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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13

Harlan Stearns, who has been very
i'll with septic sore throat, is improv-
ing.
Paul French spent a short time
with friends in Beebe, Que, last
week.
Sam Hamilton has moved from
Irasburg street onto a farm in Iras-
| burg,
Miss Doris spafford returned to
Barnet Friday to spend another
month.
c. D. Litchfeld Of West Burke is
taking care Of c. S. Glib, who has
pneumonia.
Miss Florence Brown of Fitch Bay
came to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Max Doe
last week.
Frank Patterson of Lyndonville
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
ent Besaw.
Mrs Arthur Sargent is spending
her vacation with her mother, Mrs
Laura Findlay.
Mrs. Sadie Brown has moved from
| Mrs. Leonard's house into Mrs. Fo-
ley's tenement.
! Ralph Miller of Derby Line spent
the weekend at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Wells.
M. M. Taplin was business visitor
in Greenfield and other towns in Mas
sachusetts last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wiley of
Manchester, N. H., came Saturday to
visit relatives in town.
Miss Airline Holton and Mrs. Myr-
tie Perley, who have had rheumatic
fever, are much better.
Mrs. Marjorie Blay began her two
weeks vacation from her duties at
the telephone Office Monday.
Oscar Glib of Kingston, N. H.,
came Saturday to be with his father,
c. S. Glib, who remains very i'll.
Randolph Turnbull went to Mont
pelier and other points in Vermont on
business trip the first of the week.
Harold Findlay went to work last
week firing for the Boston & Maine
railroad with headquarters at New
port.
Merton Hall of Springfield spent
the weekend with his wife and son,
who are living with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Hall.
Mr.. and Alfred Wilkie came home
from Boston Friday, bringing their
grandson, Chester Trip, Jr., with
them.
Robert Wells of Woodsville, N. H.,
came home Sunday morning to at
tend the funeral of his uncle, William
Wells
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence SWEET of
ST. Johnsbury spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs Hen
ry SWEET.
Quite a number of Orleans young
people attended the Old Folks ball
at Barton Friday night and report a
good time.
Rufus Miller came Tuesday night
to visit in the home of Lincoln Camp
bell. Mr.. Miller has been working in
Windsor, Conn.
Jesse Bates submitted to a success
full surgical operation at his home
Thursday. Miss Moran of St. Johns
bury is caring for him.
Mrs. w. F. Scott h left Bright
look hospital and has zen spending
the past week with her sister, Mrs. e.
A. Cook, in Lyndonville
Mrs. Kezer, mother of Mrs. Fred
Wheeler, died of pneumonia at the
home of her son, Bert Kezer, in Mas
| sawippi, Que, March 1st.
Mrs. R. A. Bean was successfully
| operated on at the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington Thursday and
is making a good recovery.
L. M. Kinsley, J. B. Cotton, A. O.
Austin, J. G. Turnbull and B. o.
Smith went to Newport Friday night
to attend the community rally.
Leon Turnbull, who was injured
while playing basket ball some time
ago, and is in the military hospital at
Fort Ethan Allen, has nearly recov-
cred.
Earl Wedge has finished work for
the E. L. Chandler company and will
begin work for the R. w. Eldridge
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13
Must Be in Trenches.

"Don't worry, Dad, l am all right
if I don't get my head too high" is
not taken from the book "Over the
Top" but is quoted from a letter to
S. T. Wheeler of Orleans from his
son, Warren Wheeler, in the trenches
in France.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13

All who contributed to the Orleans
War Relief will kindly leave their
weekly payments with Harlan Sears
at the bank, who is acting as assis-
tant treasurer for c.. d. French.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
The Red Cross,

