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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12

date palm at the time of the winter
sOlstice.
The Greeks call Christmas the
Feast of Lights" and that makes us
think OF the custom of putting lights
on the Christmas tree. Ages and ages
ago famous minstrel named Wolfram
sang of q custom of his day of going
to the thresholds of houses with green
branches ornamented with candles TO
welcome guests whom his people were
eager to honor. Perhaps the Christ
mas tree is just a bigger growth Of
this beautiful custom.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12

from me. i was happier for that little
moment with him, alone, and when he
left gave my thoughts to Christmas
finery. | feared indeed 'twould not be
here in time, but it came two days
before the dance. / would not for all
the world miss the Calverts' dance
January I'd: l am tired, tired,
tired; but, oh! what pleasure to re-
member! Every day, every hour. filled
with joy fear me | showed too
much my happiness, for cousin Elinor
Carol reprimanded me and told papa
my spirits should be kept in check.
Papa only laughed and pinched my
cheek. Cross old thing! She looks as
if she never had been young.
"Such lovely things as papa gave
me for the Christmas ball, besides my
pink brOcade that will stand alone.
Charles told me / was charming when
he saw me in it, but truly it was my
beautiful gown. felt shy and I'M
comfortable with his miniature resting
upon my neck for all to see and |
thought to die of shame at the free
spoken words. Why must such things
be, that maids must blush and hang
their heads for that so near their
hearts? | knew not where to hide my
blushing face and sad confusion. But
twas a magnificent ball and all the
world was there.
'sThe young people danced and
danced. but the measure of my lap
piness was bubbling over when Colonel
Washington did me the honor to dance
minuet with me. I held my head
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12

A little child who is carefully fed,
receives each day at least one food
from each of the following groups:
Milk, or dishes made of milk; fish,
poultry, and eggs.
Bread and other cereal foods. But
ter and other wholesome fats. Veg
etableS and fruits. Simple sweets.
Milk, the natural food for the child.
is the most important. A quart of milk
day is the usual required allowance.
The greater part of this is given as a
drink or on cereals, or with bread,
as bread and milk.
Milk is served on fruits that are
mildly acid, such as pears, baked APP
pies and berries. Milk Is used in
soups, custards, junkets and in the
place of water for gruels and cereals.
Compared with other foods milk
contains much lime but little iron. For
this reason egg yolk is always a much
needed food to supply the iron. Spin
ach is also rich in IRON
Milk, besides its other good prop
critics, contains a substance which pro-
notes growth. There is apparently no
food which can serve so well as a
basis for the diet Of the healthy child.
Bread and milk may well be the
chief, if not the only dish, in the sup
per for little children. If the milk Is
not rich, spread the bread with butter.
Bread should be at least twenty-four
hours old. Toast or crackers may be
served occasionally.
Cereals well cooked to soften the
fiber, make especially good breakfast
dishes as well as desserts. Cereals
may be cooked in skim milk, thus CIV
ing the child the additional nourish-
ment of the milk which is as good as
whole milk If a bit of butter Is
added.
Rice baked In slow oven will alb
sorb six times its volume of skim milk.
With few raisins and a bit of sugar
this makes an ideal dessert.
Other than fresh milk, such as con-
densed, evaporated or powdered milk
should never be used for children when
it is possible to get the fresh milk.
Another way to serve milk to chill
dren is in milk soups. The following
is good recipe which may be varied
with any thoroughly cooked and riced
vegetable: Take two cupfuls Of milk.
one tablespoonful each of -four and
butter well mixed, a little salt and
twothirds Of cupful of mashed
vegetable. Cook until smooth and not
too thick. 1t may be thinned If a
starchy vegetable is used.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
Ducks and Birds Can Fly
From Surface of the Water

Canvas-back and red-head ducks.
which are very quick of movement,
after deep diving are capable of taking
flight Immediately upon coming to the
surface of. the water. They do not
spring directly upward into the air.
Int fly at first at an angle until they
reach the desired elevation. Surface
feeding wild fowl, like the black duck,
pintail and teal, fly directly upward
from the surface of the water if the
emergency demands it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
N.. hl4t~e1o
Gulf Stream Increases in
Volume of Heat En- Route

