Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-18
THE VERMONT NEWS.
The Vermont Dairymen.

Year.
j. V. Newton of Stowe was awarded
the Sharpless separator prize of $25 for
the best essay on the closing day of the
Vermont Dairymen's associations meet
ing at White River Junction.
A resolution offered by V. V. Fuller of
Lowell, Mass, approving recent legislation
relative to tuberculosis and pledging sup
port to the board of agriculture and cattle
commissioners in the execution of said leg
islation, was unanimously adopted.
Hon. II. NJ. Arms, of Springfield, presi-
dent of the National dairy congress, was
chosen an accredited delegate from this
association to the dairy congress, to be held
in Washington ID. c., February 1921 next.
A paper was read by Vcllancy V. Fuller
of Lowell, Mass, on the subject "The mod
ern dairy cow" followed by discussion
by G. c. Wright of Walpole, N. H., and
others. A paper was read by d. M. Nc
Pherson of Lancaster, Ont, on "Cheese
making"
The choice of place for holding the next
meeting was left to the officers of the asso-
citation. Invitations were extended by the
citizens of Poultney and Brattleboro. A
resolution was passed endorsing the bill in
troduced in the United States House of
Representatives May 10 last, by Hon. W..
W. Grout, relating to oleomargarine.
The Ladies' auxiliary society elected these
officers: President, Mrs. Luna S. Peck of
i5rooAfeld: vice president HHa, c. F.
Smith of Morrisville; secretary, Mrs. Z. r.
Jones of Burlington.
The Vermont Statutes.
The commissioners appointed to edit and
superintend the publication of the Yer
mont statutes, consisting of Senator o. NJ.
Barber of Bennington county, and Repre-
sentatves l.. NJ. Read of Rockingham and
John Young of Newport, are now engaged
in the work at Montpelier. The commits
siOners will include in the statutes the con-
stitutiOn of the United States and the pub.
lie acts of the general assembly of 1894,
The commissioners are authorized to
| change the title of a state officer or the
| name of a state institution, as used in any
| public act of 1894, to the title or name
given in the Vermont Statutes, and also to
revise the Vermont statutes to conform to
the amended acts and laws of the last ses-
| sion. The commissioners are authorized
to provide for printing not exceeding 5000
copies.
Bennington Battle Monument AssocIa-
ton.
At the annual meeting of the Benning
ton Battle Monument association the fol
| lowing officers were elected: Il. +. Pres
colt of New Hampshire, president; ii. G.
Root, vice president; l.. p. Norton, cor
responding secretary; Olin Scott, recording
secretary; George +. Graves, treasurer
directors, the governors of Massachusetts
| New Hampshire and Vermont, eX-ofiicio
and b. F. Brescott, ii. G.. Root, \. b. Val
entine, Oln Scott, j. G. Mccullough, l.
F. Abbott, John f. Shurtleif, James X
Batchelder and Charles f. Davis.
Murphy's Ire was Aroused Becaus,
supper Was Not Ready.
"Con" Murphy, of the Pownal House a
Pownal, became enraged last week Mon
day because his wife did not have suppe
ready when he wanted it, He knocked he
down, pounded and kicked her, intlictin!
serious injuries, and nearly knocking on
one of her eyes. One of the children raj
for help, and if it had not arrived prompt,
Murphy would probably have killed tn
woman. He skipped to Massachusetts, be
fore he could be arrested.
4 IIen-Eating Lynx.
Homer p. Atwood of Woodstock founC
% hens and two turkeys dead in his hen
merry one day last week, with the blooC
sucked from a wound in their necks. A
he was wondering what the cause was
large lynx sprang from behind a pile o
boards and Mr.. Atwood started for it will
a club, but the agile animal eluded the at
tack and ran through the woodshed int,
the hog pen, where it was locked in unit
Mr.. Atwood got gun and shot it.
CDR" Ryder Charged with Child Muir
der.
CDR" j. NJ. Ryder, who was arreste
Friday at Hornellsville, n. Y, will b
brought to West Randolph by constabl
Tinkham to answer a charge of murder il
causing the death of child born to Mrs
Thomas Smith of Rochester. Ryder
about As years old and has lived at Yves
Randolph many years, moving to Rocheste
last summer. He is not graduate of
regular medical college.
The $1,000 Was Under the Stairs.
The tin trunk with handbook, notes, etc
representing $1,000, which was stolen fror
Ransom X. Slack at West Randolph las
week was found under the cellar stair,
where it was thrown by the thief 1t ha
been opened with chisel and the bank
books were strewn around, but none LOST
Elliot Brown, car inspector, had hi
head caught between the bumpers of tw
cars Monday at Rutland. His skull wa
fractured, but he is still living.
There is a total of 430 students in tn
University of Vermont, 229 being in til
academic department, 100 i'm the medicS
department and 80 in the dairy school.
John b. Stoughton, whose suicide a
West Randolph was reported in The Pho
nix last week, was popular salesman fc
Silas Pierce IL Co., grocers at Boston. Iii
life was insured for S6000
A young man giving his name as j.
johnson is under arrest at 1t. Albau
charged with passing a worthless chec
upon f. V. Pierce of Swanton. Johnso
claims to represent a collection agency /
!, Syracuse, n. Y.
Prof. A. A. Brigham of Marlboro, Mass
has been engaged as lecturer at the stat
agricultural college at Burlington. II
graduated from the Massachusetts agricu
tural college in 1878 and has been pract
cal farmer all his life.
C. NJ. Winslow of Brandon was chose
secretary of the Ayrshire Breeders asst
citation IN session at Providence, X. l., las
week. II. c. Watson of Brandon and ]
; S. Drew of Burlington are vice president
of the association.
Millionaire Ira p. Harrington of Por
: land, Me-, died last month and left til
, largest portion of his fortune to variol
: public institutions. His heirs will mai
,, an attempt u break this will. Farringto
! was a natiVeOf Brandon.
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