Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-01

George banlSbor Is IN CUSTODY Un6re.
A. A. Macomber of Troy, surety on
the bail bond of Banister, who was
held on an Indictment charging him
with stealing cattle, and who de-
faulted his bail about three weeks
ago, started Thursday noon for Gin
cinnati, to identify the suspected
person and bring him back to Yer
mont if he proves to be the man
wanted.
Appointment for Newport Boy.
w. A. Dane, of Newport, has been
appointed private secretary to As
sistant Secretary of the Navy Tru-
man 81. Newberry. He will enter
upon the new duties of his appoint
ment to- day. Mr.. Dane has been as
sistant door keeper in the House of
Representatives at Washington and
pursuing legal studies in Washington
University. He is graduate of the
University of Vermont, Burlington,
in the class of 1908. While in the
University, Mr.. Dane was prominent
in athletics. Following his gradua-
ton he served as instructor in Burr
and Burton Seminary, Manchester,
and during his term as member of
the faculty of that institution he was
also athletic coach, developing the
football team which in 1905 won the
state championship from Goddard
Seminary, Barre.
Orleans County Listers Establish Rate.
At a meeting of the listers Of the
county held at the court house in
| Newport, last Wednesday,, @. E.
Hamblet, Barton, was chosen chair
man, and g. F. Davis of Newport,
secretary. The following schedule
was adopted to assist in making
uniform appraisal. Average farm
horses 500, heavy draft horses $3.50
S4OO per pair, year olds $80,s2 year
olds $50, yearlings $40, working oxen
SIS per hundred pounds, average
dairy COWS $50, 8 year old steers and
2 year old heifers, beef cents a
pound, year ODDS $14, yearlings s.,
Sheep Sc, hogs cents a pound, bees
50 per swarm, hay $40, wool 25 cents.
Bank stock in county par except
Derby Line bank which is $120. Out
sid Q banks at rate appraised in town
where located.
! Take Notice
For the benefit of the large number
of people who are sending mailing
cards through the post office every
day it may be Of interest TO know
that the cards ornamented with par
ticles of glass, mica or any other
similar substances which are liable to
iniure those handling the mails are
held up by the post Office and sent to
Washington every week to be des-
troyed. Acc riding to the regulations
of the post Office department the post
masters must hold these cards up and
each week scores so ornamented are
sent to Washington from all post
offices. These little particles of glass
which often make the cards shire
have been known to do lot of dam
age and in one particular case mail
clerk suffered blood poison on ac
count of particle getting into cut.
The only way they can be sent with
safety is in an envelope.
Barton's Zero Weather for the Winter.
For the benefit of the MONITOR sub
scribers who live in a warmer climate
we give the Barton zero weather for
the winter.
NOVEMBER Is, zero.
DECEMBER 4, 10 below; 5, zero; 7, 4
below; 8, 10 below; 9, 10 below; 10, 4
below; u, 10 below; IS, zero; 10, Is
below; "a, below
JANUARY 10, Is below; 16, IL below;
II. "a below; %, IL below; %, s below;
"a, 81 below; 25, IA below; 26, below;
81, % below; %, s below; 20, zero; 81,
% below.
FEBRUARY A. 10 below; 5, below;
6, below;7, 9 below; 9, IA below; r.,
Ia below; 10, 20 below; IS, below; %,
10 below; %, Is below; "a, 20 below;
; 16, IA below; 81, s below; %, 16 below.
MARCH 1, 20 below; 6, 4 below; Z,
10 below; S,.zero; 1G zero; IL, 10 be-
! low; u, below.
There were many days that it was
l from 2 to above which with high
u winds made it as cold as some of the
= zero weather. This gives IS days Of
zero weather.
3 Building Lighthouse on Ice.
Building lighthouse on ice is az
UNUSUAL a performance as can weql
imagined, but the southern end o
= Lake Memphremagog is at p"esen
the scene of such weird construction
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