Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-08
AROUND THE STATE.

chemically 1t is OF good quality.
A barn owned by Albert N Butler,
Fairfax, was burned April 81 with most
of its contents. There was no insurance.
Guy Bentley of Sandgate recently shot
bald eagle, which measured 5 feet,
10 1-2 inches between the tips of its
wings.
Mrs. n. NJ. Nay of Jericho who is II
years old, has just completed quilt of
1880 pieces, which she began last
winter.
Vermont commandery, Military Or
der of the Loyal Legion, will hold its
18th annual meeting at Burlington
May 70.
DR.. II. Fl. Holton of Brattleboro has
gone to New Orleans, where he will at
tend the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Medical association
Five cases of chicken-pox were the
only infectious diseases reported in Rut-
land during April. There have been but
twenty-nine contagious diseases reported
since January /.
ExGov. Alexander Ramsey, who died
at st. Paul, Mimi, recently was the last
survivor of the incorporators of the
National Life Insurance Co. in lS4S.
Mr.. Ramsey was IS years old and was
the first governor of the territory of
Minnesota.
Mayor ID. C. Hawley of Burlington
vetoed resolution passed by the board
of aldermen granting to all city en-
ployes a nine-hours day with 10 hours
pay. This resolution was passed, re-
scinded, but passed again, only to meet
the mayors veto.
w w. Brunk of Los Angeles, Cal,
is to fill the place of pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Pawlet. The former
pastor the Rev. Gilbert E. Cady, will go
to Bristol Mr.. Brunk is "A graduate of
Drew Seminary and has made tour
around the world visiting Palestine and
Egypt
F. w. Morse, general freight and pas
senger agent of the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad. has completed 30 consecu-
tive years in the service of that company.
Mr.. Morse began work for the company
April %, 1873 as clerk, ticket agent and
baggage master at the Montpelier end of
the line
Two petitions in bankruptcy were filed
last week. They are those of G.. ID.
Mower, a carpenter of st. Adams, who
has liabilities of 1872 and assets of 1911.
of which $3.50 are claimed exempt. and
f. +. Pistole of Rutland, who has liabii-
ties of S200.03 and assets of S540.54. of
which $40 are claimed exempt.
The arrangements are completed for
the musical festival to be held at White
River junction May II and Is. There
will be four grand concerts, two on
each day. Fair Elem" by Bruck, and
Handles Messiah will he rendered in
addition to minor selections \ child
ren's chorus will sing at the matinee
Thursday.
Preparatory arrangements are rapid
~ progressing on the Doctor Lewis
sanitarium for the tubercuar patients.
which is located on the Scion ). Girls
void farm near Keeler's Bay. The sani-
tarum is to be built on the cottage plan
consisting of one large cottage or pa
yilion and several small cottages with
apartments suited for only two occupants
each.
George Bennett. the young Barre for
ger. who raised a check from 81. Ia
SlO.S5, has been sentenced to the Yer
mont industrial school for the remainder
of his minority, which will expire in Sep
TENDER. 1906. If his behavior in that
institution is not good, he will have
further sentence of three years and six
months in the house of correction aud
will be fined 81.
The farm buildings belonging to Mrs.
b. b. Cook at Berlin Pond including
large story and half house, ell and
woodshed, horse barn, two hay sheds and
Il large barn We're destroyed by fire April O.
There was a large amount of hay in the
several barns and in the house was lot
of furniture belonging to Mr.. and Mrs
Cook, besides the goods of Earl Sargent
that We're stored there The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
a valuable document has been found
among the effects of Issac w. Sanborn,
of Lyndonville. 1t is the original grant of
the town of Lyndon, dated June q. 1881,
and bears signature of Nermont's first
governor Thomas Chittenden. 1t bears
the old state seal. a pin is used i'm con-
filming the papers. showing the QUART
style of that useful article over 1875 years
ago This will be placed among the
cherished relics of the town.
Mrs. Fred Fowler, of East Bethel. was
very seriously injured May l by being
attacked by COW. The scalp was torn
of her head, needing 30 stitches to close
the wound. Several teeth were lost and
loosened and the lower lip badly cut,
besides other severe bruises Mrs. Fow-
! Ter escaped from the COW once, and
I nearly Ept OUT Oh the Ndrd Wnen the
animal returned to the attack and only
left when her young calf ran away.
DR.. f. n. Smith. of Brandon, an
nounces that the annual campmeeting of
! the Queen city Park Spirituaist associa-
ton will open the first Sunday in August
aud continue for one month MANY
interesting speakers have been engaged.
/ DR.. Smith says there are no new devel-
opments in the trouble among the stock
holders. The hotel at the park has been
opened, with |. W. Hatch, who con-
Quoted the hotel last year, as pro-
prietor.
Col. r. j. Kimball of Randolph, who
in S65 established the firm of r. j. Kim
ball q Co, bankers and brokers in New
York city, retired April 30, from active
business "A new limited co-partnership
having been formed, which takes over
| the old firms business The General