Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-04-12
VERMONT NEWS

Vermont has 500 mountains with
| attitudes of 1000 feet or more, and
400 lakes of sufficient size and impor-
| lance to be named.
| Several persons narrowly escaped
| injury when the 5O-foot fiagpole near
| the Central Vermont passenger sta
| ton at Bethel broke and fell.
The new building of the National
Life Insurance company will be ready
to be turned over to the owners by
June /. The number of men employ
ed on the building is 1873.
National Prohibition Commissioner
| Hayes announces that swift motor
boats will be put on Lake Champlain
this summer to help in experiencing
| liquor smuggling from Canada.
DR.. Frederick S. Pratt, 60, for
many years identified with the George
w. lockwood Knit Underwear Man
ufacturing company of Bennington, is
dead. He was a native Of Benning
ton.
Raymond Prior, aged six, lost his
left leg under a Central Vermont
freight train at st. Adams last week.
He was on his way to meet school
mates and got too near the train at
the crossing.
The mean temperature of March in
Vermont, 20 degrees above zero, was
three degrees warmer than the aver
age for 26 years, according to the
observer at the government weather
station in Mortified.
An automobile show, food fair and
exposition staged by the Ethan Allen
club of Burlington was held in the
University of Vermont gymnasium
and baseball cage last week. It was
largely attended.
A st. Johnsbury man who has been
keeping tabs on the weather and
snowfall for many years says the
April 1 storm made the total fall of
snow since winter set in about eight
feet, or 1914 inches, to be exact.
After changing her plea from not
guilty to guilty of arson, Mrs. Jessie
Maxfeld of Mortified was sentenced
to not less than three nor more than
eight years in the states prison for
women at Rutland.
Because he operated still and
sold liquor, Oscar Lavigne of st.
Johnsbury got three months to year
at the House of Correction. Dominic
Cotas pleaded guilty to possessing
booze and was fined $500 and costs.
Myron Voz Of Nottingham was
killed in the sugar camp of Edwin
P. Wheeler when the frame support
ing a 40-barrel sap tank. which was
full, gave way, burying Mr.. Voz un-
der the wreckage and almost instant
ly killing him.
The state will pay about $4,000
less this year to the towns in state
aid for highways than last year. The
towns voted about $4,000 less for
this purpose at the recent March
meetings than was voted last year,
it is understood.
The house of J. Gregory Smith of
ST. Adams was partially destroyed
by fire as the result of an electric |
fatiron. The maid had been ironing
in the kitchen and left the electric
f1atiron turned on, forgetting to open
the switch. The iron burned it's way
through the board, falling to the floor.
George F. Adams of Stowe is turn
ing out 10000 cores for kodak films
at his novelty wood working factory
in "Moscow." He has orders for
about 100000 of these articles and
has installed three automatic ma
chimes of his own construction. The
machines were made and in operation
n one month.
If Principal Raymond Mcfarland
If Vermont Academy at Saxton's
River has his way the academy will
eject the bequest of $500 in the will
# the late Oliver M. Wentworth of
Boston, which provides that the be-
uest shall not be available if the
chool maintains football team or
lows football playing on tn
rounds.
Before the end of the coming sum-
Ter the ST. Johnsbury plant of the
win State Gas & Electric company
ill be connected with the company's
liant in Gorham, N. H., and $4,000
oft transmission line is now being
rected between the two communities.
he line will be about so miles long,
nd right of way about go feet
ride has been obtained.
The Ludlow town hall was Destroy
d by fire last week with loss es-l
mated at 100000. The blaze start
d in a rubbish heap in the basement,
ut the fire alarm out of order and
lowed the flames to gain Roadway.
he records of the probate office werel
estroyed, but the postoffice and a
LIVELY oIO1 III CiIC tWCICI
aved.
Sealed bids for $4,000 worth of
our and tree-quarters per cent. street
Improvement bonds of the city Of
arlington have been opened by the
GARD of finance and the bid of 104,-
3, made by Watkins & Co., of Bos-
5n was accepted. There were sever
,her bids. This is the first issue of
100000 worth of highway bonds to
, expended during the next five
ears.
Four girls have the highest rec
I'd in the four years course in class
So boys and girls at st. Johns
Try academy. The valedictory goes
, Katherine Conant, daughter of At
,rney David S. Conant of st. Johns
Try, the salutatory to Harriet Ell
oft. daughter of D. HI. A. Elliott of
arnet. Emma Roman of ST. Johns
Try is third and Mildred Albisser Of
awhile fourth.
L. o. Hatch of Pownal who adver-
sed for wife in the North Adams,
ass, newspaper and received 116 re-
les, was in Montpelier last week to
sit young woman 16 years of age
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