Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-10-29
STATE NEWS.

OF the late eX-GOV. 4, j. BELL, who was
prominent member of the Grange.
The city Of Barre must issue bonds to
the amount Of 800 900, as the money in
the treasury will not last until Decem-
Der l. This shortage is occasioned by the
reservoir and school building.
James +. Hooker, of Schenectady, N.
Y, president of the Valley Fair Associa
ton since 1907, has resigned, Mr.. Hooker
who was formerly president of the Hook
er, Corser, & Mitchell Overall CO. of
Brattleboro now holds a similar position
with the Mohawk Overall Co. OF Sche-
nectedy
Jerry Scanlon, known as "Singing
Jerry" a noted character about Bellows
Falls, was run over and killed by "A
switching engine in the North Walpole,
N. H., yards Wednesday, Oct. 20.
Moses Goodhue of Hyde Park, while
alighting from a moving automobile
caught his foot in the gas tank and was
thrown violently to the ground. He
was badly bruised and the skin was
stripped of from his ankle nearly to his
knee.
The typhoid fever situation at Rutland
shows remarkable improvement. The past
week has been the record one as regards
fewness of cases reported. A few linger-
ing cases will probably be reported inter-
mittently for some time, but it is the inn
preston OF the authorities that the dis
ease has almost run its course.
1t is stated by George II. Bickford that
no irregularities whatever have been
found in the books of j. Vernon Dutton,
of Hardwick, who committed suicide by
shooting recently, and the mystery of
the shooting is explained only by the
belief that the man was temporarily I'M
balanced in his mind.
The Rev. A. J. Barron, of Bennington,
will celebrate the twenty fifth anniver-
sary of his ordination to the priesthood
November 9 and 10. Many dignitaries
OF the church will be present on that &C.
casion. Father Barron has been pastor
of st. Francis de Sales church Cor about
sixteen years.
The team of w. NJ. Burnham, of West
Woodbury., was struck by a westbound
evening train at the first crossing west
of Harkwick Friday night Mr.. Burn
ham was severely bruised about the
head and body but no bones were broken.
He is in the Holden Memorial hospital.
The wagon was smashed and the horse
cut into pieces.
The first ceremonial session of Orion
Grotto, Mystic Order of Yelled Prophets
of the Enchanted Realm, was held Fri
day night at Rutland with an initiation
of ten candidates. A delegation of As
members from Glens Falls and Is from
Whitehall witness ii the work. Orion
grotto is the only one in Vermont.
Miss Myra Davis a native of Vermont,
once wealthy and prominent socially, is
dead at Stamford, Conn. When a girl
Miss Davis WAS engaged to marry, but
just before the wedding day her fiance
met a tragic death. Miss Davis never
married She devoted herself TO work
for Fitch's Home for Soldiers Orphans,
spending her private fortune on the
charity. When ;he became pennies the
state, in recognition of this work, grant
Ell her n ION.
That Mrs. Helen Bucklin, former wifi,
of Albert Bucklin, of Chicago, until two
Yeas ago IA resident of Rutland, haa
el"ped with First Lieut.. Daniel Shpan,
10 h u. :. Inf, is the opini' n of the
Officers at Fort Crook, Neb. The officer
left Oct. l on a ten days leave, resign
ing his commission shortly after. Mrs.
Bucklln who had been attending Mrs.
Shean during an illness, left on the same
day and the whereabouts of neither can
be learned
mammoth Eisted1fod or Welsh
songiest. will be held in Poultney Oc-
tober 30 in concentration of the ju
bilee day of Netis Lodge, No. %, /. O. o.
F., organized in 1852 The afternoon
'ession will be presided over by Lieut.
Gov. j. A. Mead of Rutland. And in
the evening the chair will be occupied bv
John Williams of Albany, commissioner
of labor for the state of New York.
Bands. choirs, quartets aud all sorts of
musical combinations will participate in
the program
Col. Kittredge Haskins OF Brattleboro,
formerly chairman of the congressional
committee on war claims last week re-
ceived bundle Of literature and blanks
from pension attorney in Washington,
ID. c., accompanied by letter to the
effect that the attorney felt sure that
Mr. Haskins could secure pension.
Mrs. Haskins also received letter from
the same attorney advising her that he
thought she could secure a widows pen
sion and something on the side in the
way of BOUNTY.
Leonard X. Seaver, aged IA. and
Frank l.. Taylor, aged 10 years, who es-
capped from Kurn Hattin home at West
minister, have been apprehended. Ac-
cording to the boys story, they were go.
ing to find Seaver's father, who is in
Hartland, TO get money 30 that Taylor
could see his mother, who resides in
HOpedale, Mass. as he was hOmesick,
and had only seen her three times since
he was at the home.
Many thrifty French Canadian farm
ers have moved to Swanton and vicinity
during the past two years, tax ing some
of the best farms, either by1 purchase or
lease, mostly the former. Higher re-
turns for farm products. particul ,rly
hay, is the attraction. Over 500, 900
has been invested in farms in that vicin-
ity in "a comparatively short time by
Canadians and with hardly an excep-
ton the farms purchased show improve
ment.
G. NJ, Rouse and. brother, aged about
50 years, who live about mile east of
Essex Junction, are potato growers of