Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-05-12
A GLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings of IA Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain state.

tion met in Burlington last week Tues !
dav for their fourth annual meeting. AT
3 o'clock p. m. the business meeting was
held at the Van Ness. 1t was one of the
most enthusiastic in the history of the as
sociation and number of new members
were added. The officers elected for the
ensuing wear were president w. b. john
son of Essex Junction; vice-president,
II. E. Woodbury. of Burlington; secre-
tarv and treasurer, F. n. Keeler of Hyde
PARK; executive committee, IN. Webb
of Lyndonvile, j. F. Hale of Wells
River, Ii. n. Clark of Burlington, H. o.
Carpenter of Rutland, j. F. Kelley of
Richford. The meeting was followed by
banquet at the Van Ness house.
George Gage, who mysteriously disap-
peared seven years ago, has returned and
is at his old home at East Bethel. Seven
years ago Mr.. Gage went out to chop
wood and was lHt heard of again for
long time. His relatives sought far and
near for him. His wife was convinced
that he was dead, but his mother kept
up the search an9 at last was rewarded
with a letter frop him saying he was in
California mining camp. His mother
wrote him to come home and that his
wife and two children were waiting for
him. He replied that he had no memory
of ever being married and was destitute
of means to get home. This was last
December. Money was sent to him and
he returned last week.
The Vermont state board of railroad
commissioners has received an invitation
to be present at the national convention
of railway commissioners, to be held at
Denver, opening Aug. 10. The Yer
mont board has been invited by the
chairman of the Illinois board to Join a
party at Chicago Aug. . and go by
special train to Denver. 1t is expected
that Chairman and Mrs. d. j. Foster of
Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Miller
of Wallngford, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred f.
Watson of Hartford and Miss Winona
Brigham, the secretary of the board,
will attend the convention.
C. A. White of Northfied has a couple
of relics in his possession that are of
considerable interest. One is glass
cane that was manufactured or blown in
Burlington in November, 1874, by John
Marks, who made present OF it to Mr..
White. The other is a powder horn
that was manufactured during the
revolutionary war by Mr.. Whites
grandfather and carried during all that
strife by him and returned safely when
Deace was declared. The horn is of
ample dimensions and VIII hold nearly a
mint of powder. Both are naturally
highly priced and will increase in value
with each succeeding year.
Miss Mary Burbank of Chelsea, who
was in the cyclonesat kirkville, Mo-, wa:
uniniured, but had a narrow escape, fol
iust as she got into the cellar of the
house where she boarded and before the
trap door closed the house fell. AT tht
time she was heard from she did no
know whether she had any clothes ol
books left. She assisted in removing thu
timbers from II. X. Sherburne, whos'
wife was killed. Mr.. Sherburne wa
from Barre and a son of Rev. j. A
Sherburne.
Mrs. Ethel Burroughs attempted sui
eide last week in the Sharon station
She was found by Station Agent Fentol
in a stupid condition with a bottle par
full of laudanum concealed in her hand
kerchief. lie called team and remoye
her to Manly's hotel, where emetics wer
promptly administered with satisfactor
results. Her husband was sent for an
took her to his fathers in StraffOrC
where she had left because of trouble
She attempted suicide two years ag
from the same cause.
The Bennington and Rutland railroa
company is negotiating for the six G
seven acre lot abutting the tracks of tn
company north of the freight house
Bennington. The lot is owned by til
Soldiers Home, and at the July meetin
of the trustees the matter of selling I'll
property will probably be decided. 1t
understood that the railroad cOmpan
desires to erect large brick rOundhou:
of modern type on the lot, and also
lay several additional side tracks.
The National Life Insurance compan
of Montpelier has Just issued a statemel
for April which shows veI
Watering record for this company.
shows a gain of 27.29 per cent. over II
amount of insurance written in Apr
1S9S. The Indication for the past monti
in the year point to the largest year
issue in the history of the company.
G. w. Blalsdell of Bellows Falls HI
hn interesting souvenir of the revol
tionary war, it being the pay roll f
Paul Brigham's company in Connect
cut regiment under the command
Capt. John Chandler for the month
July, IVY. Paul Brigham, Mr.. Bla
dell's greatgrandfather, was governor
Vermont in 1925.
The haistones which struck Vershi
last week Thursday beat anything
record for size of hailstones. One whi
was measured the longest way measur
two and three fourths inches, anotf
two and one-eighth, while one after
had laid on the ground for an hour a
10 minutes measured one and five eigl
inches.