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Vol. 48 -No. 29
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1919
Single Copies 5 Cents.
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n cjv FnrH tourine car. also
i niltove. Both in good condi
S. E. S. Keliey, Orleans. 29tf
rnp SA.LE Valuable dog, regis
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ceSonalVyVelf marked and trained.
A." E- Wakeman.
I FOR SALE Four acres of heavy
I ..n-jirc grass, one and one-half
1 "JC from Barton village. Call up
I cri'F. W. Baldwin, Barton, Vt. 28tf
IFOR SALE Furnished cottage
r lare lot on the shore of Crystal
lake' Mrs. Lena M. Woodward, 19
J Pearl St.. St. Johnsbury. 24tf
MISCELLANEOUS
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pi or mine at reasonaDie rates, mxux
B. Shedd, Barton.
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FOR SERVICE Thoroughbred
registered Morgan stallion, Damon,
jr: C. H. Kimball, Glover. 24tf
INSURANCE Best stock and mu
ted companies. Surety bonds. F.
W. Baldwin, Agent, Barton. 26tf
AUTO LIVERY day and night
service. Bell telephone. Homer
Eushford, Barton. 21tf
NOTICE Came into my pasture
j-ce, nine head of young cattle.
Owner please prove property and pay
charges. Elmer Gelo, Barton. 29-31p
FARMERS' NOTICE Will buy
stock every Monday during July.
Telephone me Monday mornings for
pr.ces. Also for sale 6 good young
cows and 7 two-year-old heifers. G.
S. Dod?e. Orleans. 27tf"
WANTED
WANTED Live poultry. Elrick,
carror.. 18tf
V, ANTED To buv two second
pr- coy s t. cycles. F. II. Metcalf,
143-22
29-30
WANTED AT ONCE 200 hens,
?e creed, also 6 shotes. R. P.
tester, JJarton.
27tf
WANTED Live noultrv and fresh
ps at Orleans express station every
worlorsnoon- E -s- keliey, Tel.
13, Orleans. 4tf
WANTED Kitchen
fenced table girl at the Valley
urieans. 23tf
toKTED Calf skins, 5 to 7 lbs.
1 t!3 street Barton. Tel. 24-11. 5tf
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High St. 29-21 r,
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Jross, Orleans. 29-32p
lam iSJ2-0 house, ell and
BanL 5acres land one mile from
can Zv T WiU arrange so rent
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convention at Willoughby
Tv Lake.
,istyefnip?ic, Valley Dental so
?nhea"toiL ln.cludes the dentists of
cuaneH,. erm?nt held its regu
Nnev!a; J nieetlng: and an outing
Jleaberf L S Willoughby lake.
!a':iie kL he societies and their
?'c!ock"i Can. t0 arrive at 10.30
k'hbv"ie forenoon at the Wil
asservprfae House vrhere dinner
Itlitone.o'eiock.
'ae asnVl a" ldeal afternoon that
0 near ?ueetln- was held out of
femberf n?V0lage of one of the
v.' Stevens, of Or-
&G.?rrCam inclded a paper by
f hey of St. Johnsbury on
and n Zl bilker in Dentis
ears A o- v OI dentistry
SSSion followed by general
rSaUer of Orleans, of
rC; Libbv of n, corps and Dr- E
f:"e"corL VllIe of the medical
n their PV very interesting
aor0ad weir professional war work
fed S-eral .entertainment -SVfc
t 6 o'clock
,ann op " UT- J- A. Pearson of
'Jndi t'k Some. Conditions Sur-
Barton Meets Irasburg Thursday.
