Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-09-21
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
News from Close by. Told in Brief and
Spicy Paragraphs.

Spicy Paragraphs.
The Florentne Marble company at
Beldens recently paid tax of S3Gl into
the town treasury of New Haven.
Israel ratro fell through scaflold
while threshlng in Henry Carpenters
barn at Lincoln the other day, breaking
one leg and suffering internal injuries.
Dr. and Mrs. w. Seward Webb and
family, who have been stopping at
Ne-ha-sa-ne park in the Adirondacks
for Il number of weeks. returned by
special train to Shelburne Farms Sat
urday.
Frank p. Markham of Bethel has three
hands ONE moss agatns found at the ex-
cavation for the White River railroad,
and George Tupper has a fine specimen
of an Indian tOmahawk found near the
same place
At Bristol, Saturday. John McVar. an
employee of the Bristol Manufacturing
company. was badly injured by falling
from a staging while at work taking
down the smoke stack. Four of his ribs
were broken and he was otherwise
injured.
with the Methodist society of Brandon
for the damage to its steeple by light
ming An ornamented tower is being
built TO take the place of the steeple, and
the $3.50 paid by the insurance company
will not cover the cost.
A. Taylor, manager Of DR.. W. S.
Webbs Shelburne Farms. says that
while the apple crop on the farms is
quite heavy. the price which the fruit
now bids fair to bring will hardly pay
for the harvesting. II. Rowley. an ex-
tensive apple buyer, says that a good
No. winter apple will be bought for
from - cents to 81 per barrel.
The town of Ferrisburgh has con-
tracted with the Berlin Bridge company
for two steel bridges, one of which will
be placed over the mouth of Dead creek
near the residence of George Adams.
The town has contracted with Frank
Cassavoy of Burlington to drive the
piles and do the mason work. The
cost of bridges and work will be about
S2j00.
Roy. the 1l-year-old son Of Frank
Hamilton of New Haven Mills. was seri-
ously hurt recently. He started to lead
a horse to drink, and being gone some
time. search was made for him and he
was found unconscious with a severe cut
In his head, the horse feeding few rods
away. A doctor was called and dressed
the wound, finding il necessary to take
several stitches. The boy cannot quite
tell how the accident happened.
And now Bethel lays claim to the old
est voter in the state. based on the follow
ing facts: John Marshall Shaw. born
Dec. 81, 1901. voted election day the full
Republican ticket, together with his two
sons. O. p. Shaw and Dennis l.. Shaw.
and his grandson, w. G.. Shaw. j. NJ.
: Shaw came of age Dec. 81, 1922, and the
following year voted the state ticket and
in 1921 voted at the presidential election
when John Quincy Adams was elected
and has voted at every presidential elec,
ton since.
The machinery and apparatus to be
used in the working of the suppose
, gold mine owned by Charles Beauche
min of Shelhurne, Is on lis way from
the West and is expected to arrive
l within few wee *. This land, where
{ Mr. Beauchemin believes is located ,
gold mine, is located just north of Shel
burne village, on a hill near the mar
. road. While gold has not been founc
in Vermont in very paying quantities
d still the possibility of a yet undscov
cred vein of this precious metal give!
: interest to every sign of its presence.
The old Brooksvlle axe factory prop
erty la, been sold by DR.. Dewey of Mid
V dlehurv. but now of san Francisco. Cal.
u who has owned it several years. Tn,
X property consists ot the plant. fin,
a water power. some of the old building
Il and "a portion of the machaery, fOrmerl,
Il used extensively in the manufacture .
L axes by the once numerous and famou
: Brooks Brothers, from whom the hamle
C where it /, located got its name. Tn
+ purchaser Is John Gray. a Chicago capi
talist, who also represents other mOniet
men. 1t Is not divulged what their pur
- pose is in buying, other than that som
20 large and profitable industry is projected