St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-22
VERMONT NEWS
rew Rules for New Lawyers.

r.
n ~ court, has sent out to the sever
sI 1ppornty clerks in the state, the new
,Ies regulating the admission of attor-
rue 70 the courts of Vermont, which
nsys been adopted by the supreme
nat nr+ on the recommendation of
t Io hoard of bar examiners, to
t tnts the place of the rules that have been
y! taf force during the past eight years.
& ,.,ong the changes are the following:
e.ndents attending law school shall
o ouIv be required to file notice that he
Gns commenced or is about to begin the
ntndy of law. Students are given per-
ss.; a; to study law in the law school
1.-the fthe University of Oxford, England, as
yell as recognized law schools in this
oonntry. An attorney from another
state. who has practised one year may
he admitted upon examination after six
nnonths. Graduates are required to
snend at least six months instead of one
GEAR year in a law office. The subjects for
svamination for admission to the bar
1 remain unchanged.
Hall Came Back.
About two years ago the wife of Eddie
T.. Hall of Corinth obtained divorce from
\ him and by decree of the court was to re-
s reiye certain amount of personal proper
~. At the June term of court last it was
brought to the attention of the court
that all the property specified in the de-
cree had not been turned over to her,
and for the neglect and refusal to comply
with the decree Mr.. Hall was adiudged
in contempt of court, and a warrant
issued to bring him before the court.
Upon inquiry Sheriff Baldwin found that
MIR. Hall was in Oregon. Last week,
however, the sheriff learned that he had
returned from the west and was stopping
temporarily with his brother in Corinth
and straightway proceeded to Corinth
4 and gathered him in and brought him to
Chelsea. Before Judge Morse he furnish
ed bail for his appearance at the Dec
i ember term of court.
Taxicabs in Brattleboro.
Brattleboro is to have a taxicab SER
h vice il the near future if the plans of the
Manev brothers are carried to fulfill
ment. This firm has ordered two Ford
taxicabs of the latest style and one of
them will bein continual service on the
street ready to take passengers, while
4 the other will be at the Brooks house
garage for telephone calls. The plans
have not been fully developed, but it is
expected that the charge for passenger
will be % cents for distances within a
s mile of the railroad station or post office
A and % cents for each additional mile or
fraction thereof, with charge of 81 an
4 hour for waiting. These taxicabs will be
4 painted green aud will be operated by
4 competent drivers.
\ A unique feature of library work in a
small town took place at the Abbott
Memorial library IN Pomfret last week.
There is no resident photographer, so
4 the best photographer in the state
4 was invited to go there and take exterior
4 and interior views of the library, and
incidentally the librarian invited every.
body in town to meet him there one oil
& the three mornings and to have their
pictures taken or appointment made for
him to go to their homes. Another
librarian in the state takes eggs from her
rural patrons and disposes of them to
n her village readers-at no profit to her
self The time has passed when librari
I an can be merely custodian of dark
i rooms full of musty books,
Ex-Governor Batchelder OF New Hahp
shire, master of the national Grange, has
/ appointed George c, Flint, of Braintree
special organizer of Oranges, and will
] send him October l to Iowa, Wisconsin
or Minnesota, the exact field not being
H yet determined. MIR. Flint has been {
very successful organizer of Oranges il
Vermont, and represented the town o
Braintree in the last legislature. He viii
] take the seventh and highest degree il
Il the national convention to be held II
Des Moines, November 10.
i At recent meeting of the Montpelier
q board of trade the plan for financing tn,
Il board by creating fund of 100000 fo
I securing new industries and assisting il
4 the commercial Improvement of Moutpe
lier was unanimously adopted. 1t wa'
q voted that this entire sum shall be RAISED
& on or before November l next and tn,
q directors of the board were named as ;
8 committee to secure subscriptions. Only
q % per cent. of the sum pledged is to b,
8 called for in any one year.