Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-21
VICINITY ITEMS.

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Dates for Caledonia County FasEr
At the recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Caledonia county fair
association itiwas voted to hold their
next annual fair on September II, IS
and 10!
Turk Arrested.
Gsorge EvangeliVos who claims to-
be a Turk and who has made the road
| his home of late was arrested at
LyndenvilIe recently for tramping
and sent to- Jail for 75'days.
Bryan to Speak i'm. ST.. Johrzabury.
I 1t is announced on good authority
\ that Williams J. Bryan will speak in
7. ST. Johnsbury early in April and plans
are being made to make the visit
memorable one. Mr.: Bryan is to
make but a few speeches in New
/ England and Vermont is to have two
| of them and one of these two Will be
at st. Johnsbury. Watch for the
date.
Ninety Years Old.
Mrs. Eunice True, of Newport Gen.
ter, quietly cele brated the Goth ami
versary of her birth recently. She
received over 40 lettersbeside a num-
Der of gifts. Mrs. True was for Eaany
years resident of Meredith, N. H.,
and is now a member of the South
/ church in that town. Mrs. True takes
| care of her flowers and does fancy
! work for sale.
| Poison Berries Postmanked from Eyn-
| donville.
( A small pasteboard box was recent
1y received at the Providence Oephan
4 Asylum in Burling ON containing
Z poisonous b srries supposed to be from
. the mountain ash. No letter accom-
! panied the parcel, which bore. the
postmark ''Lyndonville," and no rea-
/ son is known for sending it. Some
time ago several children weraxpoi7
soned in a mysterious manner ana.three
i little girls died. The berries have
been sent to the state laboratory of
hygiene for examination.
Arrest for Hoxse Theft
} January 4 Bert. Kalsie stole q horse
from Nathan B5als, a sleigh and har-
| ness from Joseph L. Wells, in CRANKY.
1 Soon after leaving, town the barn
L from which the horse was stolen was
= burned to the ground, with. contents.
Kelsie was followed, traced to Iras-
burg, and arrested Thursday. He
o escaped from the officer and made his
u way to Rock Island, Quebec, where
e he was arrested by Canadian officers
,r Friday evening. Waving extradirion
papers he was delivered TO Essex
N County Sheriff Beattie,. who brought
20 him to Island Pond Saturday even.
~ ing, Jan. II. He had a hearing before
er Justice Parsons, waved examination
er and was held in $500 bonds for the
~ action of che county court.
IA Lieutenant Governor Prouty in Virginia
Lieut.. Gov. Prouty of Newport
appointed by Governor Proctor t.
10 take his place on the jamestown
I'd Exposition commission Of Vermont, i
now in Virginia with the rest of tn,
>. commission to ''spy out land" sai'
=, the lieutenant governor, land &c
- our bearings. Yes, we intend t
- erect small building in which t,
~ make the dairy, maple sugar, an
=. fruit exhibits, but the historical ex
- hibit, which I think may be a n
- small part Of that sent by Vermont
80 will be housed in a safer place, wit
- exhibits Of other statesn Edgar {
Silver OF Derby is also a member {
= the commission.
ck The Panama Swindle.
ere Many of our readers will remembt
lat last summer request through tt
BOO columns of this paper to send to tn
Id Office letters anyone might have fro
md man in Europe purporting to be
IS prison and having uaugnGer TO
ID sent to America. This Office receive
on. many of these letters from all ov
ate Vermont and i5 may be of interest
ter those who sent them and others
by know that the thing Ids oeen foul
be to be a big swindle. 1t has be-
ady learned that people from nearly eve
of state in the union have received sin
ter lar letters and that many have ar
ted wered them, )me sending money |
rg- the transportation of the girl to Il