Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-03-19
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1908.
Vermont News

A. G.. Adams of Rutland has been
appointed clerk of the Rutland railroad
company to succeed f. ii. Button,
resigned
The condition of Arthur Hebert of
Dandy, was seriously injured in the
recent explosion at the store of S. L..
Griffith, is improving and he is able to
sit up portion of the time.
A letter received from the command
ing officer of the United States naval
recruiting office in Boston pays high
compliment to the younger men who
have been enlisted in the United States
navy as naval apprentices and seamen
from the state of Vermont and says they
are considered an exceptionally fine lot
of men.
An examination for the position of
opener and packer, customs service, will
be held at Newport, Thursday, April IS.
Application blanks and information rel
atlve to the scope of the examination
can be obtained from the secretary of
the board of examiners, Newl OFT APP
plications must be filled in complete
form with the secretary of the board,
prior to the hour of closing business on
April l. ....
named Wilson lived in North Cambridge.
OF the three brothers, one, Francis,
lived several years in Massa chusetts and
moved from there to Missouri, where he
died, leaving by his will $1,000 to North
Cambridge, $500 for church and $500
for library. Henry E. Fullington,
whose mother was sister of the de-
ceased, has received the money and it
will be distributed as ordered in the will.
1t is announced that James r. Garfield,
the newly appointed commissioner of COM
merce, will pass a portion of the summer
in Bennington. He usually spends por-
ton of the season in the BerkshireS, and
has camp on Florida mountain to which
his family annually repair. While stu
dent at Williams co lege Mr.. Garfield
was frequent visitor to Bennington, as
was his distinguished father when he
attended the same institution.
Bert Barber of White Creek exhibited
at Bennington last week handsome
caught in trap which he had set for
skunks near salisbury Hollow al olt
two weeks before. The bird showed
fight when approached, but he finally
secured it and took it home. The bird
lived until March 8. He thought its
death was caused by over feeding. 1t
was one of the largest specimens of
bird seen in this vicinity in many yeal s
as it weighed 10 pounds and measured
s feet and inches from tip to tip of
wings. It's claws were nearly five inches
long. 1t had made several visits to hen
yards before it was taken, and farmers
and Others are feeling better since it has
been captured.
The Vermont Association of Boston
calls the attention of the people of Yer
mont to the fact that the headquarters
recently established are open not only to
the members of the association, but to
the people of the state of Vermont, when
they visit the city, and that it will be
their aim to make the benefits of the
association reciprocal. Something like
200 persons visited the headquarters week
before last. Col. Charles f. Darling gave
his illustrated talk on Porto Rico, at
which something like $50 members were
present. The association is making
plans for sugar party about the last of
this month, and committee, consisting
of Messrs. Joseph f. Scott, James Nj.
Gleason, Everett G. Benton, Wade Reyes
and n. L. Sheldon, have under consider
alton trip to Vermont Old Home week.