The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-20
VERMONT NEWS
items Of Interest from Fourteen coun-
ties Of State.

A lodge or the New England Order
Of Protection has been organized at
Randolph.
A few of the lower grades Of the
Proctor school are closed on account
Of the measles.
The session laws of the Vermont
legislature of 1908 and 1909 will be
ready for distribution March ~.
S. r. Pope of Jenersonviue, has
been elected a director Of the New
England Hardware Dealers associa-
ton.
Lyman Howe OF Essex Junction Gel
ehrated his sIth St. Patrick's day yes
terday by taking an electric car trip
TO Burlington.
Since last December State Master
C. f. Smith and Mrs. Smith of Nor
rsville have instituted n subordin-
ate and five Pomona oranges.
Aaron p Youtt was found dead in
his room at the Hotel Logan, Middle
bury Wednesday afternoon by Wilbur
Hamilton, a fellow h0arder He was
"a years old and was a Civil War vet
eran
An adjourned session of The Febru-
airy term of United States courts VIII
Doe held at Brattleboro beginning Mon.
day afternoon for the convenience of
litigants having eases i'm thar vicinity
The court win sit in Grange hail.
The prompt action of Mrs. Arthur
G Baker Of Wallingford in administer.
ing an emetic to her young daughter
Mildred, after she had given the child
two tablespoonful OF an acid in mis-
take for salts, was probably all that
saved the little ones life.
Miss Mildred Foster, daughter Of
Congressman and Mrs. d. J. Foster
of Burlington, underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the George Wash
ington hospital in Washington Wed
nesday morning. The operation was
successful and the patients rapid re-
covery is expected.
Ferdinand H. Pease, who has been
private secretary OF United States
Senator William p. Dillingham;. has
been promoted to the position Of
clerk Of the Senate committee on i'm
migration, to succeed Paul Dillingham;
who has a desirable position with the
transportation bureau of the Mer-
chants association of San Francisco.
Lake Champlain remains solidly
frozen and the ice inside the break
water at Burlington is thicker now
than IL has been at any previous time
this winter, being from / 4 to 20 inches
in thickness. Last year at this time
the ice was well hOneycombed. There
are few open places near the New
York shore but they are not large
enough TO give the wind an opportm-
ty TO break the ice II is not expect.
ed 10 start the Ticonderoga upon her
trips April 20 but if the present wealth
er continues it will be later than that.
The Vermont will not begin running
until May g. The boats will be Off
cered as last year
II H. Miller of the WEIGH Brothers
Maple company Burlington, advises
that reports on the maple industry
from central Ohio Indicate the largest
yield on record, with more than an
average amount already made and no
signs of the season winding up Nor.
them Ohio IN the western reserve dis
trict, where the largest amount is pro-
duced, report three-fourths of an av-
erage crop, with the producers still
at IT, He also reports that very few
have tapped as yet in Vermont but
that tapping will probably be general
next week with indications of an ay.
/ erage yield, or as much as a year ago.
The Vermont association Of Boston
invites Vermonters, resident of this
and other New England states. who
visit Boston and those who reside in
and near Boston to become members
and take an active part in the affairs
OF the association, to enjoy its enter
! tainments and to use its club rooms
at 60 Hotel Westminster which are
always open and in charge of an az.
! tendant. There the association has
a Vermont library and reading
room supplied with all the newspa.
pers published in Vermont. The oil
GERS Of the association are: President
Isaiah r, Clark vice presidents, Gen
Charles X. Darling and the Hon VIM
| Craig; secretary. DR.. Edmond A. Bum.
ham; treasurer, Fred G. Holden; chap
lain, the Rev. j. Harry Holden For
% years the association has main
tanned activities unprecedented among
| examinations Of Ire hind