Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-06-12

and locked up, but was released the
next morning and departed in the di-
rection of Braintree, still munching the
sugar.
Lester Dow of Plainfeld was aroused
one night last week by noise on the
roof of the piazza near his sleeping room
window, and got up to see what caused
it. He saw what appeared to be cat
close to the window and reached out to
push it away. The animal proved to be
porcupine, and he had to spend some
long and painful minutes picking the
quilts out of his hand.
Bishop Hall has accepted the resigna-
ton of Rev. Allen d. Brown, pastor of
the church of the Good Shepherd at Barre,
to take effect as soon as his successor is
chosen. Mr.. Brown was formerly a
/ well known officer in the navy. He re-
signed six years ago and resided at
Brattleboro until appointed rector at
Barre year or two ago. He will return
to Bratteboro to live.
Miss Elizabeth Stark, granddaughter
of Gen. John Stark, of Bennington bat
tie fame, died at the family homestead at
/ Manchester, n. H., Saturday, May 30,
aged so years. Miss Stark attended the
( Vermont centennial and dedication of
the Bennington battle monument at Ben
nington in August, 1891, and will be re-
nembered by those who met her there
as bright and amiable lady.
The Chittenden county Republican
convention, Saturday, made these nomi-
nations: Senators, II. w. Allen of Bur-
| lington. DR.. O. W. Peck of Colchester
and L. H. Talcott of Wiliston; assistant
Judges, G. w. Stevens of Bolton and
Henry c. Root of Charlotte; Judge of
probate, T. f. Wales of Burlington;
States attorney, Rufus f. Brown OF Bur-
! lington sheriff. Thos. Reeves of Bur
| lington.
An up tu-date swlndler called on Post
master Robinson of Bennington one day
last week, representing himself as
solicitor ia the employ of the national
democratic committee, and asked for
funds for campaign purposes. The post
master required him to call again, but he
did not do so. The man represented in
Hoosick Falls that Mr.. Robinson had
contributed some money. The fellow is
undoubtedly fraud.
a hot contest for the republican nomi-
nation for congress is going on in the ID
district. The candidates announcing
Themselves are Senator Frank Plumley
of Washington county, Judge l.. NJ.
Read and j. L. Martin of Windham
county. Each candidate has canvassers
out in different sections of the district.
1t is understood that AN agreement has
| been made between Read and Martin
that the fight is to be made in their
county only by the one getting the most
votes there, the other to support the
other strenuously. The convention will
be held the 18th inst.
Hugh Henry of Chester, Gen. j. j.
Estey of Brattleboro, L. d. Hazen of St.
Johnsbury, Ozro Meacham of Brandon,
J. G.. Mccullough of the board of trus-
tees of the Soldiers home, met at Ben
nington recently, and after looking over
the plans that had been submitted de-
cided to enlarge the home in accordance
with them. The enlargement will con-
sist Of an addition TO the present wing of
the main building. 10 by b feet, extend
ing to the east. changing the roof of the
present wing so as to convert the dor
mer into mansard roof This extern
sion will give larger dining, reading and
smoking rooms, storage room tor
clothing and % additional bedrooms.
a Rutland despatch says; The an
nOuncement that the United States SUI
preme court has decided that the sugar
bountes of 1891 must he paid is received
by Nermonters with great delight, for it
means that something ike $4,000 will
be distributed among the maple sugar
producers of the State. The bounty
provision of the Mckinley tariff had the
effect of largely increasing tie output
and bringing the quality up to a better
standard. In the spring of 1892 there
were 2,32S,SG4 pounds of maple sugar
offered for the test, of which only 3O7,-
279 pounds failed to pass. The total
bounty for Vermont that year was
S35,094SS. The next year saw the
amount of maple sugar offered for test
nearly doubled, and the bounty due to
Vermont farmers rose to $4,000. 1t
was discovered, moreover, that fully
seven-eighths of the sugar made in the
State was of sufficient quality to get the
bounty. The bounty for 1894, it is es-
timated, was at least equal to that of
the previous year.