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Orleans county Vol. 43 No. 51 BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1913 Single Copies S Cents. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Advertisements will he maerted urdei this head a two crts per wor'1 for first inserti n and one c-nt per word thereafter. Csta must sicco-i pan v the order. No advertisement will be inserted for less than twenty-five cents. FOR SALF.. FOR SALE Shotes. Park street, Barton. C. F. Cutler, 50tf FOR SALE One dandy Canadian sleigh. L. K. Heath, Orleans. 50-52 FOR SALE 5 year old work horse, sound and kind, weighs 1200. D. J. Orne, Barton, R. D. 1. 51tf FOR SALE Registered Berkshire boar Blue ribbon at Barton fair, 1913. Price right. W. S. McDowell, Evansville. 49tf FOR SALE One second hand Check ering piano, $45. Good make square, $25. F. M. Hunt Piano Co., Orleans. 51 52p FOR SALE Nice young cows, two-year-old, colt, shotes and pair two year old steers. Also pair brown geldings 5 years old, extra good workers. Lot of dimension timber secondhand. 200 pounds nice maple sugar in 10-1 b cans. H. B. Chamberlain, Irasburg. 48tf FOR SALE broken. Also Jersey heifers. -Pair young oxen well several good grade J. J. Badger, Orleans. 38 tf FOR SALE Sawdust at our Brownington mill. As large load as you want for 25 cents. Chandler Company. 6tf ' FOR SALE -Two sets platform scales, 700 lbs. capacity, three caldron kettles. 1 Maun bone cutter, hand or power. Smith & Jenkins, Orleans 44tf FOR SALE Coal heater good as new. Cost $36.00. will sell for $20 00 ; also, combination wood or coal parlor stove in finest condition. Cost $12.00, will sell for $6.00. Geo. C. Lang at Lang's Jewelry store. 46tf TO KKNT TO RENT Tenement for small family. Miss Holtham. Orleans. 48tf TO RENT Tenement on Highland avenue. All modern conveniences. S. D. Lester. Barton. 48tf WaNTHi. WANTED Washings and first class laundry. Mrs. Hattie Tate. 49tf WANTED Live poultry. Eggs not over week old. Elrick, Express office, Barton. 18tf WANTED Rags, old rubber, sacks, calf skins and stiffs, waste paper, old metals, etc. Am paying extra price. B. Cohen. Barton. 51-52 MEN WANTED To learn the auto business in our garage and prepare to fill positions driving ani repairing. Write at once, stating age. Maine Auto Co., Taylor street Garage, Port land, Me. 50 4 V. XSf'K.H.AN KOl7 NOTICE Will take stock Monday, Dec. 15 and 29. No stock taken next Monday. W. E. Hanson. Skinner, French & Co,, of Orleans have another car of old growth cedar shingles. Bunches are full count. 42tf 36 CHRISTMAS SEALS, stamps, tags, etc., in a package for ten cents at this office. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Monitor Press. lw FARMERS' NOTICE Will buy stock on the following dates only. Dec. 15 and 29, Jan. 12 and 26, Feb. 9 and 23. March 9 and 23. Dodge, Orleans. 49tf Pianos, Player Pianos, Organs, Banjos, Guitars, Violins, Accordeons. Harmonicas, Sheet Music, Music Books, Stands, Rolls. Satchels, Strings and everything pertaining to music. A. R. Cowles. Barton. 50tf C. F. Mathews on Honored. Charles F. Mathewson, a native of Barton and now a member of the prominent law firm of Krauthoff. Harmon & Mathewson of New York city, was present at the annual national convention of the Delta Kappa Epsi lon, a prominent college fraternity in Boston recently. In speaking of the convention the Boston Herald tells of the honor to Air. Mathewson as follows: "Amid the applause of over 500 D K. E. men, gathered at the Somerset hotel, from all over the country, a silver loving cup was Friday. Dec. 5, presented on their behalf to Charles Frederick Mathew son, Pi, '82, at the 67th national con vention banquet of Delta Kappa Epsilon. The presentation was made by the chairman of the evening, Samuel Powers, Pi, '74, with the words, "I present to you this loving cup as an evidence of the appreciation by the fraternity of the great work you have done for the association, and also as a testimony of their high regard." In replying, Mr. Matthewson said : "1 shall preserve this cup a? a most precious treasure, and when I have completed my work here, I shall leave the gift to my son, who is also a'mem ber of our fraternity, and ask him to keep it always in evidence of the re gard and affection with which these good and loyal men have favored me, and which 1 reciprocate more sincerely than 1 can possibly express." A