THE' MONITOR, NOVEMBER 30, 1921
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SECOND
I BAY
THE POTATO MARKET
Farm Management Demonstrator
. Discusses . Best Time to SelL
FOR NEWPORT'S SECOND BARGAIN DAY WE HAVE
OFFERED REMARKABLE VALUES AS WE WANT TO
MAKE IT ONE OF THE BANNER DAYS OF THE YEAR,
AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO SO IS TO OFFER VALUES
THAT WILL MAKE THESE BARGAIN DAYS A COM
PLETE SUCCESS.. .SEE OUR SPECIAL BARGAIN DAY
ADVERTISEMENT. -
Christmas shopping has commienced earlier than ever
before and with the best prospect for a big Christmas busi
ness. Don't wait to do your Christmas Shopping until the
last wQek.
For Christmas Gifts we would suggest WahPs Eversharp
Pencils priced 50c to $5.00 each. '
Wahl's Fountain Pens, priced $2.75 to $5.00, or if you want
. the Best Gift Possible, an .Eversharp Pencil and Foun
tain Pen in a Beautiful Qase at $10.00. ... "
Less Expensive Fountain Pens at $1.00 or $1.50,. but there
is none better than Wahl's Fountain Pens.
Baskets are also good. Christmas Gifts and we have an :
Elegant Assortment from a small Fancy Basket up to
Clothes Hampers and Large Work Baskets, and they
are all at moderate prices.
Pictures, Books, Pyraline Ivory, Pocket Books, Hand
Bags, Traveling Bags, Suit Cases, Fitted Over Night Bags,
all made of Genuine Leather and very moderate prices.
THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE HEARD
THE WAR WAS OVER
Umbrellas, Handkerchiefs, Linen Pieces, Linen Damask
and Napkins, Wool Heather Hose, ilk Hose or OLisle Hose
for Men and Women and for the Kiddies, Silk and Wash
Satin, Hand Embroidered Philappine Underwear, Toilet
Goods and many combinations of Fancy Boxes that cost
no more than the separate articles.
For the Ladies who like to give some of their own work,
we have Colored Handkerchief Linen and other Linens for
all kinds of Christmas Gifts, Good Shepherd Yarns, Jewel '
Cloth, Fancy Canvas for Cross Stitching, Jute Twine for
Bags, Surf Satin in two qualities for Table Cover Tops,
Cross Stitch Patterns, Knitting and Crochet Books with di
rections for innumerable Christmas Gifts.
Fancy Ribbons for Camisoles and Bags and many other
articles that are wanted at this time.
Christmas Sale of Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves have been very expensive and still are, but
we propose to sell some Kid Gloves this year for Christmas
and shall offer special prices to "do it and if we cannot buy
them again for less will close, out our stock.
Lot of Cape Kid Gloves, Black and Colors, have been $2.00
and $2.50, now $1.29.
Grey Cape Gloves, Silk Lined, have been $8.95 now $2.95
Suede Kid Gloves, have been $2.00 now $1.59
Suede Kid Gloves have been $3.00 now $2.29
Regular Chanut French Kid Gloves at Special Prices
Gloves that sold a year ago at $3.00 but have been this
year $2.25, offered at $2.00
Gloves that sold a year ago at $4.00; late price $3.00, oif ered '
at $2.50
Wonderful Line of Fabric Gloves, all bought late this
fall and at the very lowest prices, are" offered for Christmas
at money saving prices.
This Week We Shall Offer Greater Bargains Than Usual,
as We Want to Start December with a Good
Week-End Sale and Will Offer Bargains
That Will Do It
Seventy-five, Ladies' Misses' .and Junior Coats that have
been priced $17.50 to $32.50 will be offered at our week
End Sale at One Price ' $12,75
Women's Flannelette Nightgowns and Pajuniors. Last
year's price $2.00 and sold this year at $1.25, week
end price 95c. .
Last year's price $2.00 and sold. this, year at $1.25, Week
End Price 95c , . . .
