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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-04

The 7-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Allie Buteau passed away late Thurs
day night following an illness cover
ing his short life time. He is sur
vived by several brothers and sisters.
Rev George Merriam occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist church in Madi-
son last Sunday while Rev. William
c. Clements Of the Madison church
delivered a sermon from the Bethany
pulpit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rollins have
been moving their household goods to
Stockton Springs during the past
week. as have Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Fentiman Mr. and Mrs. Fentiman
are spending a few weeks In Rockland
prior to locating permanently at
Stockton Springs. Both men are en-
gagged In ship-building.
Mrs. Nellie Hill and Mrs. Frank
Parker were called to West Baldwin
recently owing to the death of their
sister Mrs. Hannah Flint. Mrs. Flint
leaves beside her husband, an aged
mother, Mrs. Clara B. Leayitt of
Skowhegan. She leaves also, six
children. Mrs. Hazel Leavitt Lang
don of New York is a sister of Mrs
Flint.
A collision of autos occurred last
Thursday afternoon on Russell street,
when a machine owned and driven by
Arthur Tichnor of Jackman, refused
to stop at the application of the brake.
Mr.. Tichnor was turning the corner,
at the junction Of Madison avenue and
Russell streets and before he could
avert the accident he crashed into the
rear end of car belonging to Ernest
fash, which was standing near the
curbing. Both cars were quite badly
damaged while Charles Turcotte,
street sweeper, was knocked down but
not injured
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-04

Mrs. Gordon Bragg of Portland is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j,
II. Murray.
Mrs. William S Seekins departed
Saturday for a visit with her son
Leroy and family of Lowell Mass.
Dr. and Mrs. l. P fash have re-
turned to their home in Fairfield after
visiting with relatives in town for a
few days.
Mrs Philip Barstow and two chill
dren of Dexter, arrived Friday, for a
visit with Mrs. Barstows father,
Frank Parker.
Mrs. Anna Anne of Gardiner has
recently been a guest at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas G. Lord on
Turner Avenue.
Harold Bradley has purchased the
Herbert Thompson house on Summer
street and will take up his residence
there in the near future.
Miss Mabel Judkins, who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Judkins
for several days, has returned to her
home In Springfield, Mass
Miss Charlotte Bushey, who has
been visiting at the home of her
father, William Frye, returned to her
home in Berlin, y H., Friday.
The many friends OF Mr.. and Mrs
George f. Frost Qva l.. Briggs Of
Monmouth will wish to extend con-
gratulations to them on the arrival
of a son, September %.
Names of all local persons who
have contributed to the Red Cross
fund, earlier in the year, have been
sent to Washington headquarters and
are to be enrolled as members OF the
Somerset County Chapter of the Red
Cross. Certificates OF membership
will be received within few days.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-04
The Dress Goods Situation

Three years ago wool sold at 20 to 25c h.
This fall wool sells at so to oOc lb. Wages
in wooden mills in the same period have been
increased from so to 90 per cent.
No wonder Dress Goods are higher than
they were. The onl y wonder is that they
are not double the present price, which they
are sure to be in the near future
Nearly all our Dress Goods Stock, Serges,
Poplins, Granite Cloths, French Serges, Pre-
mier Tussahs etc. we own, and are selling at
last years prices, In most cases much less than
present wholesale prices. Piece by Piece as
these are sold out they must be replaced with
Others at higher prices.
Buy Dress Goods now, they are sure to be
higher later.
The above applies as we'll to Cottons, Linens
and Silks.
Cotton was &c ID. three years ago, now 22c.
Flax grown in Russia, Germany and Bel
GUM almost wholly, is practically out of the
market. Raw Silk more than double its former
price People who anticipate their future needs
and buy now are practicing real economy.
W. p. Ordway, Skowhegan
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-04
ID o r. T
The Quality Goes Clear Through
SATISFACTION

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You will like 1t for its reasonable costgood
thorough comfort reliable the full
value it delivers.
bort and unproductive time-keep healthy
bright-ivey- eficient-the times demand your best
inspection a 8 requested-make today.
Prudent Buy-because and tire thrift
depreciation rugged
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-04

Better have US set aside few boxes
for you
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
Ordered to Be Ready.

