Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-10
STATE NEWS.

County Game Warden Edward S. Hig-
gins of Bennington states that there is an
unusually large number of young deer
in the woods The open winter is given
as the cause.
The Snowflake Canning company of
Brattleboro canned 1000 cans of corn
this season, a little short of what was
expected from the acreage contracted for
last fall, but all that could be expected
considering the very dry seasan.
A three-inch hardwood board was
thrown from saw in the mill of F. S.
Bellows in Wilmington one day last
week, striking Mr.. Bellows across the
forehead and infiicting bad cash over
his eyes, besides otherwise brusing his
face.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Waite of Peru OBJ
served the G3rd anniversary of their mar
riage recently. Mr.. Waite is SO and Mrs.
Waite 81. They have lived III the house
where they now reside for At years.
They have six children, 2 grandchildren
and IA great grandchildren.
Three women teachers in the academy
at Derby hired team to go to Newport
and when near home the horse stepped
upon a stone and fell, breaking one of his
hind legs just at the ankle. 1t was nee
essary to shoot the animal, which was
valued at $780,
A Is year-old boy in company with his
parents, at the Vergennes railroad sta
ton, was so frightened by the appearance
of the engine when it pulled into the
station that he had to be carried bodily
into the train and when he was landed in
a seat he was in a condition bordering
on hysteria.
Leo F. CAVITY of Rutland, who has
been at the Rutland hospital for the past
five weeks on account of badly burned
hands and arms received when a can of
wood alcohol exploded in the paymaster's
office of the Rutland railroad, where he
was employed, has been moved to his
home. 1t will be some time before he
will be able to leave the house.
The operating revenue of the Rutland
railroad for August, 1918, was 1868, 451 so.
The operating expenses amounting to
1898, 23S.SS. The operating income,
which was sos, 110.12, was 50, 9S5 95 less
than for August. 1912. The operating
income for the eight months ending
August 81, amounted to $3.50 069 OF,
" Nun 10 u hCCiChcc VI TlOo, tOO ~ III
comparison with the same period year
ago.
Mrs. 6 Marshall Pierce committed
suicide at her home in st. Adams, Satur-
day morning, October 4th, due to dis
couragement over continued Ill health,
from which she had been suffering for
three months. Due to her ill health, Mr..
and Mrs. Pierce had been up all night
and Saturday morning went to their
rooms. When Mr.. Pierce went to the
door to admit caller to see his wife, he
discovered her body hanging in her room.
Besides her husband she leaves son.
She was born in Jericho in October, lS41,
and had lived in st. Adams since 1861.
About 10, 900, 900 feet of spruce has been
imported from Canada thus far this year.
This is an unusually large amount. The
boats arriving in the port of Burlington
thus far this season numbers So, which
is rs more than were unloaded there a
year ago at this time. All of the impor-
tations at the present time are of spruce
and where Canada shipped barge loads
OF pine few years ago, it is seldom seen
now. The number of barges nloaded
last year was "a. OF this number 81
were taken care of during November.