The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-07
VERMONT Nsws
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coup-
ties OF state.

In Brattleboro will have a baseball
team In the field the coming summer
No trace Of the Stowe postofilce bur
glars has been found and the opinion
grows that they have made good their
escape.
The Rev. N. M. Mayall who preach.
ed his farewell sermon in Wheelocls
last Sunday went this week to Block
Island to begin his work there.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Smith OF Bur.
ington expected to sail from Boston
today for q tour Of various European
countries to extend over two months.
It Is understood that the forty odd
houses and parcels Of real estate be.
longing TO the ate DR.. Edwin Porter
|of Mortified will be placed on the
market.
It will cost 81 900 to repair damage
which resulted from the biggest wash.
out Of the season in Randolph. The
hole is so feet across and from Is to
20 feet deep.
Harlow Estabrook, aged 90 years old
of Sutton, has not yet formed the hab-
II OF being idle and evidently doesn't
intend to. During the winter he has
split good sized pile Of sixteen inch
block wood.
Fred II. Whittier OF Montpelier. the
we'll known violinist has returned to
his home. He has been playing this
winter with Swift's orchestra at Hotel
Ormond, Florida. The season at the
hotel closed week earlier than usual
Karl Forsell, cornetist is expected
home In few days
Brownville Tin West Windsor) was
visited recently by an electric belt
fakir who gave his name as Eugene
w. Ball. OF South Berwick, Me. The
belt, which he claimed to be q power.
fully charged battery, was found, upon
being taken apart, to be composed OF
1.-TWO small discs OF zinc timed over,
with small square piece OF steel be
tween them.
Miss Alice II. Palmer, 10 years old
OF Bradford, was taken to the Cottage
hospital. Woodsvile. N. H., Thursday
night, and the large toe on each foot
was amputated Friday morning. Miss
Palmer was an employee at the Opinion
Office and while watching the large
press known as the Optimus both OF
her feet were drawn into the press and
badly crushed.
w. ID. Perry. who has been clerk OF
the village OF Brattleboro the past
fourteen years, wishes to retire from
0fiice In May, as with his advancing
years he does not feel like continuing
the duties in addition to his regular
work. His son. w. II. Perry, who has
practically done the clerks work since
last September. will be candidate to
succeed his father.
The Montpelier sugar market is
dull. The dealers are not buying at
the prices demanded by the farmers.
The prices range from eight to four.
teen cents pound for sugar, and 81
to $1.25 a gallon for syrup. The far
mers think about one-half OF the
sugar crop was secured ON the first
run but look for more sugar weather
before spring starts the buds.
As announced In The Messenger,
the Rutland board OF liquor license
commissioners has raised the fee for
a second class license from $1,000 to
81 500. This Is the highest price ever
for license allowing the sale of intox.
icating liquors In that city. The pri.
ices fixed for other licenses follow
First class. $1,000; third class, $3.50:
fifth class 5000 and seventh class 500.
At recent meeting OF the wantas.
|tiQuet Golf club at Brattleboro It was
voted to wind up the affairs OF the club
and committee was appointed for
that purpose. Although the club will
20 out of existence. II is probable that
the grounds win be kept open, as
from $500 to $4,000 is invested there
The decision to disband the club was
ldue to lack OF interest which is at.
ltributed to several causes.
A man supposed to be f. A. Pond
lwho committed suicide at the Lanker
SHIN hotel at Los Angeles. CAL, last
week, is believed to be DIR. Erastus
Arlington Pond. brother of DIR. T.
NJ. Pond OF Rutland who left Rutland
about ten years ago and was later In
burlington. and in Portland, Me. He
was a practicing physician In Rutland
for several years and was reported &c
be doing well at Portland.
Andrew J. Phillips has rendered his
resignation as choir master a,
Christ Episcopal church, Montpelier
on account Of poor health. his resig
nation to take effect at once. Until
May /. Frederick Keegan, who has
been with the choir a number OF years
will have charge of the music al
Christ church. Mr.. Phillips came
to Montpelier from Chicago more than
thirty years ago and has gained a
statewide reputation as a vocal In
structor.
The report of the state board OF
railroad commissioners on the acct
dent on the Bellows Falls & Saxtons
River Street Railway Co.'S line few
weeks ago In which eleven.year-old
Harry Mics was fatally injured. ex,
onerates the road from blame and In.
structs the town and village author.
tiles and officials Of the railroad to
enforce the state laws against allow.
Ing children to attempt to steal rides
upon the cars or motors. entering com.
plants against all who do 1t.
The Rutland board Of license com.
missioners has received twenty-six ap.
plications for Rutland's eleven liquor
licenses. There are eleven for first
class, ten for second class and Ave for
seventh class. The fee for second
class this year has been raised from
$1,000 to $500 the fee for the first
class remaining at the old figure,
$1,000. The Burlington commissioners
have received sixteen applications,
eight for first class. six for second
class and two for third class.
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