Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-02-17
CHANGES OVER THE STATE.
A Few of the Incidents Marking Week
i'm Vermont.


in Bennington county is what is known
as the old parish house in Dorset. 1t
was built more than century ago, and
was first occupied by the Rev. Dr. Jack
son, one of the first settled pastors in
Vermont, he locating there in l793.
Since his time 1t has been continuously
occupied by some of his descendants,
the wife of the present owner being his
daughter. The house was the birthplace
of the wife of the Rev. Dr. Cyrus Ham
lin, during several years missionary in
Turkey. The house abounds in old fur
nIture and other relies that have been
preserved as family herlooms. In the
hall stands the old clock, placed in the
place where it now stands century
ago, and which ticks and strikes with
the same energy and vigor that it did
when new. The present owner of the
place, Charles Baldwin, although 81
years of age, does the daily work of a
farmer and is apparently able to work
several years to come.
A test was made at the Bolton Falls
plant of the Consolidated Lighting
company one day recently, and the re-
markable fact was ascertained that at
this season of the year, when streams
were frozen and the supply comes from
springs alone, the falls showed horse
power of 300. The test was made in
the sluce ways that have been construct
ed in the dam so that the pond can
be drawn off in summer time if neces-
sary. Engineers all claim that falls
that can develop 300 horse power at
this season of the year will be able to
average from 1000 to 5000 the year
around. The capacity of the wheels at
the plant at the present is 1000 horse
power.
Bennington has been represented in
every battle that has taken place, either
on land or sea, since the beginning of the
Cuban war. Some of her sons were
present when Dewey gained his victory
at Manila; her boys! were at Ell Caney
and Santiago. One of her people was
with the marines at Guantanamo and
another at the shelling of Santiago and
Matanzas. In the fights at Manila Sat-
urday and Sunday the first Wyoming, in
which Arthur Carpenter, son of Mrs.
lst Idaho, in which Robert Nichols is a
private in Co. A, took conspicuous
parts, the major of the latter being
killed. Both boys went west about
three years ago.
Joseph Spear, workman employed
on the building of the coal pockets in the
railroad yard at Island Pond, had re-
h in
Jury and perhaps death. He was doing
some work on one of the scoops which
was being held in position by two men {;
but they slipped thereby releasing the
scoop, and causing Mr.. Spear to fall to
the ground, distance of Sc feet OF more,
his left shoulder striking on the track
rail. This was bad enough, but the rail
being a little above the ground un-
doubtedly saved him from striking on
done, with results fearful to contem-
plate.
The experiment of Hosea Mann in at
tempting to raise sheep in large num-
bers will be watched with interest by
many men who own large tracts of real
estate in New England states. Mr..
Mann has 1900 acres of land in West
Dover, about 600 of which are pasturage.
He will place 500 Rambouillet sheep and
few native sheep on the farm the COM
ing spring, and the number will be al
lowed to increase until he has flock of
1900. Some of the finest sheep in the
world are raised in Addison county, but
at the present time there is not sheep
raiser in the state who has a flock of the
size contemplated by MIR. Mann.
The firm of S. A. Smith Co. of Brattle-
bOrO, which suffered loss of 100000
recently in the destruction of its plant
by fire, is to be reOrganiZed as a stock
company with 100000 capital. About
$4,000 in stock has been taken by
citizens of BrattleborO in sums ranging
from $1,000 to $50. The balance will be
furnished by the members of the old
firm of Smith & Company. The big
factory, covering not less than two acres
of floor space, will be built on Frost
street as soon as possible.
The Daughters of the American Rev
oluton of Burlington will erect the pre-
sent year a number of bronze tablets, to
mark certain historic points including
the boulder In Battery Park, the site of
the Ira Allen house and Fort Frederick,
in Winooski, the old burial ground OF
the soldiers of 1917, the site of the battle
of the Pierson farm and the scene of the
fight OF the mouth of the La Platte, In
Shelburne.
A small bull pup owned by Henry
Joe of Bennington was killed on the
street the other morning by Judge C. ii
Darling with a hatchet. The dog had
bitten little girl, and Judge Darling
who witnessed the incident, evidently
thought the brute deserved death anG
administered justice with his own hand
The child was not seriously hurt.
An officer from SwantOn was in Barre
looking for l.. F. johnson recently ,
local agent for the Metropolitan Lf,
Insurance company. He states tina