Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-10-23

Hardwct had big fire Oct. II, which
burned u business block and one house,
loss $780, G0.
The t annual session Of the Grand
lodge Of Vermont Independent Or,rr of
Good T"mplars was held =, Mortified
last week and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: G.. C. T., C.
II. Hayden of Riverside: G.. c., NJ. B.
Morgan of Bennington; O.. V. T.. Mrs.
Eva NJ. Hazen of Windsor; G.. 5. j. r. ,
Mrs Lulu Howe Of Roxbury: G. s., E,
NJ. Campbell of Lydonvillp; q. T., H. c.
Gay of Barton; q. A, q. u. Edgerton of
Northfield: G. L., the Hon. Frank
Plumley of Mortified.
The New England Tale Co., has not
been doing much business for some time.
1t owns a valuable mine situated on the
line between Pittsfield and Stockbridge
and began operations about six years
ago, but the company had litigation and
the stockholders did not pull together
and not much has been done for several
years. 1t now has a contra It with the
Great Northern Paper Co., for a carload
of tale day. A new steel grinder will
be installed and auxiliary ste I'M powt r
at the mills at Stockbridge common.
Editor NJ. G. NJ. Seretti of New York
is at Mortified, with "a party of his
/ friends who fear he will be assassinated.
The evidence in the hands of the state
show that the anarchists went to the hall
to kill Seretti. Barre is now recognized
as the hot bed of anarchy. Many Pater-
son people have moved there Two
Italian Barre papers show bad feeling
toward Seretti and call him govern
ment spy aud another heaps abuse ON
Gov. Mccullough and Pres. Roosevelt
for trying to suppress the anarchist
paper.
The last statement of the comptroller of
the currency regarding the condition of
national banks in Vermont at the close
of business September 8, just made pub
lie, shows that the loans and discounts
amounted to S12, $40; gold coin to
S4l3,296: total specie to S6S7 ,S5S; and
legal tender notes to $500, 1913. The indi-
vidual deposits in all Vermont banks on
| the date mentioned were S12, 172, S41
the percentage of cash on hand. redemp-
! ton fund and due from reserve agents
29.O6 per cent. and percentage of legal
reserve to deposits 17.41 per cent.
At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Central Vermont railroad
at st. Adams Tuesday the following
directors We're reelected: Ex Gov E. c..
Smith and f. II Fitzhugh of St. Adams
eX-Gov. J. w. Stewart of NIiddebury, E.
H. Baker of Boston, S. E. Kiner of New
York, Albert futile of Fair Haven.
Charles p. Smith of Burlington, DR.. w.
Seward Webb of Shelburne. Gov. John
G. Mccullough of Bennington, Henry b.
Day of Boston. John Bell of Bellevlle
Ont, James l.. Martin of BrattleborC
and Charles NJ. Hays of Montreal. The
total receipts for the year ending June
30 are shown to have been 50, 636, 3S1 81,
The total operating expenses Were 81,
74,391.71. Taxes paid amounted tc
Sl0l ,4S0.16, leaving balance of 5000.
500. 80.
a strange and fatal accident recently
occurred at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Clayton S. Mattison in South SALISBURY
resulting in the death of their fifteen
mouths-old son Everard. At his usua
bed time the baby was prepared for his
cradle, and the nursing bottle given hin
as many times before. While the moth
er's attention was necessarily given &c
other details of preparing him for the
night and when she was almost in reach
ing distance in some unaccountable man
ner the child fell from the cradle upOi
his nursing bottle which in breaking Gu
him in the throat, saverlng the juglal
vein. The mother caught the child from
the floor instantly, and with the father
who sat reading but few feet distant
battled for the life of their baby whC
peacefully passed away in its mother:
arms a few minutes afterward.
How many are aware that, way VI
in northern Vermont. out in Yves
Charleston on the Island Pond road {
little off the highway, is an industrial
Bible school for colored people conducted
upon similar lines as the schools in tn,
South. Yet such is the case. G. F
Worthen is the owner of the farm where
the school is established, and Elder anC
Mrs. |. E. Kimpall are the instructors
Through the summer several negroe:
were in attendance, though at the pres
ent time a few have returned South t.
spend the winter months. Next season
it is expected the school will be doubled
The officers consist of Elder and Mrs |
+. Kimball instructors; Mr. and Mrs
James Brown, industrial assistants: G
+. Worthen, treasurer; Mrs. {. +
Worthen, corresponding secretary: Mr.
and Mrs. John Kirby, financial solicitors
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