Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-08
VERMONT NEWS

Joseph Dehart, aged 60, fell 35 feet
at Rutland October 20, and broke his
back.
Miss l.. Josephine Webster, general
secretary of the Vermont Children's
Aid society, has been granted leave
of absence for six months.
A place at Kimball's Landing, Yer
gennes, believed to be a transfer
point for LIQUOR from Canada bound
for Massachusetts, was raided October
80 and whiskey and alcohol found.
h Rev. E.. T. Sanford, pastor of the
St. Johnsbury Baptist church from
1876 to 1891, died October 8, in On
tario, Cal, of hardening of the arte-
ries.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Beedle of Ran
dolph, observed the GID anniversary
of their marriage Saturday. They
were married in Bethel. Mr.. Beedle
is "a and his wife is 80.
The November term of Vermont Su-
preme court will come in at 10 o'clock
in the morning on Wednesday, No
vember 8, instead of on Tuesday, No
vember T, which is election day.
The detour over Orange Heights
has been discontinued, it was stated at
y .
The highway project is not yet COM
pleted, but the regular road is open
again.
Benjamin Green of ST. Johnsbury
was arrested Tuesday on charge of
grand larceny. He is alleged to have
stolen goods from the store of A. w.
Smith of Lancaster, N. H., early last
summer.
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fined in Brattleboro municipal court
on Wednesday 500 and costs for IL
legally possessing a deer hide, and
$40 and costs for similar possession of
three skunk skins,
Charles A. Parker, for 16 years
postmaster at West Rutland, for two
successive terms representative from
the town at the legislature and fol-
merchants, died Wednesday, after an
| illness of several weeks.
! A fish screen has been installed at
Lake Dunmore and the fish and game
| 1epa rtment is having one of the most
successful seasons in the taking IT
lake trout for stripping that It has
ever had. Warden Booth has charge
of the work.
| Carl Martin of Mt. Holly was shot
accidentally while hunting October 20
He only recently recovered from Sc
we're burns sustained last summer
when he came in contact with a wire
carrying 10000 volts of electric cur
rent.
Francis Clark and Harold Currie
both of Richford, were before Judge
Post of ST. Adams charged with tax
ing an automobile and using it with
out the owners consent. They both
pleaded guilty and were fined $1(
each, which they paid.
A committee has been appointed to
observe lin 1923 the Tooth anniversary
of the establishment of the first nor
NAL school in the United States al
Concord. 1t was started by Rev. S. r
Hall of Croydon who continued it fol
seven years.
At a conference of Methodist cler-
gymen and laymen in Rutland this
week, a recommendation was voted tc
present to the Methodist genera
board of home missions and church
extensions a request of $4,000 to aiC
in erecting new church in Rutland.
Charles Fleurry of Burlington is
in hospital in that city with serious
injuries sustained when he fell 20 feet
from an apple tree in r. N. Holmes
orchard in Charlotte a few, days ago
He was being employed by Mr.
Holmes during the apple picking sea
son.
Herbert Prior, SO, of Morrisville at
tempted to end his life last Thurs
day morning at his Portland street
lunch room by cutting vein in his
left arm with a razor at 6 o'clock. He
was not found until noon and hac
lost much blood. DR.. w. H. John.
stone attended him and Prior was tax
en- to the state hospital at Waterbury
Mr.. and. Mrs. Luther w. Hawley OF
Brattleboro observed the 5Oth ami
versary of their wedding October 20
Mr.. Hawley has long been officer man
ager for the Estey Organ Co.. He
was born in Windsor July 7, 1847
August %, 1949. She was Miss Lau.
ra K. Taft.
David Lefebvre, administrator, wor
suit from the Central Vermont rail
road in the Washington county court
October 30, being awarded a verdict
of S13, 1880 for the death of his wife
and daughter last June when a car il
which they were riding was struck by
a train at Riverton.
Abner Davis, farmer, was arrested
last Thursday charged with assault
with intent to kill four boys on Hal
loween night, and was lodged in the
Lamoille county Jail at Hyde Park tt
await hearing. Two of the boys
shot are in the Fanny Allen hospita
at Winooski and the outcome of thei1
injuries will be awaited before Davi:
is given a hearing.
Leon C. Rich of Canaan has re
ported to the state fish and game de-
partment the arrest by George Scot
and Charles Blow of Leon Sweat Of
Canaan on October %, for hunting
without license and having foxe:
and cartridges. He was taken be.
fore Judge N. B. Young in Canaan
and fined $50 and costs of 1920. He
paid the costs and the fine was sus-
pended.
Winooski's oldest resident, Miss So
phie Villemaire, who would have be
come "a years old October 26, diec