The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-06
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest from Fourteen coun.
ties OF State

ties Of State
Rev. William Millar lately of Bris.
tol, has begun his new duties as pas
tor of the Congregational church at
North Troy.
City Health officer DR. G. II. Ball
announces that the Rutland water is
now all right, according to various
analyses of samples taken from fau-
Gets.
Harry b. Chamberlain of Fairlee,
since the war with Spain a captain
and quartermaster in the United
States army, has been promoted to
the rank OF major.
The last vestige of Ice in Lake
Champlain at Burlington disappeared
Monday This was quantity OF
floating ice that had been driven
against the shore south OF the city,
DR.. Frank w. Hewes of Groton,
Mass, a native Of Vermont, and a
graduate of the University OF Yer
mont, Burlington, has been appointed
a member of the staff of the fish and
game commission OF Connecticut.
Thirty-hve prisoners were commit
ted at the Rutland county jail during
April. Twelve of this number were
transferred from other jails Seven
names were entered on the blotter of
the house OF correction during the
month.
The Mortified weather bureau re.
ports that during the month of April
there were ten clear days, IL partly
cloudy and eight cloudy. The total
precipitation was Ito; snowfall, 1872.
The highest temperature was so on
the Goth and the lowest one below
zero on the 4th.
Rev Edward L. Elliot and Rev. o.
G. Wyman of Chittenden were ordain-
ed at the Wesleyan Methodist church
in Holden April 80. Mr.. Elliot will
| finish his course at Houghton college,
Houghton. n Y, within a year and
after completing his course, he ex-
poets to go TO Africa as missionary.
The school children of Burlington
are busy just now planting seeds
from which they expect great results.
Nearly 1000 packages of flower and
vegetable seeds have been distribut-
ed to the little people who pay
penny apiece for each package.
Prizes will be given in the fall for the
| best exhibits.
A brush fire on Geraldo Porter's
farm at Dandy Four Corners, came
near doing a great deal of damage
last Wednesday Eighteen men, wo-
men and children fought the flames
/ for several hours and finally succeed
ed in checking the fire after 1t had
burned over 60 acres and endangered
all the farm buildings in the vicinity
Several acres of timberland near
the house of correction in Rutland
were burned over Sunday and twelve
/ of the prisoners of the institution
were taken out to fight the flames.
The trees were mostly second growth
oaks and were probably not much in
/ jured At the Country club in the
same town, several men from the fire
department were sent out TO exiting
uish flames in the grass, and with
/ brooms. shovels and rakes they were
busy all the afternoon
NJ. F. Hillard, a well known farmer
Of Dandy, is the owner of freak
calf which was born recently. The
animal has but two legs and although
fully grown and with otherwise
fully developed parts is funny look
! ing creature The freak eats well and
seems to have good chance OF living
The legs are attached to the front
part OF the body. There is a small
tail which is partly grown on the top
of its back
Rev. Edward NJ. Fuller has as
sumed the duties OF his new position
as state secretary of the Sunday
school association in New Hamp-
shire Mr. Fuller was ordained at
Canaan, N. H., after which he held
pastorates in Gardner, Mass, and
Barre. For six years, following he
was the successful state secretary of
the Vermont Sunday School associa-
ton, resigning because OF impaired
health. After a protracted rest he
served two years as pastor OF the
church in Manchester He resides
at Concord ~ II.
Bernard Gibson, the three year old
son of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Gibson
OF St Johnsbury was drowned Sun
day in a small stream near his home.
Mr. Gibson runs farm belonging to
G. c. Cary of ST. Johnsbury and when
he went out to do the chores, his
small son accompanied him. Soon
the father sent his son back to the
house. watching him until he seemed
safely over the bridge which crossed
the stream Returning himself, in
about three quarters of an hour and
not finding the boy both he and his
wife went in search and found their
son dead and floating on the water a
little below the bridge
St Adams expects to hum with
building activity this spring, with a
four story apartment e. hotel of SO
rooms to be erected on the Weldon
lot at the corner of Bank and Maiden
streets; and a new school house, two
stories high and containing eight
rooms as the principal structures to
be built. Besides this the st. Adams