Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-12-17
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Bosworth Reprieve Denied

Bosworth Reprieve Denied.
Governor Fletcher Thursday refused t
to grant a reprieve to Arthur Bos- |
Labelle in the railroad station at
who Jan. is to pay the penalty Of his
crime by hanging. which probably will
be the last hanging in Vermont.
1857 Deer Killed during Open Season.
The number of deer killed in
Vermont during the open season was
Addison. 12U; Bennington, TIA; Gale
donia. 70; Chittenden. At; Essex. 1O9;
Franklin. 40. Grand Isle. O; Lamoille.
113; Orange. 127; Orleans, Sc; Rut-
land. 1872; Washington, 1856; Windham,
266; Windsor, 259.
No New Haven in Vermont.
Frank c. Williams. state bank COM
missioner, in commenting on the pass
ing of the dividend by the New York.
New Haven & Hartford. said that the
statement in the New York report of
the dividend action to the effect that
$40. 600. 900 of the roads stocks and
bonds were held by savings banks and
estates was incorrect as far as Yer
mont was concerned. mot a dollar
of stocks or bonds of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road is owned
company" he said. 1.-The state bank
ing law does not allow them to invest
in railroad stocks.'
Poultney Sustains $4,000 Fire.
Fire. which originated in the Keefe
meat market in the Parker block early
Friday morning, practically destroyed
the structure and damaged two ad-
joining business blocks. the total loss
being estimated at from S25, 900 to
$50, 900 with a partial insurance. All
the burned buildings were wooden
structures. 1t was by far the most
disastrous fire that has visited the
village in many years. All of the
buildings are located on Main street
in the center of the business section
and only hard work upon the part of
the fire department and many volun-
teers prevented confagratlon.
Vail, Elliot and Harvey Accept
The annual meeting of the Greater
Vermont association will be held at
Burlington in February There will
be business sessions of the associ alton,
| a meeting of executives of Vermont
commercial and civic associations.
which will be addressed by Emmett
Hay Naylor, president of the New
| England Association of. Commercial
Executives. A feature of the meeting
will be dinner given jointly by the
Burlington Merchants association and
the Greater Vermont association.
! W. IL
George M. Harvey have accepted
Progressives Begin Publication Soon.
The Advance company. whose papers
of Incorporation were filed with Secre
tary of State Guy w. Bailey week
ago. has assembled it's members for
the purpose of organizing. Organiza-
and electing directors as required by
members of the board of directors anc
they are: Guy B. Horton of Burling.
ton. Dr. w. J. Aldrich of st. Johns.
bury, DR.. j. H. Blodgett of Bellows
Falls, A. H. Townsend of Burlington
and NJ L. Aseltine of ST. Adams.
The publication Offices will be located
in Burlington and it is proposed now to
publish the first issue as soon after
the first of the new year as the work
of preparation can be completed.
In Ill Health, Shoots Himself.
Dead with a bullet hole through his
head, Albert Minckler, postmaster
and dealer in general merchandise al
West Bolton, was found Wednesday by
his wife lying in a pool of blood
behind counter. He had killed him
self with a 38-caliber revolver, death
being instantaneous. Dependency ovel
ill health was the cause of his self
destruction. Mr.. Minckler, who was
As years old, returned two weeks age
from Pittsford. where he went fol
treatment for tuberculosis year ago
His health had not improved and he
became depressed in spirit. He arose
about o'clock and went down stairs
to attend the fires in the store. A few
minutes later the shot rang out ane
his wife fastening down found his
body.
A Surprising Prediction.
"Men here present who are not 81
very young will live to see ocean-goins
steamships sail into Burlington harbo1
from the north and from the south,
declared Howard D. Hadley of Platts-
burg, the speaker at the luncheon OF
the Merchants association at the
Hotel Vermont last week. His subject
was, "The Second Battle of Lake
Champlain." which he said, is now
being fought at the close of century
of peace between England and the
United States and is bloodless con
test, the object of which is to make
the Chamlpain valley as famous for it.
commerce as it is noted for being the
scene of the naval battle one hundred
years ago. This end will be accom-
plished. he asserted. through tn.
construction of the proposed Hudson
Champlain deep waterway.
} Charged with Selling Worthless Stock
Claiming that they were sold worth