The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-21
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest From Fourteen
Counties In the State.

Counties In the state.
here are twenty-five patients at
the Vermont Sanatorium, Pittsford.
Mrs. Elmer Forbes, OF Sutton, has
collected over 1000 souvenir post
cards, valued at from one to fifty
cents each.
S. J. Dana, Fayston's retiring town
clerk, has filled the Office twenty
seven years. George C. Granfield is
mis- successor.
The Methodist church at Rutland
has the largest society OF Kings
Daughters in the state 1t has mem.
bership Of 1923.
The mildness of the present winter
seems to be proved by the experience
of the Rutland fire department with
frozen hydrants. Only five have had
TO be thawed out compared with nine
teen in 1907.
During the recent repairs at tho
Newport house. Newport secret
cupboard containing a large jug IN
which was about quart of old rum,
was found, The recess had been clos.
cd for many years.
A memorial service for Senator
Redfeld Proctor was held Sunday
evening, March 15 at the meeting of
the Mems Sunday Evening Club in
Newport, and was addressed by OK
Gov Josiah Grout and Lieut-GoT
George H. Prouty.
The Kansas conference of the Ne.
thodist Episcopal church has exonerat
ed the Rev. DR.. J. 7. Mcfarland of
New York, editor of the Methodist
Sunday-school publications, of charges
of heresy, preferred by the Rev. Geo.
A. Cooke of Brandon.
David T. Montague of Boston, a
graduate of Goddard Seminary, Barre,
declined to accept Mayor George A.
Hibbard's offer to become health
commissioner at salary of 4,00D a
year, despite the fact that the mayor
announced the appointment last week.
Walter Cheney, of Burke, was found
dead on the floor of his room Satur-
day morning, March Z. He was pros.
trated by the recent death of his
granddaughter, Miss Clara Cheney,
and took his bed the day of the
funeral. He had heart trouble which
was doubtless the cause of his death
N. w. McCollum a deacon in the
Christian church, Randolph was fined
| $40 and costs recently for cruelty &c
| a horse. The animal, which had been
| i'll for several days was ordered kill
| ed. Ii was alleged that Mr.. McCollur
had abused horse by keeping it in
the basement of his barn which was
not fit place for the animal
Mrs Frank b. Hoyt of Brattleborc
aged AZ years, died March IS of Ieri
| tonitis following an operation for mp
pendicitis. Her husband died 81,
months ago under exactly the same
| circumstances The next month Mrs
Hoyt's father was fatally hurt by
falling downstairs. His wife WAS ther
in hospital recovering from II
operation.
John Sokolis of Fowler ffteer
years old has been sent to the stat,
industrial school at Vergonnes, fol
three years, or two years, and si'
months If he is good. With two Cthel
youngsters, aged nine and sever
years. he was caught in the act o
robbing the store OF the nnt'an'
| Florence Marble Co. 1t was the thir'
time the store had been burglarized
Gen. J, H. Lucia Of Montpelier
celebrated his Seth birthday anniver
sary Tuesday evening, March r. b.
entertaining the members Of Brook:
Post. G. A. R., the Woman's Relic
Corps and the associate mem
bers of the G. A, R. post at a suppe
given in the G.. A. r. hall, over on
hundred guests being present Genera
Lucia was presented gold watcl
chain with G. A. r. charm attach
ed by Brooks post, and Il houluc
of roses by the Woman's Relief Corps