Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Big Musical Festival for Burlington
Something about DIR. webb's New steam
Yacht-A Calf Freak mt Newport-Prices
at the barton Farm sale.
The Vermont Musical festival is an
undertaking which Is being supported
with great enthusiasm In Burlington.
An effort is being made to secure 800
patrons of grand festival to be held in
Burlington under the auspices of a
musical trust which will engage leading
grand opera artists, such as Nordica, the
De Rezkes, Sembrich and others. The
first festival will be held at Worcester,
Mass, the second at Portland, then
Bangor. Me-. burlington, VT. and
Manchester, n. II. There will be an
orchestra of between eighty aud a
hundred pieces and the chorus will have
four to five hundred voices The
choruses for the Burlington festival
will be made up of many chorus or
gapizations In the different towns of the
state. They VIII he trained throughout
the year and will then come to Burlng
TON at the time of the festival.
"Yes." said Captain f. w. Blodgett
TO a Burlington News reporter. "Dr,
Webb's new vahct will be completed by
May !. and will be launched on Lake
Champlain rs soon afterW ri a, the lr'p
from New York to Shalhurnc can be
made. have iusr returned from Norris
Heights whore she is h1ing built and
where | gu from time to time to superin-
tou3 the construction. Dr. Webb's new
Yacht will be the finest boat of ts kind
ever seen on Lake Champlaiu aud one of
the best in this country The cost of
this water palace will bo over $4,000 in
cold cash and it will propably require
another $40 900, before the yacht is safe
in the harbor at Shelburne Farms"
a curious freak in the shape of calf
was born to four-year heifer, the
property of A. p. Vance of Newport.
The head grew out of the top of the
back, the vertebra of which was less than
10 Inches In length. At the base of the
neck branched out both the fore and hind
legs. both pointed forward and fully de-
veloped, as was the head. The tail was
underneath the neck, growing out be-
tween the fore legs. The belly was up
on one side. while all of the intestines,
together with heart. liver, kidneys and
bladder, reached out behind and were as
openly exposed Go though just taken
from the animal itself, having no cover
ing whatever.
The 700.acre farm belonging to the es-
tate Of the late F. ID. Barton, in the town
of Waltham, was sold at auction last
Thursday afternoon to the Burlington
Savings bank for Sl4, 400. This Is the
largest and best farm in that section of
the state and is estimated to be worth at
least $50 900. One of the barns on the
property, built 10 years ago, cost about
$4,000 and another $500. Stock sold
very low. brood mares which cost Bar.
ton five wears ago $500, selling at from
S2l TO $50. Barton Yves a noted breeder
of horses and sheep and large exporter
to Australia and other foreign countries
The murderous hghwaymen, William
Dempsey, James Welsh and Charles
Blake. the Greenfield. Mass, boys who
were arrested in South Vernon Saturday
after hard chase and who confessed TO
the shooting Thursday of Joseph NJ.
IIoughtou, an aged Guilford citizen who
was driving to Brattleboro, we're ar
raigned Saturday before Judge Newton,
They waived examination and were held
for the grand Jury under $1,000 bonds
each. They were taken to Newfane Jail
in default of bail.
In view of the approaching transfer of
the Bennington & Rutland railroad to
the Rutland railroad, a party composed
of the officials of both roads went over
former on the observation engine Ne-ha-
sane last Thursday afternoon. The in
spection was principally to see if the
bridges were strong enough to stand the
wear Of the heavy trains which it is eX-
pected will pass over them soon after the
consolidation. The transfer Of the road
will take place March 81.
Large tracts of pine timber land are
being purchased in southern Vermont by
the Diamond Match company. Thous-
ands of acres have been purchased in
Vermont and New Hampshire during
the past few weeks. AT Charles town,
n. H., the company has leased a factory
and is putting in machinery for max
ing match blocks and will give employ
ment to a large number of men.
At the town meeting In Woodford last
Tuesday George w. Bickford was elected
town clerk for the 26th consecutive time.
2 In Salisbury Myron Barton was re-
elected for the Goth time 10 the same
position. His father served as town
clerk of town for 50 years. In Sears
burg a tax of 81 80 on the dollar of the
grand list was voted, it being the largest
tax voted in the state.
The late j. Gregory Smith bequeathed
$4,000 dollars for public library and
$4,000 for a soldiers monument. The
family have decided to combine the two
funds and erect building suitable for q
library and grand jury room. 1t is ex
pected that the building will be begur