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ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1913
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR
WALLACE H. GILPIN, Publisher,
, Barton, Vt.
Published every Wednesday afternoon.
Entered at tbe Post-office at Barton, Vt.,
as second-class matter.
TERMS
One year, $1.50.
Two months, 2ic.
vance
Six months, 75c;.
invariably in ad-
1
When your subscription expires the
paper stops.
The telephone hearing, like the
babbling brook, goes on forever. But
let it go if the truth can be learned.
The farmers of this section should
plan to support the agricultural exten
sion meeting to be held in Barton early
in January. Not with your money,
that isn't necessary, but with your
promise of attendance. It's a fine
thing for all, but a certain number of
farmers must promise to attend before
the meeting can be assured.
That 39 cents in every dollar spent
for food in this city must be charged
up to the cost of distribution explains
better than anything else the high cost
of life. New York World.
Before the Democratic tariff act was
passed and all during the last republi
can administration the World could see
absolutely nothing to ma'.:e living
costly except the tariff. How times
have changed.
Reports of deer killing in Vermont
during the recent open season show
that far more deer were killed in the
southern counties of Vermont than in
the sections mere to the north. For
instance, one might expect that deer
would be very plenty in a county like
Omntrp. in some Darts of which there
are large wooded tracts; yet the
slaughter of deer in that county was
far below that in Windnam and
Windsor counties. There was even
less slaughter in Caledonia county and
less in Orleans county on the northern
border than in Caledonia. These facts,
taken in connection with the liberal
slaughter in Massachusetts, indicate
that the deer herds have changed their
base largely toward the more thickly
settled portion of New England from
the region contiguous to the wooded
areas of Canada. The operations of
lumbermen and pulpmen in the latter
sections must be responsible in large
part for this immigration. isarre
Times.
Here is another example of mistaken
ideas of many Vermont editors who are
not acquainted with outdoor life. The
soutnern counties have always, if we
are not mistaken, shown a larger num
ber of deer killed than the northern
counties and it is a well-known fact
by hunters of experience that deer
are usually more plenty in lumbered
districts. In Maine the best hunting
is found where the lumbermen were
the previous season.
It is the Monitor's honest conviction
that there has not been in the memory
of the present editor so general a
demand from the people of this state
for a man to accept high office at
their hands as the present call for C.
A. Prouty to become a candidate for
the U. S. senate. It's not the manu
factured, bolstered up, and warmed
over kind, but the genuine call of the
people. There appear to be certain
men or interests that are trying to
minimize this public demand and it is
generally credited to what has come to
be called the "stand pat" wing of the
Republican party in this state. The
line is coming to be more and more
distinctly marked between the ad
vancing Republicanism and the so
called "stand pat" Republicanism and
it is generally speaking the last
named branch of the Republican party
in Vermont that is opposed to Mr.
Prouty. The advancing wing of the
Republican party and the Progressive
party both appear , to be ready to
endorse Mr. Prouty's candidacy, and
he should not hesitate longer in
announcing his willingness to become
a candidate, as an independent if he
pleases. He will not fail to have the
support of an increasing army of
young Vermonters who believe in
Prouty's style of independence, in his
intellectual capacity, in his natural
ability and wide experience. More and
more this class of young men break
through mere party ties to follow and
support men and measures that appeal
to the advancing ideas of the times.
Let Prouty .speak now.
Speak 111 of Nobody.
On a page devoted to New Year
resolutions in the January Woman's
Home Companion i Kentucky contrib
utor suggests t ie fallowing as the
best resolution for 1914:
"If your readers have seen the
great evils resulting from this great
evil of tattling, as I hav?. they will
surely join me in saying thnt no "better
resolution coul I be offered for th
betterment of a!! tha:i the one firm
resolve to speak n ill of anyone, nor
to repeat anything of an unkind or
evil nature told by another."
COURTESY.
