The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-30
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun
ties of State.

ties Of State.
Fred Mcintyre of Leicester Junction
has an apple tree that was filed with
blossoms the middle week of October
Wild ducks are plentiful on Lake
Memphremagog this fall, Ten were
shot by Ralph Sisco, of Newport re-
Gently In one days hunting.
A. W. Roel Of Brattleboro who has
the habit Of growing pumpkins around
800 pounds, produces one just harvest
ed which tips the scales at 1897 pounds
Robert T. Lincoln who has been
passing the summer In Manchester has
gone to Chicago for a short stay before
going to Augusta, Ca, for the winter
Trainmen have found bullet hole
In window of passenger coach on
the branch train between Montpelier
and Barre. a memento of the deer sea
son.
Mrs. William Willoughby of Island
Pond, has handsome Ivy trained over
half the village store. The plant was
brought by her from England over so
years ago.
Robert Ferman, of Westfield found
gray eagle caught by one toe in his
fox trap last week and Is keeping It
for taxidermist The bird Is very
large, % inches from tip to tip Of
wings, with body the size of a turkey.
Gen. w. w. Henry who has been III
at the home of F. s. Pease I'm Burling-
ton for the past eight weeks has so far
recovered his health that he expected
to go to Quebec today to take up his
duties as United States consul. Mrs.
Henry has been in Burlington with
her husband
Daniel Sullivan of Roxbury, who is
wanted to answer the charge of illeg
ally killing deer, has skipped He
has undoubtedly left the state. Sulli-
vans parents reside in Roxbury and
the officers are confident that they will
soon have the young man under arrest.
G. M. Howard of New Haven, Conn.
has passed through Vermont from
Capleton, Que, where he has been max
ing fulminite mercury to be used in
the caps of cartridges. The duties
paid by him at the United States GUS
toms house at Newport on this ship
ment amounted to over $7,10O.
While ii will be several weeks be-
fore all the returns will be received by
State Fish and Game Commissioner III.
G.. Thomas of Stowe and an Official
gta otv hu I'm ~ m O.
the number OF deer killed during the
open season, which closed at IL o'clock
Saturday night, the indications are
that 1t has been a record season. The
number of buck deer shot is roughly
estimated at over 700. Three lives
have been lost and number Of per
sons more or less seriously injured.
Some half a dozen bears have been
killed. one wild cat and an extra large
hedgehog. Many does have been
killed contrary to the law and at least
two cows.
States Attorney w. f. Tracy, has
received report from the state labor
atory of hygiene at Burlington con-
corning the examination of viscera
from the body of the infant child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Moore, the
death of which occurred under al
legged suspicious circumstances at
Pleasant Valley. Gilmore, September
l6. The report in effect states that
while traces Of mercury were found
they were no more than might have
been administered professionally by
the attending physician. as various
remedial agents in common use would
respond similarly to the tests. AS the
| attending physicians statement regard
ing medicines given the child accounts
for all the poison found in the body.
| 1t is expected that the woman will be
discharged from custody.
While Addison county has a,rcad.
three candidates for place on the Re
publican state ticket next year, one
of which halls from Middlebury, in the
person of John Il. Weeks that town
may possibly decide to enter a man for
state senatorial honors. 1t would be
no surprise to the many friends of Col
Silas A. llsley to hear his name
brought forward the coming winter
and spring as a candidate from this dis
trict. Since coming from New York
City to Vermont few years ago, Col
Ilsley has presented the town of Mid
dlebury beautiful soldiers monument
of granite, costing approximately $25,
900. He built and presented $75, O0C
marble church to the Baptist society
of that place and gave 1t S.. 900 home
for its pastor. In addition to thes,
and other beneficences he has beauti
fed the grounds of the Addison Coun
ty Agricultural Society at an expendi