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ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR
Barton, Vermont
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at the Postofiiee in Barton as Second
class Matter
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W. E. Sawyer,. Local Manager
North Troy, Vermont
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at the Postcffice in North Troy as
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-THE NEWPORT NEWS
E.F. Humphrey, Local Manager
57 Main Street, Newport, Vermont
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the Postcffice in Newport as becond
class Matter.
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A February with five Sundays is a
rare month, indeed. For the first
time since 18S0 this February has
five Sabbath days in it, and another
such month will not occur until 1948.
This is the tenth time in 300 years
this vagary of the Chritian calendar
has been manifested.
Gov. Ccclidge Lands Vermont
Gov. Calvin Coolidge of Massachu
setts Saturday evening for the first
time since he has been chief adminis
trator of that state, indulged publicly
in reminiscences of his boyhood in his
native town, Plymouth, Vt.
His excel -en cy grew thus communi
cative at the annual dinner of the
Vermont Association of Boston at
Hotel Somerset, Boston, attended by
175 cns and daughters of the Green
fountain state. Other guests were
Gov. Percival VT. Clement of Ver--mont.
Hon. Wendell P. Stafford of
Washington, D. C... Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge and Mrs. Albert W. Clapp,
president of the Daughters of Ver
mont. David T. Montague, the retiring
president presided.
,Gov. Coolidge gave an interesting
account of his simple life as a boy on
the farm in Plymouth. He said his
father gave him a farm when he was
still a boy in the hope of making a
farmer of him. He recalled his ex
periences at chopping wood and at
making maple sugar, which he said
was always used on the family table.
White sugar was saved for any itin
erant preacher that happened along.
He said that while the Vermont
school teachers of his time could not
pass the examinations required of
teachers in Massachusetts, at the
time they had merit that cannot be
matched there today.
He said that Vermont men of that
period believed in their responsibility
to the Almighty and they saw in that
responsibility the foundation of liber
ty. Gov. Clement referred to the great
interest that Gov. Coolidge's attitude
on "the police strike had aroused
throughout the country and said
many people thought there would be
a compromise whereby the men would
return to work. That would have
been the plan of a politician, but not
of Gov. Coolidge, he declared.
He said nothing has ever happened
in this country that will have such a
far reaching effect on legislation and
social and commercial life asthat at
titude of Gov. Coolidge.
In relation to free speech Gov.
Clement said that the Vermont of to
day, believes as the founders of the
state that speech can be free only
so far as it does not interfere with
the rights and happiness of others.
Hon. Thos. H. Boynton was elected
president and Charles H. Bradley, Jr.
secretary.
The Newport Chamber of Commerce
(Newport News)
The Newport. Chamber of Com
merce, like every organization of its
kind, has been the subject of consid
erable criticism in the past. This
criticism has mostly come from New
port men in whose hands the making
of the organization has been, par
tially , at least, at stake. And per
haps some of the criticism is de
served. It wettto" be strange if it
were not. But from a county stand
point the Newport Chamber of "Com
merce has accomplished much. More
than any other organization in the
county.
The annual dinner given to the
road men of the county has done
much to bring about a feeling of
mutual helpfulness among the towns,
has prgmoted the good roads move
ment and incidentally been a means
of splendid publicity for Newport.
In fathering the Orleans County
Farm Bureau the Newport Chamber
of Commerce (then the Newport
Board of Trade) started a movement
which has meant vastly more to the
county and to Newport than anyone
can appreciate.
And now the same organization has
voted $100 for boys' and girls' club
work in the county. The reed of
constructive leadership among the
boys and girl is one of the greatest
needs of the day. A program where
acmevement goals are held before the
young people is a means of stimu
lating development beyond anything
Renew your subscription promptly.
PRESS CLIPPINGS
Opportunity in Vermont
(Barre Times)
Ex-Gov. John A. Mead's million
dollar estate rather belies the state
ment of the young man who says
there is no chance in Vermont.
