Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-09-19
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

From OUR EXCHANGES.
There is a remarkable turkey gobbler
in this neighborhood owned by James
Calderwood which has hatched brood
of twenty-five chickens out of twenty
three eggs and then not being willing to
leave the nest when they removed the
chickens, they replaced them with tur-
key eggs and he still remained until they
were Matched and now cares for the
young turkeys, making good mother
for them, says the South Albany CORE
spondent of The Orleans County Monitor
They first discovered the old fellow sitting
on one hens egg and as he was inclined
to sit they thought they could make him
useful, so supplied him with eggs and let
him set. He can be seen any day strut
ting around with his brood and seems
very proud of them.
The Hnesburg band is probably the
oldest band in the state. 1t was organ
lied in 1865, with twenty-five members
and shortly after raised 81 600 and pur-
chased set of silver instruments. For
a time George d. Sherman was its leader,
j. S. Patrick was the leader for many
years. Then +. l.. Degree was leader,
and for the past four years G. w. Russell,
who is the peer of any band leader in the
state and has brought the band up to a
high state of proficiency, has been the
leader. But two of the present members
of the band were with it in the beginning,
Wis: David and Daniel Patrick. The
band is one of the institutions of the town
in which every one takes pride.
Mrs. r. j. Styles, who was deserted
in Rutland by her husband, the alleged
reverend, last February in crippled
condition and has since been taken care
of by w. W. Vaughn, has been sent to
New York city to have artificial APP
pliances fitted to her legs to enable her
to walk. The relief fund which has
been raised for this purpose has reached
nearly 500. 1t is thought that it will
be necessary for Mrs. Styles to remain
in New York about two weeks when she
will be take back to Rutland and from
there sent to the home of her brother in
Canada. The result was complete sue
cess and she can walk again.
Waterbury has another small pox
scare. About week ago man named
Shambo and his wife moved to Water
bury from Washington, d. G. Mrs.
ShambO was taken i'll last Friday night
and a physician who was called pro-
nounced her disease small poX. The
local health officer and the state board
are all agreed that it is small pox. In
the tenement house in Washington
where the Shambos lived before coming
to Waterbury several persons were iii
with what was then called chicken pox.
The Vermont musical festival is to be
held at Burlington October ID, II and 10
Among the artists are Campanarl and
Miles, baritones, Madame Bouton, con-
tralto soloist. The Vermont prma donna
Mary Howe, who has been singing in
Europe will also be heard at this time
Others who will assist at the festival are
Ellison Van Hose, who is called the
tenor of the day; Miss Margaret Fry
soprano; Edward p. johnson. tenor
Frances Archambault, baritone; Hans
kronold, 'cellist.
John w. Titcomb, now In United
States fish commission at Washington
who went to his st. Johnsbury home tC
vote, started last week for the Pacific
coast, to visit all the government hatch
cries west OF the Mississippi. He will bt