The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-14
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest from Various Parts
of the State

RedIclu Proctor lew uhSS d6o baf'
500 for the use CT the library at Mon
gomery Center.
Mrs. l. j. Murray broke two of heI
ribs at her home in Bristol by falling
into a potato bin.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Baptist association will be helt
in Rutland July 20, 25 and "a.
The farm of A. A. HER of Bristo
has been purchased as a town farm
the price paid being $4,000. OF the
1 1875 acres of land, so are tiilable and
the rest is woodland.
A public meeting of the board OF
trade was held in White River Jun
ction this week to consider plans fol
building dwelling houses there.
Admiral Mayo, during his visit in
Burlington last week, called on Mrs
Helen Phelps, who was his Sunday
school teacher so years ago.
Rev. George Gaby Rice, U. V. NJ,
AS, the university's Oldest alumnus,
will be 100 years Old in September,
He resides in Council Bluffs, Ia, as Il
home missionary of the Congregational
church
A southbound train on Monday
struck two cows belonging to Agel and
Miller Of Essex Junction, killing them
/ instantly. These cows, together with
/ the rest of the herd, were being drv-
en- from the pasture TO the barn for
milking.
George Sargent was badly burned
about the face and hands at his home
in Sharon a few days ago. Mr.. Sar-
gent, who lives alone. was frying
dcughnuts, when the fat caught fire.
He was so badly burned he had to be
taken to the Randolph sanatorium.
Two representatives of the Cogg
Studio Of Boston are guests at the
Lake Mansfield Trout cub house while
taking photographs for scenic moving
picture films. Smugglers Notch was
visited on Tuesday and a large mum
Der of views We're taken of this cele-
brated deflle and vicinity.
Bomoseen park. tract Of about
nine acres of land at Lake Bomoseen,
has been sold by the Rutland Rail
way Light and Power Co, to the Lake
company, Inc. the latter company
being made up of Rutland m IN, who
will cut the land mp into building lots
and develop it as a summer resort.
Benjamin Winship of Essex Junct-
ion was severely injured Monday.
when a skyrocket which he had light
ed burst in his hand The first finger
was completely torn off and the
thumb hung by little flesh. His
left hand was also injured. and both
legs and his face were burned with
powder.
Willard, 12-year-old sen of Mr. and
Mrs. S. S. Hall, jr., of Enosburg Falls,
swallowed a three and one half inch
hatpin one day last week, while trying
to show his sister how far he could
put the pin down his throat without
losing IT, 1t was week before he felt
any i'll effects from il when he began
vomiting. The pin was located by
means of an X.Ray and the boy was
taken to the hospital at st, Adams
for an operation for its removal from
his stomach.
Two women, one about 35, and the
other 20, who were hiking from New
York city, have arrived in Vermont on
their way to Canada. They went up
the west side of the state. taking a
cross country walk over Hubbardton
mountain, expecting to strike Lake
Champlain section at Benson Landing.
There hey took ferry across to the
New York side of the lake and will
returp TO the city on foot by different
Both were dressed in MILDLY blouses,
with coldiers trousers and puttees
Doria Dessette of West Woodbury.
was held up few days ago as he was
on his way from the bank in Hardwick
to his farm with between 5000 and
$500 on his person, with which to pay
off the hep 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 stir fight, he
succeeded in getting the better of the
holdup men and they ran back into
the bushes beside the road. Mr. Bes-
settle remembered seeing the man in
front of the bank as he came out. but
he was unknown to him.
A serious and peculiar automobile
accident happened at Brookisde in
Westford, the first of the week, when
a car containing John Wnslow and
son of Milton and Mrs. Will Sweeney
of Fairfax was in the miX-up, In pass
ing over bridge, Mrs Sweeney was
thrown from her seat but was uninjur-
ed. Mr.. Winslow went to her assist
ance and as he stopped to pick up q
purse she had lost in her fall the auto
started backward down the hill.
Reaching the wheel too late to stop
the car, it went over the side of the
bridge, with its two occupants, and
dropped to the bed of the brook, IL
or 10 feet below Mrs. Sweeney had
several ribs broken and a severe scalp
wound and had to be taken to the
Fanny Allen hospital while Mr. Win
slow had some bad bruises, but moth
ing serious.