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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
Mrs. l.. ID. Webster.

Mrs. Cynthia E. Blaisdell Webster
wife of the late l.. D. Webster, died
at her home on East street Monday
evening of broncho-pneumonla, alter
an illness Of about two weeks.
Mrs. Webster was born IN Barnet
Feb. 4, 1884, the daughter of Hiram
and Jane Somers Blaisdell. She mar
ried Lorenzo d. Webster In Green's
boro and they afterwards lived IN
Peacham, Craftsbury, Hardwlck and
Stowe, moving to Barton Landing 5I
years ago, making her the oldest res
ident in town. =,
Two children were born to them,
Jennie, who died many years ago ana
Henry S. of Orleans. Mr.. Webster
died in 1909 and since that time she
has lived alone much of the time,
leading a quiet life and rarely gong
ont. She was woman of refinement
and although living to a great age
her heart was always young as her
many friends among the younger
girls can testify. -,
She was tenderly cared for at the
last by her son and his wife and her
sister-in-law, Mrs. W. H. Blaisdell,
and niece. Miss Ella Blaisdell.
One brother, William H. Blaisdell,
Of Orleans. son, Henry D. Webster,
of Orleans; two grandsons, Lieut.; H.
S. Webster, D. c., of the lOlst man.
try and Clifton Blaisdell Webster, OF
Rumford, Me-, survive her.
The funeral was private at the
home Wednesday afternoon and burl-
al was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16
ORLEANS LOCAL MENTION

H. J. Stannard is moving into the
DR.. Wells house this week.
Clarence Bushey is in CharllestoWn'
s. c.. in the naval training school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Stowell re-
turned home from Ryegate Saturday
Earle Hardy and Chester Glapper
have returned home from Mldoleoory'
Read cosmos" clairvoyant adver-
tisement on page four. adv.
Miss Juline Rogers is working IN
the Central Savings Bank q trust
Co. -,
Miss Marie Darling spent the
weekend at her home in South Rye
gate.
Lieut.. Alton A. Doe has arrived
safely overseas according to official
reports.
George Howe came home from
Springfield Monday. He will return
Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. L. A. Wadleigh have
come to the Valley House to spend
some time,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16

Mrs. Annette Howard, wife of the
late Henry Howard, died at the Frost
Sanitorium in st. Johnsbury Sunday.
A more extended notice later. Flu
neral at the home of Mrs. L. S. Nye
in Orleans. Burial at Coventry.
Miss Esther Spaulding of Lyndon
vile came Friday to assist in the Of
flee of the New England Telephone
Co. Miss Gertrude Parker and Miss
Jessie Hazard being the only opera
tors able to be on duty Saturday.
Mrs. Mildred Daniels of Barton
came last week to the home of her
aunt, Mrs. w. J. Joslyn, to remain
while convalescing from an attack of
the influenza. Her mother, Mrs. j..
E. Chase, and her brother, George,
are both ill with typhoid fever.
The Red Cross have organized and
stands ready to aid those who are
sick and will on call furnish broths
and other kinds of suitable nourish-
ment. They are making an effort to
find assistance by the hour or by the
day at no expense to those who are
not able to pay.
Among those who have been taken
i'll with the grip the past week are
Minnie Stannard, George Lyon, Clyde
Wiley, Frank Hardy, Earle and
Herbert Montague, Juna Colburne,
Belle Burroughs, Hazel Wells, Mrs.
George Stone, Clara Touhey, Mrs. H.
S. Webster, Mrs. Will Simpson, Vern
Richardson, Florence ellis, Mrs.
Isaac Keys, c.. S. Stevens.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
who so kindly helped us at the death
and burial of our beloved husband and
father, also for the many beautiful
flowers sent. Especially would we
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16
Lula Mcdowell Greene.

Mrs. Gertrude Mcdowell was call
ed to Concord Junction, Mass, to take
care of her daughter, Mrs. Lula
Greene, who was i'll with influenza,
and left on the night train Wednes-
day. Mrs. Greene died soon after
her arrival and the body was brought
here Monday.
Lula Mcdowell Greene, wife of
Harley Greene, formerly of this town,
died at her home in Concord junction
Friday, of pneumonia. She was born
in Coventry in November, 1899, the
daughter of William and Gertrude
Fuller Mcdowell. When she was a
young girl the family moved to Or
leans, where she attended the high
school and was popular among her
associates. After leaving school she
worked for Whipple, French & Co., in
their basement store. She married
Harley Greene in April, 1918 and
was living in Concord Junction,
Mass, and her husband is a member
of the National army at Camp Dew
ems. She is survived by her parents
and a brother, Hugh, and sister, Hell
en-. The body arrived on Tuesday
and services were held at Pleasant
View cemetery.
Mrs. Greene had been a member of
the Girls Choir Of the Congregation
al church, and as many members as
possible accompanied the body to the
grave.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16
Ray Pierce.

