The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-21
STATE ITEMS.

The ice in the lake is eighteen inches
thick at Rouse's Point.
The Vermont State Poultry show will
be held at Rutland FebruaryIl TO a.
The Sons OF Vermont in Chicago held
their fourth annual banquet at the Pal
mer House. Tuesday evening, January
1S.
Russell Lyman of Island Pond was
caught in some machinery and carried
over the shafting last Saturday, his left
arm being broken III several places
His arm was amputated at the shoulder,
but he died Monday afternoon.
Burlington enjoyed the distinction
Saturday morning, of being the coolest
place in the country, as fur'as reported
by the signal service. IL was four de-
grees colder hero than at Duluth. -
free Press.
Will John Higgins of East G, ,ord
was in the woods chopping, branch
broke and fell, striking his right eye
and tearing it entirely out, the ball
hanging on his check. A companion
put the eye back in the socket, and Mr.
Higgins will not lose the use of it, as
was feared.
The third annual exhibition of the
Champlain Valley Poultry Association
closed on Friday at city hall, Burling-
ton, after three days successful show
There were over 800 entries, many be-
ing from out of the state. The display
of fowls was the largest ever collected
at similar exhibition in Vermont.
S. NJ. Wait, the president of the de-
funct First National bank of Brattle-
boro, whose trial was expected to have
come of at this term of the United
States court, is still too ill to bear rcmov-
al from his present quarters at Fayette-
vile. His health is reported steadily
growing worse. The case, it is under
stood, will go over to the February term
Mt Burlington or the next term at Wind.
sor.
A portion of the building owned by
f. Il. Smith of Montpelier, and occu-
pied by him under the name of the
Montpelier Manufacturing Company,e N
gagged in manufacturing children's car.
riages; also by Fisher & Cotton, silver
platers, and o. G. Clayton, cabinet
worker, was burned Tuesday evening
The manufacturing company's loss Is
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000 Oh
the building and machinery. Insured
DR.. James, of Waterbury has not put
shoes on his horses for two years, driv.
ing them winter, summer, spring and
fall with bare feet without any trouble
The Doctors theory is that nature has
provided for the horse; that the hoof:
will be moist; that horse can traye
over all kinds of road; that the frog
coming to the ground keeps the hoof,
properly spread and free from founder
and other diseases.
The Essex County Herald saws tha
in Newark, an eagle, feeling the need O
n warmIdinner, suddenly swooped dowr
upon man and fastened its talons il
his face and head, but finding his antic
ipated dinner too heavy for him he sail
ed away, but soon returned to tn,
charge. and with better success than be
fore, for he carried the mans hat ava,
with him, and perhaps made bounti
full repast from it, thinking it a board
ing house chicken.
The recent intense cold had skinned
the lake pretty well over with ice, an,
Sunday the broad lake was completed
closed, with every indication of remain
ing so for a month or two. Last yea
the broad lake closed January 10Th; il
1878 it was closed only three days, Jan
uary 29-3l; in 1877, January 18th: an,
in 1876, February I'd. The mean tim
of closing of the lake for the last 6
years is January Doth, the earliest dat
of closing being January 9TH, 1868, an,
the latest March 4th, 1S19.-TBurling
ton Free Press.