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BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 8 1917
Single Copies 5 Cents.
VoL 46-No. 32
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A1r? rTlements will l inserted oJer this
tc-aJ at two cents perword forfirst in-erticn
and 'se cent p?r word thereof: trh
muit accomrnnr the order. -Vo airrtie
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE 12 cows, one fresh,
two dry. Miio J. Owen, Earton. SOtf
FOR SALE Ore good Smith
American organ. Eva F. Ordway,
Irasburg. 31-S2p
FOR SALE 50 fall bearing straw
berry plants, 1.03 delivered. Ma
thie, Glover. 32-35
FOR SALE One brown mare, five
rears old, weighing 1000. F. A. Wil
ley, Irasburg. 23tf
FOR SALE Good hand nade. one
horse lumber wagon. A. D. Beede,
Orleans. 23 if
FOR SALE 1916 Reo car in rood
condition. 'Phone 43. W. A. Leach,
Orleans. 31-32p
FOR SALE Modem house, bam,
other buildings, with good lot. In
quire of Mrs. StowelL South street,
Orleans. 32-S4p
FOR SALE First-class organ and
small square piano at reasonable
price. Lang's Jewelry Store, Barton.
FOR SALE 12 h. p. International
engine, double wood splitter, also au
tomobile trailer. C. S. Phillips Co.,
Glover. 2Stf
FOR SALE IN ORLEANS My
place on South street consisting of
house, eight rooms and bath, pantry,
finished throughout with hardwood;
has Kelsey furnace, fireplace, screens,
double windows. Barn 24x28. Gar
den. Anyone wishing a place in Or
leans should look this over. Hale
Mason. 32-33
COWS FOR SALE Oo account of
poor health, I am obliged to give up
ray milk busin's, and shall sell ray
herd of 10 cows at once, 4 of said
cows to freshen this fall, the bal
ance in spring. If in need of one or
more cows, see me at once. Frank
Andrus, Orleans. 'Phone 29-2.
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WANTED
WANTED Live poultry. Elrick,
Barton. IStf
WANTED Sound, clean sacks. R.
P. Webster, Barton. SStf
WANTED Live poultry, fetrawn,
Orleans. Bell phone 142-12. tf
WANTED Capable man to work
on farm, steady, after haying. Heat
ing's Farm, Barton. 31-32p
WANTED Two good reliable men
on a large farm for the season. Ad
dress, Brewster Farm, Iras burg. TeL
147-5. 26tf
WANTED To buy yearlings, two-year-olds
and dry cows, also new
milch and springers. Stock taken
everv Monday. Also sugar and wooL
W. E. Hanson. 16tf
TEAMS WANTED We are in
want of a number of teams to draw
slab wood from Irasburg to be loaded
on the cars. Will pay 1.50 per cord
for drawing. E. L. Chandler Co.,
Orleans. 21tf
TO BEST
Tenement to rent. H. T. Seaver.
27tf
TO RENT Good tenement on High
street. L. P. Page, Barton. 31-33p
TO RENT Tenement on Harrison
Ave. Address Douglass Lester, 9
Summer St., St. Johnsbury. 21tf
NOTICE
Beginning August 10, the tinder
signed milk dealers of Barton, will
furnish milk at eight cents (8 cts).
per standard quart, and cream at
fifty cents (50 cts). per quart, till
further notice.
S. A. Hunt
O. B. Willard
R. G. Stiles
A. S. Gilmore
F. S. Wbitcher
Congregational Church Notes
Rev. W. A. Warner, Pastor.
10:45. Morning service
Mr. Warner will speak Sunday
morning on another Bible character,
"Martha of Bethany."
12:00. Sunday school.
The C. E. society will hold a sun
rise meeting on the Hubbard rocks
at 7 o'clock, Sunday morning, leader,
Miss Etta Foisome.
John Goode of the Bowery Mission
of New York, spoke to a union au
dience Sunday evening. He' is spoken
of as a graduate gambler, burglar and
convict, and in his talk he told of his f
life. Told how he had stolen and
gambled and drank and served many
terms of imprisonment even to Sing
Sing, but at the age of 42, found a
new life through the sympathy of the
Bowery Mission and its leaders. He
repeated again and again that it was
easy to make a bargain with the
devil and that for a time it seemed
to be a good bargain, but that the
devil always collected.
