Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-01-22

A special column that will appear
from time to time in this paper, con-
tanning short paragraphs about
everybody and everything-some of
your own acquaintance and ranging
from the sublime to the ridiculous.
You are invited to contribute.
Il have shown them that / am not
a coward and now it remains to be
seen whether l am a knave," is said
to be Horace Graham's comment up
on his appearance before the joint
session of the legislature to deliver
his farewell address.
"Some people say they don't adver-
tise because everyone knows where
their stores are. Everyone knows
where the cemetery is but they don't
go there very often" observes the
North Adams Herald.
One dusky citizen was in uniform.
The other clung to his civilian garb
and rallied against the draft.
II amt a goin'," he asserted, "and
no one is goin' to make me-"
'Niggah," replied the other. earn
estIy, "if Woodrow Wilson wants Won.
you goi That man took an hour of
daylight from God Almighty. Then
he took all the railroads awav from
white folks and give 'em to his SON.
ln-law. What chance has you got? ?"
Successful Farming.
What constitutes a public-spirited
man ?" asked a returned Canadian of
icer, who answered it by saying: as
t not one who places the public's well
fare first and his own advantage sec
md. Yes. Then we have 35O,OOO of
he finest public-spirited men coming
% take an active part in Canada's fu-
,ure. Men who think and act from a
community standpoint. Men who rec
'gnize that they are a part of COM
nunity and who have been trained
% act for the benefit of the whole"
enable Syrup's Colyum" in the
Barre Times says: Cant someone
ind an appropriate opening on Mount
1vmpus for Ernest Warboys of West
?"
Harry Parker of the Bradford
Opinion, who is spending the winter
n the South, tells the following story
n letter to his paper:
A Jew was in desperate need of
money and his brother was willing
o lend it, but demanded 9 per cent.
What would our mother up in heav-
n think when she sees that YOU have
harged me 9 per cent?" The other
eplied, "Never mind, key. when our
mother looks down from heaven she
viii think that the 8 is a g."
IF it is true that "Charlie" Brown
vent to Boston as local manager of
he New England Telephone company
nd tried to explain the telephone sit
alton here but received scant atten-
ion, that the powers that be" re-
used to come up themselves, that
ieneral Manager Story told him TO
Go back and tend to your business,
that / say goes" then the questions
rise, Why a local manager? Why
ONE half dozen "regionap directors?
Why government control? Why a
ublic service commission? Or are all
hese accoutrements just plain cam
ufiage and Frank Story the Kaiser
f telephonedom hereabouts?
One thing the health officers wish
o impress on the public is that the
lace for sick people is at home,
where they will meet as few people as
,ossibIe. This is for the affected
,erson's welfare as well as anyone
lse's, for the germ can easily be tax
n again as shown by the experience
f many. The old rule to keep away
rom crowds should still be carefully
bserved. 1t is just as necessary
hat visiting should cease now as at
nv time, and most of all in houses
where influenza is known TO exist.
The epidemic is nowhere near over,
nd no one can tell when it will be.
There is a popular belief that the
Influenza is the pneumonia plague
nd the same belief is expressed by
many medical men. This plague has
wept over vast areas in eastern and
outhern countries before and resem-
lies this so-called influenza in its
TO spread. In the history
4 the United States there have been
which were more loathsome
md terrible in their symptoms but
lot since records have been kept ana
diseases handled scientifically has
here been any such general epidem-
c.