Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-07-18
STATE NEWS.


by j. E. Fuller, known as the Fay place,
on French Hill. were consumed by fire
Wednesday of last week The cause is
unknown. The loss is 1000, partially
insured.
The Vermont State fire insurance
agents will hold their annual convention
in Burlington September 4, with head
quarters at the Hotel Vermont. A BAN
quet will be served. About 100 insur-
ance men are expected.
A man giving his name as John P.
Adams was arrested at Burlington Fri
day by Police Officer Gilbert for exceed
ing the speed limit. He later pleaded
guilty in City court and paid a fine of
$40 and costs which made a total of
$3.50. Adams admitted that he was
going faster than 10 miles per hour.
F. II. Palmer, of Bristol has a pear
tree that blossomed full early in the sea-
son and good crop of pears set. Then
worms came and stripped the tree of its
leaves. Later, the tree again blossomed,
leaved out, and another crop of pears
started. Some of the first crop of pears
are still on the tree.
AS a result of the arrests for exceeding
the speed limit with automobiles,
Vaughan Burgess was arraigned Monday
afternoon in Burlington City court and
pleaded not guilty. Dr. G.. R. Anderson
of Bratteboro was in during the morn
ing and his case was continued until
July 20.
Leo Gravelin, the eight-year- old son of
Mrs. Xavier Ducharme of st. Adams,
W no was run over by an automobile
owned an operated by Ernest H. Lewis
Sunday, was resting comfortably Mon
day. The child was running across Lake
street to his home and evidently did not
see the machine which passed over him,
inflcting "A slight scalp wound but no
other injury.
Fred Olden, an employee of the Inter
national Paper company at Bellows
Falls, sustained painful injury Friday
while at work in the plant of the COM
pany. A heavy roll of paper slipped and
the metal piece on the end of the cyl
inder dropped and hit the calf of his leg,
tearing it away for several inches. He
was taken to the Rockingham hospital.
Mrs. E. E. Holmes of Brattleboro has
some dahlia blossoms that are very
interesting. Last fall some bulbs were
put in the cellar for the winter and
forgotten Lately, while cleaning up
the cellar, the bulbs were discovered,
and much to Mrs. Holmes surprise they
had sprouted, as usual, and had bloomed
also, which is quite unusual.
John Solomon, the 14-year. old boy of
Burlington, who ran away from his
step brother, who lives on North avenue,
has been reported to be in Plattsburgh,
working in store. Solomon ran away
from home few days ago because of
the alleged creulty of his step brother.
An attempt will be made to bring the
boy back to Burlington.
Maine is to get $4,000 from the fed
eral government for road improvements.
Vermont $1,000 and Connecticut $l0,.
600, while Massachusetts, which could
have had $50, 900 this year, if the legis-
lature had appropriated 100000, will
get nothing for the present The Yer
mont legislature appropriated 100000 to
meet $4,000 appropriation from the
government.
Martin A. Taylor of Providence. r. L.
a summer vi itor, was fined $40 and
costs of about Sc by Justice T. q. Pear
SONS of Cuttingville at that village Fri
day for catching eight brook trout under
six inches in length. He paid the fine,
which was figured at $40 for the first
fish and s. for each of the others. Mr..
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miles south of Cuttingsvile by Deputy
Warden Julian T. Shippey of Shrews-
bury.
The largest trout ever taken from the
Battenkill river was caught back Of
King laundry at Manchester Depot by
William Stuart of that village. The fish
was of the brown variety and weighed
exactly eight pounds and six ounces
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ious record of seven and one half
pounds. The fish was taken with an
ordinary steel rod and line. and Mr..
Stuart had little difficulty in landing his
catch.
| Z. .. Ormsbee, tree expert, who has
been engaged the past two weeks reno
waiting an orchard on the Sheppard farm
at Barre, says in two years the tent and
forest caterpillars that have proved such
a nuisance this year will have entirely
disappeared. His reason for this predic-
ton Is that the tiny parasites that devour
the cocoons of these worms are getting
in their work. There are but few living
cocOons of next years brood left and by
the following year Mr.. Ormsbee believes
they will all be dead.
William Nolan, 80 years old, was
found Thursday morning about o'clock
by Police Officer Fisher in Burlington.
The man was down on his knees, pray
ing, and it took only a cursory eXamina-
ton to show that he was demented. At
the police station, it was learned that
Nolan's people live at 1877 Pine street,
Manchester, and it seems that the man
had escaped from the hospital for the
insane at Concord, N. II. Nolan has
been to the insane asylum three times.
how he reached Burlington is not
known. He is in the Jail awaiting the
arrival of authorities.
A horse owned by William Gilbertson
of Barre and driven by Mrs. Gilbertson
was electrocuted Saturday morning near
the Rowland block on Main street about
3 O'Clock while coming from the farm OF
the owner with a load of milk. A broken
trolley wire which sagged in the street
was responsible for the accident. The
horse was not instantly killed but badly
burned and died shortly afterward at
the veterinary stable of Dr. o. E. Barr.
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