Bull's Attack May Be FataL
Ernest C. Baker who owns a farm
about one mile from West Glover,
was attacked by a bull Saturday
morning. The animal had shown
some previous signs of viciousness
but being only a little more than a
year old, .Mr. Baker anticipated little
trouble with him. The animal how
ever made a determined attack strik
ing Mr. Baker with lowered head and
hurling him to the ground. A son of
Mr. Baker who witnessed the affair,
S3ys his father was thrown complete
ly" over in the air, landing on his
shoulders. An onslaught of the dog
and the boy then drove the bull of
but the fall proved serious, an injury
to the spine bringing on paralysis of
the entire lower part of the body.
The bull, did not gore Mr. Baker
and the entire injury was the result
of the fail and injury to the spine.
He was taken by automobile to
Brightlook hospital, St. Johnsbury,
where the x-ray was used and a spe
cialist from Boston called. It is
feared the spinal injury is such that
Mr. Baker will not recover.
Numbers of Offending Autoists.
Sheriff Jennings and state's attor
ney Stoddard, made a careful survey
of" automobiles and teams attending
the band concert in Barton, Saturday
evening; and found 19 cars which did
not comply with the law in one res
pect or another. Most of them were
e .Tenses against the non-glare head
light law. One was without a rear
light, one was operating on a dealer's
number, and three teams were found
without lights as prescribed by law.
The offending cars were from Man
chester, N. H., Boston, Mass., New
York, Quebec, Kardwiek, Sheffield,
Greensboro, Glover and about Barton.
This speaks volumes for the popular
ity of the Barton cornet band but
does not show the desired regard for
the laws of the state. The offending
numbers were as follows: Vermont,
11946, 16062, 372S, 16067," 17678,
3900, 1S27. 15401, 15494, 7503, 16744,
T1126, 17800, 6059, 14378; Quebec,
53277,; New Hampshire, 72S4; Massa
chusetts, 01.455D; New York, 106
592. BARTON LOCAL NOTES
Tom Reddington has painted his
house.
Mrs. E. W. Barron was in Coventry
; Monday.
Mrs. G. C. Lang is in Lyndonville
this week.
Mrs. Page of Boston is visiting her
son, Kimble Page.
Slayton Lang is spending a few
days in Burlington.
H. R. Barron has been quite ill the
past week, with tonsilitis.
Charles Averill of Boston, was a
visitor in town, Saturday.
John Austin of Irasburg, is work
ing for Tom Reddington.
Miss Carrie Jones of Derby Line,
was a week-end visitor in town.
Miss Cora Healey of Glover is
working at J. N. Webster's.
Mrs. Lucy Wright spent a few days
in Newport Center last week.
Mrs. Ellen Williams of Passumpsic,
visited Mrs. L. P. Page last week.
Mrs. Carrie Bumham and daughter
Ruth, are working at Hotel Barton.
W. E. Taylor of Greenfield, Mass.,
was in town -several days recently.
Rev. Levi Wild of Royalton, was a
visitor at C. F. Cutler's over Sunday.
Mrs. V. H. Akley of Orleans, visit
ed her son, Arthur Akley, last week.
Miss Nellie Austin of Boston, is the
guest of her sister, Miss Harriet Aus
tin. Carl Hamblet was home from
White River Junction for the week
end. Misses Emma and 3Iarion Ccrley
visited at Gerald Plunkett's over Sun
day. Dr. J. M. Blake and family are oc
cupying the Bean cottage at Stone
Pond.
Mrs, Marjorie Brown is spending
a week with her grandmother in M or
ris ville.
Mrs. Jane McFarlane of Water
bury is visiting at Mrs. Laura Mc
Farlane's. Miss Ethel Elliott is again in the
E. W.Barron store after a two weeks'
vacation.
Miss Mary Rowell of Brookline,
Mass., was a guest at H. G. Perley's,
Saturday.
William Foliom of Concord, N. H-,
visited his mother, Mrs. Kate Folsom,
last week.
C. E. Alkhurch of New York, was
the recent guest of his sister, Mrs.
V. F. Hunter.
Mr. Bert Morin has returned to
work at the Murkland shop, after a
wetj's illness.
Arthur Akley is touring through
the White Mountains with parties
from Indiana.
Clyde Charette from Fort Ethan
Allen, visited his aunt, Miss Pearl
Suitor, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Pierce and Miss
Florence Kent, are spending a few
days in Boston.
Mrs. Kate Cumrnings of West
Charleston, is the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. F. R. Buck.
