The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-27
YER MONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen Coun-
ties Of State.


The Rev. II. M. Fuller. OF Burling.
ton, returned home Sunday from his
trip TO Rome, where he attended the
Worlds National Sunday school con-
yentlon. and visited nearly all the
large cities on the Continent en- route
home.
The statement that u. N. Merriam
was the oldest man In the mercantile
business In Rutland develops the fact
that Samuel Terrill has been engaged
In the manufacture OF heavy wagons
In that city for So years. FIVE years lon
ger than Mr. Merriam has been In bus
mess there.
William Fairbanks, charged with
numbering his, niece. showed marked
Improvement az the Brattleboro Mem.
orlal hospital today and was able To be
wheeled about In wheel chair. Fears
that he would die OF self.innicted bull
let wounds have given way to hope OF
his recovery.
As Irving Scales OF Concord was
driving down n hill Sunday afternoon
the harness Slipped 10 as To let the
carriage upon the horse and he started
To run. throwing the young man out.
Mr. Scales fell under the horses feet
and was kicked IN the stomach and
head. receiving serious injuries. The
doctors consider his condition very
critical.
A house In Montpelier owned by
c G. Roberts and occupied by Louis
Normandin and John Lyons was bad.
~ damaged Sunday by hre and wa.
ter. The FIRE originated In some un.
known way In the barn which was
burned aud had reached the house
before II was checked. The house
hold goods were removed In n dam
aged condition. The loss viii be- sew.
eral hundred dollars covered by In.
surance.
John J. Roberts OF Poultney last win
ter gave away n large Shepherd d0s
which had been IN the family manv
years. The dog did not return 20 his
old home until last week when n mem.
Der OF the family became III. lie In
sisted upon remaining nj the sick per.
sons door until death came and was
not seen again until the day OF the
funeral when he joined the procession
aud since has been Ia detected mood
aud shows every evidence Of mourn.
ms.
Wild stories come from Dorset. Ru-
pert and Dandy. In this section Il II
reported that timber wolves are 10 nu'
merous that they are not only killing
on the deer but the good people have
20 club them out Of their pix yards,
i.ynxca are also plentiful and rabbits
are 80 common that they hoy around
In gardens In broad daylight lnciden.
tally the crows are pulling up fields Of
corn aud the catblrds have destroyed
the strawberry crop
A reunion Of Company G. end Yer.
mont Vols. took place In Brattleboru
Friday. Philandcr A. strccter Of Holy
oke. Mass. president. presided. Those
present were Nelson G. Cole 81 Suf'
field. Conn. Albert Mason Of Gardner
Mass. George u. Prouty OF West Brat
tieboro. n. A. Richardson Of Hlnsdalc
y. a.. Charles J. Stockwell Of West
lirattleboro. r. A. strcetcr Of lIolyokc
and William u. Thomas of Kecne. n
". Four honorary mcmbcra. Charles
Miller Of lirattleboro. =. W. Hudson ol
IIinsdaic aud John York and y. ~
Holman Of Chesterfield. n. ~. wcr,
also present. William u. Thomas was
elected president and Charles J.stock
we'll secretary and treasurer. Dinner
was served and a campfire was held In
the afternoon.