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ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2S, 1913
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR
WALLACE H. GILPIN, Pubiwher,
Barton, Vt.
Published every Wednesday afternoon.
Entered at the Post-office at Barton, Vt.,
as eecond-claas matter.
TERMS
One year, $150. Six months, 75c.
Two months, 2a c. Invariably in ad
vance When yonr subscription expires the
paper stops.
HIGH COST LIVING.
Let Congress appropriate more
money to be used along the lines of
agricultural development similar to
the small amount already used up by
county organizations in hiring agricul
tural advisors, and something will be
done to solve the problem of the high
cost of living. i
Commissions to investigate the cause
of the high cost of living are all right
but the same amount of money put
into the work referred to above would,
we believe, do more to bring the cost
of living down than any commission of
investigation can possibly do. It is
very apparent from government statis
tics that it is more beeves we want
to make meat cheap. That it's more
sheep we want to make wool cheaper.
That it's more milk per cow we want
to make for cheaper butter and for
profitable farming. That it's more
wheat per acre, more apples per tree,
more eggs per hen, and enlightened
and pleasant agricultural surroundings
that will make living cheaper.
It is little short of a wrong that
several counties in Vermont are ready
to go ahead with the county advisor
idea, are organized and ready to do
their part, but that the government
has no more funds with which to
match that raised lofially and for this
reason the work is at a standstill. Let
Congress pass immediately a bill
appropriating more money with which
to carry on this work.
The possibilities of these county
organizations are so unlimited and the
benefits to be derived so sure that
Congress should not hesitate to
appropriate liberally and immediately
for the extension of this work. The
agricultural advisor is but the begin
ning of the good things these county
organizations will bring about. We
expect to see the day when coopera
tive buying and selling, district
nurses, community veterinarians, cow
testing associations and other things
of like nature will become a part of
these county organizations.
We repeat that if the government is
interested in reducing the present high
cost of living let it bend its energies
to aiding the agricultural producer.
And how better can it be done than
through these county agricultural
agencies.
We hope every woman who can vote
on school matters will go to the school
meetings next week. It will be your
best bid for full suffrage.
In his baccalaureate sermon to the
students of Middlebury college, Presi
dent Thomas voiced a truth that should
be shouted into the ear of every Ver-
monter, young and old. The address
was in behalf of the small town and
he'urged his graduates to meet the
challenged needs of the rural towns.
'Leadership is all that is needed,"
said Dr. Tnomas. "Who of you will
go to live in a hill town of Vermont,
not where there is the best job, but
where there is the greatest need?
One man of the right calibre and the
right power could lift a whole commu
nity. One community so inspired would
change a whole county, "and one
county leading the way the whole
state would follow."
A few weeks ago the little village
of South Albany in this county
literally burned up. Last week the
village of Newbury was practically
destroyed by fire. Probably neither of
these villages will rftbuild to any
extent. Here we have one factor in
Vermont's rural problem. Fire protec
tion and the best possible to obtain, is
needed in scores of Vermont towns.
The tax we pay to fire is immense in
comparison to the tax we pay for
Other things which receive our con
stant condemnation. And by far the
greatest part of our fire" tax is un
necessary. In the first place careless
ness starts the mischief and in the
second place thoughtlessness and fear
possibly ot a little direct tax to pay
for proper fire protection spells ' the
destruction of such towns as South
Albany and Newbury and great finan
cial loss to many another town.
The Monitor cannot understand why
the Boston & Maine railroad persists
in putting new train 'schedules into
errect over its lines without m any
way, shape or manner notifying the
traveling public in advance. The
summer schedules went into effect
Monday on this road. . Some trains
were scheduled much earlier, yet the
public was not informed and time
tables could not be secured on inquiry
at the stations in advance of the new
schedule nor could they even be had
until the change had been in force
several hours. The Monitor has a con-
tract with the New England lines for lis
... . .1 .
a year s advertising and is carrying
their copy
weekly in its columns,
booming New England and its rail
roads, including the Boston & Maine,
yet not a word, not a line of informa
tion or warning to the public that
important changes were to be made in
train schedules. The Monitor has
several times written in advance for
the changes but never to our knowl
edge has the road itself taken the
trouble to publicly give notice to the
traveling world when changes are to
be made. This kind of railroading is
not constructive, we believe, and is
indefensible.
Deafness Cannot be Cored
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed -you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever ; nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for any
case of deafness (caused , by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Three hundred volumes in an English
college library have been mutilated by
suffragettes. Were the books to
blame for the women not having the
vote? St. Albans Messenger.
