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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13

The January entertainment COM
mittee of the Red Cross with Miss
Lothrop and Miss Darling as chair
men, assisted by Mrs. jenkins, Miss
Bassett, Mrs. Sylvester, Miss Hay
and Miss Harris, netted the sum of
500. This money was raised by
means of a social dance and the NOV
les.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. Rowell, Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Vance, G. w. Will
liams and Armour Anderson all of
South Albany, Mr.. and Mrs. S. F.
Vance of West Glover, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. A. White, Mrs. A. G. Williams,
Mrs. H. G. Perley, Miss Cora Rowell
and H. T. Seaver of Barton, Mrs. G.
R. King, and Mrs. M. B. Anderson of
Passumpsic were here to attend the
funeral of Mrs. A. D. Patterson on
Thursday.
Miss Hazel Harris, who recently
went to Washington, D. c., to enter
the employ of the government, writes
| that she has been assigned to the Air
| Personnel of the Commission Section
having charge of sending out the
commissions from the different avia-
ton schools to the men both here and
overseas. She has two and some
times three girls working under her
and likes the work exceedingly. She
has found a home at a young wom-
ans club home, recently built by the
war commission.
Arthur P. Magny, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Magny, died Thursday
Jan. 31st, aged eight years, eight
months, at their home on South
street. He was bright, lovable lad
and a patient sufferer for two years.
! A year ago he was operated upon at
the General hospital, Montreal, but
to no avail. The funeral was at the
! Catholic church Saturday forenoon,
| Rev. FIR. McMahon officiating. The
bearers were Joseph, Edward and
! Victor Magny and Merrill Springer.
| The body was taken to Canada for
| burial in the family lot.
| Harry L. Bassett, local representa-
tive of the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission here, has received in
| formation that the government ur-
gently needs thousands of stenogra-
piers and typewriters at Washington
and that the commission has modified
it's requirements for these positions
Competitors who do not desire to
| take the whole examination need
take the pracClcal Jesus III SCenOgra-
| ply and typewriting only. These
subjects consume ordinarily not more
than one hour and if passed the pros
poets of appointment are. excellent.
The examination will be held every
Tuesday at the Orleans postofice be-
ginning at 9 a. m. Mr.. Bassett
states that those persons who cannot
take the examination during the day,
may be examined in the evening if a
sufficient number apply.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
Mrs. A. ID. Patterson.

Mrs. A. D. Patterson, who has been
in failing health for several years
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. F. C. Brown, Tuesday after
noon, Feb. 5.
Elizabeth II. Rowell was born in
Albany, April 5, 1910, the daughter
Of Sloan and Rhoda Powers Rowell,
and the greater part of her life was
spent there.
March 25, 1858, she was married to
Adams D. Patterson Of Glover and
they resided there several years, then
moving to South Albany, where they
they moved to Barton. On account
of her failing health about two years
ago, Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson came to
make their home with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. F. G.. Brown, in Orleans,
where Mrs. Patterson has received
the most tender care.
She was a woman who made many
friends and one who was sought from
far and near in times of sickness and
death because of her natural ability
as nurse, and she gave freely of her
strength to help others at all times.
She was noted for her hospitality and
no one was ever turned from her
door. She was a great lover of home
and devoted to family and friends.
She united with the Methodist
church when sixteen years of age and
was always an active worker, sing
ing in it's choir, and assisting in all
it's work.
Mrs. Patterson is survived by her
husband, A. d. Patterson, daughter,
Mrs. F. G.. Brown, Ga son, Fred Will
liam, dying several years ago. three
sisters, Mrs. Lois Page of Barton,
Mrs. Ellen Williams of Passumpsic
and Mrs. S. T. Vance of Glover, and
hosts of other friends and relatives.
Services were held at the home of
F. c. Brown Thursday afternoon,
Feb. 7, Rev. I. A. Ranney officiating,
assisted by Rev. r. A. Hamilton. Mr.
Ranney chose as his text, Rev. IA; 13,
BLESSED are the deadwhich die in the
Lord
The profusion of flowers testified
IF the respect and love in which the
deceased was held.
Interment was Friday in the family
lot in South Albany.
Card Of Thanks-To the friends
and neiGhbors who so kindly remem-
berod US during the illness, death
and burial Of our dear one and to the
Eastern Star and others for the
beautiful flowers we wish to extend
our gratitude.
A. D. Patterson,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Brown,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes
w. S. Smithers, Pastor.