Last year's price $2.50 and sold this' year at $1.50, Week
End Price $1.19. v '
Last year's price $3.25 and sold this year at $1.75 Week
End Price $1.39
Last year's price $3.50 and sold this year at $2.00, Week
End Price $1.45
Ocean Blue Enameled Ware, Handled Sauce Pans, Mixing
Bowls, Ladles, Usually sold at 25c or more, Week
End Price 9c each. .
Wash Basins, Preserving Kettles, Deep Pudding Pahs,
usually sold 35c, 50c, 75c, Week-End Price 19c, each
3 for 50c.
Cut Glass Berry Bowls, usually sold 75c to $1.25, Week
. End Price 49c.
These Berry Bowls will help fill out your Christmas
list and at a very little expense.
We find ourselves over stocked on Ladies' Gaiters and to re
duce the stock we are offering a Lot of 10 Button
Gaiters that have been priced $2.25 a pair, Black and
' Colors, Week-end Price $1.19 a pair.
DECEMBER 1920 IS THE BIGGEST MONTH WE
HAVE EVER HAD AND WHILE WE MAY NOT TAKE
AS MUCH MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY
SELL ALMOST TWICE AS MANY GOODS TO DO IT WE
DONT WANT OUR SALES TO FALL OFF TOO MUCH
AND IF YOU WATCH OUR WEEK-END SALE YOU ARE
SURE TO FIND BARGAINS EVERY TIME AS THATTS
THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW OF TO KEEP THE SALES
UP. DONT MISS ONE OF THE WEEK END SALES.
FRANK D. FLINT; Newport, Vt.
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"Potato prices are ordinarily high
when there is a short crop and low
wh&n we have an- over-production.
Data available on the potato" crop
since 1866 shows this to be true," says
H. P. Younp, farm management dem
onstrator at the collegte of agricul
ture, University of Vermont, who has
recently been making a study of po
tato prices. Not only ane prices high
er when the crop is short but they
rise from October to May. When
there is an ovter-production, on the
contrary, prices are lower and they
decrease from fall to spring.
Therte have been 18 years since
4866 when potato crops have been
over six per cent, short, and every
on-e of these years has shown1 a de
cided increase in prices from October
to May. '
For 19 years, the crops have been
within Steven per cent, of normal and
11 of these years have shown slight
rises in price, three .years very little
change, and five years declining pric
es from fall to spring.
Im the other 18 years since 1866
the potato crops have been very
large. Three years, however, of
these 18 years have shown no par
ticular change, three have shown a
rise from fall to spring, while 12 of
them have shown a decline in price.
A most interesting point one may
observe from studying . these figures
is that there is a tendency for a
large crop one year, and a small
crop the next and then another large
crop and so on. The reasons for
this may be illustrated by a study of
the last three years. In 1919 the
crop was small and potatoes sold
well, in fact for as high as $4 and $5
per bushel in the spring of 1920.
Many men were attracted by ' these
high prices and as a result a very
large crop was raised inl920. Every
one knows the result. Potatoes at
planting time the next, year sold for
from 25 cents to 50 cents per bushel.
No one was particularly attracted by
those prices and as a consequence
this year there is another short crop.
When it comes to selling potatoes,
growers tend to do as it would have
paid to do the year previous. When
ever a grower has sold his potatoes
early and then watched the price go
up enormously when he has none to
sell, he is apt to decide never again
to sell early. Such a year was 1917.
In 1920 most men held again lost
out.v , ;
What are .farmers doing this year?
The 'Market Reporter for October 15
gives" the carload shipments of po
tatoes up to October 1st for the last
four years. In 1918, 25,000 cars
had been shipped. In 1919, 26,000,
while last year (1920) when the crop
was very large, and it would have
paid to sell early, only 18,000 car
loads had been shipped by October
1st. Most of the ctop was held for
the 25 cent price last spring. This
year when, according to October 1st
Crop Reporter, the crop appears to
be short, it might pay to hold. Most
growers, however don't think so, for
up to October 1st, 33,000 carloads
had been shipped, compared with 18,
000 last year. The week ending Oc
tober 8th, 10,000 carloads were ship
ped, compared with 4,000 last year
and the week ending October 15,
9,000 compared with 6,000 last year.
