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ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1915
COVENTRY ,
Geo. Drake is not as well.
Mrs. Eben Stevens seems to Jbe
improving.
David Drake of West Derby was in
town last week.
Mrs. Wm. Stevens has gone to New
port to. visit relatives. '
The selectmen have been newly
planking the village bridge.
Mrs. A. J. Hancock took an auto
trip to South Troy Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Chapman have
gone to Barnet to visit relatives.
Mrs. Bert Ware and Mrs. Gladys
Noyes visited in Irasburg Saturday.
John Corrow of Westfield has been
visiting his brother, Andrew Corrow.
Walter Cleveland attended the com
mencement exercises at St. Johnsbury
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Patten of
Orleans visited relatives in town one
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Hancock of New
port Center visited at Mrs. Esther
Hancock's Sunday.
Miss Muriel Wells of Newport has
been home the past few days, ill from
the effects of vaccination.
Walter Stevens and family of Woods
ville, N. H., are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stevens.
Mrs. Gladys Noyes and children,
Alton and Arland, are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ware.
Miss Osbourne from the Foochow
mission in China gave a very interest
ing address in the M. E. church Sunday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Taylor were
called to Framinghara, Mass., by the
serious illness of one of their daugh
ters. Miss Gertrude.
W. R. Shippee took some of the
delegates from here to Barton in his
auto Monday, to attend the district
Sunday school institute.
The village schools closed Friday.
The many friends of Miss Morse and
Mrs. McCoy are very sorry they are
not to return here next fall.
The Needle-book club meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. Horace
Wilder Wednesday of last week. A
bountiful dinner was served and a very
pleasant time was enjoyed, by all.
H. C. Cleveland found one of his
heifers in the pasture with a bullet
hole through its head. Ted Austin had
a cow fall off the end of a bridge,
which injured her so badly that she
had to be killed.
Mrs. Jane Cooper, who has been ill
several weeks, died at the home of A.
D. Fox on Thursday night and the
funeral was held in the M. E.
church Saturday afternoon, Rev. H.
C. Squires officiating. She leaves to
mourn her loss two aged sisters, who
haye the sympathy of all.
The Village Improvement society
will give a vaudeville and minstrel
entertainment in town hall Friday
evening. Come and see "The Joke on
Squinim," "Mrs. Black's Pink Tea,"
"Hans Von Smash," and "Postoffice
Sam." There will be music, etc. A
good laugh for all, for "a little non
sense now and
wisest men."
then is relished by the
(Intended for last week.)
Mrs. L. J. Elliot, who has been ill,
is able to be out again.
Mrs. Ruby Bradley of Lyndon is
visiting at C. S. Boynton's.,
Miss. Lizzie Benware of Westfield is
visiting her son, G. J. Benware.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Berry and son of
Barton have been visiting at P. L.
Mecalf's.
Mrs. L. E. Spafford and daughter,
Doris, of Orleans, are visiting at G.
A. Ware's.
Hardy Frasier has gone to Mont
gomery to visit his mother, who still
remains very ill.
The pipes have been laid for running
water in the M. E. church. The ladies
will appreciate this.
Mrs. Clara Branch of St. Johnsbury
spent two days recently with her
sister, Mrs. H. C. Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Brooks and son,
Marden, of Berlin, N. H., came Sun
day to visit relatives. Mr. Brooks
returned Monaay night. Mrs. Brooks
and son will remain some time.
Rev. Thos. Hall has returned to
Island Pond, from where he will go to
Old Orchard Beach to spend his sum
mer's vacation. The meetings held by
him here recently were very profitable
and enjoyed by all who -attended. The
good wishes of many friends here go
with him.
The Pre-Memorial exercises held in
the Congregational church JMay 28
passed very pleasantly. The children
took their parts nicely, showing
careful training by their teachers, es
pecially in the flag drill by the gram
mar school. The address given by
Rev. Thos. Hall was fine and enjoyed
by all.
Mrs. H. R. Abell, a woman 100
years old, died in Enosburg Falls last
week. She was one of a family of 11
children and has a brother living in
Council Bluff, la.. Rev. G. R. Rice,
who is 95 years old.