Ray Pierce died in st. Johnsbury
Wednesday,, Oct. 9Th, of influenza,
having been i'll only five days.
He was born in Barton, May G.,
1889, the son of Edward and Abbie
Woodward Pierce, and after leaving
school for a number of years he
worked for the E. L. Chandler Co.,
and afterwards was employed by F..
H. Pierce in the clothing store in Or
leans. He married Hazel Smith Of
Orleans in June, 1914, and after a
few months they moved to ST. Johns
bury, where he was employed in the
E. & T. Fairbanks Co. shops. They
have one daughter, Beatrice.
He was buried on Friday in ST..
Johnsbury. He leaves many friends
and relatives in this town, who have
the sympathy Of all.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16

Friday is the last day on which
to pay your taxes and save the dis
count of 496.
The first number of the lecture
course, advertised for the 21st, has
been indefinitely postponed.
The Willoughby Fish and Game
club planted 10000 salmon in Long
pond and Willoughby lake recently.
Mrs. Hazel Smith Pierce and little
daughter, Beatrice, are stopping with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Smith.
Mr.. Moore of Manchester, N H.,
has rented the basement under O. w.
Locke's store and will open a meat
market.
The state convention of the w. C.
T. u, which was to have been held
at ST. Johnsbury next week, has been
postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dean, Miss Fan
ny Dean and David Webster are en-
joying few days outing at Will
loughby lake.
The remains of Arthur Gibbs came
Monday from Waterbury and were
buried in the family lot Of Pleasant
View cemetery.
Nikolai Hanski died at his home in
the Kimball block Thursday of infu-
enza. He was an employe of the
Parker Young Co.
Mrs. Gertrude Fischlin came up
from st. Johnsbury one day last week
to call on her father, George Parker,
and other relatives.
Miss Eva Sherman, at one time as
sistant principal of 0. H. S., has been
appointed principal of the high school
at South Dartmouth, Mass.
Mrs. Emma Perley of Rumford,
Me-, Mrs. w. M. Wright and Mrs. C.
A. Barrows attended the funeral of
Mrs. Howard on Wednesday.
Mrs. Grace Shepherd Bishop is very
i'll with influenza at her home in
Springfield. Her father, Guy Shep-
herd, went Monday to see her.
M. M. Taplin, county chairman, and
executive committee on the war re-
lief fund, was called to Burlington
Wednesday to attend conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Corley of john
son were home for the weekend.
Mrs. Mary Ordway returned home
with them for visit of ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Blake of
Springfield, Mass, have been recent
guests at the home of Joel Temple.
They are both doing government
work.
The meeting of the Book and
Thinble club for Oct. 9th, was can
celled. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. c. A. Dodge on Oct. 23d, if the
ban is lifted.
Miss Mary Pave, who has been as
sslsting at the home of her brother,
VIM. Pave, has been called to Norton
to care for other members of the fam
lily, who are i'll.
Letters have been received from
Harry Dickens with the Y. M. c. A.
service overseas, written from aboard
ship and in London with his mother
and other relatives.
Bert Roam has moved into what is
known as the Willard Tripp house
on South street, now owned by Fred
Caron, from the Whitney house op-
posite the Congregational church.
Mrs. Jennie Lumbra returned last
week from Nashua, N. H., where she
has been working in a shoe factory
and has gone to Montpelier to enter
the army training school for nurses.
Mrs. Bertha Hooker was called to
ST. Johnsbury to attend the funeral of
her late husbands cousin, Earl Evans
and visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lothrop, returning to Auburndale, on
Thursday.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16
COUGHED so HE COULDN'T SLEEP

