The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-03
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen
Counties In the State.

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With extra good sleighing around
Chester, the lumbermen have been UNI
usually busy rushing logs to mill and
wood to the villages.
With the new year the post-office
at South Walden will be discontinued
and its patrons served by rural free
delivery route from East Hardwick,
The number of packages handled at
the Rutland postoffice during the holt
days up to and including Christmas
day was at least one-third greater
than in any previous year.
States Attorney Benjamin Gates of
Montpelier, has notified keepers of
pool rooms that they must not allow
minors to visit their rooms unless they
have a written permission from their
parents.
The state treasurer has paid the
city of Montpelier $3615i, rs share of
the permanent highway fund 20 Off
set this, the city has paid me state
$4,000, its proportion OF the state high
way tax.
1t is expected that the receipts of
the Brattleboro post-ofiice this year
will carry it into offices of the first
rank. The receipts at Brattleboro
have been exceeded only by those of
the Burlington and Rutland offices.
George n. White of Montpelier
killed a chicken for Christmas dinner
the other day and in the gizzard found
white stone larger than a robins
egg. The stone weighed about two
ounces. Mr.. White says the chicken
was in apparently as good health as
any on the roost.
The announcement by Charles De
f. Bancroft, of Montpelier, that he
had kept diary for forty-nine con-
secutive years attracted the attention
of G. Fl. Bacon, of West Berlin, who
tomorrow will have kept dairy
every day Of his life for an even half
century. Mr.. Bacon is now 81 years
old, and began keeping dairy when
he was II years old
Harrison Earle, Civil War veteran,
died at his home in Rutland Monday,
age II years He enlisted in Company
G 9TH Vermont regiment, December 10,
1863 and was in service Is months. Mr.
Earle was in several noted battles and
was confined in Libby prison several
months. He was member of Roberts
Post. G. A. r. He leaves lis wife,
two sons and two daughters.
The henhouse of John O'Rourke of
Woodwardville in West Rutland was
burned one night recently by chicken
thieves, forty hens and ROSTERS per-
fishing in the flames. The robbeds car
ried off two turkeys, while another
one escaped. being found by the fam
lily in a tree to which it had flown the
night before when its mates were
housed. The loss is estimated at 5000
Results of the analyses of malt ex-
tracts examined at the state labora-
tory a short time ago have been sent
to dealers where the samples were
obtained thirty.nine samples were
found to be illegal under the pure food
law because of improper labelling with
respect to amount of alcohol contained.
Prosecutions will not be made unless
further analyses find the same condi-
tons prevailing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Hill, of Lincoln,
present the following summary OF
business done at their hennery in
1907; Hens 200 cost of feed 5000; |
sales of eggs, $3.50; net profit, $3.50; |
profit hen $l75. Figuring the hens
to be worth 80 cents each, or 500 in |
all, profit of Sl75 was made on the |
business. A man working at 1.25 a |
day will earn $500 in year, or only |
$40 more than Mr.. and Mrs. Hills |
hens.
In the course OF an address on |
United States Customs Service" by |
Col. G. S. Emery of Newport collec- |
tor of customs for the district of
Memphremagog, to the Mems Club
of the North Congregational church. |
St Johnsbury, the fact was brought |
out that the district of Memphrema-
cog receives more loaded cars than
any other district in the United |
States and also has 1000 foreign yes.
sells to examine annually on Lake
Memphremagog.
At meeting Of the directors of the
Rutland Old Ladies' Home Thursday
afternoon it was announced that Ma
hum P. Kingsley, of that city, had
given the home a Christmas gift of
$4,000 which is invested in securities
bearing per cent interest. Only the
income is to be used, the principal to
be kept intact as part of the institu
tons endowment fund which now
amounts to $4,000. The gift Is in
memory of the late Mrs. n. p Kings
ley, who was former president of
the home.
A. C. Merriam of Elmore, lives on
a farm that has twice been struck by
meteors. The last time was in June
when a thin piece of rock weighing
two pounds and one ounce, dropped
out of the sky. It is seven inches long
and four inches broad in its widest
part. Grass and brakes around the
spot where 1t struck were burned.
Fifty years ago chunk of meteor
weighing ninety-nine pounds buried
itself in the farm. but was unearthed
to adorn the front piazza of the Mer-
RAM home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Drew, who
were married in Burlington, quietly
celebrated at their home in Montpelier
Thursday the ffty-third anniversary
of their marriage. Many of their
friends called on them to extend con-
| gratulations and wishes for many re-
turns of their wedding anniversary
For thirty-three years Captain Drew
was local manager of the American