The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-01
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest From Fourteen
Counties In the State.

Poultney reports building operations
t standstill for lack Of building lots
from Indications there 1t Is believed
hat fifty houses would rent.
At naturalization court held be-
fore Judge A. A. Hall In Montpelier
four natives OF Sweden and one
were admitted to full cit
izenship.
The special town meeting In Bran.
don Saturday afternoon, called to deter
mine the kind OF liquor license to be
granted lasted three minutes as a
motion to adjourn was made and car
ried Immediately.
The Rev. w. J. O'Sullivan OF Mont
pelier who has been In Europe for
many months, Is expected home next
month. Preparations are being made
In Montpelier for his return and II
is expected he will be home by Easter
day.
Ralph w. Kiniry a son OF Deputy
Sheriff j. II. Kiniry OF Windsor who
has been elected exalted ruler Of the
Claremont, N. H., lodge, Benevolent
and Protective Order Of Elks, is said
to be the youngest exalted ruler In the
United States. He IL but % years old.
With Saturdays issue OF the Rut-
land Herald the resignation Of Henry
W. Hall rendered last December, took
effect and he retired to be succeeded
as managing editor by Howard l.. Hind
Lou La .,lftnr m "A N, N nj fl<.
Montpelier Daily Journal who assumed
Immediate charge.
Early In December Miss Florence
Barber matron Of Heaton hospital,
Montpelier, lost gold watch which
extensive advertising failed to find
| While Miss Barber was walking down
Fuller street last Saturday she found
the watch lying near the Sidewalk
where It had evidently been all win
ter. AS soon as she picked 1t up the
watch began to run and has since kept
good time. -
A new book OF poems soon 10 be
brought out by prominent publishing
house. is entitled In Paths Untrod:
den" and is by Miss Anna Batchelder,
formerly OF White River Junction but
now a nurse In the birmingham Mass
hospital. Miss Batchelder Is men,
Der of the Boston Authors club and
her work Is well and favorably known
In Boston and vicinity.
DIR. II. y. Holton of Brattleboro says
that the plans for the ventilation OF
the state house at Montpelier have ar
rived and viii be inspected In few
days by the state board Of health.
| These plans as drawn by the Boston
| architect include a remodeling OF tie
toilet rooms in the basement OF the
state houserand this work will be be
gun In a very few days.
A general agreement has been reach
ed among the milkmen In Brattleboro
to reduce the price Of milk April
from seven to six cents a quart and to
three cents pint. II is not likely
that 8ny change will be made in the
price OF cream. This reduction Is due
to the fact that there has been an oyel
abundance Of milk on the local market
lately and the dealers would rather
sell their product for six cents than bt
obliged to feed 1t TO stock.
In connection with the graft" stor
les published In connection with thu
commitment of prisoners to the house
OF correction, Rutland, the books have
been examined and they show that thu
number of prisoners committed To-
breach of the peace since January Is
Is thirty-ohe. The town of WindsO
has contributed seventeen of thes'
prisoners while the others came from
the following places.-St. Adams
three; Montpelier, two; Bellows Falls
three; Burlington, Ludlow, Chelsea
Rutland, Brandon, Barre, one each.
Stephen Carter Clark of New Yorl
one OF the owners of the famous Sin
ger building. the Hottest skyscrape
in the world, has a 100000 log cabil
in Mount Tabor, the most unique an
costly In New England. 1t is tw
story structure of logs but its kinshi
to the log cabin of history and RI
nance ends there for inside it is
marvel of wealth and luxury. Sheath
ed with native woods, finely finishe
the rooms are high and generousl
lighted and nothing has been omitte
which minister to the creature con
forts Of those "roughing It," 1t
six miles from the nearest permanen
habitation and is situated on a platea
commanding thirty-mile view dow
the West river. There Is a telephon
so Mr.. Clark can keep in touch wit
the world.
Maple sugar making is now we'll ~
der way, but unless there are MOI
freezing nights soon the season wi
not be as long as usual, says Stow
correspondent. Already there hay
been two good runs of sap and a consi
cradle quantity of sugar and syrup ha
been made. The quality is excellen
! Sugar is selling from 8 to IL cents
pound and syrup FROM rs cents to 81
gallon. c. l.. Mcmahon OF the firm {
Miles, Mcmahon & Co.. Stowe, widel
Known as dealers In maple products
says the new pure food law has benz
flied the maple sugar situation 100 pc
cent. People know now that they at
! getting the genuine article. Mr.. III
Mahon thinks he may have more o
ders than he can fill. He has JUS
shipped two hundred pounds to Cal
! fotnia.
A partial hearing was held in Blu
lington city court Saturday afternoo
In the case against Albert Hathawa.
He is charged with not properly pr
tectlng hole In Lake Champlain froi
which the ice had been cut. TIL
case grows out of death by droWnin
\ of George Chaput, or Shepard, som
: weeks ago. Chaput did not notice tn
open space and skating into 1t, lost HI
life. One witness testified that thei
were four bushes about the hole an
that they had partially fallen over, 0
cross examination he said they migl
be seen as far away as from the shol
II there were no storms. Another te
tt6a1 that <h<, hNIa moc nrpf ad