Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-01-05


organized for the purpose of dealing
in land and water power in Essex and
Caledonia counties, placing mortgages
and issuing bonds. filed yesterday
articles of incorporation in the office
of the secretary of state.
Bigamist Gets Four Years.
Max Tatro, charged with bigany,
was found guilty in the Addison coun-
ty court last week, and sentenced to
four years in States prison. One
wife was Mandy Sherbino of Essex
Junction, whom he married in 1891, and
the other was Rose Lajoy of Yer.
gennes, whom he took to his bosom in
1908.
Fed 200 Mountain Poor.
The Rutland Humane Society's an
nual Christmas dinner was served
December 20, 200 poor mountain peo-
pie receiving a fine turkey dinner,
gifts from Christmas tree, and boxes
of food and clothing to take home.
There was much less restitution than
in former years, showing that the
yearly practice of furnishing cloth
ing is bearing fruit. The society had
great difficulty in raising funds this
year, the licensees of last year fur
nishing the turkeys and some money.
Mail Carrier Shot Himself.
A. E. Young, a rural free delivery
man, shot himself twice Friday morn
ng in tn head with 80 calihre re-
volver at Highgate Center. He was
operated upon al the St. Albans hos
pital and is resting comfortably. He
is middle aged man and unmarried.
He had acted strangely of late. Both
b Illets went into the right side of the
head. One came out through an eye
bit the other did not penetrate the
skull. The man had gone only a mile
o. the route, when he turned around
and went into nearby barn, where
he did the shooting.
Clement National Sued for Taxes
What will be one of the most inter.
esting cases to test a Vermont law
was filed last week in Rutland county
court the State of Vermont suing the
Clement National Bank Of Rutland for
| So, OPS. 93 in taxes. The case is brought
both in assumpsit and on debt by
agreement of c. G. Fits, who appeared
for the state, AS Attorney-General
j. c. Sargent is disqualified, and O.
M. Barber of Bennington, counsel
for the bank. The bank refused to
pay these\seven-twentieths of one per
cent tax on certain deposits, main
taiLing that the law was unconstitu
tional and the suit is the result. The
matter will be taken to the supreme
court as speedily as possible.
May Become Bishop, Burlio gton Diocese.
The latest report concerning the
appointment of a bishop for the do
cese of Burling ton and the only one to
gain credence in well-lnformed circles
is to the effect that the Rev. j. J..
Rice of Northbridge was to receive
the appointment. Although no official
word has been received as yet by
either the parties of the cathedral or
st. Joseph's church, the informa tion
seems to come from a source which
would lead to belief in the truth of
the rumor. The strange part of the
story is that the name of Father Rice
is unknown in this state and it is
doubtful whether a priest in the
diocese is acquainted with him. It
has been learned however, from an
authentic source that his name was
at the head of the terna, presented
py the bishops of the province to
Rome last May.
Provides for Old Age.
"a GOOD comfortable home for good
old Christian men and women not ad-
dicted to drink is provided for by
he will of the late Columbus Smith
OF Salisbury,a voluminous document
of about Is pages. The original was
executed in 1917, but three codicils
were added from 1899 to 1903. Mr..
Smith, who was reputed to be a man
of great wealth, leaves to his wife
S25, 900 or $4,000. as she may elect.
Upon her demise his entire estate,
not otherwise provided for shall be
devoted to the foundation of an old
peoples home to be under the control
of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Vermont. One thousand dollars each
to the Methodist society of West Sails
bury and the Congregational Church
of Salisbury village is provided for
St. Stephens church in Middlebury
is remembered with an annuity of $50
and a mausoleum and the land on
w Itch it stands in Salisbury. War;
Gus requests of small sums are made
To large number of relatives. The
value Ct the estate is unknown. Men
ton is made in the will of real estate
in the towns of Monkton, Salisbury,
Leicester and Middlebury and in the
States of Nebraska, Dakota, Texas.
! Illinois and Wisconsin, much of v hicb
cannot be sold until so years after the
death of the testator.
Vermonter WINS a1rels in West.
Hampton's magazine for January
! has an appreciative article concerning
native of this state. to whom mucn
is due for the ops ming up of the arid
LAM in the western part OF this coun.
try. 1t concerns ii. W. Campbell, a
native of Frank lin county in this state.
who has the homer of discovering the
secret of dry farming, VII Gu has
brought II illions of dollars to the west
ny means OF bOunteous wheat crops.
Dry farming is the method of keeping
the moisture In the groUnd. In tne