round of cheers for Mr. Mathew son followed these words of his. Killed by Train Never Identified. The body of the unknown man, who was killed and badly cut to pieces by the train on Oct. 21 near Coventry station, has not been claimed. The body was taken to B. S. Curtis's under taker's rooms at Newport and kept ten days and then buried at Coventry Center. The following is a description of the man as nearly as could be obtained from his mutilated condition : Medium height, weight 350 or 160 pounds, black hair, black mustache, deep set eyes, color blue; teeth not good, no false teeth, a scar over the left eye, passing through the eyebrow, very noticeable ; several scars on feet as though they had sometime been cut; arms brown with tan to the elbdw. Wore coat of blue serge, good cloth ; shirt, white with black stripes; new fleeced underwear, black stockings and new shoes with the word. "Belvedere" on strap of shoe; rubber collar, cuff buttons with three tiny white stones ; carried straw suitcase that contained overalls, blue and white, underclothes and heavy under coat, greenish gray with plain green stripes. Nothing was found to indentify him, no writing of any kind, but a few sheets of blank paper, a pencil and piece of ' tobacco. Any one having missing friends answering this description can write or phone E. K. Gray, overseer of por, Coventry, Vt., and get photo. Vermont Notes. The funeral of the late Major Luman M. Grout, Vermont's last surviving veteran of the Mexican war, who died Tuesday of last week, was held at the home of his son. Dr. D. D. Grout, of Waterbury and the services were most simple. Rev. W. E. Douglass, pastor of the Methodist church, offici ated: The following men have been aDpointed as the Membership commit tee of the Greater Vermont associa tion; Max L. Powell of Burlington, Joseph Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, A. C. Mason of Rutland. Fred C. Gleason of Montpelier, Major C. Houghton of Brattleboro. John T. Cushing of St. Albans, Aaron H. Grout of Newport and J. J. Gallagher of Hardwick. The new Franklin county poorhouse at Sheldon, to replace the one de stroyed Jan. 23, is nearly completed and is said to be one of the best equipped and most modern institutions of its kind in New England. There are 80 rooms which are lighted with electricity. There are three floors, each of which is equipped with bath rooms and shower baths. BARTON. Howard Wilson is in town. Mrs. David Colliston is sick. The stone business. W'm. Cobb Island Pond. sheds report a thriving is visiting relatives in Miss Olive Sheldon is working in the central office. Mrs. C. E. Collins is Murkland office. Mrs. C. A. Barrows assisting in the was in Beebe Plain this week. A son was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Quinn. Frank and William Merriam are ill with whooping cough. Miss Vera Webster is home for the Christmas vacation. Miss Clara Buswell has finished work for Mrs. Vercoe. W. M. Magoon is spending the winter in Philadelphia. Mrs. Vernal Elrick and Miss Kath erine McGookin are in Boston. C. E. Rollins has been quite ill the past week but is again at the store. Mrs. Mary Freeman is assisting in the Rollins store during the holidays. Albert Scott of Glover was the guest of his parents here the first of the week. Mrs. Mamie P Q., called Smith of Sherbrooke. on friends here this week. A daughter was born Mrs. F. E. Richmond Dec. 10. to Mr. and Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. L. ford visited their last week. S. Erwin of Brad son, C. L. Erwin, Mrs. Boardman Woonsocket, R. I., for gall stones. went Sunday to for an operation Miss Mattie Hall of St Johnsbury is visiting her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Rowell. Mrs. H. J. Stannard Barrows were in St. business Tuesday. and Mrs C. Johnsbury A. on Mrs. H. T. Seaver was in Orleans Monday to speak before the W. C. T. U. on equal suffrage. E. E. Liddell is finishing several rooms for Nelson Stevens at his resi dence in West Glover. G. C. Lang is doing extensive adver tising m this and surrounding towns by means of catalogues. W. P. Barrows attended the Sunset League baseball banquet at St. Johns bury on Wednesday night. There will be a regular convocation of Orleans Lodge. No. 55, F. & A. M.f Friday evening. No work. Mrs. Cora Wakeman, who has been visiting for some time at Charles Sisco's, has returned home. m vrta