Miss Julia Hamiliton of Richford,
who won a trip to the California expo
sitions as the handsomest girl in
Vermont in the Boston Traveler voting
contest, is enroute on the trip, which
includes stopovers in many of the
principal cities of the United States.
ONLY A FEW CAN GO.
Those who are so fortunate that expense
does not have to be considered are now
Koing to health resorts to get rid of the
impurities in the system that cause rheu
matism, backache, swollen, aching joints
and stiff, painful muscles. If you are one
of those who cannot go, yet feel that you
need relief from such pain and misery, try
Foley Kidney Pills. They restore the
kidneys to healthful activity and make you
feel well and strong.
Austin's Pharmacy, Orleans, Vt.; W. S
McDowell, Evansville: J. B. Holton, West
Charleston.
Vermont Notes.
This is Masonic week and all the
grand bodies are meeting in Burling
The New England Commercial Men's
organization met in annual convention
in Burlington last week and several
hundred members attended.
PARROT & CO.
By Harold MacGrath.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE
lng, "and the mistake was- mineT I
seldom make them. I kept quiet be
cause the boat was full up, and as a
rule I hate scenes. Men like that
know it. If I had complained he would
have denied his actions, inferred that
I was evil-minded. Heavens, I know
the breed! Now not a single word of
this to anyone. Mr. Craig, I fancy,
will be the last person to speak of it."
"You had better put the pin back
into your hat," suggested Martha.
"Pah! I had forgotten it" Elsa
flung the weapon far into the street.
Once they turned into - Merchant
street, bhieJilheieiision relax. Mar
tha would have liked to sit "Sown, even
on the curb.
"I despise men," she volunteered.
. "I am beginning to believe that few
of them are worth a thought. Those
who aren't fools are knaves."
"Are you sure of your judgment in
regard to this man Warrington? How
can you teil that he is any different
from that man Craig?"
"He is different, that is all. This
afternoon he will come to tea. I shall
want you to be with us. Remember,
not a word of this disgraceful affair."
"Ah, Elsa, I am afraid; I am more
afraid of Warrington than of a man
of Craig's type."
"We are always quarreling, Martha;
and it doesn't do either of us any
good. When you oppose me I find that
that is the very thing I want to do.
You haven't any diplomacy."
Warrington's appearance that after
noon astonished Elsa. She had natu
rally expected some change, but
scarcely such elegance. He was, with
out question, one of the handsomest
men she had ever met. He was hand
somer than Arthur because hk was
more manly in type. What a mystery
he was! She greeted him cordially,
without restraint; but for all that, a
little shiver stirred the tendrils of hair
at the nape of her neck.
"The most famous man in Rangoon
today," she said, smiling.
"So you have read that tommy-rot
in the newspaper?"
They sat on her private balcony, un
der an awning. Rain was threatening.
Martha laid aside her knitting and did
her utmost to give her smile of wel
come an air of graciousness.
1T shouldn't call it tommy-rot," Elsa
declared? "If was not chancer It was
pluck and foresight Men who pos
sess those two attributes get about
everything worth having."
"There are exceptions," studying the
ferrule of his cane.
"Is there really anything you want
now and can't have?"
Martha looked, at her charge, in
dread and wonder.
"There is the moon," he answered.
"I have always wanted that. But there
it hangs, just as far out of reach as
ever."
Elsa's curiosity today was keenly
alive. She wanted to ask a thousand
questions, but the ease with which the
man wore his new clothes, used his
voice and eyes and hands, convinced
her more than ever that the subtlest
questions she might devise would not
stir him into any confession. That he
had once been a gentleman of her own
class, and more, something of an ex
quisite, there remained no doubt in
her mind. What had he done? What
in the world had he done?
On his part he regretted the pres
ence of Martha; for, so strongly had
this girl worked upon his imagination
that he had called with the deliberate
intention of telling her everything. But
he could not open the gates of his
heart before a third person, one he in
tuitively knew was antagonistic.
Conversation went afield; pictures
and music and the polished capitals of
the world; the latest books and plays.
The information in regard to these
Elsa supplied him. They discussed
also the problems of the day as frank
ly as if they had been in an occidental
drawing-room. Martha's tea was bit
ter. ' She liked Arthur, who was al
ways charming, who never surprised
or astonished anybody, or shocked:
them with unexpected phases of char-j
acter; and each time she looked at,
Warrington, Arthur seemed to recede.!
