Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-06-10
STATE NEWS.
1927 Eastern Stars in State.


Grand Chapter of Vermont. Order of
the Eastern Star, met in Burlington
last week at Masonic Temple. The
gathering was an unusually large one,
the grand officers and delegates pres
$50 more visitors from chapters near
Burlington. Next year the annual
meeting will be held in St. Johnsbury.
it was voted. The following officers
were elected: Grand Patron, Arthur
M. Lang of st. Johnsbury; grand
matron. Mrs. Abbie d. Stone of
Barre; assistant grand patron, Chas.
S. Howard of Bellows Falls; assistant
grand matron. Mrs. Laura B. Cole of
Bennington; grand secretary, Mrs.
Oliver j. Stowell of Bratt.eboro grand
treasurer, Mrs. Eta FRASER of Wind
sor; grand conductress. Mrs. Florence
K Pierce of Barton; assistant grand
conductress. Mrs. Martha A. Stoddard
OF Charlotte; grand warder, Mrs.
Anna Evans Of Burlington. The re-
ports of the officers showed that at
present there are 73 charter chapters
in the state. The total number of
members is 1927. net gain Of $40 in
the year.
Dozen Are Injured in c. V. Wreck.
Eight passengers and four train
employees were slightly injured Sun
day when two cars of the Boston &
Maine express from Boston to Mont
real rolled down 30-foot embankment
at Braintree on the Central Vermont
railroad. A mail car and an express
car toppled over the embankment. The
baggage car, smoking car and day
coach left the rails and jolted over
the ties, but were not overturned.
Six passengers and four railway en-
ployees were hurt, none fatally. The
Pullman cars did not leave the irons,
neither did the engine. The cause of
the accident is not determined. but the
opinion is expressed by passengers and
others that it was due to broken rail.
Among the passengers on the train
were Vice-president and General Man
ager G. G. Jones of ST. Adams, who
directed the relief of the injured and
the movement of trains after the
wreck, and members of the University
of Vermont baseball team returning
from New Haven, where the team,
played Yale yesterday. They were in
the sleepers which did not leave the
tracks.
State Federation Of Woman's Clubs.
The 14th annual meeting of the
Vermont Federation of Women's clubs
was held in Bellows Falls las
week. The following officers were
reelected: President, Mrs. George
H. Smile of Montpelier; first vice
president, MRS. Rebecca Fairbanks 0:
ST. Johnsbury; second vice-president
Mrs. Nelson D. Phelps of Barre; thirt
vice-president, Mrs. Geo. E. Welch O
Bellows Falls; recording secretary
Miss Elizabeth Tidd of Springfield
corresponding secretary. Mrs. Lou
Hathaway of Montpelier; treasurer
Mrs o. H. Coolidge of Rutland; audi
tor, Mrs. G.. c. Fits of Brattleboro
general federation secretary. Mrs. W
L. WATSON of Waterbury. Report
were given by the following chairme
, of committees: Mrs. Bingham H
, Stone of Burlington, conservation
Mrs. Henry w. Dutton of Royalton
, reciprocity; Mrs. Gilbert F. Davis O
. Windsor, literature and library exten
sion Mrs. Anna II. Putnam of Ben
, nington, industrial and social cond
, tons; Mrs. Austin D. Paige of Lyndon
. vile, music. The report of the ere
, Dental committee showed that
) towns were represented in the meet
, ings and that there were in attendant
| SIX officers, two special guests. IL chair
men of committees, four chairmen Q
: special committees. % presidents G
clubs and 80 delegates. 1t was vote
to increase the per capita dues c
clubs Of more than 100 members to tie
cents and to have Vermont pape
edited for one edition by the federatio
of women. Mrs. w. l. WATSON {
Waterbury was chosen editor, in che
e Inf
1 the federation on record as "viewin
with alarm the present tendency j
t women's dress. and reform was urge
The report of the corresponding seer
1 tary, Mrs. l.. j. Hathaway of Mon
pelier showed that there are At clui
: in the fedel alton and 47I2 membe
! Mrs. 0. Il. Coolidge of Rutland. trea
r urers reported balance of $1327
in the treasury. Announcement w;
4 made at the morning session that We
mont is the first New England state
. complete its allotment Of $3.50 to Il
: Sarah Platt Decker endowment fund.
Murder in Bloomfield
n Peter Poulln was killed by Ca
Dolly in a lumber camp in Bloomfie
d Friday morning. May p, according
the admission Of Dolly, who i1nmed
V ately gave himself up to the officer
Dolly claims the shooting followed
n all-night drunken spree in the cam
and that he shot when Poulin follow
him into a horse shed, where he w
hiding, and had threatened to kill hg
Dolly is out under bail Of $4,000. wi
IS leading citizens of North Stratford a
Bloomfield standing back of his cas-
Dolly said that he had been watch,
l, the camps Of the Connecticut Vail
st Lumber company, and was occupyil
j. the camp about five miles west
ID North Stratford village and thr
m miles north of the ''Stone DAM" Sin
to leaving the woods ia March he h.
If been on scout duty watching for fore
.e fires. When be came into car
in Thursday he says he found Pet
Poulin and Clarest there on their w
10 north to fish and that both had be
to drinking and were in a quarrelsor
TO mood. Dolly got their supper for the