The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-21
VERMONT NEWS
items of Interest from Fourteen coun
ties of State

ties of State
Mrs. Margaret Torrance who died
at her home in Rutland Friday was
so years old.
James Howard of Somerset has dis
covered three bee trees that contain
ed $50 pounds of honey.
II. G. Thomas, state fish and game
commissioner, has issued 2603l hunt
ers' licenses up TO date.
The total receipts of tag day" for
ST. .Ioseph's orphan asylum at bur
lington amounted to S1542.
Marie Dressler, the actress has pur
chased a farm north of the village
of Windsor and expects to pass her
summers there.
James Ryan Rutland brakeman,
while connecting two cars attempted
to kick a balky coupling into place.
His foot was caught and so badly in
jured that it may have to be amputa-
ted.
Mrs. c. n. Howard of South Geor-
gia is said to have a flock OF hens
that nest. lay and hatch in trees One
hen has fine brood of chickens
which she Matched in the hollow of
an oak tree 30 feet above ground.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
of Vermont will hold its postponed
annual session in Cushing hail. Beth
el October q and 2S. On the even
ing of the last day a public session
will be held in the congregational
church addressed by prominent tenn
plars.
Farmers in Stowe report the corn
crop in that vicinity as unusually
poor and some farmers are not husk-
ing any of the crop. Potatoes are
bringing 40 cents a bushel and 300 to
400 bushels to the acre are reported
Apples are very scarce in the vicin-
ity
Among the interesting articles dis
posed of at the recent auction sale
OF the personal property of the late
Warren r. French, of Jericho, were
a snare drum which was used under
! General Stark at the battle of Ben
nington, and an autograph violin over
100 years old
H. NJ. Hume of Brooklyn who
| spends his summers at Sudbury was
arrested about a month ago for auto
mobile speeding since which a com
plicated legal tangle has arisen 1t
seems that the offense was committed
in Addison county, the arrest made
| by an officer from that jurisdiction
and trial on the case held in Middle
| bury, but Rutland county claims the
fine Of $50 imposed Mr. Hume plead.
| ed guilty over the telephone Judge
! F. G. Swinnerton of Rutland was in
( Middlebury Monday to straighten out
the affair He claims that Mr.. Hume
was arrested and pleaded guilty in
| Rutland county and that therefore
the fine is payable to that county.
Henry Edwards of Benson has a
| potato that weighs three and one-half
pounds From the same field Mr. Ed
wards gathered 80 potatoes that filled
bushel basket Speaking Of large
| potatoes and big crops E. J.. Morse
of Hartland recently dug a hill OF the
! black cOwhOrn variety which contain
/ ed ~ potatoes, 80 of which were
marketable. This hill was planted in
August, 1908. Mr.. Morse had about
a peck of old potatoes which he bur
led wishing to get rid of them. r.
Y. Dana of North Pomfret is talking
about a potato raised by him which
/ tips the scales at three pounds and
| two ounces Mason Mills of West
4 Woodstock has a tuber weighing two
| pounds and 10 ounces and w. J. Col
ton and Jake Duncan Of the same
town have each mentioned potatoes
weighing two and one-half pounds