Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-09-27
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

IfopTesS VI W OTk On tnltIenuen IOWeT
Company's Plant at East Pittsford-Rut-
lands Masonic Temple Nearly Com
pIeted-Other State Items of Interest.
Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes of st. Johsbury,
81 years old, has Just completed two
quilts, each containing twenty.four
: squares In which are 1920 pieces of divers
colors. The design was conceived by
her and Is very beautiful, and the sew
ing is very fine and regular. Two years
ago, Mrs. Noyes had fall, breaking her
hip, and has been unable to step since.
She commenced the work when she was
lying in bed and has kept steadily at it
ever since.
Engineers have begun work at East
Pittsford making profile map of the
land on which the new power house of
the Chitendon Power company will be
built. Work on the dam is progressing
rapidly. The dam is being built for the
purpose of forming storage reservoir
which. when completed, will supply
enough power to operate all the machin-
cry, electric cars, etc, in the city of
Rutland.
The new Masonic temple in Rutland is
nearly completed and Will probably be
in use by the local Masons the first of
next month. The matter of having three
bowling alleys built in the basement has
been put into the hands of DR.. Charles
A. Gale by the committee in charge of
the building. DR.. Gale has received
several bids for the work and he will
very soon award the contract.
Private Z. E. Bates, late of the 43d
United States volunteers, who died In
the Philippines two years ago, and
whose remains arrived at North Adams,
Mass, last week. for interment, was
native of SALISBURY, and as far as
known, is the only native of Bennington
county who died in the East, and the
second one who lost his life during the
Cuban and Philippine wars.
Work on the new electric railway from
West Rutland to Fair Haven, which is
being built by the Rutland Street Rail-
way compay, has progressed rapidly
during the past week. 1t possible that
the men will be transferred to the power
dam at Chittenden, and the construction
of the electric road discontinued until
next spring, when it can be done to bet
ter advantage.
William G. McCloskey, an employe Of
the Columbian Marble Quarrying COM
pany, was seriously injured while at
work at the company's mills last week
by heavy block of marble falling on
his left leg. Both bones of the leg were
broken and badly crushed about half
way between the knee and ankle, and
they protruded through the flesh in sew
eral places.
Mrs. Harrison AldrIch Of South New
fame has come into the possession of an
ancient and artistic tea set, consisting of !
fourteen pieces. The dishes are quaint
of shape, pink and white in color, and |
they were used by a family living on
Newfane hill when that historic spot was
the chief place of interest in the town
one hundred years or more ago.
The 2nd field battery, Captain John
Conklin, Jr., commanding, with Second
Lieutenant Furnival and seventy men,
arrived at Fort Ethan Allen Sept. 20.
The battery will be recruited to one
hundred and sixty men. The 9th field
battery is expected at Fort Ethan Allen
soon, and will be recruited to full bat
terry.
Bishop A. c. A. Hall of the Vermont
diocese, Bishop Niles of New Hampshire
and wife. with several clergymen from
Vermont left Wednesday for San Fran
cisco to attend the trlennial convention
of the Episcopalians. The trip is being
made in the private car "Elsmere," be-
longing to DR.. w. Seward Webb.
A. A. Lewis of Burlington has some
fine specimens of peaches raised on his
fruit farm. One peach tips the scales at
eight ounces, and three were grown on
one twig. Harvey Hanks of Bristol has
peach tree twelve feet high, which bore
peaches this season. One is seven and |
one-half inches in circumference.
Edwin w. Parker, freight brakeman
on the Bennington division of the Rut.
land system, fell from a moving train |
half way between South SALISBURY and |
SALISBURY station last week. He was |
picked up unconscious and returned to |
North Bennington. His condition is
quite serious.
Ii. g. Barber shot and killed a hedge
hog last week while at his fathers farm
in Brattleboro. Two dogs came home
with their noses filled with quilts, and |
after extracting the quilts with pincers,
Mr.. Barber returned with one of the
dogs, found the hedgehog and shot it.
President and Mrs. NJ. II. Buckham of
the University of Vermont have returned |
home from their European tour. They |
have been away since commencement,
and during this time have visited Eng.
gland, France, Italy and Switzerland.
Over seventy-five men are at work on |
the S75, 900 coach barn now in process of
construction at Shelburne Farms, owned |
by DR.. w. S. Webb. The building will |
probably not be completed before Jan. l,
1902, as laborers are scarce.
w. X. Glldden, a fireman on the Rut-
land railroad, who lives in Rutland, was
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