It is a very simple matter to ac
quire the habit of acting in a cour
teous manner. He who possesses
every other title to our respect ex
cept that of courtesy is in danger
of forfeiting them all. A rude
manner renders its owner always
liable to affront.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
It Would Be Interesting.
Will some east side prognosticator
please unreel the political horoscope of
Hon. Horace F. Graham of Crafts
bury? St. Johnsbury Republican.
Says Fleetwood Is Popu'ar.
Traveling men assure us that they
hear "more Fleetwood talk." when
the governorship of 1915 is mentioned,
than anything else. They say he
seems to stand well with both Republi
cans and Progressives. Several state
newspapers have noticed and comment
ed upon the same fact. Morris ville
Messenger.
Progressives Spent $92,000.
Moral uplitt, social justice, a' fair
chance for the poor man to rise in
politics, etc.. has soundei pretty good
in the political arguments of the
Progressives, but the statement that
$92,000 was spent "by the Progressive
committee in Charles S. Bird's recent
campaign for the governorship of
Massachusetts of course makes the
poor man realize the great advance
which has been made in the effort to
improve his opportunity to secure
high office. Brattleboro Phoenix.
Howe for Governor on Court Reforir.
Harlan B. Howe of St. Johnsbury
has announced that he will be a
Democratic candidate for governor
next year, making one of his chief
issues judicial reform and improved
legal procedure. This, is a matter
about which there cannot be too much
agitation. And whether or 'not Mr.
Howe is successful in his candidacy
his ideas along this line should prove
of great value in the public discussion
they are likely to engender. The fact
that the Windham County Bar associa
tion has already adopted rules looking
toward the simplification of legal
methods in so far as this is possible
under the present system is evidence
that the need of court reform is appre
ciated in this corner of the state. Mr.
Howe, however, is likely to find diffi
cutty in copyrighting the issue for the
exclusive benefit of the Democratic
! party. Brattleboro Reformer.
Worth Considering.
Gov. Fletcher's pronouncement at
Rutland last week in favor of a
cross-state railroad, with a saggestion
of state ownership or state interest
therein, is a practical matter of great
importance to Vermont. JNo single
enterprise has more promise to every
resident of the state than this. To
break through the mountain barrier
and bring the east and west sides of
Vermont into quick and easy touch
would work wonders in the state's
development. As to financing it, any
practical plan is worthy of considera
tion. Perhaps the one entailing the
least responsibility upon the state
would be to guarantee a certain low
fixed dividend on the investment for a
known period, provide for official
representation of the state on the
directorate and let private capital
build and operate the road. Once
established, such a connecting link
ought to pay. It would be an immense
public benefit that the state can well
afford to back. Randolph Herald and
News.
Home Mission Work Needed.
No more pitiable case has been
brought before any Vermont court
than that of the poor, benighted
Shoreham woman, sentenced in Addison
county court yesterday to three years'
hard labor in state's prison. The case
emphasizes anew the need of a social
survey in the small back towns in this
state and the crying demand for money
for home missionary and home educa
tional work. As long as there is a
ca?e in this state of the gross
ignorance and moral turpitude of - that
disclosed in Shoreham, not a dollar of
money or an ounce of effort should be
expended in uplift work in the
antipodes. The most grievous feature
of this particular case is that of the
three illegitimate children brought
into the world within the last three
years, the last one first seeing light
in the county jail. What may be said
of the chances for an honorable or
useful life of one who starts under
such a terrific handicap? And this has
taken place in Christian Vermont !
Rutland News.
Our Need Now Hotels.
