Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-14
STATE NEW S..

Barre Friday, and when he grew weary
of perambulating the streets lay down on
a pile of cinders near the Mari & Gordon
plant. Little by little he rolled toward
the track and would probably have been
killed in time if the cops had not inferred
him in the lookup temporarily and per-
mitted him to contribute $11.60 in labor
to the State, which was imposed in city
court next morning.
George Simpson of Crsftsbury and G.
j. Gross of Bloomington, are said to be
candidates for the Office of assistant
Judge of Orleans county court made va
cant by the death of Amory Dawson of
Craftsbury.
Eugene Dagenais of Batesville, whose
right leg was cut off Thursday, May 30.
as he was attempting to board moving
train at Newport, died the next morning
from the effects of the shock. The boy
was about ten years old.
Capt. William H. Potter, formerly as
sistant chief Of the bureau of navigation
at Washington. who has just officially
assumed command of the new battleship
Vermont, at the Charlestown, Mass.
navy yard, is Vermonter.
Oscar DeGreenia of Barton was acct
dentally shot recently while carrying a
loaded revolver. He took the revolver
to shoot woodchuck and while carry
ing it in his hand muzzle down it went
off and the ball entered the back of his
right foot just above the heel.
Barton is to have an old fashioned
Fourth of July celebration.
At a meeting held June 5, the trustees
of Winooski Savings Bank voted to pay
its depositors interest at the rate of four
per cent per annum, for the six months
ending June 30, 1907.
The June term of Caledonia county
court was opened at 10 o'clock We'd
nesday morning. Judge w. w. Miles
of Barton, presiding The morning ses-
sion was consumed in calling the docket
and hearing motions. Many cases were
settled or continued and the prospects
are for a short session.
Little George Morgan of Barre had a
narrow escape from death Friday after
noon. While playing on the high bank
above the Central Vermont tracks he fell
over and down on the rails, where he
lay unconscious, the blood flowing from
his ears and his shoulder broken. The
section men discovered and rescued him
just in time, as a train passed at full
speed within "a very short time after
wards.
1t is said that the outlook for good
fruit crop in Vermont is excellent.
The Odd Fellows of Ludlow are pre-
pairing the opera "Mikado," for pres
entation as a benefit performance. R.
A. A. Chase is directing the rehear.
sails.
A very old clock is being repaired
by w. S. Preston of Castleton. 1t be-
longs to Misses Mary and Lilly James,
and dates back to ITO, having claw
feet, a chord clock with wooden
works.
During the first thunder storm of
the season in Orwell lightning struck
the two barns OK George Allen on the
lake shore destroying them with their
contents, a quantity of hay, and eight
calves.
The grand lodge of Vermont, |. o. G..
T. has received beQuest of $500 from
the estate of DR.. D. H. Mann of New
York, for several years chief templar of
the International Order of Good Tenn
plars. He took especial interest in the
work of the Vermont grand lodge and
the bequest will be used in establishing
new lodges and extending the work of
the order.
Frightened by an automobile, horse,
driven by Mrs. Charles O'Brien of West
Rutland, ran away Saturday afternoon,
dashing the carriage against telegraph
pole. Mrs. O'Brien was unconscious
when picked up. 1t is feared she has
internal injuries. She is go years old.
Mrs. Adolphus Bean, of Colchester,
about so years of age, was struck by a
swiftly moving freight train Sunday
morning and almost instantly killed. The
victims head was terribly crushed and
the bones in her arms and legs were also
broken. Mrs. Bean had gone to the sta.
ton to meet her son, Adolphus Bean Jr
who was expected on the newspaper
train, but, as he did not arrive, she
started to cross the track to visit neigh
Dor, directly in front of the onrushine
freight train. The station agent shouted
and tried to warn the woman in vaiI
and the next moment was Mortified to
see her struck by the locomotive ano
hurled nearly 100 feet. DIR. David Mar
vim of Essex junction was summoned
but the woman died in about ten min
utes after being hit. After being viewed
by the selectmen the body was removed
to her late home. Mrs. Bean is survived
by three sons and daughter, the latter
residing in Rutland.
Having lost her own brood. setting
hen owned by ]. H. Sharpe of Stella, {
suburb of Binghamton, N. Y, has adopt
ed some remarkable substitutes, says thu
New York Times. After her chickens
died the hen appeared to be inconsol
able until she found two small pigs tina
had been left motherless. She adopted
them and is bringing them up success
fully, although she seems worried tina
they do not take kindly to a warm diet
The hen clucks to the pigs, gathers then
under her wings at night and cares TO
them as carefully as though they wer
her own.
Those Delicious Lemon Pies.