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ARLINGTON

Miss Carrie Case of the East village,
is visiting in ShuShan.
Severe forest fires have been raging on
the West Mountains, rec entity.
Mrs. Coolidge, who has been quite
sick, is now recove ring.
The Dening boys were home the past
Sunday.
B. Niles was a guest at Mr.. Batchel-
der's last Sunday.
Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Pratt have
opened their summer homes.
Spellman's store has been greatly i'm
proved by the addition of two bay win
dows.
Frank HUNT of Evansville, the brother
of Mrs. Vault, is visiting there for few
days.
Mrs. D. Perry, who has been in Wallis
Mills, N. T., several weeks caring for
her father who is i'll, has not yet re-
tHrned.
Farmers have nearly completed their
planting. The fruit trees are in full
bloom and were not much injured by
the frosts of Monday and Tuesday
nights.
We hear it stated upon good author
ity that there will be no opposition to
the re-nOmination of our townsman, II.
S. Wilson for the position Of county
sheriff on the Republican ticket this fall.
Business appears to be on the boom.
Judson & DOning's factory, which has
been closed number of weeks, is now
running full handed, on ten hours time
instead of nine. The other two factO-
ries appear to be busy all the time.
A minister will soon be sent to supply
the Methodist church at West Arlington
and Sandgate, which wero united into
one charge at the recent session of the
Troy Conference. The churches at East
Arlington and SALISBURY were also
made one charge. By the change the
pastors of the churches are much better
Accommodated.
A staff correspondent of the american
Horse Breeder has recently looked over
Vermont horses and this is what he
says of this place: The next morning
found us at Arlington, most charming
~ located town ON the Bennington and
Rutland railroad. Perhaps it was tho
bright sunshine that made the first look
through the blind so enticing, but at any
rate, we were on the sidewalk bright and
early, and saw NO reason to change our
first impressions of the beauty of tho
scenery. The village street runs
through valley entirely surrounded by
very high hills, from the sides of which
many beautiful trout brooks start in
various directions. This section is
paradise for the angling sportsman, as
the States fish commission puts $4,000
speckled trout into these streams eVery
spring. But horses were what we came
to see, so after breakfast we called on
Hon. M. H. Deming to see two choice
colts of his breeding, from mare by
Highland Gray. One chestnut gelding
by Matterhorn, is very promising pac-
er; the other is four-year-old mare by
Almont Star (2:28-34. The latter is a
very fine animal, and the way she pulls
cart through the village streets leads
one to think that she should trot very
fast if handled. In her three-year-old
form she started in one race at Rutland,
last July, and could, at that time, have
taken record of 2:3o. Victor j. is a
young stallion by Alcantara, dam by
Daniel Lambert, with arecord of 1882.
He has never had any professional hand
ling, but he is bull dog trotter, a horse
of great substance, and his stride is very
rapid for an animal of his size. Two
fine geldings, full brothers, by Addison
Lambert, belonging to D, G.. Barney,
were shown. One, trotter, was driven
by his owner, and the other, slick
moving PAGER, was in charge Of his
daughter. Both were handy actors,
with quite turn of speed. The PAGER
was handled by his fair driver to a
queens taste. Even my companion adj
mitted he never saw horse better dry
en-, which opinion will be appreciated
as great compliment by any one who
has ever held the ribbons for "Hicksy."