Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-20
STATE NEWS.

The danger of feeding banana skins to
hogs is said to be proven by the death
of several swine on the Evarts farm at
Windsor A New Hampshire farmer
found that the skins killed his hogs
through giving the animals. indigestion.
! Joseph McGuirk, of Sandy Hill, N. Y,
was seriously injured while watching a
game of baseball at Rutland the other
day. foul tip hitting him in the left
side und the heart and rendering him
unconscious for an hour and half.
The Vermont Soapstone Co., has
practically decided not to use the water
power at Cambrldgeport but cart the
rough stone to Saxtons River. The wool
en- mill owned by NJ. p. Barry will be
rented, side track put in, and electric
power used.
The selectmen of Windsor decided
that no autopsy was necessary in the
case of William G.. Wheeler whose body
was found in a wire fence Wednesday
morning, August II. Suspicious cir
cumstances are being Investigated but an
examination of the body does not APP
pear necessary.
Gov. G. H. Prouty appointed F. j.
Holman, president of the Vermont Loan
& Trust Co., and formerly of Brattle-
boro, one of the two delegates to re re-
sent Vermont at the National Irrigation
Congress in Spokane, Wash, last week
This was the most important session ever
held by the congress.
w. G.. Renehan, of Home farm, near
White River Junction, is showing a
lemon tree with full grown lemon Just
turning yellow. The tree also bears
number of green fruit. Mr.. Renehan
has peanuts under cultivation and
another unusual thing in his garden is
the trailing vine of the sweet potato.
DIR. H. E. Hazeltine of Bristol, has
gone to Buffalo, having been assigned to
that station as assistant surgeon in the
public health and marine service.
James j. Dwire, of Boston, has been
awarded the contract for heating and
ventiating the new city hall at Mont
pelier. The amout to be paid is not
made public.
Men in the vicinity of Camp noun
tain, Middlesex, are planning hunt for
a wild animal, thought by many old
hunters to be panther, which has
caused disturbance several nights by
its cries
Through the agency of the public ser.
vice commission, Orleans is to have
night agent at the station of the Boston
and Miane railroad in that place. A
largely signed petition was sent to the
commission and the matter was taken
up with the railroad which decided TO
comply with the request.
Harry O. Sherman, aged 81 years,
former hotel keeper at Moretown, died
at his home in Montpelier Thursday of
hardening of the arties. Mr. Sherman
was born in Waterbury and lived nearly
all his life there and in Moretown. He
served three years in the Civil war in
company G, 9TH Vermont.
All but 90 of the 40 marriage licenses
that were discovered to be missing from
the Montpelier city clerks Office have
been returned since the matter has been
agitated. 1t is thought that most of
those still missing have been lost or de-
stroyed. 1t has been ascertaned that
at least four have been destroyed by
fire. ..1.
The Montpelier and Wells River Rail-
road Co., received Friday three fat cars
which have been away from home more
than three years and have travelled from
Manitoba to the Mexican border. The
cars were loaded at Montpelier with
{ Barre granite consigned to a Western
city. After the first shipment was IN
loaded, during the remainder of the time
they were away the company received
20 cents daily mileage on each car.
Mr., and Mrs. c. Reed Holden of Hol-
den held reception Wednesday even
ing, August l, in honor of their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. The house was
tastefully decorated with goldenrod, OK
eyed daisies, and ferns. About 20
friends and relatives were received and
, | ref In DnpntG GarVaH Mr. nd
Holden were the recipients of many val
liable and useful gifts, one being purse
of $50 in gold from their children.
Neshobe island in Lake Bomoseen, one
: of the finest inland sites in northern
New England for summer home, has
= been sold by r. ID. Barker of Mobile,
Ala, and j. j. Barker of New York to
f. 5. Booth, IA New York lawyer, who
2 will use it for private purposes, begin
ming the erection of summer cottage in
the fall. The island has been in the
Barker family for several generations
and it has been famous place for Clam
bakes for years. 1t was once the site of
hotel. The plot contains nearly seven
acres and the price is said to exceed
; $1,000.
A barn and storehouse in Bethel were
burned to the ground Monday morning
about , O'Clock. The property was own
ed by w. b. G. Stickney and was situat-
ed near the railroad tracks in the lower
part of the village. 1t is thought the
, fire caught from spark from passing
, locomotive. All the live stock was taken
> from the barn, but about 10000 feet of
birch lumber was consumed in the store e
: house.