Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-11-27
VERMONT NOTES.

Rev. Henry L. Ballou, now serving
his oath year as pastor Of the Con-
gregational church, Chester, is one
Of the 80 senators elected to the YER
mont legislature. Mr.. Ballou was a
member Of the Vermont house of rep
resentatives ten years ago.
Hinesburg has been notified that
unless her roads are improved rural
free delivery of mail will be discon-
tinued in certain sections. The post
office department has left it with the
postmaster to report if the necessary
repairs are not made.
A revival of wheat growing in Yer
mont began in 1917 under the call Of
the government for more extensive
planting. About 5000 acres were
raised with satisfactory yield. So
we'll satisfied were the growers in
different parts of the country that
in 1918 there were at least $4,000
acres grown, which, with an average
of about 20 bushels to the acre, would
mean 100000 bushels grown in Yer
mont this year. This is enough to
make about 10000 barrels of flour.
Albert M. Prentiss, agent of the
Union railroad station, in Burlington,
noon, and John Luce of Troy, N. Y,
soldier at Camp Devens, is under
arrest and will be charged with the
crime. Prentiss lived only short
time after receiving his wounds, one
blow severing the jugular vein. It
appears that Luce had no money and
boarded a train, climbing to the top
of one Of the cars. Upon being or
dered down by Prentiss, Luce came
down and stabbed Prentiss with a
knife seven and one-half inches long.
The 23d annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Horticultural society was
held in st. Johnsbury last week. The
ident, George Aiken of Putney; Sec
ton; treasurer, w. C. Cotton of Mont
pelier. In connection with the meet
ing was one of the finest apple ex-
hibits ever seen in this part of Yer
mont. The largest exhibitors were
Luther Putnam of Cambridge, E. L.
Witherett Of Middlebury, and w. F.
Ranney of Westminster. The Ev-
erett orchards of Bennington had
large exhibit.
Dr. Watson l.. WATSON, superinten-
dent of the state hospital for the in
sane, at Waterbury, died Sunday
following an attack of influenza. His
morning of acute dilation of the heart
condition was considered hopeful for
day or two after he was attacked
but his heart was not strong enough
to stand the strain. DR.. WATSON was
"a years of age "a graduate of U. V.
M. medical college. He was an author
ity on mental diseases and was sur
passed by few in New England. He
had contributed several monographs
on insanity, alcoholism, eugenics and
other branches of medical literature.
He had also written for magazines
devoted to outdoor life. ~
A moose weighing 300 pounds, was
shot on Skinner mountain in South
Royalton Nov. 20, it being taken for
deer. No one expected that an ami
NAL of it's kind would be found in the
state and the hunter seeing the horns
which looked so much like deer,
fired. AS the shooting of moose in
Vermont is forbidden by law, the
hunter at once notified the game
warden who took possession of the an
imal. It is supposed that it will be
set up and placed upon exhibition
with other trophies of like nature
at the state house at Montpelier. A
peculiar feature is that the horns did
not look like moose horns at all but
like the horns of a buck.