The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-08
VERMONT NEWS
items Of Interest From Fourteen coun
ties of State.

ties of State.
The financial statement of the Val
ley Fair Association, Brattleboro, will
show deficit of $500 for the year
1907.
The proposed presentation of Gil
bert and Sullivan's comic opera, "The
Mikado', in Montpelier is given up for
the present, at least.
The Ferrisburg, Panton, Waltham,
Vergennes, and New Haven Thief De
tecting Society will hold it's annual
meeting at the Stevens house, Yer
gennes, next Saturday afternoon.
Fire resulting from child dropping
lighted match into a waste paper
basket resulted in about 500 damage
at the home of Frank Flint, of New
port.
Among the guests present at the
celebration OF Mrs. Tirzah White
ninety fifth birthday anniversary in
Bridgewater December 26 was Alfred
Sargent who is 81 years old.
The factory of the Estey Organ Co.,
,Brattleboro, which was closed Decem.
Der rs for the annual inventory, re.
opened January 6, as did the toy fact
ory of the S. A. Smith Co. in that place
The five Brattleboro banks began
the new year with deposits aggrega
ting $7,699, $4,000. The reserve and
surplus funds and undivided profits
amount to s1,245, 290S3. The depos
its in the two savings banks amount
to S5,733,2 59.96.
Robert Bourne. the young man who
was accidentally shot while hunting al
Pleasant Valley, Cambridge, last fall
has undergone two operations for the
removal of shot from his thigh since
returning to his home in Burlington
1t is expected that another operator
viii be performed soon.
Miss Fannie h. Austin aged "a year.
who went to Worcester, Mass, two
years ago from Shelburne to work a,
a trained nurse. died suddenly and az
| autopsy showed that the cause of hel
| death was spotted fever. She hat
been able to attend to her duties IL
the hospital until Friday.
A seemingly fruitless search is still
kept up by relatives of Mrs. Clarenc,
| Gravelin, of st, Johnsbury, who dis
appeared while attending the Gale
donia county fair September Is. Sh,
was Is years old, had been married
two years, and leaves fifteen-month
old baby to be cared forby her par
ents.
The merchants of Bellows Falls ar'
nearly unanimous in their opinion
| that the Christmas trade last year wa:
slightly larger than ever before, not
withstanding the many discouragins
things talked of locally. Both the
postofiice and the express Office repor
the largest local business ever tran
| sacted.
Prof. George Fl. Perkins OF Bur
lington, state geologist, is trying t
provide place at the state house fol
the jamestown exhibits when the,
arrive. The collection at the stat,
cabinet has increased so much durins
the past year that Curator Perkins
| demand for more room would seen
to be imperative.
| Farmers who have been in the habi
of using the Methodist church hors,
sheds at Barre are disgruntled at thei
being closed by II. +. Cutler, who ha.
bought the land. He has put up /;
gate and locked it in accordance witt
notice given the lessees prior to Janu
airy /. Lately the sheds have beer
little used Sundays.
Frank Barrett, the victim of a dee
hunting accident. who underwent al
operation at the Memorial hospital
Brattleboro, for the amputation of hi
arm, has now returned TO his home il
Chesterfield, n. Ii. The finding o
several shot holes in the lining of hi
coat near the heart shows how nar
rowly he escaped instant death.
John Calvin a Brattleboro stove dea
er, has invented an extension for asl
boxes in furnaces on which he is sc
curing a patent. The device consist
of a galvanized iron receptacle mad
to fit the opening of the ash box and
so arranged that the ashes may b