Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
State l1elps.

There is considerable typhoid fever in
Brighton.
The St. Johnsbury scale factory is now
running on full time.
There were 10 marriages, III births
and 3ll deaths In Burlington during
1894.
Lumbermen say that there is four feet
of snow on the Green mountains 20
miles west of Brattleboro.
ID. b. Shattuck of Quechee shot a
horned owl the other day, the wings of
which had a spread of four feet eight
inches.
The State board of agriculture saws
that during the past two years nearly
S2,OOO,OOO has been invested in establish
ing new industries in Vermont.
A herd of fine Jerseys owned by j. c..
Colgate of New York and kept at his
summer residence near Bennington was
found to to be Infected with tuberculosis
and l3 of them were killed.
DIR. ID. o. Powers of Highgate. who
was arrested last week for malpractice
in the case of Estelle Houghton OF Swan
tUn, waived examination when arraigned
and has been placed under $500 bonds.
Reports for the quarter ending Deem
Der 81 show the Vermont division Sons
OF Veterans to be In u tlourishlng condi-
ton. There are in good standing AZ
camps with 1l45 members, against 50
camps and $40 members in September.
The waiting rooms, ticket and tele-
graph Office and restaurant at the Cen
trial Vermont railroad station in Bur-
lington are TO be changed to the east side
of the building and other alterations and
improvements are to be made which will
add greatly to the comfort and con-
venience of the travelling public.
Alfred Clark, a long resident of Glover,
died of lead poisoning recently, aged
about 90 years. He had some cider in a
barre. in the cellar, which he svphoned
out with "a lead pipe. 1t seems the pipe
had been left in the barrel and to start
up the SyphOn he sucked the cider and
the cOrroded lead, rank poison, into his
mouth. His sutierings were terrible at
the last.
The new furniture factory at Beecher
Falls in Guildhall is 400 feet long by 40
feet wide and three stories high beside
Il basement. The machinery, 81 car
loads, has arrived and is being placed in
position. The engine is already in run
ming order When completed, the fac
tory, with the sawmill already there,
will employ nearly 400 hands. The new
firm, which controls both mills, is to be
styled The Beecher Falls company"
Nelson Pratt, aged 90, WAS found dead
in his door yard, two miles out from
Worcester, last week Thursday morning,
with arms and legs frozen. He left a
store in Worcester the night before TO
walk home. When his wife looked out
in the morning, she saw his body lying
in snow bank. The hands were
pressed over his heart. 1t was a bitter
cold night and 1t is supposed that his
exertion brought on an attack of heart
difficulty. just as he entered the yard,
which caused death. He leaves a wife
and one child.
Reports submitted to the recent State
Grand Army encampment at Brattleboro
showed that there were in good stand
ing January 1894. 52S2 members 3l5
were gained during the year and 800 lost,
leaving 5097 in good standing now.
The gains were: Recruits, I3l; by trans
fer, "a; relnstated, 6S; delinquent re-
ports, %. The losses were; BY death,
76; honorable discharge, "a; transfer,
1903; suspension, 2SS; dishonorable dis
! ClldTSes y. Two new posts were cnarter-
ed during the year, one at Albany and
one at Derby Line. On the 30th of May
last over 5000 soldiers and sailors
graves were decorated, and nearly every
comrade in the department participated
in the ceremonies. These officers were
elected for the current year: Command
eT, Barney Cannon, Jr., Bellows Falls ;
senior vice commander, Perry Porter OF
West Burke; junior vice commander,
Geo. B. HOyt of West Randolph; medi-
cal director, DR.. b. F. Ketchum of Brat
tleborO; chaplain, f. NJ. Haynes of Rut-
land; council of administration, l.. b.
Harris of Lyndon, A. w. Fuller of st.
Adams, j. +. Eldridge of West Ran
dolph, c. c. Johnson of Springfield,
Thomas X. Pimer of Bellows Falls; del
egates to national encampment. S. w.
Parkhurst, st. JOhnsbury. l.. c. Leav-
ems, Richmond, j. ID. Needham, Rutland,
John Lombard, West Randolph, w. IL.
Taylor, Bellows Falls, II. j. Cofiey,
Bennington; alternates, Geo. p. Blair,
Barnet, j. b. Holton, Burlington, G. s.
Capen, Brandon, +. IL. Putnam, Brattle-
boro, j. b. Mcnamara, Bennington, NJ.
j. Sargent, South ROyalton.