The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-17
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest From Fourteen
Counties In the State.

Counties In the State.
East Pittsford pond is to be stock
ed in the spring with 10000 wall-eyed
pike fingerlings.
Newport ice dealers are preparing
to cut the annual crop of ice. The ice
is nearly eighteen inches thick.
The Brattleboro Board of Trade is
sending out neat booklet setting
forth the advantages of the town as
manufacturing location and summer
resort.
A dog belonging to Chas. Plouff of
Barre, is credited with having stopped
a runaway horse the other day by seiz-
ing the reins In his mouth close to
the bit and hanging On until the horse
stopped.
George c. Underhill announces his
candidacy for mayor of Rutland on
platform with no-license plank.
Many others have been mentioned and
candidates for aldermen are more
plentiful than money.
John H. Page, who left Rutland In
! 1901 for Arizona to engage In copper
mining, has been appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt secretary Of the terri
DRY to succeed the present incumbent
whose term expires about April LIST.
Eight persons over 80 years old,
two of them over 80. died In Barnet
F., last year. At present there are thirty
people in that town past 80 years, 18
women and ~ men. The oldest In
town is Mrs. Margaret Gleason. now
in her 9th year.
Miss Elizabeth P. Wilds. Of Middle
bury, was the fifth member Of the
sophomore class Of Smith College,
Northampton, Mass. to membership
in Alpha, one of the large literary 80
cieties. To be one of the first selected
is considered great honor by the can
didates for membership.
At a recent meeting of the subscrib-
ers of the Mortified Trust Co., It. was
announced that the amount of capital
stock subscribed Is now $3S,500, of a
total of $4,000 1t is confidently ex-
pected that the entire amount will be
subscribed by March rs. to which time
the meeting was adjourned, and when
plans are expected to be formulated
for launching the new bank.
The report of the examination of the
eyes and ears of pupils In the public
schools of Burlington shows: Number
of school buildings where examinations
were held, 10; pupils examined, 1906;
number found defective. ass; per cent
found defective, q; number of boys
examined, S96. number of boys found
defective, %; number OF girls examin-
ed, go; number found defective, 239;
per cent found defective, rs.
The Frost Veneer Seating Co., OF
Newport, has been obliged to lay of
another set of men. This time If
teen were sent home which makes
about sixty that have been laid on
since the first week In December
Prouty and Miller have been Obliged
to shut down their mill near the round
house. This firm now has only one
mill running out of the three in New
port, and that one is working but
eight hours day.
The drop In railway freight business
had not touched Island Pond In De-
cember as in that month the number
of loaded freight cars passing Island
Pond was 9,06S. During the year 1907
there were 1884 cars handled east
and west, the largest traffic since 1901
when the number was 79,741. Com
putting the business on the increased
capacity of the cars Of the present day,
the freight handled in 1907 exceeded
| tbot of ION hy On nor Cant
The Rt. Rev. Bishop J. s. Michaud
of Burlington has approved the plans
| for the new church of the Holy Inno-
cents at Rutland and the work OF con-
struction will be begun on or before
April /. The contract which has been
awarded to c. W. Spear, Of Burling-
ton calls for a structure OF rock faced
blue marble with marble trimmings OF
a lighter color Provision has been
made for the expenditure OF between
$50,000 and $4,000 about half OF
which has been raised.
A. H. Cheney has received his APP
pointment as postmaster at Stowe for
the ensuing four years. having held
! the office for ten years. The once
became third class or presidential four
years ago. The growth OF the busi-
ness for the past ten years Is shown
by the following figures: Ten years
ago the postal receipts for one year
were SHAFTS; for the past year they
were $2,910.59. In 1897 there were
| 1892 money orders drawn, amounting
to $7,351.22. In 1907 there were 1922
orders drawn amounting to $500.
John Page Brown. of Ludlow, well
known horseman and trader. reached
This 9Sth birthday anniversary last
Saturday At the Middlebury fair last
fall he was being carried from his bug
gy when he was dropped on the
ground, weakening hip bone. He Is
making good recovery, but is still
confined to the house Of his niece
where he makes his home. Even In
recent years Mr.. Brown has Travelled
long distances by team and train do
ing business after the manner OF
much younger men.
The directors of the Orange County
Telephone Co., one of the largest In
dependent companies of central Yer
mont, have decided to withdraw from
the Vermont and New Hampshire In
dependent Telephone Association and
run their business alone. They say
their connection with the association
has been onlya bill ofexpense. These
connections gave them entrance to
bradford, Topsham, and White River
Junction. The Orange County -Tele-
phone Co., has about 1,5OO telephones,
located principally among farmers In
|Orange and Washington counties,
having central offices In Montpelier
and Barre.
Robert Chamberlin, who recently
eloped with Boston young woman
was followed as far as White River
Junction by his wife and relatives and
caught in a tran ON Chamherlin s