Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-14
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


Weather Prophet-st. Aibans Has a.
Ghost-Flotsam and Jetsam.
w. f. Adams took the silver gray fox
skin in his possession to Boston on re-
cent visit, says the Montpelier Argus,
and exhibited it to several furriers.
They were much surprised to see the
skin, as the number that comes from
this state, or in fact from any part of
New England, is so scarse that it was
believed that the animal was practically
extinct here. Most of the silver grays
carried by Boston furriers are secured
in Labrador. MIR. Adams secured lot
of information about foxes, so that he is
now quite an expert on this willy beast.
He is to have the skin cured, and when
put in trim, Will offer it for sale. The
Boston furriers said skins like that
hood of SO.
The following tale is told as truth of
the daughter of Montpelier man, who is
fortunate in having weather prophet in
his family. The prophet is his daughter,
and the sign the family goes by is little
ridge in one of her ears. Twentyfour
hours before it storms this ridge swells
out. After the storm is over or a clearing
is in prospect the lump fades away. 1t
has never been known to fail. When
any of the family desire to 90 of on a
journey they look into the girls ear, and
if the ridge is in its normal state they
can go without any fear of storm. The
girl is II years of age and attends school
every day. She will probably shine in
the future as the chief of a weather
bureau.
A creepy story is floating round tht st.
Albans yards and round-houses regarding
the ghost of the late lamented Rugg
Darby. You cannot get the boys to say
much about it, but the story goes that
Rugg is in the habit of riding on his Old
engine POI at times getting on when the
train is running full speed, taking his
old seat and remaining there, weird and
silent figure until he has ridden far
enough, when he drops of quietly.
Several very sensible ana matter-of- fact
drivers are talking this thing over seri.
ously.
An excellent Illustration of the work
ings of the dead letter Office recently
occurred in Burlington. a letter was
sent from Sharon, Mass, January 3,
to a lady staying with her sister in that
city. but the name of the city was not
on the envelOpe-merely Vermont. The
The letter went to the dead letter office,
where it was of course opened, but
nothing was found in it whereby its
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was sent to Burlington and was received
by the lady all right within seven days.
Hanging in the Office of Capt. George
w. BurlesOn. collector in charge of the
port of st. Albans, are three seaskin
caps and one sealskin sack. They
represent money value of about $3.50.
All were purchased In the United State
and all were seized from United States
citizens under the new law prohibiting
importation of sealskins. The regula-
ton of the treasury department govern
ing the enforcement of the new law
reached St.Albans port on last Friday.
Some of the local religious organ
izations in Barre are becoming aroused
over the action of many of their mem
bers who are attending whist parties
rather than performing the duties in
cumbent on them as members of these
societies. 1t is hinted that many eXpul-
sons will follow if the offenders con-
tinue to attend whist parties. The com
plaint is said 10 include church deacons,
stewards and Sunday school officers.
Louis Boudry, who lives in Water
J., I, I'll % &
intoxication and after lndulgng i'm
general abuse of his wife, drew q revolver
and attempted to shoot her. Mrs. BOu.
dry managed to throw up the weapon
and the bullet lodged In the ceiling.
Boudry had a hearing and was fined S2O
and costs.
The park cafe at st. Albans was care
fully searched for liquor Saturday, but
nothing was found. Monday morning
the Park View and the Elm Tree house
were raided, nothing being found at the
Park View, but small quantity of
whiskey was found at the Elm Tree
house.
The senate on Tuesday confirmed the
following Vermont postmasters: L. A
Chase, Bradford; j. b. Eldredge
Randolph; E. A. Howe, Ludlow; b
Merritt, Brandon; p. G. Ross Poultney
A. o. SpoOr, Winooski; E. II. Webster
Barton; j. p. Webster, Lyndonville
Il. Hull Page, Hyde Park.
In recent sermon Rev. d. l.. Sanford
rector of the Episcopal church at BELOW;
Falls, called attention to the fact that the
church enters upon its Tooth year
having been founded in 1898.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Press association will be held at the
Pavilion at Montpelier on Friday even
ing, Jan 2l. 1t will be a business
and social meeting.
Thomas Fltz0atrick of Kirby, while
, digging a founuation for a dam across
small brook last week, opened a hol'
: from which he took 25 snakes.
Tho animal taaatipor Of ha