Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-07-15

the lengthening of the open season."
Extradited Man Held For County Court.
Henry Perham, of Lunenburg, extra
dited from Iowa for the crime of grand
larceny, was brought before Justice
Of the Peace E. j. Parsons, of Island
Pond, to answer to the complaint. At
the time this complaint was issued the
Iowa authorities seemed disinclined to
hold Perham, and it was therefore i'm
portant to obtain a requisition from
Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor with the
smallest delay possible. Perham de-
manded an examination. The state in
troduced several witnesses who gave
strong circumstantial evidence tending |
from Mrs. Sarah Somers at Lunenburg |
last month, and Immediately fed to |
Iowa. The stories of Perham and his |
father appeared glaringly improbable,
and taken with the circumstantial evil
dence of the States witnesses, decided
the court to hold the respondent for
county court. Bail was fixed at $500,
! in default of which Perham was COM
mitted to Gulldisall jail.
Fined for Keeping Open Sunday.
| A test case in the Sunday closing
law came before a jury in municipal
court at Brattleboro last week and the
jury found Peter Alexander guilty Of
violating the law by keeping his store
open Sunday. Alexander runs candy,
ice cream, and cigar store He was
notified by States Attorney Robert c..
Bacon some time ago to keep his store
closed Sundays. He refused to abide
by the order and was arrested. His
counsel, Herbert G. Barber, argued
that the law should be constructed
with common sense, and that the sale
of articles such as Alexander dealt in
was necessary to the best enjoyment
of Sunday. Mr.. Bacon argued that
the sale of those articles could be
classed neither as works of necessity
nor charity, and therefore was prohi-
bition statute, which should be en-
forced without regard to its popularity
= The case has attracted considerable in
terest as the same Question is agitat-
ing several communities in the state.
A statutory fine of So was imposed
with costs of $17.
Has the Maple Tree New Pest?
e The men who chopped down the large
: maple in Montpelier recently found the
< trunk practically filled with a peculiar
: kind Of bug the like of which William
: Cayhue, who has been a woodman most
d Of his life, and Richard Blackall, also
f at work on the tree, have never seen
d The ravaging work of the bug, which
d takes the form of perfectly bored holes
about the size Of a pencil some OF
4 which go into the wood to depth 81
eight inches, is everywhere evident
r and evidently contributed toward kill
l., ing the tree. The bug looks like muc
f wasp. The length varies from an inch
: and half to two inches and half
r The bug has wings which hug the body
e closely. Exposed to the sunshine the
$ bug gradually works these wings ou
: until at full stretch. Some of then
e would measure three inches from ii,
d to tip. The body tapers down to {
s point like cartridge and on the end i
IS sharp pointed needle arrangement
about half an inch long. 1t is eviden
that with this instrument the ANNA
does its boring. The holes which i
bores look similar to those of the wood
4 pecker. What is the bug, and is it re
a lated to the work which stripped tn.
+ trees Of the foliage few years ago?
,r The Green Mountain Missionary Institut
;. The second session of the Greer
Il Mountain Missionary Institute will b.
It held at Fairfax, August 80. The ain
e of the Institute is to train the churcl
% of to-day for aggressive missionary en-
l. deavor. The list of study courses i
l. Indicative of breadth Of the plan an,
n follows: Foreign Missions, Prof. J.. F
IL Smith Burma; Home Missions Rev. E
e P. Treat, Richmond; Woman's United
Study Course, Miss Julia Shinn, Bos
ton; The Pastor and Missions. Rev. A
8 H. Gage, St. Johnsbury; The Sunda,
l. School and Missions, Rev. E. G
s. French. Lyndonville; Young Peopl
# and Missions. Miss. Grace M. Young
l. Fair Haven; Per sonal Work
+. Rev. S. P. Perry, Richford; Bibl
+ Study. Rev. A. S. Gilbert Passumpsic
y Devotional services. Rev. J. S. Brown
e St. Adams. The expenses for eacl
It delegate will be as follows: Registra
n ton fee, 81 90. Room and board tw
y in room, each $3.50 One in room
e $500. Also car fare to and from Fair
le fax. The Central Vermont railroa,
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