Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-13
State 11epS.

The State normal school at Casteton
has opened its spring term with 40
pupils attending.
Sixteen persons met recently at the
home of Mrs. Nancy Walker in Hubbard
ton to celebrate her S7th birthday The
united age of all was ll53, or an average
OF over - years.
Mrs. Lucretia Thaver of Bennington.
recently deceased left nine children. All
were present at the funeral. Their ag-
gregate age was 49S years, an average of
30 years and four months.
Ludlow voted at its March meeting to
exempt from taxation for 10 years any
manufacturing establishment whose capt.
tai invested exceeds $1,000 which shall set
up in business in the town within one
year.
a consignment of English pheasants
and "A retriever dog arrived at Shelburn
Farms last week under the care of a
young Englishman. The pheasants are
TO be bred and the farm woods stocked
with them.
Robert Fitton, who has had quite a
career over in Windsor county during the
past ten years, got drunk at Ludlow last
week and assaulted his father-in-law,
George 5. Hill. He was arrested and
fined $50 and costs.
The trustees of the institution have APP
pointed DR.. W. f. Sylvester son of Mer-
rick Sylvester of Bethel, superintendent
of the new insane asylum at Waterbury.
DR.. Sylvester has been for some time as
sistant superintendent of the large asy
lum at Willard, n. Y.
About 100 sons and daughters of Ver-
mont attended the annual dinner of the
Vermont Veteran association at the Park
er House, Boston, Friday night. Among
those present were Col. W. g. Neazey,
ii. o. Houghton and Col. Albert Clarke.
| Col. Clarke acted as POSTMASTER.
II. S. Chids of Brattleboro has five
cent piece that is one of the issue of 1894,
the first coinage of silver five cent pieces.
He obtained it from New Salem, Mass,
woman who recently died at the age of
81, and who had preserved it for 76 years,
it being present on her 2lst birthday.
Mrs. W. f. Allen, wife of a Milton
farmer, was killed Wednesday evening
of last week by being caught in the
steam creamery machinery. Nearly
every bone in her body was broken. She
was trying to help her husband about his
work and he was present at the time of
the accident
The estate of the late George +. Eaton,
formerly of Danville, who recently died
at Troy, n. Y, is valued at $780, Mr..
Eaton was part owner of the Troy Press
at his death. He and his father before
him published the Danville North Star,
once prominent State paper.
Morgan mare owned by the Lyndon
House, Lyndon. and used TO run the mail
team to the depot, is Il years old and
has been in that service l3 years. If the
stage is late or the mare sees the train at
the depot or just pulling in, she double
quicks, and won't be held back. She
seems to know the time table.
Miss Asenath Bennett, the oldest resi-
dent of Brattleboro, celebrated her Tooth
birthday on Monday. Although she has
not been 'down street" for 20 years, pre-
ferring quiet life at home, she appre-
ciates frequent calls from her neighbors
and is able to go about the house unat-
tended. Her eye-sight is as good as
that Of many people at 60.
Burlington is TO have new national
bank. The officers are; President, George
c. Briggs; vice-pIesident, c. w. Brow
nell, Jr. cashier, l.. F. Englesby; direc
| tors, Geo. c. Briggs. Edwin l.. Ripley
, e. w. Brownell, Jr., +. w. Ballard, l.
F. Englesby. The bank is to be at thu
corner of College and ST. Paul streets, il
the building now occupied by DR.. j. b
Wheeler as residence.