Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-04-08
AROUND THE STATE.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

ClairVoyant Interested in the sheldon
I<idnapng-Of Distinguished Lineage
Another Vermont Centennarian-How II
Benningtonian Lost His Money-NOtes.
Mrs. John A. Dumas of Mortified
claims to possess clairvoyant powers and
states that she believes she can locate
the spot where Earl, the son of F. A.
Sheldon of Burlington, is buried. She
states that he was taken by man who
! lives some three miles from Burlington.
He took the boy TO allow him to enjoy
a ride and to save exposing him to the
cold had him get under the sleigh robe.
When the man thought the boy had gone
far enough he found he was dead, and
not knowing what to do in the dilemma,
took him to his house and the remains
were buried back of the mans residence.
| The Sheldon family have been cOmmu
nicated with and it is expected some at.
tention will be given to the matter.
The body of Mrs. Benjamin Roberts,
So, who died at Fort Hamilton, n. Y,
recently was brought to Manchester for
burial. Mrs. Roberts had been living
with Capt. Benjamin X. Roberts, 9th
] <AIlllltIN IltI IluSUdIu, Otlls DtIlldllll
Roberts, was a son of Gen. Martin Rob
erts, who served in the war of 1912.
Gen. Benjamin Roberts graduated at
West Point, and won great distinction
during the Mexican war, after which he
was promoted aud was in the regular
army until his retirement. He died about
20 years ago. Mrs. Roberts was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Sperry.
Her mother was the daughter of Richard
Skinner, who was three times chosen
governor of Vermont.
Gardner Upham, now living in Wind
ham will be 100 years old if he lives un-
til next May. He is very intelligent, has
a good memory, and his faculties are
well preserved. The Boston Globe will
send a reporter to Interview the old
gentleman on his centennial birthday.
One of the interesting events of his life
was the opportunity he had Of seeing
Gen. Lafayette at the time of his visit to
this country in 1924, Many persons
have the impression that Lafayette was
man with dark hair, but Mr.. Upham
says the generals hair was red.
a Montpelier young man wagered that
he could eat six dozen raw oysters. lie
made the attempt at the Capitol cafe
Friday evening of last week and swa-
lowed IS with ease. At that pcs = his
stomach refused to hold them and he
threw up what he had eaten. He then
started in to complete his task and down.
ed three more oysters. The other party
in the wager then claimed that in not
holding all the oysters at one time the
eater had lost his wager and the affair
ended in disagreement.
The Rutland railroad will issue about
May l an art supplement to the "IIeart
of the Green Mountains" which was
gotten out last year. The supplement
will contain about 80 pages of half tones,
seven by nine inches in size, and will
not be accompanied by letter press. The
pictures will include views about Lake
Champlain and Lake Bomoscen and
some mountain scenery. One of the
features of the supplement will be a
ihree-plate half-tone reproduction of a
painting.
Lewis GrandOn, who said he was from
Bennington county, reported at police
headquarters in Troy that he had been
robbed by woman named Kitty Nallee
who was in company with Mrs. WEIGH.
He said he came to Troy with Sl3 and
that when he dropped some of it on the
floor the Nallee girl picked it up. lie
could not remember what happened sub
sequently. Chief Condor counted his
money for him and found he had S2l left.
Detective Tyler was detailed on the case.
Calista Harrington, an inmate of the
poor farm al Pomfret, committed suicide
last Wednesday by hanging. She made
a rope of her bed clothing, fastened one
end to "A bed pos and the other around her
neck. She was found dead about 3
O'Clock in the morning. Her mind was
unsound, and she had at one time been
an inmate of the Brattleboro retreat.
The bill in the New York state legis-
lature to establish a ferry from and to
HOek's bay, in the town of TiconderOga,
n. y, to and from the public highway
at Watch Point, in the town of Shore.
ham, VT, was advanced to third read
ing by the state senate last week Thurs.
, day afternoon.
The men in the machine shop and
truck works in Rutland have been work
ing nights for some time, as the com
pany has many rush orders on hand
One of them is large order for railroad
trucks from the Canada Atlantic rail
road company.
George Flint of st. Albans, brakeman
; on Conductor Farrel's special freight
had his left arm smashed while coupling
! cars, making up a train. He was al
| once sent by special train to st. Albani
and taken to the hospital there for treat
ment. He is a married man.
Woodstock thinks that one of its GENE
: teries has the bones of member of thu
q famous Boston "tea party" of l773-
. Joseph Pearse Palmer-and talks abou
= erecting suitable monument to hi