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PAGE 8 ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1917 WHAT ABOUT INCOME TAX? Collectors Will Advise with You at Newport and Other Places. In a communication received by this paper, Collector of Internal Rev enue Seth W. Jones announces that federal income tax officers will be sent into Vermont January 2. They will be located in the following towns for the periods specified. They will be there every day and ready and willing to help persons subject to the income tax make out their returns without cost to them for his services. .The postmasters in these towns will be able to direct you to the office where the deputy is located. Newport, Jan 14 to 21; Island Pond, Feb. 2 to 6; St. Johnsbury, Jan. 2 to 11; Morrisville, Jan. 28 to Feb. 2. How many income-tax payers will there be in your county? If you can 2,-uess how many married persons liv ing with husband or wife will have net incomes of $2,000 or over and how many unmarried persons will have net incomes of $1,000 or over this year, then you know. The col lector of internal revenue estimates that there will be one income-tax payer for every thirty people in the state. The returns of income for the year 1917 must be made on forms provided for the purpose before March 1, 1918. Because a good many people don't understand the law and won't know how to make out their returns, the government is sending in this expert to do it for them. But the duty is on the taxpayer to make himself known to the government. If he doesn't make return as required before Mar. 1st, he may have to pay a penalty ranging from $20 to $1,000 pay a fine or go to jail. So if you don't want to take chauces on going to jail, you better call on the income tax man. If you are not sure about being subject to the tax, better ask him and make sure. Whether you see the income tax man or not, you must make re turn if subject to tax. The collector suggests that every body start figuring up now his in come and expenses so as to be ready with the figures when the expert ar rives. Expenses, however, don't mean family expenses, money used to pay off the principal of a debt, new machinery, buildings, or any thing like that. They mean what you spend in making your money in terest, taxes paid, hired help, amount paid for goods sold, seed, stock bought for feeding, rent (except for your dwelling), etc. Income includes about every dollar you receive. Eloquent Music. "What do you do when your wife asks you for money ?" "I deliver a lecture on the high cost of living, the folly of extravagance and my limited income." "What docs she do?" "She hums a little tune." "Then what happens?" "I hand her a chock for the desired amount." Birmingham Age-Herald. Experimented With Poisons. When Antony and Cleopatra were contemplating suicide they made a col lection of a great variety of poisons and tried each of them on two or more slaves in order to ascertain whether death was accompanied with much apparent suffering. One historian de clares that over 200 persons lost their lives hi order that the information might be obtained. The result was that Antony killed himself with a dag ger and Cleopatra either with one of her selected poisons or by a serpent's bite. I Love and wisdom are seldom on speaking terms. CLOVER gleamemg; GLOVER The Ladies' Minstrels of Glover will give their entertainment Dec. 31 consisting of songs and specialties with lady cartoonist and finishes with a drama, "Virginia, Heroine." Pro ceeds to be divided between the Red Cross and Glover Community church. 51-52 Willis Foster of Melrose High lands, Mass., is spending a few days with his brother, John, at Levi Part ridge's. The Ladies' Mite society will hold their annual meeting and election of officers at one o'clock Friday after noon at Mrs. A. P. Bean's. GLOVER COMMUNITY CHURCH The meeting of the Boy Scouts will be held Thursday at 7 o'clock p. m. Thursday evening meeting at 7.30. Sunday services Morning worship at 11. The choir will be the ladies' quar tet and the pastor will give a Christ mas message. Bible school at 12.15. Christian Endeavor at 7. Evening worship at 7.30. The Christmas exercises will be held in thee hurch Monday evening. WEST GLOVER Mrs. A. F. Hinckley has been sick the past week. Mrs. Lizzie Cameron is spending a few days in Orleans. The Willing Workers cleared $12 at the supper Saturday. The Red Cross will hold a mock trial at the hall Thursday, Dec. 27. The Sunday school Christmas tree well be held Monday, Christmas eve. Mrs. Emily Wild of Royalton is visiting her mother at Mrs. Nettie Baker's. About $10 was given by individuals to help pay for the Red Cross Christ mas bags. Gladys Cameron is home from her school at Lyndonville for the Christ mas holiday vacation. ORLEANS LOCAL MENTION , (Continued from Page Five). board with Mrs. Marcia Lyon. Mrs. Donaldson will work in the office of the Eldridge factory. Juline Rogers is taking a ten days' vacation from