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ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR
WALLACE H. GILPIN. Publisher,
Barton, Vt.
Published every Wednesday afternoon.
Enter td at the Post-office at Barton, Vt.,
as second -class matter.
TERMS
, . i
One year, $1 50. Six months, 75c.
Two months, 2c. Invariably in ad
vance When your subscription expires the
paper stops.
We wish you all a very happy New
Year and a prosperous 12 months.
The general prosperity of the coun
try is reflected in the record breaking
Christmas trade.
The mails and the express compan
ies report a record number" of parcels
and every enterprising merchant re
ports a fine Christmas business, which
makes us happy all around.
LOCAL EFFECTS OF PARCELS POST:
There appears to be opposition in
some quarters from local merchants to
the new parcels post because it will,
they think, give the mail order houses
a greater opportunity to extend their
business. Arthur Brisbane, said to be
the highest paid writer in the world,
has some very interesting things to
say about the situation and some good
advice to give. Mr. Brisbane gives
this advice after reading what some
one says about opposing the move
ment. He says the problem of pros
perity for the country merchant "can
not be solved by opposing modern
successful methods. You can do noth
ing by opposing progress."
Mr. Brisbane then goes on to give
the country editor as well as the
country merchant some advice. He
says :
"If the editors throughout the coun
try and the storekeepers throughout
the country will combine, if they will
USE the parcels post instead of op
posing it, they will soon find them
selves possessors of a new prosperity,
and competitors on ji real and a success
ful scale :'.zh the great mail order
houses t iat have done so much injury
of late years to the prosperity of the j
local merchant. . j
"No rn-iil order house can possibly
succeed in a c mmunity as well as i
the ionl merchant, it' the local mer
chant plans It's business as intelligent
ly and economically as is done by his
big distant competitors.
"Hitherto the great mail order
houses have had the advantage in bay
ing and distributing.
"Manufacturers were comnelled to
deal throau-h jobbers and mail order
rould not reach the
Beginning today the government will
transport your parcels through the
mails on a new basis. The Monitor
gives in this issue an explanation of
the system and a map which tells how
rates are computed.
We read of many deaths at a recent
moving picture show in Brussels when
a film took fire. We read of many
such fires in foreign countries and
some in the United States, but thanks
to the rigid rules and inspection here
such accidents are uncommon.
That State Fair number of the Ver
monter was worth waiting for.
Charles R. Cummings, publisher, is
not only an artist with type and the
printing press but is an artist with the
camera as the numerous fine cuts in
this number of our state magazine
shows.
of the Grand Trunk, both indicted by
nouses. iney c
consumer direct.
"But, with i:he parcels post and j the federal grand
through the parcels post, and with the 1 a3 weei under
country stored r, manufacturers ' trU5t law' because of the alle-ed
Will IJCiVUlLi J ' , C(JiC L-VJ UC(U VUICL ' ' - - " ' " - - - .
Calling a Bluff .
In the attempt to have the present
state legislature pass the inn keeper's
license bill, now in the hands of the
joint temperance committee, the advo
cates of that measure are putting up a
monumental bluff, the like of which
has not been witnessed in Vermont
since the time when a class of men
with similar ideas and the same mer
cenary object successfully flimflammed
the state with the local option idea.
The Hotel Association of Vermont
of which Max L. Powell of Burlington
is the president, in a circular letter
which has been distributed throughout
the state, confesses to being responsi
ble for the conception and introduction
of the measure, and members of the
association, headed by Mr. Powell, ap
peared before the joint committee on
temperance in Montpelier last week
and presented what they presumably
considered to be arguments in favor of
the proposed law.
The burden of the appeal for an op
portunity to over ride the majority
sentiment of no-license communities
and to establish bars in towns where
the peopla have declared that saloons
are not wanted, is that of "booming"
Vermont and attracting thirsty tour
ists, the claim being solemnly ad
vanced that hotels, catering to the
tourist business, cannot provide mod
ern facilities and comforts and be
profitably operated without selling
liquor.
The Standard has heretofore pointed
out the absolute falsity of this claim,
not by theoretical discussion, but by
citing the actual record of numerous
modernly equipped and conducted
hotels in different sections of Ver
mont, whose profitable and notably
successful operation and large and
growing tourist patronage gives the
lie to this claim in behalf of hotel
bars.
The right kind of a hotel man does
net need (and does not want) a bar in
order to make a financial success of a
summer or all the year round hotel,
for he will provide those cleanly com
forts and reasonable luxuries of bed
board that make the most effective ap
peal, to the traveling man
An illustration of this is found in
I the case of Jerome F. Hale, proprietor
of Hale's Tavern at Wells River, who
I spoke before the committee last week,
but whose remarks m aavocacy or the
inn. keeper's bill constituted one of the
s.rongest arguments against it.
