Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-04-28
VERMONT NEWS

pile on winch he Was WOAhAS
1pon him. Mr.. Broe, with some other
men was piling logs in the yard of
the Richford Manufacturing company
when one of the logs at the top be-
came loose and fell upon him, hitting
him in the head. This was followed
by two others. Mr.. Broe was 5O
wears old and is survived by two chill
dren, boy and girl.
Several boys in the Burlington high
school and also in the junior high have
adopted the overall style and are
wearing the denim regularly. In fact,
the fad is growing about the city and
the sentiment is shown by remark
made by q man who was heard to say
that he owned a silk shirt, but did
not dare to wear it, with the feeling
as it is at present At moving pic
ture show at least one young man APP
peared neatly dressed in new suit
of blue denim.
In the two-day sale of registered
Holstein cattle at Brattleboro last
week in the Purebred Livestock COM
pany pavilion, Charles F. Fairbanks
of Lexington, Mass, paid 1915 for
cow five and half years ago coRSlgn-
ed by Grin A Thomas of Rutland.
This was the highest price of the sale,
at which nearly ninety head were dis
posed of at good prices. Mr.. Fair
banks bought eight head, for which
he paid $1,000. The second heaviest
purchaser was F. II. Metcalf OF Holy
oke, Mass, whose five purchases cost
him Sits.
At least six Brattleboro merchants
and business firms have just received
conscience funds in the form of bank
drafts from an unknown remitter,
who wrote in an unsigned typewriter
letter. Enclosed check is sent to you
to reimburse you for that which was
years ago" The drafts were issued
by a Chicago bank and the letters
were evidently mailed at a railroad
station as no postoffice name is given
| in the postmark. The drafts aggre-
gate $685., and the recipients say they
have no idea who sent them. They
were asked to keep the matter secret.
| Vermont again takes the lead
among the states in matters pertain
ing to the health of tits citizens ac-
cording to an announcement made to-
day by DR.. C. S. Dalton, secretary of
the state board of health. He said
that the infantile paralysis depart
ment of the board is to take up the
study of the disease commonly known
as sleeping sickness, and make such
experiments and investigations at
the state laboratory as are found ex-
pedient 20 gain thorough knowledge
of the disease which is becoming pre-
vailent throughout the country. There
valent throughout the country. There
has been very little of the disease in
Vermont up to the present time, in
/ 70 nj hoz or
this being a patient in Newport, who
ldied.
Mayor and Mrs. j. Holmes Jackson
Iof Burlington have decided to the city
a tract Of land for park. 1t has a
frontage on Adams street of BOT feet,
lon st. Paul of 430 feet, 372 on the
( Church street extension and the
southern boundary is $50 feet long.
1t contains room for baseball field
land football gridiron, with ample
room left for an extensive park on
the west side. The south side will
be given over to playground for
children. In doing this Mayor and
Mrs. Jackson have solved the play
ground problem for large part OF
the city. There are no conditions to
the gift which the city and park COM
missioners will not be glad to meet
One is that Church street be extend
ed and that would be necessary any
way for the good of the park. The
only other condition is that it be
named Smalley park, in memory OF
Mrs. Jackson's forefathers.
It was a proud day at the Univer-
Isity of Vermont when it was an.
lnounced that the institution had beer
lplaced on the list of accepted colleges
ho of oil RI
IAlumnae. This means an important
|. step m the advancement of every
| woman graduate, both past and il
the future, of the college. 1t is z
: very difficult matter to get on the
list as university must possess GER
tain qualifications which only small
percentage of the women's and coed
ucational colleges possess and appli
cations of some large and well known
colleges have been turned down re
{ peatedly over periods of many years
{ Mrs. Pearl WATSON, dean of the WON
:, ans department, has been active onl!
l since January 1 in getting Vernon
:. on the list. A graduate of the Uni
! versity of Vermont may now be ad
T mitted to membership in the asso
citation, which is very powerful.
2 is an organization composed of abou
2 IS colleges in the United States. Tn
only colleges in New England which
l have been admitted are Wellesley
{ Smith, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe
: Connecticut, Wesleyan, Brown, Bos
D ton University and Bates. In othe
e states such colleges have been ad
mitted as Bryn Mawr and Barnard.
: That the only solution of the hous
e ing problem is for the employers o
: large numbers of people to build liv
/. ing accommodations for their. help i
y the opinion of George o. Gridley
: manager of the, Windsor branch O
e the National Acme company. Hi
- branch is now building in Windso
: what will be one of the largest apart
2 ment houses in New England. 1t i
r to cost in the neighborhood of S4Oe
l000 and will contain u anartnnenf