Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-06

weight of snow and the wind put nine
of the 80 telephone lines out of COM
mission, but with customary prompt
ness the Trouble Man got after them
+ early Thursday morning. There has
been no harder wind this winter,
which is saying considerable.
Those who read the Vermont Mis-
sionary will notice in the February
number an appeal for used postcards,
something which nearly every home
has in abundance, to be pasted writ
ten sides together for the use of our
Bible woman, Mrs. Newell, Matsu-
yama, Japan, for use with her chill
dren as they learn more readily from
pictures than talk. Those who choose
to prepare them can forward them
directly to Miss Katharine Worcester.
3S8 College street, Burlington, VT
Those who do not wish to be to the
trouble of FASTING them, are invited
to send them to Mrs. Albro Hunt or
Mrs. Lillian Wright, who will see they
are pasted and forwarded.
Another cooperative creamery
meeting was held Saturday after
noon in the town hall, which was
largely attended and all were pleased
with the interesting talk Of M. R.
lolSCIup OIL 81. AiOe'Iio. AS DeIOTe
mentioned Messrs. Tolstrup and
Jones of St. Adams inspected the
Hood creamery here and the Turnbull
creamery at Troy, reported in favor
Of the Troy proposition at approx
mately $4,000. The Hood plant which
was offered for little under $4,000,
has increased in price to $500. Of
course nothing definite was decided
upon, it being up the milk producers
which to buy, if either, or to go on as
heretofore, selling the milk, or as
;ome of the largest dairymen have
oeen doing for a year Or two, manu-
'acturing the product at home, which
las been a most profitable way The
0y-products of separated sour milk
md buttermilk are worth great deal
or home feeding of animals. Just
TOW, feed is so high and the demand
OF ali kinds OF farm animals for meat
and the demand for butter and cheese
S to strong that it might we'll lead
the farmer to consider the home man.
ufacturing of dairy products.
NEWPORT PERSONALS
Mrs. C. w. Richmond is entertain
ing her father, Mr.. Nye of Burling-
ton.
The regular meeting Of Memphre-
magog grange was held Wednesday
evening.
Geo. B. Young of Montpelier visited
his mother, MRS. Augusta Young, on
Wednesday.
Roy P Skinner was in Burlington
the first Of the week on business. He
returned Wednesday.
Mrs A. T. Lorimer and two daugh-
tiers have returned from a few days
spent in Boston and vicinity.
Arthur Wells has been unable to
go on his K. +. d. route, being con-
fined to the house by illness.
Mrs. Buteau and family moved this
week from Smiths Mills, P. O., to
one of the Colodny tenements on
West Main street.
C. w. Richmond left Wednesday
business for the Farmers Exchange.
night for BrattleborC and Boston on
He will return Saturday.
An examination was held Wednes-
DAY at the federal building for posi-
tons in the U. S. immigration SER
vice. Three candidates were present.
The morning passenger trains were
three hours late Wednesday due to a
congestion of traffic at Barnet, three
freight trains meeting two passenger
and two freight trains with limited
sidings.
An inspection of Co. H, was held
Tuesday evening at school hall. Capt.
Gibson of the Vt. Volunteer regiment
was the inspecting officer. Members
of the company from Orleans were
present.
The meeting of the Ladies' Reading
Circle was very interesting Wednes-
day afternoon, Hon. Geo. 3. Young
of Montpelier read a paper on "The
Legal Status of Women Excellent
music was also dispensed.