The oneninor eame for Rartnn'snoTO
baseball team occurs at the fair
grounds Thursday afternoon at 2.30
o'clock. Because it is the first game
of the season don't think it will be a
dull one. Irasburg has been play
ing a splendid game and winning, but
uarton s lineup . will contain such
men as the Lee boys, Emerson boys,
Leland hovs. Heath. Rarrnws WoV
ster and other names of local men
who have agreed to go into the -game
for the sport of baseball but whose
former work and reputation guar
antee some unusually good work. Ar
rangements have been made to trans-
port au wno desire to see the game,
from the nostoffice snuare free nf
charge between 1.30 and 2.30 o'clock.
i-iet s snow the boys we appreciate
their efforts.
BARTON LOCAL NOTES
Henry Roleau is a vacation visitor
in townv
C. L. Erwin is in Hartford, Conn.,
on business.
Mrs. Mary Freeman is assisting in
the Barrows store.
E. E. Webster of Quebec is spend
ing a few days in town.
J. F. Batchelder went to Boston
Monday night on business.
R. P. Webster was in Boston the
first of the week on business.
M. Henderson Nelson spent the
week-end in Littleton, N. H.
Mrs. Carl Carpenter has entered!
Orleans hospital for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Drown took a
trip to Lebanon, N. H., last week.
Miss Arlene Flanders recently
spent a few days in St. Johnsbury.
Fred Allen and family spent Sun
day in Morgan calling on old friends.
A new switchboard has been in
stalled in the Independent telephone
office.
S. G. Chesley of Sutton was the
guest of his son, J. S. Chesley, this
week.
There will be a social dance at
Woodman's hall, Evansville, Friday
night. adv.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Cook of Orleans
have been guests at the May home
stead. David A. Gilmour of South Brook
line, N. II., has been visiting relatives
in town.
Carroll Webster of Springfield,
Mass., was a recent guest of relatives
in town.
W. W. Reirden is spending a few
davs' vacation with his father at
North Troy.
H. E. Paige of Park street is ill
with pneumonia. A trained nurse is
caring for him.
Miss Mamie Connolly went Monday
to Quebec City to spend a few weeks
with her mother.
Misses Adelaide and Ruth Hum
phrey of Newport are guests of Miss
Grace Humphrey.
Mrs. Norris of High street has a
gloxinia with 15 buds and blossoms
on it. Who beats?
Mrs. A. L. Wilcox is in Newport
Center because of the illness of her
father, H. L. Smith.
Dr. R. D. Wakeman of Back Bay,
Boston, visited his brother, A. R.
Wakeman, Monday.
Mrs. Harland Paige has gone to
Akron, O., to join her husband, who
has a position there.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Labor Thursday at Mrs.
Batchelder's sanitarium.
Mrs. H. W. Carter and daughter.
Marion are visiting friends in Spring
field, Mass., and other places.
Mrs. J. T. CamDbell and daughter
are spending a few weeks with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Freeman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Massev and
son, Paul, of Lowell, Mass., have been
spending a few days in town.
d Mrs. Goode of Boston
have been spending a few days with
Mrs. Goode's father, Dr. Prime.
Mrs. W. A. Warner, who has been
time here, returned
to her home in Peacham Saturday.
Smith snent three
days at the home of her son, Homer
Smith, at St. Johnsbury last weeK.
Mr nn H Mrs. R. A. Shaw and two
children are spending some time in
the Webster camp in crystal utse
Grove.
Miss Phyllis Brayley and Miss
Frances McMullen of Montreal are
spending a week with Mrs. Delia
Willson.
Word was received here Monday
of the arrival of Lt. Robert Scott
from France, at Newport News, Va-,
on Saturday.
Mrs. Laura McFarlane and daugh
ters, Mildred and Alice, are visiting
her daughter, Mrs. E. G. Freeman m
Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. J. J. Neagle of Lyndonville
and Miss Margaret Neagle of Thet
ford Mines, P. Q., visited at Peter
Cota's last week.
Lewis Alger fell Sunday breaking
three ribs and receiving other m
juuries. He is as well as can be ex
pected for one of his age.
Lee Cowles, who has been employ
ed in the Lafont garage, has bought
the Crystal Lake garage from Fred
Frechette and taken possession.
