The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
VERMONT STATE NEWS
Items of Interest from All Parts OF
State.


William d. Barrett, of Montpelier.
who was one Of ~ young men recon
mended at the officers training schoo'
in Plattsburg for another two months
course. will not take the training be.
cause he is only 20 years old and
therefore could not get a commission.
He can qualify as. a sergeant and may
enlist in the Regular army within a
few days
In Brattleboro municipal court Al
bert Birch, aged 10 years. was given
hearing on the charge Of being a
delinquent child but Judge A. +. Cud-
worth thought the evidence did not
support the complaint and he dis
charged tho boy It was claimed that
Birch rang the fire alarm the morn
ing of July T. The boy declined to
secure counsel and conducted his own
defense telling story that could not
be shaken
Thaddeus A Green OF Newbury
aged So years. a dealer in agricultur.
al implements. committed suicide
Monday by shooting himself through
the heart after he had taken seat
in a chair in his barn He had been
i'll with hardening OF the arteries He
leaves wife, son and daughter
DR. + ]. Russell who has been
superintendent of the state school for
feeble-mmded in Brandon, since il
was established few years ago, has
resigned his position and his success
sor viii probably be appointed at the
next meeting OF the State Board OF
Control There has been more or less
friction since Doctor Russell has had
charge OF the institution and he was
subjected to an Investigation by a
committee Of The 1917 Legislature and
at that time was exoneratcd of the
charges of mismanageInent
Fellows Falls--About 100 employ
ees Of the wax plper department Of
the Robertson Paper company struci
at noon today and all but the Office
was shut down All the strikers ha5
signed demands for an increase il
wages OF 10 cents an hour. an eigh
hour day and time and half for over
time. The company has not me
their demands but expects that quit,
percentage of the strikers will re
turn tomorrow morning Fifty of tn,
strikers are girls.
ID. f. Pollard, deputy collector o
1 internal revenue with headquarters
in Bellows Falls, has been transferred
to ST. Adams
Westminster has n large acreage o
Tobacco which Is looking fine som,
OF the growers have sold their crol
/ for 40 cents q pound The price las
year Was - cents and the year befor'
is cents pound
Eugene H. Hasking. q Chester bar
her. attempted 10 commit suicide
few days ago by cutting his throa
with q razor, servering his windplpe
Family troubles are supposed to b
the cause. The cash across his throa
measured nearly five inches. His re
eoyery IS doubtful Mr.. Haskins wa
AZ years old.
The mangled body of Frank w. Bar
tton OF Newport, aged 60. was foun,
July by trainmen beside the track
liar Claremont Junction. He ha'
been working in Windsor and hai
been treated there for heart trouble
1t is thought he had an attack Will
riding on a freight train and fell OH
A diary in his pocket established Ii
identity. He was unmarried
Grasshoppers in large Number &,
Seconded on p. G. Hills sarm in Snnt
burlington Monday. and before ],
could attack them they had stri,,De
The field and gone through his gardeI
eating tomatoes cucumhers aud I'm
tender things close to the gr0ant
His garden was practically ruined.
mixture of bran. molasses, orange,
and paris green finally put an end {
their activities. but not until tn dan
age had been done.
Capt Robert W. McCuen, formerl
editor of the Vergennes Vermonte
and also an attorney in that plac,
has arrived overseas. being on dut
with the regular army Capt Nj
,Cuen represented Vergennes in tn
Legislature not many years ago. II
\ attended the Pattsburg trainin
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