Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-01-06


Montpelier, Rutland and Bennington
and it is probable that negotiations will
be Immediately begun to get posses
sion of suitable sites for them. Our
neighboring state of New Hampshire
is also booked for six stations and the
other New England states in proper
ton With system such as this it
will be possible to send messages from
one end of the country to the other in
less time than it now requires for the
ordinary wire system. Next year will
see wireless service both in Vermont
and all through the East.
School Board Appointed, also Grange
Master.
Governor Prouty Friday appointed
three members of the state board
of education as provided by act OF
the present Legislature. The appoint
ments are as follows: Prof. Walter
E.. Howard of Middlebury. for one
year. Supt. O. D. Mathewson OF
Barre, for two years. Prin. H. j.
Stannard of Barton, for three years.
They will act in conjunction with the
governor as chairman and the state
SUPERINTENDENT of education, ex-oficio.
and will have all the powers and duties
formerly held by the state normal
school commission, which went out of
existence the night previous, those
powers including the full control and
management of the normal schools
and normal-industrial or industrial
school that may be established by the
state, and to make regulations govern
ing those institutions. Furthermore,
the state board of education shall, in
it's discretion, divide the public school
fund among the towns which eXpend at
least fifty cents on the dollar of
their grand list The members of the
new board are to receive five dollars
day for services rendered and
their necessary expenses. Gov. Prouty
appointed Clement F. Smith of Norris
town master Of the state grange, and
George Aitken Of Woodstock to act on
the state board Of agriculture in
conjunction with the governor and the
superintendent of the Vermont expert
ment station.
Balestier Sues New York Tribune
Beatty S. Balestier of Brattleboro has
brought suit to recover 100000 dam
ages from the New York Tribune for
alleged libel. The trouble arises out
of legal difficulties between Mrs. Agnes
H. Baker Of Cleveland, O., and
Mr.. Balestier over the lease Of Mrs.
Bakers farm. When Mrs. Baker
brought suit early in December Mr..
/ Balestier was arrested and released
under bonds for appearance in county
court. che Hribune published a des-.
patch stating that Mr.. Balestier ha5
been arrested on the charges NJ
larceny of chickens and fert9Ter
from the farm. The ares was
simply matter of form in Ell suit
and was not made on any criminal
charge. When the articN appeared
Mr.. Balestier directed bs attorneys,
Bibson and Waterman to bring suit
for libel. Trial will ySheld in supreme
court of New Yorkstate but the con-
dition of the docSet is such that the
case will not be reached for about
year. In speaking of the case, Mr..
Balestier SAID, Il was once charged
with assauldng great poet, refer
ring to his troubles with his brother-in-
law, Rudyard Kipling, few years
ago. "bgt l have never been guilty of
stealing chickens The New York
Tribute despatch was copied widely
4 thodghout the country, appearing as
far away as Los Angeles and in Texas.
Two days after it was published the
Tribune published statement that
it was informed by Mr.. Balestier's
New York attorneys that its first arti-
Gle was not true ana that MIR. BaleStler
had not been arrested on a criminal
process.
The Bishop Buried
The funeral of the Rt Rev. Us. Mich
aud, d. D., L. L. D. was held Tuesday
morning, Dec. %, in St. Mary's Cathe-
dral, Burlington, which he had COM
pleted and in which II years before, had
been elevated to the Office of coadiutor
bishop.
Seldom, if ever, has Burlington seen
such gathering of people from all
walks of life as that which congregated
Thursday to pay their last respects to
the dead prelate, who had labored
among them so long. During the en-
tire morning an unbroken line of peo-