Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-08-16
VERMONT NEWS

Brattleboro is to have an air meet
August Is, when the Brattleboro Re-
treat landing field will be dedicated.
d Miss M. M. Cooper was arrested in
Whitehall, N. Y, for passing worth
less checks aggregating 5000 in Rut-
land last week.
F'ifty-nine savings banks and trust
companies in the state have resources
of $143,337 ,551.74, an increase of ST.
997, 124.30 since the last report year
ago.
| Disturbances in the railway strike
continue at Lyndonville. There has
been damage to railroad property and
Saturday William A. Ahearn was
beaten up by several men.
Edward Wallace of st. Johnsbury
Center, aged 16, died Sunday as the
result of being struck by an automo-
bile July 21. He was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Wallace.
? David P. LeFebvre of Mortified
has sued the Central Vermont rail
iway for $4,000 damages for the
death of his wife and daughter, killed
in an automobile accident June II.
The hearing on the increase of tel
ephone rates in part of Vermont is
to be held by the public service COM
mission at the ST. Johnsbury armory
August %, commencing at a. m.
With 352 prisoners at the institu-
ton and So out working on the roads
in Rutland county the state prison re-
ports the largest number ever under
commitment. There are 800 out on
probation and parole.
The 1922 motor vehicle registers
which are being sent out from the
Office of the secretary of state con-
tain numbers up ITO 1850. Up to
A supplement will be put out later
in the year.
Edward Duckett suffered a broken
nose and decorations on his left arm
and his right thumb when he stepped
second story of house on Foster
street in Montpelier, for roofing pur-
poses. He was in the employ of Den
mis- Coryea.
The Vermont Marble Co. of Proc
tor is to entertain the members of the
National Association of Monument
Dealers August 10, following the as
sociation's convention in Springfield,
Mass. A special train will bring as
many of the 800 members as wish to
make the trip to Proctor, where they
will be entertained all day by the
company.
T. H. L. Collins of East Alburg drove
off an unguarded culvert bridge on
the night of July 81 because GUS
] ton officer flashed light on him and
blinded him, according to his report
to the secretary of state. He states
that the lights on his car went out
when he was only mile from home,
and he decided to drive along. The
accident resulted in broken wind
shield.
Reports of an accountant appointed
by the district attorney of Suffolk
county, Mass, to look into the price
of milk, show that farmers are los
ing two cents a quart on milk sold to
Boston dealers. The books of the
New England Milk Producers asso-
citation show 20,7O3 producers selling
at Az cents a quart and a cost of
1863 cents quart to produce. There
are 6805 producers in Vermont and
I2630 in New Hampshire.
The painting of Gov. Edward c..
Smith of ST.. Adams which will be
placed among the former governors
in the executive chamber, has arrived
at the state house but will not be I'M
iboxed until Col. C.. S. Forbes arrives
this week to oversee it's installation.
Gov Smith was in Montpelier last
Wednesday to attend the railroad
Injecting and took a look at the execu-
tive chamber where the portrait will
be placed. Gov. Smith was chief ex-
ecutive in 1898-1900. The portrait
is in the custody of Sergeant-at-Arms
Dwinell until it is unpacked.
State business is evidently pleas
L.
report of an automobile accident July
operated on state business and also
answers Eyes" to the question as to
whether the car was being operated
for pleasure. The accident was a
minor one, which occurred just north
of Weathersfield Bow. The govern
or's car, e-passenger Packard OPP
Grated by himself, was hardly dam
aged at all, the only mark being one
on one rear fender. The otheer car
involved, driven by Charles Short of
Troy, N. Y, was damaged to the ex-
tent of about SIP, the wishbone being
bent. The governor states that he
has had one other accident, when his
car turned turtle in Springfield in
1905.
!. The Congregational church at Marsh
neld mas Deen quite extensively repair
ed during the last two weeks. A new
dining room and kitchen with running
water and all necessary conveniences
has been Finished off in the basement
and the whole interior of the church
has been redecorated. The exterior
was painted two years ago so that it
| is all in excellent condition at pres
| ent. A re-dedication service was held
last Saturday. At 2 p. m. there was
a devotional service conducted bv
Rev. Charles ST. John of Montpelier,
report of the building committee, fin
ancial secretary's report by Rev.
James B. Sargent, dedication address
by Rev. William F. Frasier, the new
secretary of the state conference, ded
ication prayer by Rev. Andrew S.
Bole, pastor at large.
A positive promise that on August
lis he will be able to walk for the first
time in SO years was the joyful news
that Frederick w. Birge, 53-year
old Middlebury, VT. farmer heard at
the hospital for the ruptured and
crippled in New York. On that date
surgeons said a plaster cast, extend
LIMO from his feet to his shoulder