Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-04-11
STATE NEWS.

barrel which had caught fire. Her
clothing was set on fire and she was
badly burned about the chest, back and
face.
The President has leased Winston
Churchil's beautiful estate "Haraken.
dem opposite Windsor in the town of
Cornish, N. H., for his summer vacation.
AS windsor is the nearest station, Yer
mont Will have ample opportunity to see
"Our President" this summer
The brown tail moth is being fou nd
extensively in st. Johnsbury and experts
are even now busy investigating and de-
stroying the nests. On two streets alone
80 nests were found in shade trees. They
have been found as far north as Sutton
and bid fair to prove great nuisance
and cause much damage this summer.
f. N. Stimson of Palmer, Mass, has
been engaged as filing agent for the Cal
edonia County Farmers association and
he will begin work April 10. Mr.. Slim
son is "a years old and graduate of
Cornell university. Since his gradua-
ton he has been engaged in practical
management of farms.
TIL girl members of the graduating
class of Peoples academy will wear cap
and gown at the next commencement
following an investigation by the faculty
of the academy as to the expenses of
graduation. 1t was found that as high
as Sl5O had been the expenses of a single
pupil. Not only this years class, but all
future classes, will wear the cap and
gown.
Mrs. Sarah Robbie Wilson. of Corinth,
celebrated her 10lst birthday anniversary
Friday. The official records of the town
show that Mrs. Wilson was born in Cor
NTH April 4, 1912, the daughter of
lchabOld Robe. With the exception of
one year, all of her life has been passed
here. Mrs. Wilson has four children,
81 grandchildren, II great grandchildren
and one great.great grandchild.
Rev. w. NJ. Newton, a former pre-
siding elder in the Vermont Methodist
conference, has received an urgent call
to remain as pastor of the church in
Woonsocket, r. l., where he has labored
for four years. During his pastorate
there the membership has grown from
1875 to 100. A large church debt has
been raised and money put in the bank.
The church asks Mr.. Newton to stay
with an increase of salary.
AT special meeting of the directors
of the Stamford Chemical company of
Stamford it was voted to rebuild the
portion of the plant which was destroyed
by fire March 20. The company also
decided to furnish all of their local GUS
toners with charcoal as they have done
in the past after fires. This will be
appreciated by the local trade and the
same size as heretofore and work has
cta Tod ho dot dc
on plans and specifications are to be
received at once.
The New York Post says that "Dr. w.
Seward Webb, owner of Shelburne
farms. who recently sold his home to
John ID. Rockefeller, has decided to live
in an apartment and has leased a floor
and half in the History apartment
structure, the tallest of its kind in the
world at the northeast corner of Park
avenue and Seventy-ninth street. The
lease involves "a rooms, seven of which
are baths, and for this Doctor Webb will
pay an annual rental of $4,000 for ten
years. The lease il one of the largest
ever closed for apartments on Park
avenue"
a good trout season ahead, say some
of the fishermen. 1t opens weeks
been exceptionally favorable. The
streams have been full of water, there
has been little ice, and trout have had
every chance to live through tie cold
weather. When ice forms so thick that
there are only two or three inches of
running water between the bottom and
the ice, mink go down underneath and
easily catch the trout One of these
animals can do more damage during the
winter than small army of fishermen.
When there is plenty of water the trout
can dodge the mink.
The following from the Boston Sunday
Post will be of interest to Vermonters,
as Mr.. and mrs. Felix W. McGettrick
were former residents of st. Adams.
Hon. and Mrs. Felix w. McGettrick
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Mary Catherine McGet-
trick, to Francis L. Campbell of Rox-
bury. Miss McGettrick is very popular
il the younger circle, and has been much
entertained at the numerous fraternal
events in which her father and her
brother, Edward T. McGettrick, of the
city of Boston law department, have
been prominent Mr.. Campbell is "A
brother OF Rev. Edward Campbell of
Matapan.
The jury out less than three hours
returned verdict in favor of James
Farley of Burlington at session OF
supreme court in Malone, n. Y, in
which the suit brought against him by
the Chateaugay Agricultural society was
tried, and the society has been directed
to pay to him SlS05, the amount which
his horses took as prizes at the last fair.
The suit has been in the courts for
kong time and grew out of the great
handicap race of 1911, in which $50 600
was offered in prizes. The directors of
the fair claimed that Farley promised to
stand any loss incurred in the race ana
with one exception so testified. The
handicap did not make money, but, on
the contrary, lost considerable amount.
For that reason the society sued Farley.
AS soon as the decision was announced,
action was taken toward placing the So
ciety in the hands of receiver.
A singular accident occurred Wednes-
day evening on the road near Harmony
vile, which is "a very dark spot on dark
night. A horse driven by MIR. Fife and