The mid-week service is held to-
night with Mr.. and Mrs. S. Mitchell
on South street.
Sunday services: Sermon by the
pastor at 1870 a. m. Bible school
at II m. Junior League at 3 p. m.
We shall be glad to welcome all
who will join with US in our evening
service of song and worship.
The Woman's Missionary society
met with Mrs. William C. Twombly
and daughter Feb. 9Th. The vice
president, Mrs. Dickens, presided.
After devotions and reports, the fol-
lowing program was presented:
woman Under the Crescent" Miss
Twombly; "Only a Woman" Mrs.
Minnie Twombly; "Many Bonds, -
Mrs. Jenness; "Little Daughters of
Islam," Mrs. BARTLETT; ''The Truth
the Women Grasp" Mrs. Dickens
''The Story of Dah'byia," Mrs. Cole.
In the social hour that followed Miss
TWombly served nut bread sandwich
es, war macaroons and tea. Mrs.
Dickens was program leader.
The Twilight club enjoy a social
Thursday night at the home of Miss
Dorothy Cotton.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13
Joe Mitchell Chapple on the War.

The lecture by Joe Mitchell Chap
pie on the war, delivered as a num-
Der of the lecture course in the opera
hall Friday evening was greatly en-
joyed by his hearers.
Mr.. Chapple quotes many of the
worlds famous people on the war
subject, having wide acquaintance
with people of note, and having trav-
eled extensively both here and
abroad. He has visited every can
torment in the United States since
their establishment and so speaks
with considerable authority upon
many phases of the question. He en-
phasizes the fact that the submarine
is our greatest menace and the air
craft our greatest hope, and believes
that ultimately our armies will carry
the day, but in the meantime we
must as a nation and as individuals
make real sacrifices for the cause.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13

Gertie before the laughing hyena' s
cage)-How prOvoking! Here we've
been twenty minutes and the ridicu-
lous hyena hasn't laughed once! Phyl-
lis-Strange and he's been eying your
new hat toO!-LOndOn Telegraph.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13
CUT THIS OUTFIT is WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Out out this slip, enclose
with sc and mail it to Foley & Co, 1885 Sheffield
Ave, Chicago, Ill, writing your name and address
clearly. You will receive in return trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
pain in sides and back, rheumatsm backaChe kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley CathartiC Tablets
a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation biliousness, headache, and sluggish bow
els. Fred D. Pierce, Barton, G. H. Hunt, Evans
Vile
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13
Ira Sturtevant.

Ira Sturtevant died at his home a
short distance from the village to-
wards Evansville at 1 o'clock Mon
day morning, having retired as usual
the night before. He was one of the
original family of Sturtevants that
have lived in the town of Barton for
many years. He was born on the
place known as the Old Fair Grounds
nearly 80 years ago and has always
kept the property in his possession.
He was one of the 'forty miners"
so-called, going to California when
gold was first discovered. He came
back and married Mary Jane Spenc-
er of Peacham on Jan. IL, 1856, who
preceded him to the unknown shore
only last August. They have always
made their home in Barton and while
Mr.. Sturtevant has never mingled in
public affairs, he has been successful
and always respected.
Having no children of their own
they have made a home for Mrs.
Sturtevant's niece, Miss Alta Weeks,
who came to them when a young girl
after the death of her parents in
Danville. The funeral was held on
Wednesday at o'clock, Rev. Mr..
Smithers officiating.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-13

The Chilean Indians make a drink
from maize. The grain is first baked,
then STEPPED in water for period and
then boiled and put aside to settle
AfterWard it is "fined'' and consumed
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
A Signal Light for the
Telephone Receiver