miss riorence uutnng is recovering irom an operation by which tumors were removed from her eyelid. John Parker of Coventry visited his sister. Mrs. C A. Barrows, last week and left Monday for California. FLOWERS TUESDAY EVENING. The next number in the Barton lecture course is Montaville Flowers, dramatic reader, who interprets in impersonations the characters in Dick ens's "Christmas Carol." See Scrooge in all his miserly meanness and his nephew in his cheery disposition over the Christmas situation. The place is Seaver's hall. 8 o'clock Tuesday even ing, next Go. It will make your Christmas happier. Vote to Lease Telephone Lines. At the adjourned meeting of the Barton Telephone Exchange company at the scnoolhouse last evening it was voted to lease the ilnes, switchboard, and equipment of the company in Barton village to the Independent Telephone association for a term of five years. This gives the new inde pendent company entire control of the independent telephone business in this section. The open winter is favoring the independent association and advan tage of the situation is being taken by pushing their lines as rapidly as possible. Poles are already set be tween Barton and Orleans and the line is being continued to Newport via Coventry, poles already being set as far as Coventry. Wire is being strung in the South Albany neighborhood and instruments being installed in Glover and surrounding territory quite rapidly. Immediate steps will be taken to build to Brownington and Irasburg. Academy Notes. Miss Ferrin was absent from school part of the week on account of illness Frank Damon of Boston gave a very interesting talk this week before the high school on life and customs in South America. Miss Ferrin will spend her vacation in Holland, Mr. Card, in North Adams, Mass., Miss Ruggles and Everett Ruggles, in New fork city; Miss Renfrew, in Peacham ; Miss Comstock and Harold White in Albany, N. Y., and Miss Dutton in Hardwick. Anyone wanting Christmas trees large or small may have same free of charge by calling on F. H. Foster. Frederick, little son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Baldwin, who has been quite sick with pneumonia, is improving. Mrs. Herbert Doyle and two daugh ters have returned from Exeter, N. H., where they have been for several weeks. Mrs. E. Hope McLea, who has been several months at Frank May's and Hotel Barton, has returned to her home in Montreal. E. . Dutton has sold Frank Lemos a Grimm sugaring outfit, including evaporator, arch, buckets, etc. He has 4000 trees. - - . Regular meeting of Sunbeam Re bekah Lodge Tuesday evening. Dec. 23. Every member is requested to be present as it is election of officers. About fifty men, employed by the Western Union Telegraph company to rebuild old lines, are , making their headquarters in town for two or three weeks. Rev. John C. Stephenson of Lyndon -ville, newly appointed to this charge, will hold Episcopal service at Wood man hall Sunday, evening, Dec. 21st, at 7.00 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hanson and Mrs. Cora Winslow visited friends in Craftsbury last week and attended the second entertainment in the lecture course at that place. The item last week regarding the injury to Mrs. Jerusha Clark should have stated that she injured her knee by a fall at Mrs. Martha Seaver's, but returned to Glover soon. The Afternoon Study club will meet with Mrs C. A. Barrows Thursday afternoon. This will be the annual Christmas meeting. Please come prepared to respond to the roll call, "Original Rhymes for Christmas." If you take magazines, farm papers or any periodicals it will pay you to drop a postal card to the Monitor for its special periodical price list. It will save you money on every order. It's free for the asking. The following letters remain un called for at the postoffice. Please say advertised when calling for these letters. Mrs. Napoleon Blair, G. R. Col by. Willie A. Foss, James Lunderville, Clarence Muckler, Dave Preble, W. Mi Robeits, Geo. Stone, Mrs. James Smith, Walter M. Wright, R. M. Wood. The Barton merchants are showing tht usual fine display of holiday goods and report a fine business. With a full week left the prospect for a large volume of business was never better. The Monitor urges its readers to read the advertising at this season especially and they will find many helpful sug gestions. For the benefit of our