Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-06
State 11eps.

The buildings on the A. II. Blake farm
west of the village of Hardwick were
struck by lightning Friday morning and
burned.
The construction of a museum build
ing at Burlington for the "lndia col
lection" bequeathed to the university
of Vermont by the late IL. lie Grand
Cannon, was begun Friday.
Col. Milton X. Paine of Windsor died
Oct. %. lie was famed as a druggist and
inventor of patent medicines. His wild
cherry tonic" is well known and he was
also the first owner of 'Paine's celery
compound
Gilbert S. Stevens of Brdgewater
caught bay lynx a few days since on
which he received a bounty of $40. The
animal was two feet eight inches long,
20 inches high and weighed - pounds.
The scholars of the public schools of
Bellows Falls think they have too many
hours of school. A petition is now be-
ing circulated among parents of the
school children and others interested,
asking for shorter school hours.
George A. Orvis and Miss Anna l..
Simonds of Manchester are TO be mar
rled Novembtr Il. Mr.. Orvis is the son
of f. IL. Orvis Of the Equinox house,
and Miss SimOnds is the daughter of ID.
X. Simonds of the Manchester journal.
Mark Carpenter of Washington had
narrow escape from a serious injury last
Thursday. His foot caught in thresh-
ing machine and was badly iammed but
the horses were stopped in time to pre-
vent his foot from being entirely crushed.
Frank, the If year-old son of Amos
Rogers of South POultney, while hunting
Saturday shot of the fingers and half the
palm of his right hand. He was crawling
through a wire fence about two miles
from his home, and the trigger caught on
the wire, discharging the gun.
A strange light which glows the
brightest at midnight is causing some
excitement among the citizens of Wood
ford. The apparition, or whatever it is,
appears on the side of mountain Just as
darkness begins to settle down, auG AS
the night grows backer the mysterious
light grows more intense, dying out
towards morning
A tall. old-fashIoned, eight-day brass
clock stands in IA corner OF Harry Mil
ler's sitting-room in DummerstOn. 1t
has run hundred years to day and
still keeps accurate time. 1t was his
grandfather's clock and was set running
October -, 1886, the day his daughter,
Susan Miller, was born
4 silver-gray fox has been tantalizing
the huntsmen of Bethel for the past week
As the skins of these animals bring any
where from $50 to $50, they are well worth
considerable hunting for. 1t is under
stood that a slveT-gTey fox does not
transmit its popularity to its posterity.
During the severe thunder storm early
Saturday morning, the barns on the Belle
vue Trotting park, St. Adams, owned by
b. +. Rugg, were struck by lightning
and with their contents were totally des-
troyed. The barns contained - tons of
hay, several thousand bushels of corn
and farming implements. The loss is
about 81 400.
q. w. Girard of Jericho was victim
of a shooting accident while hunting on
Saturday with friend. They both shot
at a squirrel which they did not kill
Both men ran toward the squirrel, Girard
being about rod in advance of his
friend. The latters foot slipped and the
other barrel of his gun was discharged,
hitting Girard under the left shoulder
blade, making CHASTITY wound. Girard
is about 20 years old.
Frank Gammel of Rockingham had
his hand badly mangled 10y the discharge
of cartridge last Sunday. lie had a
cartridge in a breech-loading gun which
refused to 90 of at the proper time. He
dropped the breech of the gun and be-
gan digging the cap from the cartridge
with a section of a moving machine
scythe. when discharge took place in
the wrong direction and the scythe was
blown into the hand.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Press association was held in Montpelier
Oct. %, when these officers were chosen
President, w. b. Howe of Burlington
vice presidents, j. w. Sault of St. Johns
bury, +. A. Mutt of Montpelier and Il. C.
Whitehill of Waterbury; secretary, l..
Il. Johnson of Randolph; treasurer, F. l..
Quene of ST. Albans; executive commit
tie, l.. II. Lewis of Hyde Park, l.. p.
Thayer of Randolph and NJ. f. Atkins of
Montpelier.
Royal Tyler, who died few days ago
at Brattleboro, was ST years old and was
son of Chief Justice Royal Tyler of
our supreme court, who was also famous
as the author of "The Contrast" the first
American play. Judge Tyler began to
practice law in 1910, and six years later
was elected Judge of probate, which Office
he held up to the time of his death He
had been county clerk since 1851, and for
one term represented the town in the
legislature.
Charles Smith, 20 years of age, was
accidentlY killed while hunting north OF
Castleton village Saturday. He was
found dead in the woods on Monday
The supposition is that while watching a
squirrel Smith held his gun with hi:
thumb over the muzzle and in moving
about struck the hammer against the
rocks, causing sufficient conclusion t.
discharge the shell. The charge tore
away the greater part of his thumb
scOrched his clothes, entered his neck
severing an artery, and lodged just be
hind the ear. He probably lay for some
minutes where he was wounded, AS
pool of blood was found, and then started
down the hill, dying before he could get
to his wagon