Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-05-24

authorities contemplate putting on
train which will make the trip from
Montreal to Chicago in % hours.
"Yes," said small boy of the Latin
class. ''yes lapsus may be the Latin for
slip, in the book, but when mother laps
us, it usually means a slipper"
TIE one hundreth anniversary of the
incorporation of the town of Mortified
will be appropriately observed June
10, at the Hanaford Grove, which is
near the railway station.
Nelson Kellogg was run over by the
New York express train at Essex juno
ton, Tuesday morning, and killed. He
was very deaf, and was driving his COW
across the track, to pasture.
Postmaster Taylor of Proctorsville
says that 46 years ago, May Is, 1884,
he and a companion rode in sleigh on
II inches depth Of snow from West
Rutland to East Rutland and back.
The Franklin county medical society
at its annual meeting in st. Albans,
Wednesday of last week, chose as of
fcers; President, J. Ii. Hamilton of
Richford; vice-president, George E.
Goodrich Of Berkshire; secretary, G. G.
Fletcher of Sheldon.
A suit involving the value of duck
occupied the justice court and all the
legal fraternity of West Rutland Satur-
day afternoon. The plaintiff got the
value of the duck and paid his counsel
So. The defendant paid the costs and
his lawyer, and all went home satisfied.
W. E. Clark, roadmaster on the Yer
mont Valley railroad, had narrow
escape recently. He was riding down
the track between Dummerston and
| Brattleboro, on his three-wheeled veloc-
| ipede car, when he met the up passenger
train, both going at full speed. His
velocipede is so constructed that it can
be instantly thrown from the track, and
thus enabled him to get out of the way
safely.
An old gentleman of seventy, named
Kellogg was killed at Essex Junction
early Tuesday morning by the express
from the south. He was driving cattle
across the track there, and after getting
them across lingened, unaware of thu
approaching train. He was so deaf tina
he did not hear the train coming. Tht
engineer saw him standing there, bu
supposed, until it was too late, that h,
would get off before the train reached
him.
A horrible story comes from johnson
to the effect that Flora Heath, a CIR
living with her mother and attending
the Normal school there, died Monday
and that post-mortem revealed
double butchery with most barbara
} mangling The girl had lived the pas
FIVE weeks with DR.. M. E. Smith,
homeopathic physician, and sent not
to her mother Saturday informing her Q
her sickness. Her mother found he
very low and took her home. Flor
then said that DIR. Smith had given he
chloroform, and when she revived sh
felt as though she had been torn t
pieces. Smith is in Hyde Park jai
awaiting examination. Feeling is reI
, resented as very bitter against him.
e The annual stockholders meeting q
| the Central Vermont Railroad was bel
at st. Adams Wednesday, and electe
the following directors J. Gregor
Smith of st. Adams, James R. Langdo
of Montpelier, B. P. Cheney of Boston
D Geo. M. Rice of Worcester, W. G. Smit
a of St. Adams, Jed. P. Clark of Milton
Jacob Edwards of Boston, J. H. Kinda
of Bath, j. W. Emery of Boston, OF
r Drury of Boston, B. B. Smalley of Blu
lington, W. H. H. Bingham of Stow
: w. III. Du Bots of Randolph. Bradle
Barlow declined reelection, and Mr.. D
Bots was elected in his place; Mr. Bint
ham succeeds ex-Gov. John w. Stewar
e The whole number of shares voted G
q was 1926, all were cast for the aboV
l Board. They left on special train
1890 for Sr. Guillaume.