The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-04
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.


The project Of 4 public park for the
village OF Bennington IS being consid-
erably agitated, and II Is probable thar
I'm the warning for the meeting next
1 spring an article win Be inserted 10
see what can be done toward securing
what is known as the Clark woods. Io.
Gated about half mile north OF the
village. Several acres can be secured
and the land is well adapted in every
way
Dr. D. G. Hawley succeeds S. 4. NAV
iard ~ attending surgeon at the Mary
Fletcher hospital for the next three
months and Dr. G. A. Pease succeeds
pr ". 4. Lyman as attending physi.
eian for the same period. DR.. s. e.
Maynard begins this morning the lee
lures in the training school for nurses
al the same hospital These lectures
viii be attended by the 25 nurses now
there and will continue until next June.
One day recently a very large bird
flew against a window in the house
where Bert French OF Weston lives and
shattered pane into small pieces. the
pane being a large one " four light
Ell window. One Of Mr. French's little
girls, Florence, was on the floor in front
Of il, and she described it as "a bio
bird with great big claws The theo-
ry is that il was an eagle or big hawk
which seeing the girl ON the floor made
q dive for her A large hawk OF an
eagle has been seen floating over the
village within few days.
At q meeting OF the stockholders Of
the National Bank Of Lyndon, held in
the banking rooms, Tuesday, Septem-
Der ~, it was voted to go into volnn
tary liquidation. OF the banks 500
chares of stock 1923 were represented
either n person or by proxy, and It
was a unanimous vote that the bank
60 into voluntary liquidation under
the provisions Of sections 1920 and
5,22l Of the United States Revised
Statutes, to take effect September III
1904. It viii probably require several |
months 70 close up the affairs Of the |
bank and it will be some time before |
the doors are closed on all business.
The bank was opened for business May |
i 1855.
Many laugh was had at the South I
Wallingford fair last week at the ex-
pense of youth whose wits had been
by too much devotion to moor 1
whiskey. a fair official who lives near
the grounds, drove over to the track at
late hour Wednesday night. AS he
neared the Judges stand he was sur
prised TO perceive in the dim moonlight
4 young man coming toward him along
The track The stranger was walking IN
scallops and he tackled up to the official.
nally making port at the wheel Of the
alters carriage. Shay, misther,s he
nuFmmed uncertainty, "Cn you tell me
low tar II Is to the Cuttin'syille turn7 Il
we been on this road since eight o'clock
ind hain't struck the cross road yet
Ihe officer guided the unfortunate fell II
ow of the race course and started him Is
n the road for home about 1880 II
o'clock k
Allen Briggs, Jr., of Searsbtrg, has
'een after an old She bear and 4 cub Il.
which he has seen several times in the /
ieinity Of Cold Spring brook de tried I
rapping, but for some time the animals 1
fere too wary to be caught that way. I
.llen visited his trap and found that :
here WAS something doing. When lie +
ound the trap he found the cub. too, /;
nd it was as dead as a salt mackeral. !.
riggs concluded that the bear commit y
ID suicide when it found it could not 4
rec itself from the trap. 1t had epi- !,
emily hit its head on a sharp stone l,
nd killed itself Briggs got the boun u
( on the bear and brought ii to Will n
ington where lie sold the carcass to Il
rank Ray. Then he went forthwith 4,
I'd bought a new high power rifle He =
speets to have the mother bear for y
lie in short time. The cub weigh 4,
about fifty-fve pounds, and its fur II
as in good condition. n