The gulf stream would be little felt
on the coast of Europe did it not re-
ceive a great addition to it's volume
of heat when en- route. This is by
means of a gentle flow from the
northeast trade wind current that
passes outside the Caribbean islands
and the Bahamas. The surface tenn
perature of this outside current is
about the same in its passage along
the West Indian islands as the gulf
stream in the Straits of Florida, but
it is less violent in it's movements and
there is less intermingling of its up
per and lower waters, so that it ar
rives off Cape Hatteras with much
higher temperature than that Of the
more turbulent gulf stream.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12

tended by everybody. old ard young.
The ceremony of rolling it into the
fireplace or Christmas eve was one
that was attended and enjoyed by
every member of the family. If the
log burned steadily all night on the
hearth. good luck was thought to be
predicted for the year to come; if it
burned out, i'll luck was looked upon
as inevitable.
Some people say that the Christ
mas tree is connected in some way
with the ancient Egyptian custom of
decorating houses with branches of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12

high and CONTESTED with the utmost
my pleasure. fear he thought me
but a foolish maid. yet when he kissed
my hand he asked me for a souvenir,
and gave in return for my faded rose
the ribbon from his sword hilt.
Charles did pretend himself much
angered and thought to quarrel with
me; but takes two to make quarrel,
and would none of it. VIII ever be
so happy again? Farewell my beau
tiful Christmas. Farewell Farewell !"
I read no further. From out the
past a message reached a heart sick
with longing, heart that had filed
with happiness that had given place
to surging, jealous rage ! had left
the gay crowd, unheedful of my lovers
explanation of that which needed no
explanation. | myself had hung the
mistletoe in place so that none should
miss so charming an opportunity.
Why, then, should object to hasty
kiss given to another than myself
Ashamed, / quickly pinned cluster
of heartsease upon my breast: We
had picked them together from under
the sheltering box hedge as the snow
beg'u. to fall had cast them aside
as / entered my room, but now they
nestled in their rightfuI place over my
heart. AS | left the room to go back
to the crowd below, and to the happi-
ness that waited there for me. whis-
pered to myself:
Takes two to make quarrel, and
| will none of it,"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
THOUGHTS OF WISE MEN

Discontents arise from our
desires oftener than from our
wants.
Getting on is largely a matter
of getting up each time you are
knocked down.
Sorrow does not really change
people; it only develops what is
already in them. That which
they bring to it they will reap
from it.
The mood in which we begin
day makes Us a discordant.
note or helps the harmony of
every circle in which we find
ourselves.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
The Yule Log

In former times Engiishmen had no
love for Christmas trees. Their
houses were heated by means OF great
,pen fireplaces. and the bringing nome
of their substitute. the Yule log. was
one of the great festive occasions OF
the year.
Every member of the family assisted
IN tbe hewing of it in the forest, and
# was amid the greatest ceremony
tbat If was carried to the house at
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
Mothers Cook Book.

During the years in which we live, lie
will never be again as leisurelx5and care
free as it has been. The magnitude and
importance of the problems of reconstruc-
ton of the worlds torn mental and ma
terial fabric are too great for genial toll
Grafton in the future. as in the past, OF
the mental shirk or the spendthrift or
time, and there will be no such tolera-
tion.-President Hopkins. Dartmouth Col
lege.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
What Sincerity Is.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to
do as we pretend and profess, to per-
form and make good what we promise
and really to be what we would seem
and appear to be.-TillotsOr
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
Campaign Against Dust Blasts
Prepared by US. Departmen. Of Agriculture

One OF the worst enemies of all grain nereshe explosion
of the United States
middle In
handled special auspices
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
Welsh Coal.

Welsh coal wasn't used outside of
Wales a century ago. The first ship
load bought for London cost 81 ton
and was sold for $3.50.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
London's Coal.

