Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-27
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


"A Veteran Whose Grandfather Fought
with Lafayette-Other State Items.
The cottage of A. L. b arrows of Bur-
lington at Colchester Point and several
others in the near vicinity have been
visited by burglars. Mr.. Barrows drove
out one dav last week and found every
thing all right. He drove out a day or
two later and found half the camp had
been plundered. Burglars had entered
the cottages and ransacled them, pulling
things about topsyturvy, but they had
their trouble for their pains, for there
was no booty to secure. The cottages
had the usual supplies of camp equipage,
but nothing else of value. This is the
first time camp cottage has been entered
in long time.
Thursday afternoon at the dock of
the Burlington Grocery company, John,
the nine-year-old son otiEdward Devlin,
who works in Lyman's coal yard, went
down to see his father after school closed
and was playing around the docks when
he lost his balance and fell in. He was
so badly Frightened that he was robbed of
his power of speech. Ernest Spaulding
happened to be riding his bicycle near
the dock and he saw the lad and jumped
in and rescued him.
Among the recent arrival at the Sol
diers' home is a Frenchman, veteran of
the Mexican war. He goes by the name
of Joseph Stone and halls from Montreal
Stones grandfather came from France
with Gen. Lafayette and fought under
him in the revolutionary war. Stone,
who is Il years old, was in the command
of Gen. Scott in the Mexican war. He is
in excellent health and regrets that he
cannot enlist in the present war.
p. G.. Fletcher, who disappeared from
Barre last week Monday, is still missing
He was the manager of the Excelsior
Granite cOmpany's plant under C. II.
More of this city, who is the receiver.
1t trannspired recently that the men
employed under Fletcher have not
received their pay for several weeks and
that Saturday Mr.. More gave Fletcher a
check for the pay roll and the money has
disappeared with him.
Miss Philema McKeen, for 80 years
principal of Abbott Academy at Andover,
died Saturday morning. She was about
7G years of age and native of Bradford.
She resigned as principal of Abbott
Academy six years ago. She had writ
ten several books. Interment was at
Bradford. She was a woman of much
strength of character and mental ability,
gifted with tact and practical sense.
Ex-Mayor j. D. Hatch of Burlington
died last Friday night. Mr.. Hatch was
for many years connected with the
Central Vermont railroad, and was
mayor of Burlington for seven years.
In years past his face has been familiar
at the state house during sessions of the
legislature, where he was known as a
persistent and successful lobbyist. His
age was eighty seven years.
A bald eagle measuring five feet two
inches from tip to tip was killed last
week near the farm of Judge Samuel j
Gardner in Pownal by a jew peddler
He had so gorged himself with food as tC
be unable to get away, and well-aimed
stone proved his downfall. The peddlel
will have the bird stuffed and set up by
a taxidermist. He valued it at 500.
Arrangements for the annual session Of
the national division of the Sons of TEN,
perance of North America, which is to bt
: held in Burlington July 13, II and Is
are nearing completion, and representa-
tive men of the order from all parts o
the United States as we'll as from Canadi
will be in attendance.
The Passumpsic Savings bank of st
Johnsbury has Just received for verfi
cation an old bank book that has beer
laid by since 1867. The first and only
deposit recorded therein is six dollars as
of Nov. 27, 1867 and the interest on tha
, amount to Jan. /, 1898, as Just entere'
by the bank officials, is Sl9.65
The Howe Scale company of Rutlan
is building coal elevator 67 feet high
: with 100 buckets, capable of handling
i 100 tons of coal from a boat as a graf
l elevator takes grain.
Patrick Regan of Newport fell dow
:, stairs last Sunday morning, striking o
8 8 his head and fracturing the skull In tw
= places. lie died the same afternoon a
a result.
>, Frank w. McKenna of Burlington wa
- given three months in the house {
: correction for unmerciful wife beating.
Bear Hunting in Vermont.
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