Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-12
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

tian Scientist Church for BURLINGTON.
The Vermont Aniiquarian/ society is
in receipt of a valuable gift from DR..
J' b. Wheeler of Burlington, the gift
being a commission issued to John G.
SAKE as states attorney of Chittenden
county by Gov. Charles X. Williams.
and bearing date of Nov. 30, 1850. On
the back of the document in Mr.. SaXe's
handwriting are the oath of fealty to the
stare OF Vermont and the oath to faith
fully administer the office of states at
torney, to both of which his Iname is
signed.
Miss julia F. Stark, a grand-niece of
Gen. John Stark of Bennington battle
fame, died suddenly at her home in
Manchester, n. H., April |. She was ~
years of age, had passed most of her
life in that city and died at the old Stark
homestead. She was guest in Benning
ton at the time of the centennial
celebration.
Articles of association have been filed
in Burlington for the First church of
Christ, Scientist, to be devoted to the
maintenance of church for the practice
of the gospel and the doctrine and teach
ings found in the Bible, and the "Science
of Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary G. Baker Eddy.
Daniel Willard, formerly of Windsor,
has been appointed general manager of
the Baltimore 81 Ohio railroad and, if he
accepts, will be the youngest general
manager in the country. He is well
known in Vermont through his having
once been connected with the Central
Vermont railroad.
Max f. Severance, formerly of Barre, is
writing editorials for the Manila Freedom,
the Oldest paper in Manila. He expects
to make visit to Vermont next Septem-
Der when his term of service in the army
expires. He will return to Manila and
devote all his time to newspaper work.
Roy Howe, a Brattleboro boy, sold 300
pounds of old maple sugar for new. Tie
sugar was in ten pound pals with a thin
coating of new sugar on the top. Now
several persons have had a body writ
served on young Howe and will try to
collect damages.
The Columbian Marble Quarrying
company has received the order for the
building of the $4,000 mausoleum for
j. M. Studebaker, the famous wagon
builder of South Bend, Ind. The exter-
ior will be of white and the interior of
variegated marble.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Life Insurance company was held In
Burlington April G. The business of the
meeting had to do with some matters
growing out of the recent sale of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company of
New York.
The International Mining company
will begin operating its copper mines at
Stowe May !. The Hon. w. w. Grout
and several well known capitalists of
Boston and Manchester, n. H., have
become large stockholders in the com.
pany.
A new company is to be formed to
operate the soap factory at North Ben
nington, which has been idle for long
time. The manufacture of mill soaps
will be made a specially.
The strike of the carpenters and
ioiners in Barre has been settled. The
contractors yielded every point to the
men and will pay $3.50 for nine hours
work as demanded.
There are more women prisoners at
the state house of correction now than
inmates, of which the greater part hail
from Burlington.
Three brown ash logs II feet long were
cut from one stump in Greensboro last
week. The logs sawed out 1872 feet of
boards. The tree measured four feet on
the stumps.
One thousand cans of milk are being
shipped daily from Grand Isle county
to Boston to help supply the lack caused
by the war between contractors and
farmers.
A special town meeting will be held in
Woodford to investigate Searsburg' S
claim that 100 rods of the Eastern part
Of WoodfoId should be allowed to Sears
burg.
Six hundred pounds of snow was sent
by express from West Dummerston to
Spring field, Mass, last week to be used
at sugar supper. 1t was packed in bar
rels.
Mrs. Laura Howe, aged II years, COM
mitted suicide at her home in Jamaica by
taking laudanum and paris green. 1t is
believed that she was insane.
Baxter Bros. have recently shipped
from their Brattleboro and Windso:
factories 1900 cans of corn for use il
the army in the Philippines.
Ashton Fisher, formerly of Vergen.
mes, has secured a position as engineer
on the steamer Mohawk plying on the
great lakes.
train on the Bethel and Rochester
railroad narrowly escaped striking
five ton stone which had rolled on tn,
track.
George b. Turner of East Bethe
recently killed Dutch bull tina
weighed, when dressed, 955 pounds.
Mrs. William Rix of Royalton has a
Gala lily that for 30 years has not failec