Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-10-11
VERMONT NOTES

DR.. G. F. Dalton, secretary of the
Vermont state board of health, the
total number of cases in this state
this year is now 81, with seven deaths.
George A. Joslyn, president and
principal stakeholder of the Western
Newspaper Union, a native Of Waits
field, and the donor of the public II
brary there, died Oct. at his home
in Omaha, Neb. He had been in fail
ing health for number of years.
Mr.. Joslyn was a pioneer in the
ready-print business, in which he
amassed a fortune estimated at from
$8,0O0,0OO to $10,O00,O00.
A big automobile owned and driven
by w. B. Tuxbury of Windsor, in
which A. Fullerton Phillips and ".
H. Case, also of that town were the
other occupants, left the road about
four miles from the town, near AS
cutneyville, and collided with near
by tree with such force that all three
men were thrown from the car. Mr..
Case was killed almost instantly.
The other two men escaped with
minor injuries.
A gift by a Brattleboro man came
as a climax to the meeting of the
Vermont Baptist State convention at
Chester Henry Bond, retiring
president of the convention, gave
$1,000 to pay the expenses of every
Baptist minister in Vermont to at
tend in Boston, during Evangelist
Sundays campaign in November, con-
ferences with specialists on church
work during the forenoons and the
evangelistic services afternoons and
evenings. ~
The Addison Electric Power COM
pany has just been incorporated with
a capital stock of 100000, divided
into 5000 shares of $500 each, to
transact business in Addison county
and elsewhere. The incorporators
are I. M. Frost of Rutland, who is
largely interested in the Hortonia
Power company, which is spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
electrical development of Lake Dun
more and vicinity, Edwin W. Law
renee and Leonard F. Wing Of Rut-
land.
The annual convention of the Yer
mont Christian Endeavor Union was
| u0lu Ill N4O1lCpOlIGI WSSh n IS-
port of the work done in the last year
shows that 96 societies have reported
out of 200, giving a membership of
entire number had reported the mem
bership in the state would be 5000
strong; 495 new members, net gain
of 239. The Montpelier Endeavorers
won the banner for the best work in
the year.
Officers elected are: President
ident, Rev. Charles Adams, Danville;
ton; treasurer, Chauncey B. Storey
dent, Mrs: H. A. Freeman, Wood
dent, Miss Jeanne Darling, Newbury
Lenora Chamberlin, Montpelier; as
sistant, Miss Olive Anderson. Mont
pelier; superintendent of Bible study
and evangelism, Rev. G. E. Robbins
Castleton; auditor, A. NJ. Maxfeld
Johnson.
The University Of Vermont openet
| Sept. II with public exercises including
an address by President Benton
Two hundred and seventy-one entranc,
credits were filed, Of this number 5
were unable to attend or failed 10 pas
entrance examinations, leaving Fl
qualified for admission. A few o
these may not attend but some other
will be registering. This will be tn
largest entering class On record, las
years entering class being 100.
Damages of $4,000 were given tn
plaintiff. Charles Barclay, Granite
vile quarryman in Washing ton count
court, against the Wetmore & Mors
Granite company of Montpelier. Ban
clay sued for $4,000, having lost hi
eyesight and being otherwise nnftte
for work as the result of a prematur
explosion of blast powder in the dc
PENDANT quarry some 16 months age
The defendant failed to put any wi
nesses on in defense although tn
examined.
Nominees of the Democratic part
met in Burlington Sept. 20 and adopte
platform, named presidential elector!
elected state committee and trans
acted all necessary business. Chair
man J. B. Reardep of Barre made tn
principal address. The platform cal
for the ballot for women, the abolitio
of many state commissions, scored til
Republicans for their expensive stat
) government and asked for more equ
} table educational facilities - 'mol
teaching and less supervising. Pres
; Dental electors were D. G. Pollard {
: Csvendish, Frank Carpenter of Co
: chester, J. D. Lane of Bennington, an
, ]. r. Kirkpatrick of Newport. Th
, state committee is made up of me
: from the counties as follows: Addison
, R. S. Smith of Bristol; Caledoni;
A. H. Gleason of St. Johnsbury; Chi
| tenden, M. G. Leary of Burlington
, Bennington. J. P. Mulligan of Bel
/ nington; Essex, D. C. Foss Of Brighton
) Franklin, Fl. A. Pond of Berkshire
/ Grand Isle. Allen Hall Of Isle
: Motto; Lamoille, G. L. Gates of Mo
: risville: Orange, M. Clarence Knigl
. of Newbury; Orleans, Fred H. Piere