Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-06-24
STATE NEWS.
Woman Sues Railroad for Sons Death.

w onAoh 0ueS Railroad ioF JON LEAN.
Mary A. Carroll of Walpole, N. H.,
administrative of the estate of her
son, P. w. Carroll, has filed a suit
against the Rutland railroad seeking
to recover SIS, 900 for her sons death.
which occurred January 1, 1913, at
Bellows Falls. The papers allege that
through carelessness and negligence on
the part of the employees of the COM
pany train was started while Carroll
was between the cars in the act of
breaking q coupling and that he was
crushed and died four hours later.
Gift to Teachers Retirement Fund.
Miss Caroline Woodruff of St.
Johnsbury. a member of the board of
managers of the state teacher S retire
ment fund, has received a check for
$1,000 for the Vermont fund from a
woman who does not wish her name
mentioned. The gift is from person
al friend of Miss Woodruff and is in
honor of Miss Bertha Cary on her
completion of Is years teaching SER
vice IN Vermont. Miss Cary is
primary teacher in Rutland county and
the donor takes this way of showing
her appreciation of her work and the
cause to which she makes contribution.
Protest against Increased Fares.
The first formal protest against the
proposed increase of fares on the
street car line of the Barre & Mont
pelier Traction and Power company
July next as announced by the COM
pany, was made by the Barre city
council at its regular meeting when
the city council clerk was instructed to
1ell %h0 10, ~f -
the franchise under which it is operat-
ing in the streets of Barre and by
which the fare inside the city limits
was fixed at five cents a ride. The
action followed the appearance of a
deputation from the Central Labor
union which desired to know what the
city was going to do about the matter
Had Is Children and Obi ects to Rearing
Another.
Theodore M. Beaudry of Rutland,
formerly of Middlebury, a hostler, is
endeavoring by advertisement to
obtain foster parents for his sixteenth
child, Francis, the son of his third
wife. Mr.. Beaudry has stated through
the press that he has child for adop-
ton but Mrs. Beaudry stoutly mai n
tains that the advertising was done
without her consent and that she will
not give up the SlX-months-old baby.
The present Mrs. Beaudry has been
Theodore's wife about Is months He
had Is other children, all living, when
they were married. Four of them are
at home now. the others being mar
ried. He wishes to dispose of Francis
! because he thinks he has had his share
Of rearing children.
Child's Remarkable Escape
Lester H. Thompson Jr., he Ii
month-oId son of Mr.. and Mr.. Lester
II. Thompson, of Manchester Center,
! fell from a second-story window and
landed fiat on his back. escaping in
! jury. The little chap, while left alone
for few minutes found his way up-
stairs and toddled over to window
which was open. While the infant
was looking over the window sill he
fell. Miss Jennie Leggin of AIRING ton,
who was sitting upon the steps in
front Of the house when the lad made
his descent, made an unsuccessful
attempt to catch him. DR.. L. NJ.
! Kelley was called but could find no
! bones broken. In two hours time the
child was running about as usual and
/ showed no III effects from his narrow
escape.
Canler Worm in Forest Trees.
! H. w. Bailey of the state depart.
ment of Agriculture, who has charge
OF the suppression Of insect pests in
this state. was ia Rutland recently and
many trees i0 that vicinity, Fair
Haven and West Haven were exam
incd. The principal pest found was
J the canker worm. which destroys the
foliage of forest trees to an alarming
! extent. Mr. Jennings suggests that
/ persons who have placed cotton and
/ as about their trees to prevent the
worms. from ascending, should burn
this cotton as examination will show
that it is filed with the nests of the
apple tree worm. He urges the use OF
/ fypaper on the tree trunks. Mr.. Jen.
ninGs suggests the following new
method o. destroying kale, or wiIC
mustard, in oat fields. This is kilIeC
by spraying with solution Of iron.
/ He uses 100 pounds Of the iron solution
to 50 gallons OF water.
Vermont Has Reactionaries.