Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-04-06
STATE NEWS.

Horse Show in Rutland Next September.
1t is now practically settled that a
joint fair and horse show will be held
at Rutland in September. Money has
been raised and the 1907 premiums
will be paid at once.
Not Anxious to Raise Sweet Corn.
Farmers around Brattleboro seem
none too anxious to raise corn for the
canning factory the coming season.
Of the 400 acres needed, only 200 have
been pledged. SIC ton paid last year
is said to insure a good profit.
For Fawn Killing.
Daniel Sullivan Of Roxbury was fined
$500 and costs in Washington county
court last week for killing fawn.
The case against him had been contln-
ued but at his own request the case was
brought to court. He paid the fine.
Senator Proctor Carried $4,000 Life
Insurance.
The late Senator Proctor carried life
insurance amounting to $50, 900. Pro
bate Judge T. C. Robbins and Attorney
F. C. Partridge refuse to make public
anything concerning his will which was
filed for probate last week.
K. 0, K. o. State Meeting.
Eighty Knights of King Arthur met
in conclave at White River Junction
last week, large delegations being
present from Lebanon, Hartford, Nor
witch, Lyme land South Royalton cas-
ties. A banquet with post-prandlal
exercises was held Friday evening.
Sentenced to 1s Months Impris onment.
Private Patrick Rynee, Troop B,
18th Cavalry, Fort Ethan Allen, has
been tried by court martial, found
guilty of desertion, and sentenced to
dishonorable discharge, to forfeiture
of all pay, and to confinement in the
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, fol
Is months.
Submerged Fourth Time.
For the fourth time since work was
begun on the big dam across the Con
necticut river below Brattleboro, the
cofferdam is submerged. All the ma
chinery was removed. So damage vii
be confined to delay. of work. A 70
foot hole had been made in one place
and it was being, filled with concrete
for a foundation when the high waite,
flooded the premises.
Riverman Drowned.
A riverman by the name OF Johnson
was drowned Sunday morning, Mar. ~
near Woodsville, N. H. He was. work
ing at Whitcherville for the .aCham
plain railway company, sluicing logs
when in some way he lost his balance
and went into the sswater. !. The cur
rent forced him down throughput
sluiceway, and Monday the body AVA
recovered at saltwater, II miles sbe
low.
Killed by Overhead Bridge.
The body of J.TJ. Tibbettsl wa
taken from St. Adams lasUs Monda!
night to his home in North Hyde Parl
for burial. Tibbetts was a brakeman
on the Central Vermont railway an
was killed Sunday afternoon at.Wes
Hartford by being hit by an overhea
bridge. which it is thought he mis-
Judged as the tell tale gave warnin
of it's nearness. He was 81 years oil
and is survived by wife.
A Very Valuable Machine.
George M. Goddard of Rutland is
Washington to take out further pal
ents on the Goddard typewriter tran:
mitter. He will later exhibit the. m;
chine in New York with view to di
posing of it. He secured his origins
patent year ago and has since mue
improved the machine. 1t will enab
many old men, who have operator
paralysis, to hold their jobs and {
many wonderful things beside, says i
inventor.
Cuardsmen Ordered to Fix Their Star
Orders to the several companies
the 1st Vermont regiment were issue
last week from the Office of Adjutan
General WI. Gilmore by Capt. Edwa
Baker, regarding the change in t
arrangement of the stars on the fla
necessitated by the admission of Okl
homa as a state. At present eve
other row had eight stars. Under t
new arrangement the first, thir
fourth and sixth rows will have Gig
stars. the second and fifth rows, sew
stars.
Kurn Hattin May Build Two Buildin,
The trustees of the Kurn HIATT
Home at Westminster have rot decid
whether they will build one or t.
buildings to replace the one destroy
by fire. Is boys are now CHARTERED