Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-23
State Views.
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Ground has been broken for a new
Catholic church at Shelburn.
A party of Rutland young people, who
are camping at Lake BOmoseen, were
robbed the other night of their spare
cash One man lost $40.
Rev. Dwight l.. Moody will be one of
the speakers at the State Y. p. ). c. f.
convention in Burlington next month.
He will speak Wednesday evening, the
2Sth.
Alfred G. Thompson, late principal OF
Hadlev academy, lladley, Mass, and
graduate of Yale college, has been Sc
lected as principal of the Rutland high
school.
Eugene West, Bennington farmer,
tried to ride bicycle last Sunday week.
The doctor says he will be able to use his
left arm in few weeks, but it will meyer
be straight again.
j. b. Pike of Marshfield fifteen years
ago found mud turtle on his farm, and
carved his name and the date on its back.
Last week the old reptile came back for
another inscription.
John V. Farr of Westminster died
Thursday of paralysis caused by an ac-
cident a few weeks ago. He was rolling
land, using pair of horses, which ran,
dragging the roller over him.
Mary E. Plant of Burlington has sued
the Consolidated Electric company of
that city for $1,000. Her husband was
killed while in the employ of the com
pany, and she seeks to recover damages.
Jerome Washburn of Woodstock
stepped on a chicken while descending
the stairs in his barn the other day, and
in trying to avoid crushing it he lost his
balance and fell, striking against box
at the foot of the stairs and breaking one
rib.
Bert Rogers of Bethel recently killed
a COW that had seemed ailing for some
time. The post-mortem disclosed a COM
mon wire buttonhook lying transversely
in the throat of the COW, that must have
been there for ten months, as the cows
sickness dated that time ago.
The annual meeting of all the circles
of Kings Daughters in the State will be
held in Burlington Sept. and 3. Among
the speakers from out of the State will
be Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, mem
Der of the ladies' congress at Washing
ton, and Mrs. |. c. Davis, both of New
York, and officers in the international
Kings Daughters circle.
James Good of MontgOmeryAnd Frank,
his son, were hunting bees few days
ago and found a swarm in a hollow tree
and a bear cub investigating the sweet
deposit. The old bear arrived about the
same time they did, and Frank climbed
another tree while his father went home
for his gun. Their dog frightened the
bear away before he returned, but they
killed the the cub and got the honey.
Chester Durham of Bethel, venerable
and wealthy man and deacon of the
Congregational church, narrowly es-
capped being robbed bv bunco men few
days ago. The bank officials at West
4 Randolph, where the old man went to
get money to put into the game, suspect
( ed something was wrong and sent an
+ officer back with Durham. The swnd-
4 lers had, however, become alarmed and
1 fed.
a man in Montgomery was arrested
recently for being drunk, and demanded
jury trial. He and the grand juror got
. into a wrangle over the qualifications Of
one of the jurors. The grand juror said
4 he would have no "rummieS" sit on the
case, and the respondent allowed that no
. Methodists should sit in Judgment on
HIM. AT length, as there seemed to be
no prospect of an agreement. the respond
ent got in his wagon and drove away.
According to Department Commander
Cannon about so Vermont Grand army
men will attend the grand encampment
at Louisville. Ky. The Central Vermont
railroad will sell tickets from all points
on Its line to Louis Vile and return for
SIS. The route is by way of Norwood,
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Cleveland and
Cincinnati Tickets will be good going
Sept. to 10, inclusive, and good return
ing to reach starting point until Oct. 6.
Rri1 orc wa for po1ar laudad ttUo trOut
at one throw "A day or two ago. While
he was fishing in the river with two
flies and about six feet of leader a half
FOUNDER swallowed one of the flies,
broke off several feet of line and started
down stream. 1t then turned around
and came up again, when another trout
took the second fly. One trout wanted
to 90 up stream, the other down, and
while they were yanking away on the
line the fisherman seized it and landed
them Woodstock Age.
Bennington Battle day was observed
for the first time in Bennington Friday.
: About 400 out-of-town people helled to
celebrate. The Catholic Temperance
union of the diocese of Albany had a
grand parade, followed by a picnic and
field sports. There were 1900 men in the
procession. The Benning chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
held meeting and banquet in the Phil
lip Hubbell residence, built by the
grandfather of the present owner. The
house, which is one of the oldest it town
was beautifully decorated for the Occa.
sion.