The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-22
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest from Fourteen
Counties Of State.


tea, coffee, cocoa or lemonade at the
rest room at Brattleboro.
The new Congregational church aat
North Pownal, replacing the struc
ture destroyed by fire, was dedicated
Sunday afternoon, June 9.
Lightning during a shower recently
struck a wire fence in Pawlet and
killed three valuable Holstein COWS
owned by John w. Clark and valued
at 5000.
Joseph Papineau of Stowe. who is
past "a years old, assisted in split
ting 60 cords of hard wood and piled
about 70 cords of hard wood during
the winter
Through the contributions OF alum
nj and friends of Goddard Seminary
ARE, the board of trustees has au-
the starting of the new alum
nj building, which is to cost $4,000
At the 69th graduation exercises OF
st. Johnsbury Academy Thursday
81 were graduated William
Babcock of st. Johnsbury and Miss
Hatch of Royalton were the
honor students.
Officers are searching in the vicin
ity of Rutland for Frank Wilson who
escaped from the Great Meadow pris
on at Comstock, N. Y, where he was
a "trusty" and $50 has been offered
for his capture.
March NJ Wilson of Randolph who
has been chairman of the state Ii
brary commission since 1907, with
offices at the state house, Montpelier
has resigned. His successor has not
yet been appointed.
Incensed at the failure of the
street car company to furnish enough
cars for the crowd returning to Barre
from the music festival at Montpelier
Friday night, several of the 112 pas
sengers refused to pay fares.
Confirmation was administered tC
1877 Catholics in Rutland Sunday by
the Rt. Rev. j. j. Rice of the Bur
lington diocese. OF this number IA;
were from st. Peters parish and s.
from the Holy lnnocents church.
Mrs. Hannah Waite, OF Putney, re
Gently picked peculiar blossom
from a crabapple tree. After the
other blossoms had fallen, this was
discovered on the tree. 1t measured
three inches in diameter and had Il
petals. much resembling rose.
Miss Mabel Beebe of Swantor
made a portiere while in California
recently, composed of 5000 eucalyptus
nuts. which were punctured anC
strung with alternating beads of gilt
The nuts are of silver gray color
Such portieres sell in California FOL
$35.
The Brattleboro tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION, having received permission
from the state board OF health, will
open the tuberculosis camp as sooI
as quarters undergo renovation. Thu
work for the camp was begun sever
al years ago by the Brattleboro Won
ems club.
Mrs. Languay of Westminster, wal
seriously injured in a peculiar man
ner recently. A COW was tethered oil
the side hill near the station and Mr.
Languay was passing that point wheI
the COW jumped upon her and tramp
led her to the ground. The unfor
tunate woman sustained broker
bones and was otherwise injured.
Loo Sung Yoo, a 10 year old Chi
nese girl. said to be the adoptet
daughter of Mrs. j. Lee Of Brattlebor'
was taken in charge by immigration
officials at San Francisco on the ar
rival of the steamer Nile, on the RI
port of Captain Eccekelson tina
Miss Yoo had complained during tn
voyage that she had been beaten b.
her guardian. Miss Charlotte John
son, who was taking the girl iron
the mission school in Shanghai to tn
Lee home. Mrs. Lee formerly was
mission teacher.
Mrs. Julia Mandana Hanson @
Starksboro, who died June 4, at tn
advanced age Of rs years, was
daughter of the Rev. David Ferguson
who was a nephew of Bishop HeC
ding OF the Methodist Episcopa
church. Her mother, Julia Ameli
Bushnell, was a near relative of Doc
tor Bushnell, the eminent divine. Mr.
Hanson was educated at the Tro
Conference Academy and Fort EC
ward Institute. She then chose teac
ing as her vocation and for sewers
years most successfully pursued thi
line OF activity.
Miss Roa Eaton was a passenge
on the steamship Venezia sailing 10
Naples. Italy, June 6. Miss EatoI
whose home is in Bristol, for tn
past year. has been heard often |
concert and salon engagements, an
musical critics who have heard he
have pronounced her one Of tn
greatest coming stars and advised
season abroad. Miss Eaton sails di
ect for Naples to coach with Sebai
tlan and perfect herself for gran
iH'Ads que VIII dbibod oOni
time. being joined by her mother, Mr.
Emma Eaton. in the fall.
f. S. Halves, state forester, report
the supply of salable seedlings Il
this year has been exhausted. TIL
number sold this spring was 535.O0l
which is $4,000 in excess of last yea
Many orders were received after III
last plant was sold. The governmer
sells seedlings at the low price OF
per thousand for three year ODDS an
SO for two year olds. Vermont
now considered one OF the leadin
states in reforestation according TO II
size. The pine has been the mos
popular Seeding. but many spruc
seedlings have been set out.
James c. Jones, son OF Albert
Jones of Burlington. was found dea
on Mt. Lowe In California last weel
the cause of death being given as
runfurpd norfn Mr. Ionac uaa hnr