The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-12
Items Of Interest From Fourteen
Counties Of the State.

Mountain Manufacturing company OF
Island Pond have voted to close the
factory for short season.
Archie Butterfly, aged Is years of
Rutland, took chloroform in Concord,
n. H., with suicidal intent and left
note asking for "a black coffin"
The gross earnings of the Rutland
railroad for the month of September
were $314,34l.S4 an increase OF $40,-
72z .04 over the same month in 1906.
The installing of large boiler at
the plant of the Vermont Farm Ma
chine Co., Bellows Falls, requires the
raising of the big chimney several
feet.
A horse worth $50 was suffocated
in barn fire at Rutland He was
owned by Charles McMurray, who al
so lost furniture amounting. to $500
partially covered by insurance.
An old Ludlow resident says that
twenty-five years ago there was not
enough wood and lumber at hand to
meet home needs there. This week
seven carloads Of lumber have been
shipped from Ludlow.
Postmaster ]. A. Sheldon of Rut-
land, has been advised by public ad-
ministrator in Dawson, Alaska, that
man named Albert Il. Clark, reported
to be from Rutland died there last
summer leaving an estate.
Workmen blasting out a wheel.pit
for the new power station at Gays
vile found q gold watch which was
lost in the raceway about seventy feet
distant ten years ago. The crystal
| of the watch was not even cracked.
The payments Of water rents in
Barre amounted to s12,O74.74, nearly
half this sum paid the last day to save
the discount. Uncollected bills amount
to S970.S4 and 5000 of this, being owed
by the city schools, is, therefore, good,
The Hooker Corser e. Mitchell
Co, manufacturers of overhalls in
Brattleboro, who employ about 300
hands have been running on the
eight-hour schedule continuing the
custom of giving employees half
holiday Saturdays.
Tramps are looking for winter quar-
ters. Arthur Mackey, who appeared
in justice court at Rutland charged
with being a hobo. requested a long
sentence and got not less than three
months at the house of correction,
with which he was well pleased
The initial number of The National
Grange, the official organ of the Pa
irons of Husbandry. published at
Philadelphia, contains a picture of eX-
Gov. c. j. Bell of Walden in group
composed OF the executive and legis.
latiye committees of the National
Grange.
The Deerlield Lumber Co is work
ing 100 men on a contract to get out
! 00,00O,00O feet of logs in Somerset.
The coming seasons stint is set at
100000 The logs have to be haul
ed to the railroad whence they will
be transported to Mountain mills near
Wilmington.
Lawson Cummins. OF Montpelier has
cut large monument for his lot in
the Cutler cemetery which is very
patriotic. 1t is as near red, white and
blue as granite can be secured. The
blue is Barre granite; the red. Rose
Swedish from Scotland and the white
in Bethel stone.
Figures on the work OF the II. C.
Baxter & Bro. canning factory at
Windsor during its four weeks season
follow: Bushels OF corn on the cob
canned $500; succotash. $4,000 cans:
corn, 10000 cans; price paid farmers
for corn, $4,000; cost of labor, $4,000;
cost OF labelling, $500.
The Rev. Francis Crociata. pastor OF
the new Italian Catholic church in
Rutland is setting a good example
by working with the members of his
parish in digging the cellar The
building which will be of Italian archi-
lecture, will cost about SIS 900. There
are about 500 members in the parish
which includes the Italians in Center
Rutland
A Scotch collie. belonging to two
Rutland boys, was terribly torn on a
barbed wire fence about four months
dSo anu IL oCtiiNu btGt " PUT lHt
animal out of his misery. Taking him
to a farm a few miles north of the
city the dog was shot and left for
dead Now the dog has returned
alive and we'll Some friendly farmer
may have had hand in nursing the
animal back to life.
Miss Ruby Fish, of Bethel, was the
victim of rather unpleasant incident
recently. She was sitting by the win
dow in the home of her father, w. l.
Fish. when she heard the crack of q
rifle and the bullet struck the buildina
outside, about three feet above he
head and in line with her body. Inves
tigation showed the bullet from %
caliber rifle, supposed to have beer
fired by some careless boy, had buried
itself in the house.
BY vote of s to 6 that part o
Newfane set forth in Act. No. 27S o
the legislature of 1906, became an in
corporated village. AS provided il
the act the charter became operativ,
when it was accepted by the legal vo
tiers. There are about 60 voters with
in the village limits. About half o
them were present at the meeting bu
many were undecided as to whether O.
not the benefits of being incorporate,
would offset the increase in tayatjO