Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-04-23
STATE NEWS
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long life and good health to his Ver-
mont parents and to Vermont air.
His mother died at the age of "a years
and he expresses the hope that he
may rec CHI that age.
Date of Republican Convention.
The republican state convention
will be held at Montpelier Wednesday,
June 20. Owing to the new caucus
law, all caucuses will he held on the
came day this year and the committee
selected Saturday, June 9, as that
date. The members of the state com
mittee present were T. NJ. Chapman
of Middlebury, E. D. yelling of Mort b
Bennington, Harry Blodgetts of St.
Johnsbury, J. H. Walbridge of Con-
cord, F. @. Smith of st. Adams, S. r.
Waite of Hyde Park, O. s. Emery Of
Newport, G. T. Howard of Craftsbury
F.sS. Platt of Poultney. Frank Plumley
of Mortified, 2. Fl. Allbee of Bellows
Falls, A. E. Watson of Hartford. A
variety of matters came up for con
sideration, among them being that Of
registration for caucuses. The com :
n1iGteemen from the vario us coun ties
reported that in nearly every town
the registration was large and that in
but few instances was there any
back Wardness.
Family Poisoned.
Alexander Lafiamme OF Shelburne
is dead end Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Lafamme and their young daughter
are all seriously sick IS the result of
acute poisoning. The cause Of the
death ard sickness is unknown but
the internal organs of the dead man
and samples cf the food which had
been eaten by the family have been
sent to the state laboratory Of Hygiene
in Burlington for examination. A
theory is advanced by the family that
Laf1amme may have poisoned the
food as he had been melancholy Of
late ard had said he did not want to
live. To support this theory is the
fact that a box of rat poison which
he's teen in the pantry is now missing.
Mr.. Laf1amme died Monday afternoon.
TIE members of the fam ~ had break
fast that day at about $50 and an
lcfa Fob al
each patient having chills and vomit-
ing spells. Every effort to save La
damme's life was futile. The others
have recovered.
Morrisville's Big Power Scheme.
At one of the largest attended vii
lage meetings ever held in Morrisville,
April 9, the voters authorized one of
the greatest power developments con-
templated in Vermont for the present
year. By unanimous vote the water
and light commissioners were in
structed to go ahead with the con-
strucsion of a large lake by the build
ing of large dam across the Lamoilie
river at Cady's Falls to furnish power
for municipal power station. This
dam when completed will flood about
1O6 acres and make water power that
will furnish an immense quantity of
electric power. 1t is expected that it
will mean the establishment of sew
eral industries in the village and may
also mean the extension of the Mt.
Mansfield electric railroad from Stowe
to Morrisville. A bid for the con-
struction OF a concrete dam 35 feet
thick at the base and six feet at the
crest of sufficient length with gates
and spillway and eel tube 1106,f feet
long with all the necessary construc-
ton work for the sum Of $44, 500 has
already been submitted to the COM
missioners. 1t is probable, however,
that the whole cost of installing the
power will amount to from 5000 to
S75, 600, if not more. The voters and
citizens are very enthusiastic over
the project and:expect to see great
development industrially in Morris
Vile as a result of the undertaking.