Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-04-24

He went TO England some time ago
and was returning. Both men leave
relatives.
Women's Clubs Doing Good Work
The Women's clubs of Vermont are
doing good work in carrying on war
circular letter sent to the various
clubs throughout the state is the
statement that the pest is creature
of civilization and as it was created by
civilization it can be exterminated by
civilization. When care is taken to
destroy all breeding places for flies
and such .carelessness as throwing
food and other refuse where flies will
gather are done away with the pest
will fast disappear. It is said by
medical science that many of the ills
of summer are due to the house fly.
Power Company to Bond and Enlarge.
A resolution authorizing the issue of
bonds to the amount of S500,O00 for
the purpose of purchasing the Yer.
gennes Power Co s holdings at Yer
gennes and for the further purpose of
meeting bonds when due and extend
ing the holdings of the company. was
adopted at meeting of the Burling
ton Traction Co. The price to be
paid for the Vergennes holdings is
$1,000 and the remainder is to be
placed in the treasury to meet bonds
as they fall due and to extend the
lines Of the traction company and
make other improvements. In order
to close the transaction, the owners of
no
223 shares of traction company stock
owned by minority stockholders who
had objected to the proposed pur-
chase of the Vergennes plant by the
traction company. The price paid for
these 223 shares was $l20 share.
Head of Vermont Sanatorium Resigns.
DR.. w. G. Klotz, who for over three
years has been superintendent of the
Vermont sanatorium at Pittsford. has
resigned to go to Douglass, Ariz., and
take up the practice Of medicine pri-
vately. His Successor has not yet
been appointed. The annual report
of the Vermont sanatorium at Pitts
ford shows that last year 106 patients
were admitted as compared with 81
the previous year. The average num-
Der day was 37.71. an increase of 90
per cent; and the average length of
stay has increased from 14.8 to 1877
weeks. Four deaths occurred during
the year. Many patients have left
the sanatorium cured patients or with
the disease arrested, and have been
restored to lives of usefulness. Some
have been followed up for two years
Or longer since they were discharged.
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but are we'll enough to follow an &C.
be known definitely that all died of
tuberculosis.
Uplift Towns o. Vermont
A meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Inter-Church Fedora ton
was held recently at Burlington, when
resolutions of far-reaching import
were unanimously passed and plans
! for the furtherance of the movement
were discussed.
Those present included President
John M. Thomas of Middlebury, pres
ident of the State Council. Judge F.
c.. Dyer, of Salisbury. DR.. Fl. D. Hol-
ton of Brattleboro. Rev. Fraser Metz
ger of Randolph, executive secre-
tary, whose office is headquarters for
the movement, Rev. j. Wallace Ches-
Dor of Randolph. ex-Gov. w. w.
Stickney of Ludlow, Henry Bond of
Brattleboro, Rev. John A Scheurle
of Hartford, Rev. w. A. Dawson and
A. M. Aseltine of Burlington. Let
tiers of regret were read from Presi.
dent Benton and Clarke c. Fits of
| BrattlebOro.
The resolutions follow:
First-We propose to take for our
first endeavor the mental, moral and
religious improvement of the small
towns of the state.
Second-We pledge our help to the
churches of these towns, especially in
securing for them an efficient minis
try: (a) By the promotion of summer
conferences for instruction and in
SEPARATION for religious work in the
open country; (b) By correspondence
courses in methods of work in the
country church, and in scientific ag.
riculture.
Third-We agree to apportion the
counties of the state among the de.
nominations We represent, asking
each to take certain district for its
special field. wherein to labor for its
economic and spiritual uplift by al
possible means, but including - (a)
The approach to the people on the
side of the work whereby they carr
their daily bread. and the endeavol
to stimulate better farming and bet
ter living, so that Vermont boys may
have chance in Vermont; (b) TIL,
organization of towns for recreatio OF
and common social amusement, t,
cure the ills of isolation and neigh
borhood jealousy.
FJurth-We believe that each re
ligious body represented in Vernon
should work first for the welfare O
Vermont, and should subordinate it,
own promotion to that end.
Fifth-We promise to lay to hear
the condition of our rural schools
teachers underpaid and frequentl,
changed, insufficient books and sup
plies. inadequate buildings and ground
and we pledge our co operation il
any movement looking to the equaliz