A son was born to Mrs. Robert
Wylie of this place at Sunshine nurs
izh heme, Monday.
EXEMPTION BOARD
WORKING HARD.
Forty-two Pass Physical Examin
ation Out of 132. More Will
Be Called.
The office of the exemption board,
which is the oiSce of II. B. Cushman,
county clerk and clerk of the exemp
tion board, in the court house at
Newport, has been a busy place since
Monday morning, when the young
men of Orleans county who were
summoned before the beard for ex
amination began making their ap
pearance. Little positive and definite infor
mation is yet available owing to the
( which O. C. Miller of Newport, is
chairman, and Dr. J. F. Blanchard,
the surgeon, has nad no time to con
sider exemption claims presented to
them. A very large percentage of
the men examined do not pass the
physical tests, but if they are phy
sically qualified for service, they
have 10 days in which to file an ap
plication for exemption on the ground
of dependents.
Even then should the local board
allow exemption, the Monitor is in
formed that state's attorney Stod
dard has been instructed by Adjutant
General Tillitson to take an appeal
on every exemptin allowed because
of dependents, to the state or district
exemption board which is made up of
W. N. Cady of Middlebury, Henry
Conlin of Winooski, G. O. Gridley of
Windsor, Alexander Ironside of Bar
re and Dr. H. C. Tinkham of Burling
ton. Up to noon today the board had ex
amined 132 of the 184 men summoned
before , them, and of this number
15 were aliens, 42 were accepted and
75 rejected. The 42 accepted will
not net this number as exemptions
have not been considered. Details
of the examination are as follows:
Exam-" Aliens Ac- Reject
ined cepted ed
Monday 55
Tuesday 57
Wed. noon 20
7
7
1
oo
13
7
26
37
12
Totals 132 15 42 75
This leaves 52 of the first 184
called yet. to be examined.
(Continued on Page Six)
Come to the C. E. sunrise service,
Sunday morning, place Hubbard's
rocks, time 7 o'clock.
Ernest Brooks of Newport, visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judah
Brooks, over Sunday.
John Bradshaw of Springfield,
Mass., visited his mother, Mrs. F. M.
Bradshaw, last week.
Mrs. Eva Chandler spent Sunday
with her daughter, Mrs. Edmund
Gross in Brownington.
j Slavton Lang entertained his
j friend, F. A. Barker of Plymouth, N.
! H the last of the week.
Mrs. Robert Shaw and two children
of St. Johnsbury Center, were visitors
at A. J. Smith's last week.
Mrs. Lucy A tanas off and children,
who have been visiting friends in
Irasburg, returned Saturday.
Mrs. G. E. Valley has returned
from Hard wick, where she has been
spending a week with relatives
Harry Gilman of Manchester, N. H.,
recently spent some time with his
grandfather, Charles Gilman.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McDowell of
Evansville, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Leland over Sunday.
Mrs. Adolphus Martel who has been
critically ill for several weeks, hs
gone to the St. Johnsbury hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burdick of
Dorchester, Mass., are visiting his
uncle, F. D. Burdick, for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carpenter
and daughter of St. Johnsbury, were
visitors at C. E. Hamblet's, Saturday.
Harry Conner and family, Dean
McLellan and Miss Lucia Holbrook,
spent last week at Willoughby Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Newcity of 3Iont
gomery, spent Sunday with Mrs.
New-city's brother, Homer Rushford.
V. F. Hunter is working in the E.
W. Barron store during the absence
of M. J. Massey, who is taking hi3
vacation.
Letters remaining unclaimed in
Barton Post-office, week ending Aug.
8, 1917: Miss Lillian Brown, Mr. H.
A. Harper.
Mrs. Mary Freeman, Ernest Free
man, Miss Ruth Freeman, and Miss
Gladys McFarlane, are spending a
week at Stone Pond. ,
Miss Glen Lang is spending a few
days with her uncle, Clarence Blood
in East Charleston, while on a vaca
tion from the Perley store.
John 3Iil!er has gone to Newport
to have charge of the cement work on
a new dam being built by the New
port Electric Co. ci the Clyde river.
Mrs. V. L. Elrick was called to
Derby last week by the death of her
mother. A. F. McDougal is a rel
ative and also attended the funeral.
Mrs. A. B. Davis and Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Hamilton and children of
Graniteville, P. Q., spent Sun -day in
town, the guests of Mrs. Ethel Davis.
