The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-25
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Interesting Notes Called From Noun.
tain State Exchanges,
A raccoon got into the henhouse of
Henry r. Pratt in Pownal last Satur. I
day night and killed 60 chickens .cld |
eight old hens before it was killed.
The annual meeting Of the Vermont I
insurance men was held Tuesday and !
Wednesday at the Summit House on
Mt. Mansfield, with an attendance of !
as
Frank w. Fonda Of st. Adams head
OF the w. b. Fonda Co., the Willard
Manufacturing Co, and the Fonda
Lime works, died very suddenly at
Bethel Wednesday while on visit
to his niece, Mrs. Beatner Perkins.
St Adams viii nave one Of the big
gest Fourth of July celebrations in
the history of the city More than
$1,000 in trophies will be offered
The celebration will come to a close
in the evening with the largest dis.
play of fireworks ever seen in this
city
Henry E. Tryon of Winchendon.
Mass, has been elected captain of
next years University of Vermont
baseball team. Tyron, who is a mem
Der of the class of 1922, succeeds
Capt. James j. Spillane of East Dor.
ham, Mass, who graduated on Mon
day. The new captain is % years old
and one of the most popular men in
college.
/ The correspondent from Hydeville
to the Rutland Herald has game kit
ten that has caught and brought in
about everything from mouse to a
rabbit, but accomplished another
stunt Tuesday, June IA, when it came
running home with a young wood
chuck, closely followed by the mother
woodchuck. The owner of the kitten
saw the race shot the mother and
the kitten disposed Of the young wood
chuck.
The House of Peters and the gov.
eminent of Japan have been con.
tributed forty thousand yerns for the
erection of memorial to the late
Henry w Denison, at Guldhall, VT
where he was born in 1916. Denison,
who died in 1914, was largely instru
mental in establishing the foreign of
fee of modern Japan and served as
legal adviser Of the foreign Office
from 1880 until his death. The form
of the memorial has not yet been de
cideG
For disturbing the slumber of res
dents in the vicinity of The Randall
in the wee wee hours, Wednesday,
, night, three Morrsyille men anG
a Burlington travelling man were tax
cd $500 each in Judge l.aFountain'
/ court, last Saturday, States Attorney
Tracy prosecuting. Morrisyille j.
dry
Secretary of State Black rece vet
, in his mail Monday morning report.
of some sixty automobile accidents
, Included in the list were some rathet
! serious ones. In a great many in
:, stances cars were put out of commits
sion, in fact some, as a result of thu
Sunday miX-ups are only fit for thu
junk heap The financial loss Is of nj
great concern, but it is of real conse
Quence, the injury to human lives
;, Just what the remedy is, is a prob
lem that confronts not only official
of this state, but every state TIL
limit, as to the speed of the car
e seems to be gagged on the capacity 0
| the engine to turn the wheels. Tn
I engineer on the railroad has to prov
G his ability, by several months an,
!. sometimes years at firing before he /
granted a license to run an engine. |
would seem that too many automobile
licenses are being granted to person
who are not familiar with the prof.
I lens of running car and are decid
. edly ignorant as to the law of tn
: road Automobiles are welcom
D pleasure and business vehicle-bu
+ unless some action of rather drasti
I nature IS taken it will not be safe TO
q either man or beast on our highways