Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-04-07
VERMONT NEWS

Richford has a new national bank
with a paid-in capital of $4,000 and
surplus of $4,000.
A Burlington man killed 81 musk
rats in one day recently. The SKINS
sell anywhere from $3.50 TO, $500
each
One day recently q deer were seen
in the pasture of F. NJ. Small in Nor
ristown. One was nearly white, an
albino.
( A state meetin0 was held in Bur
/ lington Thursday night IN connection
with the drive for funds to help the
sufferers of the Near East The meet
/ inc was unique in the fact that 1t
was addressed by three candidates
/ for governor, James Hartness, Fred
erick II. Rabbit and Curtis s. Emery.
/ Vermont Is to have a fair price COM
mission and the appointment of Orlo
I Z. Luce of Stowe has been made from
} Washington. 1t is the duty of
this officer TO fix margins of
profits of clothing, food, shoes and
other necessaries of life. The ONCE
carries with It no salary.
n uO4 pIOSS Was S1LSISQ III w ASH
ington county court Saturday by At
torney General Archibald in the case
I OF state against Dewey t. Hanley,
former state purchasing agent, who
was indicted Nov. 3, 1918, for alleged
{ larceny and endorsement. Hanley
was indicted at the time bills were
returned against Graham and Viii
lisms. Attorney General Archibald
told the court there wasn't evidence
enough to convict
As the result of letter from Ri.
Rev. Joseph J. Rice, D. D., Roman
Catholic bishop of the diocese of Yer
mont, the priests of the Rutland Cath
OILS churches have forbidden their
Pensioners TO attend or take part
in the activities of the Community
house The reason alleged is that the
building is owned by the Congrega-
tional society and that its activities
are directed by board in which Con-
gregatlonalists predominant.
The trial of George o. Hale of Mid
dlesex, a man reputed to be worth
many thousands of dollars, on the
charge of having murdered II. Lester
Morse in Middlesex Sunday, February
1, was commenced in Washington
county court last week Hale's de-
tense viii be that he did the shoot
ling of Morse, whose heart was pierced
by bullet, IN self-defense, while the
State does not expect to prove first
ldegree murder, but aspires to secure
verdict of murder in the second de-
Igree.
Several friends and relatives of the
late Charles 81. Lalor, who testified
that they had never seen him drunk
n ,1% L.
duced Friday by the defense in Rut-
land county court in an effort to break
down the plaintiffs contention in the
case of Margaret (Sullivan) Labor
VS. Annie T. Cops that Labor gave
his sister, Mrs Copps $4,000 in
Liberty bonds while drunk and irres
ponsible. This was in direct contrast
with the assertion of the plaintiff
principal witness that Lalor inbibed
habltually. frequently consuming two
quarts OF whiskey daily.
NJ B. Hillegas of Montpelier, COM
missioner of schools for Vermont. L.
b johnson of Randolph and A. w.
Hewitt of Plainfeld, members of the
state board of education, have left on
two weeks trip which viii carry
them as far west as Missouri and
Iowa on an inspection of teacher train
o~AOSAS- dS committee
from the state board of education.
they viii gather data on buildings.
courses offered, and system and ad-
! m1nlstration of teacher training
schools, with the idea of later apply
! ing the knowledge gained to condi-
tons IN Vermont.
Daylight saving at Bennington went
into effect Sunday morning at 3
O'Clock, this being in accordance with
the vote cast at the annual town meet
ing 1t will run until the last Sun
day IN next October. Previous to the
meeting members of the village trus-
ees' board had conferred with en-
ployers and employees in that vii
!age and IN North Bennington and
found an almost unanimous desire to
follow the daylight saving plan, now
IN effect IN the state of New York and
70 go INTO effect in Massachusetts
later.
On March 4, about z o'clock in the
evening, very small meteor fell on
the north side of Round mountain. in
belvldere- The meteor came to the
earth about half way up the noun
tam, just about what is called the
Iorrey lot 1t came from a north
westerly direction, but seemed to slow
down in speed as it neared the earth
The meteor kept its brilliancy until il
had nearly reached the tops of the
trees and then gradually faded. 1t
was seen by F. E. Tracy and II. W.
Chappeli
Springfield is to try out daylight
saving In some instances this summer.
the employees of the Jones and Lam
son company have voted four to one to
begin work at 8 a. m instead of z.
and QlnSQ an Hoy7r