Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-04-25
STATE NEWS.
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DR.. o. H. Reed of Barre has been
elected secretary of Granite lodge, F. &
A. NJ, for the twentieth consecutive
year.
The New York association of the
alumni and past cadets of Norwich uni
versity will hold its annual banquet Sat
urday evening at 1880 o'clock at the
Murray Hill hotel, New York.
A fifteen-ton steam plant is being
installed in the Hotel Vermont at Bur-
lington and in order to get it in place
several partitions will have to be re-
moved.
William H. King, of Ferrisburg a
farmer, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy, giving liabilities of 81 ,377.61
and assets of So, 1863 with some exemp-
tons
The granite manufacturing plants of
Barre resumed operations Monday after
! a several days shutdown, due to lack of
power on account of trouble at the Con-
solidated company's plant.
Sherman Caswell, of Calais, is at
Heaton hospital, Montpelier, for treat
ment of burns received when he at
tempted to lift a pan of boiling maple
syrup from the stove. He was badly
burned on both arms.
The Bratteboro Board of Trade is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of erecting
a cold storage plant. 1t is believed that
farmers and producers of the surround
ing territory would make the venture a
success
The annual consignment of maple
sugar for Senator Carroll S. Pages
friends in Washington, d. c., is packed
and includes some 5000 two-ounce
cakes, each wrapped in tissue paper
including five pound box for President
Wilson.
A woman found wandering about the
Central Vermont railway station at
Montpelier was identified as Mrs. Alden,
of Middlesex. See has been an inmate
of the state hospital for the insane at
Waterbury and will probably be recon-
mitted there. She is about As years old
and has husband and two children
living in Middlesex
A very unusual event occurr March
81 in Burlington, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Davi Ploof and Mr.. and Mrs Dennis
Begore, who were married at double
wedding March 81, 1857, together OBJ
served their fifty. sixth wedding anniver-
sary. Mrs. Ploof is sister of Mr..
Begore. Mr.. and Mrs. Ploof are rs and
II years old, respectively, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Begore 70 and -, respectively.
Thomas Kennedy, of Rutland, lost a
foot Saturday afternoon in the tunnel
near Burlington by its being run over by
freight train, and he narrowly escaped
losing his life. Sunday morning an
operation was performed at the Mary
Fletcher hospital where he WAS taken
following the accident and oil of his foot
removed with the exception of the heel
and it may be necessary to amputatt
that.
Mr. Hall, employed in Hartland, hat
7 peculiar experience with brown tai
moths the other day. He was gathering
sap and when some millers gathered OF
the outside of the pail he brushed then
5 away with his hand. The next day hi
= hand was badly swollen, his skin begar
to be covered with an eruption, and hi
. suffered from severe chills. On consult
ing a physician he was told that he haC
\ been poisoned by brown tail moths
n which are becoming thick in that sec
ton of the state. He is so disabled i
will probably be month before he cal
resume work.
Mrs. Alma johnson of Essex junction
e quietly celebrated her ninety -secon,
t birthday anniversary Thursday. In tn
evening she attended the supper givel
> by the Social Union, where che receive,
: many congratulations. Mrs. johnson
n was born in Essex Junction in a hous
n built by her father, Henry Teachout
which was the first in this village. He
grandfather. Mr.. Stevens, was the frs
settler in Essex Mrs. johnson reside
in the West for about 40 years, returnin
+ there about four years ago. She has
sister. Mrs Jane Beach, who is Sc year
old, and a brother, S. ID. Teachout, VIII
y is over so, with whom AIRS. Johnso
n makes her home.