The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-24
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun
ties Of State.

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The Rutland city poor department
cost $3,590.29 last year compared with
| $2.96S.29 in 1906.
John Mudgett of Randolph at the
age of So years has just successfully
undergone an operation for strangula-
ted hernia.
Town Clerk Frank ]. Simmons of
Woodstock reports the vital statistics
of the town for the year of 1907 as fol-
lows: Number of marriages, 3d.
births, "A; deaths, 49,.
Rutland has another candidate for
the mayoralty in the person of II. o.
| Carpenter who consented to become
candidate after being waited upon by
large delegation of citizens.
The annual harvesting of ice from
the North branch of the Winooski riv-
er In Montpelier has been begun, the
ice being from ten to twelve inches
thick and of excellent quality.
Mrs. Mary Stone is the oldest per-
son in Cabot. having passed her 9lst
birthday anniversary. She attended
the Christmas exercises and seemed
to enjoy them as well as any one pres
ent.
Capt. Henry A. Slocum aged SO
years, an old time whaler who died
Jan. 18th at Dartmouth, Mass, was the
father of Allison w. Slocum, professor
of physics in the University of Yer
mont at Burlington.
The state board of medical registra-
ton. which completed at Montpelier
Thursday its three days examinations
OF candidates wishing diplomas to
practice medicine In this state, will
meet next in Burlington Tuesday, July
IA.
Jerry Perkins of Rutland aged IL
years. for tampering with the switches
in the railroad yard was given some
good advice by Grand Juror H. r.
Kingsley but no action was taken
against him as the little fellow evident
ly did not realize the seriousness of
his act.
Several state printing contracts have
just been awarded by the commission
er, F. +. Langley, of Barre. The Tut
tie company of Rutland will print he
grand list books and school registers
for 1908; Dean W. Edison of Montpel-
Ter the inventories: and The Burling-
ton Free Press the National Guard reg
ulations, new edition.
Miss Margaret f. Chestnut of Bur.
| lington who has been granted years
leave of absence from her duties as
| official reporter OF Chittenden county
court, sailed Thursday from New York
on the steamer Carmania of the Gun
| ard line for Naples. Miss Chestnut
will be absent for year In Europe.
| e. f. Lockhart, pay department, u.
| S. army, who has been stationed in
Burlington for the past year. is reliev-
| ed from duty with Captain Holden pay
master, United States army, and will
proceed to New York City reporting to
the chief paymaster department of the
East. for duty. Mr.. Lockhart will be
succeeded in Burlington by j. A. Hill
of Omaha. Nebraska,
C. Bogini OF Barre, has started for
Italy to claim his share of the fortune
of $4,000 left by his uncle to be divid-
ed among three nephews. Mr.. Vogini
has been employed as a stone cutter at
| Barre and was married about year
ago. His wife and their child will re-
main in Barre as he expects to return
there in the spring.
The February Century Magazine in
an editorial on New Hope for the
Forests" in connection with letters
from governors Of several states con-
tains the following from Gov. Fletcher
ID. Proctor, of Proctor: 1T seems to
me vigorous action for the preserva.
ton of our forests is very important.
This, 1t seems to me, Is especially
true in the Eastern states"
1t is expected that Rutland will have
new industry within a few weeks,
the Bryant & Gary Manufacturing Co.,
of East Middlebury, manufacturers of
small wooden boxes, having agreed to
locate in Rutland II $1,000 can be rails
ed in that city as an inducement The
company will employ from fifteen to
twenty men. II is said that as the bus
mess is steadily increasing and has
outgrown its present quarters a sufflc-
lent inducement was offered to take It
to Rutland.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
II. G.. Thomas OF Stowe Is receiv-
ing many complaints of dogs chasing
deer. Some OF them are: A deer found
with broken leg In Mount Holly,
ordered to be shot; Bartonsville, deer
chased by dogs and partly eaten;
South Londonderry, deer chased by
dogs found with broken leg and
killed by warden Reports of deer II.
legally killed have been received from
Westford, Pawlet, West Bradford,
and Franklin.
An impromtu fox hunt was start.
ed in Taftsville "a village in Wood
stock on a recent Sunday by hound
of unknown ownership chasing fox
through the main street Of the little
hamlet The harassed animal ran
through the school yard worshippers
there getting fitting sight of the
chase with Fred Whitney and his gun
closely following. The fox was killed
and was found to weigh twelve and
one.half pounds.
James F. Hooker OF Brattleboro
president OF the Vermont Republican
League, has gone to New York to
attend meeting Of the executive
committee of the National Republi-
can League at the Republican Club,
81 West Fortieth ST., today. The COM
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