The following letters remain un
called for at the postoffice. Please
FAIR SEPTEMBER 2, 3 AND 4.
Positive Dates Set for Great Fair.
First in Three Years.
Set aside September 2, 3 and 4 for
the Orleans County Fair to be held
at Barton. The first dates decided
upon have had to be changed on ac
count of changes in the dates of oth
er fairs and fair dates must be ar
ranged in something like logical or
der of horses, attractions and fair
men cannot be secured, but finally,
September 2, 3 and 4 have been set
tled upon and plans started for one
of the best events the people of Or
leans county have had.
For three years there has been no
fair in Orleans county. On two dif
ferent years the fair was cancelled
on account of regulations issued by
the state board of health because of
contagious diseases, and last year
war conditions- prevented a fair. It
now remains to be seen whether the
people really want a county fair or
not.
Wednesday and Thursday will be
two big days, each equally as good as
the other with all the premi
um stock, attractions and races on
both days. Definite announcements
as to events are not yet available but
some of the best baseball games seen
by county teams in recent years are
practically assured.
Let every person in the county get
behind this fair. It is the people's
fair, since the stock is owned by sev
eral hundred Tteonle thrnncrrt the
county and there is every reason for
making it a county event of the best
character.
Remember the dates, September 2,
3 and 4, and meet your neighbors and
friends at theOrleans county fair at
Barton.
say advertised when calling for these
letters. Fred Uttin, Mr. and Mrs.
George Sanborn.
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Ross of
Brooklyn, N. Y., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Humphrey, one day
last week. Dr. Ross is a cousin of
Mrs. Humphrey.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cota, accom
panied by Mrs. Cota's sister, Mrs. J.
J. Neagle of Lyndonville, have gone
to St. Hyacinth, P. Q., where Mrs.
Cota will receive treatment.
Mrs. Bessie Moody and daughter,
Kathryn, Mrs. Kathryn Richardson
and son, all of White River Junction
were recent visitors of their sister
and aunt, Mrs. Charles Morse.
J. Wesley Batchelder was in St.
Johnsbury on F'riday to see his son
and family, who were enroute to a
summer hotel in New Hampshire,
where Mr. Batchelder plays the flute
in an orchestra.
Crystal Lake Grange meeting will
be held Friday evening, Topic . for
discussion is, "How I Learned the
Value of a Dollar." Box supper. La
dies please bring boxes. Boxes will
be sold at 25 cents each. All come
and have a good time.
Twenty-one infantile paralysis
victims were brought before the free
clinic held in Odd Fellows' hall Mon
day at which Dr. Lovette of Boston
with three other doctors and four
nurses were present. Patients came
from Orleans, Newport, St. Johns
bury and surrounding towns and Dr.
Lovette pronounced it one of the
most successful clinics he had held.
"Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Turner, Miss
Bradt and Mr. Walker of the Peer
less Mfg. Co., of New York and Guy
"Rartlett. nf (Tlaremont. N. H.. were
in Barton Monday when the local
Peerless factory reopened after a
two-weeks' vacation. Mr. Turner is
president and general manager of the
Peerless company and predicts a
large business in the near future.
Mrs. George Goodro, who has had
the Independent Central telephone
work for 21 years in Barton, has giv
en up the work and Miss Margaret
Wylie will have charge. The office
will not be moved from its present
quarters in the Pierce & Barrows
block. Mrs. Goodro has been a faith
ful operator but has worked much of
the time under great handicap of
equipment, but a large new switch
board has been installed and the ser
vice should be greatly improved.
In another column will be found a
notice as to milk licenses. The pur
pose of this law is threefold: 1st to
protect children and adults from milk
from tubercular cows ; 2d, . to know
that the milk is produced under fair
ly satisfactory sanitary conditions,
and 3d, to insure the quality of milk
which the consumer has a right to ex
pect. Under the law, samples of
milk obtained from each dealer are to
be sent to the state laboratory semi
annually .and there tested for bac
teria, dirt and butterfat.
