Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-03-29
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Small Fox Breaks Out at North Pownal,
with Nine Cases-End of the old Bethel
stage Coach Lipe-Rudyard Kipling's
Part in the South African War.
North Pownal is In a great state of
excitement on account of an outbreak
of smallpox; and from present appear
aDces 1t seems as if there would be an
epidemic of the disease there. Nine cases
were reported to the town board of health,
and the circumstances attending most of
the cases are such that the majority of
the people of that town appear to have
been exposed The matter has also been
reported to the state board of health,
which will make an investigation. 1t is
not known how the disease originated,
but the spread has evidently been caused
by negligence. 1t has been ascertained
that several members of the G.. A. Cutler
family have had the disease in mild
form during the last four or five weeks.
On account of the mldness of the attack
no physician was summoned, and the
house not being quarantined, nelghbors
and friends have visited the sick people.
Saturday, March %, saw the last trip
of the Rochester stage, which has run
from Bethel ever since the Central YER
mont railroad was built. For thirty
years of that time the late William Tlnk-
ham and Paul G. Tinkham have run it,
and of late it has been perhaps the most
important stage line in the state. The
final day was recognized by the invita-
ton of several gentlemen from up the
river to take the >rlde and dine at the
Bascom house. Together with several
local business men they were photo
graphed with the six-horse stage ready
to start back. Before securing the con-
tract to carry the mails William Tinkham
was for many years engaged in freight
ing by team between Rochester and Bos-
ton, Lowell, and Concord. Paul Tink-
ham, the well.known deputy sheriff,
feels quite lost without the stage, which
he drove in person about fifteen years
An item has recently been the rounds
of the daily papers stating that Mr.. Kip
ling, who is now in Cape Town, South
Africa, has lately presented a machine
gun to some of the British forces there.
In personal letter received from Mr..
kiplIng by a Bratteboro friend few
days ago, Mr.. Kiplng mentions the fact
of the presentation, which he saws was
to a corps of mounted rifles and he adds
that the gun was received by a detatch-
ment of ten veterans, eight of whom had
been wounded in the war and two of
whom were old United States veterans.
Of these two, one informed Mr.. Kipling
that he was from Maine, "about l2O
miles from where you used to live"
Wilbert Il. Hall of Lyndonville, who
went to California last fall, has pur.
chased a ranch of 100 acres near Bakers
field, in Kern county. lie has 10 acres
in peaches Just coming into bearing and
and large field of alfalfa from which he
expects to cut 100 tons OF alfalfa hay
this season. In a letter written Feb 20
he said the alfalfa was then one foot high
and he should cut his first crop in March.
Ills ranch is only six or seven miles
from the newly discovered "Pampa" oil
district and he hopes he may find oil on
his own land in the near future.
News has been received of the death
in Providence, Il. l.. of eX-Mayor Henry
Il. Barker, whose relations with the For
est and Stream club of Wilmington. as
its president and one of Its executive Of
flcers, gave him wide acquaintance in
southern Vermont.
a gang of Italians came to Burlington
last week from New York, and were
taken to the Rutland Canadian road,
where they succeed those who left be-
cause of the reduction in wages.
Boston parties are considering the pur-
chase of the stock and bonds of the Mt
Mansfield electric railroad, running from
Waterbury to Stowe, and extending the
road to Morrisville.
Capt. Harry B. Chamberlin of Brad
ford has sailed for Manila on the trans
port Indiana. He holds the position of
quartermaster and acting commissary on
this transport.
w l.. Stafford, formerly of Mont
pelier, has purchased 1000 acre tract of
land at Whittier, CAL, on which there
are several oil wells, paying 100000
therefor
The ST. Johnsbury and Lake Cham
plain railroad is considering the feaslbil-
ity of building a branch line to the as.
bestos mines in Eden.
The state board of health expresses no
apprehension as to the spread of small
pox from the cases at Poultney and
Castleton.
Joseph Miller of Dummerston is now
serving his tifty-third consecutive term
as town clerk.