Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-22
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

attempted suicide by cutting his throat !
with a iackknife several weeks ago on a |
Rutland railroad train, left the Rutland |
hospital Aug. II and returned to his |
home and family in New York city |
Levin is as well as ever except that he
is rather weak and unable to speak above
a whisper. This defect he will probably |
overcome in time. He took back to New |
ork with him the watch which he
had been falsely accused of stealing and
his pocketbook containing over ST. The
knife with which he cut his throat
remains with the local authorities. Levin
exchanged an unused ticket to Montreal,
Canada, which he had for ticket to
New York.
The Union Card Company, Montpelier,
although not newspaper but Job
printing office, bore the distinction one
day last week of being the only printing
establishment In the state that had ever
issued three daily papers simultaneously,
it having printed The Daily journal and
Evening Argus of Montpelier and The
Barre Telegram 1t had published The
Telegram for several days because of the
machinery of that paper being crippled.
The power of the other two papers had
been crippled all day owing to break in
a water main. But about 3 o'clock. Just
as both papers had gotten out their first
editions, the power was shut of entirely.
Wilberforce Ogden, the young divinity
student, who disappeared from the home
of his father, William Ogden, at Chatham.
| \. j.. Aug. 1, and for whom a persistent
search was made. was found in the loft
of his fathers barn, in the hay, reading
a book Young Ogden returned some
months ago from the Vermont Theologi-
cal Seminary, his health having become
impaired by study. When found he told
his father he had been in the barn ever
since his disappearance and that he had
lived on food obtained in nightly visits
to his home. He appeared to he in
good physical health but his mind is still
affected.
So far as known, Edward c. LOOMS is
the oldest native inhabitant of Burling.
ton. He was born August I, 1910, being
the son of Phineas LOOMS, who went TO
Burlington 1880, when there were but
four buildings near the lake, on Water
(nOw Battery st and King st and Bur
lington was settlement of few dwell
lings, mostly log houses. Mr. LOOMS
has passed substantially his entire life in
Burlington, and more changes have
passed under his eyes there than under
A serious case of poisoning from the
use of canned beef occurred recently in
Bellows Falls. Eight people at the home
of Roscoe Beers were made violently III,
but most of them were able to be about
the following day. Miss Mildred Pelkey.
one of the victims, while recovering
somewhat the following day has since
been i'll in bed for week. The theory
is that the acid used in soldering the can
was absorbed by the beef and effected the
lining of the stomach.
The deaf and dumb son of Joseph
Labrec was struck by the way freight
about half way between West Danyille
and Walden and seriously, if not fatally
injured Aug. s. He was walking upon
the track, when the engine struck him,
throwing him about % feet into a pile
of rocks. He was taken to the hospital
at St. Johns bury. One of his eyes was
removed and several pieces of bone from
his face. His back was also badly in.
iured.
John j. Rice, a farmer of Westminster
has filed petition In bankruptcy. He
has liabilities of $500 and assets of $40
Of which Sl20is exempt. Edwin L. Rice
a teamster of Putney has also filed 8
petition. His liabilities being Sl523 anG
assets $50, of which $50 is exempt. The
creditors of Walter NJ. Ware, cattle
dealer of Putney, filed petition agains
him.
Fred Il. Stevens, aged 50 years, fol
many years a resident of Montpelier
where he conducted a wholesale bottllne
establishment. died Aug. - at Mortified
Mr.. Stevens was native of Waterbury
About two years ago he went to Woods
vile. n. H., to reside and a few months
ago bought home in Mortified.
Mrs. Isabel Cushman. formerly of st
, Johnsbury, has recently been elected a.
a trustee of Boston University. She il
the popular president of the Massachu
sets society for the university education
of women. position which she has helt
for the past four years.
, +. j. Eastman of Mortified, has som,
sage leaves raised in his garden this yeal
: that are of mammoth size, measuring
|, seven and half inches in length and on,
, and half in width. He also has som,
large peas, one pod measuring five inches
in length.
The managers of the Caledonia county
fair have received proposition from
Carrie Nation, who wants TO be one Of
the attractions at next nth's parl
meeting. If she comes she will speak OF
"Why | am Smasher."
!. Miss Eva Merriam of Waterbury, min,
years old, killed hawk in her mother
hen yard by throwing stones at him whel
he came down for his supper The hawl
measured Is inches from tip to tip ant
was two feet long.
The quadrennial appraisal of the towl
of st. Johnsbury for the year 1902 show
a net gain over the April list of S63, 0l5
7 The total appraisal is S2,939, 975; tn,
;; quadrennial of 1898, S2,S24 ,335; a ne
gain of Sll4,750.