Study Primary Situation in Vermont.
Vermont's special legislative session
will Rrobably not be called until early
next year. If it should not assemble
until after next March meeting, it will
be in position to act on a direct
primary bill in accordance with the
wish of the people as expressed by the
referendum vote to be taken at that
time throughout the state. It is to be
hoped that voters will study the
primary question thoroughly before
then so that a well 'formed judgment
may be recorded. A campaign of
education ought to precede ' the
referendum, and especially the ques
tions at issue should be carefully
explained. Randolph Herald.
Almost Half the Trouble From Liquor.
i
Drinking, by an overwhelming
majority, is the cause of the wreck ng
of most homes whose affairs came
under the Chicago court of domestic
relations in the last year. This novel
court is about to close its second year,
and Judge Gemmill has nearly finished
his report for that period. This year,
here were heard 3,699 cases. Nearly
7,000 have been handled in the two
years of the court's existence. Fol
owing are the causes of domestic
trouble as tabulated by the judge :
Cause Per cent.
Liquor 42
Immorality 14
Diseases 13
Ill-temper f 11
Wife's parents 6
Husband's parents 1
Married too young 4
Laziness 3
Miscellaneous 6
Farm Journal.
Just Investigate.
Our esteemed contemporary, the St.
Johnsbury Caledonian, takes too seri
ously the governor's appointment of
Messrs. Cook and Graham to investi
I gate the telephone business in north
i eastern Vermont. Vermont is trying
j to be Progressive. Among the chief
i blossoms of Progressiveness are in
vestigations. What is being investi
gated or who is doing the investigation
makes little difference in the Progres
sive program so long as the investiga
tors are Progressives. The Caledonian
thinks that this particular investiga
tion rightfully belongs to the Public
Service Commission. But why does
the Caledonian suggest such a practi
cal and common-sense course? Does it
wish to spoil anybody's pleasure?
There is nothing to prevent the Public
Service Commission having a separate
investigation of its own. After these
two investigations are over, it will be
in order to move the appointment of a
commission to investigate the two
investigating bodies. On with the
dance. Windsor Journal.
Making Good Citizens.
We have already printed the fact
that the Vermont Industrial School
graduated this week a large class of
young men and women. The exercises
were extremely interesting, more
entertaining and more eventful than
those of any high school or college.
The V. I. S. class and indeed the
whole school, stand differently toward
society than those of the ordinary free
school, so that one s sympathies and
toleration are at once enlisted. These
wards of the state grip tight upon
one's heart. They have lost some
thing that the rest of us had in our
make-up, our character when it was in
the making. We can see in their
faces many things ; some pleasing and
cheerful ; some showing cruelty and
neglect in the past, but the greater
number are pleased with their sur
roundings and happy in their home
provided by the state.
t We need not go thoroughly into the
reasons for their coming into the
school some that had been allowed to
drift, some perforce separated from
homes where there was little of good,
without a guide and naturally fell,
some are orphans ; most of them mere
waifs cast off in a sea of , neglect, so
indifferent is man to his progeny, and
to the society he lives in.
But these waifs, when they become
the wards of the state their condition
is revolutionized. They are placed in
a home, better than ever before they
had seen, or hoped to see. They are
placed under no physical restraint and
are taught on honor. They go freely
aDout tne grounds ana act as any
school children act. It appears to us
that this industrial ' school is the
state's greatest institution. It cures
men's and women's souls. It is build
ing up good citizens. The education
of the normal youth is one problem ;
but the education of the deficient, the
vicious and the incorrigible that task
out of all proportion to that of the
Ll' i 1 .
puunc sscnoois.
The pupils in the Industrial School
come from every corner of the state,
from haunts of vice, from evil
companions, from degrading homes,
from faithless parents.
"The state gathers these waifs.
cleanses ' them mentally and morally
and advances them to citizenship. If
a score of these putative citizens were
all that the school has. done, when they
came to their right minds and became
good citizens of Vermont, the work of
the school would be fully justified.
Humanity all over the country is full
of moral lapses, physical disorders
whence comes scrofula, tuberculosis.
and all unmentionable diseases? Let
us not too boldly inquire of what stuff
we are made. Let him who is free
from wrong cast the first stone. This
school cleanses only a small part of
the physical and moral wrongs of
Vermont. Reverse the youthful en
vironments what then might be the
result?
The head of this school, Mr. J. L.
