Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-11-14
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

in Lamoille county. The officers are: C.
l.. Mcmahon. president; A. A. Pike. vice
president and treasurer, and e. o. Luce,
secretary. These, with f. G.. and Il. e.
Robinson, are the directors. The com
pany recently purchased about 1000
acres of timber land, located in the town
of Gilmore, and 1000 near by. With saw
mills the company owns they propose
to manufacture lumber in large quanti
| ties.
The scheme for the construction of a
steam railroad between Rutland and
Montpelier, which has been agitated at
the latter place for some time, is being
pushed by the business men of that city,
and committee has been appointed to
confer with a committee of Rutland, citi-
zens in regard to the proposed line. 1t
is the plan of the committee to visit
all of the towns along the proposed route
and try and secure aid from each one.
General Howard, who has Just re-
turned to Burlington. says that since
the publication Of General Swayne's let
ter about two weeks ago, he has re-
ceived subscriptions of from $1,000 to
$1,000, aggregating $4,000 toward the
endowment of the "Lincoln Memorial
University" at CHAMBERLAIN Gap. This
leaves $4,000 to complete the 100000,
part of which is conditional on raising
the remainder before January next.
Some 10 of the business and profess
sional men of st. Johnsbury were
recently taken through the scale works
located there, and were surprised at the
immense business of the concern. Nearly
1000 hands are employed, with monthly
pay roll of SIS, 900, turning out over
100 900 scales per year. Fifty tons Of
ynfl I
pounds of copper have been used the
past year.
Daniel Heating, proprietor of the SIAM
ford house Rutland, had a narrow escape
from being killed the other evening. He
was standing in the door, when a rifle
bullet bored hole in the cap that he was
wearing and imbedded itself in the wall
back of him. He thought that the bullet
came from the rifle of some hunter, who
fired at game but went wide of the mark.
Norman Collins, II years old, shot a
black bear weighing over 300 pounds, near
his home at Chittenden, few days since.
The boy was in the woods with several
companions hunting cartridges, and was
armed with % calibre rifle. The bear
rushed at the boys, and all but Collins
climbed trees. Collins shot the bear
directly through the heart. Brave lad.
The success of DR.. w. Seward Webb
In stocking his woodland with English
pheasants is of the most gratifying char
acter, as host of people have abundant
reason to know. DR.. Webb has given
away about 700 birds this year. He thus
combines sport for himself and friends
with pleasure for large number of peo-
pie who enjoy pheasant feast.
The principal speaker at the teachers
convention at Bellows Falls last week.
declared that the great end of education
is citizens of character. The best educa-
ton in childhood, he said, is that which
allows the foundation of good digestion
and the domination of heart influences.
He thinks we are getting nearer the truth
in our systems of education.
Merchants in Rutland were victimzed
a few days since by slick fellow who
pretended to be drummer for New
York house; showed samples, took
orders, and then had his prospective
customers cash worthless checks. The
individual losses were from S25 to 5000,
and the aggregate scooped in by the
fellow $780,
A deer has been grazing in the
grounds arounds Redwood Swanton
junction. The fact that he is so
disturb the animal, though when anyone
approaches him. he takes TO the woods,
but soon returns. lie probably under
stands that the "Open season" has
closed.
The expected has happened in the
beef market and the prices of western
beef have already begun to ascend as
the result of the disappearance from the
local markets of native beef, which dis
appearance was caused by the extremely
low prices which were charged for the
western product, with that end in view.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lord of Montpe.
lier. have received nearly a dozen re-
| quests from women who wish to adopt
the baby girl which was left so mysteri-
ously with them recently, but Mrs. Lord
believes she will retain the gift and the
name Dorothy will probably be con-
, ferred upon the infant.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rudd Harris died at
her home near Bennington on Sunday
aged seventy-seven years. Mrs. Harris
was lineal descendent of Joseph Rudd,
one of the early settlers of that section,
who was a member of Capt. Elijah
Dewey's company that took part in the
Bennington battle.
. Mrs Dan Hanna, formerly Miss Mary
p Harrington, of Shelburne, VT, who
t secured a divorce from her husband, is
domicled at the Astoria hotel, New York
where Hanna and bis new wife are living
1t is reported that the parties meet al
the table, but no hostilities have occurred
S. 7. Coy, aged 60 years, of Bellows
Falls, prominent as paper manufac
turer is dead. He was IA member of the
| firm of Coy & Babcock, of Bellows
Falls, makers of waXed paper. He was
native of Randolph and a resident OF
Bellows Falls for forty years.
Orange, the golden apples of IIesperi.
des, are now coming from California
and Mexico in carloads and the Thanks.
giving turkey is ripenng These are
facts that may help to console the peo-
pie who are finding fault with the poor
quality of potatoes this year.