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ORLEANS
COUNTY
MONITOR
Vol. 43 No. 34
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914
Single Copies 5 Cents.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Advertisements will be inserted under this
head at two cents per word for first insertion
and one cent per word thereafter. Cash must
accompany the order. No advertisement will
oe inserted for less than ticenty-five cents.
FOR 8ALTC.
FOR SALE-13-inch
cut.
Glover.
-Baldwin ensilage cutter,
R. W. Buchanan, West
34-35
FOR SALE Berkshire pigs, 4
weeks old. V. R. Doncaster, Brown
ington village. lw
FOR SALE Nearly new rubber-tired
Concord body wagon. G. L. Merriam,
Barton. 23tf
FUR SALE OR EXCHANGE Vil
lage residence ; 1912' Hudson runabout,
model "33." Box 537, Glover. 34-37p
FOR SALE One pair. Stimpson No.
70 scales, also, pair platform scales.
Inquire at Monitor office. 26tf
FOR SALE Farms, houses and
timber lands. Inquire of Barton Real
Estate company, Barton, Vt. 20tf
FOR SALE New Walton's Vermont
registers just received. Price 25 cents.
Sent by mail for 31 cents. Monitor
Press, Barton. 33tf
"E FOR SALE Smith and Barnesup-
right piano. Nearly new and in al
most I perfect condition. Price low.
Amos R.iRobinson, Barton. 4tf.
FOR SALE About 90 R. I. red
pullets, 2J to 3 pounds, 18 weeks old ;
60 cockerels, 2 to 5 pounds 14 weeks
old and over : 20 yearling hens. Who
will make best offer? C. L. Phillips,
Glover. 34tf
l FOR SALE My home at ! Orleans,
two-story nine-room house, barn 28x36
with basement, three or four acres of
land, one of tne most aesirable nomes
in the county. One Mitchell six
cylinder touring car at a bargain.
Daniel Buchanan, Orleans. 30tf
wanted
?. WANTED Housekeeper on farm.
Joseph Terrien, Willoughby. 33-34p
WANTED Second-hand small cream
separator. J. W. Brennan, Orleans.
lw
WANTED Live poultry. Eggs not
over week old. Elrick, Express office,
Barton. 18tf
WANTED Highest market price
paid for stock, and wool every
Monday. W. E. Hanson, Barton.
21tf
WANTED AT ONCE First class
blacksmith and general repairer to
occupy new shop. Will sell or rent.
Price low, terms right. Particulars,
see J. N. Urie or J. G. Martin, South
Albany. 33tf
TO KENT
TO RENT A small
Holtham, Orleans.
tenement, Mrs.
29tf
TO RENT Stalls, also rooms, Mrs.
Colby, Church street, Barton. 34-35
FOUND
FOUND Stray grade Ayrshire cow,
entered my enclosure Wednesday, Aug.
12. Owner please remove at once.
E. L. Alexander, Glover. 33-34
LOST.
LOST Lady's gold watch, with ini
tials M. H. M.. on fairgrounds Friday.
Return to Lang's for reward. lwp
!i ISCKTLANEOU8.
WINTER RYE for seed, plump and
clean, grown in Barton, Vt. $1.50
bushel. The E. W. Barron Co. 32tf
Those who wish to let rooms or fur
nish board to pupils and teachers
please notify Prin. F. J. Bates or
Supt. C. L. Erwin. 32-34
Those who wish to Jet rooms or furn
ish board to pupils and teachers please
notify Supt. C. L. Erwin. 32-34
FARMERS' NOTICE Wanted Mon-
day, Aug. 31, 100 lambs and a carload
of beef and bologna cattle. Both
'phones. Dodge. Orleans. lw
GEM THEATRE Thursday after
noon and evening, Aug. 27. The Won
derful five-reel photoplay. "Prisoner
of Zenda," with the real James K.
Hackett in the principal role. Three
other reels added. Afternoon at 2.30,
evening at 8.
BARTON.
Mrs. Walter Colby is having some
repairs made on her barn.
Mrs. E. M. Sylvester is visiting her
sister, Mrs. P. L. Webster.
The schools of the town of Barton
will open Monday, Aug. 31.
C. R. Powell of Island Pond was a
guest in town during the fair.
Mrs. F. P. Sheldon is visiting Mrs.
Taylor at Morrisville this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bean were guests
of Mrs. Maiy Morrill the past week.
