Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-10-08
VERMONT NEWS

The Vermont state Sunday school
convention will be held IN Bellows
Falls at the Congregational church,
Oct. 1917.
Vermonters are asked to contrib
ute $4,000 toward a general million
dollar fund for the erection of suit
able memorial to Col. Roosevelt.
One of the largest and best cream
cries in Vermont is being erected IN
Milton by the farmers of that vii
lage, and it is expected that it will be
in operation before winter.
The Fellows Gear Sharper company
in Springfield is taking the housing
situation into its own hands and is to
build SO new homes on a large tract
of land which it has bought. The Gel
lars are all to be dug this fall.
Mt. Sinai temple. Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, held ceremonial IN
Montpelier Friday evening that was
attended by about so members, and
| there was a class of about 30 candl-
dates who crossed the hot sands.
Fire in the Imperial lunch in ST.
Adams Monday, which was in the
building of the Foundry Manufactur-
ing Co. Inc, did damage estimated
at $4,000. The fire started in the
was cleaning a gas stove with gaso-
! line, forgetting that the burner was
| lighted. The cook was seriously
| burned.
Gov. P. w. Clement has received
the report from Prof w. R. Gray of
Dartmouth college, who made the
audit of the treasurer's and auditors
books in August, that he found the
accounts correct and funds well cared
for. He made some suggestions for
| improvement in the systems, the
most of which have now been put in
operation
In connection with the activities of
Thrift Week, October Gil in the War
Savings work, all postmasters have
been supplied with buttons for those
who purchase Thrift stamps. Any
one who purchases a stamp, paying
J therefor % cents, will be given a
button. The stamps are on sale at
all postoffices and the button may be
| had for the asking.
All three Vermont colleges make
the gratifying announcement that
their attendance of students breaks
previous records. The University of
/
about 400 and Norwich about 300. So
here are over 1900 students-approx-
| imately the number at Dartmouth
this year, which also reports a record
attendance-being educated in Yer
mont colleges.
Alton S. White, four-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. White, re-
siding in Leicester little north of
the Brandon town farm, was acct
dentally shot and instantly killed by
the discharging of 3S-40 rifle Oct
I'd. With two brothers and other
boys, Alton was playing in the back
yard, where they had been, unbe-
known to the family, playing with a
rifle they had found.
Rev. Daniel c. Faris of Barnet died
last week. In March, 1873, DIR. Faris
was called to the passionate of the
Reformed Presbyterian church of
Barnet. This is one of the oldest
church societies in the state. He
was ordained and installed and held
the pastorate up to a few years ago,
gaining the record of holding pas
torate longer than any other pastor
in New England church.
The trial of George Long, charged
with numbering Mrs. Lucina C..
Broadwell the night of May in Bar
re, the body being found the next
morning which was Sunday in the
Wheelock garden in the center of the
city, began in Washington county
court Tuesday. Boston newspaper
men and sketch artists are at the
trial and such large crowds are ex-
pected that the sheriff has summoned
extra officers to assist.
The government is circulating
warnings against the use of dena-
tured or wood alcohol for bathing
purposes owing to the fact that al
cohol OF this nature is poisonous,
There is specially prepared alco-
hol for bathing purposes which is
not harmful and which can be secur-
ed from druggists or physicians. To
battle IN wood or denatured alcohol
or to drink it leads to blindness as
well as to many other serious conse-
quences.
There is possibility that the
Massachusetts Chocolate company
may locate in Swanton, occupying
the Remington property. Represen-
tatlves OF the company and an official
of the Vermont Milk Chocolate com
pany of Burlington have been in
Swanton looking over the situation
and are said to have been very fay-
orably impressed. The Swanton
Board of Trade has appointed com
mlttee to go to Boston to confer with
the company on the matter.
The Horace Greeley committee of
the Vermont Press association has
received through its chairman. How
ard l.. Hindley of Rutland, a package
of original Horace Greeley mani
scripts. They were sent by Thomas
II. Ford, foreman of the COMPOSING
room of the Brooklyn STANDARD
Union. Some of them are on the
backs OF New York Tribune letter
heads, some on odd pieces of paner
and all of them in the unmistakabIe
grabbed handwriting of the great
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