Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-11
batch is to provide supper for the res

batch is to provide supper for the rest
of the owners.
a gentleman walking down through
the park in the rear of the Graded-school
building Tuesday evening heard some
one chopping. As he neared the school
building he saw two youths run away
from tree standing at one side of the
baseball "diamond". On investigating
he discovered that they had tried to cut
down the tree, presumably for the reason
that it interfered with ball games. Some
ones father or guardian will have II stable
bill to pay if the identity of these chop
pers can be ascertained.
The number of children of school age
in district No. for the present year is
36S. a school census taken seventy
years ago has been placed in the clerks
hands. 1t shows a marked change in that
length of time. The parents names are
given in district No. 6, which was the
east side of the creek, and are nearly
all those of American-born citizens.
The number of children was 800. Fig
ures were also added indicating the num-
Der on the west side, making a total of
SIS scholars in what is now district No.
1, or lS6 more than the district at pres
ent contains.
Mr.. George NJ. Fletcher, teller at the
bank. had his right leg broken six inches
h..l1 Ia, 1 N.1
In muddy weather he makes the trip
between his home aud the bank on horse
back, stablng his horse at the Addison
House. After the days work was done,
Wednesday, he started for home, and as
the horse was going over the cross-walk
in front of the hotel it slipped, falling
fiat on its right side. Mr.. Fletcher's leg
was caught between the animals body
and the walk and hurt as stated. He
was picked up and taken into the hotel
and thence home. Drs. Russell and Shell
don set the limb and the patient is doing
we'll.
1t looks as if the passenger station
business was in for a long rest. The
company has hired two rooms in Mr..
Towards house and will fit them up for
ladies wating-rOom and ticket office.
A platform has been built from the plat
form parallel with the track to the house.
Early in the week a survey was made to
see how much filling will be required to
grade the triangular piece of land on the
west side of the track, which leads some
to the belief that when the station is err
ected it will be put there. Hence a
petition, asking the railroad people to
place it on the old site rather than on the
west side of the tracks, has been circulat-
ed and largely signed.
,X/Mrs. Rosetta NJ, wife of John H
Knowles, died on Tuesday. The family
live in the Myrick house, near the col.
lege boarding house. She had been i'll
for two weeks with fever. Her age was
80 years. The Oldest daughter, Maggie,
aged II years, is not expected to live
from one hour to another. She, also, ha:
fever. There are four other children
tiC NouhSSSo CiSht iiohths Olus VII :
Knowles was a daughter of Mr.. V. f
Burdick. If the daughter survived till
this morning the plan was to take the re
mains of the mother on the early trair
to Mrs. Burdick's old home at Yves
ChaZy. n. Y, for interment. the funera
to be'held there this afternoon.
The house on the Williamson home
fstead, mile west of the village, was
burned 10 the ground Saturday morning
The place is owned by Abram William
son and was carried on by Elijah La
Bounty. The latter arose about o'clock
built fire in the kitchen stove and wen
out to the barn 70 do the chores. Hal
an hour or so later Marcus Carr, who
was driving into town, saw smoke coming
from the roof and called to Mr.. LaBoun
ty. The top part of the house was all OF
fire, and it was speedily consumed. Mr.
LaBounty lost all his household goods
There was small insurance on them
The house was insured for $500 in a Bos
ton company. Mr. Williamson says i
was worth $1,000 to $500. He will moi
rebuild this fall. -