Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-05-16
STATE NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. a, A. Wilder of Will
mington celebrated their golden we'd
ding last week. He is II and she is one
year his junior.
The death of Mrs. Abby M. French,
one of the oldest native residents of
Barre, occurred late Sunday evening
She was born there January 4, 1923.
John S. Collins of Barre, one of the
founders of the city's granite industry,
celebrated his S9th birthday Sunday. 1t
was in 1865 that he went to Barre and
started a manufacturing plant.
! just before the morning service Sun
day flames burst out around an over
heated register in the South Congrega-
tional church at St. Johnsburv. The
alarm confused the tiremen as all the
church bells were ringing at the same
time Serious damage was averted.
Four Montpelier boys, Kenneth Gale,
Fred Laird, jr.. Harold Smith and Har.
old Mack, were thrown into Groton pond
Sunday when the mast of their sailboat
snapped off. Gale swan to shore,
third of mile away, and secured help
for the three others, who were nearly
exhausted clinging to the overturned
boat
The following have been appointed to
postmasterships in Vermont Alton G.
Baird, Orleans, in place of Henry S.
Webster; James McGovern, North Ben
nington, in place of Heman /. Spaf1ord;
and Patrick H. Thompson, Arlington, in
place of Edward G. Woodwork.
The village of South Albany was prac.
tically wiped out by fire last week when
Is buildings including barns, dwelling
houses, wood working mill and the
Methodist church were destroyed. A
brush fire in the rear of a barn started
the blaze, which was spread rapidly by
a stiff breeze. The property loss is from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Burglars broke into Broggi Brothers
granite plant at Barre Friday night by
knocking pane out of the office win
dow. AS the safe is not used for keeping
much money, they found only So.
OF the five young boys, Bernard F.
Starr, Alexander Smith, K. j. Nichols,
George Livendale and Ira B. Harvey,
all of Barre, tried Saturday in Mont
peier Juvenile court on a charge of
stealing wine and liquor from a house at
! North Barre, the first two were SEN
fenced to the industrial school and the
three latter were paroled in charge #
their parents or guardians.
| ~ etilto VI Ildlu lIOobS III
freeze Monday morning have, it is
feared, seriously injured the apple and
small fruit crops in the low lands in the
vicinity of Stowe. The butter nut crop
is prabably entirely ruined. 1t was
hoped that the cold weather might check
tent caterpillars and similar pests, but
they seem to thrive under it, and are
unusually abundant.
The Burlington police are looking for
the authors of some rough work which
caused damage to the extent of a con-
siderable amount to the Methodist Epis-
copal church Saturday night. Some of
the expensive loaded windows, which
will be difficult to match, were broken
and part of the frame work was also
torn away. The break was made on the
north side of the church and 20 of the
panes of glass were broken.
1t now looks as though the small poX
scare WAS over in Burlington, as no new
cases have been discovered in more than
week. Contrary 10 popular rumor,
only few cases have been found in Bur
lington and the total for the epidemic is
but six The Catholic school opened
Monday. While several hundreds of the
pupils of the public schools are at home
as a result of vaccination, no cases have
been discovered. The quarantine on
three of the six cases will be raised
within week. The condition is also
favorable at Mount st. Mary's academy
and only the original cases have been
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