Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-09
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Humane Officer w. w. Tower of Rut-
land went to Shrewsbury Thursday af-
ternoon to investigate complaint tharg-
ing Thomas Barrett with neglecting his
family, says The Herald. Mr.. Tower
found Barrett with his wife and five chill.
dren in a broken-down howell II by II
feet in dimensions with no door or win
dow. The only sleeping accommodation
in the room was one bedstead covered
with an old horse blanket. No food of
any kind could be found in the room.
The children were in rags. Mr.. Tower
reported to the health officer at Cuttings
vile, who will investigate the case and
see that the children are taken care Of
William Caughey of Montpelier is the
star fisherman of that locality for May
|, says The Journal. He spent the day
on Dog river and in the evening returned
with prime catch of trout. Noticeable
among the lot was rainbow trout,
nineteen inches long, Weighing two and
half pounds, and two brook trout, one
sixteen inches long, weighing one pound
and six ounces, and the other twelve
inches long, Weighing fifteen ounces.
This is the open season for fish stories as
well as trout. but this catch Is attested
by Wheelock e. Dawley. at whose store
the fish were measured and weighed.
Speaking of dogs, Montpelier is with
out doubt the banner town of the state
in possessing the largest number of ca
mics, says The Argus. So numerous are
the dogs in the city that this fact has
LOT, 81 tn Sc
for CERTAIN parties TO sit, watch in hand,
and wager on the number of dogs they
will see pass by in a given number of
minutes.
j. w. Ketchum, the defaulting official
of the late Farmers National Bank of
Nergennes, and recently sentenced to
serve seven years, occupies a comfort.
able cell on the second floor of the Chit
| tenden county Jail, and has been given
the liberty of visiting the merry go-round,
where lesser prisoners can aid him while
the time away. ketchum takes his
Imprisonment good naturedly.
The second death on record among the
Chinese population of Burlington &C.
cured last week, when Chin Ian, a
young lad, succumbed to pneumonia
after brief illness. Death was indi-
rectly the result of homesckness. The
remains were taken to New York to be
Inferred in the Chinese cemetery there.
They will ultimately be sent to China.
c. p. Iitkin of Montpelier has ac-
complished an unusual and interesting
feat in the transplanting of several
large maple trees about 40 feet in height
and II feet in circumference to the
grounds of his residence. The shade
trees of the city have been rapidly
reduced during the past few years by
the ravages of worms.
Gen. John G.. Mccullough has made
arrangements to build substantial and
expensive stone wall around his farm
at North Bennington. The wall, which
will be over two miles long, will cost
about $50 900. General Mccullough has
already expended 100000 in stone
wall and coping that were built some
years ago.
Troops \, b, c and y of the % United
States cavalry arrived at Fort Ethan
Allen last week. The command consists
of II officers and 302 enlisted men, with
35G horses. Only part of them ar
rived, the remainder staying at Wee
hawken to unload the baggage.
Capt. Hobson, the hero of the sinking
Of the Merrimac at Santiago, most fam
Gus of all the younger naval officers, and
accomplished scientifically, as he proved
by his work in raising the sunken ships
at Santiago and Manila, will lecture at
Brattleboro May II.
Founders day at the University of
Vermont was celebrated last week with
appropriate exercises. The principal
speaker was Charles w, Baker, class of
1856, now editor-in-chef of the Engineer
ing News in New York city.
There is an epidemic of measles at
Jericho Center. AS yet there are no
serious results, most of the cases being
of a comparatively mild form.
Mrs. Isabel Williamson of South Al
bany, though 9S years old, walks to
church, which Is one mile from her
home, nearly every Sunday.
Charles Noyes of Greensboro has kept
10 hens the past winter and has sold 80
dozen eggs since Jan. |.