Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-11-22
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


stili Progressing on Rutland & Fair
Haven Trolley Line-Carnegie Library
for Burlington Sull Hangs Fire.
Charles II. Horton of st. Johnsbury
has recently received from a friend in
Newport, Mass, two Filipino bolos,
the heavy swords used with such deadly
effect In the numerous contest with the
UNITED States troops. The steel blades
are very sharp, embedded in handles of
curously carved and exceedingly hard
wood. The boos are encased in cases
of wood and bone, the plates of bone
being curiously Joined together. The
bolos were taken from the Filipinos by
Newburyport soldier, who has been
serving in the Orient, and are most
interesting souvenir of our new possess
sions.
Good progress is still being made In
building the Rutland & Fair Haven cleo
trio railway. The work of grading the
roadway is being pushed rapidly. The
gang Of about 30 men who are doing the
work are now employed about % miles
beyond West Rutland. The large grad
ing machine which was taken to the
Chttenden Power company's dam in
Chittenden has been taken back to the
site Of the electric railway. 1t is not yet
decided when work on the road be shut
down for the winter.
Mayor ID. c. Hawley has received word
from Andrew Carnegie concerning the
new library recently given to Burlington.
Mr.. Carnegie's secretary announces that
the Burlington library matter will re-
ceive the early attention Of Mr.. Carnegie.
The sum asked and granted to the
city is $4,000, which, as is Mr.. Car
negie's custom, must be accompanied
with an annual appropriation by the city
of 10 per cent for the support of the
library. No site for the building has as
yet been decided upon.
Humane Officer w. w. Tower of Rut-
land was in Castelton last week to in
vestigate a case of neglect of stock
against Spencer Gorham. Mr.. Tower
found several cattle and horse pasturcd
on the mountainside, where they had no
shelter and could get nothing to eat on
account of the snow. Gorham was
directed to build barn for the animals
within 10 days or suffer the consequences.
The humane officer will revisit him at
the expiration of that time.
While eXcavatiDg for new piers to be
placed under the old First Church at
Bennington Center, the workmen shovel
ed into what were formerly graves, that
were located in the old graveyard on the
site of the church. Several bones, and a
Lei.
dug up; also some coffin handles on
pieces of collins. The handles were
rudely made by hand, and fastened on
with handmade nails.
The annual slaughter of young spruces
on the mountains east of Bennington has
begun and many thousands of the trees
will soon be shipped to New York city
for Christmas adornment. Several from
New York are now on the ground direct
ing the cutting of the trees. None but
straight, symmetrical specimens are
taken. In some years no fewer than
800, 900 spruces have been cut, and 250,-
600 is about the minimum number.
\ report from the United States fish
commissioner Just issued shows that
during the past year there were sent into
this state 10000 900 pike, perch fry and
fingeriugs. Five different lakes were
supplied with POO bass each of land
locked salmon there were 10000 fry,
22,0O0 yearlings and adults; steel he ad
trout 10000, brook trout 300, 000 fry, aud
80, COO fngcTlings and lake trout 800, 600
egg, l07 900 fry.
William Tredo of Nergennes has a
curiosity in the vegetable line. 1t con-
sists of five carrots curiouSly grown to-
gether and wedged in the hole through Il
piece of an old boot heel, through which
the roots had forced themselves strongly
so that they cannot be removed without
cutting the leather or the carrots.
G. NJ. Carpenter of Brandon is exhibit
ing some turquoise and turquoise matriX
from California. The stones, which con
sist of some seventyfive perfect gems,
were obtained from the mine of former
Leicester boy, f. l.. Matot, now resi-
dent of that state.
A seizure OF 40 pounds of dressed
frogs legs has been made by the customs
department at East Alburg. All per.
sons interested in the affair have been
nOllHeu 10 NE llelr Claims WllDlD week
or the seized goods will be sold at auction
Nov. %.
Eugene Narcotic of Burlington at
tempted suicide Saturday by jumping
into the lake. He was rescued and put
into Jail for safe keeping. He has been
acting strangely of late and there seems
to be some doubt as to his sanity.
The directors of the Howard National
bank, Burlington, have decided to erect
a magnificent structure on the site now
occupied by their bank at the corner of
Church and College streets. 1t will be
five stories high.
Mrs. Ellen Ripley of East Poultney
has small guava bush which has sew
eral guavas on it, They are an entirely
tropical fruit, growing in great album
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