Bronchial coughs, tickling in the throat and asth-
matte spasms break ones rest and weaken that
the system is down and serious sickness may
severe cold this fall and coug hed continually night:
could hardly sleep. The first bottle of Foleys Honey
and Tar relieved me, entirely curing my cough" 1t
ing coating loosens phegm and clears air passages
Sold Everywhere.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16
BROWNINGTON CENTER

Mrs. Ira Gray and two daughters
are on the sick list.
Read cosmos" clairvoyant adver-
tisement on page four. adv.
Mrs. T. G. Crandall spent several
days at Lyndonville with her daugh-
ter the past week.
John Bullock and son, Lyle, have
gone to Westfeld, Mass, expecting to
find employment for the winter.
J. H. Currier received word Of the
death of his brother, William, of
Griswoldville, Mass, Monday morn
ing.
Ed. Parker has moved his family
into John Lowers tenement house
and will work for J. G. Clough for the
present.
Mrs. c.. A. Gallup was called to
Newport Friday by the death of her
sister, who died quite suddenly that
morning.
Thomas Smith, having resigned as
town clerk, P. G. Stone has been ap-
pointed to take charge Of the office
until March meeting. Laura Stone
is the assistant.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16

thank the Orleans County Bar associ-
alton and the Masonic Lodge for the
kindness shown.
Mrs. Flossie P. Stoddard
and children.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16

An alarm of fire was sounded be-
tween five and six p. m. Thursday,
calling the members of the depart
ment together for orders. About Is
men Immediately started for the
George Howe place on the Coventry
road, now owned by L. Boulanger.
They were too late to be of service
as the barns were a blazing mass.
The hook and ladder truck on the way
was turned back at Clark Bailey's.
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15
raids and prevent the robbing Of the

raids and prevent the robbing Of the
dead.
had pass which would allow me
to 60 anywhere at any time in the sec
tor of the line held by our division. It
gave me authority to stop and search
ambulances, motor lorries, wagons and
even officers and soldiers, whenever
my suspicious deemed it necessary,
Atwell and were allowed to work to-
gether or singly-it was left to our
judgment. We decided to team up.
Atwell was a good companion and
very entertaining. He had an utter
contempt for danger, but was not fool
hardy. At swearing he was a wonder.
A cavalry regiment would have been
proud Of him. Though born in Eng
land, he had spent several years in
New York. He was about six feet one,
and as strong as an OK.
We took up our quarters in large
dugout of the royal engineers, and
mapped out our future actions. This
dugout was on the edge of a large
cemetery, and several times at night
in returning to it, we got many fall
stumbling over the graves of English,
French and Germans. Atwell on these
occasions never indulged in swearing,
though at any other time, at the least
stumble, he would turn the air blue.
A certain section of our trenches
was held by the Royal Irish rifles. For
several days very strong rumOr went
the rounds that a German spy was in
our midst. This spy was supposed to
be dressed in the uniform of British
staff officer. Several stories had been
told about an officer wearing a red
band around his cap, who patrolled the
front-line and communication trenches
asking suspicious questions as to loca-
tion of batteries machine-gun emplace-
| mentS, and trench mortars. If a shell
dropped in battery, on n machine gun
or even near a dugout, this spy was
blamed.
The rumor gained such strength that
an order was issued for all troops to
Immediately place under arrest anyone
answering to the description of the
spy.
Ito be Continued)
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15

the crops, planting and harvesting them
to the final reckoning of accounts when
they determine their income for the
year. In addition they run a dairy,
which is up to the highest standard
(for they boast that all their milk is
grade Az, and take care of the chick
ems, pigs and horses. They spend con-
siderable time in working out feed
problems as a result of which they are
able to increase a COW IS supply of milk
greatly and they experiment with the
feeding of hens to encourage laying,
thereby getting more eggs than under
ordinary conditions. They also take
care of their own housekeeping ar
rangements- making their beds and
washing their dishes. Consequently
"hired girl' problems on the farm
never trouble them.
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15

