Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-10-16
STATE NEWS.


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B. F. Fiield of Montpelier, is i'll with
a hard cold which has developed into
bronchitis.
, The Rev. P. A. Campeau of Vergennes,
has returned from trip to Michigan
and British Columbia.
The fourth Vermont Regimental Asso.
citation held its annual meeting at Bel
lows Falls Tuesday, October 10.
The Dartmouth college football team
defeated the University of Vermont
eleven at Burlington by a score of 36 to 0.
Elder w. G. Knowlton has accepted
the call to serve as pastor of the Chris
tan Advent church at Waterbury for
the ensuing year.
Rev. o. H. Palmer of Wilmington has
accepted unanimous call to the pasto-
rate of the Baptist church at North
River, Warren county, n. Y.
Fred Thompson, an inmate of the In
dustrial school at Vergennes, was sem
fenced to the House of Correction last
week for smashing up furniture.
The L. S. circuit court at Rutland
failed to hold sessions Oct. 8, as a jury
man, w. A, Wall of Bennington cut his
hand on broken basin at one of the
hotels.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
was filed Oct. 9Th by Arthur w. Haw-
kins of Ferrisburgh, a farmer and me-
chanic. Liabilities, 81 ,030 assets, 1920.
Exemption, $50.
Alison S. Clark of West Glover, has a
peach apple tree in his yard that measures
only 30 inches in circumference at the
trunk of the tree and has yielded Is
bushes of good apples this season.
Col. George B. NJ. Harvey, at the head
of the great publishing concern of Harper
Bros, and Mrs. Harvey recently visited
the colonel's old home in Peacham. going
there from New York by automobile
There were 232 prisoners in the house
of correction Saturday; POS men and "a
women, which is large increase over last
year, there being only 1876 inmates at
this time last year; 10 men and 13 wo-
men.
The collections on imports for the
Burlington customs district for the
month of September were the smallest
since September 1899, amounting to
only S4i 1876, while last year for the same
period they amonted to S102 1888. No
reason for the falling off can be given.
| The value of the imports on which the
duties were collected was 1901 ,217. The
value of domestic exports for the month
from this district was S642,13
The Vermont State Osteopathic asso-
citation held its fourth annual session at
Randolph last week with larger attend
ance than at any previous meeting. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, l.. ID. Martin of Barre; vice presi-
dent, G. G.. Wheeler of Brattleboro; sec
rotary and treasurer, Miss H. X. Sher-
burne of Rutland; executive committee,
G. E. Loudon, Burlington II. K. Sher-
burne, Rutland; l.. R. Allen, Middlebury.
P. Chenette of Montpelier, has in his
possession number of very interesting
curiosities. Among them is an old
saddle which was used in 1774 for the
first time. Previous to his gaining pos
session of it it was owned by Mrs. George
Gouldsbury, whose grandmother brought
it to Montpelier from Springfield, Mass.
in l711. Among the other antiquities
owned by Mr.. Chenette is an old pair of
Holland skates; one of the old-fashioned
instruments for pulling teeth and several
keys which might have done service,
Judging from their appearance, in the
early part of the sixteenth century.
The following are the officers elected
at the thirtieth anniversary of the Eighth
Vermont Regimental Association held in
Montpelier Wednesday: First vice-presi-
dent, Col. Fred f. Smith of Montpelier:
second-vice president, Capt. George O.
Ford of East st. Johnsbury; secretary
and treasurer, c.. NJ. Ferrin of Essex
Junction; executive committee, w. II.
Gilmore of Fairlee, L. NJ. Hutchinson of
Montpelier, Perry Porter of Burke;
obituary committee, j. l.. Barstow of
Shelburne, John Bisbee of Newport, \.
I. Hawley of Passumpsic; chaplain
Henry X. Page of North Troy.
For the past two weeks the water in
the Connecticut river at Bellows Falls
has been steadily falling and at the
present it is the lowest it has been in
years. In consequence the pulp mills
and four of the paper machines of the
international Paper company have been
idle for over a week On Sunday the
canal gates were closed in order to allow
the dam to fill and as a result the river
below the mills was almost dry, a man
being able to wade across without diff
Guilty. This sight has not been seen be-
fore even during the past several years
in which the average height of the river
has been steadily declining.
Hosea n. Brown of Montpelier, found
piece of paper tackled up the other day
in the old tool house at Sabins slate
quarry and on it was found written
Il slept here the night of October ?, tell
Martin Fitzgerald" Whether this card
was written by Adelbert Martin, who is
wanted on a charge of felonious assault
upon Mrs. Stephen Trombly at Mortified
Sept. %, or by some one up to a prank is
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small hut near the Hornbrook farm in
Berlin where it is believed Martin has
camped. No trace has been found fol
nearly two weeks, and it is now believed
he is outside the country. People OF
Worcester have been particularly inter
ested in Martins capture as he gave q
temperance lecture in that town only q
few weeks ago.
A lrntn Smith "A