Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-11-04
STATE NEWS.

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$500 per barrel.
The. Eighth Vermont regiment are
about to place portrait of Gen. Steph-
en- Thomas in the State House.
An unoccupied house belonging to Ma
hum Brigham. of Bakersfield was burn
ed week ago Sunday night. -
Superintendent Merrill of the Ver-
mont Central has been connected with
railroads thirty two years Twenty of
which he has been Superintendent
:. The Vermont Central railroad has
made the wages of its brakemen two dol
lars day, and has also increased the
pay of its freight and passenger con-
ductors.
Fifteen thousand dollars is the sum
subscribed by J. Estey & Co., to the
endowment fund of the Vermont Baptist
Academy, to be located at SaxtOn's Riv-
Two japanese youths are learning
English at Essex, Chittenden County,
under the charge of Mr.. Clark of the
Essex Institute. They are sent and sup
ported by the japanese government.
The young man in this place who
kicked cat off the sidewalk a few
nights ago has buried his clothes and
now gives that kind Of cat the whole Of
the road = Caledonian '..#~ t'
Typhoid fever is extensively raging in
Chester and the physicians are busy day
and night. Its ravages thus far have
been confined to = those persons in the
prime of life, and many are dangerously
r i'll. iaH4aa ~
9 A man who couldn't pay for his last
years subscription bought five tickets
for the circus last week, and still COM
plains of being poor.-Benaington Free
Press.
A lad in Rutland recently chalked a
Roman candle perfectly white, and stuck
it in his mothers candlestick. Although
somewhat astonished, the old lady re-
tanned enough presence of mind to fan
the young gentleman with a shingle.
| The Middlebury Register says: We
counted five thinly disguised lotteries
and swindling concerns in full blast on
the Fair grounds, humbugging the peo-
pie and exacting their money by a pro-
I cess little less disgraceful than stealing.
4 Another shooting accident occurred at
Chelsea the 21st inst. Two little boys
about ten years of age, were out sport
ing with pistol One of them came
home with a charge of shot in his face,
about the mouth and chin. The boy
that was shot was the son Of John B.
Bacon, merchant and postmaster.
Elisha Cotton, veteran trapper of
Shelburne. caught another bear on Sat
urday last, making three this season.
Bruin was very fat, yielding four gallons
of oil. He had Jared sumptuously every
day on sheep from the surrounding pas
lures, but ''Lish' got after him, and he
paid the penalty with his life.
An attempt was made by burglars,
few nights since, to enter the house of
! Rev. Mr.. Lord of Mlddlebury. The
thieves made the attempt at basement
window and had succeeded in removing
the lower sash, when their noise awoke
the servant girl, who called Mr.. Lord,
thereby frightening the robbers away.
Two young men named Joseph Smith
and Alpheus Hood, were out hunting on
Chelsea West Hill, recently. and Hood
shot at partridge, not noticing Smith
who stood in direct range of the gun
The ball passed through the bird and
entered the right hip of Smith, causing
a severe wound. Hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
A ''young girl from the country re-
: Gently visited Babcock's store, in Ben
nington, says the Bennington Free Press,
and called for pair of twos. A pair
of twos was shown her. She tried them
on, but, to her great astonishment could
not put her foot half in. She asked of
) the proprietor if he hadn't got larger
pair of twos. He replied that he had,
and handed her pair of fyes !; but she
. could not get those on. She then asked
if he hadn't larger pair of twos. He
i. replied that he had one pair still larger,
, and handed her pair of sevens. She
E put them on, found them just fit, paid
for them, and left the store with, as she
, supposed, pair Of ''twos.'
The report of the secretary of the
State Board of Education shows the en-
: tire school population to be $1,000, and
q the number of organized school districts
: 2645. The permanent investment in
f school houses is estimated at 81 ,265, 1897,
and the total cost of schools for the past
year, including books and six per cent.
interest upon the amount invested in
e school buildings, at $630,000. The re-
port advocates State property tax of
f 20 per cent and a tax Of 50 per poll for
the support of schools, each town to re-
8 ceive distributive share on condition
o that it raises one-half as much by tax on
j the town, five per cent. of the whole
it State tax to be set apart for books OF
! reference and apparatus; one-half the
balance to be distributed on school pop
N ulation, and one-half ON the total atten-
l. dance, the balance of school expenses tc
d be betrayed by a local tax.
More Light or more mysteryl Mon
er day. October 2l, just two weeks from The
s finding of the remains of the burned
buggy in the narrows near Windsor vii
: lage, some hunters found concealed in /;
20 ravine under trees and bushes, half ;
ID mile back on the hill from where th'
of buggy, was found. the carcass of a horse
lv with the throat cut. having laid Their
: apparently two weeks, and showing i
:. !, came from the burned buggy. No on
IN has yet claimed or recognized the bugg.
[ or horse. The horse is bay with blacl
points, a small white star in the foreheac
" and little white on the left hind foot
ey about ten years old, weight 1850 pounds
r. Is IL hands, shod all round, perfectl