Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-05
STATE NEWS.

The Brattleboro exchange OF the New
England Telephone company has been
changed to the common battery system
and the offices moved to new quarters.
The old exchange was composed of 300
lines, while there are 500 in the new.
Petro Marini, a 16-year. old Italian boy
has disappeared from the home of his
uncle in Barre and it is feared that he
has committed suicide. He came from
the old country last October and became
respondent because he could not obtain
employment.
Secretary Holton of the State board of
health has been talking with the milk
men of Barre and it is expected that the
price of milk at retail will be increased
from five to six cents.
The browntaiIed moth, which has
proved so destructive to vegetation in
Massachusetts and Connecticut, has been
! discovered in Westfield.
William Heavy, young lad of Mont
pelier, was curious about railway tor.
pedo and hit it blow with long bolt.
The thing exploded and the doctor has
been able to save the boys hand.
A nine year-old Montpelier youth pick
ed up roll of bills in the street big enough
to choke COW. He had seen a gray
whiskered, mildmannered old gentleman
drop the bundle and hastily restored his
property to the owner. The old party
smiled benignly on the little fellow, and
handed him one cent for reward And
still we wonder at crime.
During severe thunder storm an old
barn belonging to Jay Niles of Pownal
was struck and knocked into a thousand
pieces. An aged horse was stabbed in the
structure and he was uninjured, neither
did the debris take fire.
A family reunion was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Tatro, of
Bristol. Friday afternoon. Those pres
ent beside Mr.. and Mrs. Tatro were Mrs.
Charles Duntly, of Lewis, N. Y, her
daughter, Mrs. Della Spear, of Wadhams,
N. Y, Miss Mathews, Mrs. Pepron. and
brother, Mr.. Morse. of Bristol. This is
the first time since 1861 that they have
all been together.
G. w. Hutchinson, of Kansas City,
Mo-. and his sister, Mrs. Sarah Chase,
of Rutland, aged 80 and so years re-
spectively, met in Rutland Friday for
the first time in forty years Mr.. and
Mrs. Hutchinson arriving, there for a
, visit. They expect in a few days an.
other brother, Nathaniel Hutchinson,
of Lowell, who is also past four score
years. The three aged people are the
last survivors of the family of the
late Benjamin Hutchinson, of Sher-
burne.
James H. Wooley, of Rockingham,
has unique record for school attend
ance. He is now IA years old and be-
gan school when seven years old. Dur
ing this time he has never lost a day
school or received tardy mark.
Important improvements are being
made in Brattleboro academy build
ing at West Brattleboro. The building
is being equipped throughout with mod
ern plumbing and ventilating, and pipes
are being laid which will carry spring
water to the buildings fIom the hills
near by.
DR.. A. T. Woodward, of Brandon, last
week offered reward of $40 for the con-
viction of the ''person" who was milking
his COW in the pasture Tuesday after
noon; little Maud and Mabel Kelley
caught the offender in the act-it was a
neighbours calf They reported this fact
to the doctor and received the reward.