Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-22
STATE NEWS.
A Peculiar Accident.


While a funeral procession was
crossing the Boston s. Maine railroad
tracks at Bellows Falls recently in a
binding snowstorm an express train
picked up one of the teams and car
ried it some distance up the track.
The horse was killed and the driver
with his sister and child was thrown
iato a field nearby, escaping with
few bruises.
Heavy Snowfall in Southern Vermont
Telegraphic communication with
the outside world was interrupted for
some time at Brattleboro last week.
The wires were borne down by the
weight OF snow which fell from Mon
day morniug until late Wednesday
forenoon. Fully sixteen inches Of
snow fell and the storm was the
heaviest of the winter. A similar
storm came exactly one year ago.
Burglary in Wilder.
The post office at Wilder, j. NJ.
Q limby postm .ster, was entered ard
the safe b.own at o'clock Tuesday
morning Some $50 il stamps and
$50 in money was taken. This is the
second break here recently. Samuel
Adams and Static n Agent B. A. Pal
mer heard the noise and fred several
shots at three men whom they saw
runring. There is no cIew 20 the
burglars.
Experiment Station Moved
w. F. Hammond OF Mjddlebury has
gone to Burlington TO complete az
rangements relative to moving the
business of the United States expert
the farm ia Veg bridge recently given
the United States agricultural depart
ment by Col. Joseph Battell. The
station in Burlington will be closed as
soon as the buildings on the Wey
bridge farm can be put in good condi-
ton. Only Morgan horses will be
bred at the new station.
May Print Papers In Burlington.
It is possible that editions of La
Presse ard La Patrie, Montreal pa
pers, may be printed in Burlington as
a result of the new postal regulations
whereby newspapers crossing the
Canadian line are taxed four times
the former postal rates. R8pre-
sentatives from the papers have can
vassed Burlington aud nearby cities,
where they haye large suoscription
/ lists, and ind that their readers Will
| not stand for an increase in the price.
Thus the only way out of the difficulty
appears to be the construction OF d
a plant on this side of the line, in
which case Burlington is considered
the most available location.
Nine Cars Ditched.
Nine freight cars were ditched
Sunday, April IA, on the Central YER
mont railway between Rutland and
Barre, blocking the line and necessita-
ting running passenger trains over
the Montpelier and Wells River
tracks. No one was injured and the
damage to rolling stock was not large.
The soft condition of the roadbed
was probably the cause of the wreck
The track was badly torn up for a
| distance of several rods. A wreck
train from ST. Adams arrived in the
evening. All but three Of the derail
ed cars were goo back on the track
before the wreck train arrived.
These were loaded, ons with coal and
two with merchandise.
Arbor Day Proclamation.
Gov. F. D. Proctor has issued the
following Arbor day proclamation:
SIN order to foster a regard for and
interest in tree culture, the better to
create and maintain healthy and
strong public sentiment for the prop
er preservation of our forests, and
encourage the love and study of ma
ture, l designate Friday, May 3, 1907,
as ArbOr day.
Let there be an universal recogni-
ton and observance of this day. We
are learning 10 this age the great i'm
portance of trees, their undouote j
effect on our streams, soils, tempera
ture, climate and seasons. They are
of especial value to the beauty
healthfulness and material prosper
ty of Vermont. Ia school and home
and other fitting place let these vita
lessons be lnculcated. Particularly lei
our school children by appropriate
exercises be impressed with the nigh
, worth, both economically and aesthet T.
ically, of the vironment of the ma
: tural world, and let them understand
, the need and value of the planting OF
trees and shurbs. Let attention thus
be directed to the adorDment OF nigh
ways, public grounds, and private
: property. Ano let there be genera
= and earnest endeavor to reauZs