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Vol. 45 No. 13
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1916
Single Copies 5 Cents.
COU NT Y
MONITOR
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. JVo advertise
ment will be inserted for less than twenty -Jive
cents.
FOR SAMS
-FOR SALE Dry block wood at $6.00.
C. C. Brooks, Bartorv 52tf
FOR SALE Thoroughbred Jersey
bulls and heifers. R. C. Stevens,
West Glover. lltf
VCiR SALE 22 young sound horses,
just from lumber woods, also 12 grade
Holstein bulls. Canning & Hinton,
East Charleston.
12tf
FOR SALE Pair heavy work har
nesses, nearly new bike buggy, also ail
kinds farm machinery. M. Freehart,
Orleans. lOtf
FOR SALE Pair dark bay five and
six-year-old horses, true workers,
sound and all right. Native stock..
Weight 3200. John More, Morgan
Center. 13 16p
FOR SALE Pair Clyde mares,
weighing- 2600, young and sound. One
with foal Will sell one or trade nair
for one. Telephone 164-2. C. Whitte
more, Orleans. 12-13p
FOR SALE My farm
loughby road, register
on
the Wil
Hnlsttin stock and tools. Charles E. Pierce,
Barton. lltf
FOR SALE Six good young horses,
good workers and drivers, just call and
make your wants known. Flanders &
Mossman. 8tf
FOR SALE 500 cords good dry slabs
at our electric mill in Brownington at
$1 per cord ; also plenty of sawdust at
25 cents per load. The E. L. Chandler
Co. 4tf
MISCELLANEOUS
The best advertising in the world
for the money is found in this classified
column, Try it.
FARMERS NOTICE Will trke
stock for market
Mar. 27 and Apr. 10.
lltf
Dodge, Orleans.
BEAUTIFUL DURABLE RUGS
made from your old carpets. Circulars.
Stearns Rug Co., Box 392, Manchester,
N. H. 13-15p
NOW IS THE TIME to buy your
sugar wood. 600 cords of good slabs
at Irasburg. Call for Homer Seavey.
The E. L. Chandler Co. ' 4tf
MOTION PICTURE
WANTED for parts in
ACTORS
a motion
picture play known as
Romance." Experience
"A
not
Vermont
necessay
Apply or write Motion Picture Direc
tor, The Advance, The Strong Build
ing, Burlington.
WTHY NOT MARK YOUR Maple
Sugar products this year? Those who
know say "It pays to advertise," and
we can furnish you labels printed in
colors with your name, name of farm
and address made to your order as
follows: 500$1.25, 300 $1.05. The
order may call for all "Sugar" or all
"Syrup" or part of both. Labels
delivered free where cash accompanies
the order. Monitor Press, Barton.
WANTED
WANTED Live poultry. Elrick,
Barton. 18tf
WANTED An experienced woman
for housework. Mrs. H. W. Carter,
Barton. 13tf
WANTED Man to work in our tin
shop. Whipple, French & Co., Or
leans. 4tf
WANTED To rent for the season, a
cottage at Willoughby lake. Give
monthly terms. Address Box 176,
Hardwick. , 12-13p
WANTED Orders for 400 bushels of
Mammoth Cluster seed oats at $1.00
per bushel. Ray P. Webster, Barton.
lltf
WANTED 25 teams to draw lumber
from our Greensboro mill to Orleans.
Call E. L. Chandler Co., 'Phone 20.
E. E. Doe, Supt., Orleans. 8tf
WANTED Men who desire to earn
over $125 per month write us today for
position as salesman : every opportunity
for advancement. Central Petroleum
Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
TO KENT
TO RENT Store next door to
Hutchins Jewelry Store, Barton. In
quire of Mr. Hutchins. lwp
COUNTY COURT.
In the case which was being tried
last week when the Monitor went to
press, Shannon vs. Flanders & Moss
man. the Jury returned a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff of $850.
The next case was that of Mildred
Belvilie vs. John biberight. mis was
a suit to recover money said to be in
trust and the decision was in favor of
the nlaintiff to recover the amount
found to be her due.
