The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-31
STATE NEWS

Thursday elected secretary Of the
commission of uniform state laws at a
meeting held in Chicago.
A cattle judging demonstration by
Prof George p. E. Storey of the Uni
versity of Vermont will be a feature
of Brattleboro's guest day.
Owing to the fact that the Vermont
National Guard is mostly in Texas, all
plans have been abandoned for hold
ing of the annual muster this year.
Rev. Theodore j. POLICEMAN of Bos
ton has accepted a call from the Con
gregational church at Putney and will
take over his new pastorate Septem-
Der /.
Chaplain Thomas resignation as
chaplain of the LIST. Vermont infan-
try, stationed at Eagle Pass, Texas,
has been accepted and he is on his
way to Vermont.
John Worrell, Polander, was the
first one to be caught in Springfield's
atter-t to rid her sidewalks of the
bicycle nuisance. He paid fine of
81 and costs in court.
The West Wardsboro Baptist church
has received official notification of
legacy of $4,000 bequeathed to it by
the will Of Mrs. Caroline Johnson AL
len of Gardner, Mass, a former resi-
dent of the town.
Frank Gallup, aged 81, of Whining
ton, accompanied by his daughter
his granddaughter and his grandson
climbed Haystack mountain recently,
leading the party both ways. This
was his first time up the mountain in
81 years.
Farmers in the towns of Bethel,
Stockbridge and Rochester will at
tempt to form cow-testing associa-
| ton by October /. At least 266 herds
are necessary to make the venture a
success. At present there are over
forty such associations in Vermont
Blue, Monadnock, and Ascutney
mountains will be among the peaks to
| be illuminated throughout New Hamp-
| shire and Vermont next Saturday
evening. The center of the impress.
sive spectacle will lie in northern New
Hampshire among the Presidential
| range.
Manchester is this season entertain.
ing the largest number of summer
| guests in its history of town as a
| summer resort, and that dates back to
the latter zoos All the hotels there
and in the neighboring town OF Dorset
are filled and there are no vacant
rooms in the houses that have such
rooms to rent.
William Horner, of Stowe, has heard
from his brother, Fri Horner, former
ly of Cambridge, who it had been re
! ported, was killed on the European
war front Mr.. Horner is at present
serving in a company at Shornclih
England.
The shrapnel shell contracts of the
F. h. Patch Co., of Rutland have beer
nearly completed. the plant having
been running with day and night
shifts for months.
The Rev. Theodore j. POLICEMAN o.
Boston has accepted the call from the
Congregational church at Newfan'
and will begin his pastorate Septem
Der !.
Miss Ethel Pitman, who is well
known by Inhabitants of Jamaica anC
vicinity. has become the wife of eX
acknowledgement Major Duke Of Sha
kleford. Eng, near London. Tit
bride has passed her summers in ia
maica during the past seven years.
Murray Wheeler. son OF Mrs. j. b
! Wheeler OF Rutland, was one of tn,
winning crew at the national regetti
at Dartmouth August II and II, ant
got as a prize a white jersey with
blue "D' thereon. The Duluth boy
won their events both days, they wer,
coached by Ten Eyck. the noted oars
man.
4 government weather station ma
been established in Rutland for tn
first time in many years. II, in fact
there has ever been one there before
G.. II. Ross OF West street is in charge
There has been such station a
Wells for the past % years but then
are no others in that part OF the state
The sun shining through an uppe
window in the Logan house at Mid
dlebury set fire to some matches lyin
On the dresser the burning matche
set fire to a celluloid comb. the blaZ
spreading to the dresser scarf, an
from there to a window drapery. la
not someone happened to 90 into tn
room the result would have been niue
more serious. As 1t was the blaz
was soon extlnguished,
p. j. Henry of Burlington. specia
officer sent out by Secretary OF stat
Guy w. Bailey to investigate automt
bile law violations. who was in Stow
Friday, went Sunday to Waterbur!
While In Stowe he found il necessar
to report violations OF license. spec,
or light regulations by 80 out of .
cars which he stopped.
Charles +. Lowe. cashier of Tn
Montpelier Savings Bank & Tru,
Co., has been selected by the Mon
pelier members OF the Democrat
, party to run Tor city representatiy
and II is probable that he will be OF
t posed by William 4. Lord or JOSEF
j. \. Brown, both OF whom have al
. nounced their candidacy for the oihc
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