Barss, is a genius in his work. He
has absolute control of the school
without force. The children like him.
every one of them ; and Mr. Barss
loves and takes pride in his big family.
They are being educated morally and
physically. The average school class
in Vermont does not surpass Mr.
Barss's class, in appearance, in their
essays, recitations, speaking and
deportment. This class, taking it as
an example of the school, makes clear
its value to the state. The school
includes in its curriculum, not only the
mental sciences, the moral sciences
and vocational training, so that with
good citizenship, every pupil learns a
trade. Burlington News.
STATE NEWS.
Suet Montpelier Paper.
Wyllis Ashland of Burlington by
next friend, his father, E. S. Ashland,
has entered a suit in the Chittenden
county court against the Journal Pub
lishing company of Montpelier, claim
ing that the Montpelier Journal pub
lished in its issue of February 19, j
statement in which young Mr. Ash
land's character was libeled. Damages
of $10,000 are claimed.
Confers Degree upon Governor.
At the 113th commencement day
exercises of Middlebury College,
President John M. Thomas conferred
seven honorary degrees. In conferring
the degree of doctor of laws upon
Governor Allen M. Fletcher, President
Thomas said: "Leader in successive
legislatures of Vermont ; an executive
tireless in labor, shrewd in counsel,
far-seeing in project, determined in
action ; Governor of the State of Ver
mont." Boundary Commission Named
In accordance with a joint resolution
authorizing him to name a boundary
commission of three members, Gov.
Fletcher has appointed United States
District Attorney Alexander Dunnett
of St. Johnsbury, Senator Porter H.
Dale of Island Pond and Senator
Frederick H. Babbitt of Bellows Falls.
They will act with a similar body to
be appointed by the governor of New
Hampshire to consider boundary lines,
bridges across the Connecticut river
and other matters in controversy
between the two states.
Drowning at Island Pond.
R. E. Smith of Island Pond was
drowned June 15 and Geo. Worth and
Geo. Murphy narrowly escaped the
same fate. Te three were out in a
boat on the lake when the boat was
capsized by the exchange of seats by
the occupants. None of the party
could swim but Murphy and Worth
managed to get hold of the boat and a
canoe nearby and were rescued. Smith
went down the last time before assist
ance could reach him from shore where
the accident was witnessed. The body
was not recovered until a diver was
put to work.
Daring Break of Three Prisoners.
Ellis Cooper of Middlebury. John
Burke of Fair Haven and Benjamin
Brown of Shreveport, La., convicts at
the house of correction at Rutland
escaped at 3 :20 o'clock Saturday after
noon by cutting two iron bars at a
second story window and jumping to
the street. The successful dash for
liberty was most daring, the side of
the building by which the men left
fronting on a much traveled street,
with trees screening the window by
which they made their exit. No trace
of the fugitives had been founi at last
report.
Triple Drowning at Rescue Lake.
The most appalling tragedy in the
history of Ludlow occurred June 16,
when three young people, Miss Grace
Hastings, Miss Mary Tully and Charles
Schoenfeld, were drowned in Rescue
lake. Schoenfeld was an expert
swimmer and lost his life in trying to
save the others. . The girls were 16
years old and Schoenfeld was of tne
same age. All three graduated from
the local grammar school last week,
and were members of a picnic party
that went to spend the day at Sarent's
point. The bodies of the three victims
were recovered after great effort.
The lake was dragged and volunteer
searching parties worked valiantly.
2300 Volts Shot Through His Body.
Walter Weinie,
a lineman employed
by the Rutland Railway, Light &
Power company, received, a shock of
2300 volts of electricity while at work
Thursday, but survived the shock and
it is said he will live, although he has
some severe burns. r Weinie was on top
of a pole when, in reaching for a wire,
his left arm came accidentally in con
tact with a heavily charged one. A safe
ty strap which he wore saved him from
a'20-foot fall. Fellow workmen lowered
him to the ground after cutting the
wire he had grasped. The sleeve of
his left arm was burned off. Dr. F.
H. Gebhardt was called and rushed the
man to the Rutland hospital in his
automobile. Weinie's little finger on
his left hand was so badly burned that
amputation .may be necessary. He
also has deep burns on his chest and
left arm.
Whirlwind Campaign.
The Vermont Annual Conference,
through its board of education, has
inaugurated a great educational cam
paign throughout the entire conference
June 14-30 inclusive. Every charge in
" - 1 ; :
the Vermont conference will be rep
resented by someone capable of
adequately representing the educational
policy and opportunity of Montpelier
seminary. Literature has been sent
to the pastors, not only for their own
information, " but for distribution.
