Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-18
STATE NEWS
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Died While Taking a Nap.


Died While Taking Nap.
John Culiinan, of Arlington, went IN
to mis- home late Sunday afternoon
Mar. 10, and complained OF not feel
ing well. He said he would lie down
for a wnil5 ana told one Of the mem
bsrs Of the family ID call MIN before
O'CLOCK in case he went TO sleep.
His instructions were followed ou0
when an attempt was made to waken
him he was found to DO dead. lie
was 80 years old, and was Wild Wer
and left no children.
Easily Believed.
The figures kept by the Burlington
observer for the United States wealth
er bureau show that the winter now
closing was the coolest in the twenty
four years that an official record has
been kept in Burlington. The mean
temperature for December was II de-
grees; for January, 10 degrees; ana
for February, IL degrees, making an
average Tor the three months OF II
degrees. the mean for each month
was from FIVE to nine degrees lower
than the normal.
Irate Mother Assaults School Teacher.
Because Miss Emma Locke, school
| teacher il Bellows Falls school build
ing, had disciplined son of Mrs. M
j. Manning, the boys mother went
I to the schoolhouse recently and IL Is
alleged savagely assaultedMiss Locke
with a razor strop. Miss Locke, who
is a woman of small stature, was no
match Tor the irate mother, and fed.
The town is much stirred over the
affair, but both of the principals have
declined to make any statement
Miss Locke has an excellent reputa-
ton as teacher.
Rich Fined $500.
DR.. F. A. Rich of Burlington, for
merly a member of the cattle commits
sion, who was indicted for neglect o
official duty in connection with TIT
sale of diseased meat at the Septem
Der term of Chittenden county court
r pleaded guilty Tuesday to two count
s in the Indictment and was fined $500
The Consolidated Rendering compan
4 also paid the fine of $4,000 impose
b Monday on their pleas of guilty, an
/. the five Indictments against Manage
D.. Brigham, being identical with thof
| against the company, were NJ
n pressed. The state does not charg
q DR.. Rich with corruption, but wit
Y gross negligence.
e Corporations Pay Big Taxes.
u OF the state taxes payable at Il
ot Office of the state treasurer March
d, all but about So, 600 was in the han
ID of State Ire asurer E. II. Deavitt
ut the day that it was due. The deli
N ouents have until April in which
id pay, bnt penalty of % per cent
I'd imposed on all who failed to pay
70. March l. The taxes of lnsuran
nd companies and savings banks fo1
ay the principal items of taxes due
nd this time. The savings banks of t
d. state show an increase in the amou
ny of taxes of about $4,000, this sum re
on resenting a gain in the deposits
the banks. The savings bank tax
'ut the six months just closed will
he about S1S5, 900. The largest savir
we bank tax is paid by the Burlingt
2" Savings Bank and Trust Co.,
my semi annual tax of this institute
the being s36, 1888 IS. This represel
SEQ an annual tax of over S72, 900 {
'ok over s1O,OOO,O 900 in deposits.
vas largest single tax at this last SCI
int annual settlement was paid by
q it National Life Insurance Co.
vas company paid to the state 1900,
dge amount of its tax for the entire Y
YES of 1907. The licepse taxes coilec
you at this time will amount to about 5
le." 600. The Vermont Mutual pays
gly 909.16; the Union Mutual, 3, $50
'me the American Fidelity company, S
.27: the StateFire Insurance comps
ew; 1922 70; the Vermont Accident e.
CHI pany, S907I, and the st, Andrew E
,ver evolent association, S15 IL.
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