It is sometimes well to go away to
get the news. While the editor of
the Banner was in attendance on the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways convention
at Jacksonville, Florida, he met Gov
ernor Miller of Delaware. Gov. Mil
ler is a business man who has traveled
in every state in the union. In con
versation with the' editor of The
Banner, Gov. Miller stated that of
late years he had found Vermont a
most delightful state in which to
spend a summer vacation for the
reason that Vermont roads are better
than those of other states. In contin
uation, Gov. Miller said that most of
the states now have some good roads,
but that he believed that the general
average in Vermont is better than in
any other state. A gentleman from
Massachusetts, who was an attendant
at the same convention, said that he
had been familiar with the roads of
all the New England states since the
auto came into general use, and, that
while Massachusetts and Connecticut
were building more main line macadam
roads than Vermont, the general road
improvement from year to year is
nore marked in Vermont than in any
other New England state. This same
Massachusetts gentleman added that
Vermont will have to provide better
hotels to get the amount of summer
business which its attractions would
naturally bring. -He particularly criti
cized the hotels of Brattleboro, Bellows
Falls, St. Johnsbury and Newport and
commended the hotels at Woodstock,
Barton, Burlington, Brandon and Man
chester. He stated that his party
tried to stop in Bennington over Sun-1
day, but could not get rooms and so
went on to Williamstown. Bennington
Banner.
A Card
We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on a 60 cent bottle of
Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to
cure your cough oi cold. We also guarantee
a 25 ce'it bottle.to be satisfactory or mcney'
refunded. .
Fred D. Pierce, Barton
A.O.Austin, Orleans
ii. M. (Jowles, Albany -
K. W. Barron Co., Barton
STATE NEW-..
Bos worth Reprieve Denied.
Governor Fletcher Thursday refused
to grant a reprieve to Arthur Bos
worth, the convicted murderer of Mae
Labelle in the railroad station at
Essex Junction in the spring of 1911.
who Jan. 2 is to pay the penalty of his
crime by hanging, which probably will
be the last hanging in Vermont.
,1767 Deer Killed during Open Season.
The number of deer killed in
Vermont during the open season was
1,767. By counties it was as follows:
Addison, 12o: Bennington, 174; Cale
donia. 70; Chittenden. 47; Essex. 109 ;j
f ranklin. 49, Grand Isle. 0; Lamoille,
113; Orange, 127; Orleans, 56; Rut
land, 192; Washington, 185; Windham,
266 ; Windsor, 259.
No New Haven in Vermont.
Frank C. Williams, state bank com
missioner, in commenting on the pass
ing of the dividend by the New York,
New Haven & Hartford, said that the
statement in the New York report of
the dividend action to the effect that
$40.000.0J0 of the road's stocks and
bonds svere held by savings banks and
estates was incorrect as far as Ver
mont was concerned. "Not a dollar
of stocks or bonds of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road is owned
by any Vermont savings bank or trust
company, he said. The state bank
ing law does not allow them to invest
in railroad stocks."
Poultney Sustains $30,000 Fire.
Fire, which originated in the Keefe
meat market in the Parker block early
Friday morning, practically destroyed
the structure and damaged two ad
joining business blocks, the total loss
being estimated at from $25,000 to
$30,000 with a partial insurance. All
the burned buildings were wooden
structures. It was by far the most
disastrous fire that has visited the
village in many years. All of the
buildings are located on Main street
in the center of the business section
and only hard work upon the part of
the fire department and many volun
teers prevented a conflagration.
Vail, Elliot and Harvey Accept.
The annual meeting of the Greater
Vermont assiociation will be held at
Burlington in February. There will
be business sessions of the association.
a meeting of executives oi Vermont
commercial and civic associations,
which will be addressed by Emmet
Hay Naylor, president of the New
England Association of Commercial
Executives. A feature of the meeting
will be a dinner given jointly by the
Burlington Merchants' association and
the Greater Vermont association.
Theodore N. Vail, Howard Elliott and
George M. Harvey have accepted
invitations to be guests at the dinner.
Progressives Begin Publication Soon.
