Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-07-15
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Litigation Over IL VIII at Barre-Peculiar /
Tale of johnson Man-Barre Toughs /
Not All Dead Yet-FIotsam and Jetsam
of IA state.
George Aldrich of Braintree, the only |
heir at law of the late Leonard j. Aldrich /
of Barre, has retained John G. Wing as
counsel to look up his interests in his /
uncle's estate. Aldrich was not men.
toned in his unce's will and naturally
feels a little put out, as he died worth in
the neighborhood of $4,000, the most
Of which he left to the founding of a
public library in Barre. A number of
other heirs, the Doteus of Barre, Berlin
and Burlington, have also been omitted
in the will and they have retained Dill
lingham, Huse & Howland. The Dotens
are grand-nephews and grand -nieces of
the deceased.
George NJ. Cory of SaXtons River, who
up to a few years ago made the produc
ing of milk the important part of his
farm work, has gone out of the business
wholly. Instead of furnishing milk to
the Boston market as heretofore he is
raising young heifers He buys them as
calves, keeps them on his different farms
until they begin giving milk and then
sells them. He has one pasture on a
farm in Windham of 1000 acres, in which
there are at the present time l51 heifers
of different ages, besides numerous other
localities. lie makes a goodly profit and
with little care.
Elias Wolcott of Barre, IS years of
age, met with a very painful accident
Saturday while watering his horses at
the watering trough on Barre street
near Barre. Mr.. Wolcott had stepped
on the hub of the wheel and was about
to step into the wagon, when the horses
started, throwing him to the ground.
lie raised his arm as he fell and placed
1t over his head. The wagon had a few
barrels of lime on, which passed over
Mr.. Wolcott's arm and head, cutting
and bruising them badly.
Henry BurdO of Barre was assaulted
by six toughs on Quarry street Sunday
night. Burdo alleges that as he was 60
ing along Quarry street six men came
along in a double team. As they got op-
posite HIM one fell out of the carriage
Burdo rushed to his assistance, but was
greeted with blow in the face. He also
/ alleges that one of the gang threw a
stone and knocked out one of his teeth.
The others piled out of the wagon and
he was kicked and pounded.
Bert Bennett of johnson relates a
peculiar story. Seven years ago while
wearing a pair of rubber boots he step
ped upon nail which entered his foot.
Two years later he was afflicted with
rheumatism and two years ago run
ming sore commenced over the place
where the nail went into the foot. Last
week there was a discharge of small
piece of rubber from the sore. He is
now able to step upon his foot without
feeling pain and soreness is disappearing
rapidly.
A special meeting of the Vermont Fish
and Game League is called at Fiske,
Isle LaMotte, VT, on Wednesday
August 3, for the election of new mem
bers and for the transaction of any other
necessary business. An invitation con.
taining program of arrangements will
soon be forwarded to all members, and
!
the ladies to this meeting.
Guy Tobey, aged %, fell from plank
staging on the new iron bridge at Royal
ton last Wednesday afternoon and wa;
; instantly killed. Mr.. Colebrok of North
field was probably fatally injured, ant
two other men were badly hurt. Tobey
!. leaves a wife, father and mother in Ran
xritl
Company F at Chickamauga.
Goddard Seminary had $500 left after
all expenses were paid when the veal
2 closed last month and this amount is t
f be put into repairs about the building
1 New floors are to be laid on two floors
5 new stairs are to be built on the girls
= side of the building and the walls are Il
= be repaired and newley tinted
Some % years ago a resident of Bel
D lows Falls owed a bill of $40 to a loca
I physician and was unable to pay it. II,
= left town and nothing was ever hear,
= from him till the other day when h
: showed up and paid TO the widow o
| the doctor Sl05, the amount of the bill
o with the interest.
Soldiers Home at Bennington, wa
found dead in his bed. The deceased
served three years in Company NJ, Flrs
Vermont Cavalry. He was admitted t,
the Home In October, 1896. Death wa
e caused by heart disease. His death
!, number 81.
Adam Orsi of Proctor, an Italian ston
u cutter, was among those who WeT
v drowned in the wreck of La Bourgognt
y of Sable island, last Thursday. He ha
II started for his old home in Italy to Wis
Il his mother, who had written that sh
n was very i'll.
IF w. c. Powers of Lyndon attempted t
put out the flame issuing from a liy
electric wire by stamping on it and thos
d who saw him say he was the most su
h prised man in that section when h
. landed several feet awaV