Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-01-20
Plucky Little Girl.

Pluclxy Little Girl.
C. L. Lean, of Hardwick was play
ing with his little daughter on the crust
recently and gave the little girl
good push down the hill. The sled
Gid not go in the direction intended.
but square into the river. Elsie.
who landed in the water up to her
chin, pluckily sat there till rescued by
her excited and thoroughly alarmed
parent.
Girls Ran Away from Home. i
Rachel Mccoy. aged Is. and Violet
Powers, aged Is years, of Newbury.
left home Wednesday of last week.
leaving no information as to where
they were going. They were traced
to Coventry and st. Johnsbury, and
located, finally. at the home of Charles
Marshall in the "diggings" in Garfield.
Both the girls and Marshall were
taken to Morrisville and at a hearing
the girls were placed in thelzhands
of probation officer during the re-
mainder of their minority. A mol
PROSE- was entered in the case of
Marshall.
Telephone Independents.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Vermont and New Hampshire indie.
pendent Telephone association was
held at the Avenue house, st. Johns
bury, Tuesday of last week. The
officers elected were: President. 81.
W. Buchanan, Orleans; vice president.
0. D. Eastman, Woodsville, N. II. ;
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Lena M.
Owen, st. Johnsbury; executive COM
( mittee. the officers named and D. L..
Mcclure, Hardwick, w. 3. Johnson.
! Laconia, N. H. A banquet followed
: the meeting with Mr.. and Mrs. B. c.
e Peters and Frank 0. French of st.
Johnsbury entertainers.
: The Woodbury. Granite company OF
Y Hardwick has again been fortunate
= | III SSSSLoA NOasAoNrS IA
y Bethel granite. One is for the plaza
il for the union station, Washington D.
It c., including fountain and steps. The
.basin will have two stones weighing
f so tons each, and the amount Of the
g contract is $48. 900. The basement ant
l. trimmings of the Stearns building
e Boston, is a $1,000 job. and the Office
y Of the bureau Of immigration al
h New York is a $4,000 contract fo'
e rough stone. With 1913 men in tn
= sheds and Is at the quarry, this viii
, furnish four months work.
&c Diamond jubilee.
A. A very important meeting was he'll
~ in the Y. Nj. c. A. rooms in Montpe
i. lier last week by the Diamond Jubile
Of committee to make arrangements fo
"a the exercises to be held at the Tot
:e anniversary of Montpelier seminary
The exercises will be held in con
es mencement week. Tuesday. Wedne
no day and Thursday, June %, %, ar
~, ~ "a. The program and the speaker
to were decided upon. and will be al
n 1feunced later. The committee We
composed of chairman. Prin. E /
&c Bishop of the seminary, Rev. r.
#. Lowe of ST. Adams, Rev. E.
It Thayer of Barre. Mrs. E. E. Palm
nd of Waterbury, Miss E. Glover
ioe Mammalian seminary
,ct ''io'''peiiel SEMINARY
id Towns and Cities Invited.
lot
to At the last meeting of the Lal
lat Chansplain Tercentenary commissi
we of Vermont, held at the state hous
W. Montpelier, the following resoluti
ich was Enthusiastically adopted:
led Resolved: That this commissi
mo hereby recommends to the towns a
,ae cities Of the state that at suitat
18th time during or not far removed fri
ing Tercentenary week special effort
made to mark in an enduring mann
III, sites Of historic interest in the vario
fiji communities of the commonwealth
tie. the end that the memory Of bra
lev perish and that the patriotic spirit
YES Vermonters everywhere may be quie
of ened.
ess The celebration of the tercentens
ala. of the discovery of L Ike Champls
ual begins on July 4, 1909. and eontin,
let through the week.
MIS-
It'll Interesting C. A. r. Relics,
,dan Two interesting relics are on exhi
cor- ton in the Soldiers Memorial hall
bill the Akeley Memorial building
ome Stowe. A large white platter w
l. al fireplate blue edge. the pr
fore erty of o. E. Luce, and three legs
e. iron kettle belonging to F.
Stafford. Both were part of