Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-01-21
STATE NEWS.

as its opening contract for the new year,
the job of furnishing and cutting the
stone for the new city hall of Des
Moines, la. The contract which calls
for stone to the value of $50 1000, was
secured by their Chicago office. The
large contract on which the company
has been bidding for some time has not
yet been awarded, and the company
stands good chance of getting this ex
tensive piece of work.
Mrs. Eliza Thompson Shurtleff cele-
brated her Tooth birthday anniversary
January Z in quiet way at the home of
her son, Irving T. Shurtleff, in North
Bridgewater. Friends remembered her
by sending presents and birthday cards.
Although her memory is somewhat i'm
paired, she enjoys good health. She is
daughter of one of the first settlers of
Bridgewater, Barnabas and Sarah Fuller
Thompson. She is the youngest of their
five children.
Two hundred and five members of the
Springfield, Mass, Board of Trade visit
ed Brattleboro by special train January
IA. At the depot they were met by a
large number of old fashioned pung
sieighs and were given ride about the
town and vicinity, a heavy snow storm
cutting short this feature. The principal
points of interest about town were visit
ed under the guidance of the Brattleboro
Board of Trade after which a turkey din
ner was served at the Brooks house.
Post prandial exercises and a social hour
filled the intervening time before the de-
parture of the special on the return to
Springfield.
Clarence {. Tyler an express messen-
ger on the Boston and St. Adams route.
was stricken with paralysis of the right
side January while on the south bound
trip. He attended to the express bust
ness at Randolph but received the shock
before the arrival at Bethel On reach
ing White River Junction Mr.. Tyler was
taken to the junction house, where he
remained until Sunday, when he was
taken to his home in West Medford,
Mass, accompanied by nurse from the
Mary Hitchcock hospital. The recovery
of Mr.. Tyler is regarded as doubtful. He
has a wife and one son and is about 50
years old.
The report that an Alburg man lost his
team by drowning coming from Rouses
Point. n Y, with "A load of coal Is now
said to be incorrect. The man lost his
team from the fact that he got lost in a
snow storm and drove too near the point
lust south of the Wind Mill Point light
house. The team did not drown but
pershed in the cold water, the man not
being able to get them out alone, not
withstanding his team stood on the bot
m with their heads out of water. No
help was near at hand and the storm
and wind were such that he could not
call for aid. The ice is now considered
safe from the Harry Mott place in Alburg
to the south side of the Rouses Point
breakwater.
Moses p. Morey, one of the best known
of the French residents of Montpelier,
died January 49, He was born in Quebec
in 1880 and came to Montpelier when he
was only nine years of age. He was one
of the 49-ers," going to California for
gold. On returning to Montpelier, he
conducted blacksmith shop on Prospect
street for a long time.
A. L. Stillwell, of Ludlow, died Jan.
uary 13 of pneumonia. Mr. Stillwell was
born in Bridgewater in 1888. For num-
Der of years he kept livery stable in
Chelsea, and went to Ludlow 20 years
ago to engage in the same business.
Some time ago he sold his stable. He
was member of the legisla ure in 1908.
and a selectman and trustee at different
times, and was lister. He was mem
Der of the Masonic lodge of Chelsea.
Arrangements have been made for
State convention of Ladies of the Mac
cabees at st, Johnsbury, June Is and II.
Rabbit hunting is reported by the
sportsmen to be unusually good in the
fields and mountains near Rutland. On
one day the first of week, three Rut-
land hunters went over the Notch on
the Killington road and came back with
bag of Is rabbits
Because of their special training in
statistical work, the President has issued
an executive order transferring the en-
ployees of the immigration commission
to the census department. These EN-
ployees have been under charge of w.
w. Husband, the well known former
newspaper man of Vermont, in the
Maltby building. The Vermonters affect
ed by this change are Fred j. Bailey, of
Wells River, who has been chief clerk of
the commission Mrs. Benjamin F.
Wilkins, Miss Florence A. Brockington,
of Brattleboro, and Henry H. Weldon,
of Morgan.
81 have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets gave just the results de-
sired. They act mildly and regulate the
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