The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-11-20
STATE NEWS.


John williams OF Waterbury, a
livery stable proprietor has filed
petition in bankruptcy with liabili-
ties of $1704.77 and assets of sS,-
1897, of which s573.l5 is claimed
exempt
Paul Butter, who lives near Mont
pelier Junction discovered a buck
and four does in the garden near hi
house Friday morning and after fol-
lowing the buck for about 10 man-
utes succeeded in bringing him
down. The animal weighed zoo lbs.
The annual show of the Vermont
Poultry association will take place
the armory at Montpelier beginning
Tuesday OF the week of January 70,
1914, and continuing three days.
Irving Bycraft, steam shovel boss
on the Lovejoy quarry at Milford,
N. H.. and a resident of Barre, was
fatally injured Friday afternoon,
when he was caught and pinned I'M
der car of stone and dirt that ran
off the end of track and dropped
distance Of so feet.
George X. Cherrie. one of the
naturalists accompanying Colonel
Roosevelt to South America, owns
a farm about two miles from New
fame, where his family has lived
for the past 10 years. Mr.. Cherrie
makes the trip to collect specimens
of birds, animals and snakes for the
Natural History Museum, New YORK
City. Specimens that they do not
have will be mounted and the others
will be exchanged with other mus
Gums and used for purposes OF study
Mr.. Cherrie was born In Knoxville.
Iowa in 1865. and was @ ucated at
Ames Agricultural college. On gradu
alton he went TO Rochester. N. y,
where he was employed for year
as taxidermist. Then he went 70
the Natural History Museum Of New
York A little later he was made
hea Of the museum OF Central Am
erica at San Jose, Costa Rica, where
he stayed five years. Upon his re-
turn 10 the states NE went TO
Chicago and was employed for two
years with the Field Columbian Mus
cum. and while there made a trip
to Santa Domingo The next year
Mr.. Cherrie and his wife went to
Buenos Aires for the king of Eng
land aud Baron Rothscbild. After
this he became identified with the
Brooklyn Institute Museum and
made several trips for IL, one being
70 French Guinea and two TO Bue-
nos Aires. Last year he went 20
United States Of Columbia with five
others for the same institution by
which he II sent out now.
The corporators Of the Readsbo-
70 Chair Manufacturing company, a
100000 corporation. organized Sat
urday morning In c. c. Fits law
office at Brattleboro aud elected
these tempory officers, President,
y. w. Gibson; Ylce-president, II. y.
Eddy; secretary and treasurer, "a.
Il. whitney, all Of Brattleboro. II
Is expected that permanent organ
izatiDn will be formed IN a few
days and hat the new company Will
take over the business Of the old
Readsboro Chair Manufacturing
company, which recently assigned
the benefit of its creditors. The
principal office Of the company is
Readsboro.
Several hunters IN the vicinity ~
Brattieboro while not getting many
deer are finding plenty Of trouble. a
Guilford hunter came unexpectedly
Thursday upon a large doe that had
just been killed. He returned later
and found that the animal had been
dressed and the hind quarters hung
up. The man who had dressed the
animal had run away. George y
David a. South Londonderry VAS