Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-24
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

st. JOhnSbury academy alumni aSSOcla-
ton will be held at the Hotel Bellevue,
Boston, Friday evening, March 26, at
O'Clock. Reception and business meet
ing at $50.
The town of st. Johnsbury through
its treasurer on March Is, completed
arrangements with a Boston banking
house for temporary loan of $50, 900,
at discount rate of 1886, December
LIST. maturity.
The new hotel which George Walker
has erected on the site of the one
burned at Barnet in the fall of 1913,
is practically completed and is opened
to guests. Although covering less
ground this house will accommodate
more guests than the old one.
George W. Bridgman of Hardwiclz
has just received his appointment as
assistant inspector general on the staff
of commander-in-ch of the Grand
Army. David j. Palmer, of Des
Moines, Iowa. His division will be
the department of Vermont.
Judge Porter of st. Johnsbury has
received letter from Gov. Gates &C.
cepting his resignation to take effect
April /. The governor spoke very
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local courts and said that it had heen
his intention to give him reappoint-
ment.
Prof. Elwyn L. ingalls,, state agent
in charge of club work. who is en-
ployed by the United States bureau of
| plant industry and the Vermont state
college of agriculture cooperating will
be in Barnet, Peacham, Walden super
| - :, 1>l- 80
| laying out the club contest work for
| the coming summer.
! A meeting Of the Caledonia County
Bar association was h. id al the COUNTY
! clerks office Mar h = New mem
bers were received int. the asst Ga
ton The r.tter OF g DOSING ms m
! Der whose r"ooe shall e presented t
J Governor Gates FIR sppointment a.
municipal judg IS discussed and
! committee elected to pres ent the namt
Of the candidate to Governor Gates
Judge David Porter's resignation
as municipal judge, takes effect April
st. Johnsbury has town sawmill
| The selectmen have kept the town
teams busy this winter drawing logs
which they had purchased in Danvi)le
to the new portable sawmill on the
town property over near the town
farm. The town has about $50. 600
feet of number of various kinds to be
sawed, and there is about as much
more custom work to be done. This
will give A. E. Breed. who has charge
of the mill, and gang of men, plenty
Of work for some time and incidentally
will provide the town with it's lumber
supply at a handsome profit.
George S. Dalgety Of New York, a
representative of the Redpath Chau-
tauQua which has booked a week S
attractions for Lyndonville this sum-
mer, was there last week in conference
with local people interested in the
movement at meeting in Christian
Science reading room Wednesday even
ing. The list of attractions for the
week is now complete and will be
announced in full soon. It includes
hmany concert companies and lecturers
of prominence, and gives every indica-
ton that Lyndonville will have full
week Of the highest class of entertain
ment.
St. Johnshury needs no introduction
to Peter MacQueen, who will give his
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at the Colonial March 80. Mr. Mac
Queen, we'll known as writer and wal
correspondent, who is representing
Leslie's in the great war, followed the
allied armies on the battlefields OF
northern France. Having no permit
from the ministry of war he was ar
rested and tried by court martial anc
narrowly escaped death as a suspected
spy. He has hundreds of thrilling
views taken on the battlefield. Mr.
MacQueen will lecture on the causes
conditions and consequences of the
most stupendous war in history and hi
has the ability to handle the subjec
as few men can.
The Standard Supply company o:
St. Johnsbury has filed a petition
in bankruptcy with Clerk F. S.
Plat of the United States court
!, The members of the concern are
Harry D.. Eagles and Ernest A. Hutch
lnson. The company's liabilities arr
So, l1677 and the assets are 81. 235. 81
Mr.. Hutchinson has liabilities O
: SIG. so and assets of $3.50, all claimet
} exempt. The personal liabilities O
Mr.. Eagles are $205 and he has asset
amounting to 500. exempt.