders at the approaching annual meeting approve the plans Of the directors and authorize a preferred issue. That will instantly repair the credit of the company and make 1t as an investment more attractive to the public, and more than that 1t will give announcement to every indus trial interest throughout New Eng land. We have never been able to
 understand the seeming indifference to the welfare of this enormously rich property on the part of the producers of this section of the country. Their
 ently managed and safely run has been overlooked and a reliance had apparently been placed upon some magical way of curing 1t of its ail- have asserted before, the three states through which this railroad runs could well afford to become the banker for 1t to the extent of its short term notes It would cost them nothing nor wouRI they run any risk, but he vision Is lacking.
 The time has arrived when the past should be permitted to bury it's dead. Whatever punishment the company deserved for past offenses, it has paid the penalty in full measure. Not only have new men come upon the scene but a new outlook upon railroad man agement. The day has gone by forA- ever when monkeying with halls of sary and to that extent justihable by product of railroad management. Hereafter railroads must confine their activities to operation, leaving rAe general welfare of the nation and state to the people of the nation and the state. or else the step from private to public ownership will be found to be hut short on and one eagerly taken. Rotn the public and the railroads have had their education and the lessons are sufficiently understood to insure a new railroad faith and standard. The time has come to help.-The New Ia- yen Journal-C
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
FOOD PRICES.

It Is a highly interesting statement
 which is made by Food Administrator Hoover when he announces that a proper regulation has been establish ed over warehouses, wholesalers, com mission men and manufacturers and that prices have reached the peak and from now on should drop. In this connection he put the cooperatio which should be shown by the retail CTS to bring about this reduction right up to them and calls upon public sen timent to do it's part in bringing pres sure to bear while admitting that the authority of the food administration does not extend to such dealers.
 MT Hoover makes no bones of say ing that many things are too high He claims that a higher price is being secured for beef even though there has been a drop in the wholesale price. The potato crop is 59 per cent larger than last year and yet the price is soaring daily. This he attributes to- the fact that the farmers are holding their potatoes for a higher market. Sugar, he says. ought to be sold for eight and a half cents a pound and it Is a we'll known fact that 1t is no easy task to get more than two or three pounds at ten cents a pound, and in many instances sugar is not being sold except with other goods. Flour he also says is costing the consumer k1.50 to g more than it should. while beans and other necessities are com manding too high a price.
 There are few if any consumers but what will admit that the prices are too high, that they are out of all proportion to the crops and that from tEe daily quotations there doesn't appear to be any relief in sight If |, Iof h1C aho of some of the middlemen and thrown them over to the retailers or others there doesn't appear to have been much advantage gained from the standpoint of the consumer. Prices certainly ought to drop but whether they do or not will be 8 matter of much concern to the householder who will thereby learn whether the food administration legislation has been carried only half as far as 1t should have been.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
Will It Pay?

MT. Editor: I would like to say in reply to c. B. Montgomery's letter in this mornings Bulletin, that, while Mrs. John Hyatt's thrift and wonder full energy in what she has done to- wards canning, pickling, and etc, Is unusual will she >be able to hold out and will she be the strong, energetic woman that she was before having done all these things. I think notes pecially if she has a doctor bill to come in at the first of the year. To me Miss Agnes Allan has done equal ly a much as Mrs. Hyatt, for the form CT has her school duties to perform which keeps her employed much of the day, while Mrs.. Hyatt has the day Tours to use for herself and family If c. B. Montgomery will look at it in an impartial light, he must take the same view. If these ladiog have been doing two women's work each-I again say, will it pay? We shall see.
 MRS. F. J. W.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
NEED GREATER PRECAUTIONS.