out-of-the-state readers the. Monitor will speak of the weather again. No more snow has come and wheeling is excellent and open weather continues. The average temperature the past week has been probably lower , than any other week this season but nothing severe has yet shown itself. The new Barton Cook Book is find ing a large and ready sale on its merits. Reports of a half dozen sales to one party and two and three to many others indicates that they are being used extensively for Christmas gifts. The ladies of the Village Im provement society have them for sale and they are on the counter at Pierce's drug store. If you haven't seen the book just take a look. It's a dandy. Friday evening the Men's Bible class of, the M E. church gave an oyster supper at the church parlors. About The Schubert Club Concert. The Schubert club, consisting of some of Barton's best talent, gave a public concert in Seaver's hall last evening. The program consisted of music hj the club, a cornet solo by H. C. Wheeler, violin duet by Messrs. Webster and Willson, vocal solos by Mrs. J. M. Blake and Carroll B. Webster, and readings by Mrs. E. G. Baldwin. fcJvery number was excellent but special mention might be made of the vocal solos, violin duet and the readings. The audience was small and it is much to .be regretted that this local organization of recognized ability does not receive better support. The Schubert club has diligently endeav ored to present programs of merit here, has often given its services to various organizations and yet has received little encouragement or sup port when appearing for itself in town. The Monitor feels that such an organi zation is a credit to a place like Barton and should receive reasonable support from the public. Congregational Church Notes. Dr. L. A. Edwards of Newport filled Mr Warner s pulpit Sunday and gave two fine addresses. In the morn ing Dr. Edwards spoke of the heritage of Congregationalists, mentioning the recent Kansas City convention, the work of the A. M. A., and other branches of denominational work. In the evening the subject of our herit age as Christians was no less interest ingly developed and eloquently por trayed in words. Remember the great event of next week Wednesday evening when the auditorium of the church will be thrown open for the public Christmas tree. The little ones will give an interesting program and everyone is invited. New officers for the C. E. society were elected Sunday evening as follows: President, Mrs. E G. Bald win ; vice president, Gustavus Burdick : secretary, Julia King; treasurer. Glen Lang; correspond. ng secretary. Wal lace H. Gilpin ; pianist, Mary Wilkin son; assistant, Geneva Whitcher. A strong board of committees was also elected. Remember ' the C. E. society is plan ning a great free social on New Year's eve and everyone is invited. thirty responded to the invitations sent out and all reported a pleasant evening. Trie object of the supper was to interest the men in the work that the class is trying to do. While the attendance was smaller than expected, the officers and members feel much encouraged over the result. At the last meeting1 of the After noon Study club it was voted by a majority of those present that for the Christmas meeting each member con tribute a gift for friends who are not members of the club, instead of making the usual ten cent gifts be tween members. Afterwards, many of the club feeling that the custom of exchange of gifts between members was too pleasant to be given up, the Christmas committee make this sug gestion that each member bring her usual ten cent present, and in addition, if she be so minded, ten cents or some article to be used in sending remem brances to fiiehds outside the club. This suggestion is of course, binding upon no one, but is . made simply to furnish a uniform plan for members to work out. ' By order of Christmas Committee. ALBANY S. R. George is seriously ill. Lucy Martin is home from her school at South Ryegate. Will Whittemore has M. Cowles's automobile. purchased R. Levi Lothrop of Orleans was a visit or in town over Sunday. Edward Williams of Hardwick was a visitor in town Saturday. Ezfcl Mitigee from Enosburg visited at Milo Chaffee's last week. Mrs. Alma Whittemore was a visitor in Glover Saturday afternoon. Mr. Marshall of Cratfbsury visited his son, Harry Marshall, last week. Remember the lecture Friday even ing. Dec. 