Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Wool Prices on the Rise i'll Nermont-EX-
PLANTATION of Brattleboro Girls Disap-
pearance A Brooklyn Logger Badly
Hurt-A Powlet Farmer Disappears.
There seems to be decided activity in
the wool trade. Only short time since
II. S. Britton of uartland shipped G0,000
pounds to make more room for new ar
rivals. To show that wool has advanced
in price, we can state with absolute GER
tanty that, less than three years ago,
II. A. Perkins & Co., of White River
Junction were offered 100000 pounds of
good Vermont wool laid down at the
company's door for 10 cents a pound.
Now that company and all other buyers
are paying Il cents pound for the
same quality of wool. There are prob
ably from $4,000 to 70 900 pounds of wool
In Hartland as yet unsold and waiting
still higher prices.
The disappearance of Miss Edith Farr,
Il year old daughter of Mrs. f. H. Farr
of Brattleboro, has been cleared up by
the receipt of a telegram from Buffalo
saying that the girl was all right only
homesick. The girl had been traced to
Deerfield, Mass, where in company with
lame man, supposed to be Claude
Tharde, she had bought tickets for
Rochester, n. Y. At Rochester her
baggage was checked to Buffalo. 1t is
thought the girl had hopes of getting
theatrical employment, as Tharde is an
actor.
While Edward jenkins was riding on
a load of logs on a bobbing truck near
Brooklyn last Monday he was struck by
a runaway team from the rear and
knocked from the load. He fell on
stone near by and broke two ribs and
was otherwise seriously injured. The
tongue of the wagon to which the run
away horses were attached struck one of
the forward team, killing the horse in
stantly and iniurlDg the other.
The residents of Pownal cannot ac-
count for the mysterious disappearance
of Merritt Myers, young and prosper
Gus farmer. He has left the locality for
parts unknown, and a peculiar circum-
stance in connection with the case is
that he seems to have been influenced to
leave happy home by tramp who put
in an appearance at the Myers farm
short time ago and was given work by
the young man.
Branard Avery, secretary of the sem
ate committee on agriculture and fores-
try, of which Senator Proctor is chair
man, who received at the commencement
of the Catholic university in Washington
in June the degree of doctor of laws, has
also just been appointed an instructor in
the law school of that institution and
will lecture on equity and corporation
subjects.
President p. w. Clement of the Rut-
land railroad has recently completed a
handsome cottage on Cooper's Point,
Grand Isle, where his family are now
spending few weeks. This is probably
one of the first summer homes to be
built upon the island as result of the
construction of the new railroad.
The store of NJ. L. Whitney & Co. of
Stamford was broken into Thursday
night and $40 worth of goods were taken.
The loss was discovered by Mr.. Reed,
the clerk, when he opened the store. The
thieves had gained entrance through a
window on the north side.
The increase in telephone rates which
has been expected in ST. Albans since the
absorption of the Peoples lines by the
New England Telephone and Telegraph
company, is near at hand. Circulars
announcing the increase have been sent
out.
John w. Titcomb of ST. Johnsbury has
notified the members of the fish and game
league that the proposed outing to Que
bee would not take place as a sufficient
number of acceptances had not been re-
ceived to make it a success.
Some cattle belonging to Roy Dexter
of Glover broke from their pasture and
getting on the railroad track near Crystal
lake, six of them were struck by train
and so mutilated that they had to be
killed.
f. o. Leonard, formerly the publisher
of the st. Johnsbury Republican, has
opened an advertising agency in Burllng-
ton under the name of the Ebert o.
Leonard Advertising company.
Mrs. Antoinette Cross of Fall River
Mass, has brought suit against the town
of Rockingham for damages resulting
from being thrown from a carriage last
August. Her claim is $4,000.
Brattleboro is hopeful of obtaining hel
share of the fortune of the late Thomas
Thompson willed to the poor seam
stresses of Brattleboro and Rhinebeck
on-the-Hudson, n. Y.
Barre last week voted to authorize
$780, 900 In bonds for the extension of anC
addition to the water system. Tn,
water from Orange brook will be used.
The first Vermonter to purchase al
automobile is DR.. w. Seward Webb, on,
of these modern vehicles having recently
arrived at the Shelburne Farms.
Only three persons have been browne,
in Silver lake, Barnard, in l25 years.