Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-19
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A recent number of the American
Horse Breeder contained an interesting
article on the fast horses which have
been bred by f. NJ. and j. II. Whitcomb
of Essex Junction. among the finest of
which are Darrell 0li and Whisper 2.0Sa.
The former took her first record
at the Valley Fair in 1897, when
she was raced under the name of Lady
Wonder and got mark of 2.2Oi.
Immediately after this she was
sold to Potter Brothers of Greet
field, Mass, for $500, and they in turn
sold her to lIubinger of Hartford,
Conn. for $500. In 1898 Darrell re-
duced her record to 2.14i at Syracuse,
n. y, and during the past season she
has lowered her mark in nearly every
race. Al Memphis in October she did
mile against time in 20lI.
The College street Congregational
church, Burlington, was on Dec 10 the
scene of a brilliant wedding, the parties
being Alfred l.. Sherman and Miss Mary
f. Cushman, daughter of Earl 5. Cush
man. the ceremony being performed by
Rev. Gerald II. Beard. The ushers were
Capt. f. II. Prouty, Lieut.. Fenwck G.
Taggert, Joseph Y. Stems and II. 5.
| Howard, with Mrs. Joseph COngdon as
matron of honor and Miss Grace Cush-
man as ring bearer. Following the mar
rage ceremony a reception was held at
the brides home on School street. The
bride is sister of j. S. Cushman, the
! state tax commissioner.
The civil service commission an
nounces the selection of George II. Day
to be a rural letter carrier on the route
out of Vergennes, VT, to date from De-
cember last. Arthur Sinclair is named
as substitute carrier on the same route.
which will be If | , miles long, serving
population of l95 people living In 10
houses scattered over 10 square miles of
| territory. The postofliice at Addison is
! to be discontinued also star route 3,1S6
and mail will go to Vergennes instead.
Mr.. Wallace n. Batchelder, of the law
firm of Waterman & Martin, Brattleboro,
president of the Young Mems Republic
can club of Brattleboro, which was
organized less than a year ago, is at the
Bardwell, Rutland, Vt, with a stem
Ographer, at work forming state
organization of Young Mems Republic
can clubs. The Republican party lead
ers of Vermont are behind this project,
and Mr.. Batchelder will make a cam
pagnng tour of the cities and principal
B towns in the state.
Fire at ten a. m, December II, de-
stroyed the building of the Rutland Fire
Clay company, situated in the town of
Rutland. The structure was $50 by sc
feet in size, and contained large
amount of completed stock, chiefly fire
brick for stoves. The loss will mount
into the thousands and is partially Gov.
cred by insurance. A. w. Perkins is the
president of the company. The building
will be rebuilt. Between 10 and 2C
hands were employed at this, the busy
season.
The alarm over the outbreak of the
foot and mouth disease has largely sub
sided, says the Brattleboro Phoenix
The epidemic has been kept by strict
quarantine in the localities where it was
reported last week, and the slaughter OF
: infected ANIMALS is proceeding as rapidly
; as possible under the direction of yeteri
naries sent out by the authorities of the
: agricultural department at Washington
1t is expected that about 2000 cattle
mostly in Massachusetts, will he killed
In Orange county court last week NJ
less than nine divorces were granted
for intolerab.c severity, the wife beine
! in each case the petitioner, and in mos
of the cases being allowed to resume
her maiden name. Two divorces wei,
granted for desertIon, one of them Il
the wife and the other to the husband
and one to the wife for refusal 10 sup
port on the part of the man. Thi
county has less than 10000 inhabitants
, A bill chartering the SaXtons River
Grafton railway company has passeC
: both houses Of the legislature and vii
I become a law. Prominent citizens o
| Grafton and SaXons River, as we'll a
> stockholders of the Bellows Falls 1
{ SaXOns River railway, are among tn
: incorporatOrs. \ capital stock of $40
600 is provided, and it is probable thu
road will be run to Cambridgeport, thu
opening up important freight business.
The abstract of the condition of til
J. national banks of Vermont at the clos
of business on November %, as repOrte
to the comptroller of the currency
shows the average reserve to have bee
1857 per cent. on that date, while loan
Il and discounts amounted to Sl3.9lj 937
e gold coin on hand amounted to SIPS 462
total specie, S705,773; lawful none
reserve, 81. 002 .52l; individual deposits
Sl2, 427, los.
Ht cItulloIS VI NlulUll iItNlu. lOIlUt
\ clothing merchant in Montpelier, VIII
4 has been through bankruptcy, receive
last week their dividend of Il cents on
dollar. This dividend is little bette
h than the one paid in Barre, where tt
creditors received Il per cent, the small
est ever paid in the jurisdiction OF Wasl
ington county.
y A class of 24 probationers WIS
received into full membership in ii
Methodist church, at Shelburne, r
J. Gently. Two were received Q
probation, making in all 30 that hay
been received this year. Three wei
/ baptized. The church has spent MOI
II than Si00 this year in improvement
and changes.
An amateur dramatic association VIZ
:, organized at Mortified last week, an
these officers elected: Edward COnnel
pres. Seth G. Rich, sec. and treas;
, +. Reed, business manager: l.. A. Howe
y stage manager. Ii is the plan to DreseI