Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-25
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

The Fish and Game League Holds Its An
nual Meeting and Banquet at Mon pc
lier-A Vermont Volunteer Asks for
Pension-A New Electric Road.
The Vermont Fish and Game league
held its annual meeting at Montpelier
Tuesday evening. There was the usual
business meeting which was followed by
the annual banquet in the hotel. There
were about 150 covers laid and the toast
master was George M. Powers of Morris
Vile. The after-dnner speakers we're
Secretary of State Rowland, Judge II. G.
Ide of st. Johnsbury, N. w. Fisk of Isle
La Motto and Auditor Barber. John w.
Titcomb, president of the league, in
taking the chair again addressed the
members on the fishing interests of the
state and asked for their support in the
effort to obtain larger appropriations
that the work of the fish commission
may be better carried on.
Lieut.. E. j. Stratton of Bennington,
who lost leg as the result of an
accidental discharge Of revolver in the
hands of the captain of company X
while at camp Olympia, couple of days
after being mustered into the service in
May, has made an application for
pension. Lieut.. StrattOn is said to be
the only man connected with the regi-
ment that bears a scar inflicted during
the Spanish war. The other was also
private in the same compay, and cut off
one finger while engaged in cutting
meat.
The proposed electric railroad from
Bellows Falls to Saxtons River is now
fairly under way and will doubtless be
pushed to completion early next spring.
The road will be of standard guage and
six or seven miles long, the stock being
taken chiefly by Burlington men, though
SO 900 or more is subscribed in Rocking
ham. The route Is not fully decided
upon, but it probably will require little
grading. Ex-Mayor Houghton of Bur-
| lington is one of the chief promoters and
owners.
VIII Howard of Bondville, who has
been widely known as a trapper for sew
eral years, has secured four black bears
during the present month. He never
carries gun while visiting his traps,
and often leaves his big revolver at
home and goes into some of the wild
est sections of the Green mountains
armed only with a club. The two bears
which have been seen near Brattleboro
several times were at Chester Better
ley's farm, near Sunset Lake, a few
days ago.
Fremont Gregg of Burlington recently
fnnpH a ia ~ 6o o;,,;
in the shape of pipe that belonged to
his father. The pipe was carved by his
father, who was member of the 43d
New York infantry. 1t was during his
confinement in Andersonville prison that
the pipe was made. On the bowl is
carved three large stars, the coat of arms
of the United States, and the following
inscription: "Sumter,prison, Anderson
vile. To my father, B. Gregg"
A tame fox owned by Mr.. Davis at
Greensboro Bend has been about quite
free of late. Freeman Waterman, trying
to shoot him, met with a serious acct
dent. The stock of his gun was blown to
fragments, piece of five inches long
was driven into his mouth, knocking out
his teeth, tearing his upper and under lip
badly and making sad havoc with his
tongue. The fox escaped unhurt.
The history of the Ingalls, family is
being prepared and will shortly be pub
lished. Edmund Ingalls, came from Lin
colnshire, England, to Lynn, Mass, in
1929, and left large posterity scattered
nearly every state in the Union. All over
persons by the name or connected in any
way should send their family records at
once to the compiler, Charles Burleigh,
NJ. D., Maiden, Mass.
Five years ago a well known farmer
who resides in the north part of Ben
nington went to bed at night leaving a
grindstone in the shed attached to his
house. The next morning 1t had disap-
peared. Going into his shed one morn
ing the first of the week he was sur
prsed to see the stone in its usual place,
but considerably the worse for usage.
Whoever had it had returned it.
D. S. Cook of Walden, while blowing
recently, turned up watch which he
lost IL years ago while blowing the same
ground. The finding of the watch forms
a valuable part of Its history and other
events connected with it, consequently
Mr.. Cook values the watch highly, al
though it Is now of little actual value.
President Allan d. Brown of Norwich
University has received a letter from
Admiral George Dewey, dated Oct. 3,
which contains the following statement
regarding the Philippines; 81 trust the
entire archipelago will be retained by
the United States. Any other arrange
ment will lead to no end of trouble"
Eva Spaulding of Plymouth Five Cor
ners lost a plain gold ring nearly two
years ago, which was restored to her the
other day by young man from Bridge
water, who found 1t among the works of
a clock which he was repairing.