It seems that most men do not in
tend to be caught next May with any
25 cent potatoes on hand, and of
bourse no one knows for sure, but it
might seem worth while, in view of
what has happened in other short
crop years, to wait till the Novem
ber Crop Reporter comes out with a
later and more accurate estimated
Then, if the crop still is estinjated to
be very short, one might wait to ad
vantage, for the final estimate in De
cember. " This year, potatoes have
been shipped so rapidly that the price
has taken a decided drop so that po
tatoes have been sold at about a dol
lar in Boston and New York. If the
crop is short, as computed, this is a
rather low price.
The computed normal crop for this
year is about 415 million bushels, in
dicating a 17 shortage and the
shortest crop we have had since 1916.
( Anyone especially interested in the
complete figures on the prices for 55
years, since 1866, may secure the
same by writing to the extension ser
vice, University of Vermont and
State Agricultural College, Burling
ton, Vermont.
,Kow-Kure '
Bag Balm ,
Poultry Feed
Condition Powders
Garget Remedy
Lice Powder
Stock Powder
Harness Oil
B.-K. 50c qt.
Dog and Cat Remedies
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, Lanterns 87c
See our High Speed Washers ( v
Nest Eggs 2' for 5 cents
SNOW SHOVLES Large enough for any man and
small 'enough for any boy.
We are paying good prices for Furs
1
H. T. SEAVER
The Winchester Store
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SLATS DIARY
Friday The teeoher was tawking
about priserving are forests & she
ast the kids in the class if we new of
any budy witch had sum thing to
priserve are forests & woodses & the
trees and etc. & Blisters held up 1
hand and when she ast him Who asd
What he replyed & sed he had a un
kel which shot a woodpecker las
week.
Sat. ma was reading in the noose
paper and she sed to pa what wood
you call a man who deceaved his
Wife for 20. years and pa sed I wood
call him the Eighth wonder of the
wirld. i V
Sunday Pa got a Ennouncement
that his Ant & Unkel was to Sele
brate there 50st wedding Anniver
sary today and he made the remark
that 1 of them must of had a lovely
disposition to keep together that long
of a Time. :
Monday Got my report card &
Hesitated a mite about showing it to
the Fokes at home for fear it mite
spoil there evning. it did. Also
mine to. Ma tawked for about a
Hour and then she sed to me You
dont seem to worry much about yure
poor grades. I sed it wassent no
use of her & me both Worrying about
the same thing. Ennyhow it wasn't
the Grade witch I was worrying
about. . ' , - . .
Tuesday Pa ast Joe Mills what
was the - reason of the "Scar on his
four hed & Joe sed it was caused by
a stiff neck & pa ast Why & Joe sed
he- was unable to jerk his hed when
a Saucer was comeing: his direction
last nite down' at the house.
. Wednesday Pa went hunting for
rabbets today so -ma sent me down
town this evning for sum beef stake.
I got to playing with Pug & ole Miss
Painter buts in & sed I better go
Home or I wood be late 'for' supper
I told her not to wirry as -I had it
under my arm. '
Thursday--Jake & me chased a
black and white rabbet for about 10
miles tonite and finely Ketched it but
we discovered it was a Pole cat. Af
ter we got it. I gess I wont haf to
go to skool tomrroo. Or if I do I
bet I get sent home.
By Special Request
I WILL REMAIN HERE
ABOUT .TWO WEEKS ;
Are You in Trouble?
Know What to Do? Know
the Truth? Know in Time?
CONSULT
VERMONT'S
-GREAT
MEDIUM
CLAIRVOYANT PALMIST
Tells the name, age and occupation
of every caller so can the
future be foretold
KNOWLEDGE
of the future is power for the pres
ent. ' . . '
Don't say I will go some day. SOME
DAY may not be too late, -but it
may not be soon enough to save you
from misfortune. '
LISTEN
You whoA are now in trouble, can
you not see how it .all might have
been avoided, by proper information
as to who was secretly doing you
harm, undermining your business or
causing you despair?
