The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-12
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen
Counties In the State.

SSeut'Se ~ e'S SseeSs
From 1875 trees Mrs. Jennie L. Bill
of South Albany. has made 1,1lD
pounds OF maple sugar this year
Loyal Wright of Middlebury, the
Oldest man in Addison county, is ser
iously III at the home of his son,
samuel Wright. He is 81 years old.
Miss Katherine Hutchinson, who
has been starring this season with
the Elsie Janis Opera Co, is visiting
Capt mad Mrs. l.. NJ. Hutchinson her
parents, in Montpelier.
Secretary OF State F. G. Fleetwood,
of Morrsville will deliver an address
before the Vermont Association OF
Boston at Hotel Westminster May 10,
the anniversary Of the capture of
Ticonderoga.
w. II. Horton, who has been purser
of the steamer Vermont on Lake
Champlain for the pas. eleven years.
has been appointed captain OF the
steamer Sycamore on Lake George
TO succeed the late Capt. James II.
Manville, who died In Albany, n. Y,
four weeks ago of heart failure.
The nine little foxes now on exhi-
bition In the window of Rutland
store which were captured in Pitts
ford by Wilfred and Louis Gagnon,
were first discovered by Miss Leone
Gagnon while she was gathering ar
butus and she called her brothers
who dug the animals out of their den.
S. e. Thompson. principal of the
Montpelier high school, has rendered
his resignation to the school board.
Mr.. Thompson plans to pass year
abroad, studying most OF the time in
Germany. The board of school com,
missiOners at recent meeting re-
elected the entire board of teachers.
OF these, Miss Choate aud Principal
Thompson have resigned and their
places will later be filled.
While on his way to Rutland. where
Inc had been subpoenaed to tes-
tify in county court, Ira Morse of
orwell, dropped dead on the station
| platform at Leicester Junction Thurs
day. When Mr.. Morse left home he
was apparently In the best-of health.
| His death was due to apoplexy. He
was about 60 years old. Beside his
wife, Mr.. Morse Is survived by three
daughters and two sons, all Of Orwell.
The sale OF the property of Tracy
& Howe, of Bolton, consisting of
1000 acres of timber land and mills
and houses TO the Band Lumber Co.,
a corporation organized under the
laws of the state of New York is the
largest timber deal that has been con
years. Fox Sponable, the president of
the company. is there with his asso-
ciates closing up the deal. The con-
sideration Is $1,000 II is said that
the new company will put on large
force Of men and turn out a finished
product.
Although the business depression
and the great advance in the price of
paper have largely reduced consump-
ton and many paper mills have shut
down, the one of the international
Paper Co. at Milton is reported TO be
running full blast with rs men work
ing in three shifts, night and day.
The product OF this twelve-grinder
mill is about fifty tons of pulp a day
which requires from eighteen to
twenty carloads of wood. About two
carloads of pulp are shipped away
each week and already more than
500 tons of dry pulp are stacked fol-
future needs.
Mrs. Maria Masciadri OF South
Ryegate, the Italian landlady, who
,l. k. saht ~ Anrn 4 4
when the officers raided her boarding
house for liquor was located In New
Hampshire this week by Deput,
Sheriff John ID. McAllister and volun
tarily surrendered herself Thursday
When she reached Wells River sh,
was placed under arrest and at the
trial pleaded guilty to keeping intoxi
eating liquor with intent to sell ant
Isettled by paying a fine of $500 mt
costs, the whole amounting to $325,14
The liauor seized the night of the
raid, which was spilled, included 81
gallons of Italian wine, As gallons o
lager beer, some rum, and some gin.
Edward Stone, who pleaded no.
guilty 20 charge of robbery In III,
recent case at Monroe, N. H., neal
McIndoes Falls, in the court at lie
banon. N. H., was found guilty re
Gently and sentenced to not less thar
Ave or more than eight years IN Con
cord, n H., state prison. The respond
ent was not represented by counsel
He occupied n prominent seat In the
court room and was given an oppor
tunity to ask the witnesses any ques
TONS which he refused to do, The AIRS,
witness called was Arson c. Moore
who claimed that he was assaulted
and robbed by the respondent. Inside
OF sixty minutes the case was given tt
the jury which was out ten minutes
returning verdict of guilty.