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

Tennyson, the Is year old son or John
w. Caustic, of Montpelier was accident
ally shot in the head Aug. IS with 22-
calibre rifle ball fired by Bernie Mcmahon,
another boy with whom he had been hunt
ing. The Mcmahon boy thoughths rifle
was not loaded, and in sport pointed it at
young Caustc. The ball tore out the
roof of the boys mouth. and gancing
downward carried away four teeth and
portion of the lower Jaws He suffered
greatly from loss of blood before he could
be helped to his home and medical aid
summoned. Doctors Grimes and Chand-
Ter dressed the wounds and unless blood
poisoning should set in the lads life is
not in danger. lie very pluckily placed
himself in the surgeons hands and al
lowed his wounds to be dressed without
the use of an anesthetic.
John w. ketchum's new book, "a
Wrecked Institution" is expected this
week. John w. is now serving a seven
years sentence in the Chittenden county
Jail for completely in wrccking the YER
gennes bank. The book has been writ
ten since his confinement and let out the
secret of how to wreck bank success
fully.-Bellows Falls Times. "ketch'
knows lots of secrets about the defunct
will keep to himself. lie is not the only
person connected with the institution
that could write a book on its affairs.
Frank l.. Martin, anitor of the Bethel
town hall, met with dlsagreeable and
dangerous experience with the electric
lights Monday evening. Lucier's Min
strels were giving an entertainment and
as the people were leaving the hall after
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turn out the light in the ticket office
| The office floor is of cement. and there
was thunder shower and Mr.. Martin
found himself unable to let go of the light.
He became unconscious and fell to the
floor. Some of the people passing out
discovered him and carried him outside
Of the building, where he soon revived.
DR.. George b. Nichols, one of the lead
ing physicians of Barre died Aug. %.
aged G3 years. Or. Nichols was born in
East Montpelier in 1899 He graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1864 and from
the Eastman business college in 1865.
The first twenty years of his mature life
was spent in Chicago and he did not take
up the study of medicine until 1881 when
he entered Rush Medical College, grad
uating therefrom in lSS3. The year fol-
lowing he located in Barre, where in later
years he has had very large practice.
During the month of July, Orange
county creamery at Chelsea received
/ 1850 pounds of cream and 30l GAP pounds
of milk from which were made l5,GSG
/ pounds of butter. Deducting freight aud
commission So, 25l.13 were received for
butter sold. the current expenses being
| $751; .43. Patrons were paid 204 cents
| per pound for butter fac. The CONDENSED
creamery at Richmond paid for July milk
/ 81 cents per hundred without testing.
1 The Jonesville creamery paid 81 cents per
hundred for standard milk with the spit
milk returned.
After many months of experimental
work, during which time the sevelas st
obstacles were encountered, the Casein
Company of America. of Bellows Falls,
has perfected Casen printing nix,
which promises in many ways to sur .ass