Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-21
VERMONT NOTES

leu IOI oil Increase III dIlIIlOHy lIOI
$500 to $4,000 per year, recently
tried in Washington county court
was denied by the court last week.
A wage increase of 20 per cent on
April l for members of Barre branch
Granite Cutters Internatio associ-
alton, is the essential result of sup
Elementary agreement signed by
committees representing the union
ers' association Thursday.
The trust companies in Vermont
have resources of $57,314 ,227.39, a
gain Of $5,427, 891.32 or IA per cent
over last year according to the 18th
annual edition of Crust Companies
Of the United States" just published
by the United States Mortgage &
Trust Company of New York.
A recently devised treatment for
the cure of pneumonia, improved
"pneumococcus serum" has been
adopted by the Vermont state board
of health. The new cure for the
dread disease has been worked out to
successful conclusion at the Rookie
Teller institute in New York City.
Henry B. Shaw of Burlington has
been offered an appointment with the
rank of major, in the Judge advocate
generals department. Mr.. Shaw Of
fered his services to the government
some time ago. 1t is understood that
he will accept the appointment and
will leave for Washington shortly.
The Vermonters are to be the last
to go from Camp Bartlett, Westfeld,
Mass, and Colonel Thomas of the 1st
Vermont is in command of the camp.
This is an honor for the Vermont
boys because there is a lot of re-
sponsibility in being rear guard. 1t
also means a lot of extra work.
Company | of the First Vermont is
the largest company in the regiment
with 40 men.
After being missing more than "a
hours the body of Lyman L. Howard,
II, of Windham was found in build
ing on his farm. Because he was af-
ficted with asthma and dreaded the
coming winter and because of worry
over the scarcity of team and farm
labor Mr.. Howard, who was a well-to-
do farmer, committed suicide in his
blacksmith shop.
The endowment fund campaign of
the Vermont conference for retired
Methodist ministers was given a
great impetus last week by the gen
erous gift of 81 900 from Mrs. Mary
J. Wall of South Royalton. This is
the largest single gift received in the
present campaign. Many churches
have given an amount equivalent to
two years Of a pastors salary and
house rent which is the standard for
each church throughout the confer
ence. Sunday, Nov. rs, will be OBJ
served in all churches of the Vermont
as FollOw-up Day, when
every pastor will present the cause
and receive subscriptions.
Gov. H. F. Graham has received a
reply from Gen. H. F. Hodges, COM
officer of Camp Devens, at !
Aver, Mass, in which he stated that
the Vermont boys would be given
passes to come home for Thanksgiv-
ing but that it would be impossible to
give them passes over the weekend.
day afternoon until Friday morning.
This will give most of the boys
chance to enjoy the annual repast at
home, or with friends. 1t may change
the plans of many families relative |
to the dinner, but the change will be |
we'll worthy of it's making, for a lit
tie while with the relative or friend |
will be worth the effort.
The free bridge between the villag-
IS of Wells River and Woodsville was |
opened Thursday afternoon |
n the presence of nearly 5000 peo-
Die. Gov. Horace F. Graham led
of nearly a thousand peo-
Die from the Vermont side and Gov.
Harry W. Keyes led as large num-
Der from the New Hampshire side.
The two divisions met in the center
IF the bridge, the governors Of the
wo commemorative shook hands and
hort addresses were made by both
md by Gilbert A. Davis of Windsor,
chairman of the Vermont free bridge
commission. The new bridge is 234
eet long, is built of iron and cement
md cost 100000. Most of the cost
vas borne by the towns of Newbury
nd Haverhill and it will replace the
oil bridge of the Boston G Maine
abroad, which it parallels.