Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-05-11
STATE NEWS.
Largest Garage.

Largest 1ardge.
St. Johnsbury has the distinction of
being the possessor of the largest gar
age in New England, outside of Bos-
ton. The building is open to the pub
lie for inspection. 1t is the new G.. II.
Goss company plant opened yesterday.
Poor Showing for Richford.
The listers in Richford find the total
grand list this year to be $40, 236. 70.
Last year it was $40, 439. Il, making a |
decrease of $203.01. The value of real
estate decreased $4,042, and the value
of personal property $l6,459 The
number of polls increased one.
New Principal at Lyndon Institute.
Harry S. Bradford, a graduate of
Bates College, a teacher of some years
experience in Maine and who is now
taking course at Harvard college,
has been engaged as principal of
Lyndon Institute for the coming
year. G. L. Goodwin, the present
principal, will take college chair.
Worked for Fairbanks Company Nearly
Fifty Years.
Carlton Fetch terminated his connec-
| ton with the Fairbanks Scale works at
| ST. Johnsb1ry Saturday night, after
working there for nearly so years. He
entered the shops in the fall of 1859
and has been employed there contina-
ously ever since, with the exception of
| the four years he was in the war. AT
i the time of his leaving, he was the
i third oldest employee in the establish
4 nent.
\ Killed at Poultney.
! A large boiler fell into the pit of
lone Of the quarries of the Rising &
4 Nelson slate quarries at South PoU1t
ney Friday afternoon and almost am
I mediately killed John Conroy. The
4 stone struck the man in the stomach,
cutting off the right leg close to the
body and inficting wounds On theatead.
The dead man was 40 years old and is
survived by a wife and three small
children.
Starting Large Apple Orchard.
Workman are engaged at Speedwell
! Farms in Lyndon this week, setting
! out 700 young apple trees. There are
! twenty varieties of apples to be grown
in this orchard. The owner, Theodore
{ N. Vail, proposes to start the orchard
the farmers of that vicinity what Cal
Ebe donean the line of fruit growing AMI
the experiment will be watched by thu
progressive farmers of the whole state
$4,000 Fire in North Wslpole.
North Walpole was wisitedoby one o
the largest fires l0 its history about
O'Clock Tuesday evening of last weel
and the most thickly populated sectio,
was menaced when fire broke out il
the bakery of William Duffy's tw
story house On Center street. There i
little doubt but that the heavy rail-
which drenched the roofs for a few
hours. saved the entire district from
destruction. The loss toccasioned b,
the fire will be about $11D00 partI.
covered by insurance.
Identity Man Burned in Swanton Fire
From evidence now at hand it
pretty positively settled thatSthe ma
who was burned To death in the Mann
i ing barn fire at .Swanton was JOIN
! Manahan, of East Fairfield Franz
Manahan, of st. Adams, "a nephaw, an
A. n. aDufresnevo of Fairheld, brother
in-law, have claimed the body. iIdenti
= ficatiRr was made by a rosary an,
=" 4 parts of seal ring, which fine sol
4 recognized as having belonged TO hi
father A scrap Of blue flannel shirt
a small piece of gray sock, and
partially burned low patent 4athe
4 shoe also served to 1dentify.
Il Worry Made Him Suicide.
4 Shortly after his return from hunt
ing trip Thursday evening, Henry 6
Il Fifeld, Of BrattleborO, widely know
+ in New England through his position
gas an agent of the Swift Packing com
ilpany, killed himself at his home her
by shooting. At 6 O'Clock he wen
upstairs. and few moments later tn
family heard, single shot. Tsney fount
him lying on the floor with a. bulie
hole just back of his right temple. HI
was taken to THE hospital, dying short
ly afterwards. Since he severed hi
connection with the beef company
month ago Mr.. Fifeld had been in al
intensely nervous condition BUT tn
family had mot worried ahelt hi
condition.
Attempted to Wreck B. & MI. Train.
Train No. 513 out of Boston owes. tn
Boston and Maine railroad due In Bel
lows Falls at 8 80 O'clock in the efen
ing narrowly escaped being deraiie
4 five miles south of that place nea
/ Walpole. N. H., recently throug]
what was evidently deliberate at
jGempt at train wrecking. A heavy 10.
was placed across the tracks at tn
upper end OF curve. Discovering
too late to put on the emergenc
brakes, engineer w. S. Cook dashed