Marv Wing vs. W. U. l womoiy, a
suit to recover damages said to have
been sustained when the Twombly car
and the Wing team collided, was tried
The jury brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff to recover $1150.
The case now on trial is that of B.
E. Reynolds vs. H. A. Harding. This
suit is brought by Reynolds to recover
alleged purses won by horses driven by
Harding and which he claims not to
have received.
PLUMLEY MEETS LISTERS.
The meeting of State Tax Commis
sioner C. A. Plumley of Northfield with
the listers of Orleans county was held
at Newport yesterday. Mr. Plumley
explained the new law in a very clear
manner. The county listers met for
the purpose of coming to something
like a ijniform price for the appraisal
of live stock and other articles listed.
The prices agreed upon are as follows :
Average light weight farm horse $1K).
driving horse to average 150.
Heavy draft horses 2o0.
Stallions kept for service 3(K.
3-year-old colts 100.
2-year-old " 75.
Yearling " 50.
Mules . 200.
Work oxen fic. lb.
2 and 3-year steers and beef cows 5c. "
Average milk cows $45.
2-year-old heifers 25.
" bulls 30.
Yearling heifers, steers and bulls 15.
Sheep 0.
Swine 8c. lb.
Bees $3 swarm
liens and ducks $ .50
Turkeys and geese ' 2.
Wool 30c. lb.
Maple sugar 8c.
Loose hay
per ton $12.
" 14.
Pressed hay
i-oose straw
Baled "
No. 1 spruce logs
" hemlock and hardw'd logs
No. 2
Venec r logs
Sawed spruce lumber
hemlock "
" hardwood lumber
5.
7.
12.
10.
8.
15.
16.
13.
12.
M
Sli ingles per M
J1.50 to 2.50
Prices on sawed lumber at convenient ship
ping point.
BARTON
Hamblet was home over Sun-
Carl
day.
Kathleen
cough.
Blake has the whooping
Mrs. E. G. Colliston was in Orleans
Friday.
Mrs. O. B. Willard was in Newport
Friday.
Osmond Dwyer was in Orleans Sat
urday. R. P. Underwood was in Burke over
Sunday.
Saturday is the last
dog license.
day to get your
Miss Abbie May
weeks in Boston.
Mrs.;W.A. Scott
Center last week.
is spending several
visited in Newport
Clyde Cooper visited
friends in St.
Albans last week, r:
Fred Knight of Concord, N. H., was
in town last week.
The schools of the town of Barton
will open April 17th.
H. J. McCaffrey of Lyndonville
spent Sunday in town.
Flanders & Mossman are enlarging
their garage and office.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Proctor spent
Saturday in Sherbrooke.
"V. A. Davis of Beebe Plain was in
town Friday on business.
J. F. Batchelder was in Newport
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mrs. Dana Clark visited friends in
Orleans the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cassidy were in
Boston a few days last week.
James Rowen was in Burlington and
Barre on business last week.
Harry Williamson is visiting relatives
in Plymouth and Woodsville, N. H.
George Gorham visited friends in
Coventry sevevral days last week.
Miss Jennie Young of Orleans visited
Miss Jessie Gorham over Sunday.
Miss Vinnie Fellows of Derby was a
guest at W. II. Burrows' last week.
Mrs. Laura Skinner of Orleans was
the guest of Mrs. Ai Dana Thursday.
Mrs. Vercoe advertises her millinerv
opening on Saturday. See page three.
Mrs. Nettie
McCoy of
her aunt,
Burke
Mrs.
has
W.
been visiting
Mosher.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Clogston of St.
Johnsbury visited at C. S. Clogston's
Tuesday.
Mrs. M. E,
, McFarland and daughter,
returned from a visit in
Ruth, have
Hardwick.
Miss Isadore Skinner is spending her
vacation with her sister, Mrs. A. E.
Brunning.
Fred Frechette is moving into one of
Douglass Lester's tenements on High
land avenue.
Mrs. George Rowen has been spend
ing a few days in St. Johnsbury with
Mr. Rowen.