Charles Pierce, Fred Jarvis and
Harland Paige, were in Boston the
first of the week, driving home three
Oakland cars for Flanders c Moss
can. Mr. and Mrs- E. B. Phillips of Man
chester, N. XL, Miss .Eva Wheeler and
W. M. Wright Appointed Municipal
Judge.
Owing to the press of work caused
largely by his duties as a member of
the county registration board, 1L B.
Cushman of Newport, municipal
judge for this district, recently sent
in his resignation to Governor Gra
ham. W. M. Wright of Barton has been
appointed to fill this vacancy. Mr.
Wright has practiced law in Barton
for a number-of years and is a man
whose integrity is well known. He
has served two terms as state's at
torney for the county and his unan
imous endorsement by the bar of
the county for this new position
speaks volumes for the confidence
placed in him by his fellow attorneys.
Schools Begin September 4th
Barton academy and graded school
open Tuesday, September 4th, with
a strong corps of teachers. But one
teacher remains to be secured and
that is a domestic science teacher.
The new assistant principal is F. S.
Hoag, B. S-, a teacher of live years'
axperience. Jle comes to Barton af
ter three years of successful work as
:rincipal of a small high school at
ew Haven, and has a wife and one
hild. Mr. Hoag will teach agricul
ture and science. Mr. Bates, Miss
l-'errin. Miss Cook, Miss Euggles,
Miss Renfrew and the grade teachers,
Mrs. Heath, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Bald
vin and Miss Kolbrock, all return.
In the rearrangement of the grades,
-Fiaking a single grade to a room in
the lower grades, an extra teacher is
necessary and is Miss Ethel Colby, a
teacher of experience.
Full announcement of the courses
of study in the junior-senior high
school will be found elsewhere.
Cooper Washburn
Clyde Prescott Cooper of Wilder,
and Miss - Clara Stewart Washburn
of Woodstock, were quietly married
Saturday evening, at the home of the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Cooper, on High street, by Rev. I. A.
Ranney, the double ring service being
used.
Only the parents of the groom and
the bride's mother, Mrs. Laura A.
Washburn, were present. Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper received several gifts,
including gold, silver and linen.
Mr. Cooper is a young man of
sterling character, a graduate of
Barton academy, class of " 1912, John
son Normal school, 1915, and has for
the past two years been principal of
the Wilder grammar chool, and is
to return there the coming year.
Mrs. Cooper is a graduate of Wood
stock high sehool, has attended the
Wheelock kindergarten training
school in Boston a year, and the
pastyearhas been a successful teach
er in Wilder. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
will be at home after September 1st,
at uder. Congratulations and
best wishes.
Miss Nellie Weeks of Wollaston,
Mass., were guests at H. D. Phillips',
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jaques and Miss Ma
son of Dorchester, Mass., who have
been summer visitors here for several
years, are in town and are rooming
at A. P. Underwood's.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wright who
have been taking an automobile trip
to Greenville, Me., to visit Mrs.
Wright's sister, Mrs. W. R. Dailey,
returned the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Royle of Brook
line, Mass., are visiting Mrs. Royle's
brother, F. C. Browning. Miss Marie
Browning who has been spending
some time in Brookline, returned
home Sunday with them.
John Goode, the noted New York
gambler, thief, convict, convert spoke
from the curbing in postofSce square,
Monday evening, to a good sized au
dience which gathered there. Sev
eral local singers and musical instru
ments assisted Mr. Goode by render
ing some old gospel songs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Reirden, Mr.
and Mrs. F. D. Thompson, Judge and
Mrs. W. W. Miles and 3Ir. and Mrs.
G. E. Jennings attended the banquet
of the Orleans County Bar association
at the New Willoughby hotel at West
more Friday. The sheriffs of the
county were guests of the bar as
sociation. H. P. Warren of Waterville, Me.,
a resident of this town about 40 years
asro, called on F. S. WTiitcher, C. H.
Blood, E. N. Randall, H. T. Seaver
and other acquaintances one day last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Warren and two
sons are touring this section of Ver
mont and parts of New Hampshire.
The lawn party held onthe lawn of
the Congregational church last even
ing was a success, a large number'
partaking of the ice cream and cake
served by the ladie3. The band ren
dered several selections which were
much appreciated, and the committee
in charge thank the members of that
orgonization. The proceeds were
S27.70.