When he went to Wells River eight
een years ago he was told by two
hotel keepers across the New Hamp-
aViii'Q lino n n Vi i c: nwn pytIi'Psivp
President C. S. Mellen of the New innp-naa-e. that he stood as much
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-1 chance as a snowball in hell of mak-i-rvni
nr,A Pi..ic.;.innt t? t rv,nmi-,.wi in ! ins: a success of the hotel business in
The Greater Vermont association is
doing good work. With a little public
support much beneficial work will be
done by this organization. James P.
Taylor and Guy W. Bailey are the men
back of it at present and it would be a
difficult task to get a much better
working team of hustlers for Vermont.
The country mourn the death of Will
Carleton, the "Hearthstone Poet."
Possibly his best known poem is,
"Over the Hill to the Poorhouse."
These lines, it is said have caused
many an unfortunate to be taken from
almshouses to be cared for by well-to-do
relatives or friends and if this be
true, certainly his life was worth the
while.
medical aid reached him. The
means 01 laenti tying tne man was
through mail in his pocket addressed
to Charles Margetti. . From what can
be learned, the deceased started at
about 6 o'clock for Belden with two
countrymen and nothing more was
seen of any of them until the man was
found beside the track. Investigation
showed a few slight marks on his
forehead and a large black stone in
the upper part of one stocking. One
shoe was missing.
Prisoner Attempts Suicide.
Ashe was being led back to jail
Saturday afternoon after being sen
tenced for shooting and woundinsr Or
son Tinkham, a wellknown Bennington
farmer on the evening of October 17
during an atempted holdup, Frank
Cmell. a Hungarian gypsy, aged 19
years, made a sensational attempt to
commit suicide. The jail corridor
opens into the office of Sheriff Freder-
! ick Godfrey, who is also the jailer and
when Deputy Nash passed into the
narrow passageway, Cmell suddenly
broke away, rushed into the sheriff's
office, seized a revolver lying upon the
desk, placed the weapon at his head,
and pulled the trigger. There were
no cartridges in the chambers, how
ever, and with the assistance of anoth
er deputy, Cmell was soon overpow
ered. Later Cmell was taken to the
house of correction at Rutland to sen
tence a of five years.
Jail Breaker Arrested.
The story of one of the most daring
jail breaks in the history of the state
became known when a party of deputy
sheriffs took into custody William
Burke, of Rutland, who was arrested
at the home of his uncle west of the
village of Fair Haven. Burke was or
iginally arrested charged with robbing
a freight car in the railroad yards at
Fair Haven. He was also wanted for
i being a principal in a free-for-all fight
J in the streets of that village a few
omy pTArtT Tim Mrm
aiAM inn new
YEAR BIGHT
While makipg New Yqar resolu
tions don't forget the oldWatch or
clock that has been measuring off
time to you during the; past
years or years, these faithful1 com
panions need attention. You
would not expect any other piece
of machinery to run a year without
cleaning and oiling, why do you
expect so much from the watch or
clock? New equipments and ano
ther man at the bench will enable
us to give our patrons better ser
vice in this department.
Optical Work
Owing to the many ( alls we
have had for this work we have se
cured the services os E. T. Rutter
an experienced Optometrist and
Optician, he will be at our store
Monday, Jan. 6, and the following
Saturday atternoon and evening
to test and fit eyes. If your eyes
are troubling you, or if you have
lenses that need chanjrinsr don't
fail to see Mr. Rutter he will fit
you perfectly. Mr. Carpenter will
look after any repairs in this line, a
trial will convince you that we can
save you time trouble and money.
Remember the dates Jan. 6 and
Jan. ii. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A Good Start
weeks
ago. After his first arrest,
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
W. R. Aldrich
I awyer. Practice In State and U. 8. court
L- New EnglaDd and Peoples Telephones
Orleans, Vt.
C. A. CRAMPTON, M. D.
St. Johnsbubt, Vt.
SPECIALIST. EYE. EAR. NOSB, AND
O THROAT. Office 39 Main St., over Poa
Qffice. office Boara: 0:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m
Aouointments for examination of tne a?9
for glass 8 can be made in advance by lettef
or teleptaon-.
Harry Dickens
AUCTIONEER
New England Telephone
Orleans, Vermoxt
D. K EASTMAN, D. V. M.
Veterinarian
Graduate from New York State Veterinary
College, Cornell.
Office at W. N. Kinne's.
