Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-02
VERMONT NOTES

blizzard.
F F. Mum. one of the R. +. u.
carriers in Bradford, Is TO lay OUT .
fox ranch at his home IN that town 20
raise silver black foxes for 0reedlhe
n,rrnoses Mr.. Mum viii give over
+ about half an acre to the enterprise
and has purchased three pairs OF the
foxes. The outlay at the start VIII
+ be about $4,000.
Lieut.. John P. Lynch of Rutland
, reserve T......s--y ay-s--o., E.-lJ - 49,
received his discharge from the Onlt-
ed States army, and returned 70 me-
home and who has prepared TO take
nm exhibition flying, has been engaged
under contract by the attractions
committee of the Rutland taIr 10 give
exhibition flights at the fair, Septem-
Der Is.
Most of the reports from the towns
/ in the state where the influenza cpl
demic has ragged have been received
and the total number of deaths shown
thus far is 1880 in the state. In all
there were about 10000 cases OF IN
fiuenza in the state. Vermont was
one of the most fortunate states IN
the Union, both in regard to the num-
Der of cases and the proportion OF Ia
talities.
Running liquor across the line from
Canada into dry" areas IN Vermont
is said to have become a frequent
practice lately, according to customs
officials, who started operations
against smugglers by arrestIng wed
nesday night the engineer, fireman
and forward brakeman OF the St.
Johns, Que, and St. Adams way
e-o;o-b+ Nth q o,1ap+iry of li0uOr in
their possession.
For chastising George Pixley with
a horsewhip in George B. Whites
livery stable in BrattleborO, Mrs.
Mary c. Bullock of Guilford has been
sued by Mr.. Pixley for damages OF
$1,000. Some of her farm property
has been attached by Sheriff Wellman
, in an action returnable at the April
term of Windham county court. The
trouble grew out of the delivery OF
some wood by Mrs. Bullock.
W J. O'NeaI, assistant trust officer
. in the Citizens Savings Bank & Trust
Co. of Cleveland, o., has turned over
: to the selectmen of the town of Lin
: coin, the annual income from fund
left the town by the viii of the late
= Walter S. Burnham, of about 500 900
and which will later be increased to
$50 600 This fund shall be known
as the "Walter s. Burnham tOunda-
ton, and is to be used for purposes
mentioned in will
, The Vermont State Bankers asso-
| citation through its committee on ag-
riculture, has made available for the
t season of 1919, cash prizes of $500,
- $500 and $500 to the state winners
2 in each of the following II club work
. projects. The awards will be based
: upon recommendation by the state
f club leader, Boys and Girls club
a work, Vermont Agricultural EXten-
: sion service for real achievement il
: home garden, canning, pigs, poultry
o potato, corn, calf, sheep, cooking, sew
: ing handicrafts and maple sugar.
The Bethel tannery have ordered g
S five-ton truck with the idea to make
/, use of it in delivering their finished
y products in Boston. 1t is estimated
O that the truck can make at least two
! and perhaps three round trips, Bethe
:. to Boston, a week. On account Of
j the poor train service this company
S has been put to much Inconvenience
> for the past five or ten years. 1t has
5 been found necessary to send large
II consignments of finished leather by
express in order to avoid the delays
/ that were sure to follow attempts t
y send by freight.
= Nine Alma Chuck, the world
greatest lyric soprano, is to make he
first appearance anywhere in Yer
mont at the University of Vernon
e gymnasium in Burlington on the eve
1, ming Of Monday, April Z. Nine. Gluck
= whose name is a household word
Y counts her hearers by the hundreds o.
thousands each season. The sums
e she receives for her concerts run high
q into four figures, and not only vii
u she receive an enormous sum for hel
a Burlington concert but she viii shar,
: also in the gross receipts. She travels
to Burlington in her private car.
n Because Of the probable fourth
e term this year at Dartmouth college
r the Northern New England School O
e Religious Education, known before i
lie was Incorporated last year as tn,
lie Iwln-State, school will not be held a
g Hanover as in former years. Tive
z sessions will be held however, with
Il faculty and program surprising any
n thing yet attempted and there is al
, ready indication of a record-breakinl
is enrolment. The cooperating college.
n will be the University of Vermont a.
IL D0I AllAE AOAls "uere the nrSI session
o will be held from August to 10 in
e elusive, and the second at the New
e Hampshire state college, Durham
e August Il to II.
g One of the worst accidents that ev.
q er came under the jurisdiction OF
! the commissioner of industries II
L Vermont has just been reported L
o that Office from the Deerfeld Pulr
V Co, located at Mountain Mills in ths
town Of Wilmington. The victim O,
Y the accident is Thomas McGilIvarv
Y who had both eyes blown out. botE
d hands blown away at the wrists. cuts
q Commissions and bruises about his face
= neck and body, as the result of an &C
Y claentaI explosion of dynamite. Ne
e GiHVary: who Is a blacksmith. q
|. years of age, employed by the Daer