THE PROOF
of my power to. help you, and to
look into the present and future
conditions of your affairs, REMAINS
in the fact that the best business"
and professional men of this city are
among my patrons.
FACTS .
Regarding business affairs, legal
documents, speculation, insurance
investments, losses, matrimony, do
mestic relations, diseases, real es
tate, travel, patents, law suits, min
ing, etc., etc., my advice is worth un
told value.
REMEMBER
There is no home so sad or dreary
no business so bad that proper
advice will not help straighten out.
Where there is a will there is a way.
This Is Your Way ,
Don't wait! -Come Nowl
Hours 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
BY SPECIAL REQUEST
I WILL REMAIN HERE
ABOUT TWO WEEKS
. At Valley House
Orleans, Vermont
IMPORTANT NOTICES TO CLUB
MEMBERS
A GOOD LABOR INCOME
Farmers' Account Book, Cow' Test
Association, Good- Markets, Di
versified Farming all -Play -a
Part. "
Odd Effect of Frozen Air.
A bf-efsteak fror?n in Tqu'd .- h
comes so brittle that it is h-il .!
.Uk china if struck a itch-v
That farming is a real 'business
and when conducted as such, is found
profitable even in the dullest years
is well illustrated by a summary of
the business conducted on the farm
represented by the -herd in the above
picture. Mr. Anderson's farm ac
count book for 1920 shows his farm
paid him a labor income for that
year of $2524, which represents the
amount he received for his year's
work' after deductinor from his re
ceipts, all expenses including labor,
changes , in inventory and interest on
investment at 5 per cent. A. close
analysis of this frm record reveals
the following secrets known to many
farmers, yet practiced by few. Mr.
Anderson keeps good cows as a result
of careful breeding and close study
of cow test association records. Hav
ing kept a farm accoiait 'book for
years, he has learned the necessity of
maintaining, more than one major
source of income in order ..to rea
lize the largest possible returns from
his farm?
Although Mr. Anderson's receipts
per cow were not any larger than
those of other dairies in the county
where records were kept, yet he had
four other sources of income vary
ing from $140 to $600 each with a
total of nearly $1500 resulting from
sales of live-stock, poultry and eggs,
maple products and crops. These ex
tra incomes .aside from dairy prod
ucts receipts weTe realized with very
little extra overhead expense such as
investment in buildings, land, machin
ery, taxes and managerial services.
High Quality Products Find Ready
Markets.
An important factor in Mr. Ander
son's success lies in his ability to
produce products of first grade qual
ity which find a ready market at a
premium price. . The product of the1
dairy is made into butter and sold
to private trade, the products of the
sugar orchard are shipped to special
customers, surplus live-stock because
of superior breeding and Cow Test as
sociation reoc'rds finds ready buyers
at attractive prices; in fact, all prod
ucts from this farm are marketed
with equal . efficiency.
Believes Farm Bureau Worth While.
Mr. Anderson is a firm believer in
the activities of the Farm Bureau.
He not only attends, every meeting
of the organization held .in his com
munity, but is occasionally seen at
meetings' in , neighboring communi
ties. Although realizing- one of the
best farm incomes of the farmers in
Orleans county he is -ever ready to
receive suggestions leading to more
efficient farm management. In fact
his fine success and ability to put
practical ideas into use makes him an
example well worth the study of
many less successful Orleans county
farmers.
Insect Causes. "Jumps." .
Certain galls of the oak-tree, that
display a mysterious ability to "jump"
or. at I wist make sudden movements,
have Ions; been the .subject of un
scientific curiosity. It is explained
that their motive power is, as in the
case of the famous Mexican "jump
ing bean." : tiny worm the larva of
a gallfly, whose quick turns disturb
the pall's '-enter of gravity and cause
it to "j;jmr. '
Achievement Day and Charters.
Don't forget to work every last
minute for that Club charter. Your
club needs its charter just as much
a3 the Granges, Masons and Railroad
Brotherhoods do. Secretary Wallace
of the President1 Harding's cabinet in
Washington signs our club cftarters,
also Mr. Bradlee, Extension director,
and Mr. Ingalls, state club leader.
