Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-13
State Views.

Rutland repubNcanS CelcOTdltu lhe
election of Mckinley by big torch'light
procession Friday night
4 black bear which weighed before it
was dressed about $50 pounds was killed
by l.. f. Benson Of Weston, last week.
Hubbard & Estey cut a spruce tree in
Tyson recently which Is two and halt
feet in diameter at the butt, one foot In
diameter at the top and 10 feet long.
Walter r. Davis has been expelled
from the Methodist church at Randolph
because. as is alleged, he robbed the
contribution box.
Styles Mcmillan of ST. Adams. who
says he was 100 years of age July 10
last, was in South ROyaltOn the other
day, having made the trip on foot.
High water last week Thursday night
carried the dam out at the electric light
plant at Mortified. 1t will be rebuilt at
once, steam being used in the mean
time.
The Bennington knitting mill has be.
gun work on the enlargement of its
plant which has been contemplated
some time Considerable new machinery
will be put in.
Mrs. Mark Boynton of POmfret broke
one leg of her siX-year old son the other
day. She gave quick pull to remove "A
stocking which he had soled, and the
bone snapped above the knee.
Isaac Lafreniere of Lowell is 81 years
of age and for the past few days has
walked a distance Of three miles each
morning to his work, chopped hard wood
all day and walled home at night.
Bonds to the amount of nearly $4,000
were forfeited by respondents in liquor
cases in the Rutland county court on
Wednesday and bench warrants were
issued for the arrest of the m when
they come home.
Commodore Allan Brown, a retired
United States naval officer, who of late
years has been one of the strongt st men
in the Episcopal ministry of Vermont,
has been elected president of Norwich
university at Northtield.
Tim Sullivan, of unknown residence,
who was placed in Jail at Woodstock for
burglarzing the Hartland liquor ag' ncy,
h rs been making a good deal of disturb
ance during his confinement, and last
week he was adjudged insa lie.
A young ladies' football team has been
organized in St. Johnsbury, and ground
for exercise secured back of the Col.
are in the team, and have been photo
graphed in a group, in the different
positions of the game.
An apple tree that is 100 years old is
owned by r. II. Williams of West Cor
NTH. 1t is known to have borne apples
for more than so years. The tree now
measures II feet inches around the
trunk near the ground, and has this year
borne + bushels of good apples.
Will Hutchinson, living between East
Bethel and Randolph Center, lost two
Young cows in a strange manner last
week. They we're in the highway and
deer came up behind them and gave them
such a fright that they scampered off and
had not feen seen since.
John Cass, % years of age, was arrest
ed in Boston the other day. charged with
the larceny of shoe taps valued at be-
tween 5000 aud 500 at divers times from
George A. White & Co. of 81 South
street, by whom he was employed from
last February until MAY. He is Ben
ningtonian.
Elliot f. Swan, the old-time stage
driver between BrattlebOrO and WOrces-
ter, Mass, between 1919 30 and after
wards a leading hotel-keeper in Wor-
cester, died recently. He is believed to
he the last of this old corps save Adolph-
us Harrington, now of Putney, who
used to drive on the northern route.
Peter and Antoine Pecor and William
Bissette. who were arrested at Buring-
ton rec !ntlv on charge of chicken
stealing, were tried Friday morning in
the city court. Bissette is an old Of
fender. having served several sentences.
William Bissette and Antoine PecOr
were sentenced TO the house of cOrrec-
ton for thr .e months, while Peter, who
was not considered intelligent, was dis
charged.
Work has been begun at Burlington on
tunnel III which to carry ice from the
foot of Maple street to an ice house
about 325 feet away. A ditch about
five feet deep is to be dug. In it will
be placed the tracks and machinery and
the top will then be covered with mason
~. The ice will be brought to the open
ing of the tunnel, then placed upon al
endless belt and taken to the ice house a.
the rate of 500 tons per dav.
Representative w. w. Grout of the
I'd congress district has issued the fol
lowing notice: II am daily receiving
letters relating to pOst0ffice appointment:
Ander the incoming administration anC
take this opportunity to inform all APP
plicants for such appointments in thu
second district that in all cases where
there are more than one candidate thu
selection will be referred to caucus of thu
resident republican patrons of the office
All who voted the republican state o.
presidential tickets in the late election
will be admitted to the caucus wlthOu
regard to former political affiliations
these caucuses will be held under TN
rules and regulations hereafter TO be pro
,nulgated for the information of both ap
plcants and patrons. If only one pet
tion sufficiently signed to indicate full
notice to patrons be presented. and no OF
lection is made to the candidate named,
reserve the right to act without caucus.