And when the time came for the guest
to take his leave, Martha regretted to
find that the major part of her antag
onism was gone.
"I wish to thank you, Miss Chet
wood, for your kindness to a very lone
ly man. It isn't probable that I shall
see you again. I sail next Thursdays
for Singapore." He reached into a.
pocket. "I wonder if you would con-;
sider it an impertinence if I offered,
you this old trinket?" He held out!
the mandarin's ring.
"What a beauty!" she exclaimed
"Of course I'll accept it. It is very
kind of you. I am inordinately fond of;
such things. Thank you.' How easily:
it slips over my finger!"
"Chinamen have very slender fin
ders," he explained. "Good-by. Those
characters say 'Good luck and pros
perity.' "
No expressed desire of wishing to
meet again; just an ordinary everyday;
farewell; and she liked him all the
better for his apparent lack of senti
ment.
"Good-by," she said. She winced, for
his hand was rough-palmed and strong.
A little later she saw him pass
down the street. He never turned and
looked back.
"And why, asked Martha, "did yoii
not tell the man that we sail on the
same ship?"
"You're a simpleton, Martha." Elsa.
turned the ring round and round on
her finger. "If I had told him, he
would have canceled his sailing and.
taken another boat."
(To be Continued
To the Eesideirts of Vermont:-
i?i8?t?elfct?r,s of Vermont b3r a MAJORITY vote, ADOPTED the PRESENT LOCAL-OPTION LAW as a RELIEF from a prohibitory law,
3nSAS had been a COVER for DECEIT, HYPROCISY and ILLEGAL PRACTICES. The PROPONENTS of the local option law at that
ilQT3) lts ADOPTION as a CORRECTIVE and TEMPERANCE MEASURE. It was argued that the PRINCIPLE of LOCAL OPTION and
WN?OL would act as an ANNUAL REMINDER to the LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES, that the SENTIMENT of the cities and towns was either FOR
or AGAINST the SALE of liquor, EITHER LEGALLY or ILLEGALLY, and thereby LEFT NO ALTERNATIVE to the STRICT ENFORCEMENT of
the law. Many other arguments were advanced at that time IN SUPPORT of the local-option PRINCIPLE as a TEMPERANCE MEASURE, and IN THE
BELIEF ite ADOPTION would BRING RELIEF from INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS, the OFFSPRING of PROHIBITORY CONTROL, the local option
principle WAS SUPPORTED by PROMINENT CLERGYMEN, PROFESSIONAL and BUSINESS MEN, and MADE A PAET of the Vermont Laws!
ilPiiPATI01'T durinS toe past eleven years has PROVED CONCLUSIVELY the Vermont LOCAL OPTION LAW has been the MOST EFFEC
TIVE TEMPERANCE LEGISLATIVE act passed by the Vermont legislature in THE LAST CENTURY.
i
i LET US REVIEW THE FACTS
Hnt3 of Jiquor was a COMMON PRACTICE in NEARLY EVERY CITY and TOWN in Vermont. Small towns DESTR
llS?0RCEMENT of PROHIBITORY LAW WERE HELPLESS because of the DOMINANCE of ILLEGAL DEALERS over the LAW ENFORCE
MEJTT OJTICIALS PUBLIC OPINION was DORMANT and NON-ASSERTIVE . The prohibitory law HAD BRED HYPROCRISY, DECEIT, PER
JUEY and BLACKMAIL.
t11.19?3, the LOCAL OPTION LAW was ADOPTED and 94 cities and towns voted to LEGALIZE a TRAFFIC which had BEEN ILLEGALLY DEVEL
OPED m these Cities and towns Under SO-CALLED PROHIBITION. Thfi wit nf IQftt in fatrnv nf lnoal nnHrm ffTrtNTET-p-n n nth. i;., , -.
