Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-05-05
STATE NEWS.

Lake Champlain is about two feet
lower than at this date last year, and is
practically stationary.
Miss Florence E. Ross of Rutland, for
the past four years superintendent of the
training school for nurses at Waltham,
Mass, and DIR. Conrad Bell of Waltham,
were married Saturday in Rutland.
The Third Vermont veterans reunion
July 1S will mark the 50th anniversary
of the regiment, which took place on
the Caledonia county fair grounds at
st. Johnsbury July 16, 1851. Cen +. u.
Butterfield, of Derby Line, will deliver
the address.
That individual Vermonters appre
ciate and try to help the work OF their
libraries is shown by the list covering
all the states of the Union made out by
the American Library Association' In
% Vermont towns mentioned, ~ received
their gifts from their own people.
Charles NJ. Brown, who died at his
home in North Adams, Mass, Saturday,
was born in Halifax II years ago.
Soon after the outbreak of the civil War
he ran away and enlisted, but as he was
under military age his father secured
his release. Later he enlisted in the
61st Massachusetts, and served to the
close of the war
Mrs. Abba d. Chamberlain, Librarian
of the Abbott Memorial library In Pom
fret, has established business mems
branch" in a store at Pomfret Center
The 100 books in the collection contain
nm. TO date agricultural books, good bio
granny, travel, history, a set encyclope-
dias, and some first class novels.
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Saturday, charged with an attempt to
commit rape on Minnie Jerome, aged
Is wears. He pleaded not guilty but
after hearing the evidence, the court
bound him over in $500 bail to appear
at the June term of Addison county
court Philips secured bail and was
released
Efforts will be made by the village
trustees to have a cleaner st. Johnsbury.
Galvanized iron waste cans Will be
purchased and ole man will be en-
ploved, with a horse, which has done
enough service in the street department.
to deserve an easier job, to gather the
waste and pick up litter from the streets
and parks. An appeal will be made to
the commercial and womans clubs to
cooperate in making spotless town.
It has been decided by the Barre city
council to send three members of the
street committee, Aldermen Thurston,
Brown and Ward, City Engineer Reed,
and Street Superintendent DeBrune on
tour through Massachusetts, for the pur-
pose of studying good road building and
the kind of materials, etc, which are
being used to make the best roads. They
viii leave Sunday night for about four
davs' trip The object of this tour is to
ascertain what kind of roads are most in
vogue in these cities and whether maca-
dam or block paving is the best for roads
that are heavily travelled
Merchants week opened in Burlington
Monday morning with every pr aspect OF
success. The total mileage paid for
during the day under the offer of the
Burlington Merchants Protective Asso'
citation, was over 100 miles. Every
out of town shopper who purchased
goods at store issuing coupons received
a certificate stating the amount traded
at that store. When he had accumulated
certificates to the amount of $50, he took
them to Secretary {. p. Hopkins, who
then gave him a check for the amount OF
his railroad fare to and from Burlington.
The union BARRIERS and bosses of Mont
peler have agreed on one year Dill
which took effect May |. According to
the agreement the minimum wage scale
is increased from $40 to Sl2 a week and
each journey man will have a half day
off each week beginning at noon, except
weeks during which there are legal holt
days, when they shall have the whole
day off instead of their regular half day
Seven holidays will be allowed, these
being Memorial day, Fourth of July
Labor day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
New Years, and Washington's birthday.
Every holiday shall count as working
day for which the journeyman shall be
paid full time.