Leo LeBlanc assisted in the Express
and Standard office in Newport the last
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilkie were in
Orleans Friday to attend the funeral of
George Twombly.
Mr. andv Mrs. Ralph Hamblet of
Newport were guests at C. E. Ham
blet's Wednesday.
Judge and Mrs. W. W. Miles went on
Monday to Woodstock where they will
remain for a time.
Howard Dutton of Rock Island was
the guest of his sister, Mrs. N. M.
Hubbard, last week.
Miss una bneiaon or Worcester is
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Sheldon.
Mrs. Tom Jones was taken to Mont
real Monday where she entered the
hospital for treatment.
George I. LaBar of T. T. La Bar &
Sons of Pennsylvania is stopping at
the Crystal Lake House.
E. E. Smith of Providence, R. I.,
was a business visitor in town last
week, boarding at Hotel Barton.
Special Town Meeting Does Business.
The special town meeting called for
yesterday at Seaver's hall was in
session about an hour. F. W. Baldwin
was elected to preside over its deliber
ations and the first item of business,
the election of a road commissioner to
take the place of E. C. Drown, re
signed, was taken up. Mr. Drown
explained why he had resigned, giving
as chief cause that he could not afford
to do the work for the price allowed.
He said he had consulted the selectmen
and they bad given him no encourage
ment about getting additional pay for
his team. The selectmen said there
was a misunderstanding and that they
did not suppose they had any authority
to establish pay or allowances for a
road commissioner. In proceeding to
nominations the name of Mr. Drown
was presented, as was also the name
of Fred Ingalls. On the first ballot
only 30 votes were cast. Mr. Drown
had 15, Mr. Ingalls 14, and there was
one scattering. On the next ballot Mr.
Ingalls had 19 of the 36 votes and was
declared elected.
Mr. Baldwin was made town grand
juror in place of F. W. Cutting, re
signed, and the matter of a second
constable for the north end of the town
was passed over. It was voted to
leave the question of a school play
ground for the South Barton school
and all questions pertaining to that
building and its location to the school
directors. The vote was preceded by
considerable discussion and many sug
gestions. The article regarding the
erection of a schoolhouse in the Ora
White district, so-called, was passed
over.
Congregational Church Notes.
The Ladies society cleared $25.26 at
the supper Monday night of last week,
served for the Royal Arch Masons'
district meeting.
Rev. W. A. Warner gave a most
excellent lecture Sunday evening on
the Life of Joseph. This is the first
of a series of lectures on this topic.
Sixteen ladies attended the mission
ary meeting at Mrs. F. W. Baldwin's
yesterday afternoon. After an inter
esting program, dainty refreshments
were served by the hostess. It being
the birthday of Mrs. E. W. Barron, she
was presented with a birthday cake
with candles and received the congrat
ulations and best wishes of all pres
ent. Mrs. Laura Skinner of Orleans was
the guest of Mrs. Shedd at the home
ofjGeorge E. King on Saturday.
H. T. Seaver was in Windsor and
Brattleboro last week inspecting the
Councils of Royal and Select Masons. "
Mrs. E. C. Elliott has been'ill with
the grip and her niece, Miss Eloise
Humphrey, of Newbury, is helping
her.
r?The many friends of Mrs. C. S.
Clogston will be pleased to know that
she is now gaining from her recent
critical illness.
The annual meeting and election of
officers of Keystone Chapter No. 16, R.
A. M. will be held at Masonic hall
Monday evening.
A party of twelve young people from
Orleans enjoyed a straw ride Friday
night, stopping at the Crystal Lake
House for supper.
Mrs. John McLellan is in Burke help
ing care for her mother, Mrs. George
Dean, who underwent an operation
Sunday.
Mrs. Ethel Twombly Reed and little
daughter of Springfield, Mass.,' have
been spending several days with Miss
Colburne.
Miss Gwendolyn Edwards and Miss
Blanche Montgomery of Burlington
have been visiting Miss Mary Wilkin
son and Miss Julia King.
