Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-22

pay IS each on himself, wife and
three children that are Is years OF
age and more. He supposed that when
the customs department allowed him
10 bring In his household effects and
move onto the farm he had purchased,
his trouble was over, but he finds that
he was not legally admitted, as there
IS no record Of his coming ID the m
migration Office at Newport. Evl-
IDENTIFY this department has been
handled IN a careless manner. There
must be many Canadians along the
border in Vermont and other states
who are in the same pTedicament of
this Holland farmer. As fast as the
local officers discover these people
they viii collect the head tax or de-
port them. It seems q hardship this
law is Observation-Disclosures lP. O.
Journal.
Attractiveness of Smugglers' Notch.
A recent visit to Smugglers' Notch
lying between Mount Mansfield and
/ Sterling mountain shows that the
state OF Vermont VIII assume quite q
I burden IN building and maintaining a
state highway through the wild defile
inasmuch as the heavy rainfalls viii
serve as a constant destructive force
/ The heavy rainfalls of the last few
weeks have torn and quilted the pres
ent rough roadway in such manner
as to make passage by teams out of
the question while foot traffic is also
made quite difficult on the sleeper
slopes OF the Notch. 4 state road of
permanent nature must be extremely
well constructed and set with culverts
and drains IN order 10 carry of the
foods OF water that flow down the
steep sides Of old Mansfield and rush
their way 10 the Stowe valley; and,
moreover, the road viii require con-
slant attention 10 prevent the action
OF the elements In wearing II away.
However, II seems possible 10 carry
out the engineering feat Of building
| fairly permanent state highway (per-
manent If II Is looked after), and the
marked attractiveness of the region
should encourage TO prompt decision
Il by the state 10 open up the Notch 10
team and motor traffic inasmuch as it
would afford a marked asset TO the
tourist interests Of the state, much as
the opening up of Dixville Notch in
northern New Hampshire has done
for our neighboring state. As far as
| impressiveviewsa are concerned, Snug
glers' Notch has far greater posi-
/ bilitieS than Dixville Notch. and It
has the further advantage of being
about one hundred miles nearer the
| great centers OF population in the
eastern part OF the United States
Barre Times.
Presidents Bible Message to Sol
diers.
According TO dispatch from
! Washington, Bibles for American
soldiers and sailors, 70 be given by
/ the Scripture Gift Mission of Phil
adelphia, viii carry foreword by
President Wilson, urging the troops
10 diligently read the scriptures. The
President has written this inscription:
/ The Bible Is the Word of Life I
beg that you viii read II and find this
out for yourself-read, not little
snatches here and there, but long
passages that viii really be the road
70 the heart OF It.
You viii find It full OF real men
/ and women not only, but also of
! things you have wondered about and
been troubled all your life. as men
4 have been always, and the more you
read the more II viii become plain TIC
you what things are worth while and
what are not, what things make men
/ happy-loyalty, right dealings.
/ speaking the truth, readiness TO give
everything for what they think their
7 duty, and, most of al. the wisE that
they may have the real approval of
the Christ, who gave everything for
i then-and the things that are guar
anteed 10 make men unhappy-sel-
( tishness, cowardice, greed, and every
thing that IS low and mean.
When you have read the Bible
you viii know that it Is the Word OF
/ God, because you viii have found in
/ Il the key 10 your own heart. your
own happiness and your own duty
lSIgned) Woodrow Wilson"
That IS q grand message for the
president OF the United States 70 send
% our American soldiers personally.
That same message can be taken TO
heart by every man outside OF the
army also, as well as By men and
women ywhere.-Burlingto Free
Press