Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-20
Conservation of Rev. Joseph J. Rice.

Conservation of Rev. Joseph J. Rice
Rev. Joseph J. Rice was conscecrat-
ed Bishop Of the diocese Of Burlington
Thursday by Rt. Rev. Thomas D. Bea-
ven, D. D.. of Springfield. Mass. The
mpressive@cefen1ony was held at 10 80
today at the Cathedral of the Immacu-
late Conception in the presence of a
congregation, of 1900 people. Bishops
and priests from several dioeeSes in
the provinces. to. THE numbered 40 parti-
cipated in the service and those who
witnessed it5incIuded a largE gathering
of the clergy and laity of Burlington
and State besides many fHsm distant
points BOTH Protestant and Catholic.
These were given places Of honor in
the cathedrgFl The late Bishop Mich
aud was co11zecrated Bishop snz June 29,
1892, and Spredacessor, Bishop De-
Goesbriand WIS elevated to. the high
Office in 1867
A $4,000 Verdict for Bereft Woman.
One of the largest damage verdicts
in the judicial history of Vermont was
rendered in. Franklin county court
Friday when the jury in the case Of
Ella A. Varnay, administering VS.. the
Quaker Oats company awarded the
plaintiff $4,000. Mrs. Vagney sued
for SIS, 900 fer the death of her husband
in the Richford elevator explosion Of
two years ago. The attorneys were
Max L. PowRl of Burlington, ]. W.
Redmond Of Newport, andC. 6. Aus
tin Sons Of this city for the plaintiff,
and G. F. Ladd of Richf9rd, R. E.
Brown of Burlington, Attorney General
J. G. Sargent Of Ludlow and James
! NJ. Gray Tor the defendant. It is eX-
pected that similar cases are to follow,
as Max L.. Powell Of Burlington
| is attorney for six osher parties
whose relatives lost their, lives in the
same disaster.
State YIN. c. A. Convention.
The 10th. annual state z M C. A.
convention was held IN Mont
pelier Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Speakers of state and national prom
inence We're in attendance, the cOndi
tion and work of the organization in thi,
state was found to be IN fine shap,
! with good prospects for the future
Among the speakers were Mayor Daw
> ley of Montpelier, Hon. W. J. Van Pat
> ten of Burlington, Ex-Goy. Proctor,
! A. DeBoer, president John NJ. Thoma
and others. President Thomas said i
part: There is altogether too MIC
: profanity in Vermont One hears it O
}, the streets and cars, In hotel lobhie
and blacksmith shops. The boys hes
t it on their way to school and sadl
E enough we hear it from the boys then
selves Some of the city people WI
visit us in the summer tell us there
more profanity in Vermont than
New York city. III is an old vice al
!, the special failing Of the Anglo-Saxc
= race. The Romance peoples swe;
% more easily but we northerners me;
is it more.
u In Memory of Senator Morrill,
5y The Tooth anniversary of the birth
it the late Senator Justin S. Morrill, w
n observed by public memorial servic
at in Bethany church, Montpelier Thur
n day, at which Gov. G. H. Prouty pr
rs sided. A letter from President Tia
as whose father was warm friend
r. Senator Morrill,, was read and the PR
dis cipal eulogy was delivered by Pre-
do dent M. H Buckham of the Universe
tie of Vermont. Letters were receiv
r. and read from Senators Nelson w. 4
Ir- drich of Rhode Island, Henry Cab
ne Lodge of Massachusetts and Jacob
of Gallinger of New Hampshire, form
he Senators George F. Edmunds of w
9Th mont and William E. Chandler of NJ
er HAMPSHIRE. and Rear Admiral Charl
10 E. Clark, United States navy, retir
of and others. Senator Dillingham;
ms Vermont Col. VIM. P. Hatch and al
lr- Col. C. S. Emery of Newport spoE
81 Gov. Prouty said in part: Today
er, the Tooth anniversary of the birth
et- the late Senator Justin S. Morrill,, W