Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-02

/ due IS to go to his widow, Elsie A.
Robinson, but upon the decease of
| Mrs. Robinson several public requests
| become operative. Five thousand
dollars is left to the trustees of the
diocese Of Vermont, to be known as
the Mary Letitia Robinson fund, the
annual income to be paid ST. Paul s
parish and expended in such man.
ner as the vestry may deem best.
An annual sum is also left to the dio
cese, the income OF which shall be
given to the diocesan missions in Yer
mont. One thousand dollars is left
for aged women and $1,000 given to
the Z. NJ. c. A. Elsie A. Robinson,
H. L. Ward and C. L. Smith were
commissioned as executors of the
estate, while f. C. Mower and M. G.
Grandy were appointed as the com
mlssioners' appraisers.
Vermont and New Hampshire Independ-
emit Telephone Association Meeting.
A large number of the members of
the Vermont and New Hampshire
attended the tenth annual organiza
ton which reached adjournment Jan.
2Sth. One of the most important &C.
was the vote to retain H. B. Howe of
st. Johnsbury as counsel. The con-
stitution of the association was
amended in several particulars to
bring the companies into closer rela-
ton and to strengthen the association.
The membership now stands at about
81 and feeling prevails that the pros
ects of the Independents are exceed
lngly bright. The following officers
were elected: President, C. M. Lib
by of South Ryegate; vice president,
DR.. o. D. Eastman of Wocdsville, N.
H., secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Lena NJ. Owen of st. Johnsbury ex-
ecutive committee, E. H. Kennedy of
Chelsea, G. L. Speare of Corinth, D.
J.. Mcclure of Hardwick, M. E. Beck
ley of Groton, G.. A. Washburn of Cor
NTH, Fl. L. Moore of Newport, G. R.
Andrews of Mortified and the presi-
dent and secretary ex-oficio.
Farmers Week-February 18th 60 18th.
The second annual Farmers Week
will be held at the University of Yer
mont, Burlington, on February 14th
to 18th. the Commissioner of agricul-
ture, Hon. o. l.. Martin. co-operat-
ing. It is planned on a more extern
sive scale than that of last yesr, and
| will consist of illustrated lectures
and demonstrations. There will be
| no banquet, no machinery exhibition,
| no social or other distractions but five
solid days of work, pithy, practical
instruction in modern agricultural op-
| erations given by experts 1t is ex
pected that on several of the days
three or four different kinds of in
stru ,tional work will be going on at
| the same moment. Fer instance, on
Thursday a series of lectures and
demonstrations on dairy husbandry,
| series on horticulture, series on
| forestry, and q series on domestic
| science will be carried on coincident.
! ally. Similarly on other days. Thus
| he who is interested in dairying can
spend two or three days in the study
| of that particular industry. while he
who is interested in horticulture can
plan to spend time upon that particu-
| lar subject. It is expected that the
program will appear in these columns
| next we Elk.
Young Solicitor Locked Up.
John Leeker, alias J. J. LOCKER, is
| in jail at Brattleboro charged with
L 3
| Leeker, young man of fine ap-
| pearance, has been journeying
| through the smaller towns about
Windham county for the past month
claiming to be representative of a
| large New York real estate firm. Ac.
| corCing to him, his firm was soon to
| get out an attractive pamphlet adver.
Using the value of southern Vermont
| farms as homes. The conditions at
tached to an advertisement inserted
in the book were that the farmer was
to pay him anywhere from SIS to SIC
| to cover the cost of the advertise.
ment, this money to be refun led June
| /, providing he did not find q purchas.
| er for the farm. In this manner he
collected about $40 day and, when
arrested in Wilmington Jan. 22nd he
| had worked the towns of Guilford,
| Erattleboro, Newfane, Townshend,
Jamaica, Williamsville and Whining.
ton. j. E. Smiley. proprietor of the
Newfane Inn, became suspicious OF
Leeker last week and wrote to attor-
neys in New York asking that tt G
| firm of Leeker be looked up Nothing
was found out about him, however,
the authorities of Wilmington were
| notified and Leeker was arrested.
He entered plea Of not guilty but
/ was hound over to the April term OF
county court in bonds of $500. He
offered bail but it was refused.
Every man to his trade" is an old aisee
| far: ilial TO nearly all of us. Rydale's T. W.,