The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-07
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen
Counties OF the State.

Mrs. w. M. Vaney OF Vergennes,
has an oleander which Is about 80
years old and on II are 1872 buds and
blossoms.
The eye and ear test OF pupils In the
schools ut Mendon showed AZ per cent
defective. The number OF pupils ex.
amined was 81.
Among other fur bought by buyers
In Middlebury this week was the skin
OF the lOlst bear killed by c. M. Rob-
bins of Hancock.
II. C. Preston of Vergennes has just
killed seven months old pig that
dressed $50 pounds The breed was
Red Rock and White Chester
Warren u. Dewey Of Burlington, a
soldier at the military post was fined
SlJJ today in the city court for shoot
ing doe October 26.
Several cases Of diphtheria are re.
ported in Barton and the health officer
has closed parochial schools as the ca
SEES thus far have been confined to that
school.
DR.. and Mrs, Il. NJ. Pond and daugh.
ter OF Rutland who have been travel
ing in Holland Belgium France and
England for seven weeks, have return
ed to their home.
Horace w Bailey OF Rutland was
yesterday. nominated by President
Roosevelt to succeed himself as Unit
ed States marshall for Vermont. This
appointment is good for four years
+. NJ Goddard of Montpelier, a mem
Der of the jamestown exposition com
mittee, will go to jamestown the latter
part OF this week to sdperintend the
packing and shipping of the Vermont
exhibit to Montpelier.
During the month of November
there were 40 births in Burlington Il
Of the new arrivals being boys and 10
girls During the same period there
were 30 deaths, nine of that number
being males and 81 females.
States Attorney Benjamin Gates
OF Montpelier is after those people who
he holds, violate the local option H.
cense liquor law by soliciting club or
ders to be sent outside the state. He
announces that he will prosecute all
A special electric freight car is to
be run twice daily between Rutland
and New Haven and will be put on by
the street railway in time for the hol-
iday trade. Another feature of the
service will be carrying of milk from
West Rutland and all points west TO
the creamery at Castleton.
Navigation on. the Champlain canal
closed November 80 for this season,
which is exceedingly early, says The
Burlington Free Press. The early
closing was due to large canal work
and demand made by the Kinser Con
struction company which wishes to
complete it's contract work on the can
al
Middlebury hay buyers for the most
part have stopped making new con
tracts. confirming their attention TO
the pressing of the hay they have on
hand A rise In the market price is
looked for within a few weeks. In
Benson old horses are being killed TO
0dNt nay IANf nave tAh'ahs bNNh
shot in that town.
The f.. b. Ellis Granite company of
Mortified has brought petition to
the Windsor county court asking that
the action of the selectmen in laying
out a temporary road for the Wood
bury Granite company in Bethel be
set aside The Ellis company claims
81 OF IN. thn nIihl 10
benefit but simply for the Woodbury.
company. and that adequate damages
had not been allowed.
Capt. Edwin n. Wright a veteran of
he Civil war. and for many years store
keeper and armorer at the state arsen-
al who died yesterday at his home in
Montpelier. served in Company f, Ind
Vt Regt.. and later was in the employ
of QuarterMaster p. p Pitkin. He
was native of Berlin where he was
born 73 years ago Captain Wright is
survived by his wife and two children.
Charles A. Read, aged 20 years, for
merly OF Montpelier, died Tuesday
night, December 3, at his home in Chi
cago. The body will be brought to
Montpelier for burial. Mr.. Read was
son of Thomas b. Read, a brother
of Mrs. Josephine Poland of Montpe'
lier, and of Mrs. Z. Henry Powell OF
Burlington. He is survived by his
wife, two daughters, and one son. For
| many years he was cashier OF the
Montpelier National Bank.
The Rev. J. Edward Wright, secre
tary of the trustees of the Kellogg
Hubbard library, Montpelier, has an
nounced that until February next
the library will be open Sunday af
ternoons and that all visitors will be
as welcome as they are on week days
If the attendance for the next eight
Sunday afternoons is such as to indi
cate that the experiment is appreciat
ed. keeping the library open regularly
Sunday afternoons will undoubtedly
become an established rule.
Adjt. General w. II. Gilmore OF
Bradford has several applications and
petitions for new companies in the
First Vermont regiment provided the
companies at Newport, Bradford or
Brattleboro, that have recently had a
second inspection because they were
below the standard, should drop out
Barre, White River Junction, Hard
wick and Lyndonville are all anxious
to form a company, General Gilmore
- ~ I ~ L'ctav will snoO fly thc