" tive assistant desired to converse
with his superior the latter was busy on
the telephone, SO he had to wait. To
open the door every few minutes for the
purpose Of looking in or to have the op-
orator notify you when the receiver had
been hung up is both annoying and time
consuming. A private concern has in
stalled an inexpensive device which
eliminates this embarrassment. The ex-
ecutive's telephone has an extra connec-
ton which automatically lights small
blue light at the assistants Office when
the former is using his phone. AS soon
as the executive hangs up the receiver
the light goes out and the assistant
knows that his superior is accessible.
This device, which is very inexpensive.
consists of two plates connected with
wires which run through the cord to the
assistants Office. - Popular Science
Monthly for July.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
when the Protoplasm
w Grows Senescent

"a sapient world reading Of these dis
closures and Of corroborative testimony in
German medical literature made very lit
tie response. 1t compared notes with what
it already knew of other capitals, past and
present, and put the question down as So
Geologic without special significance. The
question was protoplasmic and significant
as handwriting upon the wall. The natu-
ralist recognized it as meaning proven ILL
ness of state the protoplasm of which
was becoming senescent. =.
"Yhe naturalist knows that Prussia need
not be feared after the war, as the sociol-
ogist fears The apadion index associated
with other phenomena of decline give tes-
timony showing that Prussia in the centres
Of population had reached cultural limita-
tions about the beginning of the present
century. When decline is under way in the
representative centres Of any nation the
movement is rather steadily downward
"Historians will write Of Prussia that
was in the same way as they write of Rome
that was. When there is rapid increase
in the wealth in any country and CORE
spending financial ability to raise children,
and when this movement is accompanied by
an actual decrease in the birth rate,
wealthy country then begins to follow
Rome in decline as natural phenomenon.
The expression fewer and better children
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
A Hun Turbo-Dynamo

TT is claimed that the largest turbo
dynamo machine in the world has
just been completed by the Allgemeine
Electrical Company at Berlin. It gem
crates $4,000 kilowatts, which corrc-
spends, at 1000 revolutions per miffute.
to $4,000 horsepower 1t is characters
tic of the hard times now prevailing in
Germany that the blades Of the turbine
had to be made for the most part out Of
other than nickel steel AS Illustrating
the economy Of space achieved by such
powerful turbo-dynamo, a Berlin news
paper makes this statement:
"The largest steam engine in the munici-
pal electrical plants of Berlin produces
maximum Of about 5000 horsepower; and
yet 1t occupies more space than this turbo
dynamo which generates more than twelve
fold the power it yields"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

more lives than actual fighting. To the bot
anist is due the credit for saving Germany
from the alternative of starvation or sur
render by the aid he has rendered agri-
culture in supplying thousands of tons Of
ammonium sulphate and nitrate prepared
from the atmosphere by processes of the
chemists. The modern aeroplane, with it's
load of pilot and observer, of armor and
ammunition, would be impossible were it
not for the alloys cunningy devised by the
chemist, which combine greatest strength
and toughness with a minimum Of weight.
No doubt we all regret that the chemists by
stored oxygen, by reagents absorbing car
bon dioxide and producing oxygen, by the
storage Of energy III electric batteries have
kept the submarines, an invention of the
physicists, from suffocating in their own
foul gases In the depths; but there is COM
fort for us in the thought that our own
submarines may profit by these discoveries"
Another service of chemistry since the
war consists in supplying the people of
this country with chemicals hitherto i'm
ported from abroad. In regard to this
problem the author asserts:
"Three typical and important illustrations
of these tasks must suflce-the providing of
drugs for the health Of our people, the man.
ufacture Of coal tar dyes for our textile,
leather and. related industries, and finally,
the production of potash for farm and
factory. The results are encouraging. AL
most all the essential drugs are now being
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
The Worlds Largest
Electric Ship

