Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-03
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

at Brattleboro-stiii Taking Out Copper
in Nernont-Other state News.
A Chinaman awaiting a hearing at
Burlington last week handed to the in
terpreter letter not stamped but sealed,
asking him to mail it. Instead, it was
opened and handed over to the Inspector
who found in its reading clear evidence
of a purpose of fraudulent entry. IL
said, "You told me not to change my
name from-(giviug iO-but have just
got a letter that the man vino is to be
my father (giving thaD and | must
change my name accordingly. What
shall do?" The father appeared under
the name and the writer as the son when
the district attorney offered the letter TO
dsprove the story. The other side
objected on the ground that it was an
unwarranted seizure and the case il left
/ open I'll next week.
! While rummaging over lot OF old pa
pcrs recently Brattleboro business man
ran across an ancient deed, bearing dale
! of Mav, 1896. The document, which is
written on parchMeut, conveying three
houses from William Lloyd to william
Griffith in the county of MiddleseX, Eng.
and Elizabeth, his wife and older daugh
ter of Daniel Chadwick, in the county of
Nottingham, is eXcellently preserved.
with seal intact, with two revenue
stamps of the denomination of slXpence.
The latter bear the English cOat-of-arms
with the following Inscription sur
rounding an imprint of rose "ioni
soft qui NAL Y pense. The deed Is
written in the ninth wear of the "sover-
eighty of William third by the grace of
God of England. Scotland and Ireland"
Glrre tson. Smith & Ogden of New
York, who now control the copper mines
at Coppertield, have begun working over
the dumps. BY a new method of eXtrac-
ton it is believed that a large amount of
copper can he taken from the many tons
of material in the dumps. The firm now
employs % hands. but this number will
be increased to 10. 1t is believed that
there is large amount of copper in the
mines at Coppertield. and the boom in
the copper market may lead to an eX-
tensive working in the mine. The
copper mining property in the towns of
Vershire, Cornith and Straflord is
valued at S6O0,OO0.
j. X. Farraut of Newport has a curl
osity called the "resurrectiOn plant"
which is mentioned by Isaiah IN the
Bible. The plant is a shrunllen, wound
ed ball of tightly coiled leaflets, dry and
apparently dead, but when immersed in
| tepid water, it begins TO unfold until, in
short time, the whole plant is resur-
rected and transformed into a lovely
rosette of beautiful velvety green, fern
| like moss, both odd and marvellous. In
this state it can be kept for years. or can
he planted in a warm, moist, sandy place
where it will mature and grow at a large
size.
The Rutland County Marble company
was incorporated few weeks ago under
the laws of New Jersey, with capital
of $4,000. Taking into consideration
the name under which the company is
Incorporated and the fact that Frank N.
lie Char is one of the incorporators, it
would look as though this movement
meant something for Brandon. 1t is
said that the quarry belonging to this
new company is situated Just north of
the Brandon Italian quarry and that at
least a part of the stockholders are
stockholders in the Corona mill property.
A singular result of the severe cold
weather and deep snow has been the ap.
pearance OF hawks in the village of Ben
nington to prey on English sparrows.
Food has apparently been so scarce in
the woods that the cravings of hunger
overcame the wildness of the rapacous
birds, and the village was temporarily
made feeding ground. One evening
last week large owl flew against the
electric lamp at the North street bridge.
1t fell stunned into a snow bank, and
tightly held in its talons was sparrow.
As a result of the recent gift of 1000
to the st. Johnsbury Academy, arrange
ments have been made whereby Prof.
A. ii. Barbour, who has been principal
of Barbour's Business college for the
past three years, will give up his present
work and devote his time to the same
work in the academy. This is an entirely
new departure for the academy and every
arrangement will be made to give stu
dents in the business course the best pos
sible education.
Vermont Academy has Just received
gifts amounting to $4,000. Gen. j. j.
Estey and his sister, Mrs. Abby Z. Full
Ter (widow of Gov. Fuller), have each
given the institution, $4,000, and the
Crane brothers of Burlington gave $1,000.
The late Gov. Fuller was large bene-
factor of the school during his lifetime,
and his work at the head of the board of
trustees did much to advance the useful
ness Of the academy.
DIR. and Mrs. w. Seward Webb have
started on their annual Lenten trip,
This time they go across the continent to
Southern California, via New Orleans
They take with them Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick w. Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs
George Bird, Mr.. and Mrs. John III
Purdry and Mr.. and Mrs. James Law
renee of Groton, Mass. The party ha;