Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-14
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
L. B. WELLMAN, LOG Editor
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor

The date set for the annual club
cruise of the Memphremagog Yacht
club is August 20. If weather condi-
lions are right this ought to be the
banner cruise of the club. Details are
being worked out by those in charge
and will be made public as soon as
completed.
During the severe storm of Sunday
night lightning struck the barn of
w. w. True at his summer home on
Knowlton's Bluff but did little dam.
age. The storm in this locality was
one of the worst this season. rain fell
IN torrents and the electrical displav
was extremely vivid.
Miss Marion Newland recently
swan from Eagle Point TO Black Is
land. distance of one and e.fourth
miles, IN thlrty-flve minutes. DR.. G.
h. Newland followed his daughter in
boat. This performance is worthy
of most men swimmers and should
place this young lady in position to
win some Of the prizes offered locally
for swimmers.
The Odd Fellows Field Day exer-
clses at Scott's Grove on Tuesday.
Aug. 6. were successfully carried out
and the weather conditions were per-
feet. Various sports were introduced
including a ball game, tug-of-war,
creased pole, smokers race etc., all of
which were holly contested. The at
tendance was large and the Newport
Band furnished good music during the
entire day.
The band stand has been equipped
with screens thereby greatly adding
to the comfort of the players during
| the seasons open-air concerts. This
may also add to the efficiency of the
| band as 1t must have been quite
trick to play ones instrument with
one hand and hold a stick of punk
with the other. Surely we will have
to discover new reason, now, for
any discords that may be noticed.
The adjourned hotel meeting, Fri
day night, should be we'll attended
and all interested in a new hotel
should be present with something to
say and do in its behalf. The com.
mlttee has been earnestly at work for
two weeks and We understand still
lack promises of support necessary to
insure the desired result. 1t would
hardly seem that the refusal of one or
two business men to back the venture
ought to prevent the village from
having what it needs for it's develop.
ment. Perhaps some other plan. un.
der which our present hotel facilities
may be enlarged, might be perfected.
However. it will be thrashed out al
the meeting Friday night, so plan to
be there.
! c. o. Ormsbee of Montpelier. tree
surgeon, has arrived and with two O,
three assistants has been giving first
aid to the injured trees of the village
for. several days. All the work done
SO far is on Second street. All trees
are trimmed where necessary ane
worthless ones removed, while de-
cayed spots are deftly dug out, thu
cavities thus caused being late
hlled with cement, over which afte1
a time the tree is supposed to grow
we have many beautiful trees, som,
that may be made beautiful by scien
tlhc treatment and others that shoult
be cut down. MIR. Ormsbee evidently
knows his business and is uuicl
workman but the job will take som,
time. This work is being don,
through the Civic Improvement asso
citation, which provides funds from it
| I%AAN oASo Ny
the people.
On Tuesday, August 6, D. J. Nc
Dermott, inspector in charge of tn
immigration force here, arrested thre
Cinnamon and an Italian, who wer
, wandering about town in search of
q Chinese laundry On Wednesda
4 morning three more Cinnamon wer
taken in charge. All were placed
Jail. charged with attempted viola
n ton of the Chinese exclusion laws
!. A. L. Weeks, Chinese Inspector. an
: T. w. G. Wallace. Interpreter, al
rived Thursday from Montreal and
k hearing was held. The italian
d Charles Buffa, was bound over in til
Il sum of $4,000 to the u. S. court j
October to answer to the charge {
smuggling Cinnamon into the Unite
e States. The hearing on the Chimes
r was continued to August %. tt
ii running mate Of Buffa, who brougl
:. in the last three Cinnamon, made h
n escape and has not yet been appr
# hended.