Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-28

G. w. Gates, state highway COM
missioner, has announced the follow
ing county supervisors: Addison
]. E. Ralph, of Middlebury; Chitten-
den-Herald Stevens, of Burlington;
Lamoille-G. Barrows, of Morrisville; |
Orange. B. Wells, of Randolph;
Orleans-S. B. Bates, of Derby; |
Windaam-David T. Perry, of Brattle-
boro; Washington-R s. Currier, of |
Barre.
Fall Breaks Neck.
Leakage of gas from the conduits
of the Burlington light and power
company in Winooski, which is sup
posed to have caused the death of a
family of six persons by asphyxiation
few weeks ago, was responsible in
directly for another death Thursday.
In descending ladder in manhole
! Michael Aloorey, a workman en-
ployed by the company, was partly
overcome by a sudden rush of gas
and in attempting to escape missed
his footing on the ladder and fell to
the bottom of the manhole, breaking
| his neck.
Bethel Granite Used.
The Woodbury. Granite company
have just closed the contract for fur
nishing the cut stone for the erection
of building by the American Bank
Note %. on Wall street in New York
city. The building will be three or
four stories high and be built of
Bethel granite on the front and two
sides. Work has already been begun
on getting out the stone for this con
tract. The contract price is about
S85 900 and the stone will fill about
seventy five cars. The prospect is
that it will all be hauled by team from
the quarries, as is being done now by
the Woodbury. company.
Naval Academy Examinations.
Senator Proctor announces that he
will hold a competitive examination
February goth at nine O'clock, at the
United States courthouse in Rutland,
of applicants for appointment to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis. Candidates must be bona
fide residents of the state, between
sixteen and twenty years of age at the
time of admission to the Academy
June 18th next, physically sound, and
we'll qualified in grammar school sub
jects, including algebra, plane geom-
etry, worlds history. Those who in
tend to take the examination should
notify Senator Proctor, addressing
him as follows: "Hon Redfield Proc
tor, Proctor, Vermont. Cadet Exam
nation"
Boston Vermonters Banquet.
The Vermont association of Boston
held it's 21st annual banquet Friday
evening at the Vendome, Boston,
when nearly 300 enthusiastic sons and
daughters of the Green Mountain
state exchanged "reminiscences and
heard speech full of the Vermont
spirit by Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor oil
' this state. The dinner was preceded
by reception, those in the receiving
' line being President and Mrs. Nelson
. L. Sheldon, Gov. and Mrs. Proctor
Adjutant Gen. James A. Frye, repre-.
senting Gov. Guild of Massachusetts:
r Adjutant Gen. Gilmore of the staff Of
the governor of Vermont, Col Albert
t CLARKE, Miss Proctor, Judge and Mrs
Edgar D. Sherman, Judge William E
;, Fuller and Miss Fuller.
= The Vermont Building.
It The present plans of the commits.
J, u sion, headed by Lieut.. Gov. Prouty
n to fittingly represent Vermont at the
tercentennial exposition at James
If town, now include a building tina
will cost about $4,000 and will bt
- contracted for Immediately. This
building will be the rendezvous fo
Vermont societies and tourists. We
shall have $500 square feet for ex
hibits from this state, distributed
where it seems best, this biting out
}, side the 700 feet allowed in the His
u torical Arts building. A register will
be kept in the building, plenty Of
70 good printed matter will be or, fl,
! and it is planned that the valuabl
% historical collection of the Vernon
Historical Society will be- supple
mented by such other material in tn
way of reading matter and picture
, as may be found desirable from tim
,r to time.
IN To Push Grange Organization.
lie George w. Pierce, master of tn
I'd Vermont state grange, has appointe