Efforts are being made to secure three
hundred students at the ODeninsr of
the fall term in September. Bishop
Hamilton will speak in Lyndonvilla
and Newport. June 27 : Enosbure Falls.
June 29 ; and St. Johnsbury, July 6.
Bishop T. S.Henderson of Chattanoosra.
who presided at the last session of the
Vermont conference, speaks at Barton,
oiover, Coventry and Newport, June
30, and at Hardwick July 1. Dr.
Thomas Nicholson, president of the
board of education of the M. . E.
church, will speak at Morrisville and
Orleans June 29.
Holt Drowned in Otter Creek.
While attempting to save the life of
a companion, who had fallen overboard
from a gasoline launch -Sunday after
noon, William Holt, a widely known
resident of Middlebury, was drowned
in ten feet of water in Otter. Creek.
With four male companions. Holt had
made a cruise up the creek in the
launch, the party was about to enter
the boat house on the return trip when
W. B. Smith, who was taking down
the small flagstaff on the bow of the
boat slipped and fell into the creek.
Holt at once jumped in after him
Smith after struggling about in the
water finally reached the side of the
boat and was pulled aboard by his
companions. Holt, after making his
dive over the side, rose to the surface
and was seen to grab for the floating
flagstaff which had gone overboard
with him, but he sank almost im
mediately again. It is believed he
was seized with cramps or struck his
head at the bottom of the creek. He
had always been regarded as an expert
swimmer.
Commencement at Montpelier Seminary,
There were several most interesting
and unusual features of the .commence
ment just concluded at Montpelier
seminary. The class of twenty-seven
was the first class to receive its
diplomas from Dr. John W. Hatch, the
new principal, under whose leadership
the greatest campaign in the history
of the school is to take place, bringing
several bishops and college presidents
to Vermont.
This graduation was the first to
occur in the seminary chapel since it
has been repaired at a cost of $600,
which was raised entirely by the
student body and a few alumni whom
they could persuade to assist them
The annual meeting of the Alumni
association had a larger attendance by
100 per cent than any other in the his
tory of the school, some returning who
had graduated as long as forty years
ago ; and probably more people never
sat together at a banquet in the
seminary caning nan tnan were
gathered on Wednesday evening at the
annual alumni banquet. The plans of
the new principal were enthusiastical
ly endorsed by a unanimous vote at the
business meeting. A new dormitory
immediately is a part of the plan and
there is some talk that the alumni will
themselves erect it. All concerts and
recitals were of high order; the art
exhibit filled one more room than
usual ; and many prizes were awarded
to the academic students and others
on commencement day. Rev. Dr.
George A. Spencer of Boston gave the )
address. Another unusual event is
that eight of the teachers close their
work with the school, but their places
are already filled. One of the new
instructors is a professional coach in
athletics. A teacher-training course
is added to the curriculum for the first
time.
Rural Life Conference.
At the invitationofthe Inter-Church
Federation of Vermont a Rural Life
conference will be heid in connection
with the regular- summer seesion of
Midd'.eburv college during the week
of July 7-13 'The object of the confer
ence is to afford rural social workers
of the stale an opportunity to become
familiar with the increasingly impor
tant couutry life movement. The
leadership of the conference will be
under the direction of Prof. Robert J.
Sprague Ph. D., head of the division
of humanities, and professor of ec
onomics and sociology, Massachusetts
Agricultural college, Amherst, Mass.,
who will give a course of lectures
throughout the week in rural sociol
ogy. The following organizations and
officers will co-operate with the col
lege at the conference by furnishing
speakers to represent their respective
interests: The Inter-Church Federa
tion of Vermont; The United States
Department of Agriculture; The State
Board of Health; The Board of Library
Commissioners; The State Board of
Education; The State Commissioner
of Agriculture; The Country Work of
the Young Men'sOhristian Association;
The State Industrial School and the
State Grange. The sessions of the con
ference will be open to the public.