Mrs. H. A. Clark is the guest of hpr
sister, Mrs. Chas. Hamblet, this week.
John and Walter Durkin were the
guests of Cornelius Buckley the past
week.
Raymond Willson is taking a to
weeks' vacation from hi 3 duties at the
bank. '
Hamblet and Barrow Representa Uve
Candidates.
C. E. Hamblet and C. A. Barrows
have filed their names with the Repub
lican town committee as candidates be
fore the caucus Thursday evening at
Seaver's hall. Their names will ap
pear upon a ballot for general use at
the caucus and the ope receiving a
plurality of the votes ast will be
declared the party candidate for town
representative. The fact that these
two are the only persons whose names
appear upon the printed ballot does
not detain others from becoming can
didates before the caucus as a blank
for names to be written in is provided
on tie ballot. JBoth men are highly
respected and able business men, who
would serve the town ably in the
capicity and either man will make a
strong candidate. This injects new
interest into the representative situa
tion. F. W. Cutting is a candidate,
and although his announcement did
not so state, it is understood he is a
Progressive and the candidate of that
party. No Democratic name has yet
been mentioned.
Republicans!
Remember the caucus at Seaver's
hall 3 n Thursday evening at 7.30
o'closx as called in these columns last
week, when delegates to the" Republi
can s:ate convention and district con
venti hi will be elected, the party
candi late for town representative
chose 1 and a town committeeman
chose 1.
The;e are important matters and
deserve your attention and attendance.
: a.
Congregational Church Notes.
Rev. W. A. Warner begins Sunday
a series of six sermons on "Lessons by
the Wayside." His first sub-title will
be haniled extemporaneously and will
be, "Trie Royalty of Service."
Miss Gertrude Walker
the guast ot her sister,
ClarK.
of Barre is
Mrs. Hazen
Miss Carrie Blake has returned to
Orleans to care for her sister, who is
ill there.
David Cook of Charleston was a
recent guest of his cousin, H. P.
Cook.
Mrs. Homer Webster
have returned to their
ington.
and children
home in Ben-
Mrs. Myra P. White of Springfield,
Mass., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm.
Colhston. t .'.
Mrs. Samuel Potter of Westmore vis
ited her sister, Mrs. Hugh Campbell,
last week.
The dance at I. O. O. F. hall
Wednesday night was not very well
patronized.
Chas. Buswell, Jr.,
Mass., was the guest
the past week.
of Bradford,
of his parents
Chas. Hall of Lennoxville, foinerly
of Barton, was a guest in town the
first of the week.
Miss Nellie Reirden of North Troy is
visiting at the home of her brother,
W. W. Reirden.
Dr. J. M. Blake has purchased a
Ford runabout from the Flanders &
Mossman garage.
Miss Flora Dow has returned to her
work in the office of her brother, Dr.
Wells, at Orleans.
Mrs. Fischlin was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Harley Wheeler, during
the week of the fair.
!? Robert Scott, who has been spending
the summer in Exeter, N. H., is at
home for a few weeks.
Ernest Gilpin of the Gilpin Press,
Richford, was the guest of his brother,
W. H. Gilpin, last week.
Mrs. P. H. Skinner of West Glover
was the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
A. E. Brunning, last week.
Miss Maude Hatch is the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Maude Martinsen, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Jenness.
John Arkley will go to Sherbrooke
the first of the week to visit his broth
er there and at Angus, P. Q.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sawin of
Florence, Mass., are visiting their
daughter. Mrs. H. W. Carter.
Mrs. Watkins of Newport was the
gjest of her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Clogston, Jr., the past week.
Frank Tower carried his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Tower to Water
bury in an automobile Monday. - . .
P. A. Johnson of Newport, N. Hi.,
president of the Peerless company,'
was a visitor in town last week.
Arthur Cook and family have been
visiting Mr. Cook's parents in' New
York state the past two weeks.
Will Cassidy of Pike. N. H.. was the
guest of his mother, Mrs. James
Cassidy, during the past week.
Mr., and Mrs. Chas. Townsend of
Manchester. N. R., are guests of Mr.
and Mr3. Will Roystan this week.
ay wneeier has finished work at
the C. A. Barrows store and will spend
a I 1 ? ITT 1 -n - ...
me wees in wooasvnie and vicinity.
Mrs. Delia Baldwin of Boston, for
merly a teacher here, was the guest
of Mrs. Altha Pierce the past week.
