Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-05-01
STATE NEWS.


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Tuesday, to answer for the murder OF
John Sawyer at the Hunter farm in
Dalton, n. III.
Fate of Dewey Birthplace.
The most celebrated house in Mont
pelier, the birthplace of Admiral
George Dewey on State street, has
one on foreclosure TO T. j. Deavitt,
the mortgage. When the victory
of Manila bay brought fame to Dewey
the owner asked $4,000 for the house
and probably could have secured
s5, 1000. Now it goes to satisfy debt
of s2,70O.
U.v.M. VS.. Bates College.
May 18th is the date that has been
selected for the Bates Vermont
debate to be held in Burlington. The
question for debate is Resolved
That the United States Should Enter
upon and Hold to Policy of Colonial
| Expansion" The Vermont team
consists of E. v. Perkins, '05, Bridge
water Corners, captain; R F. Perry,
'O6, Westford; and A. W. Stone, '07,
Montpelier.
Modern woodmen Meeting.
The third biennial state camp of the
Modern Woodmen of America will be
held in Brattleboro Wednesday, May
3, when about $50 delegates are ex-
pected to gather. The sessions will
be held in Grange hall and the
address of welcome will be given by
James F. Hooker. At noon there
will be parade headed by the First
Regiment band. The committee in
charge Of the convention consists of
William Boyce, E. ]. Whitcher and
@. L. Young.
N. f. Order of Protection.
The 10Th annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Vermont, New England
Order of Protection, was held in Bur-
lington Tuesday, April %, with an
attendance larger than at any gath err
ing in many years Interest was
attached to the meeting on account
of the presence of Supreme Warden
Jonathan Chaplin of New Haven,
Conn, Supreme Secretary D. M. Fry
of Boston and Supreme Guide F. g.
Hill of New Haven, Conn.,, who were
introduced during the morning ses-
sion and responded in behalf of the
supreme body.
Help for Seminary
Rev. DIR Anderson, secretary of the
Board of Education of the Methodist
Episcopal denomination, announced
at the recent session of the Vermont
Methodist conference in Enosburg
Falls that he mas in view a man who
will give very substantial sum to
Montpelier Seminary as soon as that
institution can be brought out of debt.
The trustees of that school are plan
ming to make desperate efforts to lift
the debt on the school in order to
make this promise of help available.
DIR. Anderson did not disclose the
name of the prospective donor.
Principal Bishop, so it is reported,
has secured several subscriptions
toward fund for the repainting the
dormitories of the school. The work
will probably be done this summer.
Bounties $6,SO9.O5.
The act passed by the last legisla
ture of Vermont, repeating the law
providing for the payment of boun-
ties on noxious animals, took effect
from it's passage, being approved by
the governor October 81, 1904.
Figures have been compiled by State
Auditor II. F. Graham of Craftsbury,
showing the number of animals
reported and the bounties paid
between April 80, 1904, and October
81, 1904, when the act ceased to be
effective. No returns had been re-
, ceived from forty-two towns April Is,
, 1905. These returns show that during
2 this period of not quite six months
i there had been killed 2,4O9 foxes on
s which was paid at Is cents each a
= bounty of S1,806.75; Is lynxes, on
: which was paid at So each So; IA, 761
{ hedgehogs, on which was paid at 30
g cents each 4,42S 80; So rattlesnakes,
e on which was paid at 81 each $50
g 80 bears, on which was paid at Sl2
,t each s432; and 1 panther, on which
v. was paid at sl2 each S12 The tota
# amount paid in bounties aggregated
Sc, 500 05. The animals on which
bounties were paid were divided
{. among the several counties of TIT
a state as follows: Addison, foxes
o 2O6; lynxes, 1; hedgehogs, s54; bears
i 5. Bennington, foxes, A; hedgehogs
r. $50; bears, 4. Caledonia, foxes, 351
v hedgehogs, 1884. Chittenden, foxes
> s.; lynxes, 6; hedgehogs, 2,4S1
Essex, foxes, 1O4; hedgehogs: SO
q bears, 8. Franklin, foxes, 30
If hedgehogs, AZ; bears, A.; panthers,