Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
STATE NEWS.

The Rev. Donald Fraser, pastor of the
Berlin Congregational church, has receiv-
ed Il call to the Congregational church of
| Wells River, but has not made a defin-
lite decision in regard to its acceptance
The Rev. Mr.. Fraser is a graduate of the
Free Church College of Marlborough
Scotland, and was pastor of churches in
Carsluke and Glasgow but his health
failed and he came to America He was
the assistant of the late Rev. Donald
Sage Mackay, pastor of the Collegiate
church, New York, formerly of ST. Al
bans and son-in.law of ex.Gov. j.
Gregory Smith Later Mr.. Fraser had
pastoral duties in Brooklyn City Mission
Association with Carl Armstrong, S.
Parkes Cadman, and others. Four years
ago he went to Berlin on account of his
health. He is president of the Montpel
Ter Association of Congregational min
listers, registrar of the Washington
County Association, and has ectured ex-
| tensively on "Bonnie Scotland" He is
an excellent preacher and has built up
the church in Berlin.
Ernest Young of Barre, says that from
his dairy of seven cows, one of which is
| but two years old and another but three
| years old, during the months of Decem-
Der and January last he made, besides
what milk and cream was used in the
family and for the making of six freezers
ice cream, GSl pounds of butter Which
he sold for $220SS.
Joseph Cram. who was injured by
fall from freight train at Essex juno
ton Feb. 8, died Saturday at the Fanny
Allen hospital. His spine was fractured.
He was native of Lockport, n. Y.
and had been employed at Rochester and
Barre.
Aaron Rowell, of Jones Brook, thinks
he has the Oldest cat in New England.
The cat is 90 years old and as lively in its
movements as a much younger one.
There were SO births in Burlington
during the month of January, 90 being
boys and 1G girls. There were % deaths,
II being females and fourteen being
males.
The price of hay in Bennington at
present is higher than the average for
many years. The best quality of timothy
is selling from SIS to 500 ton, while
inferior grades are selling from Sl4 up.
Miss Mary Easton, daughter of
Loren Easton, of Goshen, and "a student
in the Brandon high school. met with
serious accident while cOasting with
other schoolmates. She struck a post,
breaking her leg Just below the hip.
A modern hotel will be erected on the
shores of Lake BomOseen next summer
by New York parties, that have bought
Il tract of five acres of Edward Dunn, of
Castleton, for site. There are at pres
ent six hostelries on the lakeH
One of the largest pickerel ever
caught in Lake Bomoseen was landed
by Dr. r. K. Smith, of Rutland, Feb. g.
The fish weighed II pounds and measur-
ed 45 inches in length On the same
day j. II. Dugan, of Rutland, caught one
weighing ~ pounds.
Seventy cows have been purchased in
Montpelier and vicinity by G. NJ. Flem-
ing, of Kansas City, Mo-, for shipment
to the West. In the five trips Mr.. Flem-
ing has made to Vermont for the pur.
pose of purchasing cows he has taken
out of the state $50 cows that were in
tended for dairy purposes in the West.
The Cahee House Furnishing Co, of
Augusta, Me-, with acapita stock of |
500 900, organized to carry on a furni-
ture and undertaking business, has been
granted acertiticate to do business in |
Vermont. Its principal office in this state
will he at Rutland and Albert f. Cahee |
will be its Vermont representative.
1t is expected that Mt. Sinai Temple, |
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, will make |
a pilgrimage from Montpelier to Brattle-
boro tie IN the spring, probably in May, |
and that number of candidates will be |
admitted at that time. There are about |
60 ShrinerS in BrattlebOro and l. ID. Bal |
ley, OF that town, is imperial potentate.
The Springfield Mass Shriners, 200 !
strong expect to visit Brattleboro at the |
I l.
j. Arthur Teller who graduated from
the University of Vermont, Burlington.
in the class of 1909, and who later stud |
led law with j. II. Macomber, won re-
Gently an important case for the United |
States before Judge Rogers in Fort
Smith, Ark. The case was that of the |
United States VS. Richard Raglan, ct al
for cutting timber from the government
land. The Fort Smith Times Records
stated: 1.-The sustaining of the demur-
rer is great victory for attorney Teller,
of Little Rock, formerly of the legal de
partment of the interior department.
Attorneys who heard his argument say
it was one of the clearest and most inn
pressive that they ever listened to-
Game warden j. A. Chaplin. of Middle
sex, has received word from NJ. K. Price,
of Middlesex village. that he has seen a
herd of deer in Slip hill neighborhood
which were being chased by two hounds
of the black and tan variety. Many
deer are wintering in that section, and
the appearance of such a large herd
shows that all the deer were not killed
in Middlesex at least, during the slaugh
ter season.
A specific for pain-Dr. Thomas Ec-