Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-22
VERMONT NEWS

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Harold Wright of Dover secured {
wildcat as well as a deer during the
open season.
Richard A. Hoar of Barre was SER
iously hurt while hunting, bullet en-
tering his spine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley l.. Crosier OBJ
served their golden wedding anniver-
sary at their home in Brattleboro on
November 8.
Victor Smith, who has two or
three aliases, has been identified as
the assailant of Mrs. A. w. Bailey of
East Montpelier and Mrs. Grin Lam
bert of Williamstown. He has also
confessed to breaking into two houses
E. A Folsom, Marshfeld tax col
lector, was found guilty of neglect of
duty in a trial held at Montpelier. He
admitted having accepted calf skins,
a cow and pulpwood in payment o:
taxes.
| Fred H. Harris of Brattleboro
heads the Vermont Aero club, replac-
ing Gov. James Hardness, who has
resigned. The club favors an aero
squadron for Vermont in connection
with the IT'D infantry.
Mrs. Matilda Charles, SO years old
who makes her home with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Julia Parcher, in st. George
voted for the first time at the gen
eral election. She was as interested
as TIE younger voters in town.
Fire in Websterville destroyed one
| house, damaged another and threat
ened several more. A bucket brigade
made up of Jones Bros. Co. workers
American plan met with missiles
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for time, but the fire was put out.
William A. Lawrence, aged 6S
years, who was seriously injured May
| % in West Townsend when thrown
| from his wagon while returning on
his r. F. D. route and had been bed
ridden and helpless since, died No
vember A.. He was a mail carrier for
Is years.
Three centenarians of Vermont are
John Moron of Victory, who will be
lot years old the first day of Janu-
airy, Mrs. Philura Drown of Kirby
who became hundred years old last
May, and Mrs. Hannah Spaulding of
Mortified, who reached her lois
milestone October 81.
Patrick H. Thompson of Benning-
ton, the new sheriff -elect of the coun-
ty, on the night after his election
was the victim of robbery, as he is
senior partner in the firm of Thomp-
son & Howard, whose store was brok-
en- into and from which blankets
mittens, gloves and few small art
icles, to the amount of not less thar
$75 were taken.
The Brattleboro Outing club has
decided on January IL and Is as the
dates for the ski jumping competition
of eastern United States and on Feb
ruary "a an inter-club contest. The
club will invite che National Ski as.
ISOLATION to hold it's tournament il
Brattleboro in the winter of 1924. The
1923 tournament probably will be
held at Lake Placid.
AS Mrs. I. M. Thompson of Hard
wick was curling the hair of her six.
year-old daughter, Doris, few days
ago, on a curling iron, the wooder
handle came off and the hot iror
dropped onto the pupil of the child's
left eye, burning itHso badly that al
first the physician gave no hope thai
the sight could be saved Later
however, he thought there was
chance of saving the sight.
1 J. w. Wardlaw of the Central Yer.
mont railroad has reported to the
secretary of state that an automobile
driven by Walter Taft of Enosbure
Falls ran into the left side of an en-
CINE November 7, at Richford. The
windshield was broken, and radiator
right front wheel, right mud guarC
and front anle were damaged. Mr.
Taft told the train crew that he was
not injured and that he did not con
slider the raj. ead at fault in any way
according to e report. The engin.
eer was A. E. smith and the conduct,
or was named Gilman.
The resignation of Rev. Donald
Frasier, who has been pastor of the
Congregational church at Wells Riv.
er, for the past Is years, was read al
the morning service Sunday. Mr.
Frasier has been one of the most pop
ular pastors that Wells River has hac
and his going away is felt as dis
tinct loss to the entire community
Mr.. Fraser's future plans have not
as yet been announced.
At Ira on Armistice day was dedi-
Gated monument to the veterans OF
the Civil, Spanish anc
World wars. Ira sent Al men to the
Civil war, FIVE to the conflict of 1895
and nine to the World war. The
monument cost $3.50, the money be-
ing raised by subscription as the out
come of a vote at town meeting il
1921. A bronze tablet two bv foul
feet is mounted on white marble
base.
A strange, ferce-looking animal
which resembles a mountain lion, has
been seen by several in the vicinity
of East Peacham and on Wednesday
night it became so thirsty that it ven
tured to drink from Delmar Richard
sons water tub and was seen by hin
when he was about to water his horse
The horse became frightened, reared
and ran when the animal snarled anC
spit. Delmar rushed to the house fol
a gun but upon his return the ANNA
had disappeared. Hunters are watch
ing for him.
After starting two fires, one at thu
barn of William Grove, the other the
house and barn of Ernest Kempter
neighbors whom we know were no
at home, Fred Morrison, aged SO, 0.
New Haven Mills, committed suicide
by drinking carbolic acid shortly be
fore dawn Saturday. He awoke hi
wife, who is somewhat deaf, when h
foil acrocc ho1s nod, &C olo L. olao~o