Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-06-21
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Old Men Enjoy Fishing Mt Danby-A Mod
ell stone Shed at South Ryegate-Federal
Governments Debt to vermont-A Rut-
land Boy Drowned-Notes
Hon. S. L. Griffith of Dandy invited
party of "boys," the total ages of the 10
being 100 years, an average of 70 l.3
years each, to visit his private trout pre-
serve at Lake Griffith. The party met at
the depot in Dandy and were taken in
Mr.. Grlfiith's teams to the lake house five
miles back on the mountain and enjoyed
a day of rare sport. They had all the
fish they could eat and even the oldest
man in the party could not tell fish
story" that would beat the actual fishing
they enjoyed.
NJ. F. Sargent of South Ryegate has
the frame erected for one of the finest
stonesheds in the state. 1t will be
equipped with all the modern improve
ments, trolley derricks, etc. This build
ing will be over 100 feet long and forty
two feet wide. A spur from the Mont
pelier e Wells River railroad will run
into one end of the she'd He Will take
power from his sawmill to run the ma
chnery. 1t Is reported that the Grant
Brothers and Alex Beaton have leased it
for a few years.
| y statement has recently been issued
by the auditor of the war department,
showing the amount paid by the various
states for the fitting out of volunteers
during the Spanish war, the amounts
paid by the government and the balance
due the states still unliquidated. Yer
mont incurred an expense of S34. 1913.
OF which amount Sill 1G has been re-
funded, leaving an unpaid balance Of
500. Gll 0G.
Thomas j. Wilkinson. Rutland boy
of l2d years. was drowned Saturday at
ternoon in East creek. The boy, who
was playing with some younger children.
was standing on log and in reaching
for something lost his balance and fell
into the creek. Not being able to swim
he was drowned. The body was found
an hour after the accident some fifty feet
below the place.
The heirs of the late Mary Scott decid-
ed recently to give her books to the
Craftsbury library. The collection com
prises about two hundred volumes.
among them being many standard works
of literature and some rare historical
works. The gift will make a handsome
and valuable addition to the library.
George Cassie of Barre sold Saturday
morning five handsome young Shetland
pony mares to NJ. F. Fuller of New
York city. Mr.. Fuller has farm about
80 miles from New York and bought
these ponies to breed. Mr.. Cassie has
sold Il ponies within a week and has
Inquiries for several more.
The selectmen of Springfield bought
Il iron bridges last week. The bridges
are for small streams, the largest span
being Il feet. The price paid was 5000.
which includes three cross beams to
engthen the village bridge, and some
pipe railing for bridge at North Spring
field.
Max Severance of Montpelier, who
went out with the 10Th regiment, is now
employed on the Manila Freedom at
salary said to be Sl25 a month. While
with the regiment he did special news
paper work and received leave of alb.
sence in Manila to work on the paper.
Among the eleven Americans ap
pointed Judges of the courts of first
instance in the Philippines. the Hon.
Henry c. Bates of 81. Johnbuiy has
been assigned to the Iloio circuit. which
is reported to be one of the most impor-
tant.
Congressman d. j. Foster announces
that the competitive examination Of the
applications for an appointment to
cadetship at West Point Military acad-
envy will we held at Burlington al 80
o'clock, June IS.
Charles Grandy of Rutland. aged 60
years, former engineer of the Rutland
railroad, dropped on the street lille 60
ing to work Monday morning, He was
taken home and died in few minutes of
heart failure.
II. r. c. Watson has sold the Forest
Park Farm. situated about one mile
north of Brandon, to Max Marks OF
New York city. The sale is said 10 in
clude all of tine stock and farming i'm
plements.
Charles w. Mussey. the defaulting
cashier of the Merchants National Bank
of Rutland, has been taken to the city
hospital there. His condition is critical
He will undergo an operation for appen-
dicitis.
Five pairs of trunk lines, the property
Of the New England Telephone ~ Tee-
graph company, were recently cut by an
unknown man near West River bridge,
Brattleboro, and dropped into the river.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the
Vermont Woman's Suffrage association
will be held in the Methodist Episcopal
church at Rochester Tuesday evening
and Wednesday, June % and 2G.
Leslie Hayford of MONTPELIER, who is