Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-03-14

in the state elected ladies as Superintend-
ents of schools.
The next meeting of the State Teachers
Association will be held at Northfield,
August 10th, 18th and 18th.
The oldest Masonic lodge established
in Vermont was chartered in 1894; the
first one granted in America was in 17l7.
Happy Barnet is out of debt and has
81, 100 in the treasury. 1t rejoices in six
churches, seven clergymen and no lawyers.
Large numbers of horses are now being
sent into the states from Canada. We'd
nesday morning nearly so were passed at
st. Adams and Tuesday forty and the
business has just begun.
Asa T. Barron, the hotel man of White
River Junction, who has been for some
| time in poor health, was stricken recently
with apoplexy, paralyzing his sides.
Fears are entertained that he may not
| recover.
st. Adams butter market, March s.
| Attendance good, receipts light, market
| quiet. We quote winter butter Is to 20
cents per h.; fall ends 20 to 90 cents per
h.; new made butter 90 to % cents per
h.; with higher price paid for extra
choice.
Mr.. Eliphalet Davis of South Royalton
says that forty-eight years ago the winter
was colder than this. There were five
days when it was impossible to get a
horse from one house to the other in the
| district where he lived. The mail was
carried to Woodstock by man who went
on foot leading his horse. For sixty
days there was no softening of the snow.
A Westinghouse belonging to Mrs.
Levi Belknap, in East Barnard, was dis
covered to be on fire at one O'Clock Sun
day morning, and the fire was so far
| advanced that all efforts to save Mrs.
Belknap, who was alone, were unavailing.
Her remains were recovered Sunday
morning. An investigation showed some
indications of foul play, and one Belknap,
son of the woman's husband by former
wife, was arrested, charged with murder
and arson. So says the Free Press.
A fire broke out last week Monday in
owned and'occupied by William Salsine,
The building is situated in the center OF
the village, and was formerly occupied
as private boarding -school for boys.
The fire caught in the attic, and in less
than an hour the house was entirely con-
sumed. The amount of insurance is not
known. While one of the engines was
on its way to the fire, going at a rapid
rate, Frank Buckley of Lebanon, New
Hampshire, an apprentice at Harlow 6
Kelseys foundry, was run over and in
stantly killed, his neck being broken.
sad and distressing fatality occurred
in the family Of Mr.. and Mrs. George X
Russell at Bellows Falls recently, result
ing in the death Of their little daughter
) Annie May, of some eight years. A day
or two previous she had suffered very
braneous Group, which had arrived at /;
stage when the physician thought hel
only chance was by a surgical operation
/ in the throat. The operation was appar
emily very successful, the tubes being
placed in proper position, when suddenl,
7 the lady in attendance for the momen
discovered she was in great distress ant
called for help. 1t was Immediately fount
that the tubes had been removed or wer,
| out of place, and blood was probabl,
7 flowing from the incision into the trache:
: down to the lungs, and though instan
4 efforts were made to replace the tubes
: the child died Immediately. just at tn
: moment when hope was becoming strong
e BURLINGTON, Vt, March s. Henry w
S Mason, managing partner of the extensiv