Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-02-25

been allotted to vermont oosVVo pOuhuS
of black powder to be used IN railroad
construction. This product Will be
fused for blasting purposes and prooa-
blv will be used in Smuggler's Notch
next summer.
| C. M. Kontos, Burlington grocer,
was in court last week, charged with
giving short weight to customers. he
was fined $50 and costs OF Sf.oO, wnlcn
he paid. There was large NUMBER OF
charges against him, most of which
were not pressed. One was that on
the sale of a bushel of potatoes, the
weight was nine and one-haf pounds
too little.
The University of Vermont Sum-
mer School announces a larger pro-
gram than usual for next summer
The demand for teachers is greater
than the supply. The University Of
,fers free tuition to all Vermont teach
ers and those preparing to teach IN
Vermont The school begins July D
and continues to August Is.
Influenza has passed the peak of its
devastating career in Vermont for this
season, according to present lndlcat-
ions, says DIR. c. F. Dalton, secretary
of the State Board of Health. The
influenza has not been anywhere near
as fatal this winter as it was IN 1918.
DIR. Dalton calls attention to the fact
that the towns and cities which are
the hardest hit with the influenza this
winter are those which were not so
badly hit in 1918. This shows that
when the disease has gone the rounds
in a place, it is not so apt to get star
ted there again.
Frank Yattaw, who had lived in
Weybridge for many years, was found
dead and frozen in the road near his
home on the. morning of February 10.
He was in Middlebury during the day
Wednesday and at night rode part
way home and walked as far as the
( home of his nephew, some distance
away, with whom he had supper. The
nephew tried to get him to remain
over night, but he decided to go to
where he had lived alone for sew
eral years. 1t is believed that he
died of heart disease when nearly
home, that the body froze after death,
and the freezing was not the cause OF
death.
At a meeting of the officers of the
Vermont Maple Sugarmakers' associa-
ton, held at Montpelier, February 10,
/ a tentative program was framed, first
to hold meetings at three fairs, with
an exhibit and speakers, st. Johns
bury, Rutland and White River Junct-
! ion Estate fair), and an exhibit and
sale at Springfield, Mass, during the
Eastern states Exhibit. There will be
a membership drive put on at these
fairs. 1t is plannd TO make some ar
rangements whereby association MEM
bers can market their produce as an
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that the sugarmakers ask $3.50 per
gallon for syrup, and 80 cents per
pound for sugar at wholesale and
more, according to quality and pack
age retail.
Because of the protest of Catholics,
Bible reading in the chapel exercises
of Brandon high school was order
ed discontinued by school authorities
last week. Upon receipt of this order
z. II. Walker resigned and about 100
of the high school students refused to
attend the school and the entire fac
ulty threatened to leave. The school
board then took the question under
Amusement and finally decided to ask
Prin. Walker to reconsider his resig-
nation, which has been accepted by
the school board, telling him that BIZ
bic reading would be authorized but
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compelled to attend the chapel exer-
cises. The trouble has stirred the
town of Brandon as nothing has for
years and whether the matter is finally
disposed of or only temporarily patch
ed up IS question.
Robert Whittemore, a Y-D veteran
of % years, who was cited for brav-
cry twice by General Edwards, was
shot twice in his chest, but not fatally
at his home near Morrisville by Hen
ry Gagnon, who objected to White
more's attentions to Gagnon's 1S-year-
old daughter, Isabelle. Recently the
girl who had been employed away
from home, left her job, going to the
Whittemore home to stay, circum-
stance which excited her father, who
went to Whittemore's house and de-
manded that the girl return home.
When she refused and Gagnon was or
dered from the house, a quarrel in
which blows were struck, eliminated
IN Gagnon's shooting Whittemore The
latter who was thrice wounded in
action abroad, with the assistance of
ms parents, overpowered Gagnon and
bound him to chair. Whittemore is
married man, having been welded
while at Camp Devens. He has re-
Gently stated that he intended to
bring divorce proceedings against his
wife.
Approximately 1900 of the books
which were provided through the gen.
erosity of the residents of Vermont
Tor the army, navy and marine corps
during the war are being returned to
this state by the American Library
Association, after having seen service
literally IN all parts of the world. Miss
Ruth Brown, secretary of the Free
Public Library commission at Mont
pelier, will have charge of circulating
the books throughout Vermont. They
are expected to relieve temporarily
the need for wider public library SER
wee, which, since the war, has been
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