The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-16
STATE NEWS

that H. C. Lampher saw four feeding
in his yard at one time one day re-
Gently.
The Village Improvement society
of Cabot have voted to appropriate
$50 for keeping the lawns and park
in good condition and free from litter
or rubbish.
A porcupine was found in a carload
of wood shipped from Montgomery
to st. Adams when the car was open
ed at the yard of Boswick Brothers
Friday morning. A gun was secured
and the animal shot.
Amos ]. Eaton of Royalton has
| been appointed by Governor G.. w.
Gates as member of the state board
of agriculture and forestry to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of c.. Fl.
Green of White River Junction. Mr..
| Eaton was member of the 1912 Leg
islature.
The use of the parcel post-window
at the Burlington postoffice for the
sale of revenue stamps has been sue
cessful. During the month of May
| $432.55 worth of stamps were sold.
| The total amount sold through the
window since the new plan was adopt
| ed is over 800.
| Neither to Wilmington nor to Ar
| lington belongs the honor of having
| the first library established in the
| state. In Middlebury in 1898 was or
| gained library that antedates both
the Libraries established at Arlington
| and Wilmington, according to
statement recently issued by the Mid
| dlebury librarian.
| AS o. c. Sawyer was running a
| gasoline engine at his home in Shar
on recently, his frock became caught
in the wheel and he was thrown
/ round and round with great force I'M
| til the arrival of c. I'll. Barrett, who
stopped the engine. Mr.. Sawyers
| arm was broken and he was bruised
| about tho head
H. G. Scruggs, in his automobile,
/
| crossing in Fairlee one day last week
and his escape from death was al
| most miraculous. The auto was com
| pletely wrecked and Mr. Schuggs
was thrown 40 feet. He suffered on
| ly from few bruises and the general
| shock to his system.
Cairo Temple Ancient Arabic Or
der, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine. will
| have banquet and ceremonial SEES
sion in Rutland the evening OF Fri
| day, June Is. The mobiles and their
| ladies' will have an excursion ON
Lake Champlain to Bluff Point Tues
| day, June %. 1t is expected that
the band from Fort, Ethan Allen will
furnish music and the hotel orches-
ira viii play during the luncheon.
Signboards are to be erected at
the principal entrances to the village
OF Lyndonyille, announcing that a
speed of more than Is miles per hour
must not be taken by an automobile
within the village limits 1t is aileg-
ed that one reason for this ruling is
that at faster rate of speed automo
biles are very destructive to the
roads.
Frank Thayer was badly burned
while filling the tank to his motor
cycle with gasoline at Henry
Brooks store in East Warren Satur-
day evening. In some way the gaso
line caught fire and ignited his
clothes, and in extinguishing, it his |
right hand was so badly burned that
the flesh dropped from it. 1t is fear
ed that his hand may have TO be am
putated, as it is in a bad condition.
Orange Wells, convicted of rape,
was sentenced in Lamoile county
court to serve seven years in the
state prison at Windsor. The next
case for trial is that of the Burt Lum
Der Co, VS.. H. e. Shaw and w Hor.
ner, Stowe parties. This is suit in
replevin, both parties claiming that
the other has been cutting logs on
their premises. The case will prob
ably last all of the week.
OF the 1888 examinations made at
the state laboratory of hygiene Bur
lington, during the first quarter of
the year 1915, according to the June
bulletin of the state board of health,
230 were of milk, and of this num-
Der 103 were found to be below stand
ard, generally because dirty. OF the
"a specimens of other food products
examined 73 were found to be legal |
and wholesome, and IL adulterated, |
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