Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-02-15
VERMONT NEWS

Oh MIS-. Green aHecClOnS.
Curtis Cram, a widowed farmer o
Lincoln and the father of three chill
dren. was found dead in bed Tuesda,
morning.
Two new Vermont postmaster
were named last Monday: Charles T
| Thurber of Fairlee and Arthur G
Folsom of Tunbridge.
! The National Board of Fire Under
writer's places the loss from fires il
Vermont for the five years endinl
with 1920 at $4,397 ,583.
+ The directors of the Wells Rive
Savings Bank have elected John F
/ George president of the institution t,
succeed the late E. w. Smith.
Richford Methodist church, is in poo
health and will spend the month O.
February with his mother in Ontario
| John LAME of Barre was fined $50
costs of $685. and given a two-yea1
suspended sentence for stealing al
electric valve grinder from. garage
Federal Judge H. B. Howe of Bur
! lington, who has been handling !;
congested docket at Brooklyn, N. Y.
disposed of 600 liquor cases in {
week.
A Mrs. Larson of Wilmington car
ries on her own farm. There are sew
en- mich cows, 10 dry stock and {
horse, and besides she cuts her OWL
wood
\ For the first time in the memory Of
the present generation there will be
no pulpwood drives down either tho
Connecticut or White rivers the com
ing spring.
The Fountain Toothbrush corpora
ton has been organize at ST. Johns
bury with an authorized capitaliza
ton of $4,000. The incorporates
are all st. Johnsbury men.
A wage reduction which will aver.
age about six per cent. will take eff
feet on the clerks employed by the
Vermont Central railway, beginning
with the next pay day.
The Rutland Railway Light and
Power company has been notified by
the public service commission that
it must comply with the statutes and
pay it's employees weekly.
ST. Adams sends warning to be on
the lookout for an imposter who is
seeking money, claiming to be vet
eran of the World war. 1t has been
ascertained that he was not in the
service.
Louis Viens of Winooski, who is
said to be the shortest man in the
state, standing three feet and II in
ches, celebrated his 48th birthday
Wednesday. Mr.. Viens was born in
Williston.
L.
ed check for $3.50 purporting to be
drawn by the proprietor, E. H. Royce,
in favor of James Brown, and it was
some hours before it was found to be
a forgery.
Matthias Toohey of Wallingford,
aged 81, drank quantity of wood
alcohol Wednesday,, which first blind
ed him and then he sank into a coma
from which physicians could give no
relief.s He lived until Friday.
Albian E. Atwood, for 48 years a
compositor in one of the printing Of
fees at Brattleboro, died Friday. He
was born in Canada, learned to set
type at Fair Haven and located in
when a young man.
The largest still yet taken in Yer
mont was seized Friday by Rutland
officers in the town of Ira. 1t had
a capacity of 40 gallons. The raid
also yielded 100 gallons of alcohol,
$50 of mash and about 500 yeast
cakes.
Clifford Archambault of Sherburne
attempted to snatch a handbag from
Mrs. Arthur Granger of Rutland Sat-
urday night, and Tuesday was CIV
en- from Is months to four years in
Windsor prison by Judge Wing in
municipal court on plea of guilty.
Three runaway Vermont girls, ag-
ed respectively Is, 16 and II, were
detained by the Montreal police
Thursday, who declined to reveal
their names. The parents were noti-
fed, the father of one being connect
ed with the police department of his
city.
There are good prospects that suit
able property for the Winslow home
for the aged at Bennington will be
acquired soon. Alfred H. Winslow,
who has already given $4,000, pledg-
ed another $4,000 at meeting last
week, if the promoters would raise a
like amount from other sources.
Fridays investigation into the
QodCn Oh CndTIoS COlLoy, IL years Olu,
who was struck by trolley car near
Rutland Saturday under circumstance
es that led authorities to believe that
he had died accidently, but there are
a number of suspicious circumstances
which cannot be satisfactorily cleared
up.
Henry A. Hartman, born in Pawlet
in 1915 and for 80 years clerk of Rut
land county, died Thursday. Mr..
Hartman was a well-known attorney
and an often-quoted writer on
Vermont Jurisprudence. At one time
he had law offices in Bennington and
was also a member of the Massachu-
sets bar.
Smelt fishing along Lake Cham
plain has developed into an industry
this winter, giving employment to
hundreds who sell their catch to the
Boston and New ork markets. The
fish, seldom seen in summer, leave the
deep water during the winter and en-
ter the shallow boys. Experienced
fishermen catch from 30 to 40 pounds
day which they sell for an average
of 20 cents a pound.
Judge J. E. Weeks of Middlebury,
director of state institutions, reports
that there are more inmates at the
Windsor state prison this winter than
ever before in it's history. There are
800 prisoners, 70 more than their
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