Dear Uncle Jed Are all the Wide Awakes buying thrift stamps and war savings stamps? If they are not they should buy them right away.
 Our boys over here and over there need good food, good shelter and warm clothing. How will they get it? The government must have money to do this, and you can help the boys through the government and the Red Cross.
 We do not realize what wonderful work the Red Cross and '. M. c. A. are doing. The boys from over there write home and speak about these or ganizations and what good they are doing for them. They feel perfectly at home when they come to a Red Cross and Y. M. c. A. cantonment. All sorts of amusements are carefully planned for the good of the boys.
 Help the Red Cross, buy war sav- ings stamps, and lend your money to the government.
 1 am saving and almost every penny get goes towards a thrift stamp. I am depriving myself of all goodies, for I think that the boys over there will enjoy them a great deal more than I will.
 You may say the war is over, but all boys aren't home. It will prob ably take about a year to bring them all back. They must have all necessi- ties and comforts until then. 1 MIRIAM SFTERESHEVSKY, Age 10. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26

early in order to catch our train. The porter took us to the wrong train and therefore we landed in Norwich in stead of Willimantic. We felt rather down hearted for this was our first visit to Connecticut and we were not familiar with the town; but when l came to know that you, Uncle Jed, were there, I was glad that we had made the mistake.
 In Norwich we telephoned our friends we would be a little late. We took a trolley to Willimantic where we were met by our friends. We had a long automobile ride out to the country. It was a great change from the heat of West Hoboken to the cool ness of the country.
 I stayed three weeks in Storrs. saw the great Connecticut Agricultural college. It is wonderful. I would have liked to ler.gthen my vacation, but school opened a few days after I came home.
 I am in the third term of Emerson High school. I am taking the com mereial course, including bookkeeping, typewriting and stenography Maybe, after I am graduated, I can come to be a stenographer in the office of The Norwich Bulletin.
 Another time I will tell you more about school. HANNAH BOSsART, Age 15. West Hoboken>
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26

looking for news of a husband, father or brother. Is he well? Is he happy? Is he worried? Doesl he hear from us? Is he warmly dressed this win ter Is there any Christmas cheer for him today?
 Taking the place of home for mil- lions of men is big task. The 1 Greatest Mother in the World" the American Red Cross, has undertaken that task, and it is one for which it is well equipped. How does your boy first hear of the American Red Cross? And how does he come to love and respect it as he continues in service? He starts for camp. In a railway sta- tion on the way a kind faced, motherly woman with red cross on her cap gives him cup of hot coffee and an apple, or offers to send a message to his mother for him.
 In camp he meets the Red Cross field director. He is given a Red Cross sweater and socks. He talks to the field director, who is a good sort of a chap and is really interested. Then the call for overseas service comes.
 At the dock there is the ever- present Greatest Mother" A friendly greet ing, a cup of hot coffee and a. good
 
 In the trenches next. Right up to the firing line, among the falling shells, comes the Red Cross rolling canteens.
 On leave, the Red Cross rest station is refuge; a bath clean clothes, food movies, books and a bed put him in shape quickly, and always comes the thought, Somebody cares lot to do l this''
 One day bullet finds it's mark. Red 1 Cross recreation houses, sunny, cheer ful rooms, where books, flowers and 1 Victrolas abound. Or if his luck has 1 prison camp, there indeed it would l fare i'll with your boy were it not for 1 the American Red Cross. /, The Greatest Mother in the l World' is the only one to whom Ger man military authorities allow the privilege of supplying food and cloth l ing.
 Alone in a prison camp, the message 1 of love comes with more force. Amer l ica is on the job all right through the i American Red Cross, the Greatest l Mother in the World" Yes, but who 1 is the American Red Cross? Turn the question and query goes around: i "Who is the Red Cross?"
 It is all those who want to be with | our boys over there: all those who want them to win, and then come back finer men than when they went over The Red Cross Christmas roll call was the roll call of the American mothers fathers, sisters, brothers and wives who are caring for their men, not be- cause it is their duty but because they want to. There are 22,000, 900 members in the Red Cross. Are you one?
 HELEN BRAUMA 1 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
She Wished to Be a Prineesa.

Little Mary had volume of Hans Andersen,s Fairy Stories given her at Christmas. The story she liked best was the Princess and the Pea"
 Little Mary had a natural desire to be a princess. When she went to bed at night she would think to herself: "Oh, how beautiful to be a real prin cess of such very fine blood. to feel like a little bit of a pea under twenty mattresseS!"
 to Mary. Who knows" she said to herself with all my very many great grandfathers and grandmothers, but p'raps I am related to some king or queen way back?"
 She went to the pantry and took a bean from the jar. She put it care- fully under her mattress. That night she went to bed happy, with joyful hopes.
 In the morning her elder sister found her with her head buried in her pillow, crying.
 @Oh," little Mary sobbed. T did think might have just a little speck of royal blood in my veins, but I couldn feel even that big bean under just one mattress!"
 Nothing could comfort Mary until her mother explained to her that even princesses were not happy unless they had good hearts.
 This settled Mary down a little but she still had a her feeling for being a beautiful princess.
 - RUTH BELANGER, Age 12. Willimantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
Home On a Rainy Sunday.