ofthe electorate than to LEGALLY CONTROL a BUSINESS which had been BUILT UP under PROHIBITORY LAW. At each annual election since
1 1903, when 94 towns voted "Yes," the TREND has been UNMISTAKABLY TOWARD temperance through local option by majority vote until at the town
! meetings of 1915 only 19 cities and towns voted for legal sale, in only 16 of which licenses were issued. Should the same ratio hold for the next 10 years, every
li6 J?Ld be n-Ucense b7 virtue of public sentiment, as expressed in the annual local option vote. It is NOW PROPOSED to NULLIFY the
TEMPE?CE WORK of the past DECADE by SUBSTITUTING state-wide prohibition for the PRESENT EFFECTIVE LAW, and thus dMranchisiiLg
! the towns of the state as far as local control of the liquor traffic is concerned. Such a MARKED change in policy SHOULD NOT be SANCTIONED without
I the CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of the voters of Vermont.
f , FIEM in the BELIEF that the Vermont LOCAL OPTION LAW has been a BULWARK for TEMPERANCE and has REDUCED the consumption
of liquor to the SMALLEST PER CAPITA unit in the HISTORY of the state, scores of prominent TEMPERANCE men, representing EVERY SECTION
, of the state, recently met and ORGANIZED the Vermont Local Option League. Its officers are as follows:
President, HON- JAMES M. TYLER,
Vice Presidents From Counties
Addison, Carlton W. Sprague, Bristol. Essex, Harry B. Amey, Island Pond.
'Bennington, Frank E. Howe, Bennington. Franklin, John G. Norton, St. Albans.
Caledonia, Alexander Dunnett, St. J ohnsbury. Grand Isle, Victor L Hurlburt, Grand Isle.
Chittenden, 0. S. Nichols, Essex Junction. Lamoille, ML C. Lovejoy, Stowe.
winanam, unas. K. Crosby, Brattleboro. Windsor, Frank W. Agan, LtSdlow.
Secretary and Treasurer, Raymond Trainor, White River Junction.
OUR INVITATION
rm E?SrDENT of Vermont, WHO BELIEVES the PRESENT local option law HAS OPERATED towards TEMPERANCE, SOBRIETY and a
k25IS CIVIG LIFE IS INVITED to JOIN the VERMONT LOCAL OPTION LEAGUE. The law it is designed TO PROTECT HAS RECEIVED the
SUPPORT of a LARGE MAJORITY of the NEWSPAPERS of the state, and has RALLIED to ITS SUPPORT HUNDRDEDS of MEN PROMINENT
m the PROFESSIONAL, BUSINESS and CIVIC LIFE of Vermont. The VERMONT LOCAL OPTION LEAGUE is NON-POLITICAL, NON-PARTI
SAN and invites to membership EVERY RESIDENT of the state WITHOUT REGARD to POLI
TICS, RELIGION or NATIONALITY. That a PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN may be conducted, the mem
bership fee has been placed at One Dollar,' the fees to be EXPENDED only in EDUCATIONAL
WORK. Larger contributions will be accepted from ANY RESIDENT of Vermont NOT in ANY WAY
INTERESTED in the sale of liquor, but WHO IS IN SYMPATHY with the PRINCIPLES of the VER
MONT LOCAL OPTION LEAGUE.
Brattleboro
Orange, D. S. Conant, Bradford
Orleans, Harry S. Black, Newport.
Rutland, Percival W. Clement, Rutland,
Washington, J. Ward Carver, Barre.
CUT OUT AND MAIL TODAY.
Vt.
Raymond Trainor, Sec., .
Vermont Local Option League,
White River Junction, Vt.
Dear Sir: ,
Relieving the Vermont local option law has been instru
mental in promoting temperance, sobriety and a cleaner civic
life, and desiring that it remain a part of the law of the state, I
herewith enclose One Dollar and request to be enrolled as a
r ct the Vermont Local Option League.
.(Signed)
JOIN THIS ORGANIZATION TODAY. DO YOUR PART IN DEFENDING THE HOME RULE
PRINCIPLE. PREVENT VERMONT FROM BECOMING ANOTHER MAINE. UNITE TO
PRESERVE THE SUCCESSFUL TEMPERANCE POLICY OF LOCAL OPTION. CUT OUT THE
COUPON AND MAIL TODAY.
Vermont Local- Option League,
V
RAYMOND TRAINOR, Secretary