Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-07-23

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celebrated his 101st birthday. Mrs.
Jerusha of the same town is 80 years
old.
Claiming that acts of the defendant
| caused his wife to desert him, Ira l..
Earle of Rutland, railroad man, mas
brought suit in Rutland county court
against Ray E. Smith of Cavendlsh TO
recover $4,000 for alienation Oh al
fections. An attachment IN connec-
ton with the case was made by Sher-
riff Henry R. Adams.
All records for attendance at Camp
Abnaki, the Y. M. c. A. boys camp
! on Isle La Motto, have been broken
/ for about a week. Since MONDAY
there have been Isl in camp, and that
number is about 20 more than ever
! before in the history of the camp.
kilograms and telephone messages
were sent out to hold up boys VINO
were to arrive this week, and there Is
now a waiting list of about 70, ana
many registrations are received daily
Governor Clement has appointed
Kirk L. Ellsworth of Jeffersonvllle a
member of the State Board OF Char1-
ties and Probation for the term end
ing January 81, 1924. Mr.. Ellsworth
is a farmer and maker of fancy maple
sugar and has been a resident OF
Cambridge since 1880. In the last
legislature he served as a member OF
the committees on appropriations ana
education and was one OF the pest
and most faithful workers IN the
House.
The current number of the Yer
monter has for its cover design pic
t11re of the Community house at Rut-
land, unreservedly given by Ex-Gov.
John A. Mead few years ago. inns
photograph, the frontispiece, pic
ture of its main reception room, and
the first floor printed in the same
number, are the work of W. ii. Sar-
gent, formerly of ST. Johnsbury. A
description accompanies the photo
graphs. The same issue of the Yer
monter contains a photograph and
description of the Burke Mountain
Club house at East Burke, the gift of
Hon. E. A. Darling.
The will of Clinton G. Haynes, OF
Wilmington, bequeaths the whole OF
an estate, estimated to be worth SZO,.
600, to the inhabitants of the town OF
Wilmington, in trust, for the develop
ment of agriculture in that town. The
will stipulates that the proceeds OF
the estate shall be invested in gov
eminent bonds or other securities and
that the voters each year shall elect
a trustee to have charge of the funds.
The trustee is to use the income Tor
lectures, experiments, and agrlcultur-
al premiums, the lectures to be OF
such a nature as the trustee deems
advisable for improving the morals of
the people of the town and carrying
out the purposes of the trust.
The Vermont State Fair commits
sion is deeply interested in having the
youth of the state interested In farm
inc and to the extent that they will
remain upon the farm. To awaken
this interest there will be held upon
the fair grounds at the forthcoming
fair at White River Junction, Sept. 8,
10, II and II state high school Judg-
ing contest, planned with the one idea
of being alike fair and helpful to the
agricultural departments of high
schools in the state. There will be
Judging of dairy cows, fat hogs, farm
poultry and potatoes. The selection
of these groups were determined by
QUESTIONABLE and by popular vote of
the agricultural instructors at the
March conference in Burlington.
The "Blocks" section west of the
Central Vermont railroad tracks and
which centers around Water street in
ST. Adams, has been condemned as
unfit for human habitation and dras-
tic action by the state board of health
is expected hourly. The action is the
result of an inspection made Friday
by w. III. Jeffrey, secretary of the
state board of charities and proba-
ton; DR.. c. F. Dalton, of the state
board of health; DR.. W. J. Howard,
the new district health officer; States
Attorney A. B. Rowley of Richford
and Sheriff George P. Catlin of St.
Adams. The order will be issued
against the so-called Mission building
owned according to Mr.. Jeffrey by the
Rev. P. S. McKillip, and the Ethan
Garrison shack. In all ten tenements
are condemned, the dwelling place of
some 80 persons.
The Eastern States Exposition will
conduct camp to be known as Camp
Vail on their grounds at Springfield. |
Mass, during the exposition, Septem-
Der 18th to goth, for boys and girls |
representing club work in the ten
northern eastern states. 1t is ex-
pected that 800 young people.
achievement members and demon
strators In club work, will attend the
camp this year. Vermont will send |
to the Eastern States exposition nine |
teams of three club members each to /
enter the demonstration and judging |
contests IN gardening, canning, pigs. |
poultry, potatoes, corn, calf (cattle) |
sheep, cooking, garment making and |
nandlcrafts. The trip and subsis- |
tence during the camp period will be |
Tree Tor these teams and their chan |
erons: There is opportunity also to
exhibit in all these projects, and val.
ua6le prizes are offered for exhibits.
and Tor demonstrations and Judging
work. handbook and information will I
De Iurnisned by the Vermont Agricul- I
'ural EXTENSION Service, Burlington.
William Bell. father of Harley Bell /