There is a great contrast on rainy Sunday between the outside and the interior of the home.
 Although everything outside was damp and cold, inside everything spelt warmth mad cheer. A roaring fire blazed on the hearth and reflected it's rudyness cn the large picture of Woodrow Wilson, which -nung just op- posite the hearth. A large, comfort able lounge with sofa cushions. stood at right angles to the hearth and an arm chair just opposite.
 Mother was knitting q sweater and the children cutting pictures and past ing them on cardboard.
 Sitting by the window l behold the outside world. The rain feil in tor rents. Several people were running for shelter. Water was everywhere flowing off roofs and through gutters like q mad stream flowing into the ocean. The sky was covered with dark and dismal clouds which made the earth almost like night.
 Although tte outside w;s dark and dreary, the inside was as if it was summer.
 JOHN LEE, Age 13.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.

Dear Uncle Jed: I live in West Hoboken, N. J., just across the river from New York city. Although like the city, like the country very much more I spent my last vacation in Connecticut with my friend, Mary Steinmeyer of Eagleville, who is also a Wide-Awake. While I was there also learned to be one. wrote sew eral stories while I was there.
 I will tell you of my journey to Con- necticut. First we Chat is, my sister and I) took trolley car to the ferry. With the ferry we crossed the Hudson river to New York city. We then went to the steamship company where we engaged a stateroom on steam boat which took us to New London, Conn. Most of the journey on the boat was in the night. I could hardly leave the deck for the stateroom, for it was lovely to look at the sky and to listen to the water as it splashed against the boat.
 In the morning we had to get up
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
A Christmas surnris.

The night before Christmas Doro- thy and Henry hung up their stock i1gs. Dorothy's was pink and Hem rvs was blue. Dorothy's stocking was larger because she was three years older than Henry.
 Dorothy thought that she would re- ceive more gifts from Santa Claus lut Henry said Santa Claus would put some of his presents under his stock ing.
 They woke up early Christmas morn ing and ran downstairs to see what was in their stockings, Their stock ings were so full that they were run ming over. Right under the stockings o1i the floor lay a large bundle even larger than Dorothy.
 Dorothy and Henry could not think what it could be
 Mother said that they should open it and find out.
 They thought they would look ard see what was in their stockings first: but before they were half through they concluded that they would not wait.
 Papa gave them his knife and Dor othy and Henry began cutting the string. After the string was all cut th=- began pulling open the paper There were several papers on the package and finally they got to the last paper Then what shout there was, for up sprang Cousin Jimmy. His face was very red from being covered
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
How John j. Pershins Became Famous


 Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tel you the story of John Pershing. He was born in Missouri in 1S60 He had 10 work his way as a boy. His hcme was a good Christian home, and the family always had morning prayers and carefully observed the Sabbath. It has been said Of Pershing that until his mothers death he treated her with the tender devotion a youth might pay to his sweetheart
 One of Pershings traits has always been truthfulness.
 He began to teach school in his teens. In this way he earned enough money to pay his expenses al the state normal school. lse taught in the fall and went to school in the winter. When he graduated in 1886 he in- tended to become lawyer, but instead 1 from there in 1886, having the highest | honors.
 At once the, young lieutenant won l with General Miles and helped in tho capture of an old. Indian chief. i In 1893 he led another campaign against the Sioux Indians and late fought the Gree Indians. | Then after another year he fecamt instructor at West Point. i When the Spanish American va broke out in 1898. he went back int ! active service and was assigned :, tt his old regiment. Here he won higl l Eonors.
 General Baldwin said: 1T have beer 1 in many fiehts through the Civil war but -Captain Pershing is the cooles person I have ever seen under fire.' l RAYMOND AVER, Age 10. | Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
The Winters First snowstorr,,