N THESE days, when tonnage is more
important than anything but men,
It Is interesting to read Of a new electric
ship launched in England, which is said
to accommodate from to 10 per cent
more cargo than any steam vessel Of its
size. It is the largest electric ship in
the world.
THE London Post" commenting ON
it, says:
One Of The most interesting ships re-
Gently built In England will shortly start
% her maiden voyage from a northeast
port This is the first electrically pro-
s!!sd merchant vessel ever constructed in
British yard and Is designed on what Is
known as The Ljungstrom turbo-electric
system. In this principle, which has al
,ady been adopted on number of small
,.ofsisn merchant vessels, steam turbines
0nvs the electric motors which actually
operate the propeller. The mechanism is
controlled from switchboard similar to
mat in an electric power station, and the
engine room is unusually compact.
The advantages claimed for the turbo-
.lectric system, that make it Of special in
@sest IN existing circumstances, are coal
.'onomy and increased cargo space. Tests
uff'ed out in the foreign vessels referred
% above show low fuel consumption,
"aile 1T Is estimated that the British ship,
"aich is Of approximately 6,400 tons, will
sseommodate from 8 60 10 per cent more
.i'so than an ordinary steamer Of the same
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
This Master Is
i Not Loved

Those of US who have had the privilege
of enjoying close social contact with the
people in Austria and in Hungary and in
South Germany are fully aware of the in
imical feeling Of these groups toward their
master. One reason why the Roman State
was more successful in this respect was be-
cause OF greater generosity Of govern
ment which resulted in better afiiliation
after conquest. Roman methods of ahilia-
tion with vassal states did not arouse the
antaeonism which Prussia has aroused by
severe martial methods which have been
employed for holding vassal states III chain
and which have sent German emigrants to
generous governments in preferences to
their own colonies. At the time of the
formation of the Roman Empire through
force applied by single state there were
no other competing civilizations like those
which surround tho Prussisn autocratio
state and its vassals to-day. In Greece the
high development Of different cities did not
result in the abolition Of warfare, and there
VAS constant warfare between the cities.
"The time came when bsrbarism In mass
force with tremendous onslaught could
break up civilized Rome when it began TO
disinterrats rs result Of senility OF
protoplasm Ind the approach toward cult
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
INT as a Regular Col
leee Course

4 CCORDING to "The Arizona Re-
:. publican" the American univer-
ssy has discovered yet another way Of
lsastering to the war needs Of the
N'untry. One reads:
s,..NI. the famous explosive that is
W. "|'eg such an important part in the great
lhs now being made at the University Of
r,.s,.na rsna Many Of the courses at the uni
...s,.V .sV have been somewhat modified as a
tn OF the war. and thus notably true is
a. Nss Of those offered by the department
in .saemistry. Thus, in the regular course
TNy yssnio chemistry. tri-nisro.toluol, or
bs.a' - it is more familiarly known, has
~, Pfspaxed by the students.
7s y probably the most important
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

from our oil wells into stable gasolene.
If the process was reasonably cheap it
might conceivably be possible even to
secure a product from the waste gases
Of the mines, as Governor Brumbaugh
of Pennsylvania has advocated
that is a far cry.
The immediate need is to convert the
richer gas Of coke and coal-distillation
plants into liquids so that there will be
a greater profit in operating such plants
at the mines. At present the gas Of
by-product ovens has to be wasted if it
is not produced in close proximity to
points where the demands for power are
large.
In converting methane into heptare,
if the conversion could be accomplished,
8 per cent Of the hydrogen in the meth
ane would be distracted. While methanc
contains rs per cent of hydrogen, hep
tame has only 16 per cent. Ethylene has
the same chemical analysis as heXylene.
In the other series hydrogen must be
added, but these are less important The
trick seems so easy, but nature often
seems firmly resolved to resist taking
what appears on first sight to be the
obvious course.-Codl Age.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