Among those from out of town, be
sides those mentioned elsewhere, to
attend the Rowell funeral Tuesday,
afternoon were the following: R. W.
Buchanan and family of West Glov
er, R. O. Buchanan of Greensboro,
Mrs. Julia Carey of Manchester, N.
H.,Miss Martha Hall and Mrs.. Flint
of St. Johnsbury, Mrs. H. J. Hubbard
of Lyndonville, Mrs. F. B. Stokes of
Danville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cheney, Miss
Carrie Fletcher of Albany, and A. D.
Patterson, formerly of Albany, now.
of Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Adams and
Mrs. Lizzie Cameron of Orleans, and
Mrs. C. R. JKing of Passnmpsic.
Good manners are not taught in the
school books. They are found in the
home lessons.
Following the line of least resis
tance is what makes rivers and men
croeked.
Two Bands Saturday Night.
There will be something new in the
band concert line Saturday evening
when there will be a double band con
cert by the Barton and Orleans bands
combined with 40 men playing. The
concert will be given downstreet and
there is room for 19,999 people. H.
C. Potter, leader of the Barton band,
will conduct the first part of the
program, and A. Bullard, leader of
the Orleans band will conduct the
second part. The program follows:
PART I
March, "The Gates of Gladness,"
Brennan
Overture, "The Bridal Rose,"
G. Lavallee
Concert Waltz, "Eleanor," Will Huff
March, "Boston Commandery,"
T. M. Carter
Song WTaltz, "Till We Meet Again,"
Richard A. Whiting
PART II
March, "Stars and Stripes Forever,"
Sousa
Comet Solo, "The Cavalier Polka,"
F. H. Losey
Harold Domina
Song Waltz, "Beautiful Ohio,"
! Mary Earl
Overture, "Comedy Overture," Lust
spiel, Kelo Bela
March. "I'm Glad I Can Make Y'ou
Cry," Chas. McCarron
Finale, "Star Spangled Banner"
More Smugglers Taken.
Two merj, two women and three
children, Russian, and Polish Jews,
believed to have been smuggled
across the Canadian border, were ar
rested in St. Johnsbury last week and
taken to Newport for a hearing. Ac
companying them was a New. York
traveling salesman, who gave the
name of Zelt. He is thought to be
implicated and is held.
The aliens claim they paid an au
tomobilist $175 to bring them from
Montreal to St. Armand, P. Q. They
were met by a car bearing a Vermont
number and brought to Fletcher.
They boarded the train there for St.
Johnsbury, over the St. Johnsbury &
Lake Champlain railroad, en route to
New York. Both. men are unable to
walk, being crippled with infantile
paralysis.
Their condition aroused the sus
picion of Conductor E. M. Jackson
of St. Johnsbury, who notified the
immigration authorities at Newport,
who were there when the tram ar
rived.
Immigration officers believe the
gancr of opium smugglers, part of
which have been arrested, is behind
this new plot v to " get undesirable
aliens across the border. The mini
mum penalty is $5,000 or five years'
imprisonment. The officers are look
ing for the Vermont car that figured
in the plot.
BROWNINGTON
Mrs. Cook of Irasburg is visiting
at Moses Burbank's.
Elmer Dean of Maine has been a
recent guest at N. C. Barry's.
Joseph Millier of Holyoke, Mass.,
is helping Joseph Beauregard in hay
ing, j
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Newton spent
Sunday with their daughter in Shef
field. Mrs. Darwin Wright, who has been
away to visit friends, has returned
home.
There will be a social dance at
Woodman's hall, Evansville, Friday
night. adv.
A reception was given Allie Cota
Monday evening at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Nathan Barry.
Richard Cota, Alfred Cota and
Miss Vera Cota spent the week-end
at Mr. and Mrs. Nathan C. Barry's.
