The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-18
VERMONT NEWS
Items or Interest From Fourteen coun
ties OF the State.

ties OF the state.
Co.. Albert Clarke OF Boston has ac-
cepted the invitation OF Roberts Post,
G. A. X. Rutland, to give the Memorial
day address In that city this year
Mrs. Ruth Joslin OF Waitsheld who
IL In her Doth year, suffered slight
shock VI paralysis recently but her
condition now IL slowly improving.
Having shown symptoms OF hydro
phoba, the dogs OF James Mutually,
John Hutchinson and u. II. Smith OF
Randolph have been killed. This
makes total OF 20 CANNES.
Isaiah Raymore Of Highgate, aged So
years, went to Randolph Wednesday,
making the trip unaccompanied. He
will remain in Randolph for few
weeks with his son, Joseph Raymore.
o. NJ. Barber Of Bennington, John
II. Senter OF Montpelier, and j.. p
Slack Of St. Johnsbury members OF the
committee to investigate double taxa
| ton, are In session at Rutland for all
| the week.
The Founders day Grafton at the
University Of Vermont, Burlington,
will be delivered by the Rev. Allan
Conant Ferrin, 49, pastor of the High
street Congregational church at Low
ell, Mass.
The directors OF the school union
of the towns of Bristol, Lincoln,
| Starksboro, Monkton and New Haven
at the annual meeting, voted to raise
the salary OF Supt A. w. Eddy from
$3.50 to 1880.
A. c. Dixie of Bristol who was SER
ionsly injured in the wreck at Vergen-
mes, December 4, 1906, and who sued
the Rutland railroad for $4,000 has
settled with the company on terms sat
isfactory to both parties.
The Hooker, Corser & Mitchell over
all factory at Brattleboro which has
been running with a reduced force
since January !, has begun running on
| full time and with a full force OF help.
Nearly 200 hands are employed.
Pauline the one year old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Steinhouser of
Bethel was playing about the house
the other day when she fell over on
to q. woodbox striking below the chin
and cutting nearly off with her teeth
large piece of her tongue.
Miss Gertrude Stewart, graduate of
| the Rutland high school. class OF '99,
who is doing missionary work In China
| Is located at Wuchang. which Is not
more than half dozen miles from
Hankow where disastrous floods have
created such great loss of life.
Whooping cough has been reported
TO Health Officer DR.. Clarence +. Ball
of R'stland. thus far this month from
nine families, each family averaging
about three cases. One case of diph-
iberia. one of measles and one Of
him.
Fay, the four Year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Perkins of Con
cord. was badly kicked by colt re-
Gently. The child, seeing the colt
drinking from n bucket of sap, went
out 10 drive il away, and when found
was i'm an unconscious condition, her
jaw being broken and her lip and
chin badly cut
State Tax Commissioner ]. Il. Cush-
man. Of Burlington. is in Montpelier
checking up the delinquent corpora
tons that did not pay their annual
license taxes due on or before April
/, and. while exact figures are i'm
possible, il is said the number will
be small. Religious and cemetery as
sociations did not have to pay taxes
Miss Helen Maria Butler, daughter
of Fred NJ. Butler, of the law firm OF
Butler and Moloney, Rutland. and
John A. Barney, who is associated
with the Rochester Clothing Co. in
that city, were united in marriage by
the Rev. Eugene Haines, pastor OF
the Baptist church, Wednesday eve
ming, the ceremony taking place al
the home of the bride Mr.. and Mrs
Barney will reside in Rutland after q
two weeks trip to Boston.