Alexander Dunnett was a political
visitor in town last week, stopping
for a couple of days at Hotel Barton.
Mrs. Geo. R. Barnstead and son,
Richard, of Stoneham, Mass., are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. White.
Parker Barrows caught for St.r
Johnsbury ball team Saturday in their
game against the Barre Italian team.
Miss Hazel Morse of Brownington
has been the guest of Mrs. Chas.
Mors 3 for several days the past week.
SCARE HURTS FAIR
pine Lay-out for County Fair, but Exag
gerated Stories Keep Exhibits and
Crowds Away.
Possibly not in its whole history
has the Orleans county fair had a
better actual lay-out for a fair than
this season, and it was extremely
unfortunate for the fair association.
the town and the entire county that
the grossly exaggerated reports of an
epidemic of infantile paralysis in Bar
ton, were responsible for small crowds
at every day's session.
The management was simply power
less to stop x the spread of reports,
ranging in from ten to 100 cases of the
above mentioned disease in the village
while the actual facts were that there
was but a single case of infantile
paralysis in the village limits. Had
the few cases (less than fifteen since
the disease first appeared, and only
six of them in the village) come at
any other time, very little notice
would have been given them, but
telephones were received up to
Wednesday morning stating that it
was understood Barton fair had been
postponed. Under these most adverse
circumstances, the management de-
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
RACE SUMMARY
WEDNESDAY '
2.16 pace. Purse $SC0.
Eetty Dean, ch m Slayton
The Builder, b s Pirkle
Honesty.bg. Presby
Plough. Boy, b g Blood
Scribnaught, b s ' Mullen
Time 2.14 1-2, 2.15 1-4, 2.15 1-2.
2.30 Trot. Purse $0C0.
Government Bond, b s Harding
Rex W, b g Bliss
Northmorda, b s Pickle
Time 2.24 1-2, 2.S3 1-4, 2.23 3-4..
' THURSDAY
2.20 Pace. Purse $CC0.
Tom Longboat, br g Holbrook
Fail-mount, b g E Pickle .
Lady S,' b m Renih.au
Forest Audubon, b g Hill
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
AlfredM.bg Slayton
Thomas K, b g Lyons
Time 2.18 1-4, 2.10 1-4. 2.2D.
2.19 Pace. Puvse $300.
Lady A, br m F. Pickle
Little Joe, b g E . Pickle
Alcy Wilkes, r g KittridgB
Halcander, b s Bliss
Time 2.17 1-4, 2.20, 2.16 1-4.
Green Race. Purse $1CD.
A. J. Briggs, b s Sinon
Don Allen, b g Hill
LegalVoter.bg Haddock
Time 2.34 1-4, 2.34 1-2, 2.32 1-2.
FRIDAY
2.24 Trot. Purse $X3.
Government Bond, brs Harding 1
Almont, r g Lyons 3
Bucco, b s F. Pickle 2
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
2
1
3
Lady Bird, b m E Pickle 4
4
Time 2.231-4, 2.271-2,2.231-4, 2.221-4, 2.221-4
2.13 Pace. Purse $SC0.
Loretta Patch, b m F. Pickle
l
2
3
4
Common Voter, b s Haddock
The Builder, b s - E Pickle
Scribnaught, b s Mullin
Time 2.21, 2.18 3-4, 2.21.
2.24 Pace Purse $3C0.
Kleet, g g Harding 1
Bengin R, b s F Pickle s 2
Daisy Queen, ch m Pinard 8
3
1
2
Time 2.24 8-4, 2.21 1-4, 2.22 1-4, 2.22 1-4.
Judges E. D. Harpin. F. P. Thrasher,
F.Pike.
Timekeeper W. W. Reirden.
Olerk O. A. Barrows.
Starter O. F. Pike.
O.
FAIR NOTES
The Orleans Agricultural associa
tion's exhibit, showed the farmers of
the county what an exceptionally good
work was being done by Mr. Deuel the
county expert, and the 2C0 odd staunch
supporters of the cause.
Very few cases of " intoxication, no
reported thefts, and no accidents of
any kind, are several things to be duly
thankful for.
Taplin & Rowell of Orleans showed
a very complete line of buggy wagons
in their large tent oh the grounds.
The Bailey Piano booth had a good
orchestra in attendance part of the
time.
The motor-dome was a new thing for
up-country fairs and attracted a good
deal of attention.
