The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-10
Late State News.

Mr.. Conant of Brandon has in his gar
den an orange tree bearing fruit.
Goddard seminary ut Barre graduated
20 this year, the largest class in its his
tory.
The First national bank. Orwell, paid
a semi-annual dividend of five per cent
July |.
or the 80 college graduates furnished
by the town of Castleton since lSl5 the
most were from Middlebury college.
Three hundred students fitted for col
lege are said to have been graduated from
Vermont preparatory schools this sum
mer.
The Sheldon Hose company of Rutland
recently ran 500 feet, stringing 300 feet
of hose and making two couplings, in
Il II seconds,
Cyrenus IIoughton.a prominent Wood
stock farmer. was killed Tuesday bv a
kick from horse which he was trying
to catch in his pasture.
A Nermonter who went to Texas last
December to get relief from lung troubles
writes back that he thinks the climate
of Texas very good for lung troubles in
the summer months. but the winters are
too changeable,"
The races of the Vermont association
of Road and TrOtting Horse Breeders at
Burlington, October and s, for which
the entries closed July |. are well filled.
and large and successful meeting is
promised. The entries will soon be pub
lished
A Bellows Falls man has this adver-
tlSnmpnt n IA 81 u,
party who stole tomato-plants from my
garden Il few nights since will call ut my
store will set up bananas, watermel-
ons. ice-cream and fireworks enough to
make him man or a corpse"
The work of preparing the ground for
the superStructure of the new State IL
brary building at Montpelier goes on
more rapidly now that a steam drill has
been set mt work. The commissioners
expect to have the walls and roof of the
seml,anneX up by the beginning of cold
weather; the inside work can then be
carried on through the winter.
1t is reported at st. Johnsbury that the
controller of the treasury has ordered the
First national bank not to pay its July
dividend on account of its refusal to pay
It's assessment on the Barlow failure.
The First national was assessed $50. 900,
the Merchants national $40 900, and the
savings bank $4,000. All three refuse to
pay on the ground that, in reality. they
did-not own the stock of the st. Adams
bank assessed upon, but merely held it as
collateral security for money loaned Bar
low.
The big celebration of the 18th in this
state was at st. Adams. The day was
ushered in with the roar of cannon, the
Brigade band gave a concert in the park.
and at ii O'Clock the procession was or
ganized, which included the st. Adams
Brigade band, Grout guard of New
port, Barlow grays of st. Adams, fire
department, Indian and Montreal lacrosse
clubs in uniform, Highland pipers, an
tiques and horribles. Enosburgh band,
st. Adams drum and fife corps and other
organizations. The march included
several of the principal streets. The In
dams were real" and good representa-
tives OF the Caughnawaugha tribe. Prof.
Grimley of New York went ND in his
balloon, City of Columbia" at o'clock.
lie drlfted northward out of sight. The
game OF of lacrosse between the Indians
and Canadians followed, in the park in
front of the Weldon house. The Mon
treal club finally won. This was fol-
lowed by tug of war" between the
Indians and st. Adams club, in which
the latter won. Bag race, running races,
bicycle race and exhibition hose race
followed. More guns at sunset and a
fine display of fireworks in the evening
finished the day.