~ EcAUsE OF the performance
x shown by models in recent de-
monstrative tests, some interest
has been aroused by an appara-
H., .Aat has lately been developed to save
-. Ian vessels from sinking after being
m,redoed, or damaged by collision,
s-;tes "Popular Mechanics" which con-
tinues:
am. contrivancc comprises a lAminated
49,, disk. TO the centre Of which Is at
ss..s.a a series Of rubberi1ed canvas, cone
.s.,ed buckets. More specifically, the clos
,as sisk is built up Of circular plates 80 as
=. ..' s.ve great strength in the middle and
s..ihilisy at It's outer extremities. It is
800 With thick layer OF compressible
a.t.rial that when subjected to pressure
iii fll and cover, water-tightly. the uneven
..,f.ess surrounding the hole in the hull
"A. ether side Of the disk is overlaid with \
.Aheri,cd fabric that is circular in shape
"a at greater diameter than tho base mem
Mr M The stopper could be provided in va
INNS sizes up to thirty or forty feet in
Sameter. In use the end cone on the
,saIn would be lowered into the water in
a, vicinity Of the hole in q ship's hull.
I',ou being caught by the inrushing water
4 would be pulled through the opening.
ne whole string Of buckets would then be
lovered along with the disk so that the lat
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
An Indian miracle" Ex-
planned

A NOTE in Mature" refers briefly to
"A a lecture by Sir ]. C. Bose, which
describes and explains a bit of Hindu
wonder working - the praying palm
tree" of Faridpur. AZ the time of even
ing prayer the tree is seen to bow its
head in prostration, and it resumes an
erect attitude the next morning. The
lecturer devised special apparatus to re-
cord continuously the movements Of the
tree by day and night, and thus discov
cred that the movements were due to
the diurnal change in temperature.
Scientific American.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Electrocution

THE question as to how death is
caused by electricity has long been
the ground Of controversy between Ger
man and Austrian scientists. At the Uni
versity Of Vienna it is taught that the
electric current upon entering the body
arrests the functioning of the respiratory
organs and thus caNses death through
suffocaton. The German authorities, on
the other hand, teach that electricity
stops the rhythmical beating of the heart,
that sort of dancing Or futtering of
that organ supervenes, and as there is no
more pumping action to keep up the cir
culation death ensues.
From a notice in the "Frankfurter
Zeitung" it would appear as if Berlin in
this instance, tco-just as in the realm
of politics-has now proved itself the
stronger power. Professor Boruttau, of
the Berlin University, that paper re-
ports, has recently delivered an address
before the Berlin Electrotechnic Society
in which he fully demonstrated the cor
rectness of the German view. Appealing
to numerous experiments by himself and
other specialists, made upon animals and
registered in the form of "electrocardio-
grarns' he claimed definite proof for
the theory that death is caused by at
tack upon the heart, which is made to
futter or dance. In addition to this
experimental proof Boruttau studied the
statistics Of 1900 cases of accident with
electricity. From these it appeared that
in cases where the current entered the
heart death nearly always resulted,
whereas death was rare when the cur
rent entered the head and brain, in which
the respiratory organs have their vital
centre.
Discussing means of restoration to
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
1t Might Go Down With
L All Mental Flags Flying

"The apadion index does not. mean that
high mental gifts are to disappear; on the
contrary, a nation might go down with
all of its best mental flags flying. A paral-
lei is found in the which becomes
more beautiful when it doubles by in
of petals at he expense of sta
mems.
"All states which rise like the Roman
and German states must fall like these, and
for protoplasmic reasons. In regard to
later civilization we anticipate chat decline
will be conducted by microbc influence
more than by arms. Perhaps in future civ
ilizations other states which admire and
appreciate some one highly developed state
will not be surprised at its downfall. The
reason why they are surprised nowadays
is because the billions of dollars expended
upon arms are not expended instead upon
the giving Of every man in the civilized
world proportionate number Of thousands
Of dollars which would allow him to equip
himself in science. Intensive agriculture
and collateral sciences which are grouped
about that one basic study iead naturally
toward avoidance Of warfare by arms Up to
the present time in this Great Double In
vasion War the money expended for pur-
poses OF destruction if apportioned evenly
would allow every man in the civilized
world several thousand dollars which might
be used for purposes of instruction.
Had any one told the Romans that Roms
was to fall he would have been looked upon
very much as the Germans now look upon
the naturalist engaged in telling them that
their government is falling because of the
working of the law of cultural Limitations.
Manifest destiny may be viewed in two
ways, as it Was viewed by the Romans and
by the Germans of 1914, and as it is viewed
by the biologist. The destiny of Prussia is
at least clearly manifest to the student Of
natural history"