Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


Another System--The Dairyman's Meet
ing at st. Johnsbury-A Real Daughter
of the Neutrality-suspicious. of Interest.
The stock and bonds of the Ogdeps-
burg & Lake Champlain Railroad com
pany having been bought by the Rutland
Railroad company, the construction of
the Rutland Canadian road from Burling-
ton to Rouses Point, a survey of which
is now being made, will develop the Rut
land road into a trunk line from the
West to Boston and New York. A lake
steamer service will land western freight
at Ogdensburg. From Bellows Falls
this freight will be taken by the Fitch
burg to Boston and from Rutland it will
be taken over the Bennington & Rutland
with its Vanderbilt connections to New
York.
The combined meetings of the Yer
mont Dairymen's association, the Yer
mont Butter and Cheese Makers asso-
citation and the Maple Sugar Makers
association took place last week at ST..
Johnsbury. after one of the most profit
able sessions ever held. Over 300
prominent men in other walks of life. in
cludng Gov Smith, Congressman w. w.
Grout and the Hon. G. j. Bell. At the
banquet Wednesday evening Gov. Smith
made a short speech.
Mrs. L. F. Sparhawll of Bethel has
just celebrated the 94th anniversary of
her birthday. She is real daughter of
tlo Inf In
of this fact the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
presented to Mrs. SDarhawk the regula
ton solid gold spoon. The handle is in the
form of diStaff. wound with flax bear
ing on its widest part representation of
a woman spinning. The spoon is suit
ably inscribed
George w. Pierce was elected president
of the Vermont Dairymen's association
at the annual meeting of the association
in St. Johnshury last week. MIR. Pierce
has been secretary of the association for
the past six years. He is a practical
farmer. and has the general supervision
of the Brattleboro Retreat farm.
At the last meeting of the village
trustees of Bennington that board took
the first decisive step looking to prevent
ing any more wooden buildings being put
up in the village limits. A resolution was
adopted regarding buildings now under
construction. This was an outcome of
the recent big fire in that town.
They do a little business at the Fair
Haven postoffice. For the past year the
gross receipts were 1892 80, and the to.
tai expenses S243l 40, of which amount
the postmastei's salary was Sl790
clerk hire, $50; rent, light and fire, 1881,
and incidental expenses, SlO.4O.
Three petitions in voluntary bank
ruptcy were filed with the clerk OF
United States court Saturday. They
were those of George F. Church of st.
Albans, Charles B. Bridgman of Wood
stock, and Newell f. Clifford of Burling
ton. This makes 46 to date.
Miss Maud Edgerly of Mddlesex wa:
recently quite seriously burned, and il
an unusual manner. She was leaning
over a stove when the celluloid combs
which she wore in her hair exploded
setting fire to her hair and burning he
neck and face.
The German house, in Brandon, wa
discovered to be en- fire Friday, th'
flames having caught from a defective
chimney. After an hours work the fir
was extinguished, about 5000 worth o
damage having been done to the buildn!
and contents.
Outfits for sending specimens to tn
} state laboratory of hygiene at Burlington
In cases and suspected cases of diphtheria
typhoid fever, tuberculosis and malari
have been sent to 5S druggists an,
the laboratory is now ready for business
Dell Dodds. who resides near Nortl
Hero, went skating the other day aloni
the shore at Alburgh and broke into tn
water. He had hot old time in coll
water for few minutes, but got ou
, without any skates and without injury.
j. B. Lambert's mill at MontgOmer
was burned to the ground last Wednes
day. The fire is supposed to have caugh
from spark from an emery wheel an
smouldered among the shavings durln
the night The loss is about $1,000
: The Rev. G. w. Morrow of Randolph
who has been secured by the Anti ST
loon League to speak at different point
in the state, will begin his work abou
the first Of February, making the head
quarters in Burlington.
> Four West Woodstock boys found tn
: track of fox the other day, and afte
# following it a short distance found ii
fox dead beside a brook, where 1t appea
ed to have been chased by dogs.
Another of the First Vermont reg
ment is dead because of illness contrac
at Chicks mauga Park. He was Albe
Cheney of Newport, member of Con
pany l., his death occurring sever
days ago.
10 John Sayles of North Hero has ol
of the finest ice boats on the lake.
= may use it to carry passengers Detwe'
the cross roads and Maquam dock.
1t is probable that the Shepard
i Morse company will not rebuild