Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-07-18


Mount Killington The new building will
be made of wood taken from the remains
of barn which stood beside the old no
tel. the decayed ruins of which were long
since burned.
IT. w. Orser of Mortified, administra
tor of the estate of Eugene Van 0rnam,
has brought suit in Washington county
court against Frank Plumley, guardian of
Kenneth Van Ornam, to scure 81 200
which it il claimed Mr.. Plumley has in
his possession as guardian and which the
plaintiff claims belongs in the estate of
which Mr.. Orser is administrator.
Barre business men are trying to raise
$3.50 900 to induce the Peerless Knitting
Mill company to locate in that city. 1t
the amount necessary is subscribed, then
the Peerless officials will start plans to
establish a manufacturing plant in Barre
that will require sum of 100000 to
build This will eventually give employ
ment to 200 women and girls of Barre
and vicinity.
At a meeting of the st. Adams Machine
gun company Wednesday evening Capt.
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nication announcing that the company had
successfully passed inspection June % and
has been officially recognized as an organ
izaton of the Vermont national guard.
Capt Evarts. LIST Lieut.. Walter NJ. Ten
| ney, I'd Lieuts Harry Weber and Harry
NJ Walsh have rece we'd their commits
sions.
o.,1 I'LL l. ,,,l1 OFA In md
Mrs. Samuel Hail. jr., of Enosburg Falls,
was operated upon at the st. Adams hos
pita Thursday for the removal of large,
black-headed pin. The boy was attempt
ing to show a group of younger children
how far he could put the pin in his
mouth when it slipped from his fingers
He swallowed the pin and had it in his
stomach for two days before he told his
parents about it. He is resting quite com
fortably.
Doria Bessette of West Woodbury. was
held up a few days ago as he was on his
way from the bank in Hardwick to hi:
farm with between 5000 and $500 on his
person, with which to pay off the helI
that was at work on his new barn. A
man and large boy were the two who
stopped his horse and pulled him over the
back of the wagon seat. After a stiff
fight, he succeeded in getting the better
of the holdup men and they ran back ntc
the bushes beside the road. Mr.. Bessettt
remembered seeing the man in front o
the bank as he came out, but he was I'm
known to him.
The Boutwell, Milne & Varnum com
pany of Barre is investigating complain
, made a few weeks ago, where persons al
legng to represent the company have beef
taking orders One of these occurred re
, Gently in Philadelphia and when con
Germ that placed the order did not get it
two carloads of granite stock it wrote tn
company there asking a reason. 1t wa
the first that Mr.. Boutwell, knew of tn
order and replied that it had no repre-
sentative in that section of the countr
and that apparently a bogus Representa-
!. tive had been canvassing. A similar affai
recently occurred in Boston.
{ The tobacco store of E. c. Barquin an
> the fruit store of B. Paino, in st. Johns
bury were entered very early Saturda
2 morning In the Barquin store about 81
! was taken from the cash register, an
= much wanton damage done by THROWN
tobacco, cigarettes and pipes around til
= floor In the Paino place the maraudei
. took all the money in the cash drawe
= amounting to about $40, ate watermelo
: and other fruit and made milk shake
They evidently hurried in mixing til
drinks. as several eggs were broken o
= the floor when the proprietor entere
: that morning. Entrance into both store
! was made through windows.
e R. d. Booth of Ferrisburg reports thu
q while moving recently he discovered lars
!. numbers of small grasshoppers and /
!, is of the opinion that before the seaso
;, ends these pests will do a good deal
~ damage unless prompt action Is taken
- get rid of them. Last year they did col
siderable damage in certain localities
. Addison county and are again appearii
" in large numbers in Cornwall, Panton al
= West Ferrisburg. These pests can
" kept down to negligible numbers in Il
:. pastures where they usually first appea
i and can be destroyed before they reat
- u the fields of crops, where their work
a the most destructive, by the use OF. pc
:" soned bran mash.
= The trustees of the soldiers home
y Bennington have elected Hugh Henry
,,f president, this being his Goth successi'
=, year in that Office. He is the sole su
," viving charter member of the board
, trustees. except former Governor JOSH
81 Grout, who resigned several years al
y because of i'll health. Other officers cleo
O ed were: Secretary, +. j. Ormshee; trea
-, 80 urer, Charles f. Beach; auditor, H.
&c Cushman; superintendent, George Mart
physician, Dr. L, H. Ross. Among Z
trustees present was Charles Ross of 5
.Johnsbury, 81 years old, who climbed t
$50 steps to the top of the Benningt'
battle monument without pause, SON
r. thing that younger members of the par
N were unable to do.