Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-09
Springfield Man Eaten by Wolves.
Dairy Farmers Organize.


Dairy Farmers Organize.
The dairy farmers of Randolph were
organized at meeting held Wednes-
day at the Randolph Inn, by W. A.
sentative of the Boston Cooperative
Milk Producers company of New Eng
land. Mr.. Hunter characterized the
vicinity of Randolph as the best farm
ing section he had seen in New Eng
and. In the month of January last
$25, 900 was paid to farmers in this
region for dairy products. Officers
for the local association were elected
as follows: president, ]. B. Wells;
secretary. Byron A. Manchester; d.
rectors, Harmon White, ]. T. Adams.
Alfred Webster, Tatro, Dana H. Bea-
die, Aza Snow and John Benham
u. S. Court Indicts Girl.
Miss Jennie M. Warner of Rutland
city, aged %, a dry goods clerk, was
arrested Thursday by Deputy United
States Marshall Edward S. Whit
taker, charged with violation of the
pos tai laws. 1t is alleged that she
sent through the mail one or more pos
tai cards of an alleged improper char
acter. She was indicted at the last
term Of the federal court in Burling-
ton. Miss Warner was arraigned be-
fore u. S. Commissioner James A.
Merrill of this city and she gave 500
bail for appearance at the next term
of federal court.
Shed Falls and Buries Workmen.
A large granite shed. $50 feet in
length, owned by J. L. Burnes in
Mortified collapsed Saturday morn
ing, February &c. just before the work.
men began their days labor. About 90
had got inside the building and were
getting their tools ready when the
crash came injuring some of them but
no one was killed. If the collapse had
come few minutes later when the
rest of the men had got inside the
death roll might have been large. and
it is wonder that none were killed
as it was. The collapse of the shed
is attributed by some to snow on the
roof, by others to the design of the
building and still others think the sup.
ports were purposely sawed off, as
one was found to be. The shed was
the largest in Mortified and the esti-
mated loss is $4,000. as.t
Towle Maple Company to Establish Big
Branch House in St. Johnsbury.
The Towle Maple Products company
of st. Paul. Minnesota. has purchased
all the real estate of the Cary Maple
Sugar company on Bay street and is
to establish large branch of their
big industry in ST. Johnsbury. This
company is the largest concern of it's
| kind in the United States and at
/ its Minnesota plant employs from rs
to $50 people during the year. The
! Cary Maple Sugar company will move
June l to the building on Portland
street recently purchased of the st.
Jobnsbury Grocery company. The
Towle company with its enormous
output of maple products. fully real
ICES the value of having adequate
headquarters in Vermont and the ST.
Johnsbury location was selected be-
cause it is in the heart of the Maple
Sugar country and because the ship
ping facilities here are good. John
Rickaby is to have the management
of the new concern and il will be an
industry that will be valuable addi-
tion to St. Johnsbury's commercial
activity.
a 20 Deer Reported Killed.
During the month of February,
Commissioner II. G. Thomas received
reports of the killing of 20 deer. Nine
of them were killed by dogs, three
shot. and two found dead. three killed
by trains and three were found injured
and ordered killed. They were dis
tributed as follows: Killed by dogs.
one each in Dummerston, Halifax.
Rutland, Perkinsville, Hydeville,
Gassett's, Brattleboro and Marlboro
and Bennington: illegally killed, one
each in South Londonderry, Plainfield
and Fairfield; found dead, one each in
Newfane and Guilford: killed by
train, one each in West Dummerston,
Jericho and Bellows Falls. That in
Jericho was found with two legs bro
ken, in Dummerston, one leg and that
in Bellows Falls had been chased into
the river by dogs. The deer killed In