The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-18

Every town In Grand Isle county |
has voted money for permanent high |
ways to take advantage of the State !
aid law as follows: Alburgh, $500;
Grand Isle. $500; Isle La Motto, $500;
North Hero, 500: South Hero. $500 |
This is an increase over last year of
$500.
Charles H. Eddy. aged So years, is
dead at his home In West Brattleboro
Of heart disease. He was widely
known as the maker of the Eddy bev-
erages. having begun the selling of
birch beer on a farm in Guilford, and
80 years ago started in the bottling
business at Brattleboro.
The report of the seventh class Ii
censees in Washington county has
been made to County Clerk NJ. e. Smi-
lie of 1872 sales in the month OF Feb
ruary divided as follows: w. Il. Poole
Montpelier, 1909; Z. A. Brown, Barre,
SO; c. H. Kendrick, Barre, SO; J. X.
Isham. Waterbury, 30; f. F. Leayitt,
Plainfield, 30.
A largely attended meeting OF the
Franklin county bar was held at the
court house in st. Albans Saturday af-
ternoon when the proposed new rules
governing county courts and courts
of chancery were discussed at length.
A feature of the meeting was the adop-
tion of a memorial to the supreme
court favoring the robing of the judi
ges of that court
The Montpelier & Wells River rail-
road is having some trouble with
thieving. For several nights the COM
pany has been losing brake shoes
from the freight cars in the yard. 1t
is thought that they are stolen for
old iron. Another form Of theiving,
which has given the company some
trouble. is the stealing of oiled waste
which is used around the journals in
the car tracks.
Saturday evening Deputy United
States Marshal C. c. Graves of Bur
lington, brought before United States
Commissioner Martin S. Villas In that
city, Fred B. Morton of Barnard,
charged with obstructing the United
States mail, and Charles NJ. Davis of
Bethel, charged with misuse OF Uni
ted States mail. The former was ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of 800 and
the latter In the sum of 5000
w. A. Shepard of ST. Adams, find
ing his way blocked by two drunken
men as he was coming out OF his ten
ement, ordered them away and was
badly beaten. He was badly cut
about the head In several places and
generally pretty well battered. A doc
tor was called to attend the injured
man and was Obliged to take several
stitches in Shepard's head and face to
close the wounds. The men were ar
rested.
Friends of Town Clerk r. ]. Glea-
son of Waitsfeld think he is the old
est in point of service of any similar
official in Vermont Mr.. Gleason was
appointed by the selectmen to fill
vacancy in 1885 and has been reflect
ed town clerk at every March meet
ing since. His term of Office figures
over SO years while that OF ex-Gov.
S. e. Pingree of Hartford is so years.
Mr. Gleason has Just passed his SOth
birthday.
Francie Haywood of South Ryegate
aged so years, who finished a days
chopping Tuesday, exclaimed "an-
other days work is DONE" drove his
axe into log to stay until the next
day. and dropped dead. Mr.. Haywood
had chopped all day without apparent
ly becoming exhausted. He had been
cheerful and joked with his compan-
ion. Heart failure was the cause or
death. He was born in Orange and
is survived by his wife and eight chill
dren.
The candidates for the battery Of
| the baseball team of Norwich Univer-
sity, Mortified. have been called out
and are practicing in the new cage.
There are ten men out and in addition
to Capt. Reid and other old men there
is some very promising material.
Coach Whitney has them working ev-
cry afternoon and expects to call out
the remainder of the candidates in a
week The corps is enthusiastic over
the work and the prospects are bright
for a first class team this spring.
A prolonged blast on the whistle of
the donkey engine at 2:15 Friday sig
nalized the completion of the great
dam across the Connecticut river at
Vernon. Then the last bucketful OF
cement was dumped into its waiting
form. Work on power house and
wing wall has yet to be done but II
will be possible to fill the immense
basin as soon as high water comes
lust when the company will be able
to furnish power is doubtful but the
date now set is about June ].
Neal G. Adair member Of the edi
torial stan of the Glens Falls Daily
Times and formerly resident OF Wal
lingford contributed full page Illus
trated article to the Troy Times Art
section in it's issue of Saturday. The
article was on the annual banquet
of the Glens Falls club held Saturday
evening at which ex-Gov. Guild OF
Massachusetts,, Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury Reynolds, Speaker
Wadsworth of the New York Assem-.
bly,, Senator MoGarren OF Brooklyn
and Judge Proudfoot of Ontario, Can
ada. were the speakers.
In consequence of the destruction
by FIRE. of the forms, type and other
material used In the publication OF
Waltons Vermont Register, the man
agement announce that this annual
book for 1909 will not be issued this
spring. II is proposed, however ia
publish the Register next fall for
1910. and to issue It annually there.
after early in November. The old
style and form will be adopted in fu