Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-08-26
State News items.

The payroll of the Vermont Marble
Company of Rutland is $4,000, distrib-
uted among 1900 employees.
d. S. Belden of Benson has pear
tree that has an eventful history. 1t is
now past a century old and has borne
fruit for five generations.
The mills of the Cutter Marble Com
pany, near Middlebury, will resume OPP
erations in a few days, and the company's
quarry will also be operated.
Secretary Proctor has purchased the
handsome estate of Isaac Fenno of Mar
blehead Neck, Mass, presumably for
summer residence for his family.
Rev. A. Tubbs was badly hurt at the
St. Adams car shops last week Monday
aud remained unconscious until Wednes-
day morning when he expired. He was
fifty-seven years of age.
Between 1,2O0 and 1000 Orange county
veterans were in attendance last week at
the reunion at Tunbridge. Among the
speakers at the campfire were Colonel
G. w. Hooker and General Stephen Thorn
as.
Fourth-claSS poStmaSterS were appoint
ed last week as follows: Salmon Nye to
Coventry, c. A. Barrows to Glover, L.
p. Kinds to Lyndon Center, w. a. Dins-
more to Lyndonville, w. H. Ashe to So.
Peacham and George Albee to West
minister.
Cyrus Allen, one of the oldest citizens
of Bridport, started for drive to his
sons Sunday forenoon, Aug. IL. When
about half mile west of the village, the
kingbolt to his vehicle broke and he was
thrown to the ground, and striking on
his head was instantly killed.
Thomas Donahue and Thomas Dona-
van were run over by a switch engine in
the Union depot at Bellows Falls last
week Tuesday afternoon. Donahue had
one leg cut off and his skull fractured
and died within an hour. Donavan's
head was cut open. but he will live.
At the second annual reunion of the
Lamoille Valley Veterans Association
held at Morrisville last Thursday, the
following officers were chosen; George
| w. Bridgman of Hardwick, commander
NJ. j. Meade of Wolcott, adjutant; Aus
tin Williams of Cady's Falls, quartermast-
err Vice presidents were chosen from
each post.
Napoleon Gaudette, the horse thief
made his escape from the st. Adams jail
last Thursday night and crossed the
! Canada line. According to the story told
| by Brooks, his companion in confinement
Gaudette had been busy at work with
chisel ever since the night he was put IN
| Jail two weeks ago, and succeeded IL
making a good sized hole from the closet
under the jail and up into Pearl street
without detection. He babe Brooks good
bye and left the premises while the sher
iff sat in the office adjoining the prison
ers' apartment. Brooks was of course
invited to accompany him, but refused to
go.
Three men met in the lobby of the
post-office at Castleton, Friday afternoon,
whose united ages were nearly 262 years
The oldest, Rev. U. Maynard, was ninety
one years old. He was preacher of the
| gospel for more than sixty years, and
| now can write more words on postal
card plainly than any other man in the
village The second, Eben Pomeroy
eighty-nine years, is a farmer living about
three miles south of the village. He /:
hale and hearty and personally oversees
all the work on his farm. The third
William Moulin, is in his eighty-seconC
year. He has been lifelong resident
of this village, was for number of years
a merchant, was postmaster for twenty
five years, and last March was elected
town treasurer for the forty-flrst consec
utiVe time.