Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-25
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

\ Famous Farm in Rutland-The Small
Boy and the Gun in Misunderstanding
Lake ChampIain Streams-Other state
Items of Interest.
The Temple brothers of Rutland have
bought the Maple Grove stock farm near
that city, on the creek road, more COM
monty known as the Baxter farm. The
purchase of the farm includes the stock,
farming implements, etc. Gen. Baxter
bought the original farm in October,
1874. Strips of land on each side of the
"creek" road were bought and the farm
now has between 250 and 300 acres, and
lies in the city of Rutland and in the
towns of Rutland and Clarendon. Gen.
Baxter erected practically all of the
buildings now on the original place.
The city water was piped to the build
ings. 1t is estimated that the general
spent between $4,000 and 800, 900 on
his country seat.
Residents of Essex and Clinton count
les New York are making an effort to
have Lake Champlain and its tributary
streams stocked with fish. They claim
the fishing there is getting worse each
year, and have appealed to the state fish
culturist. He says that efforts on the
part of the state authorities will be un-
availing until the sentiment of the
counties mentioned Is against netting
fish. Mention Is made that protection is
especially due the fish during spawning
season.
By the accidental discharge of rife
CO. ho DIJ Of
w. d. Hart of Windham, came near
meeting with a serious accident lie
loaded the rifle and put on cap, but did
not shut down the hammer; then he
placed the rifle on the floor with enough
force to discharge it. The ball went
through his neck between the cord and
ugular vein, and his face'was blown full
of powder. No serious results are eX-
pected.
/. B. Harris Of Lyndonville, who has
bred Shropshire sheep for many years
and who has taken over 900 first prizes,
says that the natural conditions under
which the best results in sheep raising
can be attained are found in Vermont
and in Washington county, Pennsylvania,
and in portion of West Virginia, but
that Vermont has the advantage because
good land can be had here for less than
in the two other states.
ii. II. Reed of Jamaica. while working
in the woods met with an accident, a
snow slide covering him completely 1t
was good luck, however, that his little
boy Roy, six years old, was with him.
The little hero shoveled his father out,
and rescued him from death. The same
little boy has also rescued two children
from being drowned.
The house of Louis Youngs, Jr., on
the road from st. Albans to Swanton,
was struck by lightning last Thursday
night and burned with all its contents,
The family escaped in their night clothes,
not having time to save any garment.
The barns, which are some distance from
the house were not burned. The
property was insured for 81 900.
Mrs. Clark of East Lyndon, 81 years
old, living alone, does all her own house
work, shovels paths, makes fires and in
summer takes care of vegetable garden.
She had one wrist broken when 20 years
old and it has troubled her ever since.
She broke the other wrist about year
ago and has had to use the lame one
since then.
Brig, ,Gfn. j. j. Estey, commander of
the National Guard of Vermont, has APP
pointed Joseph NJ. Wolf of SaXtOn's
River inspector of rifle practice on his
staff. He has been military instructor at
the Vermont academy for nearly year
and was once adiutant in the National
Guard of Pennsylvania.
While gang of men was at work fill
ing the Rocky Point ice house in st.
Albans bay recently, a large sturgeon
came into the ice hole. Lewis Coulter
marsh and B. }. Greene caught it with
the ice ladder and hook. They brought
it to the bay and found that it weighed
siXty-ilve pounds.
The Arbuckle company of Burlington
has just been chartered with a capital
stock of $4,000. The object for Organi-
zation is for the purpose of carrying on
and conducting a general and wholesale
confectionery, tobacco and general mer-
chandise business