Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-05
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

owned by Barton Man - Wholesale
Liquor seizure at Barre.
Hon. Victor |. Spear, one of the direc
tors of the sugar market in this state,
left last week for Buffalo to complete
arrangements for the markets exhibit at
the Pan-American exposition. A booth
is being constructed at the Emerson fac
tory of the handsomest rock maple to be
found In which the sugar and maple
syrup will be exhibited. 1t will be placed
in the agricultural building, where floor
space of % II feet has been secured.
The regulation booths will be con-
structed entirely of paper, but by spec
ial arrangement the handsOmest one
made of maple will be used. A repre-
sentative of the Randolph sugar market
will be in charge of the booth all sum-
mer.
Jerry Marston of Barton is the pos
SCISSOR of some relics that are not only
valuable but curious. One is a mortgage
deed bearing the date 1771, made out at
Rockingham, n. H., in the Province of
n. V; a $l.00 script bearing the date of
l7S0; a church creed made at Craftsbury
VT, July 4, 1907. The first clause of
this reads, "Sensible of our lost and con-
demned state, that our own righteous
ness is but filthy rags" etc.; manu-
script (origDaD of a sermon preached at
Templeton, September %, 1863, and an
other at the same place on June 13, 1884.
Both sermons are written on parchment
paper.
summary of the Congregational
churches, ten in number, in Bennington
county for the year ending December 81,
1900, has Just been issued. The member
ship at that time was 1893, of which 81
were females. The number of admis-
sions during the year was 80 and the
losses were 43. The baptisms were 81.
Home expenses were $l3,0S2, and benev.
olent contributions were 1882. The
membership of the Sunday schools was
1861 with an average attendance of G23
and Y. p. S. C. f. had 1868 members.
The total number of families connected
with the churches is 9l5.
A wholesale seizure of beer, wine and
hard liquors was made Saturday morn
ing at Barre. Officers searched the
freight ware houses of the Central Yer
mont and Montpelier & Wells River rail
road in that city and secured two car
loads of various kinds of Intoxicating
liquor. Drays and express wagons were
pressed into service and the stuff was
carted to the city hall. The apartment
where such contraband goods are stored
is full to overlooking and the necessity
of charging the building is apparent.
William Hodgkins, reported drowned
in Lake Champlain while crossing on the
ice from Basin Harbor to his home in
Wesport, n. Y, and later said to have
met with foul play, is now reported to
have been seen in Troy and elsewhere.
IL is said that a Westport woman is con-
nected with the affair, one now missed
from home. Hodgkins is said to have
sold everything possible and had about
$500. He has wife and four children,
left in destitute condition. The woman
in the case is also said to be married.
Supt. c. b. Roberts of the street de-
partment of Montpelier exploded two
sticks of dynamite under the ice beneath
the Riilto bridge Friday morning, break
ing up the big cakes that had frozen in
there this winter. The ice was three
feet thick and having been in the sheds
was very strong. The explosives under
meath the water shattered the Ice so that
it will go out very easily when the water
rises again.
After being out "A hours the jury at
Montpelier in the case of State VS.. Ceh-
arldo Giusseppelni for assault with in.
tent to murder Chief of Police Brown of
Barre, returned a verdict Saturday
afternoon of guilty of simple assault.
The extreme penalty for a conviction of
this Offense is five wears in states prison.
S. j. Thomas of Hardwick purchased
a horse, harness, sleigh, robe and whip
for $40; inside of "a hours he disposed of
the outfit for 500, and before that trade
was cold bought the outfit back for Sl4. |
In about a week he sold. the horse and
harness for $50. pocketing the money,
and The next day sold the sleigh.
ii. p. Clark of Woodstock is fitting the |
old Woodstock wooden factory, which for
years has stood idle, and intends to open
IN establishment on the first floor for the |
of Overalls. The work is
being rushed as fast as it can be, and
Mr.. Clark intends to have things in oper-
alton by May l.
Calvin Pearl Titus, the hero of Pekin .
wall, who has Just been designated by /
the President for cadetship at West |
Point, went to Chickamauga with the /
Vermont volunteer as bugler In Co. X,
from Salisbury.
Carl, the l2-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Il. f. Smith of Waltham, had the |
end of one toe cut of aud two others
nearly amputated by an axe with which
his brother Eli was splitting wood the
other day.
Ten hens owned by S. f. Hescock of
Townshend produced in the months of
January and February 35i eggs, and 1O3
the first 10 days in March.
1t was announced in Akron. Ohio, that
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