Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-02-14
STATE NEWS.

gerald Land q Lumber company at Sum-
NIT, near Island Pond, are wing with
each other as to whose team can haul
the biggest load. No camp started the
contest with 2,775 feet of hardwood tim
Der and No 2 camp comes back almost a
thousand better, 3,742 of hardwood
hauled nearly three miles with pair of
horses.
Many priests from abroad are expected
to take part in an elaborate service at
st. James Church, Island Pond, We'd
nesday, the occasion being the dedication
of the new pipe organ. All complete
with motor attachment the organ cost
81 1925 of which 81, 1875 has been paid. The
Rev. f. Pelletier, parish priest at Sweets
burg, P. @, formerly professor of music
at st. Hyacinthe College, will be the or.
ganist of the day.
Oliver K Hadwen of Springfield, who
is 80 years old, is the youngest of the
three surviving children of Barney and
Mary Hadwen of Dandy, who settled in
that town in 1905. Lydia, aged 90 years,
and Elizabeth B., aged 80, still live in
Dandy. That all the children of the
Dandy couple were long lived is shown
by the fact that the eight who died
varied in age from 81 to SO.
The Welsh people in Poultney, Pawlet
and vicinity are interested in the eistedd-
fod whic will be held in Granville. N.
Y, the afternoon and evening of March
%. There will be 81 contests and 4S
prizes. The judges will BE-: Musical,
Robert O. Owens, Granville, n. Y; poetry
and essays, the Rev. John w. Morris,
South Poultney; translation, the Rev.
B. G. Newton, Granville, N. Y; recita.
tons, William w. Thomas, West Pawlet,
and the Rev. B. G. Newton.
The annual meeting of the fourth Ma
sonic district will be held in Rutland
Thursday. The lodges in this district in
clude those at Brandon, Castleton, Rut.
land, Poultney, Wallingford, Pittsford.
Pawlet. Fair Haven, Dandy, Benson,
East Wallingford, West Rutland and
Proctor.
Sales of fifth class liquor licenses in
Franklin county for the month of Janu-
airy were as follows: B. g. Sheldon, Swan
ton, AZ sales. $31.SS; F. w. Mitchell.
Richford, III, sss. 10; G. F. Campbell
Swanton, II, 500 IS; A. G. Smith, st. All.
bans, 10, $10.15; ID. O'Leary, st. Adams,
6, 50 As; total sales 251, amounting to
500 SO.
The cost of the Barre public schools
for 1907 was $43 995. 43 considerably more
than for the year preceding, owing to
addition and repairs to buildings and
81 900 extra for text books. Included in
the greater expense is the one dollar a
week raise in teachers salaries which
amounted to about $4,000. The cost of
the school department in 1907 was $685.
670.lS.
At the dog show in Schenectady, N.
Y, last week, one first and two second
prizes were won by the French bull dog
owned by c. C. fletcher of Rutland. The
competition in the collies class was of
the keenest, there being 81 entries. Rob
ert MacFarlane of Rutland won third
place in the open class with his collie
pup, Scalp Ruby.
Vermonters who will attend the an
nual meeting of the North American
Fish and Game Protective Association at
Albany, n. Y, Wednesday and Thurs
day are II. G. Thomas. of Stowe, N. w.
Fisk, of Isle La Motto, and Frank l..
Fish, of Vergennes. Questions affecting
fishing interests in Lake Champlain will
be discussed Among the speakers will
be State Commissioner Carlton, of Maine,
E. f. Prince, of Ottawa. A. Kelley
Evans. OF Toronto, John w. Titcomb, of
Washington, and G. H. Wilson, of Glens
Falls, n T., who will speak on interna-
tionl rights and will intr duce a resolu-
ton endorsing international control of
lakes and rivers between the United
States and Canada.