Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
VERMONT NOTES


War Relief society has already sent
more than $4,000 to be used in the
work of relieving the Jewish war suf-
ferers. The Jewish people of Bur-
lington have been contributing about
500 a week.
Mrs. Lisle Mcintosh of South Roy
alton has finished her jelly making
for this year, using nearly four tons
of sugar with an output of $4,000.
This jelly was sold before it was
made. She has employed three as
sistants for the past three months.
Mrs. McIntosh's jelly is distributed
all over the New England states.
1t has been announced that begin
ming Jan. 1 the International Paper
company of Bellows Falls will assume
ownership of the paper mill of John
T. Moore & Son. This mill employs 35
hands and was built in 1872 by John
Robertson and John T. Moore. It
makes a high grade of heavy paper.
1t is reported that the purchase price
was in the vicinity of $15O,OOO.
The Vermont Poultry Breeders as
ISOLATION elected the following Off
GERS at the Barre meeting last week:
President, A. B. Wheeler of St. AL
bans; secretary, w. G. Freeman of
Bellows Falls. The Vermont associ-
alton is the official branch of the
American Poultry association and a
good deal Of interest was manifest in
the annual show and meeting. About
1000 birds were shown.
DR.. w. r. Rowland of East Cor
NTH, for many years practlclng
physician and twice the socialist
party candidate for governor of Yer
mont, has given up his practice and
will enter the Universalist ministry,
having received a call to take charge
of the parishes at New Madison, Pal
land has been prominent in the Uni
versalist denomination in this state
for many years.
A. F. Phillips of Windsor, the Nor
gan horse man, has an oil painting of
"Billy Root" a famous Morgan stall
lion of 60 years ago. BILLY Root"
was sired by Sherman Morgan, a son
of Justin Morgan, out of a daughter
of Justin Morgan. The painting re
ferred to above was made in 1847.
The owners of "Billy Root" were
Hoyt & Bemis Of Lyndon and Burke.
This horse was said by good judges
to have been the most perfect type
of a Morgan that ever lived.
The biennial report Of the state
factory inspector, Allan Calhoun, Of
Middlebury, just made public, says
that there are only $50 minors en-
ployed in the different industries Of
the state. The report says that g.
314 males and 5,549 females are en-
ployed in Vermont's industries. Much
attention has been given, says the in
spector, to the proper safeguarding
Of machinery, but it has been found
that many employees remove the safe
ty devices which the employers have
furnished.
The Richmond Underwear company
of New York has leased vacant
building III Swanton, formerly used
as wrapper factory, and will open a
branch factory for the manufacture
of children's muslin underwear. The
company is installing about 40 sew
ing machines, which will be run by
electric power. It is expected the
plant will be opened for business
about Jan. 8, with about 40 women
and girl machine operators. The
of the plant will be increased
as fast as help can be secured.
A belief that legislation favorable
to the reorganization of the Boston &
Maine railroad could be obtained in
Vermont has been expressed to the
federal court in Boston by former
Gov. George H. Prouty Of Vermont,
director of the road who testified in
the receivership hearing. Mr.. Prouty
testified that in his opinion the capital
of the Boston & Maine was not large
to take care of any deficit
that might occur in the future and
that it would be only short time un-
der present conditions when the road
would be unable to meet it's obliga-
lions to the leased lines.
The budget committee, consisting
Of the governor, auditor, state treas
urer, chairman of the senate finance |
chairman of the house |
ways and means committee, chairman |
Of the house committee on appropria- |
lions and state purchasing agent, |
have issued the budget estimate for |
the next two years which calls for !
total of $4,721, 058.29. This proce-
dure is a newdeparture authorized by |
the legislature of 1915, and the bud
get is the result of several meetings, |
the last OF which occurred IN NOvem- |
Der, according to statute. There is
no serious increase in the proposed !
appropriations, the estimates being
largely based on the expenditures for
the past two years.
Jan. II an examination will be held
at Norwich university of those who
wish to try for the appointment to
the United States military academy
at West Point or the United States
naval academy at Annapolis, Senator
Page having the naming of one ap-
pointee at each school, The two boys
who stand highest in that examina-
ton will be recommended as princi-
pals and the two ranking second as
with the two standing
third best as second alternates All
inquiries respecting the examination
should be addressed to Col Ira l. |