The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-06
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest From FSurtsen
Counties Of the State.

OOuHtlGe OF wv OhoNS'
The hopes Of Bellows Falls Masons
for many years seem about to be rea-
lized in Masonic temple The plans
call for a commodlous lodge and CLUB
house, the purchase and remodeling OF
the Wyman Flint house on Westmin-
ster street adjoining the library lot, Z
and total expenditure of $4,000 A
stock company will be organized and
as the Masons affiliated with the local
bodies number 1868 it is thought the
plans will go through.
United States Steamboat inspectors
Holt and uoodhue have about com
pleted their work for the year. Thirty
eight inspections have been made the
past year which is about the usual
number. The territory includes Lake
Champlain and Lake Memphremagog,
Twenty-Five operators licenses we're
granted for q term of five years
against seventy-five the previous sea-
son. These are TO operate naphtha
boats TO carry passengers.
The butter test made at the Valley
fair. Brattleboro, Vt, by J. l.. HIS d.
rector Of the Vermont experiment sta
ton and professor Of agricultural
chemistry in the agricultural college
OF Burlington, Is completed. Vinnie's
Jewel Colanthe End which won the
grand championship cup offered for
the best dairy bred female at the fair
won the cup offered by the Holstein-
Friesian association Of America. This
COW also won the $Z5 prize offered FOR
| the COW yielding the largest amount
OF butter in "a hours Her yield was
2.29 pounds.
The annual meeting Of the Vermont
Historical society will be held In its
rooms at the state house, Montpelier,
I Tuesday afternoon, October 40, at z
O'Clock. The date and order OF ex-
ercises for the public anniversary have
not yet been fixed but will be duly an
nounced. II is proposed TO make the
anniversary exercises this year a
Champlain tercentenary meeting and
| It is expected an address Will be de-
Nyered on that occasion by the Hon.
Henry w. Hill of New York. Ex-GoV
w. w. Sickney Of Ludlow is the pres
ident Of the society.
During the month OF September
there were rs state cases heard IN
Burlington city court. OF this mum
Der AZ we're for intOxication. The
other classes of offenses are divided
as follows Larceny 10; breach Oh TIE
peace Z. truancy / violation OF hack
ordinance 4; embezzlement /; open
and gross lewdness 2; violating oioy
Gle ordinance =; burglary 4; Liquor
cases g. The amount imposed II
fines and costs WAS $4,000. Th'
other cases were disposed OF b.
straight sentences, continuances, no
presses. etc.
The Rutland Railway Light & Pow
er Co, has taken advantage OF tn
extremely low water in Chittendel
dam to clean out to large extent tn
, logs and stumps and other vegetation
from the bed OF the dam. Many log
in good condition are being found an
! there is also considerable pulp WOO
: which can be taken from the resel
: voir. This work will be kept up q
long as the water remains as low a
4 II Is at present The company 81
!. poets TO get more or less salvage on
/ OF the logs for many OF them can b
sawed
! William Edmond Sleeper, for man
years manufacturer OF straw good
=. in Boston, died early Friday morpin
!. at his home In the Hotel BeaconsAel'
a BrooRline, Mass. Mr.. Sleeper VIII
. was In his 5Srd year, was born In Ne
port Center and was educated In thu
4 town and Montpelier. He went
!. Boston soon after reaching his al
!. year and mad been engaged IN
manufacture OF straw goods eve
- since. He was a member OF s
Johns Lodge, +. and A. NJ. Mr.. Slice
er is survived by his wife and on
daughter.
= Eta May Barrett, the adopte
\ daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank SER
ner OF North Calais, Was scalded
! death Thursday morning at her hon
The child was about fourteen mont
\ old and was playing about the hous
The children in the home had mac
pot of tea which was placed on
table and the baby climbed up enoue
n to get hold OF the teapot and tipped
< over upon herself, burning her fac
10 breast and shoulders. The burr
W were so serious that the child live
" but a short time. She is n daught'
of Mrs. Grace Murdoch Barrett vi
N lived in Chelsea. The child was ado
J.. ted nearly a year ago by Mr.. aud MI
ID Scribner.
% A serious accident occurred at Il
"A store OF the Burlington Drug Co, III
~ day. when Joseph Cote was badly G.
y, By a broken carboy Cote had file
a n Eve gallon carboy with water al
W was putting II in place on wat
lie cooler. To do this It is necessary
R. invert the carboy As he was DOH
IN this the glass broke, cutting him abo
Is the hand and wrist The tendons al
n some arteries were severed. Ehor
e. we're al once made to keep him fro
ie bleeding to death II was found nc
essary to remove him to the Ma
Fletcher hospital and his condition
very favorable. no danger from blot
= poisoning being anticipated Asson
4 of the severed tendons were oonne'
\ ed with the fingers, Il is feared tn
the control of the fingers will be p'
TALLY lost.