Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
State l1eps.

The next general term of the supreme
court will be held at Montpelier Janu-
airy II.
The thermometer at st. Johnsbury
registered 20 degrees below zero Sunday
morning.
Burlington capitalists talk of building
the proposed electric railroad from Bel
lows Falls to Saxton's River.
Dean Cabot of West Windsor had one
leg broken In three places below the
knee recently by kicking COW.
Navigation on Lake Champlain closed
for the season Saturday night, when the
steamer Chateaugay was Withdrawn
from service.
Hon. Charles A. Prouty of Newport
will 90 to Washington January l to en-
ter on his duties as interstate commerce
commissioner.
It Ia reported that the money derived
from the dog tax law In Middlesex will not
be sufficient to pay the damages caused
by the dogs killing sheep this year.
Vermont has AZ presidential post of
fees, with salaries ranging from $500
in Burlington down to $1,000 in Island
Pond, North Bennington and West Rut-
land.
Judge Henry c. Ide, who has recently
resigned as chief Justice of Samoa, Will
return to America early in the spring,
coming by way of Europe. His home
is in st. Johnsbury.
Alden Rich of Gouldsville has relic
in the shape of sleigh made in l14l and
therefore over $50 years old, but still In
good running order and bids fair to re-
main so another hundred years unless
some accident befalls it.
The question of constructing dam
across the Connecticut river and of erect
ing an electric power plant for the pur-
pose of furnishing power, light and heat
for the manufactures is again interest
ing Brattleboro capitalists.
L. P. Thayer of Randolph has bought
the Burlington Clipper, Burlington Sun
dav Sun, Winooski Journal and Chitten-
den County Reporter. These papers
have been published by the Burlington
Publishing company. Mr.. Thayer takes
possession this week.
Townsend, Windham county, is in
hard luck. Its third disastrous fire in
two years broke out one morning last
week, destroying four buildings, render
ing eight families homeless and doing
damage to the amount of $4,000. The
origin is uncert ain, but probably incen-
diary.
Frank Miles, treasurer of the Boston
Safe Deposit and Trust company, de-
faulter to the amount of 100000, put
part of his stealngs into 40O-acre
farm at North Londonderry, Windham
county, which, with extensive improve
ments, cost him upward of $4,000, and
which is decided to his son.
The State library commission has de-
cided to hold meetings in various towns
of the State during the coming year for
the purpose of awakening interest
among the people in libraries. These
meetings. the first one of which will be
held at Burlington in February, will be
in the nature of talks on library systems,
selection of books, etc.
The Raponda Hotel, a fashionable
summer resort. situated on Raponda
lake, three miles from the village of Will
mington, was destroyed with its con-
tents by fire Sunday night. The Rapon-
da was built about seven years ago by
stock company at cost of $4,000. Its
present valuation was about $4,000.
The origin of the fire is mystery.
A curiosity exists near the residence
of j. P. Browne in Faysville. From the
trunk of quite large beech tree, about
seven feet from the ground, protrudes
three feet of a scythe, while the heel is
Embedded about six inches in the body
of the tree. The probability is that
some patriot hung up his scythe and
entered the service of his country, and
perhaps never returned.
a Barton woman, out of curiosity,
kept a record of what she made from
two barrels of flour, which she used in
about six weeks time. This is what
barrel of flour made $50 pies (meat, APP
pie, custard, etc. . chicken pies. SO APP
pie dumplings, II Jelly rolls, IS cakes,
u dozen gngersnaps, G7 dozen dough-
nuts, 20 dozen cookies. And this from
another barrel of flour: Sc loaves of
bread, 634 rolls and biscuits, a finger
rolls, 20 pies, cakes,2 puddings, ? dozen
gingersnaps, . dozen cookies, 6! dozen
doughnuts, l chicken pie, dozen pop
overs, % dozen grddle cakes and doz-
pn flOur gems