The Advance company, whose papers
of incorporation were filed with Secre
tary of State Guy W. Bailey a week
ago, has assembled its members for
the purpose of organizing. Organiza
tion was effected by adopting by-law
and electing directors as required by
the laws of the state. There are five
members of the board of directors and
they are : Guy B. Horton of Burling
ton, Dr. W. J. Aldrich of St. Johns
bury, Dr. J. H. Blodgett of Bellows
Falls, A. H. Townsend of Burlington
and M. L. Aseltine of St. Albans.
The publication offices will be located
in Burlington and it is proposed now to
publish the first issue as soon after
the first of the new year as the work
of preparation can be completed.
In 111 Health,Shoots Himself.
Dead with a bullet hole through his
head, Albert Minckler, postmaster
and dealer in general merchandise at
West Bolton, was found Wednesday by
his wife lying in a pool of blood
behind a counter. He had killed him
self with a 38-caliber revolver, death
being instantaneous. Despondency over
ill health was the cause of his self
destruction. Mr. Minckler, who was
45 years old, returned two weeks ago
from Pittsford, where he went for !
treatment for tuberculosis a year ago.
His health had not improved and he
became depressed in spirit. He arose
about 6 o'clock and went down stairs
to attend the fires in the store. A few
minutes later the shot rang out and
his wife hastening down found his
body.
A Surprising Prediction.
"Men here present who are not so
very young will live to see ocean-going
steamships sail into Burlington harbor
from the north and from the south,"
declared Howard D. Hartley of Platts
burg, the speaker at the luncheon of
the Merchants' association at the
Hotel Vermont last week. His subject
was, "The Second Battle of Lake
nampiam, wnicn he said, is now
being fought at the close of a century
of peace between England and the
United States and . is a bloodless con
test, the object of which is to make
the Chamlpain valley as famous for its
commerce as it is noted for being the
scene of the naval battle one hundred
years ago. This end will be accom
plished, he asserted, through the
construction of the proposed Hudson
Champ) ain deep waterway.
Charged withSSel-Iing Worthless Stock.
Claiming that they were sold worth
less stock by fraudulent means, W. W.
Smith of Essex Junction and Clark
Rood of Colchester, have instituted
proceedings against Fred Howes of
Burlington, L. R. Brown, formerly of
Burlington and now of Skowhegan.
Me., and II. H. Reynolds of Man
chester, N. H., who have sold stock in
Burlington for some . time. The suits
are for $5,000 each and are to recover
money paid for the stock. Bail in tne
case oi eacn oi tne aerendants is
placed in the sum of $5,000. Mr. ;
Howes secured his bail at once but Mr.
Reynolds is still in jail. The stock
which is claimed to be worthless is
that of the Washington Telenhone &
Telephone company, a corporation
created under and existing under the
laws of the state of Washington. It
is variously reported that the total
amount of stock sold in Burlington and
vicinity is between $45,000 and
$60,000.
v Vermont School for Feeble Mi ded.
The board of trustees of the school
for the care of feeble-minded children
between the ages of five and 21 years
in Vermont, as appointed by Governor
Fletcher, have, met and organized.
The board consists of the governor,
exofficio; Dr. L. S. Coburn of Milton,
who was elceted vice chairman; Dr.
W. J. Aldrich of St. Johnsbury. who
was elected secretary and treasurer;
and Dr. P. E. McSweeney of Burling
ton. The founding of such a school
was authorized at the . last legislature
and $25,000 was appropriated- for the
purpose. It is important the work be
begun soon because at the present
time a number of feeble minded chil
dren are in institutions outside the
state and these have notified the
Vermont officials that they can care
for the charges for only a limited
time. At present nine are in Penn
sylvania, seven in New Jersey and 80
at Waverly, Mass. These will be
among the places inspected. The
board does not yet know whether a
new institution will be started or an
addition made to some present institi
tution. Too Much Sex In Literature.
Literature is oversexed. If we were
to believe the fictionists and the play
wrights, sex is the one morbid, absorb
ing and exclusive topic of thought and
conversation. It is n misrepresenta
tion of fact. When God created man
he made him to the likeness of God.
