Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-09-08

editor of the Rutland hefaiu, WIZ
has been accompanying Candldate
Agan in his speaking tour OF yer,
mont, is sending home TO the Herald
q story of his trip, written in Hind
| ley's informal style under the head
/ of .Peregrinations." That part OF
his story touching upon his visit 10
Orleans county, coming from hlcn-
ford, follows.
Instead of taking the northern
route via Troy and Newport TO reach
Barton we elected the Montgomery
Irasburg route. Some mformantS
recommended the Belvidere-Eden road
but finally the weight OF eounsei
seemed to lean toward the former,
which includes mile of the stlffest
climbing there is in Vermont.
This steep pitch is just outside OF
Montgomery Center and Marguerite
u. Cadillac did not make it on high
nor on second. 1t took some of the
| hardest chugging on low l ever saw
TO lift our two tons plus up that hill.
I The route through Lowell to Iras-
/ burg is along the line of Gen. HaZen's
old military road and traverses some
of the widest. most picturesque
country there is in the state.
You climb for nearly three miles to
Hazen's notch, passing primeval for
est, deep secluded waterways, lofty
( timbered slopes and a precipltous,
beetling cliff that suggests Beers
Leap, but is more savage and forbid
ding in its physical characteristics.
The road is selected state highway
under patrol, and despite its steep
ness and marvellous curves is aston
ishingly good for Notch road.
Lowell Corners, spread around on
the hills, looks pretty good with its
neat buildings, band stand, commun-
/ ity park and signs of thrift and pro-
gress. Some of the best corn we have
seen on the trip grows on the up
lands between the Corners and lras-
burg.
/ 1t would be a three-star and triple
dashed boner 10 conclude that these
/ off-the-railroad towns are perishing
OF isolation or on the point of sue
cumbing to the competition of the
Great Outside. On the contrary, bar
ring perhaps the sidehill farms in the
notch itself, / should say they were
doing very well, thank you.
Tractors, silos, hay leaders, gaso-
line wood saws and some good motor
cars tell part of the story, but the
buildings, thrifty orchards, weII-bred
and well-fed horses and cattle and the
prosperous, go-ahead look of the folks
you meet and pass
Irasburg is a perfectly fascinating
hamlet. Its central square of park,
well-shaded and kept trim and neat,
its splendid outlook OF mountains and
valleys, its white-painted houses and
buildings-not 10 mention Dan Bra
hana's commercial emuorium-appeal
TO the city visitor just as Montgomery
Judging from the more than occa-
sional summer home through this
country, should say the appeal was
quite general. Think Of porte CO.
cheres and imousines in these noun
tains, yet here they are-we saw
several of them.
Orleans county and Barton have
their usual unique contests on for
legislative jobs Frank d. Thonp-
son, ex-judge, states attorney and
considerable lawyer, Is contestlng for
Barton's sufrages and there are four
candidates for county senator as
follows:
viii Blodgett of Newport, former
member of the house; R. NJ. Cowles of
Albany, merchant and house grad
uate; Urban w. Brown, now of West
more but formerly of Bloomington
('Mr. Brown of Brownington" as he
was distinguished in 1917, wasn't IT'D
Marsh Calkins of Westmore.
There is some ancient history en-
tering into this Brown-Calkins affair.
Both OF Westmore and perpetuating a
peeve into a senatorial campaign will
probably result in a stalemate for
both men with Blodgett and Cowles
probable winners.
Frank d. Thompson is running
+ a hrs
ness man, and while he aims 70 win
IL is said he has regular fight on
his hands.
Bill Reirden, who was defeated two
years since by vote or. two, is look
ing well, but says the signs weren't
right for him to get into the scrap
this year. Barton and Orleans coun-
~ aren't sending up any better men
than Bill Reirden nohow, no time.
Orleans is getting TO be a model
and particularly lively industrial CEN
ter i bought an Eldridge handker-
chief-made in Orleans-just to see
what the local output was like Seems
70 be pretty fair product. OF course
the woodworking industries are the
heft of the town, but the change from
good old Barton Landing days is
quite startling.
This man Agan is quite a perform
er. He isn't by any means an orator,
and no doubt people discount these
political talks, but the fact remains
that he makes votes wherever he
goes. When plain folks tell you SO
after rally, you've got to believe it,
and when it happens in the enemy's
country it is rather significant
This hasn't been so in all cases
where the other candidates have
spoken; IN fact, the opposite has been
reported to US in at least score of
cases. / don't expect Agan to carry
Orleans and Essex counties, but he'll
get surprising vote up this way if
some good political dopesters know
what they're talking about.
The Emery strength is pretty
steady up this way, but there's no
enthusiasm mixed up with it. It's
just something they've got to do on
| primary day" and / reckon they'll do
II, but they won't do it unanimously,
not if signs speak true.
Barton at its best is inclined to be
a trif1e conservative and quiet. 1t is
also GQc7He1lv dry ca the