her duties for the Fletcher company. She will spend the time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rogers, in Burlington. Mrs. W. J. Joslyn entertained her Sunday school class at her home Fri day evening. Games were played, refreshments were served and a gen eral good time was enjoyed. Marion Bartlett from the Sargent school, Cambridge, Mass., and Helen Beede from the Bryant and Stratton college, Boston, are expected home Thursday to spend the Christmas vacation. There will be a masnuerade ball in the opera hall Monday evening, Dec. 31 for the benefit of the Red Cross. Please come masqued, and as you are to be the decorations, dress accord ingly. The Harmony orchestra will furnish music for the evening. The audience room of the Congre gational church was well filled Tues day evening when the Girls' chorus of that church rendered a very inter esting program. Nineteen dollars and a half was realized from this en tertainment, which will be used to buy a flag for the auditorium. The Mothers' club held their regu lar meeting with Mrs. R. H. Walker, Tuesday evening, Dec. 11th. Eleven members and one visitor attended. The following program was enjoyed: Roll call, Christmas gems; paper, "Training for Marriage and Parent hood," Mrs. Porter, read by Mrs. Bar nev; discussion of the paper by the club; music, Mrs. Dickens; story, Mrs Witt. Two new names were present ed and several items of interest were discussed. Owing to the unusually busy time this year, it was voted not to give the Christmas dinner as was done last year. Congregational Church Notes. R. A. Hamilton, Pastor. Morning worship with Christmas story, sermon and music at 10.30. Evening service at 7.30. The Sunday school will have its Christmas tree and service on Christmas eve. A fine set of slides entitled, "The Ministry of Christ to the Children," will be shown at this service. Accompany ing the slides the boys and girls will tell the Christmas story as given in the words of the four Gospels. A cor dial welcome to all strangers and vis itors to the Christmas services of the church. Methodist Episcopal Church Notes W. S. Smithers, Pastor. Prayer service tonight at 7.30 o'clock with Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour on Water street. Sunday services: Sermon by the pastor at 10.30 am., followed by the Bible school at 12 m. Junior League at 3 p. m. Evening service at 7.o0 o'clock. Morning theme, "The Angel's Re assuring Message." The service at 7.30 opens with song in which all are invited to join. The pastor's subject will be, "Dispelling Fear." A committee with Miss Mae Willey ley as chairman, is buy preparing exercises for Christmas eve. Plan to be there and enjoy a good time with the children. It is for all ages. It is hoped that all our people will so arrange their plans that nothing will be allowed to interfere with the week of prayer for the churches, Dec. 30 to Jan. 6, inclusive. Robert Baird of East Albany has moved to Lizzie Cameron's. Mr. Baird will work for Mrs. Cameron. Mrs. Carl Dwinell and children of Orleans, who have been spending the summer with Mrs. Cameron, have re turned to their home. The friends of Mrs. Viola Harvey will be interested to know that she is spending the winter in Los Angeles with her daughter, Mrs. John Lewis. Ourselves. We are so convinced that we are ex ceptions to every rule that we cannot believe ourselves to be the objects of adverse criticism. Exchange. To the Registrants of the Selective Service Law Residing in Orleans County, Vermont. Notice is hereby given to all regis trants residing in Orleans county, Vermont, who may desire any infor mation or advice regarding the prop er answers which are called for in making out the questionnaires to be supplied to all registrants, or any in formation regarding making out any other papers in connection with prop erly making out the questionnaires which may be required by the regula tions of the federal government, that all registrants are at liberty to apply to any of the undersigned of the le gal advisory board for Orleans coun ty, or to any practicing attorney in said county for information and as sistance and the same will be sup plied by the undersigned, or such at torney, without charge or compensa tion. It is provided by the regulations of the selective law that, "All members of the bar should make their services available to the legal advisory boards to be constitut ed by the governor." Newport, Vt., December 5th, 1917. F. W. Baldwin, Legal Advisory F. E. Alfred, Board for Orleans F. S. Rogers, County, Vt. A printed circular similar to this is to accompany each questionnaire when mailed to each registrant, so that they may be advised to whom to apply for assistance and information as they may require to make proper answers to the questionnaire. 