Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-09
STATE NEWS.
Dead on Kitchen Floor.

River Junction, was found dead on the
kitchen floor Thursday. He appears
to have laid down on the kitchen floor
to sleep as was his custom, death re-
sulting from natural causes. He was
more than go years old, and leaves a
married daughter residing at Bellows
Falls and sister, Mrs. Horace T. Sar-
gent, of White River Junction.
Slipshod Way of Keeping Books.
The expert accountant from New
York submitted Thursday his audit of
the books of the city of Burlington to
the slipshod manner of the accounts
of the street pauper and school de-
partments. The total assets of the
city are 81, 140, Ola 03, of which the
real estate and buildings is 1895. 912. 90
investment $40, GOT, accounts receiva
BILE S29, 1876. Dc, cash ST., 885T3, gener-
al cund $55, 1921. The liabilities
are {: Bonds and notes, 1914, 900 funds.
$3.50, 287. 81; accounts payable SIS, 726.-
SO.
Y. NJ. c. A. for Rutland.
The women of Rutland are the first
to endeavOr to take active steps to
secure for the city a Young Mems
Christian association of which there
has been a great need since the
fire of February, 1906. The Ladies
Auxiliary of the Rutland Boys club,
a small organization formed a year
ago, made it known today that they
will begin next month thorough can
vass of the city to see if sufficient
subscriptions can be procured to war
rant starting a building. No begin
ming will be made unless it is evident
that modern building headed by a
competent secretary can be erected.
More Trouble for the Central Vermont.
A granite company in Jericho has
filed with States Attorney Benjamin
Gates a complaint against the Central
Vermont railway for alleged discrimi-
nation in rates on rough granite stock
from Barre city 10 Burlington. This
plant is on the Cambridge Junction
division of the Central Vermont and
if these rates are not adjusted before
Thursday February 10, this complaint
from Jericho with others from Bur-
lington will be heard before the pub
lie service commission which has fixed
that date for hearing in this city on
the petition presented by Attorney
Gates.
Spotter System Used.
The local school board of Rutland is
threatened with disruption on account
of the alleged employment of spot
ter by the teachers committee to spy
on teachers and report defects in their
methods, as a result of which nine
young woman employed in>the public
schools were reprlmanded. The mi
nority members of the board claim that
this action was without precedent and
reflects on the honor of the entire
board. The alleged spotter is Miss
Rowena Purdep, who was employed
ostensibly as substitute teacher, in
which position she was enabled to get
an insight into the methods used by
the different teachers.
Weak Spot in Law.
A loophole in tie Vermont statute
dealing with fire escapes on public
buildings and factories in which peo-
pie are employed regularly above the
second floor, whereby the law may be
entirely disregarded. has been discov-
cred by certain owners in Rutland it
appears, through legal advisers. The
statute makes no mention of tene-
ments and several of the owners, it is
claimed, are planning to remodel their
floors and fit them up for domestic pur-
poses. This lets them out of the le-
gal obligation of placing fire ecapes
on the building, IL is alleged. Some
time ago II owners of such buildings
within the business district of the
city were ordered by Health Officer
C.. F. Hall to fulfil the requirements
of the law. One or two owners i'm
mediately submitted plans to the
health officer for his approval, but the
great majority of them apparently
have disregarded the order.
Women Sue for $4,000.
Suit has been brought in county
court by Grace A. Thomas and Dora
A. Clement against< Caleb Briggs of
Bennington for defamation of charac-
ter. The damages are placed at So,
900 and the writ is returnable at the
June term of court. The plaintiffs
claim that they have lost standing
among their neighbors and friends
through ing accused by the defend
ant of stealinga jack knife, IL tea
spoons, three sheets and six pillow
cases. The accusation is claimed to
la zen made on October 25,, 1909
thfou a search warrant which was
is ued at the request of the defend
ant -ne plaintiffs were atone time
housekeepers for the defendant but
left the Briggs home on Bradford
street and went to live by themselves.
The defendant claimed to the State s
attorney when he asked for the search
warrant that the two women mad ia.
ken certain articles of personal prop
erty from his home. The Islander suit
is the result.
Poachers Are at Work.
Commissioner H. G. Thomas re
ceived reports of the killing of 25 deer
| during the month of January. Oh
| these seven were killed by dogs, L
were illegally killed, two were founc