The following telegram was re-
ceived yesterday:
Harry S: Howard, Secretary,
Vermont Chapter,
American Red Cross, Burlington,
VT:
In view of present events and pos
sible developments, central committee
desires each chapter Immediately to
make adequate preparation to carry
out the work for which the Red Cross
is chartered by Congress. Call meet
ing of executive committee at once
Make tentative arrangement capable
of quick completion for roomy, CEN
trally-located headquarters rent free
ready active appoint following COM
mittees: Finance, hospital, garments
and surgical supplies, comfort bags,
(see circular No. 1907, a packing and
shipping committee, publicity and in
formation, motor service. Appoint
committee on cooperation with outside
organizations, which should begin
work at once. File names and adj
dresses of all volunteers, assigning as
far as possible these volunteers in
above committees.
If not already done, appoint commit
tees on education outlined in circular
LA, for information concerning
courses of instruction for lay women.
Inquire of bureau of nursing service,
Washington. Refer graduate nurses
to same bureau.
Doctors volunteering should be re-
ferred to Washington. Men wishing
to volunteer should take first aid
courses and the possibility of organ
izing sanitary detachments should be
10 Oh
Presentfto public vital Importance
of large supporting chapter mem
bership and appoint special commit
tee to conduct aggressive member
ship enrolment.
Detailed instructions will be sent
as needs develop. Central committee
asks prompt acknowledgment by let
ter or telegram of these instructions
giving outline of your preparations.
Call freely on headquarters for full
cooperation since central committee,
realizing opportunity of service to
country, bespeaks every effort for
complete and thorough organization
for possible needs.
Give this telegram full publicity
through all papers.
ELLIOTT WADSWORTH,
Acting Chairman Central Committee,
n. II. -.
To which the following reply has
been sent:
Central Committee,
American Red Cross, Washington,
ton, D. c.:
Your telegram of instructions re-
ceived and acted upon.
Vermont is organized and always
ready to do her share in a national
crisis
H. S. HOWARD, Secretary.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
A TREE AND A DISEASE.
Malaria and the Effect Produced by
Planting Blue Gum.

During the latter decades of the nine
teenth century it was a common prac-
tice to plant blue gum or eucalyptus
trees in districts infected by malarial
fever. 1t was held that the essential
Oil produced by the leaves combated
the harmful vapors rising from the
swamps laden with the poison of the
disease. The discovery that the ma
larial germ is introduced into the blood
by a mosquito has settled once and for
all the origin of the disease.
The theory that the eucalyptus tree
neutralized the poison vapors is non
sense, yet the fact remains that where
blue gums were freely planted there
was always notable decline in the
amount of malaria.
What is the explanation Of this cur
cumStance? 1t has been demonstrated
that, of nearly all trees, the eucalyptus
absOrbs the greatest amount Of water.
Two seedlings-a blue gum and plum
were placed with their roots in wa
ter, and the height of the water was
carefully marked. The plants were
kept in a warm atmosphere and ex-
hours. The little eucalyptus had dis
posed Of four times the water that the
plum had been able to take up.
Seeing that blue gums increase in
height with great rapidity, often grow
ing many inches day in a hot posi-
ton, the amount Of moisture taken up
increases on greatly progressive
scale. And this is just what brings
about the downfall Of the malarial
mosquito. To complete it's life cycle it
is necessary that this insect should
pass it's larval stage in pools Of water.
With the coming Of the eucalypti these
pools and indeed all marshy places dis
appear, the breeding spots Of the MOS
quitoes are gone, and in time the in
sects vanish altogether.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
THE oDoR OF SPICES.
Often Used by Writers to Stimulate
Their lmaqination.