50-51 A MODEL SOLDIER. (Continued from Page Five). I believed that he would go a long way in the military profession. He always carried himself so well and was in so many ways a model soldier particularly in his bearing and in his willingness for duty and his scorn of complaints. I found that his com pany officers felt the same way about him and the same thinsr was true in ( the new regiment into which we both came. He was taken to the hospital on the 31st of October, suffering from what seemed a bad cold. He developed pneumonia but we all thought that he was going to throw it off. For some ten days or more when he seemed at his very worst I went to the hospital every day to see him and Martin Her ron, another boy from the same old company in the First Vermont, and also in Lynn's company in the 103d. Herron was taken sick the same day and went to the hospital the same day (and died the same day and was buried the same day.) I did not write for the simple reason that letters take a very long time and I was in expectation that before a letter could reach you saying he was sick that he would be well again, and it would have caused you needless worry and you would have been unable to get to him or do anything for him. He slept most of the time and indeed had to be roused nearly every time I went in and for that reason there were many times when I went in and found him sleeping and did not speak to him. Herron was in a bed next to him, which was pleasant for them both. The last two times I was up it seemed that they were both better but as Lynn was pretty weal: and tried to talk when I went in I pur posely kept away for the last few days but kept posted on his condi tion from the doctor and from one of the officers of his company who went up to see him a couple of times. The last time I saw the doctor he had said he was weak but that he thought that the danger was over and that the hard thing was to get his strength back for he had had so long a pull. But he was encouraged and he also felt that his philosophical disposition would be of help. Consequently when after being absent from the hospital, it is six miles or over from here, in the next town, because they wrere both doing so well, indeed, the doctor had moved Herron .out from the small ward into a bigger one, I went up to the hospital Monday of this week I was overwhelmed when I learned that at midnight Lynn had a turn for the worse suddenly and that he had died at 3 a. m., the 2Gth. I had taken some mail up for him twice recently but the doctor had informed me that he had better not try to read it as he was not up to or equal to the task of reading letters and the last time I had not even given them to him but to the nurse. At the same time I learned that Herron, who had done so well, had a st:dden turn for the worse and was thought to be dying. I saw him twice that day and he asked for "Sandy." I told him that Sandy was better but I did not tell him what I' meant by better but he found out for himself without being told for he joined him late that afternoon. It was planned at first to bury your son on Tuesday afternoon but when Herron died it was decided to have a double funeral for them both the next day instead so yesterday afternoon, the company led by the captain, who rose from a sick bed to do it, followed the band to the hospital, where we all went by train, and where I read the 23d and 90th Psalms and the last Chapter of Rev elation. Then we followed their flag draped caskets to the little military cemetery on the outskirts of the town and their comrades fired a last salute and the bugler of the company blew taps, which means "sleep" for the soldier, and their soldiering was done I am not permitted to tell you the name of the town where the cemetery is but the government may do this perhaps. But I may say that it is a very beautiful one and already the bodies of American, as well as French soldiers rest there. It was the most beautiful and dignified of any mili tary funeral I have ever seen and I have seen more than I want. The bearers were all boys who had known Lynn when he was in the First Vermont, indeed, were members of the old Company D. Ralph Mol lica, Alphonse Aselin, Cecil Frappied, Oscar Griggs, Allen Moore, Albert Danforth, Charles Patnaude. And it was a joy to me that I could be there for it was not as if we had all been strangers. Your son gave his life, my dear Mrs. Hardy, as much for his country as ii ne naa laiien by tierman bullets and you may know that he was sur rounded at the last by those who did all they could for him. He had ex cellent care and again and again I impressed on the doctor that there was nothing to be spared in his ef forts to save the lives of these Ver mont boys. And you have this com fort that he did not die in any pain and that he did not lie out in the open slowly suffering from wounds and thirst and cold as so many mothers' sons have and must have before this awful war comes to an end. I am conscious that what I have told you must bring heaviness to your mother heart, but I pray that God may comfort you with the com fort that He alone can bestow and that you may be