Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-05-15

the democratic state convention In
Montpelier June Is have heen called
for June II by the democratic state
committee.
Patriotic Orders Meet.
The thirtieth annual encampment J
of the Vermont Division, Sons of |
Veterans, will be held in Burlington,
June 4, and 6. 1912. in conjunction
with the G. A. R.. w. R. c.. S. V. A.
and other patriotic orders.
Encampment Spanish War Veterans.
The annual encampment Of the de-
partment of Vermont United Spanish
War Veterans will be held in Brattle-
bore June Fl and in addition to the de-
partmental officers, delegate and al
ternate will be elected for every ten
members in the various camps IN the
state.
Vermont Great Butter State.
Vermont in 1909 produced IS, 1874, 900
pounds Of butter, valued at $1O.207,
900. Of this amount Is, 166, 900 pounds
was produced on farms and 20, 228, 900
pounds in factories and farmers co
operative creameries. Vermont leads
New England in the production of
with a production of Is, 4O5, 900
pounds.
State Congregational Convention.
The 117th annual meeting of the
Vermont Congregational conference
together with the annual meeting of
the Vermont Domestic Missionary
society will be held at the First Con-
gregational Church in Middlebury,
May Fl to 23 Clark c. Fits of Brat
tleboro is president of the conference
and the Rev. William c. Clark, Sec
rotary.
Had Premonition.
1t is said that A. C. Younger, who
was killed by electrocutiou recently
in Burlington while working on pole.
had premonition of something about
to happen, for he said to a friend:
81 hate to go back to work this after
noon, for I feel just as if someone
was going to get it on that job. and
in less than three hours he himself
was the one to 'get 1.-THE fatal
shock of $500 volts that put an end to
his existence.
M. w. A. Field Day at Hyde Park.
Field Day will be observed by the
Vermont Log State Association of the
Modern Woodmen of America at Hyde
Park, Thursday, June 20. Band con-
certs, baseball games and other sports
will be INDUCED in on the ground dur
ing the day and those In charge of the
affair epxect to complete a contract
make a fight on that day. In the
evening Riley's orchestra of Barre
will furnish music for dance at the
town hall and altogether a great
event is assured.
Minister Back Again.
Rev. L. B. Grice, Free Baptist
minister at Shady Rill, Middlesex,
who mysteriously disappeared week
ago Sunday, has returned. 1t seems
that he walked to Montpelier and
from there went to Boston where he
applied for enlistment in the navy.
He was advised not to enlist although
he could have passed the physical ex.
animation, being over six feet tai
and in good health. He says he left
because he was discouraged but re
turned because what friends he hac
were in Shady Rill.
To Hang Bosworth Jan. Oath.
Arth ur Bosworth. who was founC
guilty of the murder of Miss May La
bell at Essex Junction last June by ;
, jury in the Chttenden county superl
or criminal court, was sentenced tt
be hanged at the Windsor states pris
on on Jan. "a, 1918, by Judge Love
,, land Munson in the supreme court a
Montpelier last week. This actor
| IL
had overruled the exceptions to tn
verdict by BoswOrth counsel. AS b.
! was being led out of the court room
Bosworth asked the officers if b.
would have to work up to the time o
, his execution. They Informed tn
.. condemned man that he would. Bos
worth shot and killed Miss LABEL o.
June 7, 1911. Bosworth's attention
to the young woman had been re
pulsed by the latter.
b Government to Try Experiment in Yer
S mont.
. Bennington county has been select
= ed by the national government as
= section Of territory in which to try a
y experiment of trained assistance i
:, the construction and care of publ
~ ~ roads. Assistance of this kind ha
{ been furnished from the bureau Q
. public works for some years but tn
o experiment to be tested in Benning
C ton county is a new one in that tn
:" government has decided to make
>, cover an entire year, putting one Q
y the men from the bureau of publ
- works into the county for that lengt
20 of timme. b. H. Winslow, the ma
II II selected for the work has arrived
- Bennington and is already making tn
preliminary investigation necessary [
the work that is to devolve upon hin
The decision of the bureau to try i
a. one year experiment in Benningte
county is largely due to the interest
! the road building subject manifesto
" n by James B. Wilbur. of Mancheste
~ who was solely responsible for tt
-, gatherings of road men held in Be