The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-11
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest From Fourteen coun
ties Of State

Elijah Eddy, of Clarendon lost
nine cows, valued at $500 in a recent
terrific thunder storm. The animals
were standing under tree in the
pasture and were struck by lightning
The operating revenue of the Rut-
land railroad for the month OF July
was S131, 0O505 and the operating ex-
penses were S236.266.36 leaving net
operating revenue OF $76.73S69.
Miss Katherine Mallory Carpenter,
daughter of ex-Mayor and Mrs. c. II.
Carpenter of Rutland, and William
Philip Prophet OF Bridgewater, Mass.
were married by the Rev +. W. Irwin,
pastor OF the Rutland Baptist church
Wednesday.
Ex-Gov Il. ]. Ormsbee OF Brandon.
has received from Washington. ID. c.,
a check for $2.75 for services render
ed as captain OF Company G, 18th VT.
during the War OF the Rebellion. Cap
tain 0rmsbee was discharged in
July, 1868 and this check, which
comes to him nearly half a century
later, is the result Of revision OF his
accounts.
Rutland will be well represented
in the various colleges this fall. send
ing at least thirty-two graduates OF
its high school to institutions OF high
er education. OF these trirty-two the
University OF Vermont will receive
ten, Middlebury college, seven. and
Cornell university two, while the re-
mainder are distributed singly in var.
ious other colleges and universities.
DIR. and Mrs. Sam Sparhawk and
children OF Burlington, left today for
New York and will sail Saturday on
the steamship Cleveland for Cher
bourg going thence to Paris. Mrs.
Sparhawk and children will pass sew
eral months In France, while Doctor
Sparhawk goes to Berlin. Germany 70
attend some clinics and do some
postgraduate work for about three
months.
There we're 20 births in the city OF
Montpelier during the month OF Aug
ust, making a total OF 1870 for the
year to September 1. which is the
highest number on record. Last year
there we're only about 200 births dur
ing the year and the next four months
will probably bring this years mum
Der above that total The number OF
deaths during the past two months
has been exceptionally light.
Chester Lyman OF Rutland, aged IL
years, met with serious accident on
Monday, while climbing on a wheel OF
an ice cart to get a piece OF ice and
while he was there. the driver OF the
team, not seeing the boy, who was
perohed on the spokes OF the wheel
started the team. Young Lyman's
foot became wedged between two OF
the spokes and was carried around
until Il came In contact with the
axle. When IL was extricated Il was
found that the ankle was badly shat
tered and the llgaments we're torn.
Two Harvard graduates OF Lynn
Mass. are taking n canoe trip from
Wells River TO Holyoke. Mass. The
canoe weighs SO pounds and they
carry something like 1875 pounds OF
baggage. including a tent In which
they sleep and pocket cooking out
at They had to carry everything
three miles by the falls at NORTH
Haverhill. NJ H.. and one and one
half miles at Wilder, and also at Bel
lows Falls. They report that people
were very kind and willing to sci
them provisions or offer any needed
accommodations, and declare that 4
Ia a delightful way OF taking an out
ing at a minimum OF expense and
maximum Of pleasure.