Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-06
State News Items.

| A Joint meeting of the directors OF
the State Agricultural Society and the
Billings Park Association was held
Saturday at White River Junction. 1t
was voted to hold the annual fair this
| year at White River Junction
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, September, II, 13, A. y
The fifth interstate convention of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of Vermont and New Hampshire
will be held at Laconia, N. H., Feb.
| % to 26. A long list of noted speak
ers has been engaged. All phases Iof
| the association work will be treated.
| The subject of state work will receive
| special attention.
BRATTLEBoRo, FEB. Three acres
of smouldering ruins mark tonight the
site of S. A. Smith & Co.'S. big baby
carriage factory and toy factory which
has been a hive of industry through
out the last II years. The fire broke
out at 1925 today while most of the
employees were at dinner, and In less
than three quarters of an hour the
main factory of five stories had fallen
in. A heavy northwest wind was
blowing and the flames spread with
great rapidity and soon enveloped
another factory building four stories
high, two smaller factory buildings,
saw mill, barn, lumber sheds and out
buildings.
1t is expected to hold a supplement-
airy session of the Dairy School for
one week, beginning February 9, sthe
school to be devoted solely to instruc-
ton in milk testing. The enactment
of a law at the last session of the leg
islature requiring that all operators
of the Babcock test at creamerles and
cheese factories should have certi-
fcate for competency IN handling the
test has created somewhat of de-
mand for special instruction in this
line. Any person desiring to attend
this school of special instruction in
milk testing should apply to the sup
erintendent in charge, Prof. j. l..
Hills, Burlington, Vt. There will be no
fees or tuition charges. The only ex-
pense involved will be that of board
and railroad fares, The students may
remain anywhere from one to six
days.
On the suit of B. L. Day and others
interested in the St. Johnsbury & Lake
Champlain r. R., Judge Fl. Ell. Wheel
er of the United States circuit court
granted at Brattleboro, on Friday, an
against that corporation,
restraining it's officers from selling
books, at two cents mile,
good to bearer, under a law passed by
the Legislature at it's last session. In
junction restraining the railroad COM
and states attorneys along |
the line of the railway from proceed |
ing under that law was denied. Judge |
Wheeler held, in accordance with a |
he Cd hr1t ho
Court of the United States, that in |
cases of this kind, where the consti- |
of a statute is involved, |
the United States court cannot grant |
a temporary injunction against State
officials restraining them from pro-
ceeding Hereunder.
The Eleventh Annual Report of the |
Vermont Agricultural Experiment
Station has just been issued from the |
press. It is the largest volume thus far
published by the station, is we'll illus
trated. and contains much matter of
to the farmer in connection
with the composition of crops, feed
ing stuffs, potato and apple diseases
and their remedies, fungi, weeds i'm
purities of seed, plum growing, winter
killing of shrubs, bee keeping, cattle
feeding, quality of butter, preserva-
ion of milk, cream raising etc. The
report contains nearly 300 pages, and
while some of it is made up of more
Or less abstruse scientific matter, a
arge share will be found OF value to
5he farmer. The report will be sent
20 Vermont addresses without charge;
address the Experiment Station, Bur-
ington, VT. Such residents of Yer
mont as desire to have their names
placed upon the Station mailing list,
hat they may receive all the reports
md bulletins of the station without
'urther notice, should make this re-
quest in writing. A postal card is