Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-11-13

| lnO N0TIUOuU DlD10 Society Will
distribute five hundred Testaments
| among the men of the Forty third
regiment.
The rebuilding of the furniture fac
| tory at RichfOrd is now sure thing.
About eleven thousand dollars of the
| new stock is already subscribed and
there is little doubt that the remaing
thousand will be raised.
The tenth annual meeting of the
Vermont Fish and Game League will
be held at the Van Ness House, Bur-
lington, Wednesday evening, Nov. Is.
! At half past seven the business meet
ing will be held, at which all members
of the league and branch clubs are
urged to be present. At half past
nine game Ginner will be served, to
be followed by post prandial exercises.
All members of branch clubs are
cordially invited to be present.
While gang of men were at work
in what is known as the Mccormack
slate quarry at East Poultney Tues
day, ledge Of rock that had become
loosened suddenly fell, and struck
three men who were working under
meath the ledge. John Goodwin and
Jeremiah Jones were instantly killed,
and another man whose name was
not reported was fatally injured.
Both Goodwin and Jones were mar
ried, and Goodwin has large amily.
The body of Martin V. Harley was
found floating near Gay & Hender-
sons dock, Burlington, on the morn
ing of Nov. 9th. The body had been
in the water only few hours as the
watch was still running. It is sup
posed that he was walking along the
dock the previous evening and fell
in. He leaves a family of seven
children. He was born in Limerick,
Ireland, about sixty years ago, and
was employed as gardner by Hon.
E. j. Phelps.
A man by the name of Wozeil
French, about forty years old, quarry
man at the Albertson quarry, was
killed Tuesday noon. He was wedg-
pairing to elevate it from the quarry,
when he stepped back a moment to
rest, releasing the bar. The block
was not secured and fell back on him,
crushing his hips, legs and trunk of
his body. He was taken to his home
in West Rutland still conscious, but
died in few minutes after reaching
there. He leaves wife and children.
The Board of Agriculture in arrang-
g for their winter meetings would
like to name the time and place of
each before the season begins. AL
though it is earlier than usual for a
complete list, we have several calls
on hand and we would ask the farm
ers, farmers clubs and oranges who
wish to have meeting held in their
town to inform the secretary at once,
stating if one or two days. meeting
venient between December 1st and
March 1st, that we may arrange as
far as possible for the convenience of
those Interested. Our only require
ment is the free use of hall. Among
the speakers who will assist us are
Col. j. FL. Brigham, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, Washington, D.
c.; John Gould of Ohio; Prof @. w. |
Burkett, Durham, N. H.; j. w. Tit
comb, United States fish commits
sioner; L. B. Harris, Lyndonville,
So. Hero, "Fruit'' r. III. Holmes, |
president Vermont Bee keepers AS |
ISOLATION, Shoreham; Geo. W. Pierce, |
president Vermont Dairyman's AS
soclation, Brattleboro; Geo. Atkin, |
president of the Vermont State Agri-
cultural Society and superintendent |
Of the Billings farm, Woodstock; w.
Wall, State highway commissioner,
Prof. L. r. Jones, botanist,
Burlington; Ernest Hitchcock, Pitts
lord, GA Breeder of Dairy and Beef
CATTLE" Geo. Ell. Terrill, @. F. Smith,
Morrisville, and d. HI. Morse, Ran
lolph, practical and Successful
Oairymen and iGrowers of Glover"
Hon. Cassius Peck, president of the
state agricultural college farm, Bur-
inqtOn: John E Gale Gnilford
Farmers Education.n The Board
are confident with the assistance of I
'he gentlemen named that the meet
ngs can be made both instructive and
interesting to all those who desire the
prosperity of Vermont agriculturally.
Kindly send in your requests. Ad-
1ress, @. j. Bell, Secretary, East
Vermont.
Admiral Dewey has told the Presi-
lent that q declaration hv NonoroSc