Mrs. E. F. Dutton and Mrs. Altha
Pierce, who have been spending several
weeks in Boston, Portsmouth, N. H.t
and Bethel, returned Monday night.
Many of the ladies goods for the
Bradford Clothes Shop have arrived
and others are coming daily. They
advertise an opening for Saturday.
Carroll Lyon, tester for the Meadow
Brook Cow Testing association, has
finished his work here and gone to
Lyndonville to work in the creamery.
Mrs. M. E. McFarland is entertain
ing her brother, Ernest F. McFarland.
of West Newton, Mass., and her
mother, Mrs. W. L. Dow, of Hardwick.
C. H. Hanson has traded the Mrs.
Martha Seaver place on Elm street for
Willard Going's farm and stock in
Evansville. Mr. Going will move here
soon.
M. J. Reynolds, who has been work
ing in tne E. u. unandJer mill in
Greensboro this winter, has returned,
having finished sawing the stock of
lumber.
rne ioiiowmg letters remain un
called for at the postoffice. Please
say advertised when calling for these
letters. J. H. Duesnoucher, Mrs. John
Dodge, A. B. Shedd, Chas. C. Warren.
Miss Ruth Freeman, who was taken
to Brightlook hospital, St. Johnsbury
Sunday, and underwent a serious oper
ation, is reported as recovering satis
factorily from her operation and speedy
gain is now anticipated.
A break in our winter has come and
the sugar bush is beginning to yield
its crop of sweetness. For nearly a
week, clear skies and a hot sun have
taken much snow off and wheels are
the common mode of travel in the
village now.
R. P. Webster recently received the
largest car of corn ever shipped into
Orleans county ?probably. It contained
1500 bushels and cost almost $1400. It
is interesting to compare this car with
the cars of 300 bushels received years
ago, and the value, which might be
1 $150.
GRAHAM A CANDIDATE
State Auditor of Accounts, an Orleans
County Man, to Run for Governor.
Well Qualified.
The following letters are self
explanatory. Barton, Vermont,
March 18, 1916.
Horace F. Graham, Esq ,
Craftsbury, Vermont.
Dear Mr. Graham :
As you are being frequently men
tioned for the office of governor, I am
taking the liberty of writing you and
inquiring if you will be a candidate for
the office at the primaries in Septem
ber. Hoping to hear from you, I am,
Sincerely,
Wallace H. Gilpin.
Craftsbury. Vt.,
March 25th, 1916.
Wallace H. Gilpin, Esq ,
Barton, Vt..
Dear Mr. Gilpin :
I have your letter of March 18th
inquiring if I am to be a candidate for
governor at the primaries in Septem
ber. I shall be a candidate for the nomi
nation to the offite'of governor at the
September primaries, inasmuch as
under the primary law the platform of
the party is to be made by a convention
composed of the nominees for state
senators and town representatives and
the six elective officers, I will only say
at this time that frfm my fourteen
years" experience as auditor of ac
counts I have come to certain definite
conclusions as to what will tend to
advance the interests of our state and
make the government more efficient
and less expensive.
Later on I will be glad to
these matters in detail but
present let me say that I feel
should first adequately csre
go into
for the
that we
for the
state institutions we have and the state
endeavors we are engaged upon, before
we take up new enterprises, and that
certain of our boards and commissions
can be consolidated or dispensed with
without injury to the public service.
Yours very truly,
Horace F. Graham.
Horace F. Graham was born in New
York on February 7, 1862, and is
therefore 54 years old. He was edu
cated in the common schools and
Craftsbury academy. He graduated
from Columbia college school of polit
ical science and law in 1888 and set
tled in Craftsbury the same year. In
October of that year he was admitted
to the Vermont bar and began the
practice of law which profession he
has followed with success. On his
father's side, Mr. Graham's ancestry
traces back to 1645, when they emi
grated from Dorsetshire, England to
Greenwich, Conn., and is a descendant
on his mother's side from the Stuart,
Brock and Hovey families, who came
from Scotland and settled in Barnet
and Peacham.
