Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-01

gans with the old blood still prominent
in their veins have been gathered
together by the United States govern
ment and are being breed at Wey-
bridge The government farm at Wey-
bridge has been undergoing extensive
improvem ents for the past six months.
Over 5000 feet of four inch water
pipe has been laid, supplying water to
all the buildings, 2400 feet of maca-
dam road has been built, and a large
dwelling house for the employees and
a barn for the breeding of sheep has
been constructed. Forty Southdown
sheep are expected within few days.
There are at present so Morgan horses
at the farm.
The Hardwick Suicides.
The St. Johnsbury Caledunian fur.
nishes possible explanation of the
suicides of J. Vernon Dutton and
Charles H. Stewart in Hardwick with.
in five weeks of each other, as follows
"The fact that young Stewart was
employed in the same railroad office as
Mr.. Dutton at once gave rise to ru-
mors that he had been involved with
Mr.. Dutton in the acceptance of re-
bates received from the Hardwick &
Woodbury. railroad, a practice which
Dutton had carried on without the
knowledge of the other railroad off
Gals. The fact that the interstate
commerce commission S representative
had just completed the Investigation
of Mr.. buttons irregularities also
strengthened the rumor. People IN
position to know of the affairs of the
road, however, DO not credit this
no 10
was a clerk in. the freight office, he
was not in position where he could
know or be implicated in Mr.. buttons
business. Young Stewart was
friend of Mr.. buttons and the latter
had much influence over him., con-
sequently Dutton's tragic death bore
heavily upon him."
James T. Ritclme Dead.
The death Of James y. Richie, one,
of the most prominent citizens of St.,
Johnsbury, occurred Friday, due tos
heart failure. Mr.. Richie went to St.
Johnsbury about thirty years ago
and began work for the e. & P. Fair.
banks Company i'm their dry goods
store, becoming manager of the estab.
Iishment. which position he occupied
for ten years, then starting a dry
goods business himself, which he con-
tinued up to- the time of his death
His store was situated in the Citizens
Bank block, which was, burned down
a few weeks ago, and his efforts to
straighten out the business after this
disaster have undnubae dly FASTENED
his demise, as he had been slightly
troubled with heart. diff Guilty previous
to this latest attack. He. was one of
the heavy stock holders, In, the Perley
E. Pope Company, of Montpelier. and
in company with several other mem
bers of the Ritchie family, owned the
greater part of Greensb orooand Greens.
boro Bend. where he was interested
in the lumber business quite extens-
lively. He was a. member of the
Mystic and Scotia. Clubs, and had been
president of both of these organiza-
tions at one time. He was born in
Greensboro April 3d., 1866, and after
removing to st. Johnsbuny, married
Miss Alice Higgins, who survives
him.. No children were born, but the
deceased is also survived by his sister,
Mrs. J. H. Stewart of St. Johnsbury,
and his. brothers, Andrew Of West
Barnet. John II. Of St. Johnsbury,
and Robert A. of Greensboro Bend.
Had to Walk, Shot Himself.
Hubert Bell. grandson of a prominent
merchant at Lunenburg, committed
suicide Thursday night, while on the
Tway to his home, as the result of
irritation over a disagreement with
his brother, who, wished to return
some articles borrowed for a play
given on that evening and asked Mr..
Bell to start home on foot, prom.
Using to overtake him shortly.
This is the fourth suicide in north.
eastern Vermont within five weeks,
the others being J. Vernon Duttor
and Charles H. Stewart at Hardwich
and Miss Rowena Clark at Lyndonville
The two Bell brothers and James Bal
were about to drive home at abou
half-past one o'clock. Young Bell con
tinued to protest against what he con
sidered the injustice of his beine
in another direction with so much nois,
about it that Ball declared if he didn'
keep still he (BalD would hurry ahea,
and tell the elder Bell. "Go ahea,
and tell him, if you want to-; shan
be here when he comes back" youn,
Bell is declared to have remarked, a
Ball started to carry out his purpose
With that mark. Hubert pulled on
a revolver and holding it to his RICH
temple pulled the trigger, droppin,
dead almost instantly. DR.. Brett
ling was summoned as soon as pos
: sible, but he found the young man t
be dead. Hubert was % years of ag
. and was employed as clerk in the stor
of Franklin Bell & Son of South Luner
bnrg. It is reported that young Be
was in an intoxicated condition at tn
time.
} Vermont Tale.
What bids fair to grove valuabl
deposit of tale has been uncovered O
2 the Russell Woodward farm in Beth,
5 Gilead by the Eastern Tale Compan
r of Granville, N. Y, which secured
$ quarrying right in the ledge two year
f ago. The Eastern Tale Company b.