Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-03-15
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Antiquarian Society-Record of Addison,
County Man in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. state
Items of Interest
Dr. CHARLES P.Thayer of Boston. son
of the late DIR. S. w. Thaver of Rurling-
ton, has given to the Vermont Antiouar-
ian society quaint old document in the
form of petition to the faculty of the
medical college at Woodstock. bearing
the date of March 20, 1884. TO which arc
appended the autographs of large num-
Der OF the leading citizens of Burlington
of that period. The body of a Mrs. Uol. |
brook had been stolen by medical stu |
dent and taken to Woodstock and the
petition in courteous, but decidedly firm
language requests its return, characterize
ing the theft as "a vile outrage which
will not be submitted to unless the
laws have lost their power to pun
sh."
w. A. Bentley of Nashville, who has
attained such wide reputation in mag
nifying and photographing snow crys-
tails, has this winter secured larger
number of views of perfect snow crystals
than ever before. Mr.. Bentley has at
tanned such success in this line of work,
that he is constantly receiving orders
from all parts of this country and Europe
for his photographs and stereopticon
slides, and is recognized as an authority
on the subject.
Gen. j. III. Lucia retres after 16
years service on the Montpelier school
board. He was for ten years superin-
tendent of schools in that city. Gen.
Lucia was born in Bridport, was a
Middlebury college student when he en-
listed In the war the union. He has
been states attorney of Addison county,
mayor and city clerk of Vergennes. He
is now being pushed as candidate for
department commander, Vermont G. AR.
Gov. w. w. Stickney has appointed
Arthur F. Stone, publisher of the St.
Johnsbury Caledonian, one of the vice
presidents from Vermont of the Pan
America Exposition, in place of the Hon.
Henry c. Bates, resigned. Mr.. Stone has
been appointed commissioner from Yer
mont to the South Carolina Interstate
and West Indian Exposition, which
opens at Charleston next winter
The Champlain Transportation com.
pany shipped recently series of eleven
large colored pictures of scenery along
the mail route of Lake Champlain and
Lake George which will be exhibited at
the Pan-American Exposition. The pic
lures are reproductions Of photographs
and include some of the prettiest seer cry
along the lakes.
Cadet John Byrd, class of 1903. Nor
wich university, was recommended by
Congressman Grout for a cadetshp at
West Point. Mr.. Byrd's home is in
Randolph. He will go to West Point
in June to take examinations. Cadet
r H. Burr of Bellows Falls, class of
1902, has been recommended a. alter
nate.
Ed. kittredge, aged about IS years, a
well known horseman and farmer of
Bethel, was hit by train while crossing
the track and instantly killed, but the
horse was not killed and the sleigh not
badly smashed. The body was not
mangled, a blow on the temple causing
death.
George Clark of Barre was instantly
killed at the Ely mines at Nershire this
week. He was weighman at the scales
and was struck by an empty ear, re
ceiving Injuries from which he died soon
after.
Charles NJ. Darling of Lyndonvilc re-
ceves about S750,000 from the estate of
an uncle \. b. Darling, in New York,
who had claims on some valuable real
estate in the heart of the city.
Mayor Joseph G. Brown of Montpe-
Tier has declined to serve as vice-pres-
dent of the Local Option League. He is
not member of the organization and
does not intend to Join.
The proceedings of the trial of the
anarchist Arturo Bernaco of Barre.
will not be printed, in Difference to the
request of Judge Watson, as the evidence
is TO be used again.
Fred ii. Wells of Burlington has pur-
chased a fine tame doe from the Corbn
estate and will have the animal placed on
Stave island.
Up to this date there have been Il fire
alarms in Burlington since Jan. l, as
against seven for the same period in 1900.
STRIKES A RtCH ElNO