42 tf Newport
JOSIAH A. PEARSON,
DENTIST, BARTON. VT. OFFICE IN
Owen's Block.
E. O. RANNEY, M. D.f
OPIiEANS, VT.
CiFFlC HOURS, 8-:00 to 9:00 a.
jury in New
the Sherman
York
land
i Well? Kiver without a bar. He neg
! Iected to refer to the subsequent car
eer, under license conditions, of these
New Hampshire prophets, but he did
how he
Tavern
and the
that they j
excellent ;
adver-
iiewsna er. tn
d
with the consume
mail or.lor houses will fhvJ
have eal com:etiton an
th: ir:- for everybody.
"vith the parcels post workinpr,
the L"al merchant will have his cata
logue.; instead of a great stock in
trad-. file manufacturer will
' "Tne loc-.il m-?:v:K-uit can be, if he
chooses, as bi.iy c.vl as complete a mer
chant in his own .o.-m unity as any
mail order house in tne world.
"He will have the catalogue; of all
the manufacturer, lie will be able
to take his commissions, and y
develop: no; his own trade, bv ad v
in.? ind-vidually in the local newspa
pers, aid by enc-urag-ino: the manu-
to advertise in the local
s, he will be able to
at extension of the Grand Trunk has been
abandoned, are both Vermont men,
boys. They were both born here.
or
fav-
The Monitor has received communi
cations from Woman Suffrage support
ers in Vermont as to where we stood
on the question. Well, we are not en-
relate with rjardonable pride
i had made a success of Hale's
and made that hostelry well and
orably known throughout the Connec
ticut valley.
This campaign that is being carried
on by Max Powell and his associates,
the ss of which would result in
pecuniary profit to the liquor interests
alone, and work damage to
A Card.
We. the undersigned, do hereby si?iree to
refund the money on a SO cent bottle of
(it-ecu's W;ii-j'iintcd Syrup of Tar if it fulls to
cure your eouyh or cold. Weulso fiimiiintec
u i'o T-nt bottle to be satisfnetory or money
refunded.
Fred 1). Pierce, P.nrtoti
A. (). Austin, Orleans
It. M. (.'owkx, Altwiny
K. W. Barron Co.. Barton
Why not buy vour
towards befrinninsr the
When you give the watch and
clock a new lease of life by haying
proper cleaning and repairing done
at our shop and have Mr, Rutter tit
your eves you will have, made a
good start
New Year riht.
Exchange Market
New bargains are being added to
this department, low prices and
quick sales are bound to make this
department popular.
Cement, Pulp Plaster,
and Fertilizers, Coal,
Lumber,Shingles,Lath,
Clapboards, Doors,
Windows and House
Finish
17 17 MCI C
m., 12:30 to
2:30 d. ra. 7:00 to 8:00 cm. Sundwa
1 :00 to 3:00 p. m. Appointment at other hoars
by letter oi telephone. Special attention
paid to chronic diseases and diseases of the
nervous system.
W. W. REIRDEN,
I" AWYER, PBAVRR'S BLOOK, BiEton, Vt
J PEOPLE'S TELEPHONE.
J. N. & P. L. WEBSTER
Insurance Agents, Barton, Vt.
Mileage Boois to rent. Ficture Frames made
to ordei. Office over Lang's Jewelry Store.
Barton,
9
Vermont
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toe Monitor'
N. H. DREW
Licensed Auctioneer
Glover, Vt.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Franc js Marrion Sullivan
Registered Nurse
45 Main St., Newport, Vt.
Tel. 31-3.
FREDERICK LANPfiEAR, M. D.
ORLEANS, VERMONT
PMXKRAL PRACrriCK, Eye, Ear, Xose
M - IM i ill W(Ui j i AlUUlliaHVH 7 L J K. & M.J J
-es by appointment.
Ins.-
net:
rice.
F. W. BALDWIN
Attorney, Insurance Agent, Surety Bonds
BARTON, VT.
ere you can
get
newstvanei
tas-ie
tiivly convinced that equal
with men, accompanied by
responsibilities is for the best, but we j
believe woaien should have the right!
to vote on matters of taxation and j
allied subjects where the principle of j
taxation without representation is J
applicable. j
. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
and work dama.ee to the finan
cial, social and moral well are ot all
other classes, is founded on bluff and
hnrieomhfi and it is time for the biui?
suffrage j to be called: Enosburpr Standard,
ts equal i -; -
STATE NEWS. .
