The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-05
VERMONT NEWS
items Of Interest From Fourtssn
Counties Of State.

Henry Slayton Of Stowe caught a
crow the other day that measured "a
inches from tip 10 tip Of wings. was
20 inches around the body. and weigh
ed three pounds
The Barton fair this year will 60
back 20 the . cent admission after
TWO years trial Of twice that The
oherbrooke, Que, price was the great
argument which induced a reduction.
Announcement Of honorary posi.
tons nc Boston University law school
include the appointment of Clinton
llobh, of West Brattleboro as senior
deans clerk. He is a brother of
Judge {. Ii. Robb Of the court OF ap-
peals Of the District Of Columbia.
Ex-Mayor Harvey Hersey Of Barre.
is a senior alumnus OF Tufts college.
aud was grc duated in the first class.
mat of 1851 and planted the first tree
on the college grounds, an elm that
Is now eight feet in circumference.
A. A. Dunklee OF Vernon has a herd
OF Jerseys which have made an excep-
tional record the past year, 63 having
given 6ll5 pounds of milk each on an
average. The butter made averaged
$50 pounds a COW. Fifty-three OF the
cows made an average OF more than
400 pounds of butter.
The annual meeting OF the Vermont
Commandery, Grand Army of the Re
public, will be held in Burlington Nav
y and l3 and will be attended by Com
mander in Chief Nevins OF Newark. N.
j., who, as is shown by the title Is at
me head of all the G. A. r. forces in
the United States
Mrs. w. G. Bellnap, wife of the pub
Usher OF the Bellows Falls Times. Is
seriously i'll, so that Mr.. Belknap is
not able to make the addresses SEIZED
uled for this week under the auspices
OF the state board OF education. His
place for two meetings in Caledonia
county will be taken by Mayor w. ].
Bigelow of Burlington.
The city of Montpelier has a bal.
ance OF about $1,000 on hand from its
various appropriations, with all bills
paid to February /. The poor depart.
ment was run about $4,000 inside the
appropriation and the school board
has $500 to its credit from the appro-
priation of $275OO. Eight depart
ments overdrew their appropriations.
Ice foi ned again Monday on Lake |
Champlain inside the breakwater at |
burlington and the dense cloud of |
steam that lowered closely all day |
over the surface of the water led |
many to believe that the broad\lake
had frozen over. This makes about |
the fifth time this season that the wat |
er inside the breakwater has frozen |
and broke up again.
A resident of Alburg says that large |
quantities of dead fish are floating |
down the streams into Lake Cham. |
plain at that point He spoke partic- |
uarly of brook called Mud brook.
which flows into the lake near Alburg.
where he said hundreds OF fish had
Heated down. 1t is supposed that the
shallow water is responsible for this.
the fish becoming chilled.
With trout fishing a month earlier
in Windham county, this year. as es-
tablished by act of the legislature,
fishermen there believe that in time
the season will open earlier through
out the state and that trout fishing
will be greatly improved thereby. The
anglers contend that II the season
opened when the water is cold and |
other conditions unfayorahle the |
brooks would not be skinned and that
the real pleasure of fishing would be |
spread over a greater period.
John f. Hastings aged 70 years a |
Civil War veteran, died Of Bright's |
disease at the Memorial hospital Brat
-leboro, Sunday. Mr.. Hastings sery-
I'd in Company c, 25th Mass. Regt..
and was a prisoner at Andersonville |
1e was native of West Chesterfield.
\. H. and lived in Worcester. Mass.
until after the war, when he went to I
3rattleboro and was employed as a
yoodworker until a year ago. He is
by his wife and one daugh-
err