The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-02
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LlAA EItIttl l~AlN AANAA-e IAr1--N-+
a Us annual meeting the other day.
As George Roberts. Dr., uas hand
ing a gun. saturday. az his home IN
Sheiburne. il vas accidently dis
charged. the bullet going though
enc Of the fingers o. his right hand
The tent caterpillar campaign has
just closed in Barlingtoa and iI7issi
egg masses wee destroyed during
the period. The first prize vas
awarded Carl Stringer. who brought
in Jesse.
The overwhelming vote 10 exempt
the proposed new Barre ho.el from
taxation for a period OF kye years In
dicates that the hotel will surely be
put up. The vote IN favor OF cx-
empiion was $50 and against sas IS
A few days ago. between North
field and Roxbury. the southbound
passenger train. leaving Montpelier
a. s5s. blew the whistle OF and
when IL fell IL struck an Italian lab
orer. iniuring one leg. The whistle
weighed A. pounds.
Both the University OF Vermont
and Middlebury College are On the
list OF IFS American colleges and uni
vorsities recommended by the As.
ISOLATION OF American Universities
70 the Pressisn department Of educa-
ton for the recognition OF bachelors
deg
The Rev. A. W Fo-d. has rendered
10 John r. Weeks. chairman OF the
penal board. his resignation as chap
lain OF the State prison az Windsor
Mr.. Ford was dismissed by Superin.
tendeni Lowell and Immediately rein
stated by Governor Fletcher and has
served until the present sine. His
resignation takes eject May !.
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Living
ston. for many yeas well kn2wn
Methodist pastor OF northern Yer.
mont. died al his home in Johnstuwn
y. Y. Friday. aged exactly 50 years,
Friday being his birthday. In the
early ministry he served the Meiho-
dist churches at Richiord 1.-TWO pas
to-aies). Wilnston. Swanton and lat.
/ or Castleton.
Twin sisters. Edith and Esther Gil
man, daughters OF Frank b. Gilman.
a seloctman Of Royalton. are two Of
the three high honor graduates OF
Whitcomb High School. Bethel,
Frank Putnam OF Stockbridge. being
the third The class has Is memb-
ers OF whom the IN zee persons nam.
ed VII speak at graduation. the other
AT class day exercises.
On resolution offered by Alder
man Burditt at Rutland Monday
night at n special meeting Of the
board. the budget presented az the
last regular meeting by Mayor Henry
c. .Brislin, containing an estimate OF
expenditures for the coming year,
was pared 10 the tune Of $3.50. The
principal curtailment came in the
sewer department, cut from S7i50 10
$4,000.
Charles 3. Parker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Parker OF West Rut.
land. and his wife, Mrs. Patience
C-uz in safety and comfort according
TO n telegram received by the mans
parents. Mr. Parker. who was con.
nected with the American embassy,
left Mexico City In the party OF
Charge d'Anaires Nelson O'Shaagh-
messy.
Mrs Fed whi;temore OF Brattle-
boro discovered Sunday tina. house
hold goods which had been stored
! had been ransacked. Neither Mrs
Whittemore nor her sen had beea at
the house for week as they have
been occupying rooms. Every trunk
had been explo-ed. and two raccoon.
skin NUTS valued at S25 each. a sill
yer water pitcher and two silver
soble.s valued al s35. and many 9th
er articles, were stolen.
Tillotson w. Gibson. a member. OF
the firm Of CHM & Co. book publish
ers, died the other day at his home
az Winchester. Mass lie was a na
tive OF Qucechce. being born there
Ga yeas ago. After graduating from
Dartmouth College in 1874 he wenl
to work for CHM & Co. and became
a member of the firm about 20 years
ago. For IA years he was in charge
of the Chicago office OF the company
and had the distinction, II was said
of having sold more school books
than any other man.
John Francis Schumacher. coXwsir
on the United States battleship Flor
ida, who was killed at Vera Cruz late
Tuesday, was a former residen. Of
Rutland. He lived in that city more
than six years ago, when his parents
resided at Ludlow. His family NOV
ed to Brooklyn. where he enlisted
and was detailed TO the hattleshig
New Hampshire. He was % year;
old. He distinguished himself dur
ing the Hudson-Fult9n celebration
by displaying courage in rescuing
comrades when number of men In
the boat were drowned in the Moth
river.