Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-10
STATE NEWS.

tectlnR society VIII hold its annual
meeting at the Stevens house, Vergennes,
Saturday afternoon.
Fire resulting from child dropping
a lighted match into a waste paper bas-
ket resulted in about 500 damage at the
home of Frank Flint of Newport.
Among the guests present ct the cele-
bration of Mrs. Tirzah Whites ninety
fifth birthday anniversary in Bridge
water December 20 was Alfred Sargent
who is 81 years old.
The factory of the Estey Organ Co.,
Brattleboro, which was closed Deem
Der 20 for the annual inventory, will be
reopened January 6, as will the toy
factory of the S. A. Smith Co., in that
place.
Y Robert Bourne. the young man who
was accidentally shot while hunting at
Pleasant Valley, Cambridge, last fall,
has undergone two operations for the
removal of shot from his thigh since re-
turning to his home in Burlington. 1t is
expected that another operation will be
performed soon.
Farmers who have been in the habit of
using the Methodist church horse sheds
at Barre are disgruntled at their being
closed by II. F. Cutler, who has bought
the land He has put up gate and
locked it in accordance with notice given
the lessees prior to January /. Lately
the sheds have been little used Sundays.
Frank Barrett, the victim of a deer
hunting accident. who underwent an
operation at the Memorial hospital. Brat
tleborO, for the amputation of his arm,
has now returned to his home in Chester
field, n. H. The finding of several shot
holes in the lining of his coat near the
heart shows how narrowly he escaped
instant death.
AT the recent annual meeting of the
Estey Organ Benefit Association at Brat
tleboro a membership of 4S7 was report
ed The number of accidents reported
during the year was Ga, and the number
of claims paid Ga. The balance in the
treasury is Sl26. The amount paid on
the "a claims was 1854. The committee
on claims made suggestion that no
claims be paid that were for disability of
less than three days, but this was not
carried into effect.
The house owned by James n. Bet
terley, of Dummerston, which was
burned few weeks ago, was one Eof the
Oldest landmarks on Dummerston hill,
having been built more than one hun.
dred years ago by retired sea captain,
James A. Chase, and later owned by $
son, Capt. James A. Chase, Jr. 1t YVES
owned by different people until about
thirty years ago, when Mr.. Betterlay
bought it.
The directors of the Montpelier Ma
tional Bank have voted semi-annual
dividend of four per cent on their CAPT
tai stock They also voted to pay four
per cent. interest after January | on
deposits in the savings department. The
trustees of the Montpelier Savings Bank
& Trust Co., have voted to pay four
per cent instead of three and one-half
per cent. on all savings deposits, begin
ming January l, 1908.
Most of the old officers were reelected
at the recent annual meeting of the Rut-
land County Agricultural Society. The
fair of 1907 was shown to have paid ex-
penses and the sum of $473 SO remains
in the treasury. The total debt of the
society is $2971 SO. Some of the re.
celpts from the fair last fall were: Cen
era admission, $l,346.S0; grandstand,
1928. IS; dog show, SOL; rentals, S44s !;
book advertisements, S414 so.
Taking the year 1907 as a whole,
business at the various manufacturing
concerns of Brattleboro was unusually
good. Up to the beginning of the f.
nancial panic in the latter part of Octo-
Der every industry in Brattleboro had
enjoyed year of unusual prosperity
and although the result of the depres.
sion in the closing months of the year
has, of course, been curtailment of
business, there are good grounds for be-
lief that substantial improvement in
conditions will become apparent as the
present year progresses.
The National banks of Rutland have
declared semi.annual dividends on their
capital stock as follows, payable January
2: Rutland County National Bank, 81
per cent; Baxter National Bank, 3:
Killington National Bank, 3: Clement
National Bank, 3. The State Trust Co. q,
has declared semi-annual dividend of
per cent; the Rutland Trust Co. has
declared one of per cent. The Rut-
land Savings Bank and the Marble Saw
ings Bank have declared dividends to
depositors at the rate of 80 per cent.
per annum.
Brattleboro lawyers are of the opinion
that some change should be made in the
section of the new judiciary act which
provides that Windham and Windsor
county cases before the supreme court
shall be heard at Brattleboro if either
party in a case 80 desire. The court is
directed to sit at Brnttleboro in Novem-
her of each year, and unless the parties
consent to try a case at some other place
no case in either of these counties can
be heard except in November.
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