Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Still Taking Gold Quartz from the Wood
stock Mine-Narrow Escape of Son of
Barre's Mayor-A Frenchman Falls to
His Death in East Roxbury-Items.
O. f. Washburne and Joseph Fagnat
were in Woodstock from the Brldgewater
gold mines last week, much elated over
recent developments in the Baker farm
property, in which they are interested
together with DR.. Benjamin Fagnat of
Springfield, Mass. They brought with
them about 20 pounds of handsome spec
linens of rich quartz taken from a vein
upon which they have just begun working
about four feet below the surface. The
vein is about two feet wide and the
specimens shown indicate that a very
rich streak of ore has been opened. One
of the pieces of ore contains about $50
worth of gold. The specimens were
shipped TO DR.. Fagnat, who is quite en-
thusiastic over the prospects in Bridge
water.
Little Philip Gordon, the youngest son
of Mayor Gordon of Barre, had a narrow
escape from drowning Sunday. In
company with several other boys he was
playing on the banks of the brook that
flows near his house and fell into the
water, striking his head against a stone,
cutting a big cash and stunning him.
He would have drowned but for the fact
that the cries of his companions attract
ed the attention of Mrs. |. L. Bobbins,
who went to investigate and found
Philip in the water.
An accident occurred at East Roxbury
which resulted in the death of Alfred
VeO, Frenchman who had no home but
had worked in the vicinity many wears.
He went into the barn at an early hour
and accidentally fell through a scuttle
hole, distance of II feet, where they
found him lying helpless, being paralyzed
from the waist down. A Brookfield
doctor was called and everything
was done for the unfortunate man, but
Saturday afternoon he breathed his last.
While fishing in West River near the
depot at West Townshend, Fred 5. Rob-
bins, aged 20, of West Brattleboro, fell
into the water and was drowned. He
had been visiting his sister, Mrs. Elmer
Harris, and left the house about 6 o'clock
to fish. 1t is supposed he was taken sick
and pitched into the river, as the pole
was in the water and some of the fish lay
on the bank. He was a son of the late
t w. g. Robbins, who was killed at Put
ney last June by falling tree.
Carrie Wells of Lyndonvlle has disap-
peared. She is young lady of about
% years, and is employed in the Office of
her brother, Bert U. Wells, proprietor of
the Lyndonville journal. Miss Wells
left the Office suddenly early Thursday
afternoon last week with an unknown
person and has not been heard from,
! though constant search is being made.
She was traced to the road leading to
. Danville. Her disappearance has caused
much excitement.
: James L. Battles, formerly the pro-
prietor of the Red Lion Inn at Randolph,
has created a sensation in Boston by re-
versing the bunco game and making the
, city people the victims of sharp coun-
. tryman. His game was played with
+ checks on banks where he had no de-
posits or by forged checks. The Boston
papers claim that he has worked this
+ game for a considerable time and received
y several thousand dollars before he came
= to grief
a Charles Jewett, farmer living neal
n Bennington. shot large bird that he saw
d lowering over his hen yard. One wing
q was broken and it fell to the ground, ant
q before he could make prisoner of it the
d bird gave him quite fight 1t proved tt
# be a genuine American eagle, something
\. that has not been seen in this section fo
V years. The bird is splendidly marked
< and measures seven feet from tip TO tip
w. II. Aston. Craftsbury farmer,
r. few days ago caught his hand in tn
r. working of a corn cutter and was terri
bly, mangled. One finger was taken of
ID The hand was so badly inflamed that tn
id surgeon could do but little with 1t at pres
le ent. Measures were taken to reduce tn
le Inflammation and he went to Burlington
few days later for further treatment.
A man lay down to rest the othe
r. night between the rails on the trac
20 between Stanbrldge and st. Armand.
st train passed over him and hand ca
If was sent back to gather up the rC
70 mains, when to the surprise of the me
OF he was found unharmed but sti
70 asleep. 1t will be remembered that ther
10 is no prohibition in Canada.
ar The lights about Ceres, the statue o
,v the dome of the state house, were lighte
% Wednesday night during the receptio
.s. and could be seen for many miles. TIL
ms system of lighting at the state house wa
y. highly spoken Of. The Juice" did NJ
tb run as powerfully as was necessary I
ne first, but in little time the Inconvenience
ad was overcome and the lights burned wit
# great brilliancy.
re A. j. Boomer of Putney was returnin
home one night last week when ma
sprang out of the bushes and cOmman
-. ed him to stop. The horse, frightene
IS sprang away from him as he attempt'
'ni' to catch on the iron beside the seat. NJ
~ Boomer stood up and hit the horse al
'ii escaped, though the fellow followed son