$70,000 for Manchester Street
(Burlington Free Press)
The enterprising citizens of Man
chester have just voted in a citizen's
meeting to build a new permanent
highway through the main street of
that village at a cost of between $65,
000 and $70,000. The village voted
to borrow $40,000 and to repay one
fifth of ' this sum annually for five
years, the remaining funds being pro
vided through individual subscrip
tion. The roadway will consist of a
six-inch concrete base, with a two
inch top of asphalt mixture. The
work will begin in the spring as soon
as conditions warrant. Well done,
Manchester!
Our Good Spellers
(Springfield Reporter)
The Orleans County Monitor prints
the pictures of two girls in its terri
tory, Misses Florence Miles of lras
burg and Adelaide Humphrey of New
port, who won the spelling match at
a teachers' convention recently over
two Caledonia county contestants
from St. Johnsbury. Both of these 13-year-old
girls, eighth grade pupils,
spelled 2000 words without missing.
Orleans county cannot possibly have
kept up with modern educational me
thods and must be as crude and prim
itive in its way" of giving instruction
as the old district school to get such
results as that in spelling. Evident
ly tney. are more up to date m St.
Johnsbury.
Those Derby School Cases
(Rutland Herald)
- Answering a letter written by Rev.
F. E. Davison, formerly of this city,
to the Newport Express and Stand
ard, A. v . Farman
lan fulminates f or j December to confer with the govern- j gfonVrv society of "the Methodist Ems
iumns against the . srt ar . ,Vask insurance b:J:eavi, j copal church," since itt was founded.
six or seven co
state commissioner of education, for-!he
msr commissioners of education and ; C1'l"c f"
the "system" of school consolidation I and studying tms measure. It was
and transportation, which he holds approved and the necessity for its
responsible for the result of a case j passage made so appai ent to the var
ranortiv tri0H Or!Ms .mntv n-horo wus senators tnat it was favorably
three French Canadians were recent
ly fined for not sending their chil
dren to school.
Mr. Farman says:
All of these men reside more than
two miles from any school, and
one of them at least three miles
from school. The road either from
Derby Center or Derby Line to their
homes is poorly kept both summer
and winter and there is much hill
to climb, in going to their homes
either from Derby Center or Derby
Line. It is about an equal distance
from where they reside to either vil
lage. One of these men has one
child of school age, one has three chil
dren, and one, four, their ages rang
ing from eight to fourteen years.
All but two, as I remember it, are
ten years old or younger. The town
has provided no transportation for
these children, but defended on the
ground that it was the duty of the
town to so locate its schools that
children would have an adequate
reasonable and convenient opportunity
for instruction, .which they claimed
the town had not provided for these
children.
v The "meat of the coconut," how
ever, appears when we learn that
the town had offered to pay $100 a
year for transporting these children,
by their own folks to school, which
the defendants failed to do, deem
ing the pay not enough. They were
probably right in that, but the fact is
that cases have repeatedly come up
where parents, being more familiar
with Vermont conditions, have "held
up" the local school directors at the
ooint of the very law which the law
yers urged in defense of the French
Canadians m Derby, and compelled
them to pay an exhorbitant figure
for transportation; -otherwise they
proposed to keep their children at
home, untaught and ignorant sav
ages.
The responsibility for these con
ditions does not lie today at the door
of the state board or any oher vague
-and indefinite agency, but right at
home in the town of Derby. If
schools are not located with reason
able convenience to schools, then clear
ly the citizen who pays taxes has a
right to have his children transported
at the public cost. There does not
seem to be much escape from that, and
the whole matter resolvess itself into
a neighborhood row, based on a nar
row policy on the part of the local
authorities.
The law providing for transporta
tion and consolidation was amended
at the recent session of the Legisla
ture, giving the towns the option of
transportation or providing conven
ient schools, so the attempt of the
disgruntled to place the responsibility
elsewhere does not appeal to fair
minded people.
so intangible as the generalities of
the day. The recent county and inter-county
spelling contest is an ex
ample of the interest that may be de
veloped among the young people in
really worth while things. The idea
could easily be extended to include
contests which shall reach the unde
veloped abilities of every child in the
county one way or another. -
And so the Newport Chamber of
Commerce leads the way again. Per
haps many Newport people have been
looking too near home, or too close
to their own pocket book, to see the
good this organization has done, with
its bread vision of the needs of the
whole community, and its construc
tive leadership in a cour.ty-wide
sense. -
With reorganization, with increas
ed membership, -with cooperation, the
Newport Chamber of Commerce is
destined, The News believes, to be
come a greater and greater force for
development in Newport and Orleans
county. rLet us lend a hand.
