Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-21
"a GLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings of Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain State.


fevolutionize warfare. The Isham shell,
oaded with the most destructive COM
bounds chemistry has produced, was
fired Tuesday at Sandy Hook from an
ordinary seacoast rifle charged with
|i50 pounds of ordinary brown powder.
An Isham shell detonatng in the hull of
the most formidable battleship afloat
would send her to the bottom. Ord
|hance experts and inventors have tried
Ilnsuccessfully for years to produce
3hell with the merit of the Isham in
|yention. Mr. Isham has been one of the
Foremost figures in the American colony
n the city of Mexico for many years.
Samuel Huntington died at his home
n Burlington Wednesday evening after
hn Illness of only few days. Mr.. Hun
Ilngton had been citizen of Burlington
He'd with its interests, commercial, politi-
bal, educational and religious. All who
Knew him placed implicit confidence in
him. He was a good counsellor, man
10 lean upon. Every good project had
bis support, and that often of substan-
ial sort. His word was as his bond, it
Hid not need witness, or seal, or sigma
lure. On all moral and religious ques-
lions his stand was taken; and as he be-
ieved, so he acted.
The price of honey, that is in the
bomb, this year is very much advanced.
Indeed, the article is scarce and the keep
Frs of bees say that it has been the poor
Pst season in many years for their bus
ness. One farmer In Rutland county,
I who keeps $50 swarms of bees, has lost
70 of them and the remaining swarms
feems to be much smaller than usual.
lie says that much of the apple trees in
bis locality were sprayed when they
were in blossom with solution of paris
green, or some other compound to kill
/ he worms, but the effect of the poison
was by far more fatal to the bees than to
he worms.
The board of appeals, composed of 81
ministers of the New England Methodist
conference, which sat in Boston three
Hays, decided last Friday to sustain the
ction of the Vermont conference in ex-
belling Rev. S. G. johnson of North
field for cheating in his examinations.
The board sat for several days, winding
Up with their session late in the evening.
Bishop Mallalieu presided at the sessions.
The board sustained the Vermont deci-
ion and johnson is expelled from the
ministry and church. His appeal will be
AIKEN to the general conference.
1t has been claimed for more than 20
'ears that there existed in the eastern
part of Waterbury quite deposit Of
topper ore. Prospecting on the farm of
George B. Smalley, near the Stowe line,
hows that copper ore Is deposited there
n sufficient quantities to warrant the
working of mine. A number of men
rom Boston have secured from Smalley
he right to work, and will at once COM
nence operations. The surface ore has
been assayed and a claim is made that it
hows Sl5 to the ton of rock.
One of the logmen employed as
lynamiter had a narrow escape from
leath at Bellows Falls recently. The
ogs had ''jammed" near the toll bridge
md this man went out on the pile of logs
% start them with dynamite, when the
am gave away and he was struck in the
head by one of the logs and sunk under
he mass of logs, when his companion,
who was on the bank, dived under the
ogs and brought him to the shore.
A barn owned by A. L. Thompson,
about half a mile from North Claren-
Ion village, was struck by lightning
Monday evening and was burned. The
i've stock was saved and most of the
farming tools, but con siderable hay was
burned. The rain saved the other
buildings from catching fire. The barn
was insured for $3.50, but the loss Is
considerably more than that.
The bodies of Senator and Mrs. Nor
Fill were removed Wednesday from
Green Mount cemetery in Montpelier,
where they have remained in the vault
since January, to their final resting
ford, which the venerable senator had
ordered to be built about six months be-
ore his death. There were no funeral
services. The bodies were simply taken
Rway and inferred.
John c. Hubbard died Monday at
Montpelier of cancer of the liver, caused
by injuries received from a fall from a
bicycle several months ago. He was 81
years old. Mr.. Hubbard was the
founder of the Kellogg-Hubbard library
and was the heaviest taxpayer in Mont
pelier, being estimated as millionaire.
At the annual meeting of the American
Institute of Instruction, held last weel
at Bar Harbor, Me-, NJ. S. Stone was
elected president for the year ensuing
an honor of which he is Justly proud
president Stone is confident that ar
rangements can be made whereby tn,
meeting for 1900 will be held at SOM
place in Vermont.
Fire broke out in the Internationa
company's mill at Wilder last week
Fortunately it was gotten under contro
after destroying the roof of the room an
an adjoining shed. The damage is nc
heavy and will not interfere with tn