The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-22
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen
Counties Of State.

Counties Of State.
senator Carroll S. Page of Hyde
Park is at home from Washington for
a few days.
AZ the Proctor hospital in 1908 the
number OF patients treated was 495,
of whom 362 were free; house pat
tents, 174
state Fish and Game Commissioner
II. G Thomas of Stowe reports lar
ser number of deer killed so far this
month ia all last month.
A young buck deer weighing about
70 pounds was killed By dogs near
Garfield recently Game Warden Ste
vens is investigating the ownership
OF the dogs.
Mayor W. ]. Bigelow of Burlington
has accepted an invitation to deliver
| the Memorial day address in Rich
mond. The exercises will be held on
Monday, May 80.
Russell HENDERSON, of Hyde Park
was taken to Burlington last week to
answer in the United States court to
an indictment charging the forgery of
la pension check.
A new grand stand is to be built on
the grounds at Morrisville this spring
/ by the LamOille Valley Fair Ground
Co. II will be 1872 feet long and will
seat 1000 people
Mrs. Ira Gray of Underhill has
goose famous for laying good sized
eggs. Her last effort was an egg that
weighed ten ounces and measured
eleven by eight inches.
Superior Judge E. /. Waterman has
issued an order for Sheriff H. L. Ste
vens to take Mrs. Peter Shatney the
woman who recently shot Daniel Ba-
ker OF Eden, to Waterbury for exaq-
nation as to her sanity.
The Rutland Retail Milk Dealers
association has decided to reduce the
price of milk from seven to six cents
a quart and also to lower the price
of cream from II to 10 cents a hal
pint bottle. The prices will go into
effect April l and last six months.
The directors Of the Addison Coun
ty Agricultural society have added |
green race to the fair attractions, tn,
purse being $3.50. The handical
stake race will be another novelty
The total to be expended on races viii
be $4,000. A sum not to exceed $50
additional may be expended on tract
improvements.
u7t o,r,r,ittaa on mon, orio1e ON,
for marking historic sites in Buring
ton for the Champlain tercentenar
has adopted general plan to pei
lmanently mark a few points as men
orials and others temporarily for tn
benefit OF the many strangers that vii
be in the city during the celebration
and the summer.
The milk report In the bulletin JUS
issued by the state board of healt
shows that seven samples taken wer
found watered The seven town
from which the watered samples wer
taken We're as follows. there being on
dealer from each: Rutland, Burlinl
ton, Newport Bristol, Clarendon
Chester and Weston.
The stockholders of the Nationi
White River Bank at Bethel have v,
ted to reduce the capital stock frol
100000 to $4,000 The reason {
this reduction is that owing to tn
large amount Of money on deposit /
the bank the institution will have an
pie funds for conducting its bushes
and meeting all local calls with tn
lesser amount of capital stock.
The barn belonging to George
Kelley, of Hinesburg was burned
the ground Friday afternoon about
to'clock during the absence of the far
lily. The cows were consumed. II
ueighbors formed a bucket brigat
and by hard work saved the building
3 of James Bird which were closely a
S iacent The origin of the fire is III
known
The Brattleboro board of trade be;
Il the Women's club in a big spellir
match the other night and the indi
idual credit goes to John f. Gale
b Guilford, who for a long time Wa
obliged to spell five times as man
words as those competing against hi
Mrs Howard c. Rice misspeled "ga
~ leried" and Mr. Gale spelled it co
3 rectly, thereby winning the principi
b prize of $40 in gold. The object
the match, for the civic governmei
of Brattleboro, filled the house.