Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-11-23
A GLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings ofa Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain state.

of the Green Mountain state.
Gen. j. G.. Mccullough of Bennington
has been elected director of the At
crimson, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad.
Ira Battles of Braintree, aged 7G, mar
ried Eunlce Edison of that place, aged 10
years, last week. News of her death is
now announced.
Some persons recently shot and killed
five sheep of Walker brothers, and one
belonging to +. A. Wilcox of Manchester,
which was in the same pasture.
Miss Theodore May, daughter of Hon.
and Mrs. Frank Plumley, was married to
Homer Abal Flint, rector of st. Philips
Episcopal church at Pittsiield, Pa, last
week at the home of the bride in North
field.
Some of the farmers of North Barnard
/ feel grieved because their cows get
drunk. They want legislation on the
subject to prevent the animals from eat
Ing apples which are responsible for the
condition.
BY the will of the late Mrs. Carrie
Jennings the Baptist church In Bur
lington is given $500 to be used in sup
port of the church. The city of Bur
lington receives 500, the income from
which is to be used for the care of
graves in Lake View cemetery.
Willard f. Evans, of the state agricul-
tural college at Burlington, is making a
tour of all the towns of the state obtain
Ing samples of the various grain stufls on
the market. These samples are tested at
the college and reported upon. If they
are below the standard quality the dealer
carrying them Is notified of the result of
the test.
Brattlcboro Daughters of the American
Revolution have been honored by an
application for membership in the So
ciety made by real daughter, Mrs. Sally
Prouty, who lives with her daughter,
Mrs. Oscar Smith in Brattleboro. Mrs.
Prouty will be 81 years old Dec. 1G. Her
father served three months in the Rev.
dictionary war at the age of 1G years.
The Army and Navy Journal of Nov.
IL says that general orders will soon be
promulgated by the war department
giving the future stations of the troops
recently ordered to this country from
Porto Rico. Among other assignments
it says; "Of the four troops of the fifth
cavalry ordered home, two will 90 to
Fort Ethan Allen, VT, and two to ,Jefler-
son Barracks, St. LOUIS"
Shipping on Lake Champlain is nearly
over for the present season. The canal
usually closes about the middle Of
November, although it some times re-
mains open so that boats come through
as late as the middle of December: but
it is hardly probable that the season will
be so late this year. and boatmen eX-
press the opinion that two weeks will
see the closing of the canal boat traffic.
At a special session of the United
States court at Brattleboro Saturday
Judge Hoyt II. Wheeler discharged
Charles NJ. Hays as one of the receivers
of the old Central Vermont railroad. by
reason of his disconneciing himself from
the infringement Of the road to take the
presidency Of the Southern Pacific rail-
road company. EX-GOv. +. c. Smith
will at least for the time being act alone
as receiver
Mrs. Spauldng, who resides with her
son at Bellows Falls, Charles Spaulding,
on hill farm, started across lots late
one afternoon last week to visit neigh
Dor. She became bewildered and lost
her way and was out all night. Seventy
five men from SaXtons River went out
TO search for her and she was found
Thursday morning unconscious. Mrs.
Spauldng is 20 years OF age and owing
To the exposure and fright fatal result
is feared.
W. c. Davis of Ptt,iield, Mass and
j. Il. Davis of Readsboro are endeavor-
ing 10 interest capitalists IN gold mine
at Readsboro They show samples of
ore, which assays from SO to Sl4 IA ton.
The mine was opened 10 years ago, but
the men in charge were inexperienced,
and the enterprise was abandoned. Ii
is proposed now to form a stock COM
pany, with capital of 100000 to be
incorporated under the laws of Yer
md 70. 81.