Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-04-12
Robbers Took Window Out.

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Robbers Took Window Out.
The American Express company's
Office in the railroad station of North
Duxbury was robbed during the
night, Thursday but the post-office in
the same building was not molested
The amount stolen is not known.
There was quite stock of stamps in
the postoffice, which were left behind.
The robbers gained entrance by dig
ging out the putty around a pane of
glass and removing the entire pane,
which measured ten by fourteen inch
e5. After getting in ami rummaging
around as much as they cared to do,
the robbers unlocked til door and
walked out, snapping the spring lock
after them. Tracks 9Jout the sta.
ton, found this morniI g indicate that
a man and boy were concerned in
the break. The Office of the station
agent and the post-office were in the
same room with the express company.
Summer School of Forestry.
A summer school of Forestry and
Horticulture is the latest movement
started by the state forestry depart
ment in cooperation with the Uni
versity Of Vermont Experiment sta
ton. This school. according to State
Forester HAYES will be held in Au-
gust fourteen days, upon the, farm of
300 acres in Sharon recently secured
by the State of Vermont. There are
ample orchards of apple and other
fruit trees upon which to demonstrate
practical orcharding, and the state
forest preserve will afford opportuni-
ty to give instruction in this branch.
Among those who will conduct class
es are Prof. G. P. Burns and Profess
sor Cummings of the University, Mr..
Halves and Mr.. Chandler of the for
estry department. The school will be
held for the benefit of farmers of the
state and it is expected will be large
ly patronized.
Bennington's Missing Man.
No trace has yet been found of
Leander N. Towslee, veteran of the
Civil War, who left his home in Ben.
nington on the afternoon of March 2.
He was seen by a number of &C.
quaintances in the village of North
Bennington on the afternoon of the
day of his disappearance, but since
here by the members of his family
wet have come to believe that he has
met with some serious misfortune.
Active measures would have been
taken at an earlier date to locate the
missing man but for the fact that he
is in some respects peculiar, kept his
own counsel and had On previous &C.
casions left home for some days at
time without giving any information
as to his Intentions or destinatio
The missing man will be II years old
during the present month. He is
about five feet, eight inches tall. His
hair is thick and white but his heavy
mustache is gray. On the day that
he left home he wore dark suit and
overcoat. He had less than a dollar
in his pocket at the time.
May Not Build Bridge
A force of engineers attached to
George M. Thompson's STAFF in the
Brattleboro Boston & Maine con-
structlon headquarters has been sent
out from the terminus on the pro-
posed Hinsdale, N. H., to Brattleboro
line, to point about one mile north
of Brattleboro to make survey of
Walpole, N. H. No information is
available as to what use will be made
of such a survey, but it is believed by
many to indicate possible intention
of the Boston & Maine to overcome
the heavy expense of a 60O-foot
double track bridge across the Con,
necticut river opposite Brattleboro.
Should this be the intent of the Bos-
ton & Maine, it could not leave Brat
tleboro to be served entirely by the
Central Vermont railway. In view
of the repeated assurances fro m
President Charles S. Mellen and other
officials of the Boston & Maine indi-
eating that they desire to come into
Brattleboro even at heavy cost in
the way of construction, there seems
but little reason to believe that the
survey being made from Brattleboro
to Walpole, N. H., will be used to
the detriment of the Boston & Maine
interests in Vermont.
Faculty for New Agricultural School.
The trustees of the new agricultural
school, to be located at Randolph,
noon at the Van Ness house, BurIing-
ton, and among other things decided
upon, the faculty that will conduct
the school during the term which Will
begin sometime next fall. The facul-
ty of the school is made up entirely
of graduates of the Vermont Agricul-
tural College and all have had ex-
perience in teaching. The principal
will be G. Leland Green of Richford,
who was graduated from the universe
ty in the class of 1906, a Phi Beta
Kappa man, and has since taught.
During the past year he has been prin-
cipal of the high and grammar
schools of Richford. L. C. Cook who
graduated from the university in
1908, will act as instructor, and Mrs.
Cook will be the matron of Maple
wood hall. the boarding house in
Johnson.
The trustees are not ready to an
nounce the eaxct date of the opening,
but they say the school will probably
be ready to accommodate any class
which may come, and that a full
course will probably be of two years
duration.