The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-16
secretary, G.. f. Bryan; treasurer, II.
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A $4,000 damage suit results from the
use OF an alleged antiquated set screw
In the sawmill of =. V. Allen In Ches-
ter year ago. Pin II. Wetherby OF
Brattleboro seeks to recover said
$4,000 by process of law alleging that
while at work for the defendant his
clothing became caught In said set
screw and that he was lacerated
bruised and thrown down.
The newest thing along surgical
lines In Barre is hospital for horses
and dogs opened this week by Arthur
n. II. Lewis, veterinarian. The first
door Is the horse ward and the second
for suffering CANNES. A special oper
ating table for dogs has been invented
by DR.. Lewis and patent on It Is
pending The table will accommodate
poodle or a Newfoundland while
teeth are filed or more serious opera
tons performed.
II. j. NJ. Jones and J. s. Haley of
Montpelier will represent the granite
manufacturers of Barre and MOntpel-
Ter at q conference to be held In Bos-
ton Monday with railway officials in
ifEdlh w ldA'o anu NitooliNhbiphD ch
certain classes Of granite work. An
attempt will be made to get the gran
tie manufacturers and the railroads
| together on this question without hav-
| ing to call on the interstate commerce
commission to settle II.
About three weeks ago yellow and
tan unclaimed dog appeared at the
| harp 81 GtoLao HvipO ~, Diford
brook in Randolph and bit yearling.
| The dog was driven away by Mr.
Stokes and its whereabouts are I'M
known. Sunday the yearling became
seriously i'll, frothing at the mouth and
seemingly in great distress, its case
being hydrophobia. The animal was
killed adding one more to the already
large number Of animals dying SINH
larry.
William Alonzo Hopkins, of Dinard,
France invested with the cross of the
Legion OF Honor by the mayor of
Dinard. Is a native of Brattleboro. a
son Of Weston Hopkins. of Chester.
field n. H., who formerly kept a gro
cery store there, and the family home
in Brattleboro was where the house
of J.. II. Richardson now stands. VII.
liam Hopkins founded the Dinard hos.
pital. the American Relief Society in
Paris and The Matin, French jour.
nal, which he controlled many years
The village of Cambridgeport in the
town of Rockingham has one of the
few union meeting house societies in
New England that has successfully
kept a small village from being over.
churched for over seventy years. This
is the only church in Cambridgeport
and its officials are from all demon
nations, or none at ALL and are elected
every year. Preaching is regularly
supported by different denominations
For some years the Methodists have
been in charge with the pastor at Ath
ems as preacher
Elmer Montgomery Of Randolph
who is employed as one OF the rural
free delivery carriers. met with a
slight accident by scratching his little
finger which at the time was consider
ed OF no consequence. Later il be
came very much intiamed and swollen
and il was necessary to open it and
scrape the bone Blood poisoning is
feared and unless it improves soor
amputation will be necessary. Mr.
Montgomery had just partially recov
cred from trouble with the knee
which had obliged him to be on crut
ches all winter.
The special committee appointed &c
take charge of arrangements for the
building of the new school-house and
town hall nj Center Rutland TO replace
the building recently destroyed by fire
has again advertised for bids for the
building of the structure. The com
mittee has apparently given up the
idea of erecting the building as was in
tended after the first bid was rejected
AT meeting held some time ago all
bids were turned down for the reason
that they exceeded the appropriation
of $1,000 made by the town.
Charles Newton, who has been an
inmate of the state hospital for the
insane at Waterbury for five years
escaped about a week ago, and after
wandering about he finally appeared
at the home Of his brother, Fred New
ton. at Mddlebury When he arrived
there his feet were so badly frozen
that he was unable to wear shoes and
said that the only thing he had eaten
from the time OF his escape was two
doughnuts. Saturday he was accom-
panied to Vergennes station by Fred
Newton and met by his brother, Ed
ward Newton. who took him to his
HON in Panton. 1t is feared tina,
serious results will follow from the
hardships the unfortunate man under
went.
A Bible purchased for the use of the
Hebrews in Montpelier at religious
services held by them has caused ne
end of i'll feeling. The Hebrews claim
the Bible was purchased with money
raised by subscription and has beer
kept at several houses where relig
: ious services were held A Hebrew
: named Levi Gould now has it in his
possession and refuses to give it Il
the rabbi. Mr. Gould has been mott
fed by City Judge e. NJ. Harvey tina
, unless the Bible is delivered to tn,
rabbi, legal action will follow. Goult
says he paid for the Bible and that the
money raised by subscription was no
to pay for the Bible but for part,
, held after he returned from New Yorl
! where he went to purchase the Bible
, The work of indexing the books ant
records of the surveyor-general OF
Vermont, that is being carried on by