clicked cushy job behind the lines,
and how sorry felt that they had to
stay in the front line and argue out the
war with Fritz. They were envious
but still good-natured. and as left the
trench to go to the rear they shouted
after me:
"Good luck, Yank, old boy; don't
forget to send up a few fags to your
old mates"
Ipromised to do this and left.
reported at headquarters with six
teen others and passed the required ex-
animation. Out Of the sixteen appli.
cants four were selected.
was highly elated because was, l
thought, In for cushy Job back at the
base.
The next morning the four reported
to division headquarters for instruc.
tions. Two Of the men were sent to
large towns In the rear Of the lines
with an easy Job. When It came our
turn the ofIicer told us we were good
men and had passed q very creditable
examination.
Ny dn hat began to get too small
for me. and noted that the other man,
Atwell by name. was sticking his chest
cut more than usual.
Ths of3cef continued: Il think I can
ne you two men to great advantage
h tAe front line Hero are your orders
anA Instructions, also the pass which
gives you full authority ~ special N.
p. detailed on intelligence work. Re-
port at the front line according to your
instructions. It is risky work and I
wish you both the best Of luck"
Ny heart dropped to zero and At.
wells face was study. We saluted
and left.
That wishing us the ''best Of luck"
sounded very ominous in our ears; II
he had said II wish you both a swift
and painless death" 1t would AaYe heaA
more to the point. 81
When we had read - GS16strucfio1s
we knew we were in for 1t good and
plenty.
What Atwell said is not fit for pub
lication, but l strongly seconded his
opinion Of the war, army and divisional
headquarters In general.
After bit our spirits rose. We were
full-hedged spy-catchers, because our
instructions and orders, said SO.
We Immediately reported to the
neareat French eataminst and bad ssy.
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15
Cd papers for sale at this office.
MAKING FARMERS
OF CITY BOYS

Preparing the American city boy to
become scientific farmer and take his
place early among those who are patrl-
otically striving to feed the United
States and its allies is the aim and pur-
pose of unique school at Lakeville,
Connecticut, which at the end of its
second year has already passed beyond
the experimental stage. The Riggs
school is the name of the institution
and it is working under the endorse
ment of the federal and state depart
ments Of agriculture.
Francis Behn Riggs, headmaster Of
the school which bears his name, start
ed the institution about two years ago.
The idea took hold. Some thirty boys
between the ages of IL and IA years
are now being taught scientific farm
ing and farm management at the same
time as they receive . good public
school education. These boys are
trained to take entire charge of . good
sized farm and they will soon be able
to release men of fighting calibre for
service at the front. When peace comes
they will prove a great aid in helping
, to feed Europe Is well a. the United
States, - agriculture will be Of primo
importance at that time and America
will need a great army of farmers 10
plant and harvest her crops.
There is tuition fee of 5000 year,
but the actual cost for the care and
training of each boy for twelve months
is $500. Each boy is required to earn
total Of $50 q year in productive
work and the amount Of boys earn
ings is determined by crediting him
daily for his work at from 9 to cents
an hour, according to his ability. In
order to stimulate the boys ambition,
he is paid monthly in cash, per cent
of his earnings. Hl.r
These boys are learning farming in
the best possible way-by living on
the farm. The boys are the farmhands
and do all the work Of the farm and
house except cooking and heavy
ploughing. They manage every branch
Of 1oo-ssse farm, fron deciding upon
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15

All along our trench, ri6es and ma.
chine guns spoke, our shrapnel was
bursting over their heads. They went
down in heaps. but new ones took the
places of the fallen. Nothing could
stop that mad rush. sThe Germans
reached our barbed wire, which had
previously been demolished by their
shells, then 1t was bomb against bomb.
and the devil for all.
Suddenly my head seemed to burst
from loud "crack" in my ear. Then
my head began to swim, throat got
dry, and heavy pressure on the lungs
warned me that my helmet was leak
ing. Turning by gun over to No. 2, I
changed helmets.
The trench started to wind like q
snake, and sandbags appeared to be
floating in the air. The noise was hor-
rible; 1 sank onto the fire step, needles
seemed to be pricking my flesh. then
blackness.
was awakened by one of my mates
removing my smoke helmet. How de-
licious that cool, fresh air felt in my
lungs.
A strong wind had arisen and dis
persed the gas.
They told me that I had been "out"
for three hours; they thought I was
dead.
The attack had been repulsed after
hard fight. Twice the Germans had
gained a foothold in our trench, but
had been driven out by counter-at-
tacks. The trench was filed with their
dead and ours. Through n periscope
1 counted eighteen dead Germans in
our wire; they were CHASTITY sight in
their Notwithstanding respirators.
l examined my first smoke helmet
A bullet had gone through 1t on the
left side, just grazing my ear. The
gas had penetrated through the hole
made in the cloth.
Out of our crew of six we lost two
killed and two wounded.
! That night we buried all of the dead
excepting those in No Mans Land. In
death there is not much distinction
friend and foe are treated alike.
After the wind had dispersed the
gas the R. A. NJ. G. got busy with their
chemical sprayers, spraying out the
dugouts and low parts of the trenches
to dissipate any fumes of the German
gas which may have been lurking in
same.
Two days after the gas attack was
sent to division headquarters, in an.
swer to an order requesting that cap.
tains of units should detail man
whom they thought capable of passing
an examination for the divisional in.
telligence department.
Before leaving for this assignment
went along the front-line trench say.
ing gOod-by to my mates and lording II
over them, telling them that l had
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15
DIVIDING UP THE WATERS

