Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
THE STATE.

Albertina, the only child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Napoleon Loso of Proctor. fell into
the water at the south end of Beaver
pond last week and Lost her life before
she was discovered and taken out. The
little girl who would have been six
years old July II, had left school and
was on her way to her home. when she
stopped at the border of the pond,
which at that point is probably only
three or four feet deep, to pick some
flowers. While doing this she must
have lost her balance and fell into the
water. There was no grown person
near her when this happened, only a
little girl, about her own age, who sum-
moued help; but so much time elapsed
before it arrived that the Loso girl was
dead when finally taken out of the
water.
The Anti-Saloon league is preparing
to conduct vigorous campaign through
out the state in answer to the speeches
of Mr.. Percival Clement, the high IL
cense candidate for governor. Sixty
three speakers have been secured and
will comprise clereymen, lawyers,
]
1t is planned to have about 200 addresses
delivered. The league intends to count
eract the effect of Mr.. Clements speeches
and it has made arrangements to hold
meetings in nearly every place where he
is to appear.
A peculiar accident happened to the
little daughter of Alonzo Bemis Of Island
Pond, recently. The family live in an
up stairs tenement, and the child had
gone out on the piazza to play when she
took shutter that was lying near and
placing it against the railing climbed
upon it. When she had climbed to the
top, 1t over balanced and shutter and
child fell to the ground, a distance of
fourteen feet. The peculiar part of the
affair was that the child received only a
slight bruise on the forehead.
There is some discussion of the advis-
ability of observing the centennial of
Methodism in Grand Isle county some
time in June. In 1902 at a conference
held June the Rev. William Arson was
appointed to circuit including all of
Grand Isle county and small section of
Canada north of Alburg. The next year
the Rev. Daniel Brumley took his place
in Grand Isle. Methodism has had a
place in Grand Isle county ever since.
A parsonage and church edifice was built
about 1880.
are unusually bright this season in regard
to the price of wool. The American
Woolen company, who recently opened
up the mills at Winooskl, intend to use
an immense quantity from now on,
and as the annual clip will soon be
ready, it will find ready market, as
will also some of last years stock,
which good many farmers have been
holding for rise in prices.
Max f. Severance, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry E. Severance of Montpe-
lier, who was formerly engaged in news
paper work in that city, is now onethird
owner and general manager of the Com
monwearth lntelligencer at Manila.
Mr.. Severance went to Manila with the
10Th Massachusetts volunteers in October,
1899, and on the completion of his term
of military service lie engaged in news
paper work in that city.
at the Vermont agricultural experiment
station. Commodious quarters are to be
constructed for the staff of veterinaries,
and an operating table for vivisection
and clinical uses will be installed. The
large building in the rear of the main
structure is to be transformed into an
animal hospital, and will be used largely
by the Humane society for the care of
disabled animals.
Mrs. Charles Franzonia of Rutland
died Tuesday afternoon, the 9th, as the
result of drinking lysol and severing an
artery in her wrist. 1t was undoubtedly
a case of suicide, and was the result of
dependency, as the woman had been in
poor spirits for several weeks. Mrs.
Franzoni was 30 years of age and is
survived by her husband and fou
small children.
John j. Paris of Rutland secured a
bet of $1,000 with George c. Underbill of
Florence on Saturday afternoon that
Fletcher ID. Proctor would not be nomi-
mated for governor at the coming Repub-
lican state convention, says the Herald.
Mr.. Paris offered to put up another
$1,000 against Proctor, but Mr.. Underhll
would not cover it.
The Vermont militia has been issued
its supply of targets and ammunition
for the years work. Immediately after
the June muster the Springfield rifles
now used will be turned in and the
Krag Jorgensen will be supplied.
a wild animal supposed to be vol
was seen and shot at one day last weel
by Noble Kenyon of Richmond. AL
though tracked some distance by hi'
blood Mr.. Kenyon failed to get his pelt
A coachman's residence is being erect
ed at w. Seward Webb's, Shelburn'
Farms. This is the only construction
work planned for this season.
The washout on the Rutland Canadian
railroad on the Grand Isle division ha
been repaired and the trains are agail
, running over the island route.