AUTOS KILL 20
Over 11C0 Vermont Automobile Acci
dents in Six Months
The Vermont secretary of state an
nounces that 1,120 motor vehicle acci
dents were reported to him during
last half of the year 1919, and of that
number 951 were serious enough to
warrant classification. No figures
were available concerning accidents ,
during the first half of owing 10
the fact that the matter was not sys
tematized until July 1.
The classification according to the
nature of ..the accident is as follows.
Automobile vs. tsarn, 11, automobile ,
vs Kifv-fiA 1" automobile vs. motor-
cycle 14, aut.-inobile vs. dog 20, auto-
mobile vs. ccv-horse, 35, auttomobile i
vs. pedestrian 75, automobile vs. wa-
1 - i 1 T
gon lz'J, au.oraoDiie vs. poie, euro
etc., 196, automobile vs. automobile
445
q;& '"z :;"r.'.'r" i- Do- '
ect in highway, 12;' intoxication oi ':
operator; 15: no signal, SO; insuffi
cient lights, 33; defective equipment,
38; negligence of person other than
operator, 66 jinexperience of operator,
76; pure accident 142; reckless driving
and speeding, 171; negligence of oper
ator, 338.
Suimaary as to results: Total num--I
l. :i-j on. k;.-i t . .j i
ber kihed, 20; bicycle nuer 1; ped-
Summary as to results: Total num-
sestiians, 4; occupants of automobiles,
lo; total number injured, 103; motor
cycle ridars, 5; bicycle riders, 8; occu
pants of carriages, 20; pedestrians,
64; occupants of automobiles, 96.
In all other cases substantial pro
perty damage resutled.
Of Interest to Legion Member3
A recently issued bulletin of the
Department of Vermont of the Amer
ican Legion gives an interesting ac
count, of the nitionnl iinrl state nati
vities of the organization. The story
is "told of the part, played by the Le
gion in the recent passage by Con
gress of the Sweet bill providing more
adequate compensation and many
other benefits for wounded and dis
abled soldiers and sailors and making
war risk insurance payable in a lump
sum msteaa oi m mommy arioiets
, , . - - til 1 -11
covering a long term ot years At j
tne meeting o; tne national ouicers , yearg a gha had been editor of
and all department commanders of the jun;or Missionary Friend, pub
tne Legion at Washington m mid- k-. i,Q .v,vi'c T.Weio-r, Mis.
Sv"et YlU came UP T discussion,
acted upon the next day.
The department of Vermont, in com
mon with all others, now has a war I occupants were able to save but lit
lisk officer, whose duties are prim-j tie of the belongings. Several people
arily tolook after compensation and 'escaped with only their night cloth
insurance" claims of disabled j jug. The value of the building was
soldiers and sailors, whether numbers .about $15,000 and the furniture $5000.
of the Legion or not. In addition he! The insurance was only $7000. The
is ready with advice or information ( property was outside the fire district
on the subjects of the bonuses, Liberty being no water near enough to be
bonds purchased while in service, al
lotments", and so forth. E. W. Gibson
of Brattleboro has accepted the ap
pointment as war risk officer for
the department of Vermont.
During the month of January each
local post of the Legion elected its
officers 'foir the coming year. Many
of thte costs have already chosen
their new leaders.
The recent national convention pro
vided for the creation of a National
Americanism Commission "to en
deavor to realize in the United States
the basic " ideal of the American Le
gion of 100 per cent Americanism."
Though the commission is a small one
of fifteen members. Vermont is one
of these states to be honored with
the request to name a member. Rev.
Fraser Metzger of Randolph was ap
pointed to sit on the commission as
Vermont's representative by Depart -
ment Commander President John M.