On some portions Of the globe spices
are worth more than gold or silver
In the arctic region spices are es-
sential to health and happiness writes
an explorer. "a dash of pepper.
pinch of ground cinnamon, a little nut.
meg or pinch of ginger root revives
the jaded appetite wonderfully in the
north. l have seen shipwrecked sailors
fight over an ounce of spices with
more tierceness than they ever did for
money"
The psychological effect of spices is
of more Importance than the physiolog-
zeal. Many writer's have confessed
their inability to write without the
odor of spices in their rooms One
great musician composed his master
piece under the influence of cinnamon
and cloves steaming in kettle of pre-
serves in q neighbours kitchen There
after he composed only when steamed
cloves and cinnamon were on hand
The food of one man, however, very
often happens to be more or less VIC
lent poison for another In the annals
of insane asylums there are many cases
on record where the OdOr of cloves,
cinnamon. pepper. allspice or ginger
has driven patients into violent par
OXysmS.
Yet all the world loves spices. In
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
HARDWICK

Mrs Gordon Austin of Orleans was a
week end visitor at Mrs. J. F. Conant's
Frank E. Pope preached in the Bap-
fist church Sunday in the absence of
the pastor.
Ernest Flanders of North Benning-
ton was in town Thursday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Rufus Farrand
j. J. Campbell, highly respected
citizen, died Thursday evening, follow
ing an illness of several weeks. Mr.
Campbell had held various town Offices.
having been justice of the peace for
several years. He also conducted a
furniture store for number of years.
He is survived by his wife and one
daughter, Mrs. Harlan R Kimball.
The funeral was held at his late home
Saturday afternoon.
The auditors have completed their
work with the town books The over
seer of the poor has drawn orders for
So, 374 90; the sum of So, 1878 has
been expended On highway and bridges !;
81. 1927 33 for keeping the roads re-
paired during the winter; 851. 20 for
resurfacing State roads the school d.
rectors have drawn orders, exclusive
of loan orders, for $7O15 16 The off.
GERS salaries and expenses $1,5l8.98
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
THE TIL IlREsE CRAFTSBUR

William Silver, who has been in,
poor health for some time, is failing.
Miss Kathryn Randall, who has
been very i'll with bronchial pneumon-
ia, is some better.
Mrs. R. c. Flagg, who had a shock
last week, died Feb. IA. More extend
ed notice next week.
The play given by the Boy Scouts
at Collinsville was worthy of praise
and we'll attended Wednesday night.
Who thinks our library is not worth
while when 60 people patronized it
from Dec. 10, 1915, to Jan. 26, 1917,
and more are being added to the num-
Der now every week? Thirty-four of
the 60 were students. They enjoyed
264 books during that time, 80 of
which were of school use. Beside
books, 25 magazines are in circulation
and three volumes of bound maya
zines and Is pictures have been
loaned
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
WHEN PETROLEUM WAS FREE.
That Was Very Early In the History
of This Country

nat was very Early In the history
of This Country.
The first reference to the discovery
of petroleum in America was contain
ed in letter written in 1929 by Joseph
de la Roche dalton, French mis-
siOnary working among the Indians.
He had crossed the Niagara river and
made his way southwark through
western New York into northern Penn
sylvania. where he found a spring
from which Oil flowed. This Oil was
highly esteemed by the Indians for
medicinal uses.
The letter of the priest was publish
ed in 1852 in Sagard's "Histoire du
Canada This oil spring was proba-
bly, identical with the one described
by the Massachusetts Magazine III
1889:
SIN the northern part of Pennsylva
MIA there is a creek, called Oil creek,
which empties into the Allegheny riv-
err. 1t issues from spring on the top
of which floats an oil similar to that
called Barbados tar and from which
one may gather several gallons day.
The troops sent to guard the western
posts halted at the same spring, col
lected some of the Oil and bathed their
joints with it. This gave them great
relief from the rheumatism with which
they were afflicted. New York World.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
Priestly Humoc.

The guests at the silver jubilee Of
Rev. James Lynch of st. Martin of
Tours parish, Brooklyn, learned, in a
very simple way, Of the secret of his
great success amongst his people. Here
is his speech, which, for cold and I'M
romantic truth-telling, has never been
surpassed: 'Dear brethren: At my
silver jubilee I was anxious that you
should make fuss over me- You have
actually made a fuss over me. T am
grateful. When the memory of the gilt
ter and glamour of this day shall have
passed away, you may forget that the
bishop was here; you may forget the
beautiful sermon preached; you may
forget the beauty of the church and the
sweetness of the music, but you will
never forget that it was the one Occa-
sion since my arrival here some years
ago that, on entering the pulpit, I did
not talk about the collection"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
EYES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
Backward Student Rapidly Makes Up
Lost Ground When Astigmat-
ism Is Corrected.

