Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-24
VERMONT NOTES

According to the report of Frank
Williams of Newport, state bank COM
missioner, the So savings bank and
trust companies of Vermont showed an
increase of deposits between July /,
1915, and March z, last of substantially
So, ISL, 900, being at the later date $97,-
GIG, 500.
Levi P. Morton, former vice presi-
dent of the United States and who also
served as governor of New York, a few
days ago celebrated his Cpd birthday.
He is native of Shoreham, Vermont,
and evidently inherits the rugged
strength of the early generations of
Green Mountain Boys.
The annual meeting of the state or
ganization of the Green Mountain club
was held Friday at Brandon with good
attendance. The club decided to inau-
gurate vigorous campaign to raise
the 81. $50 deemed necessary to place
in repair and complete the Green Noun
tain trail from Massachusetts, to the
Canadian border.
Belden's branch of the Vermont Mar
bic company, located at Belden's about
two miles north of Middlebury, was
burned Friday morning. The loss is
estimated at about $75, 900 and is part
ly covered by insurance. 1t is under
stood that the company will not rebuild
but will at once open mill which they
own at Brandon and will transfer the
men to that shop.
At the SEVENTEEN annual session of
the Grand Lodge of Vermont I. o. O.
F. in Burlington last week there was a
record attendance. There is a total
membership of $500 in the 76 lodges.
Sixty-eight candidates were initiated
J. G. Roy of East Barnet, was elected
grand master, E. A. Spear of Wood
stock. deputy, and L. G. Grant of Bur-
lington, treasurer.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary Of state by the
Warren Hide and Leather Co. Inc, of
Morrisville with q capital stock E,
500, 600. The purpose of the corpora
ton is to buy and tan hides and manu-
facture leather, harnesses and leather
goods. The principal office is to be To-
Gated at Morrisville. The incorpora-
tors are Frank M. Bailey and Henry P.
Aver of Boston, and G. Fl. Slocum Of
Morrisville.
IIS 1iduOI lICCIlSS oL CIlS vi anu AVE-
nue. hotel, Swanton, held by Cadman S.
Gates, has been revoked, it having
been brought to the attention of the
license commissioners that Mr., Gates
is justice of the peace. Merrill A.
Hungerford, proprietor of the hotel, is
not naturalized citizen of the United
States which was the reason Mr.. Gates
applied for license for the hotel.
Mr., Gates has resigned his commission
as justice of the peace but il IS not
known yet what procedure the license
commissioners will follow in the mat
ter.
Miss Laura johnson of Minneapolis,
the pretty little former University of
Vermont student, was awarded q ver-
dict of So, 625 by jury in the FEDERAL
district court in Boston Thursday in
her famous suit for alleged breach of
promise to marry against the Rev.
! Charles Chase Wilson. rector of the
Church of Our Saviour, Roslindale
Rev. Mr.. Wilson is a native of Bethel
and after graduating from the Univer-
| sity of Vermont went to Oxford as one
of the Phoades scholars representing
this state. He was engaged for some
time in ministerial work in Burlington.
Walter A, Dane, formerly of Newport
is Mr.. Wilson's attorney.
The figures compiled by State Audi
tor Horace F Graham from the reports
of the various towns, cities and vii
lagos of Vermont, showing the figures
for the past fiscal year are almost
startling in their magnitude. The
grand total, with few towns missing,
figures the somewhat stunning total Of
SIS. 341, 307. 43-over six and one-quarter
millions for one year of government
Assembling these figures in a compact
table gives the following:
For schools 81, 1858, 173. SO
For highways, local and
state 1,246, IDS 81
For the poor 258, 406 35
For all other purposes 2,673. 581. So
Total S6,341, 3O7 43