Complete your nrojects and the -charter
will be yours. Next year'you can
work for the National Seal by having
a judging and demonstration team,
with a few other 'requirements. . Ask
your leader about it. Get busy and
"Make the Best Better."
Also don't forget your Achieve
ment day. Real live programs to tell
our fathers and mothers and other
people of our home towns . what our
club is' doing and intends to do. Your
charter will be awarded you if you
have Qualified for it at your Achieve
ment day.
Free. . ' . ' '.
The use of a collection of sample
decorative stitches for clothing clubs.
They are good to help you make your
dresses ' attractive at a small cost.
Get them atfthe Farm Bureau office.
The Vermont Free Public Library
association with headquarters at
Montpelier are issuing special libra
ries to Boys and Girls' clubs, com
plete set of books on .each of the pro
jects you are working on. Get your
local dealer to ask for these. Appli
cation cards at the Farm Bureau of
fice. Interesting and instructive bulle
tins are always free at our office on
each and every subject you wish.
The state club work office sends out
complete sets on all subjects. Make
use of these, don't let them lie idle.
There is no cost.
Our state office also has a collec
tion of sample .patterns and style
cards. If your club wants to use
them we can get them for short per
iods at a time. Then too, Miss Luce
has a trunk of sample clothing arti
cles made b7 club members in the
state. A collection of bedroom, sug
gestions for making attractive cur
tains, bureau scarfs, bed- spreads,
boxes, rugs, etc. These are all wait
ing to be made use of.
Boys,--we have books and bulletins
galore with dandy ideas for' handi
craft work, poultry suggestions, feed
ing animal, farm home machinery,
maple sugar, garden, corn, potatoes,
pig. all the projects you can think of,
written just for boys. Be a builder
of things, make things grow do
things all by yourself so as t make
dad and mother proud of you. Every
boy in Orleans county should have a
bank account.
New Clubs.
1 r.MAf-DSs.
Putting Away
Your Car?
" "Vl11 about yur Sto?6 Battery? Don't
Y take chances on ruining it through neglect.
An idle battery needs regular attention and re
charging at intervals throughout Ihe winter months.
Simply taking it out, of the car-and keeping It in
a warm place is not sufficient to preserve the bat
tery's usefulness. v
The Battery is Eife of Your Car and is most liable to be
neglected by the average user. Have your battery properly
taken care of through the winter so as to give longest
possible" service. '
A Battery should be kept fully charged or else stored dry.
If it won't take the charge it should be taken down and the
trouble repaired.
We have exceptional facilities for taking care of your
battery. . Our Mr. Williams is employed to give you expert
battery service. Our equipment is one of the best in North
ern Vermont. v '
NOTICE
Sweeping Reduction in Goodyear Tires
Prices lowest ever
Thoughtful buyer will take advantage now (
True & Blancbard Co., Inc.
NEWPORT, VERMONT
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We are glad to .annbuuee that
Greensboro boys and girU now have
three new clubs started. Mrs. Alpha
Gebbie is local leader of one of the
girls' clubs and Mrs. Roy Young, lo
cal leader of ; the other. Rev. Mrl
Graham is local leader, for the Boys:
They are busy now selecting their
projects- and drawing up . programs
of work for the whole clubs. ; . -
Also Lowell has a boys' club, or
ganized just recently. Two boys are
feeding cows and keeping records on
them, another boy will raise potatoes;
another beans, and then the club will.
have one nroject for them all to. work.
on, in meetings as well as .at home'
with their individual projects. ' ,Mr, i
Oliver Diette is local 'leader of the
club, 'with Principal " of Higji . School
Benj. Barrett" acting- ai' Iocal deader
this winter. . ''
Albany boys and girls want a $ub'
also. Every community can have a
good live club of , local leaders and 5v-
eral men and women backers for;the)
community .can be found. Next year:
the Boys' and Girls' , exposition will!
be bigger than ever. The premium -list
will1 be out. early in the spring,
the dates for county, state and ,
Springfield, Mass., fairs. , Watch 'tfor
them. ' .