The Tenderfoot scouts of Troup
No. 2, took a short camping trip to
Sherhurn Pond in Sheffield, last week,
accompanied bv scout master, J. F.
Eatchelder and F. W. Cutting.
Troup No. 1, Barton boy scouts are
now enjoying a week in camp at
Long Pond. They are accompanied
by scout master, J. F. Batchelder,
Mr. J. F. Bates. The boys are to
take an eight-mile hike from camp.
BROWNINGTON
E. S. Tinkham i3 in town for a -few
days.
Jessie Booth from Lancaster, Mass
was in town last week
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Davies were
m Islac-d Pond, Sunday.
LAWYERS DINE GOVERNOR,
Orleans County Bar Association
Meets at Willoughby, Friday.
The lawyers of the county were
nearly all present at the banquet of
the Orleans County Bar association,
Friday afternoon, at the New Wil
loughby house, at Willoughby Lake,
when over 40 lawyers, sheriiTs and
their ladies sat down to a splendid
table.
Among those present were: Gov
ernor Horace F. Graham and sister,
of Craftsbury; State Bank Commis
sioner Frank C. Williams and Mrs.
Williams, of Newport: Chief
Justice W. W. Miles and Mrs. Miles,
of Barton; and Ex-Gov. Josiah Grout,
of Derby; distinguished members of
the Orleans County Bar association.
Others sitting down to the banquet
were: Colby Stoddard, of Orleans,
Orleans county's states attorney and
president ex-oificio of the county as
sociation, and Mrs. Stoddard; E. J.
Hill, of Newport, county sheriff, and
Mrs. Hill; Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Grout
and Mrs. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Alfred, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Black,
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Miles, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Redmond and daughter,
Lois, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Smith, W. H.
Cleary, and C. S. Emery and daugh
ter, Doris, all of Newport; Mr. and
Mrs. Reirden, Mr. and Mrs. F. D.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Jen
nings and E. S. Jones, and Wallace II.
Gilpin, of Barton; assistant Judge
F. W. Tennev, of Albany: assistant
Judge W. D. Miller, of Troy; ex-assistant
Judge F. M. Sears, of Iras
burg; and deputies C. C. Stannard,
of Lowell; W. W. Wakefield, of
Troy; Bernie Chaffee, of Irasburg;
and A. A. Griggs, of Newport.
The banquet was a distinct com
pliment to the service of the New
Willoughby hotel, which in furnish
ing and every appointment was fa
vorably commented upon by the dis
tinguished party present.
The menu was typewritten on bark
from the white birch and was as fol
lows: Fruit Cocktail Consomme
Queen Olives New Radishes
Baked Stuffed Mackerel
Chilled Cucumbers Parisian Potatoes
Fried Cnlcsan a la Maryland
Creole Sauce Sirloin Steak
Stuffed Tomatoes aux Gratins
New Boiled Potatoes
Buttered Beets Green Peas
Cherry Fritters
Cantaloupe Salad
Grapefruit Punch
Raspberry Pie Vanilla Ice Cream
Hot Chocolate Sauce
Sponge Cake Macaroons
Slountain View Farm Cheese
Saltines
Iced Tea Demi-Tasse Iced Coffee
Cigars Cigarettes
Members of the association held a
business meeting after the banquet,
but speeches at the table were ta
booed. The association unanimously
endorsed W. M. Wright, of Barton,
municipal judge, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of H. B.
Cushman, of Newport.
Sunday School Picnic Postponed.
The Sunday school picnic for the
Sunday schools of the Willoughby
district association which was pur
posed to be held at WTilloughby Lake,
Saturday, Aug. 18, has been indef
initely postponed because of the or
der of the state board of health.
Leon Going spent the week-end
with friends in Franklin.
Mrs. Columbia has come back to
care for Miss Lizzie Bryant.
A party of seven from Island Pond,
spent Sunday at O. A. Grow's.
Miss Antonia Beauregard returned
from Holyoke, last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Estelle from
Craftsbury, were callers in town,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Grow are visit
ing Mrs. Grow's mother, in Rutland
this week.
Mrs. Chandler from Barton, spent
the week-end with her daughter, Sirs.
E. A. Gross.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kelley from
Derby, visited his brother, E. S.
Kelley, Sunday.
Wrarren Cullins of Watertowh, N.
Y., is visiting his mother and daugh
ter for ten days.
Frank and Eben Lord and Mrs.
