Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-03
VERMONT NEWS

Vermont is sending 100000 quarts |
of milk daily to New York City. One
day last week a solid train of II cars
left Burlington for that city.
Rev. ii. L. BaIlou, for over % years
pastor of the Congregational church
in Chester, has resigned his pastor
ate. Ill health of both himself and
his wife made the step necessary.
The state highway department has
received notice that the federal gov
eminent has consigned to Vermont TO
be used in road work nine new rack
ard trucks These are three-ton
trucks and will be shipped by freight
to Montpelier.
An airplane, bearing R. c. Keyes
and W. H. McMullen, on their way TO
their home in New York City from
Montreal, passed over Burlington on
Nov 18. the machine travelling at the
height of about a mile. The trip from
New York to Montreal was made IN
five hours and Is minutes.
Both importations and expectations
through the cusoms district OF YER
mont showed a big increase during
the month of October as compared
year, according to the statement Is
sued by Collector II. c. Comings. The
total irnportations for the month were
| sc, 625, 600 as compared with $780,
| S21 in October, 1918, and the exports
were $7,559, 572 as compared with
Sc, 496 ,533.
Two petitions for naturalization
were dismissed by Judge II. B. Howe
at recent session of federal court
in Montpelier, that of Ernesto Gee
chini of Barre, for lack of knowledge,
and that of Natalie Cardim OF Barre,
because he had not contributed to the
wars finances, nor to his endorse
ment of the Allies cause, that ne did
not attend church or contribute to Its
support.
The board of control have fixed the
! salary of the secretary of civil and
military affairs at So 1000 a year. Last
year the secretary was paid $1,000,
but under the laws enacted last
spring the general laws which had
fixed the salary were changed so that
the board of control fixes the salary:
In addition to being secretary of civil
and military affairs he is also secre-
tary of the board of control.
The New England Fat Mems club
held its annual meeting and banquet
at Wells River Nov. IA. Thirty-four
registered, which represented at the
lowest rate of 200 pounds per person
about 515 tons. Harry Marshall of
Concord, was elected president; II. Z.
Parker of Bradford, secretary; Je-
rome F. Hale of Wells River, treas
urer; H. T. Baldwin of Wells River
and Lester H. Green of Montpelier,
members of the executive committee.
John Canning, aged IS, an alleged
wealthy beggar," is in custody in
: Springfield awaiting investigation OF
his case by the police. He was pick
: ed up in a Main street department
{ store and pitied as poor old man.
He was begging and exciting SYM
pathy by displaying sores on his body
and disfgured head, the police say
When searched he had in his posses
sion a bank book on the Bellows
] Falls Savings bank, showing depos-
I G. L. LeBar from Pennsylvania
has bought 1,750,000 Christmas trees
t according to the report he has made tt
q the commissioner of agriculture. This
e amounts to 500 carloads of trees
!. most of which go into Ohio and Indi
ana. This is only about one-third OF
the number of trees that have beer
I sold out of Vermont this year, OF
about 100000 Christmas trees
L There is no way to stop the outside
: parties buying these trees until con
: stitutional amendment takes place.
Persons interested in the Little
] Wooden company in North Montpelier
: are forming a realty company for the
purpose of constructing cottage hous
es to be rented to those enjoyed by
the concern, or other persons want
. ing these new homes. The provision:
- are that no person shall hold over
$500 worth of stock and that the rent
ing shall not be confined to the EN-
ployes of the Little Wollen company
i There are now over 100 persons EN-
ployed by the company. The cottag
es are to cost 81 400 each and vii
= rent at $40 month.
r The most disastrous fire which ha:
:. reached Burlington in several month!
was discovered in the large ware
house of the Vermont Hardware Co
| one night recently and before it wa:
;, eXtinguished seven hours later, hat
: caused a loss of more than S125, 900
Two fire men were injured and nearl.
. all had narrow escapes from tn
: flames and smoke. Among the items
;; which amount up in the total los
were a carload of automobile tire
worth between $4,000 and $4,000;
t. car of paint, more than 1000 blan
n kets, not to mention the general dam
S age to the stock in other lines. TIL,