Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-17
ROUND THE STATE.
ms GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

d Is possible, says the Burlington
be Press, that Vermont may soon have
crest park which will rival that of
Webb. at Ne-ha-se-ne. f. p. Hatch
New York, j. 5. Pierson and j.
s mn of Burlington, went yesterday
IN to Manchester. The object of the
! of these three gentlemen was to go
4 r the tract of land owned by them in
vicinity of Manchester and formu-
/ some plans for its Improvement
tract In question is an area of about
10 acres which lies in the towns of
.nchester, Stratton, Sunderland and
.nhall. The four corners of these
.rns meet within the property. This
heavily wooded and has an abundant
Sply of game among which are sever
Ieer. 1t was acquired a little at a
as the price could be made what the
.,ers deemed a reasonable figure, and
been going on for several years.
of the gentlemen interested were
b by Free Press man but they were
cent as to their plans for the de-
Dpment of the land. Should Mr..
Ich treat the tract at Manchester in a
& Inner like his development of Red
.,ks, Nermonters would indeed have a
. ha-se-ne of their own.
Clark of Rutland is reported TO
e unearthed a valuable and rare Ma
{ ic relic, drinking cup which was
FINALLY the property of Mother Kill
+ ming lodge of MasOns of Scotland.
lodge is the parent lodge of Masonry
English speaking countries. The cup
reserved i'm kilwinning lodge meet
for the exclusive use of the poet
pert Burns, frequent visitor to the
&c. The cup is of flint glass and
utifully ornamented with Masonic
lbols. There is no doubt of its au-
ntictv. 1t was found in family of
ttish descent. whose ancestors were
nbers of Kilwinning lodge
William A. Lawrence, charged with
citing Judge Thomas O. Seaver, was
ligned in the Woodstock Jail before
tice Potter of White River Junction
Wednesday. lie refused to plead,
ming that he had been taken by sur
e, and that the arraignment was
k on the part of the prosecution.
ties Attorney Harvey stated that Law
be had had ample time and had him
set the time for the hearing. a plea
not guilty was therefore entered for
Constable Thomas was the only
hess examined, and Lawrence was
in $4,000 bail to appear at the Sep
Der term of county court.
Photographic copy of the first time
ever issued by the old Vermont
trail railroad is IN the possession of
!. b. Wall of Randolph. 1t is dated
>. 1913, and gives much information
II interesting nature. An announce
1t is made that regular passenger
ice will begin Dec. 10, 1918, between
3thfield and Boston, connecting at
lite River junction with the Northern
|. The time required for the trip
bed from nine to II hours. The
thern terminus was then at North
and from there stage lines extended
Montpelier, Burlington and Montreal.
. L Tuesday morning of last week
-weells. old baby was found on the
IS of the Methodist parsonage at Rich
The little one was packed in
let and accompanying it was s. bill
note 5 ating its given name and
The founding was turned over to
pOormaster. Then the child's iden-
was disclosed by relatives Of the un-
'unate mother claiming it. 1t appears
mother is Mrs. Leo of Sutton, Que,
pse husband is fatally i'll with con-
ption. She has fled with another
and took this way of Kidding her
of the incumbTance of a child.
he Hungarians exploy ed in the slate
rries near Rutland have been on a
he all along the line for the past
k. Those employed by W. II.
shes at West Pawlet demand an in
Sc in their wages. Forty or more
ls employed by Norton Brothers at
nyille struck for the same reason.
Y made a demand for increased wages
the proposition was rejected by their
,loyers. They evidently expected
an increase of wages would follow
demand. They were surprised and
ry when they were paid in full and
wed to go.
c. Balm of Lincoln, while on his
home from Bristol, saw an eagle
< ng up the river. He borrowed a gun
watched the bird until it turned and
down stream and when it alghted
E bot it and took it home with him.
leasured , feet inches from tip to
Il. ". IJdNlucOu VI W tdllltlS llCIu
shot large eagle two miles south
he Bow. The bird has a spread of
gs that measured six feet, length
and a half, while its weight was
It and one-fourth pounds.
he Barre quarry company has failed
5 efforts TO make a combine of the
brent quarries on Milestone Hill and
secure control of the product. The
twell quarry, one of the best pieces
= property and equipped with the most
Tern machinery, was sold Tuesday to
granite manufacturing firm of
Fkie, Hussey & Co. This firm has
second largest granite manufacturing
1t in the world and is in a position to
out large quantity of monumental
k.
endrick hill in IIartland, wherein the
nerican Poultry Farm is located,
been fortified. The armament con-
of two revolvers. a rifle and shot
with Jim Harwood as chief gun
1t seems the large number of fat
Keys, geese, ducks and chickens have
yed too strong IA temptation to be
sted by certain ones whose love of
try is stronger than their love for
commandment, "ThOu shalt not
l."
IS RS. Mary Damon of Springfield COM
ed suicide by laying her neck over a
II cord that she had fastened at each
the WEIGHT Of her hOdV tending 70