Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-05


AS planned, the new mill will repre-
sent an outlay of at least a million
dollars and work on the new dam
across the Connecticut river between
McIndoes and Monroe. N. H.. will
be begun at once. This dam will cost
$1OO, 600 Special town meetings have
been called in Barnet, of which this
village is a part. for May 10 and in
Monroe, N. H.. for May 8 to see IT
the towns will vote to exempt from
taxes for a term of years any new
industries and after the meetings the
work will be rushed. Architects are
expected within few days to begin
work on the plant. When completed
the mills will probably give employ
ment to about 200 hands and will be
decided boom for that sec ton.
North Craftsbury Boys Art Talent.
The following from the Montpelier
Journal will interest our Craftsbury
readers. "H. H. Lyon of North
Craftsbury, the pitcher on the Mont
pelier Seminary baseball team, is
designer and illustrator of no mean
ability. He has been student at the
Seminary before in the art department
and is now taking special work there.
He is also just completing a CORE
spondence course in his line of work,
having one more sketch to make in the
final examination Mr.. Lyon has drawn
large amount of different work and
was recently engaged to draw the
parts of a sap separator for the pur'
pose of securing certain patents
applied for by the inventor. He has
several specimens of story illustrations
and cuts drawn for cover pages o.
books. His cartoon work is the mos
conspicuous and it is this line o.
work that Mr.. Lyons would like 1T
land" in. He has drawn several which
show considerable ability both for tn
idea and the lines of pen and ink work
He has one of President Roosevelt
presenting his successor in Office wit
the "Big Stick" and series picture
designed for comic supplements, whic
have merit"
Old Soldiers in Rutland Protest.
The t1rst decided opposition to tn
action of Gov. G. H. Prouty an
. Mayor w. R. Austin of St. Adams
inviting Col. Bennett Young of Loui!
Vile, KY, who was an officer in tn
: confederate army, to be the guest
: honor during the city's celebration {
L the Lake Champlain tercentenary, hi
. crystallized in strongly worded pr
y test adopted by Roberts post IA.
Il A. R., of Rutland. The stand of tt
= post, it is expected, will precipitate
) controversy throughout the sta
viii Oh has been smouldering for son
:. time since the invitation was a
nounced, and which may prove u
pleasant to Col. Young, who led t
- raid on St. Adams in the civil wa
- making his way across the bord
" from Canada. The claim has be
" advanced by some that Col. You
- was regularly commissioned offic
Of in, the confederate army. and tn
the raid was justified as an act of W;
5 The resolutions adopted by Robel
- post dispute this claim. They are
s. follows:
ed "Whereas, it has been reported
al various newspapers of the state til
IF the governor of Vermont and
mayor of st. Adams have invited {
of Bennett Young. who, by his infam'
ID raid on the village of St. Adams
;tt October. 1864. spread devastat
tie in his track and terror throughout
state, to be present at the celebrat
ect of the tercentenary of the discovery
les Lake Champlain as guest of hon
Ter therefore,
we Resolved, That we, surviving
ote diers of the civil war, who served h
m orably in the union armies and fou
lad men with arms in their hands. m
ald earnestly protest against a pu
OF offering of hospitality to one
OF planned and executed the st. Alb
DOR raid thereby honorlng the leader
as. a band of guerillas and condoning
re. vile offences of his incendiaryl CT
and These raiders and hundreds are
'ity entitled to the consideration usu
accorded to regular soldiers or tt
engaged in legitimate warfare.
the the t'Young's expedition was predatt
> to its objects robbery and assassinat
bed beo it subjected women and children
to the horrible conditions of actual
be a when there were no means of prot
Ca. ing them or opportunity for their
y q moval and in the name of the Il
J in and patriotic citizens of Vermont