Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28
State 11eps.

Rattlesnakes have been seen recently
in the vicinity of Peacham.
A charter for railroad through Grand
Isle county will be asked from the leg
islature this fall
n. II. Bardy, prominent Rutland
business man, died Friday night OF APP
pendicltis, aged 81 years.
Harold Bishop of Lunenburgh had one
finger caught in the chain of a bicycle
recently and injured so that amputation
was necessary.
Z. NJ. Walcott of Rochester has re-
Gently caught under a sweet apple tree
two woodchucks, one skunk, eleven
hedgehogs and blue jay.
The Vermont branch of the interna-
tional order of the Kings Daughters and
Sons will hold its fourth annual conven-
ton at st. Adams Sept. and 2.
Patrick DIVER, 90 years old, one of
the most prosperous farmers in the town
of Castleton, committed suicide with
paris green last week while Respondent.
Miss Alvira Higley of Richmond was
burned to death in her own house at
Richmond Sunday. Miss Higley lived
alone. Both house and barn were
burned.
The Hinesburg railroad has at last Sc
cured permission from the aldermen of
burlington to enter the city. The ter
minus will be in front of the Van Ness
House, st. Paul street.
A small sized but vigorous tornado
passed over Cavendish the other day and
caused considerable damage. 1t I'M
rooted a house and wrecked two barns,
killing one horse and iniuring another.
Edward Bleau, 16 years old, son of
John Bleau of Burlington, was drowned
sunday afternoon in the Winooski river
near Colchester Point He fell from a
boat when endeavoring to pull up pond
lilies.
Farmers around Bellows Falls are hav-
INC trouble because of sending their mix
TO Boston. They say that the flies when
are brought back in the emptied cans are
much more troublesome and more Yora-
cious than the native insects
While playing in barn with his play
mates. the other day, Hugh Bottum OF
Sbsftsbury, very small boy, met with
a severe accident. a hay fork fell from
a track along the ridge pole to the barn
door and struck him on the back OF the
leo. passing through the iiesh ana pro
iecting out in front. The plucky niue
fellow removed the implement and then;
shrieking from pain, aroused the Iamlly'
Ona recent evening q party OF men
and women were enjoying a corn roast
on the summit of high hill IN South
Woodstock, when, about . 10 O'Clock, a
heavy cloud came up from the north,
sending forth few drops of rain. Mean
while the moon was shining brightly
from the south and the attention of the
partv was attracted by handsome ram
bow on the cloud, nearly as bright as II
caused by the suns rays
The Vermont State Sunday-school as
sociarion is making the experiment III
Orleans county of organized committees
to visit every family in every town III
the county to induce as many as possible
to attend Sunday school in the future
The result of the visiting will be REPORTED
AT the State sunday school convention IL
Burlington. Oct. 13, II and 10, and If the
renort is favorable this work Will DC
pushed throughout the State
The experiment station at Burlington
has issued bulletin 50, on "Ihe Polllna
tion of Plums,' which discusses thu
causes of uncertainty in truitlng an(
methods of increasing the certainty o
success in raising a crop OF plums'
also gives the characteristics of the VAR
Gus groups and kinds of plums with thel
special adaptations in this state. a copy
Of this as we'll as other bulletins Will d.
sent without charge to any address upon
application to the experiment station
Burlington.