Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-18
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

An Interesting Collection of Masonic Em-
blems-A Vermont Horse Which Passed
Through the Santiago Fight-A Burglar
Sets Fire to a store-Items.
L. f. Thayer of Newport, who has
made a speciality of collecting badges
worn by the different Masonic COM
manderies, has nearly 40 of them in his
possession. Each badge has some par
ticular history of its own. That worn
by the Maryland commandery is a three
cornered metal piece mounted on half
shell. Boston X. +. commandery badge
represents the house of Gen. Joseph
Warner. The California badge is bear !;
the Lewiston, Me-, badge dark metal
moose. Mount Zion cOmmandery,
Montpelier, represents the birthplace of
Gen. Dewey. The William Parkman
commandery badge of Boston is pot of
baked beans mounted in white and gold,
and very pretty.
DR.. w. Seward Webb has photograph
of Gen. Young mounted on a magnificent
cream colored mare taken in Philadelphia
which he prizes very highly. The mare
is "Giddy Girl and for several years was
one of Mrs. Webb's favOrites at Shelburne
Farms, but when Gen. S. B. NJ. Young ar
rived at Fort Ethan Allen his horses did
not come and DR.. Webb loaned the major
general this mare when he was ordered
to Cuba. This picture was taken since
the close of the Santiago campaign and
Gen. Young wrote on the back of the
photograph: "This is the only one of
my three mounts to survive the Santiago
campaign
The Heaton hospital of Montpelier was
given magnificent present last week
in the shape of check of $4,000, from
Ira c. Calef of Washington. The interest
from the money is to be used in the sup
port of the hospital. The only condition
which Mr.. Calef imposes is that he and
his sister, Lucie A., shall have the right
to have one patient, but only one at the
same time, in the hospital, should they
wish, during their life. This condition
will cease after their death.
A burglar burned store in Sheldon.
W. II. Marcia's store was broken into
and the noise aroused the owner who
went in with lamp to see who was
there. A man sprang up behind him
and knocked the lamp out of his hand
and made his escape. The lamp set the
store en- fire and everything burned.
The house was connected with the store
and that was destroyed, also the barn.
Nothing was saved. The loss is $1,000
and insurance is small. There is no
clue to the intruder.
The Montpelier Journal has discovered
state official who is sui generis-the
only one of his kind on record. Fish
and Game Commissioner Horace w.
Bailey is entitled under the law to four
dollars per day for time actually spent
in the performance of his duties. During
the past two years the commissioner has
only drawn three dollars per day, and
has turned the extra dollar into the
hatchery fund.
The bill granting a charter to the
| Rutland-Canadian Railroad company has
passed the legislature, and President
Clement of the company met the people
of Grand Isle county Wednesday anC
Thursday to dicuss with them the build
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expected that the right of way will b(
rendered the company.
Lieut.. f. j. Stratton of X company
Bennington, has applied for pension
through local pension agent. Six ap
pllcations have already been put il
through the agency there for pensions
for soldiers in the Spanish war.
The village trustees of st. Johnsbury
are Offering $40 reward for the detection
of the boys who made the disturbance oil
Halloween. The boys were evldentl!
out for good time, and carried OF
various wagons, signs, chairs and mos
anything movable.
Immigrants to the number of 300 ar
rived in the district of Vermont vi
Quebec and st. Adams during the montl
of October OF this NUMBER 23G cam
from Russia.