Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-10
STATE NEWS.
Governors Appointments.

Governors Appointments.
Gov John A. Mead has made the
following appointments:
Delegates to serve on a commission
for uniform state laws, Attorney
Orien L. Annis of North Troy, Mar
velle c. Weber of Rutland. George
3. Young of Newport and J. Rolf
Searles of st. Johnsbury.
DELEGATIONS to the convention Of
the state board of pharmacy, William
H. Gokey of Bennington. president Of
the state board of pharmacy.
Resident trustee of the state normal
school, Charles L. Stearns Of John
son. Nelson Boyden of Randolph and
Judge Henry Clark Of Castleton.
Magnetic Heaters Warned.
w. F. Magoon, magnetic healer.
who was arrested in April en- charge
of practising as a physician without
license, Or. w. S. Nay Of Underhill.
secretary of the State Board Of Medi-
cal Registration complaining, waived |
examination at hearing and the
case was passed to the June term of
Windsor court with bail Of $3.50 which |
was furnished. The respondent said
he didn't know it was necessary to
have the certificate from the state
board as he did rot practise healing
after any prescribed fashion. The
respondent is brother of F. Willard
Magoon of st. Johnsbury, who has
: been ordered as we'll as his father, w.
= M. Magoon in Barton, to discontinue
, magnetic healing. the complaint
S being it is violation of the statutes.
e The penalty fixed by statute for the
5 offense is three months imprisonment
1 or 5000 fine, or both.
New Haven Practically Sure to Invade
Vermont
The conference in Boston Friday be-
E tween representatives of the New
:. York, New Haven, and Hartford rail-
I road and the Grand Trunk railroad re-
i suited in the opening of further nego-
s tiations between the two roads look
l. ing to the adjustment of the situation
" both at Brattleboro and at Bellows
. Falls. It is practically certain that the
u two interests will agree to solution
that will result in a new ten-mile-
} stretch of railroad being built by the
= New Haven road in Vermont. The
y matter is now in the hands of Presi
=, y dent Mellen Of the New Haven, and
II Vice President Fitzhugh, of the Grand
at conference to be held next Thurs
le day. Gov. John A. Mead, of Vermont,
&c who took an active part in the confer.
d ence, Lieutenant Governor Slack, and
Z, the officials of the New York, New
~ Haven and Hartford, the Grand
~ ~ Trunk and the Central Vermont road
=. were present.
Of MRS. Dodge's Trial.
s. The trial Of Mrs. Florence Dodge O.
~ n Lunenburg for the murder of William
~, Heath last fall is in full swing a
~ "a Guildhall. The state have their evi
% dence in and the defense is now put
ting their witnesses on the stand
ue States witnesses testified that Mrs
~ Dodge said, "I'll have to go up 70
We this" and that she also said sh
III would have to go to court and posi-
e:l bly to Jail. The state also attempte
MS TO prove that Heath did not shoe
NC himself which argument the defens
ot was likely to put up. because Their
" was no putty marks on the revelove
"a and Heath, who was painting an
"a "a purifying at the time. had putty o
~; his hands when he was killee
IA The defense by their witnesses ar
or trying to prove that Heath could nj
e. possibly have been shot by Mrs
us found in and the angle at which tf
'ne bullet entered the body with relate
- TO where Mrs. Dodge was. The d.
ne1 , tense has not completed their test
r. mony.
bly, Weights and Measures Found Illegs
' os After two and half days of inspe
' Ure ton Hugh H. Henry, the cor
w.. missioner of weights and measure
!. has not found one liquid or dry measu
.+o in Montpelier that conformed viii
~, a;e the law. Mr.. Henry has personal
-a,s made an investigation of two 9th
ina1 municipalities and found similar CO
.h;ss ditions In all three localities
' nnt found only IL legal measures for sa
.hot by tin and hardware merchants.
40. Mr.. Henry has sent 1000 motto
~, ~ with copies of the weights and mes
r;ns, ures laws to all dealers in tin al
IS hardware in the state that the col
:, ~ missioner is able to locate. Tn
a.. - include the regulation made by him
~ compliance with act No. ISL, laws
Vino 1910. as follows
,onf ION and after May 20, 1911.
. ~ person shall offer or expose for sa
~ or sell, any measure or capacity
4 tha use in trade which does not have
,a CT denomination and kind thereof p
,s;ts manently marked on the outside
'S'0 such measure. under penalty of