Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-11-01
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

perimenter in State neutrality-suspicious..
Apropos of the smallpox scare in Bur
lipgton and the consequent wholesale
vaccination which has been going on,
local Observation-Disclosures have been given
additional weight to their standpoint In
the death of little Ethel Clark, the II.
vearo old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. l..
Clark of Smiths lane. The girl was
vaccinated by a physician. When the
time came for the serum to take effect
the child complained of excruciatng pain
and of the inability to move her jaws.
An examination disclosed the fact that
she was suffering from spinal meningitis
and lockiaw. For over 4S hours she
suffered terrible agony, until death
came to her relief. The smallpox situa-
ton in Burlington is somewhat improved,
there being only 2S mild cases now
reported.
During the past week an unsuccessful
attempt has been made in some Benning-
ton county towns to swindle farmers by
persons who were ostensbly engaged in
purchasing potatoes. The would be-
buyer wanted the farmers to sign con-
fatty refused to do, as they were sus-
picious. 1t Is claimed that the contract
would be drawn up with an ink that
would entirely disappear in few days,
but another pen with a different ink
would be given the farmer with which
to write his name. The plan was to fill
| in the place where the contract was
originally made with a note that would
be easily negotiated, as most of those
approached were men of means.
DR.. NJ. J. Wiltse, director of the state
laboratory of hygiene, is suffering
sevt rely from injuries received by the
explosion of an alcohol barrel over which
he was working. DR.. Wiltse held lamp
too near the barrel and the flames ran
down through the bunghole and caused
the explosion. Knowing that an explo-
sion must follow, DR.. Wiltse threw his
head back, receiving the full force of the
explosion on the chin. He was thrown
about Is feet and severely bruised.
Five rows of cattle and sheep pens at
the fair grounds in Rutland, belonging
to the Rutland County Agricultural So
ciety, were destroyed by fire last week.
The sheds were situated near the west
end of the grounds, not far from the
railroad track of the Bennington division
of the Rutland railroad, and it is thought
that the fire was caused by sparks from
a locomotive. The loss was fully
covered by insurance.
Commander Wells Latin Field, L. S.
N, is at his home in Bennington, having
recently been detached from the com
mand of the cruiser Ranger. During the
past three years he has seen service in
Cuban waters and in the Philippines, with
only one short visit home. Ensign w
G.. Richardson, who has been navigating
officer on the Enterprise during its recent
cruise abroad, has also been at his home
in the same village.
Barclay Brothers have begun work or
an addition to their granite plant In
Barre. When the work Is completed
their main building will be 427 feet In
length and Ga feet in width and will bt
the largest granite plant under one rooi
in the world. They now employ l02 cut
tiers and about 80 blacksmiths, Jumpers
carpenters, etc. They have just com
pleted an addition to their blacksmith
shop.
Two letters have been received at the
postoffice in Burlington which denote s
remarkably swift Journey across the
continent. The letters were postmarkeC
at San Francisco on Oct. 20 at 5 a. m
and were stamped at Burlington, theil
destination, at $50 p. M, Oct. "a
making the long journey across tn,
United States from postoflice to post
office in four days, III hours.
The landslide on the track of tn,
, Rutland railroad at North Ferrisburgi
has been repaired and, although passen
ger trains are not yet running over il
, no further trouble with the roadbed il
anticipated by the railroad officials
, For the last three weeks the company
has been running heavy freight train
over the place where the landslide oc
cured.
The Chatham & Lebanon Valley rail
road bas made an application to thu
state railroad commissioners for per
, mission to issue new bonds to the amour
: of 100000. OF this $4,000 is to b.
t&ptuueu III DelleTineuCs on the ROAD
2 the balance to take up old bonds abou
: becoming due.
: Mrs. III. S. Bingham, who is in charg
of The loan exhibit of old Bennington
pottery and china In the Vermont room
in the New England building at the Pan
. American, writes that none of it wa
damaged in the recent fire, and that sh
will soon begin to ship it home.
Frank o. Blake of Burlington ha
: accidently made discovery by which h
is able to temper copper wire. III
4 intends to have the process protected b.
= patent and if he develops the discover
: to a great enough extent it will be
u most valuable one.
1t is estimated that between 400 an
: 800 people Sunday visited the work i
g Chittenden being constructed by tn
;, Chittenden Power company. One O
the Italians working on the dam she