Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-08-04


her hair to slip on the revolving shaft
until the friction caused such heat
that the hair was burned off. She
was attended by DR.. L. h. Bugbee.
James Fiske, aged ~ years,
farmer living in the town of Rutland
was, almost instantly killed July q
by falling from a load of hay in his
field. He was near the rear of the
rack receiving forkfuls from the man
on the ground when the horses
started suddenly and he pitched
head first to the ground. His skull
was fractured. Mr.. Fiske was ma
live of Randolph and was veteran
IF the 18th Vermont Volunteer Regi-
ment in the Civil War. He is sur
vived by his wife.
At the annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Jersey Breeders to be
held August 18th at Quechee Fells
Farm, Quechee, it is expected that M.
d. Mum, president of the National
Dairy council and president of the
American Jersey Cattle club, will be
present to speak. Another speaker
will be George W. Sisson, former
president of the American Jersey
Cattle club and at present a director
Oh the C1uD. A1SO Il. D. brigham, Lie
Vermont State Commissioner of Ag-
riculture, and other noted speakers.
Harry A. Black of Newport, sec
retary of state, has announced that
he will be a candidate for nomination
and reelection to the office. He was
nominated two years ago this fall and
it is customary to allow the secretary
of state to have eight years, if he so
desires, therefore, it is not likely that
Mr.. Black will have any opposition.
His record will compare favorably
with any of the state officers in eff
cheney and attention to his depart
mental work.
There are about 1000 teachers
who are enjoying the training this
wear of summer schools. Of these,
lao are registered In the schools at
Rutland, about $50 at Middlebury,
and about 500 at Burlington. The
way the state school happened to be
organized is thus: About 100 teachers
sent a petition to the commissioner
asking for the school and after con-
sideration it was decided to conduct
one and missionaries were sent to
the registrants to ascertain what
studies they waited most. When these
were returned the courses were made
up from the studies which the major
lty OF the CeaenerS WduCeu.
The situation as regards the Bur-
lington office of the Securities Ex-
change company remains as it has for
the last few days. Men are in the
office ready to refund money to those
who invested with them, but there is
no call from the so or more who in
vested money amounting to several
| thousand dollars, in Burlington. The
men in Burlington are unable to say
when business will be resumed, If at
! all. 1t is their theory, and they say
| it is Ponzi's, that as time goes on the
profits in the business will gradually
| increase. At first the margin will be
cut to 40 per cent, later to thirty and
finally down to ten or less. This is
thought to mean that enough foreign
excange will be purchased to bring 1t
back toward normal. Messrs. McIn-
tosh and Heating of the local Office
are now in Boston, where they went
to confer with Ponzi regarding the
situation.
Storms of wind and lightning caus-
ed much damage about the state last
week. The succession of storms last
ed all Thursday night. Silos on the
farms of Walter w. Brisotl and Ar
thur Langevin in Vergennes were
blown down and in some cases fields
of corn and grain suffered some dam
age. A COW belonging to Amos Bo-
dette of Addison was killed by light
ming. John Fitzsimons' barns and
4sheds in Bristol burned to the ground
as a result of, lightning. Mr.. Fitz-
simons had just finished haying SC
that his hay is an entire loss. together
with one cow, five calves, two hogs
and farm machinery. A large barr
on the Bushnell farm in Williston was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. The cow barn on the farm
owned by A. L. White in Starksbort
was struck by lightning and total,
destroyed. About half of the sea
sons hay crop and that with tn
double wagon and one COW We're ais
lost The buildings on the Mertol
town farm in Barre were burned an
the. electric light and telephone ON
lpany report damage in that Tor
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