Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-21

II. j. Carpenter of Ferrisburg, has a
field of seventeen acres of white Russian
oats and some of the heads measure l6
inches. One head that was counted con-
tanned l40 kernels of large size.
A domestic in fourth class Montpe-
lier house filled a lamp with gasoline
one day last week and several crowded
business blocks on State street had a
narrow escape from destruction by fire.
George Percival Aud. of Burlington,
son of the publisher of the News. who
has been very ill at San Juan, where he
was located as paymaster l. S. n, has
so far recovered as to be able to be
brought to New York.
b. F. Kicker of Randolph shipped last
week 40 cattle, 80 calves, 80 hogs and
125 sheep and lambs, three hogs and 16
calves going from here He paid 4. and
q cents pound for hogs, and from , to
) cents pound for calves.
The library of the University of Yer
mont now comprises 66, $40 volumes.
The accessions of the past college year
were 2622 in number, 367 by purchase;
l41j 10y gift; l19 volumes of newly bound
magazines, and 1Ol previously received
but not entered in the accession list.
The following petitions in bankruptcy
have been fled James p. McGrath of
Burlington. liabilities Sl692.3s. assets
$685. %. $50 claimed exempt; Alexander
A. Mcmillan, stone cutter of Montpelier,
liabilities $lj1S.69 assets $780, claimed
exempt 5000.
Guisseppi Frattini of Barre has dis
appeared and from the manner he adj
vertises the fact it would not look that
he cared about coming back. At the
March term of the Washington county
court the duel divorce case between his
wife and himself was tried Lately his
creditors have been bounding him. and
he put this advertisement in the Barre
papers: Tired of supporting the justice
that is given me, | leave for other parts
and may probably return when there is
a little more justice for me. | leave to
my creditors a house worth about $4,000
and my debts may amount to $1,000.
Therefore beg my creditor to come
forward As my property will be enough
to pay all and everything
c. F. Smith of Morristown drew in %
loads of hay recently in quick time. At
noon he had none raked and with four
men and boy to rake they put in 10
loads in five hours. or before supper.
This was accomplished easily by the aid
of machinery. With side-deivery
rake to make one continuous windrow,
hav-loader which takes it from this
windrow, and horse fork to unload in
the barn, with two double 30-inch har-
poon forks, one about four feet from
each end of the load, hung on "a sling
pulley, he can take the top half off a
load - feet wide and 10 feet long, or
from 1000 to 1900 pounds at one time and
carry it To the farther end of the barn.
The State library has recently secured
a very rare copy of book entitled "A
/ Defense of the Right of the New Hamp-
shire Grants $50 called) on both sides of
the Connecticut River. to associate to-
gether and form themselves into an
Independent State" A copy of this
book was sold at the Brinley sale in 1896
for 500, although today it is valued
much higher. 1t is l6 mo. book of
60 pages and was printed by Allen
Spooner in 1910 at Dresden, now Han
over, n. ii. 1t contains sundry para
graphs of letters from the president of the
council of New Hampshire; resolves of
convention held on the New Hamp-
shire Grants, at Cornish, December 1878.
1t also has the Defense which is dated
December /, l71S, signed by Jacob Bay
ley, Elisha Payne and Beza Woodward,
a majority of the committee appointed
( by the assembly of Vermont to prepare
it.