Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-12-11
STATE NEWS.
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the Hon. Eli H. Porter of Wilmington,
a former state railroad commissioner
the Hon. James Estee, mayor of
and A. E. futile of Bel
lows Falls, president of the state
Teachers association. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler, the only member who is
not Vermonter, apart from his pres
tige as president of Columbia, has a
renown as an authority on
matters of educational organization
He was said to have been the moving
spirit in shaping the present educa
tional systems of New York and New
Jersey.
$4,000 Covers Fairlee L IS.
Fire which broke out in Stebbins'
harness shop in the opera house build
ing in Fairlee just before midnight
Thursday destroyed that structure, also
the Federated church and the public
library. building. The total los will
not exceed $4,000, it is thought, but
at one time the entire street was
threatened, 50 that aid was summoned
from Bradford and Oxford. It was
while members of the grange were de-
parting from their meeting place in
the church hall that flames were dis
covered They rushed to rescue the
harness maker, an elderly man, get
ting him out in a dazed condition, and
then gave the alarm for fire. The
only equipment available were hand
extinguishers, and they were power
less to check the flames, which soon
spread from the opera house, two
story wood structure. to the church,
also of two stories and Of wood. The
public library was located in the path
of the flames, so efforts were directed
toward removing the books and other
contents of the library. These Efforts
were successful, all the books and
most of the furniture being saved.
The fire also communicated to the Alb
bolt drug store and threatened to burn
the Fairlee inn, while a tenement house
of R. E. Merrill was saved only by
spreading wet blankets over it. The
fire practically burned itself out in two
hours. There was an insurance Of
81, 800 on the church building: $500 on
the library building; $1,000 on the
opera house building and 81, 500 on the
contents OF the opera house. The
church was occupied jointly by the
Congregational and Methodist socie-
ties.
What Towns Exp nd for Schools.
Poultney ranks first in the state
with regard to per cent of grand list
expended for schools by towns and in
corporated districts according to a
table of statistics compiled by the
state department of education.
Poultney expends 1874 per cent of it's
list for schools. The next ten ranks
are held as follows: Royalton district
lis per cent; Barton, 1903; Readsboro,
1903; Newbury, 1902: Woodbury., 102
Royalton, 80; Mortified. 81; Ludlow,
90; Barnard, sc.
Granville ranks first in Addison, 80
per cent; Readsboro in Bennington,
1903; Hardwick in Caledonia, 95; Mil
ton district in Chittenden, 90; Canaan
in Essex, 80; Montgomery in Franklin,
81; Alburg in Grand Isle, 81; Eden
in Lamoille, 85 Newbury in Orange,
1902; Barton district in Orleans, 108
Poultney in Rutland, 1874 Woodbury. in
Washington. 1902; Wilmington in Wind
ham, 80; Royalton district in Windsor,
lis.
Burlington ranks 216th, Barre 10th,
Montpelier 246th, Rutland 194th, St.
Adams 141st, st. Johnsbury 168th.
In Washington county MONTPELIER
schools cost the most a week, S36. 90,
and Fairlee schools are most expensive
in the state, 1929. The highest
monthly wage to women teachers ir
elementary schools is paid by Middle
bury in Addison, Bennington, St.
Johnsbury, Burlington, Canaan, Enos
burg Falls. Isle La Motto, Waterville
Fairlee, North Troy, Rutland, Mont
pelier, Brattleboro district, and Hart
ford. The highest wage in the state
is paid by Montpelier, $1,000.
The highest percentage of attend
ance. 81 per cent, Athens and. Middle
bury ; lowest, So, Woodford.