Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-05
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

partment of commerce and economics in
the University of Vermont. He will
deliver twenty lectures or so during the
last half of the college year. The de-
partment of commerce and economics
is one which John III. Converse was in
strumental in helping to establish re-
Gently, and it bids fair to become one of
the most important courses in the cur
riculum of the university. Mr.. Shaw is
one of the brightest and most promising
of the younger generation OF our law
yers and has a successful future before
him. All concerned are to be congratu-
lated on the appointment.
DR.. w. Seward Webb, is very enthusi-
astic over the success of his efforts TO
stock his woods at Shelburne Farm with
English pheasants. The birds have
multiplied rapidly. and there is now every
reason to expect that they will be per-
manent feature of the groves, not to
mention adjacent woodland, to which
some of the pheasants find their way
Doctor Webb and a small party including
George Bird, l.. G.. Clark, and Miss
Frederika Webb, captured ITO pheasants
in period of three hours recently, which
is a noteworthy record in view of the
fact that there had previously been en-
joyed five other drives this season.
Since the purchase of the Colchester
wooden mills at Winooski by the Ameri-
can Wooden Co., year ago, fully $780,
600 has been expended upon additions
and improvements to the property, and
an added $50, 900 will be used this winter
upon further improvements. Next sea-
son the electric power plant will be en-
larged and rebuilt. The improvements
already made include steam power plant
with l000-horse-power engine and large
additions to the main structure. The
employees now number go, with a
monthly payroll of $4,000, and by Feb.
! it is expected that 1000 hands will be
employed.
Boston papers give the particulars of
Vermont lumberman, who went broke IN
that city a few days since. He claimed
to be George G.. Leland. Leland came
from the forests about Lake Champlain
and started in to Stake his thirst in BOs-
ton. When he had done this he felt so
good that he wanted to refresh in sim
liar style all the bar-rOom loafers he met.
So he flashed his roll, Sl45, in crowd
and. presto, the roll was gone. Money
was subscribed by the police, and the
fellow sent back to his native forests.
Ground has been broken for the new
library building to be erected through
the liberallty of the Hon. b. F. Blood of
! Waltham, Mass, on the lot east of the
present home of the library. 1t is now
planned to eXcayate the cellar this fall,
but not to put in the foundation until
spring. Should warm, favorable wealth
er continue, however, it Is possible that
the foundation may be built before win
ter sets in. The building committee hav-
ing the work in charge are Messrs. Bry-
ant, McClary and Fitch.
Twelve per cent. of all deaths from
disease in Vermont are due to tuber-
culosis. Such is fact, however. and in
1898 and 1890, out of 1,S9S deaths from
contagious disease. tuberculosis was
responsible for 1913. Nearly 800 lives
are blotted out each year. number
greater than the average population of
half the towns in Vermont.
On the 25th inst. as her cousin, Mr.
Wilbur f. Dewey. entered the house of
Mrs. Emeline Waterson on Main street
in Chelsea he found, on searching the
attic chamber, her cold body hung TO the
cross beam. She had recently showed
signs of insanity but had promised on
coming TO her home from Willlamstown
not to commit such a deed.
Early Tuesday morning of last week
the large barns of the Denny milk farm
at Berlin were burned to the ground and
much property, including one hundred
tons OF hay, farming tools, "A valuable
milk separator and six cows were de-
stroyed.
A brass wall gun. $50 years old, which
was brought from Mexico at the time of
the Mexican war. and given to the Sons
of Veterans at BrattleborO by Col. Will
liam Adstin some time ago, has been
placed in the museum room at the
library.
Col. George II. Bond left Brattleboro
for Washington, ID. g., the latter part of
last week to resume his duties as door
keeper In the House of Representatives.
Mrs. Bond accompanied him and will
remain in Washington through the
winter.
Col Charles A. Woodruff. assistant
commissary- general. native Vermonter,
Is assigned to additional duties as sub
sistence superintendent of the army
transport service at San Francisco.
Max f. Severance, formerly of Mont
peller, is now editor of the Manila Critic,
a monthly magazine published at Ma
Mia. Z. l., where he went as volunteer
soldier at the time of the war.
Whalen, the Waterbury man who was
shot by his wife last April, and who
underwent an amputation of the leg in
consequence, is dying of cancer.
The Harrison Granite company, of
Barre, recently cut monument to be
, unveiled before the Daughters of the
Confederacy, at Richmond, Va.
Henry. the little son of Mr.. and Mrs,
j. j. Hunt of St. Adams, picked bunch
of pansies in his garden Wednesday,
November 10.
: The Trout Brook Creamery Co. of
West Concord paid its patrons % cents
for October butter.
Valentines knitting mill at BennIng-
o ton has shut down, throwing $50 hands
out of employment.
f. |. Hewitt, of Bristol, raised "a bush
els of turnips on | rods of land the past
season.