The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-14
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest from Various Parts
OF State.

OF state.
Miss Fern Westover, WaterVllle
girl. was badly burned recently at
school She heated coffee she had
taken for her dinner and removing the
cover. the pail exploded, burning her
face. chest and one arm.
Serg CLAYTON b. Smith, 10, Co. B.
54Sd service battalion, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ronin d. Smith Of Pittsneld'
Mass. died OF wounds Oct. l. He en-
listed in the engineers July 20, ana
went overseas on Sept 10 He was
born in Manchester
Rev. Richard II. Clapp, pastor OF the
Center Congregational church in Brat
tlehoro. has accepted the call extend
ed to him by the First congregational
church Of Northampton, Mass. lie
has been pastor of the Braftleboro
church since March, 1916.
Fred McEntee of Monkton will be
confined TO his home for some time as
a result of an accident which happen
ed at his home few days ago As he
was chopping wood the axe glanced
and struck between the first two
toes. cutting a cash five inches long
and an inch deep The bone of one
toe was splintered.
A suit has been brought in Rutland
county court by George Goodell OF
Mount Holly against H. T. and George
LaBar Of Delaware Water Gap, Pa
in which he seeks to recover bal.
ance claimed to be due for the sale OF
Christmas trees. The original bill
amounted to S1,27125 and the plaintiff
claims there is still $55S due him.
Camelia, four year old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Miello OF Rutland. was
badly burned a few days ago when,
during her mothers absence from the
room she climbed onto a chair and
took a grid1le from the stove, her
clothes catching fire just as her moth
er returned. The flames We're soon
extingui.hcI. but not until the child
had received bad burns on the arms
and abdomen
Helen r. Norris, a 10 year old Bris.
/ toll girl was arrested in Burlington re-
Gently just as she was about to run
away with soldier on the next train,
the warrant charging her with being
a delinquent and sincorrigible child
Her family is good one, but they de
cfded that nothing short OF instruc
ton at the industrial school would re
form her. and the court sentenced her
0 pass the remainder of her minority
.cre
Windsor and Orange counties in
Vermont and Sullivan and Grafton
counties in New Hampshire are tC
act as a unit in seeking to obtain the
services Of United States govern
ment wool Inspector to come to thai
section during the wool season to in
spect and allot a price on the product
The plan has been tried in New Yorl
state, where, it is claimed. a better
price is offered as result of the pro
posed cooperation and inspection by 1
national government expert.
A peculiar contest took place il
Sharon last week, when two deer
fighting interlocked their antlers an,
death resulted. Each had eigh
points. The fight between the tw,
deer occurred Wednesday evening
close by the residence of Allen Cham
berlain in he Lake Mitchell club dis
trict The noise of the contest wa
heard by Fred May who is in the EN-
ploy OF Mr. Chamberlain, and hasten
ing to the place the deer were foun,
with interlocked antlers and lyin
each on one side Of tree. One o
the deer was dead, but the one aliv
could not release itself and II wa
shot by Mr. May, who at once notifies
Fred o. Billings Of Sharon. who is tn
Windsor county game warden Gam
Warden Billings at once made an in
vestigation and il was learned tina
the deer began fighting at the top of
nearby cliff, eventually falling an
striking the tree, one on either side
Mr.. May was exonerated from al
blame in the killing the second deer
Game Warden Billings sold one of tn
deer in St Johnsbury and the othe
in White River Junction.