Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-22
STATE NEWS


breaches and Sells Eggs.
Rev. Walter R. Curtis of Clarendon
Congregational church performs two
lines of duty, preaching and selling
eggs. During the week he carries on
an egg and poultry business, covering
two routes each week or every 10 days
travelling about forty miles gathering
fresh eggs and poultry from the pro-
ducers. He disposes of the eggs at
top-notch prices to Boston, New York
and Rutland dealers and accommodates
many local customers. He handles
between three hundred and three
hundred fifty dozen eggs each week
and from thirty to fifty fowls. He
has hennery where he cares for 100
birds of his own. He has hobby in
vegetable garden and disposes of
market produce at profit. Mr. Curtis
took up the business because of poor
health and his brother ministers think
he has solved the country Minister
problem"-the problem of the minis ter
who is expected to live on a salary
much too small for his own and fam
ily's needs.
Shall St. Johnsbury Have Pure Water?
The ST. Johnsbury village trustees
have called a village meeting to be
held Thursday evening, June %, "to
see what action the village will take
with regard to the discentinuance of
the use of the village water, so-called,
for purposes which may be injurious
to public health and what instructions,
if any,it will vote to give to its board
of trustees for the elimination of the
use of the Passumpsic river water,
through the village water system for
domestic purposes.
This move is in response to de-
mand on the part of many citizens
that the village remove all suspicion
of it's water supply which has existed
for some time and been given great
publicity through the case recently
carried through the courts by the
state board of health against the vii
lage trustees.
Investigation shows that but little
of the river water is used for domestic
purposes and that is used by tenement
occupants who can least afford to rur
the risk on their health.
State Episcopal Convention.
The 12Oth annual convention of the
Diocese of Vermont of the Episcopa
church was held in Montpelier last
week. Last year the diocese had Al:
combinations and this year 81, the
largest number being from Burling.
ton, numbering "a, followed by Web
sterville, where there were %. Mont
pelier had Is. Barre s, Mortified a.
Hardwick and Morrisville 3, each
Fairlee 2 and Waterbury /. During
the year, the bishop has called upor
each parish at least once and in some
cases several times. Two churche!
have been consecrated during the year
| ST. Peters at Bennington and Holy
Trinity at Swanton. A new parish
house has been built at Websterville
new parsonage at White River juno
ton, and rectOry at East Berkshir,
have also been built. Sites have beer
secured for new buildings at Barton
and Concord and the church at Bellows
Falls has been re-decorated. St
Pau's church in Burlington met will
a severe loss in the burning of its par
ish house. The resources of the dio
cese have been increased over $40, 900 il
| the last year, besides the increase ir
the endowment of the Girls school
Rev. A. c. Larned of Newport made /;
plea for the support of the mission
work in Barton. In one of the mission
airy reports the sum of So. 500 wa:
asked for and discussion on the sub
1 jcet led to a spirited debate, which
was finally settled by voting that tn,
missionary committee raise the sum, i
being left to their discretion as to tn,
manner of doing it.
Champlain Memorial at Crown Point
At joint meeting of the New Yorl
and Vermont Champlain tercentenar!
commissions, held in Burlington Tues
day afternoon, resolutions were passed
by each commission to erect Cham
plain memorial at Crown Point, N Y.
Jointly. For this purpose the Vernon
commission will give the funds at it
disposal, amounting to S14, 900 or $l5,
600 and the New York commission
sum not less than S35, ZOO. 1t is SaiC
that about sos, 900 is available from
the New York side for memorial pu,
poses. The sum remaining after the
erection Of the joint memorial will
probably be devoted to some sort of ;
monument to Samuel Champlain a
Bluff Point, N. Y. The resolution!
settling the site of the memorial were
passed by the commission in separate
sessions. A joint meeting was helC
which ratified the action taken separ
ately. 1t was further decided that
committee of three or five member:
from each commission should be al
pointed to take charge of the arrange
ments for the permanent memorial