Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-03-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

STATE NEWS ITEMS.
There are six cases of small pox in
Underhill.
Landgrove has girl eight years old
who weighs ll5 pounds.
The Lyndon Mill Co. have got in over
two million of spruce and about one mill
lion of cedar In East Haven.
The Democratic State Committee meets
at Waterbury April l, to decide upon the
time and place for holding the State
Convention to nominate delegates to the
National Convention.
A reduction of passenger rates which
has been inauguratcd by the Central Vt.
R. r. and which was announced to 60
into effect April l. will be delayed until
Apr. II, by causes beyond the managers
control.
The Boston English Opera Company
which has been playing through YER
mont, giving "Pinafore" and Chimes
of Corneville," has disbanded. The
heaviest losers are Mrs. Carter and H.
G. Blaisdell, the musical Director
Free Press.
Hon. Smith Wright of Williston. has
stored in his large refrigerator packing
houses one hundred and fifty tons of
poultry, portion of which is being
stored for western parties. The aggre-
gate value at present prices is about
100000,
At Windsor. Henry, 12-year-old
son of Charles Mower, was Tuesday pre-
cipitated from the cupola of William
Britton's barn, distance of IS feet,
striking on plank floor. and was car
ried home for dead. That evening he
showed some signs of life. All possible
efforts were then made to restore him to
consciousness, but without success.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Aurora. H.. says: Early Wednesday
morning. Mrs. W. Baldwin was found
dead in bed with her jugular vein sew
cred, and beside her lay her unconsciou;
husband with several gashes in his
throat. arms and abdomen. His wounds
are not serious. Baldwin came from
Vermont, and they were married three
weeks ago. The cause was unknown.
Messrs. Estey & Go. of BrattleborC
have lately received petition signed
by the leading business men of Sher
brooke. p O., asking them to establish
a branch factory there. In consequence,
of the growing demand for their goods
they seem to be driven to making some
move, either to enlarge their manufac
tory at Brattleboro or to establish
branch business on one of the main line
to transportation.
Our Green Mountain State has had it
Learned Shoemaker" to compete witt
the Learned Blacksmith" of Connect
lieut.. Mr.. Charles c. Frost of Brattle
boro, recently deceased, had for forty
nine years followed his trade of boot an,
shoe maker in one shop; yet. wholly sell
educated. had acquired mastery of thre
languages besides his own. and attained
proficiency in natural science in almos
every department which many a title
professor might have emulated.
Mrs. Lettie Jones was the camp coo
for five months for ten to twenty men a
work for A. H. Buck. During this tim
she made 594 loaves of bread, SIT pies
20 bushels doughnuts, 20 tins biscuits
: so sweet cakes. half bushel cookies, 2
buildings. 10 pans dumplings. 6 john
cakes. l6 large pans griddle cakes, be
sides cooking large proportion of pots
toes, beef. fish, pork and beans, ham an
eggs. winding all up by having big 6;
baby last week.-CitiSen.
At the factory of Sherman. Bradis
= & Co., Montgomery Center, about fort
men are now employed in the manufa
ture of tubs and boxes. Of this numbt
several are employed in drawing los
7 that furnish the lumber used, and {
the present time eight thousand logs al
in the mill yard and as many more al
, soon to be taken in. making about |
600, 900 feet of lumber to be used du
ing the year. The mill is in operatio
q day and night and about 600 tubs al
turned out daily.
. A six days record of the Bates Hou'
conclusively demonstrates that the pro-
lem of temperance hotel has at last bee
4 solved. The fact of it is. that runnin
' hotel in the temperance interest b;
been considered a sort of dead beat wa
of getting living. g Keep frs
class hotel, with every modern conve
fence, good and clean rooms. we'll warn
ed and we'll lighted and set table whit
e satisfies the palate of the travelling pu
e lie, and even if no liquor can be obtaint
and the house is temperance hotel.
: will be patronized. Mr.. Haven b;
: demonstrated this fact, and we hope
: future we shall have no more of the o
|. excuse, 81 can't keep hotel unless
9 sell rum" Let man come out bold
and say that he wants the profit of ru
selling.-Rutland Inquirer.
. Saturday, March Goth was the d;
IS that it was made known that the VIII;
t temore Brothers were to draw their gre
, load of logs. as there has been conside
able strife to see who would draw t
largest load. the score standing as fl
. lows: jackson 1928 feet; Bucks IS
: feet. The day opened beautifully al
= when the word came that the great 10;
It was coming, one Richards fastened