Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-11-18
STATE NEWS.
Weekly Payment Law Upheld.

The Vermont supreme court, con-
vened in special session at Rutland,
on Tuesday rendered an opinion up
holding the constitutionality of the
weekly payment law passed at the
last session of the legislature, in the
test case brought against the Rut-
land railroad. Judge Rowell read the
opinion, which was a very long one.
No Dull Times in Bennington.
Inability to keep up with its orders
has compelled the Gage stocking mill
of Bennington to install twenty new
machines. Tae company is also
building forty machinesfor It's factory
at Mortified and expects to have
them in place by January 1st. It finds
t somewhat easier 20 get help than
hitherto as the call for it through
out the country is not as great as it
has been.
Fairbanks Gets Life Sentence.
The jury in Windham county court
at NeWfane in the case of State VS..
William Fairbanks, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Mary Circuit, returned
verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree Saturday morning,
having been out since 4 O'Clock Fri
day afternoon. Fairbanks received
the verdict with absolutely no show
of emotion, maintaining the same
stolid Indifference that characterized
his attitude since the trial began
hree weeks before. Judge Haselton
sentenced him to life imprisonment at
hard labor in states prison. Judge
Gibson says the verdict is in ac-
cord with the evidence. He be-
ieves that if Fairbanks had made no
admissions he would have been ac
quilted. Atty. Gen. Q. O. Fits thinks
the evidence strongly justified a YER
dict of murder in the first degree. 1t
is said that the jury voted twelve
times, the first ballot to determine
whether the respondent was guilty
was unanimous in the affirmative.
The remaining ballots were to deter
mine the degree. Several jurymen
voted for murder in the first degree
and one for manslaughter. Fair
banks shot Mrs. circuit, who Vas his
niece, as the result of jealousy be-
cause of attentions paid her by an
other man. He then shot himself,
but did not die. Emotional insanity
was the chief reliance of the defence.
Report of Analyses of Extracts.
Following closely on the results of
the analysis of medicines at the state
laboratory of hygiene, Burlington, in
which many medicines, some of which
are manufactured in this state, were
found to be wrongly labeled, comes
the report from the laboratory of the
analysis of extracts for the past few
months. These comprise extracts of
vanilla, lemon, wintergreen, and
peppermint. In most cases these
! flavoring extracts, some of which are
manufactured in this state, have been
found to be much below standard and
adulterated. For instance, vanilla
extract, which is the alcoholic ex-
tract of the vanilla bean, with or
without sugar or glycerine, has been
found to contain extract of the tonka
bean which is much cheaper, while at
the same time it gives a more pun
gent odor, and a predominating taste
over the vanilla, but lacks the deli
cate taste and aroma of the true
vanilla. About so per cent Of
these samples of vanilla were
found to be adulterated in thii
manner, although part of them were
labeled TO contain counarin or tonka
Many lemon extracts, which should
contain not less than five per cent o
lemon oil, were found to contain mucf
less than this, while the extracts o
wintergreen, which should contain
not less than three per cent of win
, tergreen oil, weio touua in many
cases to contain oil of sweet birch ans
in one sample of this extract neithe
was found, while others did not con
tain the required per cent of winter
green oil. Essence of peppermint
, which should contain three per cen
of peppermint oil, was found to con