Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-08-04

drawn up for the basement and first
floor of a new block to be erected at
once by ]. E. Bertrand on slightly
lot on Railroad street. Mr.. Bertrand
will build a substantial brick block
giving the Vermont militia spacious
club rooms in the basement with a
hall 60 by 80 feet on the ground floor.
The boys will use the hall for practice
for their basket ball games and will
also lease it to desirable parties for
single nights. Company D is much
pleased over their prospects for
new armory and its erection will add
to the building enterprise of ST.
Johnsbury.
Died from Bathing While Overheated.
Ralph Newcity of Morrisville aged
II years who was employed in the
F. w. Mould stone sheds died from
shock Tuesday evening by bathing
in the Lamoille river while over
heated. After swimming about few
moments Newcity climbed on raft
which was moored short distance
from the shore and seemed to be suffer-
ing. Suddenly he said, 81 can't see
anything" and fell from the raft
into the water. Harold Cram, his
companion. who was near, caught
Newcity by the head and held it
above water as long as his endurance
| held out and then the body slipped
| floating for a few seconds. Cram
swan to the shore and ran for help.
Newcity was taken out of the water
unconscious but still breathing, and
several doctors worked over him for
| hours but were unable to revive him.
May Reduce State and Court Expenses.
| An investigation is about to be
| H. Williams, of Bellows Falls, to
determine if possible where there is
any discrepancy in the judiciary eX-
penses of Windham county which called
forth much criticism few weeks ago
when it was discovered that it had
been necessary for Lieut.-Gov. John
A. Mead to loan this department
S35, 900 to meet current expenses. He
believes that he may materially reduce
court and state expenses by conduct
ing a more rigid examination into the
condition of persons committed to the
Brattleboro retreat. At present. by
the statutes of the state, a poor per.
son committed to an insane asylum
Immediately becomes state charge.
whereas, if he or she is not committed
the town is obliged to stand the expense
of supporting the individual. He
believed that while some OF the people
committed are insane the greater
maj ority are not and should be towr
rather than state charges.
Drowning Accident at Lake Dunmore.
Peter Erickson, of Proctor, ano
Miss Selma Anderson, of Cleveland
Ohio, who was visiting relatives ir
Proctor, were drowned in Lake Dun
more, Brandon, late Saturday after.
noon, July "a. A party of "a young
people went from Proctor to Lake
Dunmore early in the day for picnic
They arrived in Brandon by train from
Proctor and from there took the Bran
don Inn barge for the lake. After
luncheon four of the young people
including Miss Anderson and Mr.
Erickson. started out for boatride
They had not been out long. but were
} at point some distance from the
shore, when squaIl came up unexpect
eddy. In the briefest possible time
the lake was covered with whitecap
and the occupants of the boat wer'
seen to be in difficulty. The boa
overturned suddenly and the four wer,
: thrown into the water. There were
several other boats along shore and b.
means of these the rest of the part.
managed to save two of the capsized
but Erickson and Miss Anderson wen
down for the last time before the.
; could be reached. The bodies sank il
over 100 feet of water and were no
recovered until o'clock Sunday after
noon.
Thought He Had Right to Kill Doe.
William Sykes, of Putney. formerl,
of West Springfield, Mass, appeare
before Judge E. W. Gibson. of tn
Brattleboro municipal court. Tuesday
charged with unlawfully killing dee
Monday afternoon. Sykes, who doe
an extensive market gardenin,
business, saw large doe calmly eat
ing the truck in one of his gardens
Aiming himself with rifle he sho
the doe, believing that he was actinI
within the statutes of the state o
Massachusetts, where a farmer i
allowed to kill any deer found destroy
ing his crops, report the occurrenc
Immediately to the game warden, an
then turn the carcass over to the state
A bill tending toward the same en-
was introduced at the last session o
the Vermont legislature by Judg
Gibson, " no represented Brattleboro i
the state senate. This bill failed o
passage but Sykes was unaware of thi
a fact and acted in the belief that tn
} bill had become law. When told o
his mistake. Sykes, without waiting
, be arrested, reported to the authoritie
g and accepted service of the warrant
e He pleaded guilty to the charge c
: unlawfully killing deer and fine G
8 500 and costs was imposed by Judg
. Gibson. In view of the extenuatin
t circumstances the fine was suspende
4 upon payment of costs amounting
e $604 The carcass of the deer wa
e sold to C.. H. Shumway, proprietor {
e the Kendrick house at Putney, and tn
|, | finds doriyod from tho sale Uara r.