Mrs. Max Newton and son, Herbert
of Long Valley, N. J., are spending a
few weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Day.
The little Labounty boy who had
one foot cut off by a mowing ma
chine last week, is in the Orleans .hos
pital and is comfortable.
Allie Cota and friend Miss Grace
Dean of South Paris, Me., are visit
ing Mrs. Cota's sister, Mrs. Nathan
Barry. Mr. Cota has recently return
ed from France.
Mrs. Belle Blake of Providence, H.
I., recently sent a beautiful wreath of
magnolia leaves and pink roses to
be placed upon the grave of her
step-father, Joel Temple.
Miss Ethel Newton, who has spent
the past year in Long Valley, N. J.,
is spending her vacation at her home
here. She expects to return to Long
Valley for another year's school work.
Mrs. S. G. Marsh was taken seri
ously ill Friday and was taken to
Orleans hospital, where she was op
erated on Saturday nightt She is
now as comfortable as could be ex
pected. George Stone -tf Orleans is spend
ing a few days at the home of his
uncle, Nathan C. Barry. Mr. Stone
is just home from France, having re
ceived his discharge from Camp Up
ton, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde- Bashaw of.
East Weymouth, Mass., are staying
with Mrs. Bashaw's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Burrows. Mr. Bashaw
returned to East Weymouth last
week and sold their house and will
remain indefinitely at Mr. Burrows'
on account of Mrs. Burrows' ill
health.
Mrs. Joel Temple had for guests
the past week Wm. Temple Miner of
Bethlehem, N. H., her daughters,
Mrs. Belle Blake of Providence, R. I.,
and Mrs. Pearl Aiken and family of
Richford. Mrs. Temple and daugh-
FARM BUREAU NOTES.
Glover Farmers Interested in Cow
Test Association.
Interest .in cow test work in Glov
er is growing. Eleven men have al
ready signed up and there should be
no trouble in procuring the other 15
to make up the necessary 26 days'
work for a tester. These men al
ready know where they can procure a
man to take charge of this work. The
plan which is being worked is a 15
cow minimum at a rate not to ex
ceed $2 per cow. Three or four men
have signed up who have less than 15
cows. With the interest now mani
fest, it looks like an easy matter to
finish up the association.
A number of farmers have recently
sent in to the Farm Bureau office the
pedigrees of registered bulls which
they wish to sell. If members of the
Farm Bureau would get in the habit
of notifying the office when they have
animals for sale or when they wish
to buy, a good many animals could be
easily exchanged in this way. There
are a number of men at present who
wish to sell their registered bulls,
Holsteins, Guernseys, Jerseys and
Ayrshires. There is a list on file at
the office.
There are a number of high quali
ty bulls in Orleans county which we
ought to feel proud of. E. G. Lamor
ey of Glover has recently purchased
a young Holstein bull that has some
very fine records behind him. Three
or four Derby farmers are planning
to buy a bull together this fall to use
on the best cows in their herds. Two
farmers in Glover and still two others
in Barton are talking of trying two
Holstein bulls of very fine breeding.
This is just what is needed to put
Orleans county "on the map" so to
speak. Some mighty fine breeding
stock is already being raised right
here and the farmers of this county
ought to patronize these breeders
provided the can find the lines of
breeding they want. We need more
registered bulls used but let's patron
ize our own breeders. One register
ed Jersey breeder reports the sale of
six registered Jersey bulls with fine
backing in ten days' time.
From present indications it would
seem that improvement is fast grow
ing in breeding methods. Since-the
dairy survey last spring, a large
number of farmers have come to real
ize as never before the value of pro
duction records behind the dams anxl
grand dams of registered bulls. Pro
duction is what we size up a cow by,
why not size up a bull by the produc
tion of his immediate dams ?
ters visited friends and attended the
Methodist campmeeting at Morgan
Center while they were here.
EVANSVILLE
Mrs. L. A. Foss is visiting at Chas.
Hilliard's.