Mr. Graham has held all the usual
town offices within the gift of the
people of Craftsbury and was state's
attorney for Orleans county from 1898
to 1902 He was a member of the
Vermont house from Craftsbury in
1892 and again in 1900. In both ses
sionvhe held important committee posi
tions and was a leading member of the
house.
In 1902 Mr. Graham was elected
auditor of accounts and has been re
elected each biennial term since, thus
having served the state in this capac
ity 14 years. His administration has
been a marked success. In 1900 he
was a presidential elector and during
his term as auditor has held several
important appointive positions. He
was made a member of the educational
commission by Governor Fletcher, which
investigated the public school system
of the state and made a report with
recommendations. He was a member
of the commission appointed by Govern
or Gates to make recommendations
for a uniform town accounting system.
He is also a member of the commission
having in charge the building of the
new .state building at Montpelier and
its secretary, and a member of the
state board of public accountants.
Mr. Graham has been in the lumber
business quite extensively and has
always been active in town county and
state affairs. While studying law with
Grout & Miles in Barton he taught
school there for a time.
The Cornell Reading course published
by the agricultural department of
Cornell university has been received at
the library. This course consists of
articles in pamphlet form on topics
pertaining to agriculture and home
economics and is well worth the care
ful attention of all those interested in
these topics.
Beginning Tuesday, April 4th, the
trustees of Barton village will hold a
public meeting on the first Tuesday of
each month at 7.30 p. m., at the hall
in Batchelder's block. At these meet
ings all citizens of the village will be
welcome, and any suggestion in regard
to public matters will be received and
carefully considered.
A number of our young people who
are attending higher institutions of
learning, are home for the Easter
vacation. Among them are SI ay ton
Lang, Ralph and Julia King, Mary
Wilkinson, Amory Seaver and Harland
Paige from the University of Vermont,
Lillian Robinson of the Y. W. C. A.,
Boston, and Maynard Foster of Nor
wich university.
Amos R. Robinson; and Mrs. Ina
Robinson were married Wednesday,
March 22, in Woodsville, N. H., and
went immediately to their new home.
Mr.Robinson,has a clerical position with
R. M. Stall. He has been -a popular
and efficient clerk in H. T. Seaver's
hardware store and the last eight years
in the J. F. Batchelder clothing store.
His friends wish him success in his
, new field of labor.
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes.
Subject of the morning sermon was
"A Backward Look." Text in Genesis
4, 10, "What has thou done?" Only
a few of the many important thoughts
can be given. God still puts this ques
tion which he put to Cain long years
ago, and sooner or later it must be
faced for eternity. What have been
the great outstanding facts and motives
of your life in the psst 12 months?
Has God's work been foremost in your
thought or has it been poshed into the
background? As a professing Christian
and member of the church what have
you done to build it up? Have you been
honest with God? Have you given
him the first place in your heart; the
best of your talents, time and money?
What sort of a record have you been
making? Many of us have been keep
ing the recording angel pretty busy.
How does your account actually stand
before God now? If every member of
the church had acted the part you have
acted the past year, what kind of a
year would it have been? A year of
real progress or of stagnation and
death. God expects of us service in
proportion to our ability. To whom
he has given much, he will require
much. The eves of someone are on
you, have been on you for a long time.
Your example and influence are
potent factors in shaping the lives of
those around you If someone has
been following in your footsteps, where
have they been going? What hast
thou done?
The evening talk was on a problem
in Bible arithmetic, "What shall it
profit a man if he gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?" The question
which sways the world at the present
time is one of profit and Joss. Men
make any sacrifice necessary to acquire
money. Watching the things people
do to acquire it, one might think that
the possession of gold was the greatest
thing in life. The world's indeed a
wonderful place but the first thing we
should naturally consider is a title to
it. If you give up everything to it
can you get a clear title to it? You
may die in an hour and then where is
your popsession? The world according
to scientists may burn up some day,
and where is your title to be then? To
those men who have sought only the
world havea come trouble and misery
Note Byron, Napoleon and many
others in their testimony to this effect.
