Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-12-17
State News Items.

| Johnnie Harris while skating on the
Benton pond in Bennington broke
through the ice and was drowned.
His age was twelve years.
A bridge train consisting of an en-
CINE, two fat cars and caboOse, broke
through the bridge on the Grand
Trunk railroad just below West Paris,
Me-, Monday and the engine and one
car went into the river. Daniel d.
Mathewson, fireman from North
Stafford, VT, was killed, and Engineer
O'Neill of Portland, was badly scalded.
The Howard Opera House at Bur
lington has been engaged by the local
committee for the use of the TWenti
eth Century Convention, of young
peoples societies of Vermont, De-
cember 81, and January 1 and 2, and
it is expected that the interest arous
ed among the Christian Endeavorers,
EpWorth Leaguers and the Baptist
Union membership in connection with
this great convention will result in
large audiences at every session. The
program is bound to be full of bright
helpful things for the young Christian
workers Of the state, and the fact that
every speaker is a Vermont clergy
man or layman fully cognizant Of the
opportunities presented by our Yer
mont fields Of labor. adds special in
terest to this three days meeting.
Delegates should plan to be on hand
for the opening session and miss none
Of the richness of this unique Chris
tiaE assembly.
The tenth annual session Of the
Vermont Dairy School will open at
Burlington on January 2nd. 1t will
last for one month. The school will
be conducted on the same lines as
hitherto, teaching the science and art
of butter making in all its branches
by lecture, text book, laboratory, and
by actual work with Sc parators, churn
and butter workers. The three days
annual meeting Of the Vermont Dairy
mems Association will be held at Bur
ington during the school session, and
all students will attend. The cost of
the months schooling in modern
dairying, including board, need not
exceed twenty dollars. Over four
hundred Vermont boys have attended
during the past nine years, and all
speak we'll of the value of the course.
Young men or young women who de
sire to learn modern methods Of
dairying are invited to correspond
with the officers OF the school. For
particulars address Dairy School, Bur
lington, Vt.
The village Of Mortified has been
sued for $12, 900. The writ was served
on Village Clerk J. H. Talbot Saturday
morning by Sheriff John H. futile of
Montpelier and alleges that by reason
of the defendant villages negligence,
careiessness and unskilfuIness, Arson
H. Steb5ins was killed on the 18th day
of February, 1900, by means of cur
rent of electricity. The case is taken
up by Edward L. Glynn of Berlin, ad
ministrator. for the benefit Of the
mother Of Arson II. Stebbins, Mrs.
Carrie Il. Stebbins. On the night of
the 18th day of February, Arson H.
Stebbins, a young man about II years
Of age, having driven into his barn
was prompted to examine the foot of
his horse. That he might better see
the foot he grasped an electric lamp
which was suspended by a cord; with
the other hand he touched the wet
foot of the horse and Immediately
dropped, having died instantly, it is
supposed. DR.. j. H. Winch was call
ed and gave electricity as the cause
Of death on his certificate.