Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-24
STATE NEWS.
Will Attend Encampment.

Will Attend Encampment.
The department of Vermont. Grand
Army Of the Republic. has arranged
trip to the 46th national encampment
at Los Angeles. CAL, September to
Ia. This meeting has not been held
on the Pacific coast since 1903. The
party will leave Vermont on Septem-
Der 2, arriving at Los Angeles Sep
TENDER 8.
Bolt of Lightning Kills Vernon Man.
Chas. Johnson of Vernon was struck
and Instantly killed by lightning. and
Mrs. Hattie Clark and Mrs. Barrnws
of that town were seriously injured by
the same agency when they sought
shelter under a tree on the Huckle
hill road at Vernon Thursday during
thunder storm. Edith Johnson, a
daughter of the dead man, was also
slightly injured.
Meets Death in Quarrel.
Frank Dennis of Winooski met
sudden death Sunday evening. Claim
ing to have hit Dennis in self defense,
Noel Guyette of Winooski gave him
self up at late hour and was lodged
in Jail. Dennis. it is claimed by Guy
cite, was intoxicated and quarrelsome
and started fight. He struck Guy
cite, the latter claims, and when
Guyette struck back, Dennis fell and
striking on the sidewalk. died in
stantly. Guyette is 20 years old and
; De mis- was a much heavier and older
man. Five other men were arrested.
Invite New Industry.
The St. Adams board of trade,
through committee composed of S.
C. Greene, w. H. Vorce and G. D.
Watson, is endeavoring to secure the
location there of a concern manufac-
turing "micanite This is an article
used extensively for insulating pur-
poses and manufactured from mica.
The company gets its crude material
from Canada and brings it to this
country in the rough to avoid the
payment of custom duties. The con.
Germ will employ from so to 100 girls
and about ten men, and requires a
building about the size Of the vacant
furniture factory. which it is be.
lieved can be secured at a nominal
price.
New Criminal Ward Opened.
The new criminal ward for male pa
tients was opened Tuesday at the
Vermont state hospital for the insane
at Waterbury and the so patients
who have hitherto occupied two small
wards will sleep in the building for
the first time. Among them are six
convicted murderers and many other
offenders who have been adjudgec
mot guilty by reason of insanity
; Many of these patients have taken ar
active part in finishing the ward. The
new building is three stories high,
of reinforced concrete construction
throughout and cost 500, coo. 1t is the
only strictly freproof building in the
state. 1t will comfortably house 80
patients.
Decrease in Violence.
Dir. r. H. Stone, director of the
state laboratory Of hygiene, says il
commenting on the work of the lab
oratory that marked dropping off il
the number of cases of violence in tn,
state has been noted since Arthu
t Bosworth was convicted of the killing
e of Mae Labelle and sentenced to dealt
e by hanging. The laboratory is Gale,
, upon to investigate many cases wher
death results from violence or fou
> play and up to the time of the Bos
0 worth case the institution was KEEP
j. very busy with cases in all parts o
the state. DR.. Stone said that Will
y the sudden dropping off of such case
T might be a mere coincidence. he wa
S inclined to think the verdict in tn
Y Bosworth case had direct infuenc
a on the conditions Of recent months
The business at the laboratory q
e present is very quiet.
Growth of Alfalfa in Vermont.
The growing of this forage plant
" being made success in the Chan
o plain valley. For several years War
- Spaulding of Panton has grown it O
a clay slope cutting at least two goo
f crops, and sometimes three season
Y Last season he disc narrowed the Gro
e and recently harvested the first Gu
e ting. This stand was about fou
n times as heavy as last seasons. Tt
l. stalks measured from 81 to 80 inchs
= in length. From the two acres of a
n aflfa there we're gathered nine lare
,r two horse loads. Perhaps the lars
is increase crop this year was augmen
I'd ed by the wet spring to a certain d
er gree, but the disc-harrowing mater
Id ally increased the number of indivi
at ual plans. making a larger multip
p of plants than would have otherwi
IS been seeded for the seasons rain
t, AS large a crop will again be ha
tie vested the first of August
We Carpenter Gets $4,000.
Sc
n The long drawn out $4,000 dana,
We suit of Lisle NJ Carpenter of Brattl
a. boro against the Central Vermo
lis railway came to an end in Windha
pc county court last week when the ju
m awarded the plaintiff damages to t
It. extent of $4,000. Numerous exceptio
Mt taken by Attorneys C. c. Fits a
lis Harry B. Amey for the railway I'M
a cate that the case will be carried
nc. the state SI1nrarna court an If "