Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-24
STATE NEWS

There are 9j inmates of the Soldiers
Home at Bennington. Two. veterans re-
Gently admitted to the home are John
Ariel of Brandon and Augustine c. West
OF st. Johnsbury.
The closing of the Brattleboro cream.
cry after business existence of more
than 20 years leaves the farmers without
any outlet for the product of the diaries
OF that part of Windham county except
Boston. The directors say that the
creamery will suspend operations Dec.
ember l, because of the lack of supply.
A surprise was sprung on the congrega-
ton of the First Baptist Church of Barre
Sunday morning when the pastor. the
Rev. w. K. Braisted, presented his resig.
nation, asking that it be accepted so that
he could 20 to the First Baptist Church
OF Oneida, n. Y, to which he had re
celved an unsolicited call. The Rev. Mr.
BREASTED has been i'll Barre for four years.
Daniel y. Dean, of Pownal, aged II
years, who during residence of so wears
In the town hau been hOnCred by cleo
TONS to nearly every office by the voters
OF the community, died suddenly Nov
ember ID while attending an evanLeIistic
service at the Center Uulon church. He
Is survived by his wife and five children.
The golden wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy ). Girls void, of HYDE
Park, was observed Tuesday evening.
November II, by family gathering,
with a few neighbOrs in attendance
The live children were all present. also
number of grandchildren. Mr.. and Mrs.
Grlswold were presented $50 in gold and
other gifts.
The Rev. w. V. Berg, pastor of the
/ Congregational church at Brandon has
received and accepted call from the
Pilgrim congregational church of St.
Louis, Mo-, 10 become its associate pastor.
Mr.. Berg will haye charge of the vesper
services, and his work will be very much
with the young people and the Boy
Scouts along the same line that it has
been in Brandon. The time of his de.
parture has not been decided but it will
be in the near future.
Swanton.-The house on Furman place
owned by Duncan MacGregor now of
Chazy, n. Y, and occupied by Joseph
Benoit, was destroyed by fire at mid.
night Saturday night. Mr. Benoit dur
ing the absence of his family is living at
the hotel and was at the house late in
but what started the fire is not known.
The loss on the house is 50 900, on which
there is $1,000, insurance. MIR. Benoit
suffered "a 5000 loss on furniture.
Fairlee-. Bert Stetson returned to his
home Saturday night to find his mother
Mrs. Mary Stetson, aged IS, lying dead
on the floor of the shed with all of her
clothing burned from her body. A lamp
which had been thrown in pail of water
indicated that her clothing had taken
lire while filling lamp, presumably
lighted. The blaze communicated TO
the woodwork, but burned itself out.
Mrs. Stetson was a widow.
Rutland.-A stray bullet from rifle
/ in the hands of some boys who were
J shooting at target wounded John Grace
of Fair Haven Sunday. The lead missile
had travelled some distance and it struck
Mr.. Grace glancing blow on the chest,
inflicting slight flesh wound, but doing
no harm otherwise outside of the nervous
condition the man was left in. The bows
were shooting at target over a quarter
of mile away and it is probable that
one of the bullets either missed the mark
or else q need off and was practically al
the end of Its journey when il struck Mr.
Grace.
Joseph Paquette, one of the proprietors
of the Summer street blacksmith shop OF
Barre, was severely injured shortly be-
fore noon Monday when he was kicked
in the face by horse. He was engaged
in shoeing a horse few feet from the
door, when the horse owned by Oh arle,
Zanleoni, standing close by, kicked hin
full in the face. Although the hoof OF
the heavy horse sent him against the
wall, Paquette retained consciousness
and directed that he be taken to the city
hospital.