Thomas of Middlebury college.
H. T. Johnson ha3 returned from
Washington, D. C, where he has been
in the interests of the boys from Ver
mont who were in the army who are
having trouble with their allowance,
pay, allotments or refunds on Liberty
Loans. There have been some of
these and General Johnson believes
he has found a way to clear these up,
so that if the young men will send
their information to him he will put
it in tthe proper form and then .for
ward it to the right office. He finds
that most of the trouble has been
due to ex-soldiers sending their letters
to the wrong office when they wanted
to get information relative to any
thing which was troubling their.
COMMISSIONERS' NOTICE
Estate of Edward B. Robinson
THE UNDEKSIGNKD. havinj? been ap
polaud by the Honorable Probate i'ourt
?i,he District of Orleans, COMMISSION
ERS. to receive, examine, and adjust the
claims and demands of all persons apainst
we tsttteof Edward B. Robinson,
late of Barton, in s a i d . n i s t r i c t
deceased and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby Kive notice that we
r ,k mSetr'J, the Purpose aforesaid,
at the K. W. Barton Co. Store in the Til
lage of Barton, in said district, on the 2lth
day of February and 29th day of
June next, from ten o'clock a. m. until
three o'clock p. in., on each of said days
and that six months from the 6th day of
January A. D. 1920. is the time limited by
said court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allow
ance. Dated at Barton, Vt.. this Slst day of
January, A. D. 1920.
K. W. BARRON.
FRKD D. PIERCE.
5-7 Commissioners
Commissioners' Notice
Esiaie cf Archibald F.
McDougall
The undersigned. havin been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Orleans. Commiusioners, to re
ceive, examine, arid adjust the claims and
demands of all persons atrninst the estate of
Archiltald F. MeDouscall. late of liar ton, in
said lMsrict, deceased, and all claims ex
hibited in otTset thereto, hereby jrive notice
that, we will meet for the purpose aforesaid,
at tlie late residence of the said A. V
MeDouscall. In the Village of Barton
in said District, on the 21st . day of
February and 17th day of July next, from
2 o'clock p. m., until 4 o'clock p. m.. on each
of said days, and that six months from the
2::rd day of January, A. V). lit-jo, js the time
limited by said ("ourt for said creditor to
present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Hated at Barton, Vt.. this SCth day of Jan
uary A. U.lWi.
C. K. HAMBLET,
m U. W. BAKHOS,
E' ' Commissioners
Renew your Subscription promptly.
THE MONITOR. FEBRUARY
VERMONT NEWS
The three churches in Stowe are
considering forming a union of some
kind.
Bellows Falls has been divided into
91 districts to make an interchurch
movement survey during the present
month,
George O. Hale of Middlesex was
indicted for murder Friday afternoon
by the special jury that sat in Mont
pelier Thursdav afternoon rr-'l Fr?-
day on the matter, iiale is alleged
to have killed II. Lester Morse near
his home in Middlesex, for which ha i
was arrested by Sheriff r . 11. lracy
Sunday afternoon. 4
By a vote of more than two to one,
the voters of Burlington decided
apnir.t the proposal to boYid the city
- C.OvO ios ia ipuxpo cx out
ing a memorial uuuuiuj;. xnc huhu
sal was defeated in every ward md
the total vote stood 820 against 492
in favor, giving a majority of 418
against the proposition.
Dr. C. II. Burr, district health of
ficer, has put the town of Groton un-
w-,, "p of ar infincn
uer quanantuie because oi an iniiuen-
enidemic. Local doctors are sick
or unable to visit all the casss. Vol
unteer doctors and nurses will go
there from Montpelier. Dr. Burr
does not know definitely. -how many
cases there are, but says in many in
stances whole families are sick.
Walter F. Scott, state treasurer,
has received from Walter A. Graham,
judge of probate at Bellowr alls, a
check for "$32,865, which is the final
payment of the fees which Mr. Gra
ham received in the settlement of the
estate ot iietty it. oreen
There had
previously been a payment of $20,000,
makin the total of $52,982 tnat the
state received in settlement of the ac
count. Mrs. Lucy Jameson Scott, author
and editer, the widow of the lata Rev.
