Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-06-25
survived by father and mother at
Farnham.
queer Case of Poisoning.

Wneelock, is critically Ill with no hope
OF recovery, from queer case of poi
soning. When about two years old
he drank quantity of I've while visit
ing with his parents in Passumpsic.
The poison was left within his reach
by relative. He was very III at the
time, but partially recovered. He
has never been able to eat any solid
food since the poisoning and has re-
Gently become very weak.
Interesting Fishing Experience.
A party OF amateur fishermen from
the wooden mills while fishing at Nc
Rae's cove recently caught what was
at first supposed to be an eel, says
Winooski correspondents. When the
fish was landed it was found to be
about four feet four inches long and
had an unusually large head. AS the
fab touched the ground it immedi-
ately showed fight and as the fisher
men tell it the sea serpant snapped
itself free from the hook and chased
them about the lot. Selling large
stones and sticks they returned and
gave battle, finally despatching the
monster after hard fight.
Erect New Schoolhouse.
At the special meeting of the graded
school district held in opera hall,
Enosburg Falls, last Monday evening,
it Was voted TO receive and act on the
report of the special investigating
committee. Article of the warning,
ITO see if Enosburg Falls graded
school district would vote to erect a
new school building and if 50 at what
cost" was warmly debated. 1t was
finally decided to refer the question
to a ballot. The total number of
votes cast was 176. The number of
voters preferring new schooIhouse
was 149, and those opposed to it, 81.
1t was also voted to appropriate $685.
600 for the new building. The meet
ing was attended by large number
of both men and women.
Postmasters' Salaries Increased
Twenty-Five Vermont postmasters
have been voted an increase of 500
a year in salary by the post office
department.. They are the postmas-
tiers at Barton Landing, Bethel, Brad
ford, Brandon, Brattleboro, Castleton,
Derby Line, Johnson, Manchester,
Worthwhile, Newport, Mortified,
Proctor, Putney, Richford, South Roy
alton, Springfield, Stowe, West Rut-
land, White River Junction, Wi dsor,
and Woodstock. The postmaster at
Lyndonville will be advanced 5000;
those at Bellows Falls, Enosburg
Falls and st. Adams will be reduced
500 each. The post office at Wells
River ia to become of the presidential
class July 1, and the POSTMASTER will
eceive a salary of 81, LOO.
Commencement at MontPgliaf Seminary.
Among the commencements of ting;
A.secondary schools of the state last
week none was more brilliant than
the exercises of Montpelier Seminary.
The prize speaking, the class day ex-
ercises and the commencement xer-
ciSes were all of high order and re-
ffected the grade of work done in this
institution, which has for years been
struggling for financial life but which
at last sees in the near future an en-
dowment equal If not, greater than
any other secondary school in the
state. There were twenty-fi five grad
yates. in all, ten of VIII m gave COM
mencement articles. In awarding
the diplomas to the graduates DR..
Bishop said: The world will ask Of
you "What are your" and "What
can you do?"
corner Stone of Morrill, Hall, q. v. Nj
The corner stone. of Morrill, Hall,
the gift of the state to the University
of Vermont and the State Agricultu-
raj College in honor of Senator Justin
s. Morrill,, who was the father of the
agricultural colleges of the country,
will be laid by Governor Bell on
Tuesday afternoon, June 26, at four
O'Clock. Addresses will be made by
the Governor, by Hon. Ernest Hitch
cock, state forestry commissioner, and
Others. The building will be located
most advantageously on the newly
purchased Allen property adj Dining
the university campus, and will for
all time have the right of the main
line of the university buildings. The
university trustees cordially invite
Vermonters in general to attend not
only this special feature of the COM
mencement festivities, but all of the
commencement exercises. Mileage
rates on the Rutland and Central Yer
mont railroads to Burlington, good
during the week, have been secured.
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