The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-18
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest from Various Parts
of The State.

OF ne olate.
\ turnip grown in the garden OF
Homer II. Nobe of Riptoll gained the
weight of Is pounds.
Rev. 0. w. Blackford wellknown
Universalist preacher of Vermont, died
recently at Derby Line.
Someone broke into the cottage on
Breezy Hill in Springfield belonging to
G.. G. Richardson of that place and
stole % Atwood blankets recently.
e. T. Williams and Jchl Whltcomb
of Mendon each shot and killed a doe
in the open zone in. that town last
week and Daniel ORourke got one in
I the Clarendon zone.
Harry G. Clogston, formerly chief
clerk in the New Sherwood hotel OF
/ Burlington has leased the Addison
house In Middlobury and assumed
management oil the hotel.
Mrs. Addie Richardson, claiming
TO be the wife of e. S. Richardson of
Keene, ~ H., and John Boyce of Mid
dlcseX, were arrested Thursday night
at a farm house near MiddleseX on a
statutory charge.
Elwin, five-year,old son of Mr.. aud
Mrs. Otto George of South Barre sus-
tanned broken thigh and many
bruises when he fell 20 feet from a
bridge into brook while playing Wild.
other children near his home.
Fred Page of st. Adams has been
Farrested and placed in the Franklin
county jail ON the charge OF stealing
packages from trucks of the American
Express company. The thoils are al
legged TO have taken place whic the
truck was in the station at night.
Investigations by The Barre police
in the past few days have diyulged
the names Of Several young men en-
gagged in shooting craps. The i'll
vestigation still continues. and il is
expected that warrants will be served
within the next few days for arrests
OF these gamblers.
p James l.. Hurley OF Bennington
who maSquefaded as a United States
naval officer and cashed several bad
checks in burlington asst july. is in
Jail in Bridgeport, Conn He will be
brought TO Burlington soon for trial
His operations after he lief, Burling-
ton included various cities in Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
Mrs. Horatio Lamphere OF Milton,
while engaged about her household du
ties one day recently heard flock
OF wild geese RAISING over tht
house. Dropping her broom and seiz
ing the gun, she hurried into the yard
fired once and brought down n goose
with n single shot. 1t weighed 10
pounds and measured Eve feet from
tip to tip
Claude, iye-year-old son of Mr. and |
Mrs. Herbert l.. Pitcher OF Burlington !
is in q serious condition al the Mary (
fletcher hospital as the result OF be |
ing strucl, by an automobile Of Frank |
Austin OF the Austin garage of that |
city. The child had run into the mid |
die of the street 4 cash was cut on !
his head and it is feared the skull is
fractured
James r. Dewey of Dewcys Mills |
Hartford announces his candidacy as |
a delegate from Vermont to the com |
ing national Republican convention |
Mr.. Dewey is active in the affairs of |
Hartford and its section of Windsor |
county He is president OF the board |
Of trade vice president Of the Hart |
ford Savings Bank and Trust com
pany and superintendent Of the wool
en- mills in Deweys village.
\ circular issued by the Boston |
branch OF the United States post
Office inspectors asks for the arrest |
of " Ray Whitney, formerly post |
master at Franklin in this state. has
been received at police headquarters. |
1t Is claimed in the circular that !
Whitney absconded on September 20. |
Whitney was employed for short !
time as a volunteer policeman at Bos
ton during the recent police strike in
that city
There went out of existence in
Poultney last week business which |
had been conducted there fer just 80
years. This was the Rood studio |
which was managed by the owner, f. |
NJ Rood but for the past few years |
much of the care of the business has |
devuved on the son. Harry Rood on |
ACCOUNT VI TIE ldlill6 Itdllil VI HIS |
father The elder Mr. Rood now re-
tires and his son will devote his time |
to his own studio in Granville, n, y.
Miss Anna Batchelder, Woodstock |
first woman grand juror, conducted |
her first case there Nov. 4. Mrs. Myr !
tie Howard vas charged with obtain |
ing money under false pretenses i'll
selling q Knitted rug exhibited at the
county fair belonging to Miss |
May Bugbee. Grand Juror Batchelder
is said to have made an excellent ar
eument OF the case. The jury OF l.
men, however. found the respondent
not guilty after 90 minutes conversa
ton.
Mrs Polly Reynolds of Essex Cen
ter, who leaves soon TO spend the
winter in California, will make the
"Trip alone at the age OF 90, ii her son