conscious that un derneath are the Everlasting Arms and that He may make up to you for the costly gift that you have laid up on the altar of Freedom. If there is anything I can do or any question you would like to ask I beg of you not to hesitate. The address beneath will always find me and I would count it a privilege if there was anything further I could do for your own sake or for your splendid son's. His captain told me that he had your son selected for a noncom missioned officer soon. I am, dear Mrs. Hardy, Very respectfully yours, Paul D. Moody, Chaplain 103d U. S. Infantry, 26th Division, A. E. F. If when people are charged with their faults they were credited with their virtues there would be a great many .more good neighbors in the world. Chicago News. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAiAAA THE BIG CHRISTMAS DRIVE FOR INCREASED MEMBERSHIPS IN THE AMERICAN is on in the state of Vermont to do its part. Orleans County's quota is 2,508 New Members We must have this number and more will be better Send $1 or more Today Col. Curtis S. Emery, Newport, Vt., has charge of the campaign in Orleans County. See him, any local solicitor, or send your membership to Red Cross Christmas Membership, Burlington, Vt. i Annual member, $i.oo Sustaining member, $10.00 Subscribing member, 2.00 Life member, $25.00 (once) Contributing member, 5.00 Patron member, 100.00 (once) Monthly Magazine included in all except annual membership CHNSTBIAS BKERK or Women and XMAS Last Year's Prices Buy Early While the cleans Shoe Storey DON'T MISS THE GRAND OPPOR TUNITY NOW AFFORDED YOU AT THE jewelry ORLEANS, VERMONT To secure Valuable Gifts almost at your own price. Only 4 More Shopping Days To Christmas This stock MUST BE SOLD, our loss your gain. What more opportune time to give than now ? Friends and relatives who are bearing heavy burdens will appreciate beautiful gifts more at this time than ever before. We thank you for your generous patronage and will continue to do our best to please. Our Specials tor the Next Four Days e THURSDAY, DEC. 20 12 Salad Bowls, value 35c, 15c FRIDAY, DEC. 21 Rogers Silver-plated Butter Knife and Sugar Shell' value $1.25, 34c i SATURDAY, DEC. 22 10 Berry Sets, consisting of Bowl and 6 Saucers, value $1-00, 38c MONDAY, DEC. 24 30 packages containing various articles such as Sta tionery, Fountain Pens, Watch Chains, Lockets, Silver ware, China, etc. Each package will also contain a ticket with a number. The person securing the lucky number gets a nice Parlor Clock, valued at $8.00. Each package will contain goods valued at $2.00. Price of packages will be 98c Wishing AU A Merry Christmas Lang's Jewelry Store aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. and every community is expected U b- o I XMAS on most of them. Assortment Is Good Weans, Vermont : 0 e 1 Save Trade Marks from Babbitt's 1776 Soap Powder, Babbitt's Clean ser and Babbitt's Best Soap. Bring 50 to Pierce's Pharmacy for a useful Premium. Several to select from. 0KXXKKKXK00 Price Reductions Now For Christmas Instead Of In January An unusual Yule tide Sale, planned to meet unusual conditions. Splendid groups of seasonable merchandise taken directly from regular stocks as well as those new goods bought for the Holidays, marked at such radical reductions as will make shopping here for Christmas of the greatest importance to people in Barton and the vicinity. Be economical, buy useful gifts, not worthless, Knick-Knicks. Women's Dresses Newly arrived, some of next season's styles, serge cloth, blue and brown. $6.98, $12.00, $16.50 Women's Waists Two-tone combinations, geor gettes, crepes and top silks. $3.50, $4.50, $5.50 Women's Suits Up-to-the-minute fall models, serges and poplins, all-wool, blue, black and green. $10.50, $12.50, $18.50 Women's Ccats Dressy models, large collars, plush or fur, heavy velours. .$12.50, $16.50, $18.50 DAVIS BARTON, Liberty Bonds are accepted K0X0H0 -$S34S,e43 X UR store is variety of HOLIDAY A glance will convince you that we have the goods and the prices are right. COME IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES 11 E. W. BARM Opposite Passenger Depot BARTON, - Monitor Ads Pay Big NOTICE My wife, Edna "Waterman, having left my room and board without just cause. I here by notify the public that I shall pay no bills of her contracting after this date. Barton. Vt. O. M. WATERMAN December 19, 1917. Men's Suits and Overcoats A miscellaneous collection of patterns, just the thing for the Holidays. $12.50, $16.50 Men's Neckwear A bright array of Christmas Gifts, four-in-hands and knit ted scarfs. 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c Boys' Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws A treat for the youngsters, all the latest styles. $5.25 Men's Shirts Dress and Working Shirts, varied patterns, ideal gifts. 65c to $2.00 BLOCK VERMONT as legal tender for merchandise 2$-SS$SS$S loaded with a great useful gifts for the VERMONT Dividends-Try One CO