The stage ""attractions this season
were considered especiallly good and
seemed to please everyone. Especially
the trained bears and dogs which were
really quite wonderful in the several
acts,
Mr. and Mrs. John Colliston of Lyn
don have been at the home of his broth
er, J. R. Collison, who is critically ill.
Miss Clemma Seaver and Miss
Marion Bickford are stopping this week
at Miss Bickford's old home in Glover.
Merrick Winslow has returned from
Bethlehem, where he been working at
one of the summer hotels this season.
Miss Clara Comstock of Albany, N.
Y., was a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Comstock ands other relatives in
town.
' Mrs. C. W. Sheaff and children of
Skowhegan, Me., are visiting Mrs.
Sheaff 's parents, Mr. . and Mrs. Ai
Dana. " , . "
Mrs. Piper of Manchester fs the
guest of Mrs. Chas., Clogston, Jr., at
the Clogston cottage in Crystal Lake
grove.
Carl Carpenter anch crew returned to
Charleston Monday where they still
have several weeks' work in the build
ing line. : : ','
Mrs. Jennie Lazell of Montpelier
and Mrs. Stephen Wilcox of Brookfield
are guests or Mr. ana Mrs. , . L.
Webster.
. romona grange meeting wnicn was
to have been held this week in I. O. O
1-1 1 li t. 1 .
. nan, nas peen postponed until some
later date.
Mrs. Eugene Hobson of Newport was
the guest of Mrs. Geo. Lang and as
sisted at the Lang booth in floral hall
at the fair.
Guests in Town from the War Zone.
Dr. -and Mrs. H. E. Hosley and
daughter of Springfield, Mass., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Carter
the past week.
Dr. Hosley and family came here
directly from the European war zone,
enroute for their home in Springfield.
Their experiences of the past several
weeks have been varied and exciting
and they deem themselves fortunate
indeed to have at last reached Ameri
ca again. At the first rumor of war.
Dr. Hosley telegraphed from Paris to
his wife and daughter, who were then
in Germany, to meet him at once in
London, but he was compelled to send
five telegrams before receiving a reply
from them. The doctor had followed
some weeks after his wife had sailed,
and crossed to attend the International
Dental congress to be held in London in
August. He was spending some time
in raris, previous to tnis meeting,
when he became uneasy at the rapid
spread of war rumors and decided to
return to London. Through friends he
was able to get a quantity of gold at
Paris, but none too soon, as the next
day the Paris banks suspended pay
ment for a time, and gold was the only
money of any value. Tne doctor ar
rived n London without mishap, but
was much surprised to find that his
wife and daughter had not anived,
neither was he able to get in communi
cation with them. Mrs. Ho?ley and
daughter, not being at first aware of
the urgency of the doctor's message,
were at length surprised ta fini that -it
was almost impossible to leave Ger
many, but did at last succeed in get
ting the very last train for the coast
and London. At three different times
they were compelled to leave the train
and undergo a rigid examination, and
probably the ability of Mrs. Hosley to
speak the German language was the
principal reason she was not longer
detained. Finally with the loss of all
baggage except one trunk, which she
in some manner kept watch over and
kept on the train with her, she and
her daughter arrived in'London.
An entirely new situation now con
fronted them, that of obtaining passage
across. Five different times the doctor
procured passage in different boats
supposed to make sailings, and each
time was disappointed to learn that
the ship would not sail, although each
time he was compelled to pay for the
passage. Finally he succeeded in ob
taining passage over in the Allen Line
steamer Tunisian bound for Montreal,
finding one small cabin for his wife
and daughter, arid himself booking with
the steerage. He was able', however,
later on board to secure slightly better
accommodations. Dr. Hosley's fore
sight in obtaining gold both in Paris
and later in London, had enabled him
to at last get this boat, which after
taking a northerly course with' all
lights smothered, finally landed at
Quebec, where the doctor and his
family came by rail to Barton. They
had lost practically all of their belong
ings and expect never to see them
again, but were duly thankful to be
able to get back without further deten
tion. , Dr. Hosley says that the nations
themselves outside the officials were
not aware how rapidly the war move
ment was under way, and that England
had thousands of soldiers on French
soil before London itself was aware of
any movement toward war. The
doctor does to profess to know what
the ultimate outcome of such a stu
pendous war will be, but does not feel
that it can be carried to a lengthy
conclusion, from the fact of lack of
maintenance in foodstuffs to feed such
vast armies. One will readily appre
ciate from talking with Dr. Hosley
that the natural humor of the man
would save him from many delicate
and embarassing situations while get
ting away from France and England.
