Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-29


Wednesday, October 81, 1906, at
1870 O'Clock p. m. in the G. A. R. hall.
Loss VIII Be $4,000.
John jones' slate mill, near Cas-
Teton, one of the largesJ in western
Vermont, burned "Wednesday night,
loss about $4,000. Thirty five men are
thrown out of employment. jones' is
one of the largest slate businesses in
Vermont.
Annual Banquet Fish and Game League.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
I'll. G. Thomas announces that the
annual banquet of the Vermont Fish
and Game League will be held at the
Pavilion in Montpelier Wednesday
evening, October 81, preceding the
annual meeting which is to be opened
at 10 O'Clock Thursday morning, No
vember 1.
Is There A Good Location in Orleans
County?
Sites are being looked over for the
location of the new fish hatchery for
which Congress recently appropriated
$4,000. al places suggested will be
looked over and considered. The
government want place where they
can raise one million trout yearly and
work on the hatchery will be begun
next spring.
~. VIII Not Prosecute.
The state will not prosecute the
cases against Almon White and Eva
White, both of Richford, who were
indicted for manslaughter in connec-
tiop with the So calico "wood alcohol
cases." The respondents, with their
father, Wallace W. White, were
arrested shortly after the death of
Marshall S. Bliss a d Nelson P. Roy
ston, both of Richford, on November
"a, 1905, and of Mrs. Mary Legrondeur
of St. Armand, Que, on the following
day. 1t was alleged that their deaths
were caused by drinking wood alcohol
sold them in the elder Whites drug
store. Tuesday the mansEnghter
cases came up in the supreme court
at Montpelier. Atty.-Gen. Clark O..
Fits said it was impossible to SECURE
convictions on the charges.
Joseph BatteIl Presents Government
with Breeding Farm.
Joseph Battell of Middlebury, who
has done more to perpetuate the
breed of Morgan horses than any
other man in Vermont, has offered to
the government his 800 acre farm in
Weybridge as a breeding station in
connection with the work to be done
In this line in Vermont by the govern
ment. The offer has been made to
Senator Proctor, who, with Gov.
Ormsbee and Professor Hills of Bur-
lngton, has looked it over. The
offer is conditional on certain annual
payments, which are satisfactory to
both sides, and it is expected that a
deed will be drawn up ia few days.
The farm is to be decided to the Uni
versity of Vermont and State Agricul-
tural College. The proposition is said
to be $1,000 year for ten years and
$500 year Their eater to Mr.. Battell
during his lifetime. The farm has
buildings alone worth $40 900.
Wreck at North Duxbury.
Running southbound at a speed of
forty miles an hour, the New. England
States Limited express on the Central
Vermont railroad went into an open
switch at North Duxbury Saturday
noon, Oct. 20, and at a diminished
speed crashed into two freight cars on
a siding. There was no injury except
to the arms and hands of Engineer
! Oscar R. Parker, who jumped after
setting the brakes. The promptness
and presence of mind of the engineer
averted a most serious wreck. The
engine, the baggage and the express
car just behind left the iron and the
| locomotive went into the ditch.
Before leaving his post, the engineer
had succeeded in bringing his train to
a slow speed. The accident was due
TO the mistake of section man, Mar
tin Morrison, who set the switch for
the siding and failed to replace it.
The section man owned up to the
mistake.
Christian Endeayor Work.
The state officers of the Vermont
| Christian Endeavor convention are.
President, Rev. Frank r. Morris of
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