Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-25
State Oeps.

Inc orleans county SulnlneT sCiiOoi
has opened at Barton Landing with 100
teachers present
Herman Dressell, Jr., of Springfield.
recent graduate from Norwich university,
is to be superintendent of schools at
Bennington.
The faculty of the medical college at
Burlington has decided to lengthen the
course of study to three years and to re-
quire an entrance examination.
Robert Fitton was arrested at Proc
torsville week ago Sunday. Some three
years since he was arrested for perjury,
and while on bail of $1,000 he ran away
to Canada. His bondsmen paid.
Miss Mary E. Haskell, 20, an eccentric
and wealthy woman living at Tunbridge,
died suddenly Monday. She had been
doing mans work on farm for many
years, and was found dead in her garden.
The Canadian Pacific railroad recently
proposed to build an extensive grain ele-
vator at Richford on condition that land
was given them. This has been done,
and 1t is expected that 80 men will be
given work.
The trial of Mrs. Lila Ann Foster on
charge of attempting to poison her
husband was begun at Chelsea last week
and is still in progress. She is accused
of having put poison in biscuit which
she gave him to eat.
, Dorman B. Eaton and ex-Gov. Hol-
brook have two as fine gardens as can be
found in town. Both men are expert
gardeners and take pride in their early
crops. Mr.. Eaton is said to have had
! the earliest corn this season, but the war
q governor will probably lead with the
= earliest celery.
f The surviving members of Company
: G, Sixth Vermont volunteers, are to
: have their fourth annual reunion on Bos-
ton common, August II, at six o'clock in
the afternoon. There will probably be
large gathering of members of the 'Old
Il Brigade at this encampment. Judge
Neazey's chances for election as COM
mander-n-chef are excellent.
On last week Wednesday papers were
r served on Judge Darling of the municipal
court of Bennington, for 5000 damages,
growing out of a contempt case. Merritt
Rudd was witness IN liquor trial for
illegal selling, and was committed to Jail
l. because his answers were unsatisfactory
to the court. In a short time Rudd was
:, brought into court and his replies were
ID the recent troubles between citizens of
t. the town, it is said.
$. The members of the Vermont Veterans
re association of Boston held a meeting on
last week Wednesday evening. Colonel
d, Albert Clarke presided. The matter of
IA receiving the Vermont delegation upon
their arrival in the city, August IL, was
he referred to the executive committee. with
st instructions, if deemed necessary, to pro-
cure the services of a band or drum
of corps for the occasion. The executive
H. committee reported that headquarters
oil had been secured for the association dur
ing G.. \. X. week at Hotel Reynolds on
-. Washington street.
no These officers were elected at the an
~ nual meeting in Bennington, Wednesday,
,le of the trustees of the soldiers home
President, Hugh Henry, Chester; secre-
=, tary, c. c. kinsman, Rutland; treasurer
30 p. p. Pitkin, Montpelier; finance COM
~ mittee, Hugh Henry, William Wells.
~ Julius j. Estey, A. B. Valentine, A. S,
~ Tracy; committee on admission, Hugh
:, Henry, Julius j. Estey, William Wells
auditing committee, c.. C.. kinsman,
Frank Kentield, Warren Gibbs.
A novel summer resort enterprise has
ID. been started by a Bennington man. He
has secured a large tract of land in a
as woodland valley above the historic
town where he has erected a hotel and
several cottages, and stocked all the
20 streams with trout. Anglers are re-
Quired to pay so much pound for theiI
catches. There is a mountain lake @
rus mile above the place where hatchery
ny has been established and year by veal
the streams will be supplied with leap
i'd ing trout
ire Louis Latouche, who died at DuXbury
last week, aged l04, was probably tn
zen oldest man in the State. He was
me French-C canadian and his father befor
him lived to be centenarian. He mar
lie red at the age of 81 a wife then aged II
, is and she would have celebrated thei
golden wedding with him had she liye'
YER two years longer. There were 10 child
nee rem born to the couple. He had beef
,as remarkably industrious man even aftel
he became a nonogenarian, and dur
81 ing his 9th year chopped SO cords o
49, wood. During his 9sth year he used t
49,, walk a mile to the farm of Judge eros
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