1879, by John G. Cornwell. Henry Mills was called to Lyndon ville last week by the death of a grandchild. Bernice Martin of South Albany spent last week with her grandmother, Mrs. Ella Frasier. Clarence Temple and family visited his father, Joel Temple, in Browning ton the hrst of the week. . If you take magazines, or any periodicals it will farm papers pay you to drop a postal card to the Monitor for its special price list It will save you money on every order. It's free for the asking. EAST ALBANY" School opened here the week after Thanksgiving with the usual attend ance. Miss Theresa Hughes is the teapher. Word has just been received here of the death of Mrs. John Vance. Mrs. Vance, who spent the greater portion of her life in this commurnty, will be remembered by many friends. Mrs. Michael Moriey, who has been sick for a long while was operated upon at Brightlook hospital recently and is doing is well as could be ex pected. Her many friends hope for her ultimate recovery. The Rev. Fr. Cray recently received the announcement to vacate here, and to take charge of the parish at Bran don. : Father Crav has been here three years, and by fiis social ways, and zealous work in the interest of the i ' ! Reception to Rev. and Mrs Warier. On Wednesday evening of last week the Ladies' society of the Congrega tional church arranged for a reception in honor of Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Warner, which Was held in the vestry, following the December supper of the Ladies' society, which was well attended. The reception was at 8.30 o'clock and a large number of people came in. The Schubert club furnished music. The receiving line included church officers besides Rev. and Mrs. Warner. The evening was va most enjoyable occasion. At the Methodist Church. Services on Sunday as follows: Morning worship at 10.45. Subject of the sermon, "Love's Supreme Achieve ment, bunday school iollowing morning service. Epworth League at 6 p. m., and evening song service and sermon at 7 o'clock. Some special music. All cordially invited. Mid week service Thursday evening at 7.30. The Christmas program is intended to be given in the church next week Wednesday evening. Splendid prog ress is being made in practice for it. The young ladies of the church met at Miss Ruth Gleason's on Friday evening and organized a society called "Live Wires." They elected as presi dent, Claribel Sheldon ; vice-president. Beatrice Jennings ; treasurer, Kather ine McGookin ; secretary, Rutn Glea son. There will be a business meeting of the home misionary society after the prayer meeting tomorrow evening. Sunday morning the pastor preached a very interesting sermon on, "The Indignations of Christ," showing that righteous indignation is. as much a part of the divine nature, as the gent ler attributes. In the evening he gave the fourth in the series of sermons on "Letter to the Hebrews." In the morning a quartette choir assisted by. C. S. Webster, violin, sang, "The Lord is Mindful of His Own." church, has endeared himself to Protestants, as well as Catholics. The goodwill of all his parishioners goes with him in his new and larger field of labor. GREENSBORO The new seats for have been received. the town hall Geo. S. Cook went to Annapolis, Md., on business recently. Harry Benjamin and family moved to his farm in Hardwick Saturday. Myron Kinney attended the state grange meeting at Rutland last week. Dr. F. C. Kinney was in Georgia last week attending the funeral of a relative. John A. King moved his family to the middle tenement in J. D. Wilson's new house Monday. The Royal Male Quartette gave the third entertainment of the lecture course Friday evening. Miss Mary Stimson closed her cottage by the lake last week and returned to her home in Montpelier. The services of P. A. Gilmore of Cabot have been secured to give an evening's entertainment at grange hall Wednesday. Dec. 17th. His selections will be - from Riley Drummond and Carleton. If you take magazines, farm Rapers or periodicals it jvill pay you to drop a postal card to the Monitor for its special periodical price list. It will save you money on every order. It's free for the asking. Wm. Jeffrey of East Burke, who is making an effort to' restore the Bible to the public schools of this state, will speak at the Congregational church next Sunday evening, Dec. 21, 8 o'clock sharp. This will be a union service and Rev. F. A. Collins and Rev. S. T. Achenbach will assist in the service. The children of the public schools are requested to attend in a body. GREENSBORO BEND Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Daniels were in St. Jobnsbury Thursday. Mrs. E. E. Hartson, who has been working at Graham's hotel, is ill. