Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-11
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

A gratifying piece of news has just
come to Putney people from DR.. Harriet
E. Parker, daughter of Sterne o. Parker.
DR.. Parker left Putney in September,
1895, for Madura, India, to become a
medical missionary under the auspices
of the American board. She arrived in
India in November and for the next ten
months she devoted her entire time to
the study of the native Tamil language.
She passed an examination at the end of
that time and has since done medical
work in the hospital at Madura in con-
nection with her study of the native
tongue. She has just passed second
examination and has been put in full
charge of the hospital with a corps of
educated native assistants. Over $4,000
patients were treated at the hospital last
year.
The Vermont State Fair association,
has decided to hold the fair this year at
Billings Park, White River Junction. 1t
will open Tuesday, Aug. 30, and continue
four days. The races will be under the
management of the Northern New York
Trotting and Pacing circuit, now In
cluding Canton. Malone and Plattsburg,
n. y, Burlington, Rutland, st. Albans
and White RIVER Junction, VT, and
Ottawa, Canada. There will be six
trotting and six pacing contests, each
for purse of $500, and a free .for-all
trot and pace for purse of $1,000. The
races will be run over half mile track.
Henry Phillips of Pittsford was held
up and robbed of small sum of money
at the railroad crossing on the Proctor
road. As young Phillips tells the story,
it appears that he was on his way home
when he met two men. One of them
asked for match, and while he was un-
buttoning his coat one of the men took
hold of Phillips's horse and the other,
drawing a revolver, demanded his money.
The young man hauled out purse con-
tanning about 81. Although his watch
was called for, Phillips succeeded in
keeping it. The robbers then drove in
! the direction of Rutland.
Mrs. Isabelle A. Marsh and William C.
BuZzell were taken Saturday to Windsor
by Sheriff Collins of Montpelier to be
confined at hard labor in the state prison
until Nov. 3 next, when they will be
secluded in solitary confinement to pre-.
pare for their execution Feb. g. 1899
Mrs. Marsh has reganed her nerve and
looked everybody boldly in the face.
BuZzell followed along behind with his
head hung low, evidently trying to avoid
the gaze of the curious crowd. Several
of their friends were at the station and
bade them good bye, perhaps for the
last time.
The death of Adelaide NJ. Ide of ST.
Johnsbury, VT, daughter of Henry c.
lde, ex chief justice of Samoa, recalls a
pretty incident of her childhood When
she went with her father to Samoa she
was little girl, and became a great
favOrite with Robert Louis Stevenson,
the author, who lived there. She was
born on February 20, and grieved great
ly because she did not have birthdays as
often as other girls. Mr.. Stevenson,
noting her disappointment, declared that
he would give her his own birthday, and
drew up formal document deciding it to
her.
Several granite firms in Barre are fig
uring on the largest shaft made from one
stone that has ever been manufactured in
this country. According to the plans it
will be 5X5x70 feet and will weigh in the
rough $50 tons and when finished 40
tons. The shaft is for a private individ-
ual In New Jersey, and will go into a
monument. If any of the firms now bid
ding on it secure the contract special cars
must be built for its transportation.
F. B. Howard, the leading druggist
of White River Junction, and a promi-
nent business man there, was taken to
Rutland Friday to serve a thirty days
sentence for second offence of selling
liquor At the late term of county
court his brother, l.. w. Howard, was
fined $45 for thirty-two first Offences.
A petition for the remission of the sem
tence of F. B. Howard has been signed
by the clergymen and many other
citizens of influence.
The people of Newbury have decided
to have history of the town written.
An appropriation for that purpose was
made at the annual town meeting and
F. p. Wells, who is said to be one of the
best Informed men in the state on mat
ters of early history, was selected to
compile the history. The town is one of
the oldest in the state, and the Congre-
gatiOnal society there is the oldest but
one in Vermont.
The st. JOhnsbury Republican has
been sold to corporation to be known
as the st. Johnsbury Republican COM
pany, with $4,000 capital. L. p. Thayer,
will be president, +. o. Leonard vice
president, j. A. Woods secretary and
treasurer. Prominent business men in
st. Johnbury and eastern Vermont are
interested in the company.
A drummer at Montpelier talked with
; his firm at Minneapolis last week by long
: distance telephone. 1t was the first and
longest connection ever made between
Montpelier and the west, and probably
: the longest connection ever made in the
state. The long distance wire makes il