Verne Miles has sold his farm to a
party from Canada.
Ida Lapierre is doing the labeling
work at the whetstone shop.
S. J. Kittle was home from
Charleston for the week-end.
Clarence Tracy is home from Win
throp, Mass., for the summer.
L. R. Emerson and family spent
the week-end with his son, Louis Em
erson, at Orleans.
Mrs. Adelbert Converse and Mrs.
Viada Carpenter visited their sister
at Hanover, N. H., recently.
H. L. Hill and family and Roland
Hill of Boston and W. D. Hill of Lyn
don Center visited Mrs. Nettie Mar
shall, one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A: E. Tracy are en
tertaining their nephew, F. W. Alger
of Waverly, Mass., and niece, Miss
Corine Benoit, of Hyde Park, Mass.
JAY
The land and buildings formerly
known at the Paine property, situat
ed in Jay village and belonging tojthe
estate of W. H. Blaisdell of Orleans,
has been disposed of. John Lunna
of Newport Center bought the Paine
house and barn, while Clark Sargent
purchased the three and a half acres
of land that went with the place. The
buildings have been taken down and
are to be used in the erection of a
house to take the place of his house
recently destroyed by fire. B. H.
Coburn has bought the mill yard and
two houses situated just north of the
same. A. H. Butterfield bought the
house and barn adjoining the west
side of the Paine property. A. M.
Butterfield bought of B. H. Coburn
the old house and barn situated just
beyond the red bridge on the Mont
gomery road. The two last mention
ed sets of buildings will be taken
down and the lumber moved to North
Troy where it will be utilized for
building purposes.
HOLLAND
Roy Hall and family spent Sunday
in Newport.
Wesley Caldwell is working for H.
W. Wheeler.
Pearl Gibson has been visiting rel
atives in town.
There will be a social at the par-,
sonage July 18th.
Howard Lackey has moved to the
John Ruiter farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Estelle called on
friends the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlie Palin recently
motored to Lancaster.
Floyd Miller, creamery inspector,
was in town the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Palin have returned
from a trip to Massachusetts.
Guy Bartlett of Newport Center
spent Sunday at F. E. Goodall's.
Improvement Club Doings.
Many of the recent activities in
Barton are due more to the Barton
Improvement club and its officers,
than would at first appear. Commit
tees recently appointed include a gen
eral committee composed of H. R.
Cutler, E. W. Barron, W. W. Reirden,
A. S. Drew, F. W. Cutting.
House committee, J. M. Blake,
Chas. Cornish, Stuart Paddleford.
New business C. H. Willard, O.
W. Caron, T. F. Roy.
Good roads E. W. Barron, W. E.
Hanson, C. P. Ford, H. R. Cutler.
Fishing and Game C. S. Heath, C.
H. Blood, C. A. Barrows, A. W. Bus
well. Advertising W. H. Gilpin, C. C.
Cassidy, A. W. Buswell.
Any member of these committees
will welcome any suggestion for im
provement that may occur and it is
the duty of all residents of this com
munity to aid in the effort of these
men. "Drop that hammer, here's a
horn."
O. D. Rowell.
In the passing of O. D. Rowell,
Barton lost one of its most respected
citizens. Few men held the love and
esteem of the entire town to a great
er degree than did Mr. Rowell.
Orville D. Rowell was born in Al
bany, Dec. 17, 1847, oldest son of Guy
and Betsy '(Page) Kowell. Me was
educated in the common schools and
attended Craftsbury academy a short
time. He was a wide reader and added
to his meager education in that way.
He removed with the family to Bar
ton in the fall of 1869, and here near
ly all of his life has been spent.
He married Jennie Hall, daughter
of Dea. John and Lucy Hall, Feb. 23,
1882. They purchased the Hall
homestead and resided there, where
he made a successful farmer. He
held the office of overseer of the poor
for seven years, was also one of the
selectmen for several years. He was
painstaking and thorough in all his
work to a marked degree, attending
to every detail, whether it was his im
mediate business or doing business
for others. He was elected deacon
of the Congregational church in 1903
which office he held until his death.
