Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-30
VERMONT NEWS

St ATbzns has invited General Ed
wards % visit that city some day II
May. a. which time : special honor
vii be rendered % the boys returned
from service. and The general has
stated MS willingness % come
Ex-Lieutsnzut Governor c. 4
Stearus Of Johnson has bought the
Baptist church eolflce II that place
and presented the building % Water
man lodge No $ OF MasoCs- He a.
50 gave the lodge money % put the
place N proper repair The Baptist
society n Johnson has not held ser
wees since 1910.
4 big lumber deal closed when the
Frank " Toubre--a Co OF Rutland
bought the rights % cut al the tim
ber on the JudSou J. Smith place =
PItrsfOrd Il : said tha- there are
.. 600 600 feet Of sofrw0cd standing
and . men vii % put az work a.
once 70 clear l. TIE entire output
Is contracted for BY the Howe Scale
CO.
Mrs. Marianne Gibson Of Hyde
Park reached her 1U3d birthday last
wees Considering her great age
she Is cutie vel She vas born II
K5lsvsr. Ireland April y. 1916, and
has lived IL this country about -
years. The LAST g n Hyde PARK She
has several children. Era-Cchll1rs-
and --ra-lcEl.l-e- SEs -
ce5~eE many callers OF her birthday
arr was the recipient q several
gifts
We are booking for The best to1--
ls- season -Ez- Vermont has ever
seen says Secretary q State Harry
A Black We have had a. unusual
Is large number q inquiries regard
t-E routes and hotel accc--o5z-50-s.
ard ( Is expected that there VII Be
many more cars Of the read this year
than ever before From present in
6ica-lo-s. -he registration q auto
mobiles within he state VIII Be about
1000 more than II other years" said
the secretary Of state
Rev. Clifford h Smith for the last
eight years superintendent OF the
AnG-SaIoro league has resigned his
Office Mr.. Smith VII re-eu-eC the
ministry. having been selected % as
sumo the pastorate Of the CorgreEs-
tionzl church a. Ludlow during the
absence Of the regular pastor, Rev
". J. BallOu. who l. doing Y NJ C
A work II France Albert Z LANG
OF Burlington was elected 70 succeed
Mr.. Smith Mr. LANG has been con-
uected with the league work as q
Sunday speaker for some ten years
and for the last SIX years has been
field secretary for the league
Miss Anna {. Dyer q Rutland
was awarded $50. GOO damages By The
Rutland county jury II her breach
OF promise suit against Charles z.
Lalor. sE-hotel man the jury being
OFT about an Lo-r and 3 half Miss
Dyer : 80 years old ard NJ LalC-
=. their c1Ur-ship. according 70 Ee-
testimony. having EXTENDED over :
years The defendant testified that
ne was worth $4,000 TIE
plaintiff testified that NJ Laior pro
posed marriage 20 her a. far hack as
1901 and that several times since
then ne had promised 70 marry her
She knew nothing. she said. Of his
change Of heart until ms marriage &c
Miss Margaret Sullivan II October
1918.
A family quarrel one evening las;
week IN the home OF Mrs Mar
Sherman IN Essex Junction. resulted
n the shooting and death Of Charles
II. Clifford. aged s.. who lived az the
Sherman residence The shooting
was done BY Mrs Shermau's son
Daniel Farnham. aged 10. Two shots
were fired with 4 32-calibre revolver
One passed through the head under
the left eye and the other through the
heart Death was instantaneous
After the young man had accom-
piishe6 the deed he walked across the
street and looked I'D Constable J. P
Flynn. who happened 20 be s-anding
IN W s Fletcher's store He askec
that the constable accompany him q
his home. where his mother wzntsd
TO see him Upon their arrival a,
the Sherman home. Mrs Sherman
told her tale OF what had happened
and showed Mr. Flynn the dead
mans body n a. adjoining room 4
warrant was issued by States Al
tornev Allen Martin for the arrest o-
Faruhzm. who vas thereupor LODGE
IN Chiftender county Jail