The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-09
STATE NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Wing, OF
Pmney, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary New Years day.
From January / to December 80,
1913, Mrs A. J. Chaffee OF Stowe
gathered 2,S4S eggs from flock of
35 hens. She received $4,000 for
eggs sold.
Dr. +. o. Blanchard OF Randolph
has invented a sanitary shaving cup
which is soon to be put upon the mar
ket by the following men, who have
formed a company DR.. +. O. Blan-
chard. Thomas Fitch, of Chicago and
the Rev. Fraser Metzger of Ran
doiph.
Sargent Constantine was brought
before Judge Porter in Hardwick
municipal court, charged with cruel
ty to one of his daughters in punish
ing her He was found guilty and
sentenced TO not more than three
nor less than two and one-half
months in the county jail.
Bellows Falls was remarkably free
from fires during 1913, there having
been no bell alarm since July s,
when there was chimney fire in
dwelling owned by the Moore &
Thompson Paper Co. The greatest
loss from any one fire was $1,000.
when the lunch room of A. l.. Young
was Quilted In the whole year,
there were eight bell alarms and ten
still alarms
j. Frank Kidder. superintendent of
the Burlington water department.
has invented meter testing ma
chine, which seems to be much more
efficient than anything yet put on
the market, and a patent has already
been applied for. Mr.. Kidder ex-
poets to begin the manufacture of
the machines at Burlington about
February l. Travelling statesmen will
then be put on the road. The ma
chine has the advantage of measur-
ing both the volume and weight of
water.
Henry L. Bowles of Springfield,
Mass has paid for the construction
of a dam in the brook which runs
through the farm at Vermont acade-
my and therefore the new stretch
of water formed has been called
Bowles pond. This winter it is a
valuable addition to the athletic adj
vantages Of the school, being used
for ice hockey and skating. as well
as the annual supply of ice.
The directors of the West River
Cow Testing Association have en-
gagged Walter j. Wright of that
town. graduate Of the Lyndon In
stitute. to take charge OF the associ-
atoms official work for the coming
year.
There is a possibility that Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Ham
lin will make some changes in the
methods employed in the inspection
of baggage of people coming into the
United States and that the United
States will employ the same methods
as are used by the Canadian officials
when baggage is taken from this
country into Canada. At the pres
ent time this government has Gus
toms men stationed in Montreal
Quebec. Ottawa and other cities and
the district of Vermont has six such
men now working in Montreal.
Their method is 10 board the trains
at these points and inspect the bag
gage en- route so that there is no de-
lay .at the border and the trains
come right through These officers
may be taken ont OF those cities and
instead placed along the borders
IN case this is done the trains will
be stopped az the line and a consid.
cradle delay viii he caused while
the luggage is gone through. The
Canadian officials now stop the trains
in that manner. Or there is much
baggage The delay viii probably be
90 least a hair hour and this would
oblige a change in schedules and
cause no little trouble 20 the trans.
portation men as well - % frsvef.