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VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest from Fourteen
Counties of State.

Counties OF otdto'
George Schmidt the Rutland aviator
is booked to fly early in May at Prin-
ceton. n. j., on the occasion OF the
first baseball game of the season play
ed by the Princeton team. He VIII
carry one passenger
Davis & Davis, Washington, patent
attorneys, report the grant, this week
TO citizens of this state OF the follow
ing patents: J. Hardness Of Spring
field. twining tool G patents), T..
Simard of Winooski, bodyharness and
umbrella support
state Treasurer Il. H. Deayitt is.
preparing the insurance agents lcen-
SEES which will number about 3IOO
each agent having a license for each
company he represents. The licen-
SEES are dated April and every agent
is required by law to have one.
The net proceeds Of the "kollese
kakewalk at the University of Yer
mont, Burlington, were S523.OS The
total receipts before the expenses
we're taken out were $S47. The re-
port shows a gain in net receipts OF
$50 over last year
As soon as the weather permits
$500 apple trees will be set out on
the Gordon farm in Grand Isle. by
Mantle will be used in digging holes
to set the new trees and another
force of men will be employed In
trimming the 500 trees already on
the premises
A letter received from the Rt Rev,
Arthur c. A. Hall of Burlington, says
that he is growing stronger and
feels in very good health. The elm
ate in Raleigh, n. c., is mild. He will
pass about month there, and will Wis
II several places en- route home in
! MAY. stopping awhile in Philadelphia
Henry C. Brownell, one of the Am
erican Rhodes scholars at Oxford.
England, In a letter to his father in
Burlington, says that many English
people fear that the coal strike will
bring on foreign complications, mean
ing that Germany might take the op-
portunity to ueclare war against
Great Britain.
The condition OF Elder f. V. Snow
the Mormon missionary at Barre who
was stricken by smallpox and remov
ed to an improyised pesthouse at the
city farm, continues favorable, and
the attending physicians are sanguine
that the case. which has been mild
from the start, will be the only man
Hesitation OF the disease in Barre.
According to reports sent to the
state library commission, the library
at Dandy has the largest circulation
proportionately, In the state Ac
cording to the population each per
son takes out II books yearly ant
according to the patrons of the II
brary, each takes out "a books. There
are 101 people in the town and 1856
books in the library.
1t is proposed to have a new say
ings bank and trust company in Ran
doph and to obtain a charter thil
fall. This is to be run in connection
with the national bank. but is not L
take the place OF the savings depart
ment Of the national bank. which i!
to be opened July l. A petition sign
ed by 40 men headed by Chief Judg,
John w. Rowell has already beer
procured to be presented to the leg
islature.
Ex-senator George +. Edmunds for
I manly Of nffrltnufAV. a min 90
resident OF Aiken. S. c., has tendere,
his beautiful house in that city to tn,
Episcopal diocese of South Carolina
to be used as the diocese shall Sc,
nc. The house, valued at $4,000
would make an ideal site for WON
ans college and no doubt the dioces,
will devote 1t to such purpose.
The Rev. T. NJ. Merriman, aged 81
years, retired Baptist clergyman
and a former pastor OF the church II
Newport, who died In Somerville
Mass, March Z, preached the dedica
ton sermon for the union church II
Newport In 1SiS. Mr.. Merriman wa
writer OF more than ordinary abilit,
and numbered among his literar,
productions are books entitled 9TH
Trail OF History" william. Prime,
OF Orange and Roger Williams
VII 'ated."
Vanderbilt Webb OF New York
chairman OF the Yale News, and on
OF the most prominent members o
the junior class at Yale Universit
New Haven, Conn. was stricken wit
appendicitis few days ago while Il
the News Office and FASTENED to hi
homo In New York. whore he wa
operated upon, lie Is said to be mai
ing good recovery. MIR. Webb Is
son Of DR.. w. Seward Webb. owne
OF Shelburne Farms at Shelburne, Il
this state.
J Since rest room was establlshel
In the basement of the city hall a
/ Montpelier last December over go
3 visitors have registered there. Tn
number of December visitors VIII
, registered in the guest book we're i7C
the January callers lao and the Eel
! ruary visitors IA Thus far In Marc
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