Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-11-27
STATE NEWS,
Burliug ton Station Assured.


state public service commission says
that he has dictated the order for the
construction of new union station in
Burlington. and the document is now
in the hands of his office staff for
preparation. 1t will be issued soon.
The order will be issued in time for
necessary action at the present session.
of the general assembly.
Forger Gets Conditional Pardon.
A conditional pardon has been grant
ed by Gov. Fletcher to Arthur Blanch-
cite of Moretown, VINO was sentenced
to the state prison from Montpelier
city court on July 25, 1911, for forg-
cry. Blanchette pleaded guilty to
forging the name of Henry Stanley of
Moretown to a check for $35 drawn on
the Waterbury Savings bank. He was
sentenced to not less than year and
half and not more than two years and
he has served the minimum sentence
Fight with Buck.
The Burlington Free Press says
Orrin Hills, photographer, living
half mile out of Montpelier. had a
narrow escape from injury. While
attempting to kill buck he had in
jnred. the firing pin on his rifle broke.
The buck charged him, and as he was
unaware of the uselessness Of the gun.
he still tried to use it. The buck
struck Hills on his right side and Hills
after he came down from his upward
flight landed on the wounded bucks
back, who being weakened from loss of
blood fell to the ground under the
weight of Hills. One prong struck a
watch in his pocket which saved it
piercing his side.
Has Travelled Over Three Million Miles.
Joseph Willett of St. Adams, tourist
conductor on the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad. left Boston Tues
| day on his 18th monthly trans CONT
mental trip from Boston to California.
Mr.. Willett has travelled for four
different lines a total of 46 and one
half years. He was employed by the
! Central Vermont four and half years
and during that time travelled 1872, 900
miles; IL years for the Pullman Co.,
600, 705 miles; five years on the Og-
densburg division of the Rutland road
| (this branch at that time being part
of the Central Vermont road, 200, 120
miles "a years for the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy road 2, lao. 800 miles.
Margaret Carter Guilty.
Margaret Carter, alias Margaret
Smith, the colored woman who fatally
shot Pearl Hooper, also colored, at the
Franklin resort near Fort Ethan Allen
September 9, has pleaded guilty of
murder in the second degree. The
shooting was ascriOed to jealousy, and
took place while the victim was dane
ing with the Carter WOman'S husband,
in the basement dance hall. The
Hooper woman died the following day,
and the Carter woman was found that
night in the home of Nellie Pasha on
Battery street She has been for
some time at Waterbury for examina-
ton as to her sanity, but the physi-
clans of the state insane hospital de-
clined to give an opinion without
further opportunity for observation
She was sentenced to life imprison-
ment by Judge TAYLOR Monday after
noon.
Morgan Horse Farm.
w. F. Hammond, superintendent of
the Morgan Horse Farm at Middle
bury, has just returned from Washing
ton where he was called to attend a
conference regarding the plans of the
government for the encouragement of
breeding horses for military purposes.
This conference was attended by
officers of the army and of the agri-
cultural department and private citi-
zens, who have been appointed by the
government to cooperate with federal
officers in the selection of stations for
this work. 1t is expected that work
will be begun along this line in New
England early next year. In addition
to his duties in charge of the govern
ment farm, Mr. Hammond has been
given charge, by Secretary Wilson, of
the New England army horse breeding
: district.
Rupert's Wild Man Sent to Jail.
Thomas Ourman, aged AZ, a native
of Prussia, who has been in America
about 20 years, has been committed tC
. jail in Bennington on 60 days SEN
tence for vagrancy. Deputy Sheriff
Harvey S. Lincoln caught the mar
asleep early one morning under the
, roots Of an overturned tree. Ourmar
! has been living on Rupert mountain
+ since July and in the five months has
not passed single night under a roo
anu ilCLo lIVCu C1AClNol FFIy UDOu WI
! fruit and what game he could capture
His principal food has been the flesl
of woodchucks, which he dug out O
q their holes with short iron bar
a Everything in the shape of food founC
q by the deputy under the tree was
/ few frozen apples. When brought t
a jail Ourmans ragged black bear
hung halfway to his waist. The ma
appears rational and readily answer
questions in broken English, but fail
o. to give any explanation for his strang
q manner of living. Several attempt
+ had been made to capture him durin
+ the past two months.
Is Old War Vouchers May Net Vernon
~ $4,000.
t, In exploring the archives of tn
is adjutant- generals office Adjutant-Ger
Sc eral Lee S Tillotson has made discov
ID cry which may enrich the state to til