Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-06
Fred Kent Sent to Insane Asylum.


After a consultation in Wirdha
county court at NewfaEe between
Atty-Gen. j. G. Sargent, Judge Al
Williams, and attorney r. C. Bacon,
Fred Kent of Rutland, who was indict-
ed a short time ago by the grand jury.
charged with the murder of his father,
George Kent, Of Townsend, it was
decided to send Kent 10 the state hos
pital for the insane at Waterbury,
Kent was formerly an inmate of the
institution but escaped. as did his
brother, Elroy Kent. The sentence
was made without trial and the Indict-
ment was continued.
Missionary Society Elects Officers.
At the closing session of the Yer
mont branch, Woman's Board of For
eign Missions, held at ST. Johnsbury,
the following officers were elected
President, Mrs. M. H. Buckham. of
Burlington; first vice-president, Mrs.
C. H. Stevens. of St Johnsbury ; re
cording secretary, Mrs. John Gibson,
of St. Adams; nome secretary, Mrs.
6. S.Mills, of Bennington foreignSsec-
lington; secretary of young peoples
work, Miss Matilda Goulding, of Will
mington; treasurer, Miss Mary B.
Marley, of Pittsford auditor, William
F. Dennison. of Pittsford.
Japanese Get Suggestion from Vermont.
The Vermont board of library COM
missioners have recently had request
from the librarian of the Yamaguchi
Public Library, Japan, for copies of
all it's forms, blanks and printed mat
ter which were shown at library ex-
hibit to be held in Yamaguchi late in
September. Copies of the annual re-
ports of this library have been re-
ceived by the Commission and are
very interesting, parts of the reports
are printed in English, and pictures
of travelling libraries are given, which
closely resemble those used inVermont,
and Japan seems to find them as bene-
fetal. The librarian, 7. Sano. was
evidently educated in this country.
North Troy Veneer Company Enlarge.
The Blair Veneer Company of North
Troy is preparing to increase the floor
space of it's mill with an addition to
the building that will give about 1000
square feet extra. The addition will be
erected on the south side of the mill,
the main structure extending 20 feet
further than at present while the angle
formed by the main building and new
extension and the ell will be filled with
a structure 48x54 feet. The first floor
of the main building is being widened
eight feet the entire length. The
Blair Veneer Company will put in an
other boiler for steaming logs and
drying stock, put in another dryer and
%oxx Jfs1 %U7r
of new line of oak and mahogany
veneer goods. An addition steaming
tank and another cutting machine will
also be added to the equipment Of the
plant.
Vermont Shows Gain in Grand List.
Grand list returns for the year 1909
from all the towns and cities in Yer
mont have been received at the office
of Guy w. Bailey, secretary of state.
acres of taxable land with an ap.
praised valuation of Sal, 929, C51.
The personal property listed for tax
alton aggregates SAB, 1877, TAT, and the
total offsets are S3l. 1892, 113. The to-
tai number of polls is 92,578. These
figures as compared with those OF
1903 make an increase in land valua-
tion of 81 1897, 104, and an Increase OF
personal prperty S527, 1888. In the
same period the total offsets have de.
creased $3.50, 43l and number OF polls
has Increased by 1928. AS regards per-
sonal property these figures show tina,
, while this class of wealth has in
creased one and two tenths per cent.
! offsets have decreased one and thir
teen hundredths per cent. This argue
that listers on the whole have founC
more personal estate and, also that is
the state as whole tax lodging
through the offset privilege is decreas
a ing slightly rather than increasing
r If the number of polls as compared
!, with the number in the last censu
: year, 1900. may indicate the growt
K in population since that date, the
the present population of the stat
+ should represent an increase over tn
e population of 1900 of six and hal
e per cent Such an increase woul
a give Vermont present population O
366, 149, or an increase of %, sos sine
the last census. If the increase ha
been as large as this, it exceeds ever
ten-year increase since the period be
tween 1920 ard 1880. it being slight
in excess of the growth between 1874
and 1850.
J.. Mr. F. g. Fritz, Oneonta, N. Y write
} my little girl was greatly benefited /
- taxing Foley's Orino Laxative, and thin
: it is the best remedy for constipation an
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