Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-07
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

'Oi'"o"' Nolnphny 10 WOfk IaIc ana
Asbestos Deposits-First Royal visitor to
United States Entertained ut burlington
Other Items.
Apropos of the visit of Prince Henry
to this country, it may be interesting to
note that Burlington had the honor of
entertaining over night the first, in
order of time, of the roval visitors TO
the United States. That distinguished
parsonage was the Duke of Kent, father
of Queen Victoria. The old LOOMS
house. at which the royal party passed
the night, was at that time situated on
upper Pearl street, at the corner of Will
Jams street. 1t was removed from that
site some years 'ago to make room for a
handsome residence. 1t is now situated
IN one OF the poorer quarters of the city.
The articles of association of the Yer
mont Tale and Asbestos Company were
filed in the office of the city clerk at Bur-
lington. The company is organized for
the purpose of mining, quarrying, man.
ufacturing, and selling tale, asbestos,
and other minerals at Moretown, Fays-
ton, Waitsfleld, and Dux bury The cap
ital stock is 200, divided into shares
of 500 each. The subscribers are L, A,
Woodbury., G. L. Woodbury., II. f.
Woodbury. and John S. wilkins of Bur-
lington, G. F. Camp of Barre, F. S. Por-
ter and G. G.. Brill of Mortified. The
company has large deposits of asbestos
and tale in the towns mentioned and will
develop the property during the coming
summer.
Jesse Bentley Of Sunderland, one of
the best known trappers of bennington
county, and a cousin from Rupert, while
hunting for rabbits on Sunderland noun
tain, had an exciting experience. They
had shot an eagle weighing 81 pounds
and measuring seven feet two inches
from tip to tip, and had exhausted their
ammunition. On the way home their
dog was attacked by a big lynx and
nearly killed. The men attacked the
wild cat with knife, finally killing him.
The animal was over five feet in length.
Lieut.. Wait G.. John son of the 18th L.
5. infantry, now serving in the Philip
pines, has captured Malvar's battle flag.
johnson also captured Malvar's personal
iewelry, valued at over 5000. Lleuten-
ant johnson was graduated from the
University of Vermont Burlington, and
went as sergeant of Co. A, Rutland, to
Chickamauga with the First Vermont
regiment during the Spanish-Amercan
war; He married Chastine Miner,
daughter of Charles Z. Miner, we'll
known citizen of Burlington.
The Hon. j. c. Bell of the state agri-
cultural and cattle commission says
the agricultural work of the commission
will close this week. Thirty-four far
mers' meetings have been held since
July. Special stress was laid at these
meetings upon the subject of tubercu-
losis. The commi. sion, Mr.. Bell says,
has in hand about 800 applications from
Vermont farmers, requesting the testing
of their cattle for the disease
The largest pension that has ever been
granted al inmate of the soldiers home
at Bennington has Just been given to
Oliver Osborne, it being $50 a month.
Mr.. Osborne. who entered the home
some time ago from Montpelier, was a
member Of company Ii, lst Vermont reg
iment, during the Spanish war.
Another inmate. Lemuel n. Woods. has
been granted reissue and increase of
: pension to SO month.
Mary Howe LAWN, the singer of Brat
} tlebOrc, has filed a long-eXpected suit
: for divorce against her hus band William
LAWN, also a singer. The bill alleges
non-support and intolerable severity.
The couple have not lived together since
November, 1900. LAWN is now singing
in, ] n Nrc
LAWN is meeting engagements in New
York.
Postmaster b. j. Derby of Burlington
has received notification of the establish
ment of five additional free delivery
routes in this district. Tie routes and
carriers are as follows; Morrisville,
William w. Fairbanks; Bennington,
Charles F. Merrill; Charlotte, Medah l..
Partch; Jericho, Eugene B. jordan :;
e Morrsville, Edwin S. Robinson.
j. 5. Vlles has four hens at his farm at
4 Montpelier Junction which beat the in
, cubators, or any other kind of tin moth
ers. The hens are the proud mothers of
r a brood of fortv-five chickens and it is
l not on exceptional year for chickens
r either.
That Bennington is to have a new in
dustry is an assured fact. +. l.. Bottum
and A. NJ. Torrance have leased the for
mer Campbell knitting mill and will put
in collar and cuff factory, with an
annual pay roll, it is said, of $50 600
About three weeks work yet remains
; to be done on the Chttenden dam before
it will be ready to hold water. When
the stone filling on the inside of the wall
is completed and the gate house built the
water gates will be closed.
/ Prof. j. l.. Hills, director of the Bur-
lington experiment station, went Mon
D day night to Maine, where he will pass a
= week lecturing before the farmers in
: stitutes of that state.
The current Lumber of The Saturday
Evening Post, Philadelphia, contains q
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