Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-10-19
A GLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings of a Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain state,


of the Green Mountain State.
The open season for deer is near at
hand. Vermont allows such sport the
last 10 days in October.
Judge Wendall p. Stafford will deliver
an address on 1.-THE Founders of Yer.
mont" at public meeting of the Society
of Colonial Danes in representatives
hall at Montpelier the evening of Oct. 70.
The success of the recent musical festi-
val at Burlington has created desire on
the part of its local managers for per-
manent music hall, to cost not more than
$4,000. Already upward of one hundred
50 subscriptions have been received.
George Reynolds of Winooski has
grown something of novelty for this
section of the country, in the form of a
cotton plant which is IS inches high and
in full bloom. Some of the pods have
broken open, the white down dropping
over the sides.
Governor Stickney announces his stan
appointments as follows: John II.
Mimms of St Adams. chief: DR.. w. ID.
Huntington, member of the House from
Rochester. surgeon generals aids. F. f.
Burgess OF Burlington. Homer A. Dud-
Icy Of Londonderry. John c. Coolidge of
Plymouth. Henry O. Carpenter of Rut-
land. with rank of colonel.
Soon after the middle of last MAY
Patrick &. Foley Of Burlington planted
about quart of green peanuts. The
other day he harvested about peck of
fine looking nuts. He has not watered
them all summer and they were planted
very profitable crop in the South and
there seems to be no trouble in raising
peanuts in Vermont.
George f. Hyde, the alleged check
swindler and former clerk of the geolog-
zeal survey in the state of Washington,
is still in the Franklin county Jail at St.
Adams. The sorrowful men and college
classmates of Hyde who cashed his
bogus checks still continue to make
themselves known. His case hangs fire
in the hope that his father, who is well to
do. will come to his assistance.
Considerable interest is being displayed
in the advertising matter of the Empire
Egg Maker this year. The cuts are 10 In
number, uniform in size and makeup.
and are believed by many to tell the
story of the Egg-Maker's claims in an
original manner. The designs were ex-
ecuted by Earl Leo Brownson of Hines
burg. the reading matter being written
by the Empires advertising manager
The first case of identification of China
men by means of thumb marks, to come
before the customs department of the
Vermont district, has been presented at
Burlington. The papers of Ching Yung
of that city were received from New
York. He desired to return to China to
visit his wife and children. The better
to identify him on his return an impress
sion of his thumb was placed beside his
photograph.
The society Of Nermonters in Buffalo
has elected the following officers: Presi-
dent. Walter ID. Green, NJ. d.: vice pres
ident, Merritt Nichols; secretary, Thos.
II. Noonan; treasurer. Walter II. John
son; chaplain, the Rev. Frank S. Fitch ;
executive committee. Henry W. Hill.
chairman. DR.. Dewitt c. Greene, Dr..
Joseph L. Cook, Charles C. Farnham.
Harry 7. Buttolph, Ira B. Hawthorne,
John c. Bradley.
Two Cinnamon were arrested in Swan.
ton, having been found by customs Off.
Ger wandering about the streets Of the
village. The officers were suspicious
that they had no business in this coun-
try. Charles kpe. government inter-
prefer, examined the men and was salts
fled that their papers were fraudulent
1t is supposed they were smuggled into
the United States, and thought that
Swanton was St. Adams. They are still
in custody.
The United States circuit and district
court held "A short session at the federal
building in Rutland last week. In
the case of d. ID. Muir, receiver of the
Merchants National bank. against Maria
Hodges Of Clarendon Judge Wheeler rem
dered judgment for $1,000 payment on
stock of the Merchants bank. In the
case of Muir. receiver, against Marvin A.
Mcclure judgment was rendered for
$40 900 and interest. This was a suit of
the receiver to recover on funds.