How shall we estimate the value of
a soul? It is the most exquisite organ
ization in the world. It works so
quietly.- Judgment, memory, con
science, understanding and will, doing
their work noiselessly. The most pre
cious of blood was shed for the soul.
What a price was paid for it! By
this fact and the wonderful home pre
pared for it, we should gain a small
idea of the value God places upon the
soul. Surely, when placed in the
balance against the elusive world and
all its pleasures, the soul far out
weighs it all.
There will be no more services in the
church until prayer meeting Thursday,
April 6th, as the pastor will be at
Montpelier attending the annual con
ference. All present at the morning service
very much enjoyed the beautiful roses
sent in by Mrs. C. P. Jenness.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hopkins, wife of the
late John B. Hopkins of Peterboro, N.
H., died March 22 at the hospital in
Marlboro, Mass., where she went
March 12 for an operation. She would
have been 75 years old May 15. She is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. M. J.
Elliott, South Rehoboth, Mass., a son,
George Hopkins of Providence, R. I.,
and Charles E. Hopkins of Hudson,
Mass., with whom she was living prior
to her illness, also four grandchildren
and one great-grandchild. She went
to Peterboro from Barton in 1898. Her
illness extended over a period of three
months.
Mrs. Florence K. Pierce was hostess
March 22 at one of the most enjoyable
social evenings of the season for the
Woman's Literary club. This being
the annual chafing dish demonstration,
the business and literary program
. 1 A. T A A . 1 "
were snore, it was votea to noia a
fair next fall, the proceeds of which
are to be added to the library fund
already started. The subject of elec
trical appliances in the home was
treated in an article written by Miss
Holbrook. The balance of the evening
was devoted to sociability and the
partaking of a delicious repast provided
by the committee in charge, Mrs.
Stannard, Mrs. Perley, Mrs. Blake.
Twenty-eight members and four visit
ors were present.
March 24th the Afternoon Study club
met at the home of Mrs. O. H. Moss
man with twenty members and two
visitors present. The program for the
meeting was on "Domestic Science,"
arranged by Mrs. Mabel Thompson.
Roll call, "A favorite recipe." Two
excellent papers were given on, "The
Farce of the Pure Food Law," by Mrs.
Thompson, and "Food Adulterations,"
by Mrs. Ida Cutler. Song, "The
Flower May Hide Its Lovely Face,"
Mrs. Mabel Wright ; round table talk,
"Conservation of Time, Strength and
Materia by the Housekeeper," was
led by Mrs. Barron, who spoke on the
efficiency kitchen and economy in
buying and using foods, followed by
the reading of a piece entitled, "The
Business of Saving Time," Mrs. Pear
son. WILLOUGHBY
Mrs. Julia A. Drown is better.
Aaron Drown is sick with a cold.
Miss Etta Folsom was home recently
from Centervale.
George Demick spent Sunday with
Mrs. Demick in Boston.
Miss Blanche Conner of Lyndonville
recentlyvvisited Mrs. Aaron Drown.
A son was born Sunday to Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Brooks. Congratulations.
COUNTY ROAD MEETING.
The Orleans county road meeting
hed at Newport Thursday was attended
by a large number of road commission
ers, selectmen, special state road work
men and others interested. The ses
sion was held in Odd Fellows block.
The forenoon session was given over
almost exclusively to the subject of
road maintenance by State Commis
sioner Bates, who spoke of the need of
keeping our roads in good condition.
The event of these meetings has
come to be the banciuet? -tendered those
present by the Newport board of
trade. This year more M-.im 2".0 sat
down to a scraptuous bariqv.et of chick
en pie and other jrot;d things in :;ehccl
ball. The Ladies' Social enion served
the meal. . : .
O. C. Miller, president of 'the board
of trade called ,thc Catherine to cider
after the tables hrsd been cleared and
called on the following men in the
order in which they arc named. F. C.
Williams and A. II. Grout of Newport,
Wallace H. Gilpin of Barton, C. S.
Skinner of Orleans, F. C. Caswell of
Derby Line, Rev. Geo. Pomfrey of
West Derby, C. H. Root of Craftsbury,
M. M. Taplin of Orleans, J. C. Towle,
a road man from Franklin county, M.
