Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-10-26
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1899.
VERMONT NEWS

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E. SPIKE and. Charles and Lucius Aver
i'll of Wilmington each recently carried of
100 pounds OF honey from swans OF wild
bees.
DR.. w. Seward Webb is spoken of as
thu probable purchaser of the Brattleboro
property formerly occupied by Rudyard
Kipling.
g. l.. Stuart of Lyndonville has just re-
ceived from the Plymouth fish hatchery
1000 salmon trout which he ha, placed in
his fish pond.
Foxes are killing poultry in the vicinity
of Bethel and the animals are reported to
be unusually numerous in the White River
Valley this year.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game league is to be held at the
Van Ness house, Burlington, Wednesday,
November Is. The business meeting will
be followed by game dinner.
A statue OF Admiral Dewey at the en-
| trance to the state house is said to be as
sured. The money for it has been raised
by the natives Of Vermont now resident in
other states. A gentle hint should be
given to the promoters OF the plan that
Vermont granite is the only material that
should be used for the statue.-Barre
| Times.
G. J. Bell of Walden, secretary OF the
state board OF agriculture thinks the dis
ease Of tuberculosis among cattle is being
blotted out in some sections of the state.
In Orleans, Caledonia and Windsor coun-
ties the cattle have been pretty thoroughly
tested and the diseased cattle killed. Mr..
Bell thinks that the disease will not re-
turn if the stables are kept clean:
Word comes from other parts of Yer.
mont that states attorneys are not inclined
to prosecute the holders of United State,
liquor licenses until the test case taken to
the supreme court from Burlington is dis
posed of and the question of the constitu-
tionality of the law declaring the posses
sion OF license of this character to be
prima facie evidence of guilt is determined.
darlington Free Press.
The 43d regiment OF volunteers stationed
at Fort Ethan Allen, is recruited to the re-
CURED quota Of officers and men. 1t will
start for the Philippines next month. Col
Murray, the commanding officer of the
regiment, has received an order from Ad-
jutant General Corbin iDstructing him to
be ready to board the transport Meade,
which will leave New York harbor on No
vember Is for Manila, by way of the Suez
Canal.
Apropos of the Mortified News call to
Vermonters to boycott New York for
'sassing" the Vermont staff and treating
Vermont in general with contumely in the
late celebration in that city, the News of
Burlington says: 'sDon't fellow citizens.
Let us give New York one more chance.
We ask it in the name of humanity and
Justice. Then, if the metropolis doesn't
mend its manners, we will boycott it and
thus strike fatal blow at its. greatness.
New York, beware!
The Vermont Historical society, incor-
porated in 1888, held its 61.t annual meet
ing lately at Montpelier, The meeting
was called to order by the president,
George G. Benedict of Burlington and
opened with prayer by Rev. William S.
Hazen of Mortified. The report of the
treasurer disclosed cash balance on hand
of $327.13 and of the librarian additions
during the current year of 200 bound vol
umes and pamphlets. The same officers
were reelected for the ensuing year.
The gastronomic editor of the Boston
Journal discusses a menu served to Admit
raj Dewey while in the Hub, and thus con-
cludes "a Tunbridge tart would have
brought tears to the admirars eyes. This
delicious dish is composed of several fat
layers OF doughnuts, separated from each
other by Shaker apple sauce. 1t derives
its name from the little town of Tunbridge.
Orange county, Vermont. Even Oh Nah,
the faithful servant of the admiral, tasting
it. would confess that there is nothing like
it in his beloved Shanghai"
The semi-annual meeting of the state
board of dental examiners was held at
Montpelier Wednesday and Thursday.
The full board was present, consisting of
G.. F. Cheney of st. Johnsbury, Thorn as
Mound OF Rutland, S. D. Hodge of Bur-
ington, r. M. Chase of Bethel and X. l..
Cleaves of Montpelier. Six applicants, all
graduates of dental colleges, were before
the board for examination. They were G.
M. Boutwell, Of Rutland, Ralph S. Hunt of
Orange, Mass, E. N. Trenholme of Island
Pond, W. G. Atkinson of Winchester.
Mass, George D. Sampson of Burling-
ton and Hubert o. Hutchins Of Green's
boro.
The 87th annual meeting of the Vermont
Bible society was held in Montpelier the
18th, Rev. j. A. Sherburne of Barre pre-
siding. The officers elected were: Rev.
A. L. Cooper. Randolph, president; Rev.
W. S. Hazen, Mortified, and Rev. C. O..
Judkins. Montpelier, vice presidents Rev.
L. H. Elliot, Waterbury, corresponding
secretary; Rev. j. O. Sherburne, VIII
Jamestown, recording secretary; c. A.
Smith, Barre, treasurer Nv E. Barney, au-
ditor. The directors chosen were Rev.
W. S. Hazen, Northfeld Rev. j. O.
Sherburne, Barre; Rev. V. M. Hardy,
Randolph; Hon. D. M. Camp, Newport !;
Rev. S. Donaldson, Albany Hon. M P.
Perley, Euosburgh Falls Rev. Carleton
Hazen, Rochester; Rev. j. o. Sherburne,
Williamstown; Rev. w. A. Slayton, Nor
ri,vllle DR.. H. S. Boardman, Montpelier /;
Charles P. Harris, Rutland; Rev. G. G..
Waterman, St. Johnsbury.
The government building at st. Albans
now completed was started in 1890. Con-