Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-11-02
VERMONT NOTES

veterans of Middletown Springs was
unveiled last Sunday.
George F. Morris, recently appoint
ed Judge of the New Hampshire
federal court, was born in Vershire.
1t is expected that the annual In
spectation of the state institutions will
be made by the board of control this
week.
Edward A. Fuller, for sometime
landlord of the Williamstown inn, has
been succeeded by E. G. Hamilton of
Burlington.
The farm conducted at the Water
bury state insane asylum shows a
profit of $4,000, not counting the
labor of patients.
Albert E. Frost of Middletown
Springs has been elected manager of
the sophomore football team of the
University Of Vermont.
John Spargo of Bennington, So
cialist with an international repu-
tation, is dangerously Ill and his
speaking engagements have been can
celled.
David Broe, a well-known resident
of Richford, died Thursday, aged ".
Mr.. Broe was born in ST. Armand,
P. O., and has a son Bert living in
Orleans. )
The merchants branch of the Bur-
| lington Chamber of Commerce have
decided against closing the sto4es of
the city Armistice day, the 18th, which
was made holiday by the last leg
| islature.
J A seven-passenger Cadillac belong
ing to Frank D. Spaulding of Bur-
lington was stolen from his yard
Thursday evening, and no trace of it
has been found.
| The Commercial club of ST. Johns
bury has named a committee of four
to plan winter sports, with the posi-
/ bility of full weeks carnival in jan
uary or February.
| w. H. Comings Of PUEBLO, Col, for
merly of Richford and a brother of
Herbert C. Comings, suffered frac-
ture of the skull by fall from a
truck Wednesday.
| Seventeen application for loans to-
talinp $4,000 were passed on Tues
day at Montpelier at a meeting OF
the directors of the First National
Farm Loan association.
Col. Gibson of the LIST Vermont in
fantry wishes to recruit howitzer
company for his command and is try
ing to interest sufficient volunteers
in Bennington for unit.
| A bronze medal has been awarded
| by the Carnegie hero fund commission
to Mrs. Eva Clark Doubleday of
Woodstock for trying to save baby
from drowning Dec. 6, 1919.
J. H. Tomson of Ormstown, P. O.,
has brought the plant of the Swan
ton Courier and will issue his first
paper December 1. Mr.. Tomson has
been in the newspaper business for
rs years.
Ray C. Brown of Poultney won first
prizes on poultry at the Cambridge,
White Plains, Ellenville, Rochester
and Walton fairs in New York state
and at Rutland and White River
Junction in Vermont.
Charles G.. Staples, Brattleboro
banker, is a candidate for the NOM
nation for state treasurer. Mr..
Staples has never been active in pol
itics, but is prominent among Odd
Fellows, being one of the grand lodge
officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Parker and
son, Harry, of Montpelier accompani-
ed by Col Harry Parker and Miss
Sara Parker of Bradford, will start
this week by automobile for Miami,
Fla, where they will spend six
months.
George L. Morse of Milton left his
car beside the road with broken
wheel of a recent evening and in the.
morning found that everything NOV
able, including tires and rims had been
stolen, except a hand bag con-
tanning $18 which had inadvertently
been left.
In the municipal court at st. Johns
bury Saturday Judge Blodgett i'm
posed varying sentences of from six
months to two years in Windsor prison
on o. R. Baker, Tony Ravieli, Joseph
Vadette and Philip Varelli for steal |
ing chickens.
Julian Rixford of San Francisco is !
visiting his boyhood home in Highgate |
Center. Mr.. Rixford is 81 years old
and the oldest living member of the
class of 1864 at McGill University. |
His mother died three years ago at
the age of 1O1.
The October term of Essex county
court opened at Guildhall last Tues
day, Chief Judge F. M. Butler of
Rutland presiding. Judge Chase had
the assignment, but had not completed
the term at Newport. There are but
fire jury cases on the docket.
Thomas Jefferson Heaphy, owner
of the Pavilion hotel. in Montpelier,
died Friday night in a New York
hospital where second operation for
cancer Of the stomach had been per-
formed. He was born in Guilford 55
years ago and was educated in the |
Brattleboro schools.
Frank C.. Fassett of Poultney has
the only wireless telephone in YER
mont and not only receives but !
can transmit messages. On Sunday he |
allowed friends to listen to a part of !
church service at Pittsburg, Pa. and
to hear the tick of watch in the |
province of Ontario.
Fire of probable incendiary origin |
destroyed the building at Bethel
Thursday morning occupied by the
American Legion, Woman's Relief |
Corps and Grand Army and also
Blanchard's blacksmith shop, adjoin-
ing. The loss is placed at $4,000, par
tally covered by insurance.
One Of the largest farm deals in
northern Vermont in long time
h