Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-07-26

Prominent Candidate for Governor.

Prominent Candidate for Governor.
A CODY of the Vermillion. South
Dakota, Republican states that candi-
dates for governor of that state in
clude Hon. LOOMS S. Gull of Hot
Springs. Mr.. Gull is native of
Waterville and lived in Belvidere and
Eden before going west. where he
attained distinction as a lawyer.
Pearl Hunting in Vermont.
r. A. More and E. NJ. Harris. of
ST. Johnsbury, skilled in pearl hunt
ing, recently secured beauty in kir-
by brook. The pearl is an eleven
grain one. almost perfect, and beau
tifully tinted. Mr.. Harris was the
lucky finder, securing the gem from
the first clam he opened. Mr.. Moore
found several small ones. Mr.. Moore
has followed pearl hunting as rec
reation for over forty years. AL.
most invariably the gems are found
in old and deformed clans that are
bruised by the rush of the water or in
striking against the rocks.
Animal Causes Terror at Gageville.
The people of Gageville, a suburb
of Bellows Falls, are greatly ex-
ercised over the depredations of a
wild animal which has made several
inroads into the place. At first vari-
Gus fowls were missed in the morn
ing, then the animal began on the sc
pigs kept by Willis Ober and six have
now been carried away entire. One
night watch was kept, but in the
interval before the second man came
to take the place Of the first, pig
was taken. Several women have seer
the animal and one has heard i
scream. The consensus of opinion
appears to be that it is panther AM
local srortsmen are going to brinl
him in if possible.
To Open Naval Recruiting Station.
A navy recruiting station will b
opened in the post-ofice building Il
Burlington from July "a to August S
Applicants for enlistment as macnin
lists, boilermakers. coppersmlths
firemen, coalpassers, apprentice sea
men, and men for the hospital an
clerical branches will be examine
for the naval service, and if foun
physically and morally qualified wi
be accepted. The government wi
pay all expenses to their stations; O
first enlistment siXty-dollar outf
of clothing will be furnished. Al
prentice seamen that enlist now wi
complete their training at Newpor
R. l., in time to he detailed for or
of the ships making the foreign cruis
this fall.
Big Hay Imports.
Collector Charles H. Darling state
that the large collections of duties
: the customs district of Vernon
; which have been the rule for the la!
, twelve months or more still contlnu
} 1t is accounted for in part at presel
5 by big importations Of hay from Il
province of Quebec. New Englar
2 buyers evidently anticipating son
5 high prices this winter on account
the present seasons poor crop. II
0 hay from Quebec is of last year
f crop which was a heavy one and the
a seems to be plenty left. Some prop
5 cts have said that the winter pric
in this section of the country M
! reach S25 or $50 a ton, which Wou
e mean nice margin Of profit for t
t importing dealer despite the fact tn
y the duty is Sd per ton.
r Sues Company for Alleged Danage =.
Claiming that he was permanent
r injured so that he will never be al
r properly to support his family aga
e Joseph j. White, of Burlingt ton, b
'r suit served on the Hotel Verne
1 company claiming damages of 5000
n The action has not yet been enter
IL ol
that April II, while employed by
G. S. Blodgett Company in the Ho
v Vermont, then under process Of CT
az struction, he was hit on top Of
"a head by door while standing on
le first floor. The door, it is alleg'
i. was dropped from an elevator.
ie defendant company was Negligent, II
ID alleged, inasmuch as it allowed
IL opening between the elevator sh
n and the second story floor, thror
re which the door was allowed to DIR
- Thinks Cattle Inspection Laws Lax
"a State Cattle Commissioners Fred
=, - Davis, who has been testing the cal
~ supplying Montpelier with milk,
-. . condemned about 100 cattle out
a the several hundred tested. The
az al dinances of the city require all c.
IL supplying the city with milk to
r. tested once in two years. I'm
20 70 States Inspector DR.. r. O. Blk
~ stationed at the Burlington Render
T. Company's plant is of the opiI
- that the state laws are lax in reg
" " to inspection for tuberculosis.
~ believes milk and butter should be
! spected and that no dairyman sht
rhl be allowed to buy uninspected COW
49, be put into a herd which has been
-; s spected. He would have every
- in the state Inspected and I
brought into the state that Cal
show a clean bill of health.
Vermont Stands Second.
IN A new record was made in raj
IN the annual production of tale or S
the stone in the United States to Isl
lcn short tons in 1910, an increase {
uld per cent, in quantity of 80 per &c,
etlc value, compared with the produ,
!on.. in 1909, according to J. S. Diller
ism; the United States geological SUI
'nel The increase in production was CT
)Dle in New York whose o,1tnut of n