Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-08-09
VERMONT NEWS

treasurer.
Edward G. Crosby, who represented
the town of Brattleboro in the legis-
lature of 1912, is candidate for the
Office of senator from Windham
county.
Rev. F. II. Frisbie of Sheldon has
accepted a call to be rector of st.
Stephens Episcopal church in Middle
bury and will begin his duties there
September l.
The Brattleboro village commits
sioners have engaged William Holt
of the Headquarters company, v. N.
G., as motorcycle policeman to patrol
the village highways in an effort to
stop automobile speeding.
ST. Johnsbury merchants have been
victims lately of check forger, a
young man who bought bills OF goods
and paid with forged checks. He is
thought to have gone into Canada.
The loss to ST. Johnsbury merchants
was about 500.
A seizure of 400 bottles of home
brewed beer at the home and store of
John Phillips of Poultney July ~, by
ed eral prohibition enforcement
agents is said to be the largest con-
fiscation of malt liquor in Vermont
since the enactment of the Volstead
act.
Franklin S. Billings of Woodstock
has filed with the secretary of state
primary petitions for his candidacy
as lieutenant governor containing be-
tween 5000 and 1000 signatures. The
number required is 500. Mr.. Billings
also filed formal assent to the use of
his name as a candidate for the Of
flee in the Primaries September IL.
The city council of Montpelier has
authorized the city engineer to sign
a contract with the Wallace-Teirnan
Company, Inc, of Newark, N. j., for
a double-nuit chlorination plant, to
purify the city water supply. The
plant will cost $2,320 delivered, in
Guiding the services of an engineer
who will install it: The city expects
to put in filtration plant, probably
next year.
Both American Jersey Cattle club
gold and silver medals have been won
by Oxford's Handsome Pearl, I'd,
of Queechee She started test at
three years and seven months of age
and produced 1861 pounds of milk
and 1929 pounds of butterfat. For
eight consecutive months Pearl yield
ed milk we'll in excess of the 900
pound mark and for II consecutive
months she produced above so pounds
of fat.
When Percy Reeves of Danville
went to the horse shed in the rear of
the Methodist church last week Mon
day evening to get his team after at
of OF h0
armory, someone came up from be-
hind, hit him on the head and left
him on the ground unconscious with
a big welt across the top of his head
and bleeding from nose and mouth.
Robbery was not the object, as moth
ing was missing from his clothing.
ST. Johnsbury police are investigat-
ing.
The Foster & Reynolds Co., at
Montpelier, which conducts travel in
formation service, has sent to the
secretary of state at Montpelier for
the names and addresses of 600 per-
sons to whom information concerning
New England and booklets on Yer
mont have been supplied by the sec
rotary of state. The names, it is
stated, represent only small part of
| those who inquire. In past years this
company, which has Offices all over
the country, has contributed yearly
several hundred of each of the Yer
mont publicity booklets.
Three officers from the state auto
mobile department at Montpelier anc
four Brattleboro officers established
two automobile traps on the Putney
road, about two miles north of the
business section last week Sunday
and caught numerous speeding ma.
chimes. About 80 cars which were
running from 20 to 40 miles an hour
were stopped and the drivers asked
to give cash bail for their appearance
in Brattleboro municipal court Mon
day forenoon. Approximately $500
was collected in this way in few
hours. Most of the cars were from
Massachusetts,.
Champion Heavyweight Jack Demp
sey was greeted by crowd of over
1000 persons at the Rutland armory
last week Thursday when he gave {
boxing exhibition under the auspice:
4 of Abe Sharfman of Rutland It wa.
the world champions first public ap
pearance in Vermont. He boxed fol
four rounds, his partner being Jimmy
Darcy of Portland, Ore, who recent
/ ly stayed the limit with Dempsey. a
Buffalo when he was forced by tn.
New York state boxing commission tx
fight an "honest to goodness" battle
with Jack, although he was booked
merely for an exhibition.
| Oscar Noyes of Sheffield, with thre.
passengers in his car, lost control O.
it last week Sunday in Greensbor,
when he met one driven by John w
Sowles of Randolph. The Moves ca
went over bank into a swamp, turn
ed completely over and landed RICH
side up, but was a total wreck. MI
Moves was badly cut by broken glass
John Haltham, also of Sheffield, ha,
several ribs broken>and the other tw
escaped unhurt. The Randolph par
ty was on it's own side of the roa,
and slowed down for Noyes to pass
no blame for the accident being at
!. tached to them.
Il If the town of Wilmington will re
, lieve the New England Power &C
from the necessity of relocating tina
section of the Hoosac Tunnel & Viii
mington railroad which runs betwee
Wilmington and the big earth dar
, being built by the Power Co. in tn
town of Nottingham, the Power CO
will give the town of Wilmingte