Male and female, he created them
The revolt against the order of being
and the blurring of natural and inevi
table distinctions by a would be new
species of women-men and men-women
is surely a melancholy sign of de
cadence both intellectual and moral.
From the Universe.
Interested.
"How one wishes for a return t
the good old times when all books
were bound in full morocco or russia!"
said a visitor at a famous library.
'You're a collector. 1 can see," said
the. librarian, who was displaying his
treasures. ' .
"No. sir," replied the enthusiast,
"I'm a leather merchant!" London
Telegraph.
, Well Described.
"Those Chinese characters are pecul
iar," said the man who was standing
In front of a laundry.
"Yes," replied his friend, "Chinese is
the only language I know of that looks
exactly like it sounds." Washington
Star.
Its Route.
"Why don't yeu get some labels oa
your suit case to show where it's
been?"
"The pawnbrokers don't furnish la
bels." Kansas City Journal.
England's Big Mine Road.
The longest underground thorough
fare in Great Britain is in central Der
byshire, wnere you can walk seven
miles upon a road connecting several
coal mines.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured-
with local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take Internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucus sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years
and is a regular prescription. It is com
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting direct
ly on the mucus surfaces. The perfect com
bination of the two Ingredients is what pro
duces such wonderful results In curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F.J. CHENEY fe CO., Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipation
Smmas Tnmme n Meire
and Santa Claus is cordially invited
to call at The New Store before he
starts on his long journey!
J. G. MARTIN, So. Albany, Vt.
"The New Store"
Get Him A Razor For Christmas
We have a big line $1 .00 to 5.00
also Strops, Hones, Brushes, Soap,
Shaving Cream, etc.
Jack
bargains
Special
Nice line Bathroom Fixtures: Glass Shelves
Towel Bars, Soap Holders, etc.
We are showing a large stock of Ther
mometers, prices from 1 0c to $ 1 . 00
SI
H
. T. SE AVER, Barton, Vt
THe HARDWARE MAN
RHUMA WILL STOP
URIC ACID DEPOSIT
Rheumatic Complication Checked and
the ''Hunan Sewers" Restored
Th Kidneys, BowhIs and Sain are
! be "human Severn" which carry off
the imouritiMs in the blood When
hes- are clogged Uric Aid sediraen
odgea in tie muscles and i dots and
Rneumatism follows . RHEUMA, the
reat remedy for all f .rma of th
terrib'e disease, checks the deposit of
Urio Acid.
"I Huffered from Rheumatism fo
ix years. Tried diff-jrenC doctors,
with no relief. I h ive taken three
mottles of RHEU VIA and am entirely
free from the disease." P. W. Miller,
Oatawips, Pa.
F. D Pierce will return your money
if r, fails; 50 cents a bottle.
S ld in Orleans by F J. Kinney.
If this food is not sold in vour place, -we
will send you freight prepaid a 1 25 pound
sack for $4.00, or a 60 pound sack for
$2.00. If in want of Beef Scraps, Poultry
Bone, Oyster Shells, etc. , write us for prices.
Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park, Vt
Page's Perfected Poultry Food may be ob
tamed of the following:
Twombly & Colton, Orleans
A. D. Tburber, Coventry
Sawyer & Lathe, Craftsbury
A. J. Jendron, Newport
FK SALE
Used cars in first-class
condition
Demonstration allowed. It is
worth your while to look up
these bargains as they must be
sold to make room for 1914 cars,
so the price is put where they
will move quickly.
One Elmore Roadster 1912
in good condition $300.
One Atlas runabout, looks
like new 300.
One model R Stevens Dnryea
five passenger 350.
One seven passenger Olds
mobile, like new 1200.
F. W. Aldrich
25 North Main St.
Springfield, Mass.
