Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-03
State News Items.

Perley L. Kimball of Bellows Falls
has recently been granted patent
for centrifugal machine.
Nine out of nineteen COWS in the
dairy herd of 0. l.. Miner of Brattle-
boro were found infected with tuber-
culosis, last week, and were shot.
Forty divorce cases were on the
Windsor County court docket, of
which seven were granted, two re-
fused, fifteen discontinued, and six
teen continued.
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Campbell of
Saxton's River celebrated their gold
en- wedding anniversary last week.
Thirty-two children, grandchildren,
and great grandchildren were pres
ent.
b. F. D. Blood, hunter and trapper
of Houghtonville, points to the fol-
lowing record with pride, as the
seasons work: Skins of 1900 skunks,
175 foxes, 70 mink, 200 muskrats and
100 coOns.
Silas Martin, a farmer and re-
spected citizen of Calais, committed
suicide by hanging last Tuesday. He
was found dead in the barn. He was
about 60 years of age, and leaves
wife and one son. No reason is known
for the deed.
The herd of thirty-two COWS on
Governor Woodbury's farm in Ell
more were examined last week by DIR.
Rich of Burlington. All were found
free from tuberculosis. For the past
fifteen years the butter from this herd
has been used at the Van Ness House.
Do,oio,e boxyo rooont1x, hoop oror,
ed to the following Vermonte~s: Ad-
ditiona1, Aaron Preston of Walling
ford; increase, Charles w. Boardman
of Morrisville; original, Francis Ell.
HOLSTER of Bennington, reissue,
Alanson H. Allard of Evansville,
Mason B.. Curtis of Orange.
A largely attended mass meeting
was held in Burlington last Friday
evening, to devise some plan for re-
lieving the Armenians. Resolutions
were adopted urging Congress to do
all possible, and to indorse all efforts
made by the president to secure the
safety of the Americans in the Turk
ish dominiOns.
P. @. Dodge, editor of the Burling-
ton Independent, started for Mexico
last Monday, to secure the effects Of
the late Dean B. Conner, formerly of
Burlington, and to make provisions
for the care of the lot in which he is
buried Mr.. Dodge has twenty days.
leave of absence from his duties as
immigrant Inspector.
The 81 months old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Perkins of Ferris burgh,
was burned to death recently by a
lamp exploding. Mrs. Perkins had
stepped out of the room for a few
moments, and the child was left sit
ting in a chair near the table. 1t is
thought the cat jumped on the table
and tipped the lamp over. exploding
it, and setting the cbild's clothes on
fire. The mother heard the child cry
and rushed into the room, but was
too late to save his life. He was en-
veloped in flames, his left hand terri
bly, burned and his head badly dis
figured by the flames.
Erastus Hebard, the Oldest citizen
of Randolph village, died Tuesday
morning, after two days. illness.
He was born in Randolph, July 81,
1901, and had always lived there until
moving to that village, and was the
Oldest native resident in town. He
represented that town in the Legis
lature of 1857 He voted for ex-
Senator Edmunds the first time of his
election by the Legislature, and it is
said that he voted for William Henry
Harrison for president, as well as his
grandson, Benjamin Harrison. Mr..
Hebard attended the reunion of the
Legislature at Montpelier last fall,
and was the Oldest legislator present
or in the State.