Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-01

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outbuildings. boarding house, etc. There
are about 5000 acres in the tract and it
will be cleared as rapidly as the lumber
Is needed.
w. II. II. Murray of Adirondack
fame, is engaged In writing book pre-
senting the facts that have never been
got together about the old French and
Jesuit doings and also showing the pro-
found impress upon our later national
life that has come from that people. MIR.
Murray has written lectures upon the
Aliens, Ethan and Ira, and the Starks,
John and william.
In the case of State of Vermont VS..
Brattleboro to recover S30702 profits
from the town liquor agency in excess of
10 per cent for the year ending February
|, 1895. which was submitted to the
court on an agreed statement of facts,
Judge Munson decides in favor of the
State and gives Judgment against the
town. The case goes to the supreme
court on exceptions.
A man claiming to be DR.. III F. Vir-
tue, graduate of the university of Penn
sylvania, who has practiced veterinary
surgery at Bellows Falls for the past
four months, coming from Mortified,
Mass, left town suddenly few day
ago The death of a valuable horse
owned by the Fall Mountain Paper COM
pany in his care led the attorney of that
company to investigate. He found his
diploma bogus and in his room was the
seal of the university used in making it,
Two boys hunting in some rubbish in
an old factory at Poultney discovered a
lot of human bones. The authorities
were notified and ordered an excavation
to be made, when more bones we're
brought to light 1t was found that the
bones had been bored at the joints, and
the conclusion was reached that they
were part of skeleton which had be-
longed to a doctor. 1t was later learned
that DR.. Mcleod, who practiced there 30
wears ago, gave a skeleton to George
Pepper and that when Pepper was clean
| ing up his shop last summer he packed
the skeleton in a box and buried it.
The experiment station at Burlington
is about to publish bulletins 40 on "Po-
tato Blights and Fungicides," and 81 On
"Analyses of Com nercial Fertilizers ".
Bulletin 40 discusses the distinctions be-
tween the various potato blights, par
ticularly the different forms of potato
diseases which of late have been group
ed under the general name of "early
blight" These disorders are fully de-
scribed and illustrated by figures of the
leaves and preventive measures discuss
ed. The relative value of various mOdi
fications of Bordeaux mixture is also
shown. Bulletin 81 contains the analy.
SEES, guarantees aud station valuations OF
80 brands of commercial fertilizers sold
in the State this year. Copies of these
bulletins will be sent free to any one on
application.
The Democrats of the State organized
club with Editor C. H. Davenport of the
Brattleboro Reformer as president; Hon
Seneca HaseltOn of Burlington, vice
president; DR.. G.. A. G.. jackson of Barre
secretary and Wells Valentine of Ben
nington, treasurer. The club starts of
with membership of 100, which
was about the number that attend
ed the banquet at the Berwick in thu
evening. The State Democratic commit
tee held meeting at the Berwick anC
voted to hold the State convention a
Montpelier on May - for the election o
delegates and the nomination of STATE
officers. 1t was voted to allow for rep
resentation one delegate for eacl
town and one delegate for every ~
Democratic votes or majority fraction
thereof cast at the last election for gov
ernor. This will make the number o
delegates 5l2.