Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13
VERMONT NOTES

The business of shoe making at the
Vermont State prison at Windsor has
begun At present SO male inmates
are employed, and there will be more
as soon as machinery can be installed.
Seven instructors are now on the
work and they are said to be encour-
aged by the manner in which the IN
mates take hold of their new occupa-
ton.
Fifty-cake packages of maple sugar
were recently sent by Rutland res
ident to Washington, D. c., for Mrs.
Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Calvin Coo
lidge and Mrs. Will Hayes, wives OF
the president, vice president and the
postmaster-general. Replies nave
been received from all the recipients
praising the sugar for its fine quail
ty and delicious flavor.
The burning of the station at the
division headquarters of the Boston
& Maine railroad in Woodsville, N.
H., last week may prove more dlsas-
trous to Woodsville and Wells River
than it first appeared, for the railroad
has been considering in recent
months changing the division head
quarters either to Lyndonville or Con-
cord, N. H., and should this be done
it will take away from Woodsville
and Wells River many residents, as
we'll as the repair shop of the dlvl-
sion.
Ralph, the Observation-Disclosures
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Innis Sea-
non of Essex Junction died Friday
after eating strychnine tablets which
he evidently took off table where
they had been placed by his grand
mother, who was cleaning cupboard.
No one noticed the child eating the
pills and consequently he was violent
" ill before anyone surmised what
he had done. A doctor was summon
ed upon the first sign of illness, but
it was too late and the child died
within an hour.
John w. Chambers, a former col
onel in the British army, who was ar
rested early last week in St. Adams
on a charge of attempting to bride
Deputy Collector of Customs E. B.
Webb and who, following his appear
ance before U. S. Commissioner
Charles D. Watson, was held in $4,000
bail, finally furnished, having been
in Franklin county Jail several days.
There is considerable speculation as
to whether Col Chambers, who has
now left the jurisdiction of the United
States and gone to Canada, will go
to Windsor and stand trial at the
May term of the United States court
Or will remain away and forfeit his
cash bail.
The will of Arthur B. Clapp of
Brattleboro, who died Sunday. and
who was president of the Brattleboro
Trust Co., and the S. A. Smith Man
ufacturing company was probated
Friday and the trust company was
appointed special administrator. While
there is nothing in the will to indi-
cate the size of the estate, it is es-
timated at between 100000 and
100000. With the exception of a
few friends the legatees are relatives
of 100000 in specific requests and
the balance goes to Mr.. Clapp's broth
er, George Fl. Clapp of this place,
formerly a well-known merchant.
Except that provision is made for a
monument to be erected at Prospect
Hill cemetery at cost of $4,000 to
$4,000.
The Associated Industries of Ver-
mont was organized at Montpelier
last week, following preliminary
have been under way for year. The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, James F. Dewey, Quechee; vice
presidents, Gov. James Hardness,
Springfield, Charles E. Schoff, st. Al
bans, Fred A. Rowland, Montpelier;
acting secretary, L. A. Kelly, Mont
pelier; treasurer, C. F. Lowe, Mont
pelier; directors, Redfeld Proctor.
Proctor, G. G.. Wells, Middlebury,
Thomas A. Ellsworth, Burlington, w.
0. Wise, ST. Adams, George E. Whit
ney, Burlington, Russell S. Page,
Hyde Park, Edgar T. Salisbury, Ran
dolph, r: L. Olney, Rutland, H. j. M.
Jones, Montpelier, DIN Gay, Caven-
dish, j. E. Myers, Bellows Falls, A.
j. Holden, Bennington, and director
each from Newport and ST. Johns
bury, to be named by the president.
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