Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-16
STATE NEWS.
Nine Families Homeless.

Nine families were made homeless
Thursday morning by a fire that de-
stroyed the Hopkins building on Spring
street in Montpelier. The fire started
from a defective chimney and the
property loss is estimated at $4,000.
War Veteran Drops Dead.
Solomon Langley of Rutland, aged
IS years. Civil War veteran, died of
heart trouble Thursday morning while
milking COWS at the home of Serreli
Ranger, of Mendon. The body was
sitti ng upright on the barn floor. He
was corporal in the Co. l, Seventh
VT. Regt.
Shop and Wagons Burned.
Charles Miners large paint shop at
Battleboro, was burned Friday. The
fire caught in the second story from
paint near an overheated stovepipe.
The shop was full of wagons which
were destroyed. Part of the contents
lower floor were saved. The loss is
estimated at $500. with no insurance.
Alleged To Have Stolen Trade Secrets.
james Schumuch, aged SO years, a
macninisG for the American Fork COM
pany in it's Walhngford plant, was
held recently under $1,000 bail before
Justice Hopkins of Rutland for al
legged stealing of valuable patterns
from the plant of the same concern in
Geneva, Ohio. He was arrested under
the nominal charge of r ach of the
peace 80 that he might be- held for
OHIO authorities. IL ID limited that he
stole the trade secrets tor another.
Is Held for Selling.
AS a result of liquor raid made by
the police on tho premises of Andrew
Amat on Eloit st., Brattleboro, Sa :
uruay evening, AmaUee was before
the municipal court recently charged
with selling intoxicating liquors. A
keg and three cases of beer were Sc
cured in the raid. Two sales were
proven against Amatee and he was
held for the April term of the Wind
ham county court in bonds of 5000
which we're furnished.
To Test Their Cows.
Between 40 and so farmers met at
st. Adams for the purpose of forming
cow testing association. w. K.
Warner presided and read an article
by Prof. Ribard on the advantages OF
an association of this kind. A gen.
eral discussion followed this paper,
and when the constitution was passed
around for signatures, Is of those
present affixed their names to the pa
per. Twenty five names are necea-
sary to form an association, but the
farmers are confident of getting the
remaining number of signatures. The
16 signeIs represent a total of 750
COWS.
Victim of Morphine.
States Attorney Shaw was notified
Thursday by Superintendent circuit OF
the state hospital for the insane at
Waterbury that Edward Lang of Bur
lington died there that morning. Mr.
Lang was taken TO Waterbury on
Sunday and was suffering from the
morphine habit. Previously he had
been sentenced to three months for
stealing an oil sfove, water pitcher
and bowl, and some clothing from the
poor farm, the property of Maria
Smith. In court Lang admitted that
he was not responsible tor his actions
and that he stole the things so az 20
obtain morphine.
Girls Leg Broken.
Miss Mary Easton, student in
the high school at Brandon met with
serious accident Thursday evening
while coasting with other schoolmates
on Franklin street hill. The party
started from the top of the Franklin
hill and everything went we'll until
they reached the residence of Alex
Savery, where they tried to turn out
and in so doing struck post. Miss
Easton's leg was broken just below
the hip She was taken to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. d. H. Nichols, where
she boards and medical aid summoned.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Loren Easton of Goshen.
Insane Over Religion.
Benson Leavitt, the man who was
found insane on the farm of Luther
Putnam in Wes5ford, and VINO has
been keeping the prisoners awake
nights at tire county all. was takaI
last week to t1e state hospital for tn
Insane at Waterbury by order OF GoV-
ernor Prouty. Leavitt seams to be
wildly mad on the suojact of religion
and raves almost continuou " Ed
ng, who was serving sentence
iii jan for larceny, was also taken to
Waterbury by order of the governor
Lang is a ''dope fiend" and has oeen
treated previously at the asylum.
Only Toll Gate in Vermont.
The only toll gate in Vermont and
probably the only one in New Eng
land is situated at the foot of the
mountain on the road leading from
Manchester to Peru and Bondville.
The fares collected are automobile, so
cents. double team % cents. single
team, 20 cents Peru way, and eight
cents Winhall way. The difference in
rates seems strange. but when less
than half way up the mountain. the
Winhall traveller turns off from the
turnpike road. This difference has
caused many penurious farmer
to periure his soul and has developed
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