Frances Lord from Morgan, visited
at Geo. Wiggin's, Sunday.
John Goode of the Bowery Mission,
New York city, will speak at the
church next Saturday evening.
Mrs. Edith Comstock and Miss
Pearl have gone to Willoughby Lake
to spend a part of their vacation.
The party camping near the church
departed last Thursday, intending to
stop at several places of interest and
reach home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Searles, for
merly of Lennoxville, P. Q., have
come to make their home with their
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Grow.
Raymond Beauregard and Mis3
Exilda Brodeur of Holyoke, Mass.,
spent several days last week at the
home of his parents, Mr. 'and Mrs.
Joseph Beauregard.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
Merrill Lewis and family, visited
at Horace White hills, Friday.
Mrs. Mabel Adams of West Derby
is caring for Mrs. Gilbert Dutton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bullock spent
Sunday with friends, in Westmore.
Ceattacedon Page 'Eight ' j
Two County Boys in 1.11.
The largest number of naval re
cruits yet sent from Vermont to New
port, R. I., for training, left one day
last week in a special car. These 25
men were a part of a quota of 1000
who have just been called into service
after awaiting order for several
days. Among the 25 Vcrmonters on
this special car when it left Burling
ton were two Orleans county boys,
Forrest 11. Heath of Orleans anil Var
num J. Abbott of Glover. Nearly
every part of the state had its rep
resentatives. Caledonia county hat!
two boy, Raymond E. Campbell and
Alexander D. McLane, both of Lyndonville.
Beach and Bathing Notes.
The Barton Improvement club his
made some alterations in the bath
house which will make the lockers
much more secure, and as soon as the
locks can be secured, arc to replace
the privately owned locks now used.
These are substantial fasteners of a
uniform design, the keys of which
will be furnished locker users upon
deposit of twenty-live cents for each
key desired, this deposit will be re
funded when the key is returned.
Some delay is being experienced in
getting the street bettered and the
poles and electric wires extended to
the beach, due largely to the scar
city of help, but this will soon be ac
complished. The club committee having the
bath-house in charge, have, for the
convenience of those desiring the use
of a locker, made arrangements with
Dean McLellan, and those wishing
lockers may call at his store and se
cure one for the season. The price
of $2.00 is low, barely covering up
keep on the building, and is so at
tractive that all the lockers were
taken last season.
Orleans patrons of Crystal Lake
bathing beach, which is having great
er patronage than ever, built a line
raft with a spring board for diving.
This is a substantial addition to the
place and the Orleans people show a
progressive spirit in making this im
provement. Over 20 Patients at Paralysis Clinic.
Over 20 persons who had previous
ly had infantile paralysis were at the
paralysis clinic held at Hotel Barton,
Monday, when Dr. Robert W. Lovett
of Boston with assistants were pres
ent. Physicians and paralysis pa
tients from different parts of the
county and from Danville, Lyndon
ville and Hardwick were present.
Dr. Edward Taylor of the State
Board of Health research labaratory,
told something of the results from
the serum treatment of paralysis in
the state which is proving of some
benefit.
Dr. Lovett has been about Ver
mont at three different series of
clinics on paralysis, making his very
first visit to the village of Barton in
the winter of 1914. It is developed
that careful, patient and continued
treatment after the paralysis has
stayed, is productive of much good
and it is urged that all victims of the
disease take advantage of these free
clinics, where instructions for simple
home treatment are given.
With Dr. Lovett were Dr. Wr. S.
Roberts, resident surgeon at the
children's hospital, Boston, Miss
Janet B. Merrill, Miss Helen King
and Miss Rebecca E. Selfridge, all of
Boston, and Dr. Taylor.
Cheneny Called to Quarter Master's
Cheney, clerk in the McLellan
store, who enlisted in the quarter
master's department of the first Ver
mont regiment some weeks ago, re
ceived word Saturday that he was to
be sworn into the regular army, Aug.
5, and would soon be called for serv
ice. He left this morning for Mont
pelier, from which place he will co
to Concord, N. II., and then to North
Carolina.
THE HOME TOWN
By Nels Darling, who lectured in Barton last winter
No. 4.
Many argue that in time, practically all merchandising will be
done by mail from a few large cities. They contend that this is the
economical method. Some Socialists, who believe in the three funda
mental principles of Karl Marx socialism, take this view of the trend
of the times. The three fundamentals referred to are rent is wrong,
interest is wrong, profit is wrong.
