Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-30
State 11emS.

raised 202 bushels of corn on an acre and
half of land.
II. II. Baxter has given the town of
Rutland one acre of land in the central
portion of the town for park.
Five thousand yearling salmon are to
be placed by the national government III
the Green river at Arlington in few
days.
Thirty more patients have been trans
ferred from the BrattlebOro asylum to
Waterbury, where the new asylum is
said to be full of patients.
St. Adams is to have an increased
water supply. a special village meeting
Saturday voted to eXpend a sum not TO
exceed $50 900 for a new reservoir and
water main.
f. Chaffee's Sons and Fred X. Patch of
West Rutland have bought the Mansfield
e Stimson foundry and machine shop at
Rutland. They will repair the works
aud run them.
The will of the late Judge Edwin Flint
of the Iowa circuit court contains a be-
quest for $4,000 to the university of
Vermont, of which he was a graduate in
the class of 1896.
The Vermont Woman's Suffrage asso-
citation has been invited to take Yer
mont table at the fair to be held in Bos-
ton early in December. The invitation
has been accepted.
There are now GO lodges of Good Tenn
plars in Vermont, - of which were in
sttuted during the past year, with mem
bership of 1902 and Il juvenile temples
with $50 members.
Vermont has lost its only regularly or
dained and settled clergywoman-Rev.
Mvra Kingsbury, who has been settled
over the parish at Fletcher and who has
now gone to Maine.
Mrs. Edward Mayhem of Fair Haven
was taken with bleeding at the nose one
evening last week and the physicians
efforts were unavaiing, death resulting
the following morning.
The Snowden slate quarry in Fair Ha-
ven is one of the oldest quarries, having
been opened in 1885. 1t has been aban-
doned since 1872, until recently opened
by the onowuen slate company.
jill. Winchell of Fair Haven has ship
ped the dog Beaufort back to bis owner
in England, WHO refused an offer OF ST.
600 for him. Beaufort was without doubt
one of the finest animals of his kind ever
seen on tins side of the water.
Hardwick promises TO rival Barre as
booming granite town. Forty sub
stantial houses have been built in the
place within the past two years. Six or
eight concerns are now engaged in the
granite business there and are shipping
the stone to all sections of the country.
A young son of Lester Mills OF Groton
had II beechnut lodge in his windpipe
Oct. /, which the most persistent efforts
failed to remove. He was taken to the
medical college at Hanover, y. H.. last
week to have an operation performed
but died of strangulation before any thing
could be done.
The death in London. Eng. of John
II. Hodges has been recently announced
He WAS son of Hon. Geo. /. Hodges
at one time IA member of Congress ant
for several years president OF the RUTLAND
railroad. John II. Hodges graduated
from Trinity college in ISIS and for many
years was member of banking firm il
New York city.
a ripple OF excitement was caused
Pittsfied few days ago by the action
of Henry Anthony, crippled soldier
who became violently enraged, threw
number of stones at the house of hi
nearest neighbor, ending his performanc
by drawing revolver and firing severa
shots through the door of the house
He was arrested and arraigned, out
was found that both lie and his wifi
were insane and they will both be take
to the asylum.
The State Bar association at its annui
these officers President, Joel c. Bake
Rutland; vice-presidents, f. B. TAT
Burlington, J. l.. Martin, Brattlebor,
j. H. Darling, Chelsea; secretary, &. v
Wing, Montpelier treasurer, Hiral
Carleton, Montpelier. Judge Slade wa
made the Addison county member of Il
G. mmittee on admissions and c.
Wilds, Esq, chairman of the commits
on Jurisprudence and law reform.
A p. Woodwork of Tunbridge has
eve sheep that when two years old, h;
twin lambs; when three she had Il
same number, when four she had tri
Its and when five twins, three of h
lambs were bucks and these were e
changed for ewes. There are now
sheep in the flock, all directly or in,
rectiy produced by the old eve in 5
years. Mr.. Woodwork reports that
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