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VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest from Fourteen coun-
ties of State

Items of Interest from Fourteen Coun-
ties of State
BY the will of the late George Van
Dyke of Lancaster, ~ H., the million
aire lumber king, the Methodist church
at Canaan will receive a bequest of
$1,000.
Repairs on Lyndon Institute amount
ing to S3,600 are nearly completed.
An agricultural library and laboratory
equipments have been given by The
odore n. Vail.
City delivery service has been or
dered established November /, as fol
lows: Newport two letter carriers,
one substitute carrier, Is street letter
boxes and IL steel posts.
After shaving governors and mem
bers of the Legislature for thirty years
being the oldest working barber in
Montpelier, +. j. Pereau is to sell out
and move to Dorchester, Mass.
1t is understood that a call has
been extended by the Randolph Fed
Grated church to the Rev. H. E. Hink-
ley of Weston, Mass. to become its
pastor and the church is awaiting a
reply.
A man named Scott from Groton
was found lying by the side OF the
railroad track near Newbury August
Is. having been struck by the mid
night passenger train and probably
fatally injured He was taken to the
hospital at Woodsville, n. II.
At meeting of the Woodstock Inn.
Woodstock, Tuesday the Harvard club
of Vermont was organized with about
forty charter members Officers were
elected as follows; President, w. b
&c. Stickney of Bethel; vice president
DR.. w. S. Stevens of St Adams; sec
rotary and treasurer, II. b. Shaw of
Burlington.
The Rev. r. R. Carly, pastor of st.
Bridget's Roman Catholic church at
West Rutland is arranging a series
of entertainments to raise money for
the celebration of the golden jubilee
of his church in July, 1910. Several
hundred dollars in repairs and alter
ations will be made before the anniv-
ersary, work being already under way.
The automobile traffic is now the
heaviest that Manchester has ever ex-
peIienced and nearly fifty cars are
some nights quartered at the Orchard
Park garage. In addition TO those
who pass the night or longer. there
are many luncheon parties each day
at the Equinox house so that there is
hardly a day now when there are not
twenty-five parties registered.
Company NJ. LIST Inf, V. N. G., of
Burlington made the best record in
target practice at the range in North
field this year that was ever made In
the history of the company The men
were put through the regular target
practice on the various ranges of
from 200 to 900 yards. Five of the
company qualified as experts, eight as
sharpshooters and 29 as marksmen.
There was a skirmish drill and i'm this
form of target practice Sergeant Hud
son made 81 out of a possible 100
points.
Leo Muzzy died at the home of mis-
son, David Muzzy on the road between
Morristown Corners and Johnson
Sunday night of old age. being 100
years old December Sth last Mr..
MuzZy was born in Canada but had
been a resident of Vermont since ear
ly manhood and had resided in Nor
ristown since 1866 with the exception
of short residences in Stowe and John
son. He had enjoyed remarkable
health until last May and retained his
mental faculties until two weeks be-
fore his death
r. s. Retau wno has been state
manager of the Equitable Life Assur.
ance society, with headquarters in
Burlington, for the last five years will
leave September to take charge or
one of the six agencies of the com.
pany IN Boston. During his resi-
dence in Burlington. Mr.. Retau has
been particularly active in religious
work. For four years he has been
president of toe local Young Mems
Christian association and for three
years chairman of the executive com.
mittee of the Vermont State Sunday
school association. For the present,
at least, there will be no successor to
Mr.. Retau as state manager of the
Equitable.
Mrs. +. NJ Goodenough of Brattle-
boro, has handsome tiger cat about
year old which is possessed of I'M
usual intelligence and will perform a
great many thicks. Some of the
most difficult ones are rolling a large
bucket, standing on it's hind legs and
wheeling a large doll carriage with
pet hen in it, and jumping a hoop.
Many other feats are included in the
cats repertoire. Several photographs
have been taken of the animal during
his performances. One of them was
taken on the lawn where the cat was
playing with the pet hen mentioned
and had ais forepaws clasped around
the hens neck as If embracing the
bird. The cat appears to enjoy the
performances and learns with little