London consumes about $4,000, 900
tons of coal yearly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12
70 by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,

WIS OIIIIStIIIdS tFC dfIU
Weston" was alive with
gayety. From every win
dow in the old brick house
the mellow light of innumer-
able candles glimmered out
into +ha r;obt opd cxoft
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-12-12

49, 4SuIlStllldS udy. Iuc SidNCo avian
ened us at daybreak, their soft voices
ringing clear in the old songs so dear
to them, and, shivering, | crept from
my warm bed into the clothes Nanny
had ready for me. There was roar
ing fire in the dining room, and out
side our people waited for papa and
for me- 1t is good to be loved as they
love us. and twas a pleasure to see
their black faces as my hand went into
my reticule to papa'S into his waist
coat pocket. But none were SO glad
as old Uncle Phil when he opened the
package that had come all the way
from England for him. 1t was a fid-
die A beautiful, shining fiddle, that
papa had ordered after hearing him
play on the long-necked gourd with
horsehair strings that he had made
In very joy the old man danced hoe
down, with the tears streaming down
his wrinkled face. / thought once he
would hug papa. but instead he caught
his hand and thanked him over and
over again. He will play for us to
dance tonight.
"Such day as 1t has been. / knew
not / had so many kinfolk. l felt so
sorry for the tired and hungry little
children that / took them into the up
per hall, where Uncle Alec had made
a splendid fire. and they played blind
naan's buff and hunt the slipper until
worn out Then Charles told them the
drollest stories. He must have been
a mischievous boy, and he certainly
is good to look at Jack Rogers also
helped amuse the children. and | doubt
not he, too, is full of old nick.
'December %: There is something
in the air that keeps US all aquiver
with interest. The gentlemen are grave
and there is talk of war. In one of
The towns the people carried black
coffin through the streets to show the
king they despised his commands
about the stamp act. But we young
folk still make merry. Yet my heart
is filed with fear. What If there
should be war. and Charles!
Il told him of my lack of cou,o ge.
and lie but laughed and pinche0 nsF
cheek and took me In his arms. as II
to ward off all danger and unhappiness
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-05
COVENTRY

Clinton Orr has been sick with in
fiuenZa.
VIM Elliott was home from Mont
pelier over Sunday
Will Thurber was in West Burke
Saturday on business.
Mrs. Fred Dean and daugn'eL,
Fannie. of Orleans visited MONDAY a.
Clarence Perry's.
The W. c. T. L. will meet with
Mrs. H. c. Cleveland March iIth at
, o'clock. This meeting Will De
Lillian Stevens memorial.
Mr. Legacy was taken to st. Johns
bury bospitai last week to be operated
mon for appendicitis. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Legacy.
The little daughter born to Rev;
and Mrs. Southland Feb. 2Sd, dled
Feb. Goth. Their friends and nelgh-
bors extend their sympathy to MI.
and Mrs. Southland.
Wilfred Messier of Irasburg, has
purchased the Wallace Shippee black
smith shop. taking possession sat
urdav Mr.. Messier will move here
as soon as he can find a tenement.
Following are the subjects of some
/ of the meetings which are to be held
naxt week: "What Does 1t Mean to
+ Be a Christian?" SELLING Christ,
''The Biggest Sin in Coventry" viii
/ Christ Come Again." Zone Thing
You Can't Give a Reason For"
Mrs. John Boisseau and daughter
of Hartford, Conn, who have been
stopping for a week at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Morisette, returned 10
their home last week. They nave oeen
helping to care for the MOrisette chill
dren, who have been on the SICK list
but are all better.
Plan to get your work done early
next week so you and your family can
attend some of the evangehstlc meet
/ ings to be held in the town hall be
ginning Teusday evening. There Will
| be excellent reaching and special
music. Singing by the Booster
choir, everyone cordially invited.
Mrs. Milo Hancock is on the sick
list. Mr. Hunt, who is a boarder al
VIM. Brooks, is i'll with a cold Mrs
H. c. Cleveland is confined to the
house with a severe cold. Carol
Wilder is improving from his illness
Mrs. A. Hancock remains about the
same and Mrs. Bedor of Newport is
caring for her.
Announcements were received last
week of the marriage of Miss Lot
Hancock, a nurse, formerly of this
place to Clyde Smith of West Burke
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will reside II
Somerville, Mass, He has a position
with his uncle who runs market il
Faneuil Hall, Boston Miss Lou has
many friends here who extend con
gratulations.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-05
COMMISSIONER OF AcRIcUL.
TURE.