The family have crossed several times
before this and were able to take
many advantages of the situation,
unknown to many, who are still held
in London, unable to get passage back
home.
Frank Parlin continues to work with
a crew at the fairgrounds, eleanine up
end putting the grounds in shape for
another season.
Mrs. F. K. Powell has been stopping
at Mrs. S. C. Currier's since, her
return from visiting her daughter at
St. Johnsbury.
Chas. Sheldon has gone to Willough
by where he will run the Willoughby
depot for a month while Geo. Durkin
takes a vacation.
Peter Cota, who has been working at
bt. johnsbury this summer, was again
one of the gatekeepers at the -fair
ground this season.
J. C. F. Slayton and family of Bos
ton and A. H. Slayton of Morrisville
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Lang the past week.
Mrs. S. H. Kent of Beaver Falls,
Pa., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F.
D. Pierce, at the Pierce cottage in
Crstal Lake grove.
F. J. Glidden of Craftsbury and Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Seaver of North Troy
were guests at H. T. Seaver's during
the tair here last week.
Miss Ethel Urie and her friend. Miss
White, of Springfield, Mass., are visit
ing Miss Urie's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Urie, .his week.
Warren Hartwell, formerly of the
Davis company and the Rollins store
and now in business in Northfield,
was a guest in town last week.
lhe bunday schools of this village
wisn tnrougn tnis paper to express our
thanks to those who so kindly . and
generously gave us a ride on the lake.
on tne aay oi our picnic, tsy unani
mous vote of the schools.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Batchelder, Mr.
and Mrs. r . D. Pierce and Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Baldwin and family, who
stayed in the village during the fair,
nave returned to their several cot
tages in Crystal lake grove.
Infantile Paralysis Situation.
Stories magnified about 100 times
continue to float about the county
regarding the infantile paralysis situa
tion in Barton. Just why people will
start unfounded stories is not plain.
Three cases have developed, in the
village the past week, but all other
cases are improving and there have
been no deaths. There are no other
cases within three miles of the village.
This is the whole truth about the situ
ation in Barton today. In a bulletin
issued in June by the state board of
health! all the facts gathered from
other epidemics of this nature are set
forth, but it is frankly admitted that
if the disease is contagious it is only
in a very mild degree. The experi
ences of the doctors in town, tend to
show that this disease is only mildly
contagious, if it can even be, deemed
contagious. In the cases in town, up
to the present time there have been
several cases in families where there
have been several children, and yet
only one child has contracted the
disease. In all there have been three
cases where two members of the same
family have had the disease, but, in
these cases, both have had it simulta
neously, and in NO instance up to date
has one case appeared in a family fol
lowed later by a second case in the
same family. We are not trying in
any way to depreciate the fact that
this disease is a terrible disease, but
we are trying to confine it to the
actual facts, and when reports of the
death of 25 people from this malady
come from other parts of the state,
while the actual facts are that from its
very first inception there have been
but four deaths. The total number of
cases is still under twenty, counting
the cases near Orleans and the abortive i
cases. The number of cases within
the village lmits is five, it has at no
time been more than that, and we do
not know that a single case has devel
oped in the village of Orleans.
Mrs. Melissa Shedd and Miss Bernice
Riley of Franklin, N. H., were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. King and
daughter, Julia, the past few days.
The Knickerbocker Stock company,
who played in the opera hall every
night last week, deserved better houses
as their plays were exceptionally good.
Mrs. Harriet Borland, who recently
returned from spending several weeks
with her son in West Glover, has gone 1
this week for a few days' visit in
Hardwick.
G. D. Donald of Springfield, Mass.,
has joined his wife here, who is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Jarvis. Mrs.
Furguson of Springfield is a guest of
Mrs. Jarvis.
Miss Avis Young, who has been
spending the summer at the home of
her uncle, Dr. F. R. Hastings, re
turned yesterday to her home in
Bathurst, N. B.
W. A. Warner held an open air ser
vice at Stone Pond Sunday afternoon,
which was very well attended. Miss
Marion Bickford rendered several solos
at this service.
Dr. John Bryant of Haverhill, Mass.,
a former Barton boy, is visiting his
sister, Mrs. Edith Comstock, and they
are spending a few days at camp at
Willoughby lake. -
The Norwich University pictures.
through an error in shipping at Lyn-
donville did not arrive last night, but
are now here and will be shown at the
picture house tonight.
