Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-02
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

hospital, Boston, to meet DIR. Adolf
Lorenz of Vienna at luncheon at the
Algonquin club. Boston, last week also
to attend a clinical demonstration by DR..
Lorenz at the out-patient department of
the hospital. DR.. Lorenz is the noted
Austrian physician and surgeon who
came to this country especially to per-
form an operation on daughter of 2.
ID. Armour of Chicago, for congental
dislocation of the hip. 1t was success
full, and DR.. Lorenz received princely
fee. Since then he has been giving
demonstrations of his method of treating
congenital hip dislocation, club foot and
similar determinations, in the large cities,
to the intense interest of the medical pro-
fession, who have pronounced the Aus
trian a marvel and his method one of
the great discoveries of the generation.
d. f. Aldrch, farmer of East Shrews-
bury, returned last week from IA hunting
trip in the woods in the north part of the
town. He brought with him about the
largest amount of game which has been
captured by any local hunter for some
time. He killed three foxes, three musk
rats, three minks, three raccoons and
five skunks. He sold the skins of all the
animals in one lot for 1923, which he
considers good pay for a weeks work.
Skunks are still so plenty in this vicinity
thut they are doing considerable damage
and the farmers will make strenuous
efforts to kill a good share of them be-
fore spring so that the devastation caused
by these pests among the crops will not
be repeated another summer.
The barn on the Louis Greenough farm
near Essex Junction with the hay, har-
ness and all the stock consisting of two
horses and five cows and a seven months
old calf were burned December %. 1t is
understood that Mr.. GreenOugh's pro-
perty was insured but the stock, which
belonged to James Weldon who lives on
the farm, was not insured. Mr.. and Mrs.
Weldon was at a neighbours to help care
for a sick child which died in the night
and they did not know of their loss until
they went home at , 80 the next morning.
Mr. Weldon never smokes or lights
match in the barn and did his feeding
before dark, so he is at a loss to under
stand the origin of the fire.
Nettie Call, who created something of
a sensation three weeks ago. by wanting
to marry Frank jackson at the Jail before
he was taken to Windsor to serve SEN
tence for grand larceny, was in Mont
pelier city co .rt and pleaded guilty to
grand larceny in stealing certain goods
and chattels, the property of Mrs. Flea
nor Nicholas. The city court having no
| jurisdiction in the case, at her request
States attorney Bailey filed an informa-
ton against her to which she pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to the State
Industrial school at Nergennes for the
remainder of her minority. She is now
lG years old and has had a checkered
career.
Wesley Miles of South Cabot died
| December % as the result of injuries re-
ceived the day before while working in
the woods. He was chopping in the
woods and in telling a tree a large limb.
six Inches in diameter, broke of and fell,
striking him on the leg and tearing the
flesh so badly that the bone was exposed.
| Charles Lakn. who was at work with
| him, dragged him to the house and went
for doctor, but none could be secured
and Mr.. Miles had to suffer for five or
six hours. Chloroform was then admin
istered and the wound was dressed. He
appeared weak after that and lived n
| hours.
Several of the slate quarries in Poult-
ney and adjoining towns are closed on
account of the lack of sufficient coal to
keep the machinery in operation. There
seems to be very little prospect of obtain
ing a supply of coal i'm the near future,
and it is probable that before the end of
the present week all of the remaining
quarries will be obliged 10 close. This
will mean great hardship for a large
number of the residents of the town, as
the majority of the families here are sup
ported by wages which their male mem
bers receive from the slate companies
and many of the families have very little
money ahead.
John f. McGurk and Mrs. Maria A.
McGuirk of Rutland. were united in
marriage December II for the second
time in their lives by the Rev. n. ProuiX.
IT was big surprise to local people as
the couple never got along well together.
McGuirk is well known grocer. He
was married the first time in 1856 and a
divorce was granted to the woman last
September on the ground of cruel and
abusive treatment. Subsequent to the
divorce an Injunction had been served on
McGuirk to compel him to keep away
from the woman. The troubles of the
couple are well known in the local
courts.
A daughter was born December 0 to
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Morse of South
Royalton and granddaughter TO Mr.. and
Mrs. o. l. Morse, the latter having wei
coined the little stranger as birthday
gift. The little one has four grand
parents, three great grandparents, two
great-great. grandparents and uncles and
aunts of all ages and generations from
all ages and generations from an uncle
Joseph Morse, 81 months old, to Mrs
Sarah Chapman of Bethel, who last
September celebrated her Tooth birthday
a great-great-g reat-great-aunt
East Granville. this state, has a veri
table Rip Van Wrinkle. lie went away
from home one day l3 years ago and re-
turned the other day with the cool in
formation that he had been living in
Maine during his absence because it wa:
his notion so to do. In all this time ht
had sent no word to his wife or friend;
to assuage their worry. This may have
been real funny transaction TO Abba
Patch, but what about the nights anG
days of fearful uncertainty that Mrs
Patch has suffered?