Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-02-15
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

'eh'H III vermont Da1rytng-WhoIe Fam
lily Wiped out by Measles Mt Shaftsbury
Rutland canadian Closed -Four DAYS by
Snow-Items.
| Henry w. Sheldon of the town of
windsor is of the opinion that farming,
pays in Vermont, and says In proof
thereof that his income from a herd of
thirty grade Jerseys for the wear ending
Dec. 81, 1900, was $3.50 iG. The amount
of butter produced during the wear was
G62O pound of the value of sl5lO17. viz
Received for Gi5l So pounds made at
Hillside creamery, $l5lG.S7 from butter
made at home for family use and special
sale, lGS pounds at 20 cents. S32 CO. In
addition he received for skim milk, S127.-
o. for milk sold at home, lG5 quarts.
81 10; for | I veal calves. SLIGO: value
of 10 calves raised, 500, making the
grand total of $3.50. lG.
Geo. Turner, Jr.. died at SALISBURY
Sunday. He is the sixth one in the
family to die with measles and pneu.
monia in less than a month. OF five sons
and one daughter, all adult, only one son
is left, and his death is momentarily ex-
pected. The father died a week ago.
One son was buried Saturday and care
full autopsy failed to find any organic
trouble that should have caused death
Sanitary conditions of the house were
found good. The wife and mother, who
has not been i'll, is nearly insane over the
repeated deaths. Such fatality was never
before known in the state.
On the Ogdcnsburg branch of the Rut-
land system last week the trains
were tied up in the Ellerburgh cut be-
tween Mooers and CherubuscO. If miles
apart, and between which points four
passenger trains were stalled. The
trouble commenced Tuesday and it was
not until Saturday that the route was
cleared. The company had about $50
men at work, aside from section men and
other employees. The drifts were hard
and deep, in some places the snow being
piled as high as - feet.
The President has sent to the senate
the nomination of Acting Assistant Sur
geon Arlington Pond to be surgeon
in the volunteer army with the rank
of major. "Arlie" Pond is a Rutland
boy, a graduate of the medical depart
ment of the University of Vermont,
and was at one time one of the crack
base ball pitchers of the East, having
played for some time with professional
clubs.
Nathaniel Jersey, one of Worcester's
oldest residents, committed suicide last
week by hanging himself with rope in
the hallway of his house The com
munity is very much stirred up over the
matter. lie was 20 years of age and for
the past few years had been troubled
more or less with IA cancer. Desp ondency
and i'll health was the cause Of the
deed.
over 20 600 brook trout fry, 2O.O)O
brook trout yearlings, 10000 brown trout
fry, and 5000 brown trout yearlings are
to be planted before long in the Wal
loomsac river and White Creek streams
near Bennington. The fish have been
ordered from the Pleasant Valley hatch.
cry.
Capt, W. II. Fletcher, formerly of Lyu
donville, now owns half interest In ,;
oil wells at Los Angeles. cal. the out
put from which i about 1000 barrels a
month, worth 81 a barrel on the spot
He Is also interested in oil wells else
where, and Is considered the "od king
of the section.
Col. +. II. Powell, Mrs. Powell and
Reed Powell of burlington sailed receLt
ly on the steamship Aler for Alexan.
dria, Egypt. They contemplate sail
on the Nile and short trip in Europe
and expect to return home in about four
months.
Il. l.. Hayward fell from staging
while at work on the Newburg house in
Barre. breaking two ribs aud otherwise
iniuring him painfully. He was stand
ing on Il plank on a staging that was icy
and the plank slipped. The fall was
from l. to l. feet
\ letter from the Philippines gives the
Information that Capt c. Vi Brownell of
Burlington may secure leave of absence
ere long.