Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-06-30
VERMONT NOTES

en- a pint DOJCle Oh LiAih eA0 -
the pian to avoid tuberculosis. 1t is
the first move of the kind in the gran
tie center of the country.
Tins far 1926 persons have been
granted license to operate autono-
| biIes in Vermont covering some 20.
600 machines. Of that number 934
secretary of states office showing
that that number of persons nave
been involved in accidents.
Neil Knapp, hunter and trapper
| of Cabot, has a skunk that proDapIy
No M seI1m in the country has any
thing like. 1t has a head like
mink. fox's tail, stripes like
skunk. and handsome gold color FUR;
Mr.. knapp has been offered good
price for it, but thinks 1t is worth
keeping a while.
Lieut.. McCreery, who has been in
the vicinity of Middlebury purchasing
Morgan horses for the u. S. govern
ment, for use in the cavalry, has ship
ned five head to Norwich and IL head
| to Fort ROYAL, Va. The government
stock farm in Weybridge has shipped
the stallion, Donlyn, and the mare,
Jewell, with a six weeks colt, to Ia
coma, Wash.
DR.. J. II. Miller of Wallingford,
reputable physician of many years
practice, was arrested yesterday by
| Deputy Sheriff Robert w. Hopkins of
Wallingford on a warrant charging
him with violation of the laws OF Yer
mont by failure to quarantine house
lin which there was case OF whoop-
ing cough. DR.. Miller pleaded not
guilty and demanded a jury trial.
Alderman Walter Kellogg of Yer
gennes has recently lost six fine helf-
ers from a disease not yet known. 1t
was at first thought thy died from
Imurrain or blackleg, hut microscopic
analysis of the blood did not reveal
any symptoms of the disease. Al
though there are a large number of
other cattle in the pasture, only those
belonging TO the herd of Mr.. Kellogg
were affected.
/ Byron NJ Pettibone of Bennington
will be placed on trial for murder on
Monday afternoon, July 10, at Man
chester. This was the decision of
Judge Stanley III. Wilson in BenEing
ton county court following Petit
bones plea of not guilty TO the in
clement for murder returned by the
grand jury. The respondent will be
! LELuLLC0 " A1AG jail NDAA
pending the trial.
The Vermont Equal Suffrage as
sociation convention Is TO be held In
St. Adams July l and 2, commencing
July l with a mass meeting at which
well known speakers will address
| the delegates and public. The con-
vention sessions will continue
through the next day, and the asso-
citation expects TO merge from the
convention as the Vermont League
of Women Voters.
DIR. c. H. Burr of Montpelier cap
tured the Vermont state champion
ship in trap shooting in the 18th an
lnual registered tournament of the
vermont State Trap Shooting associ-
alton held in Burlington last week.
This was a 300-target shoot, with 150
targets each day. DIR. Burr broke 277
out of the 300 H B. Moulton of Mont
IpeIier was runner-up for the state
championship, with a score of 262
DR.. Burr thus retains the champion
ship which he has held for the past
year.
The executive of the State grange
has decided on St. Johnsbury as the
place for the next State meeting
provided satisfactory arrangement:
! can be made, and if not Burlington
as the choice. The meeting will bt
held at some time in December 9th
er matters acted upon was the ap
propriating of an additional $500 tt
! the educational fund, to be transfer
: red as soon as the money is available
y and the approval of the State master
' plans for an exhibit of Vermont ma
: pie sugar products at the nationa
y meeting.
The population of Addison county
], as taken in the 1920 census, was 18
: $50, a decrease of 1,344, or 81 pc
!, cent. The population of the incor
n porated PLACES is as follows: Bristo
= Psi; Middlebury, 1898; Vergennes
= 500. Addison county is the frs
e complete county in Vermont to be re
= ported in the 1920 census. The Dor
ulation of that county declined in tn
- asst three previous censuses, the nun
. Der in 1890 being 22,277, in 1900 bein
n d ,912 and in 1910 being 20,01O. TIL
=. three Incorporated places in the cour
e. sy showed an increase, Bristol villae
n having increased from 1,1SO to 1.251
y Middlebury village having grow
from 1866 to 1898 and the city c
=, Vergennes having gone from 1 ,483 t
y 1909.
OF Harry A. Black, secretary of stat,
lr mas served notice on the drivers Q
automobiles that a campaign is no,
started against reckless driving q
err machines and also that there is on
mn against the use of the glare light:
y he has found that some persons VIII
set forth in their application tina
they use non-glare light ar
using glare light and he e,
poets TO stop, in a general way. IN
use OF these lights. The Warne
rs lenses, while not exactly accordin
DIS to the statutes will probably be a
lowed this season, although this doe
~ not comply with the laws. Inspec
ne ors and peace officers will be aske
" to cooperate in the conducting of til
We campaign to stop reckless drivin
- and use of oIarino Ionrac