Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-17

expected that DR.. Hubbard will even
tually recover, there is slight chance Of
his being able to take up his duties
as representative.
DR.. Abel NJ. Phelps, a well known
orthopedic specialist died recently at
the Postgraduate hospital, New York,
from intestinal diseases. His health had
been failing gradually for several
months. lie was native of Vermont
and was formerly professor of Ortho-
pedic surgery at the University of Yer
mont, Burlington, and later at the Uni
versity of New York. a wife and child
survive him.
Z. l.. Smith 81 Co., of Barre, are com
pleting this month the cutting of mon
ster vault which is to be set DIP in st.
Louis cemetery. The vault Will be one
of the finest. as well as one of the larg-
est ever cut in Barre. 1t measures 36 by
81 feet on the ground, with a height of
~ feet. Two large blocks of granite
called wing roofs cover the sides. Sur
rounding the whole is an arched stone %
feet long.
Joseph Roberts of Cambridge has a
curiosity in the shape of two pigs, one
with two heads, the additional head be-
ing on top of the regular head but not
developed only in form. The other pig
wears a horn in the center of the fore
head which appears to grow with the
pig and would seem to indicate that his
pigship sometime had an ancestor of the
horned species. Both pigs are healthy.
a match for the state checker cham
piOnship of Vermont will be played in
Barre by y. A. Bailey of Rutland, pres
ent champion, and George {. Anderson
of Barre, challenger, beginning October
81 and proceeding until finished. The
match is restricted to 10 openings, two
games to be played on each opening. 1t
is expected that checker players from all
over the state will be present.
The report of the soldiers home for
the quarter ending September 30 shows
that in that time there were admitted
eight, readmtted one, returned from
absence with leave -, from absence
without leave one, dropped eight, died
two. The total number Of inmates at
the close of the quarter was l02, of
whom ~, were present, and of these, 16
were in the hospital.
BY recent decision of the case against
Alexander Glenine. indicted for en-
beZZling funds from the Granite Cutters
Union, it appears that Il member of a
society may appropriate the funds with
out fear of criminal prosecution, pro-
vided the association is not Incorporated.
The point is that member cannot steal
funds that partly belong to himself.
The Vermont Pharmaceutical assOcia-
ton, recently in session at st. JOhnsbury,
has chosen these officers: President, w.
F. Root, of Brattleboro; vice presidents,
II. G. Pierce, of Barton. f. \. Drown, of
Barre, A. l.. Cheney, of Morrlsville;
secretary, W. f. Terrill, of Montpelier :;
treasurer, G.. l.. IlarwoOd, of Chester.
Lewis Ladue shot bay lynx in the
city of Burlington a few days since.
The animal, which was doubtless in a
starving condition, killed and was eating
a chicken. 1t was about two feet long,
but weighed only eight pounds. Besides
the value of the pelt, Mr.. Ladue will get
a state bounty of s..
The State Sunday school convention
will be held in Morrisville October 81, %
and %. 1t is expected that there will be
between $50 ana 300 delegates. Morris
vile people will be found equal to enter
tanning ii and we have no doubt would
be, even if the crowd was much larger.
A farmer named Joseph Bombard, of
Colchester Center, was killed a few days
since by being caught between the big
wheel and the shaft of his corn cutter.
No outward bruises resulted, the injuries
being entirely internal. He was 50 years
of age.
100 many men, said Uncle Allen
Sparks, "who kick like steer because
they have to pay SIS a ton for hard coal
are trying to keep themselves warm
with fuel that costs them 10 cents a
drink-and they don't seem TO mind that
a Bit"
In Washington County court Oscar
Lindsey of Montpelier, who was convic-
ted of grand larceny, was sentenced to
not less than two and half nor more
than three years and half at hard labor
in the State prison at Windsor.
At the sale in New York city of the
champions of the year, Gold Heels and
Major Daingerfield, with the entire rae
ing stable of F. G. McIewee and Co.,
Gold Heels was knocked down for &c.
800 and the Major for $4,000.
c. L. Whitman, of Bellows Falls, has
had kerosene heater installed in his hot
air furnace and is heating his house sue
cessfully. 1t Is estimated that the cost
of heating by kerosene is the same as
with coal at normal prices.
Simeon Wright, aged 40, was run over
by the Boston express and his head cut
of at Glen Sutton, one-eighth of II mile
from Richford, few days since.
Wright was lying on the track and was
supposed to be intoxicated.
Frank Brown, II, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter In Washington county court,
for shooting a playmate nj Marshtield
last summer, and was sentenced TO the
Industrial School at Vergennes for the
remainder of his minority.
The plans of the new isolation hospital
at Burlington have been prepared by The
aldermanio health committee and the
contract for the building will soon be
let. The plans contemplate an expendi-
ture of about $500.
Boston parties have been offering
Bethel farmers SO per cord for dry slab
wood delivered AT The Bethel depot, and