Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-01-31
STATE NEWS.

has been erected in the old cemetery at
Bennington In memory of Charles c..
Jones, who went down with the Titanic.
Sen ator Beveridge of Indiana has been
engaged TO make an address in Burling.
ton F idav ave ming, February ID, under
the auspices of the Progressive club of
that city. Senator Beverage is an active
orator of nation wide reputation, and
the Progressives are fortunate in getting
him to come to Vermont.
l.. F. Pike of Isle La Motto threshed
on January Is, 356 bushels and 20 pounds
of oats that were raised on four acres of
land or 80 bushels and five pounds to the
acre. May 8 he SOY ed 1917 bushels of
seed 10y hand. The oats were cut August
~ and drawn into his barn so they were
very dry when threshed. The land had
no extra fertilizer or fitting and no extra
care aiken to avoid the usual waste in
harvesting. Beans were planted on this
land thu year before.
Ernest Sprague, 17.year-old driver of
vlilk way N. probably saved the life of
Mrs. Frauk ". jackson of Barr. wien
he shOw"rei ler with a can oi milk as
she came rn,l ing from the door Of er
home euveloped in flames. White Mrs..
Jackson was adding 10 the kitchen fire
with old newspapers her apron became
igulted. As she was alone in the house
she ran for the door. the fine meanwhile
spreading to her waist and hair. Young
Sprague, driving past at that moment.
saw her pl ght and went to the rescue
with a can Of milk. As the result, al
though she is badly burned about the
legs, body ,arms and face, Mrs. jackson
has a fair chance for recovery, physicians
say.
Mrs. Catherine Bassett Fisher, who be-
gan her career as a wage Garner in the
mills of Walpole, Mass, in 1888, and
who has lived in the same house in Wal.
pole, where She now resides, since 1898,
Is a genuine ~centenarian, as W. j. At.
well. town clerk of Eden, Lamuille cour.
ty, Vt, which is the native place of Mrs.
Fisher, has furnished "A sworn statement
that fixes the birth date az January ,.
1872. "L"ts Of sleep and plenty of
hearty food have been my rule through
life, and to that | attribute the ripe age
that | have reached says Mrs. Fisher.
One Of the memories Mis-. Fisher prizes
is that which relates to the battle of
Plattsburg. Although then a child of
tender years she distinctly recalls the
booming of the guns that, echoing across
Lake Champlain to her native town, be.
tOkened the warfare at Plattsburg.
Frank Berger, of North Adams. who
had been working at the Fort Dummer
mills as a weaver, was drowned Saturday
afternoon in the water which overflows
the Hunt meadows. George Ellis. Fred
Lackey and AleXaeder Coryando saw
Berger skating south, toward the place
where the current from the Connecticut
river flows through a railroad culvert, so
that there Is not any ice. He was met
by two boys, who warned him the ice
was dangerous, but he kept on until he
went through. The water was about 10
feet deep at this point. HIS body was
recovered in half an hour by +. l.. Ellis.
George Brissett and Earl Streeter. who
went out in a scow. A letter was found
at ms boarding place directed to Mrs.
Julia Berger, 121 Richview avenue.
North Adams, who was Notified.
Probably the smallest baby in the
world lives in St. JOhnsburv. and his
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Bur.
CESS. Inc Young man was seven weeks
old Tuesday and weighs one and three
fourlhs pounds. The child is perfectly
formed and normal in every way and in
excellent health. He is not as large as
the doll which many a small girl found
IN her stocking Christmas morning. The
little body measures twelve inches and
the Tiny foot is an inch and a quarter
long. SO uny is the baby that no at
tempt has been made to dress him. He
II FED every " hours from the tiniest
OF bottles ana Is beginning to show a
lively interest in feeding time His first
food was taken through "A medicine drop.
pr, but after "a few days he graduated
to "a bottle ard the contents disappear
with the rapidity and enjoyment # the
average sized child at feeding time. Mr..
and Mrs. burgess are the parents of
one Other child, a fine, big, lusty boy Of
six years.
The body If Osman Smith Of Mont
pelier was cut in two at the waist sat
urday evening about seven O'Clock when
he slipped n fell under a moving freight
train just below Berlin street. He was
%uncOupling a car to he set off at the
crossing, and was walking between the
two cars with his hand ON the pin when
he pitched back ward across the track
Before the train could be brought to a
stop he had been dragged along the fro
zen ground several yards. 1t was neces,
sary to ct jacks to lift the car in order
t. remove the mans body. 1t took an
hour to complete the work. Smith was
% years Of age aud been employed al
different times by the Montpelier &
Wells River road for the past seven wears
He was an exceptionally carefully anC
steady workman. He is survived by hi.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Smith OF
Midway, Mass, a wife, who was Mis-.
Ethel Hayden, a daughter of r. F
Hayden Of Montpelier, a daughter two
years old and a three.year.old son. He
also leaves two sisters and five brothers
1t begins to look as if Vermont would
not be visited next season by one of tn,
big %circuses, for thus far no word hal
been heard from them by the transpor
tation men and when they do come ne
gotiations are usually entered into by
this time. One reason which is said L
influence the shows entering Vermont il
the large sun which is charged by tn,
State for permitting them to exhibit
The license here is not larger than il
many other states. but there are NOR,
opportunities to show inside the Stat
boundaries.