Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-08-13

Treat for Vermont Bar.

Treat for Vermont Bar.
The Hon. J. C. McReynolds. attorney
general of the United States, will
address the Vermont Bar association at
it's annual banquet to be held in Mont
pelier the evening of October Z. This
is the first time an encouragement of
the United States has been guest Of
the association. It is expected there
will be large attendance of Vermont
lawyers.
Jennings Beats Holt.
P. H. Jennings of Bennington won
the state golf championship Aug. on
the Rutland County club links by
and 9, in SO hole match Jennings
made the 18 holes in the morning round
in 76 to Hollis a.
DOGGY for the Rutland course is 80.
Jennings's score in the nine holes played
IN the afternoon was 80 and Hollis 40.
The state golf association has voted to
hold the state tournament next year on
the links of the Waubanakee Golf club
in Burlington.
Celebrates the 150th Anniversary of
Jericho.
In commemoration of the 15Oth
year of the charter existence of their
town the people of Jericho held a
celebration last week beginning on
Sunday, when historical sermons were
preached. On Monday the historical
play, 1.-The Rose O. Plymouth Town"
was presented and on Tuesday ,'tOld
Home Day." was celebrated The
days program consisted of band con-
cert, display of relics and historical
objects, addresses by President Guy
Potter Benton and others. Gov.
Fletcher was present.
Plants Huge Orchard.
est apple orchard in the state. R. R.
MacRae, who recently purchased of
w. H. Bartholomew Bonnie Braes, -
a farm of 300 acres at Castleton Cor
ner. has planted 125 acres of meadow
land with $4,000 year-old trees, mainly
Mcintosh reds, greetings and northern
spies. Not tree has been lost so far.
Mr.. MacRae has been for several
years superintendent of a mercantile
business at Buxton, Iowa, for B. G..
Buxton of Middletown Springs. He
now owns an orchard of 1000 trees
near Chicago and has had several
years. experience in fruit raising in
California.
State Health Officers Meet.
The health officers of the state were
in session in Burlington last week.
The attendance was large. DIR! Caver.
ly, president of the state board, made
) a most comprehensive address. He
said there were only half as many
deaths now from typhoid fever and
diphtheria as there were Ia years ago
tuberculosis has been cut down 35 pei
cent in this time he said. He believes
the state board has been largely re
, sponsible for this improvement. Its
, educational exhibits and campaigns
vaccination and control of water sup
J plies were given as causes for the
better control of these dread diseases
5 He said the schools were the key tt
most of these diseases and urged more
7 vigilance on the part of all.
Girl Climbed out Window and Eloped
= Announcement of the marriage b!
the Rev. J. E. Wright of Montpelie
! Aug. %, of Miss Veda jerks of Eas
2 Pittsford, and Merrill Shewell of tn
3 same village, was the first knowledge
2 the public had of an elopement Frida.
. night which had all the earmarks O
2 the dime novel variety. Young Shewel
2 has been in Pittsford only a few
weeks and Miss Jenks's friends sup
posed her to be engaged to be marrie'
: to Harold Shippey of Mendon Som
$ time after midnight Friday she lief
her room in the upper story of tn
house by window, getting to tn
ground by means of ladder raised b.
, her sutton to connect with a piazz
roof, and left with him by automobile
] summoned from Rutland garage.
Sheriff Takes Charge.
Sheriff E. G.. Fish has attached tn
property of the Eastman Marbl
a company for $4,000 as result of J.;
n chancery proceeding brought by tn
a Vermont Marble company VS.. Georg
q P. Eastman and Percival P. Clemen
a of Rutland. The Vermont concer
made application to Judge F. M
= against Eastman and Clement and i
a was granted. The effect of this wri
is to put the property of the defend
: ants at West Rutland in possession O
e the sheriff until further order of tn
: court. The property so held consist
: of LII blocks of marble besides quar-
D rying paraphernalia. A short tim
' ago the Vermont Marble compan
k obtained an injunction against East
= man and Clement to restrain ther
from quarrying marble north of
e certain line, properties of the orato
n and defendants joining at West Rut
T. land. The Vermont Marble compan
3 claims that 10000 feet of marble wa
y taken from their property throug
u trespassing of the defendant.
Youth Hugs Lass and Auto Upsets
Six Vermont people were in a
automobile accident at Granville
N. Y. Aug. 2, Harry Goodspeed, L
year old son of Mrs. James Goodspee
:, of Pawlet, losing his life.
IL Goodspeed had been on a picnic
RI Lake St. Catherine with party {