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hill are the happy parents of a son born Dec. 12. Christmas will be observed at the M. E. church, with tree and exercises Dec. 24. The schools commenced last week, Mrs. Cameron and Mabel Esdon, teachers. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ben Demars are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter, born Dec. 8th. Wm. Jeffrey of East Burke, who is making an effort to restore the Bible to the public schools of this state, will speak in the Methodist church Sunday morning, Dec.- 21 at 11 a. m. sharp. Rev. F. H. Roberts will assist in this service. The children of the public schools are requested to attend in a body. HOLLAND Adin Armstrong is working at Geo. Ru.nery's. ', Maggie Vincent is attending Derby academy. The sick children at Geo. Rumery's are better. Ray Faufaw is working in the mill for Mr. Allen. . - Mrs. Nichols is sewing for Mrs. Hollis Wheeler. Robert Goodall has returned to New York to his work. ' Gladys Farr is helping Mrs. Clyde Durgin for a few days. Wanted Your Magazine Subscriptions Probably every one of our several thousand readers takes some maga zine or paper besides a local paper. I can probably save every one of you from 25 cents to $5 on ycur periodicals and still make five cents or ten cents on each publication myself. A publication which has sold for Si. 75 a year for many years is $2.00 now but I will take it at the old price of $175. On many of the $1.50 magazines I can snve you 35 cents, on some, mor, on others, less. On most $3 dailies my price is $2.50, on one $1.75. On several $3 maga zines I can save you $1 or more. . Don't pay the full price fcr any magazine until you know you cannot get it of me cheaper. I have obtained the lowest possible prices on all papers and maga zine s and want to add 1000 families to the 800 who regularly send all their subscriptions to magazines and papers through the Monitor office. We have Boston and California customers as well as local people, so don't let distance stop you. It is not necessary' for you to be a Monitor subscriber or take any certain magazine or combination of magazines to get special prices. Of course if we have any extra special favors to grant they will be made tc Monitor subscribers but make up your own "c!ub," that is, just the list of papers and magazines you want, nothing more, and we will quote you a special wholesale price. Ask for quotations over the 'phone or serd the list on a postal card. Tell whether they'are new or renewal. 11 tne price doesn t land your order we won t bother you any more. There will be no "hang on" or teasing for your order. According to the rules of the publishers I cannot print their whole sale price and must ask that you co-operate with me and tell me just what you want. ( Magazines are excellent Christmas gifts. They are monthly remind ers ot the giver. If you are yet undecided just-whit you will take, get our price on those you know you will have, if it is only one 50c magazine. We can likely save you'ten cents on that and above all do it now by telephone or mail. Wallace H. Gi'pin, P. S. If vou ask for it I'll send you my typewritten list of prices E. M. Bartlett and son of Island Pond were callers in town recently. Rev. Ralph Lowe preached a very interesting sermon in the M. E. church Sunday afternoon. The Ladies' Aid society will hold their next meeting at J. H. Smith's. Everyone made welcome. There was a pleasant gathering of about twelve of the Ladies' Aid society at Wm. Palin's Wednesday. Proceeds about $2. DEMICK'S MILL A. D. Wilcome of St. Johnsbury was visitor in town lately. j. a. nunter 01 New York was a business caller in town lately. S. C. Carpenter of St. Johnsbury was a visitor in town recently. D. C. Cole and Peter Lahouse have moved their families to Norton. Mr. and Mrs J. E. Lary of Beebe visited at H. W. Demick's recently. Fred Davis, who went to Boston. for an operation, has passed it and is doing well. MOP CAN CENTER. A. B. Moulton town Sunday. Burney Cargill the past week. The machinery of Holland was