The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-14
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun.
ties Of State.

ties Of State.
Edward Franklin bingham. chief
justice. retired, OF the supreme court
OF the District OF Columbia. who died
nc his summer home In Union, w. Va,
September o, was born IN West Con
cord August 10. 1928. the son of Judge
Warner Bingham.
In excayating for the foundation for
the kindllng wood factory nc SwantOn
some pine piping IN nm excellent state
OF preservation was unearthed As
this is remote from the residential
section II Is a matter OF considerable
speculation as 10 who laid Il and how
long ago.
During the month OF August the
collections In the customs district OF
Vermont amounted TO 500. lGi52. Dur.
Ing the same period last year the col.
lections amounted to S77l5Sji..The
merchandise exported through the dis.
trlct for the month OF August was yal-
ued at sG54.922.
Thus far "a students have enrolled I'm
the Vergcnnes high school and therc Ia
larger attendance In the ninth grade
room than usual. There are about Gs
students from out OF town. A new lab
oratory has been opened for physics
aud biology. and In supplied with all
the necessary apparatus.
Miss Marion IIosford Of Charlotte Is
10 be instructor In mathematics at the
American international College. Spring
field. Mass, for the year ensuing. Miss
IIosford IN a graduate OF the University
Of Vermont, Burlington. and was prln.
Clpal OF the wOman's department OF the
college Ia the year lS99l9O0.
Charles Stacy. a private OF Fort Eth.
an Allen. was sentenced In Barre city
court "Wednesday 10 not less than four
lnor more than six months at hard In.
Dor In the house OF correction az Rut.
land and 10 pay costs oil persecution
for asaaulting and kicking O. n. Rus
sell OF Montpelier, nj Barre Tuesday
The summer home Of Elmer Silver
% Derby together with ita furnishings
consisting OF many antiques valued
highly by the family. was burned Ia
The ground about o O'Clock Friday
morning. Sept G. The family had loft
for the city n few days previous and II
Is thought that ashes smonldering in
the cellar started the connagration.
An unufually capable dor o. Tho ono
n Vh.k Tired Gates OF Montpelier.
,.a,s taxes Nr. Gates climbed a 30
foot y, ga, ,ular ladder Ia IA an oil
tank and when he started 10 descend
Jaw the dog on the way up. one or
two rungs Ia the ladder were missing
but the beast pulled himself carefully
by the long spaces and reached the top
la safety. The trip back stumpod him
and he was lowered 10 the ground by
straps
The service uniform ~ blue has been
disc irded nc Norwich university North
Geld for the olive drab. for cadets and
iarulty alike. The dress uniform re-
mains unchanged incidentally. all
last years football team ~ back. with
the exception OF one man. and working
hard for the opening game at Hanover.
y u. September -. In view OF the
fact that Norwich was beaten by Dart.
mouth only : 10 o last year. a possible
victory IL looked forward 10 this fall
Joseph l.. Bassett Of Island Pond h.
held in Montreal 10 answer 90 tho
charge of horse stealing Il "a alleged
that he skipped with n horse aud rig
belonging to n swcetsburr. Que. liy.
ery1ran. snapped u for another riE at
Island Pond and sold out al liaycrhill.
y. a. When apprchendcd he and his
wife were at Maiden. Mas. boarding
house.
A wedding OF considerable note took
place In l.unenburg September 10 NJ
the home OF Row and Mrs a ". Iu
right. when their daughter Miss Maud
l.ouise VAS united Ia marriage to Win.
held Scott Hamlin. sou Of Walter s.
Hamlin aud grandson Of Hannibal Ham.
lin. vice president with Abraham Lin
coin. The ceremony was performed
by the brides father. Mr Hamlin is
associated with the corporation of Hall
a Lyons Drug Ca, az Newport. X. !.
John d. FLINT who lcn Pcacham
when ~ years old aud died IN Fall Riy.
r.. Mass. August -. left an estate cs
timated az 100000 OF which 500.
900 II left to charities and the remain.
der To his wife. Mr.. Flint joined the
Methodist church Ia PoaCham when he
vas ~ ytars old and this dcnomina.
ton ~ generously remembered Ia his
viii The New England South m
Methodist Episcopal conference rc-
ceiyes 5000 Tot supcrannuaicd minis
ters. the Woman'a Foreign Missionary
society. $1,000. the Methodist Mission
AIRY society. fl0uO. Clanin University.
Orangebug. 4 G.. $1,000. the MethJ
dist society Tor work In Africa. $1,000
Mr. Flint had previously assumed the
building OF the church at Pail Rive
for the Methodist Italians. 90 cost
$1,000 The rest Of his bequehif ,ary
INK from $1,000 to 5000 each. are civ
en TO the Fall River charities includ
ing the Childrcn'a Home. the Boys
club and the Home for Aged People
Mr. Flint was q large owner Ia sever
al prosperous cotton mills aud IN real
estate. naming three OF his business
building. Vermont. Caledonia and
Pcacham respectively.
have opened a ladies' tailoring 80
tablishment IN the Library building