Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-28
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


the Aged-Fall of "A Big Rock at VIII
loughby Lalke-Other State Items.
1t is reported that Miss Lucy S. Rug
giles, an aged lady, who died in Benning-
ton several weeks ago, has left property
to the amount of about $25, 900 for the
establishment of home for aged women
at Saratoga, n. Y. Miss Ruggles, who
was sister of the late Gen. David Rug
giles of the Confederate army, had resided
in Bennington about 20 years and
amused herself by writing poetry for
various publications. For many years
she taught school in the south.
A large rock, "a feet long, II feet wide
and seven feet thick, fell from the East
mountain at Willoughby lake and i'm
bedded itself In the road, about a mile
from the south end, last week. 1t took
many men several days to get it out, so
that teams could pass. 1t fell about 8
o'clock in the evening and il was fortu-
nate thing that no one was passing there
at that time. The rock took trees and
everything that came in its way.
Elton j. Fuller took into Woodstock
last week l50 pound bear which he shot
on Shrewsbury mountain. He was out
hunting deer with L w. Wilson of Ply
mouth, and had followed one nearly to
the top of the mountain when he saw the
bear, which was evidently also hunting
deer, and the first shot brought him
down. 1t was only little way over the
hill from there that Mrs. Elwin Burditt
shot bear few days before
There is at least one resident of White
River Junction whose honesty is beyond
all cavi. He had already paid his town
taxes and yet called on tax collector
Wheeler to see if he owed anything.
The collector remembering that the in
quirer's taxes had been paid some time
ago was very much surprised. He
wasn't accustomed to receive callers of
that kind.
A Montpelier photographer was in
Barre last Friday to photograph the
largest base. by four inches, ever before
shipped over any railroad in this country.
This stone weighed 4S.900 pounds and is
II feet inches square by Is inches thick
and forms the first base to the Ernest
Mackie, Hussey & Co., of Barre, and is
to be erected in Covington, Ky.
An amusing incident occurred at the
Kellogg Hubbard library. Montpelier,
the other day. \ little girl informed the
librarian that she desired the book by E.
p. Roe, entitled. barre Is All on Fire"
The librarian readily understood that the
Away" and supplied the maiden's wants.
The observance of Lafayette Day re
calls the fact that Mrs. David Potter,
one of the oldest residents of Swanton,
was of party of girls to strew roses in
the pathway of Lafayette in his last visit
to America. She was nine years of age
at the time, and she recalls readily his
general appearance.
w. S. Bennett of BrooklIne, who is a
cripple with broken thigh and has not
walked a step for five years, has husked
over 200 bushels of corn this fall and
helped fill two large silos, going to and
from work in his wheeled chair. He also
saws and splits all the wood for his fam
lily 20 burn.
averted Saturday night by the prompt
ness of the fire department which finding
the gas house atire. promptly eXtinguish-
ed the flames, notwithstanding the dan
ger of the explosion of the great naptha
tank with capacity of 10000 gallons.
st. Albans dressmaker is the latest
to die of blood poisoning She stuck a
10 In, hor III
incision was so slight she did not notice
it. The dye from the goods on " hich she
was working got into the cut and blood
poison set in. She died Sunday.
Joseph Trombley of Burlington, who
enlisted in the Spanish h-American war,
has asked to be admitted to the soldiers
home at Bennington, the war department
having recommended that he be admitted
to this or any other home. He is suffer-
ing from paralysis,
The Peoples Trust Co. of st. Albans
has presented to the city a site for the
new central fire station which is to be
built. This gift means Il saving of
nearly $1,000 to the city.
1t is reported that a wild cat was seen
after his cows and saw the beast and fol-
lowed him some distance, but finally lost
track of him.
The telephone line between Brattleboro
and Wilmington, which has been in dis
use for more than year, will soon be
removed. The wire has been given to a
few farmers.
Herb Powers was working in the
sewer at Hardwick, when the side of the
ditch caved in, burying him up to the
neck. He was rescued without injury.
Eugene Call of Williamstown has the
largest cabbage yet on record. 1t is Sc
large that it will not go into barrel
This monster was raised by Mr.. Call.
The barns of G. II. Clark a farmer liv-
ing about mile out of East Montpelier
were burned Friday night, with the
buildings, harnesses, wagons. etc.