He was interested in the church, a
constant attendant and superinten
dent of the Sunday school as long
as his health permitted him to at
tend. In the fall of 1905 on account
of failing health, he left the farm and
he and his wife went to California,
hoping his health would improve, but
returned the next year, since which
time they have resided m town.
His disease, of several years' dur
ation, was hard to bear, being a ner
vous trouble, but through it all not a
word of complaint passed his lips. He
would only say, "I am ready to go any
time, if it is His will." He died
peacefully in the early morning of
Saturday, July 12th. The funeral
was held in the Congregational
church Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Mr,
Warner of Peacham officiating. The
burial was m the Welcome O. Brown
cemetery. He leaves a wife, four
sisters, all of whom were able to be
present, two brothers, one m Califor
nia, and one in New York, who were
not able to be present at the services,
and other more distant relatives.
The brothers are Zuar of Califor
nia and Guy of New York City. The
sisters are Mrs. R. W. Buchanan of
West Glover, Mrs. Carrie Bunker and
Mrs. Edwin C. Gould of Manchester,
N. H., and Mrs. F. W. Comstock of
Barton.
VERMONT NOTES
Approximately 2000 men were
thrown out" of employment in Barre
Monday because of the shortage of
electric power due to the prolonged
dry season. Only a few of the gran
ite manufacturing plants pf the city
are m operation. The Montpelier &
Barre Light & Power Co. confessed
that the water situation at its vari
ous plants is very serious and unless
there is a break in the drought there
will be no improvement. The rain
of Tuesday brought little relief and
the fact remains that Barre is facing
the most serious water famine it has
seen in six years.
A New Fruit Tree Pest,
The following is from a recent is
sue of the Farm Bureau News:
A rather uncommon and serious
pest of pear and cherry trees is prev
alent this year. The creature is a
soft-bodied, smooth skin, black and
shiny insect, larger at one end than
the other. It is a biting insect and
eats the upper surface tissues from
the leaf leaving the bare framework.
A number of instances wjiere these
insects are prevalent have been re
ported to Prof. M. B. Cummings, the
horticultural specialist for the ag
gricultural Extension service of the
University of, Vermont, and it ap
pears that the pest is quite abundant
this year. This note is issued as a
warning to people who have pear and
cherry trees, to inspect them and if
the pest is found remedial measures
should be taken at once.1 Since there
is a good set of pears this year it is
important that the foliage be re
tained in good condition.
When only a few slugs are present
the easiest method is to dust the
trees ,with fresh slacked lime. It is
well to make this application early in
the morning when the foliage is
moist with dew so as to retain the
mixture forsome time. One er two
applications should prove sufficient if
the lime adheres well. Where the in
sect is prevalent in large numbers
the use of arsenicals such as arsenate
of lead at the rate of four pounds to
100 gallons of water applied when
the foliage is dry will destroy the
creatures promptly.
MRS. PROUTY LOSES CASE
Gets Nothing for Death of Husband
in $300,000 Suit.
A verdict for the defendant was
returned at 11 o'clock Saturday night
in the suits of Mrs. Henrietta Prouty
widow of ex-Gov. George H. Prouty
of Newport, to recover $307,000 from
the Grand Trunk road as the result
of the late ex-governor's death on the
railroad crossing at Lennoxville, P.
Q., last August. The jury was out
nine hours.
The suit of the chauffeur, Blay, to
recover $30,000 for injuries, will be
tried as soon as a jury can be se
cured. Mrs. Prouty was not in court when
the verdict was returned. It is be
lieved an appeal will be made,
though no statement, was made to
that effect. The suit was the largest
of the kind ever brought in the state.
C. A. Prouty, director of' the divi
sion of accounting of the United
States railroad administration, re
turned to Washington Saturday night.