The oldest boy in the class had
been called upon to read and had pro-
duced humiliation on the part of his
teacher, who was entertaining a WIS.,
itor. The boy bent over his book,
studying out the words one by one.
Smaller children read the lesson off
quickly. Thoroughly despairing of
Tom, for that was the dull boys name,
the teacher addressed the visitor
"What would you do with a hopeless
pupil like that?"
''Have his eyes examined" the an
Swer came quickly.
'Why, [ never had thought of that"
gasped the teacher, and then with the
thought came various recOllections of
Tom as he sat in his seat crouched
down over his book and her sharp adj
monition to sit up straight; of his ut
ter failure to copy problems or SEN
fences written on the board; of his in
ability to learn, which came not from
lack of trying, but from what she had
termed "dumbness.'
The teacher visited Toms father
and mother. After considerable per-
suasion they consented to take the boy
to an Oculist. Tom was found to be
suffering from astigmatism, which
caused the words on printed page to
double and dance before his eyes. A
pair of glasses corrected the difficulty
and Tom returned to school able to
see as well as any normal boy. He is
still handicapped by being two years
behind his grade, by a painful lack of
self-confidence and by a reputation Of
dullness. However, all Of these handi-
caps are being rapidly overcome.
A child who needs glasses needs
them at once and not several years
later. To wait until he has grown
older on the plea that he will break
his glasses or outgrow them is to do
him an 1rreparable injury.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
ORLEANS LOCAL MENTION
Continued from Page Fiye) =

dows in which these children lived
There were also pictures Of Grand
View academy and Pleasant View
academy, Tennessee.
A very pleasant afternoon was
spent with Mrs. George Porter Feb.
IA by the Book and Thimble club.
Twenty-Five members were present.
Mrs. R. A. Bean opened the program
with the article, What Mrs. Stones
Did for Her Child" followed by
very amusing reading by Miss Rich
mond. Two pretty songs were then
given by a class of little girls from
the school after which the president
presented each little girl with Val
entine in honor of the day. Professor
A. G. Fletcher then spoke on, "Needs
of Orleans Schools" and emphasized
the need of the girls for place for
basket ball practice and for the boys
a club room to keep them off the
streets. The club adjourned to meet
with Miss Stella Twombly Feb. 9th.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
ROME'S GREAT COLOSSEUM.
A Grim Theater of Death That Was
Drenched With Blood.


The most imposing theater ever
erected by mortal hands, a grim house
of death, consecrated by blood and
tears, the Colosseum stands today q
EtupendOus monument to Roman pride
and degradation. Almos. third of
mile in circumference, it towers 157
feet up into the. air, the original and
monumental play to the gallery" of
popular. approval In 80 A. D. En-
peror Titus opened it's history with
tremendous inaugural Of hundred
days of games" in which men fought
with other men and with wild animals,
and no one knows the exact tale of the
lives snuffed out On its bloodied sands
ito make Roman holiday
In the construction Of the Colosseum
it's builders adhered to the then new
note of superimposing the three orders
-Doric, Ionic and Corinthian-an idea
that has eXerted a greater influence
upon the design of monumental works
than any other Roman innovation.
But who thinks of that standing be-
fore it today with the golden Italian
sunshine clarifying every scar and con
juring back from the dead past vivid
spectacles of Roman holidays. full of
noise and color, laughter and bloody
agonies, or when liquid moonlight
transfigures the classic ruin into a
magic fabric, where stalk the thin
ghosts of saint and vestal, slave and
emperor National Geographic Maya
zine
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
Force of Liqht.

