Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-30
STATE NEWS.

The fourth case of infantile paralysis
in Brattleboro and the 18th case to be re.
ported in Vermont this year was reported
Wednesday to Health Officer Tucker. 1t
was that of Louis A. Ranney, 81 years
old, of South Main street. The man was
taken i'll Tuesday afternoon and died at
four O'Clock this morning. Paralysis be-
came apparent Wednesday afternoon.
The warehouse in Swanton, owned by
the Central Vermont railway, has been
leased by the Pillsbury Flour company
of Minneapolis, and Swanton will be Il
distributing point for the products of
company building, which was built for
Ceresota flour and later was used by the
Pillsbury company, until the agency was
moved to St. Adams, is now again being
filed with Pillsbury products.
The Essex junction corr canning fac
tory expects to beat all records this year,
as up to September 81, the number of
cans put away was $50, 900 and the sea-
son was not half over. Two years ago
was the record output up to this year, at
that time 1,113 900 cans were handled,
but it is thought this will be the biggest
year in the history of the factory. Two
sets of machinery equip the factory,
and kept running for ten hours a day,
and in the evening one set is run for two
hours and a half.
While filling the silo at his farm in
Richmond recently, Frank F. Freeman
met with a serious accident. The engine
had Just been started to try it, when the
belt flew off and caused the blower, said
to weigh over 1000 pounds, to be pro-
jected against Mr.. Freeman, striking
him a little above one knee. No bones
were broken, but he was badly bruised.
Had he not moved around to the other
side of the engine when the belt came
off, he would undoubtedly have been
killed.
NJ. S. Stone, State Superintendent of
education, has sent out this week to
every school in Che state blanks for the
eye and ear tests which are now compul-
sorry. From these blanks as they are re-
turned Mr.. Stene will tabulate the results
that will be embodied in his biennial re-
port to the legislature.
Collector C. H. Darling of Burlington
has announced the following appoint
ments and transfers in the custom SER
vice Clarence Sawyer of Burlington,
who has been stationed at Windmill
Point, has been transferred to st. Adams,
and Felix Pratte, who has been stationed
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Windmill Point, Roy F. Kent of Mont
real will be stationed at st. Adams and
Jas. F. Chase of Richford is appointed to
the service and will be stationed at
Montreal.
Miss Grace Patten, who has been in
charge of the tuberculosis camp at Brat
tloboro since the resignation of Miss
Alice Lindgren, June l, has resigned and
left for Boston, where she will take a
course of study in preparation for work
in the foreign missionary field. She is
succeeded by Miss Reyes of Boston, who
has been engaged in social work and as
"A trained nurse in that city.
T.. p. Heapy, of the Pavilion hotel,
Montpelier, has engaged his brother, w.
A. Heapy, to manage the hotelry. The
new manager was chief clerk during the
legislative session of 1908 and has seen
hotel service in Augusta, Ga, and other
places. His greatest experience has been
with southern hotels. The new manager
will take much of the burden from his
brothers shoulders, 7. j. Heapy, having
maraged the hotel since he took charge
of it.
Capt. L. A. l. Chapman, U. S. A. and
Mrs. Chapman will leave Mortified
about October /, and make a leisurely
trip across the country, visiting at DIFF
ferent points and reaching San Francisco
November /. They will sail for the
Philippines November 5, where Captain
Chapman will join his regiment, the
Second cavalry, for active service.
Col. w. H. Phillips, of Amherst. Mass,
who over GO years ago, at Bennington,
made the discovery that the Morse teie-
graphic code could be read by sound.
has gained considerable distinction in
the field Of journalism since that time.
Mr.. Phillips at the time he made the dis
covery was the second operator to have
charge of the Bennington Office.
The petition of the Central Vermont
Railway Co. asking for a change of
venue in the case of LIsle G.. Carpenter
for S25, 900 damages for personal injuries
has been denied by Judge William H.
Taylor in Windham county court. This
is the first attempt that has been made
in this state to secure a change of venue
on the grounds of prejudice.
United States Marshal Horace w.
Bailey has been made custodian of the
federal building in Rutland to succeed
Postmaster G. F. Pease, deceased.
On petition of the creditors of the
Lake-Niew-in-the Pines Hotel Co. of
Lake Catherine, Mayor ii. y. Carpenter,
of Rutlad, has been appointed receiver
by Judge j. L. Martin of the United
States Supreme Court.
The water supply in Bennington is the
lowest it has been since the present
system was installed. There has been
more RAIN this season than last but the
springs have never wholly recovered
from the drouth of 1908.
The Rt. Rev. Arthur c. A Hall, d. D.,
Of Burlington, is preparing to attend the
general convention of the Episcopal
church in Cincinnati October 3. The
bishop will appoint a party made up IF
j.. Pierpoint Morgan and several church,
men at Albany and will proceed from
there in Mr.. Morgan's private car.
Rev. s. NJ. Wales for two and a half
years pastor of the Morrisville Advent
Christian church, closes his work the
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