We have newly appointed commit
tee named by the governor to look out
for the threatened shortage of water
for irrigation this season. These men
are experienced engineers and are
working hard to set up more equita-
BILE distribution of our irrigating waters
So that all may have plenty while none
need 90 without. The only way to do
after so many decisions of the courts
is to work comparatively in amicable
unison and this is now the work in
hand. Although irrigation is almost as
old as agriculture, the average irrigator
readily realizes that he does not know
how much water is necessary to pro-
duce a maximum crop although plenty
of information has been printed on the
subject, especially by this journal. Ths
amount of water actually applied to
land year after year is about as vague
and indefinite as knowledge of the dis
tance to the nearest star. At the same
time intelligent users of water are fast
waking up to the fact that this kind
of information is of vast Importance.
Without a knowledge of the amount
of water required by the land and crop
no just and equitable distribution of
water among appropriations can lie
made Without it there is constant
danger of litigation over the right to
use water. Without it the determine
ton of the man with the prior right to
get his share or all the law has given
him, results in injuring his land by
overirrigation, while his neighbor who
has appropriated at later date sees
his crop destroyed by drouth. Without
it courts have decreed enough water to
one man to cover his land over 500
feet deep and to another less than
enough to cover it one foot deep.
In the arid regions values attach to
the water rather than to the land. Wa
ter is scarce, while land is compara-
lively abundant. There is approxl-
mately ten times as much land as the
water supply under present usage will
irrigate. The increase in the value OF
land as soon as it is reclaimed and ia
insured permanent water supply is
enormous. A doubling of the duty
would increase the public wealth Of the
state from this source alone by many
millions Of dollars. Undoubtedly the
efficiency of our water supply can be
improved to q great extent when the
relation Of water to the soil and crop
becomes properly understood-when ths
land has been cultivated and irrigated
. number of years and a better agrisul-
tural practice becomes general.
A knowledge Of the amount of water
necessary to reclaim land and produce
profitable crops of the kinds which
succeed under existing conditions OF
soil and climate is clearly matter Of
first Importance; to the appropriation,
that he may obtain enough for that
purpose; to the state land boards and
to the courts that just and equitable
tions relative to the use Of water, and
tions relatove to the use of water, and
to the commonwealth that the greatest
amount of land may become profitable
and support a maximum population.
The first proposition right now, how
ever, is to see that the golden rule II
carried out and this - what the ssa-
mittee 10 trying to do.-Nsld a.d
Ravvn
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15
TIT: TOP
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AN ArlERICAN S0I,DITR
WHO WENT q x
ARl1IUl GUY YE;rIpEY
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MACHINE GUNNER SERVING N FRANCE
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IAR1huR GUY Ef1FYI

gun firing and gives tie Germans the
impression that the gun is firing from
point midway between the guns
which are actually firing, and they ac-
cordingly shell that particular spot.
The machine gunners chuckle and say,
Fritz is brainy boy, not 'alf he
amt"
But the men in our lines at the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his igno-
rance and pass a few pert remarks
down the line in reference to the ma
chine gunners being "windy" and
afraid to take their medicine.
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15
showing How Fritz 10 Fooled.

drives two stakes into the ground,
about fve feet apart. Across these
stakes he stretches curtain made out
Of empty sandbags ripped open. He,
soaks this curtain In water and fires
through It. The water prevents 1t
catching IRE and effectively screens
the flare Of the firing gun from the
enemy.
Sound Is a valuable asset In locating
Q machine gun, but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with It's fire the
sector Of the left gun and the gun on
the left to cover that Of the right
gun. This makes their fire cross; they
are fired simultaneously.
By this method It sounds like one