. ff.JWbl, iv UIVU
O. W. Scott, who died on Monday at
h residence at Brooklyn. N. Y.. from
inf iuen was born in irasburg 76
so'years ago,' and was also the author
of a number oi booKs.
Linden Lodge, a summer and win
ter report on the Brattleboro Retreat
property in Brattleboro, occupied by
persons nervously but not mentally af
fected, was burned and the oo or more
available. The fire started in the
second story of the ell, which was
150 feet long, but there is nothing to
indicate its origin.
Capt. J. Harry Estey, aped 43,
of Brattleboro, died Saturday in the
Parker house, Boston, after two days I
illness with influenza. He went to
Boston Wednesday from New York
! on
a Dusmess trip. air. istey
was the son oi tne late
Mr. Estey was the son of the late
Julius J. Estey who was the head of
the Estey Organ company until his
death in 1902, and, like his father,
he was long identified with the Ver
mont National Guard. He leaves a
wife, who was Allethaire Chase of
Brattleboro, a son, Paul, and dau
ghter, Allethaire, also a mother and
' brother, J. Gray Estey, president of
me rjsiey urgan campany.
Preparations for the annual pulp
White and West rivers, and under the
supervision of the Champlain Realty
Co., the main office of which is in
White River Junction, are fast ap
proaching completion. The drive
down the White river will this year be
of record-breaking size, as it will in
clude the accumulation of two years
as that" of 1919, was at the last mo
ment, postponed. The White river
drive this year will aggregate 16,000,-"
000 feet. The Connecticut river drive
wijl not this year be as large as us
ual and particularly so as compared
with that of last year, when nearly 18,
000,000 feet in all were set afloat to
various places on the river. Three
million feet of this year's drive will be
halted at the Wilder International
Paper Co.'s mills. The drive down
West river this year will be of ex
ceptional importance, as its estimated
size is 7,000,000 feet, all of which
will be halted at Brattleboro.
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WOOD
SUGAR
$4.00 Per Dozen
Would Advise
Supply
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The Hardware Man
BARTON,
11, 1920
PROBATE COURTS
Special sessions ot the 1 ohalc Courts N
be held at the office of F. W. BAi.DWMn
BARTON, on the second and fur" J???:,
of each month in the f''VvANS in
onicA of K. A. Cook. In OKLhA.- i"
?ha afternoon of the'thlrd Friday of : each
ironth. Parties desirinsr to transact Probate
busiieM at Barton or Orleans should notify
the Judjre in advance, that he may take the
necessary papers. .-pu'PnRT will be
The Probate office RtNKWPOKi Vv.iY
nnen every tfiiy, except Sundays and holi
days : but those'comlnK from a tllst nce. : as
frfr a possible, should make special appolnt
jnents with the Court In advance.
DAISY WHITE-
Tenchcr of Violin r.r.l I!::?ro-rion
(Graduate of Mount Ida School,
Newton," Mass.)
Studio 783 East Main St., Newport
LOST
Barton. Vermont. Fcbrunry . 1920. Tftss
Rook No. KKS. issued ' Barton Haylnnrs
Kink & Trust Co.. Burton. Vt., January 27
NOW IS THE TIME
TO -HAVE YOUR
Harnesses Repaired
and Oiled
Have Harnesses, Blankets,
Robes, Whips, Halters,
and alikinds of Strap
Work, Team
Bells.
Dr. Leisure's Veterinary Remedies
for sale by
M. W. JOHNSON
Succeor to A. B. SPE1R
GLOVER, :: VERMONT
WE ARE PAYING
60c lb.
FOR NO. 1
CALFSKINS
Ve pay top market prices for
Cow Hides, Horse Hides, Sheep
Felts and Raw Furs.
Green Cut Bonefor Poultry
3c ib.
IMS
Vermont
Orleans, :: ::
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01 Ailn !
amessesi 5
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We sell more
than any other
harnesses
dealer
in
Orleans county. The reason
why is very simple, we sell
the best harnesses for the
least money.
