Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-07-08
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

a Relic of Counterfeiting in Marlboro
Attempt to Drown Saxtons River Man
"A Message from the Sea-That Hail
storm at Woodford-Notes.
4 Dummerston farmer has in his pos
session as valued souvenir a counter
felt dollar, one of a large number found
under the attic floor of an old house in
Marlboro. Years ago these dollars were
frequently circulated in some parts of
Windham county, and Marlboro man
was arrested for having them in his pos
session. The whole town was excited
over the matter, and scores of witnesses
were summoned to Newfane to testify in
the case which was summarily closed by
the sudden death of the respondent and
not until many years afterward were the
bogus dollars found under the floor of his
former home. 1t was thought at the time
that the cOunterfeits were made some
where in or near Bennington and taken
to Marlboro in bags. One witness test
flied that he had seen as many as half
bushel in one bag, from which the ac-
cused paid for his horse keeping and
other bills while driving across the
mountains.
As Charles II. COnant of SaXtons
River was in bathing one day last week
James Britton, who was in an intoxicated
condition, came along and Informed him
that he had been looking for a long time
for Just such a man to drown, and imme-
diately went down to the waters edge
and pushed COnant under. As soon as
he rose Britton stood and pushed him
under again and again. Conant is not
much of a swimmer, and was by this
time in rather a precariOus condition.
Clarence Benson and Frank Marlborough
came along and pulled Britton away.
Conant made a complaint to States
Attorney Robb, and writ for Britton's
arrest was given him. He advertised the
fact that he had such a warrant in his
possession, and when he reached SaXtons
River Brtton had left for parts un-
known.
Harry G. NOVEL; of Putney sailed from
Liverpool, Eng. June IS. 1897, as a watch
man on the steamship Armenian. After
being out six days he wrote on scrap of
paper the name and address of his father
in Boston and requested that if the paper
was found it be sent to his father. The
paper was then put in a small bottle. a
stopper was securely fastened in its
neck and the bottle and paper thrown
overheard. He received a letter from
his father May %, enclosing the letter
which he had thrown into the sea and
letter from Spanlard who found the
ha Of of fha A
April 6. The bottle had been in the
water 10 months and toated 500 miles.
Not for forty years has there been such
hail storm in Woodford as that of We'd
nesday noon last week. The hail stones
, larger than robins eggs, beat upon the
: earth with great fury for over an hOul
covering the ground to depth of al
inch or more in many places, and il
crevices, hollows and hooks, from fou
to six inches. Sleighs could have beer
run. There were sharp lightning ant
heavy thunder, greatly adding to tn
grandeur of the storm. Early garden
were ruined, and much damage done Il
q fruit trees. The ground was white il
; places all the afternoon and some of tn
# hail could be seen in the morning.
!, Orin Cutler has recently died a
} Barton, aged IS. He was living a
o Greensboro at the time of the battle O
= Plattsburgh. He distinctly remembers
e being taken out into a field and hearin
5. the firing. After leaving home he wen
o to Cambridge and lived in the Lowe
- family. James Russell Lowell was the
1t a youth in college. Jared Sparks, Henr
lie w. Longfellow and others were frequer
', visitors at the house. Returning
" Vermont he married Mary j. LeaveI
worth of Danville, May 2G, 1910, an
a. moved 10 Barton village in 1876. II
:, business has been that of farmer an
e. drover, taking stock to Boston.
c, C. John Clark Mellendy, former residel
r. of Guilford, but now of PleasantoI
o. Kansas, has shown his interest in his ol
in home in securing fund for the care
y the Guilford cemetery, by generousl
II, deciding the association a strip of Lar
ly through the center of the buryir
ground, cosisting of Il unOccupied lot
which with the addition of one given |
: Clifford X. Field, will be kept by Il
= association for a plot to beautify.
T.. An unknown man, whose name is su
5. posed to be John ConnOrs, was acciden
'e ally drowned or committed suicide
Pownal last week Monday morning. III
} man was evidently tramping. He call
- at a house to ask for food and afterwa
y, went in the direction of the river. SoC
n after he was seen in the water, attenti'
r being attracted TO him by his cries.
IL sank before help arrived.
III r. i. Goodenough of West Bridg
ee water caught cub bear in a trap Ju
H. 2. He also caught a full-grown bes
weighing about $50 pounds, we
to earlier. The trap weighed II pounC
E. but the big bear carried It SO that
al made no trail full mile. He was f
o. lowed by his tracks, and at last g
nd caught by the drag on the trap and W