Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-21
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


concert to be given by the members of
the Rutland Choral association at the
orera house Friday evening, April IL,
are Miss Sylvia Dunton, soprano; Mrs.
Cornelia Glynn Cocklin. contralto.
Lathrop Hutchlns Baldwin of Proctor.
tenor Frank NJ. Thomas of Middehury,
baritone, and Orris G. Ballou, clarinetist.
Miss Mable Carpenter will be chorus ac-
companist and J Harry Eugels musical
conductor and solo accompanist. The
choruses to be rendered at the concert
will include several from Sullvan's
"Iolanthe," Wagner's "Lohengrin" and
Memberships "95th Psalm" "A gavotte
by Giebel. "Water Lilies" will also be
given.
John w. Titcomb of st. Johnsbury,
president of the Vermont Fish and Game
league, who has been appointed assistant
In charge of the division of fish culture
in the United States Fish commission,
Washington, Issues a circular letter to
the members of the league, in which he
says, among other things: 81 will not
Immediately give up the duties devolving
upon me as president of the league, but
hNOh JOui NO-OpCI dtlOu tIldD DCTt-
tofore." K. A. Davis of Bethel will
furnish application blanks to persons
wishing to stock public waters from the
state hatchery at Roxbury.
Illegal killing of deer in the town of
Pownal yet continues, with apparently
no attempt to stop it. Last week a fine
buck was found lying near the road
called the Dugway, with a hole made by
a 3S-calibre rifle through its heart. The
animal was kept until word was received
from the state fish and game commits
sioner regarding the disposition Of the
carcass. The parties that shot it were
seen, but made their escape before they
could he recognized.
AT Waterbury the heavy rain Sunday
night and Monday morning caused the
COlbyville brook to rise to such a height
that S. G. Wheeler's dam was damaged
to the amount of about $780, Part of
the dam was washed down the stream to
the mills owned by George Woodward,
carrying out his dam and knocking the
underpinning from his mill, causing the
floor to drop down with some machinery.
Mr.. Woodward's damage will amount to
about $1,000.
The general store of Morse Brothers
of Cabot was entered early Sunday
morning and watches and other iewelry
valued at over $500 were taken. En-
trance was evidently made by some one
familiar with the premises. The burg
lar, evidently an amateur, left part of
his own watch chain on the floor and
! ath
his detection.
J. +. Taylor of Mechanicsville is
the recipient of cane made from the
wood of the United States steamer
: frigate, Minnesota, on which he serv.
ed three years during the Civil War
The donor was f. ID. Handy of East
port, Me-, former pastor of the Meth
odist church in Ne chanicsville.
During the month of February there
was drawn from the Griffith mills il
Arlington and Stratton 100000 feet OF
lumber to the Arlington station. Mucl
of it is there yet, owing to the scarcit,
of cars, hut is being removed as fast a.
possible, as what is there April | will bt
subject to being taxed.
During the month Of February w. c
Peck of Woodbury. received from q
hens IA eggs from which he realized
the sum of S9.9l. The cost of keeping
!, the hens was $375 leaving a profit o
2 S6.l6. In January from the same hen
, he received 45G eggs, which brough
, him SO.
: Pearl Gates of Rutland was founC
: dead in bed last week Thursday morning
His death was very sudden and came a
a surprise to all who knew him. DR.. W
Il. Blossom, who attended him, stated
that death was due to neuralgia of tn
. heart.
q Fire destroyed the sugar house an,
, implements of Fred Davis of Weterbur,
: Sunday night. The evaporator, tool
0 and quantity of sugar were burned
loss, 500. The fire probably caugh
from defective chimney.
Joseph Fusby, aged l0l years, VIII
$ died in Montgomery last week Thursda
e morning, was undoubtedly the oldes
r person in northern Vermont and hat
o been in fairly good health for some time
John Coucher of Lyndonville, graf
dealer, dropped dead in the door of hi
residence. He had not been well during
the past year, having frequent troubl
!. with his heart.
There are thirtyse seven persons i
: Barnet who are past eighty years old
, seventeen men and twenty women. Mos
of them are in good health.