We have a few one-beamed
Logging Sleds which we
are closing out and the price
is right.
USE
Blatchford's Calf Meal
more economical than milk.
KOW-KURE The great cow
medicine.
GARGET REMEDY A medi
cine for garget trouble.
BAG BALM For bunches, cak
ed bags, cuts, etc.
F. S. WHITCHER
BARTON, VT.
PAILS
Getting Your
Early.
SEAVE1
VERMONT
DR. EDWIN L. MILLER
Veterinary Surgeon
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary
- College
Phone 138-11 Davis Livery Stable
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Branch Office, Newport, Vt.
Henry W. Bernard, Dept. Supt.
Cleon W, Seaver, Agent,
Harry E. Drown, Agent, Lane's Blk.
RUFUS W. SPEAR
General Insurance Agency -
Assistance in Probate Matters In
cluding Preparation of Probate
Accounts
A. C. FARMER, D. V. M.
VETERINARIAN
Office at NEWPORT. VERMONT
Buck's Feed Stable
M. L. BATCHELDER
Cottage Hospital
Lakeview Avenue
Tel. No. 44-4
BARTON. VT.
JERVAH & CORKINS
Building Construction
Remodeling and Repair Work of All
Kinds
'Phones
J. J. Corkins, 153-2
F. A. Jervah, 18
DR. HARRY F. HAMILTON
Dental Surgery
Gilman Block Newport, Vt.
Complete X-ray equipment Hospital
Unit
L. H. McIVER, D. O. S.
Specialist in Optometry
Apointmcnt8 can be mode by mail
or 'phone for the examination of the
ejres for glasses.
Optica! Supplies of all Kinds and re
pairs made. - 'Phone 332-2
Renihan Block Newport, Vt.
"HEMSTITCHING"
We hemstitch in all the popular styles
Alt Mail Orders attended to promptly
rVIisses Trudeau and Wheeler
77 Main St. Newport, Vt.
Dr. E. fi. HILLS
Veterinary
Office and Hospital, East Main Street
Tel. 43, NEWPORT
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eaning
10
.Ton
of
15 Ton of Climax Dairy
at $53.00
M
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Barton,
P.
VVVVV
II Every Business Man
We aim to serve the publip' in a cc
servative manner, and the small depositor
with the same courteous
the larger ones.
ri - n
Darion a
saviRffs Danu
BARTON, VERMONT
Capital $50,000 Surplus
(
Business Director,
M. BLAKE, M. D.
BARTON, VT
Special attention giVPn t
""""B oi glasses to afZ, r taa;
Office Hoi-. Iect'v'rP.
C. A. CRAMTON, M n
Thboat. Ofllce :inK-. S(s ax
Office. OtHce Hours'Wia W 0ver
residence, lfljj
wiAiNS, VERMONT
G. S. COURSE
Licensed Auctioneer .Timber Estb
atej
IT TT -r-v it--.-.
' - GLOVER
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
F.R. HASTINGS, ED.
Barton, Vt.
Returned from medical service Ore
seas September lt
Insurance of All
May's Insurance Agency,
Barton, Vermont
JOSIAH A. PEARSON,
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iSNTl'sT, EAETON. VT. OFFICE p
R. J. BEEMAN
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
East I lard wick,
VenEKl
E. H. HOWE
Successor to Howe & Stowe
REAL ESTATE, NEWPORT
Tel. 175 Root's Block
MRS. D. R. PUFFER
Teacher of Dancing
Modern Dancins for Adults
Chalif and Vestoff Methods of &
thetic and Interpretive Uancmi
for Juveniles .
ouse
f
we offer:
International Ready
at $67.00
Ration
Feed
WEBSTER
Vermont
WW
is cordially invited, if not alreadyufHg
open an account with us, whether largeor j
also, every farmer within our sectionjsjf!!!0
keep an account with us, and pay JusaccounjljI
check. In short, do business byproperjHg?5
methods, and keep a record ofJH!!-
willflfS
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treatment aridjare
ft
rs I- P.
Trust
coo
$100,