Well, inasmuch as the large city department stores and mail
order houses are private enterprises, are not owned by the people,
are not a part of a great commercial system in a cooperative common
wealth, why not keep our rents and profits at home?
The habitual mail order house patron i3 too often like the
gambler he is forever talking of his winning, but says nothing of his
losses. The one bargain ofisets a hundred disappointments. The lost
time, the unsatisfactory goods, the article he had to return at hi3
own expense, the repairs on shipments damaged in transit, the patch
ing he has done, the unlooked-for heavy freight charges, are all, with
an effort forgotten in contemplation of the ONE article that is just
as good or a trifle better than he really expected it to be. Like the
man who thinks he is benefited by the panacea bought from the street
corner medicine vendor, he is surprised to find that he got something
for his money.
The gambling instinct is an inherent one with everybody and this
very fact accounts for the fascination that mail order buying has for
most folks.
That the farmers are the most liberal patrons of the outside con
cerns, is a prevalent and mistaken idea. Merchants often do not
practice what they pr&acfci the grocery sends away for dry goods,
while the hardware dealer eends away for furniture and the vivts of
both belong to ome soap club.
WORD FROM THE FRONT.
Rev. Adam Formerly of Irasburff
Now In France.
Rev. C. A. Adams, who went from
Danville for ambulance service in
France, has been for a time doing Y.
M, C. A. work, first on the coast not
far from Bordeaux and later at the
port of entry of our Amex forces.
Mr. Adams was pastor of the Congre
gational church nt Irasburg for a
number of years before going to
France. Of conditions in general he
writes: "People nt home have no
idea how great a sacrifice France had
to pay the first two and a half years
of the war. England is now bearing
i great burden, greater than we in
America realize. She is the strong
force over here now. Next year it
will be up to us if the war continues."
In the parts of France where Mr.
Adams has been he describes fertile
country given up largely to fruit
growing. "The most noticeable fea
ture of the agricultural life is the ab
sence of men and the number of wom
en, especially old women, who are in
the fields. The young women run the
tram cars, work in the factories and
serve as porters in the stations. The
most impressive feature of trips
through the country is the almost
deserted aspect of the smaller vil
lages. All the young men are at the
front, killed, wounded or prisoners,
with the result that many houses are
closed or have the appearance of
being. I wonder if they are similar
to the Irish villages that Goldsmith
had in mind. Many of the chateaux
around here are given over to hospi
tal work. Some of the places are
really magnificent, wonderful scenery
and beautiful grounds. The task of
caring for the wounded is no small
matter. One finds these hospitals all
over France."
At his first location Mr. Adams de
scribes, the funeral of an American
seaman accidentally drowned, who
was probably the first of our regular
forces to be buried in France during
the war. He says: "Many French
people turned out, including the mayor
and all town officials. I had the com
mitment service. Then letters of con
dolence were 'read by the mayor and
chief of police. I understand the
young seaman was maried the day
before he left America." With the
Amex forces Mr. Adams describes the
two Y. M. C. A. camps which were
then running there with the men read
ing, writing, playing checkers and
running the phonograph. While he
was there the number of secretaries
increased to twelve, with athletic, edu
cational and religious work directors
and enough work for all from 8 a. m.
to 10 p.m. "There is so much to be
done yet to get organized and be in
shape to meet the needs of the men
arriving. One principal work is
changing American money into French
for them. Of course tobacco, gum,
chocolates, etc., go like hot cake3.
There is great demand for French
English dictionaries, writing material
and reading matter, and games come
in for their share of popularity. Soon
we will serve soft drinks and later on
tea, coffee and chocolate. Once the
men get into permanent quarters and
at the front we will have splendidly
equipped institutions. Besides the
things already mentioned there will
be a moving picture machine, phono
graphs, entertainments and lectures."
Later a Sunday service is described:
"A band gave us music, then we sang
well-known hymns and I had the rare
privilege of speaking to the men. It
was the biggest men's meeting I have
ever addressed butof course my meet
ings at home have been small. If the
Y. M. C. A. can only get their equip
ment from New York they will be
able to do great things for the men."
A newspaper clipping describes an en
tertainment later in the same week.
"At the first entertainment given by
the Y. M. C. A. at an American army
sea base over 1,500 soldiers attended.
There was music, quartets, song
from Broadway and a patriotic speech
by Mr. Adams, one of the secretaries
on "Why We Are Here."