The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-28
VERMONT NEWS


Items of Interest From Fourteen coun
ties Of State.
Dennis Smith, aged so years, a Civil
War veteran, died Tuesday at the
home of his sister, Miss Ellen Smith
of Pittsford He was born in Pitts
ford and had always lived there ex
cept when serving In the 18th Yer
mont. Beside Miss Smith, another
sister, Mrs. John Hart, of Rutland, SUI
wives him.
Mrs. T. w. Moloney OF Rutland Il
the composer of the words and music
of church hymn, 20 Mary, Dear
Mother, How Fondly Flee" Mrs
Moloney has distributed about 500 cop.
les of the hymn. free to choirs and
others throughout Vermont. Mrs
Moloney Is soprano singer and q mu-
stefan OF considerable talent.
Overspeeding the machinery in the
grist mill of Il. w. Bailey 4 Co., at
East Montpelier Tuesday morning
caused the mill cap to explode. -Four
men who were at work In the building
narrowly escaped death from flying
pieces, some of which weighed fifteen
and twenty pounds. Nearly all the
window glass in the mill was broken
by the explosion and the damage was
several hundred dollars.
Fire at the hotel at Waitsfield which
had evidently been smouldering since
noon when the chimney burned out
broke out late Sunday afternoon
around the woodwork near the chin
ney but after two hours hard work the
blaze was extinguished after IL had
caused about 5000 damage. The ho-
tel Is an old structure, having been
built about half century ago. II is
now owned by George Carpenter who
also is manager of the hotel.
The epidemic of measles which has
been raging at Montpelier Seminary
appears to be over. Several of the
students had suffered the disease
previous to this time, so they did not
have to be quarantined. None Of the
students is at the boarding halls now
About half-dozen have gone to their
homes and have come down with the
disease since their arrival there. -Four
Cabot students became i'll of the dis.
ease on their return home last week.
The Barre city health officer says that
unless people take more precautions,
that city will have an epidemic of the
disease as 1t is spreading rapidly.
There are now fifteen cases reported.
There are many cases also in Will
amst0wn.
At the vesper services at the Uni
versity of Vermont, Burlington. We'd
nesday afternoon President M. H..
Buckham expressed his thanks and
appreciation of the recent action on
the part Of the student body endorsing
him for the United States Senate.
President Buckham said that in this
country, institutions of learning do
not send representatives to the ma
tional legislature. In England they
DO. For the action taken by the stu
dent body. the president expressed his
hearty thanks. He furthermore said
that Governor Proctor's act was just
what should have been done. 1--WE
hope, some day. to see him occupy his
fathers chair" President Buckham
further said that the governor had APP
pointed the man best fitted for the
place--a man eminently fitted by high
personal character, great experience in
legislative and executive affairs Of the
commonwealth man who will be an
honor to the state, an honor to the
college he graduated from, an honor
TO the high senatorial Office. Presi-
dent Buckham said In conclusion that
he was sure that the act of the COVER
nor met with the approval and APP
plause OF the people Of Vermont.