Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-08


charged with smuggling into the
United States 40 barrels of syrup and f
1000 pounds of sugar, was arraigned {
before Warren r. Austin of St. !
Albans and held in the sum of $500 for
his appearance at the next term of the
United States district court. He fur
nished bail. The seizure was made at
Enosburg Falls on May IL by United
States Marshal Horace w. Bailey.
Second District Convention June %.
The Republican convention for the
second congressional district will be
held in the armory b Ill at Montpelier,
June 90 1t is thought there will be no
opposition to gresham Frank |
Piumley Of Northfieid No presiding
officer has yet been chosen. The dis
trlcG delegates are usually the same as
those elected to the state convention
and as the delegates to the state con-
vention, usually IKE to be on the
gro md ear y to dalk over the 81 ua-
| ion. there will pro oaoly Do large
representation present for the con-
| gressionai convention. fle same day
! the convention of the first distric,
will be held IN Burlington.
Fire at St. Johnsbury.
Fire at St. Johnsbury early Wednes-
day morning, June /, practically des-
troyed part of the old Stanley opera
house building, causing a loss esti-
mated at $25, ZOO. The blaze was dis
covered about 80 o'clock. The opera
house was one of the first buildings Of
it's kind erected there, and for many
years was the headquarters OF company
! D, 1st infantry, V. N. G. which re-
!, moved from the place some time ago.
) Recently the building was remodeled, a
garage being constructed in one part OF
: it, while the other was rebuilt to
furnish quarters for the Summer street
laundry, managed by c. ID. Adams.
The garage and the building are owned
z by Elmer A. Darby, of New York
: city, and the garage is the largest ano
best equipped in New England. 1t is
/ of ireproof construction, and it Is
: thought was not seriously damaged
n although somewhat scorched. The
t upper part of the old building was
n occupied by tenements, and the occup
S ants all escaped without difficulty.
o Fewer Vermont Fires in 1910.
n The report of the state insuranc,
COMMISSIONERS, POOlAS CONCJ
IS shows that the insurance companie
1t doing business in the state paid in tn
IS adjustment of losses in 1909, 1896, 403
5. for 1882 fires as against the paymen
y of 81, 118, 545 for 1877 fires in 1905
5 There were 210 chimney fires, tn
AGGREGATE damage from these amount
ing to S119,171. The total amount o
life insurance held by citizens of tn
state in legal reserve companies wa
of S65. 348, 14O against $50, 786, 645 for tn
st wear before. Regarding the Nation;
ip Life Insurance company, the commits
n, sioners say that the report of tE
special examiners states that tt
It, company.s condition is sound in a
1T respects and that the company is alb
lis to fulfil all of its obligations to il
lis policy holders. During the year
er 1909 eight fire, one life, four fidelit
ty and casualty, and one assessment acc
RS dent insurance company have be-
granted permission to operate in tt
RS, state. This was offset by the wit
he drawal of three fire, one fidelity a.
OIL casualty and three assessment accide
err companies.
~ az Dies at the Age of 10 Years.
ov- Joseph Wood of Weston died M
m 81 at the age of 10 years and thr
f., months, lacking six days. He W
me doubtless the oldest man in Vermc
all and the claim had been made that
er- was the oldest person in New Englal
we He was born near Montreal, P.
February "a, 1900 according to the b.
rv- information obtainable, and had liz
will in Weston nearly twenty-four yea
going to that town from the northt
part of the state. He came to Y
V. mont when so years old. Shortly af
. coming to this state Mr.. Wood tt
out naturalization papers as he wisl
j. to be a full-fedged citizen, believ
that he should have voice in
49, country. Mr.. Woods ancestry Y
hey always t, q NO na'i par;s;ons H voc \
vi, Wiz about three months after his pare
- arrived in Canada. That he CO
80 from family noted for it's longeN
IL can be seen when it is stated that
&c; &c paternal grandfather lived to the
80 80 of 1O3 years. His father died at
us., age of SO years from injuries recei
~ 1Iam while attempting the feat of shout,
dc ing four bushels of peas and walk
- ~, a distance from the load. While
~ Wood had been totally blind for al
LII ten years and without teeth for ne
uar,, thirty years, he was otherwise
wonderfully preserved man and
o,a memory was retentive to the last.
titu- "
-oted ' o'"'e al
tie a Preparations for the Vermont S
Fair for 1910, at White River Junct
sent are already under way. The
hit to selected are Tuesday, Wednes
have Thursday and Friday, Septembe
and q, 22, and %. Even this early, Inc
for lions point to a greater cattle exl
i'm than has made conspicuous prev
,elier state fairs. This year Maine far
will be represented with stock
It fall hibits. The Maine exhibit of
npor- alone will be of commendable
ntion Vermont cattle will be extens
many shown, the number of exhibitors
and the number of cattle being in exec
best last years event. Every New
,isla- gland state will have big cattle S
bot