The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09
state News.

state News.
"A new freight agent has bonn ap
pointed on the Central Vermont RAILROAD
in place of Hobart.
One half of the interest in the Yer
mont PhDnir. at Bratileboro, has beer
purchased by DIN l.. French, Of Keene
recently publisher of the Keenc Sentinel
Mr.. Prouty is the retiring member o
the firm of Prouty e. Stedmap, who have
owned the Phgnir. Mr.. French vii
now ASSUME with Mr.. Stedman the Join
editorial management Of that paper.
FIRE IN CALAIs.-The village common
ly known as Moscow, in the town Of Ca
lais, fourteen miles from this place, was
visited by serious confagration on Fri
day night, which ncnrly destroyed tho
business portion of the village. 1t wa;
first discovered about midnight, in the
basement of Rideout II Wings tin and
stove store, and was already under such
Roadway as to be beyond control, no fire
engines being owned in that town. The
wind was blowing in the right direction
to sweep the entire street which It sue.
ceeded in doing effectually.
AccIpENT.AOn Wednesday last, a
thirteen.ycar old daughter Of j. i. Ives
of Brandon, was badly injured by falling
from load Of hay, on which she was
riding home with her father from the
funeral of Mrs. Winslow. The Wagon
striking an elevation the load tipped off
and the girl struck her head on stone
splitting open cash to the skull, anc
cutting au artery She was attended by
DR.. Page, and is now doing well.
Destructive ToRNADo.-A severe tor
nado passed over Westminster, Bellows
Falls and Walpolc, N. H., between foul
and five o'clock on Friday afternoon
passing down the valley of the Connect
cut and Cold Rivers, cutting down the
tobacco crop. The loss at Walpole il
estimated at $4,000. At Westministe
tobacco barn was blown down, killing
an OK and breaking mans leg, wit
happened to be in the barn at the time
An elm tree standing in the Cold Rive
cattle yard was blown down tIailstonc
as large as ordinary walnuts are said tt
have fallen at Bellows Falls.
TIE BRANDON Brandon will
hold her tenth annual fair on Wednesda,
and Thursday, September Oath and 18th
under the auspices Of the Farmers ant
Mechanics Club. The chief officers are
President Hon. N. T. Spraguc, Jr.
Vice. President, Horace Ellis !; Secretary
j. L. Mcclellan; Assistant and Cores
ponding Secretary, II. G. Copeland
Treasurer, G. NJ. Winslow. Col. a. S
Cook is Marshal, assisted by II, Il. Hill
and A. A. Rosseter, with II. S. Buttle
as Chief Of Police.
There will be grand foot race OIL
Wednesday, a cavalcade on Thursday a
10 a. m, and grand procession at
o'clock Of the same day. The addres
will be delivered by President NJ. Ii
Buckham, of the Vermont Agricultural
College, at 3 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
Music will be furnished by the Sherman
Band of Winooski.
The Ne,o ENGLAND Farmer Fai,
Reporter refers to Douglas Hay Loade
which was an exhibition at the New Eng
land Fair last week in the following
complimentary manner:
The American Hay Loading Machine
of which N. B. Douglas, Of Cornwall, VT.
is the inventor and proprietor, was aIsC
exhibited yesterday. Today he gives 9
practical exhibition OF the machine. With
the mower and tcddcr the hay can be cut
then rakcd in wiurows, aud with this Hay
Loader ten to twelve tons of hay can be
put in the barn 10 two hours. This ma
chine saves the labor Of pitching the hay
upon the wagon, and also tumbling and
coeking.up at night. 1t thus enables the
farmer to DO two days work in one
With one man. boy, and three horses
following the cost to be SS). he can NOV
cure and put in the barn ten tons OF hay
in working day Of II hours The en-
tire weight Of the machine is about lSC
lbs. 1t works speudidly, and is the hes
thing for farmers we have yet seen Al
speak in its favor.