Marketing :-Aaausoript COMPLETED
Tor bulletin on marketing OF maple
sugar. Addresses given a. Maple Su-
gar Makers Convention. short course
a. the University OF Vermont and two
farmers meetings
Dairy ManufActuring:-Fen cream
erles were visited during the month
and assistance given With various
problems: also assisted in securing
four new outt--uzkerz Five cream
err patrons meetings were ad-
dressed Conferred with authertries
a. Burlington regarding new milk
regulations for that city.
Creamery Inspection .-Twenty-sev-
En- creameries and shipping stations
and fifteen farms visited us san
pies O. milk and cream tested fo-
51tterfst and I'll samples OF NH
tested for sediment
Gov Testing work:-Two asso-s..
Jio2s were organized Address civ
en a. short course a. The Universft~
o. Vermont. which has resulted A.
eight men being available fo- Gov
testing positions
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-05
OVERSEAS LETTERS
WESTFIELD.

The many old friends of Pvt. Har-
vey Martin will be interested in the
following extracts from a letter to
his mother: Ehlscheid, Germany, Jan.
26th. Dear Folks at Home: Have
just finished dinner and as l have
nothing to do until four o'clock will
write a few letters. | have received
IA letters and five papers the past
week, so you see my mail comes in
punches, too. We have a little snow
on the ground today, l think about an
inch. There was not much of any
thing more than usual the past week,
only six or seven inspections. We
were inspected by the major of the
battalion yesterday and we found it
rather cool waiting for him to come
We are going to have a week soon de-
voted to athletics. This will include
baseball, foot ball, etc, and as l am
not much IN those games, expect to
do the heavy looking on. Our COM
pany Is getting up another entertain
ment and they say it is going to be
much better than the one we had at
Christmas. There have been several
shows in the next town to US, given
by the boys from different companies
and they were all called quite good.
-. n
town and as it is located in the next
house from US we will no doubt visit
1t often. Friday night was the first
night opened so there was a grand
rush. went down and bought a box
OF chocolates, can Of condensed milk.
two packages of gum and two boxes
OF Smith Brothers cough drops. l
haven't any cold only we like any,
thing that IS sweet for candy here. /
nave forgotten whether / told Won I
received the parcel from Paris or not.
1t was IN o. K. condition. The one
you mailed me from home has not
reached me as yet. / have not had
any reply from the letters l wrote AL
bert and Isadore yet. You asked if I
had enough money, and in reply will
say l have and if l do not change nv
mind l will send some home next
month You must remember we were
a long time where We could not spend
any, and so We had four months nav
az once. Hoping TO be remembered
70 all the people around home. Your
loving son Harvey" Pvt. Harvey F.
martin, Co {, 10 u. g. Bn., A. <. F.
A +. y. 134. In a letter to mis- sis
ter, Blanche Martin, of Hartford
Conn-, ne says: in regard to poin0
Only think not until peace is signed
As there are good many questions
70 be settled It may be some time I
wrote nome l hoped I would not have
% stay IN the service more than a
year That would be May Ist. al
though It would not surprise me Il =
was longer We cannot find much
ia4l- as there Is no fighting. You
want 70 know II / was IN any bat+Ies
wrote a while ago that / had been
on two fronts, the first Scissors tbe
second, the Argonne Forest. where
We were q days. We had lots Of
ram so we were mighty glad When We
were relieved When the arnoistice
vas signed We were ready to 90 IN
again, so that was pretty lucky for
Is. ! was never in the front Iine~
with the infantry as the machine 1nn-
-. - are usually located between
tzen and the artillery. NevertheIesa
80 eLe under heavy artillery fire
go 81. ! guess IN as much danger AZ arv
other outfit a. any
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-05