Special Sale of Hallmark Silver
Dixie Patterns
12 Tea Spoons -
6 Dessert Spoons
6 Knives and 6 Forks, medium,
Hollow Handle Knives
6 Butter Spreaders
Pie Knife, hollow handle
Cold Meat Fork
3 Piece Carving Set
Many other pieces, at comparative prices. Do your
Christmas Shopping early. See our Special Bargains, .Sales
Day, Monday, December 5th.
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Reg. Price last Sale
price . year price
47.00 $8.00 $4.70
6.00 6.50. 4.00
18.00 20.00 ' 12.50
5.75 6.25 3.90
3.75 4.00 2.50
2.00 2.25 1.40
17.25 20.00 .11.50
GIFTS THAT LAST
Fi E. WOODRUFF .
Jeweler and Optometrist
THHALIiARK STORE , NEWPORT. VERMONT
Rainbow Sewing Club. .
Here's "another interested club gi
ronv n t.pTl Vinw much she has enioV'
6d club work during the year, learn- 2f
ing how to sew and how to make; K
a i j ..i ai. : 1 M
many pretty ana usea.ui uixugs. j
I must admit it was rather hard toj
be patient to' take small stitches to l
begin with, but our leader was very;
thorough with us and insisted we;
should do it well. Thanks to her, for ;
we well know that "What is worth do- j
ing at all is worth doing WELL."
We began with small articles like .
towels, handkerchiefs and needle;
cases, then we made larger and hard-i
er articles, but' were allowed to use ;
sewing machines to help out in mak-
ing them.,, v j
Much to the pleasure of our moth-,
ers we soon had completed our dress'
aprons made from pretty percale. ;
We were very proud indeed when
we first began wearing them to school
and could say "we made them in our
Sewing club.
We have also had many good times
playing games and doing justice to
dainty "eats" after our meetings:
One especially . happy event was
our picnics last summer, one in Glov
er and one at Willoughby lake.
, Then this fall we were asked to
exhibit some of our .sewing at the
County fair to compete for prizes
and many 6f us 'were happy to know
we had succeeded in winning many
useful articles.
I was very much pleased and grate
ful for my six spools of thread and
lovely silver thimble, I received as
prizes.
I am determined with the use of
these things to follow out two of our
mottoes for Boys', and Girls Club
work, that I'll try, "To Beat My Own j
Record next Year," "Make the 5est
Better," and try to help make our
Rainbow Sewing club the best in the
county . - j j
Anna-L. Merriam. !
Glover, Vt. M
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Quick Action Saved Boy's Life.
The miraculous escape of a boy In
Collingswbod. N. .7.. was due to the
.presence of mind of a young woman.
The boy attempted to crawl under a
standing train and had got part way
under, when the train started. The
young woman dragged him out so rai
Idlv thot he was not hurt.
WHEREVER YOU TRAVEL
YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH HOME
No matter where your travels take you, the
State Department watches over you and is
ready to protect your interests. ; The part
which the State Department plays in our international
relations is entertainingly brought out in one of the
highly interesting and instructive series of illustrated
folders and booklets dealing with the various depart
ments of Our Government, which are being distributed
exclusively by this Institution to all who desire them.
If your name is not on our list, send it in at once and
we will gladly, forward to you all the issues to date.
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BARTON SAVINGS BaNK & TRUST CO.
Barton, Vermcr.t
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WASHINGS
Sixty Years In One Pulpit.
For sixty years vicar of Watford.
Herts, England, the Rev. Reginald
-James' died In his ninety-fourth year.
He had officiated at ' over 5800 bap
tisms' and over 1,700 marriages.
Wet Washing 4 cU- lb.
Quilt 30 cU., 2 ot more 25c each
Rough Dry Washings S cts. per lb
Mangle work by the hour
Remarkable Willow Wand.
A willow wand nine feft four infh'
Jpng iwas cut by si Poland ' (Ont.i
farmer.
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Agents for first-clot laundry to handle starched work. Also cleaning
Starched work ma bs left at Heath' Mi son's and Flood's Barber Shop..
Barton Electric Laundry
KIM PAGE, Proprietor
BARTON,
Tel. 13-
VERMONT