Counsel for the Grand Trunk, John
W. Redmond, will again clash with
Attorneys Ward Prouty and Farman.
in Blas suit. Counsel Redmond con
cluded his plea Saturday morning at .
10.30. He argued that the ex-governor
was suffering from an incurable
case of diabetes and that his certain
death would have cut off the widow's
income." The theme of his plea was
that if Mr. Prouty had continued to
lavish money upon his wife for lux
uries he would soon be bankrupt.
Attorney Charles A. Prouty, a man
past 70 years, who has not addressed
a jury for a quarter of a century, said
that the keystone of Redmond's whole
argument was that the Prouty car
was speeding recklessly. While in.
the midst of his proof that the v car
was not speeding, Redmond suddenly
broke in upon him. Prouty calmly
proceeded with his plea, ignoring the
interruption. Mr. Prouty asserted
that it was his theory that the engi
neer, only sounded his whistle after
the collision in order to conceal his
negligence in not blowing it before.
"If that automatic, bell had lived in
the days of Cotton Mather it would
have been indicted for witchcraft. It
was guilty of every vagary. At the "
time of the accident it seemed to have
had a spasm of virtue and was ring
ing. Attorney Redmond unceremoni
ously broke in again and again upon
the plea and jcould be subdued with ,
difficulty by Judge Howe.
A recess of ten minutes was de
clared before the court, summing up
a'l the evidence, made the charge to
the jury, the foreman of which was
Guy P. Metcalf of St. Johnsbury.
The rest of the jurors were D. M.
Crane of Mclndoes Falls; John Cro
sier of Montpelier, S. A. Hutchinson
of East Braintree, F. E. Holmes of
Brookfield, H. A. Cleveland of Barton,
B. S. Ford of Guildhall, W. H. Kidder
of Irasburg, H. H. Dommey of Hard
wick, Perkins Flint of Randolph and
George L. Spaulding of Windsor.
"Methodist Episcopal Church Notes
Rev. M. A. Turner will be absent
on his vacation for the two following
Sundays, but the Sunday school, Ep
worth League and mid-week prayer
meeting will be held as usual.
Congregational Church Notes.
Sunday, July 20th
10.45, Morning service.
1200, Sunday school.
6.30, Christian Endeavor meeting.
Rev. J. J. Hutchinson, formerly of
Lyndonville preached a very accepta
ble sermon Sunday morning to a
good-sized congregation. Some Lyn
donville people were present to,, near
Mr. Hutchinson.
Tt. is not. lfTinwn whn will SUPdIv the
pulpit Sunday but a supply is ex
pected to be present.
Notice.
A special meeting of the members
of the Barton Congregational church
and society is hereby called for Tues
evening, July 22, at 87 o'clock in the
vestry of the church, for the follow
ing purposes:
1. To fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of F. A. Hunt as
treasurer of the society.
2. To consider the question of re
pairs and alterations on the church
and parsonage buildings.
3. To consider the question of en
tering into arrangements with the
Congregational church at West Glov
er, whereby the pastor of the Barton
church may supply the pulpit of that
church.
4. To consider the question of
calling a pastor.
5. To consider any other business
thought proper when met.
F. A. Hunt.
Clerk of the Congregational Society.
S. A. Hunt.
Clerk of the Church.
For County Historical Center.
An important membership drive is
on in Orleans county by theCounty
Historical society. The Old Stone
house at Brownington, formerly the
Twilight boarding school, has been
purchased and is to be made the his
torical center of the county. This pro
ject is a most worthy one and should
meet with ready response from all
loyal citizens.
A committee has been appointed to
solicit contributions and memberships
as follows:
Charles E. Bennett, Derby Line
C. S. Emery, Newport
F. M. Sears, Irasburg
J. G. Gross, Orleans
Fred B. Root, Craftsbury
A. C. Chase, Greensboro
F. W. Baldwin, Barton.
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