It was growing colder and colder. The last of the flowers had long ago withered and died. The sky was q dark, cold gray, and the clouds hung heavy above the bare trees.
 It looks like we'll have snow" said the grown-ups, and the children brought. out their sleds from the eel lar and stood them up by the back door. Then they f1attened their noses against the window panes, and look cd hard at the sky
 Don't you think it'll snow soon?" thev asked anxiously.
 q hope not" said mother. "Eyerv time you children go sleddine you wear great holes in the knees of your stockings, so that I spend half my time alarming them"
 ''Why, we ought 10 have snow in q few weeks said father. absently. from the depths of the morning newspaper. Qt was the Norwich Bulletin). Moth CT. here's an advertisement of men S fur coats. very cheap. You might look it up when you 20 down town..''
 The children hurried off to school. but they did not forget the snow, and many times that day their eyes wan dered from the book to the window, The last thing they said before they fell asleep was:
 "oh. don't you think it'll snow soon ?"
 That night after everyone had gone to bed, except the stray cats that held nocturnal concerts beneath the win dows of wrathful would-be sleerers, tine snow fell. Silently the soft white flakes drifted down. until everything was white. It was as if someone had dipped paint brush in white paint, and had drawn it across the la~A' scape.
 When the children awoke, they greeted the snow with shouts. of ioy, They rushed outdoors as soon as they were dressed, and rolled and rolled in it. Then down the hill they flew on their sleds. Up again they trudged merrily pelting each other with snow balls.
 Isn't it fun?" they cried. "Hcrrat for winter and the snow."
 ELOISE C. SMITH.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
POETRY.
HANKERlN' EER SPRING.

Faint much use to try to sing When you're hankerin' fer spring, 'Cspt you gifts right in the sun Then jest let your fancy run, Jest like sornethin' grown wild, Jest like yoit's a little child. Git out where there's room enun Eff you're goin' to write the stuff; Pretty soon you'll hear ti1e tune, Sweeter'n little brooks in June; You can hear the honey bees Dronin' in tAs apple trees, Hear the fiickers when they whirr, Till the air is all a'burr,
 An you'll almost think it's snow When you see the blossoms blow. Lots O things goes whizzin' by Quicker'n you can wink your eye. When you're lriftin' on rhyme Out here where the roses climb, I can hear the drowsy tune Jest like twas a summer moon; Hear the cuckoos down tae lane -GaIlin' up the lazy rain.
 See the glimmer in the corn, Hear the locust shrill his horn, Hear the cowbells in the dusk, Smell the nspper brush an' musk; I can hear the whipper- lark Whistlin' up there in tha dark; Hear the stars with footballs light, Tinkle, tinkle down the night, Jest like Is little child: Till enchcanted an beg1Iilca, .' Fipers come a-pipin' low.
 Loves old song of long ago.
 c the jolly it an fun
 Settin out here in the sun
 Tangled with a bluebelrs wing, When you're hankerin' f.. spring. t
 Herbert Randall-Hartford Couran
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

book, The Boy Spies in Philadelphia. I have read it and enjoyed it, finding it very interesting.
 Lydia Dugas, of Versailles thank you ever so much for the prize book you sent me. have read it and found it very interesting.
 Mabel T. Trowbridge, of W1lliman- tel received the thrift stamp you sent me, and I thank you very much for it. It came all right. was sur- prised and delighted.
 Netsie B. Maine, of Norwich-I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp.
 Helen Brauman, of Norwich-Many thanks for the prize book which you gave me, entitled Marjorie Dean. l have read some of it and found it very interesting.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE.
 AWAKES,

Wish you ali A Happy New Year."
 This is a great wish. and how thoughiessly we all say i-. And how old it is.
 People hay, been wishing one an other "A Happy New Year ever since man heard Good will-peace on Earth sung by the invisible angel choir
 This is simply good will wish, the sign of good heart whea honestly said
 Eut it doesn't make bit of differ ence to the New Year. The coming year may be anything but happy.
 From lack of knowledge we may be made sick, or make ourselves i'll; or, from lack of sense we may make our selves miserable.
 Whether our New Year is a happy or an unhappy one, depends largely upon our disposition and behavior; and it really depends upor what kind of days we make, 365 of which are required to make the New Year.
 Living tenperately and kindly and calmly and industriously and justly every day is what helps make hap py year; but we can't bc completely happily is our kin Or friends or neigh bors are sick or unfortunate, so whether the New Year is 10 be a hap py year for others depends some what upon you and I.
 But in every New Year, if we view il correctly, there are more blessings than blights; and most people have more to be thankful for every day than to be sorry for. What we be- lieve and what we think and what we hope-yes, and what we excuse, or dc not mind, and what we forget helps make the year a happy one.
 To have a happy New Year we mus do well our part every hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
Baby Jacks Surprise.