Fay Wheeler and Merrick Winslow
left Monday night for a vacation trip.
Fay will visit his uncle in Springfield.
while Merrick will go to his brother's
in New Bedford, Mass.
The tub shop has just received three
cars of logs and expect that they will
now have immediate shipments of over
200,000 feet recently bought, the shop
will start again Monday.
Topic for discussion for the regular
meeting of the grange Sept. 3, 'How
shall we conduct the meetings of our
grange so as to interest alike the old
and the young of both sexes?"
The tub-shop crew and a local crew
pteyed ball at the fair grounds Satur
day and the tub -shop fellows had by
far the best end of the argument, the
score being 16-7 in their favor.
The 12th band concert of the season
will be held uptown, weather permit
ting, Saturday night. The special
numbers in the program will be a
piccolo solo by Dr. Blake and trom
bone solo by E. McClure.
Five of the men from the tub shop
have been working this week with the
section crew under Harry . Bigelow,
who has a lot of additional work this
season caused by the laying of new
steel.
Barton was well represented in the
ball game during the fair, both Ted
and Bernard Lee playing for Orleans.
Ralph Laird, : Parker Barrows and
Clyde Heath playing in most of the
games. s
The following letters remain uncalled
or at the postoffice. Please say adver
tised when calling for these letters.
Mrs. Mary McDonald, C. R. Cutler, Dr.
and Mrs. W. D. Lamberton, R. M.
Shoefelt.
Henry Harding took three first
moneys at the races during the fair
with Government Bond and Kleet. He
is shipping these horses this week to
Rockingham, Mass., where they will
race at the Rockingham fair.
The annual meeting of the Orleans
County Historical society was held in
the vestry of the Congregational
church at 10.30 o'clock today. The old
board of officers was elected and the
report of the treasurer heard.
In the wrestling match at Batchel
ders hall Thursday evening, Sherburne
was able to get two successive falls
from Gotch. The preliminary match
between Leonard and Rowell of Albany
was decidedly in Leonard's favor.
SCHOOLS OPEN TUESDAY.
Barton academy and graded school
will open for the coming school year
on Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, at the
usual hour, nine o'clock. Pupils who
intend attending the high school this
year should register at the school as
soon as possible. The principal will be
on hand to welcome pupils on any
afternoon this week. Those who can
register early will be conferring a
favor upon the principal by calling at
the school this week.
The high school teachers will be as
follows: F. Jay Bates, Walter I.
Metcalf, Kate E. Ferrin, Katherine
E. Curry and Hazel Harris.
On Friday evening Sept. 18, at eight
o'clock, a parents meeting will be held
at the high school. An interesting
program is now being arranged and
the school is very fortunate in being
able to announce that the Hon. Mason
S. Stone, state superintendent of
education, will be the speaker of the
evening. The meeting will be very
informal, and every citizen of this
school district, who has an interest in
our schools should make an effort to
attend. The teachers of both the high
and graded schools will be on hand to
welcome all who are able to be present.
II TEACH ERTRAIN ING COURSE
Barton academy is fortunate in
securing for training teacher, a gradu
ate of Albany Teachers' college, with
sixteen years of experience in teach
ing, seven of which has been in the
position of training teacher at Glen
Falls, N. Y. The course will consist
of a thorough review of arithmetic,
English, geography and history with
instruction in methods of teaching the
same, btudy ot Vermont school laws
and practice in making records. Prin
ciples of pedagogy and history of
education, observation and practice in
teaching in the grades and in lural
schools. Special attention will be
given to reading and the methods of
teaching reading and number work in
the lower grades.
It is reported that the school will
not open owing to the infantile paral
ysis scare, butj the trustees have
received no such orders from the state
board of health. The trustees believe
and the local physicians believe there
is no danger whatever in opening the
schools.
uttocar Martinsen arrived m town
Saturday night. Sunday night with
Mrs. Maude Martinsen and son Rich
ard, they left for New York, and later
expect to go to Philadelphia, which
city they will make their new home.
lhe Koyal Arch degree will be
worked at the regular meetiner of
Keysone Chapter, No. 16, R. A. M.,
Monday evening, bent. 7. It is ex
pected a delegation from Island Pond
will be present and a banquet served.
At the meeting of the business men
of the place last evening at the club
house to talk over new business pros
pects two special committees were ap
pointed and further developments are
awaited Nearly fifty men wre pres
ent.
