Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-01

League will probably have clambake
this year at Newport on Lake Mem
phremagog instead of the usual ban
quet. The burning of the Hotel
Champlain at Bluff Point, N. "
settled for once and all the question of
having banquet in that hostelry.
Mr.. Thomas says that President Taft,
who has accepted an invitation to be
present at the banquet, would surely
be present at the clambake if it were
to be held. The idea of an out-of-
door barbecue would probably appeal
more to the President than an ordinary
banquet. He also says that Governor
Prouty is much pleased with the idea.
Weights and Measures.
Governor Prouty has issued call for
a conference of weights and measures,
to be held at Montpelier on June 8,
next. The meeting will be attended by
representatives of. the United States
government bureau of weights and
measures, and it, is expected that a
member of the weights and measures
department of the state of New York
will also be present. The design of
the conference is to discuss legislation
to guard against fraudulent weights
and measures by means of a system
of inspection planned to protect the
public. The discussion will be public
one and all who are interested in the
matter are invited to attend. The
invitation includes both buyers and
sellers, and the county officers who
have charge of the standards.
Hardwick Memorial Hall.
At the special town meeting Satur-
day afternoon, May Fl, the town of
Hardwick voted to appropriate the sum
of S13, 800 for the memorial building to
the soldiers and sailors who served in
the War of the Rebellion. The town
had previously appropriated 81, 500 fo1
the purpose and the local G. A. r.
post and Relief corps have So. SOC
which they have raised for this pur-
pose by subscr tion. The
village voted to give the present
site occupied as the lookup and hose
house. The building will be moved
back from its present location
The memorial building will be OF
brick, three stories high. The lower
floor will be occupied by the town anC
village for their Offices and the seconc
and third stories by the G. A. R. ant
Relief corps.
Deluge at Hardwick.
In what was probably the wors
> rain storm in 20 years, heavy damag,
resulted in Hardwick, Wednesday
: May Is. The storm lasted only abou
an hour and half but was perfec
deluge and it is said that not since tn
storm of % years ago has the waite
: been as high except when the ice wa
going out of the river. There was
washout on the road to East Hardwick
: three small bridges being carried away
one on the Alder brook road. TIL
$ road on Wheatley hill was wiped out
: and highways everywhere in thi
: vicinity were badly damaged Cor
e siderable damage resulted in this vi
: lage. TIL big dynamo at the powe
house which furnishes power for til
2 village was burned out and the villag
j was plunged into darkness. The Wooc
bury Granite company was obliged t
suspend on account of high water.
\ Greater Vermont Campaign Rear
0 Results,
Mason S. Stone of Montpelier, stat
E superintendent of education, state
q Monday that the New Vermont can
:, paign, which has been conducted
q the country districts the past tw
: winters, would come to close for tn
: present season at Weston where MI
n Stone, Editor w. C. Belknap of Be
e lows Falls and Editor F. E. Howe {
u Bennington were the speakers. A
"a result of the campaign Mr.. Stor
: stated that agricultural studies are no
being taken up in the high schools. H
/ hopes soon to have the rural schoo
: have classes in nature studies. There
d practically no intensive farming done
Vermont such as they know of
' Europe, and Vermont is even behind hi
n sister states in this direction. M
5 Stone hopes to teach the Vermont youn
1 men the possibilities and advantage
of farming at home and when this
accomplished it is expected that Il
0 states wealth and prosperity will
e more than doubled. The Vernon
: farms need brains and Mr.. Stone
[ trying his best to furnish them.
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