Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-10-07

Five Burlington men are gathering
funds to purchase dinner for local
man who claims he can eat four pounds
of steak and eight large sweet pota-
toes at sitting. Among other things
he is said to have eaten three quarts
of oysters in stew and claims, mod
estly, that he had eaten six boarding
house dinners within an hour and that
he will demolish the largest fowl that
can be procured.
Two Sentenced for Life.
A great surprise was sprung in Rut-
land county court last week when
Vincenzo Gioia, whose trial was on
charge of murder in the first degree,
pleaded guilty Of murder in the second
degree in the case against Vito Tur-
cianna, Gioia's companion in the kill
ing Of Accarito Sanford as termina-
ton Of an alleged practical joke last
July. An3eo Fusco. who killed An
tonic Fusco in fight at West Rutland
last May, also pleaded guilty to murder
in the second degree. Both were SEN
fenced by Judge Seneca Haselton of
Burlington to imprisonment for life in
the state prison at Windsor. . az
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[,r y WMtesGranitetS Scores Agai1,srs 81
: The sEsB En7s Granite company Of
,Nor6hflela' Has 'bseh awarded 1.-THE eon--
tract TO furnish its0 beautiful Bethel
white granite f5rs the entire oeMterior
of the new ssatef9librarye building in
HARTFORD Cefl1a. Dom Barber Of New,
iYorkcityf is the architects The swork
comprises about $4,000 cubic feet gof
, granite and the total granite CONTRACT
lis about $3.50. 900. The 5aaarrying taha
cutting of the granite will be. cem1
,menced Immediately andsitwill require
a large crew several months to COM
sslete the job. ,It'is intended to make
this one of the lhandsomest public
buildings in New England and the first
step in the right direction TO accom-
.plish' this has been taken in selecting
| the -Bathel% stone /" Z117es1@ Ars Z
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Vermont Summer Hotel Closes, Big
= 1r'tasr Season.. 3c-e- .,c.e.~~ {
+ The Equinox house at Manchester
closed the most successful season IN it's
Sc years history as a summer resort
hotel last week. Ever since the hotel
i opened June 20, when the Automobile
club of America stopped over night
while establishing the "idea tour, ''the
house has been-enjoying good-patre.
mage. During nearly adj of August
the hotel was filled to its capacity OF
! betwee 200 and 300; while gSeptembe,
!. has been, eap unusually good month
1iBy far,the largest part Of the arrival
this season haze I, been automobiles
A total ofs116l parties arrived by mo
tor, while last season there were oinl!
SOP parties who came in automobiles
The 1000 mark was reached September
Is and since that time. in spite of un
} favorable touring condition on accoun
of dust and smoke, an average of owe
10 parties have arrived daily.
: State House Appointments.
: Sergeant-at-Arms C. H. Ferrin ha
= announced his appointments, havin
. had about sixty applications for eac
n place. The appointments are as 70
l. lows :-Doorkeepers, N. E. Cliffor
~ of Burlingto Leroy A. Hall Of S
# Adams, Jonathan H. Ranney of Pitts
l. field, Abraham B. S. Cullin of Derb
ID Line; messengers, Otto Bennett, {
:. Manchester, Harold Hayden Of Jer
j. cho, Leonard Fuller Of Bloomfield, Ere
IN Goodwin of Randolph, J. Milo Jeffor
n of West Burke, Ira ]. Watkins of Ru
tte land, Charles E. Morse of Springfield
e. Ormand Jolly of Rutland. Ranso
r. Myrick of Middlebury, Harlow
TO Leavens of Cambridge; assistants
IA sergeant-at-arms Office. A. Merrim
Brown Of Richford, George H. Sol
,ar of Alburg, Winfred Ferrin of MONTY
ng lier; engineer, Frank H. Wedge
Montpelier; fireman, Alvin Cumm
of Montpelier; postmaster. Willi
81 N. Foot; sweepers, Berk Peck, Geor
20 20 Kibbee, Frank Kelton and C. E. |
me merritt of Montpelier.
I've.
ore Harvey Made Clerk.
-ar5
cy's Governor-elect George H. Prouty
en-
d it announced That he has appointed j
md. N. Harvey of Montpelier as execut
clerk for the ensuing two years. |
Harvey was clerk of the commit