Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-30
State 11eus.

ley college this year.
Barre business men are talking of
founding city hospital.
There are 50 divorce cases on the dock |
let of the Chittenden county court.
About 100000 cans of corn have been
put up at the canning factory at
Windsor.
The annual reunion of the Vermont
cavalry association will be held at Mont
pelier November 10, instead of the day
Preceding the meeting of the Vermont
Officers' society, as formerly.
The will of ex-Gov. Fuller bequeaths
$1,000 to the Vermont academy at Sax
tons River to be used in the construc-
ton of a hospital for the benefit of the
academy, in memory of Mrs. Desdemona
Estey.
Lewis Pond of Passumpsic was re-
moving the cylinder from his revolver
the other day when cartridge was &C
cidentally discharged and the bullet
struck him in the forehead. 1t did not
penetrate deeply, but made painful
wound.
Harvey Dunbar of West Danvlle re-
Gently captured a strange bird which
has not yet been classified by any one
who has seen it,. 1t is of the general APP
pearance and color of turkey, and
measures more than seven feet across
the wings.
\ corn-field of 60 acres on the Billings
farm in Woodstock is probably the
largest in the State. a few days ago
the corn from one acre was husked and
sacked, and will be entered by Manager
Aitkin for prize offered by the Breed
ers' Gazette of Chicago for the largest
yield of corn from one acre. Over two
hundred baskets were filled, the whole
Weighing about 5000 pounds.
While Carlos Wilson of West Falrlee
was cunning recently he slipped down
an inclined ledge, dropping his gun,
which discharged both barrels. One
charge passed close to his head, knock
ing off and setting fire to his cap, and the
other struck him Just forward of his arm
and passed up, lodging in front of
his shoulder, Just back of the collar bone,
which was broken. He will recover.
The historic grist mill in North Hoosick
was burned to the ground last Friday.
The mill was the most prominent hstori-
cal landmark around Ben ningtOn battle
field. The exact date of its erection is
not known, but it was long before the
revolution. In it was ground corn meal
for Gen. Stark's men and grist for his
horses. British troops had been quar-
tered in it and also in the miller's dwell
ing.
A DummerstOn man wished to ascer
tain how many kernels OF corn chip
munk could carry in Its mouth Thirty
kernels were placed on a board. A
squirrel carried them all away at one
time. Forty-fiye kernels were then
placed in position and chippy got away
with all of then: at that trial. Seventy
kernels were put on the board for a
third trial. The little striped animal
was beaten this time, but succeeded in
carrying away IS of the kernels in his
mouth.
The committee which erected the cata-
+. mount monument to mark the site of the
old Catamount tavern in Bennington has
completed a contract for the erection Of
granite marker on the spot where, the
morning of the battle of Bennington,
Gen. Stark made his wellknOwn speech ::
There are the redcoats; tonight they
are ours or Molly Stark is a widow"
The place is now marked by wooden
stake put there five years ago. Fifty
square feet of land has been presented to
committee as trustees, by the owner,
in the center of which the marker will
stand.
Mrs. Hill, town liquor agent at Hart
= ford, was aroused a few nights since by
crashing noise and on going down
stairs found that rOugh-loOking man
had smashed the door and gained
entrance to'the house. She was fright
eued by his threats and filled a bottle
with whiskey as he demanded. Several
neighbors who had been aroused by the
noise appeared just as she had filled the
bottle, and when he saw them he ran.
The neighbors pursued and caught him
and took him to the Woodstock Jail,
where he will await trial at the Deem
Der term of court for breaking and enter
ing. He is not known by any one in the
vicinity and refuses to tell his name.
A royal Irish wedding took place at
the residence of John Doom, near Nor.
risville, recently. His son Frank was
the groom and Miss Susan McVey the
bride John Doom is between 80 and
100 years old, and is counted a real
Irish gentleman, and he deemed it fit to
have his sons wedding celebrated in
tue Irish style. The supper consisted
of 80 pounds of cooked fresh beef, d
quarter of beef, a whole sheep, 2;
chickens, 10 gallons of oysters, cold
meats and pastry and other dishes il
proportion. Two good cooks from Bur
lington were week preparing the
feast Ten gallons of whiskey, 10 gal
Ions of wine, pipes, tobacco and cigar;
each came in time to preserve and com
plete the harmony of the event. Two
hundred people graced the occasion, {
large dancing hall was improvlsed, fid
dlers not few made merry feet fly fast
mirth, feast and fun joined hand anC
heart, and not till broad daylight did the
guests inquire the hour