Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-03-01
VERMONT NEWS

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The directors of the Caledonia
county fair have fixed August 20, 30,
and 81 al the dates for the 1922 sx-
hibition.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ross Of Ches-
ter Depot, both in excellent health,
celebrated their 18th wedding anni-
versary the 18th.
Rev. II. r. Goodchild, for some
time pastor of the Baptist church at
Montgomery Center, preached his
farewell sermon Sunday.
A Burlington barber, who has been
employed at the trade for IS years,
estimates that he has shaved Toe, 900 ,
people and is still employed.
A meeting Of the Washington
County Sheriff's association was held
at MONTPELIER Wednesday, with near
" all the county deputies present.
A proposition is up for considers
ton in Barre to limit the under
ground capacity of gasoline tanks to
capacity not exceeding 1000 gallons.
Rev. J. A. Osborn, aged II, pastor
of the Advent church in Bristol, was
found dead in bed last Sunday morn
ing. Mr.. Osborn had been in poor
! health for some months.
Burlington high claims the basket
ball championship of Vermont, not
having lost a game during the sea
son. They defeated Peoples acad-
envy of Morrisville Friday night by
score of 81 to z.
and professor of pedagogy of Mid
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continue his services as director of
the summer session of the college for
the current year.
Thetford, with a population of
1889, had during 1921 81 births and
nine deaths, two of the latter being
accidental. This is claimed to be the
lowest death rate per thousand of
, any town in the state.
Internal Revenue Collector McCuen
has announced the appointment of
| William E. Ridd of Mortified as
deputy collector, and he has been as
signed for duty in the Montpelier
district during the income tax drive.
An old-time sight was witnessed
in Cavendish one day recently when
a yoke of oxen passed through the
village driven by a man who was
den, a distance of A miles.
The engine numbers of automobiles
registered with Secretary of State
! Black are to be recorded under
new system installed by the automo-
/ bile department. If plates are re-
moved the ownership of any Vermont
car can be determined by the plan.
On a requisition from Gov. Cox Of
| Massachusetts,, endorsed by Gov.
Hardness, deputy sheriff from Mont
pelier arrested Harold Montague of
Montgomery last week on the charge
of selling mortgaged property, and
| turned him over to an officer from
Worcester, Mass.
Rutland is having a "milk war;"
which has been raging since last
fall. A climax was reached Friday
, when a large retail store began SELL
| ing bottled milk for six cents a
quart. This is lower than before the
| war and nine cents less than the top
price of Is cents.
A case docketed in Washington
county court 20 years ago was dis
missed last week by Justice Moul-
| ton for lack of attention. 1t involv-
ed a mortgage deed executed half
century ago to property in Montpel-
| Ter and I. P Gleason and G. 0. Car
! penter were the original litigants.
Gov. Hartness has appointed Dam
lei A. Young to succeed Fl. M. Nc
Intosh as state engineer. Mr. Nc
to his resignation is effective
March 1. Mr.. Young is a graduate
of the University of Vermont, class
of 1908, and is now serving as
county assistant engineer and has
| charge of construction and mainten-
ance of roads and bridges in Schen-
ectady County, N. Y,
/ Whether Philip Shonio of Duxbury
was actually employed by the Dux-
bury Lumber Co.. or whether his an
p1oyment was purely CASUAL on
August 81, 1921, when faulty blast
blew off his leg, is a question being
considered by the commissioner of
industries, John S. Buttles. Shonio's
petition asks for compensation for
/ $1,000, for 120 weeks, for the loss of
the leg and disability. He was Sc
had charge of a group of men work
| ing on the highway.
] Lee Young of South Richford when
he opened the front door of his home
Friday morning found suitcase on
the steps and brought it into the
house. Hearing slight sound in
side he opened the case and found a
| baby couple of days old. The child
had been made comfortable with
warm clothing when placed in the
case and could not have been there
long. In its mouth the child contin-
ued to hold the nipple of bottle of
milk which had been diluted to the
proper consistency for infant feed
ing. The child was apparently in
good health.
i At meeting Of the board Of di-
rectors of the Vermont .Congrega-
tional conference and the Vermont
Domestic Missionary society, Rev.
Charles C. Merrill, for nearly five
years secretary of the conference and
associate secretary of the society,
submitted his resignation to take eff
feet on or about May LIST. Mr.. Mer-
rill resigns in order to accept an ur-
gent and unanimous call to become
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