Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-18
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

'i"''ie"oro us watering Ilace-UoN.
Smith Appoints IA Dewey Committee
Governors Day at the state Fair-A Fire
at sheldon.
The recent death at Providence, r. l.,
of Parker Browne Francis calls to the
minds of many of the older people of
Brattleboro the days when he was pro-
pretor of the Wesselhoeft water cure on
Elliot street. Mr.. Francls's patrons in
cluded Helen Hunt, the Beecher family,
Wendell Phillips, Robert Collyer, the
Balestiers and other people of note.
Many wealthy southern families came
here regularly, and the German and
Spanish ministers are said to have spent
much time here. The water cure was
incorporated as the "Brattleboro Hy-
dropathic Establishment" 1t was
opened in 1S45 by John Gray, Boston
man of wealth, who had been benefited
by visits to the water cures of Europe,
and DR., Robert Wesselhoeft. DR.. Charles
Grau, German surgeon of note. was
afterward the head physician OF the es-
adjustment,
Gov, E. c. Smith last week announced
the appointment of the following COM
mittee to arrange for the reception to
Admiral Dewey at Montpelier: Addison
county, F. Fl. Button of Middlebury !;
Bennington, o. NJ. Barber of Arlington;
Caledonia. Harry Blodgett of st. Johns
bury; Chittendcn, Elias Lyman of Bur-
lington; Essex, Porter H. Dale of Island
Pond; Franklin, Olin Merrill of Enos-
burgh Falls; Grand Isle, n. w. Fisk of
Isle La Motto; Lamoille, Charles II.
Stearns of johnson; Orange, w. B.
Wall of Randolph; Orleans, c. S. Ran
ney of Newport; Rutland, Fletcher D.
Proctor of Proctor; Washington, L.
Bart Cross of Montpelier; Windham,
George w. Hooker of Brattleboro; Wind
sor, w. w. Stickney of Ludlow. The
governor himself is an ex.oflicio member
Of the committee.
Gov. E. C. Smith, Lieut.-Gov. Bates,
Gov. Rollins of New Hampshire, ex-
Cows. Ormsbee. Farnham, Stewart, Pin
gree, Dillingham;. Page, Woodbury. and
Grout United States Senators Proctor
and Ross, Congressman Powers and
Grout, have all accepted the invitation of
the managers of the Vermont State fair,
White River Junction, to be present
Governors day, September 13. Other
distinguished gentlemen from without
the state are also expected to attend.
No such gathering was ever before
known in Vermont, and the occasion
will be one of unusual interest. Ad-
dresses from the honored guests may be
expected if time permits.
The machinery hall and the large
hennery on the fair grounds at Sheldon
junction burned Sunday morning. The
loss is $500 and there Is small Insurance.
In machinery hall was stored merry
go-round owned by William BulIce of
Franklin, valued at $1,000. This was
covered by insurance. The origin of the
fire was incendlary, as shown by the
building burning at that time of night.
n team was seen to drive into the
grounds at IL o'clock. The horse was
hitched near the building and had on
The shoes were examined and they cor
responded with the prints made on the
fair grounds.
Confidence in the projected combina-
tion of the quarries at Barre is waning,
and the owners of the large quarries
who have been holding back from buy
ing more material are now making pur-
chases. AT the present time, owing to
sharp competition. there are very few
of the quarry companies that are not
ready, even anxious, TO sell. The op-
tiOns, however, run until late in the fall,
and there is possibility of the combi-
nation pulling through. The small
manufacturers do not want to see the
combination effected, yet no quarrymen
will say that there is any money in
stock at the prevailing prices.
A short but terrible electric storm
passed over Swanton Saturday forenoon.
Mrs. Joseph Trudelle was instantly kill
ed. She had just gone up stairs into:the
back and lower part of the house, leav-
ing her sister, Miss Alexandria Brisson,
down stairs with the baby, little girl
two years old. Miss Brisson heard a
heavy fall Just after feeling the shock of
the lightning, which splintered up the
house considerably, but did not set it on
fire. On going up stairs she found her
sister dead on the floor. The rubbers
she wore were torn in shreds, and a
splinter was taken out of the floor where
she stood.
Branerd Avery, secretary of the sem
ate committee on agriculture and for
estry, of which Senator Proctor Is chair
man, who received at the commencement
of the Catholic university in Washing
ton in June the degree of doctor of laws,
has also Just been appointed an instruc-
tor in the law school of that institution,
and will lecture on equity and corpora
tion subjects.
The following statement of the receipts
at the Barre city liquor agency is signi-
ficant, when it is considered that prac-
tically every bar in town has been closed
since last March. During the year end
ing Jan. 81, 1899, the agency received
for sales Sl556.S9. This year, for the