Evard l. Powers died at Bright
look hospital. St. Johnsbury, FEB. H.
after a very serious operation. ne
funeral was held at his home IN New
port on East Main street, teo. 18TH;
The Rev. George Pomfrey OF Rlcnford
a former pastor of the deceased,
preached the funeral sermon ana
spoke very fittingly Of Mr.. Powers
sterling worth, his kind nelghoorh-
ness and interest in the best Things OF
/ his community. The many friends
present and the beautiful floral trlo-
/ utes gave evidence of the high esteem
4 in which he was held. Interment was
at North Troy. He was member OF
/ the l. o. o. F., who attended IN a
/ body and had charge of services at
the cemetery.
( Evard L. Powers was born in the
town of Troy, April %, 1867, and
was educated in the public schools OF
\ his town. On Feb. "a, 1894, ne mar
ried Miss Blanche Norway Of New
port Center, and lived IN Troy until
+ 1898, when he moved TO Maine, and
was in the employ of Skinner, French
& Co. for five years. where ne gave
most excellent satisfaction. He then
returned to North Troy where he en-
and dealing in timber lots and con-
Quoted logging operations, all OF
which ne carried out successfully. At
the same time he was road commits
sioner for two years. and did work
on state roads in Troy. Newport and
Derby. In 1912 he moved from
North Troy to Derby Center where
he lived for two years continuing in
the wood and logging business. He
then moved to his present home IN
that part of Newport formerly known
as West Derby. In 1916 he went into
partnership with F. F. Holbrook and
bought out the former Van DYKE
township at LowelltOwn, Ne. The
new firm Immediately started into
the lumber business at that place and
were operating successfully at the
time of Mr.. Powers death.
Mr.. Powers has always been a very
active man, and was well known in
Orleans county for his business quail
tiles. He was a keen business man
natural-born trader, with excellent
judgment of real and personal prop
erty, but always respected for his in
tegrity and fairness in carrying out
his part Of every trade and agreement
as his word was as good as his bond
He was a man who readily made
/, friends wherever he went as he pos
sessed a fine personality which wa:
most appreciated by those who knew
him best. He was a splendid neigh
Dor, who was ever ready to lend {
. helping hand in the time of need
loyal and true TO his friends who wer,
legion and one of the kindest of mel
in his family. A good man has gone
and he will be missed bv all who knew
him, but the world will be better TO
his having lived in it. His wife
daughter and relatives have the sin
cere sympathy of the whole communi
ty.
He is survived BY his wife. on
2 daughter, Vera. and his father. Ira A
Powers. and brother. Pearl E. Pow
r ers. both of North TROY. and a broth
er, W. T. Powers. of Orleans.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-05
NEWPORT CENTER

George Crawford came home from
Montpelier seminary Thursday night
70 remain until Tuesday noon. This
snort vacation took the place of the
usual Easter vacation.
The Boy Scouts were ROYALTY on
tertaIned at the home of Hermon Yer
mol at their last meeting on the nth
and wish IN this way to thank Mr.
and Mrs. Richardson for their kind
ness The next meeting will be on
March 3 with Marvin Beadle.
The school play advertised TO be
given IN School hall Friday evening
VIII De given this week, Friday eve
nlng and z fine time is assured. A
prom after the play. Be sure and at.
tend and assist the eighth grade in
raising money for their graduation.
Representative Edison Connal wen.
| 70 Newbury from MONTPELIER Satur-
I day 70 celebrate his birthday AT the
nome OF a friend. Mr.. ConnaI i
certainly making good at Montpelier
ana putting Newport town on the
map, i all accounts Of his work in
the legislature are true.
Mrs DR.. Adams and children have
been among the sick the past weeI,
DIT are now improving. Even the
PHYSICIANS family is not spared but
u IS sincerely hoped that the doctor
- - $500. nay not De stricken as he is
$500 needed 70 look after the
I-3y slcA ones about here and is
grl'Lng night and day, looking after
ms patients
Mrs Grace Hill, who has been car-
ing for Mrs BoseIy, has returned n
ner home II Newport. Mrs. BoseIv
Is little better. but still very poorly.
Grliton Niles has been helping his
Iatner- Liner Niles. in the stora
-ate-y as he vas not able 70 continue
ms work II the mill a. North TROY for
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-05
COMMISSIONER OF TAXES.

The physical valuation Of railroad
and telephone properties for purposes
Of taxation has been completed and
the appraisaIs filed with the state
treasurer The appraisal Of railroad
companies was hxed at $47.s32,S50
The total appraised valuation OF tel
e1hC1e properties is S4.022 $50, which
Is lpproximately a quarter OF a mil
lien dollars increase over the Yalua.
uu- Of two years ago. The work O.
the annual appraisal o. bank stock
w-s completed and notices mailed
for the banks affected.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-05
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

During the month the commission
held public hearings or various sub
.ects connected with the supervision
q railroads and other public utilities
IN Montpelier. Middlsbury. ST Johns
bury. Burlington and Manchester
There were also three Internal com.
plants investigated. one order OF 10
uce issued. and i've accidents inves
toEated-