in has been quite ill for the new mill arrived last week. Mrs. Elmer Judd was a visitor in West Derby last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Crowe of Island Pond were in town la&t week. Mrs. B. J. Williams visited her mother, Mrs. Win. Crowe, at Brighton Sunday. Mrs. Thomas Cargill visited her daughter. Mrs. Ora Foster, in Man chester, N. H., recently. Presiding Elder Lowe gave a most interesting and helpful sermon to his hearers at the union church Sun: a v WE ST FIELD The Woodworths have decided not to stock their lumber mill this winter. Robert Murray went to Morrisville recently and purchased a span of fine horses. Mrs. Abbie brother, A. recently. Fairbanks visited her J. Coburn, of Troy Miss Yvonne Benoit is clerking in H. B. Hitchcock's store during the holidays. Paul Gilman is boarding with Mrs. George Goddard during the absence of his father. The funeral of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Willis was held Dec. 9th. Rev. F. B. Hyde officiating. She was nearly two years of age. Dr. White of North Troy and Dr. Young held a council over the case of Mrs. Burt Courser. Mrs. Courser is very low, but may rally for a time. The Ladies Aid society will hold a sale and serve a chicken pie supper Friday evening, Dec. 19. It is expect ed that Oscar C. Miller of Newrort will be present and tell the true story of E. Esdon Bedell. WESTMORE ' Henry Bowley of Newport called upon old friends here recently. Mrs. G. M. Craig is entertaining her brother, Carl btone, of Alberta. Don Switzer was thrown from his load Friday and broke several ribs. j ' Ira Lyon cut his foot while chopping in the woods Friday and is unable to work. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs Oscar Lyon has been quite' ill the past week. 1 Rev. James Richmond was called to Danvers, Mass , by the death of his sister-in-law last week. A Real Santa Claus. ANTA CLAUS, I hang for you. By the mantel, stocking two. One for me and one to go To another boy I know. There's a chimney in the town You have never traveled down. Should you chance to enter there You would find a room all bars. Not a stocking could you spy. Matters not how you might try. And the shoes you'd find are suck As no boy would care for much. In a broken bed you'd see Some one just about like me. Dreaming of the pretty toys S "Which you bring to other boy, And to him a Christmas seems Merry only in his dreams. All he dreams, then, Santa Clans, Stuff the stocking with, because When it's filled up to the brim I'll be Santa Claus to him! Frank Dempster Sherman. An Inducement. Wife I wish. Harry, dear, you'd get me a nice clock for .ay room. Hub But I am really very short and can't afford Wife (interrupting) If you will I'll set it back two hours the evening you go to the club. Boston Transcript. On a Monday Morning. Monday morning is a hard test for the institution which we call life. Life may be all very well on Saturday night and Sunday morning, but bow about Monday morning? If you wake, up then with a pleasurable antieipaf tion of the week, of work which is ahead of you. you are a happy manl The instinct of the bad boy who plays! truant never uuite dies out of us. Unt dreams of a Monday morning whei the sun is shining and the air is clear.l of slipping uuietly into one's clothesj of tiptoeing softly out of the hou of scaling the fence and crossing tbi meadow and losing oneself in the al luring wmk!s. while time clocks re-i main unminched and whistles blow in vain. San Francisco Bulletin. Business of a Jury. Willie Paw. what is a jury? Paw A body of men organized to find out who has the best lawyer, my son, Cincinnati Enquirer. ESSAYS ON BOOKS. Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as pres ents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. Addison. That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit Alcott. Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles. When adversity threatens they are in separable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought for ward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate, depend upon books. Richard De Bury. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested. Bacon. In the poorest cottages are books: is one book, wherein for several thousands of years the spirit of man has found light and nourishment and an inter esting resjHuse to whatever Is deepest in him. Carlyle. A