The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-14
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen Coun
ties OF State.

OpOu tht StTSnStn Ol petition CIT
culated among the patrons of the
postofiice at South Walden the order
providing for the dIscontinuance of
the office. the patrons to be supplied
by rural free delivery, has been re-
scinded.
A Newfane farm was granted by
New Hampshire to Artemus. Bruce In
1916. and has remained in the posses
sion of his descendants on the Bruce
side since that time. William T.
Bruce. OF the fifth generation, is the
present owner.
A subordinate lodge of the Vermont
State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry
has been instituted in Burlington I'M
der the name of Champlain Valley
Grange. there being &C charter men,
bers. most of whom are from the near
vicinity of Burlington.
The Rev. A. C. Brown of Essex
Junction, is confined to the house as
the result of an accident early this
week. He was attending to his fur
mace when, probably by an explosion
of gas. he was burned about the face
so as to cause inflammation of his
eyes.
Mrs. George Longeway. Of West
Deeply, narrowly escaped beng badly
burned while lighting the FIRE one
morning recently Her hair, which
was down, caught fire and her cloth
ing caught from that. Mr.. Longe-
way. hearing her scream went to her
rescue and extinguished the blaze.
Attendance at the public schools in
Rutland is less than usual owing to
a great deal of sickness. Many of the
teachers are i'll and to their number
has been added Miss Louise r. Nc
Farland who is suffering from injur-
les received by being knocked down
by two dogs who were chasing each
other.
One of the best bits of scenery be-
tween Brattleboro and Clifford,
tract containing from fifty to sixty
acres Of timber, is being obliterated
as the trees are being cut off by
II. D. Moulton OF Monson, Mass. The
timber is mostly pine and the owners
Of the land plan to replace 1t with
seedlings and by the planting of pine
seed
The legislature Of 1906 appropriated
$1,000 for the purpose OF cataloguing
the books, manuscripts, maps, medals
and collections of the Vermont His.
torical Society. This work has been
begun by Il. NJ. Goddard. librarian Of
the society. who Is assisted BY Miss
Martha E. Spafford of Rutland 1t is
expected the work will take several
months.
Mrs David p Gushing of North
Middleboro. Mass. formerly Mrs.
Emile Miller of Lyndonville has been
very successful in raising angora cats.
At the December cat show in New
York city her cats on exhibition won
first and second prizes and she sold
one for $50 to go to Virginia and two
others to New York parties for SIS
each.
A message received in Mortified
from Maj, H. W. Hovey bore the
news that he had arrived at Tacoma,
Wash, and expected to leave for
Mortified yesterday. Major Hovey
has been in the Philippines for the
past two years and was recently re-
tired from the services Of the United
States army because OF i'll health.
Mr. and Mrs. George ID. Wright
quietly observed the siytieth anniver-
sary of their marriage January 6 at
their home in Burlington A few rel
atives and friends who happened to
know of the event, called, but Mrs.
Wright, not being in good health,
was able to see only a few. Mr..
Wright is in excellent health and is
familiar figure on the streets.
The receipts during the, past six
months OF Company A, list Inf,
V. ~. G., Rutland, were 1,303.S9 and
the expenditures $l.269.35 which
leaves balance of s34.04 The re-
ceipts included S473.T5 from the state
and 5000 from the government. The
men got the most of what was spent
Captain Hyland says the company is
in the best condition in years and
that the rank and file are taking an
active interest in the work
An unprecedented gain In the bust
ness of the Brattleboro postoffice Is
shown in the summary of business
for 1907. The gross receipts for the
year were $37. 404.22. an increase of
$4,7S0.20 over 1906. This increase
makes a practical certainty that by
April |, the beginning of the fiscal
year of the pOstoffioe department
the business Of the Brattleboro office
will have reached 100000 which will
entitle the office to be ranked in the
first class. The net revenue to the gov
eminent in 1907 was $2l,556.23 or
s3,276.S9 more than for 1906, although
the expenses were increased during
the last half year
Capt. Henry o. Wheeler of Bur
lington, treasurer Of the l.. and L..
Mott Home, South Hero, against
which institution mismanagement Is
charged, says that the matter REFER
ed to has been thoroughly investigat-
ed by the trustees of the institution
and the majority of them are of the
opinion that there has been no ground
for the complaints which have been
made. In regard to the charge that
the institution was run by five trus-
tees instead OF seven, as required by
law, he says that seven had been
elected but one resigned and another
had failed to attend the meetings,
and that there was no intention OF
evading the law in this respect
noViff'o 7 itt1e EARLY RiSerS are the