Several of the fakirs at the fair last
week visited the Gem theatre one
night and refused to pay their admis
sion, but upon request by specia
officer. "Big Bill" Bartholomew they
thought better of it and immediately
dug up the dimes.
Lightning caused Barton and Orleans
to be without electric lights Friday
nignt irom ten o'clock until the next
morning. Clark the electrician, says
more damage has-been done this sea
son from electrical storms than in all
his previous years here.
The barn of Joseph Terrien, who
lives off the road between here and
Willoughby, was totally destroyed by
fire Saturday. The building was in
sured in the Vermont Mutual com
pany, and an adjustment was made
within six hours of the time of the fire.
The Gem theater will have a feature
play this week Thursday that should
receive liberal , patronage. The real
James K. Hackett in Prisoner of
Zenda, a photoplay in five reels, in
which this most popular actor may be
seen in one of his best-known portray
als. Another of the many advantages of
our town, from the county fair here,
is that this also becomes almost an old
home week, when you will find almost
all of the younger and many of the
older former Barton residents return
ing for their annual visits to relatives
and friends.
Judge F. D. Thompson and Mrs.
Thompson returned from a week's
camping at Long Pond Monday, where
they have been -at the Cutler cottage
with Mr. and Mrs. Phi Hp Thompson
of New York. The party had excep
tionally good luck fishing, getting over
fifty squaretails.
The Davis garage has sold the last
automobile they had in stock, but will
continue to'accept orders, getting the
cars as fast as ordered, instead of
again stocking up this season. Mr.
Davis has sold a number of cars this
season and has kept Armour Urie busy
at the garage during the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Batchelder and
sop, Richard, are expected to return
to Barton Saturday from Ottawa,
where Mr. and Mrs. Batchelder have
been playing in an orchestra at one of
the leading hotels. Mr. Batchelder
will remain only a short time but Mrs.
Batchelder expects to make this her
permanent home.
Among guests at Hotel Barton, who
have spent several f weeks here this
season, and who returned to their
several homes last week were Mr. and
Mrs. Jameson and Miss Nelson of
Montreal, L. A. Morrison of Lowell
and Mrs. J. F. Cleary and daughter of
Montreal, Miss Burland of Schenec
tady, N. Y. Mr. Callaghan of Mont
real spent the week end with his wife
here. -
"! Barton Academy class of 1910 are to
have an outing tomorrow, Aug. 27th,
leaving Barton at noon for Newport,
where they will take the steamer and
go to Magog, returning to Newport
and the Raymond House for supper
and attending the play, Quincy Adams
Sawyer," at the opera house, returning
to Barton on the midnight train. All
those desiring to accompany the clas3
may do so. . - .
Many friends of Mrs. Ella B. Finney
will regret to learn of her death in
Lyndonville last week. Mrs. Finney
was the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H.
P. Cushing. She had been a resident
of Lyndonville for many years, and
was almost heartbroken over the death
of their only child, a daughter who
died in Lyndonville only a few years
since. Mrs. Finney had been ill for a
ong time from cancer and death came
almost as a welcome relief to her long
suffering.
Wednesday at the fair there was an
automobile with seven lady members
of different women's suffrage associa
tions in the country. Mrs. Chas. Van
Patten and the Misses Allen of Bur-
ington, members of the Vermont
association, and Helen Hodge of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. W. Maxwell Reed
of Boston, Miss Julia Smith of Balti
more, and Miss Alice LaMothe of
Ottawa. Mrs. Chas. VanPatten. and
Mrs. H. T. Seaver addressed the peo
ple in the interests of women's
suffrage and Miss LaMothe gave a
short talk in French from the automo
bile, literature was distributed and
between 300 and 400 names were
secured of those interested in the
cause.
Dr. W. M. Magoon has been enter
taining a large number of guests at
his several summer cottages at Stanley
Point, among . them being Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Magoon, Miss Lena Nich
ols, Migs Hazel Burbank, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Gray, Miss Katheleen Gray,
Miss Barbara Gray, Paul Stevens,
Samuel Morrison, all of St. Johnsbury,
Mrs. Nellie Clifford of Long Branch,
N. J., Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gray and
daughter, Beulah, and two sons of
Westfield, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray
of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Story and
Miss Story of Victory, Frank Clifford
of Boston. The party has been oc
cupying three of the Magoon cottages
at the point and have been there for
several days and a number of them
will remain for a week longer.
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