Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-10-21
STATE NEWS
Hit by Mayors Auto.

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Henry Gutieriz. aged 18, was knocked
broken but fatal internal injuries are
feared. The young man came from
Spain few months ago and has been
working in one of the granite sheds.
Turns Over $150,000.
Charles H. Darling, president of the
American Fidelity company, announces
that he has turned over to the treasur-
er of the company $3.50, 900 in cash to
be added to the assets of the concern.
Some time ago the insurance depart
ments of New York, Massachusetts
and Vermont made demand on the
company that additional assets would
be required for the company to do
business in the states mentioned.
Boys Found Dead in Field.
Two fourteen-year-old boys, Harold
Whitney and Gordon Bell, were found
| in field not mile from West Fairlee.
! Oct. 16, both having died from revolver
bullet wounds. The bodies were found
lying across one another. According
to the authorities the two boys went to
bring some cows home the evening
before. but did not return. The au-
thorities say that the lads had several
times told their companions that they
intended to commit suicide.
State w. c. u U. Convention.
The annual state convention of the
Vermont state W. G. T. U. will be
held IN the First Baptist church in
Wednesday, Oct &c, 81 and 2o. On
the first evening there will be a recep-
ton to the delegates of whom it is ex-
pected there will be between rs and
100 present. On one of the other even
ings play will be given by children
and on the third five or six pupils of
the seventh and eight grades will par
; ticipate in a contest for the Demarest
silver medal for the best recitation.
Illiteracy among Vermont Rural Popu
ton.
The need of more and better rura
, schools in Vermont is made manifest
by conditions revealed in a recent
census report showing the percentage
: of illiterates among the native white
farming class of this state. The
figures show that the percentage Of
illiteracy in the rural districts of Yer
. mont is twice as great as that of the
= cities and villages of the state
6 Vermont has O,806 illiterates and s. 8
4 of them live on the farms. There arr
4 3.415 boys and men and 1866 girls ant
f women on the farms of this state tina
g can neither read nor write.
e Gates Works Hand Car.
;. The Hon. Chas. w. Gates, STATE
. highway commissioner, and candidate
for governor on the Republican ticket
Z ditions the other day when he ran
:, hand car from Island Pond to poin
II on the road where an undererpass i
{ contemplated. Engineer Bond of tn
II Grand Trunk and two assistants an
a H. P. Sweitzer, solicitor for the road
u came from Montreal and met Mr.
u Gates, N. w. Baker of Richford
= engineer for the state highway depart
"a ment, and Stoddard Bates of Derby
IL county road supervisor. for consulta
ton regarding the proposed underpass
a When Vermont's Republican candi
- date for governor was ready to boar
4 the hand car he found all the person
IS interested in the trip seated and bu
l. one choice of place left for him. Thi
u, place was up front and at the propel
% spread over the features of the occu
. pants and Mr.. Gates. winking at tn
I! section hand, grabbed his side of tn
u lever and said: ''All right, brothe,
n let's pull together" And they pumpe
e the car to Norton. The bushes
le over, Mr.. Gates found that he had n
"a choice as to seats on the return tri
"a and it was a case of propel the ca
e back to this village. AS Enginee
III Bond assisted Mr.. Gates to align
from the car he said. "Gates. for
10 little while wish l were citizen G
re your state. A man who can pump
20 hand car 20 miles while running fc
- the governorship. is entitled to ever
le mans vote. and if l were Vernon
II II citizen you certainly would hav
~ mine."
~ The Story Of a Fishing Sign.
Or If you had gone to all the trouble c
~ having nice, neat sign painted I
5? the effect that people were not to fis
in your brook. and then the tow
authorities had ordered that sign take
-, down merely because you had nc
= stocked the brook with fish frs
IN wouldn't you be just little wrougt
at up? And then if you had acQuiesce
rs to said authorities and had another sig
I'd printed. just as neat and just as nice
ly to the effect that the public might fis
s, in your brook all they pleased, and tn
a. same local authorities not only ordere
- that sign taken down. too, but ais
A tried to bring you into court for i
1e wouldn't you be real. roaring. snortin
d. mad? That's what happened to G.
is Carleton of Windham. Mr.. Carleto
ne is farmer who owns brook. or s
q least part Of one. for it flows throug
Of his territory. As there were plenty {
OF fish in the brook. Mr.. Carleton saw n
st reason why he should not have tn
I'd fishing to himself. and posted motto
p to that effect, but the selectmen an
ir the constable and few other people
he the town said HIM nay and decreed tn.
Ii he take 1T down. Agreeable in a
lp things Mr.. Carleton obeyed, but h
o. wasted efforts rolled him up consider,
MT bly,. He thought over the episode an
Sc determined at last that if he COLD M
We have the fishing to himself. he woul