Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-19
STATE NEWS.

The male prisoners in the house of cor
rection welcome the military drill that
has been resumed after lapse of six
years. Corporal j. o. Bess, company A.
V. N. G., one of the keepers, puts them
through a simple drill for 80 minutes
every afternoon. Wooden guns will prob
ably be provided later
The annual report of the Kurn Hattin
Homes shows SO boys in the two institu-
tions. Eighty-one applications for ad-
mission were received during the year,
more than four times as many as could
ducts used at the homes, sales have
been made from the farms amounting to
81, AL.
The Rev. Carl H. Corwin and daugh-
ter, Maud, of Chelsea, were out driving
when they met AN automobile on a sharp
curve. The horse bulted, jumped over
a stone wall surmounted by a wire fence,
carrying the rig with him, and took a
long run through the meadows. He was
finally captured by one of the automo-
bile party. The clergyman and daugh-
ter were thrown out but not hurt, nei-
Their was the horse injured or the wagon
or harness damaged.
The strike among the slate workers at
Fair Haven seems no nearer an end
than ever. The strikers have appealed
to States Attorney Lawrence to institute
proceedings against the operators for al
legged breach of contract but he thinks
the State has no jurisdiction and an APP
peal has been made to District Attorney
Dunnett, who will go to Fair Haven
shortly to investigate. The strikers are
receiving contributions from other unions
and seem determined to fight TO the
finish.
A turkey buzzard was recently cap
tured between Chester and Windham
in a steel trap set on the rool Of ii
building. This bird. which is so mum
erOus IN the southern states and is So
valuable as scdv-lg-r, seldom Wtn-
ders So fhl north even is southern New
England and It's pres. Ice III Vermont Is
very rare.
The biggest job of dynamiting in pro-
gress in the United States is that at Cav
endish gorge, 5000 pounds being used in
the first five weeks. a mammoth dam is
being built there and 80 men are now en-
ployed on the job. The work will he of
concrete.
Hyde Park is up against it in dam
age claim. A horse wandered into a
mans yard. He set his dog on the horse
which jumped and broke his leg The
question is whether the man who set the
dog on the horse or the town is liable for
the damage.
The Rutland Motor company has per-
fected device for the storing of gasoline,
which it claims insures freedom from
dirt or water and allows no evaporation
whatever. The tank is buried in the cell
lar to prevent ignition in the case of fire
and the oil is drawn from the top, being
forced up by hydraulic pressure. The
device will be put on the market
One of those treacherous pools in the
abandoned granite quarries claimed a
victim Monday afternoon, at Barre when
John Clarihew, Dung man who could
not swim, lost his life. The drowning
occurred in the old Stillman White quar-
~, near the +. L. Smith & Co. quarry.
The body was recovered within a quarter
of an hour.
Humane Officer w. w. Tower Rutland
was called to the railroad yards about 4
o'clock Monday morning to look at four
cars of stock, bound from Malone, n. Y.
to Boston. Some of the cars were
decided that the animals were loaded il
legally as they were not accompanied by
ar attendant and had been "a hours with
out food or water. After being reloaded
the ami - we're sent on their Journey
bill being forwarded to cover the ex-
pense of reloading.
The four-year-old son of Louis Law
renee of Ludlow found a pistol loaded
with blanks, and, pushing the muzzle
into his fathers face, ordered him TO
trigger, filling one of fathers eyes with
powder. The eye will be saved.
While Grace Sweet and Louise Waite,
two little Brattleboro girls, We're playing
in pasture, large doe with well
grown fawn approached them and when
they tried to escape followed them In a
threatening manner almost to the doors
Of the house where they sought refuge.
Somebody saw a giant firecracker
sticking out of the hip pocket of 14-year.
old Clyde Gardner of Rochester and
touched it off, just for fun. The explo-
sion tore off most of Clyde's clothing and
burned him some. At the same moment
another giant cracker exploded in his
hand, decorating the thumb.
State Fish and Game Commissioner II
G. Thomas of Stowe reports the arrest of
Napoleon Pevet of North Dorset Friday
on the charge of shooting ducks. The ar
est was made by County Warden Harry
Chase and Pevet was convicted and fined
$1,000.
At Bellows Falls Capt. George H
Thompson of Co. E., V. N. g., has re.
signed his commission and been appoint.
ed regimental quartermaster to succeed
Capt. G. f. Durham. An election will
be held July 10 to fill the captaipcy OF
Company E.
James Towne of Purdyville, 19-year'
old boy, died at Manchester Saturday of
lock jaw, at the home of A. G. Purdy OF
Manchester, from wound received In
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