Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-21
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


Another Large Factory Proposed for Bur-
Iington-Big silk Consignment Passes
Through vermont-Other State Items of
Interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percival w. Clement &C.
companed by their daughters, Misses
Elizabeth W.. Ethel S. and Caroline
Clement and James p. Sawyer of Rut-
land, left home Saturday in MIR. Clements
private car, the "Grand Isle," for a trip
to California. They go to Montreal,
thence to Chicago, New Orleans, and by
way of Mexico to Los Angeles, Cal. The
return will be by way of Salt Lake City
and Denver.S The distance covered will
be about II, 900 miles, or 2000 week.
Thirty representative citizens of Bur-
lngton met last week, to consider the
plan of forming a stock company for the
manufacture of steam road rollers in
Burlington. The plan proposed consists
of the forming of stock organization
capitalized at about 100000, and pro-
vded with an immediate working capital
of about $4,000. The plant owned
amined and found to meet the needs
of the proposed concern.
The adjourned meeting of the YER
mont Antiquarian Society was held at
the rooms of the society in the Y. NJ. G..
A. building, Burlington, Tuesday even
ing. The election of officers took place
aud other appropriate business was
~ I'M
Prof. j. E. Goodrich read an article on
early immigration to Vermont as At
fected by the Religious Difficulties in Con-
necticut and Massachusetts"
The largest consignment of silk that
ever passed through Burlington was at
the Rutland yards Friday, where it was
inspected by the United States customs
officials. There were twenty cars of
goods and the silk was valued at about
100000. 1t was shipped from China
and came via the Canadian Pacific road
to Montreal, and was shipped from there
to New York over the Rutland road.
Two years ago when smallpox was
raging in Hardwick, the Morrisville
authorities ordered general vaccination
and when the physicians presented their
bill the authorities would not pay it. 1t
went into court but never came to trial
1t has now been settled and the physicians
have been paid $G7S.9l for vaccinating
1851 people.
The Sigma Phi fraternity of the Uni
yersity of Vermont has decided to take
the initiative in the matter of chapter
house. Plans have been prepared ant
given to constructing firm for the
erection of $4,000 building at the
corner of College and Williams streets.
The Vermont Marble company has
lust obtained, through its Boston branch
office, the contract for the marble work o.
the interior of French Catholic church a
Fall River, Mass. The amount of it il
over 800, 900 and the material Rutlan(
blue marble.
Ex.Gov. U. A. Woodbury. of Burling
ton has given the earnings of his stool
in the Rink Association for the next fiv
years to Company NJ. At the end o
that time, if the building is standing, h.
will give the stock to the Home TO
Aged Women.
The electric car coming from Mort
Bennington one afternoon last wee
struck buck deer on the track. Tn
buck was thrown one side and apparent
ly unhurt, as it quickly made its way t
cump of trees near by, and soon di;
appeared.
EX.Gov. Frederick Holbrook of Bra
. tleboro was eighty-nine years old Satul
day, and the event was celebrated wit
the customary family gathering. Judg
= ". G. Holbrook came from New York {
= pass the week with his father.
z The double funeral of Mrs. Addiso
e Pierce and her son Clearance X. Pierre,
t who committed suicide owing to grit
c caused by the death of his mother, we
held at the home in Shrewsbury Frida
e afternoon.
b James Brigham of Norwich recent
|. cut brown ash tree which measure
e five and a half feet across the stump, $
C feet to the first limb. The first log col
tanned over 1000 feet of lumber.
DR.. w. Seward Webb entertained
house party of 26 friends at the NJ
; hasane park in the Adirondacks tn
" week. They were there several days.
r During the month of January 600,0,
q feet of green lumber was shipped fro
;, the Arlington station by one firm.