C. Flanders, a road man from Orange
county, a brother of Gov. Gates from
the state highway commissioner's office
and State Highway Commissioner
Stoddard Bates of Derby.
Each expressed some idea or senti
ment about roads and Orleans county.
The idea of such a county gathering is
a happy one and the Newport board of
trade was warmly complimented upon
their efforts. The banquet menu said,
"Better Road Banquet, in the Interest
of a Better Acquaintance, a Better
Orleans County, a Better Vermont."
The event was certainly a most pleas
ant and helpful one.
Takes Nearly $10,000 Worth of Stock
in Day.
W. E. Hanson on Monday took and
shipped stock from Barton for which
he paid the farmers $9,624.80. a record
breaking shipment from this station.
The shipment filled five cars. The
items are 4 as follows and will be of
interest to the public
217 calves
147 cows
63 hogs
7 bulls
1 pair steers
valued at $1953.
" " 5866.
" " 1360.80
M " 345.
41
100.
435
$9624.80
T. C. Leclair has" finished work for
W. T. Brooks and gone to Barton for
sugaring.
Fred Graves and family are stopping
with Mrs. Graves's people, Charles
Norton, in Westmore.
Alvah Forrest has finished work on
the section for Frank Kimball and gone
on the steel gang for Gilbert Folsom.
The body of Joseph Brooks, father
of H. J. and W. T. Brooks was brought
here from New Hampshire Thursday
for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. Ames, who recently
went to Boston on business, have re
turned, accompanied by Mr. Ames's
niece, and three children.
BROWNINGTON
Eva Day has gone on the Washington
trip.
Mrs.
here.
Mary Townshend is visiting
Marjorie Young is at home from her
school in Newport.
Alsey Young is home from her school
work at Burlington.
Ruby Dutton is spending
weeks' vacation at home.
a few
E. E. Dutton and family
are in
quarantine for the mumps.
Henry Newton and Carrie Going
visited in Lowell last week.
Prof. Edward Collins of Middlebury
preached at the Congregational church
i Sunday.
Leon Going is at home from the
Randolph Agricultural school for his
Easter holidays.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
Ira Gray and family spent Sunday at
East Charleston.
Ray Emerson and Esther Smith are
having the mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Lafoe re
cently visited in Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lathe of Orleans
spent Sunday with their parents. -
Mrs. O. Pepin is entertaining her
father and brother from Canada.
Miss Grace Belknap spent Sunday
wtih her parents in East Charleston.
Mrs. Alma Waterman of Coventry
was a guest at Charles Burns's recently.
Miss Ruby Dunn of Orleans visited
her brother, Ivers Dunn, over Sunday.
Mrs. Leon Lafoe and children of
Barton are visiting at Thomas Lafoe's.
Mrs. Harry Dewing of Glover visited
her mother, Mrs. Vietta Wells, Sun
day. Mrs. Hiram Phillips of Barton visit
ed her sister, Mrs. Philo Powers, last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Or
leans were guests at W. P. Smith's
Sunday.
Bernice and Dorothy Martin' of Al
bany are visiting their aunt, Mrs. P.
G. Stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins Lacourse visit
ed at the home of Alex Provencha in
Derby Sunday.
Mahlon and'Elmer Seymour of New
port spent Sunday with their parents,
Lyman Seymour.
JH Lewis Bennett of Bury, P. Q., and
Mrs. Jared Joslyn of Brownington
visited at T. G. Crandall's la3t week.
Barton Academy and
Graded School
Sadie Wilson, '6: Editor-in-chiel
Assistant Editors: Walter Metcalf, '17
Leslie Elliott, '18 Makjoeie King. '19
Eesestise Willsok.
Teacher-training' Class
TR A IN IN G1CL AS SNOTES
TMiss Ethel Colby is" a new member,
of the teacher trainiijjeJas:.'l
$ The girls cf the training e!;-.ss fce-gen
their pincticeTteaehirig Jest veel:.w
S.Tke'1' picture,. "The Song of .the
Lark," by Breton, forma an addition
to the decoration of the walls in Room
IB.