December 24th was one Of the hap piest days for Jack because Christmas was approaching. In the middle of the night he got up and crept stealth fly over to the window. To his sur prise he saw the ground and trees covered with snow. The most inter- esting thing Jack saw was Santa Claus 'ir the moon Santa, Claus was shak ing his finger at him which Jack thought meant he wouldn't get any presents for being out of bed.
 In the morning his greatest amaze ment was to see under the Christmas tree a rocking horse just like the one he had seen down street, and which he greatly longed for.
 Baby Jack was busy playing with lis toys for the remainder of the day.
 HELEN GATES, Age B.
 Wi1linnanfic-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
CENTRAL. VILLAGE.
MT. and Mrs. Colbert couchannes W V

MT. and Mrs. Colbert Couchane were in Norwich Saturday.
 James A. Atwood of Providence has been visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Philip .Mathewson, who has been i'll.
 Mrs. Arthur Flyers was in Plainfeld Saturday afternoon as a: guest at the Babcock- Royal wedding at the Lily theatre. sH4s8
 Lester Gardner of the Boston train ing station has been spending few days at his home
 MT. and Mrs. Willis Rouse have gone. to their winter home in St. Cloud, Fla, to spend the remainder of the winter.
 Miss Emma Greenhalgh of Reading, Mass, is spending her vacation at Charles Bragg's.
 George Dewey Seguin, who has been in military training at Brown univer sity, was discharged Thursday from military duty and has returned to his home.
 Mrs. Charles Lewis entertained the members of Lucy Webb Hayes circle of Ladies of the c. A, R. Friday.
 Mrs. Raymond Rider was in Nor wich Saturday. --..----....-,5 Mrs. Charles Barber has. closed her home here for a few weeks and has gone to Norwich to stay at the Wau- regan house.
 Miss Stella Lafrance, who Z teaches l in New London, is spending her vaea- George Miller spent saturday with relatives in Centervilles R. I.lS Miss Lillian Stetson of Norwich spent Sunday at Mortimer Stetson's. Miss Cassie Medbury spent Sunday at her home in Canterbury Mir and Mrs. William Simmons spent Christmas in Norwich at the 1 Vaughn. asks T stSs Thomas Sands of Providence spent l Sunday at William Eyer's.. 1 Bernard Cornell of Providence vls- l tied Sunday with local relatives. i Miss Florence Donovan, who attends the Academy of the Holy Family in | Baltic, is spending this. week at the i home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. l Dennis Donovan.
 Miss Pauline Mathewson of Miss Marcus boarding school Thompson, is spending week at her. home. 1 Miss Florence Rhode Sis spending 1 her vacation at her home in Oxford, 1 Mass
 Mrs. Frank Edgerton, and daughter 1 Hazel have been spending several days in Wyoming, R. l., at the home of Mrs. Edgerton's- parents; Mir and Mrs. l George Greene.
 Private Conrad Popple has been dis charged from Camp Devens and has returned to his home He was sarl- ously i'll there for many. weeks.
 Miss Ruth Cooper, who has been in 1 training in hospital in New. London, has returned home atos remain until spring.
 Stephen A. Lewis remains seriously 1 i'll at his home. Fred Kies of Daniel son is assisting in caring for him.
 The children of .thes Sunday school held an entertainment and had a tree at the. church h-vestry Christmas eve.i Mrs Frank Edgerton spent Friday at Washington R. l., visiting her brother, George Greene, who has been very i'll with influenza.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
My Huntino Trip.

Last Saturday 1S1v uncle and I went huntirg. We started at o'clock. We took a gun and dog with us When we first went into the woods my dog saw rabbit and he chased him into a pile of brush, and the rabbit got away.
 About half an hour later my uncle let me take the gun and I shot q rab- bit. gave it to him and he nu. it in his pocket and we went on. Then i gave the gun back to my uncle and he had not had # long when he shot an other rabbit. Then we started home. When we got home we skinned the rabbits and had rabbit pie Sunday. It was very good
 JOHN A. BURNS, Age F.
 Yantic