The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
ABOUT THE Sta TIE.

Notice has been given that at the
next session of the Vermont Legisla-
true a petition thereto will be made
for the alteration of the line between
the town of Lowell and the town of
Albany, in Orleans county, so that
the town OF Albany shall include the
first seventeen and the southerly half
of lot No 10 in the first range Of lots
now forming part of the town Of
Lowell, being all the land lyirg in
said first range of lots in the town Of
Lowell, which at the present time
form part of the town; also as to
include in the town of Albany lots
No. to II inclusive in range two Of
the town of Lowell.
The Bennington water supply is
abundant, and at no time during
the season has there been a shortage,
though the rainfall has been below
the normal for nearly two mouths.
The water comes for the most part
from unfailing springs on the Green
Mountains and there are no known
sources of contain ination. Com
plants are wholly unknown in Ben
nington.
The Supreme Court of Msssachu-
sets has granted petition of the
trustees of the Thompson fund, which
yields Brattleboro $50, 600 year, to
convey the Thompson hospital in
Brattleboro, now nearly completed, to
Vermont corporation which will
have entire control of the property.
This corporation, it is expected, will
be chartered by the coming Legisla-
ture.
Slate dealers all over Rutland coun-
ty and several over the line in New
York State are forming "A trust for the
purpose Of fixing a uniform price on
all slate. The trust will control the
entire output in this section.
E. e. Bagley, of Keene, N H, a
we'll known musician and member OF
the First Regiment band Of Brattle
boro, has composed march entitled
Colonel Estey March," which is
dedicated to Col. j. Gray Estey, and
will be played for the first time at
the next regular band concert We'd
nesday evening.
On Wednesday night the body of
Ellery Vance was found beside the
Canadian Pacific railway track near
the Tracy crossing, at Newport. 1t
was badly bruised and the man must
! have been dead some time. He was
, probably killed by tram. He was
very deaf. He was about twenty live
years old, unmarried, and a son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. p. Vance.
| Commander Robert E. Peary, the
famous Arctic explorer, is in Benning
ton in the interest of his coming trip
to the far North. He is the guest Of
I Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Charles H. Darling, but came princi-
pally to see J. O. Colgate, of New
York, the multi millionaire, who has
a summer residence here and is one
Of the explorers financial supporters
in the effort to reach the North Pole.
A paper is being circulated this
week to raise funds for the building
of a temporary footbridge across the
river between Bellows Falls and
North Walpole. The people of the
latter village are finding the incon
venience of walking the extra mile
around by the toll bridge too great a
nuisance TO be borne so bridge will
| be constructed fer the use OF foot pas
sengers during the four months while
the new bridge is building. This
footbridge will fat ON the water above
the dam and will be on the principle
of a poltoon bridge. 1t is under
stood that so far $500 have been raised
for the project.
The Windsor County Agricultural
Society offers the following purses for
the races at the fair in Woodstock,
September 20, 21, and %; 2: 80 class,
purse 500, for horses owned and kept
in the county three months prior to