Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-02-28
STATE NEWS.

OF 96 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore N. Vail and
Hiss Katharine Vail of Lyndon Center
start this week for cruise of two or
three months in their yacht in southern
waters.
Albany can boast of two lady cabinet
makers. Mrs. Annis has this winter
built bureau, china closet and croki-
mole board. and Mrs. Will Stone has
built kitchen cabinet.
Rev. l.. E. Peabody has resigned as
pastor of the Advent church in Morris
vile to become pastor of the Advent
church in st. Johnsbury, where he be-
gins work the first of April.
Henry Goucher of Woodbury. is d lad
as the result of injuries received at the
Woodbury. Granite company's quarry
when a stone weighing about four tons
slipped off an icy car, pinnirg him to the
ground.
Joseph Nelson and John Carrot, EN-
ployed by the Peoples Lighting, Heat
ing and Power company of Barre, were
overcome by gas last Thursday while re.
pairing leak. They were revived some
hours later
Burr and Burton seminary at Man
chester is closed for week because of
an epidemic of measles that has broken
out among the students.
Silas E. Roberts has given to the Chel-
sea library $50 volumes, making a total
of $500 that he has presented, establish
ing what is believed to be a record for
library donation in Vermont.
A meeting of the commissioners to
investigate the educational system of
Vermont will be held in New York Feb.
"a at the office of the Carnegie Founda-
ton for the Advancement of Teaching.
William Armstrong, the twoyear- old
son of Mir and Mrs. Sandy Ferguson of
st. Adams, died Tuesday from the effects
of burns which he suffered about three
weeks ago while playing about the
kitchen stove.
The cost of the state of the special
session OF Chittenden county court just
closed, was So 9SS.9S. OF this total,
81 All GO went to the petit jury; 81 1884 7S
to witnesses; 1926 60 to assistant Judges
and $3.50 to reporters.
Mrs. Ira NJ. Hammond of Brownsville
has begonia over 20 years old, which
formerly belonged to her daughter, Mrs
Henry Bagley. The plant is 33 inches
tall, has never been slipped, and only re-
potted once in the 20 years.
Fire that is supposed to have started
when lantern exploded destroyed two
barns filled with hay on the farm of A.
G. Hunt in the Spaulding neighborhood
about four miles from st. Johnsbury
early Sunday night. A large quantity
of hay was destroyed but the livestock
was saved. Neighbors succeeded in saw
ing the house The loss is between $4,000
and $4,000, partially covered by insur
ance.
John Devlin, spectator at the ice
yacht races at Malletts bay last week
was struck by one of the yachts and
his leg fractured. The accident re-
suited when a sudden gust of wind
filled the sails just before the race was
ready to start, and the yacht swerved
and ran directly into the crowd of by
ISLANDERS. A number of others were
bruised some what, hut escaped serious
injury.
The Eureka Vending company has
rented building in Burlington for
manufacturing its products Six thou
sand square feet on two floors will be
occupied and it is expected that opera
tions will be commenced in March with
force of dozen operatives to be in
creased to 30 later. The concern will
manufacture vendors for sanitary drink
ing cups. toilet paper, chocolote, chew
ing gum. etc.
Festooning in the home of Joseph
Hamel in Vergennes fell on top of a
lighted lamp recently, causing it to blaze
up and ignite nearby lace curtains.
From these other parts of the room
caught fire, but Mrs. Hamel and neigh
bors whom she summoned succeeded i'm
hA do
about 800, with no insurance. The fire
alarm whistle could not be sounded, as
it was after o'clock and there was no
steam on at the Vermont Shade Roller
Works, which sounds the alarm.
Mrs. Mary Jane Clair of Brandon, rs
years old, died at the Rutland City hos
pital Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
after an operation for cancer. She had
been at the institution for nearly two
weeks. The body was taken TO the
Spencer & CAVITY morgue and will be
taken to her home today Burial will be
in Granville. Mrs. Clair is survived by
two sons. Charles Rider of Benson and
Louis Rider of Brandon and by three
daughters, Mrs. Carlotta Oaks of Dandy,
Mrs. Emma Derby of Granville and Mrs.
Zetta Howe of White River Junction.
The 10 months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Conant of Goldspink
avenue was terribly burned, her dress
catching fire from brands, which the
children had scattered on the floor while
playing with fire from the stove. Mrs
COnant had stepped into a neighbours
house and left several small children, the
oldest 10 years of age, in the house alone
for few minutes. When she returned
she found the child covered with flames.
She managed to smoother them, but was
herself badly burned. The child was
taken to Proctor hospital where it died
before medical aid could be given
A five-year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Wall OfSBurlington is recovering
from numerous bruises and cuts received
IL an almost miraculous escape from
being run over by an electric car. The
child was playing in the road in front of
the house and ran directly in front Of the
car. The fender picked the child up and
tossed him up in the air two or three