Goods and Low Prices V
Call on
3
the
iter li'om :i:s customers, senct tne
B
He has them
ON, VERMONT
r
1
ts
ittennon
order to the !i manufacturer, have
the g-?ols
the pa -cel 3 post, an
profit he will be ablt
at least as chea ! a
delivered for
nou-
caa a:ior
him through I
after making: his
to sell the jroods
t e mail order
el 1 them and in
Real Pros
many cases much :n re cheaply.
"Let the country editors and the
country storekeepers remember what
experience in this country proves al
ready that work on a very great
scale cannot be done as efficiently as
on a smaller one with closer individual
attention.
"The storekeeper who attends to
his customer, wh-.. adjusts complaints
and makes things ritrht, who can adve
advice, and who, WITH THE PAR
CELS POST, will be able to deliver
immediately anything that is ordered
in less than one quarter of the time
that the mail order houses have been
delivering that storekeeper, backed
up by the country editor, will know a
prosoenty that he has never known.
"Let the storekeeper advertise
through the country newspapers what
he can do.
"Let the country newspapers im
press upon the manufacturers the fact
that they, the editor and country mer
chants, are the only salesmen in direct
contact with those that live in the
country.
"There is room for everybody in this
country thrat is to say, for everybody
who intends to be of any service. And
the mail order houses will live. But
their great monopoly will cease.
"Do not overlook the fact that they,
being intelligent men, realize what we
have told you here. They know that
there is real danger for them in the
parcels post. They know that it
makes practically worthless their
elaborate system of freight delivery,
which they have built up through years.
They know that their system of sell
ing a hundred pounds of goods at a
time in order t take advantage of a
low freight rate now goes overboard.
If the merchant in the. country,
and the local editors throughout the
country, understood the parcels post
as well as mail order houses under
stand it, they would know that the
parcels post will prove to be the
greatest blessing the country editors
and country storekeepers have ever
known.
"With the parcels post the local
merch nts' prosperity must increase
at once And with the parcels post
the country editor will, for the first
time, cone into his own. The parcels
post will give to the country merchant
gressiv-J.
The progressive leaders in the house
Cook of Lyndon, Jose of Johnson,
Crosby of Brattlcboro are proving
among the best material in that body, j
What is especially notable and praise- j
worthy is their disposition to rise j
above petty political jockeying and act i
in the direction of the stare's best !
welfare. Even if it involves changing ;
j Is Charged witli Extorting $!,000.
After a search lasting all the after
; noon, Thomas Howl and. a carpenter
I at Brandon, was arrested in Rutland
I Thursday on a charge of extortion.
I The story from the states attorney's
! office is to the effect that Ilowland had
been doing some carpentering work j
about the Welden house and recently
he is said to have threatened to start
a scandal unless money was paid him. j
It is claimed that ?100 was turned i
over at first and S900 later by Mrs. j
Weld
OIjL
5
rieaa or
ai
2n, the wife of a rich coal dealer.
Bank Can Recover Insurance
opinions ana i ositions, as ev;-
their
dence comes to' them of a convincing
nature. Randolph Herald and News.
A Senator hip Rumor.
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian hears
that. Senator Dillingham's closest
friends understand he is not a candi
date for reelection to the senate
the completion of his present term,
which is perhaps the first public inti
mation to that effect. If the intima
tion should prove to be well founded,
it vrould throw the state of Vermont
into no slight political turmoil, be
cause there are several persons known
to be seeking the position and the field
would be open to all comers. Still,
Senator Dillingham himself has said
nothing publicly concerning any pro
posed retirement ; and the talk to that
effect is largely conjectural. Barre
Times.
Heip for Farmers.
The Windsor County Farmers Im
provement Association has been organ
ized and J. Coryell, a graduate of the
agricultural school of Cornell Univers
ity, has been engaged as field agent at
a salary of $1,600 per year. This
means the farmers in that section are
trying to do something for themselves.
We are glad to note that a cow testing
association has been formed in this
county in connection with the agricul
tural school at Lyndon and hope this
will be followed by a Caledonia County
Farmers' Improvement Association
and the employment of a field agent
and the securing of government aid in
improved agricultural work. St.
Johnsbury Caledonian.
C. A. Prouty.
One of the most important hearings
of the session was last week before
the committee considering the ratifica
tion of an amendment to the Federal
constitution allowing congress to levy
an income tax. The chief speaker in
favor of its ratification was Hon. C.
A. Prouty of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. It was one of the ablest
addresses ever heard in the state capi-
a delivery system as good as that of tol. Many were the complimentary
In the case of the Citizens' Bank &
Trust Company vs. the Fitchburg
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the
jury in Caledonia county brought in a
verdict finding that the bank building
before the fire in 1909 was worth
S35,000 and the amount of the loss
$29,000. The case value of the person
al property was $3,692 and the loss on
it 814. This findine will entitle the
at . Vionl- f r rotfuroi' tho -full nmnnnf nf in.
surnace it carried with 11 different in
suarnce companies. It is expected the
! case will go to the supreme court
again before it is finally settled.
