The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-06
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun,
ties Of State.

q. W. Guernsey Of East Calais has a
So Continental bill dated May ., l716
which was paid 20 his great grand.
father by George Washington.
Montpelier merchants are agltating
the question OF using oil for sprinkling
purposes on Main street The plan
meets general approval and prices
have been invited on oil
The village Of Fair Haven has voted
the sum Of $4,000 90 Increase It's vat
~ supply. a stream IN what Is called
the North woods will be- demanded and
pipes laid 10 the present reservoir.
A horse without any ears Is the un.
usual possession OF Charles Martin Of
Berlin when a colt these members
we're chewed OF by a dog and a heavy
name covers the place where they
should be-
The face of Miss Mary Cunningham
a pretty Irish waitress OF Vermont
chosen year and a half ago by the
late 81 Gaudeus. the great sculptor. as
"a model. will appear on the new Unit
ted States coins.
The Rev Homer A. Flint archdca.
con uf the Episcopal diocese Of Pitts.
burg and chaplain Of the layman's
Missionary League. who recently &C.
ccptcd call to Christ church. Mont.
pclicr. will resume bis new duties Oc.
toher I.
The Lowell Scale Works Of Lowell
Mass has made arrangements 10 10.
cate be- Brattleboro. utilizing the vii.
liams factory. formerly a carriage shop
The company makes platform and
counter scales and has been la bust.
ness ~ years
a water famine prevails In Lincoln
and crups of al kinds are accordingly
suffering much The New Haven river
has not been lower in years aud
good many farm springs are dry or
nearly so Pastures are very dry and
milk receipts are low.
Mrs Mary Mccham Of Concord has
curiosity that b. very rare la the
shape Of calf with eight legs. The
animal was born perfectly healthy with
this number of legs Fearing that u
would not be- long lived Mn Mscham
NAA Wv 'hii hilt'A AitA HANH'NH
The following officers were elected
II has been discovered that Msr-
chant street Rutland b. not legal
Ithoruughiarr. no Certincatiun Of H.
laying out having been filed with the
/ city clerk The discovery was made
through q suit brought against A Tom.
| lsi Tor blocking the street The case
was mol pressed The street has been
used by the public Tor 30 years.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
| 10 q Thomas Of Stowe has received
a report from Burton ". Newton. war.
/ den of Windsor county. 81 the finding
/ 81 fresh deer skin and feet IN an ltal.
/ Ian boarding house az Perkinsyillc.
An Italian confessed 90 shooting the
I deer aud was arrested aud placed uu.
der 5000 bonds 10 appear at county
court 4 hnc OF 500 and costs was
imposed.
Thursday az the annual meeting Of the
| Wndham County Veterans associa.
ton: President Col a. N Franklin Of
| rOwnshcud. vice president. Col II. r.
| Taylor at lirattlobOrU. secretary aud
/ treasurer. e. ~ Russell uf Whining
/ ton; executive committee. Hugh ilol.
brook aud W. " Niles of ToWnshend
aud = W Bush ~ Brookline Letters
we're read by Secretary Russell from
Gov. Fletcher ID Proctor and War Gov
! Frederick liolbrook who recently Gel.
chratod his seth birthday anniversary.
4 smooth sVindlcr who claimed to
be- soliciting advertisements for sou.
ycnir Labor day program To be- issued
| by local unions. had good success la
/ Rutland Friday. lie worked several
/ firms for g. or more before 4. J. Hal.
yosa. a we'll known labor man. got
Wind of the afalr and put merchants
ON their guard by informing them that
according to a law passed two years
ago. labor unions cannot issue souvenir
booklets OF any kind under penalty OF
loss of their charter The matter was
reported 10 the police. Just a year ago
| two men who are now serving In the
= state prison M Windsor. tried a similar
swindliug scheme In Rutland
The law which compcls the cutting
| by abuttcrs Of trees and brush on land
bordering on highways ~ becoming ex
cpcdingly unpopular In Rutland county
/
and the farmers are talking Of putting
| II up to the attorney general to make a
test case 20 see II the statute is con.
stitutional So agitated are the coun.
/ try folk Whereabouts that they leave
| the trees aud shrubs where they fall
aud highways for miles are bordered
with piles Of dead trees which are
most unsightly aud which will cause
brush piles to exist for years In ar.
guing that the law is unconstitutional
the farmers say that II ~ just rs rca.
sonable to compel them to repair roads
to take care Of school, and cemetery
property. to cut brush on abutting rail
way property or 10 build bridges for
public highways where streams pass
through their land. as TO comply with
the new law. Farmers who rent their
premises say that the law might as
well order them 10 cut OF their land.
lords lumber lots as To require them
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