The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-13
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun
ties Of State.


The gross earnings OF the Rutland
railroad for August amounted TO 1898.
567gi This Is AN Increase OF S6.0i9..
90 over the same In 1906.
A long pole was drawn into Burt's
lumber yard az Stowe Monday. Il be.
ing 60 feet long aud measuring 30 In.
ches az one end and IL at the other.
II was cut ON the kidder farm
Fred Bresaw whose home is on the
East Barre road Who took laudanum
asst Friday. h. recovering from the If.
iccts Of the poison. liresaw purchas
Il AN ounce Of the poison Thursday
aging that he wanted u TO use ON a
crippled hand. which he has.
At the annual convention OF the Yer.
mont State Teachers association to be-
held in burlington October l7.lg. Com.
uandcr Robert r. Peary will give a
ccturc on the North Pole aud Prof
Phelps Of Yale will speak ON two lead
ne New Euglanders. Benjamin Frank
iin and Jonathan Edwards
A noteworthy addition 90 the fora
Ut stowe b. the narrow .leycled spleen.
wort. a station for which has been
jund there by Miss Clara BarrOws
his is a rare and beautiful fern in ap.
isaunce somewhat like the enlarged
christmas fern II was found IN the
iciuity OF recently discovered sta
Ion for Goldie's shield fern. another
rare fern Of stately growth
So far as investigated Waterbury
has valuable deposit of granite. The
and b. on WOodard hin aud IL owned
~ George W Randall aud Thomas De-.
Inc. " the quality proves as good
a. the surface would indicate. there n
0 fortune ahead for Woodland hin land
IWners and large business boom
ahead for Waterbury
William Stevens Of South Ryegate
experienced some trouble with the
water from the spring one morning r.
Gently aud on going Ia the spring vas
surprised TO hnd a COW In the water.
Inquiry showed that the animal was
owned by George lackey and had been
missing since the previous day. She
had fallen into the water and had
stepped upon the pipe. iamming II 20
that the water could not run. The
COW had 10 stand on her hind feet %
Keep her nose out OF the water
Charles r. Bailey Jr.. Who has
! charge of the laundry at the state hos
pltal for the insane at Waterbury was
frightfully injured Monday afternoon
ie vas about 10 pass under the large
eight inch belt aud In some unexplain
liable way his clothes caught aud he vas
/ pulled against the motor When dis
covered b. was unconscious aud r.
manned Ho for some time His righl
arm was broken az was the left side
~ his jaw. n be- ~ not injured inter
ually u h. believed h. will recover
The recent death of James G. Church
LOT irOOkliue aged ~ years. removes
lone of the few Hons Of the revolution
in Vermont Ills father was Capt
Charles Church who enlisted nj IN,
age Of 10 years aud served three aud
one half years IN the war for indepen
lenCc. Captain Church lived In West
Minister aud was buried in the Epl.cO
ral cemetery near Bellows Falls. hav
INK died iu 1886 az the age Of NJ years
James Church was the youngest Of d
family 81 children aud was born
August ~. 1919. A few years ago h,
Nas an honorary member Of the Yer
mont society. Sons Of the American
Revolution. II has been said thai
James Church VAS the only real sol
~ the revolution In Vermont but thi,
~ an error as there are at least tive
others. nr. Crosby A. Perry OF Reads
boro aud William Constant Wheeler oI
South Woodbury. Both are honorar,
members Of the Vermont society. \. A
v. Jonathan liabcock Of Stratton whc
died not long ago nc the age Of about
80 years was a veteran Of the Civil
war aud a son Of Robert Babcock. q
! evolutionary soldier. Who died NJ
South Wardsboro. August %. 1868. nj
the age OF i0i years and six months.