Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-09-15
STATE BRIEFS.
Kaleidoscope tof Happenings within the
Borders OF Vermont

Borders OF Vermont.
A lecture course association has been
formed in Stowe.
Co. X. 9th Vt. Vols and Co. B, 10th
Vt. Vols will hold annual reunions in
Brattleboro September Goth.
The Rev r. d. Cahil of the Catho-
lie diocese of Burlington has gone to
st. Michael's Institute at Winooski park.
where he will be teacher of English
The second annual picnic of the
Ascutney Mountain Club held on the
summit of the mountain Thursday of
last week was attended by about 200
people.
Frank Erwin, of Middletown Springs,
was seriously injured by falling down
the elevator shaft at Grey's horse power
shop in that town Wednesday night of
last week.
The Montpelier Military band is ar
ranging for a musical burlesque en-
titled, "a Country Circus" written
by G. H. Wilder, of Montpelier, and
j. j. Enright, of Burlington.
The Boutwell, Milne, & Varnum Co.
has bought the dark granite quarry
of MARI & Gordon at Barre. With this
acquisition the purchasing company now
controls all of the dark stock on Barre
hill with the exception of two small
quarries.
The annual banquet of the Orleans
county bar was held at the Hotel Ray
mond at Newport last week wednesday,
with large attendance. The Hon
Charles A. Prouty, OF Washington, in
terstate commerce commissioner, was
POSTMASTER.
1t is announced that Col. Curtis S.
Emery, of Chelsea, will assume his
duties as collector of customs for the
district of Memphremagog about jan
uary /, 1905, by mutual arrangement
with Hon. Z. NJ. Mansur, the retiring
collector.
On a recent visit to Smugglers' Notch
at the foot of Mount Mansfield, in
Stowe, it was found that agents for a
firm of florists in Massachusetts, had
collected some of the rare plants of the
place to such an extent that they
appear likely to be exterminated.
l White beans that have been inculated
with a sample of nitrogen sent by the
government have been successfully
grown by j. L. Derway at his farm on
North ave-, Burlington. The ordinary
beans stand about foot high and have
no fibrous root. The inoculated beans
stand about four feet high and the
roots are fbrous and have nodules.
The end of August found total
Of 202 prisoners in the house of cor
rection Rutland, 1856 house prisoners
and l6 Jail. The number of house
prisoners included 90 women, There
were committed to the institution during
the month, s. prisoners. for variety
,f IF
Rutland county. OF the total nine
were women. Jail commitments num-
bered 80.
Rev. Leonard Dolph celebrated the
Tooth anniversary of his birth in Bran
don, Aug. 90. He was born in Crown
Point, n Y, and large part of his life
work was accomplished in that state and
Vermont, near the shores of Lake Cham
plain. He was ordained a Methodist
minister in 1886 and continued in active
service until Dec. 4, 1887. Although 5S
years old at the outbreak of the civil
war, he enlisted as private in the 11Sth
New York infantry and later served that
regiment as chaplain.
The trial docket for the September
term of the Chittenden county court
which will open in Burlington September
is an unusually large one, So cases being
set for trial by jury and 81 for trial by
court. Several of the cases will require
much time for trial notably the Cosgriff-
McSweeney alleged malpractice case,
Judge Seneca Haselton will preside.
Among the cases to be tried before jury
is that of Russell w. Taft VS.. Charles E.
Walker, alienation of affections and
among the court cases is that of Winona
L. Taft VS.. Russell W. Taft divorce.
The music that will be furnished
Centennial day, October 4, at Montpe-
lier, by several of the bands in the
state will be an exceedingly interest.
ing feature BandmaSter Timothy r.
Merrill of the Montpelier Military band
is arranging to combine the various
bands in the execution of such selec-
tons as he may decide upon. Each
band will have the music in advance
for rehearsal, and when executed by
200 men with their great combination
of instruments the effect will furnish
much pleasure TO the thousands OF
listeners.
About fifty members of the Wadleigh
family gathered at the home of George
Eddy in Shelburne August % for their
annual reunion. Visitors were present
from Montpelier. Burlington, Lincoln,
Bristol, Charlotte, Starksboro, Livermore
Falls, Me-, and Shelburne. At business
meeting the following officers were
elected for one year: President, William
York, of Lincoln; vice-president, Anse
Palmer, of Bristol; secretary and treas.
urer, Mae Clifford, of Burlington. The
invitation of Mrs. Eugene Miller, OF
Bristol, to hold the reunion with hel
next year was accepted.