Thursday afternoon, March 18, the
training class. girls observed a most
interesting lesson in Folk dancing
given by ' Miss Ruggles to the second
and third grade pupils.
The statue of Hebe, by Thorwald
sen, purchased by the proceeds of-the
Christmas sale, was in Room ;i8 wait
ing to be unpacked Monday morning.
We think she will be sn inspiration to
carry out the spirit of our class motto.
LETTER FROM TEXAS
In response to letters written by
members of the commercial geography
class, of Barton academy and graded
schools to persons in other states, the
following letter has been received.
Cisco, Texas,
March 10, 1916.
Mr. Leslie Elliott,
Barton, Vt.,
Dear Friend.
It has fallen to my lot to answer
your letter and I take pleasure in
doing so.
Cisco has a population of about 3,000.
It lies in the northwest corner of
Eastland county, on the ninty-ninth
meridian west longitude, and thirty
two and one-half, nor;h latitude.
Cisco has a number of business firms,
such as all cities have, but unlike the
northern towns it is located in the
cotton region. It has two gins, a
cotton compress and an oil mill. To
supply these, the country communities
plant cotton. They begin planting it
in April or May and thin it by hoeing
it after it is out of the ground. Two
or three weeks after it is thinned, it is
gone over with a cultivator which
throws the dirt to the roots. While it
is growing it puts on squares, then
blooms. The blossoms are of many
colors, some being white, pink and
cream, all in the same stalk. They
are white the first day and turn red as
they grow older. The blossom forms a
boll, this the sun opens into a burr
filled with cotton. The cotton is picked
by hand by men, women and children
some picking four or five hundred
pounds a day. When it is picked it is
brought to the nearby towns where it
is ginned. The bale usually weighs
five hundred pounds fifteen hundred
before ginning. By this you see the
lint weighs only one-third as much as
the seed cotton. After it is ginned
the seed goes to the oil mill ; then the
cotton is hauled across town to the
compress where it is pressed into small
er bales for shipping. The seeds are
hauled to the oil mill where they are
put in a large building called seed
house. Here men shovel them into
conveyers that carry them to room No.
1, where the small amount of lint i3
taken off. Then they are run through
a conveyor into room No. 2, where
the seeds are ground ; they are then run
through large steel shifters where the
hulls of seed from the meal, a yellow
substance inside the seed. The hulls
are run through a conveyer into the
hull house where they are sold as feed
for cattle. The meal is then run into
room No. 3, where it is cooked, then
pressed into cakes.
The oil is manufactured into cotto
lene, which is used for cooking. The
cakes are carried into room No. 4,
where they are crushed into small
pieces. Some of this is sacked and
shipped to the plains to feed the cattle.
"The crushed cake that is not shipped
is run through machinery where it is
ground into a powder. This is called
cotton seed meal. It is put up in hun
dred pound sacks, then taken to another
room, where it is sold as feed for
cattle. Many carloads of meal and
hulls are shipped westward from Cisco
every year. The cotton and its by
product are very valuable. Texas
leads all other states in the Union in
the production of cotton. It brings
many millions of dollars each year.
Hoping this communication will be of
interest to you, I remain,
Yours truly,
John Nichols.
Alvin Maxwell, who has been stop
ping at Stewart Lafoe's, has moved to
the Henry Gilbert farm in Charleston.
Mrs. H. Nelson Wells, who has
spent several weeks with her mother,
Mrs. Amanda Powers, has returned to
her home in South Royal ton.
Joseph Young was in St. Johnsbury
Saturday and accompanied his daugh
ter, Christy, home from the hospital
where she underwent an operation for
appendicitis.
EVANSVILLE
U. W. Brown is very sick.
There will be a play followed by a
social dance at Woodman hall on Friday
evening.
COVENTRY
Arlene Cleveland is gaining slowly.
Mrs. Fred Hermon is very ill with
pneumonia.
Cyrus Metcalf is home from his
school in Randolph.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kneel and have
gone to New Hampshire.
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