Light has an actual mechanical pres
sure and can be measured in the lab
Oratory. 1t has been found that the
suns light in itself presses against the
earth with a force something like TO-
900 tons. AS the surface of a sphere
varies as the square of the radius, and
as the volume or mass varies as the
cube of the radius, and as the me-
chanical pressure Of light on the whole
surface varies as that surface, and as
the force of gravity varies as the mass.
if sphere is made smaller and smaller
it is easily seen that the pressure OF
light does not decrease so fast as the
force Of gravity, so bodies beyond a
certain minuteness could not reach the
sun, but would be repealed by the me-
nh nioo1 ffSrco oF re- liUht +
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21

the fear that the source of supply
would eventually become exhausted
chemists have sought to make spices
synthetically. They have succeeded in
a number of instances to such an ex-
tent that cheap authorizations are some
times uSed.-EXchange
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
Fitted For 1t.

81 don't know what to do with my
son. About the only thing he has to
recommend him is his fetching man
ner.''
'"Then why not get him job as a
waiter?' -Baltimore American
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
That SWampy Section.

Church-You know my brother
bought some property down on Long
Island and built a bungalow, and he's
called it Submarine.
Gotham-Funny name for a place,
isn't it?
"Oh, no; you see down in that 10
cality nearly everything is under wa
ter lot Of the time.''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
EAST CRAFTSBURY

Alex Shields is in New York visit
ing his son.
Robert Silver has been i'll with the
measles for over a week.
Ben Cate is seriously i'll with
rheumatism around his heart.
Mrs. Mary A. Hunter has been seri-
ously i'll for some time with liver
trouble.
Miss Mary Wilson of Greensboro is
assisting Mrs. Robert Paterson in her
home duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Silver spent a
few days visiting their son, John, and
family at Greensboro week ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsay Wilson have
returned to their home in Halbrite,
Saskatchewan, Canada, after an ex-
tended visit with their parents here.
NORTH CRAFTSBURY
Mrs. Ella Ellis is in Manchester, N.
H., on business.
The two little sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. Cole are quite i'll.
School closed Wednesday night for
a vacation until Monday.
H. N. Stevens has been confined to
the house for the past week.
Mrs Cowles has gone to Green's
boro to care for Mrs. Hunter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
BY j. Wo w e r
Copyright byJ w. Muller

pearance, he was outlaw and doomed
to death without hearing.
II know from what culver this ar
row comes!" said Charles, his lips
white with rage eft is shot by that
degenerate noble, Albert of Geierstein.
By ST George of Burgundy! Nothing
shall save him after such an insult as
this L will hang him to the highest
steeple in Nancy and his daughter
shall choose the meanest herdboy in
my army for husband!' p
Little r2Ore than week later, on
the LIST of January, 1477, in a bitter
dawn of ice and snow, there came a
sound like the roar of an avalanche.
The officers rushed to their posts and
were cut down by men who appeared
here, there, everywhere. The artil-
lerists manned their guns, and found
that they had been spiked. The Swiss
poured through. A red glare broke
out and lit up the scene. The Burgun-
dian camp had been fired at four ends.
When day broke the duke of Oxford
found the body of Charles, duke of
Burgundy, lying mired by a waterhole,
anu ItttI Hill, Ill Tie ulSS USE Ol IL Dur
gundian man-at-arms, lay the body of
Count Albert of Geierstein, the avenger
of the Vehm-Gericht.
"Anne of Geierstein" has for its
hero and heroine the son of the e.
lied duke of Oxford, the loyal Lam
c0strian, and Anne, daughter of the
strange and eccentric count of GEL
ersteIn (Vu5tere's Roch), q castle IN
the Saviss Alps. The novel IS not
one Of Scots great ones, but 1t is
eoorthy and sound; and 1t possesses
q sentimental interest to his admir-
ers because 1t represents what may
truly be called the sunset of his
genius. lie had his first paralytic
seizure IN the gear foAowing its
publication.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21
EVILS OF IGNORANCE.
Nothing is more terrible than
active ignorance.-GOeth

The living man who does not
learn is dark, dark, like one
walking in the night.-From the
Chinese
The most ignorant are the
most conceited. Unless man
knows that there is something
more to be known his inference
is. N course. that he knows ev-
erythine But let
man know that there are things
to be known of which he is ig-
norant, and it is so much cary
ed out of his domain of univer.
sal knowledge.-Horace. Mann
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-02-21

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er bird.