Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-17
State Q1elps.

1t is expected that the Laird 81 Sween-
ey Manufacturing company of st. Johns
bury will locate in Middlebury, Conn.
The postoffices at Enosburgh Falls,
Island Pond and North Bennington have
been raised to the presidential class.
The salary at North Bennington will be
$1,000 a year. and at the other two
offices 81 100 each.
Two Burlington boys were out hunt
ing Thursday, when something white at
the foot of a hollow stump caught their
eye. They Investigated aud unearthed
p pieces Of valuable china, which vas
missing from a city hotel.
Wendell Houghton was attacked by an
elk while hunting foxes IN the deer park
at Halifax a few DAYS ago. The infu-
rated animal threw him 20 feet and
would have killed him if his friends had
not frightened it away by discharging
their guns.
George Dean of West Burke met with
a very singular accident recently. He
was taking care of his cow, when the
animal hooked hi u, the h0rn entering
his mouth and going through his
tongue. He was ia great agony and
unable TO speak or swallow for two
days.
The annual meeting Of the Vermont
Maple Sugar Makers association, to be
held at Montpelier on Wednesday and
Thursday, January - and %, will be
the first meeting the association has held
independently of other organizations.
n number of topics of interest will be
discussed.
An old lady went into II Rutland saw
ings bank recently and presented IA book
that she had taken out over 20 wears ago.
y clerk examined the book and found
that the last entry had been made in
1873. He figured up the interest, which
amounted TO IA little over 81, 300. and
handed it to the tie posltor, together
with the $500, the amount of the de-
post.
James Davis Of Bellows Falls, aged 2G,
hIINN lluNg n vi lDDu at TIE ~IllI-
ping room OF the Fal Mountain Paper
company. In loading "A hundred pound
roll of paper into a car he slipped and
fell from the platform under the car and
the roll came on top, crushing him. He
was to have been married in a few
weeks.
The bOlv of James Morris, a coal
shoveler, alb 'ut % years old, was found
on the railroad track half a mile north of
the station at Essex Junction Sunday
morning. His head was crushed and
both legs were badly mangled. The
circumstances of his death are a mystery
not credited.
George y Powers of Morrisville
chairman Of the State Young Mems Re
publican club. has completed arrange
ments whereby The annual meeting Of
that organiz tfion. which was to have
- been held ia Rutland on Wednesday
February II, L%ircoln's birthday, Will b,
held in Montpelier on that date. Tn,
Sp"'1 hNH ~ hOul DcllcI nave Idlfe(
$500 toward tie expenses of the meet
ing.
A Rutland man, who returned a few
days ago from Tip to Bethel, says tina
the resident of that town have latcly
seen "A mos peculiar animal in the wood
in the vicinity Of the town. Sportsmel
who have bad a chance to observe tn,
animal pronounce it a Rocky mountain
sheep. Tie animal weighs about 40
pounds, has q heavy matted forehea,
and prongle-- hoIn MS hat curve back
ward over Inc head. 1t is thought tina
the sheep, or Whatever 1t may be, ha
escaped from Austin CorDin's park o
Croydon mountain in New Hampshire
b animal Is quite tame, but no on
seems wiling 10 kill it.