The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-18
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of interest From Fourteen coun.
ties OF State.

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The milkmen of MONTPELIER did not
carry out their threat TO begin chars
ing 8 cents quart Monday OF this
week as retaliation upon the new
pure milk ordinance. The price re-
mains cents.
The congregation of Ahavath Garem
OF Huntington has purchased the house
and lot at 142 Archibald street in that
city and In the near future will erect
a synagogue there.
Many potatoes arc being carried 10
market from Pawlct and its vicinity,
the farmers receiving 30 cents bush
ell. They report big cropof from $50
to 300 bushels an acre.
Elizabeth La Clair Of Barre, the
plaintiff In suit for trespass against
G. Tomasi, now pending in Washing
'nn county court, testified that she was
the mother OF II children.
While Burlington groom was Oh
ais way to the railroad station at noon
to join the bride, he was kidnapped by
he ushers and taken for ride about
he city. Consequently he was unable
to start on the wedding tour until eve
ming.
State Treasurer +. III. Deavitt has re
ceived the semi-annual tax from the
Central Vermont railroad for the siy
months ending June &c. The tax
amounts to $23,967.S0. The Central's
contribution is the largest of any of
the railroads of the state. The Rut-
land railroad tax for the same period
received the same day, amounts to S23,
i71.36, being nearly as much as that
of the Central
The work OF installing the new fog
signal bell in the light house at the
south end OF the breakwater at Bur
lington harbor, which has been in
progress during the last three weeks
under the supervision OF W. Gray Yer
ner, United States superintendent OF
light houses, was completed Saturday
afternoon. A new Gamewell striking
apparatus was also installed on Juni-
per island at the same time with the
one on the breakyater.
In the Montpelier city court judg'
ment for the plaintiff was entered in
the case Of A. w. Daley, manager of
the Intercity baseball team, VS.. the
Intercity Athletic Association. This
suit was brought by Mr.. Daley to re
cover his salary, amounting to $3.50, as
manager of the team for 1907. The
Intercity association has no money III
its treasury and there Is no way in
sight of raising the amount for which
Mr.. Daley has received judgment ex
cept by selling the grandstand. The
lumber In this stand is worth in the
vicinity of $500.
G. F. Eddy of Stowe proprietor OF
the Montpelier creamery characterizes
as ridiculous the proposition of some
OF the disgruntled milkmen of Mont
pelier to charge eight cents quart
for milk Mr.. Eddy said the price OF
milk at the creamery will remain dur
ing the winter where IL is at the pres
ent time, six cents quart. He says
his creamery can supply the entire
city of Montpelier and If the milkmen
are foolish enough to try to get eight
cents per quart for milk they will be
driven out of the business.
Walter II. Dreamer, former resi-
dent OF Bethel and superintendent OF
the shoe factor, was elected secre
tary of the Bartlett convention of Dem
ocrats at the state convention held al
Springfield, Mass. At the time he was
in Bethel, Mr.. Creamer was a promi
nent Democratic politician, and was
the nominee of the party for state sen
ator. He was also delegate to the
Democratic national convention OF
1896. was one of the men that bolted
| Bryan, and later in the year sat as a
delegate in the Gold Democratic nat
ional convention in indianapolis.
Several unexpected results of the
summer drouth and the high prices OF
| feed are becoming manifest. One Is
practically a butter famine at Brattle
boro in a prosperous dairy community
There Is no dairy butter in the market
there and appearances indicate that
there will be no surplus for long
time. There Is also shortage OF
| creamery butter. The market value
of new mich cows is so high that far
mers are parting with their cows
Cattle dealers cannot remember q
single month in any other year when
so many cows have been shipped from
Brattleboro as during the last month
| What creamery butter comes into the
market is sold for 40 cents a pound
and the dairy butter for 81 cents.
E. C. Talbot, the present manager
has secured five years lease Of tn,
famous old hostelry, the Dorset Inn
and will manage it personally during
that time. The old inn was built II
1880 and has housed in its time som,
famous persons. The inn proper |!
colonial in style, with high pillars OF
the front and east side supporting thu
roof. The interior has been change,
somewhat In the past few years ant
has been made modern to some extern
Much money will be expended in thu
spring on the public rooms, and new
electric bell system and electric light!
will be added. Mr.. Talbot has don,
| much this season to make this popu
lar Vermont hotel favorite stoppin!
place. While other houses have CLOSED
their doors for the season, there ar,
now at the inn twenty guests, who ar,
there to see the mountains In thei