Preparations are being made for an
exhibit of materials that relate es
pecially to rural life. There will be a
collection of books, magazines, bul
letins and periodicals which will be
the most complete exhibition cf rural
life literature in the state. One after
noon will ba spent at the Government
MorganHorsefarm to observe methods
of administration and farm manage
ment. Arrangements have been made
tvst trioif t0 Qt-nt- Tn)nnfMinl otViAl af
VfiPP.finnfiS tn ftKBft how Vprrnrmt
cares for its boys and girls in a way
that is attracting the attention of
students of, sociology through
out the country. Visits will be
made to nearby farms where prin
ciples of farm sanitation, manage
ment, and beautification of homesteads
may be studied by observation. The
general arrangements for the confer
ence are being made by Prof. Ray
mond McFarland, Director of the Sum
mer Session. , ,
Middlebury, Vt., June 23, 1913.
Vermont Notes. .
Fire destroyed one of the foundry
buildings of the Morrisville Foundry
Company of Morrisville June 14.
Forty-eight graduated from . the
Gastleton State Normal school last
week and 24 from the Johnson State
Normal school.
Mrs. Mary E. (Johnston) Farnham,
widow of Roswell Farnham, who was
governor of Vermont in 1880-82, died
at her home in Bradford June 16.
S Hardwick Steam
Laundry Auto
Will collect laundry at
Barton and Orleans on
Mondays and deliver on
Saturdays.
HARDWICK STEAM LAUNDRY
F. L. DUNN, Proprietor
Hardwick Vermont
C. H. GREEN
UNDERTAKER
15 Eastern Ave., Newport, Vt.
Registered Embalmer
Having sold out my interest in the
firm of Green & Pratt, I shall still con
tinue to do business with an entire
nsw line of the latest Caskets and
Robes, also Steel Vaults. Telephone
calls will be attended to promptly,
either day or night. Telephone 312-2
Some New Arrivals
ATTHE-
Berwick Furniture Hospitl
Better get a look at them be
fore they are all gone.
A nice Quartered Oak Book
Case with glass doors.
W. J. BERWICK
Opposite Crystal Lake Garage
Barton, Vermont
Telephone 43-5
Car
PARK
on
&
Poultry Feeds
Wholesale and Retail.
Also another car
RUSSELL'S
The Flour that has no equal.
RAY Fo
Barton,
IN YOUR HOME
there will be more leisure" for yourself and your
wife if you both adopt the convenient method of
paying all bills by check through
OUR BANK
There will be no expense accounts to worry
over or books to fix up. Your checkbook stubs
serve as expense accounts and bills paid. The
returned canceled checks will be your receipts.
Talk to us about it. . '
BARTON SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO.
BARTON, VERMONT
Capital $50,000. Surplus $35,000. Resources $1,200,000
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
W. R. Aldrich
Office, ORLEANS, VERMONT
F.W.BALDWIN
Attorney, Insurance Agent, Surety Bonds'
BARTON, VT.
GEO. . COLBY
Land Surveyor and Timber Estimator
Estimating small lots a specialty.
GREENSBORO BEND, - VERMONT
C A. CRAMPTON, M. D.
Si. Johnsbury, Vt.
SPECIALIST. EYE. EAR. .NOSB, AND
THROAT. Office M Main St., over Pos
Office. Office Hoars: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m
Appointments for examination of the eye
for glass's can be made in advance by letter
or telephon .
Harry Dickens
AUCTIONEER
Orleans, Vt. N. E. Telephone
N. H. DREW
Licensed Auctioneer
Glover, Vt.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
FREDERICK LANPHEAR, M. D.
. ORLEANS, VERMONT
("JENERALi PRACTICE, Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat. Examination of eyes for
glasses by appointment.
J08IAH A. PEARSON,
DENTI8T, BARTON. VT. OFFICE IN
Owen's Block.
W. W. REIRDEN,
LAWYER, 8EAVER'S BLOOK, Babtoh, Vt
PEOPLE'S TELEPHONE.
J. N. & P. L. WEBSTER
Insurance Agents, ""Barton, Vt.
Mileage Books to rent. Picture Frames made
to ordei. Office over Lang's Jewelry Store.
PROBATE COURTS
Special sessions of the Probate Court for the
District of Orleans will be held at the office
of F. W. Baldwin, in Barton, on the second
Friday of each month, and in the forenoon
only of the fourth Friday of each month;
and at the office of Black & Stoddard in Or
leans, in the afternoon of the fourth Friday
of each mont h. Parties desiring to transact
Probate business at Barton or Orleans are
requested to notify the judge in advance,
that he may take the necessary papers.
The Probate Office at Newport will be open
for the transaction of business every day,
except Sundays and holidays; but it is de
sirable, as far as possible, that those coming
from a distance, make special appointments
with the court in advance, either by 'phone
or letter.
RUFUS W. SPEAR, Judge.
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