Knives
in 25
cent ones
Make'H in Winter. r
HUB-IV1ARK
RUBBERS
See that the Hub-Mark is on the
rubber before you buy. It is your
insurance of Standard First Quality
Rubber Footwear for every purpose
SOLD BY
J. F. BATCHELDER
E. W. BARRON CO,
Sleighs! Sleighs!
Sleighs!
We have just received two car
loads of Auto, Portland, Ver
mont Jumper and Old Comfort
sleighs.
We Have the largest -line of
Robes and Blankets in the county
and the prices are right.
We also have a full line of
Double and Single Driving
Harnesses and the famous Hand
Made Work Harnesses that we
sell so many of, for we use noth
ing but the best old fashioned
black tanned leather which is
strong and pliable. Every strap
is guaranteed for one year. The
price for these is less than you
pay for machine made.
i a a, mm Jn waw
If you have not got a ladder you
ought to have one. I have the best
Spruce Ladders from 8 to 30 ft long,
F. S. Whitcher
Barton, Vermont
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 month. Parties desiring to transact
Probate business at Barton or Orleans art
requested to notify the judge In advance
that he may take the necessary papers.
The Probate Office at Newport will be open
for thfi trans.rt.1rn of hmsinpss ptrprv rlnv I
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.
LRUFUS W. SPEAR, Judge.
Another Car of
D&imsselllPs
Also a Car of
Fancy Canadian Oats
RAY R
Barton, -
SANTA'S POINT
is well taken. He knows his Christ
mas commendation will be respect-'
fully received.
THIS BANK'S SOLVENCY AND CON.
SERVATISM ARE UNQUESTIONABLE.
Heed the Christmas greeting by o
. ' . pening an account here. Time will
discover the value of your doing so.
BARTON SAYINGS BANK & TRUST CO.
BARTON, VERMONT
C pi rl $50,000 ;Mfjv.8 3& 000. cou'ref $1 200 000
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
W. R. Aldrich
Office, ORLEANS, VERMONT
F. W. BALDWIN
I Attorney, Insurance Agent, Surety Bonds
BARTON, VT.
J. M. BLAKE, M. D.
BARTON, VT.
Special attention given to treatment f
diseases of the nose and throat, tvud Uue
nttiug of glasses to delective eyes.
Office Hours : 11 a. m. to 3 p. m except
Sundays, and.by special appointment.
Miss Jennie G. Cram
. rURSE
ORLEANS, VT.
Tel. 7-2
at W. F. Scott's, South St.
C. A. CRAMPTON, M. D.
St. Johnsbujay, Vt.
'PEOIaUST. EYt. EA5t, N'Ost. AND
" THROAT. Offlce 2-1 Main St., over Poe
ffice. vjtfice Hours: a:0u a. ui. to 5:09 p. la
ipwjia ments for examination of taa eye
or Klas?. 8 can be made in advance by lette
r teiepho-.. .
Harry Dickens
AUCTIONEER
Orleans, t. N. E. Telephone
N. H. DREW
Licensed Auctioneer
Glover, Vt.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
FREDERICK LANPHEAR, M. D.
ORLEANS, VERMONT
GENERAL PRACTICE, Eye, Bar. Nose
'-"and Throat. Examination oi eres fer
glasses by appointment.
JOSIAH A. PEARSON.
f VBNTIST, BARTON.
. f Owen's Block.
VT. OFFICE IN
W. W. REIKDKN,
LAWYER, SEAVER'S BLOOK, Uabtom, Vt
FEOPLE'S TELEPHONE.
J. N. & P, LWEBSTER
Insurance Agents, JT8 Barton, Vt .
Mileage Boobs to rent. Picture Frames made
to ordei. Office over Lang's Jewel ry Store.
HUXHAJti'S Absorbent
PADS
stop pain and core
Rumatism,
lumbago, a chin g f eet or limbs,
without dosing or liniments.
50c. a pair by mail prepaid.
A book tellins about them. FREE,
HnxhamPadCo. ParkSq. Boston
the famous
KegiHiflfflir
WEBSTER
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