Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-11-03
AGLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings of a Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain state.


A boy named Rogers, IL years old,
from Walpole, N. H., recently had an
exciting experience in Plymouth in kill
ing a black bear Young Rogers first
saw the bear at some distance and the
first shot hit him in the eye. This crazed
the animal, which howled and thrashed
about In pain for moment or two. He
then started to ruin, followed by the
young hunter. but soon turned and with
angry growls made a charge at his unter-
rified pursuer. When the animal was
about twenty rods away Rogers dropped
on his knee, and waiting till the bear
was about ten feet of him he put ball
into his chest that stopped him short.
The next thing was to get the 200 pound
prize home, so Rogers shed his suspend
ers and Harvesting himself to the beast
dragged him mile or more. Rogers got
the S12 bounty and started for his home
Wednesday. Good judges of bear-flesh
say that this is one of the finest speci-
mems they ever saw.
The American, a Manila newspaper,
announces the appointment of First
Lieutenant Frank II. Lawton of the 2lst
court. Mr.. Lawton is st. JohDsbury
boy, who enlisted in the regular army
as private and later won a commission.
The American in speaking of his many
qualifications for the Office says: "The
new provost Judge is everywhere spoken
of as man of ability and fairness, one
of high principles and strong judicial
mind. AS counsel for the defense in
cases that have been tried by court mar
tial, he has won great praise for his
legal talent and forensic ability"
A new industry is to be established in
Stamford, that of manufacturing wood
alcohol. The concern will be owned
and managed by Canadv, Carpenter &
Co., and is to be used in connection with
their already large lumber plant in the
west part of the town. The company
owns many thousand acres of hard wood
and it is for the disposition of this that
the firm has decided to enter into the
manufacture of wood alcohol 1t Is es-
timated that the plant will consume
5000 cords of wood yearly, and employ
ment will be furnished at least 30 hands,
which will necessitate the building of
several dwellings.
William and Charles Young discovered
three bears eating beechnuts under
tree at Mendon last Thursday. They
shot the largest bear, which weighed
300 pounds. The other two escaped.
During the day they also saw two does
and buck, and shot at the buck, but
failed to hit him. B. S. Locke of
Stockbridge brought to Rutland last
week buck which he shot. 1t weighed
200 pounds. Charles Hewitt of MinnesO-
ia, who is staying in Chittenden, shot in
that town buck estimated to be 10
years old, having horns II inches long.
A burglar entered a Northfied house
Sunday morning, and upon being dis
covered, was given a warm reception by
two female occupants of the house.
Miss Jane Pingrey was awakened about
o'clock by man who had his hand on
her throat and demanded money. Upon
being told that there was no money In
the house, he attempted an assault upon
Miss Pingrey, but his act was interrupted
by the timely arrival of woman sleep
ing in another part of the house.
A farmer named Goodyear, who lives
about a mile from Randolph, was at
tackled by two tramps Saturday when he
went to his barn to milk. In the strug-
gle Mr.. GoOdyear's watch was taken
from him and his lantern was over
turned. The barn was burned to the
ground. The live stock was saved, but
the hay, sleighs, farming tools, etc,
were burned. Mr.. Goodyear had his
-, all baI -,
the fracas. At last accounts the tramps
had not been captured.
Recent experience is teaching the resi-
dents of Thetford that it is not safe to
hire tramps or strangers. Last week
Oramel Sayre's hired man left, taking
with him 5000 in cash and check for
S54, while his employer was at the sta
tion. He was a stranger who came
along asking for work a few weeks ago.
A Russian Jew that had made his home
at Mr.. Woodard's recently decamped
with horse and wagon and Mr.. Woodard
is out some $50.
The coal stOrehouse of Sherman &
Brady and Frank Wheeler's livery stable
were burned at Newport Monday morn
ing. Sixty tons of coal and other mat
ter in the stOrehOuse were consumed
The contents of the livery stable were
saved. The stable was owned by the
Boston & Maine railroad and its loss is
about $1,000. The loss on Sherman e
Brady's property amounts to $1,000.
Harry Jeflords of Barre has discovered
what he believes to be vein of the
finest marble in the world on his farm in
Brookfield He has spent much time
and labor in his investigation of the
matter and he now believes that he has
succeeded in proving that his discovery
can be put to practical uses.
The grievances of the Central Vermont
railroad conductors and trainmen, which