Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-14
Bellows Falls Times
TIL RSDAY, MAY II, 1908.
Vermont News

May was the 61st anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. ii. A. Hodges
of Richmond Mr.. Hodges is well pre-
served and looks to be about IS, al
though he is 81, and his wife about the
same age.
Wilbur Gould of Wrightsville owns
four-legged chicken. Mr.. Gould is at
loss to explain why this one chicken
should have more legs than another but
he values it highly The chicken is
healthy one and shows every sign of liv-
lg to good old age.
C. II. Preble of Lincoln shot four bears
last week. This makes over 100 bears
that he has killed. He has also since
the hedgehog law went into effect killed
1870 of these animals. Since July l5,l9O2,
Mr.. Preble and his sons have received
>123 from town clerk NJ. B, Cove as
bounties.
Adj. Gen. w. II. Gilmore of Fairlee
has issued a special order instructlng
number of officers-elect in companies of
the Vermont national guard, including
those to be elected in company f, to re-
port for examination at BrattleDoro
Tuesday, the 10Th, at O'Clock in the
afternoon, to Col. j. G. Estey, president
OF tile DOdru OI 6AdIuulolSs ilO pihSViS
to be examined include captains of com
panies X and c, first lieutenants OF e and
G and second lieutenants of |, G and X.
Louis Levarne of Vergennes recently
secured strange fish on the flats below
the industrial school. 1t weighed about
Is pounds, had a large and prominent
dorsal fin, head resembling cod, but
with feelers about the mouth like bull
pout. 1t had two rows of large heart
shaped scales running along the body be-
tween the head and tail, being devoid of
scales elsewhere. 1t made good eating,
the flesh being rather reddish in color,
and is believed by many to be variety
of sturgeon.
Rolla E. Hunt, who has just accepted
a call to become pastor of the. Baptist
church at Shelburne Falls, Mass, was
born in Fairfax, in 1914. lie was grad
uated from the Vermont academy, Sax
ms River, in 1895, and was graduated
from Brown University, Providence, r.
l., in 1900, receiving the degree of A. B.
lie is at present member of the gradu-
ating class of the Newton Theological
school at Newton Center, Mass. He ex-
poets to begin his duties as pastor the
last of August.
Thursday night the house of Frank
Chatfin in Wilmington was visited and
$40 in cash secured. Entrance was eff
fected through window. Tuesday
evening a safe at the home of M. O.Hicks
at Readsboro was rifled and $40 in money
was taken. The outer door of the safe
was not locked. At the residence of
Town Clerk c. G. Brown entrance was
made through pantry window but the
family was aroused. A scream from
Miss Brown scared the burglars and they
left.
Perhaps one of the most singular rock
formations in Vermont is found on the
hill owned by A. d. Gibbs south of the
Charlotte Four Corners. The late L. R.
Hubbell claimed that plumbago had been
found in that locality. On the L. d.
Stone farm excellent slate has been
taken from a brook bed, and the Lake
View Creamery company drilled through
over a hundred feet of black slate in
opening their we'll. Pease mountain is
of slaty formation, and Mount Philo it is
claimed, contains iron ore eds. Here is
fine field for geologist to spend his
vacation.
A stranger came into Bennington
Wednesday of last week and little later
was arrested for drunkenness and put in
the Jail there. Thursday morning " hen
the jailor went to his cell he found the
man dead, he having expired some time
during the night. At the Jail he gave the
name of John Powers but no residence.
The authorities have no further clue to
his identity and the body will be buried
by the town authorities. 1t is thought
by some who have seen the body that
p, wers was a weaver that was employed
in the mills there several years ago.
The trustees of the Windsor library as
ISOLATION have been informed by B. F.
Blood of Waltlam, Mass, that he has in
creased his donation for the new library
building by $4,000, making the total
amount of his gift $4,000. A. M. Ten
ney has been award, d the contract for