Maple Sugar in London.
bur
mould j H
Your hair miy ot be a3 heavy as j
otine r wotuen'd, - Young Ltdy: ic may j 1
i;ot rpdiate its lustrous splendor: it j
rnav not be. free trom dardruff :
tnit's no reisou why vou s
?orrv.
Ia Pari all women who care have
fascinatirg hair; in Am(-.r;ea .ill
woraef, young: ladies and iris who
know abouc Parisian Sage have a
wealth of brilliant hair and give
credit wh-sre credit is due; to wonder
ing delightful Parisian Sagp, the ideal
hair tonic, grower, dacdruff remover
and beautifier.
So d by dealers everywhere for
only 50 cents. F D. Pierce sells it on
money back plan. It stops scalp itch
instantly and preserves the natural
color and beauty of the hair.
Sold and guaranteed in Orleans by
F. J. Kinney.
We have over 1200 tons of Bran,
Mixed Feed, Cottonseed, etc. on hand
and on the way. We want to store
some of this In your barns. Our
prices are right and we surely have
what you want.
Vermont maple sugar is known all
over this continent, but much of this
article is spurious, and not even a
good imitation. The real article, how
ever, has found its way to England
and Walter E. Dodd of East Corinth is
the party in this section who has made
a market for the same across the wat
er. Mr. Dodd is proprietor of the
Twinflower Farm at East Corinth and
his shipment of maple sugar to Eng
land netted him 40 cents per pound.
This opens a new field for Vermont
sugar makers and Mr. Dodd has paved
the way for profitable returns to those
who wish to get into a foreign field
with their maple sugar.
$10,000 Gift to Goddard.
In the will of George H. Berry of
Charlestown, Mass , appear several
public bequests. He gives $10,000 to
Goddard seminary of Barre. Mr.
Berry was a trustee of Goddard sem
inary having been elected in .1888 and
serving to the time of . his death. He
was greatly interested in the school
and for a time was on the endowment
committee, until compelled by ill
health to relinquish the . work. , He
showed his interest also by assisting a
number of young people to pursue
courses at Goddard. Mr. Berry re
tired from the furniture business some
time ago. He was accustomed to
spend his summers at Bethel, coming
to Vermont in June and remaining till
the fall. He was a frequent visitor at
Goddard.
the greatest city department store,
and t the local editor full value for
his imoortant services', to the nation."
Be sure ani write it 1913.
WH- thi3 is.su2
its 41st year.
7
theMonbr "begins
remarks that evening and the follow
ing day concerning it, even from those
who did not agree with him on this
subject. It seemed to be the very
general opinion that Mr. Prouty was
of full senatorial size and a man whom
republicans, progressives and demo
crats could all unite upon. Morrisville
Messenger.
You Want
More than
Just"Flour"
When you start
to make the dainty
cake or luscious pie
or the good, whole
some, bread on which
the family thrives.
Order William Tell
Flour and baking day
will be a pleasure and
- a triumph. Richest in,
nutritive, value, too,
and goes farthest, be
cause it is milled by
' our special p roce ss
from the finest Ohio
Red Winter Wheat.
Your grocer, will
have (it just say
send me - (16)
RAY P. WEBSTER
Barton, -
Vt.
Dying Man Found.
An unknown man Was found dying
beside a track in the yard of the Rut
land railroad in Middlebury. Christmas
evening. He was found by two Hun
garian workmen who were on their
way to Belden about 2 miles north of
Middlebury. The dying man was tak
en to a nearby house but died before
J. G. Turnbull Co., Orleans, Vt.
Barton Savings Bank & Trust Co.
BARTON
VERMONT
Condition at Close of Business
December 14th, 1912
RESOURCES
Loans
Stocks and Bonds
Banking House
Cash and Reserve in Bank
LIABILITIES
Capital
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Dividends payable Jan. 1st, estimated
Deposits
Treasurer's Checks
Trust Funds
$1,073,294.32
61,785.37
14,000.00
75,897.12
$1,224,976.81
$ 50,000.00
25,000,00
10,783.52
20,040.00
1,115,380.93
3,532;35
240.01
$1,224,V 76.81
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
F.W.Baldwin, E.W.Barron, H. R. Cutler, H. N. Davis,
J. L. Lewis, F. T. Porter, F. M. Sears, F. D. Thompson.