Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-30
VERMONT NEWS.
A GRANGE STORE IN DIFFICULTIES.

GRANGE STORE IN DIFFICULTIES.
"A current paragraph has the following
about the mixed-up affairs of a Rutland
county grange store The settlement Of the
affairs of the Empire grange store at Mt.
Holly is the sensation of the day in those
parts. This order Of the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry" was organized in 1915, and soon af-
ter opened grange store, employing l.. A.
Ives, a farmer and granger, to run it under
the supervision of a committee. After the
store had been operated about two years the
end came, the grange claimed that Ives had
5000 of their funds, while Ives held that $500
was due him from the grange In 1879, suit
was begun against Ives for settlement. Ref
erees found in favor of Ives and the case
went to the supreme court in 1881, and was
sent back for a new trial. a receiver being
appointed to wind up the affairs of the
grange. By agreement the accounts between
the grange and Ives were considered even,
and the Indebtedness of the grange was
found 10 be about $500, all of which has
been incurred in the litigation, except note
against the grange given originally for 5000.
Last September the court ordered an ASSESS
ment of 1913 each against AZ members of the
grange, which had been collected from near
ly all and now the court has Just ordered an
additional assessment against Al members of
SO. 80 each, and has ordered that writ of
sequestraton issue against Angie II. Crowley
of Mt Holly, a welof granger who refuses
to pay a cent In the course of the hearings
before the referees it was found that the
'store" was kept in Ives house, and that he
had hall over his wood shod connected with
the store, where the 'Pomonas" and Gee
res" with the male members of the grange,
used to meet and hold grange dances and At
those times the grapgers below weighed out
their own goods, charging them or not as
/ they pleased. The committee would from
time to time pretend 10 take account of stock,
/ the manager would look at the shelves and
guess there were so many goods, and the
committee would thereupon report that the
grange was making money.
of Bradley Barlow who, in huff over
the new tax law, has taken up legal resi-
dence in Montreal, it is said that, before
crossing to the Canadian side he took care
that the property which he couldn't or didn't
want to take with him should not be taxed
in his name. His landed property in st. Al
bans he made over to daughter and his l775
shares of the Vermont national bank stock
(St. Albans) have gone into the possession of
f. A. Metcalfe, his son-in-law, who is said to
have given his note for the amount, $40
000 Thus the property, if the stock is at
par, will escape taxation under the Vermont
law, being Offset by debt.
"A sequel to the famous "ONeiP or jug
cases" at Rutland appears IN the shape OF
prosecutions for selling liquor brought against
the several express agents of the town. The
prosecutions are begun by II. W, Love as
common informer before Justice Gain, against
the several express agents at Rutland, Suth-
erland Falls, Centre Rutland and West Rut-
land respectively. The prosecution claims
that a sale of liquor can be predicated on each
jug of liquor sent by O'Neil from Whitehall
to Rutland 60 o. d., ," and delivered by the
express agents to the parties upon payment
of the bill for the liquor, and that this was a
sale in Vermont for which the express agents
are personally and individually liable.
Mrs. Julia O. r. Dorr of Rutland, &C
companied by her son. Henry r., has sailed
from New York for Bermuda.
VIM. Sanborn and wife of PeachAm have
just celebrated their golden Wedding.
The comptroller of the currency has au
thorzed the Killington national bank of Rut
land VT, to begin business with capital o
100000
new bogus silver dollar, and one calcula
. ted to deceive even experienced merchants
is said to have made its appearance in sever
al Vermont towns. 1t is heavily plated an,
ressts the acid test but nothing is known o
its composition.
There is a general impression all owe
g the state that the next annual encampment o
= the Vermont militia will DO held at st. Johns
bury 1t appears, however, that no plao