Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-12-04
State Organization.


Attended by more than $50 delegates
and town mmitteemen the first state
meeting of the Bull Moose heads was
held at Rutland. At the session it
was decided to continue the state head
quarters and two stenographers will
be continually at work sending out
literature in connection with the
work of the party. At a session of
the state commi ttee the organization
which heretofore has been temporary
was made permanent with following
county representatives Addison, E.
L. Kelley; Caledonia. DR.. w. J.
Aldrich; Bennington. W. H. Nichols ;
Chittenden, H. S. Howard; Essex,
DR.. w. O. Brown; Franklin, o. C.
Rixford; Grand Isle, James S. King :;
Lamoille, B. c. Hawley; Orange, M.
W. Wilson; Orleans, DR.. J. M. Blake :;
Rutland, D. E. Martin; Washington,
| A. W. Allen and F. B. Thomas; Wind
ham, E. W. Gibson; Windsor, Glenn
Lathrop. A majority of the counties
were represented and after the
meeting Mr.. Thompson, who has been
at the head of the movement in the
state said that out of the 246 towns
in the state only 55 were without COM
plete organization. Three addresses
were delivered by Ex-Gov. Robert P.
Bass Of New Hampshire, Mr.. Thomp-
son of BrattIeboro, and Rev. Fraser
Metzger of Randolph, candidate for
governor on the progressive ticket in
September. At the meeting of the
state committee it was decided to send
the following men to Chicago Deem
Der 10 to the national conference: M.
L. Aseltine, chairman of the sta tie
committee. H. Nelson Jackson of
Burlington, c. H. Thompson, E. w.
Gibson and H. C. Shipman of Brattle-
boro and Rev. Fraser Metzger.
Iiliterates in This State Number 1896
The following abstracts from a re.
cent bulletin by the bureau of the
census continue the summary of sta.
sites of the population of Vermont,
part of which has been printed.
The total number of persons OF
school age-that is, from to &c
years, inclusive-is 94,7O1, of whom
&c, 845, or 70,6 per cent, attended
school. In addition to these, 2,76s
persons under and 918 of 81 and over
attended school. In addition to these
2,768 persons under 6 and 918 of q
and over attended school, For boys
from 9 to 70 years, inclusive, the per
centage attending school was 69.2; fol
girls, 72. For children from 6 to L
years, inclusive, the percentage at
tending school was 929 The percent
age for children of this age among
native whites of native parentage was
93.1 among native whites of foreign
or mixed parentage, $685. among for
eign born whites, 1878; among negroes
87.6. There is little difference be
tween urban and rural communities a
regards the percentage of school at
tendance, the percentage being slight
ly higher in the urban for those iron
to IA years of age and in the rura
for those from Is to 20 years. Their
l are 10, 806 illiterates in the state, re
, presenting 81 per cent of the tota
population 10 years of age and over a
compared with So per cent in 1906
The percentage of illiteracy is -.
S among foreign born whites, l. 9 anon,
e native whites and 48 among negroes
For all classes combined, the percent
age Of illiterates is slightly higher i
: urban than in rural population, SO q
;, compared with SO, but for each elias
l separately the percentage is higher i
S the rural.
( Young Hunter Found Dead.
, The dead body of Charles Somers.
u young deer hunter, was found Nov. q
y y near Ravens Rock, Arlington Full
u 400 men and boys were securing tt
u woods and mountains in search
- Somers and business was PRACTICAL
- suspended. The cause of death cou
:; not be determined by the men WI
u found the body, but they thought tn;
. Somers had fallen over precipice ar
broken his neck The circumstanc,
surrounding Somers' death are peculi;
in that it occurred only short distan,
n from the village and probably in bro;