Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-05-01
STATE News
Vermont Cotton Figures, 212,91O
Pounds. Valued at $29,SOS.

Vermont Cotton Figures, 212,91O
Pounds, Valued at $29,8OS.
A United States bulletin of exports
of domestic cotton by ustoms districts
reports for Memphremagog district in
March, 1911, 1929 bales and 6l6.691
pounds valued at STA, 843; and in 1912.
2,O44 bales and 1,021, O53 pounds val
ued at $104. 719.,
Respect to Memory of President Hayes.
Every train stopped. station agents
quit work and all business ceased on
the Central Vermont railroad and all
Of the Grand Trunk system for five
minutes just following II 80 o'clock
a. M. Thursday, as mark of respect
to Charles NJ. Hayes. president of
this great road who lost his life with
the sinking of the Titanic.
New Corporation Formed.
Papers have been filed in the office
of the secretary of state by the Miss
isquoi Pulp & Paper company, organ
lied to manufacture wood pulp and
paper at Sheldon. The capital stock
is $50, 900 divided into 500 shares and
the papers are signed by J. T. Shep
ley, West Groton, Mass. j. P. Ram
age, Nor Hampton, Mass. d. M.
Shepley, Sheldon; H. E. Raymond
St. Adams and A. j. Shepley. Shell
don.
DR.. Pearsons Dies.
DIR. Daniel Kimball Pearsons. 90
more than $4,000, 900 to SMALL COL
oh ho
April II in a sanitarium at Hinsdale,
a suburb of Chicago, comparatively a
poor man. 1t was DR.. Pearsons who
declared that "giving away money is
a greater sport than baseball and
more fun than any other form of en-
tertainment. His death defeated his
often expressed expectation that he
would live 100 years. DR.. Pearsons
was born in Bradford. Vermont.
Thoroughly honorable in all his bust
ness deals, and a shrewd judge of
men and land, DR.. Pearsons found no
difficulty in piling up money.
More New Railroad Bridges.
In accordance with it's policy to re.
place wooden bridges with steel struc-
lures the Boston and Maine railroad
has prepared plans for six new plate
girder bridges to be erected on this
division this summer and work will
soon be commenced. Two of the
bridges are to be erected in Barnet,
two between Lyndonville and West
Burke and two near Orleans. It is
probable others will be rebuilt before
the season closes but no definite an
noUncement has been made regarding
them. Quite large amount of bal
lasting will be done this season on
the track between White River juno
tion and Newport. In some places
where there are says in the road the
track will be raised and in this way il
will not be flooded during the spring
| freshets.
Concord Hotel Burned, Loss $4,000.
Fire Monday, April %, destroyed
the West Concord hotel and livery
stable connected and barn belonging
to J. C. Cutting. The loss on the
property will exceed $4,000.
The property was owned by Frank
Josylin, who held little insurance. II
was leased by T. D. Pidgeon. The
cause of the fire is unknown. Oanie
Grout. man over 70 years of age,
was badly burned in trying to get his
trunk out of the hotel. A partition
fell on him while he was trying tc
get out of the building and bruised
and burned him seriously. A horse
belonging to M. IL. Reed, the rura
delivery carrier, was burned with the
barn. Harold Douglass was burned
quite severely while using chemical
fire extinguisher and several mer
were overcome by the heat. The drug
store of 0. B. Cutting & Son was
quite badly blistered by the heat anC
the fronts of the buildings on the
south side of the street were also
damaged.
Hon, w. r. Austin of St. Adams to
Speak.
In response to request from the
president and secretary of the Illinois
State Bar association, dated February
Is, and addressed to the president Of
the Vermont Bar association, Febru
airy 26, Hon. Warren r. Austin of St
Adams was appointed to represent
the Vermont Bar association at Chi
cago, April rs and 81, to which rep
resentatives of all the state bar as
sociations of America have been in
vited, to consider and suggest rem
edies for the delay of unnecessar.
cost of litigation, and forms of judi
cial procedure and practice.
Mr.. Austin has been asked to speal
the afternoon of the 26th upon ''Pre
vention of the Delay. Cost and Mis-
carriage of Litigation Caused by tn
Misuse of Expert Testimony" Mr.
Austin is especially qualified to speal
upon this subject for he has interest
ed himself in it for years and his crit
icism of the present use of exper
testimony and suggestions for reforr
have been expressed by him in publ
: speeches before the state school O
health. the Vermont Medical societ
e and the Vermont Bar association an,
r have been published in law journal
t of national circulation. This CONVEX
: ton gives promise of definite pract
: cal reform suggestions which, if cal
? ried out by the necessary lie gislatior
e should secure justice to the poor lit
: giant as well as the rich, and a