This country has not got to the
 point where 1t can afford to show any
 relaxation in its vigilance for the pro-
 tection of its industrial plants, its
 granaries or its eattleyards, or in fact
 any property that is vital to the sup
 plies which the nation needs. This is true at all times for there is always a greater waste under normal condi- tions than there ought to be, but it is especially. important now with the increased demands that are being made in meeting the needs of our all lies as we'll as ourselves.
 Not long ago the need of extra pre- cautions was emphasized by the fires which were occurring on steamships both at their wharyes and after they had left. The good effects of the steps which were taken to surround the steamers and their cargoes with greater protection Is shown in the de- creas ased fires and explosions. But with the burning of grain elevators contain ing nearly . million bushels of grain, the extensive damage to the Kansas City stockyard where about 15, 900 cat tie and hogs were burned and a loss sustained. of three quarters of a mill lion and the frequent explosions and fires that are occurring in industrial plants it should be realized that there is a great opportunity for surround ing such places with more effective methods of coping with the plots of the enezny's agents. These recent fires bear all the earmarks of having been set but whether they were or not there exists the need for greater pre- caution. We can do no more effec- tive work in increasing cur supplies than by properly protecting those which we have. Properly guarded even as the steamship piers are the work of the incendiaries can be ma terially reduced, and it should be.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
Norwich, Oct. 19. 1917.
Reply to Lebanon Taxpayer.

Mr. Editor: A letter printed in your paper under date of Oct. g has just been brought to my attentun. In jus tice to town and officials though best to dispel the haze eff possible) from Mr. Taxpayers brain.
 Does MT. Taxpayer know that the town meeting is open to all criticisms and discussions? In these troublesome times which try mems souls it is pleasant indeed to find one so far removed from affairs of moment as to be able to solace themselves with fairy tales" and such laudable ann bitions as road to lean upon or musty record" to appease ones appe- tite and clothe the body.
 Alas. Most of us find indeed that instead of magic purse,' with two extra coins, we are perplexed indeed to know where the next two are com ing from.
 Now as to the itemized account of "Jackie's.' If aforesaid Taxpayer will call at the town house the first Mon day of any month we will most cheer fully go over at least one fully item ized account. Further, I have no doubt town officials will be more than glad
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

He was sent to the scaffold, although the civilized world protested h1s fate. It is sad to find men prostituting their rower to petty and personal aims. They show feebleness of intellect which is ludicrous in men of any 'po- sition, and of course are perfectly un- conscious of their weakness, or rather, they are both deiuded by monetary sue cess into believing themselves men of light and leading. My critical friends appear alike in their conceits and whimsies. No doubt the one thinks he looks like Napoleon and gives him. self infinite trouble to train lock of hair falling over his forehead; the other no doubt has heard that great men are often irrit>ble and rude, and accordingly he acts so that others are terrified of him. Neither of them recognizes that imitation is the hall- mark of mediocrity and that real men are seldom inconsiderate of others.
 Let them rave on-little I care.
 J. H. CUMMINGS.
 Norwich, Oct 19, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

believe because they do not want to. "None are so blind as those who can see but will not see'' is another truth that has been posted before the peo- pie of several centuries. Most people recognize that to make a fortune they must knuckle down to business; but tkey treat religion as if 1t were a by the-skin- of -your-teeth job. The sal vation founded upon sniveling peni- tence instead of self-contro1, self denial and Christian devotion and ser vice can lay no claim to responsibility here and hereafter.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

Written Specially for The Bul1etfn.)
 Not long ago The Bulletin had a story about Joseph Carpenter, the silversmith of Norwich Town, in bus mess as early as, 1769. and whose an = cient shop facing the Green has re- gently been restored. Carpenter was one of those early craftsmen whose solid, conscientious work remains m many towns of Connecticut. proof not alone of their skill but of the hon. est material and labor which they put into their daily tasks.
 The late George Munsen Curtis, of the international Silver Company, Meriden, which has a.branch factory at Thamesville. made a study of Con- necticut's ancient silver, and in an interesting book on the subject which he published during 1915, he takes up ing a picture of thA ancient shop as we'll as Carpenters business card, which The Bulletin has already pic tured.
 Mir, Curtis, as foreword to his book, which is entitled Early Silver Of Connecticut and It's Makers, acknowl- edges help from a. number of persons who have sent him names of and facts about many. early Connecticut silver smiths, stating that thanks are pa-tic- u!arly due Mrs. Elisha Edgerton Rog- CTS. of Norwich, and Mrs. c. H. Brush. of Danbury, who have rendered great help in discovering the, Of early craftsmen in the eastern and western parts of the state respectively.
 To those who are lovers of old plate, MT. Curtis writes, an dhave become familiar with it's various shapes and designs characteristic of Colonial days. it is interesting to note the slow evolution and gradual change in church and domestic silver from the simple yet beautiful vessels of the century to the more elab- crate forms and greater variety of articles of the eighteenth century, which the growing luxury and more