Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-18
STATE NEWS.

Charles II. Pratt has been chosen pres 4
ident of the Vermont Savings bank of
Brattleboro. to succeed the late exGov.
Frederick Holbrook, and Harry p. Web
ster has been elected treasurer.
In connection with the Moody and
Wadleigh reunion at Lincoln June "a.
will be observed the 50th wedding an
nlversary of MIR. and Mrs. James Moody
at whose home the gathering will be
held
Only two boat loads of lumber have
arrived in Burlington from Canada thus
far, which is very small amount for this
season of the year. The impending tariff
law is said to be responsible for the small
business.
The Old Ladies' Home at Rutland has
had q prosperous year and there is bal
aDce Of over 500, 900 in the treasury.
The Rev. A. M. Watts, of West Brat
fist church at johnson and will begin his
new duties July /.
The graduating class of the Rutland
high school, by far the largest in its his
tory, numbers fortytwo members, eigh-
teen of them being boys Fourteen will
enter college.
The University of Vermont play, evil
liam Warren's Welcome" was presented
to large house in Bennington Saturday
evening. Its author, Roger G. Ramsdell,
'09, lives in Bennington.
A mad dog in Burlington caused ex-
element and CONSERVATION among chill
dren on North avenue Friday. The dog
ran down the hill into the lumber yards
where it was shot by Officer Collins.
The granting of an increase in pen
sion to Calvin Drown, of Island Pond,
at the rate of $50 month from May l6,
1909, came little too late to aid Mr.
Drown, who died May 30, having sur.
vived his wife only seven weeks.
The Rev. F. A. Poole, pastor of the
Congregational church in Barre preached
the baccalaureate sermon to the gradual
ing class at st. Johnsbury Academy Sun
day evening. The class numbers twenty
three members.
G. Pattison of MorrisVille, while walk
ing with a young woman Wednesday
evening, suddenly pulled off his coat and
threw himself into the river, evidently
in an attempt to commit suicide, but
finding the water somewhat wet he
scrambled out about as fast as he had
gone in.
The poor farm at Montpelier is crowd
ed and if Overseer Lamphier desires to
send any more there he will have to
build an addition. He has 10 in the
institution now and if he had room he
could take care of several more now
boarding in private families. The num-
Der at the poor farm will average eight
for the year around.
Edward Ballarn of Montpelier, made
the record in the shooting at Norwich
university for the freshman class. He
shot 100 out of $50 targets in the COM
petitive practice. The record for the up.
per classmen, which is for the school,
was 1888
Ernest Ward of North Sheldon pur-
chased a second hand stove of H. B. Far
rar Monday afternoon, moved it to his
home and made fire in it, when the
stove blew into many small pieces, strik
ing the Gel ing. No one was injured,
room were considerably blackened with
SCOT and ashes. The cause of the explo-
sion is not known.
The Danville Baptist Association at its
recent annual met ting in Passumpsic
elected the following officers; Moderator,
the Rev. J. j. Williams, of Newport;
man, of st. Johnsbury; historian, c. H.
Woods, of st. Johnsbufy.
Chauncey A. Adams, who has resigned
the secretaryship of the st. Johnsbury
Young Men Christian Association after
two years service, will be succeeded
July by c. A. Palmer the present phys
ical director. Mr.. Adams who has been
in association work six years in Montreal
and the island of Ceylon, goes to another
position.
The second "Red tag day" for the ben
eft of the Brattleboro rest room, the
only association of its kind in the state,
was held Saturday and nearly 5000 tags
were sold. The exact amount collected
is not known but it will exceed last
years proceeds which were 1870. The
solicitors were mainly members of the
Woman's Club and girls from the high
school.
DIR. Jacob Ross, a graduate of the med
ical department of the University Of
Vermont, Burlington, in the class of
1908, and Miss Elizabeth Holmes were
married Saturday at the home of the
brides parents, in Charlotte. Doctor
and Mrs. Ross will leave next September
for Pekin, China, where Doctor Ross is
under appointment as instructor in the
medical department of the Union Chris
tian College.
Mrs. Daisy Valencia was awarded a
verdict of 81 700 against the Central Yer
mont Railway Co. by a jury in the
| United States circuit court at Ports
mouth, N. H.. last week. Mrs. Valencia
had brought suit for $50 900 damages for
injuries alleged to have been received
while boarding the defendants train at
Burlington June 2l, 1905.
1t is expected that the breach of prom
Use suit of Miss Katherine G. Dunlevy
against Edward j. Fenton, of Brattle-
boro will be brought to the Windham
county court for trial Tuesday, June %.
The second injunction restraining Miss
Dunlevy from proceeding with the suit,
which was recently granted by Judge
Zed s. Stanton, has been dissolved by him
and the case now stands for trial.
Judge Charles H. Robb and family.
of Bellows Falls, have left Washington