Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-12-21

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sum in addition to the old Normal
school for use next year. They plan
to build a modern barn the coming
summer and make some alterations in
the present buildings.
Roosevelt Coming to Vermont.
Unusual plans are being advanced
for Statewide 'get-together" ban
quet, in the interest of Vermont to be
held at White River Junction during
the late spring. now that Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt has assured the
Windsor County Y. M. c. A. commit
tee. who will have the affair in charge,
| that he will come to Vermont to speak
on this occasion. The subject suggest
ed to ex-President Roosevelt by the
committee the other day in New York,
was Cooperation in Country Life, !"
as this will be made the keynote of the
gathering. DR.. Butterfeld. President
| of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
! Agricultural college and prominent
member of ex-president Roosevelt.s
country life commission, has also as
sured the committee he will be present
and speak, along with one or two
other prominent country life leaders.
1t is expected Ex-Governor Proctor
will act as toas tmaster.
65 Cas- es of Dirty Milk.
The officials at the Vermont State
laboratory of hygiene made l, 672 ex-
aminations during the quarter ending
! September 80, according to the Deem
Der bulletin of the State board of
| health. Of the total number 308 were
| cultures for diptheria baciIii, 260 were
| sputum for tubercie bacilli, $50 were
! blood for vidal reaction, 222 were milk
and cream, 178 were waters, 118 were
foods 81 were medico-legal cases and
! 260 were miscellaneous analyses. Of
the samples of milk and cream ex-
amined 155 were found to be above
standard and 81 were below standard.
Dirt played an important part in IS of
the 81 samples which were found to be
below standard. Two samples of lemon
extract contained no lemon oil and a
third had only a trace of it; two
strawberry and vanilla extracts only
were cOlOred imita tions; two samples
of "cleaned currants" were wormy
and unfit for food one sample of a
cough syrup contained alcohol: a
japanese pain relieve" contained OPT,
UNI, and some celery and caffeine cap
sules contained acetanilid.
100 Fat Men at Dinner.
The New England Fat Mems Club,
members to the number of over 10C
assembled at Hale's Tavern, Wells
River, Friday night for the annual
meeting. In this tavern six years ago
the club was formed, more as joke
than anything else, as party of trav-
cling men sat before the fireplace.
"Uncle Dave" Wilkie was the father
of the idea, and last night his fiddle
furnished music during the banQue
hour. The club has grown from g
charter membership of 46 to 3, 250, anC
it is expected to add 5000 members
during the coming year. A commit
tee was appointed to consider a prop
osition to change the club from ar
organization devoted to mirth and mu
sic TO fraternal basis. 1t will repor
at the next annual meeting. On the
, platform with the president sat the
secretary, Colonel, H. E. Parker O.
Bradford and the two heaviest mem
bers of the club, A. H. Moulton, Port
land, Me-, 430 and Frank G. Ign &C,
} of Franklin Falls, N. H, who weigh:
' an even 400 pounds. The election o
! officers resulted in the reelection o.
President Quimby; Secretary Parke
and Treasurer Jerome of Wells River
Smith Heads the Grange.
The Vermont State Grange. in an
nual session at Burlington last weel
reelected these officers. Master C
y F. Smith, of Morrisville; overseer
5 w. N. Cay of Middlebury; lecturer
; E. H.Halett of st. JohnsDury Center
q steward. M. B. Roberts of Rupert; as
l sistant steward, G. C. Flint of R
dolph; chaplain, R. H. Holmes o
Shoreham; treasurer. F. B. Pier, o
Brattleboro; secretary, A. A.Priest o
Randolph :. gate keeper, L. H. Morga
. of South Woodstock Ceres. Mrs. c
. F. Smith of Morrisville: Pomona
: Mrs. W. N. Cady of Middlebury
l Flora, Mrs. H. w. Sargent of Brattle
= boro; lady assistant steward, Mrs. G
u C. Flint of Randolph; executive con
. mittee, H. w. Sargent, chairman c
t Brattleboro, d. H. Morse of Randolph
+. H. M. Farnham. of East Montpelier
l S. L. Peck, secretary, master, and set
: rotary, ex-officio. Secretary A. 4
" Priest of Randolph, reported a total {
POP subordinate grahges in the state
gain of nine in the past year. TIL
membership is 1880. Twenty-foU
% Pomona oranges have memberships {
y 1000 The average membership {
u the subordinate oranges is SO. Stat
i Master Smith in his address urged
e united action in defense of strict ant
i oleomargarine laws, favored count
- option or state wide prohibition, aske
le for the income tax, was pleased that tt
- present legislature had passed a bi
r. providing for a state agricultur
- school and especially urged co-opera
,,f ton on the part of farmers.
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